Chapter 168: Showing My Sister and Aunt the New House

When Shangshu Sun arrived at the imperial study, there were only three people in the spacious and luxurious space, and they were Emperor Yuan Jing, who was high up on the imperial throne; the wily and resourceful Chief Minister Wang; and the Great Qing Yi, who was slightly frosty at the temples.

Lord Shangshu habitually glanced at the chief minister’s eldest brother, and found that the other party’s face was grave and his eyes were sunken, which made Shangshu Sun, who had thought that it was just an ordinary small court meeting, froze.

What demon is Wei Yuan making again …. He instantly scrutinized the Great Qing Yi sideways, but this talented and intelligent Great Eunuch had a gentle temperament and was deeply introverted, calling out that one could not penetrate his inner thoughts.

Sun Shangshu surged with a bad feeling, and after saluting, he stood silently in the position that belonged to him.

Time passed by, the ministers arrived one after another, bowed and took their places, Emperor Yuan Jing was resting his eyes the entire time until he heard the voice of the Minister of Public Works.

Emperor Yuan Jing opened his eyes and looked down on the ministers, those who could participate in the small court meeting were at the level of bigwigs, ordinary high officials were not qualified.

“Wei Aiqing, speak with the ministers.”

Wei Yuan answered the voice out of the column, said: “Last night, the watchman in the inner city found a keep luan children and private prostitutes of the people’s residence, those women were originally a good family, the teenagers are also the children of ordinary people. They were taken captive by traffickers and held here, and were forced to serve the guests who came to the mansion at night to buy drunkenness ….”

“Last night the night watchmen thundered out and rounded up this nest of thieves, capturing thirteen of the johns, ten of whom had official positions and three of whom were huge merchants in the capital. In addition, the watchmen salvaged forty skeletons from the well in the backyard, all of which were mutilated good families.”

Wei Yuan’s words stirred up a huge storm in the imperial study, and the ministers talked loudly, not caring about the rule of silence in the imperial meeting.

Human trafficking, keeping private prostitutes, power and color trading …. Any one of these items can bring the officials involved to their doom, especially during the Jingcha period, which can’t even be covered up.

But Wei Yuan’s words are not finished, another major news to shake out: “According to the investigation, the owner of the private house and the witch god religion sorcerer involved, the well carved in the ghost-raising incantation is the evidence. The owner of the private house confessed that he was working for Liu Shangshu of the Ministry of Public Works. That private house serves as both a place for gangsterism and a base for secret contact with the Witch God Cult.”

The ministers were in an uproar.

If a moment ago still maintained a certain image, now it has become a food market, some people scolded Wei Yuan climbed to slander, while some people proposed to behead Wei Yuan dog head.

The big eunuch who served by Emperor Yuan Jing’s side shouted three times for silence, but still did not suppress the chaotic scene.

Gangsterism, human trafficking, forcing good people to become prostitutes, all of these are within the realm of criminal offenses. But colluding with the Witch God Cult is different, it’s wanted for treason.

According to the law of the Daebung, those who collaborate with the enemy and commit treason will be razed to nine clans.

“Pah!” Emperor Yuan Jing slapped the table, and the imperial study was instantly silent as his stern eyes swept over the ministers and landed on Chief Minister Wang Zhenwen.

“What does Secretary Wang think?”

The First Minister stepped forward and said in a deep voice, “This matter should be thoroughly investigated and not be tolerated.”

This sounded like making peace, but the Minister of Justice, Sun Shangshu, keenly sensed that his big brother was favoring Wei Yuan, and he immediately understood what his big brother meant.

Standing for the words of the Minister of Industry, at best, it is selling a great favor, as well as cutting Wei Yuan’s face.

Standing on Wei Yuan’s word, once it’s verified, the Minister of Public Works is finished. The Qi Party has lost a leader.

In the Sangpo case, the Wang Party had tried to frame the Minister of Public Works and deal a heavy blow to the Qi Party. Although it failed, it was a real opportunity at the moment.

Emperor Yuan Jing looked at Wei Yuan, “Where are the prisoners?”

Wei Yuan shook his head and sighed, “The culprits were already killed by a witchcraft spell last night, and there is no proof of their deaths.”

Emperor Yuan Jing frowned.

The imperial study was immediately plunged into dead silence, and the ministers looked at Wei Yuan with odd eyes, as if to say: there is no picture you say a few things.

The Chief Counselor Wang Zhenwen, who had nurtured his qi as if it was pure fire, turned his head sideways and also frowned at Wei Yuan.

