Yang Xiaoyu smiled bitterly, these things are done by the Ministry of Rites, he stole the limelight of the Ministry of Rites for no reason, and he doesn't know how these gentlemen who are all too good scold him.

However, this was obviously a good opportunity to curry favor with the Carpenter Emperor, and how could he miss it.

Yes, Yang Xiaoyu agreed to this matter with a smile.

The carpenter emperor still had to do carpenter work, so he didn't keep Yang Xiaoyu much, and waved Yang Xiaoyu directly.

Yang Xiaoyu walked out of the palace with a full smile and went straight to Fusi in Beizhen.

Entered the Yamen of Fusi in Beizhen.

Yang Xiaoyu summoned two deputy envoys and thousands of households under his command, conveyed the emperor's will to them, and then ordered Zhou Heguang, Bai Chengwang, Cheng Wenfu, and Xu Xianchun to gather troops and horses and follow him to Tian Ergeng's mansion.

Although the carpenter emperor asked him to find the evidence and then arrest Tian Ergeng, Yang Xiaoyu did not plan to listen to the carpenter emperor's words, Tian Ergeng was an old fox, if the news spread, he would definitely erase all kinds of criminal evidence first, and it would be difficult to catch his pigtail when the time came.

Now it's different, this old fox didn't hear the news, as long as the official of the Beizhen Fusi searched his mansion, all the evidence came out, and then he would have the final say on the charge of collaborating with the enemy to Tian Ergeng.

More than 4,000 horsemen dressed in flying fish suits, holding embroidered spring knives, with distinct clothes and armor, poured into the street like a steady stream of tides, roaring towards Tian Ergeng's mansion on East Street.

Yang Xiaoyu rode a high-headed horse, took four thousand households under his command, galloped on horseback, and rushed to Dongjie with more than 4,000 horsemen, and ordered Cheng Wenfu and Bai Chengwang to take the horsemen to surround Tianfu.

He took Zhou Heguang and Xu Xianchun's soldiers and horses to the gate of Tianfu, and looked at the closed vermilion lacquer gate, Yang Xiaoyu's eyes showed a playful smile: "Come on, slam the door." ”

As soon as the words fell, the vermilion lacquer door opened from the inside. Tian Ergeng, who was dressed in a unicorn robe, walked out with a cold face, followed by dozens of strong and strong house slaves, he raised his eyes and looked at the brocade clothes and horsemen blocked in front of the mansion, and shouted coldly: "Lord Yang, what are you doing in front of the official mansion with so many sergeants?" ”

Yang Xiaoyu took a step forward and laughed, "Don't mind, Lord Tian. This official is also acting on the command of the Holy Father! ”

Tian Ergeng's eyes rolled and asked unhappily, "What kind of holy order did Lord Yang take?" ”

Yang Xiaoyu didn't show his hole cards at will, and played a haha with a smile: "Lord Tian, what a holy order, this is really nothing to say, but the official hopes that Lord Tian will be smarter, otherwise, don't blame the official." “

"What do you mean?" Anger rose in Tian Ergeng's heart. Yang Xiaoyu made it clear that he wanted to embarrass him.

Yang Xiaoyu lazily ignored Tian Ergeng, and coldly ordered to the left and right thousand households: "Pass the order to go down, search Tianfu, if anyone stops, kill him!" ”

"Yes!" The left and right thousand households were ordered to go down and transfer troops forward.

Like a wolf, the brocade clothes rode in four heads and rushed towards Tian Ergeng's mansion.

Tian Ergeng was anxious, there were many things in his house, if Yang Xiaoyu searched it, how could it happen.

But he had to stop Yang Xiaoyu's soldiers and horses. He was a little stunned, after all, Yang Xiaoyu was ordered by God. It's not a private transfer.

"Lord Yang, please go to the mansion for a cup of tea, it's not too late to search." Tian Ergeng couldn't think of any other way, so he could only drag Yang Xiaoyu first, and then slowly transfer the things in his house.

"My lord, be careful of the deception!" Xu Xianchun reminded in a low voice.

Yang Xiaoyu is not a stupid person, so he doesn't need to be reminded. sneered: "Lord Tian, this official is on official business, and there are many disturbances, please forgive me!" ”

As soon as these words came out, the stopped riders quickly poured into the field.

Tian Ergeng looked at the horsemen who poured into his house. Hurriedly glanced at a guard behind him, he pretended to be calm and stood in place, looking at Yang Xiaoyu, who didn't give him the slightest face, and said coldly: "To search the mansion of the officials of the current dynasty, you must have the official documents of the Criminal Department, the official documents of Dali Temple, and even the emperor's holy decree, may I ask Lord Yang, can you bring these?" ”

Yang Xiaoyu smiled, there is indeed such a rule in handling cases, but Beizhen Fusi doesn't need these official documents to handle the case, and said coldly disdainfully: "You saw Beizhen Fusi handling the case, how could you ever take the official documents?" ”

"You!" Tian Ergeng pointed at Yang Xiaoyu angrily, wanting to scold something, but in the end he didn't scold.

Yang Xiaoyu whispered to Xu Xianchun behind him: "Lead someone to arrest Tian Ergeng, don't let him make a sound." ”

Xu Xianchun nodded, turned over and dismounted, summoned the Ti cavalry behind him, and rushed into Tian Fu with a roar, halfway through, the embroidered spring knife on his waist was unsheathed, and it was put on Tian Ergeng's neck without any suspense, and Tian Ergeng was scared into a cold sweat, and the surrounding Ti Cavalry quickly grabbed Tian Fu's guards.

