The news that Dacheng Mansion was found to have smuggled secret routes spread in the capital, and the officials involved in the case and the squires from all over the country who arrived in Beijing in advance were all locked up in the Criminal Department for trial, and many of them were insiders. pbtxt.

The confessions of the squires are relatively fragmentary, the insiders are only concerned about a little matter in their own place, and they are responsible for receiving the smuggled goods to their territory and sending them safely to the next section, the confessions of the officials are the most detailed, and the benefits they share are second only to the Zhao family of Guanxian County, plus those squires, everyone benefits, except for the loss of tax revenue in the treasury.

Lord Qiu found the source of the secret path is indeed a huge cave that can stop the boat, usually only half of the cave entrance is exposed on the water, the boat is unimpeded, but the big ship can only enter at low tide, and the entrance of the cave is submerged when the tide rises, but because the internal height is very high, the ship is hidden inside and is not afraid of the wind and rain outside, except for the locals by the sea, outsiders do not know the name of this place at all, and it is very close to the shore, and when the tide recedes, the boat sails into the ants and moves, transported to the shore and then transferred to the capital, which has earned unimaginable profits for decades.

The local squires who were responsible for receiving and transporting colluded with the Zhao clan of Guanxian County to share benefits, and under their careful management, the entire Dacheng Mansion became a huge network of interests, and it is no wonder that all new officials who go to Dacheng Mansion must first visit the dock of the Zhao clan patriarch of Guanxian County, and some officials who have tasted enough sweetness are even reluctant to be transferred elsewhere when their terms of office expire.

However, the people who handled the smuggling in Dacheng Mansion could only tell what they had done, and as for who took over in the capital, they didn't know, and even the officials of Dacheng Mansion couldn't say it, only the people of the Zhao clan in Guanxian County knew it.

The court has the patience to wait for the Zhao family to escort into Beijing, Shi Tianqi is as anxious as an ant on a hot pot every day, and her husband's family no longer hides their dislike for her, and even the eldest sister-in-law said to her face that she is a broom star, and the family is affected by her mother's family, and she is pregnant and does not feel at ease to raise a baby at home, so she only knows to worry about her mother's family affairs, and she is not sad when the child falls, she still runs out all day long, throws her husband aside and ignores it, and marries her as a daughter-in-law It is really a big loss.

Shi Tianqi pretended to be deaf and dumb in response to such accusations, asked them to scold, and when he returned to the room, he summoned his guards in the middle of the night, and asked them to sneak into the courtyard of the eldest brother and sister-in-law, find the tea leaves used by the eldest brother himself in the pantry, and mix three or four herbs that can make people have diarrhea like cholera.

The subordinates went outside to look for medicine, and then secretly added it to the tea can, and it took only two or three days before and after, and the sister-in-law had long forgotten that she had humiliated this brother and daughter-in-law a few days ago, so her husband ran to the toilet all night because of drinking the drugged tea, and when the doctor arrived, people showed symptoms of dehydration, lying on the bed and being paralyzed, and it was almost dying.

The doctor suspected that it was cholera, and it was more like a symptom of cholera after the pulse, so he prescribed medicine according to cholera, no matter how to stop diarrhea first, the family was all frightened when they heard that it might be cholera, and they couldn't figure out how they could get cholera in this winter, after all, it was impossible for a family like them to have a raw food intake, and the family bought enough hot water bottles, and the owners of the houses had enough boiling water anytime and anywhere, and even the patients themselves couldn't tell where the cholera came from.

Fortunately, after a dose of decoction, the diarrhea stopped, and the patient turned into a bed to recuperate, and the family was relieved.

Shi Tianqi looked at the rush in the long room, and laughed happily in his heart, waiting to see another bigger excitement happen at home.

Brother Changfang's side was fine, and only a day later, Shi Tianqi's husband had an accident as she expected.

At the invitation of a friend, I went to the Qinglou to drink, and after closing the door, I stayed in the building overnight, and when I fought three hundred rounds with people in the tent, the tragedy happened.

The prostitute screamed in fright, rolled naked from the bed to the floor, and shouted for help, and when the bustard mother rushed in to check on the situation, she saw only the blood-soaked bedding, and the guest fell unconscious in a pool of blood, and the thing under her was still shaking and spurting bright red blood.

There were a lot of men and women outside the door who watched the excitement, and friends also rushed over, and their faces were pale with fright when they saw this scene.

In the middle of the night, Shi Tianqi was aroused from bed by a panicked subordinate, and just like that, he saw the body of his husband who was sent back by a friend, and there was still the smell of wine on his body.

After dawn, the family reported the funeral to relatives and friends, and Ning Peilan also received the letter, and in shock, she hurriedly asked her family to prepare a funeral.

Shi Tianqi is one of the major shareholders of the farm, her husband died, Gu Yun and the palace chief naturally came to the door to mourn, and incense was placed in the mourning hall, Ning Peilan was invited to the inner house to drink tea and met with Shi Tianqi.

Shi Tianqi, the new daughter-in-law who has only been married for a few months, sat in the house with red eyes and numb expression, and the female relatives came to offer condolences to her personal subordinates, even if she entered the house to drink tea, she didn't sit for long, and anyone who saw Shi Tianqi's overly sad look didn't know what to say to her.

Ning Peilan left without finishing a cup of tea, Shi Tianqi didn't talk to her at all, and there were guests coming in outside, so she didn't bother.

On the way home for the three of them, the couple chatted about Shi Tianqi in the car, and Gong Changji and Gu Yun learned about the incident from the mouth of the male guest, since the man died so dishonorably, Shi Tianqi has always had illusions about Gu Yun, and I really don't know what she will do in the future.

These things are hidden from Bai Ko, Bai Ko knows that Shi Tianqi is a widow, but she doesn't care about these things, in addition to business these days, she is keeping an eye on the movements of the court, and wants to know what the court will do about smuggling.

At this time, the three escort boats escorting all the men, women, and children of the Zhao clan in Guanxian County docked at the Guandu Wharf, and were directly received by the Criminal Department, and the soldiers of the city defense battalion sent by the prince were responsible for escorting them, and all of them were sent to the prison of the Criminal Department, and the men, women, and children were separated, and they were interrogated day and night, so that they could tell the truth unconsciously under the extreme fatigue of not being able to sleep for several days and nights.

In their confessions, they finally confessed that the smuggled goods disguised as ordinary goods were transported to the capital, and they were handled by Concubine Zhao Xian's children and in-laws, Liang Zhongshan before, and Shi Tianmin after his death, and all the current accounts were matched.

But the patriarch confessed another fact, the peacocks that have been repeatedly banned are sent to the capital in batches from Dacheng Mansion, with the status of Concubine Zhao Xian in the palace, as well as the prestige of King Yu and the eldest princess, no one will seriously check the goods marked by the Zhao family in Guanxian County.

Got such an astonishing confession, the criminal department found out the relevant account books, sent them to the palace overnight, and the next morning, the palace sent an angel to the eldest princess's mansion to announce Shi Tianmin's entry into the palace, but let him blow the cold wind of the morning time under the porch of the imperial study, no one spoke to him to spread the news, and when the saint came down, Shi Tianmin asked his grandfather to say goodbye, only to find that his voice was dumb and his nose was plugged.

"Shi Tianmin, how do you divide the money you earn from smuggling? Recruit from the truth! ”

The saint looked at his grandson, whom he had loved since childhood, and his face was gloomy, and he no longer had any love for him.