Chapter 240 is here? [Please give me a monthly ticket! ]

The next day, Liang Yue brought a team of clerks from the Zhuxie Yamen to the Haidong Marquis Mansion.

The once magnificent mansion is now desolate.

This kind of thing is not uncommon in Longyuan City. All the mansions outside the imperial city are owned by the rich and powerful in the court. They often change owners every few years, and there are few mansions that remain unchanged for thirty years. The court is full of dangerous events, and life and death are common.

The wife of Marquis Haidong was dressed in a simple robe, with a few children and a group of family members following behind her, standing in the courtyard waiting silently.

When some servants were frightened and crying, she would glare at them and say, "Why are you crying? This time, my Lord... it's a blessing that my husband is not dead. Smile for me!"

The troops from the Ministry of Justice have surrounded the place, waiting for Liang Yue to arrive so that they can start ransacking the house.

"Liang Xianguan." The leader of the Ministry of Justice was a shrewd middle-aged man with a flattering smile on his face. "I am Shen Zhongming, the head of the Ministry of Justice. I will cooperate with you in the confiscation of the Marquis's mansion this time. I will obey Liang Xianguan's orders."

"Master Shen, we from the Evil Punishment Division are here mainly to perform supervisory duties and investigate things related to Jiuyang. It is still up to your Ministry of Justice to make the decision." Liang Yue was not used to the other party's flattery and said with a smile.

Not long ago, the leader was a person that the three siblings were intimidated by, but now he was so humble in front of them.

It stands to reason that he is just a walking official in the Department of Punishing Evils. Even if he has the title of the Crown Prince's Companion or the Sixth-Rank Immortal Official, he has no authority over the Ministry of Justice. Most of the people in the Ministry of Justice are still at odds with the Department of Punishing Evils, let alone trying to please him.

The only reason could only be because of that groundless rumor.

This is also the reason why Liang Yue is not adaptable.

"Of course, we still have to do the work." Shen Zhongming responded, "When the time comes, you, Liang Xianguan, will carefully examine the things you copied and see which ones are related to Jiuyang. You can take them back."

Xie Wenxi also gave Liang Yue some tips on the tricks of house confiscation yesterday.

The most favorite job for officials is to copy people's property. Because high-ranking officials and dignitaries have countless wealth, no one's property can be piled up and matched perfectly with the account book, so there will always be some errors.

The thugs who took action took one or two things at random, and no one cared. It was also normal for the officials in charge to report some errors. Officials who knew the rules knew that if they gave the reviewing boss the biggest share, there would be no problems with the whole process.

Shen Zhongming was obviously trying to curry favor with Liang Yue by letting him choose first and then the rest would be divided among the people from the Ministry of Justice.

But Liang Yue had no interest in this kind of thing. He just waved his hand and said, "Master Shen, you guys should hurry up and get started. We from the Evil Slaying Division will conduct an investigation later."

"Okay!" Shen Zhongming turned around and shouted, "Brothers, get to work. Be careful. If you take away the evidence related to Jiu Yang, you will lose your head."

He was giving a clear reminder.

Normally, they would just take it away during the house search, but this time it was related to Jiuyang, so the Zhuxie Division had to conduct a unified review process. If the things you took happened to be related to Jiuyang, the Zhuxie Division would have no chance to check it out, and it would be easy to get into trouble.

His reminder was to signal everyone not to act rashly.

Those who were able to sneak in to search the property were all experienced in the Ministry of Justice. Naturally, they understood everything immediately and rushed in one after another.

The servants in the Marquis's mansion were all in a panic, except for the Marquis of Haidong's wife who stood there with an indifferent look, as if it had nothing to do with her.

Liang Yue had seen her before and knew that this lady was also from a noble family, otherwise she would not be able to play with Haidong Marquis separately. This time, Haidong Marquis's family was confiscated and exiled, and his wife and children would follow him on the journey, and they would definitely suffer a lot on the way.

But looking at her calm expression, she seemed fearless at all.

This is quite impressive.

