The 32nd Investigate Secret Yinzhen Makes the Authoritative Network to Luo Yinxiang
Wen Yaozhen's face was ashen and her whole body was trembling. She suppressed her extreme fear and kowtowed: "Slave, slave, this slave has... sinned. I beg Fourth Master to be reborn..."
"I said, I will still take care of you." Yinzhen said calmly, "People say I am mean, but in fact I am not ungrateful. It has only been a few years since Nian Gengyao joined me, and now he is the governor of Sichuan! Li Wei has contradicted me.
I am now the prefect; Huang Kejing has become the chief envoy to Yunnan and Guizhou; Dai Duo wants to be given the chance to do so! The other brothers are all giving money to the disciples, but I don't, if he has some potential, I will ask him to become an official to serve the court.
There is just one case. If any of my servants are disloyal to me, I will punish them severely. I once guaranteed Liang Haozhi to be the governor of Henan, but this unethical thing actually spread the gossip I said. Now he
Where? In Uliasutai! If you earn respect for the fourth master, I will be able to let you serve as governor; if you deliberately make me upset, I will also send your family to be slaves of armored men; or put you in a
Starved to death in an iron cage - I also know that this problem is not good. But I can't change it!" After saying this, he sipped tea and said nothing, staring coldly at Wen Yaozhen and humming again, which made Yinxiang and others feel sad.
Cherish.
Wen Yaozhen was stunned by Yinzhen's words. She lay on the ground sweating profusely and asked in a trembling voice: "Fourth Master, what exactly do you want to ask?"
"I want to know," Yinzhen stood up leisurely and took a sip of tea, "where does Ren live and why are so many officials afraid of him?"
"Old Ren - Ren Bo'an lives in Zuizhuo Zongxue Hutong." Wen Yaozhen swallowed, "But he lives at home less than a month in a year. He has many shops outside, not only in the capital, but also in Nanjing and Hankou.
He runs more than 20 big stores. Now that the wind is blowing, it’s hard to say where he lives. As for everyone, he is afraid of——" He looked up at the crowd, murmured, and Yinzhen said with a smile, "Master Thirteen is my replacement.
Brother Ming; Mr. Shi is a famous official and a good friend of mine; Dai Duo is my slave. Just say that it is all the responsibility of the fourth master." Wen Yaozhen said: "Ren was a deputy minister in the fifteenth year of Kangxi's reign.
, he has been working as a clerk in the Ministry of Personnel for twenty years, and is in charge of the files of the examination department. He has prepared a separate volume of all the officials' mistakes, big and small, and kept them himself..."
Yinxiang couldn't help laughing: "What's the use of copying these?"
"What a good Thirteenth Master!" Wen Yaozhen said with a wry smile, "How could you know that you are a wealthy person! The files of the Examination Department are secret documents and cannot be accessed without orders. As long as the prefecture and county magistrates more than 20 years ago survived, they are now
He was a high-ranking official in the imperial court and the provinces, and he was eager to be promoted. Nowadays, officials have their own paths and enemies. Who is willing to share the information with others? So he was frightened first. He used this to blackmail the person involved to provide news.
, make detailed records and fill them in by categories - he hired more than twenty scribes alone! The files he keeps in his treasury are more detailed than those of the Ministry of Civil Affairs!"
The three people looked at each other and were shocked again! Yinzhen was furious. After thinking about it, he asked: "Is it true that all the officials in the court are corrupt, and everyone is afraid of Ren Bo'an? There are so many censors, but no one can be promoted.
Report to the imperial court! Unbelievable!" Wen Yaozhen kowtowed repeatedly and cried: "How dare I deceive the emperor in this situation? Ren Bo'an can get around in several elder brothers' houses, but now the princes and gentlemen seem to be making housework, Beijing
Who among the officials dares to wade into this muddy water? Officials from outside only come to Beijing occasionally to report on their duties. Some do not know the details, and some are afraid to avoid them if they know it. Even the upright and honest people dare to make false claims without solid evidence? In fact, in the past few years,
When famous ministers like Jackie Chan and Guo Xiu were around, Ren Boan was still cautious in doing things. In recent years, he has become more and more bold. In addition, he is the eighth master's literary disciple——" He suddenly covered his mouth in horror and changed his words: "...
