Chapter 306 The Dust Settles
Chapter 306 The Dust Settles
"I am the crown prince, and my father is the head of the country. The whole world belongs to the royal family, so why should I lie to others?"
"Now that the Lin family has just been sealed up, you are all so anxious that you are about to jump away. Isn't that right?"
Ruoyouruowu's protracted ending made the three of them look at each other, a chill rising from the soles of their feet.
For a moment, no one dared to talk easily, for fear of accidentally falling into Gu Siyuan's trap.
"My father has an order to send Gu Gu to thoroughly investigate the corruption case in Jiangnan. Now he is just a Lin magistrate. The money found is far less than what was lost in the accounts. You family heads, you know better."
Gu Siyuan didn't want to say any more and left leisurely.
There was a room full of people left alone, the room was filled with deathly silence, and everyone's face was filled with gloom.
It was only a matter of time before things happened.
However, everyone has a bit of luck and hopes that they can escape, but in fact it is a fantasy.
"No, no! Put them all down!" Li Yao's shouts were ignored, and the black cavalry was rummaging around in the room.
Today's Lin Mansion has long lost its previous glory.
Among the maids and servants in the mansion, the smarter ones had packed up Xinruan and ran away, while the more loyal and protective ones stayed in the Lin family.
However, the Black Cavalry naturally would not let anyone escape, and those children who escaped from the battlefield were temporarily imprisoned.
The Black Cavalry quickly found a ledger in Magistrate Lin's study.
The old and yellowed pages of the ledger have been recording transactions one after another since more than ten years ago.
At that time, the courage was not yet great. At first, he only dared to secretly buy a hundred taels of silver, and then a hundred taels of gold. Later, he became more courageous and swallowed half, leaving only the other half for further exploitation.
The intricate connections have been sorted out one by one, and only a few have fallen into the hands of the people.
This group of people has long been fed up with their appetites. Whether they are officials or nobles, they only have one greedy word for eating people!
Magistrate Lin could not escape the death penalty. At noon on the third day, he was paraded through the streets and dragged to Zhong Street and beheaded.
Although the wife, family, and children at home did not know the evidence of Magistrate Lin's crime, they used the money he had gained from greed and lived a life of dissipation and extravagance.
The four wealthy businessmen's families that rose to prominence in Jiangnan were even more deeply implicated. All those who participated in the pile-up were beheaded without exception.
If the rest of the idle people are involved, they will all be exiled to a bitter and cold place, and they will never escape their lowly status in this life.
The middle street is cleaned every day, but the strong smell of blood can still be smelled.
However, Gu Siyuan's vigorous and resolute actions attracted applause from the people.
Gu Siyuan didn't expose all this, they just thought that their life was difficult, and that the court was also in difficulty.
Nowadays, all the subsidies issued by the small court have been stolen by those fat-headed and big-eared people, and the people are naturally unhappy.
When the criminals were beheaded in the middle street, the people were crowded around, applauding and applauding in an endless stream.
It can be seen that Jiangnan is beautiful on the surface, but in fact there is a lot of filth behind the scenes, and the people who suffer are ordinary people.
With everyone beheaded and exiled, things seemed settled.
Gu Siyi thought that Magistrate Lin was dead and there was no evidence of his death, so he stopped pretending to be ill.
"Brother Emperor, Brother Emperor sent people to find you but you disappeared. Fortunately, you came here safely, so I can feel at ease now."
Peace of mind?
Hearing this, Gu Siyuan secretly laughed in his heart, he was back and Gu Siyi couldn't sleep well every day.
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