Chapter 56: The Marshal's Mansion is Stolen

The invited young man was flattered but also felt uneasy.

Everyone in the capital knew that General Fu was still seriously injured and couldn't drink, but he still invited the second-generation rich to Zuihonglou to listen to music and drink.

This is to give face.

But this face makes the second-generation rich people feel uneasy.

This general and his father are people that even the emperor is afraid of...

Being close to General Fu, if the Marshal's Office fails, will they be implicated? !

Fu Chenan leaned against a soft pillow, drinking sweet water, enjoying the singing and dancing, and watching the second-generation rich guys drinking and amusing the girls. He looked relaxed and leisurely.

The top girl Qianhong from Zuihonglou, who was leaning next to him, had her eyes full of admiration and worship.

Miss Qianhong was beautiful, with a fair complexion and was very good at singing little songs, but at this moment she just poured cups of sweet water for Fu Chenan.

Fu Chenan seemed to be enjoying it, but in his heart he began to miss the taste of Coke.

The sweet water is too greasy...

An hour later, there was suddenly a commotion downstairs, followed by the sound of messy footsteps coming up the stairs.

The moment the door was pushed open, Fu Chenan threw the teacup in his hand at it like lightning, shouting, "How dare you! You rush in without even saying hello?!"

There was a scream of pain at the door, and the steward of the Marshal's Mansion kicked the threshold and fell in.

"Oh my, General, there's been a thief in the mansion! I've already reported it to the police, please go back quickly!"

"What? What do you mean by being robbed? Did you lose anything?" Fu Chenan stood up with a whoosh, covering his chest and hissing.

The housekeeper said with a sad face: "Your storeroom door is open, and the things that His Majesty gave me a few days ago are still inside!"

"It's all gone!"

“It’s all gone!”

The reward from His Majesty was stolen?!
That is a gift from the emperor!

Fu Chenan was so frightened that his face turned pale and he ran out.

The second generation of the rich were always eager to join in the fun, so how could they bear to miss such a rare event? They immediately followed.

When Fu Chenan returned to the Marshal's Mansion with his personal guards and a group of second-generation rich people, the mansion was crowded with people coming and going, and various constables, yamen runners, and guards were searching the mansion extensively.

Fu Chenan's expression turned cold for a moment, then turned into a panic look, and he ran to his yard.

The room in the yard that was used as a storehouse had been opened and was empty.

Not only did the jade ruyi and linzhi gold bestowed by His Majesty the Emperor disappear, but the rest of the cloth and medicinal herbs bestowed as rewards also disappeared.

This was raided?!

Zhao Zongquan, the commander of the defense force of the Beijing Yamen, stood in front of Fu Chenan with a dark face and clasped his fists to report.

"General Fu, after our inspection, we found that the warehouse has been looted. The thieves should have entered from the big tree in the northeast corner of the Marshal's Mansion..."

"Please make a list of what was lost, so that we can track down the stolen goods."

"Okay." Fu Chenan asked someone to write the list without saying anything.

There was no need to write a list at all: whatever the Emperor rewarded was lost from the warehouse.

Looking at the list, Commander Zhao Zongquan's face darkened: "General, there is nothing in your warehouse except the things bestowed by the emperor?"

Fu Chenan looked a little embarrassed: "I'm sorry to have embarrassed you, Commander Zhao. My father and I were originally butchers, and we were very poor."

"After this Marshal's Mansion was awarded to me, my salary was just sent to Zuihonglou. I usually eat vegetables and chickens and grow crops in the back garden."

"Except for the gifts from the emperor, what else is worth putting in the storehouse?" "I can't put my father's pig-killing outfit in the storehouse."

Zhao Zongquan: “…”

The second generation rich who followed: "..."

General Fu is really pitiful.

Who would have thought that General Fu's monthly salary would be used to pay for tonight's feast? !
"I'm leaving!" Zhao Zongquan saluted with his fists and left the Marshal's Mansion with a group of yamen runners and guards.

After everyone had left, Fu Chenan ordered the housekeeper: "Tell the sixteen maids to stay in the house and not go anywhere. Tell them that they don't know if the thief is still in the house or where he is hiding."

"Here!"

Fu Chenan looked at his personal guard captain again: "Take your men and search the mansion thoroughly. Don't leave any corner untouched..."

"Here!"

After finishing all these, the moon was already at its highest point in the sky.

After sending off the second-generation rich kids who came to watch the fun, Fu Chenan stood in the yard in front of the study and looked up at the sky: the bright moon was shining on this filthy world...

Early the next morning, Fu Chenan, who did not have to attend court, brought his sixteen beautiful maids and entered the palace in a grand manner!
In the Golden Throne Hall, His Majesty the Emperor was very curious: "Mr. Fu, I heard that your house was robbed yesterday? Are you here to ask me to solve the case for you?"

Fu Chenan kowtowed firmly, with an embarrassed and aggrieved look on his face: "Your Majesty, it is indeed so."

"My family was robbed and I am now penniless. I can't even afford to support the beauty that Your Majesty gave me..."

"I didn't dare to touch the things that Your Majesty gave me some time ago. Who would have thought that they were stolen by that little thief..."

"How about asking Your Majesty to give me some more silver to support my family?"

As soon as Fu Chenan said this, all the civil and military officials in the court said: "..."

You are the first one to ask the Emperor for money to support your family!
His Majesty the Emperor stared at Fu Chenan, speechless for a long while: "How can you be so poor?"

After searching the Marshal's Mansion, the commander of the defense army reported back that nine out of ten rooms in the entire mansion were empty, and there were only a few courtyards with proper furniture.

Most of the yards were empty with their doors and windows closed, and there was nothing inside.

He couldn't believe it after hearing this: Fu Zhonghai and Fu Chenan were also paid people, with at least several thousand taels of silver a year, how could they be so poor?
But who knew that Fu Chenan would dare to go to the court and cry poor? !

Fu Chenan replied honestly: "Your Majesty, I am a big eater. People call me Fu Dadu. I have eaten up all the salary money in my family."

Fu Chenan was good-looking and tall, but at the moment he was kneeling on the ground with a look of grievance and innocence on his face, which stunned everyone.

The contrast was so great that none of the emperor and his ministers could adapt to it.

His Majesty the Emperor looked at Fu Chenan and felt inexplicably happy: he had rewarded him with those things in the first place so that he would not have to use them.

Who would have thought that he could be so poor that his warehouse was so empty that even rats would run away.

Since he is willing to sacrifice his face, it is not easy for me to refuse openly...

His Majesty the Emperor smiled kindly and said, "Then I will reward Mr. Fu's family with three hundred taels of silver!"

Fu Chenan kowtowed in gratitude, but his face still showed an unsatisfied look.

The Emperor's face darkened slightly: "Why? Does the Fu family think I gave them too little?"

Fu Chenan kowtowed again and replied: "Your Majesty, I don't think your Majesty gave me too little, but I am too greedy."

"I'm afraid I'll have to come and ask for money every month. This is really not good..."

"Anyway, I have some free time in the capital. Your Majesty, can you allow me to do some business to support my family?"

(End of this chapter)