...I don’t dare to deceive the fourth master a word anymore!" Yinxiang heard what he said was strange, and asked with eyes wide open: "How can you say half a word? What is he from the eighth master?" Wen Yaozhen was sweating like rain, pounding garlic.
Kowtow: "I lost my mind and started talking nonsense - it's none of Master Ba's business..." When Yinxiang wanted to ask more questions, he saw Yinzhen glance at him and stopped.
Yinzhen's face was as cold as a layer of ice, and he gritted his teeth, looking very ferocious and terrifying. After a while, he suddenly laughed and said, "Did you hear that? There are dragons and tigers hiding in Beijing, and there is a court secretly there! We are all actually there.
In the dark!”
"What tricks do you have in his hands?" Yinxiang asked. He met Ren Bo'an twice, and he only knew that he had a close relationship with Yinhu and others. He did not expect that this kind-faced old man was actually a man with great hands and eyes.
!Thinking back and forth: Could it be that Wen wanted to say, 'He is the eighth master's literary team'? That means there is also a martial arts team! This thing is really thrilling! While thinking wildly, Wen Yaozhen kowtowed and said: "This slave is in Kangxi's third year."
A Jinshi in his 19th year, because he wanted to make up for his shortcomings, he gave two thousand taels of silver as a gift. He asked the middle hall to do something bad and copied the bribe slip. Ren Bo'an asked the officials to take it and bought it... From then on, he got deeper and deeper——
With the conscience of heaven and earth, I really hate him with all my teeth, but there is nothing I can do about him: if he changes his hands, I will be regarded as a member of Suo'etu's party!"
Yinzhen remained silent, stood up, and approached Wen Yaozhen. His voice became hoarse and low: "Where is his archives? Tell me--what?!" Wen Yaozhen shook her head in horror and said: "
You can't move, Fourth Master! If you could move, my eldest brother would have done it long ago!"
"Why!" Yinxiang jumped up excitedly, approached Wen Yaozhen and said, "Is it the Dragon Pond and the Tiger's Den?" Shi Shilun frowned and muttered, "Could it be in some elder brother's house?"
"That's not true." Wen Yaozhen said in a panic, "But it's almost the same - right in... the wrong door of Ba Ye's Mansion, next to the Chaoyangmen Pier, is the Wanyong Pawn Shop. The name of the pawn shop belongs to Ren Bo'an, and the real shop owner is Ba Ye.
Master, it is managed by Master Jiu's housekeeper - this servant has just heard about it. It turns out that he is not here. The year before last, the eldest brother encouraged him to try to go to Shuntian Mansion. Soldiers stood at the door, and the eunuchs and guards in the Eighth Master's Mansion
Come and protect me."
Yinzhen thought for a long time and then said with a smile: "I just want to know these things today. It's good if you tell me. There are bigger things in your mind. I'll ask you when it's needed. If it's not, I'll ask you."
Let it rot in your heart. Remember one thing, as long as my slave is loyal, I will definitely protect him even if he makes a big mistake. Even if he makes a small mistake with me, I will not tolerate him. Think about it again, today
Are there any discrepancies in these confessions? It’s still too late to change your story!”
"The fourth master cares so much that I dare not lie." Wen Yaozhen said very simply this time, "Although I am stupid, I have always known the nature of the fourth master. He must be faithful to his words and resolute in his deeds. He can clearly distinguish between grudges and grudges. He is the most saintly and benevolent...
