Eighth year of Chongzhen

Chapter 13

A mansion in the west city of the capital, the gate is vermilion, and there is a side door on each side.

Under the steps on both sides of the gate, there are four strong servants with haughty looks standing on each side of the gate.There is a plaque hanging directly above the gate, and the inscription "I bestow sincerity on the uncle's mansion", which was bestowed on Liu Bowen by Zhu Yuanzhang himself.

A middle-aged man in charge was sitting on a stool and was taking a nap. Suddenly, there was the sound of dense footsteps, and a large number of people wearing yellow fir overalls, waist belts, black faces on a white background, appeared at the entrance of the alley in the distance. Official boots, a captain in brocade clothes with embroidered spring knives hanging on his waist.

All the family members were stunned, and a group of Jinyi school captains came to Chengyi Bo's mansion.The dozing steward woke up early, stepped forward with a somewhat wary look, cupped his hands, and asked, "This is the residence of Uncle Chengyi, what are you doing here?"

The leader was a Jinyiwei Qianhu, he ignored the steward, turned his head and ordered: "Every hundred households should besiege around and make sure one person escapes!"

A few hundred households responded and led their subordinates to disperse, and a thousand households led dozens of school captains straight to the gate.The steward of the uncle's mansion quickly winked at one of his subordinates, and that man rushed into the mansion in a hurry.

He reached out his hand to stop the Qianhu and asked: "My lord, this is the residence of Uncle Chengyi, and no one who has nothing to do with it is not allowed to trespass, otherwise..."

Before he could finish speaking, a burly captain behind Qianhu stepped forward a few steps forward and slapped the steward hard on the face. The steward staggered a few steps back, his mouth and nose were bleeding, his ears were buzzing, and his cheeks bulged instantly. rise.

The steward was stunned by the beating all of a sudden, and he woke up in an instant, clutching his cheeks and hissing, "Are you going to rebel? Come, call me back!"

Those servants were usually used to being arrogant, and when they heard the steward's order, they all drew out their waist knives.

Jin Yiwei Qianhu took a step back and raised his voice: "Follow the holy metaphor to search Chengyi Bo's mansion, and anyone who dares to disobey will be killed!"

As soon as the words were finished, only a few bowstrings were heard, and several school captains holding bows and arrows on the roof opposite the uncle's mansion opened their bows and released arrows, and several servants standing in front fell down in response.One person was shot in the throat and died on the spot, while the others were shot in the chest and cheeks, and fell to the ground, screaming inhumanly.The steward and the rest of the servants turned pale with fright. The servant who held the knife threw the knife away and knelt down on the ground under the leadership of the steward, trembling all over.

Qianhu led people up the steps, and the door suddenly opened, a young man in his twenties, with a pale face, sloppy footsteps and wearing a brocade robe, walked out of the door, behind him were several servants in charge.

When the young man saw the servants lying down on the steps, his expression changed drastically. He pointed at Qianhu who led the team and shouted sharply: "You are so brave! You are blind! How dare you come to the Earl's mansion to make trouble. Who gave you the guts!"

The servants behind him all drew their knives in their hands, eager to try.

Qianhu glanced at him contemptuously, and said, "I am Li Lie from Qianhu Office of Qianhu Office of Jinyiwei West City. Who are you? How dare you be rude to me?"

"Sincerity Uncle Liu Chengxian, open your dog eyes and see clearly!" Liu Chengxian roared.

"Little Uncle? Hehe", Li Lie glanced at him with a half-smile, and then straightened his face and said, "Bong Shengyu, we will search Uncle Chengyi's residence, and please cooperate with Uncle Cheng!"

"What? Searching the uncle's house?" Liu Chengxian felt dizzy and almost couldn't stand still. The steward behind him rushed to support him.

Li Lie ignored him, turned around and shouted: "Come with me!" After saying that, he walked towards the gate first, and the captain behind him followed with a knife.

The servants inside the gate looked at each other, not daring to stop him, Li Lie strode in. After the captains entered the door, several people were sent out to disarm the servants, and then ordered the stewards of the servants to gather in one place and assign several captains to watch over them.

