Shen Wansan knelt on the ground and kowtowed like pounding garlic, crying with a handful of snot and tears, "A group of Jinyi guards rushed into Weichen's house, arrested people and raided his house without saying a word, and he was killed on the spot if he didn't obey at all. Fortunately, Shen was not in the house at the time, and hurriedly fled to Yingtian when he heard the news, otherwise he would have been imprisoned at this moment......"

"Shen Yuanwai, you get up and speak first, and it won't help to kneel on the ground and break your head!"

"Woo...... Shen's family is in danger, and he asked his grandfather to come to the rescue! ”

Ma Du stretched out his hand to help him up, "You and I have been friends for many years, supporting each other, your father will naturally not stand by and watch if you are in trouble, and sit down and let me ask you a few words." ”

"Well, even if Grandpa asks, Shen must know everything and say everything." Shen Wansan wiped his tears with his sleeve and sat down at the bottom of Ma Du.

General Ma Du asked suspiciously: "Shen Yuanwai, please tell me truthfully first, have you done anything to be a traitor recently?" ”

"Oh, Shen is just an ordinary businessman, what can he do as a traitor. Smuggling at sea is also a thing of the past, since I partnered with my grandfather to do business, there has been no smuggling, and I am afraid of ruining my grandfather's reputation. Besides, even if Shen violates the law, he should be punished by the yamen, not Jinyiwei! ”

Shen Wansan's voice was trembling, which showed the fear of the most brocade guard in his heart, Ma Du smacked his lips and said: "That's why it's troublesome, so you didn't just break the law, but evil the emperor." ”

Shen Wansan's face turned white with fright, "Grandpa, you can save the grass people!" ”

"The emperor can't go to your house for no reason, there is always a reason." Ma Du suddenly raised his eyebrows, as if he had thought of something, and asked, "Does your family have any grain trading?" ”

"There should be, although there is a lot of land in the family, it is all planted with cotton mulberry, the population of the family plus the tenants, and the workers in the workshop, and they also have to supply the ship, if it is not for the fact that there is no grain to buy and sell, how to make money, just for the convenience of the family."

Ma Du continued to ask: "Then where did you get all the food from?" ”

"Where would the grass people take care of such a small business, it is all handled by the housekeeper at home, is it also a violation of the king's law to do grain trading?"

"If it weren't for the grain coming in from the treasury, it would naturally not violate the king's law, and there was a big case in the court recently, haven't you heard?"

If Shen Wansan was still a little calm in the panic before, then now he is really broken, I saw that his face was pale, his teeth were fighting, and his whole body was trembling, "Caomin...... Don't want to be ...... Peel and fill the grass, my grandfather will save me. Even if the housekeeper buys ...... Buying grain from the treasury has nothing to do with the grass people. ”

"Don't worry, I won't sit idly by."

It's not that he has to take care of Shen Wansan's affairs, and this matter may not be for Ma Du. He had close business dealings with Shen Wansan, and Lao Zhu suspected that he was doing illegal things by borrowing Shen Wansan's hands.

originally thought that after Lao Liu's matter, Lao Zhu would reveal this matter, but who knew that he was still getting to the bottom of it, and it seemed that he was already using this case as a touchstone for his courtiers.

With Ma Du's promise, Shen Wansan's expression eased slightly, "Thank you grandfather, and ask grandfather to help me as soon as possible, the wives and children of the grass people are used to being pampered, and they can't stand the pain of prison." ”

"Don't worry, it's not too early, I'll take you into the palace and surrender as soon as it dawns."

"It's delicious, today's baked cakes are delicious! Crispy and fragrant! Lao Zhu chewed on the biscuits, and the crumbs of the biscuits spilled down his trimmed and beautiful beard and fell all over the ground.

