Since it is called Jinyiwei, the word brocade is naturally very important. If the brocade guards wore their "uniforms", a fool could see it at a glance. Now Zhang Fan is followed by such a person wearing a goldfish flying suit and a Xiuchun knife.

This benevolent brother is called Liu Feng, and now he is also in his early thirties, and he also came down from the battlefield, and his skills are extraordinary. As a hundred households in brocade clothes, his life is quite miserable, one can't drill the camp, and the other doesn't matter, there are hundreds of households at any time, but there are few people under him. It's not because he's a kind person and soft-skinned, but this person is really a little unsociable, and the thousands of households above don't like him. Zhang Fan took a fancy to him and asked him to follow him, and when the thousand households saw that someone wanted this trouble, and it was Zhang Fan who Zhu Xizhong had specially asked to take care of, he agreed without saying a word.

It's just that this person is a little brainless, just like now, when he stops on the street in this dress, passers-by see that they are all consciously detouring. Zhang Fan is dressed in ordinary clothes, but Liu Feng is simply a living sign by his side, and Liu Feng is also quite respectful to Zhang Fan's language, how can others not see that Zhang Fan is also a powerful lord. This gave Zhang Fan the illusion of bullying and dominating the market.

Zhang Fan negotiated with him for a long time, and Liu Feng agreed to go back and change his clothes, it seems that he is also used to staying in the army, and some habits are not easy to change.

Every few days I go to visit Zhu Yijun in the palace, and every time His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is very enthusiastic, and others are very envious.

It has been a few days since Zhang Fan came to work in Jinyiwei, and gradually he has become a little used to it. Zhang Fan's job is to contact, regulate, exchange information and so on with Dongchang as a representative, which is an eye-opener for Zhang Fan. I've heard of Jinyiwei's pervasiveness before, but now he can be regarded as really seeing it, and the big and small news is summed up, from the political intentions of which minister, to the husbands of which ministers' families are greedy for a few pennies when they buy vegetables. As the days went by, Zhang Fan unconsciously learned about the various officials of the Ming Dynasty.

Now, Zhang Fan is shopping as he used to, but this Liu Feng also has to follow.

"Liu Feng, you said that the spies of the East Factory visit the streets and alleys every day, is the world really so chaotic?" Zhang Fan asked a little boredly.

Liu Feng, who had just changed into ordinary clothes, said expressionlessly: "My lord, our Jinyi Wei is only responsible for supervising hundreds of officials, and the East Factory has to guard against various threats in addition to inspecting hundreds of officials. ”

Liu Feng's words are just on the surface, Dongchang Fanzi is active in the streets and alleys of the capital every day, in fact, it is rarely for the imperial court, but more for his own personal interests. They often fabricate charges, frame good citizens, beat them into tricks, and then take advantage of the opportunity to extort money. Moreover, the function of the East Factory is to "visit and conspire against the evil and evil, etc., and the power of Jinyi Wei", one person is in charge, and he is entrusted with the power of visiting and spying. At first, Dongchang was only responsible for investigating and arresting people, and did not have the right to interrogate prisoners, and the suspects who were caught had to be handed over to Jinyi Weibei Town Fusi for trial, but later, Dongchang wanted to "make a fortune", so it had its own prison.

"That's the way it goes, but look at these people." Zhang Fan looked at the few people who walked into the alley as he spoke, and said, "In this way, don't you offend all the people?" ”

"Don't you think it's right to do that?" Liu Feng asked.

"I don't think it's okay, I can't change anything by myself, not to mention that I'm a Jinyiwei now, and what I do in the eyes of others is also to frame Zhongliang, but I think it's a bit too much." Zhang Fan said self-deprecatingly.

Liu Feng didn't answer, he stayed in Jinyiwei for a long time, even if he had this idea before, now he slowly agreed.

The two of them were bored shopping, and one walked in front of Zhang Fan, secretly made a gesture with his hand, and then walked into a teahouse on the side.

"Liu Feng, let's go have a cup of tea." After Zhang Fan finished speaking, he walked into the teahouse next to him without waiting for Liu Feng to answer. Liu Feng didn't speak, just followed Zhang Fan.

