A Millennium Aristocratic Family Starting from the Shang Dynasty

Chapter 481 Major Case in Guanzhong
  Soon the bandits told everything they knew.

Li Zhao was not involved in these matters on the surface, but his third brother came forward. This Li Jian was anxious for justice and righteous. Although Yi Bo Yuntian was born in the Earl's Palace, he loved to make friends with knights and was even more generous in spreading wealth. He was famous throughout Guanzhong.

Later, he summoned a hundred rangers to help the county guard catch the thief Guo Xiong in one fell swoop, and he became famous. The county guard also made friends with him.

It seems that the Li family should be heroes, but in reality? Li Jian's arrest of Guo Xiong was indeed to help the court deal with a group of bandits, but his purpose in doing so was that Guo Xiong blocked their way.

Guo Xiong robbed merchants and abducted women and children. If the Li family wanted to do these things, they had to kill Guo Xiong. At the same time, killing Guo Xiong also gained great fame and became a hero respected by everyone.

After annihilating Guo Xiong, Li Jian became a hero, and then supported Qi Ji to take over Guo Xiong's business, while using his own power to sell the stolen goods. The looted goods can be sold through various shops opened by the Li family.

As for the abducted women and children, they were sold to other Goulan and Yaxing with the help of the Li family's connections.

There are even many Goulan Ya stores that are owned by the Li family. On the surface, they are run by others, but in fact they are just using the names of others.

On the surface, these dental shops are doing serious business, but secretly they are buying and selling women and children abducted from other places.

In other words, this dental shop is an intermediary. The court is divided into official teeth and private teeth. Official teeth are recognized by the government. For dental shops that have been registered, the intermediary tasks they undertake need to be registered with the government and pay taxes. At the same time, The sales contract also needs to be stamped with the official seal.

During the Emperor Wen's period, in order to prevent tooth shops from harming the people, the imperial court also established some official teeth, which were managed by the court. However, because of the high fees and other problems, not many people were willing to come here.

In addition to official teeth, there are also private teeth. Private teeth do not go through the government, are not stamped and filed, and do not pay taxes. Generally, the government does not recognize them.

"Xue Yushi, Xue Yushi, I don't know any of this. This traitor is the only one paying attention. Our Li family doesn't know about it at all!" Li Zhao pointed at Li Jian and cursed loudly, as if he wanted to eat his flesh. Sleep on its skin.

Xue Chao sneered: "Your brother does such a big deal, so many goods are sold in your store, don't you say you don't know?"

Li Zhao burst into tears and said: "Xue Yushi, I really don't know. This traitor said that some businessmen came to him, asked him to be a guarantee, and then sold the goods to my shop. If Xue Yushi doesn't believe it, you can check it out. My family’s ledger.”

"Ledger? Hey, Li Zhao, don't you think we are stupid?"

"You have tricked the county governor. The account book and the county governor's tax account are exactly the same. Hey, this commander has never seen such an honest and obedient noble who pays taxes on time without delay!" Deng Sheng mocked next to him. .

"Do you think that what you are doing is unnoticed? Those women and children who were trafficked, and the looted goods cannot be fake!"

"If you don't tell me, those guys won't resist! They don't know much, but together they are enough!"

Then the shop assistants and even the shopkeepers were brought up, and even the women and children who were trafficked in the cellar of Yahang were brought up. Seeing so many people testifying against the physical evidence, Li Jian said dejectedly: "Brother doesn't know, I Every time, he trades with other merchants for their goods, and part of the money obtained is given to the county governor, and part is given to Qi Ji."

"Whenever there is trouble, I will ask the county guard to come forward for help. Because of my brother's respect and my good relationship with the county guard, I can solve the problem every time."

Xue Chao continued to ask: "The goods were sold to your shop as stolen goods, the women were sold to Goulan, or to other wealthy families, and to whom were the children sold?"

Li Jiandao: "Sold to those families who have no children and do not want to adopt stepchildren from the clan. They will let their wives and concubines pretend to be pregnant, and then give us orders in advance. We will help them find children. When the time is almost up, we will help them get them." Let’s bring some babies back.” “Haha, the business is quite big, you can even place an order in advance.”

"The main reason is that babies need to be gestated for ten months. If you don't place an order in advance, you may not be able to find a suitable one if you look for it temporarily. There are also some children who are born in the hook-up market and are sold to others in this way."

"Is that true?" Deng Sheng sneered.

"That's true!" Li Jian nodded.

"I'm afraid not!" Deng Sheng said: "How can there be so many rich people without heirs? Do you really think we don't know?"

Deng Sheng pointed to another person next to him and said, "You tell me!"

"Yes!"

"Children's hearts, livers and spleens can be used as medicine. As a medicine introduction, rich and wealthy grandfathers who are sick are willing to buy it. There are also some people who want to make the elixir of life and need to use the 'human elixir' to make the medicine!"

As soon as these words came out, the expressions of everyone in the hall changed. Xue Chao, the imperial censor, suddenly stood up and went directly to the hall to ask: "Is what you said true?"

"Master Yushi, it's true. How many rich households are there in Guanzhong, and how many have no heirs? What can those rich people do by buying children? And they buy not only boys, but also girls. Boys are For heirs, what are girls used for?"

"There are also some alchemists who claim to be able to refine the elixir of immortality. Although not many believe it, some people do believe it!"

"Did those people buy it? Tell the truth! If it is true, I will personally plead with His Majesty to spare your family the death penalty, or even be exempted from exile!" Xue Chao directly assured.

It wasn't just this person who heard this, several Li Jian's confidants nearby also rushed to speak after hearing Xue Chao's assurance. They told a large number of cases, and Xue Chao's scalp went numb when he heard them.

What they had found before was only a part of it. These confidants told everything they knew, even those who bought the children.

Xue Chao ordered people to record the list of these wealthy households, and then sent people directly to summon and inquire.

If there are many heirs in the family and you want to buy a child, then the child's heart, liver, spleen and lungs are most likely to be used as medicine. If there are no heirs in the family, then you should buy him as a son.

"Come here, check how many alchemists there are in this pass. Where do these alchemists live now? What do they do for a living? Find out for me!" Deng Sheng ordered directly.

Since ancient times, people who want to live forever are like scales crossing the river. Although the royal family has never believed in immortality, there are many other nobles, official families, and powerful people who believe in it.

Since the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, how many princes and nobles have been pursuing immortality. Not to mention now, even in the future, they will not be able to prohibit it.

Xue Chao and Deng Sheng did not expect that this case would become more serious as the investigation progressed.

(End of this chapter)