"Originally, he had a lot of money. He spent two thousand dans of silver on his mother." Sister Rui seemed a little proud. "Later, he wanted to comb his slaves, and he spent more than a thousand dans of silver." She sighed.
He took a breath and said, "It's just that after I combed my hair, I felt a little stingy! Not to mention that the monthly payment is only six taels, and the family I'm given is as good as yours! It's hard to lose an extra penny."
Min Zhanlian was secretly amused, thinking how could he be so generous when he already had everything in hand? He then asked, "Isn't it strange that he is so wealthy for a face-to-face guy?"
"Look at what you said, old man," Sister Rui saw that he was a little bolder when she saw that he was kind and handsome, and said coyly, "In our Lehu family, as long as it is real money and silver, it doesn't matter whether he comes here in a strange way or not."
Min Zhanlian asked more about Liu Zheng's daily activities. Sister Rui didn't know much, she only knew that he would come to Tongzhou once or twice a month and stay for three or four days each time. It was just that he stayed a little long.
As for the people he meets on a daily basis, they are very mixed, including those who are officials and those who are "on poles" on the street. Considering his profession and activities, this is not surprising. However, their conversation is very interesting.
He is secretive, usually in the study room in the front yard, and never talks in front of her.
"This old guy plays tricks all day long and avoids people when he talks." Sister Rui said angrily.
The focus of Min Zhanlian's interrogation was yesterday's murder. However, Sister Rui didn't know much. She only knew that the visitor came to visit in the evening. The two of them talked for a while in the study, and then somehow ended up in the backyard.
He asked himself to stay in the west wing first. Later, he heard a commotion in the main room and rushed over. It turned out that the person was dead, but Liu Zhen was injured.
Sister Rui was so frightened that she lost her mind, but Liu Zheng was calm. She first asked him to help him go to the side room to bandage the wound, and then took out the money and rewarded everyone, asking them to clean up the traces and hide the body.
When a life lawsuit broke out, although Liu Zhen was said to be the murderer, none of the servants and Mrs. Rui who lived together during the lawsuit could escape. Not to mention the loss of money, just being tortured in court over and over again would be terrifying. If you are in a coma,
The violent officials were labeled as accomplices, and the accomplices were also exiled to the borderland. Since they were just grasshoppers on a rope, Liu Zheng also took out the money, and the three of them had no objections.
However, the blood splattered on the wall could not be cleaned, so Sister Rui was asked to go out and buy lime so that she could paint the wall and prevent the body from rotting and smelling. As soon as Liu Ying recovered from his injuries, he buried the body.
"Did the visitor bring anything? For example, letters, documents, etc."
"He only had a luggage bag with him. I opened it for the master and found that it only contained a change of clothes and some scattered silver coins. He had a book protector on him, but he threw it into the brazier and burned it under the care of the master."
"Where are his things?"
"It's all burned, nothing is left."
Min Zhanlian felt slightly disappointed, but then he thought, since this person's surname was Wang, he should be a member of Wang Yehao's family.
At this moment, Xiaowu came to report: The study has been searched and nothing important was found.
"They are all ordinary correspondence and books about encounters. They are being sorted and packaged. Do you want to take a look, team leader?"
"See you later." As soon as Min Zhanlian finished speaking, Sister Rui suddenly said: "Master! I have some news, but after telling it, can you give me a reward?"
"Oh? What's the news?" Min Zhanlian became interested.
"We are not allowed to enter or exit the east wing of this courtyard on weekdays. It is locked tightly. But one time, the slave woke up in the middle of the night and saw him lighting a lamp in the east wing. I wonder if there is some secret?"
They had opened the east wing just now. There are three rooms, one light and two dark. The south room is a sleeping room, and the north room is a small study. There is nothing special about it. Because there are almost no signs of use inside, and there are still hangings on the door.
The lock was thought to be used as a guest room. Therefore, the team members did not focus on the search.
Now what Sister Rui said, it aroused his interest. She said: "Your news is good. Whether you find it or not, it will be of great benefit to you. Think about it more, what happened to this old guy? Remember
, just report them together."
So the team focused on searching the east wing. This search really turned up a lot of things. There was no ceiling under the bed, where items are often hidden, and there were no intervening walls, but the furniture had been tampered with.
There are hidden compartments on the bed, desk, and cupboards, and money and documents are hidden in them.
"Team leader, look, this old guy still trusts Delong." The team member handed him a stack of Delong banknotes that they found. Min Zhanlian flipped through it, and he estimated that there were two to three thousand taels.
There are so many. Most of them are bearer fixed-denomination banknotes issued by Delong, each with a fixed denomination. There are 10 taels, 50 taels and 100 taels. You can exchange them into silver by getting Delong and the corresponding exchange number.
It is most convenient to give bribes as gifts. Therefore, they are issued in large quantities in the capital.
The money is not rare, but a book of letters was found in the secret room. There are five volumes, all made of good cotton paper, written in fine regular script, with fine and clear handwriting. The title of the book is "A Survey of Australia".
