"Yang Tianliang is dead." When Liu Wei heard the news, he didn't show much surprise. He seemed to have foreseen this result and repeated it indifferently.
"Yes, Mr. Yang has been handling his funeral arrangements with great fanfare these days," Xu Xu said.
"This old eunuch can do it!" Liu Zheng sneered, "He can make another fortune."
It can be seen that Liu Zheng had a very bad impression of the eunuchs.
"Yang Tianliang is dead. Eunuch Yang is a bereavement in his old age. Although he has adopted another adopted son, it is hard to say whether this adopted son can be trusted."
Liu Wei smiled: "As long as he has money in his hand and his mind is not confused, it is not difficult to find someone to support him in old age! He is just too greedy. If he has ten thousand and wants twenty thousand, Han Xin will order troops, the more the better. Otherwise
Why is shopkeeper Leng so flattering to him! Not to mention Leng Ningyun, even the shopkeepers of other money shops in the capital also regard the eunuch as the god of wealth. The richest people in the capital, excluding the emperor, are probably them...
"
He began to talk about the financial situation of some eunuchs in the capital, and Xu did not interrupt him - originally the purpose of his conversation today was about the anti-Senate intelligence in Guangdong, especially the intelligence about Liang Cunhou. But what he said at the moment was also very useful.
.Whenever the eunuchs are needed to "donate", this is the basis.
More importantly, he wants to maintain this good atmosphere. After many days of interrogation, Xu Xu has deliberately created a relaxed conversation environment. In this environment, there is no pressure on the other party's thoughts and he will not be too deliberate.
What to cover up. Often a lot of important information will be revealed inadvertently.
For intelligence work, there is no useless information, especially since they currently have limited intelligence collection in the capital, so they are very interested in the information provided by Liu Zheng. So while they were talking, a tape recorder kept spinning slowly.
"Eunuchs are good at gathering, and I think the wealthy families are not bad either." After he finished, Xu Xu continued, "You have had a lot of dealings with Liang Cunhou. Let's talk about his family's affairs."
Liu Wei chuckled and said, "I know what you are most interested in is his family. After all, he is your great benefactor."
This was somewhat provocative. Xu Xu was not angry. He smiled and said: "It's true that I am a great benefactor. Without him, perhaps the Senate would not be so smooth. It's just that he doesn't look down on the overwhelming wealth of the Senate. He insists on one."
The path has reached its darkest point. Brothers have nothing to do, so they can only become enemies."
Liu Zheng said: "Why don't this incredible wealth fall on my head?"
Xu knew that he was testing, but the sins this man had committed were so great that he did not dare and could not decide whether to forgive him, so he did not answer his words and continued: "He doesn't look down on this rich man. Honestly
I just want to be a rich man. I didn’t expect that he would do something harmful to the world!”
Liu Wei said leisurely: "As the saying goes, 'Those who achieve great things do not stick to trivial matters,' I also heard a famous saying from the Senate in Guangzhou: 'Victors are not judged.' I think this is also the case."
Xu Xu didn't expect that Liu Zhen would slap him in the face directly. Speaking of which, the Senate had done quite a few shameful things. As a member of the secret front, Xu Xu naturally knew a lot.
Fortunately, he had already developed his face, and said with a faint smile: "Although heroes are not judged by success or failure, those who go with the general trend of the world will prosper and those who go against it will perish. As the head of a wealthy family, he should understand this."
"How can one understand the general trend of the world," Liu Zhen said with emotion. "Back then, I was working as an errand in Jinyiwei and was seconded to Dongchang. When I was nine thousand years old, my power was overwhelming, and all the officials in the imperial court returned home trembling. Was this the 'general trend'? What could I do?
Within a few years, the trend turned around again!”
Xu smiled and said: "You don't call it a big trend! It's just a little wave! If you have read a few history books, you will know that the powerful officials control the court and bring disaster to the country. Things have happened in all dynasties. Not to mention the far-reaching ones, it's yours.
In the Ming Dynasty, there were Wang Zhen, Liu Jin, and Wang Zhi. Wei Zhongxian was said to be nine thousand years old, and Liu Jin was said to have "established the emperor." What happened to these people in the end? The political situation of the imperial court changed, and some people came up and some came down, regardless of loyal ministers.
Treacherous ministers are just passing appearances. The real trend of the world is not here!"
Liu Zheng didn't take it seriously and asked: "Where is that?"
"The general trend of the world is only the people's will and disobedience!" Xu Xu said in a rather impassioned manner, "Liang Cunhou never understood this from beginning to end. He was always obsessed with the difference between Hua and Yi, and always wanted to protect famous religions. Little did he know that the people were sinking into a sea of misery, how could they
Come and listen to his teachings!" He said, glancing at Liu Zhen, "Actually, it's you, you work for Mr. Wang, to be honest, it's just for the money, is it possible that you are doing it for the Zhu family?"
These words were quite new, and Liu Zheng took a long time to digest them before he reacted and said: "If you say this, doesn't it mean that everyone in the world will become profit seekers?"