On the top of the teahouse, the man was sitting in a remote corner drinking tea alone, and Zhang Fan saw that he also sat down.

After the three of them drank tea, the man looked around, lowered his voice and said to Zhang Fan: "My lord, it's all ready over there, just waiting for you." ”

Zhang Fan nodded, the three of them got up, the man paid for the tea, walked out of the teahouse in front, and Zhang Fan and the two followed.

Zhang Fan followed the man through two streets, came to a lively street, and went directly into a grain store. The owner of the grain store did not stop him at all, nor did he talk to him. The three of them went to the backyard of the grain store and entered a room. There was a person sitting there alone in the house, and when he saw Zhang Fan coming, he quickly asked him to sit down.

"Jinyi Wei Qianhu Zhao Ming see Lord Shishi." Zhao Ming said to Zhang Fan.

"Zhao Qianhu doesn't have to be polite, I insisted on coming with me this time, and I caused trouble to Qianhu." Zhang Fan said.

"Your Excellency doesn't have to be like this, since your adult has orders, your subordinates should obey them." Lighting said, "Actually, adults don't have to come along, this kind of thing will naturally get used to it in the future, so why should adults do it overnight?" ”

"I have made up my mind, not to mention that I have entered the Jinyi Guard now, so I am naturally familiar with it earlier." Zhang Fan said.

Zhang Fan has been in contact with a lot of things in the past few days in Jinyiwei, but most of them are written materials, and as for how Jinyiwei arrests people, he has not seen it. This time, someone from below reported that Wang Chen, the right attendant of the household department, was corrupt, and the evidence was conclusive. He wasn't looking for thrills, but he couldn't tell what prompted him to do it, probably because he wanted to get used to it earlier.

"In that case, please come with me." Zhao Ming said.

As one of the six ministries, the Ministry of Household Affairs is in charge of the country's household registration and finance, and this treasury is naturally under the management of the Ministry of Households. This is a fat shortage, everyone wants to enter, but the emperors of all dynasties are not stupid, and the supervision of the household department has never been relaxed.

This Wang Chen is a Jinshi in Jiajing for 20 years, and it took nearly 30 years to get to the position of the right attendant of the household, but this person is a little self-aware and knows that he is here. Now that the pursuit of official positions has come to an end, this financial road must also be opened. The household department has tens of millions of dollars, and this squire also has an idea. He is also a little clever, unlike other people who are corrupt, some of them are more and more, and some of them are always petty and greedy. This man made a big deal in the first crime, and then covered it up in various ways. At that time, the household department was very anxious to find that there was a large amount of silver vacancy, but no one thought about corruption, and this matter was regarded as a mistake. But since this Wang Chen has the first time, how can he be satisfied, gradually, the second, third, and fourth times...... However, he has a good sense of time, and the interval between several times is very long. Originally, the household department was in charge of the world's taxes, and it was normal to have a gap of tens of thousands of taels, but this was still discovered by Jinyiwei. Jin Yiwei quickly investigated this Wang Chen, and after finding out that something was wrong, Wang Chen's ancestors were turned out for eight generations. Until recently, this unwitting person committed this case again, and now he was arrested.

Zhang Fan did not have the slightest disgust for Wang Chen, and of course, he did not have the slightest sympathy. There have been too many such people in China for 5,000 years, and Wang Chen is not the first, let alone the last. Zhu Yuanzhang stipulated that officials who embezzled more than 10 taels would be beheaded, but there was still an endless stream of crimes committed against the wind.

Zhang Fan followed Zhao Ming to the vicinity of Wang Chen's house, where the third-grade master who was greedy for more than 100,000 taels lived was not small, but it was not big. The people of the Jinyi Guards had long been ambushed nearby, Zhao Ming gave a few orders to a few of them, knowing that Wang Chen's family was at home, and nearly a hundred neatly dressed Jinyi guards came out of the shadows. Zhang Fan looked at this battle, and felt a little helpless in his heart, can it be used to raid the house and arrest people? Occasionally, passers-by avoided this scene, and those who lived in the capital knew that someone was going to be unlucky.

