At this moment, of course, everyone in the Gao family does not know that their family is about to face a disaster. The servants are still busy with their own affairs as before: the people who sweep the courtyard are cleaning the courtyard, and the people who wipe the tables and chairs are wiping the tables and chairs.
, those who serve the master are serving the master; as for the master, of course they are being served.
At this time, in the house of Gao Jingde, the head of the Gao family, there were more than a dozen people waiting in the outer room to serve Gao Jingde; in the yard outside the outer room, one of the two sweepers secretly said to the other: "The master has also been here these days.
I don’t know why, but I’m getting up later and later, and it’s already this time today and I’m still not up.”
"It would be fine if the eldest master couldn't afford it, but for some reason he is already over sixty and still clings to family matters. The housekeepers at home can only listen to the eldest master's orders and work hard every day at dawn.
Just get up and wait in the meeting hall until the eldest master gets up before proceeding. The people behind you will have to wait until noon."
"You are complaining about this because your in-laws are in charge of the affairs. We are just sweepers. What does it have to do with the fact that the elder can't get up?" said another person.
The person who spoke earlier was blocked and speechless, so he could only stop talking and sweep the floor with his head down. Although the other person swept the floor like him, there was someone in the family who was working as a maid in front of the young master. Even though the two families were friends with each other, so did that person.
A man with a strict mouth would not say what he said, but he did not dare to offend that person.
I don’t know how long it took, but they saw the servants outside making movements and knew that the eldest master was about to get up. After a while, the very young Gao Jingde walked out of the house, followed by many servants, slowly walking towards
meeting hall.
The person who just spoke couldn't help but say: "Although the eldest man is over sixty years old, he looks like he is in his thirties. I don't know how he is so young."
"You are the master and you don't have to do any work. You eat well and sleep comfortably every day. How can you not be young?" another person said.
"Forget it, the second master is over sixty this year. He is younger than the eldest master, but he looks very old."
"Then I don't know. Maybe the great master has some secrets to keeping healthy."
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Of course Gao Jingde didn't know that just a few feet away from him, two servants sweeping the yard were talking about why he was so young. If he found out, he would definitely demote these two servants out of the house.
He is very nervous now. He has been very nervous ever since he found out that he was involved in a major witchcraft case. It was not until he heard a few days ago that Yunxi had not shown up for two or three days that he might have been bewitched. But yesterday, news came
, Yunxi had already woken up, and he became nervous again.
Yunhe wakes up, which means that Master Wu De's evil spell has been broken. The most important purpose of this witchcraft case has not been achieved. The man named Su and Master Wu De will definitely not give up, and there is no telling what will happen in the future.
matter.
Not long after, Gao Jingde walked into the meeting hall and sat down on the main seat. However, he did not deal with the family affairs immediately. Instead, he said to his closest servant in a low voice: "Go to where Ude is.
, and told him that no matter what he wanted to do, he must not do it in these few days; Your Majesty has just woken up, and the whole city will be raided in the next few days, and everything he does will be very dangerous; besides, there is Wudang Sect Zhang Zhenren in Guangzhou, and the evil he has displayed
The technique may not be successful."
The man agreed, turned around and left. He was the only servant under Gao Jingde who knew about this matter, and he was also Gao Jingde's most trusted servant. All matters that were inconvenient for Gao Jingde to come forward in person were done by this servant.
After giving instructions on this matter, he felt at ease. Just as he was about to start giving instructions on today's matters, a servant suddenly ran in from outside. As soon as he ran into the meeting hall and saw Gao Jingde, he shouted loudly: "Master, no, no
Okay, someone from the government is here!"
"Some people from the government are here, why is it bad?" Gao Jingde stood up and said in a deep voice, "What is going on?"
"Sir, there are people from the government coming outside. They are people from the guard station. They say they have come to search our house under the emperor's order!" Another servant at the door ran in and said.
Suddenly there was some commotion in the entire meeting hall. No matter how strict the rules of the Gao family are, it is impossible for the servants to hear the words "Edict of the Emperor" as if they had not heard it. Although Gao Jingde's prestige was still there, they did not dare to speak.
The panic on his face was unbearable.
Gao Jingde was okay, after all, he had seen a lot of things as he got older. Although his heart was falling, he still ordered: "You all wait here, I will go outside to see the person. Everyone under the door has seen it."
It's short-sighted and I can't tell what happened. Maybe they heard wrong." He used these few words to stabilize the minds of everyone in the meeting hall and walked out of the meeting hall.
However, he had only taken a few steps with his subordinates when he saw dozens of people wearing uniforms of guardsmen pushing past the people guarding the door and walking in from the gates of the front yard and the backyard. The leader pointed
Pointing in all directions, the guardsmen immediately rushed in all directions.
