In prison, Zhu Changning accused the Chen family and Xie Zhan, saying that they sold Xiao Zhuya Island to the Zhu family, and that they might have secretly mined the gold mine before, and hoped that the imperial envoy would investigate the matter.

In the end, Zuo Anmin dismissed it because his inference was not in line with human nature. He said that no matter who knew that there was a gold mine on his land, how could he sell the land containing the gold mine to others? He also said that they were ignorant.

The counter-argument made by such a person seems to be a retaliation for personal grudges, which is not credible.

These words made Zhu Changning angry and turned upside down.

After the Zhu family members were imprisoned, the Gu family took care of themselves. Gu Huaisheng, the young master of the Gu family, came to the prison in person to meet Zhu Changnian.

After a conversation, he left with a heavy heart.

After coming out of the prison, he raised his head and glanced at the sky in the south, sighing in his heart, the trees are really quiet but the wind is not stopping.

At this time, the Zhu family's property was being confiscated by the government.

Not long after, the list of seized property was in Xie Zhan's hands.

Xie Zhan opened the list and saw it recorded: The Zhu family found 113 shops, thousands of hectares of fields, 700,000 taels of silver, six warehouses of grain and 300,000 shi...

The more Xie Zhan looked, the more he frowned. According to his estimate, the Zhu family's wealth was between three and four million taels.

Apart from anything else, the amount of food was wrong.

"Clan leader, what's wrong?" Xie Nan asked.

Xie Zhan replied, "Before, Zhu Jiaming had ten warehouses and half a million shi of grain. He took two warehouses, which were 100,000 shi of grain and Ji Wuyin as collateral. On the surface, there should be 400,000 shi of grain left. But now on Zhu Jiaming's side,

There are only six warehouses and 300,000 shi of grain left?"

In addition, Xie Zhan felt that the Zhu family secretly had food, at least two to three hundred thousand dan.

Xie's family used to be a big family, and he knew very well the family's urinary nature. The wealth on the surface should be on the surface, and the wealth in the secret should be at least one-third of the money on the surface. Anyway, it is one-third to

Half of the interval is like this.

However, they didn't find this part of the property in Zhu's house?

Xie Zhan was very concerned about the food hidden by the Zhu family.

All Zhu Jiaming's wealth belongs to the emperor, and there is no way he can touch it.

Xie Zhan had put so much thought and effort into planning, so naturally he wanted to eat the Zhu family's secret flesh. Therefore, no officials from the government were used during the investigation, it was all his people who were conducting the investigation secretly.

The problem now is that after searching the Zhu family, not only did he not find the hidden grains in the Zhu family, but the grains on the surface were also not as expected.

The Zhu family does have a lot of money on their books, but now to solve the crisis in the Southland, food is more useful than money.

Xie Zhan knew that these grains would definitely be left in the south. The emperor also knew very well that the Chen family had a huge amount of grain. If it was transported back to Chang'an, it would be a long way and nearly half of it would be lost on the road, which was not cost-effective.

He originally thought that with the Chen family's food, half of the problems in the Southland would be solved. Unfortunately, something happened now.

Xie Zhan scrolled down the information and found relevant records. Two of the remaining eight warehouses of grain from the Zhu family were actually used by Zhu Changnian as a mortgage with Ji Wuyin the day before the Zhu family was besieged?

Two warehouses of grain, 100,000 shi, mortgaged 180,000 taels. What is the difference between this grain and selling it at a low price?

He noticed something was wrong and told Xie Nan, "Ask Zuo Anmin to ask Ji Wuyin for the contract."

Xie Nan took the order and left.

When he saw that the time limit on the contract was only one day, he laughed angrily.

Xie Zhan stood up expressionlessly, came to the window, and looked at the mountains in the distance, but his mind was constantly running, sorting out his thoughts.

The fruit he worked so hard to harvest was not as big as he imagined.

He didn't believe that the Zhu family didn't have any hidden food.

The more he reviewed it, the weirder the look on Xie Zhan's face became.

This is similar to the way the Qin family was exiled, when two to three percent of their property was lost.

But this matter is related to Ji Wuyin, Ji Wuyin - Xue Guangxian - Liaodong County...

Xie Zhan narrowed his eyes, a thief came in and stole the fruits of his hard work.

Now that they were at Zhu's house, they took away most of his fruits. The remaining half belonged to the emperor and he could not touch it.

In other words, he used a trick to bring down the Zhu family, but actually got nothing? How is this possible?

As for Xie Zhan's reaction, Lu Songli and Xue Xu had deduced it before they set off to the Southland, and also discussed how to deal with it if they were exposed. After all, Xie Zhan, as the planner, had no control over the target fish pond.

The fish probably knows it well.

If they eat too much secretly, Xie Zhan will definitely notice it.

What Xie Zhan didn't know was that Xue Xu and the others could still find ways to steal the Zhu family's money away. However, they were concerned that the Zhu family's apparent wealth was already being watched by the emperor, so they did not take action.

They thought very clearly that it was okay for them to pick peaches, but at least they had to ensure that the emperor was well fed.

Under this premise, they could only snatch Xie Zhan's spoils. As for what would happen to Xie Zhan after he was robbed, they didn't care, otherwise they would just starve.

Xie Zhan always remembered the lesson he learned after helping Song Mo win the heir last time. After striking hard, he must return the favor.

This time he had some backup plans to prevent these things from disrupting the situation and competing for his interests.

He just didn't expect the peach pickers to come so quickly.

Lu Songli, Lu Songli, as expected of you, you had already reached out before others could react.

Xie Zhan began to issue orders one after another.

"Come here! Send someone to secretly monitor Ji Mansion!"

He wanted to see who was coming this time!

Xie Zhan felt that it was impossible for Lu Songli to come in person, and even if she wanted to come, she would be stopped. Lu Songli is obviously the wise person in charge of the forces in Liaodong County, and it is everyone's consensus that the son of a rich man cannot sit down in court.

But he felt that the person who could win Zhu Changnian's trust would definitely not be a small person!

"Let Zuo Anmin give the order to the county guard to block all the city gates and all the docks!"

"Also, send someone to the dock to find out if a large amount of goods have been shipped out in the past two days?"

"yes!"

Not long after, the person who inquired about the news came back. Based on the news reported, Xie Zhan judged that not all the food had been removed.

Xie Zhan sneered, Lu Songli, so what if your people took advantage? So what if they grabbed a piece of fat?

He wants to catch a turtle in an urn, and he wants this piece of meat to rot in the Southland. In addition, it is best that the people who come to the Southland are not the Qin family, otherwise he will want them to stay here!

On this day, Ji Wuyin returned to Ji Mansion from Xue Xu.

One of his subordinates whispered to him, "Sir, someone is watching the Ji Mansion."

"Um?"

Later, when he received the news that the city gate and dock were blocked, Ji Wuyin subconsciously thought that Xie Zhan's reaction was really fast!

Thinking about Xue Xu who had moved out of Ji Mansion and lived in a secret place, Ji Wuyin secretly thought that the old man was right. Xie Zhan was too smart, he probably realized something.
Chapter completed!