Chen Xi then asked a few more questions and found out that after the Ministry of Justice was heard, the female family members of the criminals were sold to the public with clear prices.

Whether it is an official, if it is an official, what rank is it, whether it is a Beijing official or a foreign official, a lady or a wife or a concubine, how old is the female relative, whether she is married or not, whether she has had a child, there are a mature evaluation tables. This system reached its peak after the Jingshen of Yongle, and emperors of all dynasties have never stopped.

This way of killing one person and suffering the whole family did shock some corrupt officials, but the problem is that the Ming Dynasty factory guards are prevalent, and the emperor is moody, so many officials are convicted for their words, which is very unfair to their families.

There is an official price list, and there is also a set for Xiaoji.

It was not what the outside world thought. Shangguan was completely unaware of the matter of privately selling people. In fact, there was no tacit approval from the officials, and the little people below dared not be so presumptuous.

Through the internal servants sold openly by the government, all the money must be entered into the Ministry of Revenue account or the treasury. The officials have no money at all, but when they are sold privately, the money will be entered into their personal pockets, and most of them will be in the hands of officials. Just like Peng Yu, no matter how much you make a purchase, it will only cost a few taels of silver.

Regardless of whether what Peng Yu said was true or not, Chen Xi could not let the line break easily. He immediately expressed his willingness to pay a hundred taels of silver. Peng Yu thanked Chen Xi like a living Bodhisattva.

"Sir, you are so generous. There are also some female relatives here, including many beautiful ones. Do you have special hobbies, even if you have special hobbies, villains can do it?"

After the Ming Dynasty, the family members who were found guilty of being punished by the family members were not age-limited. From the age of seventy and eighty, they could not walk, and from the time they were hungry and still in their infancy, they could buy them as long as you want. In fact, there is Lin Dai, a family member of the criminal who has not been overturned so far.

Chen Xi used to be unsure of the family of such private transactions, because these dregs would not leave records in official history.

“No need.”

Chen Xi did not intend to spend money in vain. It would be very troublesome for him to redeem a lady from the Li family. No matter how beautiful the other women are, it is not his business. "I will leave this matter to Brother Peng to do it, and I will be rewarded after the matter is completed."

"I dare not, I dare not, Lord Shen has already given a lot of rewards. The minister must do his best to do his best to fulfill his mission."

After Chen Xi finished seeing the new house, the Ministry of Justice had already sent the ten maids and ten servants awarded by the emperor with a carriage.

These maids and servants were all fetched from the house. At this time, the ones sent were obviously chosen by others. The maids had to be look-out, strength, and strength. Most of the male servants were weak and had turbid eyes. They looked like they were not smart at first sight. Fortunately, they were not old, and the oldest was only in their early twenties. Otherwise, I really didn't know whether it was used to do things or to support them in their old age.

But it was originally a waste of time, and Chen Xi didn't care about those anymore. There were just ten maids and ten male servants, so I would like to make a match for them in the future.

Chen Xi temporarily appointed two responsible persons and asked these twenty people to go in and clean the yard. Since Gao Mansion was circulated for only ten months, the firewood, rice, oil and salt were ready-made, so they would cook and eat by themselves when the time came. Chen Xi was not worried about them escaping, and the capital itself had difficulty entering and leaving, and even if they escaped from the city, there would be no way out.

These days, those who are slaves are worthy of being caught and beaten to death by escaping and being beaten to death, and the government will not ask about it, and they will not cause trouble. Although it is harder to do things at the master's house, at least they have food and drink, and they will pass through it safely for the rest of their lives.

People these days are willing to do eunuchs in order to survive, let alone become maids and servants.

Because he was discussing things with Peng Yu, Chen Xi was a little late when he returned home, and the sun was almost hanging on the west side, so he was so angry that he returned home weakly.

I returned to Beijing all the way, and after only one night of rest, I ran around and worked all day. It was really exhausting, but I felt even more tired after I got home because there was a long-winded mother chanting in his ears at any time.

"You are a little unscrupulous. Is it easy for me to travel all the way to Beijing to see you? I don't know if you are back, I don't know if I care about you. Your father and your brother always talk about you, but when I arrive in Beijing, we are not allowed to move in with you. I think I'm not going to have something to do with you, right?"

In Zhou's eyes, the most important one is the eldest son, followed by her husband and younger son. As for her daughter Chen Yier, she chose to ignore it.

Chen Xidao: "If you want to move here, you'll have to wait in two days."

Zhou's eyes lit up when he heard this, but he quickly looked stern: "I'm not sincerely trying to disturb you, but the family always wants to reunite with the New Year together, right? It's the 27th day of the twelfth lunar month, and I haven't seen you prepare New Year's goods. But your Aunt Sun is thinking about it, and the New Year's goods are delivered to your home."

Chen Xi said: "Don't think too much about it. My child went out to do business errands this time. The emperor thought that my child had made great contributions and gave me a mansion. My child was about to move in, so I wanted to move here and just move after the New Year."

"Um!?"

Zhou was so happy now, "Boy, what did you say? The emperor rewarded you with a mansion? Oh, what a big mansion, is it the same as the palace, the kind of hundreds of rooms?"

Xie Yuner was also very happy to hear the news, but she quickly explained to Zhou: "Mom, the official residence is not all wide and large. I think it should be like entering the yard in three or five. Compared to ours, it is just a bigger storefront."

