The five surnames and Qiwang risked their lives to admonish this matter back then, and when it came to the final determination and condemnation, it was Li Hong who gave Di Renjie, Wang Xiaojie, and the three people who succeeded Li Qiao and became the three doctors of the Imperial Historical Observatory, Zhang Khan, and personally gave the will and dictation.

Relatives and relatives of the clan, if they can let go, they can be avoided, and if they can be avoided, they will not be able to cause harm to their families, wives and children, but even so, with the five surnames and seven families, the power of the great cause is intricate, and if you want to sort it out, it will not be difficult to be exploited by others, and the difficulty is no different from ascending to the sky.

Moreover, in the families of these famous families, which family does not have hundreds of slaves and maids, serving in the mansion of five surnames and seven wangs, such a large number of people, plus some clan relatives and other related people, the increase in the number of official slaves is inevitable.

And the most critical thing, or what makes Li Hong angry, is that it took nearly three years to be truly disintegrated and disintegrated, and the wealthy nobles led by the five surnames and Qiwang finally solved this matter completely half a year ago.

Now there are already people in the mansion of the wealthy families headed by five surnames and seven wangs, who have been on the list of tooth shops and have begun to trade and buy and sell openly. really responded to the old saying: Someone beats the broken drum, and everyone pushes the wall down.

The conversion of official slaves into private slaves is a reckless act of violating law and discipline, but what Li Hong didn't expect was that these people were so impatient, and he had just settled down the matter for less than half a year, and some people began to speculate and fill their pockets in the back.

"Your Majesty, it is a dereliction of duty, please punish Your Majesty."

"Punishment is a piece of, punishment can you make those who were sold back? Examine! Give me a thorough investigation, no matter who it is, as long as it has something to do with this matter, I will not tolerate it. Li Hong punched the table hard, making Yan Lingbin next to him so frightened that he almost jumped up.

"Yes, Your Majesty, the minister will immediately order someone to ......."

"Forget it, you don't have to worry about this matter, let Li Ye investigate." Li Hong's tone softened, and he picked up the list that Yan Lingbin picked up and put on the desk, looked at it and said, "Why are these people so impatient? ”

"Back to Your Majesty, Your Majesty...... I don't know. The sweat on Wang Xiaojie's forehead has come down, for so many years, he has really not seen Li Hongfa so angry a few times.

Yan Lingbin, who was next to him, flipped through the list in his hand, and then looked at Li Hong with some caution, Nuo Nuo said: "Your Majesty, the concubine may know a little bit about it, but I don't know if the reason is as the concubine guessed." ”

"Tell me about it." Li Hong calmed the anger in his heart just now, and tried his best to squeeze out a gentle smile and looked at Yan Lingbin and said.

Yan Lingbin nodded, she was dressed in men's clothes, she was cautious at the moment, and her little face became red because of the fright just now, so she whispered: "Your Majesty, the other concubines are not sure, but with this list, presumably the ...... on this list People should not be too young. The price of slaves and maids is closely related to age, appearance, and physique, if according to His Majesty's words, these people are from five wealthy families, they must have served in those mansions for a long time, and after being converted into private slaves, they need to be sold in time, otherwise, as time goes by, if they are older, the price will naturally be lower. ”

Looking at Li Hong thoughtfully, nodding in agreement, Yan Lingbin continued: "But you can't generalize, there are too many dirty people nowadays, especially some old people, who prefer women who have not yet grown up, eleven or twelve, thirteen or fourteen years old, so the concubines think that they are embarrassed to turn to selfishness for traitorous officials, presumably for these two reasons." ”

After listening to Yan Lingbin's words, Li Hong could only sigh helplessly, and then he didn't know whether he was talking to himself, or complaining to Yan Lingbin and Wang Xiaojie: "Do you say that this is a special thing done by people, what kind of special Confucian scholars and scholars, in my opinion, they are all special and a group of hypocrites who have annihilated human nature!" ”

At this time, Wang Xiaojie didn't dare to speak casually, but in his heart, he had already greeted Cui Xin's ancestors and the eighteen generations one by one several times.

With a brief silence between the three of them, the hall began to resound with Ya Po's crisp voice, although it was not very loud, but it was still able to send words to all corners of this and second floors.

Of course, this is also because with her appearance, the entire hall and the second floor have become quiet, after all, people who come here are not here to catch up and chat, so as soon as Yapo appeared, the entire hall and the second floor instantly quieted down.

With Ya Po's call, after focusing the attention of everyone present on her, it began to be like the auction in the previous life, with the appearance of slaves and maids, you can start to compete for bids.

But in this era, there is not often a thing where the tooth shop secretly raises the price, the transaction is quite fair, and between the guests, most of the needs are different, even if they look at which one at the same time, they will also give in with a smile after two bids, and say congratulations.

