Chapter 504: The Praying Mantis Catches the Cicada, and the Yellow Sparrow Follows

What is the Jinyi Wei of the Yongle Dynasty best at?

The answer is simple, raid the house.

The reason why it is not a court staff is because there are very few cases of Zhu Di's court staff, and there are not many Jinyi guards who need to practice this unique skill. On the contrary, this emperor often sends people to the Jinyi Guard prison when he is not angry with his temperament, and then he has no family, so the business of copying the house is something that everyone needs to practice skillfully. So, no matter how cleverly hidden things are, they can't hide the fans of Jinyiwei and Dongchang, and this time is no exception.

Only half an hour passed, and a capable lieutenant came over with two books, and after presenting them to Lu Feng, he reported respectfully: "Father-in-law, this first account book records all the money transactions here, which were originally hidden in the shelves; The second account book is the list of stolen goods and silver that we sorted out, according to their habit of hiding things, there should only be a small part of it here, please make it public, do we go to raid their homes next? ”

"To copy is to copy." Lu Feng casually flipped through the account book in his hand, and a satisfied look appeared on his face, and then sneered, "There is a saying called the three holes of the cunning rabbit, and things may not be completely hidden in their homes. These are all goods that don't enter the coffin and don't shed tears, come to people, escort people to the front of the General Soldier's Palace, and talk about them all after they are flailed! Let's first play a joint performance with Lord Xiao Zhang, Hou of Wu'an, if these black sheep confess, forget it, if they don't recruit, hum, or they will be killed with a big stick, or they will be forever in a flail! ”

As soon as these words came out, not to mention the crowd of people who were tied up like zongzi on the ground, they were so frightened that even the people at the entrance of the alley were shocked. When they came back to their senses, the crowd of onlookers suddenly erupted in a burst of earth-shattering cheers. However, the merchants, who were like ants on a hot pot, could no longer stay still, stumbled into their respective carriages one by one, and went back separately to think about a solution. But Fang Qing, who had just arrived here, didn't get out of the car at all, put down the curtain at this time, and lightly ordered the coachman to go back to the inn.

Fortunately, he knew that those peers had passed through other doorways and still did not act rashly, and now it seems that since Zhang Yue made people let him calm down a little, then he still has the meaning of using the Fang family, and he will honestly go to the dark in the future. It is said that it is easy to get rich in business, but it is difficult to be a stable backer.

Like other yamen, the front of the general soldier's mansion is also an eight-character wall, but it is much more magnificent than those county yamen. At this moment, the spacious open space in front of the torii is surrounded by people on the inside and outside of the three floors. If it weren't for the fear that this was not a place to mess around, I was afraid that any rotten eggs and rotten tomatoes would be thrown at the flail-wearing guys in the field. Even so, seeing them shivering in the cold wind, everyone was still very happy, and the sound of cheering and cheering never stopped.

And in the second hall of the General Soldier's Mansion, there was also laughter at this time. In the middle of the Nanmu chair sat Wu'an Hou Zheng Heng, and on the left and right sides sat Lu Feng and Zhang Yue. Since this house is equipped with copper pipe floor heating, it is warm even in winter. All three of them had a hot cup of tea in their hands, and they all had relaxed expressions on their faces.

Lu Fengle, who was sitting on his feet, said happily: "This time it's really thanks to Wu Anhou, if you hadn't sent someone to seal this black nest and see all of it dead, maybe some dog would have sneaked out to report the news." This time it's good, the accounts are clear, and sending it is ironclad evidence! In addition, such a thing is anti-water, and it is even more ironclad to get out all the stolen goods, and when the time comes, we will have to see how the old man of the crown quibbles! Lord Xiao Zhang's plan to delay the army is also ingenious, and our family can sing well in this opening scene! However, we don't know a few big characters, and Wu Anhou is a military attaché, so it depends on you for this wonderful pen. Why don't we sign it together? ”

Zhang Yue was flipping through the account book page by page at this time, although he didn't know how to count accounts at first, but the Arsenal Division of the Ministry of War was originally dealing with all kinds of numbers all day long, and for the sake of safety, he also learned a few hands from a few old officials who had accumulated years, so he had seen more things than Lu Feng. After silently reviewing more than a dozen pages, he raised his head when he heard Lu Feng's words.

"Although Gonggong Lu can rest assured that after I have written the article, I will ask the scribe of the General Military Office to copy it when the time comes. To be able to find out this fraud case, Duke Lu has made great contributions, and it is not good for me and Wu Anhou to occupy the name of this performance, otherwise this is a matter of Jinyiwei, and Wuanhou should help at your request, but to meddle is to exceed my authority, and I am not qualified to manage Jinyiwei's business. If this matter is found out and other people are implicated, Father-in-law Lu, if you don't say it, we will definitely sign it. Besides, this account was copied by someone in several copies, and it was originally submitted directly to the emperor, and we each took a copy of the copy, so as not to be beaten by others. ”

Lu Feng was not afraid of taking responsibility, his original intention was to tear the matter apart and make a big fuss, so he wanted to pull Wu'an Hou Zheng Heng and Zhang Yue to play together. But when he heard Zhang Yue say this at this time, he felt that now it only involved Jinyiwei, and there was no need to bother with it, so he nodded briskly: "Okay, just listen to Lord Zhang!" ”

