weak to him

The people under Bailiji gathered all the people in the house together in a short time. Wei Han looked up and saw that everyone looked terrified.Bailiji didn't understand why Wei Han gathered everyone together, so he asked in a low voice, "My lord, what should I do next?"

Wei Han said to Zhang Li: "Where is your son Zhang Hua's room and study?"

"In the backyard." Zhang Li felt uneasy. This dog official has already won the Baiweilou, why is he still like this?Attitude has not improved at all.

Wei Han said to Bailiji: "Leave a few people here to watch, and then you and I will go to Zhang Hua's study."

"Yes."

Zhang Li took Wei Han all the way to the backyard, and Bai Liji said from behind: "Your Excellency is going to see Zhang Hua's study, so why not just go there, why gather everyone together?"

Wei Han admired the scenery of the Zhang family's backyard all the way, and said to Bailiji: "How do I know if the Zhang family has any accomplices? If we don't gather everyone together, what if someone secretly destroys the evidence?"

Bailiji admired him in his heart, he gave a thumbs up and said: "Your Excellency is really far-sighted, I admire you for my humble position."

Wei Han narrowed his eyes slightly, and said triumphantly: "You are too obvious to flatter me."

"Yes." Bailiji said: "Humble job, try to make it less obvious next time."

"..."

When they arrived at the courtyard where Zhang Hua lived, Zhang Li led Wei Han to the door of a room and said, "This is the study of my unfilial son, and the one next to it is the bedroom."

Wei Han was not in a hurry to go in. He walked around the yard and said, "This yard is very uniquely decorated. Was it specially arranged by Zhang Hua?"

"That's right." Zhang Li said, "I usually like to be arty, and I often invite some classmates to come to my house for gatherings. I don't know who's suggestion, and I arranged the yard like this."

"Oh..." Wei Han nodded, and stretched out his hand to push the study door open.

This study room is no different from an ordinary study room. The desk is on the west side, and the entire wall behind the desk is made into a bookshelf, which is filled with various books.There is a porcelain jar next to the desk, filled with picture scrolls.

Wei Han walked to the desk, touched it with his hand, and said, "The desk is very clean."

Zhang Li hurriedly said: "Children like to be clean, and someone comes to clean the study every day."

"En." Wei Han nodded, picked up the inkstone on the table, looked at it, and praised: "This is the top-grade inkstone from Badou Zhai. It makes you taste good."

Wei Han turned around and took a book from the bookshelf. The book was very clean and the paper was very good. When he turned it over, a scent of ink wafted out.Wei Han put down the book and said to Zhang Li, "How much did your son spend in bribing officials?"

"Oh, my lord is so enlightened." Zhang Li said bitterly: "I really don't know, my son likes to talk nonsense when he's drunk, maybe he didn't cheat at all."

Wei Han pointed to the Spring and Autumn Annals he took down and said, "The books on Mr. Ling's bookshelf are all new, and there is no trace of flipping through them. His inkstone is also very new, so it can be seen that he doesn't like reading and writing very much. Such a person is definitely not very knowledgeable.”

Zhang Li said with a mournful face, "The kid is playing around a bit, but that doesn't mean he's really cheating."

Wei Han smiled and said, "You only need to look at Master Ling's answer sheet to decide whether to cheat or not. Isn't it strange if a poor-educated dude writes some beautiful articles?"

"This……"

Wei Han said: "Let me ask you, how much do you usually give your son every month?"

"Caomin has always doted on this son, so he will never miss him in spending money, and will give him 100 taels of silver every month."

Bai Liji grinned and said, "Damn, my annual salary is only more than 100 taels."

"Although 100 taels of silver is a lot to you, it is nothing to those civil servants who hold important positions." Wei Han said, "Before the provincial examination, did your son ever ask you for a large sum of money?"

"This..." Zhang Li thought for a while and said, "He did ask me for money, and he said it was useful. I didn't care, so I asked him to get it from the cashier, and I didn't ask how much he took."

Wei Han: "Call the accountant here."

