"By the way, Lao Zhu. Have you heard about it?" Gao Fei suddenly asked mysteriously.
"What did you hear?" Zhu Yuanzhang asked in confusion.
"I got some information from Jin Yiwei before. I heard that the leader of the White Lotus Sect should be Chen Youliang's son."
"Chen Youliang?" To be honest, all Zhu Yuanzhang can remember about this opponent is his name and some vague appearance.
As for the rest, it has long been diluted by time, and it is almost impossible to recall more things.
After all, in the early days, this guy was indeed one of his main opponents.
However, with the support of his brother, Chen Youliang was quickly chased by him and posed no threat at all.
But he didn't expect that this guy's son would put him in crisis.
"Yes, the leader of the White Lotus Sect seems to be called Chen Xueying." Gao Fei kept staring at Zhu Yuanzhang when he said the name.
It was as if he could see something from his face.
It's a pity that Gao Fei is still too young.
For Lao Zhu, his little tricks were simply a master's degree.
Lao Zhu didn't even blink: "I've never heard of it. If you want to say Chen Youliang, we know a little bit about it."
"This guy was also the leader of the rebel army who could fight for world domination with today's emperor."
"But now, he has been completely eliminated by the imperial court. We didn't expect that his son would actually become a rebel."
Hearing what Lao Zhu said, Gao Fei said angrily: "In the eyes of the imperial court at that time, weren't the foreign troops considered rebels?"
Dean Zhu did not argue with Gao Fei: "Okay? Since you say yes, sir, then that's it."
After three days, Chen Xueying, who was hiding in Datong Mansion, finally received some news about the outside world.
"How could it be so fast?" Chen Xueying said in shock.
Tang Wenlu asked in confusion: "What happened to the prince?"
Chen Xueying told Tang Wenlu the news that people from outside had come in.
When Tang Wenlu knew what happened outside the city, his eyes widened in disbelief: "How is this possible? No matter what, it wouldn't be so fast."
The two of them had never thought about the fact that many members of the White Lotus Sect would surrender to the court.
After all, most of the people who join the white religion are just ordinary people who have nowhere to go.
Without any choice, they would certainly hope to be protected by the White Lotus Sect.
But if there were other options, no one would continue to stay in the White Lotus Sect and live in fear.
What Chen Xueying and Tang Wenlu didn't expect was that in just three days, three-quarters of the people they brought had surrendered to the imperial court.
This speed was indeed completely beyond their expectations.
Although Chen Xueying did not expect these people to be loyal to the White Lotus Sect, the rapid loss of manpower would also make it difficult for him to continue his subsequent plans.
Previously, Old Man Kong suggested waiting for the opportunity. Although Chen Xueying disapproved of his suggestion, she did not think it was wrong.
It's just that he has another, more important goal.
But now it seems that he once again miscalculated the influence of the imperial court.
Tang Wenlu said eagerly to Chen Xueying: "Your Majesty, we can't wait any longer. Otherwise, within a day or two at most, people around us may also defect to the court."
"At that time, our situation will be dangerous."
Bang bang bang bang!
Chen Xueying and Tang Wenlu were talking when someone suddenly knocked on the door quickly.
People looked at each other and saw a deep look of worry in each other's eyes.
No contact code was used, which proved that the person knocking on the door was not one of their own.
It's not a good thing for strangers to appear here at such a sensitive time.
Chen Xuying winked at Tang Menlu. Tang Wenlu immediately pretended to be an ordinary citizen, walked over quickly and opened the door: "Come on, come on."
After pulling the door bolt, they carefully opened the door a small opening.
He said to the people outside: "I'm sorry, everyone, the shop is temporarily closed."
At this sensitive time, except for grain stores, many small shops are basically closed.
After all, if everyone doesn't have enough to eat, their business won't be much better.
This era is not like the future. Many people have spent their money in advance before their wages have been paid out.
Today's businessmen, no matter how big or small their business is, like to save money.
Basically, as long as you don't spend money lavishly, there will definitely be no problem in supporting it for a period of time.