The corner of the Ministry of Public Works Minister’s mouth hooked and he sneered as he stepped out of the line, exclaiming, “Your Majesty, I am unjustly accused. Wei Yuan has slandered meager ministers, please be your majesty’s judge.”

Emperor Yuan Jing sank his face, “Wei Yuan, what do you have to say?”

Wei Yuan was calm and collected, and said aloud, “I ask Your Majesty to summon Causeway Xu Qi’an.”

Causeway Xu Qi An …. The faces of the ministers who heard this name were suddenly strange. Based on the last incident with Zhou Chixiong, summoning Xu Qi’an at this juncture made the ministers realize that there was still a follow-up to the matter and Wei Yuan was hiding a hand.

Members of the Wang Party, in particular, developed mild PTSD over the phrase “summoning Xu Qi’an”.

The Minister of Industry blushed slightly, but quickly hid his emotions and kept his composure.

Emperor Yuan Jing was silent for a few seconds and said, “Declare.”

Ten minutes later, Xu Qi’an, who wore a basalt-colored black robe, hung a gong, and carried a cloak, entered the imperial study, and the black and gold longsword hanging from his back waist was seized.

Accompanying them were Chu Caiwei and two of the white clothes of the Divine Constabulary.

“Greetings, Your Majesty.” Xu Qi’an bowed and bowed.

Emperor Yuan Jing looked at the small gong impassively. Wei Yuan twisted his head and laughed, “Tell His Majesty about your discovery.”

Xu Qi An immediately told the story of how he had planned to use the silver rewarded by His Majesty to purchase a property, only to find a haunted mansion, and then, through empathy, discovered the private house …. told the story as it was.

The more the Minister of Public Works listened, the more ugly his face became, and a heart slowly sank.

The man has been killed, and the night watchman was obviously furious about it last night …. They have no evidence and want to scam this official …. The Minister of Works stabilized his emotions and snorted in his heart.

This official has been in office for half a lifetime, and has experienced many storms, just this little trick, heh.

After Xu Qi’an finished speaking, he saw that Emperor Yuan Jing was impassive and expressionless. So he added, “The female ghost was put away in the Feng Shui disk of Miss Caiwei of the Si Tian Supervisor, if your majesty wants to verify it, you can pick someone you trust and empathize with the female ghost.”

After saying that, he thought darkly in his heart: must find a man to empathize ah.

Emperor Yuan Jing pondered for a moment and looked at the big eunuch beside him, if it was said that who on the scene had the most trust in him, naturally, it was this big companion who had been serving by his side since he was young.

“I am willing to lay down my life for Your Majesty.” The Grand Eunuch crouched down and said.

“Don’t panic, eunuch, it’s nothing serious.” Xu Qi’an saw that the grand eunuch was a bit terrified, thinking that the other party did not know what empathy was, and spoke out to comfort him.

But don’t worry, it’s like watching a movie, the exact feeling is not there.

Xu Qi’an felt that it was a boon for the eunuchs.

Chu Caiwei took out the Feng Shui disk and came in front of the big eunuch, the Feng Shui disk bloomed with clear light, and the taiji fish rotated and popped out a black mist.

She gently flicked and flicked the black mist to the center of the grand eunuch’s brow, who subconsciously leaned back in an attempt to avoid it. In the next moment, the black mist invaded the other party’s Yuan Shen.

Chu Caiwei’s jade finger pointed at his brow to help him fuse with the female ghost, otherwise with the strength of the Grand Eunuch’s Yuan Shen, he might be assimilated by the resentful spirit and not be able to tell who he was.

Emperor Yuan Jing and the ministers in the study observed the Grand Eunuch, watching his face suddenly become fearful, suddenly hideous, suddenly desperate, and suddenly agonized.

The process lasted for a quarter of an hour, and Chu Caiwei drew out her jade finger, while simultaneously drawing out the black mist and retrieving the Feng Shui disk once again.

The big eunuch “嘤” let out a cry, opened his eyes, kneeled down and cried: “Your Majesty, Your Majesty you have to be the master of the slave girl ah ….”

As he cried, he suddenly reacted to the fact that he was a man, or at least he used to be. All the things he had experienced in the past were the memories of the female ghost, not his own.

After comprehending this level, the great eunuch wiped away his tears, his face gradually recovering, his tone still somewhat mournful, “Your Majesty, the slave girl saw it all.”

Emperor Yuan Jing nodded, “Speak.”

