Jinyi Town Mountains and Rivers

Chapter 370 Doing a Small Favor to Zhejiang Standard
He Liu stayed in Hangzhou for a few days, ordered his men to prepare horses, and prepared to go overland to Guangxi via Jiangxi and Huguang.

On this day, He Liu was drinking tea with Sangji Danzhu in the hall of the imperial envoy.A powerful man reported: "Sixth Lord, Zhejiang Province is asking for an audience with Chen Chang, the aide of Pang Shangpeng, the procurator.

Jin Yiwei's sixth master was ordered to go south. Which magistrate along the way didn't want to ask to see him?He Liu was very troubled, except for the governors of the provinces, he had to give some face and reluctantly see them.He never saw the rest, such as the chief envoy, the inspector, the capital, the army, the magistrate, and the county magistrate.

Pang Shangpeng, the procuratorate of Zhejiang Province, handed over two greeting cards within three days, and both of them were rejected by He Liu.

He Liu told the warriors, "Didn't you tell me? Except for the Governor of Zhejiang Province, Governor Yingtian, and Governor of Zhejiang Province, I don't see any other officials. What's more, Chen Chang is just a civilian staff member."

Lux seems to have benefited from Chen Chang.He said: "Master Liu, this Chen Chang seems to have been Hu Zongxian's guest for 40 years in Jiajing."

When talking about Hu Zongxian, He Liu's heart skipped a beat.He thought to himself, since he is Hu Shixiong's old friend, I naturally want to give him some face.

He Liudao: "Oh, let him come to the hall to meet me."

Sangji Danzhu said: "He Liuye, since you have official friends to meet, I will go to the bedroom to rest first."

Not long after, Chen Chang walked into the hall.This person is polite, wearing a clean cloth, holding a folding fan in his hand.He spoke with a Shaoxing accent: "Cao Min pays homage to Mr. He."

He Liudao: "Mr. Chen, please sit down."

Chen Chang gratefully sat down on the lower chair.

He Liu asked: "Mr. Chen used to be a guest of Hu Department Hall?"

Chen Chang nodded: "Mr. Xu Wenchang and I are from Shaoxing. In the 40th year of Jiajing, Mr. Xu introduced him to join the curtain of Hu Butang. Mr. Xu helped Hu Butang plan military affairs, and I helped Hu Butang take care of money and valleys. miscellaneous."

He Liu sighed: "It's so fast, in a blink of an eye, Hu Butang has been gone for seven or eight years."

Talking about Hu Zongxian, Chen Chang was touched by the scene and shed a few tears: "Oh, I went to the tomb of Hubu Hall in Jixi, Anhui to pay homage last year. Things are different. At that time, there were some local scholars in Anhui, attracted by his fame They went to pay homage. That is really a scholar who spoke lightly of the people in the grave, and laughed in the grave and got angry with the book. How can a few scholars be able to explain the merits and demerits of Hu Butang's life?"

He Liudao: "For merits and demerits, posterity will judge. Mr. Chen, you came to see me this time, what's the matter?"

Chen Chang hurriedly said: "The current Dong Weng, Mr. Pang Shangpeng, the governor of Zhejiang Province, has recently taken on a difficult case. The case of Fang Crani, the prefect of Hangzhou, embezzled the treasury bank, and a certain Fang committed suicide in fear of crime. He is settled once and for all. The matter of the dirty money should be taken over by the yamen. Our officers from the yamen have inspected his house no less than five times. Only more than 1 taels of dirty silver were found. The 30 taels of silver he embezzled Compared to the numbers, it’s just a drop in the bucket.”

He Liu smiled and said, "I see. You, Pang Nietai, couldn't confiscate your house cleanly, and you couldn't recover the dirty money. You were afraid that your boss would blame you. Suddenly I heard that He Liu, who was a family confiscator in Jinyiwei, came to Hangzhou, so Pang Nietai asked you to explain it. Guest, please let me take the initiative to copy Fang Chi's house."

