Corrupt official in the Red Chamber

Chapter 621: The rabbit is dead and the dog is cooked
An insignificant eunuch actually dared to give me a hard time. When did I fall to this point?
Old Li thought with a gloomy face.

However, when he walked into the Palace of Tranquil Longevity, Old Li immediately put on a smiling face and became humble.

When Jia Rui saw Lao Li coming in, he glanced at him and stopped talking. Although this guy had been honest during this period, from Jia Rui's observation, he already harbored a grudge.

Such people cannot be used.

Jia Rui said to another eunuch, Gao Jing, who was standing next to him, "Why don't you prepare a seat for your eunuch Li?"

After hearing this, Gao Jing immediately moved a chair and placed it next to Lao Li.

When Old Li saw this scene, he understood what was going to happen. He lowered his head and sat down in his seat without saying a word.

In fact, Jia Rui was just being polite. He didn't expect that this guy really didn't treat him as an outsider and dared to sit down directly. Who did he think he was? He actually dared to sit opposite him.

"You are old now. There is no need to work so hard. I will give you an easier job."

"What does the Emperor want me to do?"

"You should go to the imperial mausoleum and stand guard for the late emperor."

Old Li nodded and said, "I have served the emperor for so many years. I am really reluctant to leave so suddenly."

When saying this, Old Li sighed a little. He and Jia Rui were colleagues in the past, but he didn't expect Jia Rui to climb so quickly, directly from a minister to the emperor.

"Okay, stop talking about this and pack up your things to get to your new post."

After Jia Rui finished speaking, he no longer looked at Lao Li, but picked up the memorial on the table and pretended to read it.

Old Li sighed, stood up, and walked away with his body straight and proud.

After Old Li left, Jia Rui frowned. What the hell is this guy doing today? He doesn't even have any manners at all.

Gao Jing approached Jia Rui carefully and said, "Your Majesty, Eunuch Li has overstepped his authority today."

Jia Rui nodded, touched the Buddhist beads on the table and said, "Old Li has become confused. I am worried about him doing any job. Please send someone to let him rest in peace."

Gao Jing immediately understood what he meant and walked out with his head down.

When Jia Rui was the only one left in the Hall of Mental Cultivation, he breathed a sigh of relief.

The two eunuchs beside him were left behind by the retired emperor. He was the one who picked them out by picking out the two of them.

But to be honest, Jia Rui was not completely confident in the two of them, so there were people watching them. In order to prevent the two of them from joining forces to deceive him, he also let his concubine Hua Lan control a group of intelligence forces.

After these years, Jia Rui's position has been consolidated, and he has some loyal eunuchs around him. Jia Rui has already wanted to find someone to replace them.

Originally, Jia Rui just wanted to let Old Li live in the imperial mausoleum today, but he didn't expect that Old Li behaved so unruly, which made Jia Rui a little angry. He decided to deal with him directly to avoid trouble in the future.

Old Li returned to his house in Jingdong and ordered his servants to pack up.

Old Li has been greedy for a lot of things over the years, including more than 100,000 or 200,000 taels of silver. These are his future retirement money, so he naturally cannot give them up.

In addition to the silver, there are also many rare antiques, calligraphy and paintings, and jade artifacts. If these things were sold, they would be worth at least four or five hundred thousand taels of silver. They are Lao Li's most valuable treasures.

In addition to these valuable things, Lao Li also has several concubines.

It was not uncommon for eunuchs to marry in the previous dynasty, and this unhealthy trend has also spread to this dynasty.

In the imperial palace, some powerful eunuchs bought separate houses in the capital and married several wives.

As one of the most powerful eunuchs in the dynasty, Lao Li was no exception, and the wives he married were all beautiful, and one or two of them even came from official families. In particular, his second wife was actually related to Jia Rui.

His wife is somewhat related to Xie Xiu'e, so it seems that Old Li is actually related to Jia Rui.

They had just packed up their things when there was a sudden commotion outside. Then a young eunuch ran in frantically and threw himself in front of Lao Li.

"My goodness, Gao Jing has brought people in."

After hearing this, Old Li understood that his master was not going to let him go.

Old Li let out a long breath, then waved his hand, asked the young eunuch to step aside, and then he walked out proudly.

As soon as he arrived at the main courtyard, he saw Gao Jing rushing in with dozens of eunuchs.

Old Li looked at Gao Jing and sighed, "Master, you don't want to spare me!"

"Haha, Eunuch Li, don't you think about what you have done? How can our master forgive you?"

After Gao Jing finished speaking, he rubbed his nose and asked in confusion, "Eunuch Li, you have been an official for decades, why are you so rude to our master during this period of time?"

Lao Li looked at him and said, "I have been a dog all my life. Now I don't want to be one anymore. I want to lie in a coffin like a human being."

Gao Jing shook his head and said, "Haha, I didn't expect that Eunuch Li is still so naive at his age."

After he finished speaking, he waved his hand and a dozen young eunuchs behind him immediately drew their swords and rushed forward.

You know, Old Li is one of the only two people in the palace who have practiced the Book of the Sunflower. With his kung fu, one or two of these little eunuchs who have only practiced the Sword of Exorcism are no match for him.

Therefore, Gao Jing directly sent out more than a dozen powerful eunuchs to beat up Lao Li.

But Old Li didn't take any action at all and let the dozen swords pierce through his body.

At this time, Old Li was already spitting blood. He gritted his teeth and said to Gao Jing: "Our master is not easy to serve. I will wait for you to join me downstairs."

After saying this, Lao Li severed his own heart meridians and went straight to heaven.

Gao Jing didn't take Lao Li's words to heart at all. He walked up and touched Lao Li's wrist, and only felt relieved when he was sure that his pulse had disappeared.

"Eunuch Li has made some contributions to our emperor. Although he is dead, we must not be disrespectful to his family. We will only confiscate their property later, but we must not touch Eunuch Li's family members at all."

The eunuchs below agreed, rushed in immediately and began to search the house.

Gao Jing stood in the yard for more than half an hour, and eunuchs came to report one after another.

"Reporting to Eunuch Gao, we found 280,000 taels of silver."

"Reporting to Eunuch Gao, we have found 278 pieces of calligraphy and paintings, 1,200 pieces of antiques, and 2,200 pieces of jade."

Gao Jing was also stunned after hearing this. He didn't expect that Lao Li was actually such an elegant person.

However, when thinking about the value of these things, Gao Jing immediately frowned.

With so many things, should I use some means to intercept some of them?

As soon as this thought came to his mind, he shuddered with fear.

Then he looked around carefully. Although he didn't find anything unusual, he always felt that a pair of eyes were staring at him.

(End of this chapter)