Chapter 24: Killing Chickens and Monkeys
Liu Hong gradually returned home, threw the silver two on the table, picked up the teapot and poured a few sips.
Sun Xiuxiu was sewing clothes, and when she saw that Liu Hongjian had just come back, her face was full of unhappiness, so she hurriedly walked over and asked.
"What's wrong with today, husband? Did you make the emperor angry? Sun Xiuxiu put away the silver taels and sat down at the table.
"It's okay, something has gone wrong in the ancestral house, go make some food for your husband, and I'll go out later."
In the Ming Dynasty, the common people generally had two meals a day, only the emperor Xungui and other rich and noble families had three or more meals a day, and the old Liu family lived poorly, and it was originally two meals a day.
Since Liu Hong was gradually struck by lightning, his life has changed greatly, after all, he is a hereditary earl, although he has no money for the time being, and the place where he lives is shabby to death, but Liu Hong gradually believes that this is only temporary, since he got the title of earl, not only added a meal to his family, but the old man no longer has to go to the accounting room, and enjoys Qingfu at home every day.
After a while, Sun Xiuxiu came in with food, Liu Hong was about to start, and Niu Zhuang came back from outside, with a strange face.
"Sir, that ...... I didn't pay attention to it, and put the king's shopkeeper ...... The root of his life was kicked badly......" Niu Dabang felt that he had gradually caused trouble for Liu Hong, and his face was full of guilt.
Poof-As soon as he took a mouthful of rice in his mouth, Liu Hong gradually sprayed the cow stick mallet.
"Hahahaha-haha-there is really yours, so it's okay, the old fat man in the province will harm people." Liu Hong gradually got up and slapped the rice on his body with the cow stick, and the cow stickstick mallet signaled that he couldn't do it, and pulled it a few times with his hand.
"Master, I'm afraid that old thing will report to the official to cause trouble for you!" Niu Dabang said very seriously, he was really worried that his master would be responsible for him.
In his opinion, this old man not only has no shelf, but also has nothing to say to him, he is full of white rice every day, compared with the days when there was no meal in the Beijing camp before, it is simply one heaven and one earth.
"Don't worry, I've been beaten twice in a row, and a person with a heart will inquire about my identity, believe it or not, not only will he not report to the official, but he will be polite when he sees me in the future! Come, let's have dinner together, and we have business to do in a while! ”
Liu Hong gradually beckoned and motioned for the big stick mallet to sit down and eat together.
"I'd better go out to eat, I'm sitting here, I'm not comfortable eating!" Liu Hongjian is a hereditary earl, although Niu Dabang mallet is five big and three coarse, the concept of respect and inferiority is very important, which makes Liu Hongjian very helpless.
After eating, Liu Hong gradually wrapped the Shang Fang sword in cloth and handed it to Niu Dabang, Niu Dabang heard that this was the Shang Fang sword given by the emperor, his eyes were straight, and he held the sword in both hands.
Liu Hong gradually walked in front of him and was also complacent, thinking that although he had never seen Jinyiwei when he came to the Ming Dynasty, Jinyiwei's name was too loud, although most of them were not a good reputation.
And now he is the commander of the Jinyi Guard, the supreme commander of the Jinyi Guard, the flying fish suit, the embroidered spring knife, and the waist card came out, everyone was scared to pee, and he couldn't be too domineering, Liu Hong gradually became obscene while walking.
After crossing Chang'an Street and passing the Chengtian Gate, the two of them arrived in front of a magnificent mansion after a while, only to see that it was written next to it, 'Jinyi Wei pro-army commanded the envoy Yamen'.
Strange, Jinyiwei, as such a spy agency in the Ming Dynasty, why didn't there even be a gatekeeper, Liu Hong gradually showed doubts and walked into the yamen.
"Hey! Who are you looking for, are you waiting for the Jinyi Guard Yamen to enter casually? Get out of ......" A man in shabby green civilian clothes walked out of the porter, and before he finished speaking, Liu Hong gradually took out the waist card of the commander of the Jinyi Guard from his waist, and the frightened person stayed on the spot and couldn't speak.
