Chapter 245: The Prime Minister's Mansion
After only taking charge of this matter, Lu Changwei only felt a lot of pressure.
Especially the beggar who appeared inexplicably made him feel a headache.
Today, he is also wandering outside the Prime Minister's Mansion, and on the surface, he says that he is investigating beggars, but in fact, he means to supervise the Prime Minister.
The prime minister's neighborhood is not biased, and he is on this street.
There are countless teahouses and restaurants in the two rows, and there are many stalls, and there is a lively scene along the road.
"General, our men have scattered all over the place and started patrolling." Suddenly, a man dressed in cloth appeared to Lu Changwei's side, leaned over and whispered a few words in his ear.
Lu Changwei nodded and asked him to retreat, he also changed his outfit and integrated into the market, so he must find out what happened.
Soon the target beggar came into view.
Lu Changwei glanced at the few people who were sitting in the direction of the teahouse, pretending to be tea customers, and motioned for them to follow.
And the beggar arrived at the door of the Prime Minister's Mansion, first turned around the door, and then went around to the back door.
Lu Changwei followed, but suddenly disappeared.
"Strange...... Could it be that you have found out? Lu Changwei was puzzled, but it was better not to overestimate a little beggar.
Before Lu Changwei could come up with a reason, the back door of the Prime Minister's Mansion suddenly opened, and the beggar just now was directly thrown out by two people who looked like family members.
Lu Changwei just wanted to step forward, but in order to avoid people's eyes and ears, he hid it first.
I saw that the beggar was covered in wounds, but he was still smiling strangely, and he didn't know what to mutter.
Lu Changwei didn't doubt it much, but when he saw him walking away, he hurriedly asked people to follow.
And the next few days continued to repeat this matter, but in addition to begging along the street every day, the beggar went to the back door of the Prime Minister's Mansion and then repeated the same mistake, which really made Lu Changwei scratch his head.
"Is the general going to follow today?" The group of subordinates were also in the clouds, but they all followed the general.
"Let's observe first." Lu Changwei sighed, thinking to himself what kind of errand this was.
Now there is no news from his subordinates, if people lose it, they are afraid that they really have something to do with the prime minister, and they will kill people!
Lu Changwei patted his head and cheered up.
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"Report, the target mentioned before appeared at the door of the Prime Minister's Mansion again, whether to bring him." One of the underground guards stepped forward and whispered something to underestimate.
Lu Changwei frowned, he really hadn't encountered such a situation for a while.
"Let's put it in for a while, maybe some clues can fall out." As soon as Lu Changwei finished speaking, he recalled his previous entrustment and asked the two of them to follow, so as not to encounter accidents for him.
Waiting for the guards to retreat, Lu Changwei swept his sleeves and sat on the bench beside him, looking at the already cold tea on the table and falling into deep thought.
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In the next few days, the beggar was still found wandering outside the Prime Minister's Mansion without any unusual behavior.
This couldn't help but make Lu Changwei feel weird.
"General, there is a person at the door who asks to see you."
The guard knocked on the door, and when he saw that the person in the house had said come in, he let the person in.
Lu Changwei looked at the person in front of him, dressed as a small servant in the Prime Minister's Mansion, and looked quite clean.
Emaciated, and with no sharp weapons to hide, he didn't look like an assassin.
There are no particularly obvious features on the body, and it can't be seen as a subordinate in the courtyard for the time being.
Lu Changwei thought for a moment, then asked, "Who are you, and what are you looking for me?" ”
"The small one is the prime minister's mansion, the small guy in the purchasing department, who controls the purchase up and down the house on weekdays."
The little man dressed as a guy immediately knelt down after speaking, and his voice was steady.
Purchasing Department? Lu Changwei was stunned for a moment, but after thinking about it, he understood something.
This department wants to say that it specializes in raising some arrogant and uneducated subordinates.
But because we have to discuss the purchase with the major chambers of commerce, the news is widespread.
"I heard that the general is investigating a beggar recently, but there is some news here...... the little guy said playfully, raised his head and looked at Lu Changwei, stretched out his hand and twisted his fingers twice before taking it back.
Lu Changwei saw that he had a pair of thief eyebrows and mouse eyes, and the brightness that flashed under his eyes was slick, but he was old-fashioned and slippery, but he was a little interested.
This bamboo pole can be lifted to his hand, and I think this person does not do such things on weekdays.
"It's just that the financial downturn in the government has been sluggish recently, and the hands assigned to the small ones are often deducted a lot by the housekeepers......" Before the little guy finished speaking, he was interrupted by Lu Changwei.
"Hehe, let's not say so much. Tell me what news you have in your hand, and General Ben should weigh how much it is worth. Lu Changwei laughed twice and said bluntly, and asked the guards outside the door to fill an extra bowl of tea.
The little guy saw that there were people in front and behind, and the alarm bell in his heart was loud. I didn't want to say anything at the moment, so I laughed awkwardly and sat down in the chair behind me.
It's just that this time I feel like I'm on pins and needles.
"The little one actually doesn't know that much, but he heard from others that the general needs news, so he deliberately checked up and down, and then came to inform the general."
"The information is absolutely reliable."
