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At the end of August, the cinnamon in the city is fragrant. In the Dapingfang in the city, the Zhen family, which was once prosperous in front of the door, is declining day by day. The Zhen Mansion, which covers an extremely wide area, is lonely in front of the door.

Since the eleventh year of Yongzhi, Zhen Yingjia was transferred from the position of Jiangnan weaving and "promoted" to the Guangdong Political Division, and the former first family in Jiangnan has declined.

The news that the Zhen family owed the Ministry of Internal Affairs 2 million taels of silver was known all over the city. In the past two years, the Zhen family has successively sold their properties: antiques, calligraphy and paintings, title deeds, and shops.

In the eyes of the powerful people in Jinling, the Zhen family is now just a piece of fat. As the saying goes, in the old days, Wang Xie Tang Qianyan flew into the homes of ordinary people.

A gorgeous carriage hurried back to Zhen's mansion on an autumn morning. Zhen Li hurriedly walked to the back house to see the old lady of the Zhen family, and her expression could not hide her panic. He just received the latest news: the Son of Heaven wants to raid the Zhen family.

In the country, the fastest system for delivering news is the express delivery shop of the imperial court. The transmission of court news and official documents in various places depends on this system.

In the capital, no one dared to use the express shop system to deliver a message to the Zhen family. That's a long life. Therefore, the people sent by the prince to Jinling entered Jinling City at about the same time as the Jinyi Weiti who traveled south day and night to raid his family and make a fortune.

The Imperial Court's Mansion Newspaper. It has not yet reached Jiangnan. Di Bao has a lag.

And Zhen Li didn't get the news from Cai Nongji: Zhang Jingwei, the imperial historian of Nanjing's left capital, received the holy decree brought by the Jinyi Wei Tiqi and presided over the raid of Zhen's house. Subsequently, Jinling officialdom spread this unexpected and reasonable news.

The Zhen family has been operating in Jinling for many years, and there are still people who are willing to send a message to the Zhen family about this news. Zhen Li had now received the message, and hurriedly returned home from the Hui Chamber of Commerce - he was negotiating with several Hui merchants the selling price of an authentic painting of Wu Daozi.

Zhen Li walked in the still magnificent halls and pavilions. Quite a few places are dusty. In the garden, overgrown with weeds and towering trees. The autumn breeze is bleak.

The dilapidated and declining atmosphere of the Zhen Mansion can no longer be hidden. The green mountains can't cover it, after all, it flows eastward.

At about 90 o'clock in the morning, the relatives of the Zhen family gathered in the main hall of the back house and talked around the old lady of the Zhen family.

Several maids and servants were around, waiting, and it was very empty.

"Uncle is here."

A few maids greeted each other with a smile. Zhen Yingjia is still in Guangzhou Mansion. The Zhen family is currently the pillar, and it is Zhen Li who comes forward to do things.

Zhen Li couldn't care about seeing the ladies and relatives, so he knelt on the ground with a puff, and couldn't hold back his emotions when he heard the terrifying news in the micro chamber of commerce, and said in a choked voice: "Grandmother, the Son of Heaven ordered to raid the Zhen family!" ”

"What?"

All the ladies of the Zhen family exclaimed, or covered their mouths, or were stunned, or their eyes widened, in disbelief. The picture is like being stuck in a movie, slowing down to the extreme, and then stopping.

Extreme shock brought extreme silence.

Old Lady Zhen's blood gushed on her head, she was dizzy, she helped her personal maid to stand up, and muttered in a low voice: "How can this be..."

The Zhen family is working hard to sell the calligraphy, paintings, and antiques that they have accumulated over the past century. But everyone in Jiangnan knows that the Zhen family is short of silver, and they are all lowering the price, and this matter is not going fast.

The reason why he didn't check it in the previous dynasty was because the Emperor Taishang knew that the Zhen family's empty deficit was generated when he received him to the south. And Emperor Yongzhi wanted to recover the stolen goods. The Zhen family handed over 50,000 taels of silver before and after, but this was far from enough compared to the arrears of 2 million.

Who owes the emperor's silver?

At this moment, several housekeepers outside ran and ran away, regardless of the rules, and came to the backyard, and the two knelt outside the hall and cried: "Old lady, Lord Zhang has come to raid the house with the Jinyi guards and the soldiers of the garrison!" ”

Zhen Li was stunned, how did he come so quickly? The Zhen family didn't even have time to transfer their belongings.

The blood on Mrs. Zhen's head rushed, and the feeling of dizziness and dizziness came to her, and she fell softly in the maid's arms.

There was a panicked cry in the room, "Old lady, old lady..."

"Bang! Boom! Boom! ”

The sound of the door of the Zhen family being blasted open came from afar.

