Eat the whole family? I emptied the storehouse of the Marquis' Mansion and married the crippled

Jiang Heng knew the importance of investigating Yu Yunzhao, so he did not dare to delay for even a second and immediately took people to investigate.

The fastest way to check on a person is naturally to start with the people she is familiar with.

And Yu Hongxiu, who is now imprisoned in prison, is the best breakthrough point.

Jiang Heng immediately took people to the prison to interrogate Yu Hongxiu.

Before he went, he thought Yu Hongxiu was stubborn and was afraid that he wouldn't be able to get any useful information from her at the beginning.

For this purpose, he even had people prepare a lot of tortures so that she could have a good taste of them.

As a result, as soon as Jiang Heng brought the person over and placed the torture instruments there, Hongxiu confessed everything before she could even use them on her.

It turns out that Yu Yunzhao's original name was Yu Yunzhao, and she entered the palace under the name of Ge Mianmian.

So after she came out of the palace and restored her original name, Xiao Mo naturally could not find out her whereabouts.

Yu Yunzhao and Yu Hongxiu are sisters. She knew everything that happened since she left the palace, including the fact that Concubine Ru gave Yu Yunzhao a sum of money and that Concubine Ru sent people to hunt them down.

"Sir, everything I said is true. Concubine Ru wanted to kill my sister, so we had no choice but to move to another city to live."

"My sister is a capable person. She used the money she had to marry a man who loved her. They have a big tea business and made some money a few years ago, so she brought us back to the capital."

"How powerful can a woman like Yu Yunzhao be? It is almost impossible for her to gain a foothold in the capital. Don't fool me. Tell me everything you know quickly. You can suffer less physical pain."

Jiang Heng had a fierce look on his face, as if he was ready to eat someone. Yu Hongxiu couldn't help but shudder and said quickly, "My lord, everything I said is true. I don't know where my sister got the secrets of the high officials in the capital from. My sister went to them to do things, and they were very cooperative and never put on airs."

Hearing Yu Hongxiu say this, Jiang Heng vaguely guessed that Yu Yunzhao should have the weak points of those people. After all, she used to be the head maid beside Concubine Ru, so it was not difficult for her to know the secrets of some dignitaries.

"What else do you know? Tell me now. This is not enough to save your life."

Jiang Heng continued to scare Yu Hongxiu.

"Your Excellency, I really have nothing else to say. I have told you everything I know. My family has been doing business peacefully in the capital and has never done anything that is harmful to the world. Please understand clearly, Your Excellency."

Yu Hongxiu, who had already been crying, looked so pitiful kneeling on the ground.

Unfortunately, Jiang Heng didn't buy it. If she was a good person, she wouldn't have caused trouble for Deyue Tower.

"Whether I can spare your life depends on whether the evidence you provide is sufficient. If not, then you can only die with Yu Yunzhao."

Yu Hongxiu was scared half to death. She was still young and wanted to live a good life. If she could exchange her sister's life for her own, she would be willing to do so.

After a moment's silence, Yu Hongxiu finally spoke out a secret that had been in her heart.

"My sister seems to have a notebook in which are written the weaknesses of some dignitaries."

When Jiang Heng heard this, he finally became interested.

"Did you read the notebook? It says it's okay."

"I haven't seen it. My sister usually treasures it very much. She never even mentioned it, let alone seeing it. I saw it secretly."

Jiang Heng threatened Yu Hongxiu again, but when he saw that she really had nothing to say, he let her go.

It was already dark when Jiang Heng finished interrogating Yu Hongxiu. However, he did not dare to delay at all and immediately took his men straight to Yu Yunzhao's house.

Yu Yunzhao's husband's surname was Liang, and they had a large house with three courtyards in the capital. Jiang Heng knew that the Liang Mansion had many servants. In order to prevent Yu Yunzhao from receiving the message and destroying the book, he specially borrowed the imperial guards.

As soon as the imperial guards entered the house, they took control of all the hundreds of people in the Liang family. Jiang Heng personally led the secret guards to search for the suspicious notebook.

Yu Yunzhao was worrying at home about how to rescue Yu Hongxiu, but she didn't expect disaster to strike out of the blue.

Yu Yunzhao, who was being dragged away, turned pale when she saw Jiang Heng and others searching her bedroom.

"This lord does not know what I have done wrong, and he is going to search my house."

"Yu Yunzhao, oh no, Ge Mianmian, don't you know what you have done wrong?"

Jiang Heng looked at Yu Yunzhao with a smile, she was afraid that she would never have a good life from this moment on.

When Yu Yunzhao heard the three words "Ge Mianmian", he felt cold all over in the hot summer.

This name is her sore spot. She always thought that the name Ge Mianmian had been forgotten long ago. After all, more than ten years have passed and all the people from that time are dead.

But she didn't expect that someone would suddenly mention it in front of her, and the person mentioned looked like someone from the palace based on his clothes, and might even be a eunuch.

In an instant, Yu Yunzhao felt hopeless.

"Sir, my wife has committed a crime. I am divorcing her now, but please do not implicate our Liang family."

Liang Zhong also had his arms tied behind his back. He now hated his sisters to death. If they hadn't been so arrogant outside, they would never have gotten into trouble.

"Liang Zhong, do you think you can run away? Back then, the Liang family could use Yu Yunzhao's money. Have the Liang family spent the money Yu Yunzhao earned in recent years?"

"And do you know how she earned that money?"

Jiang Heng looked at Liang Zhong with a smile, and he was rendered speechless by his question.

Liang Zhong is not a cut out for business, and it can be said that Yu Yunzhao has been using that notebook to support the Liang family over the years.

Xiao Mo's secret guards were quite capable. While Jiang Heng was talking, they had already found a blue-covered notebook from the secret compartment of Duobao Pavilion.

Jiang Heng reached out to take it. The notebook was about a finger thick and contained densely packed records of the secrets of some dignitaries in the capital.

Some people embezzled taxes, some bought and sold official positions, and some had wives and daughters in their hometowns, but said that they had married the daughters of high-ranking officials in the capital before they were married.

Some people poisoned their competitors in order to get promoted.

There was a family with a tigress who had several mistresses and gave birth to several illegitimate children.

Someone had an affair with his sister-in-law and even had a child. The eldest brother knew nothing about it and was planning to pass the title to the bastard.

If any one of these secrets were revealed, it would cause chaos in the family. No wonder Yu Yunzhao was able to thrive in the capital. She had the leverage over so many people, so no matter what happened, there would be someone to help her deal with it.

When Yu Yunzhao saw Jiang Heng take out the notebook, she gave up all her struggles and said nothing more.

She knew that she was doomed to die. The crime of poisoning Queen Jiang was enough to execute all nine generations of her clan.

Instead, Liang Zhong was crying and begging Jiang Heng to give the Liang family a chance to live.

"It's not up to me to decide how many members of the Liang family can survive. That depends on the emperor's opinion."

"Keep an eye on everyone. Don't touch any of the Liang family members or their belongings. Also, don't let Yu Yunzhao die. How she dies is not up to us."

"Yes."

Jiang Heng took the blue notebook and hurried into the palace. Xiao Mo still had to make the decision on this matter.

When Jiang Heng entered the palace, Xiao Mo and Ye Jintang had just finished dinner and were talking to their three children.