Zhu Youzhen ordered Dongchang to pay attention to Li Xin's movements at all times, and to report to him immediately if there was any change. Soon, a eunuch brought the news of Li Xin's going to block the household into the Wenhua Palace, and the one on duty next to Zhu Youzhen today was Wang Chengen, who had just been promoted by him to the master of ceremonies.

"Long live, do you want the old slave to send someone to bring a message to General Li?"

Wang Chengen knew that Li Xin was now the emperor's heart, and he couldn't bear to see him make mistakes at this time.

Unexpectedly, Zhu Youzhen waved his hand, "No need! Just wait and see! He didn't believe that the person he fancied would be such a person who could only stab Lou Zi. If Li Xin really caused a mess, he really had to think carefully about whether it was appropriate to send this person to Datong Mansion!

After another moment, the eunuch of Dongchang came to report Li Xin's actions outside the household department, and how he went to the treasury, and finally went to Li Shi to ask the emperor before and after. When Zhu Youzhen heard that Li Xin chased him to Li Shiwen's house, he couldn't help but smile at Wang Chengen beside him: "I'm afraid that our General Li will return empty-handed today!" ”

Wang Chengen was very puzzled, and Zhu Youzhen, who was in a good mood, looked at him with a puzzled face, and explained: "Although Li Shiwen is in charge of the money bags of the imperial court, his family is not rich, Ming Shifang is not a good place, and General Li is also from a poor family, how can he not be moved when he sees such a good official who is honest and honest?" ”

Wang Chengen disagreed, feeling that the emperor's reason was a bit far-fetched, even if Li Shi asked the family to have no money to spare, no matter what, he robbed other people's 100,000 taels of silver, then Li Xin was just a reckless man, how could he swallow this breath?

Zhu Youzhen bothered his waist and said, "If you don't believe it, how about making a bet with me?" ”

Frightened, Wang Chengen quickly knelt down and kowtowed to ask for guilt.

"The old slave is guilty of capital crimes, long live the world, and have insight into a qiē, how can the old slave be compared to the ......"

This Wang Chengen is cautious on weekdays, and he doesn't dare to deviate in his words and deeds, and he made a bet with the emperor to pay it back. Looking at Wang Chengen, who was lying on the ground and pleading guilty, Zhu Youzhen suddenly felt bored, and the interest he had just gotten up suddenly disappeared.

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At the same time, Li Xin led one hundred and ten brothers to surround Li Shiwen's mansion, and Lu Jiu even went to slam the door. When did the old housekeeper of the Li Mansion see such a battle, he thought that a strong man had entered the city, so he was so frightened that he hurriedly ordered the family to find a large log to block the gate, and hurriedly ordered someone to go to the back house to inform the ladies to hide in the house and not come out.

He originally seemed to be asking people to jump out of the wall and go to Shuntianfu to report the crime, but when he found that the originally small courtyard had been surrounded by people.

Lu Jiu knocked on the door for a long time, only to hear the chickens and dogs jumping inside, and no one came to open the door, so he reflexively returned to Li Xin's side.

"Brother Thirteen, what should we do now? Slam the door, or jump in and open the door like Tobe? ”

Li Xin shook his head, after all, it is the mansion of important ministers of the imperial court, I am afraid it is not appropriate to use force, and he still has a hunch that this old man must not have gone home.

"Let's go around first! Want to see how long the old guy can hide? ”

Lu Jiu was a little anxious and raised his worries. "If this continues, will we be able to set off tomorrow as scheduled?"

Li Xin kept a calm face and watched as the sun gradually turned dark red. "It's impossible to delay for a day or two, if we leave so disgracedly, as long as it's a cat or a dog, we dare to deduct money from us, and we must teach that old man Li enough lessons."

After Li Shiwen received Liu Langzhong's report, he learned to be obedient and did not go home immediately, but took a long detour and went to the cabinet!

When it was time to hold the lamp, Li Shiwen robbed Li Xin's silver, and Li Xin led people to collect debts for Li Shiwen's family, and the news spread all over the streets and alleys of Beijing. When Li Shangshu was mentioned, some people gave him a thumbs up, praising him for his good looks, and daring to pull out his teeth. Some people disagreed, the emperor's internal funds were allocated to the army, and he robbed the imperial court system without authorization, even if the inner government owed money to the household department, he should not make up for it from the 100,000 taels of silver that had been transferred from the inner government to Li Xin's hands.

Anyway, above the court, there are those who watch jokes, there are those who are indignant, and there are those who are afraid that the world will not be chaotic, but it is the person concerned, Li Shiwen, who hides in the cabinet like no one. His idea is also simple, Li Xin is a reckless man, and he will definitely be angry if he is robbed of silver, but he will leave Beijing tomorrow to take up his post, even if this person commits another crime, he should know the truth that the emperor's order cannot be violated, so he only thinks that everything will be fine if he dodges this night.

There was nothing to say all night, until the next day, the important ministers of the Wenhua Palace were discussing, and before the emperor came, Li Shiwen found that many people looked at him pointing and whispering, and suddenly felt strange. Liu Shirong, the right attendant of the military department, secretly dragged him aside and said in a low voice: "Lord Li hasn't gone home to see, Li Xin's Qiu Ba has set up camp in Mingshifang!" ”

"Encamped?" Li Shi asked for a while, didn't he react for a while, shouldn't Li Xin set off for his post today according to the emperor's order?

