After traveling through time, I was spotted by the new emperor

Chapter 226 Going to Yan Mansion to "Get Evidence"

After seeing Minister Yan come to Taiji Hall to attend court as usual, Ye Wuwei went to Qi'an Department.

The address of the Qi'an Department is in Maoer Hutong, three miles east of the imperial palace. This hutong originally housed more than a dozen households. Ye Wuwei bought the entire hutong as the location of the Qi'an Department.

After entering the Qi'an tribe, Ye Wuwei said to Yao Guangzhi:

"Take five hundred men with you and follow me to Minister Yan's house.

Also, immediately send someone to Furong Pavilion to quietly invite Yan Shifan to the Qi'an Tribe. For the time being, don't let anyone know that it was the Qi'an Tribe that took him away."

Yao Guangzhi's eyes lit up: "Search the house?"

Ye Wuyi paused: "Not yet, we are just going to collect evidence and arrest people."

"Found gold?"

"almost."

Anyway, Ye Wuwei was in charge of everything, so Yao Guangzhi stopped asking questions and went to recruit people.

This was the first major action since the establishment of the Qi'an Army. People on the streets of Changdu saw hundreds of officers and soldiers as ferocious as wolves and tigers heading towards a huge mansion.

The common people didn't know who owned the mansion, but the powerful and wealthy knew, and everyone was terrified:

Has Minister Yan committed a crime?

After knocking on the door of Yan's mansion, Yao Guangzhi pushed the door open to make way.

Ye Wuwei led five hundred soldiers straight to the study in Yan's mansion.

Madam Yan was just about to have breakfast when she heard a servant report that soldiers had broken into the house, so she hurried to the study.

When Mrs. Yan rushed to the study, Ye Wuwei had already opened the secret room, and more than a dozen large boxes over one meter high had been opened and revealed to the public.

Looking at the gold, silver, calligraphy and paintings, antiques, treasures, etc. in the box, Madam Yan almost fainted:

It's over, it's over!

Despite her panic, Madam Yan did not forget to send someone to deliver a letter to Minister Yan, and at the same time said to Ye Wuwei in a stern voice:

"Who are you? Do you know whose house this is?"

Ye Wuwei showed the Qi An tribe's badge:

"The Qi'an Department received a report that Minister Yan abused his power to accept bribes. We are here to collect evidence."

Madam Yan did not know Ye Wuwei and only thought he was a leader of the Qi'an tribe.

"You have arbitrarily entered the residence of a second-rank official of the imperial court. Do you have an imperial decree?"

"The Qi'an Department has the right to investigate first and report later. I'm not raiding any property, so there's no need to ask for an imperial decree just yet."

"How is this different from confiscating a house?"

Ye Wuwei smiled:

“Madam Yan, I’m not the type to confiscate property. I’m going to turn the entire mansion upside down.

I just received a report that Minister Yan hid all the embezzled property in the secret room of his study, so I came to the secret room to collect evidence.

Now it seems that the report is at least not entirely false, and there is indeed a large amount of property hidden in the secret room of the study."

"My master comes from an aristocratic family, so what's wrong with having so much money?"

"Whether it's appropriate or not is not up to you or me to decide. We can only know after the trial."

Having said that, Ye Wuwei stopped arguing with Madam Yan and instructed Yao Guangzhi:

"Make a list of your belongings, have Madam Yan sign it, and take them all away."

This was Yao Guangzhi's first time participating in a house search, so he quietly asked Ye Wuwei, "How do I make a list of the property?"

Ye Wuwei thought for a moment:

“Calligraphy and paintings, antiques, and treasures are categorized and written down by number, while gold and silver are weighed.”

Yao Guangzhi agreed and led the soldiers to work.

Before Minister Yan returned, Yao Guangzhi had already made the list.

Ye Wuwei took a look and estimated that the amount was about the same, and said, "Let Madam Yan sign."

Madam Yan was unwilling to sign this, and Ye Wuwei did not force her:

"Since Madam Yan refuses to sign, then seal up Madam Yan and the property and take them away, so she won't say we are wrongly accused or have embezzled the Yan family's property."

Madam Yan said sternly, "I am a lady of the imperial court, and Master Zhuang is my cousin. How dare you?"

Yao Guangzhi thought:

This person in front of you dared to embarrass Master Zhuang in person. Would he be afraid of you, Master Zhuang's cousin?

Sure enough, Ye Wuwei said:

"We just ask you to go to the Qi'an Department to assist in the investigation. Even Master Zhuang himself has to cooperate."

After saying that, Ye Wuwei waved his hand and said, "Take it away."

The soldiers who came with them were greatly encouraged: "First battle victory! Commander Ye is awesome!"

Although Ye Wuwei left, not all the soldiers left Yan Mansion. Ye Wuwei left two hundred soldiers to guard several gates, walls and passages of Yan Mansion, preventing anyone from entering or leaving.

……

On the way back to Qi'an, Yao Guangzhi asked Ye Wuwei:

"Commander, how did you know the stolen goods were hidden in the secret study?"

"Someone told me last night, and then I went to the study to check and confirmed that it was true, so I took you there early this morning to collect the evidence."

Yao Guangzhi flattered him: "The commander is awesome!"

After returning to Qi'an tribe, Ye Wuwei ordered Yao Guangzhi to lock Madam Yan and the confiscated property in the same room and send several soldiers to guard her in case anything happened to her.

Then, the soldier reported that Yan Shifan had been brought to Qi'an's unit.

Ye Wuwei ordered:

"Lock Yan Shifan in a room alone. Keep him for a day and a night before re-interrogating him. Send someone to watch him to prevent any accidents."

"Should we send him food?"

Ye Wuwei thought for a moment and said, "Just give him water."

After giving the order, Ye Wuwei called Fang Datong over.

Khalil Fong was a former general in the emperor's imperial guards. He was from Chamdo and had extensive connections in the city.

Ye Wuwei selected him and transferred him to serve as the deputy commander of the Qi'an Department, responsible for managing the Qi'an Department's open-line personnel.

Ye Wuwei asked Fang Datong: "Madam Yan is the cousin of Master Zhuang. Has the dowry list from when she got married been filed?"

Khalil Fong:

"A woman's dowry can be registered with the government, but not every woman will do so.

For a woman like Madam Yan who has a large dowry, there will be at least two dowry lists, one for her parents and one for herself."

"First, go to the government office and check if there's any record of Madam Yan's dowry. If not, try to get a copy as soon as possible."

Fang Datong knew that this was the first case handled by Qi An's department, and he also knew the reason why Ye Wuwei asked for Madam Yan's dowry list:

To prevent Minister Yan from counting the property confiscated today as Madam Yan’s dowry.

Then he said, "I will get it as soon as possible."

"Also, you need to give us an approximate estimate of the property that the Yan family gave to Minister Yan. It would be best if there were physical evidence, but if you can't get physical evidence, you need human evidence."

"it is good".