At this moment, of course, everyone in the Gao family did not know that their family was about to usher in a catastrophe, and the subordinates were still as busy with their own things as before: the people who swept the courtyard were cleaning the courtyard, the people who were wiping the tables and chairs were wiping the tables and chairs, and the people who were waiting for the master were serving the master; As for the master, of course, he is being served.

At this time, in the house of Gao Jingde, the head of the Gao family, there were more than a dozen people waiting outside to prepare to serve Gao Jingde; In the courtyard outside the outer room, one of the two sweepers secretly said to the other: "The lord doesn't know what's going on these days, getting up later and later, and he hasn't gotten up at this time today." ”

"If it's just that the eldest lord can't afford it, but the lord somehow, he is already in his sixties and still grasps the affairs of the family, and the foreign steward of the family can only listen to the orders of the eldest master, and he gets up every day at dawn and waits in the meeting hall, and when the eldest master gets up, he will do things again, and the people behind him have to wait until noon."

"You're complaining about this because your in-laws are in charge of the little housekeeper. The two of us are just sweeping the floor, what does the big man have to do with the two of us if he can't get up? Another said.

The man who spoke before was so blocked that he couldn't speak, so he could only stop talking, bow his head and sweep the floor. In addition, although the man swept the floor like him, there was someone in the family who was a maid in front of the little master, and although the two families were good friends, the man was also a strict mouthful and would not say what he said, but he did not dare to offend the man.

I don't know how long it took, but they saw the people in the outer room move, and knew that this was the eldest master who was about to get up. After a while, the very young Gao Jingde walked out of the house, followed by many subordinates, and slowly walked towards the council hall.

The man who spoke just now couldn't help but say: "Although the eldest master is over sixty years old, he looks like he is in his thirties, and I don't know how he is so young." ”

"People are the masters, they don't have to do any work, and they eat well and sleep comfortably every day, how can they not be young." Another said.

"Forget it, the second master is also in his sixties this year, younger than the eldest master, and he looks very old."

"Then I don't know, maybe the eldest master has some secret to health preservation."

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Of course, Gao Jingde didn't know that just a few feet away from him, the two subordinates who were sweeping the courtyard were talking about why he was so young, and if he knew, he would definitely demote these two subordinates out of the house.

He's nervous right now. He has been very nervous since he found out that he was involved in the witchcraft case, and he didn't relax a little until a few days ago when he heard that Yun Xi had not shown up for two or three days, and it was likely that he had been caught in the evil arts; But yesterday came the news that Yun Xi had woken up, and he became nervous again.

Yun Xi woke up, which means that Master Wude's evil art has been broken, and the most important purpose of this witch Gu case has not been achieved, and the surnamed Su and Master Wude will definitely not give up, and something may happen after that.

After a short time, Gao Jingde walked into the council hall and sat down on the main seat, but he did not immediately deal with the affairs of the family, but said to his closest subordinates in a very small voice: "You go to the place where Wude is, and tell him that no matter what he wants to do, he must not do it in these days; Your Majesty has just woken up, and the whole city will be in a state of flux these days, and it will be very dangerous to do anything; Moreover, there is also Zhang Zhenren of the Wudang faction in Guangzhou, and the evil magic he casts may not be successful. ”

The man said yes, turned and stepped back. He is the only subordinate under Gao Jingde who knows about this matter, and he is also Gao Jingde's most trusted subordinate, and all the things that are inconvenient for Gao Jingde to come forward in person are done by this subordinate.

After instructing this matter, he felt a little at ease in his heart, and was about to start ordering today's affairs, when suddenly a subordinate ran in from outside, and just ran into the conference hall and saw Gao Jingde, he shouted loudly: "Master, no, it's not good, someone from the government is here!" ”

"People from the government are here, why is it not good!" Gao Jingde stood up and said in a deep voice: "What the hell is going on?" ”

"Master, there are people from the government outside, who are from the guard, saying that they have come to raid our house by the emperor's decree!" The man at the other door ran in and said.

Immediately, there was some commotion in the entire council room. No matter how strict the rules of the Gao family are, it is impossible for the subordinates to hear the words 'the emperor's decree' as if they did not hear them; although Gao Jingde's prestige is still there, they dare not speak, but they can't help the panic on their faces.

Gao Jingde is okay, after all, he has seen a lot of things when he is older, although his heart is plummeting, he still ordered: "You are all waiting here, I will go outside to meet the people." The people under the door were short-sighted, and they could not tell what was going on, or maybe they heard it wrong. He used these few words to stabilize everyone's thoughts in the council hall and walked out of the council room.

However, he had only walked a few steps with his subordinates, and he saw dozens of people wearing the clothes of the guards from the front yard and the backyard gates pushed open and the people guarding the door walked in, and the leaders pointed in all directions, and the guards immediately pounced in all directions.

