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Ever since he learned about Li Wu's mission, Su Qinchao paid extra attention when he inspected Chang'an inside and outside.

When he noticed this, he discovered that there were quite a few inconspicuous small official residences in the city, and their doors had been closed at some point.

For example, Wang Yuanwailang of the Ministry of Revenue, Qiu Zhushi of the Ministry of Justice...

It looks very bleak.

After privately looking through the files, I found out that some of them had been transferred out of Chang'an.

Some were either impeached by the censors for their mistakes or were temporarily thrown into prison...

Even worse, some were found to have embezzled military funds and were sentenced to have their property confiscated and exiled...

However, these people had different masters behind them, and they did not cause any stir in the court for a while, and were just regarded as ordinary official accidents.

It was not until the first civil servant of the fifth rank or above was brought down that people vaguely realized that something was wrong.

This is a doctor named Zhu from the Ministry of Personnel. His daily duties include guarding the border and transferring officers from the twelve guards.

I heard that there was a sixth-rank official who had made meritorious service and could have been promoted to deputy lieutenant Zhenwei.

Just because I didn't give him any gifts, I deliberately kept dragging my feet and delayed sending out the promotion documents.

Who would have known that this Sijie was a illegitimate son of the fifth degree of mourning from the side branch of the Zheng family in Xingyang, and now he had finally earned a place for himself through his own efforts.

He had registered with his own family, but was still being treated like this. He was so angry that he wrote a letter of complaint to his own family.

The Zheng family does not lack such a small sixth-rank official.

But if someone in his family was bullied, it would be a slap in the face of the entire family, so the matter was exposed in the court.

Logically speaking, this was just a small matter, and even if the Zheng family stepped in, the most they would do was demote him.

Besides, it is inevitable that an official will accept bribes after serving for a long time. This is normal in the officialdom.

If you are not greedy, others will force you to be greedy. Otherwise, it will only show that you are noble and upright.

Besides, what's wrong with accepting some gifts from people who have no backing? Just get the job done!

Even the censors turned a blind eye to such matters and were too lazy to intervene.

However, why he hit a wall this time and offended the Zheng family remains a mystery for the time being.

You have to know that the relationships between aristocratic families are complicated. Among the officials in Chang'an, there is always a family relationship tree in hand.

Logically speaking, even if one is outside the five generations of mourning, one's name should still be included in the list.

But this time he unexpectedly made a choice that everyone else found incredible. It would be strange to say that there was no mystery behind it.

What's more, the emperor ordered a thorough investigation.

It was also revealed that he had embezzled money for canal construction in his early years, and allowed his evil servants to occupy the land of innocent people, resulting in casualties.

This made the emperor extremely angry, and his crime was instantly changed from a minor crime of accepting bribes, which resulted in demotion, to a serious crime of embezzlement and causing death.

He has fallen into the state he is in today, being imprisoned and having his property confiscated.

His wife and children were all implicated. A man who had been living a life of luxury suddenly ended up with disheveled hair and dirty feet. How pitiful it was.

I heard that after being imprisoned, Doctor Zhu always believed that he had read the booklet wrongly and offended someone he shouldn't have offended, which led to this outcome.

He kept talking about it, acting like he was going crazy.

Of course, this is what the world sees on the surface.

But privately, some people who sit in high positions and have cultivated themselves into spirits have begun to suspect whether someone is manipulating things behind the scenes.

What will happen next? Will their interests be harmed?

However, they haven't found any clues for the time being, so they can only hold back and watch from the sidelines for the time being.

"I was the one who handed the evidence to those censors." Li Wu picked up a dogtail grass and squatted in the shade of the roof of the Su family's old house.

Looking at the bright lights in the distance, the red light illuminates half the sky of Chang'an City.

Talk about the matter of Doctor Zhu with Su Qinchao, who was also in the shadow.

It is said that Princess Yucheng had long been eyeing this man named Zhu, who was the mistress of a concubine in the palace.

The concubine gave birth to a prince and was very ambitious.

Over the years, he has spared no effort to use Doctor Zhu to place many people in many important but inconspicuous positions inside and outside the court.

For example, the captains and cavalry officers under the twelve guards.

Once something happens, these people will play a role that cannot be underestimated.

Therefore, Princess Yucheng asked her to thoroughly investigate this person named Zhu.

Step by step, they collected evidence of his crimes and handed them to the censors to bring him down in one fell swoop.

Then replace those people secretly and without leaving any trace...

But no one expected that Doctor Zhu was not only dishonest, but also had another murder case to blame.

Originally, the family wanted to report to the police, but the officials protected each other and everyone surrounded and blocked them, so they couldn’t even leave the village for a while.

Later, his little grandson thought of a way and sneaked out in the middle of the night, but he was put in a sack and beaten half to death. He was so scared that he gave up the matter.

If she hadn't checked carefully this time, she wouldn't have discovered this.

She still remembered that the family burst into tears and looked extremely pitiful when they talked about it.

Especially when it comes to sad things, I even took her to see her little grandson who is still lying in bed, taking medicine to stay alive...

"It really deserves to die." Su Qinchao sighed after hearing this.

He had heard about it from the soldiers of the Jinwu Guard before, but not in as much detail as Li Wu said.

Officials were originally meant to serve the people, but most of them have become people who devour the flesh and blood of the people.

When he was young, he wondered why his father, who had such martial arts skills, did not go further up.

With his ability, he is more than qualified to pass the military imperial examination.

But I heard from Su's father that only by being content with the status quo can we maintain our original heart.

Once a person enters the dye vat of power, no matter how clean he is, he will be polluted beyond recognition.

He didn't understand it before, but since he came to Chang'an, he gradually understood it.

Even someone like him who grew up under the red flag was gradually assimilated, let alone others.

...

"Husband." Yunniang picked up a shrimp and put it into her husband's bowl.

Recently she noticed that her husband was always in a daze, and at first it was just during casual conversations.

Now I get angry even when I’m playing with my children or eating.

Just like now, I don’t know what he was thinking. He was halfway through his meal when this happened again. When I asked him, he just said it was nothing.

"Hmm? Okay." Su Qinchao reacted, then picked up a piece of the dish that Yunniang liked with chopsticks and handed it over.

"Daddy." Little Tangyuan, who had finished his meal, rolled his eyes, then jumped off the chair and came in front of his father.

"What's wrong?" Su Qin swallowed the shrimp in his mouth, then leaned over and picked up his fat daughter and sat her on his lap.