When the old woman heard her say that she was not a distinguished guest, she was immediately a little disappointed, but she still regarded Liuli as someone on their side: "My daughter is like a flower and jade, and she died in such an unknown way, why should the Ding Mansion pay us a hundred taels of silver." If Little Lady Song can join us, when the time comes, she will get some silver, and she will share some of it. ”

"So, this is the justice you want to get back?" Liuli asked coldly.

The two didn't feel anything wrong, and replied: "Isn't it, the last time Mrs. Ding gave ten taels of silver, she wanted to send us away, it's just to send us away,"

The young woman who was holding her continued: "And my sister's softness, she has been an aunt in Dingfu for so long, and she was once pregnant, how can I say that she has saved a lot of money, Erniang and my sister were close before their deaths, they must know where these soft go?" ”

Liuli finally couldn't listen anymore: "I don't know, and I don't have time to make trouble with you, please go back." With that, he slammed the door shut.

"You don't know?" There was a knock on the door and a young woman's shrill voice outside the door: "Could it be that you took it?" ”

"Don't talk nonsense," Shen's rough voice sounded immediately: "Who doesn't know that Little Lady Song has her own restaurant, how can she covet your sister's soft idea." It's just Erniang, you have a fight with Sister Hongxiang, no matter how you say it, you have to get justice for her. ”

The latter sentence was shouted at the gate, and it clearly entered the ears of Liuli in the courtyard.

Outside the door, Shen was still saying: "Our family is so good, how can we seek death?" I was pregnant a few years ago, if I could give birth, I would enjoy endless glory and wealth, even if it was gone, I could always be pregnant again, how to hang myself? It's really ......."

"Huh!" Liuli opened the door, and finally couldn't bear it anymore: "Now you have a mouthful of your family's Chunhong, why didn't Hongxiang see you when she lost her child?" Okay? How do you know she's doing well in Ding's Mansion? She is an aunt, she is inferior, she looks at people's faces everywhere, and you are such an unconscious family, drinking her blood and eating her flesh every day, how can she be well? ”

Shen and her daughter-in-law were stunned for a moment when they were robbed of white.

Liuli took a breath, and then said: "At the beginning, if you didn't want to sell her to Ding's mansion as a slave and a maidservant, if you didn't have to make her Master Ding's concubine, how could there be this situation?" If you really want to seek justice for Hongxiang, then crusade against yourself first, because you are the culprit who harmed Hongxiang and the root cause of her tragic death! ”

"You, how did you speak...... Shen Shi's old face flushed and trembled.

Liuli didn't want to argue with them anymore, and shouted, "Evil! ”

The majestic border herd heard the call, and immediately ran over, staring at the two people outside the door.

The mother-in-law and daughter-in-law were suddenly frightened, their legs were weak, and they didn't care about what to say, so they ran away.

Liuli is not light, for the shamelessness of these people, and also for Hongxiang to feel sad.

Sha Sha seemed to sense the master's emotions, and obediently snuggled up to Liuli's feet, rubbing Liuli with the soft fur on his body.

Liuli's heart softened, squatted down and stroked Bian Mu, and muttered: "You say, how can people's hearts be so bad? ”

Of course, Shasha couldn't speak, it was comfortably touched, and a grunting sound came out of its throat.

"You're still the cutest." Ruri smiled.

The mother-in-law and daughter-in-law of the Shen family, who ate melons at the Song family, returned to their homes depressed.

"Mother, what's wrong?" When the youngest son of the Shen family saw the two coming back, he hurriedly greeted him and asked.

"That Song Liuli didn't know how to help, and scolded me and my mother." The young woman said angrily.

"Phew!" Old Madam Shen took a sip, "What do you say about a good sister, I think it's just an ungrateful, when our family Chunhong was alive, maybe she would get a lot of benefits, but now that she is dead, she doesn't care." ”

Some people, what kind of person they are, look at what kind of person others are.

"So what to do?" The youngest son of the Shen family had a sad face.

"Anyway, you can't just forget it, your sister's life is not more than ten taels of silver." Shen said hatefully.

"That's right," the youngest son of the Shen family suddenly remembered something, and said: "I heard that my sister had a personal girl before her death, it seems to be called Xiaoxing, do you think she will take the soft left by her sister?" ”

"Possibly!" Shen's spirit was shocked, and as soon as the youngest son said, she also remembered that the one called Xiao Xing, she had seen it several times when she went to Ding Mansion, "Then let's go find this Xiao Xing tomorrow and ask her well." ”

However, Xiao Xing was not in the Ding Mansion at all, and the Shen family inquired for several days, but they didn't see anyone. After many times of probing and not being able to hear about it, they still decided to find a suitable time to go to Dingfu to make a fuss, so as to see if they could get more money.