This was nothing unusual at first. Ever since the Australians attacked the city of Guangzhou, there has been the "Guidelines for Love". As the Senate became more and more powerful and became more and more famous in the Ming Dynasty, the literati became more and more interested in this new generation.
"Barbarians" are also becoming more and more interested. Kun thieves are different from Jiannu or Mongolia - most of the time they only have an impact on the frontiers. However, Kun thieves have an unprecedented impact on all aspects of society, except for "Australian goods"
In addition to the large influx, there are also various "Australian pictures", "Australian illustrated magazines" and "Australian story books" that follow... Despite repeated bans by the authorities, they can't help but spread in large numbers, especially various story books which are reprinted in large quantities.
Selling in the market, Kun thieves and Kun thieves are one of the hotly talked about topics. As a result, there are more and more various notes targeting "Kun thieves", including those of people who have been to Lingao who have experienced it.
Some were written by hearsay and collected various rumors; some were even fabricated and sensational. When Min Zhanlian was studying at the "Farm", he saw some such books.
It was normal for Liu Zheng to possess such a book. Min Zhanlian flipped through a few pages, but his expression became serious.
Xiaowu asked curiously: "Why, what's strange about this note?"
"It's important to carry it." Min Zhanlian took a deep breath, "This book must be sent to the contact point and sent back to Guangzhou as soon as possible."
But the most important hidden compartment is behind a brick in the corner. If there hadn't been a lone thief in the group who had been there for many years, he noticed that the edge of the brick was a little smooth, and he probably wouldn't have discovered it even after searching a few times.
Here was a packet of letters. He read several of them, but none of them were signed, only monograms. But from the content of the letters, he could roughly guess who the other party was. Some of the letters were about things in the palace.
, and also mentioned "adopted father" many times. This is probably Yang Tianliang's letter.
He immediately found all the letters with the same monogram, arranged them according to date, and read them one by one. The earliest of these letters could be traced back to four or five years ago. The contents of the letters were mostly instructions on matters assigned by Yang Tianliang, and also included instructions from Liu Zheng.
Please ask Eunuch Yang for a reply. It seems that Liu Bing and his boss Wang Yehao have been connected with Eunuch Yang since then.
But these had nothing to do with the Leng Ningyun case. It wasn't until two letters half a year ago that Min Zhanlian's attention was attracted. The first letter said that he had found the eunuch in charge of Nanyuan for eunuch Cao in accordance with Liu Wei's entrustment.
errand.
"Eunuch Cao" is a relative of Cao Sheng in Zhangjiawan. He is now the eunuch in charge of Nanyuan. Unexpectedly, this eunuch in charge was actually Liu Bing who entrusted Mr. Yang to do things! What's even more strange is that there is not a word in this letter from beginning to end.
Mentioning money! You must know that in the previous letters, whenever it was mentioned that people were entrusted with things, they had to ask for money. Sometimes they would complain that the money given was too little, only enough to honor the adoptive father, and he himself would not be left behind.
Could it be that little Eunuch Yang has changed his temper?
Looking further down, the correspondence became more and more intensive. The letters that originally came only a few months now come once every five or six days. Several of them were urging him to raise funds. Judging from the tone of the letter, it seemed that he
Eager to get attached to a big shot, he needed to prepare a very expensive Australian product. He also specifically mentioned that Leng Ningyun was a "stingy little person". Not only was he unwilling to be filial to this product, he was only willing to give it a 20% discount on the price. Therefore, "
"It is not a pity to die" and "it is your own fault". He also said to Liu Wei that "this opportunity cannot be missed", it was a good opportunity to "borrow flowers to offer to Buddha".
Min Zhanlian thought to himself, this is wrong. Three or four months ago, Leng Ningyun was in Delong in front of his boss. How could he say that "it is not a pity to die" and "it is one's own fault"? Could it be that Little Eunuch Yang had no idea? This "
"Opportunity not to be missed", does this mean that Wang Yehao planned to kidnap Leng Ningyun?
It seems that little Eunuch Yang was not only involved in the kidnapping, but also deeply involved.
Next, the letter mentioned that there are currently tens of thousands of eunuchs living in Nanyuan, including quite powerful and powerful bandits. It just takes time to select the right people. The key is to have enough money and food. Liu Zheng is asked to "try to organize it"
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Moreover, it can be seen from these correspondence that Liu Zheng did not tell the truth. He had a deep connection with the eunuchs in Nanyuan. He was probably using the eunuchs in Nanyuan to organize armed forces. Liu Xiaobian and several eunuchs were probably part of this group.
Part of the armed forces. I went to the scene probably to see He Liansheng's strength.
He continued to read the letters. The content of the latter letters was very small, and most of them used code words. However, Min Zhanlian probably guessed that the letters were all about the arrangements after the kidnapping. The letters included information on how to deal with Wang Yehao, Liu Zhen's proposal, and Liansheng.
Zhuangzi in Haidian was well fortified, and the worry that it could not be attacked by force was also said to mean "it had its own arrangements."
I turned to the next letter and after reading a few lines, my eyes suddenly widened. I stared at the letter and read it several times. A smile suddenly appeared on my face and I murmured to myself: "Okay.