Chapter 269: King of Hell Calls the Name 2.0 (2 / 2)
Then he heard Xu Yanmiao muttering in his heart: [How did he cover up the accounts? If he had managed to pull it off, then it would have been a miracle for the old emperor’s ancestors’ graves not to be blessed with rising green smoke!]
The old emperor: “…”
Now that he thought about it… that wasn’t exactly wrong?
Setting everything else aside, that account-fixing skill was truly impressive.
[Oh ho, he’s not stupid—realizing he couldn’t balance the accounts himself, he immediately went to his superior, the Prefect of Anhui!]
As they entered a restaurant near the bathhouse, the old duck soup was served. The old emperor took a small sip and calmly said, “Record it.”
The Jinyiwei commander immediately memorized it, preparing to investigate who the Prefect of Anhui was back when Wu Jijiu served as the magistrate of Tongcheng.
[That prefect wasn’t foolish either—he went straight to the Grand Coordinator of the Canal Transport Bureau for help.]
[Tsk tsk!]