Because of the return of Yan Wentao and Yan Wenkai, Mrs. Li knew that her youngest son was thinking about Su Shiyu, so she took several children to the Su family again, thus staying in the provincial capital for a few more days.

On the day when Daohua and her group went to Su's house, Su Shiyu also sent a message to Dong Yuanyao, asking her to get together at Su's house. Unexpectedly, Dong Yuanyao refused.

"I don't know what happened to Yuan Yao recently. This has happened several times. When I posted a post to invite her, she rejected me." Su Shiyu pulled Daohua and said.

Daohua frowned: "When I came to the provincial capital this time, I found that Yuan Yao had changed a bit. In the past, Yuan Yao's eyes were shining and she had a smile on her face. This time, I saw that there was a little bit more between her eyebrows.

Sad."

Su Shiyu nodded: "Yuan Yao has something on his mind."

Daohua: "She said she didn't want to go back to Beijing."

Su Shiyu: "If it were me, I wouldn't be willing to part with it. After all, Yuan Yao can be said to have grown up in Zhongzhou."

Daohua was silent for a while: "I always feel that Yuan Yao doesn't want to return to Beijing, not just because of reluctance. Maybe... she was frightened by Brother Dong's marriage, and she was worried that after returning to Beijing, she would also be harassed by her family.

Forcibly arranging a marriage that she is not happy with."

Hearing this, Su Shiyu sighed: "Since ancient times, marriage matters have followed the orders of our parents and the words of the matchmaker. We have never been able to make the decision ourselves."

The Su family and the Dong family have quite frequent exchanges, and they live together in the provincial capital. Their families have heard more or less about Dong Yuanxuan's situation.

She was quite sad to think that the once gentle and handsome young man was now as thin as a bamboo pole.

At this moment, she was sincerely grateful that she had a pair of parents who doted on her, and she was also very grateful to God for allowing her to meet Wen Kai, whom she could trust for life.

The two chatted for a while, and suddenly, Su Shiyu's maid Mo Shu ran over in a hurry, with a look of panic on her face.

Su Shiyu: "What happened?"

Mo Shu gasped and said: "Counselor Du's house was surrounded by a group of officers and soldiers. They said... they said it was the emperor's order to ransack their home."

Hearing this, Daohua and Su Shiyu looked shocked at the same time.

Daohua asked hurriedly: "Have you heard anything happened to the Du family?"

Mo Shu shook his head.

Su Shiyu calmed down, stood up, and took Daohua to the main courtyard.

At this moment, both Mrs. Su and Mrs. Li also heard that the Du family was ransacked. Not only the Du family, but also the homes of many other officials were also surrounded. They were both a little scared.

There is no way, like this kind of large-scale house raiding incident without any prior notice, one may be implicated if not paying attention.

When Daohua and Su Shiyu arrived, Mrs. Su took Mrs. Li to Mrs. Su's yard to inquire about the situation.

"Let's go to grandma's too."

Daohua held Su Shiyu back: "I'm afraid the adults are not in the mood to pay attention to us at the moment. Let's go find my third and fourth brothers. They may know something."

Su Shiyu nodded and took the rice flowers to Su Hongxin's yard.

Fortunately, they arrived quickly and happened to meet Yan Wenkai, Yan Wentao, and Su Hongxin who were about to go out.

Yan Wenkai: "Why did you two come to the front yard? Go back quickly. There is a chaos outside now."

Daohua quickly asked: "Third brother, fourth brother, what happened outside?"

Yan Wenkai smiled and said: "Some officials have committed crimes and now their homes are being confiscated."

Su Shiyu looked shocked: "Many officials had their homes confiscated at the same time?"

Yan Wenkai: "There aren't many, just about ten."

Yan Wentao saw the worry on Daohua's face and comforted him: "Don't worry, it has nothing to do with our family."

Although she knew that there was a high probability that it had nothing to do with her family, Daohua still breathed a sigh of relief when she heard Yan Wentao's confident words.

Daohua was relieved, but Su Hongxin on the side looked a little worried.

This time the emperor ordered a thorough cleanup of the members of the Eight Kings in Zhongzhou, Fenxi, and Jiguang provinces. Although the Su family is not a member of the Eight Kings, the concubine's concubine is involved in it, and the Su family will still be implicated.

Su Shiyu noticed her brother's expression and her heart suddenly rose: "Is everything going to be okay in our family?"

Seeing that his fiancée was frightened, Yan Wenkai quickly stepped forward to comfort her: "Don't be afraid, your family will be fine."

Looking at Yan Wenkai's determined eyes, Su Shiyu's heart slowly fell back into her stomach.

Yan Wentao: "Okay, you guys go back quickly, let's go to the street to see the situation."

Daohua said quickly: "I want to go too."

