Favoring Concubines and Destroying Wife: Reborn, I Married to a Rich Man and Destroyed His Whole Fam

Gu Zhao looked up at the snow outside the window. The temperature these days is colder than the previous days. It snows from time to time every day, and the wind is very strong.

Except for the limited amount of charcoal they sell on a daily basis and a little bit of it left, the rest has been sold out.

As for grain, oil, rice and flour, the prices in Gu Zhao's shop have only increased slightly.

In the Xie family's and several other shops, the prices have only increased by 10% to 20% compared to before, unlike some other shops, where the prices have increased several times.

"Miss, as you expected, the government arrested a lot of people today. They were all responsible for driving up prices a few days ago... The Li, Yang, and He families, whose prices increased by more than 20 times, had their shops closed down, and all the people in the shops were arrested..."

Hearing this, Gu Zhao frowned slightly. In his previous life, the government would arrest people on a large scale only after the New Year. Why was it so fast in this life?

Is it because she was reborn? Or is it that some things have changed from her previous life?

In the main courtyard.

A servant came running in hurriedly.

"Madam, it's bad. The government officials have sealed up our charcoal shop..."

When Gu Zhu heard this, she stood up in fright.

"What did you say? Why was the charcoal shop closed down?"

"The government officials came and said that we were raising the prices and committing a serious crime... The shopkeeper and the waiter were all arrested, the money in the store was confiscated, and all the items were sealed..."

what?

The store has stored tens of thousands of kilograms of charcoal, and the money from the sales in the past few days has not been paid back. This loss is probably tens of thousands of taels of silver.

How could this be?

"Madam Zhu, please send someone out to find out which shops have been closed down by the government..."

Gu Zhu sent someone to call Gu Qing over and asked him to go out and take a walk to see what was going on outside.

"Don't worry, mother. I will go ask my classmates right away."

Gu Zhu had a bad feeling in her heart. She was afraid that there would be big trouble if the shop was closed down this time.

Soon, news from outside came in.

"Madam, I heard that all the shops that raised the prices of grain, charcoal, and oil were closed down, and all the items in the shops were confiscated. The shopkeepers and waiters were all arrested and taken to the government office."

At the same time, the families of the shop owners and waiters who were arrested in the two shops also came to the door of Gu's mansion.

"Please let us see the madam. Our boss has been arrested."

"We want to see Mrs. Gu."

"My son is just a salesman. He doesn't know anything."

"Please, Madam, save my grandson."

There were dozens of people kneeling at the gate of Minister Gu’s residence, all of them crying and shouting.

This situation occurred in front of dozens of people's houses.

After hearing the report, Gu Zhu's face turned very ugly. She had originally wanted to send someone to inquire about it, so as to make the matter a small matter. She couldn't let this matter affect the reputation of the master. If it affected the reputation of the master, it would be troublesome.

"Where are the people who were sent out? Why haven't they come back yet? Ask the concierge to chase them away..."

Nanny Zhu agreed immediately.

Gu Rong also heard about this.

"Mom, what should I do now?"

Originally, her mother wanted to make a fortune so that she could save more dowry for her and more betrothal gifts for her brother. However, she didn't expect that not only was the shop closed, but all the people in the shop were also arrested.

Those people were my mother's confidants, as well as the servants in the mansion. All the original people in the shop were driven away.