Help! The cunning and treacherous minister and I were reborn together!

Chapter 110 This does not belong to me!

In the dead of night, several men in black broke into the Qi residence, only to be captured alive by the Leopard Guards.

Dr. Qi Ren was shocked and ran to the study to check. He found that the list of names that Xiao Zong had given him was missing, and he immediately felt that disaster was about to strike.

The Leopard Guards searched the thieves inside and out, and turned the Qi residence upside down, but they still couldn't find the roster.

The commander decided to use torture to extract a confession from the prisoner, determined to find the key evidence, and sent Dou Zhao to report the news to Commander Xiao.

After hearing Dou Zhao's words, the maid on night watch braced herself, pushed open the door, and woke up Xiao Zong, who had just gone to bed.

Hearing the sound, Yuan Zhi squinted his sleepy eyes and asked, "It's not even dawn yet, what's the rush?"

While putting on his shoes, Xiao Zong replied, "The disaster relief roster is lost. I have to go to the Qi residence. You should sleep a little longer!"

"Let me help you change your clothes."

As Yuan Zhi spoke, she tried to sit up, but before she could get halfway up, a sudden pain shot through her side. She cried out "Ouch!" and fell back down.

Hearing the noise, the man turned to his side, reached under the covers, and rubbed her hands.

"Stop showing off, just rest!"

Yuan Zhi glared at the culprit in front of her, "If you had been more restrained, would I have been unable to get up?"

"With your beloved right before your eyes, how many men would be willing to restrain themselves?" Xiao Zongfei quickly kissed her. "Wait for me to come back!"

He lifted the curtain, quickly dressed, and left the mansion with Dou Zhao outside the door.

Yuan Zhi's eyes regained their clarity, and she lay there until dawn. After finishing her makeup, she went to Wei Yan Tower.

She summoned everyone to the main hall and gave each person fifty taels of silver.

"The restaurant business wasn't good last year, but everyone was still willing to work with me. I'm extremely grateful. This little bit of money is just a token of my appreciation. No matter what happens in the future, we'll always be family."

The cook said, "Master, the way you're saying that makes it sound like we're breaking up."

The maid chimed in, "Yes! It sounds rather frightening!"

"Boss, business has been so good lately, don't be upset. Is something bothering you? Tell us, and we can offer some advice!"

Yuan Zhi waved her hand, "That's not true, don't think nonsense, the restaurant will continue to operate!"

"Phew! That puts my mind at ease!"

After receiving the money, the group went about their respective tasks.

Yuan Zhi stopped Jiang Bai, "I'd like to trouble you to make a trip to the winery and deliver this letter to Luo Mei."

"no problem!"

Jiang Bai stuffed the letter into his pocket and ran out the door.

Yuan Zhi took out the jade pendant and had a maid deliver it to the Marquis of Changping's residence.

"Give this to Miss Chu and tell her... it belongs to her uncle's old friend, and ask her to show it to Uncle Chu when he is feeling better."

The maid asked, "Why not give it directly to Marquis Changping?"

Yuan Zhi clutched her skirt, knowing that the news of her father's plot to murder Uncle Chu would soon be known to everyone.

Because of her father's momentary lapse of judgment, Marquis Changping was forced to separate from her son for twenty years. She wished the entire Yuan family would go to hell. How could she possibly keep the things given to her by the murderer's daughter?

She smiled wryly and made up a lame excuse.

"I am not close to Marquis Changping. What if he suspects that someone has ulterior motives and smashes this jade pendant? How could I face my old friend, Master Chu!"

The maid nodded as if she understood, and took the jade pendant to the Marquis of Changping's residence.

Yuan Zhi thought for a moment and realized that nothing had been missed, so he found a spot facing the door and sat down to drink.

The maid had just returned after delivering the goods when the officials arrived.

The leader asked, "Is the owner of Weiyan Tower here?"

Yuan Zhi stood up. "It's me."

