"If the son likes it, he will naturally come, so I will say goodbye first." Chen Shi said as he walked outside.

"Okay, Childe walks slowly." The shopkeeper put away the money bag and sent Chen Shi to the door satisfied.

As soon as Chen Shi walked out of the Youyue Pavilion, the soldiers hiding outside the shop appeared, they surrounded the Youyue Pavilion, and the shopkeeper's face changed instantly.

"Childe, what are you doing?" The shopkeeper looked at Chen Shi in horror, as if he didn't understand why Chen Shi led soldiers to surround her Youyue Pavilion.

"Shopkeeper, I'm sorry, some of these jewelry are from the palace, so they must be taken back to investigate, and your Youyue Pavilion must be guarded by soldiers." Chen Shi shook the wooden box in his hand and said to the shopkeeper.

The shopkeeper listened to Chen Shi's words, and his face became even more difficult to look at. Meng Zhendong had already told him not to take out these jewelry casually.

The shopkeeper thought that Fu Qinglian was just the son of an official, and he came to Youyue Pavilion to buy jewelry just to please Hua Shenyue, so he took out the jewelry with confidence, but Fu Qinglian saw it at a glance.

The shopkeeper naively thought that Fu Qinglian really didn't bring enough money, so he kept it for him, hoping that he would come and take the things away, but he didn't know that this was a trap from beginning to end.

The shopkeeper didn't speak, since Chen Shi could bring soldiers to surround her Youyue Pavilion, presumably Fu Qinglian was not an idle person. The shopkeeper now regrets that she shouldn't have coveted the money.

"Shopkeeper, as long as you cooperate well, your crime will not be very big, and my son-in-law also knows that this shop is nominally yours, but it is actually Meng Zhendong's."

When the shopkeeper heard Chen Shi's words, he suddenly looked up at Chen Shi, and she asked in a trembling voice, "Who is your son-in-law?" This is simply terrible, the other party even knows that the actual owner of this shop is Meng Zhendong.

It seems that they have been secretly investigating this matter, I don't know how long, only he has been kept in the dark, and now he has entered their trap instead.

"My son-in-law, it is the younger brother of the emperor, His Royal Highness." Chen Shi pretended to think about it and said to the shopkeeper.

"No wonder ......" The shopkeeper took a few steps back, no wonder the other party knew all the news, it turned out to be His Royal Highness King Jing, there was such a powerful person investigating them, this time, they couldn't escape with their wings.

It seems that Meng Zhendong's good days are coming to an end today.

In the southern suburbs of the capital, Fu Qinglian and Wang Qingyuan had arrived with soldiers.

First of all, they surrounded the small cabin at the foot of the mountain, and restrained the old man in the small cabin to prevent him from ventilating and telling the news.

"Wang Shangshu, you stay here, if I guess correctly, the place where Meng Zhendong privately minted copper coins is under the wooden house, and this wooden house is just a cover." Fu Qinglian asked Wang Qingyuan to answer at the foot of the mountain, and he took the other soldiers up the mountain.

"Yes, lord." Wang Qingyuan nodded, ready to stay here and wait for news, and by the way, he could also check the situation.

The cabin had been surrounded by Wang Qingyuan's soldiers, and the uncle had also been tied up with ropes by Wang Qingyuan's men, and his mouth was still stuffed with cloth.

Fu Qinglian had already led the soldiers up the mountain, and Wang Qingyuan sent soldiers to strictly guard the cabin, and asked people to look around to find a passage into the underground.

"My lord, I found it." A soldier came out of nowhere to report.

Wang Qingyuan looked surprised, he didn't expect to find the entrance so quickly. Wang Qingyuan followed the soldiers to the wooden house, where the floor of the wooden room was lifted, and under the floor, there was a staircase leading to the ground.

"Call everyone else, and the officer will go down and see for himself." Wang Qingyuan commanded.

"Yes." The soldier nodded, and went out to call someone.

After a while, the other soldiers entered the room, and Wang Qingyuan took the lead in going down, not panicking at all. The other soldiers followed behind Wang Qingyuan and also entered the underground passage.

After walking through a staircase that was neither long nor short, Wang Qingyuan and the others finally arrived at the flat ground. Wang Qingyuan faintly heard the sound of someone talking not far away, and thought that the address was not far away.

Wang Qingyuan made a gesture and motioned to the soldiers behind him to follow in a low voice, don't startle the snake. Wang Qingyuan walked softly into the depths, and before he went far, he saw the place where Meng Zhendong privately minted copper coins.

"Surround this place and subdue all the people here." Wang Qingyuan commanded softly.

As soon as the soldiers heard this, they immediately surrounded the place softly, and the other soldiers took out their weapons one after another and entered the place, and the people inside didn't know what was going on, and they all looked at the situation outside in a daze.

