Master Tian, upon seeing the old servant of the Sun family, knew that this old fellow was aware of the inside story: "Come, arrest Sun Geng. His failure to report makes him guilty as well." "Milord, milord, please spare my life, this old slave heard the Old Master Sun mention this matter when he was seriously ill; I thought he was delirious and talking nonsense, never realized it was true... This has nothing to do with this old slave, please don’t arrest me," Sun Geng pleaded for mercy. Village Chief Sun’s face turned ashen when he heard this; it was over, Sun Geng’s words were akin to a confession without being beaten, their Sun family was truly finished this time! However, Village Chief Sun had always been somewhat clever and immediately cried out injustice: "Injustice, Master Tian, that was an old matter of many years ago, I was only a few years old at that time, I had absolutely no knowledge of it, it has nothing to do with me." Xue Mingyu pointed at Village Chief Sun and said: "You would be unaware? With Sun Jinwang’s temperament, he would surely have told you to be wary of the Xue family people." Xue Mingyu was right, Sun Jinwang’s biggest fear had always been the Xue family’s vengeance, and had roughly related his family’s feud with the Xue family to Sun Fuxiong, even leaving behind a letter. That letter was meant for the Gao family, saying if the Sun family ever met with disaster, they should take that letter to the Gao family. The Gao family was one of the chief conspirators who plotted with the Sun family to seize the Xue family’s wealth, in order to keep the affairs of the Xue family from leaking out, they would certainly help the descendants of the Sun family. Now, that letter was still hidden in Village Chief Sun’s room. Village Chief Sun also thought of that letter, his face turning pale, his cold sweat flowing freely, wanting to retort, but his throat felt as if someone was choking him, unable to utter a single word. Seeing this, Master Tian spoke to Squad Leader Yang: "Old Yang, search." Squad Leader Yang immediately said to the Government Officials: "Search!" At the command, all the Government Officials sprang into action, turning the Sun family’s house upside down. "What are you doing? You can’t search, this is the village chief’s home, you dare to search?!" Granny Sun stood, eyebrows raised sternly, standing at the back door of the courtyard with her eldest daughter-in-law, trying to stop the Government Officials, only to be bound and dragged aside by them. The Government Official said: "What village chief, wake up, your Sun Fuxiong is no longer the village chief." The Government Officials stormed into the Sun family’s backyard, beginning the search, and after an entire three hours, only finishing up in the afternoon, moving all the items found to the front courtyard. "Master Tian, Squad Leader Yang, we found eight land deeds from the Sun family’s house, five ingots of gold, and also a letter in Sun Fuxiong’s room with the envelope addressed to the descendants of Gao Yongwen." Gao Yongwen was indeed the former County Magistrate Gao. Master Tian was startled when he heard about the five ingots of gold, but when the letter to Gao Yongwen was found, he immediately put the matter of the gold aside. He took that letter, examined the contents, and asked Village Chief Sun: "Now that there is both testimonial and physical evidence, what else do you have to say?" This letter, rather than being a threat for the Gao family’s descendants to help the descendants of the Sun family, might as well be a confession, roughly explaining the Sun and Gao families’ plot to seize the Xue family’s fortune, with Sun Jinwang’s name and handprint at the bottom. Village Chief Sun gazed at that letter, his body swaying a few times, before completely fainting. Seeing Sun Fuxiong so useless, actually fainting from fear, Master Tian disdainfully glanced at him and said to Squad Leader Yang: "Old Yang, proceed with the formalities." Squad Leader Yang spoke up, "Come, tie up Sun Fuxiong and Sun Geng, and escort all the Sun family People to the county government office." The Government Officials immediately tied up Sun Fuxiong and Sun Geng, then dragged the still dazed Sun Youqian up, along with Granny Sun and Ms. Sun Fang, as well as Sun Liuzi, detaining them all together, preparing to escort them to the county government office. Luo Wu looked at the Sun family People, furrowed his brow and