Yang Xiaoyu turned over and dismounted, and ordered Tiqi to plug Tian Ergeng's mouth with rags, tie him up, and bring him into Tianfu.

Tian Ergeng is the governor of the left army and the commander of the Jinyi Guard, which can be described as a prominent position, and when he is a member of the court, his mansion is naturally luxurious.

Although it cannot be compared with the mansions of some princes and nobles, in this rich and noble capital, Tian Ergeng's mansion is a sigh for countless ordinary people.

Among them is Yang Xiaoyu, whose mansion is considered a famous mansion in the capital, however, compared with Tian Ergeng's mansion, it is a little less gorgeous.

Tian Ergeng's mansion has a pond for raising fish, a stage for singing halls, and pavilions and pavilions.

Yang Xiaoyu was not in the mood to appreciate these, so he entered the Tianfu hall and ordered Xu Xianchun to take someone to search. The courtyard, except for the female dependents who can't touch the Tianfu and kill at will, the others are left to them to toss, and they must find out Tian Ergeng's money.

The front hall was searched by Zhou Heguang with people, not only to search the inside and outside of the courtyard, but also to send people to sneak down to the pond to find possible treasures below.

For Yang Xiaoyu, no matter what method is used, as long as Tian Ergeng's money can be found, the matter will be completed. After all, the Ming Dynasty's salary for officials was very low, and the money received by many officials was not enough to spend in the house.

Tian Ergeng was a first-grade official and a third-grade commander, and his annual salary was only five or six hundred taels of silver, but his mansion could not be bought without more than 30,000 silver.

It takes at least fifty or sixty years to buy five or six hundred taels of silver a year, and he has to eat or drink without eating or drinking.

But look at his mansion again, there are thousands of maidservants, as far as he knows, Tian Ergeng is an authentic color. The wolf, married the lady of the sixteenth room, just some time ago, he also married an actor, sang music to him every day in the house, and the happy Tian Ergeng did not go to court for several days.

For this matter, many imperial envoys of the imperial court folded to him, and finally the matter was suppressed by the carpenter emperor, after all, this is just a trivial matter, and there are countless things like this.

The criminal law of the Ming Dynasty was very harsh on officials who embezzled and took bribes, and officials with serious circumstances would inevitably be stabbed.

Yang Xiaoyu sat in the hall and watched his subordinates busily coming in and out.

Until the afternoon.

Xu Xianchun searched for the first sum of money in Tianfu, this money is not much, it is not too much, it is not too much, it is found in the room of Mrs. Tian Ergeng, there are about 70,000 taels of silver tickets, and all kinds of jewelry are not counted.

Zhou Heguang searched in the front yard for an afternoon, but only found a golden night pot, a golden bowl, a pair of golden chopsticks, and nothing else.

Yang Xiaoyu was stunned, these things together were not worth 100,000 taels of silver, so he didn't believe that Tian Ergeng had such a little money?

Since he couldn't find the money, Yang Xiaoyu simply changed his method and ordered someone to gather Tian Ergeng's genuine wife, concubine, daughter, and son together, and let them tell where the money was hidden.

Unexpectedly, the female dependents of Tian Ergeng's family were very hard-boned, and no one said where the treasure was hidden.

Yang Xiaoyu understands that the disaster is not as good as the family, but his subordinate Xu Xianchun does not understand, and after Yang Xiaoyu let these people go back, Xu Xianchun fiercely ordered Tiqi to arrest Tian Ergeng's genuine wife and lock her in the firewood room in the backyard.

The three sturdy men carried horsewhips and whipped at Mrs. Tian, Mrs. Tian was also a hard bone, and the riders whipped more than 30 whips, only to see her screaming heartbreakingly, but they didn't see her begging for mercy.

Xu Xianchun is not a gentleman, this time Yang Xiaoyu was ordered to investigate Tian Ergeng, it is a good opportunity for him, as long as the real evidence is found, Yang Xiaoyu can step into the position of the commander of the Jinyi Guard, and he will be able to follow a little light, although it may not be promoted, but it can be regarded as pleasing Yang Xiaoyu, and in the future, he may become a big official such as a pacification envoy and a fellow intellectual.

Xu Xianchun ordered someone to get a brazier, and there was a red-hot soldering iron in it, and the raging flames were burning, which seemed to be hot, but in fact it was cold and terrifying.

Xu Xianchun took the soldering iron and slowly put it in front of Mrs. Tian's eyes, and said that he was about to stick it to Mrs. Tian's charming face.

Women are born to love beauty, and Mrs. Tian is no exception, once she is disfigured, Tian Ergeng will not want her anymore, for this reason, Mrs. Tian finally opened her mouth and said the Tian family's secret room, of course, she only said one place.

According to Mrs. Tian's words, Xu Xianchun found a secret room in an abandoned courtyard in the backyard, and moved out dozens of large boxes from it, which contained all kinds of precious medicinal materials, real money and silver, antiques, calligraphy and paintings, and together, they were worth four or five hundred thousand taels of silver.

After Yang Xiaoyu saw these stolen goods, he praised Xu Xianchun a few words, and asked him to continue to lead people to search, and he must find some more stolen goods.

He wouldn't believe that Tian Ergeng only had such a small amount of wealth.

It must be known that Tian Ergeng is a hereditary steward, his ancestor was a high-ranking official of the Zuojun Governor's Office, and for more than a hundred years, the accumulated silver is more than the national tax of the Ming Dynasty in a year.

The little silver that has been found now is not as thick as the prefect of Jiangnan.

In the evening, Yang Xiaoyu enjoyed a delicious meal in Tianfu, and of course, in his spare time, he brought Tian Ergeng's dancing girl to the hall and played and sang. (To be continued......)