The predecessor who was scumbag by me was the emperor

Shen Jia stood in front of this old wooden door in official uniform, and asked Mr. Cao suspiciously: "Is this really Mr. Yu's house?"

Cao Ruiwen nodded: "It can't be wrong, he has lived here for decades, even if the official position was promoted all the way, he didn't move anywhere."

"How many people are there in Mr. Yu's family? He is so old, and he has many descendants, right?"

Cao Ruiwen only found out today that Shen Jia was the person who came to cooperate with the house raid. He remembered that the list he got yesterday was not him, but Wang Langzhong from the Household Department. The overnight change was either Zhou Shangshu's idea or the emperor's initiative. Requested, and Zhou Shangshu is obviously closer to Wang Langzhong.

Cao Ruiwen has been the emperor's companion for several years, but Shen Jia has been with the emperor for several years, and the deep relationship should be about the same. Both of them are highly valued in the court, and they are both young, so they are often compared.

He grew up in Chang'an, and he knows much more about the people and things in the officialdom than Shen Jia, and he doesn't hide it from him, "My lord Yu is now living under the same roof, but his wife only gave him a son and a daughter. , the daughter married out of town, and the son is now the magistrate of Changzhou, there are three grandsons, and there are many great-grandsons, but in this house, apart from Yu Yushi, only the eldest grandson lives with him, and the other descendants either live in other places or live elsewhere."

Shen Jia's eyes lit up, and she asked, "Then if Yu's family can't find the stolen money, can he go to his descendant's house to check?"

"This has to be approved by the emperor, so let's read it first." Cao Ruiwen began to look around before entering the door. He looked at the dust in the crack of the door and the moss on the wall.

Yu's house was sealed yesterday, and all the people inside were imprisoned. When the door was opened, what came into view was a Jiangnan garden with a unique charm. Although the house is small, it has all the internal organs. It can be seen that it has been carefully designed.

The person who came to ransack the house today was not the yamen servant but Jin Yiwei. The leader was a Baihu. Shen Jia heard that he was called Lu Baihu, so she didn't know if he was related to Lu Jian.

Jin Yiwei is very experienced in inspections. The floors are turned over one by one, and every wall is knocked over. If there is space, the sound is different.

Shen Jia first registered the apparent family property, tables and chairs, and so on, but they didn't look expensive. If a person was really greedy for so much money, wouldn't he even change the home furnishings?

If the case hadn't been settled, Shen Jia would have doubted the authenticity of the case.

"Master Shen, I found Yu's warehouse, come and have a look." Lu Baihu came over to call Shen Jia himself.

Shen Jia watched Jin Yiwei carry out the registered things, turned around and went to the second courtyard with Lu Baihu. The warehouse is located in the main courtyard. It is a small room with no ventilation on all sides. It is not big and there are few things piled up. Pitiful.

"That's all for decades of family wealth? Either Yu Yushi is too good at hiding things, or there are doubts about this case." Shen Jia turned around, and the first thing he looked at was a box containing real money. After counting, more than 300 taels of silver and 100 taels of gold are not too much.

Lu Baihu glanced at Shen Jia, and said aggressively: "Commander Lu personally verified this case, there is absolutely no possibility of wrong judgment!"

Lu Baihu also knew what people outside said, they just felt that Jin Yiwei deliberately wronged Tong, but their faction was not Ling Jingyun, and they never did such frame-up activities.

Shen Jia smiled, nodded and said, "I'm not suspicious of Commander Lu, but I'm worried that if I can't find the stolen money hidden at home, I won't be able to explain to the world."

"Hmph, just wait, we will definitely find it!" Lu Baihu cleared out all the shelves in the warehouse, and moved the things out after Shen Jia finished counting, and soon there was an empty room left.

If the Yu family really had hidden things, then the warehouse should be a good place, but Lu Baihu pried every brick on the floor and drilled many holes in the walls, but he didn't find the secret room.

Shen Jia went to other rooms after registering, and it took nearly a day to count the things in all the rooms. After a little calculation, the total assets did not exceed ten thousand, which is really not good for a second-rank imperial censor. considered rich.

