Xu Liang naturally didn't know that he was followed by Tan Zhisheng.

After returning to Xu's mansion, Xu Liang remembered that he had done this recklessly, after all, Jianchang County was not up to him, there were magistrates and counties, and the court really wanted to investigate it, and he couldn't get rid of his crime of overstepping his authority.

Xu Liang couldn't help but be a little worried, and what worried Xu Liang was Lu Xiancheng's attitude. Wang Zhixian is more or less a person who is a person all the way with himself, and he will probably take care of it openly and secretly, but Lu Chengyuan, who was sent down from the Beijing Inspectorate, is very different, he has no friendship with him, not to mention, these days the fight has become like fire and water.

However, this time Xu Liang took it upon himself to poke such a big leak, took the lair of the Tiger Gang, killed Tan Zhicheng, and seized all the properties of the Tan family.

Such a rare opportunity to bring down Xu Liang, Lu Xiancheng, who has been in the Ming officialdom for more than ten years, will not be unable to understand, but Lu Xiancheng's reaction was much beyond the expectations of Xu Liang and Wang Zhixian, not only did he not hold Xu Liang responsible, but applauded Xu Liang's decisive move, and turned around to help persuade Wang Zhixian to ask Wang Zhixian to forgive Xu Liang's mistakes.

Such a person, if he really thinks about Xu Liang, otherwise, how deep is this person's scheming?

Xu Liang sat on the Taishi chair in the main hall and thought about it for a while, but he couldn't figure out the reason why Lu Xiancheng was so abnormal.

At this time, the next person came to report, and Ge Qiao, the deputy envoy of patrol, came.

When Xu Liang led people to attack last night, Deputy Envoy Ge happened to go out on business, so he didn't know the specific process, and as soon as he returned to the patrol camp this morning, he heard people talk about the feat of the patrol camp last night, and the old man's face turned white when he heard it, and he hurriedly came to see Xu Liang in a carriage.

"Your Excellency, you are reckless this time!" As soon as Deputy Envoy Ge entered the main hall, he saw Xu Liang and stomped his feet and shouted again and again.

Xu Liang glanced up and nodded: "Yes, now that I think about it, I also feel a little reckless." It's just that this has been done, and it's useless to say anything now, Ge Lao, it's just right that you're back, I'm just about to talk to someone about it, how can I properly deal with the aftermath of this matter? ”

Deputy Envoy Ge paused, very annoyed, and said: "Alas, if only I hadn't gone out yesterday, my lord wants to move the two brothers of the Tan family, and there is a more secure way." Since the adults can find evidence of the Tan family, then it is completely possible to show the county honor, and the county lord will order the people, so it has nothing to do with you, my lord. ”

"Yes, at that time, I was also stunned by the assassination on Yunshan, and I felt that this was an opportunity to fight back, so I killed his mother's ticket as soon as my mind was hot." Xu Liang said, "However, it didn't work in vain, although he ran away with Second Master Tan, Uncle Tan always lay down." ”

"My lord, the best thing for us to do right now is to think of ways to minimize the impact of this matter." Deputy Ge said.

Xu Liang clapped his hands, glanced at Ge Qiao appreciatively, and said, "That's what I mean." Brother Ge, you are well-informed, let's calculate and calculate. ”

Ge Qiao stroked his beard, thought for a while, a fierce color flashed in his eyes, and said calmly: "If you want to minimize the guilt of your private soldiers, I am afraid that it is not enough to rely on the evidence of a bandit." ”

"I want to hear about it!" Xu Liang's eyes moved and asked.

"Whether it's a blood book written by Tong Jun of the Heavenly Wolf Gang, or a confession, it can be a one-sided statement when it is submitted, and it can't withstand the above investigation, if you want to get out safely, you have to prepare with both hands."

"First, you have to make the people above not want to investigate this matter thoroughly, you have to think of a way, in the government and the province and even in the capital, to be more accommodating, and strive to turn the big things into small things, and turn this page as soon as possible."

"Well, that makes sense," Xu Liang nodded his head, "I'll figure out a way to do this." So what about the second one? ”

"Second," Deputy Envoy Ge's eyes flashed with a cold light, and his face was fierce, he looked at Xu Liang and said word by word: "We have to find a more legitimate reason for sending troops this time." Uncle Tan is a bandit, then he is likely to rebel! ”

Xu Liang glared and said: "The crime of rebellion is enough, but the evidence presented by this official does not say that the Tan family is rebelling?" ”

Deputy Envoy Ge spat and said faintly: "Tan Zhi is dead, what evidence do you want?" There are four or five hundred people in the Tan family's chariot and horse shop, and they have dominated the Jianchang River for four or five years, so he can't hide any weapons in his house, armor or the like? Hey, a businessman, what would he want to do if he copied a large number of weapons and armor from his home! ”

Xu Liang gasped, it was true to say that Jiang was still old and spicy. Xu Liang got up and said, "Elder Ge is right, this official will arrange it." ”

"Wait." Deputy Envoy Ge stopped Xu Liang.

"Brother Ge has anything else to instruct?" Xu Liang really convinced the sinister old man this time and asked.

Deputy Envoy Ge had a smile on his face, but in Xu Liang's eyes, there was no smile at all, and he looked faintly murderous. He said coldly: "My lord, our patrol battalion will thoroughly investigate the evidence of the Tan family's bandits, it's almost enough, as for this crime of rebellion, it's better to let other people inadvertently find out." ”

Deputy Envoy Ge gritted his teeth and said faintly: "I heard that our Lord Cheng Lu of Jianchang County is very appreciative of your behavior, he is also a county Cheng of a county, in charge of money and food, and when the patrol battalion raids Tan Mansion, he should ask Lu County Cheng to go to a few certificates, lest Lord Cheng of Jianchang County should suspect that we have embezzled the Tan family's property when the time comes." ”

Xu Liang listened and gave a thumbs up to Deputy Envoy Ge.