"Don't move!" The soldiers drew their swords and rushed inside, there was only a group of workers at work, the workers had never seen such a situation before, and they did not know why a group of soldiers suddenly rushed in, so they panicked for a moment.

They took the opportunity to beg for mercy, but no one would let them go so easily.

The soldiers took the opportunity to subdue the workers, who were found by Meng Zhendong to mint copper coins, and they did not know martial arts, so they did not dare to resist.

"My lord, everyone has been subdued." A soldier walked up to Wang Qingyuan and said.

"Take them all up, and besides, leave a few people here to keep watch, and if you spot anyone else, take him up immediately." Wang Qingyuan nodded and arranged.

"Yes." The soldier nodded, and entered the place where the copper coins were minted, and in a few moments, the soldiers brought out the tied workers.

"You bring people up and keep them strictly guarded, and the official will go in and check them out." Wang Qingyuan touched his beard, and after speaking, he walked in. The soldiers escorted all the uniformed workers back, leaving a few soldiers to guard underground.

Wang Qingyuan walked in and observed carefully, this Meng Zhendong is really bold, this place where copper coins are privately minted seems to have been around for a while, it seems that Meng Zhendong has been doing this kind of rebellious thing for a long time.

Wang Qingyuan was here to carefully check whether there were any fish that had slipped through the net, Wang Qingyuan looked ahead, and there were several carts of copper ore that looked like they had just been mined, they were placed in wooden carts, and they had not had time to be disposed of, and these people did not stop using their hands until they were caught.

Wang Qingyuan took a piece of it and observed it carefully, the fineness of this copper ore is excellent, thinking that the copper ore on this mountain is all high-quality copper, and I don't know how Meng Zhendong found it.

Wang Qingyuan continued to walk forward, and the more he looked, the more surprised he became. Although the place here is small, it has all kinds of organs, copper smelting, tools for casting copper coins, everything, I dare not imagine how much selfish profit Meng Zhendong has made here.

Wang Qingyuan sighed, that is, because there are corrupt officials like Meng Zhendong who only care about their own selfish interests and do not care about the lives of the people, so the lives of the people will become more and more difficult.

Wang Qingyuan took a turn here, looked around carefully, and walked out until he was sure that there were no fish that slipped through the net.

"Keep this place guarded, and don't make a mistake." Wang Qingyuan said to the two soldiers guarding the door.

"Yes." The soldiers replied.

Wang Qingyuan slowly walked back and returned to the wooden house, and he wanted to quickly tell Fu Qinglian about this matter.

In the wooden house, all the workers were tied up with ropes, and they were curled up by the walls of the wooden house, looking very panicked.

Wang Qingyuan put his hands behind his back, pacing in front of the workers, his expression was stern, not angry, and finally, looking at the frightened expressions of the workers, he said: "Do you know that it is a capital crime to mint copper coins privately. ”

When the workers heard this, the expressions on their faces became more and more ugly. How could they not know in their hearts that this was a capital crime, but at that time, in order to make profits, where could they take care of so many things.

Now that they've been caught, all of them are at a loss, not knowing what to do.

They look at me, I look at you, in addition to fear in their eyes, they are still afraid, they open their mouths to ask for mercy, but in the end, they still can't say a word, they are now living crimes, and it is inevitable that death will be committed.

A bold worker moved in front of Wang Qingyuan, he looked up at Wang Qingyuan, his eyes were full of fear and sadness: "My lord, we were all arrested by Meng Zhendong, these are not our willing, my lord!" ”

"What's going on?" When Wang Qingyuan heard this, his face was full of surprise, could it be that what these people did was not voluntarily done by themselves, and was forced by Meng Zhendong, if it was really Meng Zhendong who did everything, then the matter would be much more serious than they imagined.

"My lord, Meng Zhendong arrested us without our wishes, if we don't want to, he will threaten us with the lives of his family, for the safety of his family, we have to obey, my lord!" The worker explained.

"Is this how you were all caught by him?" Wang Qingyuan looked back at the other workers and asked, the other workers all nodded, it seems that they didn't do what they said, and what they are doing now is not what they are doing willingly.

"My lord, I was making ironware in my rented shop, Meng Zhendong suddenly came over one day and asked me to help him do things, I felt inexplicable, I was unwilling to let go of my iron shop, but he threatened me with the lives of my wife and children!"

"Meng Zhendong said, if I don't agree, he will kill my wife and children, anyway, he is the prime minister of the court, except for the emperor, no one can help him, as soon as I hear this, where can I dare to resist!" The worker who moved to Wang Qingyuan recalled.

At that time, they didn't have any ability to resist at all, they could only be obedient, so they did such a rebellious thing.

"Yes, yes, my lord, we were all threatened by him like this, it was really not our will, although I haven't read any books, but I also know that it is illegal to mint copper coins privately!" The other workers said that everyone looked very pained and sad, and that this was not something they wanted to do voluntarily.