Upon arriving in Chang'an, Li Jue immediately made acquaintances with all the magistrates and clerks of Chang'an and Wannian counties.
After all, he and Pan Hu were going to make a living here for a long time, so how could they not have a good relationship with the local officials?
Before he could even take the initiative to build a closer relationship, Sun Hucao couldn't wait to come knocking on his door.
Sun Hucao was overjoyed to hear Li Jue's flattery and laughed heartily with pride.
"Little one, you have a good eye; you're a promising talent!"
"Don't worry, as long as you don't talk nonsense when you go out, I will make sure you live a good life!"
Sun Hucao had indeed intended to kill him, but after Li Jue's flattery, he suddenly felt a bit of appreciation for talent and thought that taking him as a godson wouldn't be bad.
"Now that we've laid everything out on the table, you'd better hand over the secret recipe!"
Upon hearing this, Li Jue glanced outside, his hands still tucked into his sleeves, making no move.
Upon seeing this, Sun Hucao immediately understood what was going on and hurriedly ordered his men to bring Pan Hu over.
"Now that you've seen the person, shouldn't you hand over the secret recipe?"
Seeing that Pan Hu was indeed unharmed, Li Jue pulled a piece of paper out of his sleeve.
"Please have Registrar Sun review this!"
After reading the secret recipe on the paper, Sun Hucao couldn't help but show a look of doubt on his face.
"Your secret recipe is actually so simple?"
"You're not trying to fool me, are you?"
"Sun Hucao will find out soon enough by having someone try it!"
"Actually, the most important step in making icing is removing impurities from the brown sugar. Yellow clay has a good adsorption effect, which can adsorb the impurities in the brown sugar. Then, filter out the yellow clay, and boil the filtered syrup to naturally make snow-white icing!"
"this……"
Sun Hucao was skeptical upon hearing this, and immediately addressed the two men.
"You can leave now, but don't even think about escaping for now. I'll be having people watching you!"
"Please rest assured, Magistrate Sun, we will never run away!"
After Li Jue and Pan Hu left, Sun Hu Cao had just put the secret recipe away when he saw two men from the Hundred Cavalry Division rush in.
Without saying a word, the two punched Sun Hucao unconscious, then put him in a sack and carried him away.
Upon seeing this, the constables of Wannian County rushed forward to stop them, but when the two men showed their waist badges, the constables immediately retreated several steps.
"I was unaware that the Hundred Cavalry Division was handling the case; I have offended you greatly!"
"Everyone, make way and let the Lord of the Hundred Cavalry leave!"
"promise!"
Within half an hour, Li Shimin had figured out the ins and outs of the matter.
It turns out that the second son of the Changsun family opened a dried fruit shop in the East Market. This shop not only sells candied fruit, dried fruit, honey, etc., but also mainly sells brown sugar, icing sugar, and other similar products.
Although the amount of sugar frosting that Xiao Shitou sold on the market was very small, only a mere hundred catties, it still affected the Changsun family's business and aroused the shopkeeper's vigilance.
The rest was simple. The shopkeeper investigated and found out that someone was selling large quantities of icing, and then told Changsun Huan about it.
Changsun Huan boasted that he would spend 20,000 strings of cash to buy the secret recipe, but his subordinates wanted to keep the money for themselves. They secretly bribed Cao Sun Yannian, the head of Wannian County, to seize the recipe from Xiao Shitou by trickery and force!
After hearing Zhang Anan's report, Li Shimin simply asked a question.
"Did that Registrar Sun see the secret recipe?"
"Your Majesty, the Registrar Sun said that he had seen it and even doubted the authenticity of the secret recipe!"
"snort!"
"Since you've seen him, this person cannot be allowed to live!"
"How can such a despicable person be allowed to obtain the secret recipe that my grandson painstakingly developed!"
Upon hearing this, Zhang Anan immediately understood and agreed.
"promise!"
"This servant will give the order immediately!"
"Your Majesty, what should we do with Changsun Huan?"
Upon hearing this, Li Shimin's face immediately showed anger.
"This man is utterly shameless! The secret recipe for making icing sugar is priceless, yet he actually wants to buy it for only two hundred strings of cash. It's simply outrageous!"
"By imperial decree, Changsun Huan, known for his greed and cruelty, is hereby demoted to the position of magistrate in Qianzhou!"
Upon hearing this, Zhang Anan was secretly astonished. Changsun Huan was the emperor's nephew, yet he was stripped of his position from the court and sent to a remote place like Qianzhou as a county magistrate for such a trivial matter.
If Changsun Huan knew this, wouldn't he be devastated?
"Your Majesty, although Changsun Huan is despicable, we have no choice but to consider his position..."
Li Shimin hesitated upon hearing this, after all, Changsun Wuji was his brother-in-law.
If there were no sufficient reason to demote his son, Changsun Wuji would surely come to demand an explanation.
But the thought of this only made Li Shimin angrier.
The Changsun family is a real relative of mine. It's one thing for them not to be loyal to the country, but they actually took the initiative to bully my eldest grandson!
If I hadn't found out about this, Da Sun's body might already be cold by now!
"Don't worry about it!"
"I only let it go because Changsun Huan wasn't directly involved."
"Otherwise, I will kill him!"
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Changsun Huan was having sex with his newly purchased concubine in the mansion when he suddenly heard the steward's voice outside the door.
"Young master, someone from the palace has come to deliver an imperial decree!"
"deliver an imperial order?"
Upon hearing this, Changsun Huan chuckled and playfully flicked his concubine's nose.
"My uncle must be about to bestow another reward upon me!"
"You little vixen, just wait until I get back and I'll teach you a lesson, hahaha..."
Changsun Huan casually threw on a robe and went to the front yard, facing Zhang A'nan, who was holding the imperial edict.
"Greetings, Uncle Zhang!"
"Changsun Huan, receive the imperial decree!"
"Your humble servant receives the imperial decree!"
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