Chapter 752: Knock the bone and suck the marrow (continued)
Liu Jin's doubts could not be eliminated. He did not completely believe Chen Shiyi's words.
"Chen Shiyi, our family has a lot of money, but we can't give it to you." Liu Jin said solemnly.
"Oh? Does it mean that Eunuch Liu wants money rather than his life?" Chen Shiyi frowned.
"What is money? We only have one life, so how can our family not hesitate to take it. However, you have exposed yourself, don't you know?" Liu Jin said with a smile.
Chen Shi was stunned, and then he remembered Zhang Yanling's words: "Liu Jin is treacherous and cunning, don't be deceived by his words, let alone deceived by him. Just remember one thing, you have the evidence, he will die if you don't give him money. Do it
It's easy to deal with it, and you'll get the money."
"Eunuch Liu, it seems that this business can't be done. It's a small matter that my dream failed. Eunuch Liu can't blame me for being rude. Eunuch Liu should find a way to run away quickly, or simply raise an army to rebel. Otherwise, you will know the consequences.
"Chen Shiyi said coldly.
Liu Jin frowned and said, "Your words are not credible. If you can explain our two questions clearly, we will believe you."
Chen Shi said, "Please speak."
Liu Jin said: "First, how did you notice this matter? Why did you think of investigating this matter? With your official position, when the late emperor passed away, you were still a hundred households in Fusi, Jinyiweinan Town.
How can you think of the reason for the death of the late emperor? How dare you investigate secretly. You don’t have that many connections and resources. So, this matter was instigated by Zhang Yanling, and he already knows about it, right?"
Chen Shiyi secretly praised Liu Jin for his thoughtfulness, indeed. Given his identity, it is really suspicious to suddenly think of investigating the cause of the late emperor's death.
However, Chen Shiyi admired Zhang Yanling's foresight even more. Before arriving, Zhang Yanling had rehearsed with him as Liu Jin and asked many tricky questions in preparation for Liu Jin's inquiries. One of them was this one.
Chen Shiyi really couldn't answer at that time. But Zhang Yanling had the answer.
"Brother Chen, you can't deny this kind of question, and you can't avoid it. Otherwise, Liu Jin will definitely be suspicious. You have to answer it in a reasonable and reasonable way. You might as well retreat in order to make progress, which will make it more credible. For example, if you answer like this..."
Zhang Yanling's words rang in his mind, and Chen Shi opened his mouth and said: "Eunuch Liu, when the late emperor passed away, I was indeed just a member of a hundred households in Nanzhen Fusi. However, the Protector of the State was the one who suppressed Fusi and Zhenfu at that time.
.Your guess is correct. It was indeed he who suspected the cause of the late emperor’s death and ordered me to investigate. Moreover, I
Let me tell you clearly that the Lord Protector was indeed suspicious of you. Could it be that you have forgotten that when Gao Ting and Xu Hao were interrogated, they confessed that you had been to Tai Hospital. But no one believed it.
That's all. The Protector has some doubts, so he ordered me to investigate the matter."
Liu Jin frowned and thought, although Zhang Yanling had a good relationship with him when the late emperor passed away. He went in and out of the East Palace and was very harmonious with him and everyone else, so he should not doubt himself.
However, Zhang Yanling was a very thoughtful person, and it was difficult to know what he was thinking. The late emperor was his brother-in-law, and he loved him very much. The death of the late emperor was like a bolt from the blue to him, and he was probably behind his back.
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In this matter, Gao Ting and others did confess that they went to the Tai Hospital. It was just regarded as a random and false accusation by everyone. But Zhang Yanling was probably unwilling to let go of this information. It was also possible that he secretly sent someone to investigate.
"But, you found out, but you concealed it and didn't report it?" Liu Jin said in a deep voice.
"Nothing was found at that time. It wasn't until I was in Ningxia Town that the Duke ordered me to monitor Gu Dayong. Gu Dayong and the people around him got drunk and said that he knew Eunuch Liu's big secret. Eunuch Liu was right
He followed his advice and so on. He said it was related to the death of the late emperor. Only then did I remember this matter." Chen Shi said.
"Gu Dayong?" Liu Jin was startled and scolded himself for not being cautious enough.
After doing something big, I felt restless and always wanted to find someone to talk to. One day after drinking with Gu Dayong, I vaguely said something that I shouldn't have said. Afterward, I asked Gu Dayong
, Gu Dayong said that he was drunk at the time and couldn't remember what he said. Now it seems that he was pretending to be confused, but he actually knew about it.
I had always wanted to find an opportunity to silence him in case something unexpected happened, but I had never been cruel enough. As expected, things went wrong in his hands. He leaked the information in Ningxia and was overheard.
Liu Jin was really filled with guilt and resentment. Even if Gu Dayong had been drowned by his men in the swollen Fen River on the way back, it was still a step too late.
"Gu Da's words reminded me, and I started to search secretly again. Time passed. Gao Tinghe's family originally hid and couldn't find them, but they showed up. Then I got Gao Tinghe's
The blood letter also found out that Gao Ting and them asked two handymen in the yard afterwards.
These were all written on the blood book. Then I went to find the servants, the dismissed judge Liu Wentai, the steward Fang Shu and them. I asked friends in the palace to find the account books of the East Palace items. Hehe, it didn’t cost me anything.
It took a while, but I finally found out the matter step by step. I am really lucky." Chen Shiyi continued.
Liu Jin cursed in his heart: "Your luck is my misfortune. But if you know this, it is also your misfortune. I will cut you into pieces. I will assassinate you, poison you, or attack you openly. In short,
, you are dead."
