After Qi Mingguang left, Bai Zhiyue called Congcong,
"Tell No. 1, 2, and 3 to go and inquire about the families of Minister of Rites Wan, Marquis of Zhenxi Luo, Minister of Personnel Zhao, and Censor Li. Report back if you have any news!"
"I've already had my friends investigate. Ever since I heard that Yan Dong was beaten and someone reported you and was planning to cause trouble, I knew it was time to deal with these families."
"You are getting better at doing things!"
"Of course, there's no one else as smart as you!"
There is indeed no other bird that contains a human soul.
These days I eat the same food as her every day, even drink alcohol, and have been drunk several times.
"Then tell me, what news have you found out?"
"The Wan family has recently gained a lot of support thanks to the eldest prince, and has received many gifts, including valuables and money. He gave some to the virtuous concubine in the palace, and hid the rest in a newly built three-story house. I followed him and found out how to get in.
Not to mention the Minister of Personnel, who was in charge of the promotion and demotion of officials. He collected more than a hundred boxes of gold, silver, treasures, and valuable calligraphy and paintings. He didn't dare keep them all at home, so most of them were sent to a house purchased with an empty household registration.
Lord Luo's eldest son is actually a homosexual and also keeps a male parasite. In the yard where he lives, there is a tunnel leading to another abandoned yard. It looks abandoned on the surface, but in fact there is a large space underground with everything in it, like an underground palace.
There are more than a dozen boys between the ages of 7 and 13 locked up inside, and the situation is not optimistic.”
"Luo Hou knows!"
"Yes, he and his wife both knew about it. They used to take care of him for a while, but later they found out that he was doing more promiscuous things outside without their knowledge and had killed many boys. They wiped them out.
The darkroom in the house was built by them, and most of the people inside were bought from outside and secretly sent in by him and his wife.
In order to prevent others from discovering his son's problems and to preserve the family's reputation, he even helped him find a wife and asked for the title of Crown Prince after a son was born."
"Can you give birth to a son?"
"I was given medicine to suppress the flow of blood that night. I heard that he vomited it out later. The Marquis's wife even explained that it was because he drank too much and his stomach was upset."
Haha, it’s a good thing that the Marquis is not the one who is cheating on me, otherwise the generations would be messed up.
"I haven't been in the room for the past few years. Doesn't the Crown Prince's wife suspect anything?"
"Sometimes I go there to pretend. The Marquis's wife prepared a drug that causes hallucinations. I leave some marks on my body so she thinks she's succeeded. I'm just trying to trick her."
"Where is Censor Li?"
"On the surface, he doesn't seem to have any major problems, he just does small things and doesn't take much, but he is a violent maniac and often beats women behind closed doors at home.
Especially the concubines, each of them had many bruises on their bodies, all of which were not visible on the surface. The next day after being beaten, they would be rewarded with some things and said some nice words, and the concubines did not dare to say anything.
He even beat his wife a lot. Every time he was done, he would burst into tears in front of her, telling her how hard it was for him and how he had been offended by someone else outside and shouldn't have taken it out on his wife. He would even pretend to beat himself to get his wife's forgiveness. What a scumbag.
"Very good, it saved me a lot of time. What does Shopkeeper Li have to offer?"
"Shopkeeper Li relied on Minister Zhao to forcibly requisition grain from others. A lot of the grain in his shop wasn't purchased at all, but was extorted using IOUs."
"Um?"
"He specifically approached the farms of some officials to collect their grain, ostensibly agreeing to pay a price, and then deliberately mentioned the name of Minister Zhao and spoke under his banner.
Most families just regarded it as tribute after hearing it, and gave the grain and money without asking for it or asking for it. Mr. Li kept owing the money, and after a while he just thought it was nothing.
All the money went into his own pocket. He had a real account book in his hand, hidden under his pillow. He did all this behind the back of Minister Zhao, and he was unaware of it. He was simply taking advantage of his influence to fill his own pockets.
The funny thing is that those officials who thought they had made contributions were hoping to get praise from the Shangshu so they could get promoted, but they didn’t realize that the Shangshu had no idea at all.”
"Even if they don't know, they still rely on his power, so they still have to take responsibility. Today, I will make them vomit out everything they ate. They are so heartbroken that they avoid me when they see me."
No need to wait until dark, just come to your door.
The first place we went to was Manager Li’s house.
He brought twenty guards with him and went straight to the door.
The owner of a grain store bought a large house with three courtyards in the imperial city. You should know that such a house would be sold for more than 10,000 taels in the eastern district of the imperial city, which shows how greedy he was.
As soon as I broke down the door and entered the second gate, I saw him rushing over with his thugs.
"Who is so bold as to break into my house?"
"How dare you hit my housekeeper without recognizing his master?"
"Lord Rongfu? I've met you, sir. But even if you are the sir, you can't just barge into my house. Where's justice?"
"I don't know if there's justice in the world, but I know that you beat up my steward. Come on, everyone, beat them to death."
The palace guards are very active and will act immediately upon receiving an order. They are also influenced by their master and will do what they say without any delay.
For a while, the whole yard was filled with howling. Those thugs were no match for the real fighters. Besides, they ate and drank a lot all day long, so their movements were very slow. At most, they were stronger, which was okay for dealing with civilians. But they were very weak against those who had been training all day long, and soon they fell to the ground and couldn't get up.
At the beginning, the man surnamed Li was very unforgiving. The guard who beat him was also a talented person. He found a board and hit him in the face with it as soon as he opened his mouth. After a few times, the man surnamed Li had only a few teeth left. He dared not to open his mouth anymore and could only beg for mercy to Bai Zhiyue.
Several women rushed out and tried to pull them apart to save the man, but were scared away by Bai Zhiyue's murderous eyes. They had no choice but to kneel down and beg for mercy. Bai Zhiyue didn't care and took the opportunity to search for evidence against him.
Seeing that the fight was almost over,
"Manager Li has been bullying people by taking advantage of his power, forcibly collecting grain from people, and has not paid the silver for a long time. The amount is huge. Here is the evidence. Send it to Yingtian Prefecture as soon as possible and claim that he is the official of this newspaper!"
"yes!"
The palace guards stopped and carried the person to Yingtian Prefecture.
Shopkeeper Li was still somewhat conscious at this point, but upon hearing Bai Zhiyue's words, he fainted from shock. Bai Zhiyue had hinted to him that when he got to the lobby, he would definitely answer everything she asked, explaining everything clearly.
Leaving the yard full of crying women, he continued to rush to the second house, the house of the Minister of Personnel Zhao.
"Why does Lord Zhao look so unhappy to see me?"
It would be strange if he was happy, because Shopkeeper Li was his man. He forced his family to buy grain and beat him up, causing him to lose face and dignity, and was blamed by others.
They had originally agreed not to lower prices, but his shop was the first to get into trouble, causing other shops to go bankrupt one by one, and the emperor even issued an order.
"What brings Lord Rongfu here? If you're asking for leniency regarding the forced purchase, that's fine. You must give everyone an explanation to appease the public's anger."
He didn't know what happened to Manager Li at this time.
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