Liu Chengxian came back to his senses, and hurriedly chased Li Lie to the mansion.

Sincerity Bo's Mansion is extremely large in scale, Li Lie led people through several courtyards with carved beams and painted buildings before arriving at the inner house of Bo's Mansion.The maidservants and servants I met along the way all showed surprise expressions when they saw the school lieutenant holding a knife and a gun, and some of them ran into the inner house screaming in panic.

Uncle Liu Kongzhao had already heard the news and stood under the eaves of the main hall with a sullen face. Li Lie led the crowd out of the inner courtyard, but Liu Chengxian chased him in panic, losing one of his shoes.

He came to his father panting heavily, and just about to speak, Liu Kongzhao stopped by raising his hand, and asked darkly, "Who are you, why did you trespass on the uncle's house?"

Li Lie stood still, took out the imperial decree from his arms and said, "There is an imperial decree, Liu Kongzhao accepts it!"

Liu Kongzhao suddenly felt that the situation was not good, but he could only kneel down to listen to the order, and the rest of the uncle's mansion also knelt down on the ground.

"Bo Liu Kongzhao, Zha Chengyi, has always been lawless. He instigated cronies in the mansion to disregard human lives and seize other people's property. The amount was huge, the influence was bad, and the people were violent! He was in vain for the grace of the saints, and his virtue was not worthy. Now he is confiscated. this!"

After the imperial decree was read, Liu Kongzhao stood up abruptly, baring his teeth and claws, the veins on his face were exposed, and his eyes seemed to be popping out.

He roared loudly: "My Liu family has shed blood and sweat for the Zhu family since my ancestors, and I did my best. They say that I am trying to seize property. Who else is not? Why is my Liu family the only one? Isn't it because of my family's wealth? , Emperor Zhu is jealous!"

Li Lie's face changed suddenly, and he shouted sharply: "Come on! Shut his mouth, and kill anyone who dares to resist!"

Several school captains stepped forward quickly, one of them walked around behind Liu Kongzhao, and poked the hollow of his leg with a scabbard. Liu Kongzhao fell to his knees, one of them folded his arms, and the other came forward and squeezed with one hand, Liu Kongzhao's chin suddenly snapped. If he fell off, he couldn't speak anymore, so he tied him up with a rope casually.

Prince Liu next to him was already paralyzed from fright, and the female family members of Liu's mansion were so frightened that they couldn't stop crying. How could the rest of the maids and servants dare to resist? Li Lie ordered not to harass the family members, and then went around, and the school captains began to raid the house.

The search went smoothly. There are many experts in Jinyiwei, and the valuables on the dark side, even the valuables hidden in the walls of various institutions, are not left behind. The Liu family hid the silver melon made of silver in the cellar. They were also brought up, and Liu Kongzhao and his son's faces were ashen.

Li Lie smiled while holding the confiscated checklist: "It's been quite a harvest, I must report the good news to the commander, hahaha!" Then he assigned his subordinates to escort everyone in the Liu residence to the imperial prison, and sent the confiscated finances to the palace in a horse-drawn carriage , I went back to the Jinyiwei Office with the list.

When he came to the lobby of the government office, Li Lie calmed down and reported loudly: "Li Lie, a thousand households in the Qianhu Office of Jinyiwei West City, has been ordered to search Chengyibo's mansion. It has been completed, and I am here to deal with it!"

Luo Yangxing was sitting on a large chair in the middle of the lobby, with a few acquaintances and colleagues sitting on both sides.

Hearing Li Lie's report, he ordered him to come in.After Li Lie came in, he came to Luo Yangxing, knelt down on one knee, and presented the list with both hands.

After Luo Yangxing took the checklist, he took a quick glance, and was stunned, because there was a total amount of confiscated amount on the Chapter 1 checklist, so it was clear at a glance.Tong Zhi and Qian Shi were also curious after seeing the commander's expression, and Tong Zhi Li Yingxi asked, "How surprised is Du Tang?"

