Brocade clothing as the country

Chapter 886
It was very quiet at night, and I heard a few dogs barking occasionally. Yao Bo went out to take a look around these days and nights, but he couldn't see anyone around, so he would have imagined that when he went out tonight, someone suddenly patted him on the shoulder.

Yao Bo's body trembled violently, and the burden on his back almost fell to the ground, but this man still had quick wits, turned around with his body bent, and tremblingly said with his throat:

"Master, little Zhang San is going home."

It was dark at night, and I saw only two burly black shadows standing in front of me. Hearing his words, the two of them were stunned for a while, and they both laughed. They patted their shoulders and said:

"Master Yao really knows how to joke. Our brothers saw you coming out of the house. Why did you walk a hundred steps, and you became Zhang San!"

Yao Bo immediately froze there. The man across from him put a hood on his head, then tied his mouth with a rope, pushed him and walked a few steps, and threw him up again, getting him into it. Where is it.

After entering here, the hood and the rope were ripped off, Yao Bo got up and looked around in horror, this place seemed to be the carriage of a carriage, two men opposite him were wearing black cloth clothes, half of their faces were covered.

"After taking so much money, so much land, and gaining fame, Master Yao is so careless, he just leaves."

Yao Bo coughed a few times, but his heart turned sharply. When did Wu Zuolai have such a means? Yao Bo was also a member of Qingliu scholars back then, but his family is a local tyrant, and he has done a lot of stealing and trafficking in salt , he had a little more knowledge, and when he was defeated, Yao Bo simply put on an appearance of a shabby household. He knew those Qingliu officials very well, read a few books of sages, and spent all his time thinking about bullying others. With a reputation, if they really want to ask them to do anything, whether it is to do practical administrative work, or to black-heartedly seek money and power, they have no real ability.

If this Wu Zuolai had such a method, he would have been a character like Li Zhi by now. If it wasn’t for the Minister of the Ministry of Officials, Yang Wei, who had no one in his hands, this disciple would probably have survived step by step until he was released as a governor and then came back to be a minister of the Ministry of Rites. .

But he was not that kind of character at the time, but now he has such means, Yao Bo can only blame himself for looking at people with old eyes, and when he heard the other party expose it, he simply said in a low voice with a shy face:
"The mother-in-law at home is asleep, and I'm thinking about it again. I want to go to Taohualou to find a girl to make a fuss about. It's not nice to talk about it, so I got a fake name."

He acted like this here, the big man squatting opposite sneered, took out something from his arms, threw it directly in front of Yao Bo, and said in a cold voice:
"If you can't see clearly, you can light another lantern!"

There were already lights in the carriage, and the thing that the big man threw on the ground was a small bundle, and it had been scattered when he threw it on the ground. Once he saw the things inside, Yao Bo felt as if he had been struck by lightning, and he froze there. .

Yao Bo grabbed the things in the bundle with trembling hands, and said in a hoarse voice:

"How about Juanniang and Wu'er, you guys. If you are, I want to be a ghost."

"Just like you, a ghost is also a scholar. I'm afraid you won't succeed. Don't think too much. You can recognize this hairpin and longevity lock. Let me show you, just to let you know. Don't think that everyone is a fool. Said, take the money and go to Shandong, and wait for you in Jining Prefecture, I really thought I could take the money and run away!"

Hearing the sarcastic remarks of the big man, Yao Bo's expression changed all over the place, but at the end he let out a wry smile, and said there weakly:

"How can I keep my wife and children safe?"

"You were asked to do these huge sums of money at the beginning. You just do what you want. Don't think that you can take advantage of the loopholes and let my adults suffer from being dumb."

Yao Bo nodded with a miserable face, and continued:

"Afterwards, I really want to go to the Shu and be reprimanded. For this matter, will my family be killed and wiped out?"

The two big men looked at each other and sneered:

"To kill your door, you can also see if you have enough weight, but if you don't go to this memorial, you have to think about your married wife and two sons."

When getting out of the carriage, he was not covered with a hood, but was helped down. Yao Bo stood under the carriage with his own burden on his back, dumbstruck, watching the carriage go away on its own. There, he walked back home slowly.

It was already late at this time, but the house of Wu Zuolai, Secretary of the Imperial College, was brightly lit, and the living room was full of laughter and laughter, and the smell of alcohol and powder filled the air.

The well-known figures in Qingliu Junyan of the capital, including people from the Hanlin Academy, the Metropolitan Procuratorate, and the Six Departments, sat around a big table with a mess of glasses on it. At this time of the banquet, everyone drank a little too much. Indulgence has become invisible, some people flirt with the girls around them, while others are flattering Wu Zuolai who is above them with their tongues.

Wu Zuolai's face was full of alcohol, full of complacency, and said inarticulately:

"That Yao Bo is a shabby household, and he has been thinking about restoring his family business all day long to live his old life. Now that he has been given so many benefits, he still doesn't obediently obey his orders. Besides, no one knows that he is famous for being neglected. It’s a good thing, how could he not obey.”

