Spring in the East Palace

Chapter 225 The Shen Family Takes the Initiative

"This is definitely a misunderstanding. How could I smuggle salt!" Shen Yan shouted loudly.

The guard who had been silent at first suddenly pointed out Shen Yan: "Sir, this is what Lord Shen meant. He asked me to bribe the officials here to transport the salt through the canal. This matter has nothing to do with me. Please understand!"

The guard knelt down and kowtowed hard.

Shen Yan was completely stunned. He didn't expect the guard to turn the tables and put the blame entirely on himself.

This incident was completely beyond Shen Yan's expectations, and for a moment, Shenyang was in a passive position.

The guard was still talking desperately, describing in detail everything that had happened during this period.

Shen Yan's face became paler and paler, and the guards, with a stern face, took Shen Yan away without saying a word.

"If Lord Shen has any objections, please return to the Ministry of Justice and plead your case." After the words were spoken, Shen Yan did not even have a chance to defend himself before he was taken away in full view of everyone.

The people at the city gate were silent, and most of them didn't expect something like this to happen.

Especially the people walking at the city gate, their faces changed and they couldn't help but talk in a low voice.

"What's going on? It turns out that we can't buy salt now because these damn officials are smuggling it?"

"I really can't believe that the governor of the capital is not usually honest and upright, so why would he do such a shameful thing."

"If we don't catch him, our salt will become more and more expensive, and it will drive us to death."

"Your Majesty is wise."

……

The people were cursing Shen Yan, and the salt dealers who were detained at the scene were trembling in fear and dared not say anything.

They looked at each other, not knowing what was going on. Even in this situation, it seemed as if they didn't know each other.

"Tell me, who instructed you to transport the salt out of Kyoto!" The Imperial Guards interrogated the salt dealers on the scene.

The salt merchant was so frightened that his legs went limp, and he kowtowed desperately on the spot: "I know nothing. These are all orders from the boss above, and I am just following orders."

The fear and words clearly told them that these salt merchants could not lie anymore.

The guards knew that they could not get the truth from the question here, so the leader of the guards ordered in a deep voice: "Take all the people away!"

"Yes." The guard responded.

Soon, the salt merchants at the scene were also arrested, and no matter how they protested their innocence, it was of no avail.

The leader of the Royal Guards then looked at the people at the city gate and said loudly: "Salt is also the foundation of the people. If anyone has such an idea, everything they have today will be your future! Do you hear me?"

The people all knelt down in response. The guards did not stay for long and left in unison.

The guards at the city gate immediately maintained order, and after a while, the scene returned to normal.

The confiscated salt was immediately sold to the people at market price, but it was not enough to fill the gap in salt supply in Kyoto.

Everything here is just a drop in the bucket.

But the people saw what the court did, so they still felt reassured.

After all, I believe that this salt shortage problem will end sooner or later.

The previously confused public sentiment gradually calmed down at this time.

Shen Muyin was in the teahouse and watched the whole process. She didn't touch the tea in her hand and remained quiet.

Dong Jin gave a thumbs up and said, "Miss, now that Shen Yan has been arrested, doesn't that mean we have caught him red-handed?"

"No, Shen Yan will be fine. He has plenty of ways to escape. I want to find the person who can help Shen Yan escape." Shen Muyin said lightly.

"This person is hiding very deeply, and his martial arts skills are not inferior to mine. Last time, I lost him." Dong Jin frowned.

"Yeah." Shen Muyin nodded.

If Shen Yan didn't have some skills, he wouldn't be alive today.

So in this situation, Shen Muyin was extremely calm and she did not stay here for long.

The news of Shen Yan's arrest would naturally reach the Shen Mansion as soon as possible. She wanted to go back to the Shen Mansion to watch the excitement. If she didn't gossip, it would be a shame for her careful planning for so long.

Thinking about it, Shen Muyin lowered his eyebrows and stood up: "Let's go back first."

"Okay." Dong Jin nodded.

Soon, Shen Muyin took Dong Jin and left the teahouse in a low-key manner, walking towards the Shen Mansion.

Until the two of them returned to the Shen Mansion, before they entered, they saw the housekeeper waiting outside, and Shen Muyin remained calm.

"What happened?" Shen Muyin asked calmly.

The housekeeper lowered his voice and said, "Miss, the eldest young master has been taken away by the imperial guards. He is now in the prison. The master and the second young lady are waiting for you."

Shen Muyin was surprised: "What did big brother do wrong?"

The butler is someone Shen Muyin can use, but Shen Muyin will not tell the butler everything in detail.

So in this situation, Shen Muyin was still pretending to be stupid.

The housekeeper did not hide the truth: "There was a disturbance at the city gate earlier, and the young master was involved in the smuggling of salt, so he was captured by the imperial guards."

Shen Muyin nodded. She immediately guessed why Shen Changsheng and Shen Zhenzhen were waiting for her.

Her relationship with the Eastern Palace gave Shen Changsheng a glimmer of hope. Shen Changsheng probably didn't expect that one day she would make demands on him.

Now that the Shen family has lost Concubine Liu, Shen Changsheng doesn't dare to be too presumptuous. If Shen Yan is missing, he would be afraid that he would not be able to cope with it and something bad would happen.

"I'll go in and take a look. You go and do your work first." Shen Muyin said lightly.

"Okay." The butler responded.

Then the butler retreated respectfully, and Shen Muyin walked towards the front hall calmly.

Sure enough, when Shen Muyin appeared, Shen Changsheng and Shen Zhenzhen were already waiting there anxiously.

Almost the moment he saw Shen Muyin, Shen Changsheng walked towards Shen Muyin: "Muyin, you are finally back."

Shen Muyin felt disgusted when being called this name, but she remained calm on the surface.

She can act.

I learned all this from the hypocrisy of the Shen family in my previous life.

"Father is waiting for me?" Shen Muyin pretended to be surprised, "Did something happen?"

Shen Changsheng and Shen Zhenzhen looked at each other: "Didn't you hear any news today?"

Shen Muyin shook her head: "I took Dong Jin out shopping, I don't know what happened."

Playing dumb is the best weapon when necessary. In this situation, Shen Muyin looked at Shen Changsheng with a smile, as if waiting for Shen Changsheng to finish his words.

Shen Changsheng was also somewhat surprised by Shen Muyin's expression.

The incident at the city gate today caused such a big fuss that it spread almost everywhere in Kyoto, but Shen Muyin didn't even know about it.

So this matter has nothing to do with Shen Muyin?

It’s hard to say why. Shen Changsheng didn’t have any evidence, but he subconsciously felt that these things must be related to Shen Muyin.