When Zeng Yi saw the old guy, he acted very calmly, but Zeng Yi guessed that this old guy looked as calm as a dog but was panicking inside.
"Welcome to you guys. Those of you who have come from afar, please come in quickly!"
"Your Majesty, you're welcome. We were ordered by the imperial court to investigate the mass poisoning. I heard that Your Majesty was involved, so I came uninvited today. Sorry to bother you!"
Ming Ri, who was next to Zeng Yi, did not restrain his momentum. As soon as a super-class master stood there, anyone who knew martial arts could feel Ming Ri's influence, especially the guards around the old guy, who were all first-class masters. They could clearly see Ming Ri's strength.
They felt that Mingri's strength was far superior to theirs. Standing behind the old guy at this moment, he was frightened.
"Hey, when it comes to this matter, I don't know what to say. The people are living a hard life. In addition to handing over the grain to the court every year, a large part of it has to be handed over to the landlords. I only make up a small part of it. I
I also feel the hard work of the people, so every year I use part of the food to distribute it to the people for free. Who would have thought that something like this would happen! Hey, I don’t know who it is, and I have a grudge against me, so he would frame me like this. What’s the matter?
Just come to me, why do you want to hurt the people?"
"The Marquis is indeed very generous, but I also heard rumors that all this is because the food distributed by the Marquis to the people has become moldy and poisonous?"
"This is slander! How could I distribute poisonous food to the people? Those food are eaten in my house, and I also eat those food! If you don't believe it, you can take a look at my granary! There is nothing moldy there.
Food." The old man looked very angry. As soon as Zeng Yi finished speaking, he stood up and said with some excitement.
"Master Marquis, please calm down. The whole thing happened because of those grains. We will naturally look at the grains, but until the matter is investigated clearly, any situation is possible."
"Hey, you adults don't know, but there is actually a reason why I say this. Just the night before the incident, there were some abnormal situations in my house. I think it was in order to frame me and distract the guards.
, poisoning the food."
"Oh? I wonder if anyone can prove it?"
"Everyone in my house can prove it!"
"No one else can prove it?"
"What do you mean by this, sir? Do you mean you don't believe what I say?"
"No, no, no, this is just a routine investigation."
After that, the old man took Zeng Yi and others to check the granary. The grain in the granary was not much different from the original grain. However, Zeng Yi could also see that the original old grain was gone and all became new grain.
"Sir, this is the food I distributed to the people. I suspect that it has been poisoned!"
Zeng Yi grabbed a handful of grain and said, "Haha, Lord Marquis, is there something wrong with this? I see that a lot of the grain in the hands of the common people is old grain!"
"Well, after all, there is a lot of food, and it is inevitable that there will be some old food in it, but I can guarantee that it is absolutely safe food."
"No one can guarantee the absolute safety of old grains. I'm not doubting the Marquis. It's just that the Marquis is busy with his affairs. It may also be caused by the negligence of his subordinates! In any case, the cause is these grains, although I also
I don’t believe that the prince would harm ordinary people, but when we are ordered to investigate, we will never let a bad person go, and we will never wrongly accuse a good person! Again, until the matter is investigated clearly, any personnel related to this,
We are all suspicious, so people from Prince Marquis’s residence should not leave your residence these days.”
"I obey my orders!"
When the guards around the old guy heard this, they all glared at Zeng Yi, but they clearly felt Ming Ri's strength and dared not speak out in anger.
With that said, Zeng Yi did not wait for the old guy to speak, turned back to Ming Ri and said: "Master Ming, these two, you will be responsible for protecting the Marquis's mansion. Remember, no one can enter or leave until the matter is investigated clearly.
Hou Mansion."
...After leaving the Hou Mansion, Ming Ri looked at Zeng Yi and said, "We have basically controlled this Hou Mansion, what should we do next?"
Zeng Yi smiled slightly, "The next thing to do is to wait. The imperial court is always the imperial court, and what we represent now is the imperial court. As long as the matter about the old guy being investigated by Jinyiwei is spread, I think there is basically nothing wrong with the old guy.
It’s so prestigious.”
"As for the seniors and the brothers who are close to the Army Commander's Mansion, they can investigate the old man's family background while monitoring the Marquis Mansion."
The Hou Mansion was monitored by Ming Ri and more than a dozen high-level experts from the Duwei Mansion. The reason why Ming Ri was asked to do this was for two reasons. One was to frighten the first-class experts in the Hou Mansion, and on the other hand,
I am also afraid of that old thing, so I will jump over the wall in case of an unexpected incident.
After leaving the Hou Mansion, Zeng Yi took the remaining people, most of whom were pro-military, back to the magistrate's office. A small number of them were sent out by Zeng Yi to spread the news.
The next day, news spread that the Marquis was being investigated by the imperial court and Jin Yiwei.
"Hey, have you heard? Just because of the grain issue, the imperial court sent out royal guards!"
"I heard that, it is said that the investigation of the Marquis has begun!"
"Hehe, what are you, Lord Marquis? You must know that it is the Jin Yiwei. As long as there is something wrong, the Jin Yiwei can get it for you!"
...
"I heard that the Hou Mansion has been controlled by Jin Yiwei."
"What! Jin Yiwei, the Marquis is controlled by Jin Yiwei!"
"Ah! The old Marquis was arrested by the Jin Yiwei!"
For the imperial court, in the hearts of most people, it is still very important and they believe in it. Once the imperial court takes action, in their eyes, the matter has been finalized.
"Haha, I just said, that old guy is not so kind! Sure enough, something happened!"
"No, it's still in the investigation stage. Besides, I'm not 100% sure that it was Mr. Hou who did it, right?"
"What can't be done? The imperial court has taken action, and the Jin Yiwei is still dispatched. We are 100% sure that it is the Marquis who distributed poisonous food to everyone!"
In less than two days, the news spread throughout the neighborhood, and the people all knew that the Jin Yiwei was coming. The old guy also knew what was going on outside. He thought of countless countermeasures, but he couldn't implement them because he couldn't get out at all.
In the Hou Mansion, even a fly cannot fly out with a super master like Ming Ri sitting in charge.
The old man was actually in a panic at the mansion. He summoned his top masters and discussed many ways. Some even suggested protecting the old man and leaving here as soon as possible. However, facing the super master Ming Ri, they were not sure at all.