Arrest the person

Today I have seen the master's methods! It is really eye-opening to be able to get money from that little fat man.

Jiangnan was very happy all the way home, thinking about the master's great plan, and felt that there were mountains of gold and silver in front of him.

When he arrived home, the maid Xiao Cui stumbled up and said that the lady was crying sadly and there was no way to comfort her.

After hearing this, Jiangnan went to his mother's room. Soon, a "30-year-old woman" came out, and after a few words, the room was quiet.

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As for Xia Shang, how could he be unhappy to receive a hundred taels of gold for no reason? He expected that the fat man would agree to his conditions in two days.

The little fat man was not an idiot. He knew the interests involved. If he wanted to make money, he would definitely agree, because it was better to make money than to lose money.

Now that a hundred taels of gold had been invested, he had to grit his teeth and do this hard work.

What we need to do now is to write the follow-up content quickly, accumulate some start-up funds first, and then find another way.

Now that Yangzhou City has stabilized, we will go to Suzhou next, and then we can find Shangguan Chan naturally.

With a good blueprint, Xia Shang felt that the road ahead was bright.

But when he returned home, he saw a team of officers and soldiers surrounding the door, and his wife was holding a sword on the neck of the head of the police, and the atmosphere was extremely tense!

Xia Shang was frightened. If his wife's sword fell, it would definitely cause a lot of waves.

Xia Shang is not capable of challenging the court now! No matter what, he can't directly conflict with the court.

"Stop it!"

Xia Shang shouted and rushed into the crowd, retreated a few ragged constables, and came to Qin Huairou, snatching the sword from her hand.

The head of the police finally breathed a sigh of relief. His legs were shaking with fear, and he stepped back repeatedly. He was supported and comforted by several of his subordinates.

Why did the police come to his house when there was nothing wrong?

Could it be that it was a conspiracy, and they had found out that Liu Xun's death was related to him?

Xia Shang was unsure, and asked loudly: "We can talk about it. What happened?"

"My husband! They want to arrest you!"

The head of the police recovered his breath and gnashed his teeth in hatred. He was the head of the Tangtang County Court, but a woman had a sword on his neck in front of his subordinates! It was a disgrace.

"You shrew, how dare you attempt to murder an official of the imperial court!"

"You are a ninth-rank servant! How dare you yell in front of me! Don't you even ask who I am! I am Qin Huairou, the granddaughter of Qin Shigong. When my grandfather and Emperor Taizu were fighting for the country, you didn't know where to survive! You dare to yell? Believe it or not, your county magistrate will lose his official hat!"

Qin Huairou is tall, and her angry shout scared the head of the police.

She turned out to be the granddaughter of General Qin!

Although she is a married daughter, the Qin family is no longer the same as before.

But a lean camel is bigger than a horse, how can a head of the police in a small county dare to provoke her?

And there was an order from above to bring the owner of this house back...

Xia Shang saw his wife playing the bad guy, so he quickly played the good guy: "Sir, please don't blame me for my hot temper. What's the matter? Tell me."

The word "sir" gave the head constable a way out. The head constable had no expression on his face, but he recognized Xia Shang's feelings in his heart and whispered: "You are the young master of the Xia family who used to run the Xia family winery, right?"

"That's right."

"Before, your Xia family evaded taxes, and the prefect personally sentenced to confiscate all the family property. But you just moved to Yulin County a few days ago, but you are extravagant, buying things, repairing courtyards, and spending a lot! Where did the money come from? The county magistrate thought that you had hidden the family wealth and didn't give it all to the government. I have come to investigate the court. "

Xia Shang smiled: "Oh, that's what happened. These silvers were earned by Xia through other channels after he came to Yulin County. The silver earned again after the house was confiscated should not be included in the list of surrenders, right?"

"The county magistrate said that you will be sent to the government office first, and we will talk about the rest later."

Qin Huairou glared at him: "My husband! These people are too much. We finally have some hope in Yulin County, and they come to bully our family again! Isn't it enough to force my father-in-law and mother-in-law to death? Don't stop me, I will kill two runners today, and see what the county magistrate or prefect can do to me!"

These runners in front of him said they were working for the court, but they were also poor people at the bottom.

In a county, if the county magistrate is not good, his subordinates will live miserably and can't even wear a decent official uniform.

If one or two constables really died here, and word got out to the higher-ups, no one would care when they heard it was General Qin's granddaughter who did it.

As soon as Qin Huairou spoke, five or six constables took two steps back, breaking out in cold sweats.

Someone pulled the corner of the captain's clothes: "Boss, this... let's go. Let's go back and see what the master says."

The captain gritted his teeth, sweating profusely, and squeezed out a sentence from his teeth: "When I came here, the master said that we must take the young master of the Xia family back no matter what. How can we report it if we leave like this?"

Just when the team was in a dilemma, Xia Shang said: "Don't be nervous, I will go with you and explain it to the county magistrate."

"Sir, why are you going there?"

"Madam, I know my limits!"

"Then I will go with my husband!"

"No need, the county magistrate of our Yulin County is fair and honest, can he be tortured into confessing?"

When the constables heard this, they said in a row: "Yes, yes, yes, our master is only asking questions. As long as you can explain the source of the money and it is indeed not hidden, we will definitely send the young master Xia back."

Qin Huairou was still worried and felt that this matter was strange.

Xia Shang comforted her and let her stop following.

Even Qin Huairou could see that something was fishy, ​​so how could Xia Shang not see it?

Why would a county magistrate keep an eye on ordinary people coming from Yangzhou City?

And because the county was short of manpower, there was not even a government register for population. Xia Shang's identity information had not yet been entered into the list of Yulin County!

Logically, the county magistrate would not know Xia Shang's true identity.

But the fact is that he knew it, proving that it could only be that the Yangzhou prefect was still keeping an eye on the Xia family.

As for why?

The reason is very simple.

Although the Xia family was not the richest in Yangzhou before, they were also first-class merchants.

How much silver would be deposited into the warehouse after the family property and industry were confiscated?

No one could tell.

Recalling the first time he entered Yichun Courtyard that day, there was a table of aggressive and reckless men beside Xia Shang, with calluses on his palms. When he was angry, he habitually made the action of drawing a sword. It was clearly the prefect's official.

At that time, Miss Xian'er had to pay two hundred taels of silver to select her guests.

How much was the monthly salary of the prefect's officials? How could they afford to spend money at Yichunyuan?

At that time, the Xia family had just been raided.

This meant that the prefect had embezzled money and distributed the money to his subordinates.

The prefect was guilty and was afraid that the remnants of the Xia family would expose the account, so he kept an eye on Xia Shang.

Liu Xun also said that the prefect wanted to kill him.

But Liu Xun did not do so, which proved that the prefect did not dare to go against Liu Xun's wishes before.

Now that Liu Xun is dead, no one will stop him, so the prefect immediately jumped out to punish Xia Shang.