Looking around, the house here is not big. There are two rows of wing rooms on the left and right of the front yard, facing the main hall. It is late at night, but I see that the lights are still on in the wing room on the left, and the light shines through the lattice window. Yes, Master Ma has not returned home late at night.
, the family must have turned on the lights and waited, so the lights have not been turned off yet.
The study is in the backyard, so it needs to go through the main hall. Da Kui didn't dare to walk blatantly. The left courtyard wall is connected to the wing room, but he can just pass the main hall.
Da Kui Mao bent his waist and ran straight to the wall of the left courtyard. When he reached the wall, he jumped up and stretched out his feet on the wall. Using his strength, he stretched out his hands to grab the eaves of the side room. He swung up to the top of the wall and jumped up again.
On the roof of the wing. Da Kui walked quickly along the ridge of the roof, and when he was near, he jumped onto the main room again.
Although he moved quickly, he didn't make any sound. He walked lightly along the front of the house and passed the ridge of the main house. He could see the backyard clearly. He faced an exquisite attic and the bamboo rockery in the courtyard was also very elegant. On the right
There are two side rooms against the wall, which must be where the study is located.
Dakui jumped down, and as soon as his feet landed on the ground, he walked towards the right wing. When he reached the window, he stretched out his hand to open the window sash, and entered sideways. He turned sideways and floated into the room.
Unexpectedly, as soon as Dakui's feet landed, a "Meow~~!" scream sounded in his ears. In desperation, Dakui jumped up and reached out to hook the roof beam and turned over. When he reached the beam, he looked down and saw a small gray-black figure.
His figure disappeared in a flash.
Dakui couldn't help but secretly curse: "You're a young lady, keep a cat in the study!" This incident shocked Dakui into a cold sweat, but when he came in, he fell to the ground and stepped on the cat's tail.
Dakui was not sure whether the cat's screams could attract people, so he didn't dare to delay. He jumped off the beam and looked up again. It turned out that there was no dividing wall between the two rooms. There was a red sandalwood moon door in the middle, and the gauze curtains were decorated with silver hooks.
There is a beautiful wooden frame on each side of the Moon Gate. There is a flower pot on each frame, and the Gentleman Weeping Orchid is planted there.
There is a desk in the inner room with all four treasures of the study, and behind the desk is a carved chair by the Grand Master. Four banners and paintings are hung on the wall behind the chair, which are pictures of the Four Gentlemen of Plum, Orchid, Bamboo and Chrysanthemum. When Dakui saw it, he couldn't help but spit: "Assisting Zhou to abuse, corrupt and bend the law is also worthy of the title
Gentleman?'
Dakui looked to the left again and saw a bookshelf against the wall filled with books and classics. Master Ma must have been a man who read a lot of books.
Dakui walked to the bookshelf in three steps and two steps at a time. He reached out and counted the third book on the second shelf from the top. He immediately took it out and stuffed it into his arms. It was dark in the room and he couldn't see the words. No matter if it was
Take it back and talk about it. If not, let Master Ma eat shit! Dakui thought through gritted teeth.
Just as he was about to leave, a bright light flashed outside the door, and someone approached the study with a lantern. Dakui ducked and hid behind the flower stand, watching what happened.
Two people came in through the door, but they were both dressed as servants.
"Brother Hei, why is there someone in the study so late? Don't be so surprised. Isn't it just a cat meowing?"
"The master's tabby cats all sleep in the study. If they came out in the rain tonight, there must be something wrong in the study."
"Then it can't be said that someone came to the study."
"Are you fucking blind? The fur on the cat's tail has been stepped on. If you don't come here to check, I will lose its fur when I get back!"
The two of them remained silent, holding up lanterns and starting to look around.
Da Kui's mind couldn't help but turn around, and he had no choice but to treat the horse as a living horse. He took off the black scarf on his face, stretched out his hands and hooked the corners of his mouth with his thumbs, picked up the eyelids under both eyes with his index fingers and stuck out his tongue as hard as he could.
He actually made a grimace. I remember that when I was young, it was quite effective to scare people like this, especially if the grimace showed up under the light in the dark night, it would be particularly effective.
