AWB Chapter 504 is so cunning!
Chapter 504 is so cunning!
Although Emperor Taihe was not a true tyrant, the consequences of his anger were equally serious.
The first person to suffer misfortune was the Minister of Personnel from the Cao family, who was directly arrested by Lu Xuan and taken for investigation.
Unable to endure the torture, the man quickly confessed all his acts of favoritism, abuse of power, and acceptance of bribes.
In a rage, Emperor Taihe sentenced him to exile at the border.
Cao Xuehou was even worse off.
The coroner found out that the eight boys and girls had died of poisoning, and among the eight people, only two boys and girls were servants of the Cao family.
As for the remaining six people, the body of Gao Jinlan's daughter was traded from a human trafficker, a girl was killed by her stepmother, a boy came from a brothel, and two boys and one girl were from kidnappers.
A total of eight lives were lost. Not only was Cao Xuehou arrested, but those who participated in child trafficking and even poisoned children were also unable to escape.
The only difference is that the Feng Shui master had already fled and his whereabouts are currently unknown.
Emperor Taihe was disgusted by this incident and ordered severe punishment. Cao Xuehou was sentenced to death by slicing, and the others who were involved in the killings were also beheaded.
However, these people were not escorted to Beijing. Xie Xiu sent the verdict to the Ministry of Justice and the Dali Temple.
The Ministry of Justice and the Dali Temple knew Emperor Taihe's attitude, so after carefully reading the files, they quickly agreed with Xie Xiu's verdict.
After receiving the reply, Xie Xiu did not delay and quickly escorted the prisoners to the execution ground for execution.
This incident caused a huge stir in Gusu, with the people discussing it endlessly. The families of the three abducted children even came to the government office to express their gratitude to Xie Xiu.
If Xie Xiu had not insisted on investigating the matter and dug up the grave of the old man of the Cao family, their children would probably continue to kneel in the Cao family tomb and would never be able to find relief.
Even Gao Jinlan, who had been in a daze and living a life of mediocrity, came to her senses completely. Not only did she bury her daughter, she also kowtowed to Xie Xiu to thank him for rescuing her daughter's body.
However, Xie Xiu did not care about her gratitude and only asked her to obey Xie Ying's orders in the future.
Perhaps the pain that had been suppressed in her heart was finally relieved, and Gao Jinlan was no longer as confused as before. Xie Ying asked her to practice martial arts, so she got up early every day and practiced martial arts with Tu Jiaojiao seriously.
Tu Jiaojiao is now the wife of the prefect. She has a lot of things to do every day and cannot spend a lot of time practicing martial arts.
Gao Jinlan is different.
Before the matter was resolved, she was always in a daze. Xie Ying was worried that she would suddenly go crazy, so she only asked her to fetch water and do some heavy work like moving things every day.
There wasn't much work to do, so Gao Jinlan had a very easy life these days. She had gained back all the weight she had lost, and she had become even stronger.
After practicing martial arts with Tu Jiaojiao, she looked more energetic and heroic, which made Xie Ying and Tu Jiaojiao quite satisfied.
Xie Ying chose Gao Jinlan because she was tall and wanted her to be a female bodyguard.
However, Gao Jinlan was in a daze, which made Xie Ying very dissatisfied.
Now Gao Jinlan has finally come out of her past pain. After practicing martial arts, she has barely taken on the appearance of a female bodyguard.
Xie Ying asked the embroiderer to make two sets of smart clothes for her. After Gao Jinlan put them on, she looked more energetic.
However, Gao Jinlan is still too honest now. Xie Ying plans to brainwash her more, otherwise this person will be easily fooled. How can she dare to use her?
But before that, she had to participate in a poetry competition first.
The Cao family incident caused such a sensation that it overshadowed the poetry competition.
Jiang Er had to postpone the game to weaken the impact of the Cao family incident.
Therefore, the final of the poetry competition officially began half a month after Cao Xuehou was executed.
Xie Ying is going to participate in this final.
However, her identity is not a contestant, but a special referee.
Jiang Er and Situ Yuan are also referees.
In order to host this final successfully, Jiang Er specially chose the venue near the academy.
This was Xie Ying's idea.
Because the academy has not been completed yet, it is impossible to hold the competition directly in the academy, so Xie Ying suggested that the competition venue be set up near the academy, which would just attract traffic to the academy and make people pay attention to the academy under construction.
Not only that, Xie Ying also proposed selling tickets.
In order to attract people to buy tickets, a lottery can be held.
Each ticket has a corresponding code, and you can participate in the on-site lottery after the game.
The cheapest ticket costs only five cents, while the ticket closest to the arena costs five taels of silver.
The first prize is as high as one hundred taels of silver, which will definitely attract many people to buy tickets.
This can also be considered an alternative lottery.
Sure enough, after the news was released, people came to buy tickets one after another.
In addition to selling tickets and holding raffles, Xie Ying also proposed selling advertising space and stalls.
As long as merchants spend money, they can purchase advertising space and stalls, display their own signs at the competition site, and set up stalls to sell goods.
But if you refuse to spend money, you will be kicked out.
Ever since Jiang Er released the news about the finals and the ticket draw, many shrewd businessmen have spotted the business opportunity and are planning to set up stalls nearby.
Upon learning that Jiang Er was going to sell advertising space and stalls, many merchants couldn't help but secretly curse Jiang Er for being cunning!
They don’t want to spend money!
Who would have thought that Jiang Er, the uncle of the emperor, would even want to make money from advertising and stalls!
More calculating than these merchants!
However, although these people cursed, they were more enthusiastic than each other in spending money, and they almost fought in order to grab a good position.
Jiang Er didn't even take the initiative to quote a price, but used a secret bidding method to let these merchants quote their own prices.
Now, in order to successfully obtain the advertising space and stalls they want, merchants naturally dare not lower the price and all try to bid higher.
Anyway, they wanted to curry favor with Jiang Er, the king's uncle, so they were naturally willing to spend money.
When all the advertising spaces and stalls were sold, Jiang Er looked at the account book and couldn't believe his eyes!
“This is too much money!”
Jiang Er couldn't help but exclaimed, "I thought I would have to pay for it!"
As a result, he made a fortune just by selling tickets.
Jiang Er even started to doubt his life: "Is it really so easy to make money?"
He couldn't help but think of the brothers Chen Shou and Chen Shao again: If those two were still alive, they would probably be angry to death when they saw how easily he made so much money, right?
In those years, the Chen family committed countless tragedies to make money.
Chen Shao even hid on a small island for many years and became a pirate, carrying a big knife and robbing money everywhere.
"Tsk, the Chen family are such idiots! They worked so hard to make so much money, but in the end they even lost their lives."
Jiang Er snorted sarcastically, puffing out his chest proudly, "Unlike me, I easily earned several thousand taels of silver!"
Situ Yuan looked at him silently, speechless: Are you sure you earned this?