Dongchang's efforts in the past few days have not been in vain, and the overt and covert visits, coupled with Guan Dasheng's 'handover' generation, have already determined the people who should be arrested, and the officers and soldiers of that group will arrest which street they will arrest, under the leadership of the officials, will go straight to the target.

One of the officials involved is the 'waiter' Lang of the household department, one of the two Lang is from the household department, and the other is the Ministry of Rites, these officials are also the main targets of the East Factory, and the focus of the investigation of the East Factory in the past few days is also aimed at them, so it has been investigated very clearly, how many people in the family, whether there is the ability to resist, and when the eunuchs of the East Factory who mainly investigate these officials arrived with officers and soldiers, everything went smoothly.

Only the Lang Zhong of the household department, when the eunuch of Dongchang came, ran into trouble, the 'servant' Lang refused to open the 'door', and shouted loudly: "This official is also from Jinshi, and the court is an official, how can you eunuchs and martial artists come to arrest me, I want to meet the emperor, I want to arrest me, and come here with the holy decree." ”

The leader looked like this, and there was no way, after all, he was a member of the imperial court, and the scholars were all decent, if it was spread and angered the readers, it would not be fun. Seeing that the 'waiter' Lang really didn't open the 'door', the eunuch of the East Factory had to go back and ask Chen Jiu for instructions.

Chen Jiu was discussing with a few marquis how to detain those 'gangsters' and 'gangsters' who were arrested in the barracks outside the city, when he saw the eunuch coming in, he asked, "How is it, is it done?" ”

"Chief Qiqi, this matter is a bit troublesome, that 'waiter' lang bites that there is no holy decree not to open the 'door', and the little one has no choice, so he has to come back and report to you."

"I knew that they would not obediently bow down and arrest them, and I am ready for the holy decree, you take it back and bring them to us quickly, we are still waiting for the interrogation overnight, and nothing can go wrong." As he spoke, he took out the decree from his bosom and handed it to the eunuch.

The eunuch didn't dare to slack off, so he quickly felt the 'waiting' Lang's mansion, and when he went to knock on the 'door' again, there was a cry from inside. The eunuch shouted outside the 'door': "The holy decree has arrived, open the 'door' to receive the decree." ”

This effect is good, the holy decree is coming, don't open the 'door', that is a disrespect for the decree, it can be a big crime of raiding the family and exterminating the clan, the big 'door' inside is opened, it is a family member, the eunuch who took the lead said to the family: "Inform your lord, the holy decree has arrived, put the incense case to receive the decree." ”

"This father-in-law, my family, has passed away just now." The family said sadly.

"Impossible, I was still talking just now, why did you take me in so quickly, you have to see people alive, and you have to see corpses when you die."

"Then, father-in-law, please ask me to come with me."

The eunuch of Dongchang followed the family to the backyard, and a group of 'women' and children in the backyard cried together, and the body of the 'waiter' Lang was under a big tree, and there was still half a piece of white silk floating on the tree.

"You go and inform your housewife, go to the front yard and prepare to receive the order."

Although there are dead people here, they are all sad, but, the holy decree has arrived, that is, there is still a person alive, and they must receive the decree first, these 'women' and children came to the front yard under the arrangement of the housekeeper, and when the incense case was placed, the eunuch came to the incense case and read: "Fengtian carrier, the emperor said: Check the 'servant' Lang Wenxuanke, participate in the rebellion of the Lan family, such disloyal and unfilial people, in vain for my Ming Dynasty officials, now I hereby decree, deprive the official position and fame, arrest Wenxuan can be brought to the case, there is an East Factory investigation, confiscation of family property, family distribution of border effect. ”

When the eunuch's holy decree was recited, in the courtyard where he was still crying and crying just now, there was no sound, and some people had already fainted with fright.

Gao Gong Mansion, study, at this time Gao Gong was talking to the housekeeper: "Gao Tie, you said that we will succeed in this matter, how do I feel a little unreliable." ”

The housekeeper called the high-speed rail said: "My lord, don't worry, we have arranged it in detail, there will be no mistakes, even if the court has this countermeasure, he can let the merchants close the 'door' for two days, but on the third and fourth days, as long as the merchants are not soft, this thing will be successful, sir, you can rest assured, even if this thing is not successful, it will not involve you, it is all Lord Wen who came forward, he also knows that you are his backer, if you are involved, then he also has to weigh whether it is not." ”

"I'm not afraid of the emperor, I'm his master, I know him, I'm afraid of Zhang Juzheng, that's a hypocrite, he has a lot of eyes, and he has coveted my position as the first assistant for a long time. I don't know who gave the emperor a bad idea for commercial tax, and 'handed over' this matter to me. In our Ming Dynasty, when did we collect commercial taxes, the merchant's silver was all black-hearted money, and no matter how poor the court was, it couldn't 'spend' these black-hearted money. ”

"Master, you have a close relationship with the emperor, why don't you advise, the emperor will definitely listen to you."

"Alas, I have tried to persuade it several times, but the emperor just didn't listen, and said anything, merchants are also people of the Ming Dynasty, and they are obliged to 'pay' taxes, no matter what kind of silver, as long as it reaches the treasury, it is money and grain. I don't know when the emperor became so fond of money, is this a blessing of the court, if I hadn't been 'forced' anxious this time, I wouldn't have used such a method to 'force' the emperor. Gao Gong held the tea bowl, and the tea in the bowl was already cold, and he didn't feel it.

