No matter how ugly Pan Man's acting was, he was still arrested.

Baimafang, where the guard of the palace is stationed to guard the yamen.

In the school yard at the back, two large desks were placed side by side. Lu Yi sat behind one of the large desks, holding a teacup, and smilingly thanked the garrison general of Baimafang, the Seven-Star General He Taiping.

"General He, thank you for your trouble today. We should be closer brothers in the future."

He Taiping, who was in his early fifties, was holding a cup of tea with a smile on his face and responded to Lu Yi enthusiastically.

Now within the Shougong Prison, Lu Yi has become a complete legend - having joined the Shougong Prison for just a month, he was personally awarded the red robe of a general by the Emperor, and was even granted the title of Duke?

Such divine grace is truly extraordinary.

Lu Yi took the initiative to borrow the Baimafang garrison office to do his job. This was an active favor. He Taiping must definitely fulfill this favor with the fastest efficiency and greatest enthusiasm.

After taking a sip of the fragrant tea, He Taiping smiled and said, "Duke Tianyang, if you need anything, just tell him... We are all serving His Majesty, and we are real brothers. Don't be polite."

Lu Yi smiled and nodded, his eyes sweeping over the 649 young men and women from 227 wealthy families who were detained in the parade ground.

The parade ground was surrounded by captains, strong men and guards who were guarding the palace. There were also Lu Yi's personal guards riding on bloody-hoofed black horses, guarding the four directions with expressionless faces. There was a murderous intent unique to the military in the air, and many timid young men and women were trembling with fear and their faces turned pale.

There was a young and delicate young master who was about the same age as Lu Yi crying softly: "I didn't hit anyone!"

Lu Yi has opened 72 acupuncture points, and the five senses that follow are more than ten times more sensitive than ordinary people? Hearing the crying of the delicate young master, Lu Yi looked over and said lightly: "My lord, this is not right. There were so many people at the time, and it was so chaotic. You said you didn't beat anyone, but where is the witness?"

Tapping the big case with his fingers, Lu Yi shook his head: "If there is a witness and the evidence is conclusive, I can let you go."

"But you should all follow the Great Yin Law. According to the Great Yin Law, in this case, your relatives, friends, guards, servants, etc. cannot serve as witnesses. Do you have any passers-by who are completely unrelated to you and have no major relationship with you to serve as witnesses?"

The young masters and ladies were speechless.

Before in Green Willow Tower, how could those outsiders who did not have a membership invitation be qualified to enter the tower?

Those who can enter the Green Willow Tower are all people from a large circle connected to the White Horse Lane. Many of their families are related by marriage. According to the Dayin Law, they cannot serve as witnesses to prove their innocence.

Lu Yi sighed, put down the teacup, and held up the roll of white silk mounted on a sandalwood shaft in front of him with both hands.

"Here is the emperor's handwritten letter. The emperor said that I, Dayin, must treat the princes and heirs well."

"It has only been a few days since this handwritten decree was issued, and you have already beaten and injured the prince of Lord Chiyang in public."

"Hey, this behavior, to put it bluntly, is disobeying the emperor's order, and is almost tantamount to treason!"

"To put it in a smaller context, Lord Chiyang of Chishendong in the Southern Barbarian State owns a territory of 30,000 miles and has tens of billions of people. With a single order, he can mobilize hundreds of millions of barbarian soldiers to fight for him."

"You beat up his son. If he insists on taking revenge on Prince Panman... I would like to ask you, which family among you can bear the wrath of a 'Prince'?"

What Lu Fu said was not empty talk.

If the person who was beaten was the prince of a vassal state in East Shenzhou, East Shenzhou is the birthplace of culture and education, a place of elegance and culture, where etiquette and laws are strictly observed. You can still expect the vassal state of East Shenzhou to be reasonable.

But the princes of Nanmanzhou?

It was a hellish place where the law of the jungle prevailed and the strong preyed on the weak.

If you provoke the princes of Nanmanzhou, they will really send their trusted assassins all the way to Haojing to kill your entire family!

For a powerful lord like Lord Chiyang who dominated a region, sending thousands of death warriors, disguised as caravans, sneaking into Haojing to kill people, what was this? Compared with the barbarians under his command, wasting such a small number of manpower was nothing?

Many young men and women recalled the brutality and cruelty of the barbarians in the Southern Barbarian Province as described in the popular legends. Some of them were so frightened that they started to cry out.

After all, they came from wealthy merchant families, not the sons of officials, and could not withstand Lu Yi's intimidation.

Lu Yi and He Taiping looked at each other and laughed at the same time.

Soon, there was a commotion outside, and the elders of the young masters and young ladies who were involved in the conflict and lived closer to the garrison office hurried over.

Seeing this scene in the backyard, several middle-aged men who arrived first gasped. They winked at each other, and a wealthy man wearing a purple robe with a crane pattern, a jade belt around his waist, and a jade pendant with a dragon pattern, straightened his expression, took big steps, and came to Lu Yi and He Taiping.

When the wealthy man came over, He Taiping had already introduced his identity and background to Lu Yi.

Baimafang, Zhou family.

He was a big grain merchant. Thirty percent of the rice produced by the people in Baimafang and the surrounding 127 markets came from his rice shop.

He was a big cloth merchant, and 40% of the daily-use cloths from the hundreds of markets around Baimafang came from his cloth shop.

Behind Zhou, there was a vice minister of the Ministry of Revenue. One of Zhou's daughters married the vice minister as his concubine. This backing was considered quite solid in the capital city of Haojing.

