Didn't Jiadingbo set up a stall here just now and sold it very vigorously? This is just the beginning, the pots and pans have not been sold, and the money has not been raised, why did the stall close? In this case, how can you raise money?

Wuqinghou Li Guorui felt a little bad, and hurriedly stepped forward, grabbed Zhou Kui's sleeve and said, "Brother Zhou, what's going on?" ”

Zhou Kui shook it hard, shook off Li Guorui's hand that pulled him, and then pointed at Li Guorui's nose and scolded loudly: "You are all harmed, I was miserable by you!" ”

Li Guorui's mouth opened slightly when he heard this, and he looked at him a little indifferently.

For a while, Li Guorui was still a little difficult to accept, was Zhou Kui's change too sudden? It can't be related to the queen, right? However, the queen is his daughter, does she dare to be disobedient and unfilial? Before leaving, Zhou Kui said it well, and he was very confident in dealing with his daughter!

Just as he was thinking about it, he saw Zhou Kui turn around, face the crowd of onlookers, and say loudly: "Everyone, everyone, listen to me!" ”

At this time, the sound of hawking, because of the accident, has all stopped. Everyone was amazed, seeing that the person in question had something to say, and even those who were whispering stopped talking, looking at him not knowing what to say.

saw Zhou Kui pointing at Li Guorui and said loudly to them: "He, Wuqinghou, has money and doesn't want to share it with his brother, so he dragged me into the water, saying that selling pots and pans can make the court lose face, and he can save this money." I, Zhou Kui, was a big old man, and I was confused for a while, so I was dragged into the water by him and did such a humiliating thing. You are witnesses, and today, I have broken off my friendship with him! ”

After saying that, he shook his hand and walked away.

Exposing Li Guorui's sinister intentions in public and giving the emperor an excuse to deal with it was the first step that Empress Zhou taught Zhou Kui to do.

Everyone at the gate of the Marquis Wuqing's mansion never expected Jiading Bo to say such a thing. It took a long time to react, and he quickly picked up his chin on the ground, and started talking about it with a "bang".

"I said that the dignified relatives and nobles came to set up stalls to sell pots and pans, it turned out that I wanted to embarrass the court and didn't want to pay that money!"

"The dignified lord, it's really disgusting to do things, even if you do such a shameful thing, you even dragged Jiading Bo into the water. That's the current queen's father, the prince's grandfather, isn't this embarrassing to the emperor! This intention is really sinister! ”

"This kind of thing has been done, then it's no wonder that his brother is so angry and wants to donate all his family wealth to the imperial court for military purposes!"

“……”

Those in the other noble mansions, listening to the words of those around them at this time, couldn't open their mouths to help Wu Qinghou speak.

Because this is what Jiadingbo said, and Jiadingbo did sell pots and pans here before. I can't say that in order to say the latter few words, Jiadingbo doesn't even want to have face, so he sells pots and pans for a while, right? Who believes this kind of thing?

So, they had no choice but to look at Wu Qinghou who was in a daze with complicated eyes, and then they all slipped back to find their master to report the situation.

At this time, Wu Qinghou was like being hit in the head by a thunderbolt on a sunny day, and he was stunned for a long time, and he couldn't believe that Zhou Kui had come to such a hand.

"Hahaha......" Li Guochen on the side suddenly laughed and laughed very happily.

Li Guorui subconsciously turned his head to look at Li Guochen laughing, and suddenly, his face turned white and red for a while, and suddenly, he shouted and fell back.

Before the Hou Mansion made a move, this time, Li Guochen jumped over with an arrow, kicked Li Guorui, pointed at his face and shouted, "This trick again?" Can you stop pretending to be dead all the time? ”

This time, Li Guorui actually fainted, but he was kicked by Li Guochen and woke up from pain. Turning his head to look, he saw that everyone looked at him with a little disdain, and the grief and indignation in his heart, he really wanted to yell: I was really dizzy just now, not fake!

But what if you yell it out?

On the side, the head of the household department watched this farce from the beginning, and kept shaking his head, shaking his head, shaking his head again.

Jiang Dong, on the other hand, sneered, looked up at the sky, took a few steps forward, and shouted coldly: "There is still an hour before noon, don't really take the emperor's will seriously!" ”

Seeing that Li Guorui wanted to stand up, several servants nearby hurriedly went over to help her, and the person in charge of them also asked, "Master, then will we continue to sell?" ”

At this moment, Li Guorui was a little dazed, do you continue to sell? He taught this idea, but it seems useless to be messed with by Zhou Kui!

Looking up, he saw the crowd of onlookers pointing at him, and he could vaguely hear some words, as if to say that he was that kind of person, which was really disgraceful......

In the past, he was eager to have as many onlookers as possible; But at this time, he really didn't want to see anyone!

