Eighth year of Chongzhen

Chapter 299 Evidence
Xu Qiming, who had been waiting in the study, went back to his bedroom to rest in peace after learning the news of the fire in the shop of Sihai Commercial Bank.

The next morning around [-] o'clock, the skyline just turned red, the sun had not yet climbed into the sky, there were few people in the streets and alleys, and almost everyone was taking advantage of the coolness of the summer morning to sleep soundly.

However, the corner door on the west side of Xu Mansion in the east of the city has been opened from the inside, and a servant from Xu Mansion came out with a yawn and sleepy eyes. "Brother Sheng is hardworking. He always opens the door every time. If Guanshi Li knows about it, he can't give Brother Sheng a monthly fee!"

"What a fucking monthly fee increase! You're not Manager Li! You're such a bad old man! Don't go to the master's place today, and the other yards are still as usual!"

Brother Sheng complained dissatisfiedly and then ordered.

Before the dung man could reply, there was the sound of chaotic footsteps from the end of the alley, and the two turned their heads to look at the same time, only to see a group of warriors in bright costumes walking quickly towards this side dozens of steps away, holding weapons in their hands.

Brother Sheng, who had never seen such a battle before, turned pale with fright, and wanted to turn around and run into the courtyard to escape, but his legs were as limp as noodles. Having seen the world, he quickly knelt down on the ground after seeing this situation, looked up and saw Brother Sheng standing still trembling all over, so he stretched out his arms and pulled him to the ground.

"Tie it up! Throw it aside! Don't hurt your life!"

Following the order from the general flag leading the team, a few people were separated from the Jinyiwei captain who had rushed to the front in a blink of an eye, took out a rope from his arms, tied the two tightly and dragged them to the bottom of the wall, the other captains They had already poured into Xu Mansion along the corner gate, and several school captains went straight to the gate.

In less than a quarter of an hour, as the heavy gate of the Xu Mansion slowly opened, Liang Qi, who was standing outside the gate with his hands behind his back, stepped in. Behind him, a large group of school lieutenants lined up neatly entered in units of small flags, bypassing After the screen wall, they scattered in all directions, either flocking to other courtyards, or going straight to the back house after passing through the hall of the second entrance.Liang Qi found a luxuriant camphor tree in the picturesque front yard. A school lieutenant moved out a stool from the gatehouse and put it under the tree. Liang Qi sat down vigorously and began to admire the courtyard. Among the rockery bonsai, clear water and flowers.

After destroying Huang Zhi's black den last night, Liang Qi did not immediately order the arrest of Xu Qiming, Liu Xingwen and others.These gentry and big families have hundreds of thousands of assets, gold, silver, jade, antiques, calligraphy and paintings. If they ransack their homes at night, some precious things will easily be stolen by their subordinates. , I can't escape the charge of dereliction of duty, whether or not the seat of this thousand households can be guaranteed is another matter.

It's not that Liang Qi is so loyal, honest, and selfless, it's because after Li Ruolian arrived in Yangzhou, he specially asked him to spy once, and Li Ruolian helped him obtain this thousand-household seat.

During this secret meeting, Li Ruolian sternly warned Liang Qi that Dongchang has secretly developed a lot of eyeliners in Jinyiwei, and will regularly report the performance of duties by the two yamen and thousands of households in various places. After being sent to the palace, once the holy wrath is provoked, the end will not be as simple as losing the official and resigning.

Liang Qi originally planned to take advantage of this chance of capturing many fat sheep to make a fortune, but after hearing Li Ruolian's warning, he broke out in a cold sweat. They were all like the spies of the East Factory, and their domineering demeanor had been restrained a lot and became much gentler.

The news that Li Ruolian learned was revealed by Wang Shiqin intentionally or unintentionally according to Zhu Youjian's instructions, with the purpose of deterring Jin Yiwei, who was expanding his power day by day.

Since Luo Yangxing launched the rectification movement in Weizhong, the original lazy and lazy style of Weizhong has been wiped out. As Zhu Youjian increased his rewards for Jinyiwei, the competitive atmosphere in Weizhong has become increasingly fierce, up to thousands of households. , Down to the school captain Lux who is actually running errands, everyone wants to do the errands well in order to seek capital for promotion and high rewards.

Over the past few years, with the geometric increase in the number of missions, Jinyiwei has gradually restored its former glory, which has also greatly strengthened Zhu Youjian's authority in the ruling and opposition parties.

The enhancement of the rights of the factory guards means the further extension of the imperial power. This was originally Zhu Youjian's greatest intention, and now it seems that it has achieved remarkable results.

