Datang: Let you supervise the country and become an emperor through the ages

Chapter 425
Soon, the two drops of blood slowly melted together, becoming one drop of blood.

Butler Guo and Mrs. Hu's faces turned ashen, and they were panting heavily.

And Zhao Shengnian was completely dumbfounded, and he took two steps backwards, almost falling to the ground.

On the other side, Wu Hai and Zhou Han almost burst out laughing, they never expected that this matter would develop so wonderfully.

Mrs. Hu hurriedly crawled to Zhao Shengnian's side, just about to explain.

Snapped!
However, Zhao Shengnian didn't give Hu a chance to explain, and just slapped her.

Hu was completely dumbfounded.

Since she married into the Zhao family, she has never been beaten by Zhao Shengnian.

"Zhao, you, you dare to hit me!" Hu shouted like a madman.

"Hit you? I wish I could kill you now!" Zhao Shengnian said viciously.

"What did my Zhao family do to you? What did my Zhao Shengnian do to you? You did such a thing!"

Being questioned by Zhao Shengnian like this, Hu didn't dare to say anything.

After she married Zhao Sheng, she was always dissatisfied in that aspect.

Later, she couldn't bear the loneliness, so she found the old housekeeper Guo Tang.

After being satisfied, she has maintained an improper relationship with Guo Tang.

Later, she became pregnant with a child. Of course, she also knew that this child was not Zhao Shengnian's at all, but Guo Tang's.

This child is Zhao Han.

Zhao Shengnian was kept secret about these things and raised Guo Tang's son for more than ten years.

Even, for the sake of this other person's son, he has been squeezing his own daughter all these years.

Thinking of this, Zhao Shengnian's heart felt ashamed, and he looked as if he had aged dozens of years in an instant.

He was in so much pain that he crouched on the ground and cried out loudly.

Seeing this, Li Fu also knew that today's farce can come to an end.

Then he took Zhao Xinling and left this disgusting place.

Wu Hai and Zhou Han took care of the rest for Li Fu, and Luo Lei's body was also taken care of.

This matter ended like this.

Hu and Guo Tang were sent to prison by Zhao Shengnian for adultery, and Zhao Han disappeared.

Later, someone saw Zhao Han begging in Nancheng, and it seemed that he had a mental problem.

Li Fu didn't bother to take care of these things, anyway, Zhao Xinling was living happily by his side now, and that was enough.

On this day, in the imperial study, Li Er seemed a little melancholy.

"What's wrong with this salt price? Why has it dropped so much?"

Fang Xuanling stood below, also looking embarrassed.

"Your Majesty, I'm afraid the specific reasons for this will have to be investigated for a while."

Li Er pondered, then stood up abruptly from the chair, ran to the bookcase, and took out an envelope from it.

Looking at the envelope, Li Er was thoughtful.

"Okay, Fang Aiqing, you go down first." Li Er said without looking back.

Fang Xuanling was a little surprised, but didn't say anything, just saluted, and then backed out.

After Fang Xuanling left, Li Er said in a deep voice, "How is the investigation going?"

Hearing Li Er's words, a person came out from behind the screen next to him.

This person is none other than Changsun Wuji.

"Returning to Your Majesty, the investigation has been clear. The Huo family is indeed in collusion with bandits."

Li Er nodded. He wanted to clean up the Huo family a long time ago.

After all, the Huo family is the largest salt merchant, and Li Er can bring the salt price back to normal only if they are rectified.

However, for a long time, Li Er couldn't catch the Huo family's tricks. The family acted very cautiously and kept a low profile.

But Huang Tian paid off, and finally, not long ago, Li Er received news that the Huo family might have a special relationship with a group of bandits.

That's why Li Er asked Changsun Wuji to investigate, and the investigation has been going on for more than a month.

"How's the arrangement going?" Li Er continued to ask in a deep voice.

Changsun Wuji replied: "The minister has sent three thousand Imperial Forest Army, ready to fight at any time."

A cold light flashed in Li Er's eyes, and he said, "No need to wait, do it!"

"Observe the order!" Changsun Wuji accepted the order and withdrew too.

In fact, the sharp drop in the price of salt was not deliberately caused by the Huo family.

It's just that Li Fu's salt is of really good quality, and the sales volume is particularly impressive.

If the Huo family wanted to compete with Li Fu, they could only keep lowering the price.

In this way, Li Fu was not affected, but it hurt some other small traders.

Those salt merchants who operate on a small budget simply cannot withstand such a constant price reduction.

The current market is already somewhat deformed.

If things go on like this, the market in Chang'an City can be said to be in chaos.

However, the only constant is that Li Fuji's salt is often sold out.

However, although the price of the Huo family's salt has dropped again and again, the sales volume has never been able to increase.

At this critical juncture, another major event happened.

That is, a family bought salt from Huo's family, but they died on the same day.

This is a relatively poor household. Because they are greedy for cheap, they have been eating salt from Huo's family for a long time.

The Huo family's salt, because of the irregular refining process, contained a certain amount of toxins.

If you eat too much, there is a certain chance of poisoning.

After such an incident, the Huo family's reputation will be even worse.

Not only did the public's evaluation of the Huo family plummet, but even in the imperial court, Huo Changfeng often received special treatment from his colleagues.

After a long time, Huo Changfeng couldn't stand this situation, and planned to bring his family back to Chengdu.

But just as they were packing up their belongings, a group of people surrounded the Huo Mansion.

Cheng Yaojin personally led a thousand Imperial Forest Army, and surrounded the Huo Mansion.

"Huo Changfeng, you can't leave today. Your Majesty has an order. Come with me."

Cheng Yaojin sat on the horse and said condescendingly to Huo Changfeng.

Huo Changfeng had a sullen face, subconsciously wanting to fight.

But when he thought of Cheng Yaojin's usual tough style, he didn't dare to say anything.

Seeing Huo Changfeng's hesitation, Cheng Yaojin stepped forward, grabbed him, and said, "Follow me!"

With that, Cheng Yaojin took Huo Changfeng away, leaving only a group of bewildered female relatives.

And Huo Changfeng was taken away by Cheng Yaojin, and he didn't see Li Er, and was sent to prison by Cheng Yaojin directly.

Li Fu soon received news of Huo Changfeng's arrest.

He continued to inquire about the actions of the Huo family, and learned that the Huo family had given up on Huo Changfeng.

Their head of the family was arrested, and they did not want to try to rescue him, but were preparing to elect another head of the family.

After knowing this, Li Fu did not take any action.

All he has to do now is sit at home and watch the excitement.

(End of this chapter)