At the moment when the feast was held in the palace, the night market on the street had just dispersed, the pedestrians on the street were already very sparse, and the shops along the street were all ready to remove the door panels and close, and a few dog barks came from time to time on the deep bluestone pavement.

At this time, a man in gray quietly came to the door of a pawnshop called Yongsheng Kee with a brocade box in his hand. This Yongsheng Ji is the most luxurious shop in the capital, and everyone knows that this pawnshop dares to accept any valuable treasure, and does not ask where it comes from, which shows that there is a great backing behind it. The man in gray entered the shop, several courtiers were talking at the counter, Yao Chaofeng raised his eyes and saw that it was not early, and he was about to order the man to close the door, but suddenly saw the man in gray enter the door, he was taken aback, and craned his neck and said: "At this time, you are still here to be a thing, we all have to rest!" ”

The gray-clothed man's eyes rolled, glanced at Yao Chaofeng, and said with a smile: "This is a good thing, you can see it, you can't bear it!" ”

People often say "fooled, fooled", here "fooled" refers to the pawnshop, ordinary people go to the pawnshop to pawn items, it is a helpless move, ten ** redemption can not come back to become a dead pawn, go to the pawnshop is a loss, the saying comes from this, but because of this, the person who can be sent to the pawnshop is not in tatters, how much is some value, especially look at the person in front of him is very mysterious, Yao Chaofeng handed a look to the rest of the people, opened the door and walked out, only to see the gray-clothed man holding a brocade box in his hand, carefully very treasured. Yao Chaofeng smiled: "Our pawnshop doesn't accept everything, if you don't have any good things, just leave, don't make fun of my brother!" ”

The man in gray couldn't help but glared angrily, "Okay, okay, don't worry, I'll take a look!" Yao Chaofeng said, while unveiling the brocade box, only a dazzling light was seen in his eyes, and then take a closer look, the treasure in the box was actually wrapped in a handkerchief woven with gold silk, the dazzling was actually not a treasure, but the handkerchief woven with gold silk, there was only a snow-white bead in the middle, and there was a red pore the size of a grain of rice on it, Yao Chaofeng's eyes suddenly lit up! But then something flashed through his mind, and he was shocked. Yao Chaofeng pressed the suspicion in his heart, and fine sweat was already oozing from his head: "This handkerchief is not bad, but I'm afraid the things in it are worthless." ”

The gray-clothed man smiled: "This is a relic of a high monk, if ordinary people look at it, of course it is worthless, but for those who believe in it, it is worth a thousand gold, but it is a good treasure that is rare for a thousand years!" My friend got it with great difficulty, and he is not short of silver, but these things are not at ease on his body, so he can find a safe place to store them, so you can make a price! ”

The shape of the Buddha's relics is ever-changing, including round, oval, lotus-shaped, Buddha-like or bodhisattva-like; The colors are white, black, green, red, some like pearls, some like agate, crystal, some transparent, and some bright...... The snow-white pearl in front of me looks ordinary at first glance, but it is indeed a relic.

Yao Chaofeng gasped, Jing Zhaoyin had already gone to the major pawnshops to say hello before, and the Guo family lost the relics and was looking for them all over the street, and Lord Jing Zhaoyin was now crazy. The person in front of him came to the door to deliver the relics, which is really strange! His heart turned, but he smiled and said, "How many are there?" ”

The man in gray smiled, compared to four, and flipped his hand again, nine.

Sure enough, it was forty-nine, Yao Chaofeng became more and more sure in his heart, and kept silent: "This thing is too valuable, where can I get so much cash in the store?" Let me think about it! ”

The gray-clothed man smiled and said, "Who doesn't know that this pawnshop belongs to your family's wealth, if it weren't for me, I wouldn't have come to the door, so one would be a hundred taels of silver!" ”

"One hundred taels?" Yao Chaofeng's heart jumped, forty-nine, that is, four thousand nine hundred taels of silver, he hesitated for a moment, and said, "We can only give one thousand taels." ”

The man in gray sneered, grabbed the brocade box and was about to leave, "Such treasures, I won't sell them so lightly, what a thousand taels, it's just a joke!" ”

Yao Chaofeng thought to himself that everyone had come to the door, and he must not be allowed to leave so lightly, otherwise others would definitely suspect them of colluding with the bandits when they saw it, so it was better to report the matter to the master first to see how to solve it, he hurriedly stopped and said: "Wait, it can be discussed!" In this way, fifteen hundred taels! ”

The man in gray shook his head, "Nine thousand taels." ”

The two of them were bargaining hypocritically, and the other courtiers next to them had already been dumbfounded.

Yao Chaofeng gritted his teeth and said: "There are only two thousand taels in the store, and the rest have to be moved out of other places, you wait inside first, I still have to return to the shopkeeper, and wait for me to organize it slowly!" As soon as he raised his hand, he asked the gray-clothed man to be invited in, and then glanced at his henchman, "Serve this master well, I'll go see the shopkeeper." Then he had already walked quickly into the inner room, Shopkeeper Qiao was taking stock of the secret letters sent from all over the place, Yao Chaofeng bowed his head and said a few words beside him.

