Not long after.
The constables had already beaten the once unyielding Truman into a pathetic stray dog.
Master Li and his men quickly found the indentures of the young women and refugees in the study!
He immediately and quietly lit it in the candlelight.
Meanwhile, Chu Men, looking pitiful, begged a tall, thin official in the courtyard, "I did give the county magistrate several hundred taels of silver. He had his subordinates collect the money from the captain guarding the gate to make things easier for him."
Adults and children alike act impulsively, driven solely by greed for money.
He was just an ordinary citizen.
"My lord... I have about ten beautiful girls in my backyard. If you don't mind, would you like them?"
"presumptuous!"
A sudden shout.
Then, the tall, thin imperial envoy glanced at his trusted confidants.
The confidant turned and left.
Truman breathed a sigh of relief.
A short while later, the confidant shook his head.
"The yamen runners confiscated it beforehand, and I could still smell the burning paper in the room..."
The imperial envoy gritted his teeth and shouted, "How dare you!"
It's unclear whether the criticism is directed at Truman or Su Yong.
Then they began a frenzied ransacking of homes.
Truman stood there dumbfounded, covered in a tattered sheet, soaking wet, as he was carried away!
A group of yamen runners began smashing the gates of the Lu residence.
"Open the door!"
The imperial envoy's face turned ashen.
"Lu Chao, you've been exposed!"
Lu Chao stubbornly tried to explain.
The surrounding constables, like tigers and wolves, directly stripped him of his clothes and hat.
Throw out Truman's confession!
"My lord, I am innocent!"
The imperial envoy shook his head and said, "Very good. Any normal person would say that they are innocent."
Speaking of which, even His Majesty has heard about your affairs?
Tell me, if I were to truly and innocently recount your story to His Majesty in detail...
Isn't this a slap in His Majesty's face?
How could His Majesty not be wise and sagacious?
Lu Chao's face stiffened, and he said in a low voice, "My lord, I have some things I truly want to say to you."
As he spoke, he glanced at the surrounding constables, who nodded and dispersed.
Lu Chao took out the house deed and other documents from the drawer, roughly estimating that it was worth five or six thousand taels.
"My lord, please spare my life! If I can overcome this hurdle in the future, the Lu family will repay you handsomely!"
The imperial envoy smiled and discreetly tucked the item into his sleeve.
Fool, even if I get rid of you, the money is still mine.
He nodded silently, without saying a word.
The imperial envoy shook his head: "Guards, take him away."
Lu Chao: "?"
The imperial envoy calmly said, "Rest assured, I am an upright official and would never engage in such collusion. You have a son, right? Deal with him as you see fit. At least your son is clean, isn't he?"
Lu Chao's whole body stiffened.
I might really be finished.
This person is implying that you shouldn't talk nonsense, and that your son will still be alive and well.
Lu Chao calmly said, "Sir, could you please see my son one last time?"
"Um."
Lu Chengfeng was still acting crazy in the courtyard, completely unlike his usual noble young master demeanor.
Pale-faced and barely recovered, he was being helped along: "Father!"
Lu Chao said with a pained expression, "Chengfeng, quickly sell off the valuables in the house. Be quick, and go back to your hometown as soon as possible."
"father!"
"obedient!"
Lu Chengfeng, a teenager, was the first to feel like he was the world's best.
It's going to collapse.
Just as Lu Chao was being led away...
Many people who had gathered at the entrance to watch the commotion began to discuss it!
"Could it be that he colluded with the Chu family that caused the plague to spread throughout the city?"
"Damn it, this guy is a real bastard!"
"Pooh!"
"Let's go, I'm going to have a serious talk with those scholars gathered around the forum."
Duan Wangshu, Shi Jingxing, and Lü Yunchuan were distributing herbal medicine to the people not far away.
Upon hearing the news of the incident, one of Lu Chengfeng's lackeys, who had always been on good terms with him and surrounded him, suddenly asked tentatively:
"Brother Chengfeng, what... what is this, County Magistrate?"
Lu Chengfeng paused slightly. This person used to call him Young Master Lu.
He chuckled dryly, trying to sound calm, and said, "It's nothing, just that the higher-ups are investigating some minor mistakes my father made, so I'm cooperating."
He then quickly instructed his steward and loyal servants to sell all the valuables in the house, including land deeds, and to take them to the neighboring county town.
The others sneered, "Lu Chengfeng, stop pretending, you bastard! Do you even know who the imperial envoy is?"
"He's an imperial envoy from above, specifically tasked with investigating cases. Your family is doomed!"
Lu Chengfeng stared at him: "You!"
"What are you looking at!"
This person was a dog that usually stayed by his side, and now it dared to bark at him.
"I've had enough! I've had enough of being treated like a lapdog, fawning over you all day long. Now I want to stand up for myself!"
Clap clap clap!
Several slaps landed on his face.
The rest of the lackeys swarmed forward as well.
Soon all his valuable jade pendants, sachets, and silver were stolen.
Her clothes were disheveled, and she seemed dazed, as if she had been raped.
The three people in the distance shouted a few times.
Upon seeing the newcomers, those lackeys bowed and scraped, saying, "Young Master Duan, Young Master Shi, Brother Yunchuan!"
The other person said softly, "Brother Yunchuan, it was he who instigated the accusation that you stole the book."
Lü Yunchuan felt as if he had returned to that time.
He shook his head and said, "Never mind, I'm not that petty!"
The lackey calmly said, "I'm sorry about what happened back then, brother. We really weren't good people. Consider this money my apology. I'm sorry."
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