After the little guy finished speaking, he hurriedly smiled twice, deliberately aggravating the word reliable.
Lu Changwei didn't care so much, but this little guy changed his attitude and was probably afraid that there would be some holes in his words, so he wouldn't be able to get a lot of oil and water!
But in the end, he has also been in the officialdom for many years, and even civil officials who are more difficult than this can argue with him and take two detours.
It's just a subordinate, is it possible to be more annoying than that Confucian?
"It's not up to me to say this alone, after all, it's a task sent by the prime minister. If it is not done well, the prime minister will blame the whole house, and it will not be you and me. ”
Lu Changwei said, touched his waist, took out a cowhide bag, and threw out a jade wrench from it.
The little guy hurriedly went to grab it, and an unstable one fell directly to the ground, and when he saw the jade wrench in front of him, he hurriedly took it four times and looked at it twice, and received it on his waist.
Lu Changwei snorted, and the expression on the little guy's face was also a little exciting.
"Oh, the general's shot is magnanimous!"
"The other day the beggar had come to the house to beg for food, and when a maidservant saw that he looked pitiful, she let her come into the house and eat something. At that time, I was still sober. ”
Xiao Wu didn't want to say more when he said this, but just did the action just now.
Lu Changwei knew in his heart, and naturally understood that this person was insatiable, if he didn't put more interests in front of him, I was afraid that he wouldn't be able to adjust more things!
However, from what he said, in combination with the situation reported by his subordinates, the beggar looked at it, and his crazy and stupid speech was sometimes intermittent and disorganized, and he couldn't match his sobriety.
Could it be that this guy is here to cheat money?
Lu Changwei thought about this, and at the same time his brows tightened, he kept a few thoughts.
But the little guy doesn't care about the world spinning in his heart, just thinking about how to get a little more oil and water.
"Where do you know that? The beggar was sober. Lu Changwei said, and took out a piece of silver from the money bag in his hand and threw it in front of him.
"Hey! Where did the general say, could it be that I would lie to you? "This little guy is also a clever guy, and when he heard Lu Changwei ask, he immediately understood that there was fraud in it.
But this is the case, and he also has confidence.
Thinking back to that day, the beggar came to the house to beg, if it wasn't for the nosy maid who let people in, there wouldn't have been so many things that happened next.
Of course, he didn't dare to say much about this matter in front of outsiders.
"This beggar is naturally a sober lord, and after eating the food given by the maidservant that day, he will thank people if he remembers the name of the person." Xiao Si said with a lot of puzzlement, and there was a trace of disgust in his eyebrows and eyes.
Lu Changwei disagreed, but his impression of this in his heart was greatly discounted.
"As for the beggar's madness, I've heard of it. But the beggar was stupid for the prime minister, and then let people throw him out. ”
Thinking back to that day, even if he was arrogant, he couldn't help but feel palpitations.
Lu Changwei saw that he was talking like a scholar in the teahouse, and he was also talking in a colorful voice, so he couldn't help but lean his chin on the table and listen.
"I was just going back from shopping that day, and oops! That miserable appearance, I thought he wouldn't survive. The little guy also became more and more energetic the more he talked, and he covered his face and looked frightened.
Lu Changwei felt that he had heard enough of this storyteller, and hurriedly asked him to get down to business.
The little maid took the rest of the money in his hand and weighed it, and felt that it was almost over, so he was satisfied with the matter, and asked the guard at the door to take it first.
After the others left, Lu Changwei couldn't help but stand up and walk around the house for a few weeks to digest what had just happened.
I am not in a hurry to report this matter to the emperor for the time being, but there is a slight strange thing in it, and it must be investigated.
According to what the little servant said, after the beggar first stopped entering a certain place in the mansion, he seemed to have heard something that he shouldn't hear, and was beaten stupidly by the prime minister and thrown out of the mansion.
But as far as he knew, the prime minister was cunning and cautious.
If there really is any unspeakable secret, you should directly kill people and kill them, where will there be a bane?
The logic doesn't make sense at all!
"The general wants to send someone to follow him?" The guard who had just come in to give him off hurriedly came in and asked, he was really not at ease when he saw the man's thief's eyebrows.
Lu Changwei nodded, acquiescing to him following.
Let's not talk about whether this person is a scourge to keep it, if the prime minister makes a fuss about this matter in the future, he will have more personal witnesses.
No matter what grass Kan people's lives are, it is enough for him to drink a pot!
It's just that when this matter fell into the ears of the prime minister, it also passed for a while.
No one can say how many times this news has passed in the middle, and the prime minister was suddenly furious.
"Say! Who the hell told the story! I saw two rows of housekeepers standing on either side, holding boards in their hands.
The prime minister sat on a high position, looking at the group of subordinates below who knew about this like a cold-faced Hades.
"This, this ......" A group of subordinates couldn't speak clearly, and the prime minister suddenly became angry and shouted and dragged it down.
This man was beaten half to death and left aside.
Cheng Xiangsheng remembered that everyone was his own henchmen, how dare he not be ruthless.
It's just that today's beating is undoubtedly a wake-up call for everyone, and I'm afraid that the next few days will not stop......