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"Smack!"

A crisp and loud slap echoed in the room, and it seemed to hit the faces of the men, women, and children in the room.

In an instant, the room was silent.

Duchess Chengen's face was skewed to one side, a clear five-finger mark appeared on the left side of her face, her cheeks quickly puffed, and a few strands of hair were scattered in a messy bun.

Duchess Cheng'en was beaten so that her ears were buzzing, and before she could react, the other party threw her palm again.

"Smack!"

The second palm was louder than the first, and it also left a reddish palm print on the right cheek of the Duchess of Cheng'en.

"Smack! Syllable! Smack......"

The sound of slapping echoed through the room.

The others were dumbfounded, and in panic, no one dared to step forward to stop them.

Hearing this slap, the Xie family became more and more desperate in their hearts.

Originally, Dongchang came to raid the house today, and they were worried for most of the day, just relying on Cheng'en Gong, relying on the queen, and relying on the emperor to be able to make decisions for them after waking up, and they could barely comfort themselves, but it backfired. It was as if a bucket of ice water had been poured over their heads, and they shivered with cold, and their faces showed a deep sense of panic.

This time, the Xie family is afraid that it will be difficult to escape!

"Smack!"

After another slap, Duchess Chengen staggered back two steps and fell to the ground in embarrassment.

Her cheeks had been beaten high and swollen, a wisp of blood was dripping from the corners of her mouth, and her facial features were swollen and distorted, in stark contrast to her previous grace and luxury.

Cheng Engong stood there stupidly, as if he hadn't seen his wife beaten at all, his expression was dazed, and he couldn't give up.

He didn't know what to do next, he just felt that there was a gloom in front of him.

According to his original plan, as soon as the emperor woke up, all problems would be solved.

The emperor will issue an edict to punish Cen Yin, a eunuch, seize Cen Yin's power, and put Cen Yin in prison, and the emperor is seriously ill, of course, he can't manage the government for the time being, so he can logically propose that the three princes be the regents and the queen be the auxiliary.

The queen is a woman, and he knows what court affairs, he is the queen's brother, so he can "justifiably" help the queen to assist the government, so that he can also step by step to put the power in the hands of their Xie family.

When the emperor dies in the future and the third prince ascends the throne, the Xie family will have a firm foothold in the court, and the new emperor can only rely on the Xie family, so their Xie family will be able to rise completely.

That's how it should have been.

However, since Cen Yin appeared in the Heart Cultivation Palace, the plan has inexplicably deviated from his preset track......

Cen Yin dared to openly argue with the emperor!

Cen Yin and other eunuchs are just rootless Ping, how dare he!

Until now, thinking back to the scenes in the Heart Nourishing Palace, Cheng Engong still feels incredulous, after the emotions of anger, injustice, surprise, etc., what is now entrenched in his heart is more panic and apprehension.

It's a panic about the future of the Xie family!

Cheng Engong remembered the Wei family, the Yang family, the Zhang family, and the Wang Yushi family...... Once their homes were raided, the beheaded, the exiled, and the imprisoned, they all fell from the clouds and were trampled into the most humble dust, and I am afraid that they will not be able to rise again in their lifetimes.

Will the fate of these families be a lesson for their Xie family......

Second Madam Xie looked at Duchess Chengen in a daze for a while, and pinched herself fiercely before she was sure that all this was not a dream.

How dare the people of Dongchang?!

Second Lady Xie was both angry and frightened, and shouted in a strong voice: "What about the third prince? My daughter is the third princess, you ...... How dare you do this to us! ”

That's right! Their Xie family is not only the queen's maiden family, but also the maiden family of the three princesses! Second Lady Xie seemed to grasp the last support, her eyes burning.

The Dongchang Baihu glanced at the second lady Xie contemptuously, and was about to speak, when a Dongchang fanzi outside the hall came in a hurry, and said: "Wang Baihu, the overseer is here!" ”

As soon as he heard that Cen Yin was coming, Wang Baihu still had the heart to pay attention to these idiots of the Xie family, so he casually pushed Cheng Engong and instructed his subordinates: "Take care of them all!" ”

"Yes, Wang Baihu." Several Dongchang fans responded in unison.

