"What, you mean the official silver on the carriage is only one thousand taels?" Li Yi exclaimed in shock.

Didn't Lu Qianhu say there were thirty thousand taels in total before? Why did Chen Hongyan say there were only one thousand taels? There must be some reason for the huge difference.

"Thirty thousand taels?" Chen Hongyan shook her head and said with a bitter smile: "This is the number that the government insisted on. In fact, there was only one thousand taels of silver on the carriage at that time."

"So, you personally collected these one thousand taels of silver?" Li Yi asked.

Chen Hongyan nodded and said, "This batch of silver was personally inspected and accepted by my senior brother."

Li Yi was surprised when he heard this and said: "Since it was accepted in person, why didn't you find out that it was official silver? Don't you know that privately hiding official silver is a serious crime?"

Official silver is different from the silver used by ordinary people. It has special specifications and marks. It is used for special purposes such as annual rewards. If it is kept secretly, it is a serious crime.

Momen is hidden in the city, so he naturally understands these laws and regulations.

Chen Hongyan said immediately: "But what we received at that time was not the official seal, but ordinary silver coins."

"Isn't the official silver carried on the carriage?" Li Yi asked.

Chen Hongyan nodded and said: "I personally checked the carriage before departure, and there was definitely no official silver on it. And the one thousand taels were ordinary silver taels, so there was definitely no official silver on it."

Speaking of this, Chen Hongyan's eyes suddenly turned red.

She understood, she finally understood who was setting them up.

That's it, that's it...

Chen Hongyan murmured in her mouth, but the tears in her eyes flowed out like a fountain.

Apart from the corrupt officials who wanted to catch thieves, there would be no one else who framed them...

Chen Hongyan covered her face with her slender little hands, and slowly knelt down with trembling body and sobbed softly. Li Yi stood there looking at her, biting his teeth fiercely, and his face was so gloomy at the moment that Zhuang Rou next to him felt terrible.

Yes, there was clearly only one thousand taels of ordinary silver on the carriage, but the government said it was thirty thousand taels of official silver. What does this mean? It means that this case is a complete frame-up, a farce in which a thief calls himself a thief.

People in the government framed Momen and made fake case files. What they wanted was to make Momen bear the serious crime of stealing official money, and what they wanted was to realize their insidious conspiracy.

Looking at Chen Hongyan who was crying bitterly, and looking at the people from the Mo family who went around to help the victims but were framed, Li Yi had never been so angry in his heart. It was like a demon slowly awakening, filling his heart with crazy murderous intent.

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It would be a shame for these dog officials to die.

Zhuang Rou tremblingly grabbed Li Yi's sleeves, showing a panicked face.

She didn't know why her senior sister was crying so sadly, which made her feel scared.

Li Yi patted her shoulder gently without explaining. He didn't want this innocent girl to know the darkest scene in the world.

"Zizheng...Zizheng..." Chen Hongyan sobbed and hugged her shoulders tightly.

She didn't understand why those officials framed them. The Momen didn't want to fight for power, nor did they want to be famous in the world. They just ran for the stability of the world, but they wanted to prevent the destruction of life and were imprisoned in this place that was clearly meant to imprison bad guys.

As for the prison of existence, they, the Mohists, had done so many things at all costs, fighting one after another, never to return the favor. But suddenly, when they turned around, the world was no longer the same.

Chen Hongyan looked up at Li Yi with red and swollen eyes. She wanted an answer.

She wanted to know why, why the court that was supposed to help them had now become a gathering place for evil spirits, and why they charged forward, only to fall to the arrows fired from behind.

Li Yi shook his head. This question was too difficult to answer.

"Don't worry, I will rescue you." Li Yi said decisively, his tone was not so solemn again.

Chen Hongyan nodded.

After walking out of the cell, the haze in Li Yi's heart did not dissipate at all.

Momen is very powerful, they have strict organization, lofty ideals, and superb technical and martial arts; but at the same time, Momen is also very weak because they are a group of idealists.

Idealists have passion and dreams. They run around for universal love (fraternity) and non-aggression (peace) and are willing to sacrifice their lives. However, the cruelty of reality far exceeds their imagination. In today's world of collapse, cruelty

Thieves and insidious conspirators will teach this group of idealists a bloody lesson.

