Chapter 240 Here? [Please give me a monthly ticket! 】
The next day, Liang Yue brought a team of swordsmen from Zhuxie Yamen to Haidong Hou Mansion.
The once gorgeous mansion is now desolate.
This kind of thing is not uncommon in Longyuan City. The mansions outside the imperial city are all filled with dignitaries. They often change owners within a few years, and there are few mansions that remain unchanged for thirty years. The chaos in the court is dangerous, life and death are all ordinary.
The wife of Marquis Haidong was dressed in a simple robe and took several children with her. Behind her were all the family members in the mansion, standing in the courtyard waiting silently.
Some servants would cry in fear, but she would glare at them and say, "Why are you crying? This time, Mr. Marquis... it is a blessing that my husband is not dead. Smile!"
The men of the Ministry of Punishment have already destroyed this room. They were surrounded by people, waiting for Liang Yue to arrive before they started ransacking their homes.
"Liang Xianguan." The leader of the Punishment Department is a middle-aged man with a shrewd look on his face. He has a very flattering smile on his face. "The younger one is Shen Zhongming, the head of the Punishment Department. This time, I will be responsible for the raid on the Hou Mansion." Please cooperate and obey Liang Xianguan's orders."
"Master Shen, our Zhuxie Division is mainly responsible for supervising and investigating things related to Jiu Yang," Liang Yue said somewhat. Not quite used to the other party's flattery, he smiled.
Once upon a time, the director of a film was a presence that was intimidating to the three brothers and sisters, but now his attitude in front of him was so low.
It stands to reason that he only works in the Department of Punishment. Even if he has the title of Prince Accompaniment or Sixth Grade Immortal Official, he has no jurisdiction over the Punishment Department. Most of the people in the Punishment Department are still at odds with the Zhuxie Division, let alone trying to please themselves.
The only reason can only be because of those baseless rumors.
This is also the reason why Liang Yue is not adaptable.
"This is natural, we still have to do things." Shen Zhongming responded repeatedly, "The things copied by the time will be carefully reviewed by Liang Xianguan to see which ones are related to Jiu Yang , just take it back.”
Xie Wenxi also made some suggestions to Liang Yue yesterday.
What most officials like to do most is this kind of work of stealing other people's property. Because high-ranking officials and powerful people have countless assets, no one's entire property can be perfectly matched with the accounts. There will eventually be some discrepancies.
The minions who took action carried one or two items casually, but no one cared. It is normal for the organizer officials to report some errors. Officials who know some rules know that if they give the supervisor the lead, there will be no problems in the whole process.
Shen Zhongming was obviously trying to sell Liang Yue a good deal, letting him pick first, and then divide the rest among the members of the Criminal Department.
But Liang Yue was not interested in this kind of thing. He just waved his hand and said: "Master Shen, hurry up and start. We, the people of Zhuxie Division, will investigate later."< br>
"Okay!" Shen Zhongming turned around and shouted: "Brothers, please keep your hands and feet clean. If you take away the evidence related to Jiu Yang, you will lose your head."
This is a clear reminder.
Usually they are taken away during a house raid, but this time the matter is related to Jiu Yang, and the Zhuxie Division has a unified review process. If the thing you took away happened to be related to Jiu Yang, then Zhu Xie Division would not have the chance to investigate, and it would easily lead to trouble.
His reminder was to signal everyone not to rush into action.
The people who were able to sneak in and raid the house were all veterans of the Ministry of Punishment, so they naturally revealed the truth and rushed in immediately.
The servants in the Hou Mansion were all in panic. Only the wife of Haidong Hou stood there with an indifferent look, as if it had nothing to do with her.
Liang Yue had met her before and knew that this lady also came from a wealthy family, otherwise she wouldn't be able to play her own game with Marquis Haidong. This time Haidong Hou ransacked his home and sent him into exile. His wife and children would also follow him on the journey, and there would certainly be hardships on the way.
But looking at her calm appearance, she was completely fearless.
This is a bit surprising.
......
