Chapter 284 Not a Crime
Zhao Liya wasn't afraid of his sarcasm and said calmly, "My father was imprisoned suddenly. No one in our family has been back since then, so all our property was naturally confiscated by the court. It's easy to find out whether the Zhao family was rich or not. My parents weren't that capable of foreseeing the future and transferring their property in time. All the money we earned after arriving here was earned."
"Hahahaha!" Eunuch Shu couldn't help but burst out laughing: "You really believe this? What a joke!"
Zhao Liya: "It's just a few hundred thousand taels of silver. Is it that hard to earn?"
Zhao Liya looked confused, as if she was very puzzled.
Everyone froze.
Eunuch Shu was so choked that he didn't know how to respond.
What, what does it mean?
It's just a few hundred thousand taels of silver? What a boast!
Zhao Liya smiled and said, "That's why Lingnan is such a great place. The fruit and sugarcane here are truly valuable! Making sugar from sugarcane is incredibly profitable, and so is making fruit, like canned fruit, dried fruit, dried persimmons, and so on. We didn't make much in the first year or two, but since then, we've been making a ton of money. However, redemption is incredibly expensive. After we redeemed our sins, our family was completely destitute."
Of course, this is a lie.
The Zhao family's planting business had been expanding year after year on a very large scale. They had also formed an alliance with several tribes on Hainan Island, such as the Guzhu tribe. With the help of shipping connecting to the south of the Yangtze River, the Zhao family naturally made a lot of money, and the speed of wealth accumulation increased exponentially.
As for redemption, Zhao Liya had originally planned to wait a little longer, but unexpectedly, Prefect Min sent someone to secretly deliver a message saying that the head eunuch of the Imperial Concubine's side had arrived, specifically asking about the Zhao family, and would come down in person.
This forced him to atone for his sins quickly.
Otherwise, the identity of a fugitive would be subject to many constraints and one would definitely suffer losses.
Even if she could make it up to him in the future, Zhao Liya didn't want to suffer this.
I don’t want my parents to suffer.
So he immediately took out the silver and asked Han San and Han Si to go to Lord Yin to atone for their sins.
Lord Yin didn't dare to ask more questions, nor did he want to ask more questions.
Anyway, what the Zhao family did was legal and compliant, so he just had to follow the rules. After receiving the money, he immediately went through the formalities and reported what needed to be reported. The relevant documents should have reached Prefect Min by now, right?
Anyway, it has nothing to do with him anymore.
He wasn't stupid, and he certainly wouldn't try to make a name for himself at a time like this, telling Eunuch Shu that the Zhao family had only just redeemed themselves in the past two days.
Eunuch Shu's cheek muscles twitched, and he was very angry.
Magistrate Yin and Prefect Min pretended not to see or hear anything and said nothing.
This means that what Zhao Liya said is true!
He couldn't find any fault at all.
It seemed like he had made a fool of himself by coming here to find trouble.
The muscles at the corners of Eunuch Shu's mouth twitched again!
I'm just so angry, so angry!
He glared fiercely at Prefect Min and Magistrate Yin. He knew nothing, so didn't they know anything either? Why didn't they tell him anything beforehand? Damn it! They must have looked down on him for being a eunuch! How dare they! He wouldn't let them off when he returned to the capital.
Eunuch Shu was indeed a man who had made his mark in the palace. He was cruel and thick-skinned. Zhao Liya's words certainly made him feel very embarrassed, but he didn't care too much. It was embarrassing, so what?
Anyway, he is not hanging out outside. Once he returns to the palace, what does what happens outside have to do with him?
Eunuch Shu coughed, then put on a smile again. "So that's how it is. Zhao Xiang is indeed a talented man who passed the imperial examination and became the top scholar. He's smart and intelligent. Even in this remote place in Lingnan, he's better at making money than others! When I tell people about this when I return to the capital, I'm afraid many people won't believe it at all. Hahahaha!"
This guy is certainly not a good person. He mocks Zhao Xiang, a scholar who used to be a first-rank official, for now he has degraded himself to become a businessman and competes with the people for profit.
Zhao Liya smiled, shook her head, and said, "Eunuch Shu has misunderstood again! My father has nothing to do with making money. Ever since the academy started recruiting students, my father has been extremely busy, busy teaching and answering questions every day. How could he have time for anything else? The money was earned with the help of me, my brother-in-law, Uncle Hu, and all the uncles, aunts, and other relatives in this area. Oh, and General Zhong, the garrison commander of these three counties, also cooperated with him."
Eunuch Shu: “.”
Who wants to hear you talk about this stuff in detail? You don't say what you should say, but you clearly say what you shouldn't say!
He was speechless and snorted, "Why? We came all the way here, and Miss Zhao won't invite us in? Are you the only one in your house? Are the others hiding?"
Zhao Liya laughed and said, "Father-in-law is such a jokester. My father is teaching, and my brother and sister went hunting in the mountains with others a few days ago. My mother is busy working in another village, so I'm the only one home. Uncle Hu and the others are all here, they are all friends of our family. I didn't dare invite Father-in-law into the house to rest when my parents were away. We are timid and we are not afraid of being laughed at by Father-in-law. If so many people came into our house, what if they left something in a corner and insisted it was ours? How could they have ulterior motives and be so unseemly? It's hard to explain."
"You!" Eunuch Shu sneered, "Really? If you hadn't said it, we wouldn't have thought of it! Now that you say that, how do you know you're not trying to cover up your mistake? Oh, we'll definitely have to search for it."
"The Emperor is merciful and spared your lives, but who knows if some people might be ungrateful and harbor resentment? Now that we're here, maybe we should conduct a thorough search!"
Eunuch Shu had this plan in mind, but when Zhao Liya pointed it out, he simply didn't bother to pretend anymore.
He sneered darkly, "Miss Zhao, are you going to stop me?"
"I dare not," Zhao Liya really did not dare. "But if something extra is found, it will be hard to say. If Eunuch Shu wants to send someone to search, that's fine. But the person who goes in to search must first let us search him, and let our family members follow him, that's the only way!"
"presumptuous!"
"Could it be that Eunuch Shu was so angry because I said it right?"
"Who are you—who are we? How could you do such a thing!"
Zhao Liya sneered, "My father is loyal to the Great Qin and the Emperor. How could he be so unjustly slandered by the eunuch?"
“Bold!”
Zhao Liya raised an eyebrow. So what if she was bold? Anyway, it was absolutely impossible to search in this way.
"Okay, okay!" Eunuch Shu sneered angrily, "Since Miss Zhao is trying to stop us, then forget it! We will report this to the Emperor."
Zhao Liya smiled and said, "Doesn't my father have any old friends in the capital? Now that Eunuch Shu is here, my father will naturally have to ask someone to make it clear how to entertain him, to avoid any misunderstandings."
(End of this chapter)
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