The look on Chongzhen's face has slowly changed from the previous resolute and relaxed to the gloomy and depressed now, Lu Xiangsheng in the imperial study is clearly reporting the results of the past few days, and Yang Sichang is also listening to it. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ

"Your Majesty, in the past twenty days, Wei Chen has searched all over the capital, and at least three times have been searched everywhere, but there is still no trace of Lord Ning!" Lu Xiangsheng's words were steady, without the slightest emotional fluctuation.

"Searched carefully?" Chongzhen's brows furrowed deeply, he thought that if he found Xu Yuya, Ning Zhiyuan must also be in the capital, even if he found it in the capital, it would be a matter of time before he found it in the capital, so he also had some confidence, but now that it has reached this point, he still hasn't found it out, so he can't calm down.

This is something that no one can really answer, although the 100,000 people in the capital of Nuoda have searched for twenty days, although it can be said that all aspects are impermeable, Lu Xiangsheng took the lead without the slightest slack, but where can I guarantee that there is no trace of omission, but ordinary people really can't last too long under such a search, didn't the soldiers who tried to rob Yuan Chonghuan before be killed and injured and were caught within a few days, the capital's defenses are already very strict, Lu Xiangsheng thought for a while, " The ministers and the soldiers have carefully searched the place where they found the cellar in the city, and they have already experienced the reversal of day and night, and until now they are still searching the places they have found over and over again, and the focus is on checking whether there are still tunnels dug deeply, and the problem is not big..."

"What's so strange about the search?" Chongzhen felt that the irritability of the past came to his mind again, how perfunctory did Lu Xiangsheng's words sound? I can't find anything special about Ning Zhiyuan, could it be that he is in heaven? For a while, there was a bit of a loss of proportion.

"This..."Lu Xiangsheng paused and said, "Wechen has searched dozens to millions of taels of silver in the mansions of the courtiers..."

Chongzhen's face suddenly turned dark, although he had expected it, but the fact that he was in front of him and the upset that he couldn't find Ning Zhiyuan suddenly exploded, why are these people so stupid and don't know how to hide it?

"Lu Aiqing... How did you find out? ”

"Inch by inch of land!" Lu Xiangsheng's voice was neither humble nor arrogant, and even a little cold, "Wechen found at least five or six underground passages in each of their mansions, and some of the silver was hidden here, and some were hidden in various rooms, but Wechen gathered all the silver together and counted it, but there are still three basements in the least Li Shizhong's mansion, and the silver found is only more than a thousand taels..."

Lu Xiangsheng had already reported these situations, but Chongzhen was upset and didn't look at them carefully, listening to his focus was only on Ning Zhiyuan's whereabouts, but Lu Xiangsheng said at this time that he realized the seriousness of the matter.

"Lu Aiqing, you said that half of the silver was taken out and charged into the treasury, well, that Li Aiqing will forget it..."Chongzhen's face was entangled for a while and he made up his mind, if it was not necessary, he really didn't want to pull his face to rely on this method to collect silver, but the amount Lu Xiangsheng said still moved him.

"Your Majesty..."Lu Xiangsheng was stunned when he heard this, his face changed and he tried to stop it, "Your Majesty, this is not necessary, either it will all be filled into the treasury, or it will not take a penny as promised by Your Majesty, and this kind of practice of taking half is absolutely unacceptable..."

"Your Majesty, what Lord Lu said is very true! If Your Majesty really did this, wouldn't it mean that there is no big problem for these officials to be corrupt and bend the law, as long as half of it is handed over to the imperial court? Either the rectification is to the end, or not to do so..."Yang Sichang took over and persuaded bitterly.

Chongzhen frowned, listening to what these two henchmen said, he did understand a little, but this kind of thing of all the house raiding is not authentic, no, no, absolutely not, shook his head and said, "It's better not to do this kind of house raiding thing..."

He still can't fall behind, Chongzhen is this kind of character, he was besieged by a large army in another time and space, and he didn't forcibly borrow money from merchants to get through the difficulties like Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, which led to the demise of the Ming Dynasty, otherwise he might be able to hold out for a few more years.

"Your Majesty..."Lu Xiangsheng frowned a little unwillingly, but Yang Sichang had already kept silent, he knew too well what Chongzhen was about urine, and the one that Lu Xiangsheng had just attached to was enough, and he couldn't do much.

