Xiao Shen was in Changzhou for two years, which caused complaints from the local people, but he was afraid of the power of the Xiao family. No one dared to talk about him. Everyone could only pray in secret, hoping that this guy could leave office soon.

During the Yongtai period of Emperor Daizong of Tang Dynasty, Xiao Min became the Minister of Works, and his eldest son Xiao Shen also served as the magistrate of Changzhou county magistrate.

Although Xiao Min was appointed as the Minister of Works, he had a very cruel personality. His son Xiao Shen also inherited his father's character and was even extremely greedy.

Xiao Shen was in Changzhou for two years, which caused complaints from the local people, but he was afraid of the power of the Xiao family. No one dared to talk about him. Everyone could only pray in secret, hoping that this guy could leave office soon.

Three years later, Xiao Shen's term in Changzhou was about to be over. He had conquered countless wealth over the past three years. Xiao Shen himself had no guilt at all and was complacent.

One day in mid-May that year, Xiao Shen rested in the back hall of the county yamen, where two yamen runners guarded the gate at the yamen.

Two gatekeepers suddenly saw a team of knights running from the street to the county government office, wearing purple clothes. After roughly calculating, there were about twenty or thirty people. They all arrived at the entrance of the county government office and entered the county government office without stopping.

The gatekeeper thought that the person who came was an envoy from the prefecture or court, so he quickly came forward and asked. But no one from the Purple Climbing Team spoke, and the leader of the team shouted that it was nothing to do with you. Don’t worry, we will come to the back hall to meet the county magistrate.

The yamen runner who was guarding the gate did not dare to speak anymore, so he had to dodge and hide aside, not daring to show off. The men in purple were as powerful as entering a state of no one, and soon entered the back hall. Along the way, all the officials who handled official documents in the county government saw it.

Then two yamen runners quietly took a shortcut to the study and told Xiao Shen that more than thirty purple soldiers came outside and came in without saying a word, and we were not allowed to report.

Xiao Shen asked loudly where those people were, but as soon as he finished speaking, the man in purple had already arrived at the door, walked to Xiao Shen, tied him up with a rope, took out a piece of white cloth and put it on Xiao Shen's head, and then led him out of the door.

The yamen runner who was watching the movement was trembling when he saw the master being led away. After the man in purple walked away, the two hurried into the study and found that Xiao Shen was sitting there steadily.

The gatekeeper told Xiao Shen about the strange thing he had just seen. It was strange that Xiao Shen didn't say anything at all, but just waved his hand and let the two of them go out.

The two of them were still standing at the door guarding the door. Soon they heard someone crying in the back hall. It was vaguely heard that it was the voice of the old woman and the children of Xiao Shen. After inquiring, I found out that Xiao Shen was dead.

Only these two gatekeepers knew very well. The master was fine just now, and the team of purple-clad soldiers died after coming. The master's death must have something to do with them.

But Xiao Shenping was also very mean to his subordinates. The yamen runners had no intention of upholding justice for him, and the matter was over.

About seven or eight days later, Xiao Shen's younger brother Xiao Yu came and went to his brother's grave to pay tribute. Suddenly he fell to the ground and spoke nonsense. After hearing it carefully, he was still Xiao Shen's tone and tone, and he said a lot, mainly because he blamed Xiao Yu for not managing the family affairs well.

Finally, I said that there was a man named Anfu who borrowed me two hundred stones of rice and eighty pieces of silk. He agreed to give me five cents of interest at that time, but he has not received a penny so far.

I am dead now, and that guy may embezzle my property. You will only catch him while he is having dinner tomorrow.

After saying it, Xiao Yu fainted and woke up after a while. He still vaguely remembered what he said. When he got home, he told his sister-in-law, that is, Xiao Shen's wife, to tell her to remember this.

Early the next morning, Xiao Shen's wife's personal maid also spoke nonsense, exactly the same as Xiao Yu said yesterday, and it was still Xiao Shen's tone when he was alive. Only then did Xiao Shen's wife believe it was true.

So Xiao Yu went to the governor's office in person. The governor at that time was Chang Yuanfu. After listening to Xiao Yu's statement, the son of the Minister of Works died, and someone dared to embezzle his property. He immediately issued a document and asked someone to arrest An Fu.

That An Fu was actually not from Changzhou, but a dealer from another place. He lived in Changzhou for many years and was good at flattering Xiao Shen and often gave him gifts.

An Fu heard that Xiao Shen was dead a few days ago, and was secretly planning when he would sneak back to his hometown so that he could take two hundred stones of rice and eighty pieces of silk for himself.

The arrest warrant for the governor came very promptly, and An Fu had to surrender without having to interrogate him. He took the initiative to admit that he had borrowed Xiao Shen's things and was willing to return them immediately.

Xiao Shen's wife was about to count the property into the warehouse. Suddenly, Xiao Yu fell to the ground and spoke nonsense, saying:

These rice and silk are all my corruption and misleading power. It was because of this that I was caught by the messenger in the underworld and died of being caught by the messenger in the underworld. If you accept these things, you don't know if there will be any other disaster. It is best to give it to the poor immediately, so that you can get peace.

Xiao Shen's wife was also very scared when she heard this. After Xiao Yu woke up, the uncle and sister-in-law discussed and finally decided to give all the property in the family to Huqiu Temple. Xiao Shen's wife and children were safe later.