The scorching sun hung high in the sky at noon, and the heat filled the air. Liu Chengfeng returned to Baihusuo, sweating profusely. While ordering people to take money and order a few tables of food at the nearby inn, he began to interrogate.
Chaos party'.
Smashing the flower shop is just the first step in Liu Chengfeng's plan. It's still too early for the matter to end. The most important thing now is to let Zhou Tai, the owner of the flower shop, get into his trap and bring the people behind him together.
Get involved.
Either don't do it, or if you do, you have to kill them all. Since people have been offended, then just don't do it and kill them all.
Smashing the flower shop is just to establish prestige to the merchants in Fireworks Alley. But cleaning up the people behind the flower shop will make those merchants completely afraid. Only when people are afraid, will they obediently deliver goods every month.
With money, Liu Chengfeng can build his prestige, do many things, become a dark horse in Jinyi Guards, and climb the ladder step by step towards his set goal.
"I want to let those who look down on me and disdain me know that Liu Chengfeng is not an idiot."
Wang Sili has already made arrangements, and the Jinyi Guards naturally have their own method of torture. They usually arrest people and find a remote City God's Temple to beat them up, and then take them back to the guardhouse to be punished. But now it is very different. Now that they have arrived at the guardhouse
, he was first dragged to a side room and tortured for half an hour. Zhou Taicai was brought half-dead to the hall by several captains. General Chen Hongyu saluted Liu Chengfeng and said, "Sir, Zhou Tai has confessed."
Liu Chengfeng sat behind the case and hummed, then his eyes fell on Zhou Tai and asked slowly: "Zhou Tai, what do you want to confess?"
The school captain had rich experience in beating people. Although he beat Zhou Tai to death, his muscles and bones were not injured. At this time, Zhou Tai was no longer much different from a dead dog. As soon as he knelt on the ground, he kowtowed desperately and whimpered: "Little
People who attack Jin Yiwei deserve to die..."
Liu Chengfeng was obviously very dissatisfied with this confession. He smiled coldly and said, "Is this your confession? Tell me, are you a rebel?"
The word "rebellious party" is not something you dare to recognize easily. What a well-rounded person Zhou Tai is? Otherwise, he would not be able to take care of the flower shop. Of course he did not dare to admit such a thing. He kowtowed quickly and said: "The villain is not a rebellious party..."
They are definitely not a gangster..."
Liu Chengfeng chuckled and said calmly: "Don't worry, today you are the same, and you are not the same. If you enter this hundred households, I have many ways to make you confess. You should think clearly and don't make a mistake."
Zhou Tai's eyes began to roll around. After a long time, he finally gritted his teeth and said: "This villain has someone to prove that he is definitely not a rebel."
Liu Chengfeng smiled and said, "Oh? Who can prove it?"
Zhou Tai said: "Sir, the real owner of the flower shop is not a villain, but my master Chen Mo Chen. My master is an official of the imperial court, and I am his domestic slave. How can I be willing to join the rebel party?"
Liu Chengfeng smiled solemnly and said, "Does your master hold any position?"
"The person in charge of money and food in the Ministry of Household Affairs."
"That's him." Liu Chengfeng already knew in his heart that Zhou Tai would eventually involve the person behind the scenes. Now Zhou Tai probably hopes to use his master to suppress him, and on the other hand, he also proves his
Innocent. It’s just that he couldn’t calculate it at all. Liu Chengfeng had already made the calculation on his master’s head before destroying the flower shop.
I only heard Liu Chengfeng say: "Prince Wang, since the matter involves a court official and a major case of rebellion, no matter what, I have to invite Mr. Chen to prove it. You immediately get my official assassination."
Go and ask Mr. Chen to come and tell Mr. Chen that this matter is of great importance and sooner or later he will have to go to Datian to hear it. Just ask him to come and recognize the person."
Official Wang heard this and went quickly.
Liu Chengfeng asked someone to pour tea and took a slow sip. At this time, he was actually hungry. The captain who was shopping for food and wine must have returned. There was a strong aroma of vegetables outside the hall, and Liu Chengfeng felt in his heart
I can’t help complaining: “In the Ming Dynasty, people like me were so sleepless and forgetful about food and would rather go hungry than to frame someone. I’m afraid there won’t be many Jin Yiwei who tortured and extorted confessions until the Hongzhi Dynasty. They are really rare and protected animals.”
But if the matter of the head of the household department is not resolved now, Liu Chengfeng will not be able to eat this meal. The most feared thing about this kind of thing is to delay it. Now the opponent's position is already in chaos. The longer the delay is, the longer they wait for them to stand firm.
If he breaks his heel and then fights back, even if he has ten royal guards and a hundred households, it won't be enough for him to crush him to death.
Liu Chengfeng thought this and immediately cheered up, sitting upright with his hands on the document.
