Chapter 87 Is there still heavenly justice? Is there still kingly law?
Li Yunze, with his hands behind his back, walked up to Chang Shi and looked at him condescendingly.
"What grade are you?"
The chief minister was stunned, and he raised his eyes and looked at Li Yunze, "Our family is the chief minister of the sixth-grade palace."
"Sixth grade?" Li Yunze frowned, raised his leg and kicked him to the ground. "I am a third-grade official. You are a sixth-grade official sitting in front of Shangguan. Who gave you the courage? Someone Liang?"
Chang Shi was thrown to the ground, the tea bowl in his hand was smashed and his hand was cut. He slumped on the ground and looked at Li Yunze in disbelief, "You dare to hit me?"
"You're blind." Li Yunze chuckled, "Or do you mean it didn't hurt when I kicked you?"
"You are so brave." The sad and angry Chang Shi screamed and got up, pointing at Li Yunze, "Our family is the Chang Shi of the Zhongshun Prince's Palace! I came to question you on the prince's order for smashing the pawn shop, but you actually dare to hit me.
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"I am a military general of the imperial court." Li Yunze's smile became even brighter. "Why should Prince Zhongshun question me? Could it be that the prince thinks he is the emperor and can question the generals of the imperial court at will."
As soon as these words came out, Chang Shi was frightened to death.
In the early years, Prince Zhongyi did something bad, and the princes fought fiercely for heirs. Everyone in Shenjing City saw it.
For the princes of the clan, what they fear most is someone accusing them of having evil intentions.
Because the emperor is the most suspicious profession in the world, especially those princes who are close to the throne.
"Break his hand." Li Yunze called Xue Pan, who was eager to try, to come over and bite him. "Throw it back to Prince Zhongshun's Mansion. Along the way, he will promote Prince Zhongshun as the emperor and question the court officials at will."
As soon as these words came out, Chang Shi fell to his knees and begged, "I know I was wrong, please forgive me."
He was also a smart man, and he knew that once he was thrown back to Prince Zhongshun's palace, the prince would definitely rush into the palace to plead guilty to clear his name, and he, the unlucky guy who caused the trouble, would definitely have to be operated on to vent his anger.
"Xue Pan, enter."
Because he had worked as an emperor, Li Yunze knew best that it was taboo for the clan to seize power.
Even if there is no such thing, you still have to be careful and fear that something will happen out of nowhere.
King Zhongshun seems to be a die-hard emperor, but his identity is destined to make it impossible to gain absolute trust.
For Li Yunze, who is looking for opportunities to expand his strength, it will definitely be beneficial to confront him appropriately.
The court of the Great Zhou Dynasty was very complicated. The power of the emperor and the power of the emperor, the power of civil servants and the power of nobles were intertwined. They were intricate and involved many things.
It is very suitable for Li Yunze to fish in troubled waters and seize opportunities to strengthen himself.
Upon learning that rumors of his evil intentions were circulating in Shenjing City, the furious King Zhongshun first ordered the unfortunate Chang Shi to be killed, then hurriedly prepared his carriage and headed straight for the palace.
Prince Zhongshun, who was received immediately, expressed his loyalty to the emperor in the royal study and cursed Li Yunze for falsely accusing the prince.
"I already know this now, so there is no need to panic." The emperor reassured him in a pleasant manner, saying that he would punish Li Yunze severely, and then sent King Zhongshun back.
Looking at King Zhongshun's leaving figure, the emperor narrowed his eyes and sneered.
Back then, he tried so hard and used so many tricks to defeat Prince Zhongyi and sit on this throne.
The princes really used all kinds of tricks in order to win the heir. The emperor was not at ease with any of these brothers.
"Jia Lian."
After a moment of silence, the emperor turned to look at Xia Shouzhong, "What is Jia Lian doing?"
"Long live the return, the Jia Mansion reported that Jia Lian was raiding the servant's house." Xia Shouzhong responded in a low voice, "The servant of Ning Guo Mansion pawned and sold all the antiques, calligraphy, paintings, furniture, and everything, and he also smashed the prince's pawn shop. Jia Lian asked
The slaves must pay back ten times the compensation, otherwise they will be subject to the law of march."
"Deserves it." The emperor narrowed his eyes and sneered, "Servants and thieves, and all those who are not loyal deserve to die!"
Xia Shouzhong was shocked by these words and lowered his head without daring to speak.