..." Then he said a lot of words about praising the saints. However, Yinzhen ignored it and waved his hand: "Go ahead and pretend that nothing is wrong and go back to your study to think about your past behind closed doors. I can guarantee that there are a few people here. If any news leaks out, they will all be killed.
You brought it upon yourself—I roasted you alive in an iron cage!"
Wen Yao and Zhen Nuonuo walked out in succession. No one in the room spoke for a while, and they exchanged looks. After a while, Shi Shilun said: "In that case, Fourth Master, it's up to you to make the decision. Shi Lun will follow you to the end!"
Yinzhen bit his lip and muttered: "...This matter is so big that it's unexpected. Your identity can't be dealt with. I'll try to do something about it. It can be done by you and Thirteenth Master. If it can't be done, you two can only speculate and don't know.
Lao Shi, prepare a transcript and send it to my house in the middle of the night. After transcribing it, destroy the original manuscript in person. If you want to find a way to protect this Wen, you will still interrogate him tomorrow, just pretend that nothing happened today!" After that, he said to
Yinxiang came out hand in hand.
It was already very late, and the shops on the dark street had already been closed. Dots of "angsty wind" lights flickered far and near, and the night market vendors shouted loudly and lowly like they were singing:
"Ghee - osmanthus sugar, fried shrimps and spiced melon seeds!"
"Who wants to buy - wontons, wontons!"
"Sesame sesame cakes! Rice dumplings stuffed with red bean paste!"
The two brothers walked side by side. Yinxiang approached Yinzhen and whispered: "Fourth brother, why didn't you ask me to ask about that?"
"We don't have enough strength right now." Yinzhen answered after a long while, "Actually, from what he said, it's very difficult to do." After saying that, he breathed a deep sigh of relief.
Yinxiang thought about it and said with a smile: "My fourth brother is so preoccupied! In fact, there is no need to worry. If we really can't handle it, we will cover it up. If you are determined to do it, leave this job to me and keep the horseshoe knife in the gourd."
Cut the vegetables inside and the soup will not leak out!”
"It must be done." Yinzhen said, "I'll go back and think about it, and we'll discuss it later." Yinxiang reined in his horse and said, "It's okay now anyway. Please invite Fourth Brother to my house, or I'll go
Your house has discussed it, how about I take the lead?" Yinzhen patted him on the shoulder and said with a smile: "Don't be impatient. Maybe someone else will follow my son now! There are two vixens in your house, and I
It's hard to say that there are no people there. So it's best for you to forget about this for the time being and wait for me to say something." After saying that, he loosened the reins and led the people away. Yinxiang knew that the matter was very important, and the fourth brother was afraid.
If he was hurt again, he would be filled with gratitude in his heart. He stood on the horse and looked at him sadly for a long time, then he returned home gloomily.
The Wanyong Pawn Shop is located next to the Chaoyangmen Canal Wharf, with its back door facing the water and its front door facing the street. All boats entering Beijing are full of the river. A street filled with cars and horses is the busiest place in the capital. The pawn shop
Across the street and diagonally across the door is the magnificent Eight Princes' Mansion, and you can hear every greeting from there.
Half a month later, Dai Duo and Xingyin were ordered by the Lord to go out to Qihua Gate to check. Not far from the entrance to Yingjie Street, they saw a tall cloth man carrying the word "Dang" in big letters, suffixed with "Dang".
"Wanyong" is a small word. Dai Duo said: "Xingyin, let's go in. You just check, I will deal with them." After saying that, the two of them picked up the cotton curtain and came in.
There were very few people in the pawn shop. Some of the first few people brought antiques and some brought clothes to pawn, but they all failed to make a deal because they were of poor quality and the price was too low. Several clerks in fur coats sat high on the counter and drank tea.
It was a joke. Dai Duo called out a few times before someone picked his teeth and asked:
"What for?"
"It's nothing." Dai Duo said, "I'm from Prince Yong's palace. I have something to see the shopkeeper here."
