"That's right, Lao Zhu. Have you heard? Goofy suddenly asked mysteriously.

"What did you hear?" Zhu Yuanzhang asked suspiciously.

"I found out some news from Jinyiwei before, and I heard that the leader of the White Lotus Sect should be Chen Youliang's son."

"Chen Youliang?" To be honest, for this opponent, Zhu Yuanzhang can only remember his name and some vague appearances now.

As for the rest, it has long been diluted by time, and it is almost impossible to recall more.

After all, in the very beginning, this guy was indeed one of his main opponents.

But with the support of his own brother, Chen Youliang was soon chased by himself, and he couldn't form any threat at all.

Unexpectedly, this guy's son put him in a crisis.

"Yes, the leader of the White Lotus Sect seems to be called Chen Xueying." Gao Fei kept staring at Zhu Yuanzhang when he said this name.

As if he wanted to see something on his face.

It's a pity that Goofy is still too tender.

For Lao Zhu, his little means is simply an axe.

Lao Zhu didn't blink his eyelids: "I've never heard of it, you want to say Chen Youliang, let's know a little bit." ”

"This guy was also the leader of the rebel army who could compete for the world with today's son."

"But now, it has been completely wiped out by the imperial court. We didn't expect that his son would become a thief. ”

Hearing Lao Zhu say this, Gao Fei said angrily: "Isn't the original foreign army also a thief in the eyes of the imperial court at that time?" ”

Dean Zhu didn't argue with Gao Fei either: "Okay, right? Since you said yes, my lord, that's it. ”

After a lapse of three days, Chen Xueying, who was hiding in Datong Mansion, finally received some news about the outside.

"How can it be so fast?" Chen Xueying said in shock.

Tang Wenlu asked suspiciously: "What happened to the prince?" ”

Chen Xueying told Tang Wenlu the news that people from outside had come in.

When Tang Wenlu knew what was happening outside the city, his eyes widened in disbelief: "How is this possible?" No matter what, it won't be so fast. ”

As for the fact that there would be many members of the White Lotus Sect surrendering to the imperial court, the two of them did not expect it.

After all, most of the people who join the white religion are just ordinary people who have no way out.

In the absence of a choice, they would certainly want to be protected by the White Lotus Sect.

But if there were other choices, no one would continue to stay in the White Lotus Sect and live a life of fear.

It's just that Chen Xueying and Tang Wenlu didn't expect that in just three days, three-quarters of the people they brought had already served in the imperial court.

This speed was indeed completely unexpected by them.

Although Chen Xueying didn't expect these people to be loyal to the White Lotus Sect, the rapid loss of manpower would also make it difficult for his follow-up plans to continue.

Before, Old Man Kong proposed to wait for the opportunity, although Chen Xueying disagreed with his proposal, but he didn't think it was wrong.

It's just that he has another, more important goal.

But now it seems that he once again miscalculated the influence of the imperial court.

Tang Wenlu said eagerly to Chen Xueying: "Lord Wang, we can't continue to wait like this, otherwise, in a day or two at most, there may be people around us who will also throw themselves into the imperial court." ”

"At that point, our situation will be dangerous."

Bang bang!

Chen Xueying and Tang Wenlu were talking, and the door was suddenly knocked quickly.

People glanced at each other, and they all saw a strong look of worry in each other's eyes.

The lack of a contact code proves that it was not their own person who knocked on the door.

At such a sensitive time, it is not a good thing to have strangers here.

Chen Xuying gave Tang Men Road a look. Tang Wenlu immediately pretended to be a pair. The appearance of ordinary people, walked over quickly, and opened the door: "It's coming, it's coming." ”

After pulling the deadbolt, they carefully opened the door through a small opening.

He said to the people outside: "I'm sorry everyone, the small shop is not open for the time being. ”

At this sensitive time, many small shops are basically closed, except for the grain store.

After all, if everyone can't get enough to eat, their business won't be much better.

This era is not the next generation, and many people have already spent all their money in advance before their wages have been paid.

Today's businessmen, no matter how big or small they do, are very fond of saving money.

Basically, as long as you don't spend money lavishly, there will be no problem in supporting it for a while.