Yuan Sheng brought a bowl of brown rice porridge and put it in front of Lao Zhu, "The imperial dining room has a new white case, and the craftsmanship is exquisite, and the shredded meat noodles that the emperor ate last night were made by him." ”

"Well, good craftsmanship, reward him!" Lao Zhu suddenly caught a glimpse of a figure at his feet, Lao Zhu raised his foot and kicked him to the ground, "What are you doing sneakily!" ”

Ashikaga Yoshimitsu hurriedly knelt down, "The slave saw that there were a lot of baked cake dregs on the ground, and thought about turning around and letting people sweep away the strange pity, so she picked it up casually." ”

As he spoke, he stretched out a fist, slowly spread it out, only to see some crumbs of baked cakes in his palm, and then threw it into his mouth, chewed it indiscriminately and swallowed it after two bites.

"Haha......" Lao Zhu laughed and said, "Okay! The eldest grandson of the emperor should be such a person, don't stay by my side, go back to the East Palace to be a prisoner, and help the queen take care of the affairs of the East Palace. ”

Ashikaga Yoshiman hurriedly kowtowed in thanksgiving, "Thank you, Your Majesty, for your appreciation!" ”

"Let's go!"

Lao Zhu waved his hand, Ashikaga Yoshiman bowed and retreated, and Yuan Sheng smiled: "The slave told him a few words." So he went out with Ashikaga Yoshimitsu.

The two of them walked two steps outside the hall, and Ashikaga Yoshimitsu thanked him: "Thank you father-in-law for your advice." ”

"You don't have to thank our family, you and I just take what we need, you don't want to stay by the emperor's side, and our family doesn't want you to stay by the emperor's side."

"In the future, my father-in-law will not mention more!" Ashikaga Yoshimitsu took out a jade piece from his sleeve, "This is the emperor's grandson rewarded the slave maid, the slave and maid are useless and afraid of losing it, and ask the father-in-law to keep it on his behalf." ”

"Okay, you have a heart. Go back and wait for the emperor's eldest grandson, and one day you will climb to the same position as our family! ”

Looking at the back of Yuansheng leaving, Ashikaga Yoshimitsu took a sip, "Old gelding, who cares about your position!" Hehe......" Ashikaga Yoshimitsu smiled wickedly at the corner of his mouth.

Yuan Sheng had just returned to the Jinshen Palace, and Yang Shuping also came in and said to Lao Zhu: "Your Majesty, early this morning, Xu Guogong brought Shen Wansan to Jinyiwei to surrender himself, and Weichen did not dare to return to His Majesty's decision. ”

"Has Suzhou's confession come?"

"Just arrived this morning!" Yang Shuping handed over a few pieces of paper, "The first five pieces of paper should be true, and the next eighty percent are tortured but scratched randomly." Weichen asked people to check the account books of the Shen family's grain sales, and there was indeed grain from the treasury, but they mostly used it for their own use, and did not sell it for profit, and there were no shares of Xu Guogong in it. ”

"Eating such cheap grain into their own stomachs and saying that it is not for profit, my benefits are so easy to take advantage of, call Xuanzhong and the one surnamed Shen over!"

Yang Shuping retreated, and after a while, Ma Du and Shen Wansan came in, and Lao Zhu came out of his mouth, "The shameless profiteer Diao Min still dares to come to see me!" ”

As soon as the words fell, Shen Wansan knelt on the ground with a thud, his body trembling like chaff, and he didn't dare to look at Lao Zhu.

Ma Du smiled: "Your Majesty gets angry early in the morning, which is not good for your health." What did Your Majesty eat, Weichen got up early in the morning, and he is still hungry. ”

Lao Zhu handed over a half-eaten baked cake, "Oh, that's all, don't you want to eat it?" Don't eat pull-down. What are you going to do, to intercede with him? ”

"Didn't Yang Shuping tell His Majesty? When Weichen heard that Shen Wansan's house was raided, he must have violated the royal law, he ran to Weichen's house to hide, and Weichen naturally didn't dare to shield him, so he took him to Jinyiwei to surrender. ”