Chapter 191: The Siege of Maling (Part II)

"Not bad." The fourth young lady nodded, her face full of ridicule, "The world only thinks that Emperor Chongzhen wants to get rid of my grandfather Wei Zhongxian and hurry up, because my grandfather has been in charge of the court for a long time, and he has divided the power of the Dog Emperor and blocked his way." It seems that the stories of such a son of heaven and a courtier, all dynasties, are countless, and it is not uncommon for my grandfather to have this experience. But now that the dog emperor is in power, and the power of my grandfather's family in the previous dynasty is gone, why does the court still miss me a little woman who slipped through the net, and even hesitate to recruit a large army to encircle and suppress it? The reason for this, Lord Xu is talented and intelligent, don't you think it's strange? ”

Xu Liang thought for a while and said, "Today, the world is arbitrary, and this may be done to prevent future troubles." ”

"Ha," the fourth lady retorted with a sneer, "Never again? There are no less than one million soldiers and horses in the Ming Dynasty, how can I, a weak woman who is helpless, become a big trouble for the Ming Dynasty? ”

"This ......"

"There is a way that is unprofitable and cannot be early, whether it is a businessman, or the court, Chongzhen is no exception." The fourth lady patted the Buddhist scripture and said, "The reason why Emperor Chongzhen did this is this." ”

The curiosity of Xu Liang and the others was aroused by Miss Four's words, and they looked at Miss Four without blinking, waiting for her to uncover the mystery.

The fourth lady took in everyone's expressions, as if telling a story, and said slowly: "In fact, after the Ming Dynasty arrived in the Wanli period, the court had already been unable to make ends meet, and military salaries were in arrears every year. By the time of the Apocalypse, the situation was even worse, almost to the point of having to rely on borrowing money from local banks to get by. Hehe," the fourth lady suddenly smiled smugly, and said: "My grandfather Wei Zhongxian, after three dynasties, governing the country and the country, Kuang Fu Sheyu naturally does not have the ability, but the ability to save money can be described as first-class, especially in the short six or seven years of the Apocalypse Dynasty, the property in my grandfather's name has reached an astonishing level. ”

"Huh?" Xu Liang and the others were amazed, and then they were relieved, thinking that it was not difficult for Gonggong Wei to make some money after being in power for so many years.

"My grandfather has saved such a large amount of family property, which is naturally reserved for the descendants of the Wei family. At that time, the Emperor of the Apocalypse was in the prime of life, and my grandfather didn't care much. However, people are not as good as heaven, since the winter of the sixth year of the Apocalypse, the Apocalypse Emperor's health has suddenly deteriorated, and what is even worse is that the Emperor of the Apocalypse has been the emperor for so long, and there is no prince alive behind him. At that time, my grandfather, just in case, secretly arranged for his powerful subordinates to find a safe place and secretly store all the family property he could gather at that time. ”

"So, how much does that have?" Hu Xiaoyong asked eatingly.

"The exact amount is not even known to my grandfather himself, but the total value is definitely not less than 30 million taels of silver." The fourth lady said.

Yes! Three, thirty million taels?! Xu Liang and the others gasped in shock, and they couldn't close their mouths in shock. Xu Liang inquired that the annual tax and silver income of the Ming court was about 4.5 million taels, in other words, Gonggong Wei suddenly hid the total tax and silver income of the court for nearly six or seven years.

The wealth of the country is not enough to describe the wealth of Wei Gonggong.

"Where is this money hidden?" Xu Liang blurted out.

The fourth lady glanced at Xu Liang, pouted and smiled, and said, "Such a large amount of wealth that cannot be spent in a lifetime is not appropriate to hide anywhere. At that time, Liu Ruoyu, the eunuch under my grandfather, thought of a way for my grandfather, drew a picture of the place where the money was hidden, and stored it on the cover of five sheepskins, and then gave the five sheepskin Buddhist scriptures to different people for safekeeping. ”

"Ah, in this way, except for finding the five Buddhist scriptures and finding the map, unless Gonggong Wei is alive, no one will know the location of the silver hidden?" Xu Liang said.

