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Qi Lei ushered Zhong Shao and Su Mo into the mansion in a cold sweat.Zhong Shao's face was always calm, and he didn't seem to have any indignation after being offended, but after Su Mo gradually suppressed his smile, his aura was somewhat similar to that of the eldest princess—majestic and compelling!

Accompanying Xinxin all the way to lead him to the main hall, Qi Lei saw that Su Mo's expression had not softened, so he knew that she wanted to pursue it.At this time, he didn't dare to offend them, so he turned his head and gritted his teeth and told the people around him: "Go, bring that rebellious son here!"

After the servant answered "Yes", he quickly backed away, and Qi Lei forced a smile on his face again, then turned to face Zhong Shao and the two of them: "The dog doesn't know the identity of the Duke of the county, it's so offensive, please ask the Duke of the county to give you a lot of money." ..."

Before Qi Lei could finish speaking, Su Mo interrupted him with a calm expression: "Master Qi, let's get down to business."

As soon as Qi Lei heard this, he knew that Qi Hui's affairs were not so easy to finish.He was a little worried, but in fact, as Su Mo said, the business is still important, not to mention that he is also the disciple of the eldest princess, even if Su Mo wants to deal with Qi Hui, at least he can save his life for his sake .Thinking about it this way, Qi Lei said: "Yes, yes, what Miss said is true, the business is important, let's talk about the business first."

Su Mo stepped forward, and Hao directly sat down on the main seat.She raised her eyes and looked at Qi Lei coldly, her expression seemed to be more condensed than before: "Master Qi, you have been worshiped at the princess's house for less than a year, and you have caused such an incident, so you have nothing to say ?"

Qi Lei obviously didn't care about Su Mo's rude behavior. He was even secretly relieved when he heard Su Mo speak like this—he was not afraid that the eldest princess would send someone to reprimand him, but he was afraid that he would be treated as a person if he kept quiet. If they are abandoned, they will not even know how they died!

Hearing Su Mo's questioning at this moment, Qi Lei relaxed his heart, but said with a bitter face: "Miss, this matter, this matter is really wronged! Even if you have the heart of a bear and the guts of a leopard, you are so good at intercepting tribute." I dare not do such a thing.”

Whether he was wronged or not, Su Mo naturally knew in his heart, but at this moment he still said, "Then tell me."

Seeing that Su Mo was willing to listen to him, Qi Lei felt relieved after talking about it for many days, and said: "The tributes came from overseas, and some accidents happened when they passed through Suzhou, and they were damaged. The tributes are in Suzhou. Mistakes in the territory are naturally a major event. To be honest, it is not easy for a low-ranking official to be the governor of Suzhou. I don’t want to lose my black hat because of this, so I... so I risked the disgrace of the world..."

Su Mo's expression remained unchanged, but Zhong Shao finally said the first sentence after meeting at this time, she said lightly: "So you risked the world's dissatisfaction, shoddy as good, and cut off the real tribute , exchanged for a counterfeit and sent it to Beijing?"

Qi Lei choked, but could only nod in agreement, while secretly observing Zhong Shao's expression.

In fact, there are so many tributes from various places every year, and the things that are not very outstanding cannot be sent to Emperor Taiping at all.As long as there are some contacts in the capital and the follow-up is properly arranged, those fakes will naturally disappear without a trace in the palace due to various reasons. Tribute charges?

Zhong Shao's face is as plain as Su Mo's, those of them who have been in the circle of the aristocratic family in the capital for many years have already cultivated the ability to hide their emotions and anger, Qi Lei can't see anything at all.

After seeing Qi Lei nodding, she just asked again: "Then what about the tribute you cut off? Even if it was damaged, it should still be there."

Qi Lei couldn't figure out what Zhong Shao meant at the moment, but he never dared to take out the things, so he said: "This... the Duke of the county also knows that there are signs on the tributes, and even the lower officials dare not Keep that deadly thing by your side, so, so, ruined..."

So far, Qi Lei's remarks did not surprise the two of them at all.In fact, Su Mo and Zhong Shao are really not interested in listening to his perfunctory, but they have come here, even if it is a formality, they can't just ask nothing, otherwise it seems that they have other plans?

The two were silent for a moment, and Qi Lei panicked again. He looked at Zhong Shao and then at Su Mo, and then asked cautiously: "This time, the official has caused a catastrophe. I don't know what your Highness means?"

What does Your Highness mean?Even daring to make a tribute idea, so bold and reckless, His Royal Highness the Eldest Princess naturally wants to abandon you, otherwise, will you be allowed to cause even greater troubles in the future and trouble others? !

She complained silently in her heart, but Zhong Shao still had a serious look on her face. She even frowned slightly and said, "This matter is no small matter. The prince's people suddenly made trouble in the court last time. It was His Highness's people who arrested you." It was saved, but His Majesty did not stop pursuing it because of this. You should know that I came here for this matter, but I don’t know how much evidence the Prince has, it may not be easy to exonerate you.”

Hearing what Zhong Shao said, Qi Lei's heart felt as if a big stone fell to the ground—since he chose the eldest princess to join him, he naturally valued her power in the court. As long as the eldest princess is willing to protect him in this matter, he will naturally be safe and sound. Yu.

