Lin'an Never Night

Chapter 329 The wall fell and everyone pushed it
A large group of soldiers from the grain transport department rushed into the Shen Mansion, and the mansion was immediately in chaos.

The old master of the Shen family, Shen Ruoyu, came out angrily, and when he saw the soldiers rushing in, he swung his walking stick and started beating them.

Shen Ruoyu shouted, "You bastards, who gave you permission to search my Shen Mansion? Get out of here, and tell your boss to come out!"

Old Master Shen had been an official. He was originally the magistrate of Longxing Prefecture, which was later known as Nanchang.

He was dismissed from office, but his reputation skyrocketed because of this, and now he can be said to be a leading figure among the Shanyin literati.

The reason why Qiao Zhen was extremely wary of the Shen family was not because any of the Shen family members currently held important official positions, but because Shen Ruoyu's prestige among the literati was too high.

If he said something unkind to him, it would easily cause the officials to have a bad impression of Qiao Zhen.

Therefore, Qiao Zhen did not dare to offend such scholars and officials easily.

The reason why Old Master Shen was dismissed from his post but his reputation was greatly boosted was that he was chased and beaten by scholars when he presided over the "Bietou Test" of the "Fajie Test" in Longxing Prefecture.

Those who were able to take part in the "Bietou Exam" were originally minor officials or children of officials, and many of them were spoiled.

And Shen Ruoyu was particularly strict when he presided over the "Bietou Test".

In order to strictly investigate cheating, he did not care about the examinees' dignity at all and ordered that even the buttocks be checked. Although the examinees endured it, they were already furious.

Shen Ruoyu also offered a bounty to the monitors, and a generous reward to those who caught cheating.

As a result, the patrol soldiers became extremely excited and ran around the venue. As soon as the examinees made the slightest movement, they would pounce on them and start checking their papers, which seriously affected the examinees' thinking.

As a result, when we were taking the second exam, it started to rain heavily.

According to regulations, in case of heavy rain, the exam can be suspended for one day or postponed for one day.

But Shen Ruoyu insisted on continuing the exam.

Anyway, those who followed his connection had already received the test questions in advance, and now they were just writing them down from memory. How could that affect their thinking?

As a result, the candidates finally got angry.

They are originally children of officials or minor officials, so they have no shortage of tricks to play tricks on others.

In the midst of the heavy rain, someone suddenly shouted "fire", but no one knew who shouted.

The possibility of a fire starting in a rainstorm was really low, but those smart candidates all believed it, so they responded immediately and rushed out of their rooms.

As an examiner, Shen Ruoyu thought there was a real fire, and he hurriedly tried to find a safe place to escape. However, he was blocked by the candidates who were soaked like drowned rats.

So, in the pouring rain, Shen Ruoyu was beaten up by the candidates.

This incident shocked the imperial court, and in order to quell public anger, Shen Ruoyu had no choice but to be severely punished.

Only a few of the leaders among the candidates were caught and their scores for that period were destroyed, while the chief examiner Shen Ruoyu was dismissed and returned to his hometown.

However, because Shen Ruoyu "strictly observed examination discipline and was not afraid of the powerful", he won a good reputation and was highly respected among the literati.

As soon as the old man came out, the officers and soldiers became a little hesitant. They really didn't dare to offend him until he was convicted of a crime.

At this time, a man stepped out from the crowd, grabbed the crutch that Shen Ruoyu was swinging in the air, exerted force with both hands, and broke his crutch with a "click".

The man threw his cane to the ground and sneered, "Shen Ruoyu, your Shen family has committed a heinous crime, do you still dare to resist arrest?"

Shen Ruoyu looked at the heroic young man in front of him, who was wearing casual clothes, and asked angrily, "Who are you?"

"I am the Privy Council's decree, Yang Yuan!"

Yang Yuan brushed off the sawdust that had splashed onto his robe and waved his hand, saying, "Catch and investigate. Anyone who dares to resist arrest will be punished even more severely!"

The commander of the Caosi who brought the troops had received instructions from Qiao Zhen in advance and obeyed Yang Chengzhi's orders in everything.

Since Yang Chengzhi is strong enough, they have nothing to fear. They can just follow his orders. If anything goes wrong, there will be someone more powerful to take responsibility.

Then, Fu Mu, the commander of the Caosi, waved his hand and rushed in with a group of angry officers and soldiers. This time they searched even more unscrupulously.

Yang Yuan personally put shackles on Shen Ruoyu and ordered his men to take the old man away.

……

Shen Xi's yard was one of the most important places for search. When the officers and soldiers rushed in, they first drove all the concubines, maids, slaves and servants to stand still in the yard, and then rushed into the houses to search.

I don’t know if they did anything wrong, but when they came out of the house, everyone had gained weight.