Chaofen heard that he was from the fourth master's house, so he didn't dare to neglect him. He leaned over the cabinet and bowed, and said with a smile: "The shopkeeper went back to the south in April. My name is Liu Renzeng, and I am the head of this place. Do you have it?"
Whatever instructions you have, just tell the little ones."
"The fourth master's house was robbed the night before yesterday." Dai Duo said with a raised face, "You know his old man's temper, he almost scared the whole family out of their souls! We have already reported it to Shuntian Mansion, we must catch the thief.
, he personally questioned the crime. What he didn't say, please do me a favor - this is the list of lost items. I'm giving this to you. If you want someone to take care of these things, you can stabilize him and quietly inform Mr. Dai of the fourth master's house - that's me -
—Brother, if it’s done, I’ll give you a thousand taels of silver!”
Liu Renzeng took the list and took a look at it, with a smile on his face, "We never treat items of unknown origin. Don't worry! Of course we have to do this, because I'm afraid he won't come, and once he comes, he won't be able to leave!"
"Then please." Dai Duo said, waving to Xingyin who was standing by the corner door, and said, "From the Hu family, let's go to another pawn shop."
Liu Renzeng watched them go out and said: "Slow down, let's go!" He picked up the list and looked at it, licking his teeth and thinking, hesitating whether he should take it in and show it to Ren Bo'an. Several guys
I heard from the sidelines that if this matter is settled, one thousand taels of silver can be shared privately. Baba looked at him. One of the waiters smiled and said: "I said the leader! Do you think the money hurts your hands? The more people know, the more people will share it.
That's a thousand taels!" Liu Renzeng laughed and scolded: "Damn it, you're the only one who's smart! Where is this place, something happened? You don't know the pain if you don't give birth to a child. If something happens to you, you guys will be in trouble.
Where can I find such a good job?" What he said made everyone stare, and Liu Renzeng went in with a list to ask for ideas.
Ren Bo'an lives in an exquisite study next to the warehouse behind the store. Ever since Yinzhen returned to the second department of Lihu, according to Yinzhen's instructions, he has not dared to go out of this door. He has been staying in the house all day reading "Jin Ping Mei", "Jin Ping Mei" and "Jin Ping Mei".
*". After hearing what Liu Renzeng said about the storefront, Ren Bo'an took the list and looked at it carefully. There were hundreds of gold and jade antiques, worth about one hundred thousand gold. He was silent for a long time, coughed lightly and said: "You are so kind.
Okay. You should let me know about this. If there is really a thousand taels of silver reward, I don’t want a penny." After saying that, he took a long breath and looked at the window pane with his green and white face.
Liu Renzeng smiled to please his son and said: "Master Ren, it's okay for you to be so bored all the time. Why not go out for a walk in the capital. You haven't violated the king's law, what are you afraid of them?" Ren Bo'an sighed: "Good boy, how did you know: this
The place is the Eighth Master, and the Jiuye's affairs, if there is any mistake, there will be a disaster - the Eighth Master went to the Jiuye Mansion today, you go there, report this matter to them, and see what it is.
Idea." After saying that, he waved his hands and lay down relaxedly.
Yinzhen's Mansion was inside Xizhimen, and Liu Renzeng didn't arrive until the end of the day. Yinsu, Yinzhen, Wang Hongxu, and Aling'a invited Li Guangdi to have tea and play chess in the study. He was a character who was not allowed to play chess.
It wasn't until the sun set that Wang Hongxu and Kuixu were seen helping Li Guang out, and then they came in to reply.
"You go out first, I'll call you later." Yinzhen glanced at the list and ordered Liu Renzeng. He asked Yinzhen again: "The fourth child has been making trouble in the official department these days, and I haven't heard of any tricks. Could it be that he is sniffing?
What's wrong with you, you want to make a decision in this pawn shop?" Yinhu played with the white marble fan pendant, closed his eyes and thought for a long time, then smiled and said: "Longkodo came to my house yesterday morning. The fourth child's house was stolen.