Luo Yangxing shook his head and said with a smile: "This sincere uncle is really good at making money. The cash alone is more than two hundred thousand taels! There are more than a dozen shops in the bustling area, including rice shops, chariot shops, cloth houses, and brothels. Gamblers and so on! Fifteen thousand hectares of fertile farmland under his name, and the rest of the antique calligraphy and paintings cannot be counted! The sum of you and me is less than eleven!" (After Luo Yangxing surrendered, he was copied by Li Zicheng, and only one More than [-] silver cars, with his status, it was nothing at the time)
Everyone was stunned, although the giants of Jin Yiwei had been concentrating on making money in the past few years, regardless of Wei Nei's business, they were cautious and had no notoriety.So the remaining wealth at home is nothing compared to this one.

Luo Yangxing got up and said to everyone: "I'll go to the palace right now, Li Lie, you follow me, once the Holy One asks about the confiscation, you answer truthfully! Later Liu Kongzhao and others will be escorted to prison, don't make things difficult for them, After all, it's just a distribution of the whole family, and the Holy One is merciful, and the death penalty is not imposed, so there is no need to offend him to death!"

All the officials of Jin Yiwei nodded in agreement, and Li Lie was very excited. Although he had seen the emperor from a distance, it was a great honor to meet the emperor up close, and to go back to the emperor for questioning.

After Luo Yangxing brought Li Lie into the palace, he went to the Hall of Martial Ying. Li Erxi went inside to report, and after a while, the emperor ordered him to see him.

The two came to the hall, and after kneeling down to salute, Li Lie heard a young voice asking them to stand up.

Luo Yangxing presented the imperial decree and the list with both hands, and said: "I am ordered to search the Chengyi residence. Fortunately, I did not disgrace my order. I am here to deliver the decree. This is Li Lie from Qianhu in Xicheng who is on a mission this time. I brought him here to listen to the Holy Majesty. Inquire!"

Wang Chengen came over to take it, and then came to Zhu Youjian's body and offered it with both hands. Zhu Youjian took the imperial decree and put it on the case, and carefully looked at it with the list.

After reading it, Zhu Youjian said with a smile: "This Liu Kongzhao is a good hand at making money. I didn't expect him to make so much money. Li Lie, right? Tell me about the situation at that time!"

Li Lie hurried forward a few steps and knelt down to report. Zhu Youjian waved him to stand up. After he got up, he didn't dare to look at the emperor. He bowed his head and told the whole story of the search.

Zhu Youjian became upset after hearing what Liu Kongzhao said.

He stood up, came to the case with his hands behind his back, and said, "Liu Kongzhao said that his ancestors shed blood and sweat for the Zhu family, so why didn't they say that the royal family has rewarded their family for generations? The royal family has treated them for more than two hundred years." The grace of his family is enough to reward his ancestors for their meritorious deeds! What's more, can the merits of his ancestors become an excuse for him to seize other people's property and hurt people's lives? As an earl, at a time when the society is in turmoil, what contribution does he make to the Ming Dynasty? To punish him this time is to remind other nobles, don't think that you can do whatever you want with the merits of your ancestors, and I can forget the past crimes, but if you dare to ignore the law and only seek personal gain, don't blame me for being cruel!" Both Luo Yangxing lowered their heads and did not dare to speak.

"Jinyiwei did a good job this time, and I will give you a credit. I know that each of you will be rewarded with 500 taels of silver. Luo Yangxing, Li Lie and you will each be rewarded with 1000 taels of silver. All the officers and captains will be rewarded with 10 taels of silver. The dirty money confiscated this time will be distributed. The shop under his name will sell it, and the confiscated silver will be given to the household department of [-] taels, and the rest of the money will be handed over to Huangzhuang. The Liu family will distribute it in a short time without delay!"

The two were overjoyed when they heard the words.After all, their sources of money are very narrow, and they dare not go too far with civil officials watching over them.Luo Yang's temperament was rather soft, and he was usually very cautious, but now the reward was very generous, and the two left the palace after thanking the emperor.

(End of this chapter)