The sky was sunny and sunny, and there was an endless stream of people walking on the streets of Yanyang City without rain. Various vendors were selling their goods.
At this moment, there were two rows of people standing in front of the White Mansion. The leader was holding a long sword tightly in his hand, with a majestic look on his face, and he could be seen very determined in his pupils.
At this time, a young and beautiful maid, Xiao Lian, supported the principal wife Ou Shi with one hand, and walked over cautiously and quickly, with a look of great nervousness and fear on her face.
"Officer, what...what's going on?" Mrs. Ou Shi said with an uninformed look on her face.
The leader didn't look happy, he still had a serious face.
"What do you think?"
Mrs. Ou Shi hesitated and couldn't explain why.
Seeing the people in the White Mansion in front of him like this, the leader sneered, looked at the slaves on the side and more than a dozen concubines walking behind him, and then looked at the people watching on the side, and talked about the reason.
"Your master, as Yu Si, secretly sold Yu Si's stored grain to Sun Cao's inn owner, converted it into money, and enriched his own pocket! On the orders of the Left Prime Minister, search the Bai Mansion!"
As soon as the leader said this, the people around him started talking, some pointed at Bai Mansion and cursed, and some pointed at Yu Si Bai Gaoyuan and cursed.
In fact, Madam Ou has known about this for a long time, and she is also dealing with it according to Master Bai Gaoyuan's method. The panic and uneasiness of Madam Ou can be seen on her face and hands.
"Search!"
With a call from the leader, all the people with swords around their waists rushed into the Bai Mansion and quickly searched the White Mansion.
The leader walked into the Bai Mansion, but Mrs. Ou still pretended to be pitiful.
Seeing the leader walking into the Bai Mansion, a dozen concubines from the White Mansion hurried to the front of Mrs. Ou Shi, crying and asking for help.
"Madam! What should we do?"
"Yes, madam, what should we do? The master is not here, and this... this money has been taken away. How can we survive?"
Listening to each one of them pleading for mercy, Mrs. Ou felt upset.
Seeing that it was almost done, Madam Ou pretended to wipe the tears from the corners of her eyes with a handkerchief and walked in.
As soon as he entered the house, he saw those people turning over things wantonly, but with orders from above, it was not considered wanton behavior.
I saw that the bottles and jars with flowers and the wooden chairs arranged in an orderly manner had all been turned upside down.
The Bai Mansion suddenly became a mess.
Seeing this, several concubines who were bold and fearless shouted: "Official! We are unjust!"
When the concubine shouted, Ou, as the wife, looked at the leader with a pitiful look.
"Officer, you must have made a mistake. My master will never do this." Madam Ou said.
After listening, the leader looked seriously at Madam Ou, the concubines of the White House, and the servants of the White House.
"Unjustly accused?" The leader looked confused.
Seeing that Mrs. Ou was so nervous that she couldn't speak, the leader replied: "Your master said everything in prison, how can there be any injustice? Besides, what about Guo Yushi and Cen Shangshu? But I heard it with my own ears.”
When the leader said this, Madam Ou immediately stopped saying anything. Like the concubines and the servants in the mansion, she looked at those people who were like robbers.
After a while, several people carried out several wooden boxes and walked out.
"Hu Si Prison"
It was only after the jailer shouted that the leader's surname was Hu.
After seeing this, Hu Siyu nodded, waved his hand, and said: "Open!"
Suddenly, several jailers opened these boxes, and boxes of white silver and various gold and silver jewelry came into view.
Seeing this, Hu Siyu looked at Madam Ou who was standing aside.
I saw Madam Ou with a nervous look on her face, holding the handkerchief tightly in her hand, unable to say a word.
At this moment, a jailer hurried over, holding a piece of yellow paper in his hand.
"Hu Siyu, the young one found this in the study."
After saying this, the jailer hurriedly handed the yellow paper in his hand to Hu Siyu.
After catching it, Hu Siyu spread out and shook it. Maybe this was one of Hu Siyu's signature moves.
After opening it, Hu Siyu browsed quickly.
While browsing, Hu Siyu still looked serious, and there was no sign of joy on his face.
After looking at it, Hu Siyu hurriedly folded it up, glanced at Madam Ou, turned around, waved his hand, and said, "Let's go!"
With an order, the lids of these large boxes were closed and lifted up by several jailers. All the jailers in the mansion stopped searching and walked out.
A note to Sun Cao's inn was found in the Bai Mansion, and several large boxes of money were found in the homes of other Yusi officials.
Accordingly, the evidence can be described as conclusive.
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"Guo Yushi, Cen Shangshu, and the lower officials were ordered to search several mansions and houses, and they found several large boxes of silver. This was also found in Bai's mansion."
After saying this, Hu Siyu handed the receipt searched from the Bai Mansion to Cen Wenxing, the Minister of Household Affairs.
After hurriedly taking it, Cen Wenxing, the Minister of Household Affairs, started to read it.
Guo Kang, the censor of Zuodu, came over to take a look.
After reading it, Cen Wenxing, the Minister of Revenue, smiled slightly: "With this, I want to see what that kid has to say."
Guo Kang, the censor of Zuodu, looked calm on the side.
After reading it, Cen Wenxing, the Minister of Household Affairs, handed the note to Hu Siyu in front of him.