"Tell me, is this person available?"
Xia Shouzhong hurriedly bowed deeply and said, "Everything depends on the Sacred Heart. How dare I say anything?"
The emperor stopped talking, picked up the ink pen and continued to review the memorial.
But Xia Shouzhong was thinking, 'Jia Lian is going to be re-employed, so he has to spread the news in advance to gain some benefits.'
He had stayed by the emperor's side for many years, and had long since learned how to understand the emperor's thoughts through various expressions, movements, words and so on.
When necessary, this information can bring him great benefits.
There are no eunuchs who are loyal until death, they also need benefits.
At this time, Jia Lian was preparing to visit the famous Lai Mansion.
Of course, he came here prepared to be a bad guest.
It is said that those who rely on mountains can eat mountains, and those who rely on water can eat water.
The Lai family, whose back is against the Jia Mansion, naturally eats the Jia Mansion.
Aunt Lai was Jia Mu's dowry maid, but Jia Daishan didn't like her back then and was betrothed to Manager Lai.
The two sons, Lai Da and Lai Er, became the general managers of Rongguo Mansion and Ningguo Mansion respectively, and they used their hands to deceive a lot of idiots. They really moved boxes of money to the Lai family.
In the original work, they hollowed out the Jia family and used the Jia family's incense and love to donate their grandson Lai Shangrong to a county magistrate.
When the Jia family fell, they naturally turned against each other.
Li Yunze is not a person who likes to seek personal revenge. He just wants the Lai family to vomit out everything they have eaten and pay a small fine at the same time.
He felt that he had been very kind and did not drive out the Lai family.
It's a pity that the Lai family doesn't think so.
"All the neighbors, come and have a look~~~" Aunt Lai, who is about the same age as Jia Mu, led her daughter-in-law, maids and servants in front of the gate, crying and wailing, "The Jia family is forcing people to death~~~"
They activated their traditional skills and started to roll around.
The streets were crowded with people eating melons, pointing and pointing, which is also a traditional skill, and watching the excitement.
Wang Xifeng, who was at the center of the storm, was obviously very angry with her pretty face turning red and white.
She couldn't command Li Yunze's soldiers, so she could only bring her servants to raid the house.
The previous ones were okay. Due to Li Yunze's notoriety, they all gave them more or less, and then begged Wang Xifeng to be kind enough to give them some time.
Wang Xifeng came to ransack the house for money, not really for life.
Just write down the IOU, leave a few harsh words and wait for the money to be collected slowly.
But when she arrived at Lai's house, she was immediately treated to a live performance of acting and rolling around.
Looking at Aunt Lai, who used to have a seat in front of Jia Mu, Wang Xifeng clenched her handkerchief and stamped her feet angrily, "Come here and get some money!"
Lai Wang and others immediately responded, shouted, raised their sticks and rushed towards the gate.
"Let's see who dares!"
With a roar, the sturdy Lai Shangrong rushed out with a group of servants, "Anyone who dares to step even half a step into the palace gate will be beaten to death!"
The number of servants in the Lai Mansion was so great that they were so frightened that Lai Wang and others retreated.
Seeing how useless everyone was, Wang Xifeng was so angry that she almost broke her silver teeth.
"You Jia family oppresses the good!" Lai Shangrong, who had read books, was obviously much smarter than Jia Baoyu. He stood in front of Lai's house and shouted loudly, "If we continue to force each other hard, I will send a post to Wannian County
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Before he finished speaking, a lazy question came from behind the crowd of onlookers, "What next?"
The people got out of the way one after another, and when everyone looked over, they saw Li Yunze, with his hands behind his back, walking over with a large group of soldiers.
"Are you Lai Shangrong?" Li Yunze walked up to Wang Xifeng and looked at Lai Shangrong, who was known as the Phoenix Son of Lai Mansion. "I heard that you donated your future. It's such a great official power."
Suppressing the fear in his heart, Lai Shangrong bowed his head and saluted, "I have met the general."
"General, our Lai family is a kind family, why are we so hard on each other? Can't we give my Lai family a way to survive?"
These words were spoken with deep affection, and the people watching were also whispering.
"What's going on in this world?" Li Yunze was also amused. "How can you, the Lai family, steal the Jia family's property, and then become a good family? These days, thieves have become a good family."
"General." Lai Shangrong bowed his head again, "The Lai family is willing to return the property, but the ten times fine is simply unreasonable."