Liu Hong gradually walked into the middle hall, and the imaginary situation of full high-ranking officials did not appear, only two middle-aged men who were slightly better dressed than the porter lay on the table and slept lazily.
"The commander of the Jinyi Guard has arrived!" Before Liu Hong could gradually attack, the bull mallet holding the sword of the Son of Heaven behind him roared, scaring the two sleeping people on the table.
At the same time, in the house behind the atrium, seven or eight more people came out, who were obviously in official positions.
"Yo, our new commander is here, why don't you take a seat and pour tea!" The former commander Wu Mengming commanded a captain beside him in a strange manner.
"The commander has just taken over, so he can't wait to come to the hall, it's really diligent!"
Wu Mengming is greedy and very insidious, as the last commander of the Ming Dynasty, although he has been idle in the past few years of his reign, but relying on his minions, he went around collecting evidence of corruption among hundreds of officials.
There is a lot of money and little to do close to home, counting the money until the hand cramps, what a happy little day, but it was taken away by this little-known kid in front of him, Wu Mengming, who learned the news, his lungs were about to explode.
"Is Jinyiwei such a person? Where have the others gone? Liu Honggradually deliberately ignored Wu Mengming's cynicism, after all, he was airborne and robbed of other people's jobs.
Everyone in the room was silent, their eyes were mostly aimed at Wu Mengming, and they looked like only Wu Mengming's horse-headed vision, it was obvious that the preconceived Wu Mengming's leadership in the past few years had not been in vain, but this time it angered Liu Hongchuan.
"Wu Mengming, Lao Tzu has endured you for a long time! Since I'm the new commander, you have to be a dragon for me, and a tiger has to lie on my stomach! I ask you now, where have all the others gone? ”
Liu Hongjian was also in a bad mood, what kind of birdman is this, dressed in tatters, too far from the brocade clothes and guards who are in his mind, there is no flying fish suit, there is no embroidered spring knife, and he was even ridiculed as soon as he came, such a situation is that everyone has to go crazy.
Wu Mengming sat back in the chair and watched Liu Hong's gradual gaffe.
"Wu Mengming has no superiors, he is tired and derelict in his duties, come to someone, take this person down!" Liu Hongjian had never had political experience before this, and he seemed a little cramped.
"Hahahaha! Who dares to take me? Wu Mengming laughed, in his opinion, Jinyiwei used to be his world, and now, it still is.
The atmosphere in the room suddenly froze, and when Liu Hong was getting angry and had nowhere to attack, there was movement in the room behind.
"I dare!" Out of the back room on the left came three men who were dressed plainly, but were extremely neat and capable.
The people behind Wu Mengming immediately put up a position and prepared to resist, Wu Mengming was a lot of people, and although the three men who came out had no fear in their eyes, they knew that the chances of winning were not great.
Zheng - Liu Hong gradually took the sword of the Son of Heaven from the arms of the bull mallet, shook the brocade, pulled it out with a bang, and pointed the sword at Wu Mengming.
"Shang Fang's sword is here, who dares to make a time?" Liu Hong's eyes gradually widened, full of energy.
The people behind Wu Mengming were momentarily stunned, they had heard of the name of Shang Fang's sword, beheading corrupt officials, beheading corrupt officials, beheading corrupt officials, in case of lawlessness, first cutting and then playing, Wu Mengming has been away from the government for many years, and it was only in the morning that he received the holy decree of being demoted, and he didn't know that Liu Hong gradually had Shang Fang's sword.
Looking at the faces of his subordinates behind him, no one dared to offend the majesty of the Emperor of the Ming Empire, after all, they didn't make any big mistakes, Wu Mengming knew that the general trend had gone, and he wilted in an instant.
"Take it! Crush into prison! The three people on the left immediately started to tie up Wu Mengming, who was trembling all over.
"Within half an hour, all officials from 100 households and above in Beijing will gather here quickly, and those who are late will be given 20 military sticks, and those who do not arrive will be dismissed on the spot!"
The sword of the Son of Heaven was sheathed, and in the quiet hall, only Liu Hong's majestic and inviolable voice remained.