When Shopkeeper Qiao heard this, he was suddenly shocked and said, "Is what you said serious?" ”

Yao Chaofeng hurriedly nodded and said, "Didn't Childe say that at this time, you have to beware of someone coming to the door to find trouble?" I think that's what Childe means, I just kept people, but it's better to tell Childe in this situation! ”

Shopkeeper Qiao nodded: "Childe did tell us to pay attention to the fact that there are people in most of the capital who can sell relics recently, he said that this matter is vaguely strange, but I don't know what is going on!" Okay, I'll inform Childe personally! Saying that, he left through the back door, but he didn't forget to turn around and say, "You hold the person steady, don't let him go." ”

Shopkeeper Qiao galloped all the way to Pei's mansion, but he heard that Pei Bi went to the palace to attend a banquet. Shopkeeper Qiao was in a dilemma, stood and thought about it, and then figured out other channels to inform Pei Bi. Outsiders only think that they are running an ordinary pawnshop, but they never think that the master behind the pawnshop is the Pei family. He thought about it, this matter should not be delayed, so he wrote a note, and sent it to the palace through a specific channel to give it to Pei Bi, and then he returned to the shop, and as soon as he entered the shop, he saw the gray-clothed man in a hurry to leave, and he hurriedly stopped the person, and it was a good comfort. He also forcibly dragged people into the house, and ordered people to close the door of the store to prevent leakage of news.

At this moment, in an alley three hundred meters away from the pawnshop, it is the two parties that have gathered together. Jing Zhaoyi nodded and was about to scold the other party, but when he saw that it was Guo Dun, he was startled, and said with a smile, "It turned out to be Lord Guo, why are you still here at this hour?" "At this time, a banquet was being held in the palace, and Guo Dun also had an official position, and he was the son of the Guogong Mansion, why didn't he participate? He was suspicious, but he saw Guo Dun smile slightly: "I heard that something happened to the pawnshop in front of me, and it was a serious matter, so I brought the courtyard to arrest the thief!" ”

Jing Zhaoyi's heart jumped: "Thief? I don't know what the thief Guo is talking about—"

Guo Dun's eyes sank, and his face was unpredictable: "It's the one who stole my family's relics!" ”

Jing Zhaoyi originally just came out to inspect according to the usual practice, but he didn't expect such a gain, and immediately said with great joy: "Lord Guo is saying that those people took the treasure to the pawnshop?" ”

Guo Dun nodded, and said solemnly: "Naturally, I won't say much to you, I have to rush over immediately, otherwise it will delay the matter, and I am afraid that you and I will not be able to afford it!" ”

Jing Zhaoyi hurriedly stopped him and said, "This is my jurisdiction, and I will naturally be fully responsible for what happened!" This time, I have already said that I will help the Guo family to catch these traitors who stole the relics, and I also ask Lord Guo to give me a chance! "In fact, Guo Dun is right to serve as the commander of the Jingwei Command, but he can't control this jurisdiction!

When Guo Dun heard this, he knew that Jing Zhaoyi was going to grab credit, and he said in his heart that as his sister expected, as long as he explained to Jing Zhaoyi that he had found the traces of these people, Jing Zhaoyi would definitely be the first to rush to the scene. That's it! He was secretly happy in his heart, and said with a pretended calm face: "Then please ask the adults to quietly guard the intersections around the pawnshop, and no one is allowed to enter or leave!" I heard that there is a secret passage in this pawnshop, so we must rush in while they are not paying attention, if we let them escape, we will be busy in vain! ”

Jing Zhaoyi frowned: "This-let me arrest it, take care of it, ask Lord Guo to do it!" ”

Guarding outside is a very simple job, and it is certainly possible to catch a fish that slips through the net by assigning guards to guard the intersection, but if Guo Dun doesn't let people out at all, won't his credit be wiped out together? So he took the initiative to ask Ying to go into the pawnshop to catch people.

Guo Dun was in the middle of it, and he just smiled slightly: "Since this is the case, then it will bother Lord Jing Zhaoyi." ”

Jing Zhaoyi smiled, and it was a great achievement to offer relics in his heart, and suddenly a cold smile flashed at the corner of his mouth, pointing to the pawnshop and saying: "Rush into the store, take it when you meet someone!" The yacha next to him wanted to remind him that everyone has a protective umbrella when he opened a shop in Dadu, but when he thought about it, he stopped talking.

Shopkeeper Qiao was in the private room and the man in gray had a conversation with him, wanting to explore one or two, thinking that the son would come back early so that he could catch this person and ask him clearly, but he suddenly heard the hooves of horses outside, and he didn't react, but he only saw a row of shop doors fall down with a bang, and immediately the house was full of dust, and the whole house became smoky. Dozens of officials swarmed in, almost seeing what they were smashing, and they were fierce all the way. Shopkeeper Qiao was very angry, but he suppressed the fire and glanced at Yao Chaofeng next to him, Yao Chaofeng immediately went into the inner room, and Shopkeeper Qiao went up to meet him, and deliberately said angrily: "What kind of place is this, you can be presumptuous!" Before he finished speaking, he received two slaps from Jing Zhaoyin.

