It didn't take long for a few maids to pour in from outside the courtyard, and the little maid in the courtyard hurriedly brought out a high back chair, and a palace lady came in surrounded by a group of maids, and after the palace lady came in, she glanced at Yan Zhi coldly, and did not speak, but went straight to sit down.

As soon as the lady came in, she didn't say anything, but she could show her hands and feet, and her actions and glances would all give people coercion.

"Madame, these are the adults. The manager said softly, and Yan Zhi stepped forward to salute: "I've seen the princess." ”

Meng Xiao and Liu Han exchanged glances, and the two of them stepped forward to salute one after the other: "I've seen the princess." ”

"You want to check my house?" Mrs. Xiao didn't look at Meng Xiao and Liu Han, her eyes stared at Yan Zhi, and asked in a deep voice.

Yan Zhi was unequivocal, and Ang Ying said: "Yes, General Xiao owes 80,000 taels of silver to the national treasury, and the emperor stipulates that it must be returned within three months, otherwise the family property will be used to settle the account. ”

Slightly silent, Mrs. Xiao flashed a trace of anger, Bei Yan bit her lips lightly, her face turned from red to white, and slowly returned to normal, the surrounding Xiao family slaves held their breath, and did not dare to make a sound, half a sound, Mrs. Xiao gritted her teeth and shouted: "Good, good, what a Yanping County King." Butler, open it. After a pause, Mrs. Xiao added: "I know the rules, if you come, you will be rewarded with ten taels of silver per person, and several adults will be rewarded with one hundred taels of silver each." ”

The housekeeper stepped forward to take the key from Mrs. Xiao's hand, and took the two family members over to open the door, Yan Zhi breathed a relaxed sigh and saluted Mrs. Xiao: "Thank you, Madame, the lower officials dare not be rewarded." ”

Mrs. Xiao snorted coldly and ignored it, Yan Zhi turned to the Duzhi Cao account room who came with the team and ordered: "Let's start, pay attention, this is not a raid, as long as you count out the things of 80,000 taels of silver, in addition, the Xiao family has things given by the emperor, and these are not allowed to be moved." ”

Meng Xiao was slightly condensed, and said: "Also, Princess Yu'an's dowry can't be moved. ”

Princess Yu'an is Xiao Han's mother, the sister of Emperor Taiding, and the aunt of today's son.

Liu Han didn't speak, but just saluted and thanked Mrs. Xiao, turned around and said loudly to the soldiers: "Everyone listen! The Xiao family is not a criminal, just checking the property! Whoever dares to do anything wrong, don't be unkind! Make a fool of him!"

Mrs. Xiao obviously understands the mystery, the key is not in the officials who lead the team, but in the soldiers below, if there is no reward, the soldiers will steal, if they can't steal, stuff some contraband stuffed into it, and those who are copied will be punished more guilty, so it is better to start to lose money and avoid disaster.

The soldiers had already heard Mrs. Xiao's words, ten taels of silver, which was already dozens of times the salary, and their hearts were already happy, Liu Han's words were just a scene, and everyone agreed.

Liu Han didn't enter the warehouse either, but stood beside Yan Zhi and Meng Xiao, both of them were as heavy as water, Yan Zhi was a little nervous, Meng Xiao was very natural, to his surprise, Mrs. Xiao was a little nervous, which made him secretly feel strange.

In addition, there was another thing that made him wonder, except for Mrs. Xiao, the other men of the Xiao family did not appear at all.

After a while, Liu Han decided to take a look, these soldiers under his command are not good people, they are like wolves, although ten taels of silver is a lot, but he is still not sure whether these guys will see the money.

Three small buildings, the middle one that opened first, Liu Han went in to take a look, and his brows immediately furrowed, this small building is a two-story small building, the stairs up the stairs are in the middle of the room, and the room is full of wooden boxes, these wooden boxes are messy, neither classified, nor neatly arranged, just put them there.

