Although Lu Yun's Western Factory is powerful, they naturally cannot arrest people for no reason, otherwise the ministers in the court will never let them go easily.
Especially that Master Liu!
Thinking of this, Lu Yun said to Ye Jiajia: "How about we just arrest them tonight."
"No, we need to find the grain merchant I tracked down, and then find all the grain he hid. That way we'll have a pretext to arrest the others."
"good!"
Lu Yun agreed and quickly asked the people from the Western Factory to prepare to quickly capture the grain merchants that Ye Jiajia had found, and by the way, take out all the grain they had hidden.
In a grain merchant's shop.
Many people were resting, when suddenly a group of people wearing Western Factory uniforms walked in from outside and broke directly into the shop.
They looked ferocious and arrested all the shop assistants and the boss in the backyard.
The grain merchant was also confused...
I was just talking sweetly to my concubine, but suddenly this happened. I felt a little embarrassed.
"What are you doing!"
The grain merchants were also very tough and didn't seem to be afraid at all.
Ye Jiajia, the leader, shouted, "Open your eyes wide and see clearly that we are from the West Factory!"
"Western Factory arrests people without a reason, otherwise how dare you question us! Don't you want to live?"
"this……"
The grain merchant suddenly felt cold and froze. He took a closer look at the clothes these people were wearing and immediately realized something was wrong. What was going on?
The clothes of these people are exactly the same as those of the Western Factory. Could it be that they are really here to arrest me? But what mistake have I made?
He was a little nervous and trembling.
"you……"
“No way!”
"Why would the Western Factory arrest a merchant like me for no reason? I'm just selling some grain. I haven't done anything harmful, and there's no way I'd be connected to those officials."
However, Ye Jiajia didn't care about that. She walked up to him and slapped him twice, "Shut up!"
"Say another word and I'll cut off your tongue."
Hearing this, he suddenly panicked. What if his tongue was really cut off?
…
At the same time, in the house where they stored the grain, many people from the Western Factory went directly there, opened the cellar, and took out all the grain inside.
After calculation, they found that the amount of food stored in the cellar was incalculable, which meant that they had enough food.
However, these grain merchants insisted that the grain was gone and had been stolen, causing hunger and causing the price of grain to soar.
Seeing so much food stored here, Lu Yun suddenly became angry. What's going on? What does it mean?
"Okay, all of you hide all this grain and don't sell it to the people, but instead want to gain more profits."
"Okay, okay! This eunuch has finally gained some experience today."
“That’s amazing!”
"Storing all this food is evidence of their crime!"
"yes!"
After getting the key evidence, Lu Yun didn't care about anything else. Their Western Factory had a bad reputation anyway, so there was no need to be polite this time.
Therefore, Lu Yun quickly led a number of people from the Western Factory to arrest all the grain merchants in the city, even those who had not been robbed before.
In this way, all the grain merchants were arrested after dawn.
There was no chance at all!
The Western Factory Yamen is not a place that anyone can get involved in!
No one can get involved in the Western Factory.
No one can change this!
Xichang Yamen, in prison.
Lu Yun put all the captured businessmen and their subordinates together and interrogated them one by one. If they did not tell the truth or said something deceptive, he would be able to detect it immediately.
Anyway, many people know about the horror of the Western Factory, and folk rumors also describe the Western Factory as a very terrifying image.
Naturally, they didn't have to worry too much and used all kinds of methods.
Early morning today.
At least the ministers have all come to the hall. They are not aware that the grain merchants have been arrested because it was too sudden last night and all the grain merchants were arrested in a swarm.
It’s impossible to report the news!
As for Lu Yun, as a eunuch, he was not in the court. His main job was to achieve his goals, so there was no need for him to attend court every day. Moreover, the emperor also gave him great respect, so naturally he would not say too much.
Soon, all the ministers in the court gathered and Emperor Liang Jing came out.
"My dear ministers, if you have anything to say, please report it. If not, please leave the court!"
Tutor Liu looked very angry at this time. On his way here, the moment he entered the palace, he suddenly received a report from his subordinates that all the grain merchants had been arrested.
Most of these grain merchants have some relationship with him. If these people are arrested, it will be very dangerous!
This is absolutely not possible!
"Your Majesty, Eunuch Lu said that the food for disaster relief must be mixed with small stones and made dirty, although we all thought this was not acceptable yesterday."
"I didn't expect that after the implementation, many people who took advantage of the situation would leave."
"And those people have received the punishment they deserved. This is something we really didn't expect."
"Eunuch Lu is truly amazing. He's so smart and immediately spotted this weakness. Now no one is competing with the disaster victims for the relief grain."
"Okay!" Liang Jing nodded. She didn't quite understand the method proposed by Lu Yun at first, but after thinking about it carefully, it seemed to make some sense and it seemed to be really useful.
After briefly talking about the court's disaster relief efforts and the specific situation of the victims, Liang Jing was about to leave.
Suddenly, Taifu Liu walked forward and knelt on the ground in the hall, shouting at Liang Jing.
"His Majesty!"
"I heard that last night, that eunuch surnamed Lu brought his men from the Western Factory and captured all the grain merchants in the city."
"All the grain merchants were arrested. This is a bit too weird."
"Isn't this eunuch surnamed Lu a bit too arrogant? He dares to do anything and arrest so many people."
"With so many businessmen, have all of them made mistakes? The power of the Western Factory is too great, Your Majesty. This eunuch surnamed Lu is taking advantage of Your Majesty's favor and approval to act recklessly!"
"Your Majesty, this matter has caused widespread public outrage. Arresting so many grain merchants overnight is definitely inappropriate!"
"When I heard this, I was also very shocked! I couldn't believe it at all."
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