In trouble?

Wu Huahou frowned and asked, "What's the matter?"

The person outside the door said with a smile: "It's not a small matter, brother. We are all here to make a living. Hurry up and open the door. Don't keep us waiting any longer."

"How can I open the door if you don't tell me what's going on? Who knows who you are?"

"Who is it?" The men outside the door laughed.

The leader knocked on the door twice more and said rudely, "Officials are here to do business. Why don't you open the door for your grandfather?"

Wu Huahou asked again: "How to prove it?"

"Hey, brother, why does this guy in there sound like a scholar?"

Someone outside the door suddenly spoke up, "It feels wrong. How come someone answered the door suddenly after it hadn't been opened for a long time? Do you think it's Master Wu himself behind the door?"

"That's impossible. My family can afford to hire a doorman. How can Wu Huahou, after all, be an official of the imperial court? How can he not even afford a doorman?"

"Maybe he was afraid of being exposed, so he abandoned his boss and ran away early. If it were me, I would definitely take away a few boxes of treasures." The officials outside the door laughed again.

Fang sensed something was wrong, took small steps towards Wu Huahou, and asked softly, "What's going on?"

Wu Huahou replied grimly: "Something happened. It's possible that the house in Linshui Lane was discovered."

Fang was very surprised and asked in confusion: "The government is so fast in handling affairs?

"It's beyond my imagination. But there's no need to worry too much. As long as there's no evidence, they can't do anything to us." Wu Huahou asked, "Have you cleaned up everything I told you to do?"

"We've sent them all away. They will definitely not be discovered," said Fang.

Wu Huahou took a deep breath, then opened the door and said to the officials outside in a calm manner: "I am Wu Huahou. It's late at night and cold. If you have anything to say, please come in and tell me."

The officials outside the door did not expect that it was Wu Huahou himself who opened the door.

The leading official glanced at Wu Huahou and Fang, put away the false smile on his face, and said expressionlessly: "Master Wu is thoughtful."

After that, he took out a brand new arrest warrant from his pocket and handed it to Wu Huahou, "Please take a good look, we are enforcing the law impartially, and we are definitely not disturbing the public in the middle of the night."

Wu Huahou took the arrest warrant and read it carefully.

Fang stood aside, staring at the official in front of her with displeasure, "My master is a seventh-rank official, how dare you talk to him!"

The official couldn't help laughing when he heard this. He looked at Fang and said with a hint of sarcasm: "Madam, you are so confident. I hope you can still talk to me so confidently later."

Fang straightened her back and said, "You can come and check it out. Our family is clean and innocent, and there is nothing shameful about it."

Wu Huahou has read the arrest warrant from beginning to end.

When the head of the Ministry of Revenue got into trouble, the government followed the clues and found his name on the files of the deed and adoption, suspecting that he was also involved in the corruption.

In other words, the Dali Temple is only suspicious of him at the moment. They came to his house today just to search for any valuables that shouldn't be there.

A dozen tall and strong officials pushed past them, shuttled between the hall and the side rooms, and rushed into the house to rummage through the drawers.

Fang was about to step forward with her skirt lifted, but Wu Huahou stopped her and asked, "What are you doing?"

"Of course we have to take care of it. We can't just watch them rummaging around and breaking things." Fang looked at the flying pieces of porcelain bottle with pain.

Wu Huahou sighed, "We are here to investigate this, do you still want to go up and give us evidence?"

Fang stopped in dismay.

"They are too noisy. Zida will probably wake up. You might as well go and see him." Wu Huahou patted her hands.

Soon, the light in the south bedroom came on.

Wu Zida rubbed his eyes and walked out the door, looking sleepy.

"Dad, Mom, what happened in the middle of the night?" He yawned and shivered in the cold night wind.

Fang put her coat on him with concern and scolded him: "Why did you go out? Aren't you afraid of freezing at night? Mother knows you are smart, but you just entered the Imperial College, you can't skip classes as you did before."

Wu Zida said nonchalantly: "Mom, I have made many friends in the Imperial College, they will help me cover up the past."

Fang's eyes lit up immediately, "We have made friends, why didn't you mention this to mother?"

"Mom, I'm an adult now." Wu Zida frowned slightly, "I will get to know more people in the future. Do I have to report to you about each one?"

Fang smiled, "Yes, yes, Zida has grown up. Mother won't ask anymore. Mother believes you."

Wu Zida mentioned something by the way, "Come to think of it, Mom, they also gave me a lot of gifts when we met. Should we return the gifts when the time comes?"

"Yes. Reciprocity is the only way to maintain a long-lasting relationship. They are all your friends, so of course you should go back." Fang smiled from ear to ear, and all her worries disappeared.

She sent Wu Zida to the Imperial College mainly to help him make connections there.

The students of the Imperial College were either from prominent families or extremely talented. As long as they could make a few close friends, it would be like adding wings to Zida's future career.

As expected of Zida, he has already made a group of good friends on the first day of school.

Wu Zida counted the gifts he received today, and then said, "Mom, I don't have enough money, so I need you to give me some more."

"No problem, mother has money. I can give you as much as you want." Fang agreed immediately.

Wu Zida took into account his extra private expenses and falsely reported the amount of silver. "It's not much. Just give me another 600 taels."

"...Six hundred taels?!"

Fang's eyes widened at first, and then she asked in disbelief: "What gift did they give you? Why do you need so much money?"

Wu Zida showed a hint of pride and boasted: "Mother, they were impressed by my talent and gave me the treasures they carried with them. Moreover, they promised to send more precious gifts tomorrow."

As he spoke, he began to list the gifts: landscape plaques, mutton-fat jade rings, agate beads...

With every word Wu Zida uttered, Fang's vision grew a little darker.

Fang asked in a trembling voice: "...Where did you put these things?"

Wu Zida said, "It's in my room."

As soon as the voice fell, a shrill cry came from the south bedroom:

"——Found it! It's all here!" "Wow, these are all good stuff!"

It's over. It's all over.

Fang lost her balance and nearly fainted.

No matter how hard he tried, he still couldn't protect his own son.