Lehe Square in the southernmost part of Luoyang City is where the middle and lower class people live. Most of the people in the square have fled, and there are only a few houses left that are inhabited.
In the most remote part of the east side of the square, there is a courtyard covering an area of one and a half acres. It is a very ordinary courtyard with a wall as high as a person, with mottled walls. There are two big willow trees beside the wall, just like other houses in the square.
, the owner of the family seems not to be there either, and the door is closed.
Under the guidance of the groom, two hundred scout soldiers surrounded the courtyard. The groom was very nervous. He sent the master and the eldest son here in the morning. The master gave him twenty taels of silver sealing money and asked him to send more in the evening.
Bring food and water.
But the Jin army gave him five hundred taels of silver! He took this money to go back to his hometown, and his wife, children, and parents could live a good life. This was his only chance to make a comeback. How could he not seize it?
Two hundred scout soldiers surrounded the courtyard. Zhou Fei stood close to the door and winked at the coachman.
The coachman stepped forward and knocked on the door three times rhythmically, "Boom! Boom! Boom!" He then shouted loudly: "It's me, Luo Jiulang, I'm here to bring food and water!"
After a while, the door of the room opened, and someone asked in a low voice in the courtyard: "Who else is there besides you?"
"There is no one else but me!"
Footsteps approached quickly, the courtyard door creaked open a crack, and someone whispered: "Come in quickly!"
Zhou Fei dodged and squeezed into the yard. He only heard a scream and someone shouted: "Father, run away!"
A middle-aged man had just climbed out of the backyard wall. The scouts and soldiers who were lying in ambush around him swarmed him, held him firmly, and quickly tied him up.
The person who was held down was none other than General Xiao Wanding. He purchased this compound at a very low price more than a month ago. He and his son did not dare to show their faces for fear of being recognized by the soldiers, so they fled here in a carriage.
Hiding, they thought they could escape, but unexpectedly the coachman betrayed them.
Xiao Wanding was pinned firmly to the ground. He closed his eyes in despair. After two years of wandering around, he might as well be a deputy training envoy of the Zhengzhou League. At least he could die well...
The father and son were gagged, put in black bags, and put into a carriage to be transported away. Zhou Fei led a group of soldiers to continue searching the house, and soon the soldiers discovered it.
"General, come and see this well!"
Zhou Fei walked quickly to the well and saw that the well had been filled with soil. No wonder the driver was asked to bring food and water. There was not even drinking water here.
"Dig it up!" Zhou Fei immediately ordered.
The soldiers worked together, but they only dug a shallow layer, and underneath were the sacks. The soldiers dragged out the extremely heavy sacks and moved them aside. One of the sacks burst, and a huge pile of sacks burst out.
There are piles of gold and silver ingots. There are at least 5,000 taels of gold and silver in a large sack. There is no strict distinction. Gold and silver ingots are mixed together.
There were at least more than a hundred bags of gold and silver in a well, and then the soldiers dug out ten large boxes in the house, which were filled with jewelry.
Zhou Fei picked out twenty ingots and fifty taels of silver, put it in a bag, walked out and handed it to the driver and said with a smile: "You are lucky, you have got both rewards, this is one thousand taels of silver, you
You can go!"
The driver looked at the white silver in the bag. He felt a little dizzy and felt as if he was in a dream.
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Liu Feng's idea was indeed too vicious. Under a heavy reward, there must be a brave man. For two days in a row, servants from every household actively reported and received the reward. What's interesting is that most of them were reported by the coachmen. From ancient times to the present,
, all drivers know the secret of the leader.
In a private house in Fushanfang next to Nanshi, soldiers moved out more than a hundred boxes of belongings. A coachman smiled happily. He received a reward of one thousand taels of silver. This was the wealth secretly hidden by Jin Zhaoyi's father Jin Fu.
The driver reported it.
In the yard, Jin Fu's wife sat on the ground and cried so hard that all the wealth their family had accumulated in the past two years was gone. Her son was also arrested for raping local women and committing many crimes. It is estimated that his life will not be saved. The Jin family has two wealth.
How could Mrs. Jin, who loved money as much as her life, not be in great pain after the loss.
Jin Fu stood aside with a pale face. He felt extremely regretful. He should not have told Han Yunchang this method. As a result, all his relatives knew about it and adopted the same method.
The coachman who betrayed them was Han Yunchang's coachman. He had driven Han Yunchang for more than ten years and had always been his confidant. Han Yunchang had come here in a coach and was recorded by his coachman. This coachman not only betrayed Han Yunchang's treasure trove.
, also betrayed Jin Fu.
At the same time, the wheat field in the back garden of Xiang Fei's house was dug up, and three large stones were moved away, revealing a dark stone door. The soldiers found the key in Xiang Fei's study, opened the stone door and the iron door, and revealed a passage.
, here is Xiang Fei’s basement.
The soldiers moved out dozens of large boxes of gold and silver and 200,000 yuan of old money from the basement. This was still a small part of Xiang Fei's wealth. Most of the wealth was secretly sent to Xiang Fei's old house in the countryside of Yanshi County.
, his wife and two sons hid there.
This hiding place was also reported by Liu Feng. At this time, a team of 500 cavalrymen was rushing to Yanshi to arrest Xiang Fei's two sons and recover the wealth Xiang Fei had hidden in his hometown...
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At night, Guo Song declared martial law, and the streets of Luoyang suddenly became deserted, with only groups of soldiers patrolling the streets.
