When he arrived at the door of the small living room of the inner house, Liu Guojin greeted him and asked Yao Zongwen to change into a casual robe.

Yao Zongwen was wearing a serious robe for going out to pay respects, of course it was not very comfortable, and he was not polite, after a few sentences, he widened his coat, changed into a round-necked robe at home, and entered the room and sat opposite Liu Guojin.

Liu Guojin still adheres to the tradition of Han doctors, and treats guests to eat with a separate meal system, and both of them have a set of dishes in front of them, which are divided into several columns, and the wine is also kept warm by a silver kettle.

"It's a southern wine." Liu Guojin said: "Although the weather is hot, it is better to warm it up, so as not to hurt the stomach." ”

"I love to drink hot southern wine." Yao Zongwen said with a smile: "I was originally from eastern Zhejiang, and the rice wine tastes sweet and hot without the violence of the wine, which is very good." ”

In fact, at that time, regardless of the north and south, scholars drank more rice wine, and very few people drank soju, after all, scholars should pay attention to Yongrong and reserve, like later generations, desperately poured and drank until they slurred their words and even made many ugly states, it would be too embarrassing.

However, there is no outsider in Liu's Mansion today, so Yao Zongwen is not polite, drinking wine and food, and feasting.

After a few rounds of drinking, Yao Zongwen said to Liu Guojin: "The old-timers call the students here, there must be something important?" ”

Liu Guojin was a little sad, Yao Zongwen deliberately ate and drank in front of him, and finally asked what was the matter, of course it was unimaginable before that, the two of them were like allies, everything was discussed, and they made decisions together, after a few years, they were about to become a leader, obviously the connections were still there, and the official position was also done according to the deputy envoy, but the person in front of him did not take himself very seriously.

"This matter also has something to do with Brother Yao." Liu Guojin deliberately narrowed the distance between the two, and Yao Zongwen frowned unconsciously when he heard this.

"Why, this is five thousand taels for me," Liu Guojin explained the reason in detail, and pointed to the area of things, and said: "This is a dozen gold watches with excellent texture and materials. In addition, it is a 20,000 account ticket, which is equivalent to cash, saying that it is for the old man to dispose of independently, and Brother Yao is in person, of course I will also give 5,000 taels. ”

Yao Zongwen waved his hand and said, "The old-timers are confused, how can this be done?" Not long after the student joined Wei Daguan, he changed hands and dealt with him again, and caused him trouble, then the gods couldn't save me. ”

This is indeed the case, if Yao Zongwen has not been attached, he will resign after the great evil Wei Eunuch, and the ordinary officials are not Zuo Guangdou and others, Wei Zhongxian may not necessarily be killed, but Yao Zongwen is different, the defeat of Liu He Yao Zongwen has already handed over a very solid letter of surrender, and turned his head and turned his face to help outsiders deal with the eunuch party, no matter which faction the boss of such an anti-bone boy will definitely be killed, and it is impossible to forgive and forgive.

"You didn't shirk when I didn't shirk?" Liu Guojin smiled wryly, pointed to the table, and said, "Just look at it." ”

Yao Zongwen swept the past with doubts, first sneering disdainfully, and then dumbfounded.

There are accounts on the table first, which are the detailed accounts of Liu Guojin and Yao Zongwen who filled their pockets and divided the 200,000 yuan allocated by the household department, not only how the two of them received the money, how they spended, how many people were recruited, how many people were disbanded, and then how much money was distributed to the ministers of the DPRK and China, and the strokes were quite detailed.

Then there is the collusion between the two and the Liaoxi Jiangmen, and the various benefits they have received.

Yao Zongwen sneered at first, if these accounts are used on ordinary officials, of course they will die and cannot die again, but they may not work on him, it just makes him a little frightened, Hutchison's surveillance of them is really to the point of great detail, it is difficult to imagine how many people Heji has placed around them.

However, Yao Zongwen was not afraid, he sneered: "The old man is afraid? Don't worry, the student will go back to visit Grandpa Wei and say hello to him in advance, even if someone uses this to deal with us, Grandpa Wei can keep us fine. ”

"Oh, of course it's more than that." Liu Guojin said with a blank face: "This thing and a dagger appeared on my study desk in the middle of the night, and the next morning when the maid was cleaning, I was frightened. ”

"Uh......" Yao Zongwen was also a little surprised and frightened, Liu Guojin was born in a martial arts and had the identity of a deputy envoy for recruitment, so there were more than a dozen or twenty family members around him, and after returning to Beijing, he also took these inner dings to guard the door in the mansion, and it was impossible for Liu Mansion to enter ordinary thieves, and send their account book plus a dagger to the table in the inner study, which contained too many things.

"Anyway, don't panic yet." Yao Zongwen said: "Don't see people randomly, don't tell the truth, let's wait until I meet Gonggong Wei." ”

Liu Guojin also knows that Yao Zongwen's confidence is that he has joined the eunuch camp, and has a relatively core position, which is of course inferior to Gu Bingqian, Wei Guangwei, Xu Dahua and others, but it can be regarded as touching the edge of the core, with this relationship, Yao Zongwen's confidence is of course a lot, and this little thing in front of him scared Liu Guojin half to death, but Yao Zongwen can still maintain considerable calm.

