I turned the cold palace into a paradise

Chapter 124 The King of Hell clicks Mao

Beijing City Gate

The guards guarding the city gate couldn't help but complain secretly as they looked at the soldiers who took over their jobs forcefully.

"Where are they from? Why are they so arrogant?" He immediately pushed them aside without saying a word.

"Hey, brother Li, keep your voice down! These are the Yulin Army! We can't afford to offend them!"

The man called Brother Li quickly covered his mouth and whispered, "What happened? Are the Yulin troops dispatched?"

"I heard that something big happened in the capital! It seems that a spy from the Li Kingdom killed the eldest son of the Prime Minister! So the Prime Minister begged the Emperor to borrow the Yulin Army."

"Hiss! I was wondering why the military officials have been searching the whole city for people these days! How dare they kill the Prime Minister's family? Does the Li Kingdom want to start a war?"

"Who knows? Anyway, the days from now on will not be peaceful..."

As the two were talking, they saw the Yulin Army find a small golden Buddha statue from a vegetable vendor's basket.

"Where did you get these things?" The Yulin Army overturned the vegetable basket, put the weapons in their hands on the vegetable vendor's neck, and shouted.

The vegetable vendor was so frightened that he didn't even have time to run away.

"I...I...official! I was wrong. I shouldn't have stolen this Buddha statue!" He was just a petty thief who stole a golden Buddha from a merchant's house. Why was he acting so arrogant? Could it be that the merchant belonged to a high-ranking official?

"Take him away for interrogation! Give him severe punishment!" the Yulin Army said mercilessly.

The thief didn't even have time to beg for mercy before his mouth was gagged and he was dragged away.

The two guards looked at each other with confusion in their eyes. Aren't they here to catch a murderer? Why are they so excited about money?

"Next! You, what's in the carriage? Get off!" The Yulin Army shouted sternly at the people in the carriage.

A dark-skinned man jumped off the carriage and flattered, "Sir, I am a human trafficker. These are all new goods I have collected and will be sent to Qingzhou. Look, I have the documents and pass issued by the government!" He then handed over the documents and pass with the silver bills.

"Hmph! Don't try that! How dare you bribe me with money? Do you want to get beaten with me?"

"Oh! How dare I! I put it in the wrong place!" The man quickly took the banknote, stuffed it into his arms and smiled.

The Yulin Army took the document and pass, looked at it, and returned it to him after confirming that it was correct.

"Let everyone inside get out, and check the carriage as well."

"All right, all right. Children, come down and let the officer check you."

The people in the carriage heard the sound and opened the curtain, revealing a dozen children sitting inside.

The Yulin Army frowned. After everyone got off, he got on the carriage and checked it carefully. After confirming that everything was fine, he let it go.

"Let's go, next!"

……

The guards at the city gate couldn't help but sigh: "Hiss, how strict! No wonder the Prime Minister wanted to ask them to investigate."

"Yeah, you don't even want money, you're just pretending to be noble!"

"Have you noticed that more people are taking their children out of town today?"

"Really? So many people come in and out every day, just bringing children, what's so strange about that!"

"Yeah too!"

"..."

On the Yulin side, someone was asking their leader: "There are so many children, and they don't look like they came from a legitimate background. Should we just ignore them?"

"What do you care? Have you forgotten what we were sent here for? Stop looking for trouble..."

……

On the other side, Si Yan was reporting the situation to Yun Yue.

"Miss Yun, the children have all been sent out. Si Yin is now waiting for you at a farm outside the city with them."

"Okay, thank you for your hard work Si Yan. Please pass on a message for me. Ask them to wait for another day or two. Someone else will join them. Here is a silver note of 1,000 taels. Please give it to Ling Yao for me. Make sure the children are well fed and well clothed."

"Okay, Miss Yun... Thank you. These children were originally under the care of my master, but last year, when the prince's life or death was unknown, we all forgot about this matter, so..." Si Yan felt a little ashamed.

"It has already happened. There is no point in being upset. You still have to tell your master about this. But now these children are with me. I will not treat them badly. You don't have to worry."

Si Yan bowed sincerely and left.

Yunyue entered the space and coaxed Fubao: "Son! Mommy has to start working. Can you play with Yuanbao for a few more days?"

Fubao sighed helplessly.

Yuanbao was unhappy and jumped on Fubao's face: "You little bastard! Your godfather is with you and you're still sighing!!"

"Yuanbao, Fubao is in your hands! I'm going out to earn merit points."

"Okay! Master, you go ahead!" Yuanbao waved his little hands.

With Yuanbao's guarantee, Yunyue took out the records of corrupt officials that Si Yin had compiled a few days ago and turned to the first page.

"Hey, it's time for the King of Hell to call the shots!"

……

It was late at night and everything was silent, as if the whole world had fallen asleep.

Occasionally, patrolling guards checking curfew passed by on the streets.

But there was no figure found, shuttling around busily.

……

The next day, passers-by passing by the gates of officials' residences found that many of them were in a mess, as if something had happened.

During the morning court session, many officials looked pale and grief-stricken, as if someone in their family had died.

An imperial censor looked left and right, and asked Ouyang Jinyan beside him curiously: "What's wrong with these people? Why do they look so bad?"

"Hmph, the ill-gotten gains are gone, it's more painful than the death of my parents!" Ouyang Jinyan felt very comfortable, let you be greedy! Now it's all gone! I don't know which chivalrous man it is!

"Ah? They were robbed? They were all robbed?" The man's eyes widened in disbelief. This is not just one household! This is many households!

"Yeah, look, those guys over there are so shameless that they report the thieves to the police, and they are not afraid of exposing their corruption and bribery!"

"What kind of thief is so rampant? He won't steal from our house, will he?"

"Don't be ridiculous. We in the Censorate are so poor that thieves have to leave crying when they come. Why are you afraid of this? Could it be that you also...?" Ouyang Jingjinyan stared at his colleagues.

"I didn't!! Why would I be afraid of this!" The colleague quickly denied it.

"Humph! There is no best! Otherwise, I will report you!"

"..."

Following the eunuch's loud announcement, Xiao Yinchen rubbed his temples and sat on the dragon throne. I don't know what happened these days, I have a severe headache.

"When there is something going on, we will start, and when there is nothing going on, we will retreat."

"Ah! Your Majesty! You have to make the decision for me!" A shrill voice echoed throughout the hall.

"Minister Huang, please speak softly. I am not deaf and can hear you!" Xiao Yinchen said unhappily because he had a headache.

"Your Majesty! Your Majesty! You must help me! Under the feet of the emperor, a thief actually broke into my house and stole my daughter's belongings... Now my old wife is so sad that she is sick!"

"Stealing relics?" Xiao Yinchen disagreed. How much are relics worth?

"Minister Huang, although stealing is immoral, you shouldn't bring it up at the morning court! How can such a trivial matter of your family be brought to the court?" an official said.

"There's a thief in the capital, and I'm not the only one who's lost things, right?" Shangshu Huang turned around angrily and looked around.

“Things keep getting lost in the capital, isn’t it because of your inaction? That little thief dared to attack us. Doesn’t he think we are not worth taking? You actually… You actually…” Minister Huang seemed to be choked by something. He couldn’t breathe and lay straight on the ground twitching.

"Call the imperial physician! Quickly send the imperial physician!"