Chapter 638: Critical crackdown (Part 2)

In this way, the sixteenth prince, Cao Yong and Qi Min accompanied the guards and started from the house outside the palace.

Needless to say, Yiduli was here, because he went back, he did not let anyone go. Zhang Yushu's house was empty, so he just let someone go to see it. There was a steady old housekeeper in Li's house, and he saw that the sixteenth prince was here, so he didn't say much nonsense.

The sixteenth prince hesitated for a while and decided to go in the order of the next few Duke's mansions.

As soon as I knocked on the door of the first house, I saw two people flashing behind the screen wall and kneeling towards me: "My nephew is paying tribute to Uncle Sixteen!"

The two of them came out, with yellow straps hanging around their waists. One was tall and older, twenty-six, seven, and had short beards; the other looked fairer, twenty-three, and four.

The Sixteenth Prince saw that the two looked familiar, but he couldn't remember where he had seen them, so he was still looking at them.

Behind the Sixteenth Prince, Cao Yong had already recognized the two in front of him, Yuan Wei and Yuan Zhi, the two sons of Tushou.

He pulled the Sixteenth Prince and whispered the identities of the two brothers.

The sixteenth prince nodded and said, "It's you two brothers, why aren't you staying in the capital? Are you here?"

When the two brothers heard this, they blushed and couldn't explain clearly.

The sixteenth prince felt strange and waved his hand and said, "Get up, the city is not in good condition these days, I believe you have heard of it. Two days ago, a bandit Ye Tan's residence, and chased him to this missing person. Today, I am here to take someone to see if there is a land where people can hide people." As he spoke, he looked at the expressions of the two brothers.

Both Yuanwei and Yuanzhi changed their faces and showed a little panic.

The sixteenth prince became more suspicious when he saw him.

Yuan Wei and Yuan Zhi are the grandsons of Gali. The "mother-killing case" of Gali has a close connection with Cao Yong. It is reasonable to say that they have a grudge against Cao Yong because of this.

Cao Yong looked at the plain clothes of the two brothers without saying a word.

Yuanwei and Yuanzhi stood up and greeted the Sixteenth Prince. Among them, Yuanwei did not speak, Yuanzhi said with a smile: "Uncle Sixteenth, there are relatives living in the garden. There are many female relatives inside, which is a bit inconvenient."

The sixteenth prince glanced at him and pretended to be angry and said, "What's inconvenient? Can you even force a robbery of a minority girl?" Speaking of this, I felt a little embarrassed to think of my kindness in front of Xiaoying these days.

"Uncle Sixteen, I don't mean that!" Yuan Zhi hurriedly defended, but as if there was something unspeakable, he couldn't explain clearly what he had to eat.

The more he is, the more eye-catching he is.

Even Qi Min was a little more alert, and brought a lot of knife-holding guards into the yard, not only did he say that he could whisper to the front and back doors to look at them.

The Sixteenth Prince was already a little impatient and frowned at Qi Min on the side and said, "Take someone over and see, what's going on!"

Qi Min responded and took people down.

The two brothers Yuanwei and Yuanzhi looked pale and there was a look of hesitation on their faces.

The sixteenth prince was too lazy to look at them and said to Cao Yong: "I remember that Furuo had some friendship with E Fei in his early years. Now his heir, what is the relationship with you?"

Cao Yong replied: "When I was in Taipu Temple earlier, I had some official exchanges, and the number of times I met in the past or two years was limited."

"So that's it. It seems that I can't count on you there." The Sixteenth Prince said casually.

Yuan Wei couldn't help but stomped his feet, lowered his head and said, "Uncle Sixteen, this backyard house... the backyard house, please ask the nephews to rent it out."

"Rent?" Although the sixteenth prince saw that their brother had a secret, he didn't expect it to be this. He couldn't help but feel curious and said, "Who did you rent it to? Is this a shortage of money, or why is it? Is it a good garden still rented out?"

