Jinyi Town Mountains and Rivers

Chapter 6

Half an hour later, Lao Hu came back with twenty hemp ropes that were more than ten feet long and as thick as a child's arm.

Old Hu asked: "What should we do next?"

He Liu said: "If you want to expose these four silver pillars in broad daylight, you have to demolish the house in the east suite. Come on, tie the rope to the pillars. Every five people pull a rope and pull down the pillars." !"

The rope was tied to a post, and the other end was passed through the window to the outside of the house.

Outside the house, fifty soldiers in brocade clothes, thirty soldiers from the five cities and horses, and twenty guards from the Ministry of Punishment, a total of one hundred people were pulling twenty ropes.

The big pillars in the east suite did not move!
He Liu scratched his head: "This, huh, it's really difficult."

He Liu thought for a while, and said to Old Hu: "Take my badge and go to Shuntian Mansion, and let Shuntian Mansion find [-] masons and young men to come here!"

With that said, He Liu handed his badge to Lao Hu.

The waist card was engraved with "Jinyiwei North Town Fusi inspects hundreds of households and celebrates peace."

The waist badges of Jinyiwei's hundreds of households, even the third-rank Shuntian Fuyin, must respectfully obey their orders.

Because Jin Yiwei has a noble status - "imperial envoy".

Ordinary civil and military officials in Beijing are "imperial envoys" who go out of Beijing to handle errands by imperial decree.The people below should respectfully call "Shangcha".

People in Jinyiwei are imperial envoys at any time, no matter whether they have received the imperial edict or not.Even if you go to a restaurant to eat a bowl of braised noodles, it's still an imperial envoy!
Shuntian Mansion did not dare to neglect He Liu's badge, two hours later, three hundred bricklayers and Qing Zhuang came to Wan Shilang's courtyard.

The leading official of Shuntian Mansion was dressed in a fourth-rank uniform, and he cupped his hands towards He Liu: "I am the Prime Minister of Shuntian Mansion, Liu Bairun. I will follow the orders of my superiors."

Under the Shuntian Mansion, there is a governor of the third-rank mansion and a prime minister of the fourth-rank mansion.Fu Yin was working in the Ministry of Household Affairs, when Fu Cheng saw Jin Yiwei's badge, he personally brought the masons and the young men.

He Liu pointed to the east suite: "Give this room to me."

—————It is almost dusk.

The east suite has been dismantled into a pile of rubble and bricks by more than 300 masons and young men.

Those four big silver pillars lay quietly on the ground.

Hundreds of people inside and outside the courtyard stared dumbfounded at the four magnificent silver pillars.

Lao Hu asked He Liu: "These things...there are always 10,000+ taels? How do you transport them back to Beisi?"

He Liu rubbed his temples: "I have no idea, I have to think about it."

Just as the two were saying this, Liu Zhenfu of the Beisi rode a horse with a yellow mane, followed by ten warriors, and came to the courtyard.

The envoy Liu Zhen got off his horse outside the courtyard, threw the reins to the warriors under him, and walked into the gate of the courtyard, "Lao Liu, I asked you to raid the house. Why did you demolish the house? You also used the Shuntian Mansion..."

The envoy Liu Zhen spoke while walking, and in the middle of speaking, he saw the four big silver pillars lying on the ground.

The envoy Liu Zhen was stunned, just like those masons and peasants.

"Lao Liu, what is this... Laoshizi?" Liu Zhenfu envoy asked He Liu.

When people from Shuntian Mansion, Wucheng Bingma Division, and Criminal Department saw the arrival of Beizhen Fusi's envoy, they knelt down in unison.

Jin Yiwei's people just bowed their hands and saluted.

The envoy Liu Zhen said: "Everyone is free of courtesy", then he went straight to He Liu and asked again: "Lao Liu, what kind of trouble is this?"

He Liu replied: "My lord, this is - silver."

The envoy Liu Zhen walked around the four big silver pillars.He asked He Liu in a suspicious tone: "Lao Liu, are you sure this is silver?"

