Chapter 141: Searching the Secret Room

When he saw the extremely difficult face of the county magistrate when he walked out of the door, the master knew that some very important evidence must have been found in the room just now.

The kind that is enough to convict Zhang Xuehai and Song Wan.

Although this matter has nothing to do with him, the master's heart is also pounding nervously.

The Zhang family is a big family in this city, although there are some unclean things, but if it weren't for Ye Zhen's bureau, these things might not be revealed in another ten or twenty years.

He was a little glad that he was on Ye Zhen's boat for a moment, but he was a little scared, he didn't know how deep this woman was hidden.

"Open this room for me too!"

Hearing the instructions of the county order, the master came back to his senses and immediately led a few soldiers to step forward and open the door.

Unlike the room just now, the door of this room has several layers of locks, and it is impossible to kick it open with just kicking.

The master immediately ordered the soldier to cut the chain with a knife, but what everyone didn't expect was that the county commander actually drew a knife from the soldier's waist, raised the knife in his hand, and cut off the chain.

Looking at the county order holding the knife, everyone's faces showed fear, but the moment the county order pushed the door open, the fear turned into a surprise that couldn't close their mouths under the white reflection.

There were boxes of silver in the house!

The silver was of excellent finery, and it was constantly refracted by the light that came through the crack in the door, and not only the silver in the chest, but also many silver nuggets and ingots that could not be put down, were piled up everywhere, and there was not even a place to settle in the whole room.

The county commander looked at the white silver, and the soul didn't know where to fly for a long time, and even forgot the hatred of taking his wife.

This Zhang Xuehai is just a household master, what kind of meager money can he have, where can he save so much silver?

It must be his sugar factory, and the bribes he usually receives.

Damn, it's so hateful.

He has never seen so much silver in a county order, and Zhang Xuehai, a bastard, he is simply living in a pile of silver!

Thinking of this, all the new hatred and old hatred surged into the heart of the county commander at once.

His eyes were about to bleed red, and the knife in his hand became tighter and tighter, and he couldn't wait to slash Zhang Xuehai to death here now.

The Song family behind him couldn't imagine that Zhang Xuehai had so much private money, Song Wen looked at the money, and his gentle face showed extreme hatred.

She didn't care about the silver, she just hated herself for being so stupid, and she once believed in Zhang Xuehai.

But Zhang Xuehai may never have loved her, and he has never really regarded himself as her wife.

He did all kinds of evil outside, and when he came home, he was rough and cruel to himself.

How much did he hide from himself?

The heartache is to the extreme, and Song Wen now just wants that beast to be cut by a thousand knives and receive the punishment he deserves.

"Master, according to the official's opinion, these silvers should be the people's fat and people's ointment looted by Zhang Xuehai, ill-gotten gains, before the end of the trial of this case, you are responsible for transporting all the silver back to the county government and seizing them as evidence for the time being."

When the county magistrate said this, his voice trembled slightly.

He thought, Zhang Xuehai, that bastard, betrayed his trust and cheated with his wife, since he was so unkind and unjust, what if he swallowed all his silver?

Moreover, after this matter is dealt with, the Song family will definitely be grateful for raising their noble hand to them, and the Zhang family will all be cleaned up, and they only need to give a few henchmen who follow them, and they will not leak the news if they think about it.

"Yes."

After following the county order for so many years, of course the master knew what this temporary seizure meant, so he immediately called someone to seal this place, and then confiscated all the treasures in the remaining rooms, and sent troops back to the county office.

At this moment, the Zhang family felt that a great disaster was coming, all of them had cold hands and feet, and they were about to be paralyzed into soft mud, especially Zhang's father, when he watched the boxes of silver being moved from the house to the cart and transported back to the county office, he felt

The heart is like being cut by a blunt knife.

It's better to let him die!

About half an hour later, the things here were basically counted and confiscated, and the county order didn't want to stay longer, so he immediately went home.

Just as the master followed the team through the dense forest, he suddenly heard someone shouting to him.

He felt strange, slowed down a little, and saw Ye Zhen appear beside him.

"Oh, Mrs. Xie, why are you here?"

Regarding Ye Zhen's elusiveness, the master really felt that if his heart was not strong enough, he would scare her to death sooner or later.

"Come, I have something to say to you."

The master hurried over and said respectfully:

"What do you have to tell you this time?"

Seeing that the master was so upright, Ye Zhen said with satisfaction:

"Zhang Xuehai also has a secret room at home, and there is the other half of the jade pendant in it, you go and talk to the county commander."

"Huh?"

After hearing this, the master blinked.

How did Mrs. Xie know that Zhang Xuehai's family had a secret room and the other half of the jade pendant?

Wait a minute......

The master suddenly understood, it turned out that even the jade pendant was set up by Ye Zhen, he sighed and said, "Xiaosheng admires."

Ye Zhen saw his master's expression, and he also knew that he had figured out the cause and effect of these things.

It's convenient to do things with smart people, and you don't need to explain too much yourself.

"Master is polite."

After dropping a sentence, Ye Zhen disappeared into the dense forest again, and the master thought for a while, made up a reasonable excuse, and quickly caught up with the carriage of the county order.

"Lord Prefectural, I have something to report for my humble position."

Hearing the voice of the master outside the car, the county commander lifted the curtain of the carriage, his expression was slightly tired, and his tone was a little impatient:

"Tell me something."