The wealthy man is Zhou Ping, the head of the Zhou family. He is willing to spend money and now holds the official title of a fourth-rank alternate prefect of a superior prefecture outside the city of Haojing.
As for the purple robe with crane pattern, jade belt, jade pendant with dragon pattern and other clothes on his body, they were all royal privileges bought from the emperor at a huge price.

As for Emperor Yinyuan, he would even sell his title as long as he was paid enough.

The set of clothing Zhou Ping was wearing corresponded to the official position of a first-rank official in the imperial court. Because he only purchased the clothing rights and did not purchase the corresponding official position and title, the annual usage fee for such a set of clothing was only 3 million coins, less than 3,000 strings of cash. For a wealthy family like the Zhou family, this price could be called "affordable".

Not only the Zhou family, but also the representatives of several wealthy merchant families who entered the academy behind the school were all wearing purple robes, jade belts, and jade pendants with dragon patterns. If you didn't know, you would have thought that a group of important court officials had arrived.

Zhou Ping walked to Lu Yi with a smile on his face and bowed deeply: "Lord Tianyang. Your humble servant Zhou Ping pays respect to Lord Tianyang."

Zhou Ping's attitude towards Lu Yi was cautious and conservative.

But towards He Taiping, Zhou Ping was obviously much more relaxed. He just smiled and bowed to He Taiping.

He Taiping also smiled and nodded to Zhou Ping - Lu Yi understood in his heart that He Taiping had benefited a lot from Zhou Ping in the past, and Lu Yi had already roughly figured out the character of the Palace Guardian.

For He Taiping's sake, Lu Yi's attitude became much gentler.

He unfolded Yin Yuan's handwriting on the big case, letting Zhou Ping read the contents clearly, and then knocked on the big case: "Master Zhou, let's solve this matter peacefully?"

He Taiping on the side smiled and winked at Zhou Ping.

Zhou Ping felt relieved immediately - before coming to guard the yamen, he had heard all the causes and consequences and found out the specific details from his son's guards.

My own son, as well as the children of so many old friends, were all trapped in a huge trap.

On his way here, he was still worried about how much money he would have to spend to avoid disaster.

But seeing the attitudes of Lu Yi and He Taiping, he had an idea in his mind: "Lord Tianyang, I will listen to you. If you have any rules, just tell me!"

Lu Yu looked at Zhou Ping and smiled shyly: "Some time ago, someone went to Mr. Zhou, a wealthy businessman, to buy the villa in the mountains south of Jingang Creek."

Zhou Ping widened his eyes and looked at Lu Yi in surprise. He remembered this incident.

My ancestors had a villa in the mountains over there. It was not very big, just a yard of a few acres. Occasionally in the summer, he or his sons would bring their concubines there to experience the wildness of the mountains and forests.

The yard is only a few acres in size, and the surrounding mountains and forests are only a few hundred acres in size. Compared with Zhou's assets, this is a small property that is not worth mentioning.

Just a few days ago, a middle-class businessman from Baimafang, who also worked in the rice business, came to the door and wanted to buy the villa at the market price.

But Zhou is not short of money.

Besides, these are the property left by our ancestors. Wouldn’t it seem a bit unfilial to just sell them like this?

So Zhou Ping casually sent away the businessman who came to his door.

Unexpectedly, the beginning and end of this matter were waiting for him here.

"That's right." Zhou Ping smiled and said, "If I had known that it was Lord Tianyang who wanted that yard, I would have sent it to you long ago without you even telling me."

Lu Yi smiled awkwardly: "Haha, Lord Zhou, please forgive me for making fun of you. You want to build a temple there."

Zhou Ping kept smiling and nodding: "Yes, yes, with the current status of Lord Tianyang, he really needs a family temple to worship his ancestors and chant scriptures day and night to pray for the blessings of the clan. That green mountain is indeed beautiful and quiet."

Lu Yi stretched out his right hand: "Well, after all, it was Prince Panman who got beaten. Your yard is less than ten acres and is located in a secluded place in the mountains. Let's..."

"Xiaoquan was at fault first, so you should give me twenty strings of cash according to the cost of the courtyard built by our ancestors." Zhou Ping smiled very kindly, "Please send someone to the Fangling Yamen, and we will hand over the land deeds and house deeds."

Zhou Ping held Lu Yi's hand, and the two of them held their palms tightly and shook them gently.

The delivery of a land deed and a house deed is completed.

Zhou Ping went back and told the representatives from various families what Lu Fei meant.

The representatives of each family also remembered that a few days ago, some of their colleagues had indeed run to their mansion to purchase the villa in the mountains south of King Kong Creek, but they were sent away with a few words.

Knowing the cause and effect of things, the problem will be easier to solve.

It's just a worthless villa in the mountains. There's no need to offend the most popular Lord Tianyang in the court for this matter!

As a result, all the villas were sold to Lu Yi one by one at a price less than two cents.

Lu Yi watched the people from the wealthy merchants coming in and out, taking their sons and daughters home, and suddenly sighed: "Alas, the reputation of our eunuch party is going to get even worse... Is this considered robbing by trickery?"

He Taiping looked at Lu Yi in surprise and laughed: "Why do you say that, Lord Tianyang? What are you talking about?"

Lu Yi was stunned and was about to ask a question when a man wearing a green robe, who was born in the Tian'en Mansion and was now a member of the Lu family, came hurriedly. He was from the Tianyang branch of Lu Yi and was recruited by Lu Yi to work in the Yushunfang Survey Office.

"Master, there's a thorn in your side!"