The "great philanthropist" always did things quickly and efficiently. He asked Master Zhang to wait for news. In just two days, the man whom Master Zhang wished to tear into pieces was taken away to jail.
When Master Zhang first received the news, he was in a daze for a long time. Originally, he might not be able to achieve his goal in his entire life, but he achieved it so easily and simply. When the news reached his ears, only one sentence was left.
In the past, Master Zhang knew that power was a good thing, but he had never felt it as real as he did at this moment. He once longed for power, but deep in his heart he felt a sense of powerlessness. Now, this desire has reached an unprecedented peak. He only knows that he wants it, and the feeling of powerlessness has faded away unconsciously.
Now that he has a position, it is still possible for Master Zhang to find out some simple things. The feature of the wooden wheelchair is too obvious, so he quickly locked on the target, probably only two people -
One of them is Prince Dingbei. The relationship between Prince Dingbei's Mansion and the Wenren Family has always been good. However, Prince Dingbei's power is in the northern border, and the old concubine lives in seclusion and basically does not interact with others. Prince Dingbei has returned from serious injuries and has not yet "established relationships" with the people in the imperial city. Therefore, the possibility that he will intervene in this matter is very high.
The other one here is the Prince of Wei in Pingyang Marquis's Mansion. But this person's presence is also very weak. What he saw is very different from the person in the rumors. Of course, Master Zhang is not a person who takes rumors completely seriously. Some people may seem inconspicuous, but they are actually very capable. The Prince of Wei may not be such a person. But if it is him, then what is his purpose
Unable to figure it out, Master Zhang stopped thinking about it. He now had a clear goal and things to do. Goals could not be achieved by just wishful thinking. He would take one step at a time. He would meet the person in the future and then he would know the answer.
The evidence of the incident at the Duke of Xiangguo's mansion was irrefutable. For many years, Emperor Xuanren was too lazy to send people to investigate the matter. Besides, the evidence was obtained from the Duke of Xiangguo's own study. How could it be fake? Even if it was fake, it was fabricated by him. Emperor Xuanren believed that the real situation would be even worse than what he had said. Therefore, the incident came to an end very quickly.
The people who guarded the place with Duke Xiangguo at the beginning were not only his two sons, but also several younger generations from other families. Naturally, all these people were within the scope of the purge, and no one could escape.
Because of the Queen Mother's death, all the people headed by the Duke of Xiangguo were exiled to the southern region, not to the border, but to the mines. Unless there is another amnesty, they will probably have to stay in the mines until they die.
The next general amnesty should be on the occasion of Emperor Xuanren's fiftieth birthday. Emperor Xuanren is now forty-eight years old, so it's only one or two years. It doesn't seem to be too difficult to endure it. However, the mine is different from other places. The environment is harsh and the daily workload is very heavy. If someone deliberately does something, let alone two years, it may take several months. This is for the strong laborers. The Duke of Xiangguo is an old man.
It was just that in this matter, other people might be able to escape the fate of going to the mines by being manipulated, but it was impossible for the Duke of Xiangguo, who was the first person in charge. However, considering so much, it was unknown whether the Duke of Xiangguo, who had been tortured, could reach the mines. He died on the way, so there was no need to say anything about the rest.
Liang Ming was also exiled. Even if nothing was found out about the so-called "treason", Liang Ming could not escape the most severe punishment.
Liang Ming's father, Emperor Xuanren, sent people to the place but was too lazy to bring them back and sent them directly to the mine.
The mansion of the Duke of Xiangguo was confiscated, and the red-lettered iron certificate granted when the country was founded was taken back. All the financial affairs were put into the national treasury, and the other masters of the mansion of the Duke of Xiangguo were all demoted to commoners. The Liang family was forbidden from taking imperial examinations and military examinations for fifty years.
Compared to the others, this last one is perhaps the most unbearable. To put it bluntly, even if the Liang family is completely ruined, after all, in fifty years, even the youngest child of the Liang family now will be in his early fifties. How much can he do? Even if he needs to be trained, it will basically be a matter of two generations later.
