Before the carriage could stop in front of the Shi Mansion, Shi Wen, who was worried about his family, couldn't wait to jump out of the carriage, endured the severe pain in his chest, and hurried towards the mansion.

"Who is coming?" A group of soldiers guarding in front of the gate of the Shi Mansion. A leading sergeant came over, blocked Shi Wen's way, and asked in a deep voice.

"This is Mr. Shi from the Shi Mansion. The imperial envoy has ordered Mr. Shi to return to the mansion." At this time, one of the two soldiers who sent Shi Wen home jumped out of the carriage and said to the sergeant.

Since both sides were from the city defense force, the sergeant knew the spoken soldier, and he turned sideways and dodged a way out after hearing this.

The sudden appearance of Shi Wen made the calm Shi Mansion boil in an instant. People who had been living in fear for the past two days couldn't help but cry around Shi Wen, and the crying in the Shi Mansion was shocking for a moment.

After learning that the city defense force did not make things difficult for the people in the mansion, Shi Wen secretly breathed a sigh of relief. Looking at the people around him with horror, his heart couldn't help but feel sad and he couldn't help but burst into tears.

In any case, Shi Wen could not have thought that he would have fallen to this point. He hated Gong Fan in his heart and wanted to tear him apart: If Gong Fan hadn't done such a traitor, how could the Huang Mansion be implicated?

Although Shi Wen left the prison, as for the final result, he had no idea.

"Where is your mother?" Suddenly, Shi Wen remembered something and hurriedly looked at a man in his thirties, his eldest son Shi Kang who was kneeling in front of him.

"My mother has heatstroke and was sent back by Miss Shi from the Huang family. She is sleeping soundly now." Shi Kang wiped his tears and said.

"Huang Mansion! Miss Shi!" Shi Wen was stunned for a moment when he heard this and murmured to himself, "Have she been begging Mr. Huang?"

For some reason, Shi Wen felt a ray of dawn suddenly appeared in front of his dark eyes. He comforted the people in the hall and hurriedly walked towards the backyard, pushed the door open and walked into Mrs. Shi's bedroom. He had too many things to ask Mrs. Shi.

"Madam, Madam..." Looking at Mrs. Shi Wen couldn't help feeling guilty in his heart, sitting in front of the bed, leaning over and shouting softly.

"Sanlang, is it you?" Under Shi Wen's call, Mrs. Shi slowly opened her eyes. Her mind was drowsy. She thought she was dreaming. She reached out to hold Shi Wen's hand and said emotionally, "Master, I am incompetent and cannot save you. If you leave, I will follow you and will never live alone in this world."

Mrs. Shi and Shi Wen have been childhood sweethearts since childhood and have a deep relationship. Since Shi Wen is the third brother among several brothers, Mrs. Shi privately calls him Saburo.

"Madam, Sanlang is back. You saved me!" Shi Wen put Madam Shi's hand on his face and said softly, tears involuntarily dripping on Madam Shi's face.

"Sanlang, is it really you?" Mrs. Shi reached out and wiped the tears that Shi Wen had fallen on her cheek. After being stunned, she sat up happily, "Why are you coming out? The Gong Mansion case has been settled?"

"I don't know what's going on, so I was released in a daze. Everything seemed like a dream." Shi Wen shook his head with a wry smile, and then looked at Mrs. Shi solemnly, "I heard Kang'er say that it was Miss Shi from the Huang Mansion who sent you back. Did you go to the Huang Mansion to find Mr. Huang today?"

"Young Master Huang?" Mrs. Shi showed a look of surprise when she heard this. She knew Shi Wen's meaning and looked at him suspiciously. "I did go to Huang's mansion to ask Mr. Huang to save our Shi Mansion today, but Mr. Huang has already refused me in person! Could it be that Mr. Huang secretly helped..."

"It must be Mr. Huang. When I left the prison, the official of the Ministry of Justice who interrogated me asked me to come back to thank my wife. Now I think it must be Mr. Huang who took action." Shi Wen frowned slightly, then stretched out and said to Mrs. Shi excitedly, "If Mr. Huang doesn't want to help you, I will never let Miss Shi send you back. You must know that Miss Shi is the favorite person of Mr. Huang!"

"Sanlang, is our Shi Mansion saved?" Mrs. Shi finally came to her senses and grabbed Shi Wen's hand excitedly.

"The Gong family committed a serious crime of deceiving the emperor, which is of bad nature. According to convention, those of us who are married to the Gong family cannot be spared and will definitely be implicated." Shi Wen pondered for a moment and said with a serious expression, "But how deeply we will be implicated by the Gong family depends entirely on how the imperial envoy wrote the memorial to the official family. If the imperial envoy can show mercy in the memorial, our Shi family may be able to give up a lighter sentence."

"But, this matter is extremely serious. Will the imperial envoy listen to Mr. Huang?" Mrs. Shi's expression was first happy when she heard this, and then looked at Shi Wen worriedly, looking very nervous.

"If Mr. Huang hadn't convinced the imperial envoy, how could I have come out of the prison?" Shi Wen smiled slightly, held Mrs. Shi in his arms, and said softly, "Madam, thanks to you, otherwise I might have died in the prison tonight."

