The days when I ransacked the house in Jinyiwei

Chapter 16
Home copying is a craft.Snitching is also a craft.

The snitches in the capital are divided into five sects and ten clubs.

After the downfall of high-ranking officials, the mansion was empty.It's not surprising that some snitches took the opportunity to check out the spots to see if there were any bargains to pick up.

Chang Feng didn't care.Cai Zhong's belongings are piled up in the front yard.The ten Jinyiwei brothers stayed on guard at night.Snitches are hard to come by.

What's more, there are [-] soldiers guarding the outside of the Cai Mansion?
At most, a few sundries that were piled up in the East Kuanyuan were thrown away.

He strode to the front yard, and asked Shi Xiaowei, who was in charge of night duty: "Are there snitches?"

Captain Shi replied: "Yes."

Chang Feng asked, "Did you lose something?"

Lieutenant Shi replied: "There is no shortage of gold and silver boxes. They are heavy and heavy, and the snitches can't take them away. It's just."

Chang Feng asked: "Just what?"

Lieutenant Shi wept sadly: "It's just that Cai Zhong's letter box is missing."

Chang Feng was horrified when he heard the words, and directly grabbed Lieutenant Shi's collar with both hands: "Say it again, what's missing?"

Shi Xiaowei said tremblingly: "Report to the General Banner, the letter box is gone."

Chang Feng let go of Colonel Shi.

Shang Ming's letter to Chang Feng is a letter of framing; Zhu Ji's letter to Chang Feng is a letter of whitewashing.

The letter box was stolen by the snitch.There are two consequences.

The first consequence: the framing letter is gone, and the so-called "prince instigated Cai Zhong to collect money with the intention of rebellion" is no longer established.

The second consequence: Chang Feng couldn't put the whitewashing letter in the box, so he couldn't get rid of the prince's crime of improper employment.

The prince will still be criticized by the world and impeached by the concubine party for using a corrupt official.

He stabilized his mind first, and asked Captain Shi: "Have you not reported this matter to Wei Li's senior officer?"

The two commanders of Jinyiwei are responsible, and the two commanders know each other. They have to take turns to be on duty at night in Jinyiwei to deal with emergencies.

Captain Shi replied: "Just now I was about to send someone to report, but they haven't left yet."

Chang Feng breathed a sigh of relief: "That's good."

He called the ten robes together: "The prisoner's letter box was stolen. Report to Wei Li, and we will all be dismissed and punished."

"There is only one way now. There are still four hours before dawn. Keep Wei Li in the dark and retrieve the letter box before dawn."

Shi Xiaowei and others said in unison: "It's all according to Chang Zongqi's orders."

Chang Feng ordered a warrior: "Go and tell the commander of the soldiers and horses. Nothing is lost here."

"Warn him, don't bother and don't inquire about Jin Yiwei's affairs. Otherwise, you will bear the consequences."

Lux led the way.

Chang Feng raised his head and looked around the front yard.

The front yard is three hundred steps from east to west and two hundred steps from north to south.

The gold and silver boxes and letter boxes are all concentrated in the center of the front yard.

Chang Feng asked Shi Xiaowei: "You fell into the trick of the snitch to lure the tiger away from the mountain? Are you busy catching the snitch, and no one is guarding the letter box?"

Captain Shi denied: "Absolutely not!"

Shi Xiaowei told Chang Feng about the incident.

Before two quarters.There was a sound on the roof of the living room just south of the front yard.

The moon is as bright as a mirror tonight.Through the darkness, Shi Xiaowei and Pao Ze saw a dark shadow on the roof.

Lieutenant Shi ordered that all brocade-clothed guards should not be tampered with and surrounded the property.Just in case that black shadow has accomplices, taking advantage of the chaos to steal gold and silver.

In addition, Shi Xiaowei called the soldiers and horses guarding in front of the courtyard and asked them to go to the room to catch the snitch.

A weird scene happened!

Lieutenant Shi heard a "bang", turned his head and saw that the letter box on the silver box behind him disappeared out of thin air!

From the beginning to the end, Shi Xiaowei and the nine robes kept holding waist knives and guarding around the property.

The letter box was so strangely missing.

After a while, the black shadow on the roof also escaped.

After listening to Lieutenant Shi's narration.Chang Feng frowned.

Could the Snitch really fly?Descended from the sky, got the letter box and flew into the sky?

Obviously impossible.

Chang Feng remembered a legend!
The snitches in the capital are divided into five sects and ten clubs.Among them, the most sophisticated and mysterious organization is called Miaoshoumen.

Legend has it that the six masters of Miaoshoumen have a magical skill - they can pass through the underworld, buy ghosts, and fetch things from space!
Chang Feng does not believe that there are any ghosts and gods in this world.