Li Ye on the other side, through the eunuch's investigation, already knew which room Li Hong was sitting in, and Xiao Zhizhong next to him looked at the eunuch whispering in his ear, and he was not angry, and after glancing at it, he immediately focused on the list again.

Back then, the five surnames and Qiwang had invited him, but he decisively refused, but there were still some in terms of affection, so looking at the names on this list, Xiao Zhizhong secretly thought in his heart, can he buy one for a while, although a slave and maid here have to pay a hundred taels of silver, but at least they can save one and count one, and it can be regarded as fulfilling their love for being recommended back then.

As the sound of the hall below began to rise and fall, Xiao Zhizhong's heart gradually pinched, a squire is naturally a lot of money every month, but if he is compared with the rich businessmen and wealthy families who can enter the inner city of Chang'an, his little money is not enough to see at all.

But fortunately, the slave and maid he knew had not yet appeared, and even he had some expectations in his heart that the two slaves and maids he knew had better not appear.

A white shadow flashed in front of Xiao Zhizhong's eyes, Xiao Zhizhong only felt that his eyes were bright, and after seeing the face that looked like a fairy, and the waist-length black hair, Xiao Zhizhong hurriedly got up, and Li Ye and the two eunuchs next to him had also stood up and saluted to the fairy-like Bai Chun.

"I'm here, here you go, that's all my aunt can help you with." Bai Chun said to Li Ye, and then under the arrangement of the two eunuchs and Li Ye's initiative, he sat down on the main seat that had been empty.

From entering the door to sitting down, Xiao Zhizhong stood all the time, and after a servant in the hall saluted, he only received a slight nod from Bai Chun's response, and the cold look on his face did not change at all.

"Thank you, Auntie, so many people?" Li Ye casually flipped through the roster given to him by Bai Chun, the dense names of people, and various background information were quite complete.

"This shouldn't be the most comprehensive, some of them have already slipped through the net, the time is too short, and my aunt can't find out for a while." Bai Chun gave a rare smile, and then a cold look.

"Just now Ye'er saw Cui Xin, the servant of the Criminal Department, but he didn't sit down here, but flashed by and went into the back, presumably with the people of Yaxing now." Li Ye put down the roster in his hand, looked at Bai Chun, who was looking at the auction outside, and said.

"If you want to find evidence of Cui Xinguan's personal transfer, it is difficult to make Cui Xin confess based on Pei Qing's words alone, and even Pei Qing is now counting on your mother and Pei Xingjian to save him, and even expects Your Majesty to open the net. So since you want to export the evil spirit that was used by him at the beginning, and get the evidence of his official transfer, then the fastest and most concise way now is to buy a few slaves and maids from here to go back, and then verify their identities, and then take the documents of the transaction with the tooth shop, and let Pei Qing and Cui Xin confess their guilt is the most appropriate way. Bai Chun frowned and browled his eyebrows, and then said lightly.

"Yes...... Whether it's you, auntie, or the two of them, including me, as long as you ask for a price, you will definitely be discovered by Cui Xin in the back, and Cui Xin will definitely not let us succeed at that time, and maybe he will startle the snake and let Cui Xin, who has just emerged, retract again. Ye'er has dealt with him a lot in the past two days, this guy is extremely insidious, I thought about looking for evidence of his guilt from other aspects, but this guy is well hidden, and he can't achieve his goal at all, so he listened to his aunt's words and came to try his luck here. Li Ye was a little embarrassed, whether it was himself or the eunuch in front of him, Cui Xin knew him these days, so once the price attracted Cui Xin's attention, he would inevitably be vigilant by Cui Xin.

"Lord Xiao, I'll trouble you in a while, I'll give you the silver, you just have to ask for the price, as much as you want. Cui Xinnai is a waiter in the Criminal Department, and he is of the same grade as you, and you can bargain for him, so he will not be suspicious for the time being. However, you have to keep in mind that you need to buy a few more people so that you can be convicted, and the number of people is too small to pose a big threat to him as a criminal servant. Bai Chun had obviously thought about it on the way here, so at this moment, he was extremely skilled.

And he is not a courtier, after all, Li Ye is here, and if he appears today, he can be regarded as Li Ye's adviser at most, so it is not considered to interfere in court politics and put pressure on the courtiers.

"Yes, Miss Bai, the lower officials will obey Miss's orders." Xiao Zhizhong saluted respectfully.

Miss Bai has little to do with the Ministry of Officials, but Miss Bai has a lot to do with the Ministry of Households, after all, the annual tax paid by Taiyi City to the Ministry of Households is an extremely considerable amount, so since Miss Bai said that the money will be paid by her, then Xiao Zhizhong believes that even if she buys all the people on today's list, Miss Bai has the ability and courage.

So Xiao Zhizhong's waist straightened in an instant, his heart was full of confidence, and the whole person seemed to be refreshed, as if he had been beaten with chicken blood, and he waited for a while to buy all the ones on the list that he was familiar with, and if there was one who was still young.