"What's wrong with pursuing profit? Is it possible that everyone will become a hypocrite?" Xu Xu said with a smile, "We must admit that everyone is driven by profit, and only by taking advantage of the situation can we achieve great things. No matter how loyal a minister is, if he has to work hard every day to serve the public, even if
If he doesn't complain, he will starve to death sooner or later."
"Forget it, I can't explain it to you." Liu Wei waved his hand and said, "You have too many ways."
"Let's not talk about this anymore." Xu Xu smiled and said, "Let's continue talking about Liang Cunhou."
"I don't need to tell you about Liang Cunhou's family background. You must know it better. There are so many things about him. I wonder which ones you want to know?"
"First, let's talk about how you got involved with the Liang family." Xu Xu said, "The Wang family and the Liang family are thousands of miles apart, and they have never been officials in the same dynasty. What made you come together to join the common cause of opposing Kun?
On the road?”
This new metaphor made Liu Zheng very uncomfortable. After thinking about it, he said: "This matter has something to do with me."
When Liu Wei was on duty in Jinyiwei and Dongchang, he stayed in Guangdong for a long time because of his role as "supervisor of hundreds of officials."
"...You said that the flower photographers in the witchcraft case were the ones who got to know each other."
"Why do you get to know such people?" Xu Xu was puzzled. "It has been said since ancient times that thieves have their ways. This kind of business has always been shameful. People in the world are not willing to make more friends."
"Isn't this what you always said about people being profit-seeking?" Liu Zheng smiled sarcastically, "It's a shame to look down upon them, but they are really rich when they are rich. We, the errands, seem to be majestic, and everyone is afraid of us. But we are the ones who are rich. We brothers who work as "Inspection Officers" cannot easily reveal our identities. We are not as majestic as other brothers who come to investigate and handle cases. We can arrest officials and people at any time and torture them severely. Naturally, it is not convenient to get money. "
"So you took their money." Xu Xu said.
"Yes, the crimes involved in this business are so heinous that no one in the yamen dares to accept their incest. Naturally, they can only show respect to people like me who are not scrupulous about everything." Liu Zheng smiled self-deprecatingly, "Now it falls into your hands. Here, it can also be regarded as karma and retribution."
"But what does this have to do with the Liang family?" Xu Xu asked, "Is it possible that the Liang family has an affair with them?"
"It's naturally impossible for the Liang family to have anything to do with them. This relationship is a long story..."
Because of this relationship, Liu Zheng also got acquainted with many Lehu from the local flower street Liuxiang. In the prostitute business, except that untouchables like Lehu are hereditary, they have no choice; most of them are sold by Renyazi. Renyazi's " There are various "purchase" channels. Some are bought from ordinary people, and some are obtained from "flower-shooting" hands. In particular, Pipa boys need to be cultivated from an early age, so there are many girls abducted and trafficked.
"So, you met Sister Han Qiao through Fuwen?"
"People like Fu Wen will never deal with him even if he is a prostitute. In fact, the people who passed through the Guandi Temple changed hands."
Xu Xu thought, this is right. As soon as the Maojia Inn was uncovered, Gao Tianshi immediately tried to silence him. It was obvious that there was a relationship between the two.
"How did Fu Wen get to know you? Even if you were a member of the Jinyiwei Military Academy, he wouldn't give you money for no reason."
"When he was working on the Xijiang River, he was caught by the official from the local government. He was entrusted to me by various trustees and was promised five hundred taels of silver. I fished him out. I saved his life."
"No wonder Fuwen can do such a thing for you!"
"Haha, how can it be so simple! These people who collect and cut the raw materials are the most ruthless and unjust. I saved his life and saved him from the pain of being cut into pieces, but this thief feels sorry for his money. Since Seeking death, he actually tried to murder Pindao by the river in the middle of the night."
Xu Xu was not surprised. He knew a little about the world of the 17th century, and Fu Wen's behavior was the most despicable behavior no matter which hero he was.
"Fortunately, I caught Pindao on the spot because of his profound magic power. Since he came to my door, I was not polite. I took out his soul and made him be driven by Pindao for the rest of his life..."
"Stop, stop..." Xu Xu couldn't help but interrupt him when he heard this, and asked in surprise, "What did you say?!"
"I beat his soul." Liu Zheng said leisurely and contentedly.
"Daozhang Liu, I know you are proficient in Taoist arts. But now that we have reached this point, you should stop pretending. Can't you just say it clearly?"
Liu Zheng smiled and said: "I know you don't believe it, even you Australians don't believe it. Also, if you don't believe it, you won't get it. If you don't believe it, you don't believe it. In short, he believes it."
"So that's it." Xu Xu thought to himself that this guy really had some tricks up his sleeve! According to the interrogation record, the shaman and Taoist priest also thought that his soul had been sucked out of him, so he was driven by him.
"Otherwise, how could he be willing to go to Guangzhou to do such a big thing?" Liu Wei was quite proud, "Of course, there is a big business to do."
Although the Maojia Inn case has been solved, there are many doubts in it. What the organizer revealed in front of me is naturally the most precious first-hand information.