"What are you looking at me for?"
"Get ready!"
Outside the palace, the words of the housekeeper of the White House rang out in front of several houses near the prison of the Ministry of Punishment.
Here, there are only two or three private houses away from the prison of the Ministry of Punishment.
There were people from the White House standing in front of these private houses, and everyone was busy. Some were holding red lanterns in their hands, some were driving ladders to hang plaques in front of the houses, some were maids carrying basins of water, and some were holding basins of water. The servant holding the red cloth in his hand...
A group of people gathered in front of several houses.
Seeing that the housekeeper of the White House was smiling, he was walking back and forth in front of these houses, giving orders to the servants.
The people watching the excitement soon started talking about it.
"Isn't this the butler of the White House?"
One person asked a question, and several passers-by started talking.
"That's right. Didn't the master of the Bai Mansion go to jail yesterday? Why don't they look like they're not in a hurry at all?"
"That's right. If this master is in prison, how can he still think about buying this house?"
When the passerby said this, the confusion among the people around him instantly increased.
"We don't understand the world of rich people." A man said with emotion.
As soon as the man said this, the people around him stopped talking about anything. They all looked in front of them, watching every move of Bai Mansion.
However, several Yusi officials currently imprisoned in the prison of the Ministry of Punishment are still thinking of ways to save their own lives.
As Yu Si, Bai Gaoyuan is still suffering various cruel punishments, and has not said a meaningful word yet.
"Bai Yusi, you have a tough skin." Guo Kang, the censor of Zuodu, said this and looked at Cen Wenxing, the minister of household affairs, with a smile on his face.
Cen Wenxing looked at Guo Yushi's smiling eyes and also smiled.
The injuries on Bai Gaoyuan's body are now clearly visible, like a pig being slaughtered.
"I said... You've already died to the death of the leader and you still haven't confessed your guilt?" Guo Yushi looked towards Yu Sibai Gaoyuan with a smile on his face.
Yu Si Bai Gaoyuan looked unconvinced and ignored Guo Yushi's words.
Seeing that Bai Gaoyuan was unwilling to say anything, Guo Kang, the censor of Zuodu, looked at Cen Wenxing, the minister of household affairs, at a loss.
"Cen Shangshu, look...are we still going to be tortured?"
Cen Wenxing raised his head and looked at Bai Gaoyuan, who was tied to the human frame.
As soon as he took a look, he saw Bai Gaoyuan turning his eyes unconvinced, quite arrogantly.
Seeing his arrogant look, Cen Shangshu really wanted to get up, pick up the torture instruments on the long table beside him, and put them on Yu Si Bai Gaoyuan one by one to suppress his arrogance.
But he was afraid of these instruments of torture, so he had to entrust Guo Kang, the censor of Zuodu.
"Go on, do it all again."
As soon as these words came out, Yu Si Bai Gaoyuan became even more dissatisfied, and his hatred for Cen Wenxing, the Minister of Household Affairs, was even more prominent on his face.
After Cen Shangshu's words, Guo Yushi looked at Cen Wenxing with a smile, and then looked at the torture instruments on the long table.
Then, Yushi Guo did not hesitate to pick up a torture instrument with bamboo pieces tied to two ropes. I guess this must be the torture instrument that pinches the fingers.
Just when Guo Yushi was about to give this instrument of torture to Yu Si Bai Gaoyuan, he faintly heard the sounds of firecrackers and fireworks.
Yu Sibai Gaoyuan, who had sensitive ears since childhood, also heard it.
The sound of fireworks and firecrackers came from right in front of several houses not far from the prison of the Ministry of Punishment.
"Dear folks! Today, the White House has purchased two new houses. We are here to celebrate!"
After saying that, the housekeeper of the White Mansion looked at the servants beside him with a smile on his face.
With a look from the butler, the man took out a few handfuls of copper coins from his pocket and waved them into the air.
Suddenly, these copper coins fell to the ground one after another, being snatched back and forth by the people in front of them.
The scene was very lively.
In this way, several handfuls of copper coins were scattered.
…
Hearing the faint sound of fireworks, looking at the instrument of torture getting closer and closer to his fingers, and thinking about the punishment he had received since yesterday, Yu Sibai Gaoyuan suddenly shouted.
"Stop, stop, stop!"
"I said!"
"I said!"
After listening to what Yu Si Bai Gaoyuan said in front of him, Guo Kang, the censor of Zuodu, stopped and looked at Cen Wenxing, the Minister of the Ministry of Revenue, with a smile on his face, and then looked at Yu Si Bai Gaoyuan.
"If I had known this, why would I have to suffer such a painful punishment?" Guo Yushi smiled slightly and said, "Say it."
Yu Sibai Gaoyuan thought for a while and answered:
"Guo Yushi."
"There is some falsification in Xiaguan's account book, but... Xianguan has no choice but to do so. There are about a hundred people in the house, and just one month's salary is not enough."
Listening to Yu Si Bai Gaoyuan's words, Guo Kang, the imperial censor of Zuodu, looked at Cen Wenxing, the minister of household affairs.
"Cen Shangshu, do you see...?"
Cen Wenxing, the Minister of Household Affairs, stood up, dusted himself off, walked over with a smile on his face, and began to interrogate the whereabouts of the grain.
"Where is the food now?" Cen Wenxing, the Minister of Household Affairs, asked.
"Here...he...he" Bai Gaoyuan hesitated and didn't say a word for a long time.
"Where?!" Cen Wenxing, the Minister of Household Affairs, was a little angry.
"Xiaguan sold the grain...sold...to Sun Cao's Inn."