Zhou was disappointed when he heard this and spat: "What's the use of a big door? The main thing is that it's spacious. I think it's a good house! If you like to live there, just go and live there. Anyway, I think this house is good. Your father and I must move here and enjoy it. Oh, I want to see how to clean it up."

Xie Yuner was quite helpless about Zhou's behavior, but she was the kind of woman who was responsible and knew that she had to get used to everything about the Shen family when she got married into the Shen family.

Xie Yuner respects Zhou. The two sisters have been accustomed to each other for many years. In addition, Zhou did not help the Xie family at the beginning, but she was indeed a woman who knew how to repay kindness.

Unfortunately, Zhou is obviously a woman who is kind to outsiders and is mean to her family. She is very strong outside and wants to save face. But once she becomes her daughter-in-law, no matter how noble the status was before, she would still be scolded by her as a servant. This is basically influenced by the way of Li’s housekeeper.

Zhou was about to ask Lin Dai to accompany her to visit the yard again, thinking about how to decorate it, Chen Xi said: "Mom, let Yun'er accompany you, I want to take Dai'er out to see someone."

When Lin Dai heard this, he immediately became more dependent when he looked at Chen Xi.

Fortunately, he saved me, otherwise my mother would definitely annoy me and exhaust me.

"What are you going to see? Dai'er is your concubine, so she should take care of her husband and children at home. How can she follow you out and run around?" Zhou began to scold her again.

Xie Yuner went over to support Zhou and said, "Mom, let your daughter-in-law accompany you. This was the Xie family before. Isn't the daughter-in-law familiar with this place than Dai'er? Also, my husband really has something to do. I'd better let my daughter-in-law tell you slowly after entering?"

Zhou leaned down and touched Xie Yuner's stomach, and said angrily: "This is almost the same. The son I raised is not as filial as my daughter-in-law. That dead girl from Dai'er has also learned bad things from him."

Chen Xi ordered Yun Bo to drive out the carriage, and Yun Bo, who was familiar with the environment in the capital, drove it himself, while he and Lin Dai boarded the carriage and headed to the Guanyi in the west of the city.

Lin Heng went to Beijing to escort the list of military merits and Shen Xi. After the imperial court issued a reward decree, he would go back to Yansui Town with the army, so he did not move into the military camp.

In the carriage, Lin Dai looked resentful: "You don't look for me when you come back. My mother keeps making things difficult for me these days."

Lin Dai's first reaction was to make a complaint with her, but often men would get stuck between her mother and daughter-in-law and her daughter-in-law and make a decision. For Chen Xi, she should have supported her wife unconditionally. After all, she was just a cheap mother, and Zhou's personality was not popular with him.

But he really couldn't stand on Lin Dai's side in this matter because of Lin Dai's rude nature and his habit of complaining about this.

"Isn't it okay for you to do something when I come to the capital?" Chen Xi taught a lesson with a stern face.

Lin Dai pouted, and finally nodded honestly: "What about tonight?"

Being well-behaved is just to exchange for love. Lin Dai is becoming more and more aware of being a wife. In this Shen family, her status is very embarrassing. Without a proper wife, she means that her own and her children's identities will need to be "given" by Chen Xi in the future, and she also depends on the expression of her wife Xie Yuner.

Only when she receives more care from Chen Xi can she have a status at home.

Just like Yin Wen, because she was loved by Chen Xi, even if she was unruly entering the door, Xie Yuner was not only not angry, but instead catered to Chen Xi everywhere, because Xie Yuner knew that Chen Xi was the head of the family and must use Chen Xi's will as the highest will of the Shen family.

"Who did you take me to meet?"

Lin Dai leaned against Shen Xi's arms and raised her head and asked.

Chen Xi gently patted her shoulder and said, "You will know when you get to the place."

The carriage was not moving fast, after all, it was on the streets of the capital, and it was not good to hit anyone. Chen Xi lifted the curtains from time to time to see the scenery outside. After half an hour, he finally arrived at the Guanyi Office in the west of the city. As soon as he got off the carriage, soldiers came over: "Is Mr. Shen?"

Chen Xi looked around and probably the house in the official post was not enough, so the group of officers and soldiers built a circle of tents around the official post, and they looked decent. He smiled and said, "I'll see Deputy General Lin, can he be inside?"

"I'm in the room now. When someone arrives in the capital, he falls ill. Maybe he is not used to the local conditions and hasn't seen him leave the house today."

Chen Xi nodded. He knew that Lin Heng had suffered from a cold on the road, and his condition might worsen after arriving in the capital. Soldiers may not have good health. Excessive training will make the body less immunity than ordinary people.

"Is this Mrs. Chen?" Several soldiers of the border army soon discovered that Chen Xi was carrying an extremely beautiful young woman behind him.

Someone just jumped out to ask, and someone immediately scolded: "Don't talk nonsense, where are you looking at?"

The officials' inner relatives cannot be seen casually. If they pass through the house, even their father-in-law and husband's brothers must avoid it. This is the rule. However, Chen Xi does not pay so much attention to it. He doesn't think that Lin Dai will lose a piece of meat when he is seen. He came this time to let Lin Dai meet his brother who has been separated for many years.

When he walked into the official office and came to a yard, Lin Heng heard the news and quickly dragged his sick body out. Chen Xi was his benefactor, and even if he was weak, he would come out to greet him.

After Lin Heng finished the gift of Chen Xi, he saw Lin Dai, and did not know who the woman in front of him was, but he still saluted respectfully: "The villain has seen Mrs. Chen."

:The third update is here!
Chapter completed!