Chapter 41
Everything that needed to be done had been done, and all that was left was for Chang Feng to find evidence. Gu Yanling felt much more relieved, and with a good mood, she naturally ate more at dinner.
After eating and drinking, he returned to the west wing humming a cheerful tune.
The little parrot was released and jumped around on Gu Yanling's shoulder.
Gu Yanling beamed with joy as she boasted to it about her feat of the day. Finally, she laughed heartily, "You don't know how servile the official is today. And that Hu Jiawei, isn't he quite impressive? The way he knelt on the ground and kowtowed to apologize was something those people who had been bullied by him before should have seen! It was truly a delight!"
The little parrot imitated him: "It's really satisfying! It's really satisfying!"
Gu Yanling said in a brisk tone, "Oh, just wait for Brother Chang Feng to find the evidence."
The little parrot continued to echo: "Find evidence! Find evidence!"
"Eh? What if Brother Chang Feng is too stupid and can't find any evidence?"
Gu Yanling immediately shook her head after she finished speaking: "No, no, Brother Chang Feng wouldn't be such a good-for-nothing."
Before the little parrot had the chance to learn to speak, it was put back into the cage and saw Gu Yanling running away again.
Chang Feng saw him running over in a hurry: "Yuanbao, what's wrong?"
Gu Yanling: "Brother Chang Feng, you must investigate thoroughly. The prefect came here today to apologize, and with such a large box of gold ingots, it's obvious that all of it was ill-gotten gains. He's bleeding money all at once. Even if he wants to be content, Hu Jiawei will definitely not let it go. Send someone to keep a close eye on him, and you'll definitely be able to find out his illicit ways of making money."
Chang Feng nodded: "The young master has instructed me, I have sent several people to monitor his every move, don't worry, Yuanbao, selling illegal salt, selling official positions are all capital crimes."
Gu Yanling: "Are your men reliable? You need to be more careful."
Chang Feng: "Yuanbao, you seem to care about this very much?"
Gu Yanling said calmly, "This kind of person usually acts arrogantly because he is far away from the emperor and no one is watching over him. That's why he is so bold. Who knows what he might do in the future. I just want to get rid of this evil for the people."
Seeing how righteous he was, Chang Feng patted him on the shoulder and said, "Don't worry, with the young master here, we will never let go of those who defy the law and knowingly break it."
Gu Yanling: "Of course! The young master is the great judge!"
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"Master!"
Gu Yanling came out of Chang Feng's residence and was busy looking for Xiao Xinghan. Seeing that he was going to take a shower, she hurriedly chased after him.
Xiao Xinghan: "Going to find Chang Feng?"
Gu Yanling hugged his arm and said, "Hey, Master, please don't be jealous again. I'm just worried that Brother Chang Feng might not be smart enough, so I'm going to give him some advice."
Xiao Xinghan: "..."
"You seem to be taking this matter very seriously."
Gu Yanling entered the bathroom and drove the servants out. He personally helped Xiao Xinghan undress, acting very enthusiastically. "I just can't stand them. Officials should cultivate themselves and serve the people, but our prefect condones his brother-in-law's evil deeds. Today he's so generous. In my opinion, he might be colluding with his brother-in-law."
Xiao Xinghan didn't say much: "We'll have news soon whether it's true or not."
Seeing him enter the water, Gu Yanling quickly undressed herself, walked over to Xiao Xinghan, and sat on his lap. "Master, if we find evidence, shouldn't we get a new prefect for Yangzhou?"
Xiao Xinghan's hands lingered on Gu Yanling's satin-smooth back: "If he really did these things, he will naturally be dismissed and investigated."
Gu Yanling was so frightened by his touch that she shuddered all over. Seeing that his hand was about to go down, she quickly said, "No, it's impossible to do this every day."
Xiao Xinghan pushed his fingers in with the help of the water flow: "Really don't want to?"
Gu Yanling couldn't say anything to refuse, wuwuwu, this is really too mean, it's always like this, letting him have a taste of the sweetness first.
When he is neither going up nor down, release the eagle.
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The two stayed in the bathroom for nearly two and a half hours, and Gu Yanling was so tired that she fell asleep long ago.
Xiao Xinghan carried him back to his bedroom. He was not used to sleeping on the same bed with someone at first, but now he allowed someone to hold him tightly after falling asleep.
The second day.
Gu Yanling had been lying in bed all day, furious. Xiao Xinghan had tortured him so much yesterday, and when he was at his most impatient, he had maliciously let him move on his own!
But he was so exhausted that he had no choice but to cry and beg him.
