Yan Cigui.

Chapter 276 Two Gold Bricks (two updates in one)

It rained again before noon.

It came menacingly, but fortunately it stopped before it was over.

Xu Jian took Shen Chen to Chenmi Hutong again.

This time I entered, and most of the alley was in a mess.

Wantang was determined to dig three feet into the ground and mobilized manpower since going to court this morning.

Xu Jian stood at the entrance of the alley and looked towards the house. Half of the trees that originally ran high up the courtyard wall were gone.

On the contrary, in the open space outside the house, there were piles of sawed tree trunks, and there were many broken branches that were simply arranged but not neatly arranged. They were all blocking the road. The alley, which was not very wide, became more and more crowded, making it difficult to move down. .

It took Xu Jian some effort to walk in.

The gold bricks were a little heavy on his body, and because of the road conditions, he sometimes had to be more careful about his steps.

When Wantang heard that Xu Jian was coming, he quickly came out of the house to welcome him. He looked up and saw the slightly unstable figure of Duke Fu, and felt quite sorry.

He never thought that Xu Jian was "moving forward with a heavy load", he just thought that his legs and feet were not good.

Wantang has two sons, who started to grow up in their teens. Nowadays, when they are most uncontrollable, they have wasted most of their energy on practicing martial arts since they were young. They crawled and rolled all day on the school field, and they were so tired that they were out of breath and had no energy at all. Sora got him into trouble.

The two brats complained that they were tired every day, but Wantang knew that their hard work was nothing compared to the general disciples who were actually trained to fight on the battlefield.

For someone like Fu Guogong, the hardships and sweat he endured while practicing martial arts cannot be explained clearly in just a few words.

The young man who once galloped on horseback was now in trouble because the road was blocked by tree trunks and branches.

This is really...

Wantang looked strangely uncomfortable.

"Let you all pile aside, why are you making such a mess," he shouted, "I don't even have anywhere to stay, so hurry up and clean it up. If you stumble and lose your teeth, don't come to me to apologize. I I reminded you."

Xu Jian said hello to Wantang, and they entered the house together.

Inside the house, it was even more chaotic than outside.

The trees were dug away, leaving holes one by one. It rained for days, and the soil was full of water, turning it into mud and sticky.

Wantang did not let Xu Jian walk on the muddy ground, and only walked along the corridor: "If we can dig out the whole yard before dark, light the lamp at night, and then dig out these houses."

Xu Jian said: "Have you checked all the flower halls and elegant rooms? Didn't you find the secret cellar?"

"No, this place is very fancy. I thought it would be there, but I haven't found anything yet," Wantang sighed. "Didn't the Duke of Guo also stay here for a while yesterday? I think this house is used for The one who entertains the prince is very careful, where will he leave any clues for us?"

"Then we can only use the earth method and dig little by little." Xu Jian said.

Wantang wiped his face.

There was mud on his hands, and the left half of his face was stained. He didn't care, and only talked about the case: "The method is muddy, even if I dig it, I won't gain anything.

The posture this morning was exactly what we guessed yesterday, everyone had their own agenda.

They can still bear it now, but in a few days, we will still have no progress here, hey! "

Xu Jian smiled.

Wantang said again: "The Duke went to the Imperial Study Room later. What did the Holy One say?"

"The Holy One is wise," Xu Jian said succinctly, "someone has ulterior motives and it is not easy for the government to do things, and he knows it well."

"He knows a lot, but he can't stop his son from counting..." Wantang muttered, then realized that he said something he shouldn't have said, and couldn't help but smile, "I didn't say it, I didn't say anything."

"Master Wan, please do your work first," Xu Jian said, "I'll look around again. It would be great if I can find something."

Wantang naturally responded.

Xu Jian took Shen Chen to the inner courtyard and walked to the house where Li Shao and Liu Xun were found that day.

This place has been searched several times, valuable things have been moved away, and worthless things have been staggered here and there, leaving a mess.

Xu Jian didn't look at the ground, raised her head, looked at the roof beams carefully, and then called Shen Chen.

"Go up and find a corner," he said.

He knows how to copy.

As his deputy, he had raided An Yi's Mansion, and had also experienced the confiscations of Chengyi's Mansion and Fu Guogong's Mansion. He knew which places would be raided and which places would be ignored.

Unless there is a blood feud and the desire to bring the other party to a standstill, no one in charge would check between the beams and pillars and under the tiles, and the government servants below would not do such a thankless thing.

The place was small and couldn't hide much, but for Xu Jian, hiding two gold bricks was enough.

The gold brick was wrapped in a piece of cotton cloth.

In order to be more realistic, Xu Jian dug out this piece from the corner of the warehouse.

The material itself is good, but it has been there for many years and is dirty.