Shopkeeper Qiao was beaten to the ground, and hurriedly said, "My lord, what are you doing here?" ”

"No matter who it is, take it and talk about it!" Jing Zhaoyin shouted.

The officials rushed into the pawnshop, indiscriminately, no matter who it was, they were all tied up like rice dumplings in an instant. Then he also caught the man in gray and forced him to open his box in public, revealing the contents of it. When Shopkeeper Qiao saw this scene, he sighed in his heart, vaguely understood something, and shouted: "My lord, we are businessmen who do our duty, and we are bitter masters!" This man sent something to be, we haven't inspected the goods yet, and we don't know what he's doing! Before he finished speaking, Jing Zhaoyi had already raised his hand again and gave him a big-eared scraper: "Fart!" You don't look at when this is, the official didn't ask, who asked you to answer? ”

Soon they confirmed that the contents of the brocade box were relics, but only one, and the other forty-eight were missing. Jing Zhaoyin's eyelids jumped, hehe sneered twice, one doesn't matter, there are two if there is one!

When Shopkeeper Qiao saw this scene, his face was cloudy and uncertain, the government has always known that everyone on this street has a backer, especially their pawnshop is not simple, the other party will never move lightly, how can they rush in for no reason? Could it be that there is some reason for this?

At this time, Jing Zhaoyi had already turned around and said, "You are the shopkeeper of this store, why are you missing another forty-eight relics?" ”

Shopkeeper Qiao's face turned pale and pale, and he trembled all over his body and said: "My lord, I am a businessman, this thing is used by a thief, I don't know anything, if you want to ask him, you have to ask him!" ”

Jing Zhaoyi raised his head and glanced at the gray-clothed man, but saw that he bit his tongue, rolled his eyes, and fell to the ground. Jing Zhaoyin was furious and said: "You useless waste, people can make him lose his breath under his nose!" ”

After a while, I saw Guo Dun walking in from outside the door, and when he saw the scene in front of him, he smiled faintly and said: "Lord Jing Zhaoyin, what should you do if you see this situation, Your Majesty is still waiting for a reply!" ”

Jing Zhaoyin said with a wry smile: "Now that I have only found this relic, Master Guo, don't embarrass me." ”

Guo Dun showed a look of embarrassment on his face: "I didn't mean to make things difficult for adults, it's just that today's feast Your Majesty has released a whim to take a look at these forty-nine relics of high monks, and now it seems that ...... I'm afraid I'm going to be disappointed. ”

Cold sweat rolled down Jing Zhaoyin's forehead, he also knew that this matter was very important, if the emperor inquired, no one from the Guo family or him Jing Zhaoyin would be able to get out of it. He groaned slightly, his eyes wandered over the face of the shopkeeper Qiao, the shopkeeper Qiao looked at the other party, and his mind was dripping, fortunately, he had already ordered Yao Chaofeng to go to the secret room to deal with it, otherwise if he was found by the other party, there would be no good fruit to eat.

After weighing the pros and cons, Jing Zhaoyin groaned slightly, and a word burst out of his mouth: "Turn the whole shop over for me!" ”

Shopkeeper Qiao was suddenly anxious and shouted: "Who dares to search!" ”

Guo Dun turned his head and looked at him with a smile and said, "Oh? Why can't I search it? ”

Shopkeeper Qiao was even more annoyed and said, "What is your purpose! He oppressed ordinary people at the feet of the Son of Heaven! ”

Ordinary people?! Guo Dun smiled indifferently, and then slapped Shopkeeper Qiao hard, he was infinitely powerful, but he was much more ruthless than Jing Zhaoyin, Shopkeeper Qiao was beaten to the ground by him all at once, and as soon as his mouth was opened, the flesh and blood were blurred, he immediately got up, but he still wanted to obstruct it. Guo Dun crackled and started work left and right in a row, and slapped more than a dozen times. Shopkeeper Qiao's whole mouth was swollen like a sausage, and his face was like a pig's head, but he had several teeth broken, and he couldn't say a word. Chaofeng next to him hurriedly came to help, he estimated that the time was almost up, Yao Chaofeng must have dealt with it, so he no longer stopped it, and retreated to the side as if he was afraid.

Guo Dun pretended not to know, smiled slightly, and said to Jing Zhaoyin: "My lord, you can search now." ”

Jing Zhaoyin's heart was even more frightened, and he didn't know why he faintly felt that this time, the Guo family was waiting for him here! He has always been known for his prudence, and this time he is eager to make meritorious contributions, and he doesn't know who the force behind this pawnshop is...... He couldn't help but feel very remorseful in his heart, how good it would be if he didn't come in just now, guarding outside, he would have a share of the credit no matter what! But because he was in a hurry, he wanted to catch these thieves and ask His Majesty for credit, but he was in a hurry and didn't think too deeply. However, it is useless to regret it at this point, and now that he has broken in, if he can't find the relics, I'm afraid he won't be able to pass that level! He stomped his foot and said loudly: "You are all deaf, search quickly!" ”

As a result, the whole store was almost turned over, and the officials smashed the locks and pushed the walls, turned over the boxes and cabinets, and searched fiercely for a while, almost refusing to let go of even a single piece of dust.