Now what? What to do in the future? What should I do when the news spreads......

For a moment, Li Guorui was a little dazed.

Suddenly, there was the sound of horses' hoofs, coming this way. Everyone was curious and quickly turned their heads to look. After seeing it clearly, they were all startled and hurriedly got out of the way.

I saw a large group of Dongchang fans, surrounded by a eunuch. On the sign that was raised, it was written "Governor of Qincha Dongchang Official School Eunuch", it was Cao Huachun, the governor of Dongchang, who arrived.

When Jiang Dong saw it, he immediately stepped forward to see it.

Cao Huachun also ignored him, but looked at Wu Qinghou and announced in public: "Jiading Bo told Wu Qinghou that he hid money without dividing it, and pretended to be poor and sold miserably, trying to confuse the people and squeeze the court to uphold justice for his brother." Our family came by order, if Wu Qinghou really has no money, I will pay you back a clean slate; If you really have this money, then you don't have to pretend to be poor, you are really poor. ”

After finishing speaking, he waved his hand and immediately shouted: "Search for our family!" ”

A large group of Dongchang fans immediately responded in unison: "Obey!" ”

After that, they all flocked to the Marquis of Wuqing's mansion and began to rummage through boxes and cabinets to find silver.

If Zhou Kui hadn't exposed Li Guorui's sinister intentions in public at this gate in advance, even Dongchang would not have been able to do it to Xungui so straightforwardly. After all, Marquis Wuqing is the cousin and grandson of the Empress Dowager Xiaoding, and lawless things will not only be attacked and impeached by civil and military officials, but will also be criticized by the people and written into the book by the literati.

However, now it is different, Zhou Kui came so much, and the onlookers did not have much resistance to the fact that Dongchang broke into the Wuqing Marquis Mansion to directly search for money. The factory has already made it very clear that if he can't find so much silver, this is an opportunity to return the innocence of Marquis Wuqing; However, if there is such money, it will be the end of it.

All of a sudden, the onlookers even speculated one after another, whether they had money or not, and they were all very excited.

"If you want me to say, Dongchang will definitely be able to find out the money, after all, they are experienced in doing this kind of thing!"

"That's not necessarily, I heard that it's 200,000 taels of silver, how much can it be?"

"You also underestimate the Hou Ye of the Ming Dynasty, how many generations have passed, what is this money? Let me tell you, in these days, as long as you are powerful and powerful, it is not easy to make money! ”

“……”

Listening to the discussion of the crowd of onlookers, Cao Huachun looked at Wu Qinghou and sneered, casually ordered Jiang Dong on the side, took a good look at him, and then he walked into Wu Qinghou's mansion.

Others don't know, but Cao Huachun himself knows that when he received the emperor's decree, he had already deduced from the emperor that there must be enough silver in the Marquis Wuqing's mansion. Although he didn't know how the emperor knew. But recently, the emperor seems to have another source, and it is very accurate, if there is, there must be one.

And if there is, then the means of the Edon factory, I don't believe that it can't be found.

Cao Huachun really didn't guess wrong, Emperor Chongzhen knew through the eavesdropping seed on the Marquis of Wuqing that there was this silver in the mansion, so he made this will. This time Wu Qinghou did this kind of thing, he didn't think about letting Wu Qinghou go.

Sure enough, it didn't take long for a fan to come to Cao Huachun's side excitedly and say: "Factory father, my subordinates found a place where silver is stored, and there are boxes of silver ingots in it!" ”

"Okay, keep searching!" Cao Huachun listened, and then ordered again.

Soon, boxes of silver were found, carried to the door, and placed under the public court.

Under the vigilance of a large number of Dongchang fans, the crowd of onlookers was outside the isolation line, watching more and more silver, and one by one their eyes widened and discussed.

"Wow, that's a lot of silver ingots! How nice it would be for these silver ingots to be mine! ”

"With so much silver, and you have to pretend to be poor, you are really going to be struck by lightning!"

"I'm blind, I'm blind!"

“……”

The head of the household department and the people of the East Factory counted the silver brought out by Fanzi, and the amount was also reported loudly.

"Ten thousand taels!"

"Forty thousand taels!"

“……”

"Two hundred thousand taels!"

“……”

"Four hundred and twenty thousand taels"

In the end, the amount of silver found out by Dongchang Fanzi was fixed at more than 410,000 taels.

And with the announcement of this number, what kind of person Wu Qinghou is clearly exposed to everyone's eyes.

