The return of the son-in-law

Besides, for Guo Zhan'an, after several days of interrogation, several yamen servants recorded the answers of many young masters, ladies and servants in the Liu Mansion into a book and handed them over to Guo Zhan'an.

It took him two days to read these books, and he found a yamen servant and asked, "Why isn't the family of the chief housekeeper of the Liu Mansion listed in this book?"

The yamen servant thought for a while and replied: "My lord, the Liu family ransacked the house on the sixth day, and the prison is full of people from the Liu family. Seeing that there will be no more people in the prison, the person in charge of the house search Then he reported it to King Liang. King Liang then ordered a group of servants from the Liu family who had nothing to do with the Liu family case to be sold. The family of the chief steward of the Liu family might have been sold that day, so there was no appear in the book."

"Perhaps? Where do so many possibilities come from? Why didn't you tell me about the salesman that day?"

"Should I tell my lord this? Your Majesty has an order for King Liang to be in charge of this raid. Since King Liang has already given the order, even if you tell your lord, your lord can't do anything, right?"

Guo Zhanan raised his eyebrows and asked, "So, do you think I'm just a display?"

The yamen servant replied respectfully: "Return to the adults, the younger ones dare not."

Guo Zhan'an didn't force him to ask, but instead asked, "How many years have you been here?"

Speaking of this, the yamen servant was very proud, raised his head and said, "My lord, I have been working in the government office for 13 years. If there is anything you don't understand, you can ask me."

Guo Zhan'an suddenly realized: "Oh? It's been 13 years. In other words, you have been a government servant for 13 years, and your qualifications are indeed much older than Jing Zhaoyin, whom His Majesty appointed."

The yamen servant didn't notice that Guo Zhan'an had something to say, so he said quite proudly, "Your Excellency, you are absurd."

Guo Zhanan changed the subject, squinted his eyes and asked him, "Then, should you sit on my chair?"

When his words reached the yamen servant's ears, it was like thunder on a sunny day.It was only then that the yamen servant realized that even though King Liang was in charge of the raid of Liu's family, his superior was still Jing Zhaoyin appointed by the emperor.After finding out about the ransacking of the house, Liang Wang went away on his own, and he would continue to work for Jing Zhaoyin here for his livelihood.

The yamen servant secretly regretted - he shouldn't look down on this young Jing Zhaoyin just because he won a reward in front of the King of Liang. You know, this Jing Zhaoyin is the companion of the current Holy Majesty, and to put it bluntly, he is His Majesty's confidant.Compared with the emperor's nine emperor uncles, the emperor's confidant is obviously more favored by the emperor.

Fortunately, this yamen servant has been struggling in this officialdom for 13 years. Once he figured this out, he immediately knelt down and kowtowed to Guo Zhanan for mercy: "My lord, forgive me, my lord! !"

These days, because of Huo Yu's murder, Guo Zhan'an has hated King Liang to the bone, and this government servant has repeatedly used the majesty of Liang King to provoke him.

"I have been a yamen servant for 13 years, and I haven't even learned the simplest truth. Do you think your 13 years have been wasted?"

The yamen servant just opened his mouth to defend himself, but he swallowed the words again, and said flatly: "My lord, forgive me, it's all my own fault. It was because I drank yellow soup last night, and now I am in a daze. , just said such nonsense, please forgive me, my lord!"

As soon as Guo Zhan'an took office, he immediately took over the matter of the Liu family's ransacking of the house. Before he had time to sort out this group of government servants, now that someone jumped out on his own initiative, he naturally would not let him off lightly.But now that the situation is tense, instead of directly letting the yamen servant suffer and hinder him after he goes out, it is better to take advantage of his eagerness to commit crimes and make meritorious service, and let him do things for him.

Guo Zhan'an had a plan in mind, and said, "Excuse me? Do you know that the butler of the Liu Mansion is also involved in this big case, and his family can be sold at this time? Forget it, you take someone to take it Here is the list, I want to see who bought the relatives of the housekeeper of the Liu Mansion."

The yamen servant thought that Guo Zhan'an had loosened up a bit, so he was overjoyed, and hurriedly said: "Please wait a moment, my lord, I will fetch the list right away."