Guo Dun just had a calm face, he had already been instructed by Li Weiyang to sit quietly and drink tea.

After a while, I saw a yacha sweating wetly, holding a thick account book, and replied: "I didn't find the relics, only these booklets." ”

Jing Zhaoyin raised his hand and said, "Useless waste, don't go find it quickly." ”

It's just an ordinary account book, and it's useless at all! Shopkeeper Qiao sneered, it seemed that Yao Chaofeng handled it very cleanly. At this moment, a man suddenly came out with a disgraced face and said, "My lord, what was this person burning in the back room just now, we found out!" Before we could find him, the person who settled the account had already passed out, Xu was choked by the smoke and fainted, and he just woke up after splashing water, but he had burned a lot of important things, and he finally left a copy! ”

Shopkeeper Qiao has a bad heart, this Yao Chaofeng is really a stupid thing, how can he burn evidence and almost burn himself! couldn't help glaring at that Yao Chaofeng viciously! The other party was also stunned, and he was burning an important article, but he was inexplicably knocked out from behind! Before I woke up, I was surrounded by a group of wolf-like servants, and I couldn't understand it at all!

Guo Dun took the account book, opened it and looked at it, only to see that this book was densely recorded with what the pawnshop received in a certain year and month, how much money it received, and how it was entered into the account, all of which were prepared in detail. Shopkeeper Qiao was apprehensive, he looked at Guo Dun, and didn't dare to say a word, for fear that the other party would see something.

Guo Dun was really a little distressed, he had never been able to understand things like account books, and he couldn't help but think in his heart that it would be good if the fifth brother was here. said Cao Cao Cao arrived, only to see a brocade boy walking into the store quickly, with a lazy smile on his face, that handsome face made people feel like a spring breeze at first sight, who is not Director Guo?

When Guo Dun saw him, he was immediately overjoyed and said: "Fifth brother, you are here, come and help me take a look at this booklet, what is so strange!" ”

Jingzhao Yin said in his heart, such a small shop, there are actually two great gods at once, and they are both surnamed Guo, this matter is not strange. His eyes fell on the account book, and he tried to reach out but Guo Dun slapped his hands and said, "My lord, if you don't go to check the relics, what does this account book have to do with you!" ”

Jing Zhaoyin's face darkened, and he said in his heart that you have finished using me, this is going to kick someone. Guo Dun has nothing to fear, but the Duke of Qi and Concubine Guo Hui behind him are both figures that should not be underestimated. Jing Zhaoyin held back his anger and kicked the shopkeeper Qiao fiercely and said, "I still haven't honestly explained, where did I collude with that thief to put the relics!" ”

At this time, Director Guo had already taken over the account book and studied it carefully, he glanced at ten lines, only saw the uproar, and he had finished reading the account book without a cup of tea. In an instant, Director Guo's gaze suddenly stopped on a fly-headed Xiaokai, and then he seemed to breathe a sigh of relief, and a smile appeared on the corner of his mouth: "Fourth brother, come and see!" "It's not in vain that he just climbed over the wall from the back to check first, and if that man burned this account book, they would have come for nothing!

Guo Dun looked at the dense numbers on it, his face was already as pale as earth, and he said in his heart What is this asking me to see, how can I understand! couldn't help but smile and said, "Just look at it, just look at it!" ”

Director Guo was not reluctant, he didn't look at the other account books, but put away this book and rolled it into his arms.

The shopkeeper Qiao was about to rush up to stop it, but he was suddenly pressed to the ground by the yacha next to him, punched and kicked, at this time the yacha was copying and robbing in the store, making a fuss, and the movement had already been heard next to him, so someone quietly left from the secret passage in the shop opposite, and went straight to Pei's mansion to ventilate and report the news.

Jing Zhaoyin searched for a long time, but found nothing except the relic. He knew that this matter was very bad, and he decided to take the shopkeeper of this shop and the gray-clothed man who had committed suicide into the king's face saint together, even if he could not clear his own accusations, it was better than nothing. What's more, he copied this shop and didn't know who was behind it, of course, he had to sue him first, so that the person behind him would have no time to take care of it.

Thinking of this, he immediately said: "I'm going to enter the palace now, I wonder if the two sons will also enter the monarch's face saint together?" He was wishful thinking in his heart, no matter how the Guo family arrived at the door of this pawnshop first, if something happened, it would be better to drag them into the water together than to be unlucky alone.