Liu Shirong looked at Li Shi with a sympathetic look and asked.

"I'm afraid Lord Li doesn't know yet, Li Xin is saying everywhere outside that you owe him 100,000 taels of silver, and what do you say that these silver are all the money that his soldiers desperately fought against the Tartars, and if you don't get a reply from your lord, you will have to live outside your house all the time!"

"What?"

Li Shiwen was shocked, he never imagined that Li Xin would be so bold and dare to disobey the emperor's order and not go to the post when it was due.

"He has the will, he should leave Beijing today, it's difficult, isn't he afraid of the emperor's punishment?"

Even Li Shi felt very pale when he asked himself, and Li Xin would definitely not be afraid if he dared to do so. Liu Shirong pursed his lips and said:

"Why is Lord Li so confused, Li Xin is relying on the saint's family, and you are the first to blame, not to mention the emperor, even the court will probably turn a blind eye!"

Liu Shirong's words actually have another meaning, that is, you Li Shiwen took the 100,000 taels of silver for the household in the name of asking for debts from the emperor, and also lost the emperor's face, and the emperor wished that Li Xin would come out for him to vent this evil breath! How can you be more serious about such details as not going away when it is due?

Li Shi asked with an indignant face, "Then, then let the thieves mess around?" ”

Liu Shirong laughed secretly in his heart, didn't you make a fool of yourself first? Lying on the ground and rolling around, it was really Sven sweeping the floor. Of course, he also knew that Li Shiwen was so disregarding his reputation and safety out of a public interest, but since he had stabbed the hornet's nest, he had to bear the wrath of the hornet.

"The emperor has arrived!"

The eunuch's sharp voice came from the hall, and Liu Shirong hurriedly returned to his position, and glanced at Li Shi with sympathy.

The alley outside the mansion of Li Shiwen in Ming Shifang is a unique alley, that is to say, there is only one Li Shiwen, the original spacious alley has been opened into a piece of place by the soldiers, and the deepest part is a dead alley, which has been encircled into a war horse stable, and the war horse eats and drinks all here. Outside is the military tent set up by the soldiers, it is the rest area, and then outside is the main gate of the Li Mansion, several stoves have been erected, and a brand-new large iron pot has been erected on each stove, the firewood under the iron pot is burning red, the soup stewed in the iron pot is gurgling, and the aroma overflows the whole alley, which makes people salivate.

At the entrance of the alley, there are soldiers who are lining up to practice, and there is a sound in their mouths, and what is even more troublesome is that the courtyard wall of the Li Mansion facing the street and the outside of the alley mouth have set up a circle of strong wooden fences, and a small gate has been built in a similar way, just like a military camp.

After the sun rises three poles, there are more and more people watching on the street, all come to see this strangeness, until noon, it is impermeable to surround the three layers inside and three layers outside. There were even small vendors who had a lively mind and pushed a cart and began to sell along the street.

The originally quiet Ming Shi Fang was immediately like a temple fair scene, and the people rubbed shoulders one after another, sweating like rain.

This is not counting, in fact, the worst thing is the ladies in the house that Li Shi asked. The place at the end of the alley that was opened up as a stable, inside the wall is the Li family's inner house, after a night and a morning of tossing, hundreds of war horses continue to urinate, and the fishy stench goes straight to the sky, not to mention the Li family's inner house across the wall.

Li Shiwen, as a member of the second rank of the Ming Dynasty, only raised one wife, one concubine and one daughter in the inner house, which was indeed shabby compared with the seven or eight concubines of scholars at that time. The concubine's cross-courtyard was close to the courtyard wall, and she suffered the most. Crying and shouting, the old housekeeper went to invite the master back and drove away all the hills outside.

After a night of tossing outside, the Li family has gradually turned from initial fear to anxiety, although the gang is vicious, but they have no intention of breaking in, which also makes the old housekeeper's heart hang, slightly settled, just keep praying that those living Hades will leave early.

The crowd outside the alley soon noticed a new surprise, "Look, they're building a shelf!" ”

Sure enough, I saw that the soldiers brought the timber, and the high platform was set up with a clanging sound, and it took shape in less than half an hour. Li Xin climbed the high platform and looked at Li Shiwen's home, originally he just wanted to see the situation of the Li family, so Li Shi asked if he was at home? Who would have thought that the courtyard was far more deserted than imagined, and there were only two young men and an old man in the huge courtyard, and the old man looked like a housekeeper, squatting dejectedly under the gray eaves.

There are only a few large tanks in the yard to prevent water, due to the low temperature in winter and easy to freeze, the water inside has been emptied, and then look at the inner house, there is no popularity, cold tight!

Li Xinxin said, is this the head of the second rank of the dynasty, the household Shangshu who is in charge of the court's money bags?

The contrast with the other house across the alley is not only densely packed with men and women dressed in red and green, but also the courtyard is full of pavilions and pavilions......

Li Xin suddenly felt something, although this Li Shiwen hated it, but it was also out of a public heart......