Chongzhen waved his hand to stop Lu Xiangsheng's words, and asked again, "Are the people in the city still cooperating?" Can the military spirit still be stable? ”

Yang Sichang said secretly Sure enough, he must die to avoid death and suffering, just like when Zhang Xianzhong surrendered before, he suggested that Chongzhen order Zhang Xianzhong to attack Li Zicheng, but he still didn't agree to save face in his heart, otherwise the Ming Dynasty should also stop, not only that, but he also agreed to put Zhang Xianzhong's entire confinement in a county town because of a few letters from Xiong Wencan, isn't this a special trouble?

Lu Xiangsheng sighed lightly, "Fortunately, the soldiers have not committed any crimes in the folk autumn, and the name of His Majesty's benevolence and righteousness has spread all over the world..."

Chongzhen's face softened slightly, he didn't have a good reputation for so many years, the first one to scold from natural disasters and man-made disasters was God, and the second one to scold was the Son of Heaven, seeing that Lu Xiangsheng seemed to want to speak and stopped, he couldn't help asking, "Lu Aiqing, if you have something to say, you might as well say it directly!" But if it's an admonition, let's stop. ”

Lu Xiangsheng was a little entangled, just when Chongzhen asked if there was anything abnormal, he remembered that since the news of Xu Xiangya's death spread, there were often women who were unwilling to be searched in public, but Lu Xiangsheng's attitude was extremely resolute every time he trained, but when he arrived at Li Dingfang, he did encounter hard stubble, Li Dingfang was more resolute than him, and he couldn't let his wife and other women show up again, so Lu Xiangsheng just checked that they were not men and women, which seemed to be a normal thing. But Lu Xiangsheng was afraid that Chongzhen would do something as soon as he reported it.

As a courtier, he is definitely thinking about the court, so he will not explode and definitely not send Li Dingfang What will happen, to be honest, as long as it can be beneficial to the Ming Dynasty, it will be like that if he dies himself, not to mention that he is just an eye-catching figure, but he thinks that Li Dingfang is doing this because he is dissatisfied, and secondly... Maybe Xu Yuya is not dead yet, no matter which one Chongzhen has, there is no need to know, so he really can't think of a reason to tell Chongzhen, so he is a little entangled with his upright personality.

As soon as Chongzhen's words reached his ears, he immediately reacted, gritted his teeth, and Lu Xiangsheng said, "Your Majesty, Weichen thinks that there is another possibility that Lord Ning has not been found..."

"Oh, what is possible? Why don't you look for it? Chongzhen's eyes lit up, and he immediately asked a series of questions.

"Weichen just thinks that there is still a place in this capital that I haven't looked for yet, so..."Lu Xiangsheng paused and looked at Chongzhen and said.

"Where? I gave you even the sword, where you can't go..."Chongzhen's face froze when he spoke, and then he looked at Yang Sichang, seeing that he nodded and looked at Lu Xiangsheng again, his eyes narrowed, and his tone softened, "You mean... Palace? Palace! ”

Lu Xiangsheng nodded lightly, looking at Chongzhen and not knowing how he should react, if he really searched the palace, then this matter is very funny to outsiders, what is the reason for the search given by Chongzhen, the thieves kidnapped Ning Zhiyuan, and this will be searched in the palace, isn't this a clear slap in the face? What kind of thief is so powerful that he can sneak into the palace quietly, so the Ming Dynasty still exists?

Chongzhen looked at Yang Sichang with some hesitation again, Yang Sichang sighed secretly and said, "Your Majesty, this matter still depends on your determination?" Xu Yuya was found in the capital, and Lord Nan Ning must also be there, so it seems that his potential in the palace is very high, so to make sure that he is found, it is inevitable to search the palace..."

Chongzhen's face was a little red, his breathing was short, his chest was fluctuating violently, he took a few deep breaths to calm down, and said in a calm voice with a little trembling, "You say... How dare he be in my palace..."

"It's just maybe, but it's simple for the palace to hide a person..."Lu Xiangsheng replied with a glance, "Now the officers and soldiers in the city are only focusing on the cellar, and it is unlikely that there will be any progress in the short term..."

"Find, dig three feet into the ground and find it for me!" Chongzhen's eyes widened, and his bloodshot eyes looked around, full of cold and vicious.

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"Lord Lu stays..."Yang Sichang's deep and vigorous voice came from behind, and Lu Xiangsheng was stunned for a moment and then looked at the other party with some doubts.

"I don't know what happened to Lord Yang?"

"Can Lord Lu's unspeakable secrets be heard by the official?" Yang Sichang smiled, he had a bad impression of this Lu Xiangsheng before, but after this time, he has made a big difference, this is indeed a good comrade.