Just as Dakui was getting ready, the light came over, and Dakui stretched his head out through the light.
Under the light, a head sticks out from behind the flower stand. Its eyes are mostly white and sometimes black, covered with bloodshot eyes. It has a wide mouth and a long tongue sticking out, like a ghost that wants to choose people and devour them. Who is not scared at this moment in the middle of the night?
"Ugh~!" One of the servants was so frightened that he fainted, and the other one was so brave that water dripped down his trouser legs.
As deep laughter burst from Da Kui's throat, the last servant also fainted and fell to the ground in extreme horror.
After Dakui put away his grimace and walked out of the flower stand, he quickly walked out of the study. He walked around to the side of the room, jumped on the wall, crossed the courtyard wall in a flash, and ran away through the Wu Mansion.
Huang Ying has been pacing in the room uneasily since Dakui went back to his room to change clothes and go out. She was worried about Dakui's safety. Even though she knew that Dakui had peerless martial arts, she still felt uneasy. There is a saying: God has unpredictable events, and people
There have been misfortunes and misfortunes. Now I am in a different place with no relatives. What if something unexpected happens?
Just when she was feeling uneasy, a figure flashed through the door. Huang Ying was startled, and then she was overjoyed. Is it Dakui who came in, or that one? At this time, Dakui was soaked and looked embarrassed, but he had a happy face.
Huang Ying hurriedly asked: "How did things go?"
Dakui chuckled and said: "Such a small thing can be easily solved." He took out the account book from his arms and handed it to Huang Ying.
Huang Ying casually put the account book on the table and said, "We have hot water in the room. Quickly change out of your wet clothes to avoid catching a cold."
Da Kui was cold and hungry, but his heart was full of warmth. He went into the inner room, took a shower and changed into his official uniform. Then he came out, picked up the account book on the table, opened it and looked at it. Huang Ying put away the clothes Da Kui had changed and came out with a smile and asked:
"You don't know much about literacy, let me take a look!" He folded the clothes and put them on the stool beside him, then wiped his hands on his body and took the account book.
Dakui smiled and said: "As my wife, how can you wipe your hands on me now? You must get rid of this problem in the future."
Huang Ying looked at the account book and pouted her cherry lips as if she didn't care, but suddenly she exclaimed: "They transport one thousand tons of private salt to Raozhou every month, and the dirty silver they get is one thousand six hundred taels."
!" Although Huang Ying was exclaiming, Dakui couldn't help but wonder, only one thousand six hundred taels per month?
The spies reported that Pan Ke had embezzled millions of taels in the past year. Could it be that the report was wrong? In order to find out the truth, Da Kui hurriedly walked into the inner room and found a small box from the side of the bed. Inside was a small box sent back by spies from all over the country over the past few months.
of detection.
Da Kui returned to the outer room and put the box on the table. After opening it, there were some small paper labels inside. Because all the detective reports were brought back by flying pigeons, the paper labels were all very narrow. Da Kui flipped through them.
After searching for a long time to find out the detective report from Raozhou, Dakui read it carefully by candlelight and couldn't help but slap his thigh in anger.
It turns out that the signature says: Pan Ke, Yin of Raozhou Prefecture, was in office for one year. He sold private salt, and even though he was over half a million taels of silver, he was corrupted by ink. The four characters "Although he was over half a year old" on the signature were unclear for some reason.
Unclear. Especially there is no mark after 'Although he is over fifty'.
As a result, Da Kui mistakenly believed that the governor of Raozhou had embezzled millions of taels in one year. Da Kui couldn't help but throw the paper lottery back into the box in anger.
When Huang Ying saw this, she couldn't help but ask: "What makes you so angry?"
Dakui had a good habit. No matter how upset he was, he always spoke softly and gently to Huang Ying and explained the matter immediately.
After Huang Ying heard this, she paced back and forth in the room. She calculated carefully with her jade fingers for a while, then came to Dakui and said, "Although Pan Ke didn't repay that much for being greedy, Raozhou is the salt affairs department of Jiangxi Province."
In this place, there are more than two million people in the province, and each person needs two qian of salt per day. In this way, two million people need more than 240 tons of salt per day. That is 7,200 tons per month.