However, when Tang Wenlu saw the clothes worn by people outside, his heart couldn't help but tingle.
The people coming outside turned out to be people from Jin Yiwei.
After all, their flying fish suits are too conspicuous, even if they don't want to recognize them.
Although I was nervous and surprised in my heart, my face was indeed calm at all.
He immediately pretended to be panicked and said, "Master, I'm a villain... I'm a good citizen."
He deliberately emphasized his tone in order to remind Chen Xueying and others inside to be careful not to reveal their flaws.
The leader of the Jin Yiwei said impatiently: "What kind of good people are bad people?"
"We are currently searching for the rebels of the White Lotus Sect. Open the door immediately and we will go in and search."
There are about seven or eight Jinyi guards outside, and the rest are all ordinary soldiers of Datong Mansion.
Seeing that these people did not rush in directly, Tang Wenlu breathed a sigh of relief.
Obviously these people don't know their identities yet, otherwise there is no need to say this at all, they should just rush in and arrest them.
He quickly pretended to be clumsy and opened the door: "Master, please come in quickly."
At the same time, he also pretended to have some displeasure on his face, but it seemed that he did not dare to show it due to Jin Yiwei's interpretation.
Zhu Han is not here at this time. If he knows the identities of these people, he is watching Tang Wenlu's performance.
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In this performance, there was almost no trace of fireworks.
Tang Wenlu had just opened the gate, and Jin Yiwei's group quickly entered the courtyard.
In front of this courtyard is a small shop, and behind it is where they live.
There are also some woven bamboo baskets and other groceries in the store.
Walking through the shop to the backyard, Chen Xueying was still weaving bamboo baskets.
Seeing Jin Yiwei's people coming in, he suddenly seemed a little nervous.
Accidentally, my hand got a small cut on the bamboo weaving the basket.
This action immediately aroused the vigilance of several Jinyi guards.
One of the Jin Yiwei frowned and asked, "Who is he?"
Tang Wenlu hurriedly explained: "Go back to the officials, this is my son. He is young and ignorant, and I ask the officials not to be like this brat."
After he finished speaking, he scolded Chen Xueying angrily: "What are you still doing there? Come over quickly and meet some officials."
Chen Xueying put down her work and wanted to come over to see her.
A guard in uniform waved his hand indifferently: "There's no need, just keep doing your work."
After finishing speaking, the first few did not leave, but looked at Chen Xueying with half-smiles.
Chen Xueying did not take action and looked at these Jin Yiwei.
There was still a somewhat panicked look on his face.
Tang Wenlu scolded angrily: "Why are you still standing there? Hurry up and do your work. You have made all the bamboo baskets that the second lady next door asked you to make. How many days have you not finished yet?"
"If you don't work hard, you won't be able to eat at night."
Being scolded by Tang Wenlu, Chen Xueying shivered subconsciously, quickly lowered her head and continued to skillfully weave bamboo baskets.
Several Jinyi guards stared at him for a while, and found that this guy's skills were indeed quite proficient, and he was definitely not pretending, so they stopped paying attention to Chen Xueying.
The reason why they kept staring at Chen Xueying just now was not because they were bored.
I just want to see if this guy is a real bamboo craftsman.
If this guy is really pretending to be a senior member of the White Lotus Sect, he probably doesn't know how to do such a simple job as basket weaving.
After discovering that Chen Xueying was very skillful in weaving baskets, a group of people from Jinyiwei completely dropped their guard.
Then they were in the house and began to search around.
In the past, it was not a good thing for ordinary people to have officials from the imperial court handle cases.
What would be broken in a search like this? It's normal to do a lot of things.
If you are unlucky, the gold and silver hidden at home may be taken away by officials.
Ordinary people, on the other hand, have no way of reasoning with these officials.
What surprised Tang Wenlu was that these royal guards were not as arrogant as he had imagined.
Although they searched very carefully, they didn't destroy anything.
In addition to some people searching, the rest were also questioning Tang Wenlu.
Looking at the household registration list, he asked Tang Wenlu many questions.
Fortunately, they were prepared in advance. These household registrations were all prepared by the altar masters of Datong Prefecture several years in advance.