said, "Squad Leader, Master Tian, this is not right. The Sun family has another member, Ge Wenhao, who is Sun Fuxiong’s grandson and has recently been staying at the Sun family’s." Squad Leader Yang hurriedly said, "Go search the village, and capture Ge Wenhao." "Yes!" The Government Officials rushed out of the Sun family’s grand mansion, searched the village, and eventually found Ge Wenhao in an old house not far from the Sun family’s grand mansion. Ge Wenhao had originally planned to escape after the Government Officials left, but did not expect to be captured and quickly cried out, "I am from the Ge family, not the Sun family; the Sun family’s affairs have nothing to do with me!" Luo Wu said, "The inn that belongs to your family used to be the Xue Family’s tavern and is considered illicit goods. Your Ge family has become wealthy relying on the Xue Family’s fortune, and you, Ge Wenhao, have grown up on the Xue Family’s wealth, yet you say this has nothing to do with you?" He then sneered, "There are already Government Officials arresting people at your family’s inn; you and your parents will soon be reunited in jail." Upon hearing this, Ge Wenhao turned pale and argued, "That was part of my mother’s dowry from the Sun family; my Ge family did not know it was illicit goods. We’ve been harmed by the Sun family; it’s all the Sun family’s fault. You should go to the Sun family, you can’t arrest me." Then, turning to Master Tian, he begged, "Master Tian, my surname is Ge, and I am kin to County Magistrate Zou’s Family. For the sake of County Magistrate Zou, please release me... You can take the inn; the Ge family doesn’t want any illicit goods." Ge Wenhao was only fifteen years old, and although somewhat cunning, he had never seen such a formation before and was terribly afraid, now willing to say anything to avoid arrest. Hearing him mention County Magistrate Zou, Master Tian laughed and said, "County Magistrate Zou does not manage criminal matters; mentioning him is of no use. Come, take him away!" The matter of dismissing half of the village chiefs from the county was not something Lord County Magistrate had let County Magistrate Zou meddle with; it was directly ordered to his confidants and County Captain Jiang, the implication of which was clear without words. County Magistrate Zou was a clever man; he understood the intent of Lord County Magistrate, and although anxious and upset, he was helpless. After all, if Lord County Magistrate wanted to be promoted, he must show some achievements; if he didn’t use the village chiefs to do so, then he would have to target the Zou family. Squad Leader Yang and a group of Government Officials escorted the young and old of the Sun family out of their grand mansion and also sealed up the Sun family’s grand mansion with seals. The people of Beigou Village seeing the Sun family in trouble, all ran over to watch. Squad Leader Yang told them, "The Sun family has violated the Criminal Law, and the entire family has been arrested. If any of you have been bullied by the Sun family, you can go to the government office to file a complaint. If it is true, Lord County Magistrate will compensate you with the confiscated fortune of the Sun family." Upon hearing this, not only the villagers of Beigou Village but also those from other villages who had come to watch the excitement were abuzz. Xu Tianfa, who had just received the news and came to see the situation at the Sun family, collapsed to the ground, then quickly got up, grabbing Sun Youqian and cursing, "You little beast, your Sun family has violated the Criminal Law, then, then my family... Alas!" Xu Lianzi was already over three months pregnant, and her belly was visibly about to bulge; yet, at this time, the Sun family had committed a crime, and their grand mansion had been sealed. This was tantamount to family annihilation; what would become of his Lianzi? Hearing this, Master Tian said to Xu Tianfa, "If your family has been wronged, you can go to the government office to file a complaint against Sun Youqian, and Lord County Magistrate will uphold justice for you." After Master Tian spoke, he no longer wasted time and left with Squad Leader Yang and the others. Xu Tianfa stood there, lost and not knowing whether to go to the government office to file a complaint against Sun Youqian or not. If he complained, it would ruin his Lianzi’s life; if he did not, his family would have to swallow the bitter pill.