The men of these guards had clubs in their hands, and their faces were fierce, and when they saw men, whether they were men or women, masters or servants, they cried out with a loud voice: "Kneel!" Hands, hands, hands to the head! ”

Where have the people of the Gao family seen this formation? The women, both the master and the servant, screamed, and many were so frightened that they knelt or fell to the ground, trembling; The man's performance was not much better, and many shouted: "Military master spare his life!" I'm just a descendant of the Gao family, and I don't know anything! ”

The soldiers didn't answer what they were talking about, they grabbed the children in one place, the men in one place, and the women in one place, and they cooperated well, but those who didn't cooperate went up and beat them with sticks and dragged them away by the hair. But they didn't do anything else to molest women.

Although these soldiers were fairly well-behaved, Gao Jingde's heart still sank to the bottom. Their family was not an ordinary family, and even the soldiers of the whole city did not dare to enter the outer courtyard of their house without permission, let alone the inner courtyard. Now these soldiers rushed in directly under the leadership of the leader, which can only be because they already know what big case their family is involved in, and there is only one big case that their family may be involved in now.

But Gao Jingde still breathed a sigh of relief, walked to the front of the leader and said loudly: "I am the head of the Gao family, and now Gao Xianchen, the servant of the Criminal Department, is a member of my Gao family, you must not allow trespassing on my house, what do you want?" ”

The leader is naturally Song Liang. After he ordered the men and horses to set off from the palace, he requisitioned all the horses near the palace, and a group of more than 300 people all rode horses to the surroundings of the Gao family as fast as possible.

When he arrived near Gao's house, Song Liang immediately asked Song Qingshu to lead a hundred people to surround the Gao family, and ordered the people from the guards in the capital to lead several teams of men and horses, and after they were assigned, they would beat the people guarding each gate to the ground, and rush in at the same time from the gate of the Gao family's compound.

Song Liang personally led several teams of people to rush in from the main gate, leaving several teams of people along the way to guard the road, drive away the people, and search the houses, and finally the remaining two teams rushed into the inner courtyard.

Song Liang noticed Gao Jingde when he walked over, and understood that he must be a very important figure in the Gao family, so he didn't let the soldiers stop him to hear what he wanted to say.

As soon as Gao Jingde opened his mouth, Song Liang was taken aback: the head of the Gao family was really so young, not at all like a person in his sixties.

However, he immediately thought of what Li Guangrui said about Gao Jingde's use of 'big medicine', and his heart suddenly became clear and a little angry.

So Song Liang immediately said: "Gao Jingde, you don't have to pretend to be garlic, don't you know what you did?" Do you want to deceive me, or even your majesty? ”

"The grass people really don't know what this adult is talking about, can the adults solve the grass people's doubts? Is there any misunderstanding in this? Gao Jingde still said.

Song Liang didn't want to talk to him anymore, so he sneered twice and asked his soldiers to escort him down.

But even after being arrested, Gao Jingde still said "Is there any misunderstanding?" and although the soldiers who were guarding him were very irritated and gave him several blows, he still kept talking.

After a while, after the members of each team came to Song Liang to report that they had taken care of all the people, Song Liang ordered: "Immediately inspect all the rooms, and not miss a single one." ”

The people received the order, and immediately began to search all the rooms, rummaging through the cabinets to open all the boxes, carefully inspecting all the beds, and even searching the bottom of the beds with wooden sticks.

However, "Are you saying that you haven't found anything related to the witch case?" Song Liang said.

"Yes, Lord Song, I haven't found anything related to the Witch Gu case or the Caisheng Torture case." They replied one after another.

Song Liang couldn't help but glance sideways at Gao Jingde, and suddenly thought in his heart: "The reason why he kept saying 'Is there any misunderstanding' when someone had already copied and inspected the entire courtyard was because he had already destroyed all the items related to these two major cases, and he knew that we couldn't copy any items from the entire Gao family's courtyard." ”

Song Liang firmly believes that the Gao family must be related to these two big cases. First, it is impossible for Lee Guangrui to frame such an official family at will, and if it is found to be a false accusation, even if their Li family is not wiped out from then on, it will not be possible to recover within a few generations; Second, Gao Jingde is over sixty years old, but he looks about the same as a person in his thirties, but his brothers are also over fifty years old and have old faces, there must be something wrong.

But he can't find evidence now. If there is no evidence and only a report, of course the emperor can send someone to raid a family like the Gao family, but he cannot be convicted for this.

Song Liang was a little anxious, and while instructing the others to search all the houses again, he went around in circles and wondered if he had missed something.

But after a long time, when these people came to report again, they still said, "My lord, there are no items related to the witch Gu case or the life harvesting and cutting case. ”