……

After a long period of chaos, the detectives from the Ministry of Justice seized a long row of boxes from the Haidong Marquis's mansion. The boxes were filled with silver, gold ingots, pearls, jade, and other rare treasures, which were truly dazzling.

After everything was piled up there, Shen Zhongming presented the account book, "Liang Xianguan, the account book of Haidong Marquis's Mansion is here, everything is here, and it all matches up."

Liang Yue took over the account book and while flipping through it, he asked the clerks from the Zhuxie Division to come forward and check to see if there were any items related to Jiuyang.

When he was flipping through the account book, the detectives around him looked anxiously at Shen Zhongming. Shen Zhongming shook his head slightly, indicating that his subordinates were not in a hurry.

It was not until Liang Yue finished reading the account book and slowly checked the objects on the ground in the yard that the people from the Ministry of Justice became more and more anxious.

Shen Zhongming couldn't help but remind him, "Liang Xianguan, this account book is completely correct, which is really rare. In the past, when we went to confiscate a house, a discrepancy of 18,000 taels was normal. There were even errors of tens of thousands of taels. I don't know where those criminal officials took them, haha."

"Is that so..." Liang Yue nodded.

He knew that Shen Zhongming was pointing a finger at him.

If he didn't take it, Shen Zhongming wouldn't dare to take it. If Shen Zhongming didn't take it, the detectives under him wouldn't dare to take it either.

They are now hoping to get the biggest share so that they can get a smaller share, like in the past.

But Liang Yue was in no mood to care. He frowned slightly, walked around the yard twice, and came to Shen Zhongming again, and said in a deep voice: "Is there any problem with the account book of the Marquis' Mansion?"

"No." Shen Zhongming replied: "These were sealed from the beginning, and the people in the Marquis' Mansion definitely didn't have time to replace them."

Liang Yue looked doubtful.

According to what was written in the account book, the gold and silver stored in the mansion were worth more than 100,000 taels, plus jewelry, jade, house deeds and land, the total property was over 200,000 taels.

This is certainly not a small amount of money.

But for someone like Haidong Hou who has been running the royal family business and smuggling for many years, this amount may not be enough for his annual income.

"This is too little..." Liang Yue murmured.

Shen Zhongming then understood that the young master didn't take it because he thought it was too little.

No wonder people say he is the illegitimate son of the Left Prime Minister. It turns out to be true.

If he were an ordinary person living in Ping An Alley, he would have gone crazy after seeing more than 200,000 taels. How could he have such a big appetite? It was obvious that he had a prominent status behind the scenes, so he could have such a vision!
Shen Zhongming explained, "Liang Xianguan doesn't need to doubt the authenticity of the account book. Maybe the Marquis of Haidong lives a lavish life and spends a lot. Over the years, he has been protected by other members of the royal family, and he must have shared a lot of profits. He may have only taken a small part. It is normal that the family property is not as much as it seems."

This is the truth, but Liang Yue still doesn't believe that Marquis Haidong would have only this much property.

If he could only earn this much, he wouldn't have bothered with smuggling. Any official above the fifth rank, or any minor official in an important position, would be as wealthy as the Marquis of Haidong.

Not only did he worry that the Marquis of Haidong would escape with the money, he was also worried that the amount of money he confiscated was too little, and that someone with ulterior motives would use it as an excuse to attack the Ministry of Justice and the Bureau of Punishing Evil.

"That's it for today. We may need to do something else tomorrow..." Liang Yue murmured, then raised his head, "Master Shen, just let your people return as usual. But don't report it yet. We'll talk about it tomorrow."

"What will Liang Xianguan do tomorrow?" Shen Zhongming asked, "Can't the case be closed today?"

Then I heard Liang Yue say: "Not today, I need to guard the silver."

"Ah?" Shen Zhongming was even more stunned. "Here?"

"Of course not here." Liang Yue said: "In the animal farm outside the city."

Shen Zhongming scratched his head. That place is full of monsters... What kind of hobby is this?

can only say……

Don’t understand, but respect.

　Good morning.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)