Damn it, I'm in the garbage book I wrote

Chapter 187 Okay, there's someone behind me, right?

This shield-armored soldier was the second strongest man in the army after the Archer. This slap made Chen Xueguan's teeth pop out and he almost knocked him unconscious.

At this moment, the young man in his family was not convinced and was about to step forward to argue, but Xia Lin just gave him a look, and three or four knives were put on his neck.

Xia Lin was walking back and forth in front of the hall with his hands behind his back. "What rank is Chen Xueguan?"

At this moment, Chen Xueguan, who was covering his face, said even though it was difficult for him to speak: "Seventh rank...Seventh rank Xueguan."

"Oh, the seventh rank, not bad. Xiao Chen, you are in your forties, which is the right time to venture out, but how come you have gone astray?" Xia Lin kept shaking his head: "What a pity."

The search of the mansion had already begun. Things were continuously piled up in the middle of the lobby, many of which contained valuable items, such as gold-inlaid glass cups and manuscripts of Wang Xizhi from the previous dynasty. These were not cheap things.

There were more and more things, and Xia Lin made a sound of clicking his tongue, but Chen Xueguan felt more and more disappointed. These things were not priceless, and were far from those of real high-ranking officials, but they were also not something that a student official could afford with his salary.

Most of these were gifts that people in Luoyang City had given to Chen Xueguan when they wanted to do a "small thing". This was basically the unspoken rule in the officialdom, and officials would not investigate unless the people reported it. But here comes the problem...

Wang Shichong rebelled as luck would have it. Although his daughter from the Chen family did marry someone from the Wang family, the Wang family was only a distant branch of Wang Shichong's family. They were already nine generations of relatives, and the nine generations of his family would not be subject to the punishment of the entire clan.

But if this is really investigated, it will be really troublesome, especially when the people investigating him are his abandoned ex-son-in-law and his ex-son-in-law's servant. These two people have gained power somehow, and they don't want to kill people. It's a question whether they can be given a chance to live.

Xia Lin sat on a chair nearby, looking at the things they had searched out of their house with a cold face. At this moment, Xia Lin suddenly raised his head and looked at Chen Xueguan: "Hey? How much is the monthly salary of the Magistrate?"

He asked, and Chen Xueguan didn't dare to reply. But seeing that the shield-armored soldier next to him was about to raise his hand again, Chen Xueguan immediately said, "Twenty-four taels of silver..."

"Oh... twenty-four taels." Xia Lin chuckled and said in an exaggerated manner: "Xiao Shunzi, go and invite the shopkeeper of Liaobaozhai."

After a while, the owner of the largest antiques, calligraphy and painting shop in Luoyang City came here. Xia Lin had worked in his shop before. This old man was a nice guy. At that time, other people paid fifty or eighty coins a day, but he gave Xia Lin and Lao Zhang one hundred and fifty coins, which was considered a very honest person.

At this moment, the old man could no longer recognize the man who worked odd jobs in his shop. He called him "adult" sincerely, so Xia Lin said, "Boss, don't worry, I asked you to come here today. I just want you to appraise the treasure. See how much this place is worth and make a list."

With this expert judging, there is no need to worry about inaccurate prices. The only thing to worry about is someone’s life being lost.

"The bronze glazed phoenix mirror of the Former Wei Dynasty costs two thousand eight hundred taels."

"A bronze dragon inlaid with gold from the Shu Han Dynasty, the price is 1,900 taels."

"The former Wu Qing glazed porcelain jar with flying birds and acrobatics, price 1,100 taels."

"A gilded bronze jar with bear feet from the Eastern Han Dynasty. Wow... It's in such good condition, it's probably worth five thousand taels."

"Four pieces: a bronze pot with bird and seal characters inlaid with gold and silver from the Eastern Han Dynasty, a bronze Danglu with bird and animal patterns gilded with gold and silver from the Eastern Han Dynasty, a jade bi with double dragon patterns carved in openwork from the Eastern Han Dynasty, and a white jade huang with tiger head and vortex patterns from the Eastern Han Dynasty. The price is around ten thousand taels."

"Wang Xizhi's manuscript, um... slightly damaged, price three thousand."

……

A small school official, who received a monthly salary of twenty-four taels of silver, had handicrafts in his home that were worth nearly a hundred thousand taels.

After reading the list, Xia Lin asked Chen Xueguan with a smile: "Master, please explain. These gold and silver items are worth 100,000. With your monthly salary of 24 taels, even if you don't eat or drink, it will take you about 350 years to buy them. Could it be that this lord worked for Cao Cao in his early years?"

At this moment, Lao Zhang said from the side: "Three hundred and fifty years is not enough. He can only serve under Sima Zhao."

"Hey."

Xia Lin just groaned, then looked around at the family members behind Chen Xueguan: "Huh? Why can't I see Sister Yingxue? I used to call her Sister-in-law for a while."

Old Zhang stood behind Xia Lin and pinched his buttocks, but it didn't work. Xia Lin was not afraid of the pain. Instead, he continued to ask: "Back then, you broke off the engagement with Mr. Zhang and humiliated me in every way. It was your family, right? Oh, and you also locked me in a dog cage. It was also your family, right?"

Chen Xueguan was trembling all over at this moment. When he heard Xia Lin asking about his daughter, he opened his mouth but no words came out.

"Let's be honest. Sister Yingxue is really pretty. I envied Master Zhang for a while. It's just a pity that lovers can't be together after all."

