Due to the turmoil in the capital, the gates of various wealthy families were closed and no one was allowed to go out without permission. According to previous examples, many families of princes and marquis were as anxious as dogs who were stranded.

In recent years, Lan Yu has become the best-known figure as a rising star and has become the best martial artist in the late Hongwu Dynasty. Who doesn’t want to curry favor with her?

At this point, many Dukes and Marquis, who were close to Lan Mansion, regretted that they should have learned from the Duke of Wei long ago. At the funeral of the Yu Lan family, they sent their children to give them a little money and draw a line in time. At least, there was a statement when the emperor asked.

Shameless and stingy, pretending to be a real man! This seemingly demeaning joke now seems to be so prescient.

As the entire Lan Mansion was raided, the gift list in the account room could be found in whose hands. Many wealthy families who gave large sums of gold, silver and treasures on that day were already half dead.

Mu Family Villa outside the city.

The Mu family was not affected much, because Mu Ying had died of illness and Mu Chun was far away in Yunnan. Mu Sheng was not the head of the family at a young age and did not have much contact with the previous generation. The most important thing is that the Mu family, like the Li family, is famous but not powerful, and this generation is still trusted by Zhu Yuanzhang.

In the flower hall, Mu Ningxue, wearing a simple long skirt, was chatting with her mother while embroidering the style of carp playing in the water on her bellyband. Like Xu Qinglian, her younger brother Mu Ang has mostly worn it from her own sister.

At this time, Mu Ang ran into the room with a dark face and shouted, "Mom, I don't want that new husband anymore. Today he scolded me for not studying hard and punished me to stand."

Mrs. Mu smiled and said, "It's amazing. When the husband first came that day, didn't you praise him for being good? She made her mother dislike him and scolded her a few words. How could Xu Hao recommend such a person to the house? Now it seems that I misunderstood them."

Although Mu Ang was naughty, he was not stupid. He knew that he had no chance to slander at the moment. He immediately reached out and grabbed a few pieces of pastries and ran out to play.

Mrs. Mu smiled and shook her head and watched her son slip away. Her smile faded and she sighed: "I don't know how many families I will involve this time. The most heartbreaking thing is that you, Aunt Chang, your family suffered a tragic disaster. The white-haired man sent a black-haired man. How can you live in the future!"

Mu Ningxue stopped his hand and comforted him: "Mom, if our family of bells and tripods enjoys the wealth of the world, they will also face the biggest tragic things in the world. If you do not cultivate personal virtues and do not keep your duties, you will cause trouble sooner or later. The most important thing is to know how to advance and retreat. But look at this capital, how many other families know how to bow their heads and not be attached to power?

As the saying goes, too much is too little. I have long said that the Lan family is too arrogant and is not a good thing. Aunt Chang just follows her husband and indulges her family members. She only knows how to accumulate gold, silver and treasures. She is like this. Then the Lan family has done so much evil in private. Although it is sighing now, isn’t it because of the blame?”

Mrs. Mu said with a grudge: "How many times have I told her that the Lan family is too arrogant and too arrogant, but she just doesn't listen. Two years ago, her family was sentenced to Hu Party and executed. It was obvious that the emperor was dissatisfied with the Lan family's behavior and deliberately killed the chicken to show the monkey. Why didn't the couple take it seriously? They also said that death is Yu Gu, such a chilling thing. It's long time since the prince's tutor, how good is it to enjoy peace of mind at home?"

Mu Ningxue said softly: "Now I don't care about Aunt Chang and his wife anymore. I ask my second brother to pay attention to the movements of the Lan family, hoping to find an opportunity to rescue a few sisters. Mom, I will go to the palace these days. Even if I knock my head to pieces, I have to ask the Lord to give me a grace."

"Yes." Mrs. Mu resolutely said: "No matter how much money it costs, you have to rescue your nieces."

The mother and mother were discussing, and Mu Sheng came in full swing and said miserably: "Mom, little sister, the female members of the Lan family have committed suicide by hanging themselves."

Mrs. Mu's eyes turned dark and almost fainted. Mu Ningxue hurriedly held the shaking mother and said angrily: "Didn't my second brother say that Xu Hao was guarding them last night? How could he be so lazy?"

Mu Sheng smiled bitterly and said, "You are wrong about Xu Hao. The emperor has issued an order to execute him in one of the three tribes. The young women are sent to Jiaosifang as slaves and maids, and they will not be pardoned! Xu Hao and other guards are already taking great risks. They sit and watch the female family who do not want to be humiliated commit suicide at night. It's better to die than to die one hundred times."

Mu Ningxue said angrily: "So what? Can't you live if you are humiliated? Does your daughter have to seek short-sightedness for the so-called reputation? There is hope for life. Even if you survive, you can stay safe and see the moon bright. Xu Hao, you are so disappointed me."

Mu Sheng didn't hear his sister complaining about Xu Hao in his words and smiled bitterly: "You don't have to blame him anymore. That kid has always been bold. Because the female official in the sect office cursed the guards when he saw someone die, he was angry but went forward to cut and injured two people in succession. Now the entire court is in chaos, and no one can care about one guard. He was sent to the prison of the Ministry of Justice. It is estimated that he will not have to come out for ten days or half a month."

Mu Ningxue was stunned and felt sorry for the death of her former sisters, and tears could not be stopped.

