Zhu Tian: Starting from the World of Zongwu

He lowered his voice and said, "The Tian Yuan father and son were tried by the Judgment Bureau three days ago. Can you guess how many decent women that son of a bitch from the Tian family has harmed in the past few years?"

Song Xuan estimated, "There must be at least dozens, maybe even over a hundred?"

"That's too little! I said too little!" Zhao Dezhu held up three fingers. "More than three hundred! In the three hundred years since the founding of the Great Zhou, we've caught many flower thieves, but this is the first time we've encountered such a large number of them harming decent families!"

Song Xuan also smacked his lips, he didn't expect the number to be so terrifying.

This is not as simple as just harming more than 300 women. It involves more than 300 families, and behind these families are children and parents. If this matter is not handled properly, more than 300 families will be ruined!

Zhao Dezhu sighed, "I can only say that guy is quite capable. He disguises himself as a woman to pick flowers, and most people wouldn't be on guard at all.

After the guy gets tired of playing, he will leave on his own after a while. The woman who was harmed can only swallow her anger and dare not tell anyone, so the matter has been covered up very well and rarely discovered.

But if you walk by the river too often, you will get your feet wet. If you do this too often, you will eventually be exposed. This case will eventually fall on our Xuanyi Guards because the Tian family's opponents have seized this handle."

Song Xuan asked, "How will this case be judged in the end?"

"Hard to say."

Zhao Dezhu shook his head slightly. "Yesterday at court, the emperor was furious. This massive case of flower picking, involving hundreds of families, went undetected for years."

It would have been bad enough if the local authorities had deceived their superiors and subordinates, but even an important department like the Ministry of Justice was engaged in fraud. The emperor had lost trust in the officials of the Ministry of Justice.

The Minister of Justice could have retired this year and returned to his hometown, but the emperor did not give him this opportunity and took the opportunity to dismiss him from his position as Minister in the court.

If nothing unexpected happens, the Ministry of Justice will undergo a major reshuffle, and many local officials in Mingzhou will probably be implicated. The emperor intends to use this major case to rectify the problem of collusion between the court and the local governments.

But no matter what the final result is, the Tian family is doomed. All the officials in the court and even the emperor have their eyes on the tens of millions of assets of the Tian family, a powerful family in Mingzhou.

The best outcome would be that Tian's father and son and others would be sentenced to be beheaded, and the rest of their family members would be exiled to the frontier as soldiers.

If it's more tragic, it's lingchi and the extermination of three generations of the clan!"

Zhao Dezhu drank some wolfberry tea, squinted his eyes and smiled, "You are the host of this case. The emperor even remembered your name. Work hard. You will have a bright future.

By the way, if you were to judge these people from the Tian family, how would you judge them?"

"Lingchi!" Song Xuan replied without thinking.

The feud between him and the Tian family is an irreconcilable feud. If the Tian family turns the tables, he will be the one in trouble.

Song Xuan naturally hopes that the Tian family members will be wiped out and the trouble will be eliminated forever!

"This is the first major case of flower picking since the founding of the Great Zhou Dynasty. Lingchi is not too much, right?"

Zhao Dezhu nodded slowly, "Not too much!"

Song Xuan smiled and took out a small bottle from his bosom. He said mysteriously, "Uncle Zhao, this is a miraculous medicine I got from an old Chinese doctor in Mingzhou. One pill can restore a man's virility."

Zhao Dezhu took the bottle and glanced around. Seeing that others were busy chewing on iced watermelon, he whispered, "Is this thing reliable?"

Song Xuan said seriously, "How dare I offer you something so unreliable?"

"You are thoughtful, kid!"

Zhao Dezhu stuffed the bottle into his sleeve with satisfaction. He was not worried that Song Xuan would do anything. The two families were old friends, and he was also Song Xuan's backer in the Xuanyi Guard. Unless this kid's brain was hit by a door, no one would harm him.

"By the way, did you get any benefits from this business trip?"

Zhao Dezhu suddenly said this. Song Xuan pondered for a moment and asked, "Uncle Zhao, can I take advantage of this?"

