Chapter 247 The Imperial Historian

It was still snowing in Chang'an today.

However, the streets of Chang'an City were bustling with activity, especially in the wine shops on the side of the street. The conversations of the drinkers rose and fell one after another, and if one listened carefully, in fact, what they said was mostly the same thing.

The Young Manor Master of Tiance Prefecture, Xu Han, seemed to have gone crazy these past few days. Holding a search warrant that he had obtained from somewhere, he seized several properties under the Yin Family's name one after another. A brothel, a gambling house, two pawnshops and nearly a thousand mu of land in the suburbs. More than a hundred female corpses were dug up in the backyard of the Drunken Immortal Building. This was the biggest murder case in Chang'an this year. For a time, the people shouted louder and louder for the government to give an explanation. The Imperial Court could not sit still. First, it sent Tingwei Du Yangchun, one of the Nine Ministers, to investigate this matter. Today, it also hurriedly sent Zhang Dongning, one of the three dukes' imperial historians, to investigate within five days.

The commoners didn't have the mood to care about the struggle for power between the larger factions. They just felt that the Tian Ce Mansion had done a great good deed. For a time, the people's comments on Xu Han were better than before. They said bluntly that Xu Han was one of the few upright people in the Great Zhou Imperial Court recently.

However, there were people who exchanged praises, so naturally, there were also people who were extremely busy.

As the current Patriarch of the Yin Family, Yin Cheng was the most anxious among them.

Whether it was the Drunken Immortal Pavilion or the Gambling House, although they were all important industries of the Yin Family in Chang'an City, the Yin Family had a huge business after all. Although these losses caused them endless pain, they were far from being injured to the bone.

However, the young lord of the Tian Ce Mansion did not seem to be a lord who could spare others as he pleased.

He brought back 100 female corpses to Tiance Prefecture, and the hundreds of female prostitutes from the Drunken Immortal Building were left in Tiance Prefecture in the name of protecting witnesses. Yin Cheng had reason to worry that with the ruthlessness shown by the Tiance Prefecture Manor Master, it was very likely that he would use this opportunity to drag his Yin Clan into an abyss of eternal calamity. After all, if the cause of the deaths of the hundred female corpses or the origins of the hundreds of female prostitutes were to be traced back to their roots, the matter behind them would not be something that could be solved by throwing out a scapegoat or two like Yin Rugui.

Yin Cheng had already visited Zhu Xian more than once in the past few days, and the other party had indeed taken out his proper attitude. First, he ordered Great Zhou's Tingwei Du Yangchun to take over the matter. He wanted to take out the evidence from Tiance Prefecture so that the matter could be reduced to a small matter, a small matter, and finally, he would do more for the sake of the lamb earlier. Longevity Division had always been good at such things.

However, who knew that this Xu Han was a master who didn't allow oil and salt to enter? Tingwei Du Yangchun had brought his guards to the Tian Ce Mansion more than ten times, but they were all rejected by the other party. Xu Han had a search warrant given by the Prime Minister, so he claimed that the Tian Ce Mansion was in full charge of this case and did not give Ting Wei the slightest chance to interfere.

Seeing Xu Han's expression of not biting the Yin Clan to death and not letting go, Yin Cheng was extremely anxious. He hurried to the Longevity Division all night long. Only then did the Imperial Court order the Imperial Historian Zhang Dongning to take over this matter this morning.

No, just after the morning, Yin Cheng brought the elders of his family and waited outside the Pu Tian Palace. When he saw Zhang Dongning, he hurriedly welcomed him. He followed him to Tiance Prefecture. He knew that if he didn't get the personal and material evidence in his hands, the Yin Family would be doomed.

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"Xiao Han, this move of yours is enough!" In the Tian Ce Mansion, Chu Chouli immediately smiled when he saw Xu Han collect the grain money these past few days.

The Tian Ce Mansion had gained quite a lot in the past few days. Apart from the silver taels, the day before yesterday, when the land was sealed, there were a total of 10,000 stones of grain plucked from the grain depot.

As Chu Chouli said this, he pretended to be fine and walked over to the pile of silver coins that were piled up like a small mountain. He smiled and stretched out his hand, but his gaze was straight at Xu Han, who was sitting at the stone table drinking tea peacefully.

Pa!

However, just as he touched the silver note, he stretched out his hand and slapped it on the back of his hand fiercely.

The owner of that hand was clearly exerting a great deal of strength, and at that moment, a clear and crisp sound echoed throughout the entire Tian Ce Mansion.

"What are you doing? Drinking again?" Fang Ziyu put his hands on his hips and frowned as if he was a shrew swearing in front of the street, staring fiercely at Chu Chouli.

Chu Chouli also seemed to be extremely afraid of this violent Fang Ziyu. He grieved and rubbed the back of his swollen hand with his other hand, as if he was angry with his little wife. He said weakly, "Didn't I help Xiao Han take a look … Is this banknote real or fake?"

"Do you think we don't have eyes?" However, Fang Ziyu did not like his trick. At that time, he stared at Chu Chouli with his eyes wide open and loudly scolded Chu Chouli.

Everyone was accustomed to seeing such a scene and did not care about it. Instead, they felt that it was quite interesting and burst into laughter at that time.

Xu Han looked at the sky and felt that it was getting late, so he stood up.

"Hongjian, how is Mr. Lu's preparation?" He looked at the girl in red beside him and asked softly.

"The soldiers sent to transport these supplies arrived in Chang'an yesterday. They should be ready now." Hearing this, Ye Hongjian stood up and said softly.

The day before they left for the Drunken Immortal Pavilion, Xu Han used a flying pigeon to send a letter to inform Big Yellow City to send people to escort the money. Chang'an was only ten days away from Big Yellow City, and the soldiers were all elites, so they arrived here in five to six days.

"Mm, then I'll trouble you to send these things to them. Although it's not enough to completely solve the gap in Jizhou in all aspects, it can somewhat alleviate it." Xu Han nodded and said.

"Yes." Ye Hongjian nodded, but asked hesitantly, "However, logically speaking, this money should be handed over to the treasury. If we take it for ourselves like this, what if Zhu Xian captures the reason?"

'"We have to have some extraordinary methods in this extraordinary period. As long as we stabilize Jizhou, Zhu Xian will not dare to do anything to us for a short period of time. On the contrary, if the situation in Jizhou collapses, it will be a calamity for us." Hearing this, Xu Han replied with a deep gaze.

Hearing this, Ye Hongjian also understood that Xu Han's words were true. She did not hesitate any longer. She summoned some of the Tian Ce Manor's troops that had already been arranged and walked out of the back door of the Tian Ce Manor with this carriage that was filled with clothes.

Xu Han, on the other hand, watched as the other party left. Only after they had completely walked out of Tiance Prefecture did Xu Han tidy up his clothes and said.

"Let's go."

"Where to?" When Fang Ziyu and the others heard this, they were stunned. Obviously, they were confused by Xu Han's words.

At that time, Xu Han smiled, and the sword behind him suddenly unsheathed.

"Let's go meet the Imperial Envoy on the way."

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