On the day of the granted marriage, the daughter of a general wept and was reborn!

"Tomorrow night, there will be another transaction at Zuixianlou in Zuixianlou."

Shen Wantang continued to speak.

Xia Huai'en was moved, but remained silent.

Seeing Xia Huai'en like this, Shen Wantang stopped asking questions and just stood up: "Tomorrow night at Zuixian Tower, Master Xia, I will work with you to capture the person who murdered Yue Fu."

After leaving a few words, Shen Wantang turned and left.

After returning to the mansion, Shen Wantang finally let go of his fatigue.

Qing'e boiled some hot water and helped Shen Wantang take a bath.

"Miss, today, Aunt Liu sent someone to inquire about the news."

Qing'e frowned slightly and spoke slowly.

"What news?"

Shen Wantang seemed to be thinking about something.

"Today, someone around Aunt Liu asked me if you had visited the Duke Dingguo's mansion." Qing'e responded.

After working so hard for so long, I had forgotten about Duke Dingguo.

"There are already a lot of invitations from the Duke Dingguo's Mansion, but they have never been sent to that courtyard. It seems that they must be anxious."

Qing'e continued.

Shen Wantang regained his consciousness and said coldly, "If they come to inquire about the news again in the future, just kick them out. I have nothing to discuss with them."

Qing'e nodded in agreement.

"By the way, young lady, when I was helping you clean up your study today, I saw an extra letter on the desk. Can you take a look at it later? Is it yours?"

Qing'e suddenly thought of something.

Extra letters?

Shen Wantang was a little suspicious.

She always kept the letters and other things carefully.

After taking a bath, Shen Wantang went straight to the study.

There was no signature on the envelope. After opening it, there was only a note with a name written on it - Liu Liqing.

Isn’t this someone from the Ministry of Revenue?

Looking at the crooked handwriting, it must be Lian Zhao.

Lian Zhao told her this...

Could it be that Liu Liqing is the one who is in collusion with Rong State?

Shen Wantang frowned.

The Ministry of Revenue is a confusing place. Captain Zhou is Ji Xunchuan's man, and he is sworn brothers with the Minister of Revenue. Now, there is an official in the Ministry of Revenue who has an affair with the Rong State.

So, is this Ministry of Revenue still the Ministry of Revenue of Dacheng?

Shen Wantang burned the letter in his hand, but he couldn't help feeling a little panicked.

Things are far more complicated than she imagined...

The next day.

"Can I meet your minister?"

In the prison, Cen Xiao was leaning against the wall bored. When he saw the jailer coming, he opened his mouth and asked.

The jailer snorted coldly, and said sarcastically: "You are in prison, but you still want to see the minister. Who do you think you are? The court is arresting those who oppose the reform. Now you have fallen in here, and I am afraid you can't get out!"

Cen Xiao was not discouraged, but just smiled helplessly.

"Take this jade pendant of mine and go see your Shangshu. If he comes, I will give you a year's worth of wine."

Cen Xiao threw the jade pendant out.

Seeing this, the jailer laughed even louder.

He walked forward and slowly squatted down, his eyes full of mockery: "How can I, a small jailer, meet the Shangshu Lord? Besides, how much is this broken jade pendant of yours worth? If I take this to see the Shangshu Lord, that would be really ridiculous!"

After leaving a few words, the jailer turned and left.

It's really like a tiger being bullied by a dog.

Cen Xiao suppressed his anger and picked up the jade pendant again.

He looked towards the only small window in the cell - he just hoped that Shen Wantang could get him out as soon as possible.

"Have you heard? In the past few days, several ministers have been imprisoned. They are said to have embezzled the relief grain from the imperial court."

"Then he deserves to be arrested! He dared to embezzle the imperial court's disaster relief grain, he should be starved to death!"

The jailer went somewhere else and talked with others about what had happened in recent days.

The sun gradually sets and night falls.

Late at night, there are only two bustling places in the capital city - gambling houses and brothels.

At that time, Xia Huai'en had already dispatched people to ambush in various dark places of Zuixianlou, waiting for the people who were going to trade to appear so that they could capture them!

Shen Wantang also hid in the dark, quietly observing the movements here.

I don't know how long it took before the voice of the turtle man was heard from the back door.

"My dear, I have been waiting for you for a long time, but you did not show up. I was really anxious. If you had come a little later, my boss would have asked me to close the shop!"

As they spoke, several carriages stopped.

Several servants behind them drove the girls out of the carriage.

Each of the girls had a sack on their head, and any of them who tried to escape were whipped by the servants beside them.

They are all spoiled daughters of officials, how could they withstand such a whip?

After one whip, she fell to the ground, unable to move, and the servant next to her tied her feet.

"Thirty in total." The man who came in had his face covered and his voice was deep.

The turtle man came forward and raised his eyebrows: "Let me check the goods. If they are qualified, I will give you the silver."

As he spoke, the servant beside him casually took off a girl's hood.

The girl's hair was disheveled, her mouth was blocked, and her eyes were full of fear as she looked at the turtle.

"These girls are all daughters of those convicted officials. They are all virgins. Don't worry, I guarantee you will be satisfied."

The man looked at the girl behind him with satisfaction.

Mr. Turtle nodded, and then took out the silver bill from his pocket.

As the man was about to take the banknote, the officers hiding in the dark rushed out in full force.

Hearing the noise, the human traffickers were frightened and tried to flee.

However, there was already a tight net set up outside Zuixian Tower, and even if these people wanted to escape, they could not.

Seeing the fight, the girls panicked.

Shen Wantang jumped down from a height, cut the hemp ropes tied to the girls' feet, and then said, "I'm here to save you, follow me!"

The girls followed Shen Wantang and ran to the side.

The remaining few men were captured by the officers brought by Xia Huai'en in just a few moments.

The girls were placed in an empty house.

Shen Wantang invited a doctor early in the morning to treat these girls.

After those human traffickers were caught, they were immediately taken to the Ministry of Justice prison.

At night, Cen Xiao finally fell asleep, but was awakened by a loud noise.

He slowly opened his eyes and saw many people rushing into the prison.

"This Lord Xia is truly capable." Cen Xiao raised his eyebrows and clicked his tongue.

In the Ministry of Justice Prison, few people could withstand the punishment. In less than half an hour, all these people confessed.

After a while, Cen Xiao heard faint footsteps.

When he raised his eyes, he saw Xia Huai'en standing in front of him.

The jailer beside him opened the lock, and Xia Huai'en said slowly: "Your business is done, you can go out now."

Cen Xiao stood up and walked forward.

Xia Huai'en didn't dare to look directly into Cen Xiao's eyes, but just lowered his eyes.

"Who were those people just now?"