Duan Fei presented the gift slip to Zhengde, and then explained the origin of these things, Zhengde smiled: "This is something that someone gave you, what are you doing with the list?" Do you want me to send all the givers to prison? ”

Duan Fei said with a smile: "The emperor misunderstood, if he wants to arrest someone, what Wechen brings is not a list of gifts, but a list of people, Wechen is planning to show these things to the emperor, and then ask the emperor to personally hold an auction meeting, and donate the silver obtained from these things to the treasury." ”

Zhengde said: "Auction conference? I personally presided over the auction? Seems kind of interesting, huh...... Then you set a date, and if I'm okay, I'll go and have fun myself. ”

Duan Fei said: "It's better to set it on the fourth day of the Lunar New Year, the fourth day of the Lunar New Year The Business Alliance plans to gather in Sihai Tower, if the emperor can attend in person, it will definitely be able to boost everyone's morale, and then auction these things on the spot, and the silver taels will definitely be several times more than usual." ”

Zhengde smiled: "Business Alliance Conference? Merchants from all over the world gathered together? It must be very interesting, I think I also opened a store and did business back then. ”

Duan Fei smiled: "What does the emperor mean is to agree?" If Weichen leaked this good news, there would be ten times more businessmen who rushed to the capital to attend the meeting on the fourth day of the new year, and the emperor also had a business, so he must have some common language with them, and if they could give the emperor some advice, Daming would definitely be able to become more prosperous and stable. ”

Zhengde nodded with a smile and said, "Then I'll go and join in the fun." ”

Duan Fei and Zhengde talked, carefully observed Zhengde's expression, and did not find anything wrong, at this moment, a big eunuch wearing a red eunuch robe hurriedly approached with his head down, bowed to Zhengde, and said: "Slave Li Hua, the new director of the East Investigation Factory, greets the emperor!" ”

Zhengde raised his hand and said, "Aiqing is exempt, Aiqing just took over the East Factory today, and he didn't encounter any trouble, right?" ”

Li Hua got up and smiled and said: "Thanks to the emperor's blessing, there is a holy purpose, no one dares to embarrass the slave, and the slave takes over the East Factory very smoothly." ”

Zhengde smiled: "It's hard to say, didn't Duan Aiqing take my holy decree when he took over Jinyiwei?" But it took a lot of effort, the two of you are going to do things for me in the future, you might as well get close to me, if there is anything difficult, it is good for Duan Aiqing to give you an idea. ”

Li Hua's gaze finally looked at Duan Fei, and the two eyes met in the air, and they closed it at a touch, but they both left a deep impression on each other's hearts.

Li Hua is definitely not more than twenty-five years old, he has a round face, his body is slightly fat, his face is always smiling, and he looks quite kind, but Duan Fei knows very well that this kid has cleaned up the East Factory this morning, and brought a few small yellow doors from the imperial dining room, and they are not all fuel-efficient lamps Guo Zhen's subordinates also wanted to give them a few cooks to give them a few cooks to get off Ma Wei, but they were all cleaned up by Li Hua and them, Wang Shouren was right, Li Hua is a wolf in sheep's clothing.

The two politely exchanged words for a while, and Zhengde suddenly snorted and said, "I'm a little sleepy, you all go down." ”

Duan Fei and Li Hua withdrew and walked side by side to the outside of the leopard room, and saw Zhang Rui standing in the middle of the road waiting for them, Duan Fei quickly said to Li Hua: "At the end of tonight, I will wait for you in the rice warehouse behind Longfu Temple." ”

Li Hua smiled slightly, took a few steps forward, and bowed to Zhang Rui: "Li Hua see Gonggong Zhang." ”

Zhang Rui said with a smile: "Little Lizi, congratulations, the Fish Leaping Dragon Gate has finally achieved a positive result." ”

Li Hua smiled and flattered: "Thanks to the cultivation of Zhang Gong's Fair Day, the kid will need Zhang Gonggong to take care of it in the future." ”

Zhang Rui looked at Duan Fei and said, "Our family is old, and Duan Da is the top jade pillar in the court now." ”

Duan Fei said with a smile: "How dare you dare, Grandpa Zhang should be old and strong, old and strong, he is a model for us, Grandpa Zhang, I still have to go to Guo Zhen's mansion to have a look, and I will retire first." ”

Zhang Rui said with a smile: "Master Duan, go slowly, Xiao Lizi, our family invested a sum of money in Dongchang at the beginning, and now that Guo Zhen has fallen, this will not be the end of the game, right?" Xiao Lizi, you have to be the master of our family. ”

Li Hua replied: "Father-in-law Zhang, please rest assured, the guild under the auspices of Dongchang will continue to operate, and Father-in-law Zhang's investment and return will not be less than a cent, and when the kid sorts out the accounts, he will report to Father-in-law Zhang." ”

Duan Fei pricked up his ears and listened to their words, and gradually walked away, he did not go directly to Guo Zhen's house, but went to Dali Temple first, it happened that Dali Temple, the Criminal Department, and the Metropolitan Procuratorate were trying Guo Zhen's case, and when he heard that Duan Fei was coming, the three directors suspended the trial, and Guo Zhen shouted loudly: "Lord Duan save me, Lord Duan save me!" ”

The three directors headed by Qian Rujing welcomed Duan Fei to the court, and Duan Fei sighed at Guo Zhen: "Father-in-law Guo, do you remember what I often told you?" You fell to today's field, it can be said that you are to blame, I can't save you, the only one who can save you is the emperor, I advise you to be honest, try to strive for leniency, this official will make a statement to the emperor, show the father-in-law since the Dongchang factory supervisor of the merits, the emperor may change his mind to spare you from death. ”

Guo Zhen is also an understanding person, he said with tears like rain: "Lu Yao knows the horsepower, and he has seen people's hearts for a long time, and now I know that Lord Duan is really good for me, but it is ridiculous that I used to disagree with Lord Duan's persuasion, and now only Lord Duan comes to see me, those guys who flatter me to give me bad ideas, now one is gone, Lord Duan, I honestly confess, there is a secret grid on the wall in my study, there are two account books in it, one of which is the account book of the guild, and the other book records the detailed list of my bribes, Lord Duan, For the sake of our former courtiers, take care of my family, especially my third concubine Huang and my youngest son Guo Huai......"