Zhang Fan was still thinking nonsense here, Zhao Ming had already led someone to knock on the door, and someone went to prevent someone from escaping through the back door. It was Zhao Ming's subordinates who knocked on the door, and they were very polite. The porter's voice rang out with some anger: "Who, do you know where this is, eat the leopard's gall ......" The voice also stopped as the door opened.

"Jin Yiwei handles the case, get out of the way quickly." Zhao Ming's words sent the man away. At that moment, someone watched the person, leaving a few people to guard in front of the gate, and dozens of brocade guards rushed in under the leadership of Zhao Mingdi.

Zhang Fan sighed slightly when he saw this scene.

"My lord......" Liu Feng saw Zhang Fan's appearance on the side and wanted to say something, but was interrupted by Zhang Fan waving his hand.

"Let's go in too." Zhang Fan said.

In the courtyard, Jin Yiwei was searching everywhere, saying that it was a search, but in fact, it was to see if there was anything valuable, and it was a burst of chickens and dogs, not mixed with the cry of a woman.

"What are you going to do?" An angry voice came.

Zhang Fan looked at the visitor, who was in his fifties, but he looked rich, but now he was angry and frightened.

"Don't you know what we're doing?" Zhao Ming didn't even look at him, and said casually.

"You lackeys, dare to come to my house to spread wild, don't give me a quick retreat, and tomorrow I will play the emperor, and you will be punished!" Wang Chen said, but there was a hint of emptiness in his voice.

"Punishment? Lord Wang also knows that if you commit a crime, you will be punished. Zhao Ming said without yin or yang.

"You...... What do you mean! Wang Chen began to panic a little.

"What Lord Wang has done, you know it yourself, why do you bother to ask me!" Zhao Ming said, "Our Jinyiwei is also doing things for the emperor, if it weren't for the news, how dare we knock on the door of the adult with such fanfare!" ”

Wang Chen's face changed several times in an instant, and at this time, someone came to report to Zhao Ming: "Yu Qianhu, according to the informant's explanation, I found a hundred silver tickets in the secret compartment of Wang Chen's study, each of which is one thousand taels. There are also antiques, calligraphy and paintings, gold and silver jewelry in this house, and there are also logistics 10,000 taels when converted. ”

"Lord Wang, my subordinates' voices are not small, I don't have to tell you his words again, right?" Zhao Ming now had ironclad evidence in hand, and looked at Wang Chen even more proudly and said.

Although it was winter, Wang Chen was very cold, and knelt down in horror: "My lord, my lord, spare me for the sake of my family's dozens of people!" ”

"Spare you? If I spare you, who will come and go around me? Zhao Ming looked at Wang Chen with some amusement and said, ignored him anymore, and ordered his subordinates: "Take away all the valuable things in this courtyard for me, and arrest everyone in the house for me." ”

Wang Chen knew that his general situation was gone, and his face was like ashes, and then he asked a little unwillingly: "My lord, tell me who betrayed me." ”

The courtyard was full of people kneeling one after another, except for a few male servants, most of them were maids, concubines and other female dependents, all of whom were crying and crying. Zhao Ming didn't answer Wang Chen's words, walked up to one of the women, and raised her head with his right hand holding the woman's chin. A gorgeous face was revealed, although there were tear stains, but it was even more pitiful. Seeing that she is only sixteen years old, she is Wang Chengang's concubine. Zhao Ming looked at it, then at Wang Chen's youngest daughter who was kneeling beside her, and said with a smile: "Lord Wang is so blessed, marrying a concubine is so beautiful, forcing his youngest daughter to be a little more tender." Whoever betrayed you, everyone in your family is here, won't you look down on anyone yourself? ”

Wang Chen listened to his words, looked over, the courtyard was full of crying and crying family members, but only his wife was missing, he suddenly understood, and said viciously: "This slut, and can't have children, is so jealous, but he wants money." Slut, **, I won't let you go. "It's just that now it's all in vain.