Woo woo woo, he swore that last night was really the last time!
When Xiao Xinghan came over, Gu Yanling was lying on the bed and groaned heavily.
Xiao Xinghan reached out and rubbed his buttocks, "Get up and have dinner."
Seeing that he was still lying on top of it and refused to leave, Gu Yanling quickly took it away and said, "I'm not hungry. I need to rest."
Seeing that he couldn't get up, Xiao Xinghan asked Li Youfu to bring in the food and said, "Eat and have a good rest."
Gu Yanling said she was not hungry, but in fact she was almost starving. She hadn't eaten all day, and only last night she ate a stomach full of Xiao Xinghan's stuff, which she finally vomited out.
Gu Yanling thought to herself that it was a good thing that she was not a girl, otherwise if Xiao Xinghan had done whatever he wanted to her, she would probably be pregnant with ten or eight babies by now.
Xiao Xinghan fed Gu Yanling and saw that he looked unhappy. "What are you thinking about?"
Gu Yanling took the spoon from him unhappily and said, "I didn't think about anything. I'll eat it myself!"
After the meal was finished, all the servants in the room left.
Gu Yanling started to find fault: "I won't do it again in the future. I feel so uncomfortable every time I finish it, and I have to eat such a bland meal."
Xiao Xinghan pinched his angry face: "You're just being delicate. You'll get used to it after doing it a few times."
Gu Yanling patted the back of his hand: "I'm spoiled! Why don't you just say that you are too heavy-hearted!"
Xiao Xinghan remained noncommittal. It was true that people were delicate. Tears could drown a person. He would cry if he cried quickly or slowly. He would not cry if he cried lightly or heavily. However, he himself did have a heavy debt as people said, but this debt was all directed towards Gu Yanling.
When he was in the capital, he not only had to share the affairs of state with the emperor, big and small, but also had to spend an hour every day practicing martial arts, all of which consumed his abundant energy.
But now, he put too much energy into Gu Yanling.
Gu Yanling was carried and sat on Xiao Xinghan's lap.
Xiao Xinghan didn't think there was anything wrong with this: "Okay, I won't be angry anymore."
Gu Yanling complained, "Whenever someone gets angry, you only care about your own comfort, and I always suffer."
Xiao Xinghan: "You say one thing and mean another. If you don't like clinging to me so tightly every time?"
Gu Yanling: "Who likes it? I don't like it. I am like that, I am like that... I will suffer afterwards!"
Xiao Xinghan kissed his lips: "I will be more restrained in the future and only do it twice each time."
Gu Yanling thought that she wouldn't be able to come many times anyway, so she hummed, "Okay then."
"How's the investigation going on, Brother Chang Feng?"
Xiao Xinghan: "Do you think investigating a case is that easy?"
Gu Yanling hugged his neck and snorted.
As Xiao Xinghan said, it took half a month of investigation before there was finally any clue. Hu Jiawei had been well-behaved for so long, and seeing that everything was calm, he relaxed his vigilance.
Gu Yanling has been extremely anxious lately. She asks about the progress of the investigation every day, and secretly scolds Chang Feng to the little parrot for taking so long to find evidence.
When I heard that Hu Jiawei was asking for 10,000 taels of silver for selling a minor official under him, I was amazed that he was really crazy about money.
Of course, the man couldn't afford so much silver. The small official position with no real power that he had sold before only cost one thousand taels. The man was really angry and shouted that he would report him.
Things like selling official positions must be done by Hu Jiawei in person. After all, it is a big deal and his subordinates cannot do it. Only when others see him will they believe it and be willing to pay money.
Chang Feng led his men to capture them directly. The man who bought the official position was timid and confessed on the spot.
This incident did not alarm Liu Qingsong. Chang Feng brought the frightened Hu Jiawei back home.
Seeing Hu Jiawei kowtowing and begging for mercy, Gu Yanling thought to herself, you're finished.
Xiao Xinghan: "Take him away for a thorough interrogation."
Chang Feng asked his men to drag Hu Jiawei out.
Gu Yanling: "Without the prefect's permission, he alone cannot make the decision on selling official positions."
"Ten thousand taels of silver! It seems that he was really distressed by the box of gold last time."
Xiao Xinghan pulled him into his arms and said, "You also have a contribution to this matter."
Gu Yanling heard him bring up this without any context, "What's the matter?"
Xiao Xinghan: "It's okay."
Gu Yanling was puzzled to see him playing dumb again, but when she thought that it wouldn't be long before the corrupt official would be dismissed and investigated, she felt much better.
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