What a sin! The most handsome lazy man in the village married a crazy woman.

Chapter 238: Making the Qiao Family Poor

There was no signature on the envelope; it was blank.

The head of the Qiao family opened the letter and took a look, and saw that it was written inside.

"Master Qiao, your house was robbed. Are you happy?"

"You are unhappy, but I am happy. There is so much gold!"

"For the sake of gold, I'll tell you a big secret. Your sister Qiao Ruyi didn't die of illness. She was killed by Gao Yi himself. Gao Hang witnessed everything and was frightened to the point of insanity. Hahahaha, you're a family of idiots, hahahaha..."

This was followed by a series of hahahaha, as if mocking the Qiao family's stupidity.

"Ah!" Patriarch Qiao roared and tore the letter into pieces: "Impossible, impossible!"

If the theft in his house made him angry, the truth about Qiao Ruyi's death made him even more panicked.

He and Qiao Ruyi are brothers from the same mother. When he was young, he was slow to learn and was not liked by his parents. Only his sister stayed with him and followed him, calling him brother.

Since he was a child, his sister encouraged him every day and never despised him for being stupid. That’s why he is what he is today.

If it weren't for his sister, he would never have been able to take the position of head of the family.

The relationship between him and his sister cannot be replaced by anyone.

When his sister died, he was sad for a long time.

Over the years, he has always been very kind to his sister's children and has recruited many famous doctors to treat Gao Hang, but to no avail.

He didn't know when it started, but he gradually gave up on Gao Hang, and the memory of his sister in his mind also faded.

Now, when he saw this letter, the image of his younger sister’s smiling face unconsciously emerged in the mind of the head of the Qiao family.

Who left this letter?

Who is the thief?

Why did he leave this letter? Why did he tell him that Qiao Ruyi was killed by Gao Yi?

Are you trying to sow discord?

The Gao family’s prosperity is inseparable from the financial support of the Qiao family.

Over the years, because of their in-laws, the Qiao family has helped the Gao family deal with various trivial matters behind the scenes, making the Gao family what it is today.

If Gao Yi was really the murderer of Qiao Ruyi.

So what has the Qiao family been doing over the years?

Patriarch Qiao closed his eyes and took several deep breaths before he calmed down.

He asked someone to bring a brazier and burned the scraps of the letter.

He called a secret guard and said, "Go check Gao Hang's current situation. Check secretly and don't alert the Gao family."

The letter said that Gao Hang witnessed everything, and whether it was true or not, he wanted to find out.

Gao Yi, you'd better not have done anything to hurt my sister.

After the secret guards left, the head of the Qiao family called his second son, third son, fourth son, and fifth son who were capable of taking on responsibilities.

Asked about the current situation of the Qiao family.

Qiao Xuelin's life was saved and he woke up, but he was lying in bed, unable to get up. His injuries would take at least a month to heal.

"I'm afraid that big brother won't be able to make a woman pregnant in the future." Mr. Qiao said with difficulty, with a hint of smile in his eyes.

From childhood to adulthood, the eldest brother was the most favored, received the most, and was the heir to the family head. Now that he has become like this, it is really gratifying.

The eldest son's experience made the head of the Qiao family extremely angry, but when he thought of the ability of the man who stole from the Qiao family, he sighed again: "It doesn't matter if you don't have that ability. Xue Lin doesn't lack children anyway. This time you got caught by a woman, you should remember it."

Of all his sons, the eldest was the most lustful and had the most children, thirteen sons and fifteen daughters.

Now that my body is ruined, it's a good opportunity for me to be more restrained and focus on doing business.

"I, your mother, and your eldest brother are ill in bed. With so many things happening at home, you guys have to work harder. Put aside your idle tasks and first catch the thieves who stole from my Qiao Mansion. Check all the people in the hot spring villa and the mansion. It is better to kill a hundred people by mistake than to let one person go."

As instructions were passed down one after another, there was turmoil in the Qiao family again.

But no matter how they investigated, no matter how many suspicious people they arrested, they didn't find any gold.