He Liu nodded: "It's real money, you can't go wrong."

The envoy Liu Zhen walked to the stone table in the courtyard.The commander of Wucheng soldiers and horses was very discerning, and quickly used the sleeves of his official uniform to dust off the dust on the stone tables and benches.

The envoy Liu Zhenfu sat on the stone bench: "Lao Liu, although I am your boss, I am still ten years younger than you. I have been in Jinyiwei for ten years less than you, and I am not as knowledgeable as you. You have been a boss for 20 years. Check Baihu. Have you seen this kind of thing before?"

He Liu replied affirmatively: "Don't talk about the past 20 years in the humble job. Four generations of the humble job family have been inspecting hundreds of households for nearly a hundred years, and they have never encountered such a thing."

Liu Zhenfu envoy pointed to the four silver pillars: "Lao Liu, do you think this is framed?"

He Liu shook his head: "If it's framed, a few thousand taels of silver is enough. I don't think it's framed."

Liu Zhenfu nodded: "It's not planting, it's dirty money."

If Liu Zhen Fushi was shocked just now, he is happy now!

Wan Anliang is Xia Dang, a thorn in Yan Song's side.Yan Song's eldest son, Yan Shifan, had a close friendship with Liu Zhenfu.

Thanks to Yan Song giving him good words in front of Lu Bing half a year ago, he was able to successfully become the head of the Beisi.

Wan Anliang is the enemy of the Yan family, and naturally the enemy of Fushi Liu Zhen.

He was afraid that Wan Anliang, a recognized upright official, would not be able to find evidence of corruption and bribery.That's it, the booty is here.The salary of the imperial court is fixed, even if Wan Anliang has been the right servant of the Ministry of Rites for 300 years, he still cannot save so much money.

He obtained Wan Anliang's dirty evidence of corruption and bribery, and he could sell Yan Song and his son a big favor.

He Liu told the envoy Liu Zhen how to discover the silver pillar hidden in the brick pillar.

After hearing this, Liu Zhenfu made a smile and said: "You are the sixth child! You are worthy of being one of the thirteen Taibaos. You have searched and searched hundreds of households for 20 years. Such an unimaginable means of hiding silver can't escape your eyes! I I want to ask Commander Lu to give you credit!"

Seeing that his boss was in a good mood, He Liu said half-jokingly, "It doesn't matter if you get credit or not. I just ask for a few more taels of silver, and buy a few more bunches of candied haws for my little girl."

The envoy Liu Zhenfu laughed and said, "Old Six, you, you! Others are fighting for the credit, but you don't even want the credit! Oh, don't worry, this time, you will be the reward!"

He Liu said to Liu Zhenfu: "Although these four big silver pillars have fallen, they cannot be transported to the gate of this courtyard. We can't demolish all the courtyards in this area, and forcefully open a way to remove the silver pillars." Use dozens of horses to go out. I suggest that Shuntian Mansion find a group of silversmiths and melt the four silver pillars in the courtyard bit by bit."

The envoy Liu Zhen waved his hand: "It's not in a hurry. Put these four rooted rattles here first, and send more people to guard them day and night. Let the adults from Dali Temple, the Ministry of Punishment, and the Metropolitan Procuratorate all come and see these four roots. Lao Shizi, you have learned a lot. It can also be considered as a circumstantial evidence for Wan Anliang's case."

He Liu nodded: "Xiaozhi obeys. By the way, my lord. Xiaozhi has a small request."

The envoy Liu Zhen said, "But it doesn't matter."

He Liu said: "The interrogation of the imperial prisoners in the imperial prison has always been in charge of the third master of Qianhu Jin, who is in charge of the North Division. I want to see that Wan Anliang. I am not interested in knowing how he is greedy for money. How he will Such a large amount of silver was silently melted into a silver pillar, this humble official is very curious, and I feel uncomfortable if I don’t ask about it.”

Liu Zhenfu said cheerfully: "Okay. You can go to the prison to interrogate Wan Anliang at any time. Not to mention you, even this secretary is curious-how did he do it?"

(End of this chapter)