Everyone in Pu City paid close attention to the Jin family's case because it could herald the start of a grand banquet!
Many wealthy families who were quick on their feet had set their sights on the other businesses in Lou Province and made preparations in advance. Once the Jin family won, everyone would swarm in!
This was the cruelty of the mortal world. It took many years to establish a family, but only one reason was needed to topple a family.
Not many people were merciful. This was the law of survival in the upper class. Who asked you, Major Lou, to be so bold as to make Prince Lie Ri kneel before you? Who asked you, Young Master Lou, to be disdainful of fame and idleness all day long? Who asked you, the Lou family, to have integrity and not be willing to lower your head in the capital?
You didn't have the ability, but you insisted on showing off your family's prestige. This was the consequence!
Seven pawnshops were smashed and lost a lot of money. Such a vicious case had not happened in Pu City for a long time. Although it was fortunate that no lives were lost, Lord Qin still decided to personally try the case to show that he valued it.
After the yamen's all-out pursuit, the cooperation of many departments, the officials' round-the-clock interrogation, and Lord Qin's careful deduction, they finally came to a conclusion during the trial. The truth was as follows:
During their pawnshop career, Master Jin and his son had colluded with the bandit Red Beard for a long time. They wantonly threatened, robbed, and plundered the wealth of the common people. As long as the family heirloom was exposed in the pawnshops, it was inevitable that the Jin family would get their hands on it sooner or later.
After a long period of cooperation, hostility grew between the two sides. In the end, due to the unequal distribution of the loot, Red Beard became angry and smashed things to vent his anger. He smashed the seven pawnshops of the Jin family in one night. He was extremely arrogant!
After the unremitting efforts of hundreds of yamen runners in Pu City, Red Beard was arrested a few days ago. However, because he resisted the yamen, he was seriously injured and died a few days ago. There was a coroner's report as evidence!
As gentry, Master Jin and his son didn't think of serving the country and sympathizing with the common people. They were evil on the inside and had committed numerous crimes. In their decades of work, many innocent people had lost their family fortune and their families were broken up. They should be severely punished, otherwise it wouldn't be enough to show the prestige of the new dynasty.
With the order, Master Jin and his son were immediately locked up in prison and would be executed after the report was sent to the yamen!
His wife and concubine's family members were dismissed and returned. Their family property and shops were all sold to compensate for the loss of those items that were smashed. This was the final judgment, and no appeal was allowed.
This verdict truly shocked countless people in Pu City!
The Jin family, the first to eat the crab, was killed by the crab instead! This made everyone who wanted to make a move subconsciously retract their hands. They were afraid that if they were too slow, they would be caught by the crabs again!
Someone with a discerning eye, who was actually Zhuge Liang with hindsight, shook his head and analyzed. The truth could only be two points.
First of all, the new emperor's revenge was only to vent his anger from when he was young. He did not really want to destroy the Lou family. Otherwise, why would the second madam of Lou Province die, while the main wife, Lou Yao shi, was completely fine and alive? That so-called Second Madam was just a concubine servant girl. Since the imperial court let her go, it meant that they didn't care about this kind of substitution!
Second of all, Lou Yao shi's maternal family did not fall during the incident at Zhaoye a few months ago. In any case, it was still a general's household. With this kind of background, how could they be bullied by a normal merchant?
They were all discerning people. No one thought that Lou Province was innocent in this incident, but the strange thing was that no one thought that the Jin family had been wronged!
In this world, no one was clean!
As long as they ate grains, there would definitely be feces under their buttocks. If they investigated, they would definitely be guilty. If they didn't investigate, then everyone would live happily together!
From a legal point of view, this verdict was not abrupt at all!
There was no such person as Red Beard? Of course there was!
The Jin family and Red Beard did not collude? Of course they were colluding!
It was just that the degree of collusion had not reached the point where the entire family would be sent to prison!
Normally, everyone would be happy, and Red Beard would even be able to have a drink with the bailiff! But once the reverse scale of the government was touched, this drink was nothing!
The Jin family did not make a big mistake. The only mistake they made was that they chose the wrong target. It was that simple!
The upper-class society was not always peaceful. Once there was a disturbance, the loser would usually end up in a miserable state. However, it was so miserable that they might even lose their lives. This was very rare in Pu City. This also meant that Lou Province still had an invisible power that made people respect them!
A few days later, because the prisoners in the prison fought over food, the Jin father and son, who were newcomers, became the target of a group of people and were beaten to death!
At this point, all of the upper-class families in Pu City regarded Lou Province as a tiger. They did not dare to have the slightest bit of suspicion. Even the streets where Lou Province was located were strictly forbidden for their children to wander around, afraid that they would cause trouble!
Lou Xiaoyi listened to Ping An's exultant narration and sighed in his heart. This Hu Yong looked kind and reasonable, and had the demeanor of a gentleman. However, he was someone from the mysterious government office. When he really made a move, he was really ruthless and ruthless. He wanted to eliminate the source of trouble!
He could understand Hu Yong's actions. Since he was going to do it, he had to do it cleanly. If he left a tail, the Jin family would complain to the Emperor. If they met someone who did not get along with Lord Qin, it would immediately cause a lot of trouble. Therefore, Hu Yong did this out of responsibility to his boss.
A few years ago, Lord Qin wanted to make a contribution to Lou Province. However, the situation was very different now. Firstly, his backer in Zhaoye City had fallen. Secondly, the new Emperor had already vented his anger on Lou Province. If he continued to add insult to injury, it would be like drawing legs on a snake. He might even cause trouble for himself.
Therefore, this time, he let Hu Yong do it.
He could make clouds and rain with a flip of his hand. The power of the government was undoubtedly displayed here. Many people learned their lesson from this change.
Lou Xiaoyi also understood that Hu Yong did it so cleanly this time to tell him that the matter of killing Qing Mu and gifting him the loot was over. If he encountered any trouble in the future, he would talk about it again!
It was a very heartless way of doing things, but it was the most common way of doing things among cultivators. He appreciated this very much!
As for the Jin family, he did not have much sympathy for them, let alone pity them. If Lou Province was in trouble, who would pity them?
The Jin family had made their own choice, so they could not blame anyone!
At this point, the situation of Lou Province in Pu City had entered a rhythm that Lou Xiaoyi wanted to see the most. They were alone in the city. No one dared to offend them, but no one would get close to them. This was a good thing for him, who was focused on cultivation. For his mother, who was recuperating quietly and stood aloof from worldly affairs, it would also save her a lot of unnecessary social interactions.
It was perfect!
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