In early spring, Kaifeng Mansion ushered in the first spring rain of the year. The rain was not too heavy www.biquge.info the pen, but it was still falling for two hours, and it gradually stopped when it was near.

The bluestone pavement is a little slippery after the rain, so you should pay special attention to avoid slipping when walking.

Legend has it that one of the three great talents of the Ming Dynasty, Xie Jinxie, a scholar, once fell in the rain, causing passers-by to laugh. For this reason, he also wrote a poem casually, mocking everyone: "The spring rain is as expensive as oil, and it flows all over the streets." Fell down Mr. Xie and laughed to death a herd of cows. ”

However, at this time it was the time of the night fast, and there were no pedestrians on the streets, only the watchmen and night watchmen would walk at night, each performing his duties, rain or shine.

Just after the hour, the back door of the Zhenwei Martial Arts Hall quietly opened, and a four-wheeled donkey cart carrying goods drove out of the door, followed by several subordinates in the martial arts hall, and the last one to come out was the Shaoguan advocate Chengyu.

The car stopped, Zhang Chengyu boarded the wheel, sat next to the coachman, and the rest escorted on foot.

The cart was loaded with several large boxes, and it was not known what they contained, but it seemed that the weight was not light, and even if it was pulled by two donkeys in front, it was extremely slow to walk.

After the car walked out of a section, it happened to run into a team of errand guards patrolling the night.

The coachman was the most sharp-eyed, and was the first to spot the errand officer who appeared not far ahead, and hurriedly whispered to Zhang Chengyuyu: "Young hall master, there is an official errand ahead!" ”

"Don't get in the way, we have the official lights of the town guard house hanging on our car, and they don't dare to stop each other."

Zhang Chengyu responded in a low voice, his expression seemed light and light, and he didn't care. The coachman sitting next to him didn't notice the glint that flashed inadvertently in his eyes, and the incomprehensible smile on the corner of his lips.

"Stop, who dares to commit the night!"

A clear cry came out in the dark night, and the tolerance men stopped Zhang Chengyu and his party, and quickly dispersed around the donkey cart.

Zhang Chengyu sat motionless in the car, and shouted loudly: "You have eaten the guts of the dog, dare to stop the car of the town guard, are you tired and crooked?" ”

When the leading officer heard this, he couldn't help but shudder. Looking at the red lantern hanging on the car again, there was a Liu character written on it, and he hurriedly stepped forward and bowed and apologized: "I'm sorry, I'm sorry!" The villain is clumsy, I don't know it's a business trip, it's really damn ------"

Looking at the back of the car leaving, the leader whispered behind him hatefully: "Bah, what a bullshit, a dog fighting people!" ”

"Boss, you be quiet, this word is going to reach Liu Zhenshou's ears, we don't have good fruit to eat------" The messenger on the side lowered his voice and persuaded him.

"Got it, got it, it's just a lot of!"

The leader just complained, and suddenly saw a figure flashing in front of him, and couldn't help but rejoice: "Hey, it's a catch of someone we can bully, brothers, go up and get that guy for me!" ”

A few of the officers who had just received the order were given the order and immediately rushed forward.

Lishou was beaming in his heart, and just wanted to catch this person and beat the board, but he didn't want the other party to show a sign in his hand.

He stepped forward with a lantern to take a closer look, but he was startled again, and knelt down on the bluestone floor with a "plop", begging for mercy: "I don't know how to travel on a business trip, the villain is really damned------"

When the others saw this, they naturally knelt down one after another, but they were a little inexplicable in their hearts: "Is it possible, the streets are all on errands tonight?" ”

When the man had gone away, the crowd lifted their "leader" up from the ground and asked about the identity of the man.

A cold night breeze blew, and it felt even colder on the face. The head raised his hand and wiped the cold sweat on his forehead, but he still looked a little frightened, and said lightly: "That person is not small, he is from the governor's yamen!" ”

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Xinlingfang, Liu's house.

The hall was lit by candlelight, and Liu Lang, who was about thirty years old, sat on the Taishi chair at the top, sipping fragrant tea leisurely.

Speaking of which, he is also a more favored eunuch in the palace, and when he went out of Beijing to serve as the guard of this town, Zhu Youzhu also planned to make an exception and send him fifty soap subordinates, but later because of the military department's efforts to fight for the middle of the matter, he was dissuaded, but only twenty people were reduced.

According to the system, the six Shangshu are equipped with twelve soap subordinates. When he was a small eunuch on a mission, he got 30 envoys, which shows how much the Holy God cared for him.

This time, Zhang He begged him to do something, and promised to send a lot of money, just to avoid Zhang Chengzhi's crime of confiscating the army. In this regard, Liu Lang naturally agreed, how could it be difficult for him to fall for trivial things?

Zhang He can be said to have hemorrhaged heavily for this adopted son, and he has already mobilized funds from all parties. And because the amount of bribes this time was too large, Liu Lang did not dare to act blatantly, so he agreed with the other party to send money late at night.

waited for someone to send money, but there was no impatience to say, Liu Lang waited very comfortably.