Zhao Dezhu glanced at Lu Xiao and decided to give them some benefits.

Otherwise, it will be difficult to lead the team if you want to take people out in the future."

"Don't worry, Uncle Zhao. There won't be any big benefits, but we can still get them a few dozen taels of silver each."

Zhao Dezhu hummed, "This kind of thing is not easy to talk about openly, but it is something that everyone knows. You need to carefully consider the appropriate degree of this later.

You will understand when you can get it and when you can't get it after handling more cases.

In short, there is a lot to learn when working in a special government office like ours."

Song Xuan nodded quickly, "I'm young and don't understand many things yet. I still need you, Uncle Zhao, to give me some pointers."

...

It was already dark when we left the yamen.

After eating and drinking, everyone went back home to look for their mothers.

After a busy day on official business, Zhao Dezhu returned to the backyard. His wife ordered the maid to bring warm water, and then began to wipe his face with a towel.

"Master, what are you so happy about? Why did you drink so much?"

"Do you know the couple of children in the Song family?"

"I have some impression. What happened?"

"They are now promising. In a few years, they might even become first-class Xuanyi Guards."

Zhao Dezhu burped. "I've been helping them these past few years. In a few years, maybe it'll be the Song family supporting our Zhao family. Ming'er's kid will be fifteen this year, right?

From now on, we will probably have to rely on the Song family's brother and sister for help. "

Having said that, looking at his wife's figure, which was old but still graceful, Lao Zhao felt a little agitated under the influence of alcohol.

"It just so happens that Song Xuan sent some things to us, so today we are going to try out the effects!"

Half an hour later, Zhao Dezhu's wife was almost crying.

"Master, I really can't hold on any longer. Why haven't you finished yet?"

......

Chapter 22 Little Cousin, Lin Daiyu

Song Xuan and Song Qian happily returned home carrying the gifts they bought on the street.

But when he stepped into the door, he was stopped by two strong women at the door.

Song Xuan took a step back and looked around before he confirmed again that this was indeed his home.

"Who are you?"

Before Song Xuan could speak, the two maids spoke first, looking at Song Xuan and his sister with vigilance.

"Who are you and what are you doing in my house?"

Song Qian didn't tolerate them. She threw the bag in her hand to the ground, grabbed the two maids with both hands, and pressed them to the ground.

"Sissi!"

When his father, Song Yuanshan, heard the noise, he rushed over and shouted, "Nonsense! How can you treat a guest like this?"

"guest?"

Victoria Song released her hands from holding the two people down and stared at them unkindly, "Are these guests? How can a guest block the door and prevent the host from entering?"

The two maids got up from the ground and looked at Song Qian with fear in their eyes.

This hot-tempered little girl looked slender and slim, but who would have thought she was so strong that the two strong women were pinned down like little chickens and had no power to fight back.

At this moment, a gentle voice like golden beads falling on a jade plate came from the courtyard, "It is my fault for not disciplining my children properly and offending my cousins. Daiyu would like to apologize to everyone first..."

Song Xuan turned his head and looked, only to see a young girl in a light green flowing cloud-patterned long gown at the corner of the yard. She was lowering her brows and shedding tears, bowing repeatedly to Song Xuan and Song Qian.

At this moment, Song Xuan's head was buzzing, and his mind was full of one question - what world did I travel through?

Where's the promised world of martial arts? How come even the delicate and sickly Lin Daiyu has appeared?

"Oh, what's going on?"

Song Lin, the mother, hurried over, took the blue-clothed woman's hand, and comforted her, "It's just a little misunderstanding. Why are you crying?"

"Mom, who is she?"

Victoria Song has no good feelings towards that delicate little girl. She cries when she gets into trouble. According to what my brother said before about some scheming women, isn’t she a green tea?

"She's your cousin!"

I glared at Victoria Song and said, "Girl, you're still so careless and clumsy even at this age. If you could be even half as gentle as Daiyu, I wouldn't be so worried about your marriage all day long!"

Having said that, Song Lin ignored the angry Song Qian, took the hand of the girl in green and walked towards the inner house.