However, when Tang Wenlu saw the clothes worn by the people outside, he couldn't help but feel Ge Deng.

It turned out to be someone from Jinyiwei who came outside.

After all, their flying fish suits are too conspicuous, even if they don't know each other.

Although he was nervous and surprised in his heart, his face was indeed silent at all.

immediately pretended to be panicked: "Official, villain...... The villain is a good citizen. ”

He deliberately accentuated his tone, in order to remind Chen Xueying and the others inside to pay attention and not to show their feet.

The Jinyi guard headed by him said impatiently: "What good people are bad people? ”

"We are now searching for the White Lotus Sect's anti-thieves, open the door immediately, we will go in and search."

There were about seven or eight Jinyi guards outside, and the rest were all ordinary soldiers from Datong Mansion.

Seeing that these people did not rush in directly, Tang Wenlu breathed a sigh of relief.

Obviously, these people don't know their identities yet, otherwise they wouldn't have said that at all, they would have rushed in and arrested them.

hurriedly pretended to be clumsy and opened the door: "Official, please come in quickly." ”

At the same time, he also pretended to have some displeasure on his face, but it seemed that he was hindered by Jin Yiwei's interpretation and did not dare to show it.

Zhu Han was not here at this time, if he knew the identities of these people, he would be watching Tang Wenlu's performance.

will definitely sigh, if this guy is placed in the future generations, he will definitely be an actor-level character.

In this performance, there is no trace of fireworks.

Tang Wenlu had just opened the gate, and Jinyiwei's group quickly entered the courtyard.

In front of this courtyard is a small shop, and in the back is where they live.

There are also some miscellaneous goods such as woven bamboo baskets.

Walking through the store to the backyard, Chen Xueying was still weaving bamboo baskets.

Seeing Jinyiwei's people coming in, it seemed that he was suddenly a little nervous.

Accidentally, his hand was cut by the bamboo basket.

This action immediately aroused the vigilance of several brocade guards.

One of the brocade guards frowned and asked, "Who is he?" ”

Tang Wenlu hurriedly explained: "Back to a few officials, this is my son." He is young and ignorant, and he also asked a few officials not to be like this stinky boy. ”

After finishing speaking, he scolded Chen Xueying angrily: "What are you doing there?" Come over and meet a few officials. ”

Chen Xueying put down the work in his hand and wanted to come over to visit.

A brocade guard really waved his hand indifferently: "There's no need for that, just keep doing your job." ”

After finishing speaking, the first few did not leave, but looked at Chen Xueying with a smile.

Chen Xueying didn't make a move, and also looked at these brocade guards.

There was still a flustered look on his face.

Tang Wenlu reprimanded angrily: "What are you still doing there?" Hurry up and do your work, the bamboo basket that Erniang next door asked you to weave, you have made it all up. Haven't finished making it up for a few days? ”

"If you don't work well in the fuck, don't even think about eating at night."

Being reprimanded by Tang Wenlu like this, Chen Xueying subconsciously shuddered, and hurriedly lowered his head and began to continue to skillfully weave bamboo baskets.

Several brocade guards stared at him for a while, and found that this guy's technique was indeed quite skilled, and he was definitely not pretending, so he didn't continue to pay attention to Chen Xueying.

The reason why they kept staring at Chen Xueying just now was not because they were bored.

I just want to see if this guy is a real craftsman.

If this guy was really pretending to be a high-level member of the White Lotus Sect, he would probably not be able to do such superficial work as basket weaving.

After discovering that Chen Xueying's basket weaving movements were very skillful, a group of people in Jinyiwei also completely let down their vigilance.

Then they were in the house and began to search around.

In the past, it was not a good thing for ordinary people to handle cases by officials of the imperial court.

Like this kind of search, what to break? It's normal to have pots and pots.

If you are unlucky, maybe the gold and silver hidden at home will also be taken away by the officials.

And ordinary people can't talk to these officials about anything.

It's just that Tang Wenlu was a little surprised, these brocade guards were not as arrogant as they imagined.

They searched carefully, but they didn't destroy anything.

In addition to some searchers, the rest are also interrogating Tang Wenlu.

Looking at the household registration register, he asked Tang Wenlu a lot of questions.

