Mou Rongtian said: "Tan Wanxin, if you have this attitude, I can only torture you. Help Yu, cut off one of his fingers."
Dong Fuyu pulled out his long sword and said to Liu Tingji: "Old man, if you don't explain the problem again, I will take action."
Liu Tingji was so frightened that he ducked back, clenched his fists and shouted: "No, no!"
Dong Fuyu said to Xia Zhixi: "Junior brother, hold this old guy down."
Xia Zhixi pushed Liu Tingji down, and Dong Fuyu took off Liu Tingji's right hand. Just as he was about to cut off his finger, Liu Tingji shouted: "No! I'll move, I'll move!"
Mou Rongtian said: "Let him go, Liu Tinggai, and explain in detail every amount of gold and silver you bribed Tan Wanxin. If you dare to deliberately conceal it or fabricate facts, I will punish you."
Chop off all the fingers one by one."
Liu Tingji wiped the cold sweat on his head with his sleeves and said, "I must tell you the truth." He bribed Tan Wanxin more than ten times in total, confessing the time of each bribery, the amount of gold and silver on the ground, and everything."
After Liu Tingji finished speaking, Mou Rongtian asked: "Is that all? Is there anything else to hide?"
Liu Tingji said: "I don't dare to hide it, that's all."
Mou Rongtian mentally increased the amount Liu Tingji confessed, thinking to himself: "This amount is enough to trip up Tan Wanxin." Seeing Li Tianmu stop writing, he said: "Tianmu, give him your mouth to sign and sign."
After Liu Tingji signed and signed, Mou Rongtian took the confession, took Li Tianmu and Shi Yi back to the capital, and asked the others to stay in Shuilian Temple to take care of Liu Tingji and others.
After Luo Sigong read Liu Tinggai's confession, he said: "Tianmu, Rongtian, you did a very good job and acted according to the plan."
At Xupai time that night, Li Tianmu, Mou Rongtian and Shi Yiyi wore night clothes and covered their faces with black cloth, and quietly sneaked into Tan Wanxin's mansion. Luo Sigong had shown them the topographic map of Tan Wanxin's mansion in advance, and they knew the layout of the mansion well.
Luo Sigong guessed that Tan Wanxin was probably in the study at this moment. Li Tianmu and others climbed over the eaves and walls to the courtyard where the study was located. They hid on the slope of the back room and peeped into the courtyard. They saw five guards standing in the courtyard, all of whom were officials from the East Factory.
Take it. Then I saw the light was on in the study, so I guessed that Tan Wanxin should be in the study.
Tan Wanxin's mansion is guarded by Dongchang, and Zhang Hu, one of the twelve commanders of Dongchang, the "Left Arm Flower Sword", and thirty of his subordinates are on duty here.
The five guards in the courtyard all wore round hats and soap boots. One of them wore a brown shirt, and he was Zhang Hu. The other four wore straight clothes, and they were his four foremen. Each of these four stood in a corner of the courtyard.
, Zhang Hu stood outside the study door.
Li Tianmu flew up and dived towards Zhang Hu. When Zhang Hu saw the assassin coming, he quickly drew his sword. Before he could pull out the sword, he was already targeted by Li Tianmu.
At this time, a guard shouted at the top of his voice: "There is an assassin!"
Tan Wanxin was reviewing official documents in the room. When he heard this, he was startled, his hand trembled, and he lost his grip on the brush and dropped it on the table.
The four foremen of the East Factory brandished their swords to attack Li Tianmu. Li Tianmu shook his palms together. In a moment, he knocked the four men to the ground, kicked open the door, and broke into the study.
Tan Wanxin stood up and exclaimed: "What do you want to do?"
Li Tianmu pulled out a bright dagger from his waist, approached Tan Wanxin step by step, and said in ventriloquism: "Tan, I am short of money, and I would like to borrow some money from you."
Tan Wanxin said: "It's easy to talk. Whatever you want, just ask. I will definitely meet your request. You must not hurt my life."
Li Tianmu pushed away the items on the table, sat on the table, pointed a dagger at Tan Wanxin and said, "Sit down, sit down."
Tan Wanxin looked at Li Tianmu with a horrified look on his face and sat down on the chair of the Grand Master. Li Tianmu put a dagger to his heart and said, "It seems that you are a sensible person. Don't worry, as long as you meet my requirements, I will never
I will destroy your life. I will ask someone to send you three thousand taels of gold, but it will cost you fifty taels. If you old guy dares to play tricks, I will stab you to death."
Tan Wanxin thought to himself: "This guy has such a big appetite, one mouth is worth three thousand taels of gold."
Seeing his hesitation, Li Tianmu said, "Why, you don't want to give up. If you, old fellow, give up your life rather than your wealth, I will send you on your way now."
Tan Wanxin said: "Don't get me wrong, it's not that I'm reluctant to part with it, it's just that I can't get so much gold."
Li Tianmu said: "Tan, I have already investigated how rich your family is. You can get it even for thirty thousand taels, not to mention three thousand taels. I'm not greedy, so I don't care what you want."
Three thousand, if you are unwilling to give up your wealth, I will ask you to give up your life."
He sent the dagger forward, and Tan Wanxin was so frightened that he screamed: "No, no, I'll get it for you, don't harm my life."
Li Tianmu said: "That's right."
At this time, the rest of the guards from the East Factory arrived after hearing the news and broke into the study. One of them shouted: "That guy, let the chief assistant go quickly."
Li Tianmu turned to look at the guards and said, "If any of you dare to act rashly, I will stab him to death." He also said, "Tan, let these bastards from Dongchang get out."
