In the early morning of the erection day, Ye Hanqing walked to Donghua Gate with Ren Hongfei, who had some soot on his face and was dressed in civilian clothes, and the coal man at that time could only enter and exit from Donghua Gate.

There were several guards with knives standing at the door, and one guard stepped forward, Ye Hanqing took out his waist card and shook it, and said with a smile: "Lao Liu, just finished changing shifts?" "It looks familiar.

The guard, surnamed Liu, also smiled and said, "Yes, Lord Ye, who is this?" ”

After Ye Hanqing approached, he took out a few silver tickets from his arms, stuffed one hundred taels into Lao Liu's hand, and said in a low voice: "He is a close confidant of Father-in-law Wei, go out to do something, you should not see it, and also say a word to the brothers who are handed over." ”

Although Wei Zhongxian's power at this time was not strong enough in the court, it was still second to none in the entire Forbidden City, and Admiral Dongchang, in addition to the emperor, he was the second in command of Jinyiwei.

Ye Hanqing handed the remaining fifty taels of silver tickets to Lao Liu, and said with a smile: "These are distributed to the brothers, it is Gonggong Wei who invites everyone to drink." ”

Lao Liu narrowed his eyes with a smile, nodded and said, "Gong Xie Wei rewards, Lord Xie Ye rewards." He didn't even look at Ren Hongfei again.

A low-level brocade guard like Lao Liu has less than three taels of silver per month, and there is nothing to fish, so these hundreds of taels of silver are a lot of extra money for them.

Ye Hanqing swaggered and led Ren Hongfei, who was walking with his head down, out of Donghua Gate, Ren Hongfei asked: "It's so easy?" I thought I had to go through layers of interrogation to get out of the palace. ”

Ye Hanqing said with a smile: "It depends on who it is, strangers try to enter and exit, and they can't even pass through a door, as long as there are acquaintances with them, plus money to open the way, it will be absolutely unimpeded." ”

Ye Hanqing immediately lowered his voice: "What's more, we still have Wei Zhongxian's tiger skin draped, these high-level figures always have some small actions behind their backs, and ordinary guards will turn a blind eye, otherwise if they anger the tiger's whiskers, they won't be able to eat and walk around." ”

Ren Hongfei sighed and shook his head: "It seems that I was stupid in the palace, and I almost forgot about the world." ”

As soon as the two of them came out of Donghua Gate, they often met Jinyi guards who passed by in a hurry, and some of them bowed down when they recognized Ye Hanqing, Ye Hanqing just nodded slightly, and Ren Hongfei said strangely: "Why are there so many guards?" ”

Ye Hanqing said: "Not far in front is the headquarters of the East Detective Factory, if you don't go out on business, you usually go to the headquarters of the East Factory in the morning and evening." Not far from the headquarters of the East Factory, it is your Xinwang Mansion, do you want to go and see? ”

Ren Hongfei shook his head: "It's better to make less trouble, hey, your Dongchang is also like the Hong Kong police, do you worship Master Guan?" ”

Ye Hanqing said with a smile: "No, the portrait of Marshal Yue Feiyue is hanging in the lobby of the East Factory, everyone has to bow, and there is an archway with the four characters of Baishi Liufang written outside the lobby, hehe, it's a pity." ”

After a small half circle along the root of the imperial city, the two of them walked all the way to the southwest, and the pedestrians on the road gradually increased, and the doors of various shops along the road were also removed.

After all, this is the first time he has stepped into the folk in more than ten years, there are people who carry burdens on the road, there are those who sell breakfast on the roadside, there are those who ride horses slowly, and there are those who swagger through the market in a sedan chair.

In the bustling crowd, Ren Hongfei's eyes suddenly lit up, walked to a snack stall on the side of the road, and beckoned to Ye Hanqing.

Ye Hanqing also sat down, Ren Hongfei ordered two scallion pancakes and two bowls of tofu brain, looking at the fried golden scallion pancakes and the white and tender tofu brain, Ren Hongfei's saliva flowed out, and muttered: "I haven't eaten food for more than ten years." ”

After drinking the tofu brain, Ren Hongfei burped with satisfaction, Ye Hanqing took out a few copper coins and threw them on the table, and continued to lead Ren Hongfei forward.

When he came to the house in Guangcai Hutong, he had already walked about seven or eight kilometers, and Ren Hongfei was already slightly panting: "Grandma's, it's so far, next time I'll also get a waist card of Jinyiwei, how close is it for us to come out of Xihuamen." ”

Ye Hanqing said: "This is not easy to do, Jinyiwei's files are very detailed in the East Factory, and even the three generations of ancestors have been recorded." ”

Ren Hongfei said: "The file is also written by people, you can't just make one, as long as it's not too ostentatious, who is idle and has nothing to check me." ”

Ye Hanqing smiled: "That's right." ”

This house is in the depths of Guangcai Hutong, very secluded, and very large, it is a two-entry quadrangle, and the blue bricks and stone tiles do not have too many cumbersome shapes, and they are relatively low-key.

Ye Hanqing took out the key and opened the door, and when he walked into the gate, there was a small gatehouse at the front, and he walked seven or eight meters sideways, which was the main gate of the main courtyard.

Ren Hongfei sighed: "Han Qing, you said that if this house is left to us, it will be worth fifty or sixty million yuan." ”

Ye Hanqing said with a smile: "With such a good location, it is estimated that fifty or sixty million is enough to buy it." ”

Ren Hongfei asked, "I just gave you 10,000 taels of silver, how did you buy it?" ”

Ye Hanqing said with a smile: "The original owner of this house is a Fujian tea merchant, although he has money but no background background, I just showed the bright number, and he half sold it and half gave it away, only spent eight thousand taels, after all, he came and went to the capital, if I want to trouble him, it is very easy, so I owe him a personal favor, and I am embarrassed not to do it for him if I have something to do." ”

Ren Hongfei sighed: "It seems that this tradition is correct, which dynasty also produces power and money from the barrel of a gun." ”

The yard is very large, with two large flower beds planted with flowers and plants, and a few plane trees six or seven meters high, which are shaded all over the ground and the air is extremely fresh.

Ren Hongfei walked around the yard and was very satisfied, and the furniture in each room was also readily available.

After resting in the main hall of the house for a while, the two turned around and locked the door, and walked out of Guangcai Hutong, Ren Hongfei looked at a very large mansion not far away and frowned, there were several soldiers with waist knives standing at the door of the big mansion, and there were several carriages parked at the door, and people kept coming and going.

Ren Hongfei asked, "What kind of place is that?" ”

Ye Hanqing replied: "Oh, that's the Gunpowder Bureau, also known as Wang Gong Factory, which specializes in making gunpowder for the Shenji Battalion. ”

Ren Hongfei frowned and said, "It's so close, what if you run into an acquaintance." ”

Ye Hanqing was a little speechless, and sighed: "Big brother, there is no yamen near the palace, this place is relatively secluded." ”

Ren Hongfei also sighed helplessly: "It can only be like this first, you can find a few servants and cooks another day, you must be honest and reliable." ”

Ye Hanqing was taken aback: "You don't want to live here permanently, Zhu Youxiao is afraid that he won't be able to explain." ”

Ren Hongfei said: "You big-headed ghost, such a good house locks the door all day long, isn't it even more suspicious." ”

Ye Hanqing nodded: "That's right." ”

It was getting close to noon, and the two of them began to walk back.