Fortunately, they had been prepared, and these household registrations were all the altar masters of Datong Mansion, and they were prepared several years in advance.

Of course, originally these household registrations were prepared for the previous White Lotus Sect Leader, but now they are all cheaper.

These household registrations are basically real, even if Jinyiwei comes to investigate, in fact, there are not too many problems.

They also only make routine inquiries.

There was no problem with the identity, and nothing suspicious was found in the house.

So after the search was completed, the Jinyiwei stranger was ready to leave.

Tang Wenlu secretly breathed a sigh of relief, and hurriedly and carefully sent these brocade guards away.

At the same time, I haven't forgotten it, and quietly gave the leader the brocade clothes two taels of silver.

He didn't dare to send too much, an ordinary small grocery store owner, if he was too generous, wouldn't it be equivalent to telling others that I had a problem?

The man in Jinyi smiled and flipped the silver in his hand: "What? Are you trying to bribe the official? ”

When he heard this, Tang Wenlu was a little confused.

What kind of routine is this?

He has dealt with these officials a lot, so he naturally knows what kind of virtues these people are.

Someone rushed to deliver silver, and they didn't accept it for nothing.

I've never seen anyone bribe by name when collecting cashiers.

However, Tang Wenlu didn't panic, and hurriedly pretended to be frightened and said: "My lord, don't get me wrong, the villain just thinks that the officials are hard, so buy some tea for the officials to drink." ”

As soon as he explained, Tang Wenlu gritted his teeth with hesitation: "I took out two taels of silver from my sleeve and stuffed it into the hand of the official." ”

"It's the villain's negligence, my lord, you brought so many brothers here, I'm afraid this little bit of silver is not enough for the brothers to drink tea."

Although there were also seventy or eighty people present, in addition to a dozen brocade guards, there were still many remaining soldiers outside, guarding various important intersections to prevent those from the White Lotus Sect from escaping.

But even so, two taels of silver were enough for them to have tea for several days.

After all, they are rough people, and they don't need to drink those expensive teas.

The people in Jinyiwei laughed: "We can't afford to drink such expensive tea." You should keep the money for yourself. ”

Jin Yiwei pushed back all the money sent by Tang Wenlu, and then turned to leave.

This change made Tang Wenlu a little confused, there are still people who are officials in these years who are not greedy for money.

How did he know that Zhu Han's management of Jinyiwei could be said to be very strict.

Some money can be taken for it, such as those high-ranking officials and dignitaries.

If they want to give money, as long as it doesn't involve a matter of principle,

Even if the people of Jinyiwei accepted it, Zhu Han would only turn a blind eye.

But Jinyiwei is absolutely not allowed to take the silver of ordinary people.

If His Royal Highness knows about it, there will definitely be good fruit for them to eat.

Of course, Zhu Han is not blindly implementing high-pressure policies, in order to make up for them, Jinyiwei's money is quite rich.

Because of this, the small amount of money of one or two taels of silver, Jin Yiwei will not take it too seriously.

Although Tang Wenlu felt a little surprised, it had nothing to do with the overall situation whether the other party accepted the silver or not.

He pretended to be embarrassed before, and handed over two taels of silver again, which was also conveying a message like the first person.

They are indeed just ordinary people, so they are hesitant to two or two factors.

If they were the rebels of the White Lotus Sect, they would definitely want them to leave as soon as possible without hesitating on the money.

"Ladies and gentlemen, please come to the shop for tea if you have time." Tang Wenlu said kind words, and at the same time warmly sent these brocade guards away.

As long as they get out of this door, their crisis will be over.

As a result, he had just taken two steps, and a brocade guard's face suddenly changed.

"Wait a minute, is there a cellar dug in your yard?"

As soon as these words came out, everyone suddenly became nervous.

Several brocade guards stared at Tang Wenlu with unkind expressions.

Tang Wenlu's face turned white: "My lord, I'm me, I'm me, we do have a cellar here." ”

While speaking, Tang Wenlu seemed to be about to cry nervously: "But our cellar is only used to store some goods, vegetables and the like, cocoa is not ......"

Before he could finish speaking, the Jinyi Guard's man had already asked coldly, "Where is the entrance to the cellar?" (End of chapter)