Cao Ruiwen was covered in dust, walking back and forth in the small garden with his hands behind his back, his brows were furrowed, he must also be stumped.

Shen Jia walked up to him, glanced at the sky, and asked, "Do you want to continue looking today?"

Cao Ruiwen nodded: "It's best to check it all at once, so as not to make mistakes."

"Have you searched for every room?"

"More than that, every inch of the garden has been turned over." Cao Ruiwen guessed that the stolen money of the Yu family might not be hidden at home.

"Is there any other real estate under the name of Mr. Yu?"

"Master Yu has bought several houses in his life, but they are all for the younger generation to live in. There is no vacant yard, but the properties under the names of the female members of the Yu family have not had time to check."

"It's like looking for a needle in a haystack. Why don't you just ask your family members."

Lu Baihu came over with a disheveled face, spat out the sand in his mouth, and sneered, "Yu's family is tough. We didn't dare to torture Yu Tong when he was old, but everyone around him has been tortured, but All of them are wronged, and now it is equivalent to the magistrate bringing them back for questioning."

"Yu Yushi's eldest grandson is also in prison?"

Cao Ruiwen answered for Lu Baihu: "Master Shen doesn't know something. Yu Yushi's eldest grandson is a deaf-mute, and because of this, Yu Yushi has been taken by his side to take care of him. It doesn't mean much to him to torture him. He won't Said."

Shen Jia nodded, looked at the small pond in front of her and asked, "Has it been dug here?"

Lu Baihu's eyes lit up, and he called Jin Yiwei to start draining the pool. He tossed it all the way to the height of the moon, and the pond was also searched, but nothing abnormal was found.

Ling Jingyun also came after dark, but he didn't interfere with the Jinyiwei's work. He just watched from the sidelines. Seeing a group of Jinyiwei covered in mud, he smiled and said, "This is the cleanest pond I have ever seen."

Shen Jia didn't want to understand the meaning of this sentence at first, but suddenly realized when he left Yu's house. He probably meant that Yu's pond had nothing but a pool of water and silt, not even a single fish. Isn't it clean?

"Is there a problem with this pond?" He walked beside Ling Jingyun and asked him.

"Probably not, it's probably just that the hostess in this mansion is not good at taking care of it."

Shen Jia thought about the list of Yu's family. Yu Tong's wife died of illness a long time ago, and his eldest grandson married a wife who was not of high family background and was said to be a virtuous one, but a small pond might indeed be overlooked by the hostess.

After checking Yu's mansion, starting tomorrow, the mansions of other members of the Yu family must be seized, but if he is Yu Tong, if he is greedy for such a silver tael, he will definitely not put it in the mansion of his descendants. Whether it is safe or not is another matter, then Large sums of money are the easiest way to lose yourself.

He glanced back at the sealed gate of Yu's house and thought: If the things are really hidden here, then Yu Tong is really a master.

A group of people went to the palace overnight to report on the situation of the house raids. Cao Ruiwen asked for the emperor's letter to search the residences of the descendants of Yu's family tomorrow.

Zhao Zhang took a look at Shen Jia, nodded and said, "The rest of the Yu family have already taken care of them, you go and walk through them all, and don't move your things for now, until you find the stolen money."

"The minister obeys the order."

"Thank you for your hard work, everyone, go back and rest." Seeing that their clothes were all covered with mud, Zhao Zhang didn't want to keep them.

Shen Jia originally wanted to stay and talk to Zhao Zhang, but everyone couldn't find an excuse, so he had to leave with everyone, and when he returned home, the servants came to tell him that the emperor was coming.

He hurried back to the yard, opened the door and saw Zhao Zhang sitting behind the desk in a normal suit, reading a drawing in his hand.

"What are you looking at?" He walked over and asked.

"Ling Jingyun sent the layout map of Yu's mansion. He thinks that Yu Yushi is unlikely to hide the dirty money elsewhere, so I will see if there are any omissions."

Shen Jia walked around Yu's house today and knew the terrain very well, so she sat next to him and looked at it together, and explained to him what's in every place.

"There are not many servants in Yu's mansion, but if you want to hide things, you must hide them in a place close to you, so the focus should be on these few rooms in the backyard and Yu Tong's study."