Then the door to the main hall was closed again, blocking the restful eyes of the room from behind it.

Wang Baihu hurriedly ran to Yimen with two cronies to greet him, and at this time, Cen Yin, Duanmuxian and others happened to get off the horse.

"Overseer!" Wang Baihu respectfully saluted Cen Yin, and said with his fists clenched, "The people of the Xie family are all imprisoned and taken care of. ”

Duanmuxian, You Junji and others in the rear looked strange, they sat on top of the temple on weekdays, where had they seen this scene, their hearts were complicated, and they were a little bottomless, and they didn't understand why Cen Yin brought them to the Xie family.

"Overseer, would you like to sit inside?" Wang Baihu cautiously asked.

Originally, of course, the "trivial matter" of copying the house did not need to be done by the overseer, and since the overseer himself came, he thought it was useful to come.

Wang Baihu cautiously figured out his intentions in his heart, and glanced at the cronies beside him, asking him to order the following to copy "carefully".

The cronie immediately understood, and quietly retreated.

Cen Yin nodded slightly, and Wang Baihu personally took Cen Yin and the others to the mansion, "The overseer, please." ”

Everyone walked towards the northeast without hurrying, the Cheng'en Mansion is the Guogong Mansion, and the mansion is also according to the regulations, it is magnificent and luxurious, although the light at night is not very bright, you can also see that this way is coming, the carved gallery and painting building, the pavilions and pavilions, the layout is quite elegant.

Who doesn't know that Dongchang is rampant, and the people in the entire capital are frightened when they hear that Dongchang is raiding their homes, Duanmuxian and You Junji thought that this Xie family was afraid that it had been stirred up by Dongchang like locusts crossing the border, but who thought that they would come all the way, and everywhere they looked was in order, and it was not an exaggeration to say that these Dongchang fans were well-trained.

At first glance, Duanmuxian almost had the illusion that Dongchang was helping the Xie family move.

Duanmu Xian and You Junji secretly exchanged a look.

"A few please." Wang Baihu led everyone into a hall not far from Yimen, and someone was busy serving them all tea, very thoughtful.

Duanmuxian picked up the teacup, originally just wanted to pretend to take a sip, but unexpectedly found that the tea was brewed quite well, only one percent worse than his own four girls.

The people of this Dongchang are really proficient in all eighteen kinds of martial arts.

Duanmu Xian took a sip of hot tea, and glanced at Cen Yin again from the corner of his eye, and his mood became more complicated.

The others had nothing to do, and they didn't dare to whisper in front of Cen Yin, so they could only drink tea silently.

In the hall, the atmosphere was slightly condensed, and only the slight sound of the tea lid gently touching the rim of the cup sounded from time to time.

Wang Baihu came from time to time to report the progress of the house raid, for example, they had searched the main courtyard of the Cheng'en Gong couple, the courtyard of the prince, and the courtyard of the second room of the Xie family during the day, for example, they were now raiding several warehouses and several abandoned courtyards in the house, for example, he was asking people to re-search the main courtyard......

After sitting in the hall for more than half an hour, Duanmuxian drank two cups of tea unconsciously, and Yu Bingzhong quietly yawned several times, and could only barely cheer up.

At this time, time passes very slowly, and the surroundings seem to be very quiet, almost like a year.

Only Cen Yin was calm and relaxed, and he tasted tea leisurely, as if there was nothing more important in front of him.

Suddenly, Wang Baihu hurriedly entered the main hall again, and the description was full of spirit, Duanmuxian and You Junji immediately keenly noticed this change in Wang Baihu's body, and vaguely guessed something.