"Li Yi, how can we save the master and senior sister?" Zhuang Rou asked quietly next to her. Looking at Li Yi's cold eyes, she felt that this handsome young man was so scary for the first time.

Li Yi looked down at Zhuang Rou, the coldness in his eyes immediately dissipated, and his expression softened.

Anger and cruelty are just for protection, and the essence of protection is to be filled with love.

This is the lesson Momen's fate taught him.

He smiled and said: "With Wang Baihu helping to take care of it, he will tell me if anything happens to your master and senior sister. Let's go back first, and I will think of a solution tomorrow."

Zhuang Rou nodded meekly, now she could only rely on the young man in front of her.

It was already getting late at this time, and Li Yi and Zhuang Rou got on the carriage.

When he returned to the Sun family's house, Li Yi found that Zhuang Rou had fallen asleep leaning against the wall of the carriage. As the carriage swayed, the girl was as weak as a piece of grass, which made people feel distressed.

It seems that she is just a girl of thirteen or fourteen years old. It is really difficult for her to worry about the master and sister like this.

He coughed lightly and woke up Zhuang Rou.

The little girl suddenly woke up, rubbed her red cheeks, and said shyly: "Are you here?"

"Yeah." Li Yi nodded.

At that moment, Zhuang Rou rubbed her face and jumped out of the carriage with a slight jump.

Li Yi did not expect that this Zhuang Rou was not old, but her body was flexible. She had obviously practiced martial arts.

Just as the two walked into the door, Sun Ce hurried out. When he saw Zhuang Rou accompanying Li Yi through the door, his face was obviously happy.

He hurriedly came up to you and said with a smile: "Where have you been? Why are you back so late?"

As he spoke, his eyes occasionally glanced at Zhuang Rou, who was doing the narrator.

Li Yi was also a little tired and said immediately: "Let's talk after we go in."

The three of them entered the hall and sat down separately.

Now that it is late autumn, the temperature in the capital is already very cold. Li Yi took a sip of hot tea and felt better.

The custom in the Ming Dynasty was to have two meals a day, but people like Li Yi had a busy day, so one meal in the evening was indispensable.

Sun Ce immediately arranged for the butler to serve the meal, and hurriedly cooked it himself.

"Hmph..." Zhuang Rou noticed this young man staring at her early in the morning, and she felt unhappy and snorted coldly.

Sun Cerium's cheeks were slightly hot and he turned around in embarrassment.

Staring at a woman is indeed very rude.

"Li Yi, what did you do today? You are so busy, don't delay the college exam." Sun Ce advised.

Li Yi did not hide anything and told the story of Chen Hongyan's arrest.

Sun Ce had met Chen Hongyan in Anxin before, and was very interested in the craftsmanship among the Mohists. He was shocked when he heard that they had been framed.

"What should we do? Is there any way to rescue them?" Sun Ce asked anxiously.

"From the process point of view, it has been concluded as a solid case." Li Yi said solemnly: "According to what Lu Qianhu said, this case involved both the person and the person taking the stolen goods. Not only did the entire process be recorded clearly, but all the loopholes were also filled.

It is simply difficult to overturn the verdict. Ordinary people would think it was someone from Momen who did it."

"Absolutely not. How could we steal official silver?" Zhuang Rou spoke firmly, looking at Sun Ce and loudly said: "You don't know, we don't have official silver at all, it was the dog official who framed us."

Hearing Zhuang Rou talking to him, Sun Zhen said quickly: "I know your senior sister, and I will never believe that you will steal official money. Don't worry, I will also help in this matter."

After hearing this, Zhuang Rou's impression of Sun Cerium improved a lot and said, "Thank you, Mr. Sun."

Sun Ce's mouth almost opened after hearing this, and he said happily: "It should, it should. Since you are Hongyan's junior sister, you can just call me Qianhe from now on."

Zhuang Rou followed Momen around the world without being rigid and immediately nodded in agreement.

"In that case, let's go get some information tomorrow and find out the details of this case," Li Yi said.

Sun Cerium nodded and said: "It just so happens that my father has an old friend in Dali Temple. I will visit him tomorrow to find out more about him."

Li Yi nodded and said: "Then I will go find Lu Qianhu again. They are Jin Yiwei. It is impossible that they have no understanding of this matter. Maybe I can get the key to overturning the case from them."
Chapter completed!