Chapter 115 List in Hand
Although it seemed a little awkward to call Liu Zhandong's name directly, Xiao Huai felt extremely happy after he finished reading it.

I should have had nothing to do with the Liu family long ago, and now that I have returned to the palace, I should continue to fulfill my idea that day.

Revenge for Aunt Zhang!

"I discovered that Liu Zhandong seemed to be engaged in the business of buying and selling official positions."

"Huai'er, please continue."

"In the past two years, the daily expenses of the Liu family have suddenly increased. This is completely different from the past."

"And it has been going on for such a long time, with almost no change. As a deputy minister of the Ministry of Personnel, it is impossible for him to have such a high salary."

In the past, when Xiao Huai allowed himself to be bullied by the people from Liu Mansion, he did not think much about anything. After all, these things, whether he knew them or not, had nothing to do with him.

Ever since Nanny Zhang died, Xiao Huai continued to work hard on the surface, but he thought about this matter privately.

It happened that when Xiao Huai was cleaning the study, he saw an account book with names written on it and the amount of money recorded behind it.

From this, Xiao Huai combined these two things together and guessed what it was.

Although the official titles were not clearly written behind the names above, Xiao Huai still made a bold guess that this must be a bill for the sale of official titles!
Although the days he went to the study were limited, Xiao Huai wrote down a few names in his mind and copied some of them, and he copied most of the records on the bill.

Although he didn't copy all of it, it was enough to convict Liu Zhandong.

After Xiao Huai finished speaking, he took out part of the list from his arms. After all, this list was extremely precious, and Xiao Huai was afraid of losing it.

Ever since Xiao Huai made a big fuss about Wu Jiang saying that he was Xiao Chang's guest of honor that day, Xiao Huai has been carrying this list with him.

In addition, Xiao Huai also memorized part of the list in case of any accidental mistakes.

"These are the names. I guess these people are already officials."

After all, Xiao Huai had no way of contacting these people, and had no way of finding out whether they were really officials.

"Leave this matter to my father. I will definitely investigate this thoroughly."

"Huai'er, you have suffered a lot." After Xiao Chang finished speaking, he looked at Xiao Huai with eyes full of love.

Xiao Huai has suffered a lot over the years, and now he is investigating these things privately. It is really heartbreaking.

"Now that I can return to my father and mother, I am already content."

"Father, I will not let anyone hurt you again!"

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On the other end was Gu Xun.

Gu Xun came back very late that day just like Xiao Chang, and Ye Shu noticed him coming back while she was half asleep.

After all, what Gu Jiangmeng said was very important, so Ye Shu quickly conveyed the general meaning to Gu Xun.

After listening to this, Gu Xun sent someone to check the whereabouts of the dancer.

Sure enough, Gu Xun really found it.

Gu Xun took the tokens from the dancer and the musician and went to ask the musician.

The musician thought that Gu Xun was using this to threaten him, but it turned out that it was Gu Xun who rescued the dancer.

The musician, filled with gratitude, explained the whole story.

The musician told Gu Xun that the person behind the scenes who asked him to do this had accidentally dropped a jade pendant, which was hidden in his residence.

And the person behind the scenes always wears white gloves, which is really strange.

After Gu Xun got these key information, he took people to the musician's residence to look for the jade pendant. As for the person behind the scenes, the matter of wearing gloves, in addition to the people in the Ministry of Justice paying attention, Qingshan and Luchuan were also ordered to investigate the matter.

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Wu Jiang handled the King of Dingzhou's request very quickly. In just half a day, he found all the names on the list.

As Xiao Huai expected, these people were all officials. Some were promoted several ranks, some were transferred to the capital from other cities, and some were recommended to be officials.

Wu Jiang admired Xiao Huai's intelligence, but also felt sorry for him. Wu Jiang also secretly made up his mind that he would protect the prince's safety no matter what. After checking, Wu Jiang immediately went back to report the matter to the King of Dingzhou.

When King Dingzhou found out, he went straight to the palace.

After all, the matter is of great importance at this time, and the emperor will never tolerate the buying and selling of official positions.

Xiao Chang was waiting outside the imperial study. After a while, the eunuch led Xiao Chang inside.

"I see you, Your Majesty."

"Royal brother, please stand up." The emperor has always been very fond of Xiao Chang.

Unlike the imperial family, which is so ruthless, if other princes are powerful, they will lead to brothers killing each other.

But the emperor of Anlin Kingdom was different. After all, Xiao Chang and the emperor were raised by the queen mother. The brotherly love did not arouse suspicion.

"Your Majesty, please take a look." Xiao Chang handed the list to the emperor.

The emperor took it, looked at it, and found that there was a name written on it, and the corresponding amount of money was written behind the name.

Many of these officials hold lower positions, so it is normal that the emperor is not familiar with them.

“Is this evidence of corruption?”

"No, the names listed here are not all common people, but officials of our dynasty."

After hearing what Xiao Chang said, the emperor naturally understood what he meant.

"How dare you! There are still people who dare to buy and sell official positions. I think they are really tired of living!"

"This is what Huai'er saw by chance in Liu's house, so he copied it here, and there are still some parts that he hasn't finished copying."

"My nephew has suffered a lot over the years. I will definitely give my brother and sister-in-law an explanation!"

"Thank you, Your Majesty."

After handing the bill to the emperor, Xiao Chang left. As for how the emperor wanted to deal with it, he would not get involved.

"Someone, go and get the Minister of Personnel Chen Fei and the Minister of Justice Zhang Qin to come to me!" The emperor was extremely angry and spoke.

In less than two incense sticks of time, Chen Fei and Zhang Qin both entered the imperial study.

"Look, what's on top!"

The emperor threw the account book directly in front of Chen Fei.

Hearing the tone and actions, both of them knew that the emperor was angry.

The emperor's anger is chilling.

After Chen Fei opened it, he looked at the name on it.

"This Wang Deqiang seems to be from the Censorate, this Ma Cui is from the Dali Temple, this Zhang Songhua is from the Ministry of Agriculture, and this Wang Sanshan is--"

Chen Fei read it in a jumpy manner. After all, he remembered some officials and not others, and there were too many officials who had taken office through him.

Chen Fei was interrupted by the emperor before he could finish his words.

"Okay, okay, they are really everywhere. This official position is not high now. If I find out later, then your positions, the other four ministers, and even the position of the prime minister, will all be bought with silver!"

When Chen Fei and Zhang Qin heard this, they immediately knelt down.

"I am frightened!"

"I am terrified! It is my inspection."

Even if Chen Fei didn't react when he saw the list just now, now that the emperor has said it so clearly, as a minister, how could he not understand.

The emperor smiled coldly and then spoke.

"Search the Liu Mansion for me!"


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