Of course, these household registrations were originally prepared for the former leaders of the White Lotus Sect, but now this is an advantage for them.
These household registrations are basically real. Even if Jin Yiwei came to investigate, they wouldn't be able to find many problems.
They just made some routine inquiries.
There was no problem with his identity, and nothing suspicious was found at home.
So after the search was completed, the Jin Yiwei strangers were ready to leave.
Tang Wenlu secretly breathed a sigh of relief and quickly and carefully sent these Jin Yiwei away.
At the same time, he did not forget the two taels of silver he secretly stuffed into the leading Jinyi guard.
He doesn't dare to give too much. If an ordinary small grocery store owner is too generous, wouldn't it be equivalent to telling others that I have a problem?
The Jin Yiwei men smiled and shook the money in their hands: "What? Are you trying to bribe the officials?"
When he heard this sentence, Tang Wenlu was a little confused.
What kind of trick is this?
He has dealt with these officials many times, so he naturally knows the virtues of these people.
Someone is rushing to give away money, but if you don't accept it, it will be free of charge.
I have never seen anyone mentioned as a bribe when paying cash.
However, Tang Wenlu did not panic, and quickly pretended to be frightened and said: "Sir, please don't misunderstand me. I just feel that the officials are working hard, so I bought you some tea to drink."
After explaining, Tang Wenlu gritted his teeth pretending to be hesitant: "He took out another two taels of silver from his sleeve and stuffed it into the officer's hand."
"It's my fault. Sir, you brought so many brothers here. I'm afraid this little money is not enough for the brothers to drink tea."
Although there were about 70 or 80 people present, in addition to a dozen or so imperial guards, there were many remaining soldiers outside, guarding various important intersections to prevent those from the White Lotus Sect from escaping.
But even so, two taels of silver was enough for them and their family to have tea for several days.
After all, they are just rough people and they don't need to drink those expensive teas.
But the people in Jinyiwei laughed: "We can't afford such expensive tea. You should keep the money for yourself."
The Jin Yiwei pushed back all the money that Tang Wenlu gave him, then turned around and left.
This turn of events left Tang Wenlu a little confused. There are still some officials who are not greedy for money these days.
How did he know that Zhu Han's management of Jin Yiwei could be said to be very strict.
Some money can be taken, such as those from high-ranking officials and dignitaries.
If they want to give away money, as long as it doesn't involve issues of principle,
Even if the people of Jin Yiwei were accepted, Zhu Han would only turn a blind eye.
But Jin Yiwei is absolutely not allowed to take money from ordinary people.
If His Royal Highness the King of England finds out, they will definitely get some good things out of them.
Of course, Zhu Han did not blindly implement high-pressure policies. In order to compensate for them, Jin Yiwei's salary was quite generous.
Because of this, Jin Yiwei doesn't take a small amount of money too seriously.
Although Tang Wenlu felt a little surprised, whether the other party accepted the money or not had nothing to do with the overall situation.
He pretended to be embarrassed before and handed over two taels of silver again. He was also conveying a message to the first person.
They are indeed just ordinary people, so they hesitate about the two-liang factor.
If they were rebels from the White Lotus Sect, they would definitely want them to leave as soon as possible without hesitating about money.
"My lords, please go slowly. If you have time, please come to the shop for tea." Tang Wenlu said polite words while sending these Jin Yiwei away enthusiastically.
As long as they get out of this door, their crisis will be over.
As a result, he had just taken two steps when a Jin Yiwei's expression suddenly changed.
"Wait a minute, is there a cellar dug in your yard?"
As soon as these words came out, everyone suddenly became nervous.
Several Jinyi guards stared at Tang Wenlu with unkind expressions.
Tang Wenlu's face turned pale: "Sir, I, I, I, we do have a cellar here."
As he spoke, Tang Wenlu seemed to be about to cry nervously: "But our cellar is only used to store some goods, vegetables and the like. Cocoa is not..."
Before he could finish speaking, the people from Jin Yiwei asked coldly: "Where is the entrance to the cellar?"