It's night!

The Eighth Prince’s Mansion.

The bad guy returned after exploring the news.

In the study, Ying Ziye and Xiao He and others were sitting upright.

"Young Master!"

The bad man respectfully reported the situation of the merchants who raised prices and handed out a list.

Or they hid in the market and went to shops one by one to investigate, or went to the homes of those merchants to investigate.

List the names of merchants who violated the law and discipline, as well as their evidence of their crimes!

"Thank you for your hard work, let's go ahead first."

Ying Ziye took the list and checked it carefully.

"promise!"

The bad man bowed respectfully and turned around and left.

Ying Ziye took the list, and the more he looked, the colder he looked, and then handed it to Xiao He.

"Photos some of this list and distribute it to the government officials of each county tomorrow. Take the people from the government to arrest all the merchants above and imprison them!"

"promise!"

Xiao He respectfully accepted the order.

The next day.

The government of the Great Qin Empire was dispatched!

Arrest merchants who raised prices one by one.

It caused an uproar.

"What are you going to do, why are you arresting me, what am I doing wrong?"

The merchant who was still at home was broken into the door by the government.

Just like a chicken, he was caught by the officers and soldiers, and he was yelling with fear.

But the officers and soldiers ignored it completely and just sneered.

"If you have any grievances, let's talk about it later when you go to prison!"

After the government took action and arrested.

Among the counties and cities, grain merchants and illegal merchants were escorted to Xianyang.

In prison in Xianyang!

In the past few days, merchants were continuously transported from outside, including many big merchants with wealth.

After communicating with each other, I found that they were all arrested for raising prices, so I couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.

The law does not punish the masses!

They are numerous, and I believe the government will not easily punish them.

Moreover, they did not do anything to harm the will of heaven and to murder and rob.

"Why arrest us for no reason?"

"We have paid the raising of the business tax by His Highness the Eighth Prince. Even the Imperial Prince cannot punish us without breaking the law!"

"The Qin Dynasty pays attention to the law, how can we use our rights indiscriminately?!"

"Believe it or not, we will go to the court as mentioned above!"

In prison, loud shouts echoed.

The merchants shouted that some of them also colluded with dignitaries behind their backs.

Therefore, it is not afraid.

But the jailer who was watching over them didn't care at all.

In the prison, even if you have a wealthy family and a high-ranking official, you will still be entrenched.

"Oh!"

A chuckle came.

Ying Ziye stepped in and walked over with Xiao He and others.

"Eighth Master!"

The prisoners bowed respectfully.

"Um!"

Ying Ziye responded lightly.

Looking at the hundreds or thousands of merchants detained in prison cells on both sides!

Several merchants were imprisoned in each cell.

This prison room is not enough.

"snort!"

The merchants snorted coldly and looked at Ying Ziye.

"Young Master Ba, what is the purpose of you arresting us?"

"It's probably illegal to be imprisoned like this!"

"That's right, Ba Jun, you are using lynching indiscriminately!"

Even now, the merchants have no sign of fear on their faces.

"I think you must not have read the latest notice posted by the Empire list."

Ying Ziye smiled faintly and said, "The crime you committed is to raise prices and make a fortune in the country!"

"According to the current executive order, you have committed a crime!"

this?!

When the merchants heard this, they looked at each other. They did not look carefully at the notices posted by the empires.

In an instant, everyone realized that they had committed a crime. They couldn't help but look dazed and felt a little panicked, but they were not afraid.

He still pretended to look as usual and asked, "Why would you like to ask the Ba Jun, what should I do?"

"How many more days will I have to be detained? I still have affairs at home to deal with!"

A group of merchants pretended to be calm.

"But……"

Ying Ziye looked at them with a embarrassed smile, and said, "According to the laws of the Great Qin Empire, those who raise prices will be beheaded and displayed in public!"

The words are full of smiles.

However, just now, many merchants in the prison couldn't help but feel cold all over and felt scared.

What?!

It turned out to be beheading!

All of the merchants suddenly trembled, and their eyes were filled with incredible feelings.

In any case, they did not expect that the mistake they made was so serious.

"Eighth Master!"

"Young Master, we were wrong!"

"Young Master, I really don't know!"

"If we knew that price gouging would be a crime, we would never violate the imperial laws..."

The merchants burst into tears and cried and begged for mercy.

At this moment, they finally understood how serious the matter was.

A serious sin to lose your head!

"Bao Gongzi, the villain can pay, and the villain is willing to donate all the profits brought about by raising prices!"

"The villain is willing to give his wealth, just to survive."

"I would like to ask the eighth son to pity me. I have an eighty-year-old mother and wife and children in the next family."

"Please spare your life!"

Some people are willing to give away illegal gains, even all their property.

It’s just that the blame is unavoidable and it will not help.
To be continued...