Duan Fei nodded and said to Guo Zhen: "Father-in-law Guo, please rest assured, it is not Zhulian to copy the family, I will take good care of them." ”

Guo Zhen burst into tears, and Duan Fei said to Qian Rujing and the others: "Lord Qian, since the important physical evidence has not been found, why don't you temporarily put Guo Zhen in prison and retry it tomorrow?" ”

Qian Rujing said: "Okay, then Lord Lao Duan will find the physical evidence as soon as possible and send someone to Dali Temple." ”

Duan Fei bowed his hand to them, said goodbye, he came to Guo Zhen's house, which had been blocked by the Jinyi Guard, Duan Fei came to the door, and Hua Ming, who was sent by Duan Fei to raid the house, heard the news and rushed to greet him, Duan Fei walked into Guo Zhen's mansion and asked, "How did you copy?" Have you counted how much silver there is? ”

Hua Ming replied: "My lord, a total of 530,000 taels of silver, gold, and silver tickets were copied, and a number of gold, silver, and jewelry. ”

Duan Fei hummed and said: "This Guo Zhen is really innocent, he has no money to buy a cannon to find Jinyi Wei on credit, and he is still greedy so much to the family, it seems that our cannon money on credit will not come back." ”

Hua Ming was surprised: "My lord, if we auction off the real estate and jewelry, the more than two million taels of silver we will get should be enough to repay our cannon money, right?" ”

Duan Fei said: "Are you mistaken? How can there be more than two million taels of silver, sold the house and jewelry, at most only three and a half million taels, Guo Gonggong is self-denying, and the greedy money is used to build ships and cannons, and the rest of the money will be confiscated, and we Jinyiwei can't swallow it privately. ”

Hua Ming smiled and said, "My lord is smart, I understand my humble position." ”

Duan Fei asked again, "Where did Guo Zhen's family go?" ”

Hua Ming said: "It's all been properly arranged, my lord, Guo Zhen is finished, is it necessary for us to take care of his family so much?" ”

Duan Fei said: "No matter what Guo Zhen said, he once had some affection with our Jinyiwei, and it didn't cost too much, so why do it too much?" Leave a way for them to live. ”

Under Hua Ming's guidance, Duan Fei came to Guo Zhen's study, which had been copied once, and there were many brand-new books littered all over the floor.

Duan Fei said to Hua Ming: "Guo Zhen said that there is a secret grid here, you can help me find it." ”

Hua Ming's spirits perked up, he raised his eyes and looked around, but he didn't find anything after looking for a long time, Duan Fei was also looking carefully, his eyes didn't find anything after patrolling the wall for a week, and finally landed on the floor, Duan Fei found a green brick that was polished smooth in the corner of the wall, and stepped on it hard, only to hear the sound of Kaka, the green brick actually arched, and it stopped when it was about half a person high.

The bricks were about a foot long and wide, with a dark compartment more than half a foot high and wide in the middle, in which were placed two ledgers and a stack of things that looked like contracts.

Duan Fei picked up those contract-like things, smiled after just one glance, and said, "Look, good intentions are rewarded, Guo Zhen still left us good things." ”

Hua Ming asked curiously, "My lord, what is that?" ”

Duan Fei said: "This is all Guo Zhen holding someone else's handle, hehe, most of them are left by the palace and the emperor's relatives who are not easy to check, this is a good thing." ”

Hua Ming nodded understandingly, Duan Fei hid those things in his arms, took the two accounts and looked at them, and said: "These are these two things, you can send someone to copy a copy of Guo Zhen's bribery record immediately, and send it to Dali Temple as soon as possible." ”

Hua Ming nodded and said, "I understand, my lord, those things copied out of Guo Zhen's house ......"

Duan Fei said: "It's about to be the New Year, you pick up some of it and distribute it to the brothers of Jinyiwei, it will be regarded as an additional reward, and the excess will be taken to Huang Suliang to help sell it, and it will be charged into Jinyiwei's funds, and it doesn't have to be too clean, as long as it is not caught." ”

Hua Ming nodded, indicating that he understood, Duan Fei didn't stay in Guo Zhen's house for long, and left as soon as he found the things, leaving an order for Hua Ming and them to finish the matter as soon as possible, and sealed Guo Zhen's mansion.

When Duan Fei went home, he heard that the princess was coming, he didn't even go back to the inner house, he sneaked back to Jinyiwei, did his official business seriously, and sent someone home to spread a message, saying that he wouldn't go back to dinner tonight.

Around the end of the day, Duan Fei came to the rice warehouse behind Longfu Temple, and did not wait long, Li Hua, who was also wearing a cloak and hiding his face, appeared in the rice warehouse, Duan Fei slowly paced out of the shadows, and called: "Gonggong Li, you are finally here." ”