bookcurios Chapter 171: Confiscating property to get rich, the enviable calmness, Bai Yichuan
Chapter 171: Confiscating property to get rich, the enviable calmness, Bai Yichuan
"Yes!" Qiu Tian agreed and walked out with the silver-white token thrown by Shen Qian.
After autumn left.
Inside the huge Yanqiong Tower.
You can hear a pin drop.
Even Bai Yichuan and Shen Qian, who were sitting opposite each other, couldn't help but hold their breath.
He looked at Shen Qian with a pair of disbelief eyes.
Just a casual invitation to lunch, but ended up offending the Inspector General of the Supervisory Department?
And this inspector is actually standing up for himself. I really don’t know whether this is a lucky or unfortunate day.
Fortunately, his bullying was repelled on the spot, while Du Xuyang, the eldest son of the Marquis of Linshui who had bullied him for many years, was beaten into a pig's head and even faced the possibility of his family being confiscated and his family being exterminated. Unfortunately, his father would probably be completely labeled as a eunuch party after today.
Du Xuyang collapsed on the ground before he reacted.
He roared at Shen Qian in disbelief:
"impossible!"
"How come you are the Inspector General of the Supervisory Department?"
"Absolutely impossible. You and that bitch Bai Yichuan are directing and acting in this drama, right!"
"You are directing and acting in this drama yourself...right?"
When he asked his question, Shen Qian glanced at him as if he was an idiot.
Bai Yichuan on the opposite side was even more confident and smiled at Du Xuyang:
"In this vast world, I have never heard of anyone daring enough to pretend to be an inspector of the Supervisory Department."
"That's a third-rank official."
"The imperial court will exterminate all three clans if they are held responsible. Who dares to do this?"
"Could it be that Brother Du has become stupid from listening to music in brothels lately?"
"Bai Yichuan!" Du Xuyang's eyes were filled with resentment when he saw that Bai Yichuan, the guy who had been bullied by him for several years, dared to bare his teeth at him.
Clench your palms.
Bai Yichuan saw him moving to the side and immediately stood up.
He stepped directly on Du Xuyang's wrist.
‘Click! ’
'what! '
A scream like a pig being slaughtered came from Du Xuyang's mouth.
Facing Du Xuyang's screams, Bai Yichuan vented all the humiliation he had suffered over the years in this sleep, and scolded:
"Do you still want to use a knife to hurt someone?"
"It's already a dead end today. Do you want to harm an official of the imperial court?"
"Who gave you the courage?"
When he spoke, he was full of energy.
The crowd watching the fun outside could naturally hear it clearly.
Du Xuyang was kicked by him and at least one of his wrist bones was broken.
She didn't have the energy to scold Bai Yichuan, and could only wait for him with a pair of eyes filled with anger.
Outside the room, some distinguished guests who were a little further away from the door opened by Shen Qian and her group were whispering:
"Du Xuyang has really hit a wall. Why would he pick on those mad dogs from the Supervisory Department when there are so many people he could pick on?"
"From the sound of it, he provoked a female Inspector. As far as I know, the only one who might be in the capital right now is Inspector Shen, who defeated a thousand barbarian cavalrymen with only a hundred men. She was the one who won the only victory in Daliang in months, and she is in the emperor's favor."
"Hiss! So Du Xuyang's father is really in trouble this time? He's a marquis."
"What title is there that offends the eunuch and doesn't die? Have you forgotten the two Dukes who were publicly killed by Chief Steward Liang?"
"..."
This statement came out.
Suddenly everyone lowered their heads.
The public execution of the two defeated Dukes who lost Beimang Pass had its reasons, but it also demonstrated the "authority" of the imperial special permission to execute first and report later.
"I...I was wrong." After the pain in his wrist subsided a little, Du Xuyang said to Shen Qian in a pleading tone:
"Please let me go, Lord Inspector."
"We have no hatred or grudges."
Listening to Du Xuyang's plea for mercy, Shen Qian took a sip of tea.
He put the teacup back on the table and said:
"No grudges or hatred, well said."
"But if I remember correctly, it was you, the eldest son of Marquis Du, who broke into the house first and spoke rudely first, right?"
Facing Shen Qian's questioning, Du Xuyang's forehead was covered in cold sweat.
There is no way to refute it.
Then Shen Qian smiled softly and continued:
"In that case, I'm afraid Master Du isn't really wrong."
"I just heard that I'm going to investigate your father thoroughly to see if he's embezzled money or withheld military pay, and I'm scared."
"Then for both public and private reasons, I cannot let you go so easily."
"Otherwise, if my Supervisory Department is misunderstood by the outside world and is colluding with corrupt officials, my head will be in danger."
As soon as she finished speaking, Shen Qian almost sentenced Du Xuyang to death.
Let his eyes drop.
