Guo Mansion.

In front of the gate.

Seeing Jin Yiwei trying to move the box on the carriage, Xue opened her hands in excitement and blocked the carriage.

"Mrs. Guo, what do you mean?"

Pei Jie had a stern face, stared at the somewhat excited Xue, and asked in a deep voice.

"I said, my people can do it themselves, there is no need to bother with Pei Zhen's men."

Mrs. Xue looked at Pei Jie and mustered up her courage to say.

"What if I have to help?"

Pei Jie sneered and said lightly.

Following his words, a dozen or so imperial guards moved again and approached the carriage.

"Let me see who dares to move?!"

"The head of the family is the Minister of Household Affairs, and his official position is the third rank! You, a mere minister of the fourth rank, dare to provoke here?!"

Mrs. Xue glared at Pei Jie and shouted sternly, her face full of anger and panic.

At the same time, the servants of the Guo Mansion gathered together and surrounded more than a dozen guards in royal robes, all of them excited.

"We were ordered by the Commander-in-Chief to investigate the crime of corruption by the Minister of Household Affairs, Guo Heng. The evidence has long been conclusive!"

"The Jin Yiwei is handling the case. The rest of the gang will retreat immediately! If there is any resistance, take it down immediately!"

Pei Jie snorted coldly and shouted sharply.

Following his words, more than a dozen Jinyi guards immediately pulled out the embroidered spring knives from their waists, with majestic expressions on their faces!

After listening to Pei Jie's words and looking at Jin Yiwei's actions, all the servants looked panicked and subconsciously stepped back. No one dared to stop them.

"move!"

Immediately afterwards, Pei Jie shouted sharply again.

As soon as the words fell, the two captains immediately took Mr. Xue away from the carriage, and the rest of them started to lift the wooden boxes in the carriage one by one.

When the box was opened, everyone present was surprised, including the servants of the Guo Mansion.

I saw seven or eight wooden boxes filled with white silver ingots, and even gold ingots!

"Mrs. Guo, what else do you have to say now? Don't you tell me that these silver and gold were given to you by the Buddha from Minzhong Temple?!"

Pei Jie sneered, looked at Mr. Xue, and asked coldly.

Mr. Xue's face turned ashen and he fell to the ground, speechless.

"Can anyone tell me where these boxes are going to be moved?"

Then, Pei Jie looked at the people in Guo's mansion and asked loudly.

His voice was loud, but no one responded to him. They all lowered their heads, for fear that Pei Jie would look at them.

Seeing no one responded, Pei Jie walked directly towards an older middle-aged man, pulled out the knife from his waist, and put it on the middle-aged man's neck.

"explain!"

"It is a capital crime to harbor those who conceal it!"

Pei Jie glared at the middle-aged man, tightened his wrists, and shouted sternly.

"Don't kill me! I said...I said..."

The middle-aged man looked pale and said with a trembling body.

Then, under the leadership of the middle-aged man, Pei Jie found an underground secret room in the backyard of Guo Mansion, which was filled with various boxes, all containing gold and silver treasures.

Seeing the secret room, Pei Jie finally breathed a sigh of relief, walked out of the secret room with a sneer, ordered everyone to lock everyone in the Guo Mansion together, sealed the Guo Mansion, and then immediately returned to the Jinyi Guards to resume his duties.

...

Outside the palace gate.

Jinyi Health Center.

In the command post, Hu Fei was sitting on a chair, sipping a cup of tea leisurely and contentedly, with a faint smile on his lips.

Spring Butterfly stood aside respectfully and remained silent.

Guo Heng and the others have been taken to the Jinyiwei Prison and are under strict guard. No one is allowed to approach without Hu Fei's permission.

At this moment, the sound of footsteps was heard, and Pei Jie came quickly and walked straight into the office.

"I've seen the commander!"

Pei Jie walked closer, bowed his hands, and said respectfully.

"how?"

Hu Fei asked calmly while lowering his head to sip tea.

"Reporting to the commander, I followed the people escorting the gold and silver all the way to Minzhong Temple outside the city. I found that the group handed the box to Guo Heng's wife, Xue, and then returned to Beiping and Taiping Mansion."

"Following the secret order of the commander, I personally sent Mr. Xue back to the Guo Mansion and seized all the gold and silver. I also found an underground secret room in the backyard of the Guo Mansion and found countless gold and silver treasures!"

