Hearing this, a trace of suspicion flashed in the eyes of Marquis Zhao when he looked at Qingzhu, and even a little fierce, but it quickly disappeared, because Qingzhu's defense was also opened.

"Master Hou, wronged, I came here purely because I couldn't sleep and wanted to find a book to relieve my boredom, where do I have the intention of stealing things, I Qingzhu will never do anything like stealing chickens and touching dogs, Master Hou, you have to believe me!"

Qingzhu explained pitifully, and when he saw Yao Yuran still holding his injured hand, his face suddenly changed, and the ghost cried wolf.

"Mrs. Zhao, let's have something to say, you can let me go first, my hand hurts so much! You...... Are you going to break it before you give up? ”

"Humph!" Yao Yuran snorted coldly, did not let go of Qingzhu's hand, but raised it vigorously, seeing that the hearts of the people present were nervous, but seeing that she explained unhurriedly.

"Father, don't be deceived by Qingzhu anymore, her hand injury has already healed, otherwise she wouldn't have slipped in quickly, and used her hands to turn things over."

"You are talking nonsense, I just can't sleep because my hands hurt, so I want to find a book to read, Master Hou, you can't listen to Mrs. Zhao's words, you said that I can go to every place in the house, so I entered the study."

Qingzhu explained in a hurry, and hid his face and cried.

"What's wrong with me reading this book, why do I have to be suspicious even when I read this book, why is Mrs. Zhao so malicious towards me!"

"Enough! Stop arguing! ”

Zhao Houye, who had been quiet, finally shouted, his suspicious eyes never stopped, the study was his most private place, there were a lot of things hidden in it that could not see people, Qingzhu had already committed a big taboo when he came in, this time he was a little convinced that what Yao Yuran said was true.

"Qingzhu, you won't be allowed to come in here in the future, let me out!"

Marquis Zhao ordered, Yao Yuran and the celebratory body quickly moved out of the study, but this woman stirred up the Hou Mansion, and Yao Yuran did not intend to let it go.

"Father, Qingzhu trespassed into the study, if you don't check it, if something is missing, it won't be easy to find it back in the future!"

But seeing that Zhao Houye stopped: "Enough is enough, don't say it again, I believe her, Qingzhu is not that kind of person, I did say that she can move around anywhere in the house, she can come in today, and blame me for not making it clear at the beginning, just make it clear today." ”

Zhao Houye actually planned to let Qingzhu go, and Yao Yuran and Zhao Hengzhi looked at each other in shock.

Zhao Hengzhi even stood up unconvinced and said: "Father, when I was a child, I sneaked into your study with my eldest brother and younger brother to play with books, you are about to break our legs, today an outsider came in rashly, you can easily let it go, this is too partial, these days, Qingzhu seems to obey you on the surface, I don't know how many times I am angry with my mother behind my back, and today I broke into the study, it is already breaking through your bottom line, just bypass it so easily, like words?" ”

"What's not like that? Qingzhu is my person, she is a simple woman who enters the study not to read, but also to steal money? Can our family still hide here? Zhao Houye was dissatisfied with Zhao Hengzhi's babbling, and resolutely made his own judgment

That's right.

Qingzhu raised his eyebrows, revealing an imperceptible smile, glad that Marquis Zhao was on his side.

In order to prevent this wind slope from being extraneous, she suddenly shook off Yao Yuran's hand and spread her arms, revealing a search action.

"In this way, if Lord Zhao and Mrs. Zhao don't believe me, I can stand here, whether I have stolen anything on my body, you just have to search, if I really find something taken out of the study, I will voluntarily receive the punishment, and I will get out of the Hou Mansion, if nothing is found, I hope Mrs. Zhao and Lord Zhao will give me an apology, although I am a Hongchen woman, but I also have dignity, and I can't let people have the slightest insult."

"Hey! You're a woman, it's ...... What are you searching for? "Zhao Heng's anger doesn't come to one place.

Yao Yuran waved his hand to stop him, and pulled Qingzhu's body to the room, she didn't believe that she couldn't find anything.

The door was closed, Zhao Hengzhi and the others were waiting outside, and after a long while, the two finally came out, just with a face like ashes and a smug look.

"How's it going, lady? Did you find anything? Zhao Hengzhi greeted Yao Yuran, who was like ashes above, and asked, Yao Yuran was suddenly embarrassed, and raised his eyes to look at Zhao Houye, who was also looking at himself with a nervous face.

"Husband, I didn't find anything!" Yao Yuran said softly, glancing at Qingzhu, the smug face was almost raised to the sky.

"Since there isn't, then apologize to those who should apologize!" Zhao Houye's heart was also relieved, and he spoke for Qingzhu.

Yao Yuran pursed his lips, and had to apologize to Qingzhu with Zhao Heng.

"I'm sorry, it's our fault that wronged you for stealing!"

Qingzhu looked at them proudly, snorted softly from his nostrils, and forgave the yin and yang weirdness.

"It doesn't matter, anyway, it's not once or twice that you have wronged me, and the grievances I have suffered in this mansion are not a day or two, if I don't like the master, I don't want to continue to stay here."