By that time, the Liang family's foundation would be gone, and this big family might have disbanded long ago. What kind of talents could they cultivate
Even if someone is obsessed with the idea of reviving the Liang family, it depends on whether the younger generation who are burdened with heavy responsibilities have the ability and courage to do so. They should avoid being completely crushed before they even grow up.
The servants of the Duke of Xiangguo's Mansion were naturally also part of the private property and were all "confiscated". Therefore, when they left the Duke of Xiangguo's Mansion, they were only wearing the simplest clothes and nothing else. Behind them, the door of the Duke of Xiangguo's Mansion was slammed shut and sealed. From now on, this luxurious house no longer belonged to them.
There were some people who could not accept this fact. They either cried uncontrollably or had their eyes blankly fixed on something as if they had lost their souls. How could this happen? Ah, it had only been a few days, how could it have turned out like this
Naturally, the area around the Duke of Xiangguo's Mansion is full of dignitaries. However, there are not many people watching the fun at this moment. Even if there are, they are just small fry. The real people in power will not show up at this time.
For them, perhaps they felt that the death of the rabbit makes the fox mourn; or perhaps they were disdainful. After all, those who do evil will eventually perish. If it weren't for the Duke of Xiangguo's crime, there wouldn't have been such an ending. There were also those who had no idea at all. No matter what their position with the Duke of Xiangguo's Mansion was before, now that the Duke of Xiangguo's Mansion was completely defeated, it had no value at all and was naturally not worthy of any attention. Of course, there were also those who had a deep hatred with certain people in the Duke of Xiangguo's Mansion and would not miss the opportunity to add insult to injury.
The Duke of Xiangguo is the founding duke. After so many generations, the family has flourished. Apart from other things, there are countless relatives in law. Before, these relatives were afraid of being implicated and dared not do anything. Now that the result has come out, naturally there are not so many concerns. Apart from other things, it is not a problem to settle the people of the Liang family.
For those who married into the Liang family, their parents, who loved them, would take their daughters and granddaughters back home. As for those who were already headed by their brothers and sisters-in-law, it would be good enough if they could show some kindness, and they could not expect anything else. Most of the daughters who married out of the Liang family were simply married for alliance, because they once had the Xiangguo Mansion, and they could stand tall in their husband's family, and perhaps even bully their husband's family by relying on the power of their natal family. At this time, they would only be stepped on by others, let alone help their natal family. It would be good enough if they were not divorced. At this time, there were relatively few who could help the Liang family.
All in all, there are still fewer people who help others in times of need, and more people who take advantage of others' misfortunes.
In the past, she had no status and no say in the Duke of Xiangguo's mansion. Now she was taken away by her natal family. She was proud of herself for once. She could even confront her husband and mother-in-law, which made them very angry. If she couldn't hold her daughter-in-law, how could she hold her children and grandchildren? If she wanted to leave, she could leave by herself. The children would stay. Since they were members of the Liang family, they would be tied to the Liang family regardless of life or death. If she was cruel enough, she could enjoy herself. Otherwise, she could only support her children. In this way, it was almost the same as supporting the Liang family.
I have to say, at a time like this, there really is no such thing as blood ties. For the sake of being better off, one won't care whether it would be a bad thing for his sons, daughters, grandchildren and granddaughters to follow him.
It is easy to share wealth but difficult to share adversity. Especially at such times, one can see a person's true nature more clearly.
The family had just been defeated and hadn't even left the front door when they started quarreling fiercely. All kinds of crying and cursing mixed together, venting the resentment in their hearts.
The most miserable people are probably those who are closest to Liang Ming, such as his mother. Liang Ming is the culprit, and because of him, all the subsequent events were involved. Liang Ming is still in prison, and their anger cannot be vented on him, so naturally his mother and others have to bear the consequences.
The original lady of the Duke of Xiangguo loved her youngest son the most. Now she wanted to drag them to die in order to get back her former rich and prosperous life. Therefore, even when the people in this family were bullied miserably, she did not say a word.
This is not the end. The eldest son of the family cannot escape. Even the former Duke of Xiangguo, the head of the family, has not been spared. He did such a shameless thing. Isn't the Duke's wealth enough? It's as if they really didn't get any benefit at all.
With things like this, even those who originally wanted to take action would be deterred from doing so, fearing that they would be entangled and get into endless trouble.
