"How dare I deceive Commander Mao? This place is indeed the residence of Duke Zhao!"

Seeing Mao Xiang's shocked look, Chen Rong was not very surprised, but he felt a little funny.

When he first saw Chen Wen’s new mansion, his expression on his face was exactly the same as Mao Xiang at this time!

When all the court officials were proud of whose house, only Duke Zhao, Chen Wen, was the only one who was a maverick.

In order to donate wealth and benefit the people of the Ming Dynasty, I have no choice but to suffer any hardships in living in such a broken house!

"Come! Follow the emperor's order, search the inside and outside of Duke Zhao's mansion!"

When he saw this dilapidated house, Mao Xiang basically believed that Chen Wen was not corrupt.

But with the emperor's destiny, Mao Xiang still has to go through the process of what he should do!

As soon as he finished speaking, the accompanying Jinyiwei took the order to enter the broken yard and search it.

"Hey hey! What are you doing!"

"These are the food grown by the young master, don't touch it randomly!"

Seeing a group of Jinyiwei with knives rushing into the yard to search everywhere, a little girl hurried out of the room and scolded loudly.

"Who is this?"

Looking at the cardamom girl who was about eighteen or nineteen, Mao Xiang looked at Chen Rong beside her in confusion.

"Oh! You see, I almost forgot to introduce it!"

"That is the maid of Duke Zhao, named Chen Nianzhen!"

"At the time when Duke Zhao sold the Duke's Mansion to his subordinates, he dismissed all the servants in the mansion, and only this maid followed Duke Zhao!"

Seeing Mao Xiang asking, Chen Rong hurriedly introduced him to him. Then, in order to avoid misunderstandings, he shouted to the maid Chen Nianzhen: "Miss Nianzhen! These are the masters of the Jinyiwei who are performing official duties! Don't affect your young master because of rudeness!"

"Ah? Jinyiwei!"

Chen Nianzhen, who was standing in the yard, was shocked when she heard that these people were Jinyiwei, and exclaimed in surprise.

Although the Jinyiwei has just been established, its reputation has already risen far in the Ming Dynasty!

"Sir! Did my young master do anything?"

At this time, Chen Nianzhen walked over quickly and asked with some concern.

As a maid serving Chen Wen, she inevitably felt a little worried when she learned that the young master was investigated by the Jinyiwei people!

"Miss Nianzhen! I'm just acting on the emperor's order! Whether Duke Zhao is safe or dangerous, it depends on whether he has really done something corruption!"

After hearing Chen Nianzhen's inquiry, Mao Xiang just told the other party about a situation.

"No! The young master will not embezzle!"

"Every time the young master donates money to the people, he always receives his own salary!"

"Sometimes it is better to make yourself suffer than to spend money to do practical things for the people!"

"How could a person like the young master be corrupt?"

When he heard that Mao Xiang was coming to investigate Chen Wen's corruption, Chen Nianzhen refused to believe it.

"Miss Nianzhen is a little calm. If Duke Zhao is not corrupt, the emperor will definitely give him a cleansing!"

After hearing the maid Chen Nianzhen's words, Mao Xiang also believed that Duke Zhao was not corrupt.

However, he is the commander of the Jinyiwei after all. He cannot rely solely on other people's words to investigate the case, but also requires conclusive evidence!

"Report! Commander! No gold, silver and wealth were found in the house!"

"Report! Commander Mao! The front yard and back yard have been dug three feet away, but no trace of embezzlement has been found!"

"Sir! We searched all the yard inside and outside, and we really didn't find anything suspicious!"

The yard of Chen Wen's family was not very large, and the Jinyiwei quickly searched all the places in the yard.

They even dug all three feet of the ground!

He couldn't find the so-called military expenses that Hu Xiang impeached!

"Well! Let's go, I will go back to the palace and report to the emperor!"

After hearing his subordinates' report, Mao Xiang nodded slightly.

Immediately after thanking Chen Rong, who was leading the way, he led a group of Jinyiwei's subordinates toward the palace.

...

In Fengtian Hall, the court officials looked out from time to time, waiting for Mao Xiang to come back to report.

"Emperor! I'm back and report!"

I saw Mao Xiang's voice coming from outside Fengtian Hall.

"Yes! Let us Xuan Maoxiang enter the palace!"

Seeing this, Zhu Yuanzhang gave the old eunuch a look and said softly.

When the old eunuch heard this, he immediately left Zhu Yuanzhang and walked out of the hall.

After a while, he took Mao Xiang into Fengtian Hall.

"Mao Xiang! Tell us what you have investigated when you go to the Duke of Zhao's mansion?"

The first time after Mao Xiang entered the hall to pay his respects, Zhu Yuanzhang asked.

"If you go back to the emperor, I will search inside and outside the Duke of Zhao's mansion, and even dig three feet into the ground, I did not find any evidence of his corruption!"

When Mao Xiang heard Zhu Yuanzhang's inquiry, he quickly reported what he saw and heard.

"You have never searched the warehouse in Chen Wen's mansion? As far as I know, the embezzled military expenditure is hidden there!"

Seeing that Mao Xiang had nothing, Hu Weiyong said anxiously.

Before Zhu Yuanzhang could speak, he got the call first.

When Lao Zhu, who was sitting on the dragon throne, looked unhappy when he saw this.

"Where did the Duke of Zhao come from the warehouse?"

After hearing Hu Weiyong's words, Mao Xiang asked with confusion.

After all, he had just returned from Chen Wen's family and reported his life, and only saw a field, a leaky house, and a somewhat dilapidated yard in Chen Wen's family!

Apart from this, I have never seen any warehouses in the yard?

"Commander Mao! You have to think it through before you can talk about it!"

"The mansion of Duke Zhao is the largest among the court officials, how could there be no warehouse?"

"Are you colluding with Chen Wen to do something to deceive the emperor?"

In order to completely convict Chen Wen, Hu Weiyong said sternly when he saw this.

"Hmph! Duke Zhao lives in a broken house in a civilian area!"

"There is only a piece of field left in the yard that will leak air and rain!"

"Where did the warehouse say that Hu Xiang said?"

Seeing that Hu Weiyong also put a high hat on himself, Mao Xiang's face remained silent and hummed and retorted.

His eyes were filled with dissatisfaction with Hu Weiyong!

"Quiet! I heard from you!"

"Mao Xiang! Tell us, what I just said is true?"

Seeing that Hu Weiyong had to continue to say something, Zhu Yuanzhang spoke directly to stop the quarrel.

"My memory! Everything above is true! I dare not deceive the emperor!"

After hearing Zhu Yuanzhang's words, Mao Xiang hurriedly bowed and replied.

"Well! Then what did you do to search and write about Chen Wen's mansion? Report it carefully to us!"

Zhu Yuanzhang nodded when he heard this, and then signaled Mao Xiang to say what he saw.
Chapter completed!