"But my parents..."Aunt Rong said with some hesitation, but there was really the stone lion in her mind.

Gu Muyan looked at Aunt Rong seriously and repeated: "Your parents have died, you don't have to forget who it is for." ”

"I see, but what if someone finds out?" Aunt Rong was still a little scared.

But Gu Muyan still replied confidently: "Don't worry, I have already arranged it, and no one will find out." ”

"Yes, I listen to Miss for everything." Aunt Rong blessed her body and nodded.

On the way back, Dong Xue said the doubts in her heart: "Miss, what should I do if the central waiter's family wants to confess their relatives with blood?" ”

"I have my own arrangements." Gu Muyan only explained this roughly and didn't say anything more, after all, the idle people in this mansion still had to be guarded against.

When he arrived at the Wuyuan Garden, Sheng Zhoujin was already waiting in the courtyard.

"Miss." Sheng Zhoujin saw Gu Muyan coming in, and hurriedly said.

"Uncle Sheng, please go and find your grandfather to see if there is any way to get Gu Yuan out, and it's best not to let my father notice that my grandfather is intervening." Gu Muyan commanded with a slightly solemn expression.

Sheng Zhoujin got the order, and soon disappeared into the Wuyuan Garden, as if he had never been here.

At this time in the capital, most of the evidence in the seized imperial merchants was found in Jinshang, and although there were no obvious account books, the silver money in this mansion was much more than the tax paid to the national treasury, and the source of these silver coins was also extremely unknown.

Now it is even more impossible to easily bypass these imperial merchants and directly order the house to be raided.

But when Lord Shen reported all the money in their mansion to Jinshang, it still made Jinshang Thunder angry, and the amount of money collected was twice as much as Jinshang's previous estimate, and the amount of money was so huge that people couldn't help but be staggered.

With a "bang", the fold in Jinshang's hand smashed on the table like this, and after gasping for breath several times, he finally calmed down a little and said: "Aiqing thinks that these people's money comes from?" ”

"If you go back to the emperor, I'm afraid that you will refuse to pay taxes, and there will be a lot of benefits from the transactions with the royal family, which I am afraid will be inseparable from the ministers of the DPRK and China." Lord Shen didn't dare to hide it, so he could only report it truthfully, after all, since Jinshang decided to do something to these imperial merchants, then he must have investigated it behind it, and it was impossible not to know anything.

Seeing that Lord Shen didn't hide anything, he nodded with satisfaction: "Come here, draft the decree, and send Lord Shen to be fully responsible for the ministers who secretly collude with the imperial merchants, and not a single one will be spared!" ”

Then he looked at Lord Shen with a slight joke: "If Aiqing can handle this matter well this time, how about I give you a reward?" ”

"This is a matter within the minister's duty, and I dare not ask for credit." Lord Shen hurriedly knelt on the ground and replied respectfully, and when he raised his eyes, he saw that Jinshang's eyes were closed, and he didn't stay any longer, so he retreated after kneeling.

After leaving the palace gate, Lord Shen looked up at the noon sun, put his hands behind his back, and instructed the guards beside him: "According to the list on the list of searches, all the houses will be raided, and those with minor circumstances will be demoted to commoners, and if the circumstances are serious, they will be exiled directly!" ”

"Yes! My lord! The guard received the order, bowed his hand respectfully, turned around and waved his hand to the attendant behind him, and in an instant the entire capital was filled with the movement of officers and soldiers searching for him.

Sheng Zhoujin watched the officers and soldiers enter and leave the homes of those imperial merchants in the past, and the emotions between his eyebrows became a little solemn, after all, Gu Muyan had already said that the people's grain village was very likely to become the new imperial merchants in the future.

And right now, these imperial merchants are like lambs that have been fattened in Sheng Zhoujin's eyes, and now it is time to slaughter, maybe one day in the future, the people's grain village will also face such a situation.

It's just that some people are worried, and there will definitely be people looking for opportunities, just like Xiao Yi, this time the imperial businessman's washing seems to have hit him, but why not an opportunity?

Therefore, Xiao Yi has been waiting in the study of the Shen Mansion for a long time, just waiting for Lord Shen to come back.

"See the four princes!" Lord Shen pushed open the door of the study, recognized Xiao Yi from his back, and immediately saluted respectfully.

"Uncle doesn't need to make this big gift, you and I are family!" Xiao Yi hurriedly stepped forward to help Lord Shen up, but he didn't beat around the bush, and directly stated his intention for today: "This time, my father ordered a thorough investigation, and many officials should be implicated, right?" ”

"That's true, is the prince trying to save anyone?" Moreover, on the cusp of the storm, Lord Shen was a little hesitant, but he still asked.

Fortunately, Xiao Yi shook his head, which made a stone fall in Lord Shen's heart, but what he said afterwards made his brows furrow slightly.