After a long period of searching, the detectives from the Ministry of Punishment took out a large row of boxes from the Haidong Hou Mansion, which contained silver, gold ingots, pearls and jade, etc. The rare treasures dazzle people.
After everything was piled there, Shen Zhongming presented the account books and said, "Liang Xianguan, the account books of the Haidong Marquis Mansion are here. Everything is here. They all match."
Liang Yue took the account books. , while looking through it, he asked the swordsmen of the Zhuxie Division to come forward and check to see if there were any objects related to Jiu Yang.
While he was flipping through the ledger, the surrounding police officers from the Criminal Department looked anxiously at Shen Zhongming. Shen Zhongming shook his head slightly, indicating that his subordinates were not in a hurry.
Until Liang Yue read the account books and slowly checked the objects on the ground in the yard, the people in the Criminal Department became more and more anxious.
Shen Zhongming couldn't help but reminded him loudly, "Liang Xianguan, this account book is completely correct, which is really rare. In the past, when we ransacked homes, it was normal for there to be an error of 18,000 taels, or even a big error of tens of thousands taels." , I don’t know where they were transported by the prisoners, haha.”
“That’s right...” Liang Yue nodded.
He knew that Shen Zhongming was targeting him.
If Shen Zhongming doesn't take it himself, Shen Zhongming won't dare to take it. If Shen Zhongming doesn't take it, the criminal police officers below won't take it either.
They are now looking forward to getting the big head, so that they can follow with the small head, just like before.
But Liang Yue was not in the mood to pay attention. He frowned slightly, walked around the yard twice, came to Shen Zhongming again, and said in a deep voice: "There is nothing wrong with the account books of the Hou Mansion, is there?"
"No. Ah." Shen Zhongming replied: "These were sealed from the beginning, and the people in the Hou Mansion never had time to change them."
Liang Yue looked suspicious.
According to what is written in the account books, the gold and silver stored in the Hou Mansion is worth more than 100,000 taels. Including jewelry, jade, house deeds and land, the total property is just over 200,000 taels.
This is certainly not a small sum of money.
But for someone like Haidong Hou, who has been running the clan's industry and smuggling illegally all year round, this amount may not be enough for him to earn a year's income.
"This is too little..." Liang Yue murmured.
Shen Zhongming finally understood that the young master did not take it because he thought it was too little.
No wonder they say he is the illegitimate son of the Left Prime Minister. It is indeed true.
If an ordinary person living in Ping'an Alley would go crazy after seeing more than 200,000 taels, how could he have such a huge appetite? It is obvious that he has such a vision because of his prominent status behind the scenes!
Shen Zhongming explained: "Liang Xianguan does not need to doubt the authenticity of the account books. Perhaps Haidong Hou lived a luxurious life and spent a lot of money. In recent years, he has also been protected by people from other clans, and he must have shared a lot of profits. He even used It’s only a small part. It’s normal that the family property is not as large as it seems.”
This is the truth, but Liang Yue still doesn’t believe that Haidong Hou will only have so much property.
If he only earns this much, he will not bother to work hard for smuggling. Any official of rank 5 or above, or some small officials in important positions, secretly have as much wealth as Haidong Hou.
Not only did he let Marquis Haidong escape with his money, he was also worried that if the money he copied was too small, someone would seize it later and use it to attack the Ministry of Punishment and the Zhuxie Division.
"That's it for today. We may need to do other things tomorrow..." Liang Yue murmured, then raised his head, "Master Shen, just let your people return as usual. But first Don’t report it, we’ll talk about it tomorrow.”
"What will Liang Xianguan do tomorrow?" Shen Zhongming asked: "Can't the case be closed today?"
I heard Liang Yue say: "Not today, I need to keep the silver."
"Huh? Shen Zhongming was even more stunned, "Here?"
"Of course not here." Liang Yue said: "In the animal farm outside the city."
Shen Zhongming scratched his head. They are all monsters...what kind of hobby is this?
All I can say is...
I don’t understand, but I respect it.
Good morning.
(End of this chapter)