If Jiang An could have been caught in advance, we would probably have known the truth.
Old Whitehead immediately sent someone to notify the Ministry of Personnel and the Ministry of Justice.
The old man from the Ministry of Personnel originally planned to proceed step by step and wait until Lan Ruoyue was executed before dealing with Jiang An's affairs. In recent times, he has been quietly compiling evidence and trying to stabilize Jiang An.
When I heard about this, I didn't dare to delay any longer.
Mobilize all the people in the Ministry of Personnel to work overtime starting today, and dig deep into the ground to get Jiang An in!
People from the Ministry of Justice also helped in arresting people.
Anyone who dares not speak up will have the Ministry of Justice’s 72 criminal laws always open to them.
Jiang An frowned and drank the medicine, complaining, "Did the medicine today get burnt? Why is it so bitter?"
Madam Jiang said with great disdain, "Go ask your good daughter! She brewed today's medicine."
Jiang Liuli rushed in from outside and slammed the spatula onto the table.
The table was shaking and the sound was extremely harsh.
Old Lady Jiang cursed, "You little bastard, who are you angry with? Do you still have eyes for me, your elder? You have no manners!"
"Elder? Bah! When you were enjoying yourself, I was imprisoned in the Liu family and suffering. Why didn't you act like elders and rescue me?"
"I escaped from there on my own. After I got out, I sold my belongings, worked as a laundryman, and served a few wild men."
"Why didn't you say you were my elders back then? Now that you're in trouble and have no one to serve you, you're charging right in front of me? Ugh!"
Jiang Liuli's skin is no longer as fair and tender as before, and there are freckles on her face.
She tied a headscarf and rolled up her sleeves, looking no different from the young woman selling vegetables at the city gate.
When Old Lady Jiang saw her like this, she was about to cry, but was immediately slapped to the ground by Jiang Liuli.
"Why are you crying, you old fool?"
"I cook and make medicine for you. Am I wronging you?"
"Do you still think you're a distinguished old lady? Stop dreaming. You're just an old woman now. You don't know how long your son can be an official. I advise you to stop making trouble and stay in peace. Maybe you can live a little longer!"
Jiang Liuli glared at her fiercely.
The old woman was so frightened that she couldn't speak. She immediately hid beside Jiang An and cried to him.
"Look, this is your good daughter. How dare she treat your mother like this, and you didn't say a word? How can you be a son!"
Jiang An's health was deteriorating, and he didn't have the energy to argue with her.
Hearing my mother crying, I just feel annoyed.
He pushed the man away and yelled, "That's enough! Don't you think you have enough to do? You keep chattering all day long. It's so annoying! My career as an official is ruined because of your crying!"
When Old Lady Jiang saw that her son was not on her side, she finally calmed down.
Jiang Liuli sneered: "Old thing, if you have a bite to eat, just eat it obediently, don't complain about this and that all day long and make me feel annoying."
"I, I don't want anything else. The food is bad, and I can tolerate the poor accommodation, but can you get me some spices? I'm almost out of incense. That incense smells so good, I feel uncomfortable if I don't smell it for a day."
Jiang Liuli patted her back hard.
"What time is it, and you're still thinking about buying spices? Open your eyes and take a look. You're no longer the old lady of the Jiang family, and you don't have that fool Liu waiting on you. Your son's salary is barely enough for food and rent, and you're still thinking about spices? Dream on!"
Madam Jiang was not convinced: "We still have private money, and we also have things we moved from the Liu family. We also sold a lot of money in the past two days. This money is enough to buy spices."
Jiang Liuli was about to argue with her when she heard the sound of banging on the door outside.
"Open the door! Come in! Don't think you can just pretend to be dead inside. We know you are in there!"
Old Mrs. Jiang shuddered with fear.
Jiang An also curled up in bed, not looking like an imperial official at all.
Another urging voice came from outside: "Open the door quickly! After cheating us out of so much money, you want to hide and pretend to be dead? No way!"
Jiang An was shocked: "It's over, it must be those who paid to cheat, how did they find this place?"
The people outside kept pounding on the door, shouting angrily, "Get out here, or we'll break the door down!"
Jiang Liuli opened the door impatiently. Looking at her current appearance, no one would associate her with the talented woman she used to be.
She yelled at the top of her voice, "What are you doing? You guys ruined my meal! Pay me money!"
The group of grown men had never seen such a fierce young lady.
They were all stunned. The leader looked at Jiang Shuyue, his momentum weakening a bit. "This has nothing to do with you. Hurry and call your master out! He took our money and promised to let our son go to high school, but now it's all gone to waste!"
"The court also ordered that if you want to take the exam next time, you must pay 50,000 taels of silver to atone your sin, otherwise your descendants will never be able to participate in the Spring Examination again."
"In three years, we have to earn 50,000 taels of silver. Do you know how much good money that is? Mr. Jiang must give an explanation today!"
Jiang An hid in the house, feeling very nervous, afraid that someone would break in.
He didn't know that the court would act so quickly and issue such an order.
The imperial court is not short of money recently, so why would it make money from merchants?
Liu Shuyue, lying on a tree trunk outside, chuckled: "My husband is really resourceful. He managed to get hundreds of thousands of taels of silver in one go!"
Huahua: [Everyone wants to get into high school, especially these business owners. They have money but no power. They want to achieve a class leap, so of course they're willing to take the money.]
Twelve merchants have already contributed funds to pave the way for their children and grandchildren. Six hundred thousand taels! The Emperor, clutching the banknotes, even sleeps soundly!
Liu Shuyue: [Evil needs to be dealt with by evil. Although the emperor is greedy, he still has some tricks up his sleeve! How much money does this scumbag father have left?]
Huahua: [It's less than 70,000 taels. There's a compartment in his pants where he hides everything.]
Take off his clothes, tear off his pants, and leave him penniless!
Liu Shuyue cheered them up in her heart.
Jiang Liuli put her hands on her hips and stopped them from coming in: "What are you shouting about? Who is the servant? Who the hell is the servant?"
"Open your dog eyes and see clearly, this is my house! You bastards, how dare you run into my house and act wild in broad daylight? Do you believe I will strip naked and sue you for harassing a decent woman?"
The visitor was also annoyed, pointing and cursing: "It is only natural to pay back debts. You blocked the door and refused to let us in, and even lied to us. Believe it or not, we will send the officials to arrest you!"
Jiang Liuli was like a dead pig that was not afraid of boiling water and did not take them seriously at all.
Besides, she knew that Jiang An had 70,000 taels of silver in his hands.
Now that she is down and out, she can only turn things around by relying on the money in Jiang An's hands. She absolutely cannot let anyone snatch the money away from her.
This is one of the reasons why she stayed.
Without a word, she slid her clothes down to her shoulders and yelled outside, "Someone, this is molesting! A bunch of grown men are molesting me! Oh my God, is there any law left?"
The group of grown men had never seen such a scene before and they stepped back one after another.
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