He whirled around and looked at the three white coats of the Heavenly Superintendent, including Chu Caiwei, and when he saw the clear qi flowing in their eyes, he reassured himself by returning his gaze to the Grand Eunuch.

“The slave girl saw that she was taken captive and sent to the capital, where she was forced to serve the guests who bought the pleasure every day…no, the guests all don’t pay silver.”

The ministers looked at each other, so it seems that what Wei Yuan said is true. This is a private house that abducts good families and forces them into prostitution.

“Later, she served a guest called Tamraha, was appreciated by him, and became his paramour.”

Tamraha …. It’s an alien name.

Emperor Yuan Jing narrowed his eyes, glanced at the Minister of Public Works, and nodded, “What happened afterward?”

“One night, she overheard a secret conversation and heard the words “artillery” and “instruments” and was brutally murdered and thrown into a well. The slave girl saw that the person with whom Tamraha was talking…”

Speaking here, the Grand Eunuch twisted his head, pointed at the Minister of Public Works, and said in a shrill voice, “That’s Minister Liu.”

Emperor Yuan Jing’s face instantly turned iron blue.

The imperial study room exploded, the wind turned sharply, the ministers turned the spearhead to attack the Minister of Public Works. In particular, the Secretary of the Da Lisi reacted fiercely, emotional speech, denounced Liu Shangshu does not do son.

In the midst of a vocal attack, the Secretary of the Ministry of Public Works had a face like dirt, like a lifeless puppet.

…..

Leaving the palace, Xu Qi’an rode, alongside Wei Yuan’s carriage.

“Duke Wei, the Minister of Public Works is one of the leaders of the Qi Party, yanking him in your hands can uproot the Qi Party.” Xu Qi’an said in a deep voice.

In the carriage, came Wei Yuan’s lost laughter, “Now is not the time to pull out the Qi Party, without the Qi Party, the biggest beneficiary is not us.”

Xu Qi’an, whose political battles belonged to the silver level, didn’t dwell on the topic, and turned to test the waters, “Can I be counted as wearing my sins?”

Wei Yuan gave a “hmm” and said, “The Ministry of Justice will not arrest you again, but for the rest of the robbers, it will depend on His Majesty’s wishes. Later on, I will send a folding document to the palace.”

Well, I’ll leave it to Wei Yuan to handle these matters …. The matter of my promotion to the silver gongs should be very secure ….. Let’s go home first and appease Second Uncle and Auntie.

Xu Qi’an immediately took his leave, bid farewell to Wei Yuan, patted the little mare’s rump, and rushed toward the outer city in a flurry.

Second Uncle was on duty and not in the house. There was only the aunt and the two sisters at home.

Auntie sat in a chair in the front room, drinking tea and eating snacks, occasionally feeding a mouthful to the little beanie playing with a wooden toy.

She was wearing a dark green colored Luo dress, her hair was pulled high, with a nice golden step, and her beautiful face was exquisitely made up.

Seeing her unlucky nephew return, the aunt’s face changed slightly and she pressed her voice to say urgently:

“What are you doing back here, your second uncle said the neighborhood is full of secret agents from the Ministry of Justice, get out.”

“Cauldron Cauldron…” greeted Xu Lingyin cheerfully, braking sharply in front of him, her small body swaying and raising her small, palm-sized face:

“Did you bring back any good food.”

“No.”

Xu Qi’an coldly shattered his young sister’s keen expectations.

“Oh.”

Xu Lingyin was also a realistic girl, immediately abandoning her big brother as if he was a deadbeat, shaking her little butt, she went to play by herself.

Xu Qi’an didn’t want to bother with her aunt, walking over to the side of the case and reaching for the pastries, she was slapped away by the beautiful woman, glaring, “I’m talking to you.”

Xu Qi’an said carelessly, “Things have leveled out, I’m coming back to tell the know.”

Hearing that the matter had been settled, a slight smile appeared on the aunt’s face, which quickly tightened again, and she chided, “All you know is to cause trouble all day long, can’t you give the family a peaceful life?”

From the beginning of the tax and silver case, the incident has never subsided, and it has been a problem every now and then. Auntie has gotten used to it from the initial worry and fear.

This is not good.

Xu Qi’an ignored his aunt’s beeping and said, “I’ve already chosen a mansion and want to take Ling Yue and Suzume to see it, will auntie go?”

Hearing the selected mansion again, her beautiful eyes brushed brightly, and she said haughtily, “In any case, there’s nothing to do, so I’ll go along with you to take a look.”

PS: I’m going to code chapter 3, it’s after midnight, so you can read it tomorrow. Remember to catch bugs.