"Uncle should also know that there are not many of us in the court now, since we want to severely punish these corrupt officials today, it is better to investigate and punish the people on this list as well, right?" Xiao Yi said, took out a piece of paper from his sleeve, and handed it to Lord Shen.

took the rice paper, only to see that the paper was sprinkled with the official positions and names of more than a dozen ministers, and almost all of them were people around the prince.

"Uncle, rest assured, these people's private affairs will never be less, and this king will definitely not embarrass his uncle." Xiao Yi put his words in front, which can be regarded as dispelling Lord Shen's doubts in advance, and giving him no chance to refute himself.

Hearing this, Shen Dacai nodded slightly with reassurance, this matter is being watched very tightly today, he naturally can't do too much, and now after listening to Xiao Yi's words, he also knows that the handle of these people is probably already in Xiao Yi's hands, so even if he pulls them into the water to investigate, there will be nothing wrong.

"That's the best, since the prince's people have also gone down a lot, it means that our people also have a chance to come up." Lord Shen understood Xiao Yi's intentions almost immediately.

Seeing Lord Shen cooperating like this, Xiao Yi also smiled and said: "That's true, these imperial businessmen, the smart ones have already been reined in, and the ones replaced this time are just some people who make their own decisions, and they are not worth mentioning." ”

"The prince is so scheming." Lord Shen said respectfully, he was originally a person from the side of the Four Princes, so he would naturally do his best to support his own people.

In the past few years, there has been no new movement in the court for a long time, and it should be washed again, so that it will be a chance for your own people.

The next morning, Lord Shen handed over the fold, the evidence of dozens of officials, as well as the wealth of the family were all written on that small fold, and Jinshang's face slowly became more and more angry, and the courtiers did not dare to say anything at all, only knelt quietly on the ground.

"There is no doubt about employing people, and there is no need for suspicious people, but I never thought of it! There are so many people who do such corrupt things under my nose! Jinshang directly smashed the fold out, slid out a long distance along the bluestone slab before stopping.

Originally, he looked up at the courtiers from time to time, but now he was lying on the ground, not daring to move at all, for fear of being implicated.

"What? On weekdays, there are long speeches, but now no one dares to say it? Looking at the silent ministers, he felt more and more angry.

The long-dormant hidden disease seemed to have suddenly erupted, and it actually made Imajo sit directly on the dragon chair.

Knowing that Gonggong Li beside him was anxiously shouting to Xuan Imperial Doctor, the ministers looked at the highest place in the Taihe Palace, and at this time, Jinshang was already frowning, leaning on the dragon chair in a little pain.

"Your Majesty!" When those ministers saw Imagami fainting, they naturally made a look of deep affection for master and servant, and shouted Imagami one after another, as if they were extremely worried in their hearts.

But Gonggong Li knew that this was an old problem of Jinshang, and he didn't want others to know about it, so he naturally directly ordered the retreat from the court, and the eunuch helped Jinshang back to the Qianqing Palace.

"What about Imperial Physician Zheng? Why hasn't Doctor Zheng arrived yet? After Gonggong Li settled Jinshang on the bed, he anxiously asked the eunuch beside him.

Seeing that Gonggong Li was in a hurry, those eunuchs hurriedly went out of the Qianqing Palace to investigate, and after seeing the figure of Imperial Physician Zheng, they hurriedly went back and replied: "Gonggong Li, Imperial Physician Zheng is on the way here, and he has already entered the palace, so he should be almost there!" ”

"Well, stand down! Clean up all the idle people in this vicinity, and no one is allowed to take half a step close to the Qianqing Palace! Gonggong Li nodded, ordered in advance, and ordered the Imperial Forest Army to protect the Qianqing Palace.

When Imperial Physician Zheng arrived in the palace, there were only three people left in the entire Qianqing Palace, namely Jinshang, Gonggong Li and Imperial Physician Zheng.

"Imperial Physician Zheng, the emperor should be an old criminal." Gonggong Li stepped forward and pulled Imperial Doctor Zheng to the side of the bed today.

As soon as he heard that it was an old disease, Imperial Doctor Zheng's brows were tightly clustered together, and he hurriedly put the medicine box next to Jinshang's bedside, pulled Jinshang's hand and began to diagnose the pulse, this time, it took Doctor Zheng longer than ever before to diagnose the pulse.

"Please ask Gonggong Li to order someone to prepare hot water, has the emperor been angry today?" Imperial Physician Zheng asked Li Gong with a somewhat solemn expression.

After instructing Gonggong Li to prepare hot water, he returned before replying: "Because of the collusion and corruption between the ministers of the court and those imperial businessmen, I lost a lot of temper in the Jinluan Palace this morning. ”

"In the future, Gonggong Li still has to persuade some, otherwise if it is like today again, I'm afraid..."Imperial Doctor Zheng shook his head and said.

As soon as these words were heard, Gonggong Li was naturally anxious, and hurriedly whispered: "This matter must not be made quiet, can't even Imperial Doctor Zheng find out the cause of today's hidden disease?" ”