It's true. The thief seemed to be a master, and there was more than one person. All the things he stole were the items given by the emperor. The fourth child was so angry that his face was livid, and he even called Shuntian Mansion a waste - it was only natural to inform the pawnshop to guard against selling the stolen goods. Look,
I don't know what the article is about. Besides, Lao Ren is close to me, so just be careful and nothing will happen." Yinzhen City was deep in the city. After thinking for a long time, he couldn't see anything fishy, so he smiled and said, "That's it.
Retribution! How could something like this happen if he had only been focused on being in the limelight and trying to make trouble for others, and stayed at home?"
Yinzhu also smiled and said: "Having said that, it is better to be cautious. If you don't believe in the straight and the straight, you must be careful of the benevolent! The fourth man is sincere and the thirteenth man is very shrewd. We can't take it lightly." A hint of a sinister smile passed by and he said: "Without ambition, what's the use of just being shrewd? My brother is worried that after a while, that thing needs to be put in a more rigorous place. Be careful not to go overboard. It's really exposed. , just ask Ren Bo'an to burn it all with fire!" Yinhu muttered: "We haven't retreated from Bagong Mountain yet, so don't make a fuss. Just ask Ren Bo'an to burn the handwriting written by you and me before talking about it - come on, call Wanyonghao That person comes in."
For another half a month, there was no movement, and Ren Boanti's heart gradually relaxed. Kangxi's car was visiting Yangzhou from Nanjing, and was about to return to Beijing via the waterway. News came that from Yinzhen to Yinzhen, several people from Yinxiang The prince in charge became even more busy and messy, and he kept messing around for three or four days before he finally got the pick-up arrangements ready. Yin Reng then ordered all provinces to lock up the prisoners according to the list and bring them to Beijing; he told Yinzhen to rest for three days and concentrate on preparing for the meeting. Shen. Yinzhen finally found some time in his busy schedule, so he sent a message to invite brothers Yinzhi, Yinqi, Yinyou, Yinsu, Yinzhen, Yin, Yinxiang and Yinyi to come over and sit down to cool off the cold. It was rare for everyone to see him like this. I was invited, but it was not very kind, so I had to come as promised. It happened to be the first snowfall of winter on this day. There were ice-made jade sculptures and Qiong Yao everywhere. Sitting in the spacious and warm Wanfu Hall, eating wine and enjoying the snow, it was quite interesting.
At this moment, seven or eight strong men carried five or six large boxes and cages on a pack sedan. They braved a heavy snow day and rushed to the Wanyong Pawn Shop. Go in. The guy with a Shandong accent calls out: "Hey, who's on the bunk?"
It was a snowy day and there were few people and there was not much business. Liu Renzeng and a few waiters were behind the counter and making fire. When they heard someone shouting, a waiter stuck his head out and asked, "What do you mean?"
"Come down and take a look, it's a cart full of hard goods!" The big man said with a smile, "It's goods from Jining Huangquan Shop. I originally wanted to go to Beijing to donate to the official envoys, but now that the Fourth Master is in the Ministry of Personnel, the donation has been suspended. It's stored in the store. Afraid of something going wrong, I asked a pawn shop to store it for now and redeem it later - why are you stunned? Come down and take a look."
The guy winked at Liu Renzeng. Liu Renzeng got up and opened the side door and came down. He saw five big boxes opened in a row. There were gold bells, mink skins, black fox skins, beads, shells, gui, bis, and ingots. The gold and silver bottles... were arranged in categories, and they were bright and dazzling in the snow light. They were exactly the items on Yinzhen's lost list. Liu Renzeng couldn't help but panic suddenly, and he was beating in his heart. He held it back for a long time, and asked while pretending to look at the goods. : "How much?"
"It's worth 120,000 yuan." The big man smiled and knocked on a jade pot. "The shopkeeper said that most pawn shops are afraid that they won't be able to get it out at once, so they can just pay it for 80,000 yuan. It can be redeemed in a few months."
