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Wu Wei'an's face was indifferent: "Is that so?" He looked at Xing Siyu who was standing beside him and asked, "Is what Wen Zhaomo said true?"
Xing Siyu and Wen Zhaomo exchanged glances, and then said in a deep voice, "Yes, sir, what he said is true."
Wu Wei'an gently put the file aside and smiled good-naturedly: "Master Xie came to me tonight and asked me to help him deal with Xie Bin's case file. It seems that the three of you have already handled it."
The three people in the hall looked at each other.
They all knew that the head of the Xie family asked Wu Weian to go to the study at the Xie family's full moon party tonight.
Seeing Wu Weian asking this, it seems that Wu Weian has also received a lot of benefits and is in the same boat with them.
Xing Siyu immediately said: "Indeed—"
Wen Zhaomo, standing by, stepped on his foot and said to Wu Wei'an, who was sitting in the hall, "Sir, I don't understand what you are talking about. The eldest young master of the Xie family has always abided by the law. How could there be a case file? I think you must have misheard."
Wen Zhaomo is smart and has always been the backbone among the three.
He felt that something was wrong with the situation tonight.
Wu Weian looked at him and sighed.
It would be fine to put on airs and deal with the adults in Shangjing City, but in this small Liangzhou City, Wu Weian doesn't want to deal with them like he did in Shangjing City.
He stood up from his chair, walked to the door, and said to Xuezhu, who he had called to guard the door, "Don't hit me in the face."
Xuezhu nodded while holding the broom and said very seriously, "Okay."
Wu Weian stepped out and closed the door.
The next moment, there was a big commotion inside.
"Ouch! How dare you! Ah, you, you, a sweeping boy, actually dare to, hiss, ouch, ouch, ouch, hit me! Do you know who I am! Watch out for your life, ah - it hurts, it hurts, it hurts - stop it now!!"
"Assaulting a court official is a serious crime punishable by death! Ah, hiss..."
"Where did this madman come from? Look at my fist! Ouch!!!"
"Ouch, it hurts, stop hitting me, stop hitting me!"
"Sir! Sir! We can discuss this! Sir Wu! Help me!!!"
In the room, the fat Qian Jingli covered his butt and ran towards the door desperately while Xuezhu was beating the other two.
This young man who came from nowhere couldn't dodge the broom in his hand no matter how hard he tried, and if he hit me on the left, he would definitely hit me on the right the next time.
He covered his right buttock tightly, and just as his hand was about to touch the door, a broom came straight at him and lifted him up.
Suddenly, the roar like a pig being slaughtered echoed in the government office at night.
Xuezhu paused with his broom and frowned, "Noisy."
Then he took out a clean rag from his arms and stuffed it directly into the man's mouth, and then did not forget to hit him hard on the right side.
He always works seriously.
Whether it's sweeping the floor, dyeing cloth, embroidering, sweeping heads, or beating people up.
The two people next to him huddled in the corner, shaking all over.
Wen Zhaomo asked Xing Siyu: "You, you can't beat him?"
Xing Siyu was a martial artist. Although his skills were average, he was more able to distinguish good from bad in martial arts. His eyes were filled with fear, and he muttered to himself: "This man, this man, is too scary, too scary."
Xuezhu beat them all over except their faces, leaving no place untouched.
Moreover, he controlled the strength extremely precisely. After this set of blows, the three people were not knocked unconscious. Instead, they fell to the ground like dead fish, sweating all over, and their legs twitched from time to time.
Xuezhu smoothed out his slightly disheveled clothes, looked around the room, and quickly swept with the broom. When he came across three people, he said seriously, "Make way."
The three of them didn't dare to breathe. They endured the pain and climbed up from the ground and quickly moved aside.
Xuezhu came out only after she finished sweeping the floor.
He walked up to Wu Wei'an, who was sitting on the steps in front of the main hall admiring the moon. "Sir, it's over. I didn't hit you in the face."
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The three of them knelt in front of Wu Weian, confessing with grimaces.
Qian Jingli felt as if he was about to collapse. If the servant had used a little more force, he would have been no different from the eunuchs in the palace. He burst into tears and said, "Sir, I am guilty. I was greedy and stole some money. Last month, I secretly took out ten taels of silver from the treasury..."
Wu Wei'an took a sip of cold water and said, "How much money have you embezzled from my Liangzhou government office over the years? Don't lie to me. I sent people to investigate you before I took office."
Wu Weian's face was calm, so calm that it made people feel panic.
Qian Jingli did not dare to hide it: "I have embezzled a total of 1,122 yuan and 8 coins over the years..." After he finished speaking, his face was full of grief, and his heart seemed to be hollowed out.
Wu Wei'an: "Tsk, that's a lot. I'll give you three months and return 20 million to the warehouse."
Qian Jingli's voice was trembling: "Three, three months?"
Wu Wei'an smiled and said, "I heard that Qian Jingli has always had a good mind for making money. 20 million in three months shouldn't be a problem."
Over there, Wen Zhaomo and Xing Siyu also confessed all the money they had embezzled over the years. Wu Wei'an, as usual, gave them a sum they could afford, but after that, they would surely be bankrupt and forced to live in a thatched hut and starve.
Moreover, Wu Weian said that these people would still work in the government office in the future, but their monthly salary would be reduced by 80%.
The monthly salary of officials was already low, and after 80% was taken away, only 20% was left. In the future, the three families would have to tighten their belts to make ends meet.
It would be better to sentence them according to Dayu law.
They are accomplices, but they have never harmed anyone. At most, they will spend a few years in prison. After they are released from prison, their families will have enough money to live on for the rest of their lives.
But now, they have almost foreseen the difficult days that will follow.
But they dared not refute.
Wen Zhao's face was as pale as a dead ash. Even if he had a sharp mind, it was useless in the face of such a high level of martial arts.
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