The 50-year-old accountant came over tremblingly, knelt on the ground and said, "Caomin has seen the two elders."

"Did Zhang Hua withdraw a large amount of money from the cashier not long ago?" Wei Han asked, "How much did he withdraw?"

The accountant said: "The young master did come to withdraw the money, saying that the master allowed it, and he immediately withdrew 2000 taels of silver."

Wei Han rubbed his chin and said to Bailiji: "You patrol the capital every day, but have you heard of any imperial officials suddenly spending money lavishly? Do you have Jing Zhaoyin and the Minister of Rites?"

"No." Baili Ji shook his head and said, "I haven't seen any sudden changes. Civil servants have always been extravagant in spending money."

All of Zhang Hua's money must have been given to the person who leaked the test questions, but the officials in the capital did not show any flaws. You can't just rush to someone's house to find the money and say it was stolen money from Zhang Hua's bribery, right?

Baili Ji said: "Is your lord not thinking? Do you want to take a rest?"

"No need." Wei Han asked Zhang Li: "Who are Zhang Hua's friends?"

Zhang Li wrote a list to Wei Han, and Bai Liji read it and said that all of them were the sons of rich businessmen or small officials, and they were all within reach of their class.Wei Han said: "You go door-to-door according to the above list, and see if any of these people have spent a lot of money recently."

"Yes." Baili Ji said, "What about the Zhang Mansion?"

"Send someone to watch." Wei Han said, "Let someone search the study and the room carefully to see if there are any clues."

Wei Han raised his legs and left, while Zhang Li behind him was always on tenterhooks, feeling that the officials in Kyoto were becoming more and more difficult to serve.If there is still a chance, he will take his family to move to the south of the Yangtze River, and he must stay away from the right and wrong place of Kyoto.

After Wei Han left the house, he went to Jing Zhaoyin's mansion, which was not far from the house of Fu Yanzheng, the Minister of the Household Department. When Wei Han walked to that street, he said in a hurry: "This is not far from your new house. , My lord, you can still go to the bathhouse after things are over."

"Has the plaque on the mansion been changed?" Wei Han said, "Now it's not Yue Wang's mansion, but Wei mansion."

"Don't worry, my lord, who works in a lowly position." Baili Ji patted his chest and said, "The plaque has been changed, and now this is your mansion."

Wei Han nodded, walked to Jingzhaoyin Sun Hao's mansion, and said to Baili Ji: "Master Sun is still in his official position, I can't lose my courtesy, you go and knock on the door. Be nicer, just say we're here to ask a few words .”

"Yes." Baili hurried over to knock on the door, and the door opened after a while.Seeing Bailiji in military uniform, the porter was a little scared and said, "What's the matter with this general?"

Baili Ji said: "We are members of the Ministry of Punishment, and we have come to the Sun Mansion to ask some questions."

"That's it... please come in." The porter felt uncomfortable seeing a group of menacing soldiers, he glanced at Wei Han tremblingly, and said: "Little man... go and report to Madam."

Wei Han said: "Go."

The concierge ran away in a hurry, Wei Han looked around and saw that Jing Zhaoyin's house was very old.Although it is not broken, it has not been renovated for many years.Wei Han said: "Why is Jing Zhaoyin so stingy, and the family is not willing to clean up?"

"My lord, you don't know something." Bailiji obviously knew the inside story and said, "Jing Zhaoyin has a prodigal elder brother who has everything from eating, drinking, whoring and gambling over the years, but he has nothing to do with production. If he has no money, he can just ask this question." The younger brother wants it. Although Jing Zhaoyin is not short of money, he has to take care of the food and clothing of the people in his house, travel by car and horses, and also support this elder brother, so the house renovation has been delayed."

"My lord." A middle-aged woman hurried over with her servants and said, "Mrs. Xue has seen this lord before. I don't know who he is?"

Wei Han made a gesture of support with both hands: "The person in charge is Wei Han, a member of the Ministry of Criminal Justice, and he is here today for Mr. Sun's case."

"Oh, my lord, you have to learn from it." Xue wiped her tears and said, "My master has always been well-behaved and never dared to do anything against the law. How could he leak the exam questions?"