In the Prime Minister's Mansion, Gao Yi learned what happened to the Qiao family. He did nothing but stayed in the study, staring at the painting of four people in a daze.

The painting includes him, Emperor Yuanwu, Nangong Yan, and Princess Zhaoyang.

His hands holding the painting were shaking uncontrollably.

After a while, his hands fell down in pain and the painting fell on the table.

Gao Yi looked at his hands, his eyes showing a bit of fatigue.

"I'm becoming less and less strong. My body is getting worse day by day." Gao Yi closed his eyes.

He still had many ambitions to fulfill, but his body did not allow it. He was younger than Emperor Yuanwu, but suffered from an incurable disease and looked even older than Emperor Yuanwu.

People around him said that he was getting old so fast because he worried too much, but that was not the case. He was just sick and would not live long.

"Pass the order down, don't worry about the Qiao family's affairs!"

Outside the window, in the darkness, a tree shook, and a secret guard quietly left.

The three-day deadline has expired.

The Qiao family needs to cash in the two million taels of silver.

Before dawn, Shangguan Zhenhua and Ye Peng brought people to the Qiao family.

The head of the Qiao family had just recovered and was barely able to get out of bed and walk. He personally entertained Shangguan Zhenhua and the other two.

"The Qiao family was robbed and all the gold and silver in the warehouse were stolen. We are unable to come up with two million taels of silver for the time being. Can the Duke of Protectorate give us some more time?" The head of the Qiao family said weakly.

Shangguan Zhenhua sneered, "I asked you to take the silver, and you said it was stolen. You are the richest man in the Yuan Dynasty, but you want to cheat. Haha, your Qiao family has so much money, who can steal it all? Master Qiao, give the silver quickly, or let this duke look down on you."

No matter what the head of the Qiao family said, Shangguan Zhenhua and Ye Peng just didn't believe that the Qiao family had been robbed, and bluntly said that the Qiao family was making excuses to act like a rogue.

The father and son were so angry that they picked up their weapons and started fighting.

The head of the Qiao family was so frightened that he immediately promised to send the compensation to the Duke of Huguo's Mansion in the afternoon.

Shangguan Zhenhua and the other man then gave up and returned to the Duke of Huguo's Mansion first.

The head of the Qiao family called his second son and asked him to ride as fast as he could to the small treasuries hidden in two other locations in the capital to get silver. If there was not enough, he could go to the various businesses of the Qiao family in the capital to get the capital used for purchasing goods first. He also needed to go to the side branches.

After all this, the Qiao family almost emptied out all their money in the capital before they managed to scrape together two million taels of silver and sent it to the Duke of Protectorate's Mansion.

Without the capital for purchasing goods, the normal operation of the Qiao family's major industries would be affected, and they would need to quickly find money from other places to make up for it.

The head of the Qiao family ordered Mr. Qiao Sanye to take his bodyguards to Xuzhou City, where a large treasury of the Qiao family was hidden.

"Husband, we can go traveling to Xuzhou City." Ye Tang excitedly pulled Xiao Jingxuan down from the bed, casually put some clothes on him, and went to ask Shangguan Zhenhua for leave.

Shangguan Zhenhua frowned: "Are you going on a honeymoon?"

Ye Tang took Jamel Xiao's hand and said, "Yeah, yeah, honeymoon. My husband and I have been married for so long, and we have been either studying or doing things. We are very tired physically and mentally, so we haven't been able to get pregnant for so long. Going out to play can not only enhance the relationship between husband and wife, but also relax our mood, so that our body can be very healthy. Grandfather, do you want to hold your great-grandson?"

"Yes." Shangguan Zhenhua said without thinking: "If you want to go, go ahead. Bring a few more people with you so that you don't get assassinated again. Go out safely and come back safely, okay?"

My granddaughter is either farming or learning this and that every day. It’s time for her to relax.

The couple went out as they wished, bringing only six guards with them, one of whom was He Songlin.

The purpose of this trip is not just for fun, but to make the Qiao family paupers.