But Yu Jinyan was also holding his breath in his heart. Naturally, he wanted to pass the exam, otherwise how could he be proud?

The two returned to the main hall. Yu Ruhai saw Song Nian coming over and said in a pretentious tone, "Come here, Xiao Nian. I have something to ask you."

Song Nian smiled and said, "Grandpa, you say."

Yu Ruhai stroked his beard and asked: "When did my fifth brother get promoted? What is his current position?"

Song Nian said: "Young Master was promoted to the position of Junior Official of the Dali Temple not long ago. The Dali Temple is in charge of the trial of criminal cases."

Yu Ruhai nodded, and then asked, "Does Fifth Brother have any contact with Lord Liu Cifu's family?"

Song Nian replied, "You are a disciple of Lord Liu, so we have some contacts."

Yu Ruhai's eyes gleamed with a gleam. The Liu family still had some conscience. He couldn't help feeling a little complacent. If he hadn't had a keen eye and bought the girl Meng Yujiao to bring good luck to his fifth brother, how could his fifth brother have climbed up to such a high branch and become involved with the high and mighty family of the elders.

Yu Jinshu, who was standing by, seemed to have found the reason why Yu Qizhe was promoted, and whispered to Yu Jinyan, "Fourth brother, if you had let that girl climb into your bed, all this would be yours today."

Yu Jinyan frowned and said nothing.

Yu Zhou looked at the two of them. She had raised both of her grandsons, so how could she not see the jealousy in their hearts? She whispered to them, "When you meet Fifth Brother, you two should be smart and say nice things to please him. Your future depends on him!"

Yu Jinshu said with a fake smile, "Don't worry, grandma. Even if the fifth brother becomes an official, he is still our brother. How can he not help us brothers?" He was filled with anger, and his eyes were flashing with calculation. "Besides, the fourth brother and Miss Liu have some old feelings. It doesn't make sense for the Liu family to only help the fifth brother and not help us brothers."

Yu Zhou frowned and twisted Yu Jinshu's arm, "Put aside all your cleverness. This is Fifth Brother's territory. Stop making trouble."

Yu Zhou could see clearly in her heart that Yu Ruhai's heart and eyes were now filled with Yu Qizhe. If Yu Jinshu and Yu Jinyan were as ignorant as before and had any unpleasantness with Yu Qizhe, it went without saying that the old man would only stand on Yu Qizhe's side.

Yu Jinshu couldn't listen to these words at all. He suddenly figured it out. Rich families all valued the reputation of women. If he threatened Liu Yujiao with the incident of her having sex with him, Liu Yujiao would dare not fail to give him some benefits.

He had completely forgotten the outburst that occurred when Liu Ziqi went to Qingyu Village to pick up Yu Jiao. People are always like this, some lessons cannot be remembered unless they are taught to them.

Yu Ruhai was still talking to Song Nian, asking about the situation in the Liu Mansion, especially the young lady of the Liu family. Song Nian knew what to say and what not to say, and he evaded the question by saying that he was just a servant and the master seldom took him out.

Then, without waiting for Yu Ruhai to ask any more questions, he said the food was ready and ran to the kitchen to bring it in with Mrs. Song.

As the sun gradually set, Yu Qizhe came back.

Song Nian came forward and whispered, "The old master and his party have arrived and are having dinner in the main hall now."

Yu Qizhe nodded, with a trace of fatigue between his brows. In the Yang family case, Emperor Ming Zheng tasted the sweetness. As a king, he could not be greedy for the people's money. However, there were so many officials in the court, including Yang Xu, Wang Xu, Zhou Xu, and Zhao Xu. If the homes of these corrupt officials were searched, wouldn't the embezzled money become his private treasury?

So he hinted to Yu Qizhe to read more files of the Dali Temple in the near future and kill a few corrupt officials as a warning to others, as if he was treating Yu Qizhe as Cheng Ying.

This was exactly what Yu Qizhe wanted. He found the lawsuit filed by the Qu family, who were suppressed by Yang Xu, against Zhai Huaiying, the Salt Transport Envoy of Huai'an, and sent someone to pass the message to Song Ling, informing the Qu family that the Dali Temple would try the case.

Wei Minzhong, the Minister of Dali Temple, was from the Feng family. When he heard that Yu Qizhe was going to try the case, he tried to obstruct him in every way. Yu Qizhe ignored him. It was just that he was a new official in office and with Wei Minzhong's instructions, the people in Dali Temple did not listen to his orders.

Yu Qizhe was not annoyed. He turned around and went into the palace to get the imperial edict from Emperor Mingzheng and successfully started the trial of the case.

Yu Qizhe spent the entire day listening to the Qu family's statement in the Dali Temple, and took great pains to obtain evidence from the Qu family that Zhai Huaiying had accepted bribes with salt permits.