"In this case, you take people to Sun Cao Inn and arrest the owner of Sun Cao Inn, Sun Luolin."
"yes."
"Also, this note is the best evidence."
"yes."
"Okay. Go quickly."
After watching Hu Siyu go away, Guo Kang, the censor of Zuodu, could no longer calm down and looked at Cen Wenxing, the minister of household affairs, with a curious look on his face.
"Cen Shangshu, what was written on it just now?" Guo Yushi asked.
Cen Wenxing, the Secretary of the Ministry of Revenue, smiled: "It says that a few months ago, Yu Si Bai Gaoyuan made a transaction with Sun Luolin of Sun Cao Inn. The fingerprint is still pressed."
Saying this, the doubts of Guo Kang, the censor of Zuodu, were relieved.
Perhaps Cen Wenxing, the Minister of the Ministry of Revenue, has stayed in the Ministry of Revenue for many years and has developed the ability to read quickly through various books. Before Guo Kangdu, the censor of Zuodu, could see the middle part, Cen Wenxing, the minister of household affairs, had finished reading it.
"Cen Shangshu, Sun Luolin has been captured, what should we do with them?" Guo Kang, the censor of Zuodu, said.
Cen Wenxing, the Secretary of the Ministry of Household Affairs, touched his beard and smiled slightly: "This case is quite big. As the saying goes, a tiger father has no dog son, so the son's mistakes are naturally his father's fault. According to Cen, Sun Zhicai should be exempted from the official position. This Sun Luolin should be killed, and this Yu Si official should be demoted if he should be punished, and be exempted if he should be spared."
It's almost April now, and Yanyang City is gradually getting a bit hotter.
Therefore, such weather makes many people who are running around for their wives, children, and children unwilling to stay under the scorching sun. When it is time for dinner, most people still choose to enjoy the coolness in the inn and eat.
This has greatly increased the business of these inns in Yanyang City, and the business of inns is often best in summer and winter.
In order to attract guests, many inns have different preparations for different seasons.
Whether the business is prosperous is not only related to the food and wine provided by each inn, but also related to the way the inn treats customers.
At noon today, the Sun Cao Inn was extremely good. There was an endless stream of guests coming and going, and the store was very busy.
While these guests were still eating wine and food with great interest and enjoying the cool spring breeze, Hu Siyu, wearing a green official uniform and an official hat, stood in front of Sun Cao's Inn.
Everyone who saw it cast their eyes over one by one, while those who didn't see it were still eating their food with peace of mind.
Even the hotel's owner Sun Luolin, the proprietress Cao Qingxue, and Cao Xueqing's mother didn't notice.
"Take it!"
With the sound of Hu Si's prison, two lines of jailers from the Criminal Department immediately rushed forward and searched for him in the inn.
After a lot of effort, the boss Sun Luolin was detained on the ground without knowing it.
After Cao Qingxue, his wife, and her mother-in-law saw him, they hurriedly put down what they were doing and trotted to the front of Hu Si's prison.
As soon as Cao Qingxue came up, she shouted: "Officer! Why are you detaining my husband?!"
Seeing such a beautiful woman in front of him, Hu Siyu didn't feel angry after hearing those arrogant words. He showed the note in his hand in front of Cao Xueqing and Cao Xueqing's mother with a serious look.
"It says that a few months ago, Sun Luolin and Bai Gaoyuan of Yusi planned a way to make a fortune and sold Yusi's 10,000 shi of grain to your inn. I was ordered by the left prime minister to arrest Sun Luolin. Lin!"
After hearing this, Sun Luolin cried out his injustice.
"Officials! The common people are unjust! The common people have never done anything so disgraceful to the court and the people!" Sun Luolin shouted.
Seeing her husband Sun Luolin being detained by these jailers, and hearing her husband's words, Cao Qingxue, as a wife, became even more dissatisfied.
"Officer! The daughter of the people can testify! He has never done this before. Even if the business of this inn is not good, he will not put his mind on Yu Si's food." Cao Qingxue defended.
The mother-in-law on the side burst into tears and begged for mercy: "Yes, officer. Did you make a mistake?"
After listening to their words, Hu Siyu didn't want to say any more and gave an order: "The evidence is conclusive! It can't be mistaken! Take it away!"
With Hu Siyu's words, Sun Luolin was escorted out of Sun Cao's Inn.
As a wife, Cao Qingxue was very familiar with Sun Luolin's temperament. She also believed that her husband, Sun Luolin, could not do this. She wanted to talk to Hu Siyu again, but Hu Siyu The prison didn't care at all and didn't look back.
Looking at the appearance of his wife Cao Qingxue, Sun Luolin's eyes became red while being held in custody. He turned his head vigorously, looked at his wife Cao Qingxue far behind, and shouted: "Qingxue! Don't be afraid! There must be a misunderstanding! I Just talk about it!”
Cao Qingxue nodded, tears falling uncontrollably.
She believed that Sun Luolin was innocent, but she didn't trust the government's handling of the case.
Since getting married to Sun Luolin, Sun Luolin has told her one by one what should be said and what should not be said.
Looking at her daughter's appearance, the mother walked over slowly and comforted Cao Qingxue: "Xue'er, don't worry, nothing will happen."