"There is a secret room in Zhang's Mansion, and there is a jade pendant in it, which can be matched with Song Wan's."

"What?"

The county commander's expression immediately became serious, and he stared at the master for a long time, his eyes full of doubt and vigilance.

He completely believed what the master said, after all, it was a sure fact that Zhang Xuehai and Song Wan were cheating now, but how did the master know about the secret room and the jade pendant.

Could it be that he knew about the affair early on, but he kept it a secret from himself?

"How do you know?"

The county commander groaned for a long time, and asked him in a guarded voice.

The master knew that when the county magistrate heard the news, he would definitely suspect that he was also like Zhang Xuehai and betrayed him by forming a party for personal gain, so he just thought seriously about the excuse for a while.

"Lord Hui, it was Song Wen who suddenly remembered it just now, so he told the lowly position and asked the lowly position to come and tell him."

This reason is also reasonable, dispelling some doubts about the county commander's loyalty to the master.

"That's right."

The county commander rubbed the corners of his forehead, thought for a while, and said in a low voice:

"And what do you say you should do?"

"It is recommended to divide a team of people to secretly search Zhang's house, maybe you can find out."

"Hmm. Just do as you say."

The county order lowered the curtain again:

"I'll report back when there's news. The official is tired."

"Yes."

Seeing that the county order adopted his opinion, the master immediately found a few henchmen and brought a team of soldiers to secretly separate from the team.

"Listen, you go to Zhang's Mansion to find a secret room, there is a jade pendant in that secret room, even if you dig three feet into the ground, you must find that thing back. Also, if there is any evidence of Zhang Xuehai's crimes, bring it all back."

The master looked at the elite soldiers in front of him, and said extremely sternly:

"No matter what, don't let the slightest rumor leak!"

At his instruction, this group of soldiers went to Zhang's house from a chief who had followed them for many years, and Lin Zhongda

The Zhang family in the team looked like they were in a state of disarray, and they didn't notice the changes in the team at all.

Just when they had been walking for a long time and were about to return to the Yamen, the group of soldiers also came to Zhang's mansion.

"Eh, aren't these officers and soldiers, why did you come to Zhang's Mansion?"

"Isn't the Zhang family's advocate that Xuehai is not a confidant of the county order? What's going on?"

Seeing the passers-by talking on the street, Shi Chang pulled out his waist knife and shouted:

"The government does things, and the idlers all dodge!"

At this time, passers-by scattered as birds and beasts, and everyone knew that even if there was a lot of excitement, it was not important to die.

"A few of you go to guard the front gate, back door, and side door of Zhang's mansion, even birds can't fly out, you guys, come with me!"

After speaking, Shi Chang walked up the steps and slammed the door of Zhang's mansion heavily.

"It's coming, it's coming......"

The housekeeper inside the door heard the sound outside and hurriedly opened the door, but when he opened the door and saw the fierce officers and soldiers standing at the door, his breath was stuck in his chest.

"Official, official......"

Shi Chang didn't even bother to give him a look, so he kicked him away directly, and raised his hand with a wave:

"Search for me!"

The remaining officers and soldiers rushed into the Zhang family like tigers, and the servants of the Zhang family who were doing things were so frightened that they froze in place, not knowing what to do.

"Everyone is not allowed to move, all stand to the side, if you want to play any tricks, don't care about the knife in the hand of the military master!"

Under the intimidation of the chief, the slaves quickly hid to the side, looking like a flock of chickens waiting to be slaughtered.

"Official, official, what are you going to do?"

Only the butler was bolder, and as soon as he regained his senses, he quickly got up and ran to the chief.

"This is Zhang's Mansion, are you going the wrong way?"

"Going the wrong way?"

Nashi laughed cruelly and said jokingly:

"Lao Tzu is searching for your Zhang Mansion, get out of my way!"

At this moment, the house immediately became a mess.

The study, bedroom, rockery, garden, all the places that could be searched were all smashed by the officers and soldiers, and Zhang's father and mother Zhang, as well as the other Zhang family members in the big house, were on their way back to the yamen at the moment, completely unaware that their homes had been turned upside down.

And those subordinates, seeing that Zhang's father and mother did not come back, and the officers and soldiers of the yamen came to search the house again, they speculated that the head of the family was really going to be unlucky this time.

They were all frightened, and some wanted to run, but they were blocked back by the officers and soldiers guarding the exit.

The chickens and dogs in Zhang's mansion were jumping, and there was a lot of trouble, and these movements also alarmed another group of people living in Zhang's mansion who lived in the relatively remote area - the Zhang family in the second room.

Those second-room relatives are usually trampled on the head of the big house as a blessing, but now when they see the big house falling, they come out to see the excitement.

"Hey, didn't this Zhang Xuehai say that he was heavily ordered by the county, why was his house raided today?"

"That's it, you see his usual high-spirited appearance, I beg him to give my husband a position and put on a show!"

Zhang Siyue was also watching the excitement on the side, and she didn't take a sip as she spoke.

"Something that looks like a dog in humans."

Not only that, but there were some bold and good deeds among them, who ran forward to ask the officers and soldiers what had happened, but the group of officers and soldiers had already received a death order not to reveal the news, and they would not say a word.

"What does this have to do with you, get out into the yard for me!"

After being viciously assaulted by the soldiers, the man slipped back into the courtyard in disgrace.

After a period of searching, several soldiers found Shi Chang.

"Report! We found a secret mechanism in the study, and it should be the secret room!"