But as some vague news spread to the palace, Zhu Youjian discovered that some middle and senior generals of Jinyiwei had revealed their selfish and greedy side, especially when they searched the homes of illegal officials and gentry, Taking the opportunity to fill their own pockets and hide the belongings of criminal officials, and this phenomenon has a growing trend.

In order to prevent the situation from becoming uncontrollable, and in order not to lose the reputation of being a dead dog, Zhu Youjian instructed Dongchang to start placing eyeliners in Jinyiwei, and disclosed this move, in order to warn those greedy people Stop in time.

In the fourth inner house of the Xu mansion, Xu Qiming, who was still asleep, was awakened by a burst of screams and cries. He was about to yell and curse loudly when he heard a burst of footsteps, and then there was a loud bang. After the sound, the closed door of the outer room was kicked open from the outside. More than a dozen big men rushed into the room and dispersed. Two maids sleeping on the outer bed screamed, and five or six people broke into the side room one after another. in the bedroom.

Xu Qiming, who was dressed in a white silk jacket, sat up suddenly, and the concubine who was sleeping on the outside of the bed uttered a scream and wrapped herself tightly in the thin satin quilt.

"Xu Qiming?!"

A stern voice sounded, and then a horse face with mediocre features approached. A pair of mung bean-sized eyes looked at Xu Qiming who was sitting on the inner side of the bed, with the indifference in his eyes like looking down on ants.

"I am! Xu Shilang from the Ministry of Civil Affairs in Nanjing is the uncle of the humble family! Where are you from the government office? How dare you force your way into the private houses of officials and gentry! Do you still have the law in your eyes?! Jiangnan officials and gentry are also unacceptable You insulting people! What you do illegally will surely arouse the anger of the people of insight in the world, and let's see how you end up!"

After Xu Qiming saw the costumes of these people in the room, he understood the origin of the other party—Jin Yiwei, but the arrogant mentality of being pampered and dominating the south of the Yangtze River for a long time still made him growl angrily.

"Minister of the Ministry of Officials? Nanjing? Hehe! What a big official! Even in the capital, Old Shangshu Ge is still a prisoner in the eyes of our relatives? The end? It may be the same to collect the corpse! Come here, take it and give it to Qian Office! The rest are waiting to be searched!"

With a foul smell coming from his mouth, the horse-faced Baihu turned and walked out the door.

Two school captains rushed forward, dragged the concubine off the bed, and carried her to the outside room while screaming.The thin quilt on the woman's body fell to the ground, revealing the white gauze on her body as thin as a cicada's wings, and large areas of snow-white skin were exposed.

Several captains rushed over and dragged Xu Qiming, who was yelling furiously, out of the bed, tied his arms behind his back with ropes, one captain took out a ball of cotton cloth, and grabbed his arm with one hand. The two cheeks forced him to open his mouth wide, and then stuffed cotton cloth into Xu Qiming's mouth. The two dragged him to the front yard, and the concubine and two maids were driven outside the house to be guarded. The next lieutenant started a careful search.

Under the camphor tree in the front yard, Liang Qi looked up and down at Xu Qiming, who had disheveled hair and bare feet, raised his jaw slightly to signal, a school captain took out the cotton cloth from Xu Qiming's mouth, and Xu Qiming took a few breaths. , staring at Liang Qi who was sitting on the stool with hatred.

"Xu Yuanwai, I have some doubts in my heart, and I hope Xu Yuanwai to clarify: I am an official and gentry, who has accumulated a huge family business for many years, a mansion in a mansion, beautiful women, and a group of servants. , How happy is this kind of life? Why do you still have to collude with the inside and outside and fight against the court? Who taught you this way of taking death? I came to ask you, how Xu Wenyuan and Liu Zuo conspired with you and others in an attempt to confuse you The people, the ones who are causing trouble in the south of the Yangtze River?"

Xu Qiming opened his eyes wide when he heard the words, and he was about to pounce forward like a madman. The two captains grabbed him with their arms, and Xu Qiming cursed: "Thief! Don't frame others! Wait for the thief to set up Daming!" Disregarding the ancestral system, raising taxes and competing for profits with the people! Today, they want to use slander to harm the pillars of the country! Where is the court's law? What is the law of heaven? No one in the world can be convinced by slander without evidence!"

Liang Qi smiled indifferently and said, "Undocumented? Xu Yuanwai, it seems that you know very little about my army! If you want evidence, I will even show you the evidence of treason! Wait for Liu Xingwen to escort Come to the scene, let's go to the Yangzhou government office together, and meet Liu Zuo and the magistrate Liu Zuo for a while!"

　The update is a bit slow. I'm sorry for the book friends who spend money. I try to speed up the speed, mainly because sometimes I get stuck, and I don't want to write too casually. What's wrong with my current writing method?I hope everyone will point it out.

　　
　
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