With the intention of committing crimes and making meritorious service, the yamen servant was quick to handle the matter, and after a while, he took the list of the servants of Liu's mansion who sold it a few days ago and handed it to Guo Zhan'an.

As a result, Guo Zhanan read it three times, but he did not see the names of the relatives of the housekeeper of the Liu Mansion.

"These are the only ones sold that day?"

The yamen servant now knows everything: "My lord, all the ones that were sold that day were on this."

"Will there be any servants to sell in the future?"

The yamen servant shook his head and said, "It took seven days for everyone in the Liu family to be imprisoned. Not too many people were arrested in the next two days, so they didn't sell them again."

Guo Zhan'an threw the list on the table, and said sharply, "If it's not on this list, where are the seven or eight relatives of the housekeeper of the Liu Mansion?"

The yamen servant was startled, and hurriedly said: "My lord, this matter is not in our control. It was King Liang who ordered someone to take charge of this matter that day, and we are just helping."

"It's just helping? You said it lightly. Let me tell you, Liang Wang cannot escape the responsibility of the prisoner's disappearance, and you cannot escape the responsibility either! Liang Wang is His Majesty's Nine Emperors Uncle, so what are you?"

The yamen servant begged for mercy with a mournful face: "My lord, I really don't know. That day we were responsible for pulling those servants to the entrance of the vegetable market on West Street. If someone fell in love with them, they could take them away with the money. We all It is done according to the law of this dynasty, and all the money obtained is handed over to the public, and nothing is kept."

Of course, Guo Zhan'an didn't want such a small amount of money. The relatives of the housekeeper of Liu's house are no longer in prison, and they are not on the list of sales, which can only mean that someone secretly took these seven or eight people away.

Some time ago, King Liang took charge of the ransacking of the Liu family's house, and even kept the sale of the servants of the Liu family a secret from him. If King Liang hadn't been busy interrogating the concubine Li Bo's mother and son these days, Guo Zhan'an might not have known about it.

Guo Zhan'an had already lost the opportunity, and now he could only take advantage of Liang Wang's lack of attention, and send more people to search for the whereabouts of the relatives of the chief steward of the Liu Mansion.

"You go and get ready, I'm going to the prison to meet the big housekeeper of the Liu Mansion."

The yamen servant took the order and immediately went down to prepare.

And Guo Zhan'an called another yamen servant who was quick to do things and said: "Seven or eight people in Liu's mansion disappeared from the prison strangely. I suspect that there are traitors in the prison. If His Majesty finds out about this, we will not be able to escape." Drop it, three to five years in prison is considered light. Now I order you to pick four or five government servants who have little contact with various ministries, and go to the prison together to investigate those jailers. Remember, don’t startle the snake.”

When the yamen servant heard this, he was very panicked at first, but after hearing what Guo Zhanan said later, he seemed to have taken a reassurance, nodded and said: "Don't worry, my lord, the little one will definitely keep quiet."

"Go down and prepare, and go to the prison with me in a while."

"Yes."

Guo Zhan'an and his party arrived at the prison in a mighty manner. Seeing that the emperor's confidants had arrived, the jailers dared not neglect them.The head of the jailer was the first to greet him, led Guo Zhanan to the cleanest room in the prison, and asked his subordinates to make tea, and said flatteringly, "Master Guo is here, it's really disappointing to welcome you."

The more anxious Guo Zhanan was to find out about this matter, the more he wanted to establish a good relationship with these jailers.As the saying goes, the king of Hades is easy to see, but the imp is hard to deal with.Don't look at the jailers who are only responsible for guarding the prisoners on weekdays, all of them are big-bodied and rude, but if something happens, these jailers will cause a lot of trouble if they move their hands and feet a little bit.

"Boss Li, where is the big butler of the Liu Mansion? I have something to ask him."

Seeing that Guo Zhan'an still remembered his surname, Li Laotou was very proud - this is the celebrity in front of the emperor, Li Laotou has climbed up to Jing Zhaoyin, is it just around the corner?

"Master Guo, that person will be locked inside. If your lord wants to ask questions, I will bring him over. There, they are all people from the Liu Mansion. They have been locked up for so many days. They eat, drink and scatter inside, and the smell is so bad. How can you set foot in such a place because you have a noble status as an adult?"