Zhao Houye stepped forward and hugged Qingzhu, patted her back with a calloused hand, as if to give comfort, and said softly: "Okay, don't worry about them, it's already late, let's go back and rest!" Don't do this again! ”

The last sentence, I don't know if it was said to Yao Yuran or Qingzhu, the two parties only felt uncomfortable, but they didn't dare to disobey Zhao Houye, and they went back to their rooms to rest.

As soon as the sky was gray, a pigeon flew from the quiet Hou Mansion, which was taken by Yao Yuran, and he took out the envelope and saw that it was written by Chu Xiao, saying that Ye Junjun's leg was hit by a poison dart, which was the same as the poison of the four grain robbers last time.

The situation was so urgent, Chu Xiao sent a message, obviously wanting Yao Yuran and them to go back to Micheng first.

After being caught in the study last night, Qingzhu didn't make any movement this morning, and he was probably afraid that Zhao Houye would be suspicious, and wanted to stop for a while.

Yao Yuran and Zhao Hengzhi considered it, and they quickly returned to the yamen, and sure enough, they saw Ye Junjun lying on the bed weakly, and Chu Xiao was taking care of her on the side.

"Junjun, are you alright? Why is the body so weak?

？ Yao Yuran was worried about Ye Junjun's injury, and stepped forward to hold her hand and asked.

Ye Junjun smiled forcefully and said with relief: "I'm fine, it's a good thing that my body is weak, the poison dart is highly poisonous, if my body can't be carried back, it is estimated that I will die on the road." ”

"What the hell is going on, how could Junjun suddenly be shot by a poison dart?" Zhao Hengzhi asked, Chu Xiao saw that they were worried, and told everything that had happened these days.

"It was Su Yaya who did it! Junjun has been tracking Prime Minister Wen's whereabouts these days, and after many days, it is not without gains, and he found that he went to Prime Minister Ma and Prime Minister Li's mansion respectively, Junjun sneaked into Prime Minister Ma's mansion last night, and found evidence of his collusion with Prime Minister Li, which is here with me. ”

After speaking, Chu Xiao took out a piece of letter paper from his arms, which was the silver that Prime Minister Ma Cheng and Prime Minister Li Cheng had collected from the people's fat, five thousand taels each, a lot of money, all of which were taken away by them.

Zhao Hengzhi was surprised when he saw such a large sum of money, and admired Junjun's search ability, and he searched for the evidence so easily.

Five thousand taels! That's how much people's hard-earned money, these two corrupt officials are just bastards, and they can do it.

Zhao Hengzhi is full of sympathy for the people.

"And this one, it is the red handprint of the people, willing to be looted! All the names are here, you can take a look! ”

Chu Xiao took out four pieces of letter paper from his arms, folded them neatly, and handed them to Yao Yuran.

Yao Yuran took it and unfolded it, it was full of names written in order, what Zhang Erdan, Liu Quanyou, Wang Mazi, Xie Qingfeng, and other more than 200 names, and there were red handprints behind each person's name, each with its own size, and at first glance, it was pressed by himself personally, but it was difficult to say whether it was voluntary or not.

"This ...... These are all forced by Prime Minister Ma Cheng and Prime Minister Li Cheng to press the red handprint? Yao Yuran exclaimed.

Chu Xiao slowly explained: "Yes, the two prime ministers deliberately sent the well-known bullies in the capital to collect protection money from various wealthy families, and the United States said that they could protect them by collecting them, but in fact, they just saw that they had a lot of money and wanted to take the opportunity to loot, no one would do evil on weekdays, this money seemed to fall into the bag of the street bullies, but in fact it fell into the hands of the two prime ministers, and the bullies only had a little profit to share." ”

"It's a sinister move, and the bullies have no way to do things for the two old thieves, and it is estimated that they are also very unwilling to get a fraction of it, but because they are afraid of power, they know that they can't be offended, so they can only agree to such a ridiculous behavior, and they will have a bad reputation."

Yao Yuran said angrily, even clenching his fists, Chu Xiao agreed with his words, and said the background of the bully who collected protection money.

"Saying that they are bullies in the capital, in fact, it is not counted, Liu Qing and Suning are actually more like opening a martial arts gym, summoning martial arts masters from all over the world to do things for them, and the remuneration is handsome, the business they do is a debt collection business, and the side business is to fight for others, but these are all based on the situation of giving money, and they will not rashly do it to the people on weekdays."

"How is this the same as the modern underworld?" Yao Yuran blurted out, thinking of the appearance of the modern underworld

When people ask for debts, they are dressed in a black suit, big sunglasses, and a straight body, and their momentum is amazing, and they fight without mercy.

Chu Xiao then explained: "Just because their business is special, they have made a lot of achievements over the years, and solved troubles for many rich people, so they were targeted by the two prime ministers, hid their identities, and collected them in the name of Liu Qing and Suning, but I was afraid that one day they would be exposed, and they all asked the people to press red handprints, indicating that they voluntarily gave protection money." ”

(End of chapter)