Brocade clothing as the country

Chapter 77

Twenty knives and axes are nothing special, private fights among the people often have weapons to go into battle, but this spear and strong bow are different, privately owned by the people, it is a serious crime of beheading.

On the battlefield, most of the infantry and cavalry used spears, and the strong bow was the most effective long-range weapon in this era. Privately owned by civilians, it was no different from rebellion.

Opening a gambling shop, lending usury, and causing trouble to the sky is nothing more than the leader of a local hooligan, the so-called tycoon, this kind of person is really nothing if the government really takes it seriously.

But when the spear and strong bow were dug out, things were completely different. Thinking about how this could be related to treason, and then thinking about the people who interceded with He Jinyin, what kind of big event they were involved in? What a disaster I have brought upon myself, the door of the teahouse is wide open, and it is not hot inside.

But Lu Wancai was stunned, his back was soaked suddenly, and the yamen servant beside him looked solemn, obviously he also knew that this matter was a big trouble.

"Shopkeeper, check out!"

Some sharp voices at the counter woke up Lu Wancai, he shook his head, raised his hand to let the servant approach, and said in a low voice:
"Tell the people below, I'm going to stay at the Delicious Restaurant now, you guys continue to investigate, if you have anything to do, don't make a fuss and report it to the Delicious Restaurant, you know!!"

The subordinates nodded and ran out quickly. Official Lu Tui wiped his sweat and went to pay the bill, but there was a young eunuch drinking tea in front of him looking for change, and he was very anxious again.

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The street search is full of chickens and dogs, but there is nothing going on at the delicious restaurant. Li Hutou and Ma Sanbiao are practicing under the guidance of Li Wenyuan.

Sun Dahai and Zhang Shiqiang heard the news that the gambling shop had dug up something, and rushed there with their people. It was almost lunch time, but Zou Yi came again, dragging Wang Tong out to see the new children.

The police and the guards checked the chickens and dogs on the street, but the movement covered up the arrival of these children. In fact, what Wang Tong was thinking about in the delicious restaurant just now was also related to this, that is, as a student. It's better to be in a martial arts school, or as an instructor.

The purpose of everything is to better please the emperor and get closer to the emperor...

"There are dozens of families on the opposite side of the street. Each family arranges several children, pays them money and food regularly, and the children are also taken care of. It kills two birds with one stone!!"

Zou Yi was very proud of his arrangement. For the past ten days, he avoided meeting Wang Tong. As for the management of the Tiger Mighty Martial Arts Hall, he could follow Wang Tong's wishes in the early stage. He could follow his own ideas, but Wang Tong shook his head and said politely:
"Eunuch Zou, it's better to buy a few courtyards and open up the courtyards. They eat, sleep, and sleep together. You can have your own independent house, but no more than ten people."

Zou Yi was puzzled. Wang Tong knew that it was useless to explain the concept of collective life to the other party, so he just emphasized with a smile:
"It's right to listen to my brother..."

After looking at the children who were entering the houses with their luggage, Wang Tong was stunned, staring at them for a long time before saying:
"These are all selected children from there, I'm afraid they are not ordinary children from good families!"

The sentence "Eunuch Zou" just now made Zou Yi feel annoyed, one wrong step, one wrong step, now he is worried that Wang Tong might not want him to take charge of this martial arts gym, if that happens, the chance of getting close to the emperor will be lost.

But now Wang Tong can still talk to him, and his attitude is quite polite, so there is still room for redemption. Wang Tong is indeed quite surprised by these children. He himself has a height close to that of an adult. The above has always tried its best to satisfy, and secondly, Wang Tong also has a sense of crisis, and has started to exercise his body since he was able to walk, but he is an anomaly and cannot be used as an example.

But now, although there is nothing too unusual about these children, they are all strong and strong, not as tall as Wang Tong, but taller than most of their peers.

Moreover, there are quite rules in how to behave, and after practicing with Li Wenyuan for a few days, Wang Tong can also see that these more than a hundred "children from good families" have all received professional training.

"Brother Wang saw it?"

Zou Yi joked with a smile, he moved closer to Wang Tong, and said in a low voice:
"Long Live Lord's safety is the emperor's top priority. There are layers of defenses on the outside, and arrangements must be made on the inside. Since the Empress Dowager wants to be a commoner and a good family, several big bosses will put it together in the capital and the north. Generations of military generals from various places in Zhili were selected from among the families. The guards needed more than a hundred households, and the soldiers had to have more than a thousand soldiers. The little guys in the palace who were studying martial arts under the imperial horse supervision selected dozens of people. .”

Wang Tong smiled wryly and shook his head. These children, together with himself and those few teachers, are probably the last line of defense in case of emergency.

But the problem does not lie in this, but that Emperor Wanli is relatively short among his peers, and it would be too awkward to get together with these generals. It seems that Li Hutou really needs to be added, at least about the same height .

"Brother Wang, Zhang Cheng and Eunuch Zhang got angry this time because of He Jinyin's matter, otherwise you can see how those servants in Shuntian Mansion ran so diligently!"

