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Chapter 74 Shocking, Records of Hundred Officials

Su Ran looked at the yellowed book in his hand and was silent for a long time.

The content inside, the more shocking you look, the more infuriating you look.

This is something similar to an account book, which records the detailed deeds of more than twenty officials.

However, these deeds are not great achievements, but just bad deeds.

It not only includes the name of the official, the official position he held at that time, but also the details of the criminal offense.

Take the official Su Ran was looking at, for example. This official was named Hu Erchen. He came from a poor family and was promoted through scientific examination. Starting from the county magistrate, it took him eight years to become the fourth-rank minister of Honglu Temple.

Originally this was a very inspirational story, enough to inspire scholars all over the world, showing that the imperial court will not bury talents, even if you come from a poor family.

However, this is just the appearance you see. The fact is that when he was the seventh-grade magistrate, Hu Erchen sentenced an innocent orphan and widowed mother to exile because of currying favor with his superiors and disregarding human life.

Later, the mother and son failed to reach the place of exile. The younger one was killed by his enemies on the way to exile, while the older one was sold into a brothel.

But just such an official rose through the ranks, and a year later he was promoted to the sixth rank of general judge.

On the way to the trial, Huerchen became even more unscrupulous. He not only used his power to seek money, but also regarded human life as trivial. What is even more outrageous is that in order to get his subordinate's wife, he actually arranged for someone to kill him halfway when his subordinate was returning home. He was beaten to death with sticks.

The rabbit doesn't eat the grass next to its nest yet. His behavior is simply outrageous.

When he reached the position of fifth-grade peer, Huerchen still had no intention of restraining himself. Not only did he accept bribes and demand bribes, but he also sold his official position.

What's even more outrageous is that sometimes one official and two are sold. The one with the highest price gets the official position, and the one with the lowest bid continues to wait.

And the one who recorded these crimes was a man named Huang Wu.

The reason why these clues can be obtained mainly depends on his occupation.

This Huang Wu is from Shaoxing, Zhejiang Province. His ancestors were masters, and he himself has inherited the ancestral business and has been working in the master profession.

When he was at his most prosperous, he became the master of the governor of Jiangsu.

Because of this, Huang Wu was also called Huang Wuye. Masters from various prefectures and counties were willing to come to him for advice if they had any uncertainties.

Over time, Huang Wu became the top official officialdom master in Jiangnan.

It is precisely because of this advantage that Huang Wu personally compiled this record of hundreds of officials.

It is said that there are a total of 24 books of these hundreds of official records, recording the glorious deeds of more than 400 officials.

It is precisely because of these things that Huang Wu has become more and more comfortable in the Jiangnan officialdom, almost reaching the point of commanding the wind and rain.

However, madness will lead to disaster, this is an eternal truth.

Huang Wu had offended many officials by doing this, and he didn't know how to restrain himself and keep a low profile, which eventually caused his death.

On the day of his 50th birthday, a large group of people came to congratulate him on his birthday.

But on this day, a total of five to six hundred people suddenly arrived and surrounded the entire Huang family.

In the end, everyone who attended the birthday party, including dozens of Huang Wu's children, were killed.

Since then, no one knows where the Baiguan Xinglu went.

The book in Chao Heng's hand came from the Zhen family.

It can be seen from this that the complete set of official records should be in the Zhen family.

After Su Ran figured out the ins and outs of this matter, he immediately had a problem with it.

He immediately resigned from Chao Heng and left alone.

Su Ran didn't go anywhere else, but went back to the inn.

Next, he didn't go anywhere during the day and stayed in the house with Hong Shuanggui.

When it got completely dark, Su Ran left the inn again.The Zhen family has many properties in Jiangnan, but the Zhen Mansion is undoubtedly its iconic property, and its location is known to everyone.

After Su Ran left the inn, she went straight to the Zhen family mansion.

The purpose of his trip was naturally to explore the reality of the Zhen family.

If the Jia family's residence can be considered lavish, then the Zhen family's residence cannot be described as lavish, but must be described as magnificent.

Su Ran walked up and down the Zhen family mansion for more than 20 minutes before she found the core area.

Looking around, there are bright lights and people coming and going.

Rows of maids and servants were walking in a hurry, holding dishes or lanterns in their hands, and they were all very busy.

Su Ran knocked out a boy and dragged him to a corner. Then he transformed into a servant of the Zhen family.

In this way, it is not a big problem to wander around the house, anyway, so many people may not all know each other.

Su Ran wandered around for more than ten minutes before finally finding a person who seemed to be of high status.

This was a man in his 40s. At this time, he was slapping a maid wildly and cursing.

"You bastard, you are lucky that I have taken a liking to you. You are still here pretending to be aloof to me. Take off your clothes and lie down on the bed obediently."

The servant girl covered her red and swollen cheeks with tears in her eyes, but she dared not speak any more.

Despite this, she did not take off her clothes as the man said. Instead, she clutched her clothes tightly and her lips kept trembling.

Seeing that she still didn't make a move, the man impatiently raised his palm again.

"Take it off quickly, or if you don't take it off, I'll throw you outside into the lotus root pond to feed the fish!"

When the maid heard this, she kept shaking her head: "Manager Zhao, please spare me, I'm still young."

"My dear, I only like you when you are young. If I hadn't seen you as a child, I wouldn't have bothered to praise you!"

After saying that, he didn't care what the maid in front of him thought, he just went up and started tearing off her clothes.

With a "stab" sound, he tore off the girl's coat, revealing the pink bellyband underneath.

When the girl saw this, she was so frightened that she burst into tears. Her weak and weak arms kept trying to resist Master Zhao's intrusion.

Seeing this, Su Ran knew that if she didn't make a move, the girl would definitely be given away by animals.

He quietly pushed the door to the room open slowly, and then closed the door behind him.

Manager Zhao was in high spirits at this time and didn't notice anyone coming in at all.

It was the girl who saw Su Ran in a panic.

Before she could realize what was going on, Su Ran had already stepped forward and knocked out Manager Zhao with a knife.

The scene in front of her made the girl a little overwhelmed.

"You...you...who are you? What do you want to do?"

When Su Ran heard this, he gave the other party a warm smile and said, "I was just... passing by."

The girl blinked and nodded thoughtfully: "Are you from the capital?"

When Su Ran heard this, he was slightly startled, and then nodded slightly.

When the girl saw this, she immediately turned her attention to a box in the corner.

Su Ran understood immediately and pried open the box.

However, what is placed in the box is not gold, silver and jewelry...

(End of this chapter)