Guo Dun's eyes rolled, but he looked at Director Guo, Director Guo smiled slightly and said: "Since the adults are going to go in person, our two brothers should naturally accompany us, but at this time, I am afraid it is not so easy to meet His Majesty, because a banquet is being held in the palace." ”

Jing Zhaoyin smiled and said: "I was ordered to inspect the entire capital, and in case of emergency, you can directly face the king, the two sons don't have to worry, and enter the monarch with me." ”

Director Guo patted the account book on his chest, and said with a smile: "That's very good, my lord first, please." ”

At this time, Pei Bi was drinking and feasting, and a palace maid poured wine for him during the interval, and said quietly: "Pei Gongzi, there was news from outside the palace just now, saying that something happened to the pawnshop." ”

Pei Bi's face turned pale, he frowned and said, "Something happened—what's wrong?" ”

The palace maid said in a low voice: "It was said that it was copied by Jing Zhaoyin and others." ”

Pei Bi's face was shocked, and he was just about to ask clearly, but before he could speak, he was suddenly shocked in his heart, and he counted down the hairs all over his body, it turned out that Jing Zhaoyin had already entered the hall in great strides at this moment. With him, there was also the shopkeeper Qiao, who was tied up with a lot of flowers, and the two sons of the Guo family.

The atmosphere in the hall had changed dramatically, the women who were singing and dancing had quietly stepped aside, and the sound of drums had stopped.

The emperor looked at him and raised his hand to signal everyone to be quiet: "Jing Zhaoyin, why did you suddenly enter the palace for no reason?" ”

Jingzhao Yin Gong saluted and said: "Your Majesty, the day before yesterday, the carriage of the Duke of Qi encountered thieves on East Street, and the relics that were to be presented to His Majesty were taken away, a total of forty-nine. Xiaguan has searched and arrested in the capital, and now he has recovered a relic, and he has also found out the thieves who participated in the theft. ”

As soon as the emperor raised his eyebrows, his eyes fell on the shopkeeper Qiao, who was tied up with five flowers, and said with a smile: "Oh? If so? ”

Qi Guogong stood up and said loudly: "Yes, Wechen searched everywhere, and finally collected these forty-nine relics of the monks, but they were inexplicably stolen by thieves. ”

The emperor smiled slightly: "Aiqing's feelings are pitiful, what is the crime?" As for the thief, where was he caught? ”

Pei Bi looked at this scene, his face was covered with a layer of frost, but he suddenly stared at Li Weiyang, and his eyes hated it to the extreme. Li Weiyang smiled kindly, like a spring breeze, as if he didn't notice the pair of eyes on the other side that hated him to the extreme.

Jing Zhaoyin searched everywhere and finally found the thief's deeds and exaggerated it, until the emperor frowned impatiently, and he hurriedly said: "Your Majesty, this thief was found in a pawnshop. It's just that the owner of the pawnshop has just confessed, saying that the pawnshop belongs to the Pei family, and Weichen is deeply afraid of the anger of the mother, so he has to bring this thief to face the king first, and ask His Majesty to forgive him. "Just now on the road, I don't know what method Director Guo used, forcing the shopkeeper Qiao to open his mouth, and immediately confessed that the owner of the pawnshop was the Pei family.

The emperor glanced at Empress Pei, smiled more gently, and said, "Empress, what do you think?" ”

Pei Hou smiled faintly, with a calm expression: "The business done by the pawnshop is originally ushered in, no matter what the origin of the things is, as long as they are valuable, they can be left, this is the rule since ancient times, what is the crime of the shopkeeper?" Lord Kyung Zhao Yin is really confused. ”

As soon as Empress Pei said this, Jing Zhaoyin's vest couldn't help but be cold, he lowered his head, and almost didn't dare to say a word. I don't know why, under the gaze of Queen Pei's eyes, it always makes people feel terrified, like falling into an ice cave.

The emperor laughed, and said with three points of ridicule in his smile: "The queen is right, the pawnshop is such a place, where does Jing Zhaoyin have the evidence to prove that this pawnshop is related to thieves?" ”

At this time, Director Guo had already bowed to the emperor and said, "Your Majesty, we weren't sure that this pawnshop must be in collusion with thieves, so we searched around the pawnshop and found an account book. ”

When Pei Bi heard this, his face was already as cold as ice, his eyes were not paused, and he stared at the other party deadly, almost as if he was going to eat people. Pei Bao'er saw it on the side, and couldn't help but be very shocked, she had always known that her eldest brother was very calm, and he had never shown such a look, it was really terrifying. But what she was even more afraid of was that she had originally bought the people of the Yan Blood Alliance, hoping that they could kill Li Weiyang for her, who would have thought that not only did she fail to kill her, but even Li Minzhi was not captured. On the contrary, I heard that their Guo family had lost some relics, just kidding, how could she steal the relics for no reason, and what was the use of asking for that thing? It's just that Pei Bao'er is not sure if it is the people of this Yan Blood Alliance who saw the wealth and stole this relic with the intention of using it for other purposes. That's why Pei Bi ordered people to pay attention everywhere, hoping to find this thing first to make a fuss.

At this moment, seeing that the other party actually took this thing to the Pei family's pawnshop to pawn, Pei Bao'er's heart couldn't help but have a trace of suspicion. I don't know why she always thinks this thing is weird, but she can't tell what is weird. And Pei Bi next to him was already crumbling.

Guo Dao said loudly: "In the account book of this pawnshop, we found a very strange record, five years ago, this small pawnshop actually had a sum of 13 million taels of silver into the account, dare to ask the pawnshop how to do it, it can do the income of the treasury for a year, this kind of income is probably rare in the world!" ”

The emperor looked at Pei Fan, who was frightened, and said, "Master Pei, your pawnshop is really making money every day, and the little pawnshop actually has 13 million taels in the account!" ”

Pei Fan hurriedly stood up, knelt on the ground and said, "Your Majesty, this ......"

