Cao Wen was well-known for his love for his young daughter. Old Madam Wei was immediately furious and stood up and shouted, "Mr. Cao, you are going too far!"
The most outrageous thing he did was to rape the little daughter of a criminal official who had not even been convicted at the time. Later, when faced with the censor's memorial, he calmly submitted a defense, having already prepared all the paperwork. The criminal's wife and others jointly signed on the memorial, confirming that the child had frozen to death in prison... ...
The old lady didn't want to think about these dirty things, and she didn't want to dirty her family's ears. She looked at Cao Wen and couldn't help sneering: "If you want to search, then I'll let you search, but I'm going to say this in advance. If you can't find anything..."
Wei An's heart was beating rapidly, and he held the old lady's hand to prevent her from saying the rest of the words.
It is obvious that Cao Wen did this on purpose, he is fearless.
He was not a fool. Although Madam Wei was now under attack and suspicion from the censors, he could not have been unaware of the fact that Emperor Longqing had sent Eunuch Xia to visit her in person a few days ago. Why was he still so aggressive and not taking Madam Wei seriously when Emperor Longqing had already made his attitude clear
Each of these people has a sharper nose than a dog, and he is in a high position in the Jinyiwei, so he must know more than ordinary people. Is there something that makes him feel that Old Madam Wei and even the Wei family can be bullied
So what does he rely on? This is open to discussion... ..
Anyway, no matter what, he must not be allowed to search the house today.
After being pulled by Wei An, Mrs. Wei regained her senses and changed the subject expressionlessly: "You said you were following the order of the emperor. If you show us the emperor's handwritten order, the Wei family will certainly open the door and let you search as much as you want!"
However, Cao Wen did not have the patience to continue to exchange wit with Old Lady Wei and the rest of the elderly, weak, women and children. He waved his hand, and a group of Jinyiwei with embroidered spring swords on their waists who were standing in the yard all rushed in.
Cao Wen took the lead, with a cold and arrogant expression, and casually pulled the waist of the Jinyiwei next to him, pulling out a knife that was emitting cold light. He calmly wiped the blade with his finger: "Old lady, you should know that my knife has seen blood just now... Jinyiwei has always acted in accordance with the will of the emperor... If there are those who disobey, I will regard them as accomplices of the traitor and kill them on the spot!"
His words were so harsh and frightening that the eldest lady's face turned pale and she almost fell. She managed to stand steady by holding on to the hand of Wei Yumin beside her. As soon as she stood steady, she heard Cao Wen's wild words again.
"Old lady, you know the recent situation. If you don't ask me to search, those imperial censors will definitely think that you are still suspected of being in the same gang. You are old, so it doesn't matter. But you have to think about future generations. Let's not talk about anything else. For example, the beautiful girl in front of you just escaped from a wolf's den, didn't she? Are you willing to watch her die?" He lowered his eyes, bent down and approached Wei An: "And this... this little girl is so young, and you can tell at a glance that she will be a stunning beauty when she grows up..."
Old Madam Wei was so angry that her face turned pale. She knew Cao Wen was bold, but she never thought he was so bold. What made her even more angry was that even if she could punish and retaliate against him in the future, she had to bow her head under his eaves. They could not resist at all...
The two groups in the room were at a stalemate. Old Madam Wei was thinking about many things. She was in a dilemma when she heard another commotion outside. She couldn't help but get angry. She turned her head and stared at Cao Wen: "You'd better really obey the emperor's order, otherwise, even if I die in Wenhua Palace, you and your uncle will be buried with me!"
Cao Wen's expression gradually changed. Old Madam Wei was not joking. She was really driven to desperation...
Old Madam Wei ignored him and sneered, asking the housekeeper to lead the way: "We only have a few masters, and the servants who serve us are all listed in books and numbers. Go ahead and search!"
Cao Wen stared at Old Mrs. Wei for a long time, then started laughing.
It will be easy if you let search.
But the steward had already run in, tumbling and crawling, and knelt on the ground without even bothering to perform formalities: "Madam! The Jinyiwei are outside again!"
Before he finished speaking, the door slammed open. Young Master Lin stood outside the threshold with a frown on his face, looking cold and icy. He said to Cao Wen with a half-smile, "So the master asked me to go back to the capital first, but you are so serious and thoughtful that you searched the place again after searching it twice."
Cao Wen was stunned at first, then turned around and looked at him with a fake smile: "Young Master Lin, you are joking. I am doing this for everyone's sake... I have gained nothing in Tongzhou these past few days. The more I think about it, the more strange it seems. You know, our Jinyiwei's intelligence is not wrong. My people clearly saw the assassin running here..."
Young Master Lin still had no expression on his face. He glanced around at everyone in the room and said, "So you think that your people are reliable, but I am not. If my people are not reliable, then the old lady of the Wei family is not reliable either?"
Wei An breathed a sigh of relief.
Young Master Lin is here to help the Wei family out of trouble.
The smile on Cao Wen's face gradually cooled: "When did I ever say that?!"
"Whether you said it or not, let His Majesty tell you!" Young Master Lin was impatient to talk to him again: "The old lady is here to recuperate, why don't you go back to Beijing and ask His Majesty's opinion? If His Majesty also thinks that it is reasonable for you to threaten the old lady like this, then you can turn this farm over and no one will say anything."
Young Master Lin has never been so disrespectful! Cao Wen sneered: "I am just doing my job impartially..."
"You know whether you are acting impartially or not!" Young Master Lin interrupted him firmly: "Master Cao, I forgot to tell you that King Zheng has woken up. He has also identified the assassin's accomplices. They are all guards in his mansion. They escaped after the incident. Now we have a clue..."
He paused, looking at the jade pendant in his hand with some interest: "What are you looking for? Are you looking for an assassin for King Zheng, or are you deliberately using your power to intimidate others?"
He had already said everything. Cao Wen had nothing to say and was unable to step down. He stared at him coldly and walked away angrily.
Young Master Lin made way for him and waited until he left before he bowed to Old Madam Wei: "I'm sorry for disturbing you, old lady. It's my fault..."
Old Madam Wei looked at him for a long time with a complicated expression, then turned around and told the eldest lady to take Wei Yumin to rest first, and asked the stewards to do their respective duties and arrange all the things outside first, and then asked him: "May I ask a question, what is going on?"
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