Early the next morning, a group of strangely dressed people surrounded the Xia family.
They were the royal guards of the imperial court and had the privilege of killing first and then reporting later. They claimed that a vicious gangster had sneaked into the Xia family last night and killed many scholars, so they wanted to search the Xia family.
Although the Xia family members were afraid at this time, they were afraid of the so-called gangster and did not realize the seriousness of the matter.
This search is extremely strange, because Xia Changyuan was urgently requested by the emperor to be interviewed by the emperor yesterday, and he has not returned until now.
As expected, the search was extremely violent.
Calling it a search is basically the same as smashing it.
As soon as I broke into the house, everything I could see was overturned, and there were endless sounds of various things being broken, which scared many maids and ladies into crying and screaming.
At this time, the door of the Xia family was crowded with people, and they were all talking about whether something huge had happened to the Xia family.
At this time, Xia Sixou came over. Seeing the commotion in the Xia Family Courtyard, he was so angry that he immediately wanted to rush in and argue.
But before he entered, he was pulled away by a big hand.
"Who! Who dares to do this to this young master! See if I don't peel off your skin!"
Xia Sichou was a well-known dandy in Kyoto, with a bad temper.
When he saw someone treating him like this, he immediately started yelling.
"It's me, you still want to take my skin off?"
Xia Po's voice sounded, and Xia Sichou immediately fell silent.
"Xia Po? Why are you here?"
After being stunned for a moment, he heard the strange noise coming from the Xia family compound again.
"Okay, don't worry about this now, our family will be smashed!"
Xia Sichou said and wanted to rush out again, but was pulled back again by Xia Po.
"You kid, please calm down. Who do you think in the entire Kyoto city would dare to smash up your house?"
"Who dares to destroy my house?"
This actually made Xia Sixou calm down. After thinking for a moment, fear showed in his eyes.
"You mean...royalty?"
Although Xia Sixou is not very smart, he also knows the influence of the Xia family in Kyoto.
Although Xia Changyuan was only a second-rank official, and he did not have to go to court and had no rights in the court.
But he is the judge!
He is in charge of Kyoto's judicial system and is extremely rich.
After so many years, his influence is not even inferior to that of the prime minister of the dynasty!
I would like to ask, apart from the royal family, what other family would dare to touch such a family?
Now Xia Sixou was also scared.
"Then... what should we do now? Should we escape?"
It seemed like this kid was really scared, otherwise he wouldn't have said such a thing.
But this is normal. In a society where you will die if the emperor asks you to die, imperial power means everything.
The royal family wants to destroy you, who can help?
Compared to Xia Sichou, Xia Po is relatively calm.
"I think it is impossible for that emperor to do anything to your Xia family in a short period of time. Firstly, the influence of the Xia family is too great. Secondly, if he touches your Xia family, what benefits will it bring to the royal family?
Besides, isn’t your grandfather still with the emperor? Maybe it’s just an ordinary search, but the noise is a bit louder?”
In fact, Xia Po didn't even believe what he said.
Send your own people to cause an accident, and then send your own people to search.
Such a big commotion was obviously caused deliberately by the royal family.
Coupled with what the cornucopia dog said yesterday, it can basically be confirmed that the royal family is planning to invade the Xia family.
The reason why I say this is to stabilize Xia Sichou first and then wait and see what happens.
Not long after, a solemn middle-aged man walked to the door of the Xia family compound.
He wanted to go in, but was stopped by the man in black at the door.
For a moment, he was filled with anger and veins popped up on his face.
"You're blind! You don't even know who I am!"
"How could I not recognize Xia Xiangwen of the Xia family and the minister of punishment? It's just that there are bad guys in the Xia family now. We are conducting a routine search. I hope you won't embarrass me and wait."
The person speaking seemed to be the leader of this group of men in black, who had extremely impressive strength.
Even when faced with Xia Xiangwen, who had a third-grade official title, he did not give in at all.
"Well, you continue the search, but it's best to find some so-called villain!"
Not long after, a man in black inside seemed to have discovered something, and whispered a few words into the ear of the man in black.
After listening to the other party's whisper, a sinister expression appeared on the face of the man in black.
"Xia Xiangwen, we found thousands of taels of gold in the Xia family's cellar, and countless pieces of silver under the pillars of the inner courtyard, and..."
After hearing what the other party said, Xia Xiangwen looked in disbelief.
"Impossible, this is absolutely impossible!"
When the other party talked to this point, he was basically telling him that someone in the Xia family was embezzling, and the amount was huge.
To embezzle such a large amount of money, one must have a high official position.
There are many officials in the Xia family, but there are only two high-ranking officials, one is him, and the other is his father Xia Changyuan.
He can guarantee that he has absolutely no corruption, at least the corrupt money has not been placed in the Xia Family Courtyard.
If what the other party said is true, doesn't it mean that the money belongs to his father...
This is impossible no matter how you think about it!
His father is not that kind of person!
"What? You don't believe it?"
Xia Xiangwen shook his head, he definitely didn't believe it.
"Okay, then come in and see for yourself!"
Following the man in black into the inner courtyard, what he saw was not only various dilapidated scenes, but also a large amount of gold and silver, as well as various priceless things.
Xia Xiangwen was stunned. Before he could say anything else, a slightly short man was escorted over by a man in black.
"Xia Xiangwu, what else do you have to say."
The person who was escorted over was none other than Xia Changyuan's second son, Xia Xiangwu.
Xia Xiangwu was so frightened that he lay on the ground with tears streaming down his face.
"I didn't want to be greedy so much! I really didn't want to be greedy so much!"
After hearing this, Xia Xiangwen understood what was going on.
He looked at Xia Xiangwu with an angry look.
"What did you say? You mean you got all this greedily?"
"Brother, save my brother, I don't want to die. I really know I'm wrong! I know I'm wrong!"
Xia Xiangwu was like a drowning man grasping for the last straw, and rushed towards Xia Xiangwen.
Xia Xiangwen, on the other hand, had a look of hatred on his face: "You... you are just a sixth-grade clerk, how can you get so much money?"
"I don't know either. I only get a little bit every time. I haven't spent any of this money, not even a penny! I don't dare!"
Seeing this, the man in black smiled faintly, knowing that the time had come.
"Xia Xiangwu of the Xia family has embezzled money from various places to provide disaster relief and life-saving services. According to the laws of Tianyuan, the clan members will sit together and arrest all members of the Xia family immediately!"
As soon as he finished speaking, all the men in black around him started to take action. They first restrained the two brothers Xia Xiangwen and Xia Xiangwu.
Just as the Xia family members were fleeing in panic, a majestic voice sounded.
"Let's see who dares!"
Everyone looked around and saw that it was Xia Changyuan who was wearing a python robe!