After Xia Lin finished speaking, he looked up to the sky and sighed, "Mr. Chen, when Mr. Zhang and I came here to ask for the betrothal money back, do you still remember how you spoke to Mr. Zhang?"

If Officer Che hadn't been holding it tightly, he would have already squirted. This was really scary. He had never expected these two people to be able to get up...

"There are no outsiders here. I, Lord Zhang, am too embarrassed to speak up. He has to take into account the friendship we had in the past. But I don't care about that. Besides, you didn't treat me as a human being back then."

At this moment, a shout suddenly came from outside: "Who dares to bypass the Ministry of Justice to search your property?" Xia Lin turned around and saw that idiot An Musi rushed in at a fast run. As soon as he came in, he faced Xia Lin head-on.

He put the hat he had just taken off back on, turned around and prepared to walk out.

"Ah, ah, ah, wait a minute, Lord An, wait a minute."

Anmus stopped walking, turned around and bowed to Xia Lin, saying, "I was just passing by. I heard from the people outside that there was a house search here, so I just came to ask. The house search needs to be reviewed by the Dali Temple and the Ministry of Justice, so..."

"Okay, stop talking nonsense." Xia Lin pulled Anmusi back, and then said to Chen Xueguan, "It just so happens that this person is the youngest vice minister in the history of the Ministry of Justice. Other people's words don't count, but you should always believe what he says."

Anmus stood by and looked at Xia Lin with sidelong glances. He felt so bitter when he saw that this guy had dragged him into the whirlpool again.

But it is not easy to leave now. Apart from anything else, An Musi is really afraid that Xia Lin will beat him up. It is not worth getting beaten up by such a scoundrel in the officialdom. He will have nowhere to go to seek justice.

"Master Xia, this is the duty of the Inspector General. I will not participate."

"do not."

Xia Lin held him tightly and said, "Come on, we just happened to solve a case today, and professional matters require professionals."

Anmus' scalp was tingling at this moment, but Xia Lin didn't care about that. He prepared the chairs, brought up the table, and then took a paperweight as a gavel. Xia Lin asked Lao Zhang to take paper and pen and act as a clerk beside him, while he sat on a chair next to him and began to listen.

"You fucking bastard..." Anmus was a gentle man, and these three words were the dirtiest words he could curse in his heart, but he couldn't curse them out loud. He could only sit there with a very distorted expression.

But now that it has come to this, he can only hate himself for looking for trouble. He had to come over to watch the fun just because he heard a few words of gossip. What kind of enthusiastic person is this...

Okay, let’s try it.

As soon as the gavel sounded, the case was opened for trial.

Don't say it, this professional judge's way of judging a case is just different. Anmus comes from a serious academic background, and there are probably few people in the world who understand legal provisions more clearly than him. And although he is old-fashioned and rigorous in his work, his logic is really very clear.

Watching Anmus solve cases is a kind of enjoyment, the kind of iron-faced and impartial enjoyment of a pure legal channel.

"You still dare to quibble?"

The gavel slammed down again, and Anmus said sternly: "As an official in charge of education, the source of his huge wealth is unclear. It is nothing more than a conspiracy with human rights. According to the laws of the Wei Dynasty, the mastermind should be exiled and his family members should be enslaved and prostituted! Are you convinced or not? "

Hearing this, Xia Lin walked forward with a smile, bent down in front of An Musi and said, "Master An, please think twice. He has someone upstairs."

This sentence directly triggered An Musi's original intention of Taoism. He slammed the table and stood up, pointing at Chen Xueguan below and said: "Before the law, let alone his family, even if there is an immortal in his family, we will do it! Lord Xia, don't worry about this matter. If someone comes to find me, I will be there first! I don't believe that such a great person can be greater than the laws of the Wei Dynasty!"

As for political correctness, it still depends on An Musi. No one can refute what he said, but Xia Lin continued to smile and said, "Then, Lord An, I have some personal grudges with him. What do you think we should do?"

"Personal grudge? That won't do. Even if you are here, Master Xia, his family should be punished according to the laws of the Wei Dynasty. You are not allowed to resort to private punishment. The artifacts here will also be evidence and cannot be taken away."

"Okay!" Xia Lin clapped his hands, "Then I'll listen to Lord An and leave this to Minister An to handle."

After Xia Lin finished speaking, he grabbed Lao Zhang and the soldiers and ran away. When the two were farther away, they gathered together in the street corner, laughing so hard that they were almost dying of laughter.

"You kid...really went there just to vent your anger?" Lao Zhang hit Xia Lin on the shoulder. "Damn it, you're even more slippery than a loach. You just threw it away when you needed to deal with it. Anmus probably never dreamed that he would get such an unexpected gain just by going out shopping."

"Just asking if you have gotten rid of this anger?"

"It's a pity that I didn't see my ex-wife. I don't know where she went. It would be so comfortable if I saw her. I will scold that BYD bastard severely."

Xia Lin snapped his fingers. "She ran off to Xuzhou with her husband and Wang Shichong's army. Where else can she go? Don't worry, there are plenty of opportunities. It's just Wang Shichong. Let's go and say goodbye to the villagers. By the way, I have to go to the government office to ask for someone."

"Who?"

"That sister coroner, I definitely want this one. There are no good coroners in Fuliang. I plan to change the name of the coroner to forensic doctor in the future. Don't you think this sounds much better?"

As they were talking, they saw Chen Xueguan and his family being tied up by soldiers and paraded through the streets, followed by Minister An with a solemn expression.

But as Lord An walked behind, he felt more and more that something was wrong, and he felt that there was something strange about this case.

(End of this chapter)