At this moment, the housekeeper came over to report: "Master, the people of the Zhang family are here." ”

When Liu Lang heard this, his face couldn't help but be happy, and he hurriedly ordered: "Let people in." ”

The steward was instructed, and immediately went out to lead the Zhang family's car, and entered the northwest corner courtyard through the back door. Subsequently, he took Zhang Chengyu to the hall.

The Zhang family sent a heavy gift, and Liu Lang naturally had to meet with someone, so that Zhang Chengyu could drink a cup of tea and rest. As soon as Zhang Chengyu sat down, there was a commotion outside.

Liu Lang frowned, and shouted unhappily: "What is the noise? In the middle of the night, there is not even a rule? ”

The steward of the Liu Mansion hurriedly walked in and said urgently: "Master, the big thing is not good, there are a lot of officers and soldiers outside------

"What ?!!"

Liu Lang Huoran got up and sneered: "Which thing that doesn't know what is good dares to surround our family's mansion?" ”

As soon as he had finished speaking, he strode out of the hall and into the front yard.

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At this time, outside Liu's mansion, nearly 100 officers and soldiers suddenly fell from the sky, holding torches to enclose the mansion.

Squeak------

The door slowly opened, and Liu Lang, dressed in civilian clothes and full of anger, appeared behind the door, followed by several guards of Liu's mansion.

"I said, which yamen are you, what do you want to do when you surround the mansion of this town guard late at night?!!

A majestic rebuke came out of Liu Lang's mouth, but it failed to achieve any deterrent effect. I saw that the official in front of me parted to both sides in an orderly manner, and a way was made in the middle, and Sun Xu, who was wearing a scarlet official robe, walked forward slowly.

"You ------ you ------ Sun Buyuan?!!"

Liu Lang exclaimed, the broken gong voice was as ugly as it sounded, I don't know if it was haunted in the middle of the night------

"Hehe, Liu Zhenshou, it's been a long time!"

Sun Xu smiled heartily, came to stand in front of him, and his sharp eyes made Liu Lang flustered, like sitting on pins and needles.

At this moment, Liu Lang had already realized that something was wrong in his heart, but he still forced himself to calm down: "It turned out to be Lord Sun, I don't know what to do when I visited late at night?" ”

"Someone complained to this official, saying that someone had offered bribes to Liu Zhenshou in an attempt to commit that kind of malpractice------

"Impossible, which dog killed to falsely accuse this town guard?" Liu Lang interrupted sharply and said angrily: "Let our family know, see if I don't pick his skin!" ”

Sun Xu looked at him with a smile on his face and said, "I don't believe that Liu Zhenshou will ignore the laws of the imperial court, but for the sake of Liu Zhenshou's innocence, let this official search tonight, how about it?" ”

In the entire Kaifeng Mansion, Sun Xu was the only one who dared to search Liu Lang's mansion.

Liu Lang, as the eunuch guarding the town, represents the face of the Son of Heaven outside, if nothing can be found from his mansion, the saint's blame is absolutely inevitable.

However, Sun Xu still knows something about Liu Lang, knowing that this person has always been greedy, but the amount of bribes he accepted in the past was not too large, and he did not leave any handle for himself, so he did not openly fight corruption.

This time, with Zhang Chengyu, an inner ghost, he provided Lu Cheng with the detailed location and time of the transaction, so that Sun Cheng could get such an opportunity.

Catch the thief and take the stolen goods, as long as the people get the stolen goods, they are not afraid that the emperor will blame.

However, Sun Xu is also taking risks, after all, Lu Cheng and him have only met twice, what if someone behind his back sets up a trap to frame him?

When Liu Lang heard what he said, he was immediately shocked, but he replied quietly on his face: "Lord Sun's move, I'm afraid it's inappropriate, right?" This official is on the emperor's errand, how can he bend the law for personal gain? If you are asked to search my mansion tonight, what will be the face of the saint today? Hehe, if the Holy One blames it, will Lord Sun eat the sin? ”

This is to put pressure on Sun Xu, once after this search, no large amount of bribes were found in Liu's mansion, and Sun Xu, the governor of Henan, probably won't be able to do it.

"This official will make this matter clear to the saint, so there is no need for Sun Zhenshou to bother."

Sun Xu smiled calmly, waved his hand, and decisively ordered: "Come on, search for me!" ”

"You ------"

Liu Lang was angry for a while, but when he thought of the boxes of silver taels in his house at this time, he was afraid for a while. hurriedly rushed over, stood still in front of Sun Xu, and said with a smile: "Lord Sun, why do you bother so much in the middle of the night?" ”

After a pause, he continued: "Isn't it where our family offended the adults, and you can't do it?" I'm sorry, I'm really sorry, our family is here to compensate the adults first, and I hope that the adults can Haihan one or two------ so it's not early, Lord Sun will go back to rest for the time being, tomorrow our family will make a special trip to set up a table of wine banquet in the Mingyue Building, and the right to make amends to the adults, how about it? ”

Sun Xu could naturally hear that the other party had no choice but to take himself together to share the spoils. It was only in front of everyone's eyes that he said very vaguely.