Coming out of Liu's mansion, Yao Zongwen's full stomach of wine and food has turned into a cold sweat, and the more he thinks about it, the more afraid he becomes, Hutchison's means are really endless, like a net, he and Liu's predecessors are caught in it, they have also done some things for Hutchison in the past two years, of course, they have more benefits, but they never expected to encounter such a threatening moment, I remember that I had faintly heard that Hutchison Zhang Han's subordinates have a group of subordinates who specialize in private affairs, it seems that the rumors are true, and to this day they are called to meet them.

However, Yao Zongwen still cheered for himself, no matter how powerful Zhang Han's person is, can he compare with Jinyi Weiqi School? As long as Gonggong Wei is willing to send some Fan Soldier Banner School to protect him, he will always have no worries about his life, and Senior Liu can also explain it, and the key is that the accounts cannot be made out...... Thinking of this, Yao Zongwen suddenly felt a little upset, he was Gonggong Wei, and the person who had just surrendered came over with such a lot of trouble, I'm afraid he would also be displeased, right?

Hurriedly returning to his mansion in a carriage, Yao Zongwen immediately sent someone to the Wei Mansion to inquire about it, to see how long Wei Gonggong had lived in the mansion in the past two days, he already had the right to go directly to the Wei Mansion to ask for a meeting, but it was always necessary for Wei Zhongxian to stay in the mansion, Wei Zhongxian lived in the palace half of the time, and half of the time lived in the outer house, there was no certain rule on the time, so he had to inquire clearly.

Called someone to build a cup of tea, Yao Zongwen felt that the throbbing heart beat much more slowly, he had a lot of intrigues, and Liu Guojin cooperated with him in the middle of the court, which party he played, Zhejiang Party, then Donglin, and then down to the eunuch party, but this naked spy method is really the first time to see, for a while, many rumors about the Jinyi Wei in the Hongwu period of the Ming Dynasty at the beginning of the country are rushing to the mind, this kind of self-scaring thing is more and more frightening, Yao Zongwen has lost his composure in Liu Guojin, The hands holding the teacups trembled slightly.

"Hey, what is this?" After a long time, Yao Zongwen came to his senses, turned his head to look, and suddenly jumped up again.

On the desk behind him, there was a bunch of things.

After Yao Zongwen approached, he smelled a strong bloody breath in his nose and rushed to his face.

He opened the cloth bag tremblingly, and couldn't help but let out an "ah".

A man's palm was wrapped in cloth, and a copper cigarette pouch was placed next to it.

Yao Zongwen didn't understand what he meant at first, he was only afraid, and only remembered after half a ring that he remembered that the Neiding who crossed the Liuhe River who was ordered to hide by himself usually carried such a copper cigarette pot bag around his waist.

Now it seems that this palm must be the same as that of Nadin.

Yao Zongwen searched carefully, but there were no letters and other items, and on the table in front of him, there was only a palm and a pot.

That person was hiding in Zunhua, Yao Zongwen suddenly understood, just during the time when he and Liu Guojin were preparing to get together for a drink during the day, and discussing Wei Zhongxian at night, they ran to Zunhua to search for their own inner ding, and cut off a palm and sent it over.

The incision of the severed palm is quite flat, almost quite smooth, even the bones are the same, and there are residual blood beads on the white bones, which looks really shocking.

Yao Zongwen was almost unstable, and he had to support the table with both hands to avoid teaching himself to fall to the ground.

At this time, he realized that the skills he had always been proud of were simply jokes under absolute power, nothing more than some clever conspiracies and tricks, including sending people to the other side of the Willow River.

This matter is no better than embezzling some military salaries, Wei Zhongxian can be forcefully suppressed, if this matter is exposed, Yao Zongwen will be ruined as soon as possible, and anyone will cut off him, especially the eunuchs, in order to cover it up, Wei Zhongxian will make the most fair and strict posture, Yao Zongwen will be arrested at the first time, and then tortured to death, there will never be a second possibility.

Thinking of this, Yao Zongwen couldn't help but tremble as if he was soaked in sweat.

At this time, the chief attendant outside may have heard the movement, knocked on the door and asked, "Master, is something wrong?" ”

"Nope." Yao Zongwen replied in a dumb voice, and then asked rhetorically, "Who came to my study today?" ”

"Only Mei Xiang came in to clean, and the villain remembered the master's orders, and he wouldn't let people into the study at will."

"Oh, that's fine."

Yao Zongwen stood on the table for another quarter of an hour, feeling that a long time had passed, and only after his body calmed down did he move over the table and sit down slowly.

Dead people, Yao Zongwen has seen a lot, and it is not unseen that he has never seen a broken arm and a stump, but this kind of thing that concerns him and threatens himself with a broken limb is really the first time he has encountered it.