Under the persuasion of Zhang Bin, Ni Sihui finally agreed to help Huang Chenghao fool Chongzhen, but he was also forced to have no choice, if he didn't bring down Wang Yingxiong, his family property would not come back.

He is a half-foot person who has gone to the grave, it doesn't matter if he has money or not, the problem is that he still has children and grandchildren, after he dies, he can't let his children and grandchildren go to the streets to ask for food.

Ni Sihui will lie and deceive him, Chongzhen really didn't expect this, he still knows something about these so-called upright ministers, these people are almost all tendons, don't know how to be flexible, even if you kill them, don't want them to discard the morals and ethics in their hearts.

He doesn't like this kind of direct ministers very much, because these direct ministers, for the so-called morality and ethics, sometimes even confront the imperial power, like the national capital dispute of the Wanli Dynasty, those so-called direct ministers insist on standing long and not young, and even do not hesitate to confront his grandfather Shenzong, for more than ten years, his grandfather Shenzong forced back a total of four cabinet chiefs, dismissed more than ten important ministers of the court at the level of six Shangshu, dismissed more than 100 courtiers, and even sent them to the army, they did not give in!

It is quite terrible for these ministers to be stubborn, but he doesn't need to think about whether Ni Sihui will be stubborn with him at this time, because he just wants to know from Ni Sihui what the situation is in Ba County, Chongqing Mansion, and even Sichuan.

He even thinks that Ni Sihui is more trustworthy than Huang Chenghao at this time, because Huang Chenghao is likely to lie and deceive him in order to fight Wang Yingxiong, but a direct minister like Ni Sihui will definitely not lie.

Therefore, when he heard that Ni Sihui had arrived, after the morning court, he took time out to meet him.

When Huang Chenghao brought Ni Sihui in, he was really startled, is this a third-grade member of Zhishi?

Ni Sihui was miserable, skinny, pale, the clothes on his body were patched everywhere, and he staggered when he walked, as if he would fall down at any time, if he didn't still maintain a strong elegance on his face, Chongzhen would have thought that Huang Chenghao had pulled a beggar there to fool him.

Ni Sihui's dress is naturally deliberate, which Zhang Bin specially explained, asking him to wear the worst clothes and pretend to be weak, so as to inspire Chongzhen's compassion.

Although Chongzhen is suspicious by nature and stubborn, he is not the kind of cold-blooded animal without emotion, he saw Ni Sihui's miserable appearance and was indeed moved by compassion, as for the clothes on Ni Sihui's body, he could see at a glance that this was definitely Ni Sihui's own, and the patches on it were not newly added, because many of his clothes were also patched, and he was quite familiar with the patches.

When Chongzhen saw Ni Sihui's miserable appearance, he not only exempted Ni Sihui from bowing, but also specially asked Cao Huachun to bring him a chair to sit down and talk.

Ni Sihui sat on the chair with half of his buttocks, and he was nervous in his heart, although he was "recovering from a serious illness", but he was not so unstable that he could not walk, this is good, the deceived emperor was full of sympathy, and he specially gave himself a seat, sin!

Chongzhen didn't know that Ni Sihui was pretending, he saw Ni Sihui's appearance, and he was already convinced that his family property was taken away, but this is not the point, the point is whether his family property was taken away by Chen Yaoyan, or by Wang Yingxiong's younger brother Wang Yingxi, he couldn't help asking: "Ni Shilang, according to the evidence provided by the Metropolitan Procuratorate, your family property was taken away by Wang Yingxi, the governor of Sichuan, Wang Weizhang, and the prefect of Chongqing, Chen Yaoyan, I ask you, is this matter true, and is Wang Yingxi really involved?" ”

Ni Sihui respectfully arched his hand and said: "Back to the emperor, this is indeed the case, that Wang Yingxi is not involved, but the mastermind." ”

This thing is indeed true, but if Zhang Bin didn't let him fool Chongzhen, he would definitely not say that Wang Yingxi was the mastermind.

