Chapter 855: Yin and Yang Account Book (Thanks to the book friend Dongmian Yongbuxing for the reward!)

“Master Wu, how come you have time to come and sit with me today…”

Looking at the gloomy-faced middle-aged scholar in front of him, Liu Yun's chubby face was immediately filled with smiles.

The scholar in front of him was called Gu Dejiang. He was from the Yuyang Gu family. Because he was the fifth child in the family, people on the street called him the Fifth Master.

Although Gu Dejiang looks gentle and refined, he is actually the one in the Gu family who is responsible for collecting bribes and doing the dirty work.

Their Liu family appears to be extremely wealthy and prosperous, but Liu Yun, as the head of the family, knows very well that their Liu family is just a white glove!
The Gu family is the big boss standing behind them. The Liu family was able to successfully obtain the ticket license and start savings business, all because of the help of the Gu family behind the scenes, otherwise the Liu family would not have been able to break through the fierce competition!
That's right. Even though the Gu Dejiang in front of him is ten years younger than him, he still has to respectfully call him "Fifth Master"!
Just when Liu Yun was thinking about why Gu Dejiang, the evil star, looked like his whole family was dead today, something he never expected happened. Gu Dejiang, with a gloomy face, suddenly picked up the paperweight on the desk and threw it at him, roaring as he did so:
"Liu Yun, you are an old man who is always causing trouble but can't do anything good!"

Facing Gu Dejiang’s sudden critical attack, Liu Yun had no time to dodge and could only subconsciously block it with his hand. Although he blocked it with his hand, the paperweight still scratched Liu Yun’s forehead. The next second, blood flowed out of the wound, making Liu Yun very embarrassed...

Looking at the bright red blood on his hands, Liu Yun was furious. Even though the Gu family is his support, you shouldn't bully others like this, right?
Although he wanted to chop Gu Dejiang to pieces with a knife, Liu Yun was an old hand with decades of experience. He knew that although Gu Dejiang was the one who did the dirty work for the Gu family, he was always ruthless and violent.

But Gu Dejiang is not a madman. Something important must have happened, otherwise Gu Dejiang would not be so angry!
Liu Yun took a deep breath, took the handkerchief from the butler Liu Huai and covered the wound on his forehead, then looked at Gu Dejiang who was glaring at him and said in a deep voice:

"Master Wu, what happened? Is there any misunderstanding here?"

Listening to Liu Yun's words, Gu Dejiang was extremely angry and said with a smile:

"Misunderstanding? You're still asking me what happened?"

"I'm just about to ask you now!"

"Liu Yun, what on earth have you done wrong? Who have you offended?"

"The Marshal's Office has personally issued an order to investigate Daxinchang, requiring the Legal Affairs Bureau and the Political Affairs Bureau to jointly send people to Daxinchang as soon as possible. Even the Coordination Office may have begun to take action!"

Although Liu Yun expected that it must be a serious matter to make Gu Dejiang lose his composure like this, he never expected that the matter would be so serious····························
The institution of the Guards' Department may seem to be unknown, but those who are familiar with the power structure of the Fengwu Army know that the Guards' Department of the Fengwu Army is equivalent to the emperor's inner court and almost represents Ye Mingsheng's supreme will. The orders issued by the Guards' Department are the top priority in the Fengwu Army!
Therefore, under such an order, all departments under the Fengwu Army must deal with it as quickly as possible, and no one dares to delay!

Realizing the seriousness of the problem, Liu Yun began to panic. He started to recall recent events one by one, trying to find a clue from his memories, but no matter how hard he thought, he couldn't figure out who he had offended that caused the Marshal's Palace's attendants to take action!
Anyone who can make the Marshal's Mansion's Attendant's Office take action must be a person with great connections, and there are definitely no more than five such people in the Fengwu Army!
Liu Yun had never even met such a person, let alone offend him. Even if he met him, he would not dare to offend him even if he had five hundred guts. He would definitely try his best to flatter him and try to establish a relationship with him!
Seeing Liu Yun racking his brains and looking extremely anxious, Gu Dejiang seemed to realize something and asked in a deep voice:
"How's the situation with Daxinchang going?"