The next person was lying on the table, and it seemed that he had drunk too much, and said there sullenly:
"What if Yao Bo swallowed the money and did nothing!!"

Wu Zuolai snorted and said disdainfully:
"If he dares to do this, will there be any benefits in the officialdom of the capital in the future?"

"That's right, that's right, Brother Wu's mentor is the Dazai, so if Yao Bo is thinking about his official career, he must be obedient."

A person next to him said flatteringly that the person who spoke before wanted to say that if there is so much money, it is not impossible for the official to not want it, but he didn't say it out after thinking about it. So many.

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Lu Wancai became the Chancellor of Shuntian Mansion by himself, the nominal second-in-command, and the actual ruler, and many people in Shuntian Mansion were dissatisfied.

But back then, with the backing of Wang Tong, no one dared to say anything. After Wang Tong encountered those things in the capital, many people felt that the opportunity had come, but they all gave up immediately, and Lu Wancai had already taken it. After breaking the line of the supervisor of ceremonies, now he is equivalent to reporting directly to Emperor Wanli.

This mansion is not only the Shuntian Mansion team that listens to him, but Jin Yiwei also has his relationship, a big man with a hand and eye, this is even more unaffected.

However, Wang Tong's going to Guihua City still had an influence on Lu Wancai. He also kept a low profile in the yamen, and he did things in a well-regulated manner, never overstepping the rules.

However, there are still some privileges that should be given. For example, if you come in the morning, you will return to your residence to work in the afternoon. Dare to have any complaints, it's because Lu's Mansion is very clear about official affairs, and the errands of the Department of Public Security are not handled in Shuntian Mansion.

Lu Wancai said that he was working from home, but in fact he bought a separate compound outside the mansion. Several officers from the Department of Public Security often stayed here, and it was considered a small yamen with no brand name.

Right now, there are two Jinyiwei soldiers sitting at the gate of the yard, chatting and laughing there, but the gate of the house is closed, and those who come here often to know the rules will know that Lu Fucheng is meeting an important guest at this time, and this guest may not be able to see him Light, this small courtyard of Lu Fucheng has more than one gate.

At this time, the door of the room was also closed, not because of fear of cold air coming in, but because the things reported were indeed secret and important.

".The subordinate has been staring at the Yao's house. Last night, someone was going out in the Yao's house, and was stopped on the way. The subordinate asked Lao Li to watch the house, and followed him. He followed out of the city as soon as possible. Even if you know what it is, and when you return, you know the news about Yao Bo’s residence, the person who came out last night is Yao Bo.”

Lu Wancai kept turning the folding fan in his hand, but his expression didn't move, he just asked:
"What is the basis?"

Reporting that the man's eyes were bloodshot and his face was a bit haggard, he looked like he hadn't slept all night, walked a few steps and said in a low voice:

"Master Lu, he belongs to Miss Song."

Lu Wancai raised his head abruptly. Although Song Chanchan and Wang Tong are already husband and wife, Song Chanchan's intelligence system and personnel are also self-contained in various systems of the capital, so it is not Wang Tong's person, but Miss Song's person. Lu Wancai's voice He lowered his voice a little, and asked in a solemn voice:

"You can be sure!!"

"It's absolutely true. The courtyard outside the city is the Zhuangzi outside the Qin Pavilion. The younger one once went there to get something. I heard that it is a very secret place. I guess other than the subordinates, other people may not recognize it."

Lu Wancai was sitting behind the desk, playing with the folding fan with one hand, and quietly opened the drawer with the other. There were daggers in the drawer, and short guns fired with flint. , put his hand on it, hesitated for a while, then pushed the drawer up, pondered for a while and asked:
"De Kui, how do I treat you?"

I didn't expect to ask this question, the man was stunned for a moment and immediately replied:
"If there is no Lord Fu Cheng, the young one will be wronged and unable to get out of the prison, and the young mother will die of illness. Master Fu Cheng will treat the young one."

As far as being sent to monitor Yao Bo's side, it is impossible to be sent if it is not Lu Wancai's confidant, but the person who reported it when Lu Wancai asked this question also understood the meaning.

Lu Wancai unfolded the folding fan with a bang, leaned on the back of the chair and said:

"Accordingly, private affairs should not delay official duties, but I have asked someone to set up some fields and weaving workshops in Songjiang Mansion. Someone needs to go and watch over them. You and Xiao Li will help me take care of them for a few months. Don't worry too much, how about it?"

De Kui was taken aback for a moment, then quickly bowed and said:

"My lord's business is important. Don't be taken advantage of by those outsiders. The younger one will set off with Lao Li immediately."

Lu Wancai nodded, but Na Dekui just turned around and said:
"Please get some food from the adults. The villain and Lao Li have been running away since last night, and haven't even spoken to anyone else."

Lu Wancai smiled and nodded.

(End of this chapter)