At this time, several sneaky men carrying cloth bags came out of Yujifang over the wall. As soon as they jumped to the ground, they heard a sharp shout, "Who are they!"
They were discovered by patrolling soldiers. Several men were so frightened that they ran away. Dozens of soldiers were chasing them, saying, "Stop, or if you don't stop, we will shoot!"
They still tried their best to run away, "Whoosh! Whoosh!" Several crossbow arrows came whistling, and one hit one of them in the thigh. The man screamed and fell to the ground. The other three were too frightened to run away and knelt down.
Hands were raised on the ground.
Dozens of soldiers rushed forward and surrounded them, putting spears on their backs. "Who are you? You dare to violate the curfew. You should be executed!"
Several men were so frightened that they shouted, "We are all rangers from Luoyang. We are guilty, please spare our lives!"
The Rangers were scoundrels on the streets of Luoyang. A soldier used a spear to open the packages they carried, and found that they were all ingots of gold and silver, totaling thirty or forty ingots.
"It turns out you are thieves!"
The soldiers stepped forward and tied them up. At this time, the general on duty tonight, Pei Xin, happened to be patrolling nearby with a group of soldiers. The screams and shouts just now alerted him, and he immediately rushed over with his soldiers.
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"What's going on with these people?" Pei Xin stepped forward and asked.
The brigade commander came forward, knelt down on one knee and saluted, and said, "General, we caught a few thieves and they stole a lot of gold and silver."
A soldier picked up a few ingots of silver and presented them to Pei Xin, "This is the silver they carry!"
Pei Xin took a piece of silver and looked at it. There were faint words on it. He waved, and the soldiers quickly came forward with torches and came closer to the fire. They saw engraved on the silver: Supervised by the Lingnan Coin Mining Department in the tenth year of the Dali calendar.
This is officially minted silver. It is usually hidden in the palace and will not be circulated among the people. It is obviously not the gold and silver of these people.
Pei Xin ordered: "He is indeed a thief. If you don't tell the truth, I will behead you all!"
"General, we are not thieves, this is a gambling debt, and we are here to collect it!"
"Fart, this is obviously official silver!"
"General, that man's gold and silver are like this. He said these are things his brother-in-law hid in his house."
Pei Xinxin was moved and asked: "Who is his brother-in-law?"
"He brags that he is... the father of Concubine Wang De!"
"Take us to his house!"
Pei Xin and the soldiers escorted several men towards Yujifang.
Not long after, they entered the square gate and came to a small house not far from the square gate. Several scoundrels pointed, "This is it!"
"Go up and call the door!"
The leader of the gangsters had no choice but to knock on the door. After a while, someone asked: "Who is it?"
"It's me, Mo Qiandao!"
"You bastard who has killed a thousand swords, why are you here again if I haven't paid off all my debts?" The man inside gritted his teeth and cursed angrily. His voice sounded young, maybe in his twenties.
"Good thing, just open the door!"
The courtyard door creaked open, and a young man with a deer-headed head and a rat-brained head came out and whispered: "You guys hurry up, my father is about to wake up, what can I do tomorrow..."
He suddenly saw a large group of soldiers outside and was stunned.
The soldiers pushed open the courtyard door and pushed the man to the ground. The man asked in horror: "Brother Mo, what happened?"
The rogue leader gave a wry smile and said, "Why do they ask you, just tell them honestly? Otherwise you will die miserably!"
Several soldiers took the man to a corner and questioned him. The man was frightened. When the soldiers asked him, he didn't dare to hide anything he said.
Not long after, the soldiers brought him back and reported to Pei Xin, "General Qi, this person is called Zhang Gu. He has a sister who is the concubine of Wang Defei's father. A few days ago, Wang Defei's father and several sons hid a large number of boxes in
In his family, Zhang Gu was addicted to gambling. He stole a small box and used the money in it to gamble. As a result, he lost all his money and still owed a lot of debt. Tonight, several creditors came to press for debts, and he was again
I stole some gold and silver to pay off my debt."
At this time, someone shouted angrily: "Why are you arresting my son?"
Everyone turned around and saw an old man standing under the eaves with an angry face. Pei Xin sneered. This old man thought nothing happened!
This old man's name is Zhang Dahua, and he is the father of Wang Yongtai's concubine. Wang Yongtai is the father of Concubine Zhu Simi. His wealth is not like other relatives who only have gold, silver, and copper coins. His things are all very valuable and high-quality goods.
Not much, but everything is of high quality. There are twelve boxes in total, and by the way, I also brought three boxes of gold and silver.
These fifteen boxes were carried by Wang Yongtai and his son themselves, using a rented ox cart, and Zhang Dahua, the concubine's father, was responsible for driving the cart. No outsiders knew about it.
But fate is not as good as fate. Wang Yongtai's concubine has a brother, Zhang Gu, who is also a scoundrel who is addicted to gambling. How could Wang Yongtai not be tempted when Wang Yongtai puts so many treasures in his house?
He stole a box of gold and silver and ended up getting himself into trouble.
Pei Xin snorted and waved his hand, "Go in and search!"
A large group of soldiers rushed to the backyard, and Zhang Dahua shouted anxiously: "This is a private house, you can't break in!"
When he saw the soldiers rushing toward an empty room, his expression suddenly changed. He turned back to look at his son. Zhang Gu lowered his head timidly.
Zhang Dahua immediately understood that the wealth Wang Yongtai had hidden here had been betrayed by his son. His legs weakened and he sat down on the ground slumped.
The soldier kicked open the door, rushed in with a torch, and shouted: "Found it!"