The fourth lady nodded, shook her head again, and said, "Now, even if my grandfather is still alive, I have to find all the five Buddhist scriptures to know the location of the treasure." Because my grandfather was afraid that if he lost power, he would not be punished, and he confided the location of the treasure, and cheapened the enemy in vain, so even he himself did not know where the treasure was buried. ”

Xu Liang thought about it, and couldn't help but be amazed by Wei Zhongxian, who didn't know a few big characters, he couldn't imagine that Father-in-law Wei was so ruthless, where his treasure was buried, and he didn't even tell himself! In this way, even if he is tortured and let the other party use all his tricks, he will not want to get the whereabouts of the treasure from his mouth, ruthless, too ruthless!

The tent was quiet for a while, and everyone was sorry for Grandpa Wei's ruthlessness back then. After a long time, Xu Liang said loudly: "Fourth Miss, you told me such a secret, the official sounds very strange, but what does this have to do with the official, if the official is not bad, one of the sheepskin Buddhist scriptures has fallen into the hands of the emperor, even so, don't you think that with my small Zhenyuan Zhixian, I can also delusionally go to the current emperor to grab that batch of treasures?" ”

The fourth lady shook her head and said: "Lord Xu is a smart person, and now there is already a Buddhist scripture in the hands of the Dog Emperor, but there are at least four of them in the people, and those who know the whereabouts of these four Buddhist scriptures are difficult to find anyone else in the world except Miss Ben." If I tell Lord Xu the whereabouts of these four Buddhist scriptures, and with Lord Xu's ability, it will not be a problem to find one or two books, and then Lord Xu will hold something in his hand that the Dog Emperor could not ask for, what should I do, will I still need to be taught? ”

Xu Liang was immediately moved when he heard this. Yes, if Emperor Chongzhen cares so much about Wei Zhongxian's treasures, and finds one of them and sends it to Emperor Chongzhen at the right time, wouldn't it be just around the corner to be promoted and make a fortune? Xu Liang thought in his heart, raised his eyes and saw that the fourth lady was looking at him eagerly, and suddenly thought of another method, and laughed at the moment: "The fourth miss said that the official was almost tempted, but the fourth miss seems to have forgotten one thing, now you are surrounded by my Liang army, if the official directly takes you down and hands you over to the prince, isn't it also a great achievement?" ”

When Xing Zhongshan and Hu Xiaoyong heard Xu Liang say this, they couldn't help but stand up, press the handle of the knife with their hands, and look at the fourth lady and the man in black who had never spoken, full of vigilance.

The man in black slammed into front of Miss Four, nervously protecting Miss Four. The atmosphere in the tent was suddenly very tense, and the two sides who had been talking harmoniously suddenly became tense.

The fourth young lady looked at Xu Liang playfully, covered her mouth with a smile, and shook her head lightly, "Lord Xu, it's best not to forget that your delicate lady is still in Miss Ben's hands." Since Miss Ben dared to come, she was sure to go back safely. So that Lord Xu knew that before she came, Miss Ben had ordered someone to take custody of that Feng Suqin, and if Miss Ben did not return safely after two hours, my soldiers would take her head to accompany her to the funeral. ”

"You! Count you ruthless! Xu Liang didn't expect that although these four young ladies were young, they were so sophisticated in doing things. Feng Suqin is in her hands, and she is a rat bogeyman after all. At that moment, he only reluctantly greeted Xing again, Hu and the others sat down, pondered for a while, and said: "Okay, my wife Feng Suqin plus the whereabouts of the other four books, these two things, in exchange for the lives of your Li family's army of 3,000 people!" ”

"Three thousand? Too little. The fourth lady shouted, "At least six thousand!" ”

Boom! Xu Liang slammed the table and knocked the tea on the table into a splash, Xu Liang had a tough attitude, and said calmly: "Three thousand people, not many people." Miss Four agreed, otherwise, Miss Four would not want to return safely tonight! ”

"You!" The fourth lady was furious, stared at Xu Liang with big eyes, and confronted for a while, but the fourth miss was defeated, and finally had to agree.

