You are my golden finger

Chapter 202 When Brothers Fight (1)

After returning to Kyoto, Ming Ruyue wanted to live in the Princess's Mansion. Qi Jinghao did not dissuade her, but moved in as well. Murongxu didn't care who lived in the Princess's Mansion as long as Lin Xijin followed him back to the East Palace.

Lin Xijin and Murong Xu sent everyone back to the Princess's Mansion. After having lunch together, they took Xin Lan back to the palace.

"Jin'er, it seems that Murong Chun really has evil intentions. What do you think we should do next?"

The two of them came back and reported to the bigwigs in the palace, presented exquisite gifts, and returned to their own nest - the big bed in the East Palace. Only then did Murong Xu have the leisure to chat with Lin Xijin about his brother.

"Murong Chun is your father's biological son. He obviously doesn't want his sons to kill each other. As long as it doesn't touch the foundation of the country, I believe he will turn a blind eye.

We can only use one method to deal with Murong Yan, so we must find evidence that he has touched our father's bottom line before we can bring him down."

"Then what do you think we should do?" Murong Xu asked Lin Xijin for advice.

"Let's install micro-eavesdropping devices and monitoring equipment in his study and bedroom. This way, all his actions will be under our control." Lin Xijin said after thinking for a while.

“Is there such high-end equipment?”

"Yes. In the decades since you left, technology has developed rapidly, and high-tech things are changing with each passing day."

"Okay. Let's go for a walk in the second half of the night?" Murong Xu suggested.

The two men put on their night clothes and sneaked into Murong Chun's heavily guarded study after midnight and installed a bug under his chair.

There is a painting opposite the seat. The two people installed a pinhole camera on the back of the painting. The camera is hidden behind a smudged ink spot, and even a god cannot find it.

The two took the opportunity to sneak into the secret room, copied and backed up the important letters and documents, and then restored them. In order to avoid alerting the enemy, they did not touch the money and other belongings.

After the drug was sprinkled, the two entered Murong Chun's bedroom and found that Murong Chun was having a lot of fun. The scene was very erotic. Two women and one man were lying naked, which was really eye-catching.

The two married people couldn't bear to watch, so they pretended to eavesdrop and left quickly.

After returning to the East Palace and debugging the monitoring equipment, Murong Xu found two guards and taught them how to use them. He ordered them seriously: "You two must take turns guarding these two devices day and night. If you find any unusual movements by Murong Chun, you must report it immediately."

"Yes, Master." Although the two were very curious and didn't know what this device was, it didn't stop them from strictly following Murong Xu's orders.

The harvest came quickly. The guards presented their records, which were mostly about how much silver a minister gave, how many beauties a wealthy businessman gave, and how to deal with Murong Xu.

However, this is also a gain, as I can understand the opponent's movements and use this information to clip some of his wings.

With this information, An Yi's police office became extremely busy, and every investigation turned out to be accurate.

"An Yi, check the Imperial Censor who is in charge of the grain transport inspection." Murong Xu gave the order.

"Yes, Master." An Yi began to collect evidence. Of course, before he ordered the investigation, Murong Xu and Lin Xijin had sneaked into the mansion and got some evidence.

A week later, the Imperial Censor and a series of officials in charge of grain transport were dismissed.

"An Yi, investigate the salt transport envoys of Liangjiang." Murong Xu gave another order.

Same operation method, different results.

Before the Liangjiang Salt Transport Commissioner could even react, his residence was sealed off by the police who came to his house, and all of his officials were arrested.

So, today the court found out that a certain official was corrupt and accepted bribes, and tomorrow it found out that a certain wealthy businessman was evading taxes and abducting women.

These cases were well-documented and the evidence was solid. The treasury was increasingly filled with the confiscated property, and the emperor was so happy that he couldn't stop smiling.

Only then did the emperor suddenly realize that being an emperor could be like this, and enriching the country and benefiting the people was not a difficult task.

These cases often bring out more trouble than good, and in less than three months, Murong Chun's wings were clipped by half.

An Yi and others are also accustomed to shifting the blame to others, pretending to be suspicious, and contacting Murong Chun's close confidants.

Murong Chun once suspected that there was a traitor around him, suspected this and that, checked everyone around him, and even arrested and tortured them. But in the end, he found nothing, and instead made people panic and deserted.

However, Murong Xu knew that these people and the case materials were not enough to bring down Murong Chun, so he only handled it as an ordinary case, and did not let An Yi submit the materials related to Murong Chun to the emperor, so as not to alert the enemy.

Poor Murong Chun still thought that his officials were loyal to him and would not betray him, so he could get away with it.

"Master, there is a situation. You may want to listen to the recording yourself." One night, the eavesdropping guard came to Murong Xu in a hurry.

"Go and have a look."

The guard turned on the surveillance equipment and tuned to the footage he had seen before.

In the picture, Murong Chun is sitting in the study with two people, drinking tea and chatting.

"Master, it seems that we can't go on like this. Our men have been cut off one by one by Murong Xu. Now the income from silver has dropped sharply, and the general has sent another letter demanding the payment of wages. The expenses for 50,000 soldiers are not small." said a Murong official.

"What can we do? Several assassination attempts have failed, and we have lost hundreds of people. If this continues, there will be no one left. The Eastern Palace is well guarded, and there is no way to insert anyone."

"Father and Murong Xu only drink the water that the witch Lin Xijin prepared in advance. It is said that she made a thermos cup, and the tea in it is always hot all day long. What do you think I can do?"

Murong Chun's face was full of anger, and finally he spread his hands to show that he was helpless.

Another staff member stroked his goatee with his hand, thinking. After a long while, he said, "Master, it seems that you have to take a risky move. Otherwise, when Murong Xu's power becomes stronger and stronger, we will have no place to stand in the court, and it will be even more difficult to get rid of him."

"Mr. Zhang, do you have any good ideas?" Murong Xu asked hurriedly.

"Master, why don't you let the general cooperate with the Kingdom of Nanyue, give up the two cities first, and withdraw Pingcheng and Dongcheng. As long as the general reports the military intelligence, saying that Nanyue is invading with the whole country's strength, the general is defeated and needs to send troops to help. Lure Murong Xu to the border of Nanyue, set up an ambush together with Nanyue when attacking the city, and kill him in one fell swoop." Zhang Muriao, the man with a goat beard, was indeed cunning and ruthless.

Murong Chun hesitated for a long time before saying, "But if we do this, it will be like inviting a wolf into the house, which is equivalent to collaborating with the enemy and selling out the country. We will have no way out. Besides, the emperor may not necessarily send Murong Xu."

"You must be in danger before you can survive. If you don't do this, your power will be eroded little by little by Murong Xu, and all your painstaking plans will come to nothing." Mr. Zhang tried his best to persuade.

"As for sending Murong Xu to the expedition, we can send our people to recommend him. Now that General Wu is stationed in the northern border, it is not appropriate to send Wu Beichen to the expedition. Sending Murong Xu to the expedition is also a natural thing to do." Mu Liao, who started speaking, also advised.

"I'll discuss it with my grandfather and contact my uncle to see if it's feasible." Murong Chun seemed to be interested.

That night, according to informants planted in Prince Chun's Mansion and the General's Mansion, Murong Chun indeed visited the General's Mansion at night. Judging from the situation, it was estimated that they had reached a consensus.

The next day, a group of people rushed from the General's Mansion to Southern Xinjiang. On the way, they were intercepted by the people arranged by Murong Xu, who brought the letter back and presented it to Murong Xu.