"Those of you who are watching the show outside can go home now." Shen Qian said softly, and in an instant.
There were bursts of footsteps in the originally silent corridor.
Some went downstairs, and some returned to their own boxes.
Some even deliberately amplified the sound of the door closing so that Shen Qian could hear it.
When the noise outside had calmed down, Shen Qian said to the waiter beside her:
"Give me the menu and come to my table first."
"Yes." Seeing this, the servant lowered his head and replied.
At the same time, he was secretly rejoicing in his heart.
Fortunately, I didn't judge people by their appearance before, and asked the lady in front of me to give up the box.
Otherwise, I would be the one lying on the ground with a dead look on my face.
"Don't follow me out." Shen Qian saw that the servant who had led Bai Yichuan before was leaving, and her own servant was about to leave, so she immediately stopped him.
The servant turned around with a dull expression, not daring to look at Shen Qian, and asked with his head lowered:
"I wonder if you have any further instructions?"
In response to his question, Shen Qian pointed at Du Xuyang lying on the ground and said:
"Find some cloth and tie their hands and feet."
"Then tie them all up with a rope and throw them at the door of the box."
"You are responsible for watching them. Before the people from the Supervision Department come, they are short of one person, so you can take over."
"Well done, this is your reward."
As soon as Shen Qian finished speaking, she took out ten taels of silver and threw it over.
The servant swallowed twice while holding the silver coins.
Respectfully replied:
"My lord, just watch them and they will be killed at the door."
Ten taels of silver, this is his total income for the whole year.
Although he would receive tips from nobles from time to time, they were only one or two coins of silver. This was the first time he had seen anyone so generous in the two years he had been working as a waiter at Yanqionglou.
Seeing the person in the way being pulled out of the door, the woman sitting opposite Shen Qian asked softly:
"Sister...are you the Inspector Shen Qian that everyone in Liangdu has been talking about lately?"
"Yeah." When Shen Qian heard the woman accurately call out her name, a flash of surprise flashed across her eyes.
After all, he had made great achievements, and the two people in front of him were obviously descendants of meritorious service. It was normal for them to have heard of his name and remember it.
"Wow! Sister Shen is so amazing."
"I am the third daughter of Earl Jingkang, calm down."
"I've long wanted to see my sister's true appearance after hearing what my father told me."
"I didn't expect that we would be so lucky to meet in Yanqiong Tower today."
Faced with a lively little girl, Shen Qian was very interested in chatting with her.
As the food was served, Shen Qian picked up the chopsticks and picked up a piece of the green dish.
On the palate... crisp and dry.
After chewing twice, Shen Qian's face looked a little strange: Isn't this a green radish?
Pick up the other two side dishes again and put them into your mouth.
Chew some.
Shen Qian was surprised to find that: white radish, carrot, this is not a gathering of heroes, this is just a meeting of radishes?
And the taste... really restores the taste of the ingredients themselves: raw.
Just for this dish, you dare to ask for 128 taels of silver?
Are the people in Liangdu too stupid and easy to be deceived, or is it that I, an outsider, have never been cheated before and was fooled directly?
Shen Qian thought to herself that she really wanted to pull out the boss behind Yanqionglou and give him a beating.
However, the following dishes did not disappoint Shen Qian.
Most of them are colorful, fragrant and delicious, and the carvings are also magical.
Take a dish of baby cabbage for example. Although it is just plain cabbage, the cabbage is carved into the shape of a baby. Just based on the knife skills, it has to be sold for ten taels... As for the price at Yanqionglou, it is three hundred and fifty taels.
The premium is too high.
As the dishes continued to be served, Shen Qian was very restrained. No matter how delicious the dish was, she would never take more than three bites.
After all, there are nearly a dozen dishes.
If she eats too much of a particular dish, she may not be able to enjoy the rest of the dishes.
It took Shen Qian more than an hour to finish more than twenty dishes.
After the last dish was tasted, autumn finally arrived.
After knocking on and opening the door of the private room, she walked to Shen Qian with a look of joy and said:
"Lord."
"During this audit, it was discovered that Marquis Linshui had embezzled a large amount of military pay."
"And they were also involved in the resale of arms."
"The amount involved in the case exceeded one million taels of silver. As per custom, the Supervisory Department took a 2% cut, totaling 25,000 taels of silver notes."
"Everything is here, please have a look, my lord."
Shen Qian looked at the banknote that Qiu handed to her with a confused look on her face.
While visiting Yanqionglou, she ordered a state banquet worth ten thousand taels. In the end... not only did she not have to pay for it herself, but she even earned another state banquet? Such a good thing actually existed in the world. It was truly wonderful.
Bai Yichuan and Leng Jing, who were sitting opposite Shen Qian, looked at her with envy.
Even after their property was confiscated and their clan was exterminated, they still got money.
The days of the Inspector are truly wonderful!