When Chongzhen heard this, his brows furrowed, could it be that Huang Chenghao and Li Guangchun did not deceive him at all, Wang Yingxiong was really so unbearable?

He thought about it, and suddenly remembered that Wang Yingxiong once said that Ni Sihui connived at his son Ni Tianhe to run rampant in the township, this would not be a feud between the two families, he couldn't help asking: "Did your son Ni Tianhe have a conflict with Wang Yingxi?" I heard that you were too indulgent to Ni Tianhe, so that he was a little arrogant, and it was rumored that he was still a tyrant in Chongqing. ”

Ni Sihui said with a face full of grievances: "Your Majesty, my Ni family is a famous scholarly family in Bashu, and the family education is very strict. But the Wang family, notoriously arrogant and domineering, Wang Yingxi is the real Chongqing tyrant, he relied on his brother Wang Yingxiong to lean into the government and the opposition, I don't know how many people's property he commanded Wang Weizhang and Chen Yaoyan to help him take away, please let the emperor know. “

This is a bit deceitful, in fact, his son Ni Tianhe is a bit arrogant, although he is not rampant in the township, but he is not the kind of nerd who only talks about poetry and etiquette, sometimes, his baby son is also unreasonable, he is not intentionally conniving, but he can't control it.

As for the comments on Wang Yingxiong and Wang Yingxi later, according to his temperament, if Chongzhen didn't ask, he wouldn't have said it, if it wasn't for the purpose of getting back his family property, how could he deceive the emperor, and how could he have so many mouths and tongues, alas, sins, sins.

This is exactly the same as the situation of Li Guangchun's investigation, could it be that Ni Sihui was bought by Huang Chenghao?

Chongzhen couldn't help but doubt: "How can you conclude so much that Wang Yingxi instructed Wang Weizhang and Chen Yaoyan to help him take away the family property?" ”

Ni Sihui plucked up the courage to lie and said: "Your Majesty, it's not Weichen's decision, everyone knows about this in Chongqing Mansion, he said that my son is a tyrant in Chongqing, but I live in a broken temple, hungry and cold." His royal mansion is extremely luxurious, crowning the entire Bashu, who is the hegemon in Chongqing. Even, Wang Yingxi also spoke wildly, saying, saying. ”

Chongzhen was the most unappetizing, Ni Sihui didn't say anything after half of it, his heart was like a cat's claw, he couldn't help but ask: "What did Wang Yingxi say?" ”

This really requires courage, Ni Sihui took a deep breath, plucked up the courage and said nonsense: "The emperor forgives the sin, then Wang Yingxi said that the palace is not as big as his family, and the emperor is not as rich as him!" ”

This is pure nonsense, Wang Yingxi is not an idiot, how could he say this in front of others, this is completely what Zhang Bin taught Ni Sihui to say, in order to arouse Chongzhen's anger and let Chongzhen give an order to raid Wang Yingxi's mansion.

Chongzhen was a little angry when he heard this, and he said coldly: "Wang Yingxi really said that? ”

Ni Sihui was also out of the way, he nodded heavily, and continued to talk nonsense: "How dare Weichen deceive the emperor, he Wang Yingxi is the emperor of Chongqing Mansion, and all the squires must pay tribute to him, if not, he will instruct the governor Wang Weizhang and the prefect Chen Yaoyan to fabricate charges, arrest people, and confiscate their family property, it is rumored that the silver in his royal treasury is piled up, at least millions of taels!" ”

When Chongzhen heard this, he said angrily: "Yinku? A million taels? Is any of this true? ”

He was really angry, what is the concept of millions of taels, it is the tax of several provinces, besides, he is really poor, at this time, let alone millions of taels, even 100,000 taels he can't take out, this Wang Yingxi is really richer than him, and he is richer than him, how can this be reasonable!