At this time, Director Guo had already sent the account book to the emperor through the hands of the eunuchs. The emperor flipped it lightly, and noticed the thirteen million taels of credit, he smiled coldly, and suddenly there was a cold light in his eyes, and he said angrily: "Pei Fan, what do you explain!" ”

Pei Fan suddenly soaked his back with cold sweat, and he suddenly remembered the origin of this thirteen million taels, five years ago, His Majesty had made a southern tour, and it was the Pei family who undertook the whole thing at that time, building a palace all the way, gathering money, and using it for the southern tour. Taking advantage of this opportunity, Pei Fan made a lot of money and collected a full 13 million taels of silver, which became the Pei family's belongings. But the money was too large for fear of being known, so he secretly went underground and laundered it through a pawnshop. Part of it was used to buy officials, and the other part was used to expand the Pei family's army...... How could someone burst a qiē!

The emperor's eyebrows were faintly provoked, and he sneered: "Over the years, you have secretly sold your official beard and the power of transportation, I have already known all these things, for the sake of your Pei family's merits, I don't care!" But if you accept bribes and accumulate 13 million taels, you will not be able to escape! Okay, very good, tell me who is the mastermind of the thirteen million taels you withhold, and what great things you are going to do with this silver? I have read all the history books, but I have never seen such a treacherous beetle, and it is truly appalling, thirteen million taels -- comparable to a year's income from the treasury, and you are too greedy! ”

Empress Pei lowered her eyes, and at this moment she had already understood everything. Li Weiyang first deliberately set a trap to lure the Pei family to intercept her, Pei Bi was not fooled, but somehow, the Guo family's carriage was still hijacked. Li Weiyang framed the Pei family for the loss of the relics, and secretly pressured Jing Zhaoyin to search everywhere. I'm afraid the truth of the truth lies in the fact that Li Weiyang already knew that the pawnshop was the Pei family's secret stronghold in Dadu. Now the so-called thirteen million taels of silver is only the beginning, and a careful search of the pawnshop will surely find other important evidence.

Even if Pei Baoer doesn't hijack the carriage, it doesn't matter, Li Weiyang will always find a way to plant the blame, Queen Pei sighed, this strategy seems to be simple and risky, but it is actually very vicious, she glanced at Li Weiyang, I have to say that this girl is young, but she is really a character.

Li Weiyang raised his head and glanced at Pei Hou, the eyes of the two intersected slightly in the air, and the coolness seeped down from Pei Hou's eyes, but Li Weiyang's eyes reflected a candle flame, faintly dazzling.

Then, Queen Pei took the lead in retracting her gaze and smiled slightly: "Pei Fan." ”

Pei Fan was taken aback, and immediately said, "Yes, Niangniang." ”

Pei Hou said coldly: "I really didn't expect that Your Majesty trusted you so much in the past, and you would do such a corrupt thing, even if you cut off your head." Your Majesty, please execute Pei Fan immediately to set an example! ”

When the queen said such a sentence, Yuan Lie sneered, this is clearly to retreat as advance, and it depends on how the emperor chooses.

The emperor just glanced at Pei Fan viciously, and smiled viciously: "It's just a despicable clown, why is he still doing his official position now, hum, such a thing, throw it into the prison!" ”

Immediately, a soldier rushed up to the hall and pressed down Pei Fan, whose face had changed drastically and pleaded, Pei Bi and Pei Bao'er both knelt there, not daring to move, just waiting for the emperor's further disposal. Then the emperor's voice changed: "However, this thirteen million taels of silver ......"

Pei Hou immediately said: "Since the Pei family has embezzled this silver, of course they will return it in its original amount, please rest assured." Even if this matter was done by Pei Fan alone, the Pei family would admit it! ”

The emperor smiled faintly and said: "With the queen's words, of course I can rest assured, but if one person makes a mistake, the family will also be affected." ”

Empress Pei's face finally changed slightly: "What does Your Majesty mean by this, do you want to kill the Pei family?" ”

The emperor smiled faintly, Pei Fan was an official in Beijing, and Pei Yuan was the general in charge of the 300,000 army, if he said that he wanted to kill the Pei family, I am afraid that Pei Yuan would be the first to rebel. He said indifferently: "That's not it. ”

Empress Pei's expression was very subtle: "Since His Majesty has pardoned the Pei family's capital crimes, I don't know what else will happen to His Majesty?" ”

The emperor rolled his eyes and said slowly: "I have heard the wealth of the world for a long time, three-tenths of it is in the Pei family, in this case, this thirteen million taels of silver, please return it to the treasury three times, so that no one will dare to do such a thing of embezzling the treasury money in the future!" ”

Thirteen million taels, a triple, this is an astronomical amount, even if the Pei family exhausts the family wealth for hundreds of years, I am afraid there is no way to repay such a large amount, the emperor is doing this, it is clear that the Pei family is going bankrupt! Pei Bi's face turned pale, and he was about to open his mouth to beg for mercy, but at this time, he heard Pei Hou say lukewarmly: "Your Majesty is so magnanimous, the Pei family naturally wants to let Your Majesty rest assured, the whole family will repay the debt, dare to take responsibility, the Pei family will definitely repay this silver, no matter how long it takes!" ”

"Okay, that's a good point, she deserves to be the queen of the world." The emperor's smile was even greater.