Gu Dejiang’s words could be said to have immediately reminded Liu Yun, making Liu Yun aware of a possibility. He said that he could not offend such a big shot…

But if the news about Da Xinchang leaked out and the higher-ups discovered something, then everything would fit in now!

Thinking of this, under Gu Dejiang's gaze, Liu Yun thought for a while and said in confusion:

"At present, everything is running smoothly at Daxinchang. I have already taken care of the Chief Secretary and the Government Affairs Bureau. Everything is proceeding as planned. I really can't think of what went wrong!"

Listening to Liu Yun's words, Gu Dejiang frowned slightly. Two hours ago, the Imperial Guards sent the order to the Government Affairs Bureau. Although it was a top-secret order, the Gu family knew the content of the order immediately through their connections in the Government Affairs Bureau.

The Gu family was also shocked by this order and immediately found out through their connections that the reason the Imperial Household Department issued such an order was because the Daxinchang Bank had offended a big shot.

In response, the Gu family immediately wanted to know the other party's specific identity, but they did not dare to reveal too much about their relationship and could only vaguely say that he was an important figure.

Although no one knew how the Liu family had offended this big shot, there were too many conflicts of interest between the Gu family and the Liu family. Once the Liu family was investigated, the Gu family would surely suffer as well. So the Gu family immediately asked Gu Dejiang to come and inform them!

Judging from Liu Yun’s expression, Gu Dejiang felt that Liu Yun was not pretending. He really didn’t know who he had offended. Moreover, although this old guy Liu Yun was a little greedy and lustful, his mind was very flexible. He was definitely not stupid enough to offend those people he shouldn’t offend…
Although we still don't understand what exactly happened, it is foreseeable that the Political Affairs Bureau and the Legal Affairs Bureau will send joint personnel to the Daxinchang Bank to investigate, and some things in the Daxinchang Bank cannot withstand investigation!

After thinking for a while, Gu Dejiang asked Liu Yun in a deep voice:

"Where did you put the account book?"

Facing Gu Dejiang's question, Liu Yun hesitated for a moment and lowered his head and said:
"The Chief Secretary comes to the ticket office every month to check the accounts and the monthly savings of our Daxinchang. Therefore, the account book of the ticket office is in the hands of Tian Shusen. He has to deal with the monthly inspection. As for my account book, I put it in a safe place!"

Listening to Liu Yun's words, Gu Dejiang's eyes flashed with a hint of coldness, while Liu Yun lowered his head and said nothing. He knew that the account book in his hand was his life-saving talisman. Although the Liu family and the Gu family had a deep friendship, it was a life-and-death crisis at the moment, and he dared not put all his hopes on the Gu family's friendship. After adjusting his mood, Gu Dejiang continued to ask:
"How confident are you that Tian Shusen's account books can handle the work group?"

Facing this question, Liu Yun spoke confidently:

“Don’t worry about this matter, Master Wu. We have asked the most experienced accountant to do it. We guarantee that even if the working group comes, they will not be able to find any problems…”

After getting this answer, Gu Dejiang felt relieved and continued to advise:

"Don't be careless. The working group is only in the open. The Coordination Office is likely to investigate secretly. You must hide the account book in your hand. It contains hundreds of heads of your family!"

Hearing the undisguised chill in Gu Dejiang's words, Liu Yun immediately said with a stern expression:
"Don't worry, Master Wu. I will treasure that account book as if it were my own son!"

Gu Dejiang snorted coldly and said:
"Your son is not as important as this account book!"

Liu Yun immediately nodded respectfully and said:
"Fifth Master, you are right. I must treasure that account book more than my precious son!"

Hearing Liu Yun's words, Gu Dejiang's expression eased a little, and after a pause he continued:
"If nothing unexpected happens, the Political Affairs Bureau and the Legal Affairs Bureau will form a working group today, and the working group will move into the Daxinchang Bank tomorrow!"

"On the surface, you, Daxinchang Bank, are supposed to cooperate with the working group's investigation, but in reality, you are supposed to guide the direction of the working group's investigation!"

"Don't make it watertight. Your Liu family will definitely bleed a lot of money if this matter has come to this point. Don't rely on luck. I will inform you as soon as there is any progress. You must be prepared to take action when necessary!"

"Do you understand what I said?"