Ni Sihui didn't know if it was true, it was Zhang Bin who told him, and when it came to this, he could only bite the bullet and say: "How much money the Wang family has Weichen is not very clear, but Wang Yingxi's mansion has a huge silver vault, and everyone in Chongqing Mansion knows that there is indeed a mountain of silver inside, according to the guards of the palace's treasury boasting outside, there are millions of taels of silver in it, and this is said by themselves, but Weichen estimates that it should be true, Because Wang Yingxi and Wang Weizhang and Chen Yaoyan robbed more than one million taels of money from the squires in Chongqing Mansion alone, plus the filial piety of other squires, millions of taels is not an exaggeration, but true, if you count the hundreds of thousands of acres of land that his Wang family forcibly seized, it is not an exaggeration to say that his Wang family's assets are tens of millions of taels. “

Huge silver treasury, hundreds of thousands of acres of land, assets of tens of millions of taels, Chongzhen heard this, and couldn't help but snort coldly: "His Wang family is really rich in the world." ”

The emperor is really angry, at this time, Huang Chenghao, who has been standing aside and pretending to be a sculpture, seized the opportunity to add fuel and vinegar and said: "Your Majesty, his Wang family's assets are more than these, according to Weichen's investigation, Wang Yingxiong has been corrupt in recent years There are millions of taels of silver, Wang Yingxiong's private life is luxurious, it is also famous, just his mansion, with no less than 100,000 taels of household belongings, and groups of family guards, maids, wives and concubines, and beauties, can not afford to raise 100,000 taels a year." “

How can this be reasonable, it is simply unreasonable, Chongzhen is already on the verge of anger, if it weren't for Wang Yingxiong is a cabinet scholar and a secretary of the ministry, he would have ordered Wang Yingxiong's mansion to be copied at this time.

Huang Chenghao saw that Chongzhen was still hesitating, and hurriedly suggested: "Your Majesty, Wang Yingxiong is a cabinet scholar and a secretary of the ministry, if he rashly copied his mansion, I am afraid it will cause shock to the government and the opposition, but that Wang Yingxi is just an ordinary squire, and Chongqing Mansion is thousands of miles away from the capital, even if his house is raided, it will not have any impact on the court." Weichen suggested that he first ordered General Qin Liangyu to lead the army to copy Wang Yingxi's mansion, if he really copied out millions of taels of silver, it would prove that Wang Yingxiong was using power for personal gain, forcibly seizing, and then ordered to raid Wang Yingxiong's mansion in the capital. “

When Chongzhen heard this, he obviously showed an expression of interest, yes, you can make a secret decree to copy Wang Yingxi's house first, if you can copy out millions of taels of silver, then there is no need to say anything, this Wang Yingxiong is definitely a traitor; If you don't copy anything, then don't say anything, Wang Yingxiong is not happy at most, how dare he come to ask Yu Zhen.

Thinking of this, he solemnly asked Ni Sihui again: "Are you sure that there are really millions of taels of silver in the silver treasury of Wang Yingxi's mansion?" ”

Ni Sihui nodded stubbornly and said: "Weichen guarantees the head of the item, only a lot more." ”

Chongzhen finally nodded coldly and said, "Okay, let's copy Wang Yingxi's mansion first." ”

When Huang Chenghao heard this, he secretly breathed a sigh of relief, and finally it was done, now, Wang Yingxiong is finished!

More than ten days later, the female general Qin Liangyu received Chongzhen's secret decree and ordered her to lead the army to raid the mansion of the squire Wang Yingxi, and the person who passed the decree was Chongzhen's favored eunuch Wang Chengen.

Chongzhen had already begun to doubt all the courtiers at this time, and he subconsciously learned from the previous ten emperors, using eunuchs to monitor courtiers, and even using eunuchs to supervise the army!

In history, the Chongzhen Dynasty also began to have eunuchs and supervisors from this time, and Cao Huachun also began to supervise the Beijing camp, at that time, among the eunuchs released outside, Chongzhen trusted Gao Qiqian more, and Wang Chengen was still ranked behind Gao Qiqian, however, at this time, Wang Chengen won Chongzhen's trust with Zhang Bin's excellent performance in Yuegang, so at this time he was in front of Gao Qiqian, and served as the first supervisor to supervise the female general Qin Liangyu to raid Wang Yingxi's mansion.