"Is it possible that Yu Tong's deposit is a bank note? If it is a paper bank note, there will be more places to hide it."

"It shouldn't be possible. The bank notes can be found at the bank. Yu Tong doesn't have that much courage."

"It may also be somewhere outside the mansion, such as the fields and mountains under the name of Yu's family. If it is in the mountains, it would be too easy to dig a place to bury a few boxes of silver."

"But the risk is too great, and it's not convenient to check and access." Zhao Zhang has also raided many corrupt officials, and the places where everyone hides money are really full of tricks. Just made some achievements.

Shen Jia looked at the drawings and said: "If it doesn't work, we should demolish the whole Yufu. In the walls, in the pillars, and even under the stove in the kitchen, take a look at all the places. If you can't find it, then It shouldn't really be there."

Zhao Zhang patted his head and joked, "If Mr. Shen becomes a corrupt official in the future, where are you going to hide the money?"

Shen Jia really thought about it seriously, shifted his thinking, maybe he could also guess Yu Tong's mind?

"The first should be a conspicuous but unimportant wall. It is safer to hide gold and silver in the wall, and you can watch it day and night, so you can feel at ease."

"In the early years of Qingjia, I raided the mansion of an official from the transfer department. It is said that the dirty silver was hidden in the walls. I am afraid that corrupt officials will not dare to hide there after that."

"No wonder Lu Baihu checked every wall today."

"Think again."

Shen Jia thought about it, it should not be possible to go underground, digging three feet is too easy, every inch of Yu Mansion has been dug up today and nothing can be found, unless Yu Tongzang is deep.

"I reminded them to check the pond today, but there was nothing. If it was me, where else could I hide?" Shen Jia couldn't figure it out even if she wanted to be bald.

Zhao Zhang shook his head and said, "Then don't be a corrupt official in the future, otherwise you won't even be able to hide money well."

Shen Jia said proudly: "My man is the richest man in the world, why should I be greedy?"

"That's true." Zhao Zhang nodded seriously.

Seeing that it was getting late, Zhao Zhang asked someone to bring water to wash and then went to bed. Shen Jia lay down and closed his eyes. They are busy people, and they don’t have enough time to sleep every day, so they have less time to do things. There are very few of them.

Shen Jia lay on Zhao Zhang's shoulders, wrapped his arms around his waist, and fell asleep shortly after closing his eyes. Zhao Zhang turned off the bedside lamp, and the room was plunged into darkness. Get up, "ah".

Zhao Zhang opened his eyes and asked, "What's wrong? Did you have a nightmare?"

Shen Jia was still a little dazed, and replied after a while: "No, I was dreaming, dreaming that I was greedy for countless gold and silver treasures, and then I hid him."

Zhao Zhang laughed in a low voice. It was really a day and night dream, so he followed the topic and asked, "Where did you hide it? Tell me so that it will not be easy for me to find it."

"I brought them back to my hometown and hid them in the ancestral hall of the old house." Shen Jia didn't know why she suddenly thought of this place, it seemed that it was safer to hide them far away, and in this way, he would be able to see them when he returned home. He can spend recklessly, and no one will pay attention to his expenses when he is not an official.

Zhao Zhang pulled him down to lie down and said with a smile, "That's a good idea. Tomorrow I will ask Jin Yiwei to check the ancestral house and ancestral hall of Yu's family."

When Zhao Zhang said this, he didn't expect much. Yu Tong's hometown was in a county near Changzhou, which was not under the jurisdiction of Changzhou, so no one objected to Yu Tong's son being the prefect of Changzhou.

It must take many days to go back and forth, and Changan is also conducting inspections in order. After ten days, all properties under the name of the Yu family have been inspected, but no dirty money has been found. More and more public opinion discusses this matter, saying that Yu Yushi was framed by Jin Yiwei, otherwise how could he not find the stolen money?

"Jin Yiwei's power is too great. When the late emperor was here, Jin Yiwei was a pack of hungry wolves. Wherever there is meat, there will be meat. I didn't expect it to be like this now."

"Natural nature is hard to change. It would be strange if Jin Yiwei became a good person one day. Yu Yushi has always dared to speak out and do it. In recent years, he has been impeaching Jin Yiwei's deputy commander. It is probably revenge."