"Lord Wang, please rest assured, your wife is already waiting for you below." Zhao Ming said, "Although she confessed the place where you hid the money, she still wanted to take the money and run away. ”

Wang Chen listened to his words, and began to cry bitterly again about what happened to him. Zhang Fan watched from the side and didn't talk, he felt that this Wang Chen was killed by himself, there was nothing to sympathize with, but he just dragged down his family.

Zhao Minggang wanted to order someone to escort them away, but found that someone was pulling his trouser legs, and when he looked down, it was Wang Chenxinna's concubine, who was looking at him with a charming smile, and the tears on his face not only did not destroy this beauty, but also made people want to ravage it. Even Zhang Fan was a little stunned, not that the woman in front of him was beautiful, at least in terms of appearance, her Ru Xue was far better than her, but Zhang Fan had seen such a seductive style.

Zhao Ming was not moved at all, but a smile appeared on his face, looked at her and said, "Little lady, what's your name!" "That expression is pure that of a long-drought prostitute!

The woman said in a coquettish voice: "The lord calls the slave family Mei'er." "That voice is delicate enough to make people immediately set off **.

However, the people present are either lamenting their fate, or they are used to seeing this kind of scene, and only Zhang Fan is affected.

"Mei'er, look at your sassy appearance, I miss a man!" Zhao Ming showed an anxious look even more, and his words were more explicit.

This Mei'er doesn't look shy at all, and caters to Zhao Ming even more. It's just that she suddenly found that Zhao Ming's face changed, and where was the pervert he looked like just now. Zhao Ming smiled and said, "Your family didn't commit any major crime of destroying the family, and he will be the only one who dies." In the future, when you enter the Workshop Division, you can have as many men as you want. ”

"No, no, I don't want to enter the Sect Division, I don't want to ......" Mei'er heard his words and cried out in horror.

"It's up to you, isn't it a matter of serving men when you enter the Teaching Division, what's the difference, as long as you are obedient, they won't embarrass you." After Zhao Ming finished speaking, he didn't pay attention to her anymore, and said to his subordinates, "Take everyone away, the people of the Zhenfu Division are still waiting for Lord Wang, see if he has any other sources of wealth!" ”

When Wang Chen heard his words, his face turned black and he fainted. The people of the brocade guard didn't ask him at all, and dragged him out like a dead dog.

Looking at the home of this third-grade master, more than 20 people were defeated at this moment, but Zhang Fan had no feelings at all, just like he experienced the war for the first time, and there was no change in his heart.

When he went out, the door was full of people watching, and Zhang Fan saw that there were many people from the official family. Zhang Fan was about to leave, and a person grabbed him, Zhang Fan looked at him and wondered, he didn't know this person at all. The man said to Zhang Fan: "Master Zhang, my lord is affectionate. ”

Zhang Fan didn't let Liu Feng follow, he didn't believe that anyone would be unfavorable to him. When I came to a remote alley, I listened to a sedan chair, and the person who led the way said to the sedan chair: "Master, Master Zhang has brought it." ”

The sedan curtain was lifted, and an old man walked out, and Zhang Fan saw that it was Xu Jie, the first assistant of the current cabinet. The subordinate retreated, Xu Jie looked at Zhang Fan for a long time, and said: "You are good, how does it feel to be a yellow-skinned fish that this person hates?" ”

"The lower officials are also doing things for the emperor." Zhang Fan said.

"Don't take the emperor to press me, don't think that if you enter the old man of Jinyiwei, you can't deal with you, you have to be careful!" Xu Jie said, his gaze was very unkind.

"Elder Ge, why do you need to be so ...... between the two of us," Zhang Fan said.

"It's not a feud between the two of us." Xu Jie said, "On the contrary, I appreciate you. But you and I have different political views, and this can never be changed. After speaking, Xu Jie didn't look at Zhang Fan anymore, and entered the sedan chair by himself. The subordinates in the distance saw it and hurriedly came over and carried Xu Jie away.

Zhang Fan stood in place, looking at the direction where Xu Jie was going, and even Liu Feng didn't notice it when he came to his side. For a long time, Zhang Fan sighed helplessly.