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Liu Yinyi replied casually, obviously not wanting Yan Qi to ask more questions, "The dog just went back to the room to rest, even though he is the eldest grandson, if he keeps guarding him, the child's body will not be able to bear it. Not to mention such things as filial piety." No matter how much superficial effort you do, it won't mean anything, what do you think, Prime Minister Zuo?"

Yan Qi sneered, "I'm not interested in managing Liu Shangshu's family affairs. Since Liu Shangshu has said so, I'm just an outsider, so what can I say?"

There was a moment of silence between the two of them.

At this time, a weak female voice called out: "Master, what's the matter?" It was Mrs. Liu who hurried over from the backyard. She had been working hard for a few days and she was not in good health. When he rushed over, a layer of sweat quickly appeared on his face, and his face was also a little sickly flushed.

Seeing that outsiders were present, Mrs. Liu stood behind Liu Yintiao after seeing the ceremony, and said nothing more, Yan Qi nodded, but thought in her heart that this is also good, if the husband and wife want to leave together, it is better to have a companion.Liu Yinzhen patted Mrs. Liu's hand lightly, reassuring her that it was nothing serious.

And the group of people brought by Yan Qi searched in the backyard, the bedroom was messed up, under the bed, in the wardrobe, in the dressing box, on the top of the cabinet... Naturally, nothing was found, and one of the leaders was popular. I had to kick the Eight Immortals table directly, and said cursingly: "I have copied so many officials' homes, and I have never seen any official's house in such a shabby state. It is really poor and poor. The leftist asked us to find something here!"

The one who had been watching from the side, the confidant of Prime Minister Zuo, asked at this time: "I have searched all the rooms in the backyard? Where is the study?" The leader replied: "There is only the study left, eh I didn't say, what can we search for in the study room? Judging from this situation, most of them are books..." The confidant laughed and said, "Who knows? What if there is something valuable and famous? What? Go to the study room, search carefully for me, and take apart all the hanging calligraphy and paintings for me to look at!"

After finishing speaking, he ordered a few people casually, "You, you, and you guys, go find the young master of the Liu family, don't miss any place, you must find him for me! Otherwise, Prime Minister Zuo will get angry Come and eat your fruit!" "Yes! This subordinate takes orders."

The confidant still went to the study room with the leader, he naturally knew the things were there, the group of people were still as arrogant as in the bedroom, some ancient books were thrown everywhere, scrolls on the shelves and some bamboo slips , all were scattered everywhere, and the paintings and calligraphy hanging on the wall, some were written by Liu Qingyan when he was young, and most of them were Liu Yinqi's own works. There was only one landscape painting, which didn't look very outstanding, and No signature, the leader noticed it, and pushed a person next to him forward, "You, go take that picture down and have a look!"

The man stepped forward, but he no longer had the idea of ​​finding anything. Before that, they had demolished a lot of paintings, but the inside was empty and there was nothing at all.When the man took the painting down, the confidant stepped forward in person, "Give it to me, I want to see if these things can be hidden like this."

After finishing speaking, he took the dagger that was pinned to his waist, cut open the frame on the outside, and pressed his fingers lightly on it twice. Although he knew that there was something inside, the surprise on his face appeared just right. In addition, everyone around is convinced.

Cut off the outer layer of landscape painting, and then pulled away the layer of paper wrapped underneath, and sure enough, there was something shining golden in it, and the leader exclaimed: "Good guy, this old man Things can really be hidden, gilded landscape paintings, really, there is no official who is not greedy, hey, why does it seem that there are things under here?"

After speaking, he pulled it twice with his hands, but there were still a large amount of bank notes hidden underneath, scattered and spread out very neatly. At first glance, he really couldn't see anything, so the confidant nodded to the people standing around. Nodded, "Move this thing to the front and tell your lord that you found it."

"Yes!" Several people carried their things and went to the front.And the few people who were sent by cronies to search for people just now, searched all over Liu's mansion at this time, but did not find Liu Qingyan, so they had to come back to report.The confidant groaned, waved his hands to let them follow behind him, and went to find them himself.

The atmosphere in the front hall was particularly dignified at this time.

Liu Yinzhen watched in disbelief as the left minister brought these things in front of him, which were the gifts that the Gu family gave him after the case was settled.

I thought it was just a painting made by the Gu family, and I just accepted it because I knew it was not a famous painting, but I never thought that there are so many things hidden in this unremarkable landscape painting...

Alright, I am really corrupt and accepting bribes now!There's no denying it!

Yan Qi looked at him and smiled triumphantly: "Is it possible that Liu Shangshu doesn't know this thing?"

Liu Yintiao didn't speak, but Madam Liu was a little anxious, she took Liu Yintiao's arm and said: "Master, master, why do we have such a thing in our house? Master, you should say something, I know that you are decisive He wouldn't do such a thing." Looking at Yan Qi, he cried and begged: "My lord, our master wouldn't do such a thing... He must have been wronged..."

Yan Qi naturally ignored her, and went on to say: "Liu Shangshu, the case of the Gu family is a trivial matter. What merit do you have to compete with Dali Temple as a Shangshu? You said that if Chen Yuting accepted this case, maybe it would not be as good as it is today." What's wrong?"

But when the Gu family came to look for me, didn't they say that because Dali Temple was not involved in the case, it was really impossible to ask me to come here?

Thinking of this, naturally everything became clear. He looked at Yan Qi coldly and said, "These things are my corruption and bribery in my house. If my lord finds out, I have to hand them over to the treasury, right? My lord wants to design me, really. Well-intentioned, and such a large sum of money."

Mrs. Liu on the side seemed to understand something, she stopped sobbing and looked at Yan Qi.

Yan Qi laughed cheerfully, and said with a smile: "What is this little money? Think about how much money you, Liu Shangshu, have cut off for me over the years. Compared with this, the money is really not too much. What about me, what do you do?" The official time is still long, without you blocking the way, I will only earn more and more in the future, so in this way, these things are not too much."

After finishing speaking, he said earnestly to Liu Yintiao: "Lord Liu, if you are an official without being corrupt, how can you be called an official? Do you know how many people you have offended in the past ten years? Those people didn't say anything publicly. I even made friends with you, I don’t know why I want you to die. You know the saying that when the water is clear, there will be no fish, but you just don’t understand..."

Liu Yinqi looked at him, and a smile appeared on his serious face all the year round, and he naturally sneered: "Yan Qi, now that things are up to now, I also advise you, if you do unrighteous things, you will die yourself. Since you You have given me so much truth, so naturally I have to repay you, right?"