Chen Chang nodded: "Master He Mingjian, that's what's going on. It stands to reason that in the case of Zhejiang Jiesi Yamen, the Fushi of Labor Jinyiwei North Town was not in compliance with the rules. We, Pang Jietai, were also pressed by Shangfeng. There is no way, this That's why I came to find you, Mr. He."

He Liu said with a hearty smile: "I copied Yan Song's house at the beginning. How difficult is it to copy the prefect's house? It's just a matter of lifting a finger. You go back and tell your family, Pang Jietai, that he will send someone to collect it in the morning. I'll go to Fang Cran's mansion. As long as Fang Cran's embezzled money is hidden in the mansion, I'll have a way to find it all for him!"

In the early morning of the second day, Pang Shangpeng, the procuratorate of Zhejiang, waited for He Liu in front of the imperial envoy.

He Liu was able to go out.Pang Shangpeng cupped his hands and said, "Pang Shangpeng, the official from Zhejiang Province, pays homage to Sixth Master He!"

He Liu returned the courtesy and said, "Pang Nietai doesn't need to be too polite. You just send someone to take me to Fang Chi's house. Why do you need to go there yourself?"

Pang Shangpeng said: "I'm already very sorry for the sixth master of labor. Sending someone to look for you, wouldn't it be another crime of violating etiquette?"

He Liu smiled: "Okay, don't be polite. Let's go to Fang Cran's house!"

He Liu and Pang Shangpeng boarded the official sedan chair.Not long after, the two arrived at Fang Cran's house.

In Fangfu, it is sparse and generous.This house is opened in four directions and entered in four directions.There are rockeries and small lakes in the back garden.

Following the old rules of confiscating a house, He Liu walked around the mansion first.Then I looked at the hall, main room, and bedroom.

After this lap, it took half an hour of effort.

He Liu suddenly exclaimed to Pang Shangpeng: "Pang Nietai."

Pang Shangpeng thought that He Liu had discovered the clues of Dirty Silver.He said, "Master Liu, did you find anything?"

He Liu smiled awkwardly: "No. I drank two extra cups of tea at the Imperial Envoy's Xingyuan this morning. I'm very urgent to urinate. I'll go to the latrine first."

The huts in the Fang Mansion are divided into three huts: servant huts, guest huts, and family huts.He Liu was in a hurry to urinate, no matter how high or low he was, he went straight into the servant's toilet.

It just so happened that there was an official from the yamen standing in the servant's eaves, half of his trousers were off, and he was about to pee.

When the guard saw the servant in the flying fish suit coming in, he quickly pulled up his trousers.

He Liu said with a smile: "If you have to urinate urgently, there is no distinction between seniority and inferiority. They all pee standing up. If you pee on yours, I will pee on mine!"

The guard took the order, and the two of them released the water "crash clatter".

The servant's house is different from the guest's house and the family's house, which are exquisite and elegant.To put it bluntly, servant Mao is a big cesspit.

He Liu raised his head, whistled and peed halfway.He frowned: Why is the movement of urine pouring into the cesspit wrong?

He Liu looked down and saw that the manure in the servant's turf had shriveled and formed a hard ball.

He Liu turned to the guard and asked, "When were the servants of the Fang family dismissed?"

The officer replied, "I was dismissed ten days ago."

He Liuqi said: "That's weird. Look at the big excrement in the pit. It should be old excrement. It's all dry and clumped. This latrine must have been used for half a year! No one is allowed in the latrine. It’s used for shitting. Could it be used for something else?”

The guard boldly answered, "The boss is joking. Besides shitting and peeing, can the latrine grow vegetables?"

He Liu pulled up his pants: "Boy, you are still young! It is not new for corrupt officials to hide their wealth in latrines. In the 40th year of Jiajing, I copied the house of Li Hu, the general soldier of Datong, and found the adult in the cesspit. A bundle of prairie white wolf skins. Go, let the guards outside find some iron picks. Go down to the cesspit and dig up all the old dung for me!"

(End of this chapter)