Pei Houming's eyes are slightly bright, and the soft and charming center is sharp, which makes people feel cool.

Seeing this situation at this time, everyone's wine woke up in fright, and everyone looked at this scene with their own thoughts, looking at each other.

After a long while, Princess Ali said softly: "Jia'er, I didn't expect there to be such a play, didn't you already know about it." ”

Li Weiyang's expression was slightly raised, and his eyes seemed to be waves: "What do you know?" ”

Princess Ali said: "I know that there are these things in the Pei family's pawnshop!" ”

Li Weiyang's smile was a little softer, and his expression was calm: "I knew it before, but I never had an excuse to search, and I would like to thank Miss Pei for giving me such a precious opportunity." When she said this, she raised her glass to Pei Bi, as if she was full of respect.

Pei Bi glanced at her coldly, and also raised the wine glass, but he drank it all, suppressing a mouthful of blood that was about to spurt out of his heart, and the taste of blood mixed with the wine spilled into his throat, bringing endless bitterness. His biological father was escorted down, but he still wanted to stay here, this is not a cruel torture, the emperor did not investigate this on the surface, but he wanted the rest of their Pei family to suffer. Pei Bi lowered his head and sighed, the Pei family has been operating miserably in Dadu for hundreds of years, and now I am afraid that it will be scattered in one day, not to mention the heavy losses this time, and a Pei Fan has also been hired. Thinking of this, he clenched the wine glass in his hand, and then released it, but he forced a nonchalant look.

Among the female dependents, the prince raised his head, glanced at Li Weiyang calmly, and his expression was a little more thoughtful.

Wang Guang noticed it and asked softly, "Sister, what's wrong with you?" ”

The prince sighed lightly and said slowly: "This Miss Guo is really not simple. ”

Wang Guang couldn't help frowning: "I don't think it's necessarily his Guo family's idea, maybe it's a coincidence." ”

Wang Zijin shook his head slightly, looking forward to it: "But I think this matter must be related to her, besides her, who else has such a big hand?" ”

Wang Guang is a kind-hearted person after all, and he can't believe that such a play was planned by Li Weiyang anyway.

Back at Guo's house, Li Weiyang was in a good mood and played against Director Guo in the study. Director Guo sat upright and thought, looking calm. Yuan Lie dragged a chair and sat next to Li Weiyang, looking very courteous, and brought a cup of tea, cautiously. At the banquet today, the inexplicable old man was about to give him a marriage, and he was so angry that he refused without thinking about it. But looking back and thinking about it carefully, it seems that this matter is related to the emperor's last attempt to kill Li Weiyang, and he still has nothing to do with himself. He couldn't help but immediately come to Xiao Fu Low, for fear that Li Weiyang would blame him. However, Li Weiyang didn't even mention it, just turned his head and asked him: "Look, the fifth brother's hand seems to be very exquisite, how should I deal with it?" ”

Yuan Lie suddenly raised his eyebrows, carefully observed the chessboard, pondered for a moment, and there was an inexplicable smug smile in his smile: "The intention of the fifth prince seems to be to cut off your pawn, and the tricks are sharp, but if you are too aggressive, there will often be flaws, in my opinion, you might as well take a step back, so it will be easy to break his game." He will not give up three sons in a row to cut off your son. ”

Before he finished his words, Director Guo had already sighed softly, his eyebrows were a little relieved, he had a faint smile, and threw the sunspot in his hand into the wooden box and said: "The two of you join forces, I naturally have no chance of winning, it's really unfair, don't play." ”

Li Weiyang raised his eyes to look at him: "Fifth brother's eyes are like torches, and he is good at mental arithmetic, did he know that he was going to lose so quickly?" ”

Director Guo couldn't help but raise his eyebrows and showed an irrepressible smile: "I am self-aware, why bother to humiliate myself?" In the last step, if you lose even worse, it is better to admit defeat immediately now and leave two points of face! ”

His expression seemed to be smiling, and there seemed to be deep meaning in his eyes, and he glanced at Yuan Lie, but they both exchanged a look.