Seeing her crying, Wei Han didn't feel anything, neither handsome nor beautiful.He stood there watching Mrs. Xue cry for a long time before saying: "I am here to thoroughly investigate this matter. If Mr. Sun is wronged, I will definitely clear him up."

"Thank you, sir." Xue said gratefully, "My lady thanked you, sir."

Wei Han said: "I want to see Mr. Sun's study, and ask Madam to lead the way."

"It should." Xue wiped away her tears, and took Wei Han to the study.Wei Han walked all the way and saw that the ground of the Sun Mansion was a bit uneven, he said, "Does Master Sun have any plans to repair the mansion recently?"

"No." Xue said: "There are so many servants in the mansion to support, and the master has to help the elder brother's family. He has been reluctant to spend money on the house."

"Oh." Wei Han didn't know if Sun Hao really didn't have the money to repair it, or if he was hiding his money and didn't dare to reveal it.

"what!"

Suddenly there was a scream, which startled Wei Han.Bailiji immediately stood in front of Wei Han, and said vigilantly, "Who is it?"

Then a person dressed as a servant girl ran out from the backyard and said to Xue Shi: "Ma'am, she has passed out."

Wei Han said, "What's going on?"

Xue said with an embarrassed look on her face: "This is all a family scandal, sir, it's better not to ask."

"My lord asks you to speak." Baili Ji said viciously: "What's the matter with the cover-up?"

"Ah..." Mrs. Xue took a step back in fear, Wei Han glared at Baili Ji and comforted him, "Don't be afraid, madam, General Baili just has a quick temper."

"Oh." Mrs. Xue patted his chest and said: "That's a woman who is making a move. My unfilial son brought back a prostitute from a brothel. Since that prodigal son entered the house, he started to stir up trouble. I couldn't see it, so I punished her with family law."

Wei Han looked over there, and said, "Young Master, is this year your Geng? Are you going to be an official?"

"My son is already 25 this year." Xue Shi felt a little uncomfortable when he mentioned this matter: "If you say that the examiner's errand is the master, he shouldn't take it, let alone that he was involved in the imperial examination fraud for no reason. Just talk about my son. The scholar who passed the examination last year, this year is the time for Enke to show his talents, but the master has chosen to be the examiner, and my son has to wait until three years before he can take the provincial examination to avoid suspicion."

This is something that can’t be helped. If Sun Hao’s son really took part in the provincial exam, people would laugh at him if he didn’t do well in the exam, and if he did well in the exam, people might say that his father was helping him secretly. Anyway, his father is the examiner.Therefore, once the officials of Dayong encountered such a thing, they would make their sons take the exam three years later.Although it is said that he has wronged his own family, no one else can fault him anyway.

Wei Han said, "Why don't you see Mr. Ling coming out?"

The servant girl looked at Xue shi cautiously, and said, "Return to your lord, the young master is drunk."

"Hey, I'm drunk again." Mrs. Xue turned her head angrily and said, "Since that vixen came in, my son has been fascinated by her. He doesn't read anymore, and he knows how to drink and have fun every day."

Baili Ji said: "Master Sun is in prison, why is Mr. Sun still enjoying himself?"

"Isn't it because of that vixen?" Xue said and cried again, wiping away tears with a handkerchief.

Thinking about her, she is quite pitiful. Her husband is in prison, and her son is not up to date. The whole family has to rely on her as a woman to maintain.Wei Han said: "Ma'am, don't worry, I'll go see Mr. Sun and persuade him by the way."

"Hey." Xue Shi said: "My lord is willing to persuade him, he will definitely return the prodigal son for nothing."

Wei Han followed Mrs. Xue to Sun Gongzi's yard, and heard a soft sobbing sound as soon as he entered.Seeing a beautiful woman in thin clothes kneeling under the plum tree in the yard, the beauty raised her head to look at Wei Han when she heard the movement, Wei Han suddenly felt his eyes light up.