"Your majesty is a wise king, how can you allow such a thing to happen?"

"The emperor is also a human being. Jin Yiwei has prepared all the witnesses and evidences. Who wouldn't believe it? But I heard that Yu Yushi's disciples are going to avenge their mentor, and I don't know if they can clear Yu Yushi's charges."

"Hey, if Yu Yushi is really killed this time, then more and more upright officials will definitely be framed in the future. I really don't know how dark the court will be in the long run."

"Shh, I don't dare to say such things. Jin Yiwei has eyes and ears all over Chang'an. If we are heard, we will die."

"Let's not talk anymore, this has nothing to do with us. I heard that the former number one beauty in Chang'an is going to get married, and I don't know what she will look like on the day of her wedding."

"No matter how beautiful she was, she was married before, and she was a bit older, but the person she married was already extremely handsome. This combination is really a match made in heaven. It is estimated that in 20 years, their daughter will be born again. It can become the most beautiful place in Chang'an."

"Then let's go and see this handsome bridegroom welcome him tomorrow, shall we?"

The next day was the day when Shen Jia got married. Dajin officials were married for five days. Shen Jia went home two days early, but it seemed that nothing happened to him. He just needed to wear wedding clothes and ride a horse to meet the bride .

The Shen family still has relatives and friends in various places. This time, Shen Jia also sent a message to the close relatives and friends. In the past two days, relatives and friends have arrived one after another. The Shen residence cannot accommodate so many people, so they arranged for them to stay in the nearest inn .

Shen Jia usually received guests. Most of these people were from grandparents, and he didn't know most of them. But for his current official position, almost all of them brought the most promising children in the family, hoping to borrow Shen Jia's help. Only to find a good way out for the children and grandchildren.

The day before getting married, Shen Jia welcomed her grandfather's family with dozens of carts of things, most of which were dowry for Kang Yun. This time they came to Chang'an, they would stay until Kang Yun got married before going back, so they brought the dowry by the way. up.

Shi Ye was bound to be there that day, his parents-in-law hadn't seen him as a son-in-law yet, and although Shen Jia had written a lot in the letter, he still felt uneasy if he didn't see anyone.

After meeting people, he felt that it was unbelievable that Shi Ye was willing to marry Kang Yun as his wife with such a good looks and family background, so he asked Shen Jia a lot of questions in private.

"Is there anything wrong with this child?" Grandma asked very straightforwardly.

Shen Jia couldn't laugh or cry, "Of course not, why do you think so? If there is something wrong, how would my mother dare to introduce it to my cousin?"

"Of course this kind of thing is a secret, you may not know it."

"You really don't have to worry, he is my good friend, if he dares to cheat on the marriage, I will never forgive him!" Shen Jia assured.

The grandfather's family had just arrived and didn't know Shen Jia's status in the imperial court. Although they knew that he was a fifth-rank official, the commander of the Jinwu Guard was a fourth-rank official, and the Shi family was also a family with status and background in Chang'an. They couldn't be compared. What can I do if I am really bullied?

But this didn't happen after all. It was not easy to find a good family in Kang Yun's situation. Now that there is such a good family, they are more happy than worried.

"That's good, this son-in-law has nothing to say. Most of the dowry we prepared before could not be transported over long distances, so we have to wait until Jiajia's marriage is over before slowly preparing it." The Kang family discussed this matter Yes, even doubled the dowry that was originally prepared, just like that, it still felt insufficient.

On the day when Shen Jia welcomed the bride, the weather was excellent and the autumn air was crisp. He Yan came to knock on the door early in the morning, but Shen Jia couldn't get up. Last night, Zhao Zhang was like crazy, asking endlessly. There is no good skin up and down.

"Master, you have to get up and get ready, it won't be good if you miss the hour." He Yan knew that at this point that person must have gone to court, otherwise he wouldn't dare to knock on the door even if he was given ten guts.

But he didn't know that Zhao Zhang was late on purpose today and pressed Shen Jia on the bed to prevent him from getting up.

"Don't make trouble, if you hold me down again, I'll fall apart." Shen Jia said hoarsely.

