Facts have proved that Su Yueling treats everyone equally. Don't these families like to walk hand in hand? Then she will let them walk neatly.
As a result, none of these aristocratic families could escape, and their houses were burned down together. The worst among them was the Li family. The servants of the Li family put out the fire in time, and only a corner was burned. The worst was the Xie family, and the warehouse was completely destroyed.
Burnt down, followed by the Shen family, both courtyards were reduced to ashes.
However, there were no casualties in these incidents.
But for Xie Buchuan, they would rather have a hundred servants die than burn down their good house like this. After the servants died, they could still buy a batch of new ones from Ren Yazi and train them, but the value was not as good as one of his
White jade chessboard.
Precisely because they know that what these birds do can be trained, they know better than anyone else that this is not an accident at all. Those birds deliberately tricked them!
But after these birds set off these fires, they ran directly into the sky. Even if they wanted to shoot them down for a meal and vent their anger, they couldn't.
They could only discuss the follow-up at the Li family, where the losses were minimal. The smallpox epidemic had to be put aside for now, and they had to discuss how to deal with the next crisis first.
"The emperor must have known about our plan to burn our house. This is a warning to us."
Xie Buchuan took a deep breath and tried to calm down his emotions, but judging from the ferocious veins on the back of his hands, he still couldn't calm down.
"Even if he knew it, he probably wouldn't have any conclusive evidence. Otherwise, how could he keep us here?"
"Why weren't these evil-hearted people burned to death inside?"
"I'm afraid that all of us have already been recorded in his account."
This "inside story" spread like this, spreading at a rapid speed.
As if seeing his retreat, Xie Buchuan looked up at him, "Do you think the emperor will let you go if you retreat?"
As soon as we entered the teahouse, there were storytellers talking about this strange thing in a high and low tone.
This so-called neighbor of Xie's family had a determined expression of "I have the inside story" and shocked everyone around him. After hearing the inside story, everyone's fists became hardened.
When other people think about it, this is indeed the truth, and their hearts become much calmer.
Literati Qingliu also exploded. They value books very much. Anyone who doesn't cherish books will be rolled their eyes by them, let alone the act of burning books, which will be infamy for thousands of years.
Without these informants, he suddenly became blind. It was not until the housekeeper of the Xie family was forcefully taken away by the officials of Jingzhao Mansion that he realized something was wrong.
In this short day, the news that the Xie family, Shen family and other families were burned by birds spread through the streets and alleys of the capital at an extraordinary speed.
"I know this! My family lives on the street of Xie's house. I saw it with my own eyes! Those birds flew all the way and stopped when they reached Xie's house. Some of them continued flying forward, and the other part threw fire at Xie's house.
.The servants of the Xie family are also very bad. At first glance, they are used to slacking off. Only when the fire burned out did they realize that there was a fire. As for the immoral things the Xie family did, it must have something to do with the library. My two sons said
They saw the housekeeper of the Xie family being taken away by the government, saying that they bribed students to spread oil and prepare to burn the library. You think, this is a lack of virtue. There are so many books in the library. If they were burned, they would lose a lot.
It’s so tragic, no wonder God wants to punish them.”
"Fortunately, they are a family with a history of thousands of years, and they can even do things like burning books. They just don't want to see us ordinary people have free books to read. They only allow nobles like them to read books, and they don't allow us to read and read.
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"Of course, we saw it with our own eyes! We were originally worried about how dangerous these birds would be if they had fire in their mouths. If they landed in our home, we wouldn't dare to think about it. But we didn't expect that these birds would become sperms and they would only cause harm.
Families such as the Xie family and the Shen family. These families are famous and promising aristocratic families. Tell me, they have done something immoral, even a bird can't stand it."
"Have you heard about the Xie family and the Shen family?"
The next morning, he received the news that the two students had been taken away. Not only that, the Xie family and other aristocratic families in the palace and the power that had been operating in the capital for hundreds of years were wiped out overnight.
The head of the Li family originally had a hesitant and gentle temperament, but when he was told this, he immediately lost his mind.
The Xie family made the most small moves, and they knew they would be the first to be liquidated. Naturally, Xie Buchuan had to drag the other families to continue to build momentum for themselves, so that the emperor would be wary and not dare to take action. Now he has no choice but to take a gamble.
There is another way.
After Xie Buchuan frightened him, he said lightly: "Even if we get the evidence, it has nothing to do with us. Our servants made their own decisions without telling us, and we don't know anything about it."
But Xie Buchuan's calmness only lasted for one day.
The head of the Li family has begun to retreat in his heart. If the family declines, then it will decline. Even if the Li family declines, it is still better than being confiscated. If they continue to follow Xie Buchuan, they are afraid that they will follow the same path as the Wang family.
No one sympathized with them anymore, but they felt that burning down the house would be an advantage for them.
Although it was the housekeeper of the Xie family who was taken away, not Xie Buchuan. But everyone was not a fool. How could they not understand that without Xie Buchuan's instructions, the people below would dare to do this without Xie Buchuan's instructions?
So a few days later, the censors opened their arms and began to impeach him desperately.
Impeachment is not only safe, but also shows their character. They must show it well!
Xie Buchuan and his group were in a dilemma after their influence was eradicated. Now they are notorious not only among the people, but also among the Qingliu people. This makes them extremely painful, but they can't find a way to solve it.
It's just a matter of introducing a few scapegoats. The servants and their entire families have the deeds of betrayal in their hands, so it's impossible to betray them.
Several other companies wanted to cut with the Xie family, but they couldn't help it because Xie Buchuan was holding their hands, so they could only advance and retreat with him in pain.
Seeing that these aristocratic families had aroused public outrage, Emperor Rong Ji also took action and directly reduced their titles. Those who deserved to be demoted were demoted. Officials from aristocratic families already occupied many positions, but now these officials have been demoted.
Now, people from other families can’t wait to elect their own people to these positions of real power.
Everyone was extremely happy to share this piece of cake, and they could not think of complaining about the injustice for the Xie family. They took advantage of the situation and set their sights on the Xie family's property, thinking of taking a few more bites of the meat.
Rong Ji also ordered that the heads of the five generations of the Xie family, Shen family, Li family, Zhou family, and Yang family were not allowed to participate in the imperial examination.
For them, this is a truly heart-wrenching punishment.