"My lord, if you want the emperor to change his mind, you have to add more fire, and I'm afraid this one thing can't change the emperor's attention."

"High-speed rail, you say, if you have any good ideas, tell the old man together."

"Master, we can make things bigger, not only in the capital, but also in the surrounding cities, and the places below, all rise up to strike the market, see if the emperor will change his mind."

"This can't be, I just want the emperor to change his mind, but I don't want to mess up the country, this matter is limited to the capital, and the situation cannot be expanded. How does the emperor know that everything I do is also for the Ming Dynasty, and there is no 'selfish' heart. Heaven can learn from it, but the emperor can't see it. ”

"The heart of the adult, the small understand, it is all for the court, but if you don't make this decision, you won't let the emperor change his mind, this is also a helpless move, now that the whole city is under martial law, will it have anything to do with this matter, do we say hello to Lord Wen in advance and tell him to be careful."

"Yes, you can do it tomorrow, remember not to 'show' your feet and give people a grip, then it will be over, and the old man's life will be ruined."

"My lord, don't worry, this matter is guaranteed not to implicate you, and Lord Wen can still be relied on."

When the master and servant of Gao Gong were still conjecturing here, the entire search and arrest operation had been half completed, and there was an idle Hou Ye who was also involved in this matter, but the emperor temporarily changed his attention and didn't want to make a big deal about it, so he just called the Hou Ye to reprimand him and fined him for a year.

Suncheonfu lobby.

Chen Jiu, several Hou Ye, and the director of the Shuntian Mansion were sitting there, waiting for the express report. The officers and soldiers also caught a few leading 'gangsters' and 'gangsters' and ruffians in the courtyard of Shuntianfu, and the two officials involved in the case were directly taken to the dungeon in the palace by Dongchang, and the small 'gangs' and 'gangsters' were also gathered and prepared to be taken to the barracks outside the city.

When the Dongchang eunuch who went to stabilize the 'servant' Lang's house came back to report that Wen 'servant' Lang had committed suicide, Chen Jiu's face darkened, because that Hou Ye was also contacted by Wen 'waiter' Lang, and he originally wanted to dig out the shady curtain behind Wen 'waiting' Lang, but now it's good, all clues are broken here.

"Okay, you mess up the errand yourself, and do it according to the rules of the East Factory." After Chen Jiu finished speaking, he stopped paying attention to the eunuch.

The eunuch is also a tough guy, he knows the rules of Dongchang, he has to cut himself if he messes up his errand, he doesn't say anything, he pulls out his waist knife, kneels on the ground, and kills himself with a wipe of the waist knife on his neck, several soldiers come and drag the body out, Chen Jiu said to the eunuch who followed: "Find a place to bury it." ”

The eunuch agreed and walked out with a few soldiers dragging the corpses.

"Master Hou, you see how this matter is reported to the emperor." Chen Jiu asked Cheng Anhou.

"It's okay, if you die, you're dead, a rebellious official, it's not a pity to die, I'll say it to the emperor, now I'm most concerned about how those 'bastards' and 'bastards' are caught, it must be done at the time of the child, or it will alarm the residents too late."

Just as they were discussing what to do next, a hundred households hurriedly ran in, gave a military salute, and said, "Lord Qiqi, someone from outside the city wants to come in." ”

"Who wants to come in, don't you know that it is martial law now, and you are not allowed to enter, and this little thing will trouble me." Cheng Anhou said impatiently.

"Hou Ye is the housekeeper of the largest grain merchant in the capital, he came to report to the official, saying that someone outside the city robbed their grain depot, and we can't be the master of this matter, so let the small one come to ask Hou Ye."

"And this matter, these thieves are too bold to dare to come to the capital to rob, Zhang Qianhu, you take someone to see."

"Slow, Master Hou, we can't let people in and out now, if we let the rebels escape from Beijing, you and I can't afford it, I think it's better to deal with the affairs in the city first." Chen Jiu interrupted Cheng Anhou's words, he knew that this was the person I was looking for to start acting, so he stopped Cheng Anhou and prevented them from opening the city 'gate', and also gave Old Man Wang time for them to retreat and take away the grain, but he didn't expect that we were robbing the number one grain merchant, and I didn't expect that Mr. Wang would target the number one grain merchant.

"Yes, yes, yes, it's still Chen's father-in-law's thoughtfulness, Ben Hou is almost going to have a 'mess' again, you go back and tell the housekeeper, just say that Tianming will come to Shuntianfu to report the case, and now you can't open the city 'gate'."

Seeing that Cheng An Hou said this, the hundred households didn't ask anything more, and directly retired and left Shuntian Mansion to go back to convey the order.

A wave of officers and soldiers began to come back, Chen Jiu said: "Hou Ye, it seems that there is still hope for the end of the time, this time thanks to Hou Ye, Hou Ye, you have worked hard, if I let me command, I don't know when it will end." "Patting sycophants is Chen Jiu's forte, and a few words make Cheng Anhou comfortable.