Tan Wanxin said: "Get out quickly."
The guards retreated, and Zhang Hu said to one of them: "Go and inform the factory owner."
The guard ran away and wanted to go to Dongchang to report the news. As soon as he ran out of the mansion, Mou Rongtian fell behind him, knocked him unconscious with a knife palm, tapped his acupuncture points, and dragged him to the back alley.
Li Tianmu said to Tan Wanxin: "Quickly ask your family to send the gold."
Tan Wanxin shouted: "Call Madam."
Soon, the guards found Mrs. Tan. Tan Wanxin said to her: "Go and get three thousand taels of gold and send it here."
Mrs. Tan said: "Three thousand taels, is that much?"
Tan Wanxin shouted: "What a fart, go quickly, if you hesitate again, I will die."
Mrs. Tan left the study, called two old ladies, drove away from the big house, walked through the streets and alleys, and came to the old house. This old house was purchased by Tan Wanxin when he was a doctor in the household department. The area was not large.
It is a courtyard with two entrances. The house is vacant and no one lives in it. Tan Wanxin hid most of the gold he received from bribes in this house.
The carriage stopped in front of the house. Mrs. Tan got out of the car, handed the key to the old woman, and asked her to open the door of the house. After opening the door, she led the carriage into the house, went to the backyard, opened the cellar cover, and Mrs. Tan held a lantern.
Went down to the cellar alone.
Shi Yi followed Mrs. Tan all the way, hiding in the room and monitoring secretly. His mission was to find out where Tan Wanxin hid his dirty laundry.
About a quarter of an hour later, Mrs. Tan shouted from the cellar: "Open the cover."
An old woman opened the cover, and Mrs. Tan came out of the cellar, put a heavy bundle on the ground, and then went back. After several times, Shi Yi saw that she had taken out seven bundles in total.
Mrs. Tan asked the old woman to put the bundles in the carriage, drove back to the mansion, and asked the guards to follow her into the study. Then she opened them one by one, only to see that they were filled with yellow, orange, and shiny gold ingots.
Mrs. Tan said: "Here are sixty gold ingots, all of which are fifty taels per ingot. The total is three thousand taels. The gold has been brought to you. Release my master quickly."
Li Tianmu got down from the table, picked up a few ingots and checked them. After confirming that they were gold ingots, he said, "Wrap all the gold ingots in a bag."
Mrs. Tan came out of the study and asked the old lady to get a big piece of cloth. She didn't have much time, so the old lady got the cloth. Mrs. Tan returned to the study, spread the big cloth on the floor, put the gold ingots on it, and packed it.
Li Tianmu said: "Tan, for the sake of this gold, I will spare your life. When the gold is spent, I will come to you to borrow it."
He put away his dagger and knife, carried his baggage and walked out. The guards attacked him with their knives, but they were no match. In the blink of an eye, they were knocked down in large numbers, and Li Tianmu flew away.
Luo Sigong had already shown Liu Tinggai's confession to the Queen Mother. He was sitting in the flower hall of Cining Palace, waiting for news from Mou Rongtian. At this time, Mou Rongtian came to Cining Palace and told him that the matter was done.
The Queen Mother had not gone to bed yet and was waiting for news about Mou Rongtian. Luo Sigong asked Eunuch Chen to inform the Queen Mother. After hearing the news, the Queen Mother took Liu Tingji's confession and went to Qianqing Palace to find Wanli.
At this time, Wanli had fallen asleep. The eunuch Zhang Cheng called Wan live Lord outside the bedroom and woke Wanli up.
"What's going on?" Wan Li asked, his tone very unhappy.
Zhang Cheng said: "Long live my lord, the Queen Mother is here and I have something urgent to do with you."
Wanli sat up and put on his clothes, and said to himself unhappily: "What's going on in the middle of the night?" Although he was very unhappy, he had to go.
He came to the flower hall and saw the Queen Mother sitting on a chair and said, "Mother, what's going on?"
The Queen Mother handed over Liu Tinggai's confession and said, "Take a look at this."
Zhang Cheng took it and handed it to Wanli.
After Wanli looked at it, he shouted: "This Tan Wanxin is really a coward. I'll ask Dongchang to investigate him."
The Queen Mother said: "No, Yan Shoufeng and Tan Wanxin have a close personal relationship. How can we let him investigate the case? Let's leave it to Jin Yiwei."
Wanli said: "The Queen Mother has thought carefully, so let's leave it to Luo Sigong."
The Queen Mother said: "Draw up a decree and let Luo Sigong arrest Tan Wanxin and bring him to justice tonight."
Wan Li smiled and said: "Mother, there is no need to be in such a hurry. Tan Wanxin can't run away. It won't be too late to catch him tomorrow."
The Queen Mother said: "The Ai family is afraid of long nights and many dreams, so it is better to hurry up."
Hearing what she said, Wanli had no choice but to do as she was told.
At the same time, Tan Wanxin came to Dongchang. Yan Shoufeng was still awake. He was in a good mood tonight. He sat in the Zhongyi Pavilion and admired the moon. There was a pot of wine and several exquisite side dishes on the stone table. Yan Shoufeng said, "Hey!"
"A sip of wine, a sip of food, pouring and drinking by yourself, it's quite comfortable."
At this time, a guard came over and reported: "Sir, Tan Shoufu is here and he is anxious to see you."
Yan Shoufeng thought to himself: "Why is he here this late at night? Could something have happened?" He said, "Invite him here."