Su Shiyu also wanted to go out and take a look, so she said from the side: "There's me too."

Yan Wentao showed disapproval: "The streets must be very chaotic now. You two girls are worried about being hit when you go out."

Daohua: "No, with Third Brother, Fourth Brother, and Brother Su protecting us, how could we be hit by the collision?" After saying that, she shook Su Shiyu's arm and motioned for her to ask her Fourth Brother for help.

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Su Shiyu was a little embarrassed, but in order to go out, she still looked at Yan Wenkai eagerly.

As expected, Yan Wenkai couldn't refuse Su Shiyu, and immediately smiled and said: "Oh, third brother, you are too careful. With us here, Shiyu and the eldest sister will not be hurt."

Daohua and Su Shiyu nodded repeatedly.

Yan Wentao looked helpless: "Then you are not allowed to run around."

Afterwards, Daohua and Su Shiyu followed Yan Wentao and the others onto the street.

The Du family is next to the Su family. When Daohua and his party came out, they happened to see the male family members of the Du family walking out with handcuffs and anklets being escorted by officers and soldiers.

There were many people standing around watching, and many people clapped and applauded.

The Du family usually relies on the power of Senator Du to act tyrannically. Now that they see the Du family fall, everyone naturally rushes to applaud.

"Let go of your dirty hands. I am the Senator's wife. Who dares your dog to pull me?"

Mrs. Du seemed unable to accept the fact that the Du family was raided, and was not worthy of being with the officers and soldiers at all. When an officer and soldier stepped forward to pull her, she gave the officer and soldier a slap in the face with her backhand.

This made the officers and soldiers angry. They raised their hands and slapped Mrs. Du in the face, knocking Mrs. Du to the ground. Still not satisfied, they stretched out their legs and kicked her hard.

"Mother."

When the girl from the Du family saw her mother fall to the ground, she quickly stepped forward to help her.

The officers and soldiers blocked her, and during the tug-of-war, either intentionally or unintentionally, they directly tore Miss Du's clothes.

"Ah!"

When Mrs. Du saw her, she rushed over and hugged the frightened Miss Du, regardless of the punches and kicks she received.

The men of the Du family looked at them with expressions of despair and despair, while the women stood aside tremblingly, with no one daring to step forward.

After the officers and soldiers were angry for a while, other officers and soldiers stepped forward to stop them.

"Damn it, please be honest. Don't think that you are some condescending madam or lady. Now you are prisoners. If you know more about each other, you can save yourself some physical pain."

The officers and soldiers spat at Mrs. Du, and then walked away with an unhappy look on their faces.

"Keep going!"

Seeing the former noble lady, Miss Jiao being roughly pulled and pushed by the officers and soldiers, and from time to time the lecherous officers and soldiers took advantage of the opportunity, both Daohua and Su Shiyu looked very bad.

Because she was relatively familiar with the Du family, Su Shiyu didn't want to read more. When Yan Wenkai saw it, he led everyone away.

As soon as they arrived at the next official's house that was raided, Daohua and others heard heartbreaking cries coming from the wall.

"Let me go, you beasts, ah, help me, please help me!"

Hearing this cry, Daohua and Su Shiyu both turned pale.

"How did you bring them out?"

An obviously angry voice sounded from behind. When Yan Wentao and the others turned around, they saw Xiao Yeyang looking at them with a gloomy expression.

Xiao Yeyang glared at the three of them fiercely, then walked up to Daohua, reached out to cover her ears, and protected her from here without caring about the others.

Yan Wentao and the others did not expect to encounter such a thing, so they quickly took Su Shiyu away.

It wasn't until he was far away from the house and could no longer hear the screams that Xiao Yeyang let go of Daohua. Seeing that Daohua's face was not very good, he said dissatisfiedly: "You like to join in all the excitement, what's the point of ransacking the house?"

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Daohua lowered her head and spoke after a while: "No one cares about those officers and soldiers?"

Xiao Yeyang: "The purpose is to punish the person who committed the crime, how could I take care of it?"

Daohua: "But...those female relatives are innocent."

Xiao Yeyang sneered: "Innocent? How can there be an innocent person? He enjoyed glory and wealth before committing a crime, but he must be punished accordingly after committing a crime."

Daohua was silent for a moment: "After copying so many officials, will they all be killed?"

Xiao Yeyang shook his head: "He will be escorted to Beijing first, and after interrogation in Dali Temple, he will be exiled in the lightest case, and interrogated and executed in the serious case."

Daohua: "Is this true for female relatives too?"

Xiao Yeyang hesitated for a moment, thought about it, and finally told Daohua: "Except for direct lineage, the female family members will be used as official slaves or official prostitutes."

Hearing this, Daohua couldn't help but tremble.
Chapter completed!