Li Weiyang didn't seem to be able to see it, and his expression was still the same: "The fifth brother really has good eyesight, and he can see the flaws in the account book at a glance, and I'm afraid it will take me two or three hours." ”

Director Guo said with a smile: "I'm just so skilled, in the past, my father always said that I can't do anything, but I am very sensitive to numbers, this figure of 13 million taels is actually calculated from the evidence we collected before, plus the numbers on the book are very strange, and the number of transactions is huge, so I can quickly distinguish it." Later, I made some small tricks and feet for His Majesty to see through at a glance - in the final analysis, I still have to thank you for your wise eyes, delicate thoughts, and no traces of your shots, so that the Pei family will lose their troops and generals! ”

Li Weiyang heard Director Guo praise her so much, and couldn't help but smile slightly: "You and the fourth brother are the ones who really contribute, and it is precisely because of your steady handling that things can not leak out, and this is all your credit." ”

Director Guo smiled faintly, leaned forward slightly, approached Li Weiyang and said, "It's a pity that we didn't find enough evidence this time." ”

Li Weiyang smiled faintly: "Actually, no matter what evidence we find, it is impossible to defeat the Pei family in one fell swoop." You must know that they also have a Pei Yuan, he has 300,000 elite soldiers in his hands, these people are a force that should not be underestimated, whether it is the emperor or others, it is impossible to take it lightly. It's just that now they are not having a good time, three times thirteen million taels is not a small number, even if the Pei family is the richest in the world, I am afraid that this time they will go bankrupt, and he has to lose his heart and mind. This time, we have taken the power of the Pei family, and I am afraid that they will make a comeback soon. According to me, it is better to pursue the victory and not give him a chance to breathe. ”

Director Guo stared for a moment, looked at Yuan Lie and said, "His Royal Highness King Xu, what do you think the Pei family will do next?" ”

Yuan Lie glanced at Li Weiyang, his amber eyes flashed, and he said a little aggrievedly: "You two have already guessed it, so why do you bother to ask me?" ”

Li Weiyang smiled lazily: "Oh? Looks like you have a plan in mind, so let's talk about it. ”

Yuan Lie smiled, "Isn't it very simple? Today's appearance of Wang Zijin is already an omen, which shows that the Pei family intends to use the power of other families to deal with the Guo family, and then I am afraid that the Guo family will become the target of public criticism, and they will not be able to deal with the Pei family again. ”

Li Weiyang smiled faintly: "It seems that Empress Pei did have this idea, how should we deal with it?" ”

Director Guo lowered his head and pondered, indeed, if the Guo family is too popular, I am afraid that it will be besieged by other forces, and now this situation looks very good on the surface, and it is not a crisis if I think about it deeply.

At this time, in the queen's palace, Pei Bi bowed his head and pleaded guilty: "Niangniang, every qiē is my fault, I didn't notice it for a while." ”

"Stupid thing!" The queen was impatient, so she grabbed a jade jade bottle on the case and smashed it at him. The jade bottle fell to the ground with a thud, and suddenly fell apart, and the richly colored jade was smashed into powder under her rage.

Pei Bi lowered his head and just kowtowed, he also knew that the queen was in anger, and even if he was far away, he could feel the abnormal ferocity on the other party. Every time Empress Pei is angry, no one dares to approach her half a step, and Empress Pei's personality cannot tolerate the slightest disobedience.

Empress Pei laughed angrily: "I have already told you not to stretch your hand too long, what is thirteen million taels, is it comparable to the Pei family's century-old foundation?" Do you think that the Pei family is your private property and can be destroyed casually? Your stupid father, no matter what I say, he can't get rid of his greed for money, if he finds other things in the pawnshop, I think the lives of the entire Pei family will not be saved! ”

Pei Bi hurriedly said: "Niangniang doesn't need to be angry, at the same time as those officers and soldiers broke in, someone had already burned important files and letters, and they couldn't find too much evidence, the only evidence was that account book." This is just a corruption hat for the Pei family, and nothing else will happen. ”

All the important transactions, the account books, and even the bribes that some officials have received over the years, months, and reasons, and how these people have been promoted, how they have been transferred and degraded, and where they are now in office, are all recorded in the records of the shop, and these things are of the utmost importance. Pei Bi is cautious and will not lightly put these things in Pei's mansion, so he found this pawnshop right as a cover, others only know that the pawnshop is used for business, and they never imagined that this is still a secret stronghold, used to collect the secret information of all officials, big and small, for the purpose of wooing and buying. When those people broke in, the things were destroyed by Yao Chaofeng, and only the last account book was missing.

The queen breathed a sigh of relief, glanced at him, and lowered her voice slightly: "You fools! I've already said that you have to do things without leaving any trouble, and those things shouldn't be left behind at all. ”

Pei Bi didn't know this, but he had the evidence of those people in his hands, so that they could be obedient, how could he not keep it? But at the moment, he didn't dare to say anything more.

The queen waved her hand, Pei Bi suddenly seemed to be a death row prisoner who had been amnestied, and almost crawled out of the queen's palace, until he stood under the moonlight outside the palace wall, he shivered fiercely, and a cold sweat gushed out of his pores, only to feel that he was soaked.

He had long been accustomed to the queen's coldness and irritability, but this time he seemed to see a cold flame in the other party's faint gaze, and the anger almost swallowed his whole person.

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Special thanks to szbanban and the diamonds of the two children's shoes who exchanged their husbands for meat, szbanban children's shoes have just become the leader, the five-flowered horse has been slaughtered and eaten by me, what do you look like riding the pork belly hairpin flower in the street......

In addition, I would like to thank the mother of the little tail and the master Rui for preparing the group flower and diamond activities, thank you for every children's shoes that sent me flowers and diamonds, and touched a handful of ^-^- ^_^