Zhao Zhang didn't really want him to get up, but he just didn't want to part with him, so he said to him, "Just say you're sick, so why don't you go greet your relatives instead?"

"Isn't that bad?" Shen Jia stared, and joked, "Did someone replace you when you married the queen?"

Zhao Zhang had nothing to say, how could he find someone to replace him on an occasion like the Empress Dowager Ceremony?He got up and dressed, then helped Shen Jia up, put the clothes on him with his own hands, and carried him to the bathroom to take a shower.

"What time is it, are you really ready to go to court today?" Shen Jia asked him while lying on the bathtub.

Zhao Zhang raised his eyebrows, "Why, you don't want to see me here?"

"That's not true, but do you want to watch and get married? I don't care, as long as you can watch it."

Zhao Zhang waited for him to get up after taking a bath, and put on the wedding clothes for him one by one with his own hands. Looking at Shen Jia in the red wedding dress, his eyes became extremely dangerous.

"No, your eyes give me the illusion that I won't be able to leave this room today." Shen Jia slipped away from Zhao Zhang with her arms folded, ran out the door, and said with a smile, "I'm going first, I'll treat you to a wedding wine tonight." .”

Zhao Zhang saw him striding like flying, and snorted coldly: "Sure enough, you lied to me, and you said that your whole body is sore..." He sorted out his description, and then went back to the palace.

The court meeting was going on as usual, but Zhao Zhang's heart was not in the Golden Luan Hall. Counting the time, he wondered whether Shen Jia had already gone out to meet the bride, whether he had met the bride, and whether he was stopped by people from the Liu residence to make things difficult for him.

"Your majesty..." Mr. Du coughed hard, reminding the emperor to regain his senses.

"Huh? What are you talking about?" Zhao Zhang didn't hide his distraction at all.

Several censors from the Metropolitan Procuratorate jointly filed a petition, asking the emperor to retry Yu Tong's case, and appealing for Yu Tong's grievances one by one.

Zhao Zhang said flatly: "The third department is following up on this matter. The evidence has been verified almost, and the officials from all over the country have also taken what should be taken. The case will not be officially opened until the criminals are arrested and brought to Beijing. Now we You don’t have to worry about the verdict yet.”

"Your Majesty, Yu Yushi is getting old, and he can't bear the torture of Zhao Prison. Can you imprison him in the mansion?"

"Loves, don't worry, no one dares to deal with general punishment. He lives in a very good place. The imperial doctor will follow up with him every day. He will definitely not cause any problems with his health. With this time, you should think about it carefully. , Is there anything unusual about Yu Shi in the past? A person can't pretend to be flawless for decades."

"Your Majesty, Yu Yushi is really an upright official. I have known Yu Yushi for decades, and the relationship between the two families is very secret. I have never seen Yu's family rich. If he is really greedy for a huge amount of wealth, how can I find him?" What about the stolen money?"

"Yes, Your Majesty, I also feel that there must be something strange about this case. Maybe the charges against Mr. Yu are false." Other officials also stood up to speak for Yu Tong.

When this case first happened, everyone didn't know the truth and dared not come out to speak for him, but after more than ten days, the dirty money was not found, coupled with public opinion, many officials also believed that Yu Tong was framed by Jin Yiwei .

Some people even suspect that the emperor secretly agreed to this matter, otherwise why would Yu Shi be sent to prison without careful investigation?But there is no reason, Yu Yushi did not make a mistake, nor did he offend the emperor.

Everyone can't figure it out, but they are also willing to plead for Yu Shi's mercy. Although Yu Shi usually offends people and has a lot of hatred, there are also many officials who admire them. Even some generals once admired Yu Shi. Yushi's.

Zhao Zhang did not refute everyone's request, "Since the lovers are begging for mercy, Yutong will be moved out of Zhao Prison and put in the prison of the Ministry of Criminal Justice. No one will be allowed to visit. The judgment will be made after the case is finalized. Yu's family members will continue to be locked up." , the female relatives are under the care of the mansion, this matter cannot be discussed again, and the public opinion of the people is also slightly controlled, I don't want public opinion to influence the justice of the trial!"

"Emperor Shengming!"