Chapter 110 Spring Night

The next day, the new city guard commander was found dead suddenly in a garden on the outskirts of the city.

This incident shocked the government and the public, and caused a stir in the imperial capital.

After all, the commander of the City Guards was considered a high official in the imperial court. He held an important position and had a high status. In addition, he was the younger brother of the Minister of War. The Liang family was now also a mainstay among the conservative gentry factions.

Immediately, Prime Minister Zheng Hailou led a group of party members and asked for a thorough investigation at the court meeting, suspecting that the reformist Qingliu was not following the rules and secretly killed him.

In fact, they just wanted to use Liang Shi's death to drag several political opponents into the water.

So soon, they accepted their fate and gave Dali Temple full authority to investigate the matter thoroughly.

Liu Changqing and other Qingliu officials continued to protest against this, because everyone knew that the Dali Temple Shaoqing was just a relative official with a name, and the people who really did things were all his subordinates who joined the army, among whom was that

Gu Yinghua is the most vicious, a vicious dog raised by the nobles.

If the case really comes into their hands, everyone will have to shed their skins even if they don't die!

But what no one expected was that as the investigation of Dali Temple unfolded, things would develop beyond everyone's expectations.

First, Gu Yinghua led a team to investigate the scene, but found 300,000 taels of silver and countless rare treasures from Liang Shi's secret room in the garden.

This Liang Shi took over as the commander of the City Guards only half a year ago. Before that, he served as a dispensable official in the Ministry of War, with an annual salary of only fifty taels of silver. How could he obtain such a huge wealth?

Corruption and bribery are a certainty.

What is even more unexpected is that a detailed list of bribes was also found in this secret room, which implicated a wide range of people, including the Minister of War, the children of the Liang family and dozens of officials.

at the same time.

The Yamen of Kyoto Yushitai, Jingzhao Mansion, and the Ministry of Punishment almost unanimously received a large number of anonymous reports.

Most of them are clues about officials who are descendants of the Liang family, who committed corruption, accepted bribes, expropriated and violated the law while serving as officials in various departments and even surrounding areas.

Many of them have solid empirical evidence, everything is detailed, and even the details of the process are clearly written.

Not only that, there were also many accusations against other noble clan members and even Prime Minister Zheng Hailou.

As soon as this incident came out, the imperial court was shocked and the whole country was in an uproar.

Because Liang Shi's death had attracted the attention of everyone in the government and the public, and even the emperor was personally intervening, so the slightest disturbance could not be hidden from anyone, even if he wanted to, he could not suppress it.

When all these clues and evidence came to light, the Liang family instantly fell into a dangerous situation.

Other nobles immediately cut off all contact with them, fearing that they would be implicated. Even Zheng Hailou, who had always been strong, chose to remain silent this time.

Anyone with a discerning eye can see that the Liang family has hit the iron plate this time. I am afraid that they have offended some important person, which will lead to disaster.

Liang Shi's death was just an introduction. He was able to kill the dignified city guard commander silently, and at the same time, he collected and exposed so many evidence and clues at the first time. The energy of this big man can only be described as incredible.

Who knows if he has more clues about other people's crimes?

The pursuit of personal gain by noble families has existed since ancient times. The bigger the official, the more shady things they do secretly. From the prime minister down to the retainers, who dares to say that he is innocent?

Therefore, in order to protect their own safety, the conservative noble officials had to choose silence this time.

They didn't dare to protect the Liang family, and they couldn't.

The reformists of the Qingliu Party seized the opportunity and beat up the fallen dog like crazy. The impeachment memorial that had been prepared for a long time flew to the Yushitai and the palace like snowflakes.

Everything was handed over to him, no matter how small or trivial it was. Even the children of the Liang family once beat up the children of common people on the road for no reason.

For a time, the Liang family fell into a dead situation.

The emperor was "under pressure" and had to issue an order the next day to imprison Liang Yong, the Minister of War, and dozens of related officials from the DPRK and the Central Government. At the same time, other cronies of the Liang family's children across the country were also investigated, especially

The place in the south of the Yangtze River where he started his business even sent out imperial envoys to conduct a thorough investigation, and the results are self-evident.

Soon, almost all the officials' children related to the Liang family were dismissed.

In severe cases, the person's home may be confiscated, beheaded, and property confiscated; in the worst case, the person may be imprisoned and exiled, and may never be hired.

Everyone knows that the Liang family is finished.