Shangjing, Zhengyang Palace, the place where the emperors of the Great Zhou Dynasty met each other. At this time, Emperor Zhengxuan, who was sitting on the dragon chair, had a solemn face, and no one knew what he was thinking.

Below, the courtiers were eager to shrink their heads into their collars, for fear that one of them would be accidentally called out by the emperor for questioning.

Early this morning, the Tai Bullet impeached Lang Yuanchong, the left servant of the household department, for abusing his power for personal gain, reselling illegal salt, and involving millions of taels of silver.

Reselling illicit salt, condemning crimes, and the prince's evidence is conclusive, Yuan Chong can't deny it. But who doesn't know that Yuan Chong is the brother-in-law of the eldest prince Zhao Zhen? What is the difference between impeaching Yuan Chong and impeaching the Great Prince?

This is the prince attacking the eldest prince, everyone in the Zhengyang Hall knows it in their hearts.

"Prince, do you know that it is a felony to resell illicit salt?" Emperor Zhengxuan opened his mouth, but he asked such a sentence.

"Erchen naturally understands." The prince is neither humble nor arrogant, "Salt affairs are related to the lifeblood of the Ming Dynasty, and the ministers dare not hide it in the slightest, and after checking the time, they will come to present it to their father." ”

Emperor Zhengxuan nodded, and then looked at Yuan Chong who was kneeling in the hall: "Yuan Chong, can you confess?" ”

Cold sweat had already soaked Yuan Chong's back, and there was no wind in the hall, but he felt cold and biting: "Weichen...... Wei Chen ......" Yuan Chong looked at the thick pile of documentary evidence on the imperial case, and then looked at the kneeling in the hall who followed him in the past, but now he turned around and sued his subordinates, and gritted his teeth fiercely: "Wei Chen, admit your guilt." ”

"Good." Emperor Zhengxuan's voice was obviously cold, "Suppress it and dispose of it later." ”

The guards got the order, quickly stepped forward, and dragged Yuan Chong down.

Above the main hall, there was silence for a while, everyone was waiting for the emperor to speak, only to hear his voice turn, and asked Zhao Zhen, who had been keeping his head down: "Great prince, do you know about this matter?" ”

If Zhao Zhen didn't know, who would believe it? Everyone knows what they know, but Emperor Zhengxuan asked, what is the intention?

Zhao Zhen didn't have time to think about it so much, but since the emperor asked, he had to answer immediately: "Back to my father, my sons don't know." ”

"Oh?" The crown prince raised his eyebrows, "Why is it that the eldest brother and Lord Yuan Chong have always been close, but they don't know about it?" ”

The eldest prince grabbed the ground with his head and shouted: "The son really doesn't know, and he asks his father to see it." ”

The prince was about to say more, but his sleeve was quietly pulled by the minister next to him, he paused, and finally did not speak.

Above the main hall, there was a deathly silence again.

Finally, Emperor Zhengxuan spoke: "You get up." ”

"Yes." The eldest prince stood up and stood aside respectfully.

Emperor Zhengxuan's eyes were gloomy, and he spoke again: "The matter is serious, and the case of private salt is mainly Yuan Chong, but the officials and businessmen involved in it must also be carefully investigated one by one, and they must not let go of one, and they must be severely punished." ”

"Father, my son is willing to receive the order to investigate this matter thoroughly." The prince's voice was loud.

"Well, I'll leave that to you."

The prince bowed down, but he heard Emperor Zhengxuan say again: "Fang Aiqing, you will assist the prince to investigate this matter thoroughly." ”

As soon as these words came out, everyone in the hall was shocked again, especially Zhao Zhen, who breathed a sigh of relief in a place where everyone couldn't see it.

Just because this Fang Aiqing is none other than an official of the faction of the eldest prince Zhao Zhen, Emperor Zhengxuan asked him to participate in the thorough investigation of this case, so he had the intention to protect Zhao Zhen.

The prince gritted his teeth with hatred, but he didn't dare to disobey the emperor's will, so he had to vent all his anger on Yuan Chong's comrades who had found out.

Especially a businessman like Ding Wentao, who has little power, is even more ruthless.

Overnight, the Ding family collapsed.

Ding Wentao and Ding Liu were both sentenced to beheading, and the rest of the people in Ding's mansion, the men were exiled, and the women were confiscated as military prostitutes.

Mrs. Ding fainted as soon as she learned the news, and never woke up after that.

Interestingly, on the day when the Ding Mansion asked for the crime, the Shen family was making trouble in front of the Ding Mansion, and the officers and soldiers who took the people drove them away, making the Shen family mistakenly think that they were the officers and soldiers invited by the Ding Mansion to scare them.