It was not so easy for the old lady to assert her dignity as the head of the family again. She was scolded by the sharp-tongued people. She was already seriously ill due to the decline of the Xiangguo Mansion and her condition was very bad. Now after this incident, she covered her chest with her hands, her eyes went black and her hands trembled, "You, you guys..." She couldn't catch her breath and fainted.
When Mrs. Li and her people rushed over, they happened to see her mother fainted. Everyone else was in a mess, blaming each other, and didn't even think of looking for a doctor first. She almost fell backwards from anger.
"What are you doing?"
Mrs. Li's roar managed to temporarily control Changmian.
If you think carefully, among the daughters married out of the Liang family, Mrs. Li's status is not the highest - there is another daughter of the Liang family who married the eighth prince and became a princess. However, she dared not get involved in the affairs of the Liang family at all and lived in fear more than any other married daughter of the Liang family - but she had the highest say, so her words naturally played an extraordinary role.
Madam Li came over angrily and supported her mother. "You are all great, all of you. I arranged for you to run around and run around, and this is how you treat my mother? Ah? Good, very good!"
His eyes were red and he seemed to want to eat people.
There were no biological brothers of Mrs. Li in front of her. They were either born out of wedlock or cousins from another family. To be honest, her relationship with them was not that good. Mrs. Li actually wanted to ignore them, but now, she didn't have to make excuses.
Mrs. Li turned around and scolded her sister-in-law, nephew and others, saying that they couldn't even protect their mother-in-law and grandmother, and were a bunch of waste.
Everyone's face was pale and green, even Old Lady Liang couldn't stand it, but she didn't say anything. After all, now they all had to rely on her. In the past, could Madam Li be so arrogant in the Duke of Xiangguo's Mansion? Old Lady Liang didn't like this daughter very much.
Now, she has to listen to Mrs. Li in everything. If she wants to have a place to settle down, she has to flatter her. Whatever she says is the truth, and her mother has to listen to her. For no reason, she has become completely angry.
Mrs. Li even developed the idea that it was not a bad thing if her family fell into decline. Of course, no matter how long this idea stayed in her mind, one thing was certain, that is, the current situation had further fostered her desire for control, so much so that she had given up the idea of excluding some people. How could she control them and show her superiority if they were excluded
Madam Li prepared a three-story house, and the servants also bought some things, but compared with the remaining people in the Duke of Xiangguo's Mansion, the house was completely unable to accommodate them.
Someone suggested that when Li Liang married into the Li family, they had more than one house, and this was not the largest or the best one. Even if they didn't give away the best one, they should at least give away another one.
Madam Li sneered, raised her chin slightly, and said arrogantly, "It's good enough to have a place to live. You are so picky. If you don't want to stay here, get out."
They truly saw what kind of face this Li Liang, who was quite nice in the past, had. Especially when the old lady wanted to say something to her, she looked impatient and waved her hand, "Mom, you guys just stay here for the time being. We can talk about other things later. I have something else to do, so I'll go back first." Then she left without looking back.
The old lady was almost angry to death again. She still thought that her daughter was a good person. As a result, her previous respectfulness and filial piety were all pretended. Now that her family was in decline, she was lucky to marry a man of good character. She was not greatly influenced by her husband's family, and her family had to rely on her. Her true nature was completely exposed.
However, what can they do? If they don't accept it, they will have no place to stay.
Two days later, those people from the Liang family who were exiled were about to leave the imperial city wearing shackles. Before leaving, they were allowed to meet with their families. Even if they were unwilling to leave, they still had to see them off. In addition to some people from the Liang family, Li Ruoshui was also unwilling to leave.
The reason why she was unwilling was probably because she still had some conscience. Because of her guilty conscience, she felt a little guilty, so she did not dare to face the people from her maternal grandparents' family.
If she hadn't written that thing, her cousin wouldn't have been implicated, her grandfather and the others wouldn't have been sent to jail, and there wouldn't have been the search for Duke Xiangguo's fortune. Then none of these things would have happened.
However, on second thought, it was my grandfather and his friends who did something they shouldn't have done. If they had kept the evidence, wouldn't that be courting death? So could I blame her? Of course not!