One hundred dans, that's 86,400 dans a year. Calculating one tael and six cents of silver per tun of salt, it's 138,240 taels of silver."
Huang Ying paused briefly and then said: "Raozhou only brings one thousand tons of salt into the city every month. There must be teams of horses and chariots transporting private salt to other places."
Dakui was dumbfounded when he heard it. It wasn't until Huang Ying finished speaking that Dakui slapped his thigh and praised: "Oh, my wife, you are really clever. Why didn't I think of it so carefully?"
Huang Ying smiled arrogantly and said, "You know how powerful I am!" She raised her head as she spoke, looking proud.
Dakui nodded and praised: "Madam Lan Xin is so wise, I, Zhang Dakui, regret it so much. Hahaha."
When Huang Ying heard this, she smiled sweetly and said, "It's beyond my reach!" As she spoke, she stretched out her fingers and tapped Dakui's forehead.
Dakui laughed and said: "It's beyond my reach, it's beyond my reach! Madam is still knowledgeable." After a pause, Dakui said: "I'm going to ask about the case and see what progress is made. Madam, just sit in the room. If there is nothing else, I will come early."
Just rest."
Huang Ying nodded obediently, walked to the door again and took off the oil paper umbrella hanging on the wall.
Dakui walked to the door and took the paper umbrella, smiled slightly at Huang Ying, then went out to take an umbrella and braved the night rain to go to the front house.
Dakui came to the hall of the front house, and his subordinates presented the confessions of Li Mazi and Master Ma. Dakui watched them one by one and couldn't help but admire Huang Ying even more. The number in the confession was roughly the same as what Huang Ying had estimated. Li Mazi's confession
Huang Ying also guessed that the private salt was transported by separate routes.
After reading the confession, Dakui couldn't help laughing and said: "Come here, take Li Mazi and Master Feng into custody and leave five people to guard them. The rest will change their clothes and follow me to arrest the criminals overnight, and we will kill them all tonight."
Everyone around him took the order and turned around to leave. They all went to change their clothes and prepare to set off.
When the forty-five followers each changed into official uniforms and brought swords and came to the hall to gather, Dakui looked around at everyone and said loudly: "Everyone, please follow me tonight to capture Pan Ke, the governor of Raozhou, and Fu Tailai, the envoy of Jiangxi Salt Administration.
." Dakui immediately ordered: "Hong Wu listens to the order."
Hong Wu took a step forward and shouted: "My subordinates are here!"
Dakui said: "Take thirty people to capture Fu Tailai. If there is resistance, shoot and kill him."
Hong Wu took the order, ordered everyone's hands, turned around and led them to run out of the hall with cheers.
Dakui then ordered: "The rest of you will follow me to capture Pan Ke, let's go!" Dakui gave the order and strode out of the hall first. Just as he was about to run to the gate of the mansion, he saw Huang Ying holding a paper umbrella and carrying a sword from the back house.
Chased out.
"Husband, wait!" Huang Ying ran to Da Kui and handed over the Longquan Sword. She didn't bother to wipe the rain off her face, and said warmly: "Be careful in everything." There was worry in her words. Da Kui felt warm in his heart, and immediately took the sword and said nothing.
After stopping, he led the people out of Wu Mansion and ran towards the west of the city in the rain.
There was thunder and lightning in the sky, and the rain poured down like a torrent.
The people in Dakui hurried forward under the light of thunder and lightning. The sound of wind and rain on the long street and the sound of footsteps treading water became one. Everyone went straight to the intersection of three streets and arrived in front of Pan's house.
Dakui waved his hand, and the two rushed up to him. They ran up the stone steps to the porch and reached out to pat the red lacquered door. The door knocker rattled when it was patted. After a while, he heard a voice coming from inside the door: "Mother, mother-in-law."
Xi (Jiangxi expletive)…….”
"Open the door, the envoy of Jiangnan General Administration is here!" Although the two attendants shouted, there was no intention to open the door.
Da Kui shouted sharply: "Get out of the way." After saying that, he jumped up in two steps and kicked the red door with a piercing kick in the air.