Yuan Wei's face turned red, and he couldn't speak.

It was Yuan Zhi who explained that the Sixteenth Prince and Cao Yong could only hear the whole story.

The mother of the two brothers, the wife of the Duke of Fuguo, Dong E, died of depression shortly after suffering from her parents' home. A year later, Tushou married his wife.

With a stepmother, there is a stepmother. The two brothers were still in the filial piety period and were driven to Rehe.

He also said that the two brothers were old and there was no reason to let their parents support them, so they cut off the silver rice. The two brothers had been rich and well-off since childhood, so how could they worry about their livelihood?

Before they came here, the garden here had already asked his wife to send someone to loot. Except for some stupid furniture and other valuable items, there were no other valuable items left.

The two brothers really had no choice. They saw someone posting a rent-seeking notice on the street, so they rented out the inner house. The two brothers, as well as their family and a few loyal servants, lived across the front yard.

When the sixteenth prince heard this, he couldn't help but be upset and said, "The legitimate son of the Duke's Mansion actually ended up in the house for a living. What's this? Look, you two are already twenty years old, why don't you ask for a title for you?"

Yuan Zhi said with red eyes: "Ama is timid and afraid that if you ask for a ban, someone will make trouble for our grandfather's affairs."

It is difficult for a clean official to make up for family affairs. Although the sixteenth prince was resentful, he didn't have to say much, so he had to frown and shake his head.

Cao Yong remembered that when Gali was appointed as the governor of Liangjiang, Tushou was camping in the capital under the banner of his father-in-law, and he also felt that he was sometimes moving.

The sixteenth prince also saw the clothes on the two of them, thought for a while, and asked, "How long will it take to be filial to you?"

"By the end of May..." Yuanzhi replied.

The sixteenth prince did not speak anymore, glanced at the decorations on the hall, and there were only a few fake calligraphy and paintings hanging on the wall, and there were ordinary wood-carved inkstones on the Duobao grid, and there was no valuable thing to see.

From this point of view, the two brothers are talking about eight or nine.

After a while, Qi Min had already brought people back, and his expression was a little stiff. The soldiers were escorted by several women wearing red and green outfits.

"Official, do you have something to say..."

"Official, what's going on in searching for my family..."

Qi Min was upset by the noise, bit her lip and whispered: "Shut up!"

The women saw two young masters here and two young men, one of whom was wearing official uniforms, and they were not afraid of anything, and they became more and more charming.

This said: "My little master, you have to be the master of your slave family."

The one said: "My arm hurts so much. Master, how can this be born..."

Although Cao Yong and Qi Min both wore third-grade replenishment clothes, they claimed that they were leaning against a big tree to enjoy the shade, so they didn't take it seriously.

Seeing this lively, the sixteenth prince added a smile on his face and asked Yuanzhi: "Is this what you are talking about? Although it is very charming, isn't he a little older?"

The women saw that everyone was standing, only the Sixteenth Prince was sitting, knowing that they had a good identity.

Seeing that he was kind, the women were also brave. This said, "I will be sad if I say this. I will only be double 10 this year."

The one said, "I don't know that Love Master, only those who are older know how to love people."

Some others said: "I like young people. I have several daughters in my family. They are all in my prime. They are serious and handsome. They say that the mother-in-law likes the son-in-law the more she looks at her son-in-law. This is true."

While speaking, I didn't know how many charming eyes I threw over. If Qi Min hadn't stopped him, I was afraid they would have rushed over.

"Ha, ha, ha, it's interesting!" Seeing that the sixteenth prince had just come out, his mother-in-law couldn't help laughing.

Cao Yong glanced at the one who said he was "Double Ten" and wondered if he had poor eyesight. Why did he feel like he looked like "Double Twenty"?

Qi Min stepped forward and told the results of the inspection of the backyard. In addition to a few guards, there were only these people and dozens of little girls.

