ebookland Chapter 225: Corrupt officials usually come from wealthy families.
Chapter 225: Corrupt officials usually come from wealthy families.
"go."
Yi Jingxuan said without hesitation.
I don’t know what this girl is going to do next.
“Okay, then go back and prepare a few carriages, take 20 to 30 people, and wait at home. There will be experts to lead a few.
I'll go explore the way, and when I'm done, I'll send someone to find you."
"it is good."
Since you have agreed, obey unconditionally.
Now, they are in the same boat.
"I'm leaving."
After Xiu Luoran finished speaking, he jumped onto the only high wall, flipped over and disappeared.
Where is Xiu Luoran going?
This has to start with that couple.
Xiu Luoran summarized the general situation from their limited conversation.
The couple and the Ministry of Revenue doctor Zhu Lisheng were fellow villagers and got along very well when they were in their hometown.
After Zhu Lisheng passed the imperial examination and came to Beijing, he brought the couple to the capital, and the couple started a small business to make a living.
At the beginning, Zhu Lisheng was just a minor official of the sixth rank. Gradually, as he was promoted, he began to look down on the couple.
A few days ago, Zhu Lisheng found the couple and said that he wanted to give a gift but couldn't find a suitable one, so he hoped that the couple would take out their heirloom night-shining pearl.
Since it is a family heirloom, the couple will definitely not give it away.
Zhu Lisheng led his men to dig it out and threw them 100 taels of silver:
"I bought this night-shining pearl. I've given you the silver. You can't regret it.
I hope you are sensible. I know that you have more than one heirloom in your family.
Don't worry, I don't need that pearl shirt for the time being."
The night pearl was stolen.
The couple decided to escape after discussing it.
Otherwise, I might not be able to keep the pearl shirt, and how can I be worthy of my ancestors?
The wife also said to her husband:
“Let’s get out of here and away from that asshole.
I was afraid you would be angry so I didn't dare tell you, but before he passed the imperial examination, he teased me several times when you were not at home, but I always avoided him.
Didn’t Xiang He from our town get pregnant and jump into the river? It was him who did it.
By then he was already a scholar and knew the county magistrate. No common people dared to offend him.
When the husband heard this, he was furious. He also knew that they were powerless because Zhu Lisheng was now a fifth-rank official.
Bear with it.
The couple pretended nothing happened and continued with their business.
He secretly sold all the valuables at a low price and exchanged all the silver in the house for silver notes for easy carrying.
At dusk today, Zhu Lisheng's housekeeper came to tell them quietly that Zhu Lisheng would come to steal the pearl shirt tomorrow, and asked them to make plans early.
The couple once rescued the housekeeper.
The couple immediately packed up their things, sold their house to their neighbors, and left the capital just before the city gates were closed.
They took their children and prepared to move back to their wife's hometown.
Fortunately, Zhu Lisheng didn't know where his wife's parents' home was.
Xiu Luoran had heard Yuan Ling talk about this Zhu Lisheng.
Yuan Ling said he was "greedy, petty, and of bad character."
Because Zhu Lisheng is Yuan Ling's boss, but fortunately not his direct superior.
Combining the two factors, Xiu Luoran concluded that Zhu Lisheng was both lustful and greedy.
If such a person were an ordinary citizen, he would only do things like bullying men and women and stealing their money.
But if it is an official, the harm will be great.
Xiu Luoran decided to deal with Zhu Lisheng.
Moreover, corrupt officials usually come from wealthy families.
It's winter now. Every winter, many poor people and beggars in the capital would freeze to death or starve to death.
Xiu Luoran felt that it was worthwhile to take the corrupt officials' money and use it to help the people.
After making up his mind, he brought Yi Jingxuan along to do it.
There must be more than just a lot of silver in a corrupt official's home; there should also be a lot of valuable things.
Xiu Luoran went to Zhu's house to survey the terrain, and then used a metal detector to investigate, and he had an idea of what was going on.
She returned to Duchu and asked someone to inform Yi Jingxuan to meet her outside the back wall of Zhu's house, and then she returned to Zhu's house.
There were still a few places she hadn't explored yet, and she wanted to take a closer look.
Guessing that Yi Jingxuan should have arrived, Xiu Luoran hurried to meet him.
Xiu Luoran saw Yi Jingge coming too:
"Yi Jingge, don't you have to help your third brother with work today?"
"I have nothing to do today, so I went to play with my fifth brother, and I came here with him."
"Let's go then."
Several people walked towards Zhu's house, intending to get the corrupt official's money to spend, but unexpectedly they helped the third prince find a traitor.