Bai Gaoyuan's words made Guo Yushi and Cen Shangshu look at each other.
Before they could continue questioning, Yu Si Bai Gaoyuan began to plead: "Both of you, it's all Xiaguan's fault. But the price of that inn was really high, and Xiaguan was also tempted by this, so he The grain was sold to them.”
"Sun Cao Inn?" Cen Wenxing, the Minister of Household Affairs, looked at Guo Kang, the Censor of Zuodu, with an uninformed expression.
Seeing the unfamiliar look of Cen Wenxing, the Minister of Household Affairs, Guo Kang, the censor of Zuodu, explained: "This Sun Cao Inn was run by Sun Luolin, the second son of Sun Zhicai, the prime minister of the former Zuo Dynasty."
Hearing what Guo Yushi said, Cen Wenxing, the Minister of Household Affairs, understood and immediately began to guess: "Back then, Sun Zhicai and the prince plotted a rebellion, and the late emperor found out about it. Later, he demoted his official position and confiscated his mansion. Now that we are collecting grain from Yu Si, what are you planning to do?"
Seeing the guessing look of Cen Wenxing, the Minister of Household Affairs in front of him, Yu Sibai Gaoyuan just wanted to maximize this misunderstanding, so that he could reduce his punishment.
"Cen Shangshu, don't you understand? We have collected Yu Si's grain reserves. If there is a disaster, the court will not be able to provide relief grains. When the people rebel, Sun Zhicai will also rebel. Doesn't this achieve his goal?"
Good guy, after Yu Sibai Gaoyuan said this, the two of them believed in this idea even more.
After hearing this, Cen Wenxing glanced at Yu Sibai Gaoyuan: "You know what to do and you still do it?! Do you still have the imperial court in your eyes?!"
"Cen Shangshu, I know I was wrong. I didn't think so much at the time. This...this...what they did, I didn't know. It's just a guess."
Cen Wenxing, the Minister of Household Affairs, frowned, looked at Yu Si Bai Gaoyuan, then at Zuodu Yushi Guo Kang, and said: "Put him back in prison, I will go to the Zuo Prime Minister to discuss this matter."
"good."
After finishing speaking, Cen Wenxing, the Minister of Household Affairs, hurried out and headed towards the Prime Minister's Mansion.
"Let him go and take him back to prison."
As soon as Guo Kang, the censor of Zuodu, spoke, the two jailers untied the rope tied to Yu Si Bai Gaoyuan and dragged him back to the cell.
"Get in!"
Without mercy, Yu Si Bai Gaoyuan was thrown into the cell.
Then the chains sounded and the door closed.
As soon as they saw Yu Si Bai Gaoyuan being locked up, several petty officials came over one after another.
"Bai Yusi, have you recruited him?" the junior official asked.
Yu Si Bai Gaoyuan smiled slightly and said nothing.
Seeing Bai Yusi like this, several petty officials around him rushed up and asked those words repeatedly.
After a long time, Yu Sibai Gaoyuan looked outside the cell, and then he said something: "I just said it. In life, money is only an external thing, but life is more important."
Listening to Yu Si Bai Gaoyuan's words, the young official became a little unhappy: "Bai Yu Si, you said this. If the superiors investigate, it will be difficult to perform this function in the future."
Yu Sibai Gaoyuan smiled at the little official's words: "What are you afraid of? The worst thing is to start over again! Don't always think about the official and money. Would you rather die or money? Think about it, if you leave Well, your wife, your concubine, will swallow your money and you will walk away in vain."
After Yu Si Bai Gaoyuan's words, these Yu Si officials nodded one after another, approving Bai Yu Si's words.
"Bai Yusi, is your wife treating you badly?" the young official suddenly asked.
Good guy, being locked up in the same cell, all the petty officials almost became one with Yu Si Bai Gaoyuan.
Second Yusi Li Zhen was imprisoned in the cell opposite, and seemed to have nothing to say to the petty officials.
"Bai Yusi, when can we go out?" the young official asked.
Yu Si Bai Gaoyuan raised his head and smiled: "Wait until they find out the case clearly, and then we can go out."
After Yu Si Bai Gaoyuan's words, these petty officials stopped asking questions.
Some are worried about their lives, some are worried about money, and some are worried about officials.
…
"Left Prime Minister!"
"Left Prime Minister!"
With shouts all the way, Cen Wenxing, the Minister of Household Affairs, walked into the Prime Minister's Mansion.
There must be no one else who dares to do this in the Prime Minister's Mansion except those who have a good relationship with the Left Prime Minister.
Upon hearing the shout of Cen Wenxing, the Minister of Household Affairs, Su Yunqi, the left prime minister, stood up in a hurry and walked over.
"My dear, why are you in such a hurry?" Su Yunqi, the left prime minister, smiled broadly.
"Prime Minister Zuo. Then Yu Sibai Gaoyuan is recruiting."
"Recruited?"
Left Prime Minister Su Yunqi felt a little surprised, he did not expect to be recruited so quickly.
Cen Wenxing, the Minister of Household Affairs, nodded and continued: "The stored grain was sold to the owner of Sun Cao's Inn. The owner is Sun Luolin, the son of Sun Zhicai."
After hearing this, Left Prime Minister Su Yunqi was a little shocked: "Sun Luolin?"
Cen Wenxing, the Secretary of the Ministry of Revenue, nodded: "Prime Minister Zuo, I heard from Bai Gaoyuan that the boy paid a high price. Cen suspects that the father and son want to finish what they did not do enough back then."
"Okay, I understand. In this way, we will send people to check the residences of those Yusi officials in a while, and then check the Sun Cao Inn to give the people justice."
"good."