Guo Zhanan said, "It's okay. I, Mr. Guo, am not a delicate person. I can go where others can go. I have been busy with ransacking the house these days, and I haven't seen these prisoners well. I'm here today. Among the servants who have nothing to do with this big case, list them out and sell them, which can just reduce your burden."

Li Baotou smiled all over his face: "Master Guo is polite, this is our responsibility, how can we say whether it is suffering or not. But what Master Guo said is right, these people are locked in prison and have to eat and drink every day. Wasting the money of the public, pulling it out and selling it early, it can be regarded as a contribution to the court, isn't it. Come on, go to the prison, call out those who are sleeping and lying on their stomachs, don't hinder Mr. Guo's work .”

Listening to prison boss Li, he really didn't know that there were seven or eight people in the prison who left the prison without going through the normal sales channels.Guo Zhan'an carefully observed the reactions of these jailers, and found that the face of the third jailer from the left had an unusual twist for a moment, and he quietly put his left hand behind his back.

Guo Zhan'an kept it in his heart, and said: "Boss Li, I brought a list with me this time. Excluding those who sold out a few days ago, the rest of the list has to be counted again. This is in accordance with the rules and regulations. Please Li Laotou don't take it to heart."

Li Baotou quickly waved his hands and said: "Master Guo is serious, we all understand this."

Guo Zhan'an smiled, and said to the yamen servant next to him: "You two should be divided into groups, each group will follow a jailer, and count the number of people in the prison again against this list."

The yamen servant nodded and said, "Yes."

Liu Yuanheng's confidant, Liu Yuanheng's chief butler, Liu Yuanheng and Liu Wenhua are both dead, and he is probably the only one who knows many of the Liu family's secrets, so Prisoner Li locked him in a prison by himself.

After this month of torment, the head butler had long since lost his usual domineering appearance, and he was lifeless. He was carried into the interrogation room by the jailer, and he didn't even bother to open his eyelids.

Guo Zhan'an saw that his body was covered with scars, so he knew that he had been tortured by the jailers in the prison these days, and a thought appeared in his mind.

"Captain Li, can I ask him alone?"

Prisoner Li didn't think much, he raised his right hand and said, "Hang up the prisoner."

Afterwards, he smiled and explained to Guo Zhan'an: "Sir, don't look at these prisoners who seem to be harmless. In fact, they are the most ruthless. Going crazy is like dying. Stay with him alone. Come on, it will take some time for us to rush in from the outside. So he is hung by an iron chain, and he can’t move even if he wants to. And the iron chain just hangs him in the air, his toes can’t touch the ground, and he can’t sleep even if he sleeps.”

Guo Zhan'an nodded and said, "I'm sorry, Prisoner Li."

"It's nothing!" Seeing Guo Zhan'an's pleasant face to him, Li Baotou knew that he was flattering in the right place, and his face was full of wrinkles with a smile, "Master Guo, my brothers and I are outside. If you have Shout out anything, once the door is closed, we can’t hear what we usually say, so we have to shout loudly.”

Li Laotou's words were firstly to explain to Guo Zhan'an what to do in case of any situation, and secondly, to let Guo Zhan'an know that he was here to ask questions, and people outside would not be able to hear them.

After all the jailers had retreated, Guo Zhan'an got up, walked slowly to the position three steps away from the chief steward, put his hands behind his back, and looked at the chief steward with great interest.

"The butler is suffering."

The butler lowered his head, as if he hadn't heard anything.

"Although King Liang told me to take care of it, but there are so many people in the prison, and there are so many guards watching, there are some things that are not well taken care of."

The butler still lowered his head, without any reaction.

Guo Zhan'an was not in a hurry, and continued: "The benefits that King Liang promised to the steward should be fulfilled. It's a pity that you kept a secret for King Liang, but King Liang didn't treat you kindly. These days, so many tortures, How much breath do you have left?"

The butler laughed, his voice was very hoarse, like fingernails rubbing against the wall: "Don't bother Mr. Guo, my old man and the master have suffered innocent injustice, even if I still have half a breath, I still have to hold on. One day when I am here, the old man and the old man will not die in vain!"

"Oh? The Liu family has already been defeated. The emperor ordered the King of Liang and I to raid the Liu family. Now all the wealth of the Liu family has been poured into the national treasury. This amount of money is not something a prime minister can save from his salary for more than ten years."