What kind of eyes are those?The eye sockets were reddish and teary, and the delicate eyelashes were wet and sticky together, making them look black and curled up. Those eyes opened slightly and looked at Wei Han with a glistening water.Even though Wei Han doesn't like women, he has to admit that this woman is the best.

Wei Han said: "Is this the one brought back by Mr. Sun?"

"Yes." Xue said with hatred in her tone: "It's her, the child is inside."

Wei cold glanced at the woman kneeling in the snow indifferently, then walked past her to the corridor.He turned his head and said, "The arrangement in Mr. Ling's courtyard is very unique and elegant."

"My child disliked the old house at home, so I specially arranged it myself." Xue's face flushed slightly: "I made adults laugh."

When Wei Han walked into the room, he was immediately overwhelmed by the smell of alcohol, Baili rushed in and opened the doors and windows quickly.Then Wei Han walked to the bed and saw Mr. Sun lying on the bed.

"My son." Xue rushed forward and said, "Why are you so drunk?"

Wei Han frowned and said, "Does he know about Master Sun's imprisonment?"

"I know." The servant girl said: "Since the news of the master's imprisonment, the young master has started drinking, and then became drunk like this."

Even if Sun Gongzi was drunk, he was very unstable, and he muttered to himself and didn't know what he said.Wei Han asked, "What is he talking about?"

Bailiji leaned closer to listen, and then said, "He said it wasn't me."

"Well, it seems that Madam is not very convenient today." Wei Han said: "I will come back another day."

Mrs. Xue hurriedly said: "Hurry up, send your lord quickly."

Wei Han left the Sun Mansion, and said to Baili Ji: "You send someone to guard the Sun Mansion quietly, and if anyone in the Sun Mansion has anything to do, come and tell me."

"Yes."

"Also." Wei Han said, "Go and find out if Young Master Sun has any connection with Zhang Hua."

"Yes."

Bai Li hurried away, and Wei Han went to Yuewang Mansion, which is now his own mansion, alone.There were servants from Yu Zhijing in the mansion, and when they saw Wei Han, they knelt down one after another to meet their master.

Looking at his luxurious new home, Wei Han felt a sense of pride in his heart. If this house was in modern times, he would not be able to afford it even if he robbed a bank.Wei Han said: "Has the bath been repaired? Take me to have a look."

"Yes." A servant took Wei Han to the backyard to look at the bathing pool. Wei Han looked at the bathing pool paved with white marble, and the top and bottom of the pool were carved with patterns of wild animals.It is simply too beautiful, Wei Han is super satisfied, and there will be a lot of money after carving Pixiu at home.

Just thinking about it makes me excited, hahahaha...

The young servant suggested at the side: "Master, do you want to try this bath?"

"What? Can you boil water now?"

"Yes." The boy said: "Everything is ready, just waiting for the master to come."

"Okay." Wei Han smiled and said, "Wouldn't it be nice to take a hot bath in such a cold day?"

The boy went out to prepare hot water, and Wei Han waited in the bathroom, and soon some hot water would flow into the pool.The pool was gradually filled with water, and the whole room was steaming. Wei Han felt very hot. He took off his cloak and clothes one by one, and entered the bath naked.

"Hey, hey...it's so comfortable..."

Lying in this hot pool on a snowy day is simply the life of a fairy.Wei Han blushed from the heat, his head was dizzy and he wanted to sleep.Suddenly someone behind him said: "Master, do you want to rub your back?"

Wei Han thought that a servant came in to serve him, so he said, "No need, you can go out, my master doesn't like to be surrounded by others while taking a bath."

"Oh?" The man asked, "Am I someone else too?"

As soon as Wei Han heard that the voice was not right, he turned around in the water, and saw Yu Zhijing standing beside the bath, looking down at him from above, and the thing on his lower body was facing Wei Han arrogantly.

Seeing Wei Han staring at his things, Yu Zhijing smiled charmingly, followed the lines in the eclectic storybook he was reading, and said, "Are you satisfied with what you see?"

Wei Han wiped the water off his face and said, "It's an honor to see the dragon egg, it's wonderful."

Yu Zhijing: "..."