"Yuan Pu, the Assistant Minister of the Ministry of Revenue, is suspected of stealing evidence and murdering the eldest son of the Marquis of Changping. He has been dismissed from his post and imprisoned. We are acting on His Majesty's orders to arrest his family. Madam Yuan and Commander Xiao have divorced, but she is still a member of the Yuan family and must come with us!"

"As it should be!"

Seeing her so compliant, the leader's eyes flashed with surprise, and he gestured to his subordinates: "Let go, don't hurt Lady Yuan."

Yuan Zhi, supporting his left shoulder, said, "Let's go!"

"No, you can't take the owner away!"

"Master! What on earth is going on?"

"You just said the restaurant would stay open, how come you're going back on your word now?"

The servants and maids chased after them, blocked the door, and wouldn't let them leave.

The officials instantly drew their swords. Yuan Zhi's heart skipped a beat, and she hurriedly said, "Don't panic, everyone. I've entrusted the restaurant to my maid. She will treat you all the same way she treats me. Wei Yan Lou will never fall!"

Everyone was anxious and didn't know what to do.

Yuan Zhi pursed her lips and looked at the middle-aged man at the edge.

"Manager Li, now that I'm gone, you'll be their pillar of strength. From today onwards, you will receive 30% of the restaurant's profits. Please help me take good care of everyone!"

Manager Li, tears streaming down his face, cried out, "Master!"

Yuan Zhi's eyes welled up with tears as she followed the official out.

The men in black, who had endured several rounds of torture last night, were barely clinging to life. They confessed to being the mastermind, but insisted they hadn't found the roster, seemingly unwilling to lie any longer.

Xiao Zong threw down the whip and stepped out of the prison.

He was uneasy ever since he heard the news that Yuan Zhi had been imprisoned.

His Majesty has imprisoned the entire Yuan family in the Ministry of Justice's jail, clearly preventing him from interfering. Without the roster, he's likely to be punished by His Majesty, making it difficult to save Yuan Zhi.

He pinched his brow, paced back and forth, forcing himself to calm down.

The entire Qi residence was heavily guarded by the Leopard Guards. If the roster wasn't stolen by masked men, then it could only belong to someone from within the residence.

Thinking of this, he rode his horse at full speed to the Qi residence and asked Dr. Qi to list the people who could freely enter and leave the study. He questioned them one by one, and when he got to Qi Ren's son, he sensed something was wrong.

The man's eyes darted around, and his replies were hesitant and stammering; he was clearly up to something!

Xiao Zong only threatened him a few times, and the man confessed everything, saying that the Princess of Pingyi County had instructed him to do so.

Xiao Zong hurriedly went to the palace to petition His Majesty, pleading for permission for the Leopard Guards to search the Xingning Imperial Household Department. At the same time, the Ministry of Justice also presented Yuan Pu's confession, its criticism also pointing directly at the Xingning Imperial Household Department.

Li Kai was furious. What a good sister of his!

Not only did she have Prefect Liu Fei cover up her crimes, but she also formed cliques, eliminated dissidents, and caused the eldest son of Marquis Changping to go from a highly talented scholar to a mad and stupid good-for-nothing.

It’s tolerable, it’s unbearable!

He immediately issued an imperial edict ordering the Leopard Guard to search and confiscate the *** residence.

Xiao Zong didn't dare to delay for a moment. He left the palace and led his men straight to their destination.

At first, *** was extremely arrogant, but the moment he saw Xiao Zong take out the imperial edict, he immediately went silent.

The magnificent bedroom was in complete disarray. Dou Zhao found the roster hidden in the bed and quickly handed it to Xiao Zong.

"Master, we've found it!"

Xiao Zong glanced through it, confirming it was the book he had brought back from Shuozhou, and held up the booklet, saying, "***, what else do you have to say?"

Li Min's eyebrows were raised in anger, and her face, covered in powder, was pale and grotesque, as if the slightest movement would cause a layer of powder to fall off.

She was speechless, unable to understand how this thing could have ended up in her bedroom.

"This is not mine!"