His eyebrows relaxed slightly, and Qi Lei said: "Don't worry, the county lord, for such a life-threatening matter, the lower officials will naturally be careful in their actions. Even if His Highness the Crown Prince has all-hands and eyes, he will definitely not be able to find any evidence!"

This sentence Qi Lei did not lie, he was indeed careful about the tribute, if it wasn't for the fakes that were sent to the palace before being destroyed in time, there would be no trace of them.As for the evidence Qu Hengzhou collected earlier, they were all evidence of his corruption and bribery, and using power for personal gain, and had nothing to do with the tribute.

Zhong Shao blinked and said, "That's good. But how to get rid of the crime, Mr. Qi has to know in his own mind."

Qi Lei's eyes turned slightly when he heard the words, and he didn't know where he was thinking, he nodded immediately and said: "Don't worry, the county prince, I will definitely..."

He was interrupted before he finished speaking, but the person who was ordered to find Qi Hui before finally brought him.Qi Hui had an expression of reluctance, he might have known the identities of Zhong Shao and his father from his servants, and he also knew his father's attitude, so as soon as he entered the door, he put on a pitiful expression and said: " Father, my son has already been beaten and injured, and the medicine has not been finished yet..."

When Qi Lei turned his head, he was also shocked to see Qi Hui's bruised and swollen face. He subconsciously turned his head to look at Su Mo, but Zhong Shao raised his eyebrows and said coldly: "I hit you, Master Qi wants to ask Su Mo." I ask guilt?"

"Don't dare!" Qi Lei hurriedly said, then turned his head and yelled at Qi Hui: "You rebellious son, you just do nothing all day long and don't want to make progress, but you dare to go out and make trouble, I think you will be beaten not enough!"

Su Mo was still in the main position, her eyes swept over Qi Hui, and then she said, "What Lord Qi said is very true."

"..." So, miss, you mean you didn't hit enough, and you still have to tie him up and whip him again?

Qi Hui's face turned green, Qi Lei had expected it.In fact, when he knew that Qi Hui had offended Zhong Shao and Su Mo, he wanted to tie them up and give them a good beating!What time is it now?Now is the moment when his catastrophe is approaching, and if he dares to offend the daughter and son-in-law of the eldest princess, if he is offended and just let go, or even take the opportunity to add fuel to the fire, then their family will die without a burial land!

Ignoring Qi Hui's dark complexion, Qi Lei cupped his hands and bowed to Su Mo, and replied, "Miss is right." After he finished speaking, he glanced at the servant serving beside him, and said, "Didn't you hear what Miss Su said? Why don't you hurry up and send someone away?" Take it down, hit!"

Qi Hui is Qi Lei's eldest son, although he has accomplished nothing these years, Qi Lei has always doted on him.To be honest, Qi Hui is so old, let alone order him to be beaten, Qi Lei seldom even speaks harshly.So at this moment, he looked at Qi Lei almost in disbelief, and shouted with his eyes wide open: "Father?!"

Out of sight, out of mind, Qi Lei turned his head and waved his hands, signaling his servants to take him down.When the servant from earlier went out and called the two nurses to start dragging people away, Qi Hui seemed to have come to his senses, struggling and shouting.

Qi Lei frowned when he heard this, and shouted at the guards: "Gag him, take him down and beat him!"

Being ordered to be dragged down like this is usually a punishment with a stick, he didn't say how many times he would beat them, because he had to beat them until the two nobles in the hall calmed down.Fortunately, those who beat people with sticks were also the guards of his mansion. Naturally, his subordinates were measured, so they would not really beat people up.

Qi Hui was gagged and dragged away. Just as Qi Lei thought about it, he heard Su Mo speak again: "This time is just to teach a little lesson. After all, Mr. Qi is the blood of the adults. If the subordinates are not proper, It’s not good to beat someone up. It just so happens that I have a person who is proficient in torture, let him go and have a look, so as not to make any mistakes.”

The corners of Qi Lei's mouth twitched when he heard the word "torture", but he had no choice but to agree.Because he found that when talking about the tribute before, the emotion in Su Mo's eyes was just cold, but now when she faced Qi Hui, there was obvious anger in her eyes!

So, this son did it to death, even his own father couldn't keep him - Qi Lei not only couldn't refuse Su Mo's proposal, but also had to show a smiling face to thank Su Mo for his thoughtfulness...

After a lot of tossing, when Qi Hui was beaten until his ass blossomed and the guards came back to report, it was already completely dark outside.

Qi Lei was so cruel that he didn't go to see his son, but enthusiastically ordered someone to prepare a meal for Zhong Shao and his party.After they had eaten, because it was getting late, they did not go to the other courtyard where Qi Lei had prepared for Zhong Shao to stay tonight, but temporarily rested in the Governor's Mansion.

Su Mo and Zhong Shao were arranged in two adjacent small courtyards respectively. After dinner, Zhong Shao did not go back to the courtyard assigned to her. She followed Su Mo directly to her courtyard with modest steps.

The two asked the guards to guard the small courtyard, with the intention of discussing Qi Lei's affairs.But who would have thought that not long after returning to the courtyard, before the topic could start, Qi Lei first received an apology from Qi Hui in the name of Qi Hui.

The author has something to say:

The young lady is very defensive and vengeful, so she said a few words, and the person who was beaten has to be beaten again...