"Are you Aunt Ding's family?" The officer confirmed.

"yes, so don't try to drive us away." The Shen clan was right, but he didn't want the officers and soldiers to give an order and arrest the three of them together.

"Why are you arresting us?"

"Let go, let go!" The Shen family didn't know why, so they blindly struggled and shouted.

"Ding Wentao has committed a crime, there is an order from above, everyone in Ding Mansion will be exiled from their homes, since you are from Ding Mansion, you will naturally be punished for the same crime and take it down!"

At this time, the three members of the Shen family were really dumbfounded, but no matter how much they cried and shouted, it would be useless.

In fact, it stands to reason that they are just the family members of Aunt Dingfu, and this matter cannot be implicated, but whoever calls them insatiable, appearing at the gate of Dingfu at this time and blocking the officers and soldiers is the same crime, and no one will say anything.

As a parent in a place, Su Run naturally fully cooperated with Shangguan.

Xingping Mountain is far from the emperor, although Ding Wentao is involved, but with his status and status, it is not worth the big people in Beijing to bother with him.

If it weren't for Zhao Mingxu who happened to be here, Emperor Zhengxuan wouldn't even bother to ask.

However, judging from the news sent back by the secret guards, Zhao Mingxu had no contact with Ding Wentao, and he had nothing to do with it, but despite this, Emperor Zhengxuan still instructed the prince to send someone to deal with the matter on the Xingping side.

"The Ding family has fallen, what does the son plan to do?" In the private room of Feihongju, Xie Chun asked Zhao Mingxu.

"The person sent by the emperor to Xingping, have you found out?" Zhao Mingxu asked.

"My subordinates have sent someone to investigate." Ace said.

"Okay", Zhao Mingxu nodded, "This person has to be used by me." ”

"At present, many people in the DPRK are staring at this matter, and we need to wait for the limelight to pass before we can do it." Zhao Mingxu said again, "Get ready, wait for the opportunity." ”

Soon, the time came.

The eldest prince was caught off guard by the prince's move, losing one of his generals, and at the same time his brother-in-law, how can he not hate it in his heart?

When I went back, I contacted a strategist to check the situation on the prince's side, and now I have found several things, although there is no obvious evidence that the prince is involved, but the people who moved down are all people from the prince's line.

How could the prince sit still and wait to be killed? Immediately mobilize his subordinates, and the eldest prince will be in the same vein, and the old bottom of each other will be lost.

Emperor Zhengxuan had a headache, he set up the prince early, and allowed the eldest prince to enter the court, supplemented by real power, that is, to let the two contain each other, in order to achieve the purpose of checks and balances.

But he didn't want to see the current situation, the ministers of the DPRK and China were divided into factions, and many pure ministers were forced to stand in line.

When things have developed to this point, it is no longer the original case of illegal salt, Emperor Zhengxuan is anxious, trying to calm the fight between the two sides, and everyone's eyes have long been on the private salt case, let alone a small merchant involved in Xingping.

At this moment, Zhao Mingxu, who was far away in Xingping, began to take action and secretly collect the original industry of the Ding family.

The confiscated property should have been returned to the state treasury, but in addition to gold, silver and jewelry, there were many large and small shops in Dingfu, and Su Run decided to "auction" many shops in Dingfu after consulting with the officials sent to take charge of this matter.

And to whom to sell, how much to sell, there are infinite operations.

Xie Chun secretly made a move, and in different capacities and at a very low price, he bought a number of large and small shops in Ding Mansion, on the surface, these shops have their own owners, but in fact, most of them went into Zhao Mingxu's pocket.

"There's no suspicion on the other side of Beijing." Su Run asked uneasily.

"My royal brother is busy putting out the fire between the crown prince and the eldest prince, and he has no time to be suspicious," Zhao Mingxu said lightly.

"There is also Yi Cui who reported the son's daily routine to Shangjing in detail, and the emperor will be more relieved when he sees it." Ace added.

Su Run nodded: "With this Dingfu sub-industry, we have a greater certainty of success." ”

"Right now, Ding Ji's shop has almost been closed", Xie Chun arched his hand and said, "There is still one more thing that needs to be reported to the son." ”

"You say." Zhao Mingxu motioned to the shopkeeper Zhou.

"Little Lady Song seems to be interested in wanting Ding Ji Restaurant and Rouge Pavilion." At present, the Rouge Pavilion in Shangjing has long been closed, and the one in Xingping Town is still there.

It is an auction, it is the one with the highest price, Xie Chun and they operated in the dark, defeated many interested merchants, and got most of the shops of the Ding family, but Liuli is different from others, Xie Chun naturally knows the relationship between her and her own son-in-law, so she specially came to report.