Chapter 1018
: It turns out that the Hu Mansion also has Jinyiwei
Chapter 1018: It turns out that the Hu Mansion also has Jinyiwei
"Way to go?"
"What way?"
Anqing seemed a little confused. What does this mean?
Isn't the private salt business just about trying every possible means to get salt permits and then selling them in exchange for silver?
However, Zhu Biao and others' eyes lit up when they heard this, and they looked at Hu Xinyue with sudden realization.
"Silly sister, do you think that just anyone can get salt with a salt certificate?"
"Do you think that just anyone can pay money to buy that large amount of illegal salt and then resell it?"
"Do you think that just anyone can sell the last truckload of salt to thousands of households?"
"There is a lot of knowledge involved here. If he is not a local veteran, he won't be able to turn it into money even if we give him a bunch of salt permits!"
"These things are actually the good stuff that the salt merchants have in their hands, which are not easily confiscated during house raids!"
Hu Xinyue's explanation completely answered Anqing's questions and cleared up his confusion.
But it was this answering of questions and resolving doubts that made Anqing silent.
After a long time, she frowned and looked at Hu Xinyue.
"Sister-in-law, this means that the person behind the scenes actually attacked me in order to anger the Hu and Zhu families and bring disaster to the salt merchant?"
"But what if the salt merchant refuses to admit it?"
"Wouldn't that expose myself?"
"After all, when this salt merchant is about to die, I'm afraid he's not stupid. He will also think about who is harming him!"
"And by that time, wouldn't he have revealed the person behind him?"
"Isn't the person behind this worried about this?"
As soon as these words were spoken, everyone looked at Hu Xinyue.
Anqing’s questions actually represent their questions as well.
It is not uncommon to bribe the people in other people's houses.
Not to mention the servants of the wealthy and powerful families, even the eunuchs and maids in the palace were bribed.
But even if they are bribed, once it is exposed, it will be a big deal.
Bribing the servants of a rich and powerful family would easily lead to enmity between the two families. Bribing the eunuchs and palace maids would give one the reputation of "spying on the palace boudoir".
So, these things can be done, but once you do them, you must make sure to clean up your mess.
It's not like it is now, where the person is found immediately after the incident, and then the person is found immediately by following the clues.
This is going too well.
Is there anything wrong here?
Hu Xinyue frowned and pondered for a moment, then suddenly looked up at Princess Anqing.
"The person you caught was Li Si'er, the one who was in charge of helping in the kitchen?"
"Hmm? How did you know, sister-in-law?"
People in Anqing were about to jump up.
The voices became much sharper.
This is urgent.
As the housekeeper of the Hu Mansion, she is in charge of all matters big and small in the family.
As a result, when the housekeeper just mentioned something casually, the sister-in-law who had been married for several years actually knew who caused the trouble. Isn't that scary?
Wouldn't she have to doubt that she had been managing the household for several years but was actually doing nothing?
Fortunately, Hu Xinyue did not hide it from her.
"Oh, looking at my sister like this, it really is Li Si'er."
"Then there's no need to investigate. That man was bribed by Wu Liang, the Marquis of Jiangyin. His family already knew about it!" "Huh? What? They already knew about it?"
Princess Anqing almost went crazy when she heard this.
Is this Hu family still the Hu family she is in charge of? Why does a married sister-in-law know such important news clearly, but she, the lady in charge, knows nothing about it?
But Hu Xinyue smiled and explained: "Since Daddy asked you to be the housekeeper, he must have given you the key to the study."
"I suppose you have also read the original copy of the roster in the study?"
"But you didn't turn back?"
"Behind this roster are records of servants in the Hu Mansion being bribed."
"If you had really read this roster carefully, you wouldn't have come here to ask me this question!"
When Hu Xinyue said this, An Qing's pretty face turned red. She secretly glanced at Hu Xinyue and whispered.
"I just looked in front and saw the servants' hometowns and performances listed above, so I didn't pay much attention to it!"
Hu Xinyue raised her eyebrows when she heard that and raised her chin proudly.
"Of course!"
"Dad never forces anyone to learn or watch anything. He just puts everything there. What you can learn is up to you."
"But you didn't even look through the roster afterwards. That was careless of you."
"Even if you don't know that there are important matters that Daddy has approved and recorded, if you just look at the details of the roster in front and see who the person in trouble has contacted with, you can actually analyze how the servant in trouble was bewitched!"
When Queen Ma heard this, she felt very bad.
She looked at Hu Xinyue in horror.
"Yue'er, your Hu family can actually find out every servant's contact with others when they go out?"
"Moreover, you even know whether the other party has been bribed?"
"Does the Hu family have this ability?"
This is actually what surprised Zhu Biao and others.
If what Hu Xinyue said just now is true, the intelligence gathering ability of the Hu family is probably more terrifying than that of the Jinyiwei and the military inspectors.
Hu Xinyue was very calm. She looked up at Queen Ma, then looked at the people around her who were equally curious, and spoke frankly.
"Mother, this matter is actually worthless."
"I was still young at the time, but Dad didn't hide it from me."
"Back then, my father assigned a group of people from the army to found the Imperial Guard, thus beginning our dynasty's supervision of officials and the world."
"Dad said at the time that the emperor did a great job."
"Then, a group of people were eliminated in the early days of Jinyiwei for various reasons."
"And Daddy picked and chose and accepted more than a dozen people from among them."
"These people are my father's confidants. There is no need to spy on his family or spy on the palace. Just keep an eye on your own family."
"So, although it seems that the servants of the Hu Mansion are not supervised by anyone outside, in fact, everything they say and do is recorded by someone."
"Of course, people like Butler Hu know about these things, but ordinary servants know nothing."
After Hu Xinyue's "revelation", everyone fell silent.
Even Princess Anqing was silent at this moment.
However, everyone had an idea at this moment.
'It turns out that this Uncle Hu is just like my father, he has been keeping an eye on everyone from the beginning! ' (End of this chapter)