Facing Gu Dejiang's scrutinizing gaze, Liu Yun nodded heavily and said very simply:
“Don’t worry, Master Wu. I, Liu, have been in the business for so many years and I am no novice. I will definitely arrange everything properly…”

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Yunbing, Heyi County
At three o'clock in the morning, when the night was quiet, a middle-aged general with a mustache and armor came to the city gate tower with his guards. Looking at the Fengwu Army camp outside the city, a sneer appeared on his face, and then he ordered the guards beside him:

"Give me a pot of old wine and a pork elbow in soy sauce!"

"Yes!"

About an incense stick later, a braised pork elbow and a pot of old wine appeared in the general's hands. The general immediately looked at the Fengwu Army camp outside the city, and began to eat with relish, taking a bite of the braised pork elbow and a sip of the wine.

This middle-aged general with a mustache was named Chen Wenzhao. He was the general of the Yunbing Army in Heyi County, commanding 15,000 Yunbing troops in Heyi County!

Just half a year ago, Chen Wenzhao was just a sentry leader commanding hundreds of people. The reason why he was able to become a winner in life with numerous victories in just half a year was, on the one hand, because of his background, and on the other hand, because of his military exploits!
The 37-year-old Chen Wenzhao is from Jinzhong, Yunbing. Unlike most of the poor people of this era who were born in poverty, although Chen Wenzhao was not born with a silver spoon in his mouth, he was born into a wealthy merchant family with no worries about food and clothing. Moreover, as his father’s only son, he has been loved by his family since he was a child...
From the two characters in his name, we can know that his father hoped that he could make some progress in his studies, preferably pass the imperial examinations, become a scholar or a juren, and lead the family to complete the transformation from a wealthy merchant family to an official family.
But unfortunately, although his name was Wen Zhao, Chen Wenzhao had no talent for studying and had loved wielding swords and guns since he was a child.

Seeing that Chen's father's several attempts to persuade him to study had no effect, he had no choice but to give up the path of studying for the imperial examination and let Chen Wenzhao, who liked to wield swords and guns, join the army.

With the financial support of his family, Chen Wenzhao was quickly promoted to the position of sentry leader. Just when he wanted to go one step further and become a commander, the Fengwu Army came to Jinzhong. The Chen family was killed as an example to the Fengwu Army because of hoarding goods and manipulating prices to make huge profits. Not only was Chen's father killed, but all of the Chen family's wealth was confiscated!

As a result, Chen Wenzhao and the Fengwu Army had an irreconcilable blood feud, and without the financial support of his family, he would never be able to climb to the throne of commander.

Time came to the second Yunbing War last year. On that rainy night in Pingyun County, Wang Muzhi led the Yunbing Army and launched a counterattack against Lin Huaiwu's Second Army.

Because of the hatred with the Fengwu Army for killing his father and exterminating his clan, Chen Wenzhao wanted to kill all the Fengwu Army. In this battle, he led the troops and fought very bravely. Not only was he the first one in the Yunbing Army to charge into the Second Army camp, he also killed seven Fengwu Army soldiers with his own hands...
After the great victory in Pingyun County, Wang Muzhi rewarded people based on their merits and believed that Chen Wenzhao should be given the greatest credit. In addition, Chen Wenzhao and the Fengwu Army had a blood feud, so Wang Muzhi made a direct decision to promote Chen Wenzhao to several levels as an exception and made him the general of Heyi County, commanding more than 10,000 people.

Chen Wenzhao was also very grateful for Wang Muzhi's kindness. He promised Wang Muzhi that as long as he, Chen Wenzhao, was still alive, the Fengwu Army would not be able to cross the line!
Chen Wenzhao was ready to live and die with the city. Worried that he would be left with no remains when the city fell, he even built a cenotaph for himself in Jinyang to prevent him from becoming a wandering ghost.

However, what Chen Wenzhao did not expect was that he received a secret order from Wang Muzhi just three days ago!
Wang Muzhi asked him to "donate" the city to the Fengwu Army!

Although it was a little hard to accept that Wang Muzhi was going to give up Heyi County, but as a soldier he had to obey Wang Muzhi’s orders. However, before that he had to teach these arrogant Fengwu troops a deep lesson...
(End of this chapter)