After half an hour, Chen Mo, the person in charge of money and food in the Ministry of Household Affairs, came in. Zhou Tai turned his head with difficulty, widened his eyes, and looked at his boss, Chen Mo, the person in charge of money and food in the Ministry of Household Affairs, who was dressed in casual clothes and walked slowly.
When I walked into the lobby, I couldn't help but call out "Sir" in a low voice.
Chen Mo's eyes did not stay on Zhou Tai. He was not young. Perhaps because he had been burying his head in papers for many years, his face was frighteningly pale. However, although he was wearing casual clothes, he had a somewhat calm demeanor. Only that
A pair of eyes that were different from his body that could collapse in the wind, stared at Liu Chengfeng with an aggressive sharpness.
Although Chen Mo, the money and food manager, is in charge of the world's money and food, there are countless people watching the money. It is not easy to be greedy, but if a job like the one he occupies wants to be stable, he needs to manage it from top to bottom. Part of the money for management comes from the money and food.
Take, the other part is the outside business such as the flower shop. Now a member of the Jinyiwei family actually led people to smash the hen that laid the golden eggs. When Chen Mo heard the news, he didn't believe it at first and sent people to check it himself.
Later, I found out that something was really going on, so I hurriedly took leave from the Ministry of Household Affairs and was about to find someone to discuss countermeasures. But at this time, Liu Chengfeng sent a famous assassin to invite him. Chen Mo was an old official after all, and soon he
Realize that the problem is no longer simple.
Liu Chengfeng was much more polite to Chen Mo. He stood up first and saluted, and then asked the chief executive to take a seat.
Chen Mo was not polite and sat on a chair nearby with a straight face. He looked at Liu Chengfeng with his eyes fixedly and said, "I wonder why Liu Baihu invited me here?"
Liu Chengfeng smiled slightly and said pleasantly: "I just want to ask you to be a personal witness." Liu Chengfeng pointed at Zhou Tai and said: "Sir, please take a closer look. Is this person a domestic slave in your house?
?He himself admitted that the flower shop is your business, and that you are the real owner of the flower shop. In addition, this person attacked the general flag of our guard station, and even uttered arrogant words, saying
So what about the Jinyiwei? Your Excellency should know that the Jinyiwei are the emperor's personal soldiers. Such a big thing can be regarded as someone plotting rebellion. But if this person is really your servant, the word rebellion will be out of the question.
, please identify it now."
There was no expression on Chen Mo's face, and his deep eyes just glanced at Zhou Tai. Zhou Tai quickly called out: "Master..."
Chen Mo ignored Zhou Tai and said to Liu Chengfeng without hesitation: "Liu Baihu, I don't know this person."
"Ah..." Zhou Tai looked shocked, and then shouted: "Master, you can't just die without saving me... Master..."
Chen Mo had already stood up and said with a slight smile: "This person suddenly said that he is my servant. There must be some misunderstanding. If Liu Baihu has nothing else to do, I will leave."
Liu Chengfeng stood up politely and said goodbye: "Please, Mr. Chen."
Chen Mo also said in a friendly manner: "No need to see you off, Liu Baihu can continue busy with his official duties." After that, he ignored Zhou Tai's roar and walked out of the hall.
After leaving the hall, a coldness flashed across Chen Mo's eyes, he snorted coldly, and whispered: "Let's wait and see."
The reason why Chen Mo shook his head and denied his relationship with Zhou Tai was that Zhou Tai was involved in beating the Jin Yiwei, which could be framed as treason. It was not worth it to involve himself. More importantly, in the past few days, the Imperial College
There was a lot of discussion with Qing Dynasty. They all said that many businesses in Yanhua Hutong were involved in court officials, and now they were making a big fuss. They wanted to jointly submit a letter to impeach the officials who controlled the brothel behind the scenes. At the cusp of this crisis, if Chen Mo admitted to selling flowers in public
The embassy is related to him, the head of the Household Department. Chen Mo can almost predict that the criticism from the entire Imperial College, the Qing Council and even the imperial envoy will be focused on him. Once the criticism is too loud, the cabinet will most likely regard him as an abandoned person in order to calm the matter.
Abandon him like a son. At that time, not only will his future be hopeless, but his reputation will also be in ruins. At this time, Chen Mo can only choose to throw away his car to save his commander, and abandon Zhou Tai like a dead dog.
However, abandonment is abandonment. Since he suffered the loss of being dumb this time and was slapped severely by Liu Chengfeng in public, it does not mean that he does not hold a grudge. Sooner or later, he will have to settle this account with Liu Chengfeng, but he has not yet
It's just not the time.
Chen Mo got on the small sedan parked outside Baihu House, half lying on the soft chair in the sedan, and said calmly: "Get up from the sedan and go back home. And... I'll call someone later to pick up Wang Qian from Dongchang.