Xi Menghan's thoughtfulness and generosity actually made Mu Jinyu feel sorry for her even more.
Luo Tong looked on, feeling quite relieved. As long as the two of them lived well, it was enough.
After that, Luo Tong discussed the marriage-related matters with Xi Menghan. According to Mu Jinyu's wishes, everything was done according to Xi Menghan's wishes.
Mu Jinyu was from Baihua Valley and did not have a residence in the capital, so he decided to hold the wedding banquet at the Dingnan General's Mansion.
As for whether he would be called his son-in-law, Mu Jinyu himself didn't care. With his temperament, he didn't care what others thought.
What's more, Mu Jinyu is the young valley master of Baihua Valley, and no one would think that he would become the son-in-law of the future valley master.
As for the elders, Mu Dai and Kong Yimeng have always been regarded as parents by Mu Jinyu. They happen to be in the capital, so naturally they are in charge.
In terms of guests, according to what Xi Menghan had planned with General Xi before, the guests at the banquet were basically military generals, and they were all relatives and friends who had good relations with the Xi family. There might only be a few people at the table in total, so it was indeed very simple.
These are finalized, and the rest is kept simple, but there is nothing else. The wedding banquet meals will be taken care of by Lingshan Pavilion, but the wedding dress and accessories need to be made quickly.
After talking about Xi Menghan, the topic returned to Luo Tong.
"When we came all the way just now, all we heard was talking about your identity and what you had done, as well as the affairs of the Xu family and the household department."
Mentioning this, Xi Menghan also suppressed a smile: "On the way, we also encountered many people heading towards the execution ground. It seems that they are going to watch the execution."
"This is normal. The things Xu Zhihong and the Xu family committed are enough to arouse public outrage." Luo Tong said calmly.
"Prince Lao An has a high prestige. Although he has been dead for many years, the younger generation may not feel much about him, but the older generation all remember his great achievements."
"Now it is suddenly revealed that Prince Lao An was poisoned and killed by his concubine and her family. How can the people give up?"
"What's more, there are those things the Xu family committed. How many innocent people were killed because of their insatiable greed? How many people died directly at their hands?"
"Not to mention, the Xu family also has evil deeds of forcing good girls into prostitution and kidnapping people into low status."
Xi Menghan nodded immediately: "Yes, if the Xu family hadn't been put into jail yesterday afternoon, I'm afraid they would have been beaten to death by the angry people by now."
"As soon as the incident spread yesterday afternoon, many people went to the gate of Xu Mansion and threw things. If the officers and soldiers were not present to check, the people would have rushed into Xu Mansion."
The Xu family's deeds were made public and immediately aroused public outrage. Luo Tong also heard that in order to prevent angry people from attacking the execution ground today, the government even sent heavy troops to maintain order.
"There's one more thing I'm afraid you haven't heard yet, about the confiscation of the Xu family's house." Xi Menghan suddenly said.
"Is the search finished now? So fast?" Luo Tong couldn't help but raise his eyebrows.
The Xu family's residence is really quite large, and with all the hidden cellars, it shouldn't have been checked so quickly. After all, this only happened yesterday afternoon.
"That's not the case yet. It's just that although the government hasn't completed the investigation yet, what they found has already made the emperor very angry." At this point, Xi Menghan suddenly showed a gloating smile.
"You can make the emperor so angry. It seems that the Xu family has found out a lot of good things." Luo Tong curled his lips and smiled coolly.
"Isn't that so? There's a whole wall of gold! It's hidden in Xu Zhihong's study! When they first discovered it, it is said that the officers and soldiers at the scene were shocked. The golden wall almost blinded people!"
Xi Menghan became more excited as he spoke: "Not only that, under the wall made of gold, I also found a secret cellar intersection, which is full of all kinds of expensive jewelry and rare antiques!"
"Tsk, tsk, tsk! The Xu family is so rich! This was just discovered at the beginning of the search. Maybe there will be other treasures discovered later!"
Luo Tong was not too surprised. After all, she had actually seen all the evidence collected by Wu Zechen. She knew more or less about the Xu family's wealth, just a little more.
"So what I said yesterday, Xu Zhihong moved the treasury to his home, I really didn't say nonsense." She smiled sarcastically, "I wonder if the emperor will agree if he thinks of what I said yesterday again?"
"More than just agreement? I guess the emperor wanted to go into battle in person, but Xu Zhihong was delayed." Xi Menghan smiled and suddenly said, "I heard that among those antiques, there are several items that the emperor has expressed his desire for."
Luo Tong answered: "In the end, Xu Zhihong not only didn't say anything, but also hid it himself."
"That's right! How can the emperor not be angry when he learns about this? He used Master Xu very highly before!" Xi Menghan couldn't stop the smile on his face.
"As a result, I raised such a white-eyed wolf. I'm afraid the emperor will be sick to death, right?" Luo Tong also said with a smile, "I hope the emperor will not be angry."
"It depends on what else the Xu family can find in the follow-up investigation. Moreover, Dali Temple and the Ministry of Punishment have already begun investigating the Xu family. There may be other secrets that can be uncovered."
The look on Xi Menghan's face clearly expressed the hope that this matter would be a bigger deal, so that she would have something to watch.
"Where are the other two ministers? What's the situation now?" Luo Tong did not forget that they pulled out the left and right ministers of Hubu.
These two people were from King Jin and King Qin, and they provided a lot of funds to these two forces, which they single-handedly supported.
Thinking of this, Luo Tong just felt ridiculous. These three princes were draining the treasury to fight among themselves. However, after so many years of fighting, there was no result. Instead, they made a bunch of corrupt officials fat and healthy.
In fact, if you really think about it, they may have learned this problem from the emperor. After all, it was the emperor who did this in the first place.
The Xu family can be what it is today, and can be reused by the prince, because it was the emperor who started it.
Let’s look at the Fengguo Duke’s Mansion, Xia Zhihe from the Ministry of Rites, the old Li family of Li Ge, as well as the Wu family, the mother family of King Jin, and the Yue family, the mother family of King Qin. Which one was not cultivated by the emperor himself?
Luo Tong sneered inwardly, feeling that the emperor was bringing this upon himself.
"The situation of the other two ministers is similar. You can't escape corruption. As for whether they are doing other things secretly like the Xu family, I don't know yet. Some have been investigated."
Regarding these two ministers, Xi Menghan also knew the situation and was not optimistic about them either.
"However, now all the second-in-command positions in the Ministry of Revenue have been pulled down, and they are in chaos." Xi Menghan frowned.
"Not only is the household department internally in chaos and without a leader, but there is also chaos outside. Several forces are now fighting for a few positions and are trying to outdo each other."