"Sanlang!" Although he was over 40 years old, Mrs. Shi was like a girl at this time, leaning gently towards Shi Wen's arms. If her children saw her, she would definitely be shocked. No matter what, they would never have imagined that their parents would have such a warm side.

"Oh!" As soon as Mrs. Shi got into Shi Wen's arms, Shi Wen couldn't help but moan, and a look of pain appeared on her face. She touched the whip marks on Shi Wen's bra.

"Master..." Mrs. Shi felt something strange about Shi Wen, and quickly took off his coat. When she saw the eye-catching whip marks on Shi Wen's bra, she couldn't help but cover her mouth.

"This is nothing. Qi Mazi and the others were still being tortured when I left. I think the injuries were much worse than mine." Shi Wen smiled disconcertedly, then thought of something and said to Mrs. Shi in a low voice, "Gong Ren, the eldest son of the Gong family, can't stand the torture and is already dead."

"What?" Mrs. Shi's eyes showed a look of shock, "How can they beat people to death!"

"If it were an ordinary case, Gong Ren would suffer at most, but the Gong family committed a serious crime of deceiving the emperor. It was a case of Qin. Even if the Gong family beat all the Gong family to death, no one dared to say a word." Shi Wen shook his head and explained to Mrs. Shi.

"Sanlang, what should we do?" Mrs. Shi realized the terrible crime of deceiving the emperor. She was stunned for a moment and said anxiously.

Ting'er is Mrs. Shi's youngest daughter, named Shi Ting. She was regarded as the pearl in her eyes by Mrs. Shi and Shi Wen since childhood. She married Gong Fan's youngest son Gong Xin six months ago.

The Gong family and the Shi family are both big merchants in Yangzhou City, and they are all well-matched. After choosing from various wealthy families in Yangzhou City, Mrs. Shi and Shi Wen married Shi Ting to Gong Xin.

The two thought they had found a good home for Shi Ting. Now it seems that marrying her to Gong Xin was a huge mistake. It not only harmed Shi Ting, but also put the Shi family in danger.

"Leave it to fate!" Shi Wen thought for a while and sighed helplessly. He was unable to protect himself now, so he could not take care of Shi Ting. Moreover, Shi Ting was the perfect Gong family and would definitely be punished like Gong Xin.

"Or... I'll beg Mr. Huang again!" Mrs. Shi couldn't let go of Shi Ting in her heart, hesitated for a moment, and looked at Shi Wen.

"We are already troubled by Mr. Huang. Whether it is a blessing or a disaster depends on Ting'er's life!" Shi Wen shook his head and sighed a long time ago.

Mrs. Shi's mouth squirmed a few times, trying to say something, but in the end she didn't say it, and an indescribable sadness appeared in her eyes.

Tan Zong stayed in prison for another night, and did not return home the next morning, and fell asleep in bed.

Just around two o'clock in the morning, Gong's second son Gong Yi and third son Gong Xin died in the prison room. At the same time, Gong Fan was also hanged in the prison by the people sent by Zhou Dunran with white silk, and "deathed suicide for fear of crime."

Lu Weimin, Han Tian and Bi Shijie were called to prison overnight by Zhou Dunran. None of the three of them expected that Gong Fan would "hang himself" at this time, after all, Zhou Dunran had not interrogated him yet.

However, when he learned that all three sons of the Gong family were dead, Lu Weimin, Bi Shijie and Han Tian finally figured out why Gong Fan died. It seemed that he learned the bad news from other family members who were punished, and knew that Zhou Dunran would not let him go, so he was relieved by death.

Zhou Dunran called Lu Weimin, Han Tian and Bi Shijie. In addition to telling them that Gong Fan was dead, it was more important to discuss how to deal with the Gong family.

According to Zhou Dunran's meaning, the gold and silver found in the Gong Mansion and the unconscious man were enough to prove that Gong Fan was the master envoy behind the murder of "Hou Dehai". It was not clear what his motive was and whether he had any accomplices.

Since Gong Fan was dead, Zhou Dunran believed that the other Gong family members were just small minions and had little value, so he did not want to waste time on the Gong family anymore. He was preparing to join forces with Lu Weimin and others to submit memorials to implement the Gong family's crime of deceiving the emperor.

Then, he focused all his energy on the man who was dragged out of the secret passage, hoping to open a breakthrough from him.

Since Zhou Dunran had already spoken, Lu Weimin, Han Tian and Bi Shijie naturally agreed, so they jointly submitted a statement with Zhou Dunran, and the fate of the Gong family was decided in an instant.

Just when Tan Zong was sleeping, the Salt Tax Department.

Bizarre frowned, walked back and forth in the study with his hands on his back. He felt that Gong Fan's death was a bit strange. After thinking about it, he couldn't find out which place was wrong.

After a long time, Bi Shijie sat down on the chair, let out a long breath, picked up the tea cup and drank the tea slowly. In any case, Gong Fan died, and the secrets he knew were rotten in his stomach, which was not a good thing.

Regarding Gong Fan, Bi Shijie had eight words in his mind: things are not enough to succeed, but things are more than enough to fail!

If Gong Fan had not taken care of his subordinates well, causing his subordinates to expose his Guanzhong accent, how could Zhou Dunran follow the clues and find the Gong Mansion that is hidden very deeply!
Chapter completed!