It took more than a month for the imperial court to calculate the results, and it only took three years for Guo Huan, the servant of the ministry, and his accomplices to embezzle more than 18 million stone of grain from the treasury of various places.

You must know that in the early years of Hongwu, all the taxes and grains of the Ming Dynasty added up to a total of only more than 30 million stones, which was not digging the foot of the Ming Dynasty, it was simply cutting the root of Lao Zhu's life.

This was enough to make Lao Zhu break through the anger of the Heavenly Spirit Gai, and his revenge was naturally extremely ferocious and fierce. The only fish caught in the court were big fish, and Lao Zhu was not even ready to let go of the small shrimp, as long as he embezzled sixty taels, he would be executed.

After a punishment, there were immediately many more people on the list of Jinyiwei, Jinyiwei was like a swarm of bees out of the nest raging in Yingtian City, constantly entering various yamen and their homes, and they could kill people in the city in broad daylight, without the slightest care.

Not to mention those who have committed crimes, even innocent officials are frightened, watching the familiar colleagues around them being arrested one by one, it is strange not to be stunned.

Of course, this does not mean that you will not see them, maybe in a few days, he will appear at the door of the yamen or in the nearby land temple, looking at you with black eyes.

As long as you take a look at it, you will have nightmares for a few days in a row, even if you don't have a good rest, you don't dare to slack off on errands, but you are more diligent in the past, one is afraid of Lao Zhu's ferocity and dare not delay government affairs, and on the other hand, let Lao Zhu see his own efforts.

In the past, the Shangguan who was separated by layers couldn't get out in front of the emperor, but now that the Shangguan is gone, the heaviest loss is the household department, and a member of the staff is the biggest, this is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity.

For the colleagues who died tragically, I can only give them more paper money to burn, hoping not to blame myself for taking their place.

The old loach went to Lao Cui very sad, and there was one less person to drink and chat with him, and he couldn't help but think of what happened after his death, he was much older than the old loach, and he was afraid that he didn't have many days to live.

He got up early in the morning and got on the train and went to the city, speaking of which, this was the first time he took the train, not because he had no money but because he was afraid, because when the train was just being piloted, he had seen this big guy derail and plunged into the Qinhuai River, and there was no one on it at that time.

I tried it once today, and it felt really good, and a student from the academy gave him a seat, and he arrived in Yingtian City in less than half an hour.

Speaking of which, he only knew that the city was prosperous, and today he didn't know how the South Gate Station was very lively, but the city was depressed, and the people on the street were sparse, and even the merchants on both sides of the street were half-hidden as thieves.

However, the door of the longevity shop is wide open, and Lao Cui came to the city to buy longevity clothes for himself, so as not to suddenly go one day and let his children and grandchildren rush to prepare.

The shopkeeper dialed the abacus and said with a smile: "Does the old man want Shoucai Chongxi, if the family is seriously ill, it is better to go elsewhere, I will be here at least three months before I can do it well." ”

"Phew! You only have patients in your house! This longevity material was prepared by the old man for himself! ”

The shopkeeper wiped the foam on his face, "You said a long time ago, seeing that you have a loud voice, you want to live a long life, and we will work hard to ensure that you are satisfied." ”

"The old man is here for your family's time-honored brand, make me a fir one, and make it big. I'm used to living in a spacious house, and I'm too aggrieved when I'm small. ”

The shopkeeper looked at the old man and said with a smile: "The old man's fir wood is not cheap, I'm afraid it will cost a lot of silver." ”

"You look down on people, the old man has no silver but has gold, this is the deposit." Lao Cui proudly took out a gold coin from his sleeve and put it on the counter, which he specially asked the manager of the Ma family's treasury to change and used to press the bottom of the box.

The shopkeeper took it and bit it, "It's good, the old lady is here, please, hurry up and get tea!" ”

"I can't be called the shopkeeper like that, I'm just an ordinary farmer!"

"Ordinary peasant families don't have your generosity, it's from Fang Shan."

"Huh...... I have eyesight, and I'm still a tenant of my grandfather's family! Lao Cui was very proud of his words.

"Oh, it turned out to be a tenant of the Duke of Xu's family, no wonder it was so generous. You are Fushou Shuangquan, if you want me to say that this fir is not worthy of you, I still have the wood of Jin Si Nan here to make longevity materials, but you can go to the backyard to take a look. ”

"Which one do you coax, when I don't know that Jin Si Nan is used to build the palace for the emperor, and the old lady of the public mansion is just ordinary Nan wood when he dies, Jin Si Nan's coffin is used by the powerful people, the old man can't afford it, just use fir wood, and make me bigger in size."

While the two were talking, a person with filial piety entered the store and put a small ingot of silver on the counter, and said to the shopkeeper: "Linhe Lane Sun Mansion...... Sun Zhai wants a thin coffin, remember to send it over earlier. ”

The shopkeeper stepped forward to collect the money, and replied: "You know that there are more people who want longevity materials recently, and we are rushing to make it here day and night, and it will not be completed until tomorrow afternoon at the earliest." ”

"Then tomorrow afternoon, it can't be any later." The guest nodded and turned away.

Lao Cui asked curiously, "What's wrong?" Is there a plague in the city? ”

"You're from Fang Shan, you don't even know about such a big thing?"

"It's getting cold, the old man has been busy repairing the duck house in the Qinhuai River recently, and I haven't heard of anything big happening."

The shopkeeper is also talkative, and he bit Lao Cui's ear mysteriously for a while, Lao Cui's eyes widened when he heard it, and he slapped the table indignantly, "This group of dog corrupt officials, the people dare to be greedy for the food they have worked so hard to grow, and they deserve to be beheaded by the emperor. ”

"Be quiet, don't be listened to by Jinyiwei!" The shopkeeper lowered his voice again, "Finally, God has the eyes to let these dog officials suffer retribution, and there are beheadings at the entrance of the vegetable market every day, which is still light." Those who are greedy for ink are simply copying their homes, and they themselves will be skinned and filled in to show the public. ”

"What? Peeling and filling the grass? What's the idea? ”

"That is, he peeled the skin, filled it with thatch, and put it in the yamen and the land temple."

Lao Cui couldn't help but shudder when he heard this, "Really? The emperor is also a ruthless man! ”

"What are you lying about, our Meng Xianzun of Jiangning County is now in the land temple in the west of the city, I don't believe you can take a look."

Lao Cui waved his hand again and again: "Don't go, don't go, the old man is not so bold!" ”

said that he couldn't go, but he couldn't hold back the curiosity in his heart, speaking of which, that Meng Xianzun had also visited his family's duck farm and pickled egg workshop, and he should have said it in the past to put incense on him.

found such a reason for himself in his heart, Lao Cui bought a handful of incense and went to the land temple in the west of the city, that's right, the land temple is Meng Xianzun, even if the facial features are hideous like a ghost, I don't know how much pain I suffered when I died.

Lao Cui only glanced at it, and his heart and liver were about to pop out of his throat, he didn't have the courage to take a second look, and threw away the incense in his hand and ran away.

Suddenly felt a surge in his abdomen, wow wow two breakfast spitting out, the old loach wiped his mouth to look at the filth on the ground, "It's a pity that I ate duck eggs in the morning." ”

A hand landed on his back, and the old loach's body stiffened, half of his three souls and six spirits were gone, and two gurgles in his throat seemed to be ready to be pulled at any time.