Liu Renzeng raised his face and thought for a while, and sighed: "What a great God of Wealth, but we are not lucky! To be honest, the accounts were just counted yesterday, and the silver has been sent to Zhejiang Bank to prepare a batch of porcelain for the palace Envoy, where can I get so much money at once? Thirty thousand!" The big man laughed and said, "Let me tell you the truth, I hope that this money will be used to buy some goods from Beijing. I can go back and forth in just one month without delaying our master's business. Three What can you do if ten thousand is enough? You are too greedy, seventy-five thousand!"
Both were pretentious bargaining, and there was no way a deal could be made at that moment. The waiter at the counter argued over a meal before settling on 50,000 silver. Liu Renzeng went in again to ask for instructions from Ren Bo'an, and then came out and said to the waiters: "This is our big customer.
First, please sit down and have a cup of tea. Da Zhangzi will go to the West Store to get some money. Hurry up, do you hear me?"
"Go in person." Ren Bo'an suddenly opened the curtain and said. He had been listening behind the partition. He expected that the thieves were here to sell the stolen goods. He ordered more than fifty clerks to be on guard to prevent the thieves from getting away. Prince Yong's Mansion is coming.
People are hard to explain to. Liu Renzeng naturally understood. He walked out of the shop and went straight to Prince Lian's Mansion. After a while, word came out, "The Eighth Master and the Ninth Master are having a drink at the Fourth Master's Mansion. You can go there to look for him." Liu Renzeng said.
After thinking that this was a good idea, he borrowed a horse from the mansion and flew away.
At this moment, Yinzhen and his brothers were drinking heavily and singing songs. Yinzhen said with a smile, "I also have a song for you to sing!" Then he sang in a feminine voice:
Then he praised his neighbor Cui'er for her good looks, so that her mother-in-law would be jealous. Her eyebrows were raised, her wrinkled lips were as flat as a broken purse - she scolded you, you damn old man, what kind of medicine have you taken?
Are you so coquettish? You grabbed the mouth of the cattle cage and put it on your face - I called you a coward, I called you a coward! This roar of the rouge tiger scared my soul out of my body: Good lady, you are the living Guanyin, old man
Chang'e, the Queen Mother of the West, is born to be pretty with age! It depends on you whether she will forgive her? It depends on whether you will forgive her or not.
Before the song was finished, everyone was already laughing. Yinzhen persuaded the drinker and said: "Old Shi, you are so unambiguous. I didn't expect you to have such a talent! You probably learned it from Sister Hu in Chunliu Lane, right?"
Looking at it, his voice was already astringent: "Do you also listen? It shows that you are also a fake Taoist student - I still have some good ones!" He was about to sing again. At this time, Dai Duo hurriedly came up and whispered to Yinzhen.
A few words.
"You actually showed up, how brave you are!" Yinzhen's eyes lit up, and he said to Yinzhen with a smile, "Old man, there are a bunch of thieves who sold stolen goods to your door. You are really brave! Thirteen
Brother, I’m here to accompany you. You bring a few people to take the thief and send it to Shuntian Mansion. Go ahead and I won’t delay your return for a drink!”
Yinhu and others couldn't help but look at each other in astonishment. Seeing Yinxiang and Dai Duo going out, Yinhu hurriedly said: "... Just bring someone from my house - I will go with you to catch the thief!" After saying that, he stood up, Yinqi, Yin
You Yi and the others didn't know what was going on. They thought he was escaping from drinking, so they all came to stop them and said, "Threeteenth brother can't handle a few thieves? Don't worry, thirteenth brother will definitely do it!"
"That's it!" Yinzhen said enthusiastically, "It's a rare occasion for us brothers to get together, and no one is allowed to escape drinking - Gao Fu'er, lock up all your sedans and horses for me! - My drinking order is greater than the military order,