However, the legend that the Miaoshoumen can fetch objects from a distance has been circulating in the capital for more than ten years.

Since ancient times, where there is no wind, there are no waves.If Miaoshoumen can really take things from a distance, there must be a special way of stealing that is unknown.

Chang Feng decided to go home first.Tell Zhu Ji about it.

He said to Colonel Shi: "You stay here to guard. I'll look for the letter box."

Then he left Cai's mansion, rode on a fast horse, and went straight to his courtyard.

It is four quarters of Xu time.There are still four hours before dawn.

at the same time.Vantone Mansion.

Wantong is drinking with Shang Ming, celebrating in advance that the letter of slander will pass through the cabinet and be handed over to the emperor in advance, bringing down the prince.

These two giants still don't know about the theft of the letter box.

Wantong toasted Shang Ming with a glass of wine: "You are still brilliant. You came up with such a wonderful chain plan to help my sister bring down Zhu Youtang."

Shang Ming smiled and said, "Oh, everyone thought that Cai Zhong belonged to the prince. Who would have thought that we sent Cai Zhong to the prince's side?"

It's a diabolical plan.

A year ago, Cai Zhong, who was the young minister of Taichang Temple, spent 2000 taels of silver to be recommended by someone, and got the chance to have a drink with Shang Ming.

Taichang Temple is in charge of rites and music, and ancestral temple etiquette.In the words of later generations, this is the department that manages the military band.

Among the six temples and five temples in the capital, Taichang Temple is the poorest.It belongs to the poor yamen where mice pass by with tears in their eyes.

Cai Zhong hopes to hug Shang Ming's thick legs and make a living.

After drinking three glasses of wine, Shang Ming came up with a poisonous plan.

He told Cai Zhong: "Brother Cai, I can help you get promoted to the household department and become the left servant."

Cai Zhong was so excited that he almost fainted on the spot!That's Tobe!The fattest yamen in the entire Ming Dynasty!

Still be the left servant!

The Shaoqing of Taichang Temple is only the fourth rank, the Zuo Shilang of the household department is the third rank, and there is a third rank in the middle, which is a leapfrog promotion.

Cai Zhong immediately kowtowed like pounding garlic, saying that he would swear allegiance to Shang Gonggong to the death.

But Shang Ming told him with a smile: "It's not me you want to serve, but the prince!"

"The prince has suffered from the fact that there are not many officials under his command in the past two years. If you defect to the past, he will definitely accept you."

"At that time, you can encourage the prince again and let him recommend you as the left servant of the household department."

Zhu Ji was the internal correspondent sent by the prince to the concubine's party.

Cai Zhong was the internal response sent by the imperial concubine party to the prince.

The same is the internal response, but the usage rules are different.

Zhu Ji conveyed news from the imperial concubine party to the prince.

Cai Zhong is a bucket of gunpowder buried by the Prince's side by the imperial concubine party!In the words of later generations, it is similar to the "I'm called a magnetic rod" self-destruct truck!
Let's say that Cai Zhong "turned to" the prince and became the left servant of the household department as he wished.Everyone in the world thought that Cai Zhong was the prince's confidant.

This Brother Cai is inherently greedy.Shang Ming has been encouraging him to be greedy.He also taught him a bunch of methods of corruption and bribery.

"Cai Butang, Baoquan Bureau has a lot of oil and water for casting silver! Just report the fire consumption, it is a shocking number."

"Cai Butang, have you supervised the warehouse recently? Hey, it's a lot of money to mess around with rat consumption and insect consumption. There are so many grain stores in the warehouse. It's not unusual for one or two to catch fire occasionally. Well?"

"Cai Butang, you are in charge of the salt affairs. That's a cornucopia! You only need to open a few more salt tickets, and Jiangnan salt merchants will not have to line up to give you money?"

Shang Ming not only taught Cai Zhong how to take bribes.Over the past year, the entire concubine party has been escorting Cai Zhong's corruption.

Finally, Cai Zhong was fattened up!
The concubine party immediately ignited the gunpowder!They found a spokesperson and impeached Cai Zhong for being greedy and wantonly amassing money.

Then the factory guard intervened and put Cai Zhong in prison.

Imperial Prison is the domain of the Concubine Party.Cai Zhong was imprisoned for less than three days, and he "killed himself in fear of crime" in a daze.

Next, the factory guard sent someone to search Cai Zhong's home.The copied silver was put on top of an inner storage warehouse.

Plus that slanderous letter.The noble concubine party wove a perfect lie: the prince recommended Cai Zhong as the left servant of the household department in order to let Cai Zhong collect military pay through bribery and plot rebellion!

This is Shang Ming's poisonous plan!A sinister plan to make the prince never recover.

(End of this chapter)