"I see. Then the second question. As far as I know, you are one of the most trusted people around Zhang Yanling and his good brother. Zhang Yanling promoted you all the way up. You are also loyal to him. Even you
His wife is also his wife’s maid, she is
He gave it to you. Since you found out about this matter, why did you hide it from him? Don't you know that Zhang Yanling and our family are already in trouble, but you want to hide this matter from him and make a deal with our family? This
There is obviously a problem. Please explain." Liu Jin narrowed his eyes and said.
Chen Shiyi sneered and said, "You know quite a lot. You send people to keep an eye on us every day, right?"
Liu Jin said coldly: "Both each other."
Chen Shi said: "I admit that the Protector of the Country is kind to me. But for a person like me, who comes from a rough background and has no foundation, my ability to reach this day is already my limit. Besides, with my current official position, if I want to live
But I can't live freely. The monthly salary is not enough for me to go to a brothel. Besides, there are some benefits to following the Lord Protector, but I can't be loyal to him for the rest of my life. "
Liu Jin chuckled and said: "He is so kind to you, rewarded you with a maid, and promoted you to such a high official, and you still say that he is not good?"
Chen Shi said angrily: "Don't mention the reward of the maidservant. That's just trying to win over me. It's a humiliation. In the eyes of the Protector, I'm just his dog. I'm a dignified fourth-grade military attaché, and he rewarded me with the maidservant."
What does it mean to be my head wife? Can’t I marry a noble lady from a famous family?"
Liu Jin was stunned for a moment, then burst into laughter.
"Indeed...it does mean it's a bit insulting. But that's his wife's maid. She came from Dingguo's palace, so her identity is naturally different."
"A maid is a maid, what's the difference? Besides... besides..." Chen Shiyi gritted his teeth and hesitated.
Liu Jin hurriedly asked: "Besides, what?"
"Forget it, it's okay to tell you. A real man can bend and stretch, and he doesn't care to say it. Besides, when Huayi married me, it was not perfect. It was what was left after he played with it. Damn it, I'm all in style.
Should a ruler man eat some of the scraps left by him? Who do I think he is in his heart?" Chen Shiyi shouted with an angry expression.
Liu Jin's eyes widened, and he laughed immediately. He completely believed Chen Shiyi's words. For a man to even say such a thing, what else could he not believe?
This is a matter of a man's dignity. Chen Shiyi must have always had this problem in his heart. He was originally loyal to Zhang Yanling, but what man can bear this? It is understandable that he made money without telling Zhang Yanling and wanted to fly away.
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"Mr. Chen, be more open-minded. Women are just like that. Just think about our family and you will be satisfied." Liu Jin said with a smile.
Chen Shiyi breathed a sigh of relief, looked at Liu Jin and said, "How can I compare with you? You don't have that thing, and you don't have that kind of trouble."
Liu Jin spat: "How can I talk? I mean, look at my current situation. You are holding my life in my hands. Who am I, Liu Jin? Yet I have to be humble to you."
Chen Shi said: "Eunuch Liu, I don't mean to do anything to you. I heard that you have made a lot of money, and you just want to get some money to fly away and live a happy life. I don't want to embarrass you. If I want to embarrass you,
Father-in-law, just hand over the evidence and that will be it, there is no need to take the risk of coming here to see you."
Liu Jin nodded. Chen Shiyi's reason is reasonable and humane. There is nothing to doubt about this matter. Now it seems that Zhang Yanling does not know about it. As long as Zhang Yanling does not know about it, everything will be easy to handle. Money? No problem.
"Tell me, how much money will it cost before you are willing to hand over the evidence to me?" Liu Jin said slowly.
"This number." Chen Shiyi held out three fingers.
"Three thousand taels? Thirty thousand taels?" Liu Jin smiled. Chen Shiyi had never seen the world, so what was this little money? He gave it to him on the spot.
"Of course not. Your Eunuch Liu's life is worth thirty thousand taels?" Chen Shi said.
"Three hundred thousand taels? Your appetite is too big. I don't have that much money." Liu Jin frowned.
"No, Eunuch Liu, it's not three hundred thousand taels. It's... three million taels. Your Eunuch Liu's life is precious and worth this price." Chen Shiyi said solemnly.
"What?" Liu Jin screamed, jumping up like a cat whose tail had been stepped on. The wound on her butt was in unbearable pain, and she moaned again.
The guards and eunuchs outside heard the commotion and asked loudly: "Father, what's the matter?"
Liu Jin cursed loudly: "Go away, it's none of your business."
The guards and eunuchs Shanshan were speechless, rolled their eyes and walked away.
"Chen Shiyi, with such a big appetite, you will be starved to death. Our family will never be able to come up with three million taels of silver. You'd better report it, and our family will lose their lives." Liu Jin said solemnly.
"Eunuch Liu, don't cry for poverty. You know how much money you have made. Well, three million taels is a lot. Two and a half million taels is a discount for you, Eunuch Liu. We will make this deal and everyone will be happy.
"Chen Shi said.
Liu Jin waved his hand and said: "Five hundred thousand taels, enough for you to spend ten lifetimes. This is all my property. Otherwise, we will break up in one fell swoop."
Chen Shiyi sneered and said: "Two million taels, one penny is a lot. Three days later, you pay the money at the Dongshan Mass Grave, and I will give you a physical witness. Fair deal. In these three days, if you have anything
If there is any unusual move or someone wants to harm me, I will immediately report it to the Lord Protector.
Eunuch Liu, I would like to advise you that making money is as simple as scooping water from a pond. If you keep your life alive, you can earn it back in one year. But I want to remain anonymous and prepare to go to Nanyang to hide. The money is short.
I’m not going to do it. That’s all I have to say and I’m leaving.”
Chen Shi turned around and walked away, leaving Liu Jin standing there with eyes blazing and stamping her feet angrily.