This wealthy family that was once famous in the imperial capital, second only to Prime Minister Zheng, was uprooted overnight, shocking everyone to the point of disbelief.

Due to the decline of the Zheng family, the Qingliu party quickly filled up the official ranks with the help of the emperor, and the situation in the DPRK suddenly changed dramatically.

The originally monolithic conservative gentry party members were torn apart at this moment, and the situation of the party struggle took a huge turn.

But no one would have dreamed that all this was just because Liang Shi wanted to get involved in Tsing Yi Building and gave Tao Hong a whip.

…

"The current intelligence capabilities of Qingyi Tower really surprise me."

After learning that the Liang family had all been uprooted, Su Chen couldn't help but be a little surprised.

But after thinking about it carefully, I think it's normal.

Back then, Lin Fan relied on the intelligence from Qingyi Tower to kill many noble families.

After decades of development and a lot of money invested, Tsing Yi Building still looks like an elegant building, and even its scale has not improved much.

But secretly, countless spies have been developed and placed in all walks of life in the city.

Any peddler walking on the street or the storyteller in the restaurant may be the informant of Tsing Yi House.

Under this huge intelligence network, nothing can be hidden.

To put it bluntly, if Su Chen wants to know what the prime minister is eating for dinner, someone will soon find out and send him the detailed dishes and the list of chefs who will cook them.

In fact, Su Chen had no intention of intervening in the imperial party struggle before.

However, Liang Shi was looking for death, got himself into trouble, and even beat up his subordinates. It also happened to be at a critical moment like Zhang Mingyuan's retirement. If he didn't show his thunderous methods, his subordinates might be dissatisfied in the future.

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Facts have proved that his counterattack is quite effective.

Nowadays, no one cares about how Liang Shi died, and the Liang family has completely become history.

By the way, Su Chen's move can be regarded as helping the emperor. The power of the noble clan has been severely damaged, and the resistance to the new policy he will implement next will be much smaller.

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On this day, the city guards who had blocked the streets had retreated.

East Long Street has returned to its former liveliness. Many old patrons came to the Tsing Yi Building, only to find the door closed and still not open for business.

There was a notice posted in front of the door.

"My boss is happy, I will rest for three days."

But in the building, the sound of singing and dancing of silk and bamboo could be heard endlessly, and the graceful and shadowy figure, like a fairy, passed by the window.

It seems that everyone outside is feeling itchy.

But I don’t dare to intrude and make trouble.

After all, city guards patrol here almost every day in the past few days, and they have almost become the security guards of Qingyi Building. Anyone who dares to mess around here will be beaten up, or sent to jail in the worst case.

"Is it some big shot who has booked the Tsing Yi Building?"

"Bah! The evil nobleman!"

"Woo woo woo, the birds are singing and the swallows are dancing, lingering around me. I admit that I am sore, so envious... Cuihong, my Cuihong..."

…

And at the same time.

In Tsing Yi Building.

Su Chen was dressed in Tsing Yi and was sitting on a high platform, surrounded by flowers. Below, there were more than a dozen popular dancers and oirans in Tsing Yi Tower, dancing gracefully.

Taohong, whose injuries had improved, knelt down and stood beside her to attend.

Fine wines, delicacies, warm and fragrant nephrite, everything you see is graceful and greasy, and everything you smell is the aroma of wine.

To be honest, this was the first time in Su Chen's decades of life that he was so wanton and happy.

It's not that he suddenly had a whim and wanted to indulge in his own house.

But when the news of the destruction of the Liang family came, the host's girls were so moved and admired that they spontaneously pulled him along and insisted on holding such a "celebration banquet" to repay the host's kindness.

After all, no one would really value lowly women like them, let alone offend a wealthy family like the Liang family for their sake.

But after the poster learned that Tao Hong was beaten, he directly showed terrifying energy.

The hateful city guard commander died at home that night, and even the Liang family that he was so proud of was uprooted.

What kind of terrifying energy does this require?

In fact, intelligence is something that many people can find out if they are willing. But the problem is, in a high-ranking family, with officials protecting each other, even if you have evidence and evidence, who can you bring down?

Not to mention that they also include high-ranking officials like the Minister of War.

Therefore, in the eyes of these girls, the poster is truly a person with extraordinary hands and eyes. Not only is his martial arts skills amazing, but the power behind him is even more frightening.

So what if it is a powerful noble family?

If you offend the poster, you will be destroyed overnight!
To be continued...