"Actually, it's nothing." Lu Xiangsheng hesitated for a few breaths and said, "It's just that Lord Li may be a little dissatisfied with Your Majesty..."

"What do you mean by that?" Yang Sichang listened with interest.

"Now, since the news of Xu Yuya's death came out, many noble ladies and relatives are unwilling to be searched, and Lord Li is especially resolute."

"In that case, why didn't Lord Lu tell Your Majesty?" Yang Sichang's eyes flashed and asked, he didn't have any feelings for Li Dingfang, for him he was just one of so many ordinary officials, and even inferior.

Of course, he could see that Chongzhen was very conflicted about Li Dingfang's disposal, and wanted to reuse it but had scruples, while Yang Sichang was a little selfish and thought that if Li Dingfang was really reused, it would threaten his status, not to mention that he didn't think that a Li Dingfang could play much role in Daming, so he was a little unwelcome.

Lu Xiangsheng shook his head, Su didn't answer, and Yang Sichang immediately smiled helplessly, "Did Lord Lu tell the official what he wanted the official to do?" ”

"It's up to the adult..."Lu Xiangsheng's face was expressionless, "Lu doesn't want to participate in this matter, and Lu can't afford this kind of burden..."

"Then the lower official will leave first..."Lu Xiangsheng arched his hand and then turned around and strode away, the next step was to search the palace.

.........

In Yi'an Palace, Zhang Yanfen punched Ning Zhiyuan's chest a few times, and gasped a little, "Anti-thief, you heard it, Your Majesty is finally going to find here..."

Ning Zhiyuan smiled and hugged Zhang Yan's white and tender body and said, "It's not that I found here, it's that I finally started to search the palace, but it's been so long since I thought of this, and I don't know what this group of courtiers are doing... What do you say, Queen Mother Yan'er? ”

Zhang Yan tightened her underwear, although everything had already happened, it was a bit self-deceptive, but it was really uncomfortable to be naked most of the time, and she felt that the conversation between the two of them was actually a little weird, she was the queen mother of the Ming Dynasty and Ning Zhiyuan was a thief, so their positions were relative, but no matter how you listened to it, it felt a little ambiguous.

"It's clear that corrupt officials are rampant, so what?" She sighed, only feeling that she had slowly gotten used to this feeling after being destroyed by Ning Zhiyuan, and she didn't want to think about why this was like this and the deeper truth contained in it.

"Corrupt officials are rampant, and the people are not making a living, which is an ironclad fact, but this son... Let's talk about rebellion, the purpose of rebellion is not so noble, but I don't want to bow down to the subordinates and let others be at the mercy of others, and it really doesn't make the people suffer more, does it? Ning Zhiyuan bit Zhang Yan's earlobe and said, "Empress Dowager Yan'er, believe it or not, Chongzhen will come over later, so this Yi'an Palace is definitely safe..."

Zhang Yan took a deep breath, "Yes, this Yi'an Palace is indeed safe, but why do you, a thief, go out less and less?" I don't think you've ever eaten anything and you're still so energetic? ”

"The emperor has arrived..."The sharp voice sounded again, Ning Zhiyuan shook his head and laughed in a low voice, "Look, how right this son is..."

Zhang Yan rolled her eyes and pinched Ning Zhiyuan's waist, which became more and more accustomed, and the man grabbed her hand and laughed, "Not only did I enjoy a beauty, but I was also extremely safe, what's wrong?" ”

"Imperial sister-in-law..."

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The Forbidden City occupies a lot of territory in the capital, and the emperors of the past dynasties may think that the place where they live is really not too cold, so the entire palace has the size of a county town, and the entire capital is only equivalent to more than 20 county seats.

After all, it is a lot of trouble to search inside, and the speed is a lot slower, and it must not be as rough as outside, this is not only the reason for the status of these people, the entire palace is the emperor's home, have you ever seen courtiers commit violence in the house of the Son of Heaven, including the cold palace harem and other places, Lu Xiangsheng knew early on that this was a difficult job, so he had already prepared.

It's just that after the first day of searching, the scope of the inventory in his opinion is not even up to one-twentieth of the efficiency outside, which really makes him a little miserable, if it drags on like this, it will take a month for this palace to go, so when will the capital be opened?

Because of the closure of the city for many days, the price of grain in the entire capital has already risen, one or two silver, originally two stones, and now it is only two taels of silver and three stones, Lu Xiangsheng thinks, maybe before he finds Ning Zhiyuan, the capital is already in chaos.

He's terrible.

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