Liu Hu lowered her head slightly. “I understand.”0

According to what Song Luodi had said back then, although Fang Linhou was already dead, the accounts had still not been settled. To certain people, that case had merely been a business transaction. Fang Linhou alone held at least 20% share in it. After all these years, the amount involved was a minimum of several hundred thousand Taiping coins, perhaps even more.0

As for why the man was dead yet the accounts remained unsettled, it was because the matter involved the Taiping Bank.0

The Taiping Bank stood on equal footing with the Daoist Order’s Duzhi Hall and the Imperial Court’s Ministry of Revenue, overseeing the minting and issuance of currency while controlling the wealth of the entire realm. It was jointly managed by the Daoist Order and the Imperial Court, with a total of seven managers—three of whom were from the Daoist Order, three from the Imperial Court, and one from the royal family. Every one of these seven individuals held positions of immense authority. Their terms rotated every five years, though most had already served through several consecutive terms.0

To audit the Taiping Bank’s accounts, aside from extraordinary...0