Miss Xiangxuan was so frightened that she was shaking like a quail. She stood among several concubines, feeling quite confused for a moment.

How did the Shen family suddenly suffer a disaster? At this moment, she didn't even think of "Longshan Wang Er".

In Xiangxuan's mind, Wang Er is just a businessman from another place. How could he have such great power?

This time it’s all over. The Shen family is in trouble, and she doesn’t know what her own future will be.

Xiangxuan felt sad when she thought that she had a chance to get the huge sum of 3,000 strings of cash, hide her identity, flee to a foreign land, marry an honest man, have children and live a peaceful life, but now all of it was gone.

Why is my life so miserable!

The tears could not help but flow down.

"Shen Xi's study and bedroom must be searched especially carefully. Whoever can find confidential documents will be rewarded handsomely!" Yang Yuan said as he walked into the yard.

Yang Yuan was worried that Uncle Gou had hidden the "framed" documents too secretly and these soldiers would not be able to find them, so he personally went to Shen Xi's yard to supervise the inspection.

"Don't worry, Yang Chengzhi. We are professionals in house search and seizure!"

One of the Ten Generals patted his chest and said proudly: "When we searched for tax evaders, we could find all the money they hid in the mud in the pigsty."

"Yang Chengzhi?"

Xiang Xuan was crying so hard that she was out of breath, when suddenly she saw "Longshan Wang Er" walk in with a swagger and order the officers and soldiers to search her house. The officers and soldiers were very respectful to him and said "I obey your order".

Xiang Xuan understood instantly that this "Longshan Wang Er" must be a high-ranking official who was on a secret visit.

Xiangxuan was so surprised that she rushed over.

The officers and soldiers who were guarding these concubines and maids saw their companions making a fortune, and they all looked back absent-mindedly, just waiting for their shift to be changed when they searched the next courtyard. They were suddenly rushed out by Xiang Xuan.

Xiang Xuan threw herself at Yang Yuan's feet and hugged his thighs.

"Second Master Wang, no no no, Master Yang, save me!"

"Pull her away, pull her away!"

The general gave the order in a rage, and immediately two soldiers rushed up and grabbed Xiang Xuan's legs.

Xiang Xuan refused to let go. She grabbed Yang Yuan's belt with one hand and his thigh with the other. Her body was pulled into the air and stood horizontally.

"You promised me, I don't want your money, is that okay? Please save me, sir!"

Eh? What's going on?
The ten generals thought for a moment, and quickly glanced at the two officers and soldiers and waved their hands.

The two officers and soldiers quickly let go.

As soon as Xiang Xuan was free, she rushed over, wrapped her legs around Yang Yuan's legs, and squeezed his body tightly, begging bitterly: "Master Yang, I don't want money anymore, I will agree to anything you say, please save me..."

The ten generals saw that this was not a good situation to watch, so they stiffened their necks and rushed towards Shen Xi's study with glaring eyes, "Search it, search it thoroughly, search the ground three feet deep!"

Yang Yuan was also startled when someone suddenly pounced on him.

Yang Yuan subconsciously wanted to kick her out, but when he saw it was Xiang Xuan, he quickly stopped and said to her with a smile: "Look, I said I would send you the money within seven days. Do you still keep your word?"

When Xiang Xuan saw that he did not deny it, she was immediately overjoyed and quickly shook her head and said:

"No, no, no, I don't want money anymore. I really don't want money anymore. I just ask you to save me. Xiang Xuan is willing to be your slave and servant, and work like a cow or a horse to repay you."

When Yang Yuan saw several officers and soldiers who wanted to look but didn't dare to, with very ambiguous looks on their faces, he knew that he had been misunderstood by them.

Yang Yuan quickly bent down and helped Xiang Xuan up, and said to her with a smile: "If it weren't for you, Miss Xiang Xuan, who was the first to report, I wouldn't have been able to get the evidence of the Shen family's crimes so quickly.

You have made contributions to the court, so there is no reason to punish you, so why are you worried?"

As he said this, he squeezed Xiangxuan's hand hard.

Xiang Xuan was not stupid, she was just frightened before, but when Yang Yuan signaled her, she immediately came to her senses.

In the Song Dynasty's system of reporting, the person who came forward to report was called "the first to report", "the first to report", or "the one who reported", which Xiang Xuan knew.

With Yang Yuan's words "first report", how could Xiang Xuan not understand that her chance of survival lay here.

Xiang Xuan was overjoyed and said, "Thank you very much, sir. I know of many illegal acts of Shen Xi and I am willing to report them to you one by one!"

When the maids saw it, they were immediately inspired.

They pushed aside the guards and rushed over to imitate Xiang Xuan, hugged Yang Yuan's thighs and said, "Sir, we know about it too, and we want to report it too!"

(End of this chapter)