When Cao Huachun saw this, he loudly announced: "Marquis Wuqing disregards family affection and treats his brother harshly, this crime is one; did not think about the emperor's grace, but pretended to be poor and damaged the royal face, which is the second crime; Bewitching Jiadingbo, doing shameless things, and having sinister intentions, this crime is also three! Several crimes are punished together, our family is in accordance with the will, there is no need for Wuqing Marquis to pretend to be poor, he is really poor. All property was to be used as military and titles were stripped away. ”

Speaking of this, he paused and then said: "In addition, Li Guochen voluntarily donated, this kind of heart to serve the country is commendable, and the former Wuqing Marquis Mansion rewarded Li Guochen as a commendation!" ”

In other words, after such a fuss, Li Guorui not only did not keep 200,000 silver, but also did not keep all his family property, and all of them were confiscated for military purposes. In addition, there will be no Marquis Wuqing in the Ming Dynasty in the future, and even the place where he lives is Li Guochen's.

Hearing this result, Li Guorui couldn't hold back any longer, and finally let out an "ah" again, spit out a mouthful of old blood, and fell to the sky. This time, none of the servants of the Hou Mansion went up to help him. Only his wife and son cried and pounced.

Looking at this scene, Li Guochen was very happy in his heart. How deeply insulted he was by Li Guorui before, how happy he was at this time!

The crowd of onlookers, looking at this result, had no sympathy. Or there is hatred of the rich, but more of it is disdain, and the joy in the heart.

"You deserve it!"

"You can't live if you do your own evil, look at who the heavens have spared!"

"When the national disaster is at hand, he is still so stingy, and even wants to squeeze the emperor, and he has suffered retribution, what an eye-opener!"

“……”

At the same time, Jiading Bo Zhou Kui didn't dare to be naked under the public court, after all, the weather was too cold, so he carried a rattan outside his clothes, knelt at Zhengyangmen, and shouted "Lao Chen is confused", and he was guilty!

Such a big movement immediately spread in the yamen and the palace.

"Jiadingbo, what's wrong? How much of a mistake did you make, and you still use such a trick as pleading guilty? ”

"The fortune teller in the past, I guess I told a lot of stories, so I knew that I was guilty of asking for guilt!"

"Haven't you heard? As for the matter of the Wuqinghou brothers, Jiading Boshen joined in, and also sold pots and pans together, saying that he wanted to help Wuqinghou pay the money. ”

"What, there is such a thing? Crazy? doesn't help his daughter and grandson, but he helps outsiders, where does the queen's face go, and the royal family still wants to lose face? ”

"Also, Dongchang also found out that Jiading Bo relied on the queen and the prince to do nonsense outside, stealing and robbing a lot of money!"

"But no, the emperor was furious when he heard the news, and the queen was disciplined because of this!"

“……”

In a similar discussion, it is said that under the intercession of the empress and the crown prince, Emperor Chongzhen finally made a decision: to order Jiading Bo to hand over the 300,000 taels of silver illegally obtained over the years, return the shop and land to the bitter master, and take away the title of Earl of Jiading, and be forbidden to read the sage books in the palace, and not to leave the palace for half a step without the emperor's will.

In the evening of this day, three major events that happened in Beijing almost spread throughout the entire Beijing Division.

First of all, the emperor had no money, and the queen was weaving in the palace, and personally went out of the palace to sell cotton cloth to subsidize the palace. However, who would have thought that a Marquis of Wuqing Mansion and a Jiading Bo Mansion would have so much silver, the most important thing is that in this case, they didn't want to share the worries of the royal family, but were so stingy that they wanted to squeeze the court by selling pots and pans, making the emperor ugly.

Speaking of this matter, the vast majority of the people, who live for themselves, can't help but sigh for the emperor. With such a relative, even if it is the emperor, it is not good!

In public opinion, it is all reversed to today.

Under the cover of the night, the original Wuqing Marquis Mansion was very deserted, most of the servants were scattered, although Li Guochen did not move in, but they were all bullied at the beginning, I was afraid, I was afraid to leave early.

Therefore, there are only a few dim lights in the dark house.

Li Guorui, the former Marquis of Wuqing, sat stupidly under the dim oil lamp, and his wife sat on the side while wiping her tears, while complaining: "You should have listened to the queen at the beginning, but you are good, you just don't listen, now it's okay, how can you live this day!" ”

“……”

No matter what she said, Li Guorui sat there like a fool.

I don't know when, suddenly, there was a personal maid, who didn't go to the ground, and walked in quickly and said, "Master, I am facing Huaihou from outside!" ”

As soon as he heard this, Li Guorui, who had been stupid, suddenly jumped up and shouted, "He still dares to come?" If I ended up like this, how dare he come? ”

As he spoke, he looked around for something, as if looking for something to hit someone.

When his wife saw this, she immediately remembered. It seems that the old man originally agreed to give money last night. However, it was after this Linhuai Marquis came that the old man suddenly changed his hexagram. Looking at the old man's appearance now, it is likely that this Linhuai Marquis made the old man change his mind.