Sure enough—

"Overseer, my subordinates have just discovered a secret room in Duchess Chengen's bedroom." Wang Baihu clenched his fists with joy, glad that he was careful enough, "There is a large amount of gold and jade hidden in the secret room, as well as land deeds, house deeds, silver tickets, account books, and so on. The subordinates have already ordered people to pack up and carry them over quickly. ”

The other people present all looked at each other, and they all put down the teacup in their hands and looked at each other, especially Lord Zuodu Yu Shi Li.

The accounts of the Cheng'en Mansion were checked by the procuratorate, and he was sure that the Xie family had an ulterior motive, but as long as no solid evidence was found for a day, the Xie family could pass the buck.

During this period of time, for this case, Lord Li stayed in the yamen almost every day, and he didn't know how much his white hair had grown, for fear that he would not be able to explain to Cen Yin.

As long as there is evidence, the Xie family's case can be concluded as soon as possible.

After a while, the people of Dongchang came with one box after another, walked into the main hall, put those boxes on the ground, opened the boxes one by one, and the hall became brighter when it landed, only to see that there were more than 20 of these 20 boxes with glittering gold and silver jewelry, almost blinding people's eyes.

Just looking at it like this, everyone present knew that this was a huge sum of money worth far more than the dowry of the third princess, and it was also a huge amount of money that should not be owned by the Xie family.

The Xie family is completely planted this time!

This thought clearly appeared in the hearts of Duanmu Xian, You Junji and others, and they exchanged glances in twos and threes. Also, since Cen Yin made a move, and even ran this trip himself, how could he return in vain!

The chief of the East Factory quickly took out a few of the account books from a box and handed them to Wang Baihu, who in turn presented them to Cen Yin.

Cen Yin picked up the account books, and each one just flipped through them casually, and let people pass the account books one by one.

Duanmuxian gasped when he looked at it, these account books recorded the accounts of the Xie family's bribery and corruption, including buying and selling officials, keeping prisoners on death, bullying merchants to collect help fees, colluding with other officials to embezzle property under the pretext of handling cases, and so on.

Some of these things have also been heard of by Mu Xian, such as-

"Jin Hongliang."

Duanmu Xian subconsciously read out the name in the account book.

You Junji, who was sitting beside him, also heard it, raised his head from the account book in his hand, and looked at Duanmu Xian, "That Jin Hongliang in Yuzhou?" ”

Duanmu Xian nodded, and handed the account book in his hand to You Junji with a solemn expression.

Six years ago, a death row prisoner named Jin Hongliang in Yuzhou forcibly robbed a woman surnamed Xi to enter the house, and the father and eldest son went to the Jin Mansion to save their daughter, but they were beaten out by the Jin family, and both father and son were beaten to death. Xi's mother asked someone to carry the bodies of the Xi family's father and son to the county government to sue Jin Hongliang for murder and robbery.

Originally, this was just a small case in Yuzhou, which could not alarm the capital, but the county government pushed and did not accept the case, but Xi's mother did not give up, and took the bodies of her husband and son all the way to the capital, and went to the Metropolitan Procuratorate to complain and complain, which caused some ripples in the capital.

Master Li also had some impressions of this case, and said: "I remember that this case was a false accusation, the bitter master died, and that Jin Hongliang was released, right?" Now that Duanmu Xian's expression is not right, Lord Li vaguely guesses that there is something else hidden in this case.

After You Junji glanced at it twice, he handed the account book to Master Li again, and sighed: "One hundred thousand taels!" ”

When Lord Li looked at the account book, his eyes were slightly condensed, and the corners of his lips were tightly pursed.

According to the account books, the Jin family spent 100,000 taels of silver at that time, and the Xie family came forward as an intermediary to buy the right capital of the Imperial History of the Metropolitan Procuratorate at that time, and the 100,000 taels of silver not only bought the lives of the death row prisoners, but also "bought" the lives of the bitter chairman and the girl Xi.

The people of the Xi family are all dead, and this case is naturally "closed".

While Lord Li sighed in his heart, he couldn't help but secretly rejoice: fortunately, he was not in the Metropolitan Procuratorate six years ago, otherwise he would inevitably be tongue-in-cheek, and even doubted whether he was involved.