This strengthened Sun Xu's determination to search Liu's mansion, you know, what he hates most is this gang of eunuchs, doing whatever they want in the local area, ignoring the law of the country!

"The banquet will be dispensed with, this official is busy with official business, I'm afraid I won't have time to go to Sun Zhenshou's banquet!"

"You ------ Sun Xu, are you determined to go against our family?"

"This official has no such intention, if you have a clear conscience, why stop here?" Sun Xu replied to him coldly, and when he didn't delay any longer, he ordered someone to rush into Liu's mansion to search.

Sun Xu stood at the gate of the front yard, calmly awaiting the results of the search.

"My lord, nothing has been found in the northeast corner courtyard------"

"My lord, I haven't found ------ here."

"My lord, I found a woman in a separate courtyard, and there was a woman in it------"

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One by one, officials came and went, constantly reporting the situation to Sun Xu, and someone even brought Liu Lang's "wife" to him.

Sun Xu had already heard of this, and he didn't feel strange at all.

Eunuchs also have wives?

That's right, there are!

Eunuchs are all physically disabled people, and there is a missing part in their bodies, which causes them to have a feeling of inferiority in their hearts. People often say that "there are three unfilial pieties, and no queen is the greatest", and people like them are buried in the ancestral grave without face after death.

Eunuchs are a group of withdrawn people, some eunuchs, even to the point of psychopathology.

After all, they were running errands in the palace and waiting for the concubines in their daily lives. Seeing more of the husband and wife life between the emperor and the concubine will bring them great stimulation.

Most of the palace maids who were selected into the palace would not be released from the palace until they were nearly thirty years old. are all "older leftover women", so it is naturally difficult to marry, and they can't find any good people.

In this way, the palace maid and the eunuch got together and formed a "pair of foods".

And a eunuch like Liu Lang who was able to be released out of Beijing and guarded one side of the town, with the authority in his hands, would marry a wife or live with a prostitute in the local area------ even if he was missing, he could also obtain spiritual pleasure through other methods and ways, right?

Although the imperial court also explicitly forbade this phenomenon, it was the same as the regulations prohibiting officials from prostituting themselves -- it was a virtual reality.

Especially a favored eunuch like Liu Lang, even if this matter is reported to Zhu Youzhang, he will not get any big punishment------ he can't do anything, what's wrong with marrying a wife to comfort his soul?

Moreover, his wife is also a red girl bought from the Qinglou, after all, she is not a forced girl. Naturally, it is not a bad act.

Sun Xu naturally understood this, so he just waved his hand and asked the woman to take her down------

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Soon, the official found the boxes that the Zhang family had just sent in a room in the corner courtyard.

As soon as the box was opened, there was a pile of bronzes, lambskins, kiln pots, and other tributes to be sent to the capital division.

These are all tributes, and everyone naturally does not dare to touch them at will, and once they fall and touch them, they will be unlucky. So, one of them ran to report to Sun Xuyu.

After a while, Sun Xu came over in person and ordered: "Be careful to take it out, I want to see if there is a secret hidden in ------ here!" ”

Everyone got the order, and then carefully took out the tributes one by one, and soon cleared the top layer. At this moment, the box has not yet bottomed out, and there is a layer of cotton cloth in the middle.

The cotton cloth was lifted, and a layer of silk was padded underneath, and then it was lifted------

Wow------

All everyone saw was white silver!

Subsequently, several other boxes were also cleared out, and there were also a lot of silver taels hidden underneath.

"Hehe, hehe------"

Sun Xu sneered again and again, and said to himself: "Liu Lang, Liu Lang, I see that you really have a lot of guts!" If it was in the Hongwu period, such a crime, peeling and stuffing grass would be considered light! ”

"Come on, take down Liu Lang and a cadre of people, and take them into custody pending trial!"

"Yes!"

A group of officials almost got the order, and immediately the entire Liu Mansion began to arrest people, and even the group of people from the Zhangjia Martial Arts Pavilion failed to escape.

Zhang Chengyu himself was also detained, but he was not worried at all, but he was quite proud. After all, I have merit in this case.

"Hehe, when the second uncle is in prison again, what ------ this Zhang family do?"

At this moment, Zhang Chengyu is full of infinite yearning and longing for his future. But when he thought of Zhang Zijun's skills, he felt a palpitation again: "This cousin is not easy to deal with, you must not let her know that it is my secret ------"

Liu Lang let people escort him, came to Sun Xu, and scolded when he opened his mouth: "Sun Xu, you dare to take me, you wait for me, I want to join you in front of the saint!" ”

"Hmph, then I'll see the saint when the time comes------ take it away!"