Li Chen asked, remembering that Xu Changqing had opened the back door for one of his nephews some time ago.
The young man's expression changed, and he nodded and said, "I'm going to Xu Junlou."
"Take me in and meet Mr. Xu's family."
Li Chen's unreasonable request made Xu Junlou frown.
At this time, most ordinary friends would avoid him, but Li Chen had an extraordinary bearing and could tell at a glance that he was not an ordinary person. Instead of leaving, he even asked to see his family members.
This is indeed a bit unreasonable and unreasonable.
But inexplicably, Xu Junlou always felt that he should not refuse.
"please."
Raising his hand, Xu Junlou invited Li Chen and Sanbao into the inner hall.
In the inner hall, three women were wiping away tears.
Sanbao quietly came to Li Chen's ear and said: "These three people are all Xu Changqing's wives and concubines. The one in the middle in purple is the main wife, and the other two are concubines in the side house. Xu Changqing has no children, so he is interested in this one named Xu Junlou."
My nephew is taken care of as a son."
Li Chen nodded to express his understanding.
Xu Junlou walked up to the purple-clothed woman and said a few words in her ear. Then she stood up and came to Li Chen and bowed. Although her eyes were red and swollen and her expression was sad, she still managed to hold on and said: "This young master has made you laugh.
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Waving his hand, Li Chen said: "I already knew about these things before I came here. I heard that the Ministry of Punishment found stolen money and evidence on the spot in your home. Is this true?"
The woman in purple gritted her teeth and said: "How can there be any truth? A group of them rushed to the door with official documents from the Ministry of Punishments. They didn't let anyone explain at all. They took a group of us women and children to the side, beat and scolded them at every turn, and then resisted a few
The boxes went into the house, and soon they were carried out intact, saying that they had found evidence of the crime. When the boxes were opened, they were all filled with white money."
"Damn it, even if it's a frame-up, there's no such way. They came in carrying the box themselves, and they could immediately say it was evidence of crime found in my house. Is there any law in the world? My master has been working hard all his life.
, I dare not say how much credit I have, but there is always hard work, and those people from the Punishment Department bully good people like this!"
Li Chen raised his eyebrows, looked at Sanbao, and asked calmly: "Is this how the Criminal Department always handles cases?"
Sanbao grinned and said: "It's just commonplace. People all over the world say that Dongchang handles cases in a bloody and brutal manner. But compared with those in the Criminal Department, Dongchang enforces the law impartially. Those who handle cases in Dongchang cannot say that they are absolutely innocent, but
Nine out of ten are true, but what about the Ministry of Punishment? They dare not mess with those in power, but doing this is much dirtier than Dongchang."
Li Chen had no expression on his face, then looked at the woman in purple and asked: "I see that most of the furnishings in your home are ordinary people's things. No matter how honest Mr. Xu is, he always has a salary. Why is this? Is it possible?
Suspected of deliberately showing off?"
When these words were spoken, the Xu family suddenly changed their expressions.
The woman in purple suddenly spoke sternly: "Sir, I am a womanizer. I don't know who you are, but no matter who you are, is it appropriate to speak so without evidence?"
"After decades of working as an official, my husband has nothing left, only a reputation. He can do a show for one or two years, and he can do a show for ten or twenty years. Is it still called a show?"
"You ask about salary. Yes, my husband has a salary, but he did not become a fourth-rank official from the beginning and received a salary from the fourth rank. A few years ago, he was a small official and the court salary was low. The family