"Come on, Daiyu, it's getting late. Auntie will take you to see the tidy room. Stay here for tonight. Tomorrow I will ask your cousin to take you back."

"Well, everything will be arranged by my aunt!" The girl's soft and weak voice made Song Lin feel even more pity for her.

The two maids glanced at Song Qian awkwardly, bowed to Song Yuanshan, and then quickly followed.

After they walked away, Victoria Song stared at her father, Song Yuanshan, angrily, "Dad, what on earth is going on? When did I get another cousin?"

Song Yuanshan scratched his head. "I'm not too sure. He's a relative from your mother's side, probably from the same clan. But he's probably just a distant relative. I haven't heard your mother mention him before, and we only got in touch recently."

"this....."

Song Xuan coughed lightly and asked curiously, "So, that cousin is called Lin Daiyu?"

"That's the name!"

Song Yuanshan glanced at Song Xuan meaningfully, "I'm almost fifteen this year. Although I'm a little younger than you, the gap is not big. Not bad, right?"

Song Xuan chuckled twice without answering, "I'm tired, I'm going back to my room to rest!"

Seeing her brother enter the room, Victoria Song quickly stopped him and said, "Dad, tell me the truth, did you and Mom discuss this? Did you specially arrange for a distant cousin to come over and set up a blind date for my brother?"

Song Yuanshan smiled awkwardly at first, then spread his hands and said directly, "Yes, that's what I mean!"

As he said this, he put his hands behind his back, hummed a little tune and turned away.

Song Qian was not willing to give in and kept pestering her father to explain everything clearly. After a lot of nagging, her father had no choice but to tell her in detail what he knew.

...

Squeak~~

Victoria Song pushed open her brother's door.

Song Xuan was sitting on a chair drinking tea. When he saw Song Qian come in, he snorted, "Don't you know how to knock on the door? Go out and knock on the door!"

Song Qian curled her lips, but still went out and closed the door honestly, and then there was a knock on the door.

"Brother, are you there? I need you for something!"

"Go to sleep, we'll talk tomorrow!"

"Humph!"

Victoria Song pushed the door open with an angry groan, "Brother, I really have something to talk to you about!"

While drinking tea, Song Xuan sorted out the gains from this business trip. There was a lot of extra silver, so where should he hide it?

"Brother, I've found out that our little cousin is a distant relative of our mother."

"Oh, what then?"

"Our cousin lost her mother when she was young, and her father was away working as an official all year round. She has lived with her grandmother since she was a child, and has been living under someone else's roof since she was young. This has also made her temperament eccentric and sensitive."

As she spoke, Victoria Song picked up the teacup and poured herself a cup of tea. "She started crying as soon as we met just now. I thought I had met a green tea person, but considering her background and personality, it doesn't seem like she was pretending."

Song Xuan said "oh".

"You just said 'oh'?" Victoria Song stared at him, "Brother, don't tell me that I can't understand what my parents mean. How do you feel about that little cousin?

I heard from Dad that Mom had been in contact with her two years ago. She is a naturally intelligent woman with a great talent for poetry. Mom and Dad are also very worried about your marriage.

Song Xuan put down the teacup and said seriously, "It's too small, I can't do it!"

"Pfft!"

Song Qian couldn't help but spit out a mouthful of tea. After wiping her mouth, she covered her mouth and laughed, "Brother, what's wrong with you? That little cousin looks so tender that she can be squeezed to make water, and you are still not satisfied?"

Song Xuan waved his hand and said, "I don't mean anything else. It's just too small."

After all, he was an adult in his twenties in his previous life. Including his age in this life, after two lives, his mental age is over forty.

A 40-year-old man with a bad mentality feels like he is committing a sin by having a relationship with a girl who is less than 15 years old, let alone getting married.

Seeing that Song Qian was still thinking about the meaning of his words, Song Xuan stood up and was about to walk out the door.

"Hey, where are you going?"

"Go find Lu Xiaoliu. I've been traveling and killing people lately, so I'm a little tired. Let's go to the brothel to listen to some music and relax."

"He's going to the brothel again!"