Two days passed in the blink of an eye. After some inquiries, the steward of the Great Military Officer Gao's residence finally found some information about the people living in the courtyard.
At night, in a yard of Gao's Mansion, Gao Siyuan just got off work and went home.
Yes, although a few months ago, the Emperor removed Gao Siyuan from his position as a Grand Commandant and ordered him to go home to reflect on his mistakes, the Emperor summoned Gao Siyuan back two months later and gave him a new position as the Palace Commander and the Crown Prince's Junior Protector, placing him in the ranks of the imperial court.
From this, it could be seen how much the emperor trusted Gao Siyuan. Even the wrath of God couldn't bring Gao Siyuan down. Maybe only if the emperor died would it be possible.
Gao Siyuan just went to Gao Ping's yard and came back. He sat in the yard hall drinking tea and resting. Suddenly, the steward came in, bowed and said, "Master!"
"What's the matter?" Gao Siyuan took a sip of tea and said indifferently without looking at him.
The steward still didn't dare to be disrespectful and said, "Master, I sent someone to investigate the origin of that family. The owner is a childe of unknown origin. He just came to Bianjing to buy a house. The servants are all bought from the broker house. In addition, there is a steward who appeared recently, but we also can't find out the origin."
"Hum, you can't even find out the identity of an outsider. What's the use of you?" However, Gao Siyuan was not satisfied with the result and snorted.
The butler's face was full of fear, and he bent his waist even more, "Master, it's not that I don't do my best, but this family is really mysterious. No one knows their origin at all. Even the neighbors in the place where they live rarely see them go out. They are most in contact with the broker house, but there is no origin of these people in the broker house."
"Don't the broker house need a household registration? Where is the place of the household registration? "Gao Siyuan turned his eyes and immediately thought of a loophole. He asked indifferently.
"Master, although the ordinary broker house needs a household registration, there is another rule in the broker house. As long as you have enough money, you can forge a household registration for others. I have asked someone to interrogate the person in the broker house. It is said that the household registration is forged, "the steward said.
"Heh, how audacious!" Gao Siyuan sneered as a cold light flashed in his eyes. "Tomorrow, take my name tag to the Kaifeng Prefecture and tell Wang Tuxing that the family falsified their household registration and that they are from Liao. Tell him to arrest them immediately."
"Yes, Master, this old servant will do it tomorrow!" The butler also quickly responded.
After giving the order, Gao Siyuan did not take this matter to heart. In his opinion, this was just a small matter. It was just a few people of unknown origin. It was not his place to make a big fuss.
If he really wanted to make a big fuss, he could directly mobilize the surrounding Imperial Guards to arrest them. After all, he was now the Commander of the Front Palace, one of the three Commanders of the Great Song Empire, with hundreds of thousands of soldiers under his command.
However, military power had always been a taboo for the Emperor. Although it was not wrong to mobilize the Imperial Army, it would attract the Emperor's attention, and it would be difficult to deal with those people.
However, if he let the people from the Kaifeng Prefecture do it, it would be justifiable. The Emperor would not care about such a small matter. When those people entered the Kaifeng Prefecture, it would be up to him to decide whether they lived or died!
Gao Siyuan had even thought of how to deal with these people. Those four lowly maids. Since they were called Celestial Immortals, then when the time came, he would make them consume Essence Water (Mercury) and bury them with Gao Ping, taking him with them to the heavens.
As for the master of that family, he naturally could not let him go. However, he was not qualified to be buried with Gao Ping, so he would let him die in prison.
After thinking about this, Gao Siyuan went to sleep with the help of his concubines. After all, there was a court meeting tomorrow. As the Commander of the Front Palace, he had to wake up early to arrange some things. Naturally, he could not disturb his sleep for such a small matter.
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Early the next morning, Gao Siyuan sat in a sedan chair and went to court. After that, the steward of the Gao Mansion took Gao Siyuan's insignia to the Kaifeng Prefecture. When the governor of the Kaifeng Prefecture saw it was Gao Siyuan's insignia, he immediately paid attention.
The reason for this was not only because Gao Siyuan was favored by the emperor, but also because this prefectural magistrate had once sought out Gao Siyuan for a promotion. Therefore, after receiving Gao Siyuan's name, he immediately sent several arresters and ten yamen officials in the mansion to the courtyard reported by the housekeeper with knives, iron chains, shackles, wooden sticks and other objects.
Bang! Bang!!! ~ ~ ~
"Open the door, open the door, open the door!" When the group of people came to the front of the courtyard, several yamen officials directly knocked on the door and shouted.
"Stop talking nonsense, break the door!" A fierce-looking constable glared at them coldly, then kicked the tightly shut door with all his might.
This constable was obviously a martial artist. Although his internal force was only at the third-rate level, it was more than enough to break a door.
Bang!! ~ ~
With a loud bang, the ordinary door was directly kicked open under the great force of the kick. Then, the constables and yamen officials immediately rushed into the courtyard with fierce expressions.
"Ah! ~ ~" A servant who originally heard the noise and was about to come out to open the door saw the courtyard being kicked open and a group of people in official clothes directly rushing in. He immediately shouted in alarm, "You, what are you doing?"
"What are we doing? Let me tell you, your family is in trouble. Don't move. Obediently follow us back to the yamen to be interrogated, otherwise we will kill you! " The constable at the front glared fiercely at the servants in the courtyard, then waved his hand and said, "First lock him up, the rest of you go in and search, do not let the thief escape!"
"Yes!" The yamen officials shouted and one of them kicked the servant to the ground. Then, they took out the iron chains in their hands and were about to lock him up. Meanwhile, even more people ran towards the inner courtyard with ferocious looks on their faces.
"Impudent! ~ ~" At this moment, a loud shout came from the courtyard, then a figure floated out from the courtyard. The figure flickered like a ghost, and the dozens of constables and yamen officials who were about to rush into the courtyard immediately flew out as if they had been hit by a cannonball. They fell heavily on the ground in the outer courtyard, each of them crying out in pain.
At this moment, the constables and yamen officials of Kaifeng Prefecture finally saw that the figure that suddenly appeared was actually a handsome middle-aged man. His long sleeves fluttered in the wind, and he looked at them without anger. "Who are you people?"
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