bookrebus Chapter 351 Confiscating the House 5
Chapter 351 Confiscating the House 5
The people who were watching at the gate of the City Lord's Mansion had not dispersed. When they saw Hua Cailiang and his family being led out of the City Lord's Mansion with their hands tied, the crowd instantly became excited.
"Hua Cailiang's hands were tied and his feet were shackled. Is he going to be thrown into prison?"
"Of course. Only death row inmates wear shackles."
"Will Hua Cailiang never be able to turn things around and become the city lord again?"
"It's not just Hua Cailiang. Didn't you see that all the men in the Hua family are wearing shackles?"
"It's true, it's true. God has eyes. The Hua family has finally fallen."
Some people started crying excitedly. At first they thought Xiao Mo was only here to arrest Hua Cailiang, but they didn't expect that he would capture the entire Hua family.
For a moment, cheers, shouts, and cries were heard at the gate of the City Lord's Mansion.
When Ye Jintang and Xiao Mo came out of the City Lord's Mansion together, someone in the crowd that was in chaos just now shouted, "Prince Qin is wise!", and then the shouts of the people were heard all over the street.
The King of Qin is wise, the King of Qin is wise...
Xiao Mo stood on the high steps in front of the City Lord's Mansion, listening to the shouts of the people, feeling mixed emotions.
"Everyone, be quiet."
Lord Cai on the side waved his hand at the crowd, signaling them to be quiet, as Xiao Mo had something to say.
"Today, I have confiscated the three clans of the Hua family. This is what the people want. Three days later, all the members of the Hua family will be put on trial in public."
"Your Majesty, you won't just send Hua Cailiang to prison, will you?"
The brave people were worried and came out to ask Xiao Mo directly.
"Hua Cailiang has committed many evil deeds. Even if he has nine lives, it would not be enough to die."
"With the prince's words, we feel relieved."
The common people in Ningchuan City have seen too many cases of officials protecting each other. They are really afraid that after all the trouble, Hua Cailiang will not even die in the end.
The snow in Ningchuan City was getting heavier and heavier. Xiao Mo's men were arresting members of the Hua family everywhere in the city and confiscating the Hua family's assets.
"I'm afraid this heavy snow won't stop anytime soon. Fortunately we released the pigeons earlier, otherwise we wouldn't dare to release them now even if we wanted to."
Ye Jintang and Xiao Mo sat opposite each other beside the charcoal stove in the main room. They did not close the door, so when they looked up they could see the heavy snow falling outside. Several blooming wintersweets were now covered with snow, and only a hint of red could be vaguely seen.
"Well, I hope our carrier pigeons fly fast enough and don't get trapped by the snow."
Xiao Mo put some charcoal into the charcoal stove to make it burn more vigorously.
He picked up the kettle of boiling water on the charcoal stove and made tea for Ye Jintang.
"The heavy snow came at a very timely moment. The entire Ningchuan City was blocked by the snow, and no news could be transmitted."
"Even if we wait until next spring when the ice and snow melt, the capital will only receive the news I want to spread. As long as I don't want anyone in the capital to hear any real news from Ningchuan City."
Xiao Mo was in a very good mood. He poured tea for Ye Jintang and handed it to her.
"This is probably the main reason why the prince is in a hurry to come to the fiefdom."
"Yes, Ningchuan Province is far away, so it's very easy for me to do anything. Of course, the premise is that I have the ability to control the entire Ningchuan Province."
Xiao Mo was a man of action. In just one day, he captured almost all the people from the three clans of the Hua family. He even arrested all those from the nine clans who were close to Hua Cailiang.
He mobilized such a large force that Hua Cailiang's lackey Ke Wenhai was quite scared.
He had bullied Xiao Mo many times in the past, and now he even dared to deal with Hua Cailiang. He was just a small follower, and if Xiao Mo wanted to make a move, he could kill him in one go.
That evening, a sedan chair was carried out from the Ke family and brought into the Qin Palace.
"Your Highness, Miss Ke is in the backyard right now and hasn't gotten off the sedan yet. She said she wants Your Highness to go there in person."
Aunt Zhang came over with a wooden face to report to Xiao Mo.
She really didn't understand why the princess didn't just kick the person out directly, but asked Xiao Mo to go and take a look in person.
The girls in the Ke family are all beauties. The princess is not afraid that the prince will really fall in love with Miss Ke. If that were the case, she would be making things difficult for herself.
Nanny Zhang didn't know that Ye Jintang was just deliberately testing Xiao Mo.
After what happened with Duan Linghui last time, Ye Jintang still has a thorn in his heart. Whether he can pull it out depends on Xiao Mo himself.
"Oh, Ke Wenhai really likes to send his daughter everywhere. Madam Zhang, please send two maids to send her back to the Ke family and tell Ke Wenhai that I am not interested in the girl from the Ke family."
"Yes, old slave, go right away."
Nanny Zhang breathed a sigh of relief, fortunately the prince was not attracted to the girl from the Ke family.
The one Ke Wenhai sent to Xiao Mo was his youngest daughter. Although she was a concubine's daughter, she was very beautiful. The useless eldest son of the Hua family had asked him for her, but he had never been willing to give her to her.
This time it was a matter of life and death for the Ke family, so he sent his youngest daughter away.
They originally thought that if their youngest daughter was favored by Xiao Mo, their Ke family would be able to continue to prosper in Ningchuan City in the future. However, they did not expect that the person would be sent back only half an hour after being sent there.
"How can this be."
Ke Wenhai looked at the housekeeper with disbelief.
"My Lord, the prince didn't even look at the girl and sent us back."
"How could this happen? Does the King of Qin really want to take action against our Ke family?"
Thinking of this, Ke Wenhai was shocked. He comforted himself silently. After all, he still had a daughter who was a noble. Even if Xiao Mo was angry with the Ke family because of Hua Cailiang, he would not kill the Ke family for the sake of noble Ke.
Tomorrow morning he plans to take gold, silver, jewelry and his little daughter to the Prince of Qin's Palace. He doesn't believe that he can't protect the Ke family.
Ke Wenhai had no idea that Xiao Mo had never thought of letting the Ke family go from the beginning. Over the years, the Ke family had followed Hua Cailiang in doing countless evil things. Not to mention that his daughter was just a noble lady, even if she was a concubine, the knife in his hand would not show any mercy.
In the Prince Qin's Mansion, Ye Jintang heard that Xiao Mo did not go to see Miss Ke, but sent her away directly. She couldn't suppress the smile on the corner of her lips.
After a while, Xiao Mo came to see her in person.
"Jintang, you are still angry with me about Duan Linghui."
"Nothing."
"That's not even saying no. You're using the girl from the Ke family to test me."
Xiao Mo couldn't help but pinch Ye Jintang's cheek. How could he not know her little thoughts?
"Your Highness doesn't want to see the girl from the Ke family. I heard that there is a beauty in the Ke family."
"In my eyes, even the fairies from heaven are not as good as you."
"Stop talking so slickly here."
Xiao Mo chuckled and whispered in Ye Jintang's ear, "Now that the City Lord's Mansion is vacant, I will find someone to renovate it in the next few days. Can you let me move back to your outer room to sleep?"
At this moment, Xiao Mo didn't even dare to mention the matter of consummating his marriage with Ye Jintang. He wanted to take it slow and steady, moving to her outer room first, and then looking for a chance to eat his little frog.
"let me consider it."
Ye Jintang didn't refuse directly, and Xiao Mo was visibly happy.