Shenchen works very carefully.

After choosing the location, according to the size of the cloth bag, first gather all the ash on that piece of cloth, and then press the cloth bag up.

After making sure everything was ready, Shen Chen looked down and nodded to Xu Jian.

Xu Jian was not in a hurry. After walking around the flower hall a few more times, he made a gesture to Shen Chen.

The clouds thickened, and suddenly it started to rain again.

Wantang was already simmering with anger, but the weather was so thick that he kept complaining.

When he heard someone calling him, he turned his head unhappily, but was startled by the appearance of the person.

It was Shenchen who came.

He didn't know what he had just done. His clothes were full of dust. He should have dusted them off, but he didn't. His originally fair face was also stained with dust.

Quite embarrassing.

Wantang asked hurriedly: "What's wrong?"

"I found something," Shen Chen said. "The Duke asked Mr. Wan to take a look at it."

When Wantang heard this, he hurriedly asked him to go with him: "Where did you find it? What is it?"

"There was no darkroom or cellar, so the Duke said we couldn't look for it above, so I climbed up to the roof beam," Shen Chen said. "There was a package hidden in a corner. I took it out, and there were two pieces of gold in it. brick."

Wantang felt a toothache from hearing it.

First of all, I blamed myself for not thinking broadly enough. I even thought of digging the ground, but why didn't I think of demolishing the house first?

Secondly, this harvest is a bit strange.

However, something gained is better than nothing gained.

After going all the way around, Wantang saw Xu Jian standing outside the flower hall.

"Take a breath." Xu Jian said.

Wantang took a look inside and understood immediately.

The bundle had been there for who knows how long. It was covered in thick dust. When they opened the bag earlier, the dust was scattered inside the room.

Wantang covered his mouth and nose and took a gold brick.

It was heavy and full of weight. Shen Chen probably looked through it after unpacking it, and there was a little dust on the surface.

Xu Jian pointed to Wantang: "I found it in that corner. I also checked it on the beam next door, but found nothing."

"If you have money," Wantang clicked his tongue, "Just stay here and they have forgotten about it?"

Xu Jian pretended to think: "I wonder if Mr. Wan still remembers that when I was in Shuntian Mansion last year, Mr. Shan tried a case. That Wang Liuliu kept saying that he was looking for two boxes of gold bricks."

Of course Wantang remembers: "Does Duke Fu mean that this is what's in those two boxes?"

"I don't know," Xu Jian said, "The gold brick doesn't have a name, it's just this thing that comes to mind."

The news spread back to Shuntian Mansion.

Shan Shen hurried over and looked at the two gold bricks with a confused look on his face.

Wantang came down from the roof beam.He went up to take a look in person. The man was very tricky. If he hadn't looked carefully after mounting the beam, it would be difficult to find out what was hidden on it.

Shen Chen's skills were pretty good, and in order to move on top, he left a lot of marks, wiping them here and there.

"I see it's thick gray," Wantang said as he patted his clothes. The dust rushed into his mouth and nose. He choked several times, but finally calmed down and continued, "This cloth bag has been hidden there for at least seven or eight years. "

Shan Shen doesn't have the same ability as them.

The yamen servant brought a ladder, and Master Shan set it up nearby. Holding the ladder in one hand and an oil lamp in the other, he leaned over and took a closer look.

According to his eyes, it is not easy to distinguish.

It was too dark, and Shen Chen and Wantang had checked it one after another. The situation here was naturally different from before they were discovered.

Oil lamps should not be too close to avoid accidents.

Shan Shen landed and looked at the cloth bag again: "The material seems to be good."

"It's covered with gold bricks," Wantang said.

Shan Shen picked up the gold brick and inspected it.

He looked very carefully, looking back and forth against the oil lamp, and naturally he discovered the trace.

He let out a "huh".

Wantang asked hurriedly: "What did you find?"

Shan Shen handed the gold brick in his hand to Wantang, then took another one and continued to look at it.

Wantang draws a gourd in the same way.

"Is there a mark?" Wantang frowned, "Did you get a mark?"

"You won't hit this position even if you knock it," Shan Shen said, dipped his hand in some water and drew this mark, "Are both pieces like this?"

Hearing this, Xu Jian took the two gold bricks.

He just observed it carefully, as if it was the first time he saw it.

"It seems to be the same," Xu Jian said, "the traces on the mold?"

Wantang didn't speak, and was silent for a long time facing the traces drawn by Shan Shen, and then said: "Old Dan, does this, does this look like what the person wrote before..."

Shan Shen didn't react for a moment: "Who?"

Wantang's heart skipped a beat: "The deposed prince, Li Mi, Wang's master for six years, is this how he used to write the word "mi"?"