Xu Liang and Ge Qiao carefully discussed the details of the aftermath, carefully scrutinized several key points, thought that there were no loopholes, and arranged for people to start preparing.

Not long after, Luo Baiguan, the most important tent man in the patrol battalion who was responsible for counting the Tan family's property, walked in with a small paper fan Shi Shiran, followed by four patrol battalion soldiers who carried large wooden boxes, entered the main hall, and the soldiers gently put the two large wooden boxes aside, and Shi Li retreated.

"Subordinate Luo Baiguan, I've seen two adults!" Luo Baiguan said.

"Xiao Luo came just in time, tell me quickly, how many things have been found here?" Xu Liang said.

Luo Baiguan's face became vivid, he turned around and took out something like this account from the box next to him, pinched his orchid finger, and shouted loudly: "My lord, this time we sent it, we sent it!" This Tan family is too rich, it can really be described as a family with a lot of money, rich enough to rival the country, I have summarized it in this account book, read it to your lords. ”

"According to incomplete statistics, there are 36 shops, 7 workshops, 2 gambling houses, and more than 600 houses under the name of Tan......"

"Don't talk about all this, the official just wants to know how much valuable things you have found?" Xu Liang interrupted.

"Oh." Luo Baiguan listened, turned a few pages in a row, looked at him, and read out loud: "My lord, this time we have found a total of 937 taels of gold, 34,165 taels of silver, 73 catties of pearl jewelry of various colors, 3,200 fine silks, and nearly 1,000 cattle, sheep, horses and dogs......

The more Luo Baiguan thought about it, the more excited he became, as if he had just drunk two catties of soju, his face was flushed, and he was so excited that he couldn't be more excited.

Xu Liang listened carefully at first, but after listening for a while, he couldn't listen anymore.

I only heard Luo Baiguan continue to read: "Two thousand six hundred and forty-one vases, sixteen pairs of chopsticks......"

"Wait!" Xu Liangle was happy, glared at Luo Baiguan and scolded: "Chopsticks are also valuable? ”

Luo Baiguan blinked his small eyes and said, "My lord, you don't know, these chopsticks are not ordinary chopsticks, but I found them from Tan Zhicheng's study, a full sixteen pairs, all made of gold, golden chopsticks!" ”

Xu Liang was stunned and nodded.

Seeing this, Luo Baiguan dipped his fingertips in spittle, turned another page with the account book, and was about to continue reading, when Deputy Envoy Ge interrupted: "Xiao Luo, don't read the small and broken objects, you can directly say how much it is worth, right?" The old man was dizzy. ”

"Eh," Luo Baiguan still has a lot of respect for this Deputy Envoy Ge, after all, people have saved their lives.

He turned to the last page of the account book, added his lips, and said, "Two lords, converted into cash, a total of eighty-nine thousand three hundred taels, not including houses, goods, carriages, ships, etc. ”

Xu Liang opened his eyes suddenly, very shocked: "You said there are eighty thousand taels?" ”

Luo Baiguan nodded and said: "My lord, there is not so much cash alone, and what my subordinates said is that those items are converted according to the market price." ”

"Good!" Xu Liang was very happy. He pointed at Luo Baiguan and ordered: "You divide those items into one point, let's keep half of the patrol battalion, and take out the rest of the five thousand taels of silver to make some connections, and the rest, you can register and hand it over to the county government." ”

"Yes." Luo Baiguan responded, he hesitated: "My lord, will it be too little for us to keep only half of it, you must know that those houses and shops are all town money toys, and if they are sold for cash, they will be worth at least twenty or thirty thousand taels, and they will all be handed over, which is a pity." ”

Xu Liang shook his head and said: "It's not proper, it's already a lot for us to keep half of it, Xiao Luo, you have to understand a truth, you can't let you take all the good things, you eat meat, and you have to leave some soup for others, so that the days can last long." ”

After Luo Baiguan retreated as if he didn't understand, Xu Liang turned to Deputy Envoy Ge and said, "Brother Ge, I have to bother you to go on a trip for this matter now." ”

"Your Excellency, you say." Deputy Envoy Ge guessed what was going on, and nodded disapprovingly.

Xu Liang closed his eyes and thought about it, suddenly opened his eyes, knocked on the table with his fingertips, and said slowly: "After a while, Xiao Luo brought five thousand taels of silver, you let people send it to these people, Lord Xianwang, the county honor, has always had a good relationship with this official, send a thousand taels, Lord Sun Yiping, the prefect of Nankang, is the direct peak of our Jianchang, also send a thousand taels, Jiangxi political envoy Si Zuo participated in politics Huang Weizhong, the official has always been protective of this official, send two thousand taels, well, in addition, the head of the Ministry of Officials Yang Suoxiu Yang, although the official has no friendship with him, But no matter how you say it, everyone can be regarded as a Beijing official who has taken a face, and you can also send a thousand taels, which should be regarded as a meeting gift. ”

Deputy Envoy Ge nodded in agreement, and then asked, "Then, what do you say when you send it?" Do you want to leave a letter? ”

Xu Liang shook his head, with a smile on the corner of his mouth, and said, "Just send it, don't say anything, and don't leave anything." The official will write an excerpt to report the matter to the court, and when your money is delivered, they will naturally understand the meaning of the official. ”