Phi-Fic Chapter 1085 Care
Chapter 1085 Care
Zhan Yan raised his eyebrows: "How much silver were they cheated out of?"
Lin Ran replied, "The young master from Minister Chen's house was defrauded of thirty thousand taels. As for the other two, they were each defrauded of fifty or sixty thousand taels!"
Lin Yiwan couldn't help but take a breath. She had to say, Ye Li was really daring to lie.
But those people are really rich.
Zhan Yan couldn't help but sneer, "How much can a fourth-rank official earn? Even if he didn't eat or drink for a year, he wouldn't be able to save that much money, right? He must be a dishonest person!"
Lin Ran couldn't help but ask, "Then what are you going to do?"
Zhan Yan spat out two words: "Go and tell the Supervisory Office that I want to thoroughly investigate the income of officials in the court. Have them assess the assets of each mansion one by one. Anyone who has excessive amounts must clearly explain the source of their income!"
Lin Ran's eyes lit up. This was indeed a good idea, which would surely make those court officials who filed the lawsuit tremble with fear.
He quickly rushed to the Supervisory Office and informed them of all of Zhan Yan's orders.
Soon, the Supervisory Department took the lead in entering Meng Xiang's residence to assess his assets.
When the officials who filed the lawsuit heard this, they were immediately terrified.
After all, their money did not come from legitimate sources.
What was more important was that they had been hated by other court officials, who all blamed them for saying that their families had been cheated and that so much money had been defrauded from them. Didn't this make them the targets of Marquis Zhan Yi?
As several mansions that failed to explain their sources of income were dealt with, the officials who had been deceived could only run to the Dali Temple in fear and request the removal of their charges.
Lin Ran said with a complicated expression: "Master Chen, this is not easy for you to handle. Your son said he was cheated out of these 30,000 taels of silver!"
Master Chen immediately waved his hand: "My son remembered it wrongly. He wasn't deceived. He was just drunk and talking nonsense. I already broke his leg. He caused such a big mess and caused so much trouble to Master Lin. It's really not right!"
He had already found out that the money that was defrauded should also be included in the assets. He had no way of explaining the source of income and could only deny it.
Lin Ran didn't make things difficult for him. He said the case would be closed.
Soon after, more people followed Mr. Chen's approach, and no one held the female scammer accountable anymore.
Ye Li was grateful for Zhan Yihou and Lin Yiwan's protection of him, but he didn't want to be a useless person.
After careful consideration, he ran up to the two of them to say goodbye.
He said with some trepidation, "Thank you, Marquis Zhan Yi and Aunt Wan, for your care. Although I don't have to bear the blame anymore, my conscience still cannot bear it. I want to go to the border military camp for training. I hope you can give me your permission!"
As soon as he finished speaking, he kowtowed heavily.
Lin Yiwan frowned and asked, "Ye Li, have you told Zhan Xuan about your decision to join the army?"
Ye Li shook his head: "Not yet!"
Secretly, he didn't want to tell Boss Xuan because he was afraid that he would stop him.
He plans to leave secretly!
Lin Yiwan walked up to him and said, "Ye Li, joining the army is no small matter. You'll be away from the Zhan Yi Marquis's residence for not just a day or two, but for half a year, or even a whole year. Aren't you afraid that your elder Xuan will worry?"
Zhan Yan also said: "Yes, military service is very hard. I'm worried that your body won't be able to bear it!"
Ye Li's eyes immediately turned red. He envied Mr. Xuan for having such open-minded parents. They did not stop him at the beginning, but persuaded him with reason and facts.
Thinking of the disgust and resentment in his mother's eyes, he felt a sharp pain in his heart.
He wants to escape from this capital city!
He murmured softly, "Okay, I'll go tell Boss Xuan first, but I won't change my mind about joining the army. I'm not afraid of hardship because I'm a child of the Ye family!"
Looking at his leaving back, Zhan Yan's expression was somewhat complicated.
He looked at Lin Yiwan in confusion. "Wasn't Ye Li fine before? Why did he suddenly become a female con man? Is it related to his hidden illness?"
Lin Yiwan shook her head helplessly: "It's hard to guess what a young man is thinking, but Ye Li joining the army is no small matter, so we need to inform the Duke's Mansion!"
When she thought of Madam Ye's attitude towards Ye Li, she felt a headache.
However, before she went to the Duke's Mansion, she received a secret letter from Madam Ye.
There was only a letter of severance inside, nothing else.
She immediately understood that Madam Ye really did not want to accept Ye Li anymore.
In that case, there was no need for her to run any more errands.
She told the messenger: "Go back and tell Madam Ye that from now on, Ye Li is the biological child of the Zhan Yihou Mansion. The Zhan Yihou Mansion and I will take care of him for the rest of his life. Please don't bother her anymore!"
The messenger nodded hurriedly and then turned and left quickly.
Lin Yiwan's face turned ashen with anger. She felt that Madam Ye was being too stubborn. The child hadn't done anything unforgivable, so why did she want to give him up?
Isn't it just wearing girls' clothes? Is it necessary for her to ask for a breakup?
After she tried hard to calm herself down, she hurried to prepare Ye Li's luggage for joining the army.
She can't let the little guy suffer!
At this time, Ye Li had already arrived at Zhan Xuan's yard. He called out timidly, "Boss Xuan, Boss Xuan, are you there?"
Zhan Xuan walked out of the house and took his arm with a mysterious look on his face: "Ye Li, you're just in time, follow me into the house!"
Ye Li looked at him curiously: "What are you doing? Have you done something bad that you dare not let Aunt Wan know?"
Zhan Xuan frowned and interrupted: "Don't think so badly of me, I have prepared something good for you!"
When they entered the house, they saw a very exquisite little box on the table.
Zhan Xuan opened it and took out an emerald hairpin. "I spent all my allowance to buy this at a jewelry store. My little Miaomiao begged me for it for a long time, but I couldn't make up my mind to give it to her. It's ridiculously expensive!"
Ye Li's eyes suddenly became extremely bright, and he asked uncertainly: "Boss Xuan, did you buy it for me?"
Zhan Xuan nodded heavily: "Of course, I thought about it carefully, it will definitely look good on you. This is my gift to you, do you like it?"
Ye Li raised his sleeve and wiped his eyes: "Well, I like it very much, thank you, Boss Xuan!"
He held the emerald hairpin in his hand, his heart pounding violently.
Zhan Xuan said somewhat embarrassedly: "Why don't you try it on first?"
Ye Li narrowed his eyes and smiled: "Okay, then please help me, Boss Xuan?"
Zhan Xuan didn't know how to wear a hairpin. When his hand touched Ye Li's satin-smooth hair, he trembled slightly.
He couldn't help but feel a little confused. Why was he suddenly nervous?
He clearly remembered that he often touched Ye Li's little head and made fun of him for always combing his hair so smoothly, like a little girl.