Search your home?
Whose house was raided?
There are two families living together in this alley, the Lian family and the Sun family!
The officers and soldiers surrounded the alley, and the people gathered outside the alley. Their carriages were surrounded, and they could not move forward or retreat.
"Master, the Criminal Department is searching Sun's house. Let's go around to the back door."
"What did Mr. Sun do? How come his house was confiscated even though everything was fine?"
King Cheng is in charge of the Criminal Department. He didn't go to attend the wedding banquet of Yongding Bo Mansion at noon today. Why did he turn around and start ransacking his house?
The commotion outside made people panic, so they finally got around to the back door and returned to Lian Mansion through the back door.
Mrs. Qin hadn't come back yet, and Lian Fangyu, who had just arrived home, was frightened by the commotion outside the door.
"How could this happen? How could this happen..."
He and Sun Quan had been officials in the same court for more than ten years, and the two had fought openly and secretly. When Yao Shangshu was still there, the two did not deal with each other. Later, they even tried to compete for the position of Shangshu, causing a lot of unpleasantness.
When the emperor asked him to temporarily take over the position of minister, Sun Quan was the most unconvinced.
He once thought about finding something to do with Sun Quan and arresting him, but the two families lived next door and he sent people to investigate for a long time, but in the end nothing was found.
Sun Quan has an upright temperament. Could it be that he was maliciously retaliated for offending someone?
"Dad, why are you so distracted?"
Lian Jiaying sobered up a lot after drinking. The servant brought Eva sobering soup and he drank it in one gulp.
"Master, I've got to find out more clearly!"
The boy who was sent out to inquire for information ran in and had no time to say hello, "Master Sun is charged with corruption and bribery. The people who ransacked the house found more than 200,000 taels of white cash from Master Sun's mansion! They are counting them outside. !”
This news was so shocking that even Fang Yu’s scalp exploded!
"Impossible, he has such a cool hand, he is so picky that he can't even bear to pay for a meal. Where did he embezzle so much silver?"
Lian Fangyu decided to go out and have a look.
By coincidence, even Suisui wanted to see the situation.
She still remembers that when Sun Mingwei and Mrs. Sun were shopping, they were reluctant to buy even a gold hairpin. She also didn't believe that Sun Quan dared to embezzle so much money!
Even Jiaying followed.
The officers and soldiers were carrying boxes out of Sun's mansion. Two hundred thousand taels of silver and a dozen large boxes were being loaded onto the carriage.
"Such a large amount of money cannot be framed. Who could quietly put 200,000 taels of cash in the Sun family's mansion?"
Therefore, Sun Quan’s corruption and bribery is true!
The Sun family burst into tears and were pushed out.
Sun Quan looked dejected. He had embezzled so much money, but his family didn't even use a tael of money. Instead, he was ruined and ended up having his house ransacked and his family members sent to jail.
This scene had a big impact on the Lian family, father and son.
Lian Fangyu and Sun Quan were sworn enemies and wished he was unlucky. But the other party was really unlucky, and he began to be afraid again, fearing that he would also end up like this.
"Master Sun, you are confused!"
Lian Fangyu couldn't hold back and stepped forward to accuse him, "Is it worth it to steal so much money and block your family, life and future?"
There was no warmth in Sun Quan's eyes, and he said mockingly: "Master Lian certainly doesn't think it's worth it. When Master Lian is enjoying the glory and there are many wives and concubines in the house, have you ever thought that even though I am the right minister of the Ministry of Etiquette, I am a dignified third-rank official?" , but the family can’t even have a meal of meat all year round?”
"Master Lian spends a lot of money and often invites his colleagues to the restaurant for dinner and drinks to win people's hearts. What about me? I wear patched clothes under this official uniform and a pair of socks that have been mended for three years!"
"Why not eat ground meat?"
"I was just unlucky. I was caught and exposed, and that's why I ended up where I am now. Don't even be like me..."
Sun Quan's words meant something. He looked up and smiled. He was pushed and staggered, and the chains on his body made a clanging sound.
After watching with his own eyes the excitement in front of the Sun Mansion dissipated and the door of the Sun Mansion was sealed, Lian Fangyu returned to the house absentmindedly.
Even Suisui was shocked when he saw his house ransacked for the first time, and felt sad at the same time.
When you reach this position as an official, sometimes it's not that you don't want to stop, but that you can't.
"Father-in-law, the Sun family is not the only one whose homes were ransacked today."
Chu Zhiyi spoke slowly, "The emperor mobilized two thousand troops from the three camps outside the city. Officials from the Ministry of Personnel, Ministry of Rites, Ministry of Punishment, and Ministry of War had their homes confiscated and dismissed."
Lian Fangyu only heard of two thousand troops. With so many people entering the capital, I am afraid that the capital will really be in chaos!
Chu Zhiyi glanced at Lian Suisui, but he didn't expect that he would get such a big gain from just one piece of news!
Lian Fangyu was hit and locked himself in the study.
"Second brother, it's getting late. Let's go back to the house first. When mother comes back, tell her what happened today."
Lian Jiaying was completely sober from the drunkenness and responded in one gulp.
"Don't worry, I will tell mother."
On the way back, they encountered several situations where officers and soldiers blocked the roads. Chu Zhiyi ordered the carriage to take a detour and finally returned to his house before the sun set.
"Did you plan this?"
Chu Zhiyi's face was calm, and combined with what he had said some time ago about Yishantang's account books, Lian Suisui had reasonable doubts.
Someone glanced at her, stood up, made a cup of tea and placed it in front of her.
No denial.
Even Suisui couldn't understand his motives.
"Why are you doing this?"
If you are resentful of the imperial court and Emperor Chen, and want to take the opportunity to take revenge, it would be more reliable to keep these people and use their leverage to blackmail them into doing things for you.
Instead of pulling out these cancers for the imperial court.
If he was wholeheartedly for the common people, Lian Suisui thought it was impossible. If she had been tortured like that, she would have gone crazy. It was kind enough not to let the whole world be buried with him.
Chu Zhiyi asked tentatively: "If I am not what you imagined, you..."
He wanted to ask her, if his heart was dark and twisted, and all his performances were disguises, would she still be as close to him as she is now.
The words turned into a bitter smile. She didn't accept him in the first place. His problem was just her own hypocrisy.
There is no need to ask for an exit.
"Even if you are really behind the scenes, I don't think you have done anything wrong!"
Lian Suisui discovered that the two had different concerns. "The officials whose homes were confiscated today all brought it upon themselves. If they had not committed unforgivable crimes themselves, they would not be in this situation today."
"I don't mean to blame you... I don't know them, so why should I sympathize with their plight?"
"I just think you have your own intentions. We are husband and wife. You can tell me in advance, lest I am not prepared and if something goes wrong and ruins your affairs..."
Chu Zhiyi looked at her in surprise.
She went to Yishan Hall for consultation, performed good deeds, exposed the evil deeds of Yishan Hall, and cleared up her own reputation. He thought that she was the kind of gentleman who could benefit the world with her righteousness, and she disdained to be associated with a villain like him who calculated people's hearts. …
In the eyes of others, Liansui Sui is filthy, but in his heart, Liansui Sui is a ray of holy light without any stain. In front of her, he always carefully disguises himself and hides his little thoughts, not daring to let her Noticing anything.
But he didn't expect that she would trust him so much!
The upward arc of the corners of the lips deepened.
