Xu Jing was indeed the thief crying "stop thief" and actually hid all the 120,000 taels of silver he had collected in the wine cellar.

The wine cellar was also sealed.

The wine cellar was opened, and the jars filled with not wine but silver.

When all the silver was brought out and poured in front of Xu Tongzhi, Xu Jing knew that the truth had been revealed and his face turned pale.

The women of the Xu family hugged each other and cried.

The moment he found the silver, Zhang Zhongjing immediately sent someone to inform Xu Xing.

At this time, Xu Xing had arrived.

"Sir."

Zhang Zhongjing pointed at the silver ingots on the ground and said with gritted teeth: "As you expected, someone wants to fish in troubled waters."

Xu Xing looked at the piles of silver, then stepped forward and kicked Xu Jing, knocking him to the ground.

Xu Jing endured the severe pain, then immediately got up and knelt trembling.

"The emperor is merciful and considers that it is not easy for you to serve as an official, so he pardoned you and hoped that you would reform and serve the court well. But you, you are unrepentant, crying thief, ignoring the emperor's grace, and deceiving the emperor. You deserve to die..."

Faced with Xu Xing's accusations, Xu Jing was speechless.

But he had worked so hard to save up this money over the years, and now it was gone just like that. He really couldn't accept that.

Otherwise, how could he not know that it was a capital crime, but still want to give it a try?

Xu Jing had nothing to say.

"All members of the Xu family were detained, and all their property was confiscated."

"Yes!"

……

Xu Xing deliberately did not conceal the news that he had raided Xu Jing's mansion. After dawn, all the officials, big and small, in Qingchuan County heard about it, and everyone felt insecure.

Especially those who were fined silver on the list are walking on thin ice, and some are even considering whether to hand over more.

Jiang Hao came to give Xu Xing acupuncture again. Just as he started inserting the needle, he saw Zhang Zhongjing running in with a slightly anxious look on his face.

"Take your time first."

Jiang Hao reminded him and Zhang Zhongjing immediately shut up and stood aside respectfully.

Nothing is more important than Xu Xing's health.

About half an hour later, when Xu Xing had put on his clothes, Zhang Zhongjing said, "Sir, two pieces of news."

Jiang Hao packed up his things quickly and went out.

There are some things she's better off not listening to.

Xu Xing sat back in his chair and drank his tea, motioning him to continue.

"Three people have already handed in their silver in advance. After the counting is completed, General Luo will send people to escort them back to the capital."

This amount of silver is not a small sum. Even though it is government silver, the journey is long and there may be some foolish people along the way.

Ship separately and disperse the targets.

Xu Xing was quite satisfied with Zhang Zhongjing's arrangement and nodded: "Anything else?"

"Xu Jing committed suicide in prison out of fear of punishment."

Xu Jing knew that he could not escape death, so he simply committed suicide.

However, although his death brought him relief, his wife and children would probably be exiled and sent to the Jiaofangsi.

"Bury it."

"Yes."

It’s a good deal for Xu Jing.

After Zhang Zhongjing left, he calculated the time and thought that the reply letter from the capital should have arrived by now.

……

After Jiang Hao came out of Xu Xing's study, he went to see Xu Zhao.

The two brothers need to be treated with acupuncture on time before the poison in the mother Gu is forced out or killed.

"Sister Haoer, can you really detoxify my brother and me?"

After several acupuncture treatments and repeated observations of the wriggling poisonous insect, Xu Zhao had finally accepted it.

"Don't move."

Jiang Hao scolded softly and stabbed the silver needle into Xu Zhao's heart: "I'm not completely sure, but there is 99% no problem."

She couldn't be too confident. After all, if the two of them were destined to die, she wouldn't be able to save them, right?

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