She was silent for a long time with tears in her eyes, stomped her feet, and said angrily: "Why is this person so impulsive? It's so stupid. It's better to stay in prison forever and never come out."

The next morning, people came in to report it one after another like dumplings were placed in the prison.

Xu Hao, who had not closed his eyes all night, saw that many of the people who came in knew each other. The most familiar old lover was Master Cao. At this moment, he was mournful with a face and his eyes were covered with bloodshot, his long hair was scattered, and his steps were staggering and pushed into the next cell by the jailer. The guard behind him was Cao Chun, who was taken away yesterday.

Although Cao Kun is an enemy, everyone will never know each other without fighting, and they have already admitted in their hearts that the other party is a friend.

Xu Hao felt very sympathetic to him, feeling very uncomfortable, and forced a smile and said, "Where will we meet in life? Brother, you can cheer up, you can't die at the worst. Eighteen years later, you will be a hero again."

A group of young people with a embarrassed expression squeezed into a cell, probably the children of the Cao family of Jingchuan Hou. Everyone reacted differently after entering the cell, but none of them looked good.

Cao Kun wiped his eyes, recognized that Xu Hao was the one next door, and cried, "You are locked up too? Mom can even suffer trouble when sitting at home. Even if I give my father ten thousand courage, I would not dare to be bold enough to plot against him. I died unjustly."

Xu Hao didn't dare to follow this sentence, and smiled bitterly, saying, "It's a sin that comes in, otherwise why should the emperor issue an order to arrest people? In short, you honestly admit your guilt during the interrogation, at least you will save your flesh and blood."

"Why?" Master Cao Kun had a temper and shouted: "I don't accept it. Even if I lingchi, I will be wronged."

Seeing that Master Cao was in trouble again, Xu Hao stopped talking now, otherwise he would have died unjustly if he was accidentally treated as a member of the party.

Cao Kun chatted for a long time, and when he was tired, he sat on the ground and cried with his head. Later, a group of people came in. Xu Hao stood up in shock. One of them turned out to be Luzhu's fiancé Zhang De.

While feeling heavy, he could not help but feel a little bit of gratitude. He regretted not having time to bring the princess home, and was also fortunate that Zhang De did not get married to Luzhu.

Zhang De was completely lost and walked into another cell blankly, muttering to himself facing the wall, as if he could not see anything or hear anything.

Later, with the waves of young nobles of the past, today's prisoners came in one after another. Xu Hao was already numb. This was not a place for conversation, so he simply shut up and sat in a daze.

The prison guards were busy all day long, so the officials of the Ministry of Justice could imagine that no one had the heart to interrogate Xu Hao.

Influenced by the atmosphere here, Xu Hao had no idea of ​​going out immediately, and just wanted to accompany Cao Kun and Zhang De to the last journey here.

I survived another night so miserably.

For three days, Xu Hao never slept or had a bite of food. He kept sending his family to drink.

Except for accompanying Cao Kun and Zhang De to talk and drink, he kept his face moving with a blue face for the rest of the time. He looked scary and had a very irritable temper. He would beat him up when he was slightly stimulated. The criminals were far away from him.

I watched the people I knew were tortured. Needless to say, all the tragic situations were heard, screaming echoed day and night in the entire cell.

Those officials who tried the case didn't care about anything else and just started to be punished. Some people bit their tongues and committed suicide or twitched because they couldn't bear it. They immediately asked the jailer to drag the body out.

Cao Kun was a man at first, and when he was whipped, he kept roaring and accusing me of wrongdoing. After whipping again and again, he screamed in pain and finally cried and confessed his guilt.

The official asked him about the details of his confession, and Cao Kun was like a wild beast before his death, with a hideous face: "I don't know anything."

The official asked coldly: "The official asked you, who do your father has a close relationship with on weekdays?"

Cao Kun thought about it and said weakly: "Li Jinglong and I have frequent contacts."

The official said impatiently: "I am asking your father, Cao Zhen, the Marquis of Jingchuan, for the last time, that if you don't come truthfully, you will be punished."

"I said." Cao Kun couldn't stand it anymore. He cried and reported the names of a bunch of officials. The officials of the Ministry of Justice were overjoyed and immediately recorded it carefully.

In order to deliberately reward other criminals, Cao Kun thought he was sentimental, and was assigned to a royal doctor to heal him, and also gave him a pot of wine and a plate of cooked mutton.

Xu Hao sat there watching coldly, understanding that these experienced officials had some ways to make you speak, and betraying them was just one of the best ways to use them.

When Zhang De was interrogated, Xu Hao was worried that Zhang De would give his family. Now that he could not help, no matter who was in charge, he would be imprisoned and then go to death. Once he couldn't stand it, his whole family would be treated as a rebel party and acted together.

It’s okay for others to do it. Zhang De and Lu Zhu have already been engaged, so they are most likely to be implicated because they are afraid that Zhang De will be finished with a little breath and his family will be finished.

But I never expected that the corrupt bone that everyone despised that day was a tough guy this time. Without saying a word from beginning to end, the officials gave six torture instruments in a row, and never spoke until they died.

Looking at Zhang De's body being carried out and disappeared from afar, Xu Hao, who was easily crying, cried and his fingers tightly pulled into his flesh.
Chapter completed!