Perhaps, Chongzhen was afraid that Qin Liangyu would not be able to withstand the temptation of money, so he greedily used some of the confiscated silver taels; Or perhaps, Chongzhen was afraid that the white pole soldiers would come and frantically snatch the copied silver taels, in short, he just didn't feel at ease, and wanted to send a cronie eunuch to watch.

Wang Chengen and Qin Liangyu are both members of Zhang Bin's family, so naturally there is no supervision or supervision, and early the morning of the second day when he arrived at the stone pillar, he directly pretended to be an ordinary white pole soldier and set off with Qin Liangyu's five hundred personal guards.

The white pole soldiers came again, and the people of Chongqing Mansion happily ran out to watch again, but this time, the white pole soldiers did not go to surround the prefect's yamen, but ran to surround the mansion of the famous squire Wang Yingxi.

Qin Liangyu just led the army to surround Wang Yingxi's mansion, and there was a circle of people outside to watch the excitement, although they couldn't see the situation inside the mansion, but it was also enjoyable to watch it outside, this is a rare grand occasion in Chongqing Mansion.

The people of Ba County all know that this Wang Yingxi is the younger brother of Wang Yingxiong, a scholar of the dynasty, and the secretary of the Ministry of Shangshu Wang Yingxiong, and the old Wang family is notoriously arrogant and domineering.

The scene was naturally extremely hot, Qin Liangyu surrounded Wang Yingxi's mansion, and together with Qin Zuoming and Qin Zuoming, he went straight to the silver vault with hundreds of elite white pole soldiers, when Wang Yingxi heard the news and caught up, they had already rushed to the door of the silver vault, so they didn't die, and it was Zhang Pan and Qin Zuoming who guarded the silver vault at this time, and it was the more than ten people who guarded the silver vault when Zhang Pan and Qin Zuoming came to rob.

As soon as Qin Liangyu led people to rush to the door, a guard rushed up and shouted: "What do you want to do, do you know what place this is?" ”

Qin Liangyu didn't bother to talk to this guy, she directly signaled Qin Zuoming to go up and explain her intentions, Qin Zuoming received her aunt's eyes, and immediately shouted loudly: "What are you doing?" Raid the house, Ha Ma Pi! ”

When the guard heard this, he immediately puffed out his eyes and pointed at Qin Zuoming and said, "You, you are that night." ”

Oops, this guy remembered the voice, Qin Zuoming hurriedly picked up the white pole like lightning, and threw a stick on the guy's head, and with a "bang", the guy fell to the ground in response.

At this time, Wang Yingxi finally rushed over with someone, he pointed at Qin Zuoming's nose and scolded: "It's overturned, do you know what place this is, do you know who I am?" ”

Qin Zuoming slapped his hand away and said arrogantly: "What are you arrogant about a little squire, your grandfather and I am the deputy chief soldier of Sichuan, which onion are you?" ”

Wang Yingxi rubbed his sore hands, and said angrily: "My brother is a cabinet scholar, a secretary of the ministry, you are a deputy chief soldier is a fart, who asked you to lead the troops over, what do you want to do?" ”

"What? Raid the house, Ha Ma Pi! Qin Zuoming picked up the white pole very impatiently, knocked Wang Yingxi with a stick, and then waved his hand: "Up, whoever dares to resist, knock out directly!" ”

He is addicted to knocking, but those guards are afraid of being knocked, how can he knock people on the head with a stick this year, that stick goes down, dizzy is dizzy, but after waking up, the headache is terrible, all the guards subconsciously hold their heads and hide to the side, and the unstopped white pole soldiers rushed into the silver vault smoothly.

Qin Liangyu couldn't help but sigh when she saw that the silver was still there, as long as the silver was there, the Wang family would be finished, and they would have no scruples, she then ordered: "Zuo Ming, you take fifty people to guard here, Zuo Ming takes the remaining fifty people, and continue to copy with me!" ”