So the enemy and the enemy sat down again and agreed on the method of letting the man go down the mountain. Everything was agreed, and the four young ladies were going to say goodbye and leave.

"Slow," Xu Liang stopped.

"What? Didn't Lord Xu regret it? The fourth lady exclaimed.

"The official has already agreed to cooperate, does the fourth lady have to tell the whereabouts of the four Buddhist scriptures?" Xu Liang said.

The fourth lady sneered: "Lord Xu still can't believe me, Li Ting." Don't worry, I will let your wife tell Lord Xu about the whereabouts of the Buddhist scriptures. After the matter was completed, Lord Xu could ask Sister Feng for advice. ”

The fourth lady took the man in black and left. Xu Liang saw the two of them disappearing into the night, thinking that he was still not very at ease with the four young ladies, and called Xing Zhongshan and Hu Xiaoyong again, and the three of them carefully scrutinized the plan they had just agreed, for fear that they would not think about it carefully, and there would be a difference in operation at that time.

The Ming army and the Li Jiajun on Maling Mountain confronted each other for two more days, and on this day the governor's camp sent someone to spread the word, saying that the governor had set up a banquet to entertain the generals of Zhulu.

He Renlong and other generals at the banquet held back their anger, they will be under the jurisdiction of Wu Zhiwang, the governor of the three sides in the future, so it is naturally not good to show affection in person, but the disharmony at the wine table is very obvious. The Governor of the Martial Arts twice mentioned that the generals raised their glasses and drank together, and the timing of several generals serving cups was uneven.

The prince's face was a little gloomy.

After three rounds of wine and five flavors of food, Governor Wu saw that several generals in the tent were clinking glasses with each other, but they ignored the prince and others of Dongchang and others, for fear that these fierce generals would offend this prince and bring trouble in the future, so he got up with a smile and said loudly: "Generals! ”

The Governor spoke, and several generals straightened their expressions one after another, looking at Governor Wu.

"This governor knows that the prince made this plan to encircle the mountain, and you don't agree with it." Governor Wu said with a smile: "I won't hide it from you, even this governor has no bottom in his heart. However, now it seems that we have all thought too much, and the prince has already decided on a plan to attack the mountain. Saying that, Governor Wu bowed his hand to the prince and said: "Now the governor announces a good news, after the unremitting efforts of the prince and the Dongchang brothers, the Li family army on the mountain has agreed to surrender to the court, and Li Ting, the descendant of the Wei family, will lead the tens of thousands of thieves on the mountain to surrender the day after tomorrow, that is, on the ninth day of the fourth month!" ”

When the generals in the tent heard this, their eyes fell on the prince, and their surprises overflowed. The prince's face also turned from cloudy to sunny.

"The prince has made such a great achievement, this governor mentions, let's toast the prince with a cup, and congratulate the prince on his bloodless sword and victory!"

This time, several generals all picked up their cups at the same time, and the old face of the prince full of wrinkles bloomed like a chrysanthemum, and he proudly raised his glass to the generals and drank it all.

As soon as the prince's cup was put down, Xu Liang raised another full cup and said respectfully to the prince: "It turns out that the prince has already had a clever plan to break the enemy, but the ridiculous officials are still worried about how to take down the Li Ting in the camp. Hehe, the lower official's admiration for his father-in-law is like the Yangtze River water, gushing endlessly. Father-in-law, the lower official drinks this cup by himself! ”

He Renlong and other generals in the army all looked at Xu Liang with contemptuous eyes, and the prince laughed openly, "Well, your little magistrate is also a little interesting, you can really speak, haha!" The prince smiled, and actually took a sip of wine from the cup to his mouth.

Xu Liang immediately showed a flattered look, his face was flushed, and he clenched his fists again and again, and when he sat back in his seat, he saw that the prince was still looking at the four seats proudly, and he sneered in his heart.