"Eunuch Zhang's novelty, I must remember it..."

Having said this, both Wang Tong and Zou Yi stopped, because they saw Lu Wancai running out of breath, and there were some things that were inconvenient to say to the outside world.

Hearing the two items of spear and strong bow, Zou Yi's expression became more serious, and he asked Wang Tong to go to the courtyard to watch it. After entering the courtyard, all the irrelevant people were dismissed, and the three of them walked in.

The cellar is almost as tall as a person, and the bottom of the whole room is almost empty. Wang Tong and the other three climbed down the wooden ladder with lights. The knives, guns, bows and arrows were all wrapped up properly. The other party was in the corner. ** They were all torn when the guards first came down.

But this weapon is just a corner. Wang Tong turned around with the lamp, but there were no rat holes or garbage around the empty cellar, and the ground was very flat.

Wang Tong couldn't help thinking, while Zou Yi and Lu Wancai squatted down to inspect the weapons. After looking at two spears and a bow without strings, Zou Yi murmured:

"This is the weapon of the private workshop..."

The official workshops are all craftsmen who are like slaves. The weapons produced are often of poor quality, and the truly well-made weapons are often made by the workshops of private lords.

Zou Yi glanced again, stood up abruptly, and said solemnly:
"The forbidden weapons made by the private workshop are so close to the palace city. Our family will transfer the soldiers of the left guard of Longxiang to guard here later. Let us leave first, and our family will report back to the palace!!"

Just two steps up the wooden ladder, the pusher Lu Wancai endured and reminded:
"Eunuch Zou, it's not uncommon for people from all over the world to have their own weapons. The bandits outside the city have used firearms, but they've been suppressed layer by layer."

Hearing this, Zou Yi hesitated on the wooden ladder, and said:

"Then I have to report it to Eunuch Zhang, so I'll take my leave first."

Wang Tong carefully looked at the structure of the cellar, wondering if he would have to build something similar in his future residence, so Lu Wan came over and said, "Master Wang, let's talk about it above."

Walking out of this house and a few steps outside, the pusher Lu Wancai approached and said in a low voice:

"To tell you the truth, Mr. Wang, at present, He Jinyin is nothing more than a villain who opens a casino to swindle money, and also puts usury. Unless these weapons are deliberately used for fuss, otherwise they are nothing?"

Wang Tong nodded, but his footsteps did not stop. Lu Wancai seemed to be a master, Xiaobu followed and said in a low voice:
"I have been promoting officials for nearly ten years. In the past four or five years, the cases reported from various places in the capital, such as the cases of usury collecting interest and defrauding money, many of them have the shadow of the Sanyang sect behind them, but they have all been suppressed. …Just now at the teahouse, I heard the report from the yamen servant below, plus the things that were confiscated, it was about 8000 taels.”

It was indeed a huge sum of money, Wang Tong was stunned for a moment, and Lu Wancai obviously hesitated when he said that at this time, he looked at Wang Tong who was calm, gritted his teeth and followed him and said:

"He Jinyin is just a pawn. He can toss so much money in two years. There may be more than one He Jinyin in the capital. How much money is there? I risk my beheading and say a few words to my lord. It’s not uncommon for people who don’t worship righteous gods to fool some peasants and foolish women to get some money, but it’s just letting people out to grab the money naked, and it’s such a large sum of money..."

Wang Tong stopped in his tracks, he was startled by what the promoted official Lu Wancai said, but at this moment he had no way to deal with it, so he could only whisper:
"Brother Lu told Wang Mou about such things, and Wang Mou kept it in mind, but now Wang Mou is just a general banner, what can he do?"

Having said that, Wang Tong paused and said:
"Now that Shuntian Mansion has started a thorough investigation, Wang has the opportunity to use his strength on Zhang Gonggong's side to make this thorough investigation continue."

The two looked at each other, then walked forward in silence, being dragged into the vortex by accident, no one would feel happy, but they couldn't help themselves.

Back in the house, Wang Tong's three small flags and Wang Si and Li Gui's two Shuntian Mansion team leaders were all there. These people were full of excitement, and there were four large boxes on the ground of the house. Seeing Wang Tong coming in, Sun Dahai came over excitedly and said:
"My lord, there are almost 6000 taels in the casino, and the 1000 taels were confiscated. Just now, the brothers picked up the rest of the silver from the cellar and smashed it into a cage to get it back. We made a fortune and made a fortune!"

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When it was getting dark, in the Forbidden City, in the residence of Eunuch Hu, the supervisor of Zhidian, a thin voice said faintly:
"Eunuch Hu, all the money you have accumulated will be transferred to your brother in Liaozhou, Shanxi, and your two nephews will be able to enter the Shanxi Salt Transportation Department for inspections in June this year... This time the incident has become serious, Hu Gonggong, you have to bear it all, but it is not in vain, is it?"

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At the second watch of the night, the little eunuch serving Eunuch Hu found the corpse hanging from the beam, and the ledgers and other books were scattered all over the place. Eunuch Hu hanged himself.
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