Liu Han shook his head in his heart, and walked to the accounting room where he was recording, there were two people in charge of bookkeeping, and the two of them each set up a table at the door, and the other small official took four small soldiers to open the box inside.

"One box of silver, one thousand two hundred taels!"

"Gold, full color, seventy taels!"

"Wu silk, seven horses!"

"Wu silk, twenty horses!"

"Cotton, ten horses!"

"Copper coins,...... , two thousand!"

......

Liu Han listened to it on the side, and couldn't help but shake his head, this Xiao Mansion looks infinitely prosperous, but there is less gold and silver that can be found, mostly silk and cloth, maybe the gold and silver are not here, now that silver tickets are prevalent, there should be very few gold and silver directly at home.

But after listening to it for a long time, I feel that this Xiao Mansion is really an empty shelf, there is very little silver in the treasury, a total of more than 20,000 taels of gold and silver have been found, and the rest is mostly silk and satin cotton, and there are also various bronze vessels used for sacrifices, and various wine vessels used to hold wine banquets.

The treasury of this courtyard was checked for two hours, and it was easy to check, Liu Han roughly estimated that even if all the things in this courtyard were sold, it would be fifty or sixty thousand silver at most, and sure enough, the account clerk took the account book to Yan Zhi and reported, and roughly estimated that the value of the things in the warehouse was more than forty thousand taels.

"Silk satin, cotton, looks valuable, but most of the satin styles here are old, and thirty percent of the cotton cloth is new, and the valuation should be lowered... ”

The little official explained how to estimate it, but Yan Zhi didn't want to hear it at all, waved his hand to interrupt him, and turned around and walked to Madam Xiao.

"Madam, the valuation of all the property here is less than 50,000 silver, and General Xiao owes the court 80,000 silver, and there is still a difference of 30,000, and the lower officials have to offend. ”

Mrs. Xiao looked coldly from beginning to end, the initial anger had gradually faded, and when she heard Yan Zhi's words at this moment, she sneered: "What's the matter, Lord Yan still wants to seal my Xiao Mansion?"

"Don't dare," Yan Zhi clenched his fists without humility or arrogance: "So that Madame knows that the lower official is under the order of the imperial court, and he wants to seize the property worth enough 80,000 silver, and there is no order to seal up the Xiao Mansion, besides, even if the lower officials do not know how to operate, they also know that the value of your mansion should be more than 80,000 silver, and the lower officials have no right to seal it." ”

Mrs. Xiao looked at him coldly, there was endless humiliation in her eyes, her hands were clenched into fists, her fingers were a little white, Meng Xiao sighed softly, stepped forward and said: "Madam, the lower officials and others don't want to do this, but the court has a fate, and the lower officials have to do this, otherwise they will be disloyal to the court, although the lower officials and others are guilty, but your mansion also has to pay back, madam, the lower officials privately thought to themselves, are there any other warehouses in your mansion, and the people in the backyard have no private money, these can be deducted." ”

Mrs. Xiao lowered her head and thought about it, gritted her teeth and said, "Trouble a few adults to wait, I'll go back when I go." ”

Yan Zhimu sent Mrs. Xiao away, Liu Han quietly approached the head of the Xiao family, the head of the Xiao family looked sad, his face was like ten years old, and he looked at the treasury blankly.

Looking at the prosperity around him, Liu Han couldn't help but think of the Jia Mansion in the Dream of Red Mansions, as Sister Feng said, the foundation has come up.

The glamorous exterior can hardly hide the decay on the inside.

"The Xiao family must still have a treasury, there must be hidden property, there will never be only these!" Yan Zhi was extremely angry, most of the things here are useless, those sacrificial bronze utensils, wine banquet utensils, will not be seized at all, it is said that it is 40,000 silver, and in the end it can be sold for 30,000 yuan!

What's more, there are no imperial gifts here, the Xiao family has been rewarded by successive emperors for eight hundred years, and these things together should probably fill a small building.