The guardsmen held sticks in their hands and had fierce expressions on their faces. When they saw anyone, whether they were men or women, masters or servants, they shouted loudly: "Kneel down! Hands, hands, hands on your head!"
Where have the people of the Gao family seen such a formation? The women, both masters and servants, screamed, and many people were so frightened that they knelt or lay on the ground, trembling all over. The men's performance was not much better, and many people shouted: "Army
Please forgive me! I’m just a servant of the Gao family and I don’t know anything!”
These soldiers didn't pay attention to what they were saying. They grabbed the children in one place, the men in another place, and the women in another place. Those who cooperated were okay, but those who didn't cooperated were beaten with sticks and dragged away by their hair. However,
Apart from that, they did not do anything to tease women.
Although these soldiers still obeyed the rules, Gao Jingde's heart still sank to the bottom. Their family was not an ordinary family. Even the soldiers in the city did not dare to enter the outer courtyard of their house without permission, let alone the inner courtyard. Now
These soldiers rushed in directly under the leadership of the leader. This can only mean that they already know what major case their family is involved in, and there is only one major case that their family may be involved in now.
But Gao Jingde still took a deep breath, walked about a foot in front of the leader and said loudly: "I am the head of the Gao family, and now Gao Shunchen, the minister of punishment, is a member of my Gao family. You are not allowed to break into my house without permission."
, what do you want?"
The leader was naturally Song Liang. After he ordered the troops and set off from the palace, he recruited all the horses near the palace, and a group of more than 300 people rode as fast as possible to the area surrounding the Gao family.
When they arrived near the Gao family, Song Liang immediately asked Song Qingshu to lead a hundred people to surround the Gao family. He also ordered people from various guards in the capital to lead several groups of troops, and after they were assigned, they would beat the guards guarding each gate to the ground.
The door of the Gao family courtyard rushed in at the same time,
Song Liang personally led several groups of people and rushed in from the main entrance, leaving several groups of people to guard the road, drive away the servants, and search the houses. Finally, two groups of people were left to rush into the inner courtyard.
Song Liang noticed Gao Jingde when he came over. Looking at his clothes, he knew that he must be a very important person in the Gao family, so he did not let the soldiers stop him to hear what he wanted to say.
As soon as Gao Jingde opened his mouth, Song Liang was surprised: the head of the Gao family was really so young, and he didn't look like a man in his sixties at all.
However, he immediately thought of what Li Guangrui said about Gao Jingde's use of 'big medicine', and he suddenly understood and felt a little angry.
So Song Liang immediately said: "Gao Jingde, you don't have to pretend. Don't you know what you have done? Do you want to deceive me, or even deceive His Majesty?"
"The common people really don't know what this gentleman is talking about. Can you please clarify the confusion for the common people? Is there any misunderstanding in this?" Gao Jingde still said.
Song Liang didn't want to talk to him anymore. He sneered twice and asked his soldiers to escort him down.
But even after being arrested, Gao Jingde still said, "Is there some misunderstanding?" Even though the soldier who was guarding him was very irritated and hit him several times, he still kept talking.
After a while, people from each team came to report to Song Liang that they had taken care of everyone. Song Liang ordered: "Search all the rooms immediately, and don't miss any one."
Everyone took the order and immediately began to search all the rooms, rummaged through the cabinets, opened all the boxes, carefully checked all the beds, and even searched the bottoms of the beds with wooden sticks.
However, "You are saying that no items related to the witchcraft case have been found?" Song Liang said.
"Yes, Mr. Song, we have not found any items related to the witchcraft case or the raw material harvesting and cutting case." Everyone replied one after another.
Song Liang couldn't help but glanced sideways at Gao Jingde, and suddenly thought in his mind: "The reason why he kept saying 'Is there any misunderstanding' even when someone was checking the whole yard was because he had already contacted these two people.
All the items related to this major case were destroyed, and that’s why we knew we couldn’t find anything from the entire Gao family’s yard.”
Song Liang firmly believes that the Gao family must be related to these two major cases. First, Li Guangrui cannot arbitrarily frame such an official family. If it is found to be a false accusation, the Li family will not be able to recover within several generations even if they are not exterminated.
; Secondly, Gao Jingde is over sixty years old, but he looks similar to someone in his thirties, but his brothers are both over fifty but have old faces. There must be something wrong.
But he can't find evidence now. If there is no evidence and there is only a report, the emperor can of course send people to search for people like the Gao family, but he cannot be convicted for it.
Song Liang was a little anxious. While he ordered others to search all the houses again, he walked around in circles wondering if he had missed anything.
But when these people came to report again after a long time, they still said: "Sir, there are no items related to the witchcraft case or the harvesting and cutting case."