Pei Jie cupped his hands and said calmly.

"good very good!"

Listening to Pei Jie's report, the smile on the corner of Hu Fei's mouth became brighter and brighter, and he said with satisfaction.

"Commander, this is the location of the secret warehouse where Guo Heng and his gang store the stolen grain that I have discovered so far."

Immediately afterwards, Pei Jie reached out and took out a piece of paper from his arms and handed it to Hu Fei, with a dozen locations listed on it.

Hu Fei took the paper, looked at it carefully, sneered, raised his head and swallowed the tea in the cup, then put away the paper and stood up slowly.

"It's time to go and meet the Lord Chamberlain for a while."

As Hu Fei spoke, he slowly walked out and walked straight towards the prison.

...

Jinyiwei Prison.

In the dark cell, Guo Heng sat on the cold and damp ground, his face solemn, and his eyes flashing with resentment and unwillingness.

After years of hard work, I didn’t expect that it would fall into the hands of Jin Yiwei so quickly.

Even the original inspection found no evidence of corruption or bending the law. He could not believe that he had lost to Hu Fei who had come out halfway.

But now, whether you believe it or not, you have become a prisoner, and Hu Fei has caught something that can kill him.

Although the two lists were a bit sloppy and did not indicate the reasons, they were enough to involve too many things.

At this moment, footsteps were heard, and Hu Fei, along with Chun Die and Pei Jie, slowly walked into the prison and walked slowly towards Guo Heng's cell.

As they went deeper into the prison, a familiar figure appeared at the door of the prison, looking at Hu Fei's back with a slightly complicated expression.

Han Jiang.

Hearing the footsteps, Guo Heng raised his head, and then saw Hu Fei standing at the door of his cell. He had mixed feelings for a moment, and quickly thought about what room for improvement he had.

As Pei Jie opened the cell door, Hu Fei slowly walked in with his hands behind his back, took a look at the dark cell, with a faint smile on his lips.

He is very familiar with this place, but now he has become the master of this prison.

Soon, two imperial guardsmen came in carrying an imperial chair, placed it in front of Hu Fei, and then turned around and left.

"Pass my order. From now on, no one is allowed to step into prison. I will personally interrogate Guo Heng!"

Hu Fei looked at Guo Heng, slowly sat on the chair, and said in a deep voice.

"yes!"

Pei Jie agreed, immediately turned around and left, leading people to guard the entrance of the prison.

In the cell, Hu Fei looked at Guo Heng, with the faint smile still on his lips.

"How about it? Mr. Guo, should you confess on your own initiative, or should I ask you one by one?"

Hu Fei looked at Guo Heng and asked calmly.

"I don't know what you are talking about! I don't understand what you want to know. I am an official of the third rank, and on the same level as you. You have no right to detain me at will!"

"I want to see Your Majesty! I'm suing you for abusing your power and imprisoning court officials at will!"

Guo Heng gritted his teeth, stared at Hu Fei, and made his final struggle.

Seeing how Guo Heng was resting, Hu Fei couldn't help laughing. He looked at Guo Heng like an idiot and shook his head helplessly.

"It seems that you have no idea what evidence I have of your corruption and perversion of the law."

"But it doesn't matter. I am a very honest person. I will tell you everything even if you don't ask."

"In addition to the two lists I got from you, Jinyiwei also found a large amount of gold and silver treasures from your house. How much salary does a third-grade minister like you have for a year?"

"You won't tell me that you sent people disguised as bandits to rob houses and robbed those gold and silver treasures, right? Even if that were the case, you would be punished by death!"

Hu Fei looked at Guo Heng, said lightly with a smile on his lips.

After hearing what Hu Fei said, Guo Heng, who had originally mustered up the courage to fight, was instantly discouraged and looked at Hu Fei in horror.

He never expected that Hu Fei already knew everything, and then he remembered what Hu Fei meant when he was in Yinque Restaurant.

Until this moment, he was convinced that he had really fallen into Hu Fei's hands, but he didn't understand how Hu Fei found out this.

Looking at Guo Heng with a complicated expression and desperate eyes, Hu Fei's eyes were cold and devoid of any mercy.

Although he is not a good person who is loyal and courageous, he hates people like Guo Heng who prey on the common people for his own selfishness, because before he was reborn, he was just an ordinary citizen and felt the same way.

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Chapter completed!