Not long after, the person Yinzhen sent to inquire returned.
The program remained kneeling on the ground and did not get up, nor did Yinzhen tell him to get up.
So the servant knelt on the ground and listened to the man say, "Your Majesty, I have learned that the father of the second young lady of the Cheng family is named Cheng Jingxiu. The Cheng family is the largest merchant family in Jinan, and they are involved in all sorts of industries. The second young lady's grandfather is named Cheng Ting, and he is a famous salt merchant in Suzhou."
Upon hearing this, the program dared not move even more.
Yinzhen: "Go down."
After the man left, Yinzhen looked at the procedure and said, "Since this matter is related to your Cheng family, I have already ordered people to investigate the Cheng residence. You will also come to listen in tomorrow!"
The program hated his elder brother's family to the core. It was one thing for them to be arrogant on ordinary days, but to be so arrogant as to offend the emperor was like an old man hanging himself, courting death!
Yinzhen didn't let him go back directly. Instead, he specially assigned two people to "serve" him and make him behave.
Yinzhen also had an intelligence network in Jinan. If he didn't want to know, fine, but now that he did, he could just give an order and find out almost everything about the Cheng family by tonight.
Yinzhen was planning to go back and wait for the results, since it wasn't comfortable to be in the county office. He planned to hold a formal trial tomorrow.
Just as Yinzhen was about to leave, someone came to report: "Your Majesty, Madam Cheng has come with a group of guards and said that the Second Miss has been released."
The program hadn't left the area yet, and it overheard everything. It had already stood up, but fearing a blow, its legs went weak and it fell back down.
"Oh dear, Lord Cheng, are you alright?" said the person who was specifically "serving" him.
The program waved its hand and said, "It's nothing, it's nothing."
Yinzhen glanced at the program and then said to him, "Since Madam Cheng is here, let's go and take a look together!"
The program was extremely reluctant to go. Hearing from the man that Madam Cheng had brought her guards to the yamen to demand someone, the program was almost driven mad. In all his years in the capital, he had never heard of any powerful or influential person daring to bring their family guards to the yamen to demand someone. It was truly arrogant.
He also knew that if he went, he might get so angry that he would vomit blood.
But the emperor's decree could not be disobeyed.
"yes"
Then Yinzhen said, "Have someone let Madam Cheng in, and let her and her guards in as well."
"yes"
Most of the guards in the county government office today are those brought by Yinzhen. Since Yinzhen is traveling today, these guards are dressed as ordinary bodyguards.
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