The emperor's imperial gift, every New Year's festival, or banquet guests, take it out and put it there, it is very face-saving, but after being proud, this imperial gift must be put away, and it must be kept, otherwise it is disrespectful and must be punished.

Therefore, Yan Zhi judged from this that Xiao Mansion still had a treasury, and this was not the place where Xiao Mansion kept the most valuable items.

Meng Xiao nodded slightly, and said very calmly: "My lord, don't worry, this imperial capital house is expensive, and the Xiao family still has a few manors outside the city, when the time comes, auction one, and the 80,000 silver will be enough." ”

Liu Han understood a little now, Meng Xiao actually didn't approve of this kind of sealing action at all, the Xiao family is a generational hairpin family, don't want to escape at all, no matter how to transfer property, this house can't be transferred, not to mention anything else, just the Xiao Mansion in the inner city, sell two or three hundred thousand silver, there is no problem at all.

Thinking of this, Liu Han felt that the King of Yanping might have another purpose in this move.

However, this matter has nothing to do with him, he is just acting on orders, the above sentence, he has to carry it out, even if he doesn't come, someone else will come, even if the Xiao family wants to hate, they can't hate him.

Just thinking about it, Xiao Ku was in front and Xiao Zheng was behind, and when he walked into the courtyard, Xiao Ku was still in the same blue clothes, his expression was calm, and his face was waveless. Xiao Zheng was furious, his eyes were about to erupt with fire, at this moment he had already put on his coat, his body was tightly bound, and he stared at Yan Zhi when he came in.

"Lord Yan!" Xiao Ku stood in front of Yan Zhi and said in a gentle tone: "The Xiao family promised to pay off the silver of the imperial court within ten days. ”

Yan Zhi was slightly stunned, and then shook his head: "This, you tell the prince, I am sealing the Xiao family's property today, and I ask the second son to forgive me." ”

"Damn! shame on your face!" Xiao Zheng was suddenly furious, his fists were clenched, but he didn't step forward, and at this time, a middle-aged man paced in from outside, and after the middle-aged man came in, he didn't intervene, just standing behind Xiao Ku on the left side.

Liu Han's eyes swept slightly, and he sneered in his heart, today, as long as the other party doesn't make a move, he won't do it, even if he does, it won't hurt anyone, the Xiao family won't be stupid, and it is useless to deal with them.

"Okay, but, please go back first," Xiao looked at Yan Zhi coldly: "Eight hundred years, my Xiao family has never been so insulted, my lord, after this incident, my Xiao family will definitely be rewarded!"

Yan Zhi didn't pay attention to it at all, and responded lightly: "What the Xiao family wants to do, the lower official can't manage it, it's a big deal, take off the official uniform of the lower official, but today, the official's business has not been done, second son, please forgive me!"

"Presumptuous!" Xiao Zheng finally couldn't help it, shouted, and stepped forward: "Even if you are convicted today, Lao Tzu will teach you a lesson!"

As he spoke, he punched and struck.

Liu Han's body shook, facing the fist wind, before he reached Yan Zhi's side, a force hit the left rib, Liu Han snorted, his left hand drew half an arc, his right hand still didn't stop, facing Xiao Zheng's fist wind, when the two fists were about to connect, Liu Han suddenly turned his fist into a palm, five pointed out the five finger wind, after the finger wind came out, quickly formed a whirlpool in the air, Xiao Zheng's fist wind rushed into the whirlpool, and there was a muffled sound, like someone snorting in his ear.

The whirlpool continued to move forward, attacking Xiao Zheng, Xiao Zheng's expression changed greatly, there was no time to dodge, the middle-aged man was also shocked, and slapped a palm at Xiao Zheng, and the palm wind pushed Xiao Zheng flat two steps, and the whirlpool suddenly dissipated when it was about to arrive, just like ice and snow meeting sunshine, and dark clouds meeting strong winds.

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