When I heard that these women were sons, the Sixteenth Prince stopped the smile on his face and his eyes became sharp.

When Yuan Zhi saw this, he hurriedly stepped forward and said, "Uncle Sixteen, they all have official notes. Those women were also bought by officials or people on the market, and there is no suspicion of selfless abduction."

"Is that true?" The Sixteenth Prince glanced at them, still half-believing and half-doubting.

"The nephews dare not lie. Most of the girls they raise are sold to wealthy families as maids, and the procedures in the yamen are complete." Yuan Zhi was afraid that the Sixteenth Prince would misunderstand, so he couldn't help but say a few more words.

Those women had already seen something wrong. What identities would be that the two young masters could call them uncles? They were trembling and stopped.

The sixteenth prince said to Qi Min: "Let the two of you go over and ask if there are any good families who have been abducted? If you make a thief's nest at the gate of the palace, then you, the general manager, should have ended up doing it."

The voice is not loud, but the weight is not light.

Qi Min dared not to be entrusted, so she bowed and took someone to interrogate himself.

The sixteenth prince picked up the tea cup, looked at the heavy and floating tea stems inside, and lost interest in drinking tea.

He put down the teacup and said to Yuan Zhi and Yuan Wei brothers: "The garden belongs to your own family. Should you rent or sell it? You don't do your business. But it's this realm, in front of the palace, it's extraordinary. You are not young anymore. Don't be too verbally speaking, you should know the importance of it."

Yuan Wei was still a little confused and didn't know what the Sixteenth Prince said. Yuan Zhi had already understood the taste and knelt down and said, "Uncle Sixteenth Prince taught that the nephews did not dare to ignore the law and acted nonsense. This was just to support the family. Fortunately, the nephew brother married his sister-in-law and had two young people, so he had to eat. There was really no way, so he thought about collecting rent. If there was a little way, the nephews would not... "

Before Yuan Zhi could finish speaking, he heard a "thump" sound and Yuan Wei knelt down.

Although I don’t know what the Sixteenth Prince said meant, this stupid man also saw that he seemed to punish their brothers.

"Uncle Sixteen, I won't do my brother's business. My nephew saw someone renting a house and picking it up." Yuan Wei said loudly.

Seeing his brother like this, Yuan Zhi couldn't help but be anxious. He pulled his brother's arm down and whispered: "Brother, why are you causing trouble?"

Yuan Wei stepped forward and took two steps, knelt in front of Yuan Zhi, and looked up to the Sixteenth Prince and said, "Uncle Sixteenth, I did it all, and I also collected the rent. They said that there is a relative who is easy to talk to, and I will also collect it. If I don't do my brother's business, I will do it. If I violate any law, I will also be punished. My brother has not gotten married yet, so don't blame him for it."

"Brother..." Seeing that his usual dull brother said these words in one breath, Yuan Zhi was so amused and whispered: "Stop talking... Isn't this a joke between Uncle Sixteen and Prince Cao?" As he said that, he looked up carefully and looked at the expressions of Prince Sixteen and Prince Cao.

The sixteenth prince and Cao Yong didn't laugh.

The room suddenly became quiet, and even Yuanzhi did not dare to make any more excuses.

After a while, Qi Min came back.

After inquiry, the women were either sold by officials or were not bought from the market, and the people in front of them were not suspected of being abducted.

The Sixteenth Prince's expression was so good that he glanced at the women and said, "How much does it cost?"

Those women were frightened by this stance, and no one dared to speak for a moment.

"Huh?" When the Sixteenth Prince saw this, his brows frowned again.

The one who was about to be the mother-in-law of the Sixteenth Prince just now was brave enough to slap him and said, "Five...50 taels..."

"Fifty taels a month..." The sixteenth prince raised his eyebrows and said, "It's pretty cheap, it's pretty cheap..."

The woman's face froze and she whispered: "It's fifty taels in three years..."
To be continued...