Shan Shen saw stars in his eyes.

How could he forget this one!
How many times did Wang, in the sixth year of his life, shout "Golden Bricks in front of the Golden Bricks and Queen of Bricks" in his yamen!
The appearance of two gold bricks suddenly gave the case a way forward.

Shan Shen interrogated Liu Xun again and asked him if he knew Li Mi?What does it have to do with Li Mi’s old ministry?Was he being tricked, or was he trying to trick the prince?
Liu Xun was stunned.

Of course he knew Li Mi, but he had nothing to do with Li Mi.

He just found a good place for His Highness the Crown Prince, but why did the subsequent developments become more and more outrageous?

"So, it was Li Mi who introduced the place to me?" Liu Xun asked Shan Shen, "He is a deposed prince and a commoner, and he still comes to harm His Highness?"

In Qianbu Corridor, Liu Jing also received the news and hurried to Shuntian Mansion.

"Xun'er has absolutely nothing to do with Li Mi," Liu Jing and Shan Shen said, "How old was Li Mi when he was demoted!"

Shan Shen patted Liu Jing on the shoulder: "Master Liu, you have been working hard in the officialdom for so many years. You can understand all the troubles in the court. You can judge for yourself what is the current situation of His Highness and the situation of the Young Master. . My advice to you is that you should make some trade-offs."

Liu Jing's face turned pale.

After what happened, he knew what he would face, but he was unwilling to give up until the last moment.

"If you touch Li Mi, you will have to shed your skin even if you don't die," Shan Shen said again, "I know you are reluctant to let go, after all, he is your biological son, but you don't think about yourself, but also consider your wife and your concubine. They still want yours. Support. If you insist on working with me, who cares about them?"

Liu Jing was upset and blurted out: "Isn't there still Duke Fu?"

Shan Shen glanced at him.

Liu Jing knew that his tone was wrong, so he wiped his face and apologized to Shan Shen: "I'm really upset."

"I understand," Shan Shen said again, "but think about it, the Duke of the State is also a son, right? Previously, the Duke of Xu's Mansion..."

Click till.

Shan Shen said this and stopped continuing.

Liu Jing's mood was worse than before.

How could he and Xu Guogong be in the same situation?
Among Xu Guogong's three sons, Su Ke was not the only one with the surname Su, and there were two older brothers above him.

Xu Guogong gave up Su Ke for the future of his family. He still had two sons.

But what about Liu Jing?
Will Xu Jian recognize him as his father?

Xu Jian’s surname is not Liu at all!

The only person who can carry on the Liu family's legacy is Liu Xun.

The only son he loves is Liu Xun.

How could he be so cruel to ask him to give up his only son?

"Where's Ah Jian?" Liu Jing managed to calm down and asked Shan Shen, "I want to ask him again."

Shan Shen shook his head: "He has entered the palace. Such an important matter must be reported immediately."

Liu Jing left Shuntian Mansion.

He staggered on his feet and almost fell when he went down the steps.

He barely managed to steady himself and took the sedan back to the Liu Mansion.

The door of Liu's mansion was ajar.

Liu Jing pushed the door open and went in, but no steward came to greet him. He felt suspicious and continued walking inside.

Before reaching the second door, I heard a commotion inside.

"What's going on?" Liu Jing strode over.

Manager Tao heard the sound and hurriedly came over to help him: "Grandma is clamoring to go back to her parents' house and has to move all her things back."

Liu Jing raised his head and looked at the boxes and cages.

Zheng Liu also saw him, raised his chin, and said, "Liu Xun is seeking his own death. Don't you Liu family drag me to death? These are all my things, and I'm not taking advantage of you."

"What are you talking about?" Liu Jing asked angrily, "The Holy One has not made up his mind, how can you say..."

"I won't listen! I won't listen!" Zheng Liu said loudly. She had no intention of fighting with Liu Jing and just threw away her trump card. "If you want to stop me, I will go find the wife.

I will tell my wife that if you let the prince see Liu Ping, you actually nodded and you know everything.

You still blame Liu Xun for taking Liu Ping to the Yamen of the Ministry of Rites to arouse the enemy. "

Liu Jing's face turned blue and black.

Looking at Zheng Liu angrily, he finally gave in.

No matter how much you argue with Zheng Liu, it will be meaningless.

Zheng Liu left, and before leaving, he said that in a few days, people would continue to move things according to the dowry booklet.

Liu Jing did not let Manager Tao wait on him, so he walked back to the study and slumped down on the chair.

Thunder started again, and another heavy rain was about to fall.

He knew that there was not much time left for him.

Maybe, it's tomorrow morning.

　Xu Jian: The plan is clear.

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　　Thanks to book friend Xu Bicheng's official girlfriend for the reward.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)