Li Yunze smiled slightly, "If you steal something and then return it, everything will be fine? In that case, how about you send your wife to the house and send her back to you in a month."
The people watching suddenly burst into laughter.
"That's too much!" Lai Shangrong, whose face turned red, said bitterly, "If the general keeps pestering me, then I, the Lai family, will definitely become the reporting officer!"
"Wannian County or Chang'an County? Should we go to Jing Zhaoyin?"
"If that's not enough." Li Yunze laughed, "How about going to the palace gate to complain?"
He raised his finger and pointed at many of the Lai family members, "Your family are all thieves. I don't believe it. Which yamen would open its eyes to thieves?"
"You, as servants of the Jia family, have stolen the master's property, and you shall be punished for your crime!" Li Yunze's expression turned cold. "If a son of the family commits a crime, it is at the disposal of the master of the family."
Lai Shangrong held his head high and shouted, "I'm not. I was released from slavery when I was in my mother's womb."
"Jia Ping." Li Yunze was too lazy to pay attention to him. "Take my note to Da Sima and transfer this person to our military camp. After entering the camp, he will be dealt with directly by military law."
As soon as this statement came out, Lai's family was shocked.
Lai Shangrong's status in the Lai family is similar to that of Jia Baoyu.
Aunt Lai immediately cried and shouted, "Is there any heavenly justice? Is there any royal law~~~"
"Let Xue Pan go."
Li Yunze didn't bother to pay attention to this kind of behavior and just let the vicious dog go.
Xue Pan, who was smiling strangely, pulled out his saber with his backhand and rushed over with a group of people.
The woman tried to stop her, but was kicked away.
Lai Shangrong tried to block him, but his legs were broken and he was still at the door.
The servants of the Lai Mansion, who had been so impressive before, were so frightened that they dropped their sticks and covered their heads.
Seeing that the screaming Lai Shangrong was about to be dragged away, Grandma Lai rushed over, hugged Wang Xifeng's legs and cried, "Grandma Feng, please show mercy and spare my family. We will give you money and we are willing to compensate~~~"
Wang Xifeng turned to look at Li Yunze.
"It's up to you."
"Your Lai Er stole a total of 13,500 taels of Xifu property. Adding ten times the fine, the total is 148,500 taels."
"What?!" Grandma Lai immediately raised her head and screamed, "Where did they get so many? The total number of things he pawned was only three to five thousand taels."
Wang Xifeng sneered, "Can things be calculated based on the amount of money pawned? Of course, based on the original price!"
Li Yunze on the side followed up with the last strike, "This is just this time. Lai Er has been the manager of the Xifu for so many years. Looking at the size of your Lai Mansion, you can see that you have brought a lot of money back home. This money must also be recovered, too.
You have to pay it back tenfold."
After hearing this and looking at this evil-hearted couple, Grandma Lai was so angry that she rolled her eyes and fainted.
"Porcelain?" Li Yunze scolded the servants of the Lai Mansion beside him, "Take it away quickly, I won't do this."
Just like Wang Xifeng who drank a large bottle of iced drinks in the dog days of summer, she felt extremely comfortable.
In the past, Aunt Lai and her two sons were very careful when they were in the Jia Mansion, and they often made her angry.
This guy is really angry.
Thinking of this, she looked at Li Yunze beside her, her eyes filled with tenderness.
This is called the harmonious harmony of the harp and the harp, and the two minds are in perfect harmony.
"What if I still can't make it?"
"Then we will take away all the people and their belongings."
Stepping into the Lai Mansion, I saw a desolate scene along the way, not to mention the scene in the original work when the Jia family was ransacked.
It seems pitiful, but there must be something hateful about pitiful people.
There is nothing pitiful about stealing the owner's belongings and spending them freely so that he can live a good life with fine clothes and fine food.
Li Yunze, who was strolling leisurely to admire the beautiful scenery of the garden, suddenly stopped.
He looked towards the veranda not far away, where a pretty beauty was standing there anxiously stamping her feet.
Water snake waist, narrow shoulders, tall figure.
Especially between her eyebrows and eyes, she looks like Sister Lin.
He subconsciously stepped forward and asked, "Who are you?"
The beauty wanted to hide, but in the end she clenched her silver teeth and saluted, "This servant is the maid in Master Bao's house, her name is Qingwen."