Zheng Heng was originally worried that Zhang Yue would easily loosen his mouth if he was not open-minded, but at this time, seeing that he was very old and mature, he was relieved, so he also put down the teacup, nodded happily and said, "Then do what Zhang Yue said." However, I'm afraid I'm going to be busy training these days, Father-in-law Lu, you have to transfer people to find Zhang Yue directly, he still has hundreds of elites in the Beijing camp! If it's not enough, go to Meng Jun, I have already transferred a thousand people to him, and this time during the opening of the middle of the grain payment, the Xuanfu will be maintained by him! ”

After a pause, he said casually: "I have already asked someone to write to the eunuch's mansion, and this time the matter of opening the middle and paying for the grain will all be handed over to Zhang Yue!" Since the emperor appointed Zhang Yue as the governor of Xuanfu, such a big matter should naturally be brought forward by him, if Gonggong Lu has the time, it is better to supervise it, so as not to make someone stumble, how about it? ”

"Good! I'll just say a big word here, no matter who it is, I want to reach out in this matter, our family and him are not finished! ”

Today, he pulled out the nasty nails of the Jinyi Wei Xuanfu Guard in one fell swoop, and now Zheng Heng has intentionally or unintentionally made it convenient for him, Lu Feng only feels that even when he was officially appointed as the commander of Dongchang in the past, he has not been so happy. Huo Di stood up and finished saying these words word by word, and he stared at the general flag on the ground that was no longer moving, and snorted heavily.

The general flag, which is called something, is too late to panic, let alone be annoyed, at this time. He lay on the ground in fear, even though his knees were like pins and needles, and his neck and back were so sore that he almost lost consciousness, but he still stiffened and did not dare to raise his head. At the very least, it is better to kneel in this warm room than to flail outside in the howling cold wind.

"You dog, you ate so much money from our family, didn't you still bargain with our family? If it weren't for the fact that you still confided a few important news, our family would have thrown you out and died with those people! Jinyiwei is the pro-army of the Son of Heaven, but you actually use other people's money to do things for others, as long as you report it, the emperor may kill you alive in a fit of anger! Don't put on that, we still have things for you to do, get out! ”

The general flag knocked his head a few times like pounding garlic, and then staggered to his feet. At this time, Lu Feng took out a thing from his sleeve and handed it to Zhang Yue without care: "Lord Xiao Zhang, you don't need to show it to our family after writing this fold, just stamp our seal and send it to you." At this time, the crown should have gotten the news, without further ado, you write it as soon as possible and send it as soon as possible, don't let that guy get ahead of the curve. Our family is still busy grabbing people and picking up stolen goods, so we won't delay here! ”

Seeing the two people leaving, Zhang Yue Shao had no choice but to open the red silk baggage, only to see that there was a three-inch silver seal inside, engraved with "said diligence and encouragement" at the bottom. Zheng Heng also stood up at this time, looked down and said with a smile: "This two-inch and nine-minute silver seal must have come from the imperial gift, and he should have used a copper seal as a fourth-grade eunuch." I can give this to you, it seems that he believes in you very much, and is not afraid that you will make trouble through his seal. ”

"That's natural, and he and I have been friends several times."

Zhang Yue put away the seal, and immediately borrowed the study of the General Military Mansion from Zheng Heng, and drafted a 2,000-word essay in just one hour. Since Zheng Heng had already said that he was not good at these crepe things, he even took them out to give people a look, and when he checked it and saw that there was nothing wrong, he called a scribe who was good at calligraphy to copy it as it was. When he waited by the side in person until it was almost the end of the day, the fold was completely transcribed, and he took it over and checked it again, and then sealed it with fire paint and sent it out.

After tossing and turning all afternoon, by the time he returned to his temporary residence on Pat Chun Street, it was already completely dark. As soon as he entered the main room, he found that Meng Junren, who was supposed to be here, didn't know where to go, only Xiao Wu was sitting there angrily, and when he saw him come in, he stood up with his eyes glared.

"It's too late, brother-in-law, you still know how to come back! Don't think that you can toss like this when you are in good health, and you will miss the time for dinner! Even the food is not good at home, no wonder I was sick before! If you continue to do this in the future, I won't leave, and I won't be able to explain to my mother and sister when I go back! ”

Knowing that the little girl was difficult, these words were for her own sake, so Zhang Yue had no choice but to step forward to make amends. As he was talking, Meng Jun's voice came from outside.

"Little fifth girl, is the third brother back? I'm sorry, I'll borrow someone from you for a while, I have something to talk to him! ”

Taking advantage of the fact that someone was relieved, Zhang Yue hurriedly nodded to Xiao Wu and flashed out. As soon as he saw him come out, Meng Jun greeted him and said in a low voice: "I didn't bother to tell you before, you came out these days, something happened to your family." But this is not a big deal, but this matter is extremely important. The message was sent by my father, saying that someone had accused your father-in-law of secretly correlating with King Zhou in Kaifeng. ”