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The night light is on.

There was chaos in Zhen's mansion. It's a strange kind of hilarity. The battalions of the Jinling garrison surrounded the Zhen Mansion, and all gates were guarded. The water is impassable. In the houses of the house, the captain of the Jinyi Guard is searching.

Dozens of people from the Zhen Mansion were gathered in a side hall. Two Jinyi Guard Captains were guarded by eight battalion soldiers with swords.

Mrs. Zhen was unconscious and lay on a soft couch. Zhen Yingjia's wife, Mrs. Wu, Zhen Er's wife, Mrs. Song, Zhen Li's wife Xu, and others surrounded Mrs. Zhen and sobbed in a low voice. The atmosphere, panic and unease.

A battalion soldier's eyes lit up as he looked at the kneeling Xu, and his lewd gaze fell on her ass, "Made, it's really round." Same as Peach. ”

The other person smiled, looked at the Jinyi guard captain who was guarding, and said, "Second Brother Ma, this kind of official wife is delicate and expensive, but I can't stand your vigorous reclamation." ”

"Haha." A battalion of soldiers laughed uncontrollably.

Xu covered his face with his sleeves and died of shame.

Zhen Li still had a few bright red slap marks on his face, and he dared not speak angrily. His face was flushed, and his teeth rattled. He is the eldest son of the Zhen family, but now he has fallen to the point where he can't even protect his wife.

Zhen Baoyu was dressed in white arrow sleeves and looked at this scene with a confused expression. When his house was raided, he was still playing with the maids in the garden of his home. Just give people a rough way here. And his grandmother and mother could no longer spoil him.

Zhen Yi calmed down and comforted his sister and brothers in a low voice. A bite of blood spilled from the corner of his mouth.

Since the decline of the Zhen Mansion, the property has been sold to pay off the debts, and the population of the Mansion has gradually lost. It is mainly the slaves of the house who leave and flee. If you have a conscience, you will go away. The unrefined rolled up the Zhen family's belongings and ran away.

At this time, the close population and old servants of the Zhen family were left in the mansion. At this time, all of them were concentrated here, and they were guarded by the captain of the Jinyi Guard and the battalion soldiers of the garrison.

In the distance, you can hear the sound of "turning over boxes and cabinets" in the house, as well as the conversations and laughter of each raid, unscrupulous. The entire Zhen family is the meat on the board: silver, land deeds, women, and lives are all in the minds of others. The scene is frightening, poignant, and sad.

Who would have thought of this kind of scene when the Zhen family was classified as the first family in Jiangnan?

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Not far from the guards of the Zhen family, in the flower hall, Zhang Jingwei, the imperial historian of Nanjing's left capital, and Deng Hong, Zheng Guogong, who were dressed in scarlet robes, were drinking tea.

At the bottom of the chair, sat the real person in charge of the raid, Jinyi Wei Qianhu Zhang Qianhu.

Zhang Jingwei is a decent person, and he knows that raiding his home often causes some things that cannot be forbidden: such as disturbing his daughters. Therefore, first gather the population of the Zhen family in the small hall to guard. Avoid surprises.

Raiding the family and returning to the family, the holy decree did not say that the decision to execute or exile the Zhen family was to be executed.

Deng Hong smiled and drank tea. Zhang Zongxian used the holy decree to transfer troops, but he could not have come. However, he is more interested in the female dependents of the Zhen family, and it is said that Zhen Yingjia and Zhen Li have several beautiful concubines. Huan Fei Yan is thin, each with its own characteristics, and he wants to be included in the house. Isn't that a good opportunity? He originally wanted Su Shishi, a famous prostitute in the world, but he stirred up Jia Huan.

Zhang Qianhu had a serious face. He came with a mission. If the money of the raider is less than two million taels of silver, he will be under a lot of pressure. Now the Zhen family's property is the private property of the Son of Heaven, and no one should think of using their brains.

Just when the three chief officials in the main hall had different thoughts in their arms, Zhen Yingjia's study was in a mess.

This mess is not broken by someone or something. It's not. As a century-old store, Jinyiwei is definitely a master. All the valuables of all the places that passed were swept away.

All the dark compartments are opened. The silver money ledger that Zhen Yingjia painstakingly collected was also found in the sandalwood dark grid behind the calligraphy and painting.

The hundred households led by him swept it, and he was immediately overjoyed, rushed to the main hall, and gave it to Zhang Qianhu, "My lord, I found it." ”

Zhang Qianhu flipped through it carefully, and then, he smiled inwardly, "Okay!" Okay very! ”

The Zhen family's level of code language, he can understand it with a little look. The code name "colored satin" is estimated to be silver. The place to go is the capital.

Hey, Beijing!

The Zhen family has a crown princess.