"Bah! The Liu family is not your Guo family. The Liu family has a great business. The emperor has bestowed gold, silver, jade and fertile land many times, plus the income from the Zhuangzi shops under the name of the Liu family. Naturally, it's not surprising!" The butler simply spit on the ground and continued, "It's a pity that the emperor was blinded by traitors, trusted others, misunderstood the fourth prince and the old man, and let you villains succeed!"

"Misunderstanding? Li Bo, a commoner, used the incense from the Western Regions to cause the emperor to become addicted and almost had a stroke. Is this a misunderstanding? Li Bo's mother and son were favored by the emperor, but they were ungrateful and tried to seize power. Is this a misunderstanding?" Guo Zhanan He sneered and said, "I almost forgot to tell you, I'm afraid you didn't know it when you were in prison, the emperor himself decreed that the fourth prince you mentioned had been demoted to a commoner and renamed Li Bo. As for the Liu family in the palace, That one, now I don't know if I'm cleaning the toilet, or if I'm pouring Yexiang along with others."

"You!" the butler stared at Guo Zhan'an with wide eyes when he heard the words, and cursed, "You villains, don't think that you can bully others for the rest of your life by bullying others now. Let me tell you, you will have retribution sooner or later! Li Shaojun, the emperor It happened for no apparent reason, sooner or later, the Emperor will react and behead all of you!"

Guo Zhanan laughed instead: "You can't protect yourself, so you still think about it?"

The butler smiled triumphantly: "Even if I cannot protect myself, the Liu clan has far-reaching influence in the court, do you think these can be eliminated immediately?"

"Don't talk about Chaozhong," Guo Zhan'an looked at his open left hand boredly, and said casually, "there is a jailer with a cross scar on his left face, who is here to help you quietly send your relatives out of the prison. All the confessions have been made. What a good plan. Taking advantage of the time when a large number of servants are selling them, even seven or eight people will not be able to see it. It is a pity that as long as a person is afraid, he is afraid of death, so he will say everything Out."

"Nonsense!" The butler's expression twisted, "Guo Zhan'an, you are cunning and vicious, so I won't be fooled by you!"

In fact, Guo Zhan'an saw that the jailer's expression and behavior were not quite right before, so he boldly designed a trick to trap the big butler. He was still very nervous about this adventure.But seeing the big housekeeper's reaction, Guo Zhan'an's confidence changed from [-]% to [-]%.For the rest, he has to work harder.

"You don't believe it? Think about it, how long has it been since you saw this jailer?"

In fact, this is also Guo Zhanan's guess—the jailer started to panic when he heard that he was going to count the number of people in the prison, which means that he will definitely keep a distance from the big housekeeper in order to avoid suspicion from others, and even deliberately avoid contact with the big housekeeper .In this way, the chief steward must have not seen the jailer for several days.

But the big housekeeper didn't expect this level, he thought that the jailer was really arrested for revealing his secrets, his face was covered with sweat, and he was extremely nervous.

Guo Zhan'an didn't mind adding more fire: "Do you really think that King Liang will take care of your family when he promises to take care of your family?"

The butler's reaction proved that Guo Zhan'an had succeeded in another adventure.

"What did you say? Where are they? Where are my wife and children?"

Guo Zhan'an intentionally hung him up: "Where are your wife and children? Their names were not on the sales list before, so they are still in prison. Why, you haven't seen them?"

The big butler's eyes almost burst into flames, and he roared: "Guo Zhan'an, tell me quickly, where is my wife and children? What did you do to them?"

Guo Zhanan laughed and said, "What did I do to them? I was the one who conspired with you to tell a big lie? Is it I who bought the jailer and let the jailer help them escape? Now that you know King Liang's plan, do you think he Do you still worry about you? What happens to my Yu'er, what happens to them!"

The butler looked dazed: "No, it's impossible, King Liang promised me, he promised me! As long as I help him accomplish this, he will let my family live! My youngest daughter is only nine years old. Years old! I have two sons, they are my last blood!"

Guo Zhanan won a [-]% with a big gamble, but he didn't feel any joy or pride in his heart.

Yu'er, just wait a little longer, I will soon find out who killed you.

I want him to come to your funeral!