Wei Dongshu hurried to the front yard and saw that the gate of the Wei Mansion had been wide open, and even the Xiao Wall had been knocked down by half.

"You are so bold, I am an official of the imperial court, what crime should you be guilty of trespassing into the mansion!"

He and the housekeeper of the Prince's Mansion pushed aside the crowd, slowly stood in front of Wei Dongshu, and arched his hand quite arrogantly: "Lord Wei, be polite." ”

Wei Dongshu didn't recognize Xiao Shaosheng, frowned, and asked, "Who is Your Excellency?"

"This is the first time we've met, but your name has long been heard by Shaosheng. Presumably Lord Wei doesn't know me yet, let me introduce myself, I am the housekeeper of His Majesty's Hidden Mansion, surnamed Xiao, and named Shaosheng. On the orders of His Majesty, I have come to arrest the rebels and thieves. ”

"There are no rebels and thieves you want to arrest here, if you really want to arrest them, you should also go to the palace and go to the Qinzheng Palace to arrest them. The biggest rebel in the world is sitting there!"

Xiao Shaosheng's temper is not bad, after the world, if he doesn't encounter really tricky things, his emotions will hardly be stirred. Wei Dongshu's sarcasm was just an itch for him, and he didn't need to care.

"Don't be so excited, Your Majesty didn't say that Lord Wei is a rebel and thief. However, these days, the capital is in turmoil, and there is a force that rebels against the imperial court has infiltrated in, and His Majesty is also thinking about the safety of adults. If the rebellious ministers and thieves really hide in Lord Wei's mansion and take Lord Wei's life by surprise, then the gains outweigh the losses, it is better to let the next person go in and search for it, so that Your Majesty can rest assured!"

What kind of search for rebellious ministers and thieves? It sounds good, but in fact it is no different from raiding a house. Xiao Rongshen has so many subordinates, and there are many people. It's not a matter of taking the sheep by the hand, their real purpose is simply the Wei family's valuable gold and silver antiques, house deeds, and title deeds. Fortunately, fortunately, I thought of these things in advance, and handed over those deeds to the old lady to burn. It's a pity that the old lady is old and her hands and feet are not dexterous, even if she burns it with the girls in the room, she will have to burn it for a while.

Wei Dongshu wanted to hold him back for a while, so he had to burn the deed of the shop before letting them in.

Wei Dongshu looked at him with a sneer: "Although the contemptible person is not above the court, he has been on an errand in the inner mansion for many years, and he knows some rules. To arrest the officials of the imperial court, at least a high-ranking official must be appointed. I just don't know, what level and grade is a little butler in the palace, and what qualifications do you have to order the soldiers of the imperial court?"

The subordinate who led the way beside Wei Dongshu pulled his sleeve and reminded in a low voice: "Master, be careful when you speak, his surname is Xiao, maybe he is a relative of the emperor!"

Wei Dongshu was stunned for a moment, this is the truth. Xiao is the national surname of Da Chu, and most of the surnames in the capital are the blood of the royal family. Since this Xiao Shaosheng can do things in the Prince's Mansion, he must also have nothing to do with the royal family. If he is really a relative of the emperor, let alone a hereditary title. In this way, it is really justified for him to enter the mansion to arrest people.

Looking at Xiao Shaosheng, Wei Dongshu was a little strange, he had been on an errand in the Inner Mansion for so long, and he had seen a lot of relatives of the emperor, but he had never heard of a prince's son named Shaosheng.

"I'm afraid of what he does, and the emperor's relatives can't arrest people indiscriminately!"

Xiao Shaosheng was taken aback, and his arrogant smile gradually solidified and turned into a trace of coldness. If you talk about the four words of the emperor's relatives and relatives, he Xiao Shaosheng still has to call several princes a cousin, if it weren't for his father being convicted and the emperor, he would not have been reduced to the point of being a housekeeper in the prince's mansion, at least he was a little marquis or something.

This is a knot that Xiao Shaosheng can't solve in his life, and he rarely even mentions Xiao Rongshen in ordinary times, but he didn't expect Wei Dongshu, an ignorant and fearless guy, to say the words imperial relatives and relatives in front of him. The speaker has no intention, the listener has a heart, as soon as Wei Dongshu's words came out, Xiao Shaosheng's heart hurt inexplicably.

"Since Master Wei doesn't know how to lift, then he won't be polite to adults. Xiao Shaosheng raised his hand: "Search for me!"

"Wait!" Wei Dongshu opened his arms and stopped in front of Xiao Shaosheng: "You don't have this qualification." ”

"I came by His Majesty's order, do you dare to stop it?" Xiao Shaosheng flashed: "Come on! Tie up this traitor who disobeys the holy decree to me!"

"Who dares!" Wei Dongshu widened his eyes, and a group of guards rushed out from behind him, all holding long sticks, and lined up in a posture.

"As I said, according to the laws of Great Chu, it takes more than five grades to arrest court officials, and you are a housekeeper with no grade, and you are not qualified to take away Lord Ben. Wei Dongshu stared at Xiao Shaosheng: "If you break through today, according to the law of Great Chu, it is also a capital crime!"

Wei Dongshu said, and the family members behind him shook the sticks in their hands sharply, and drank in unison.

Xiao Shaosheng saw that those family members were holding a thick stick, looking very stupid, and couldn't help but laugh: "It's ridiculous, I have a holy purpose for this!"

"You are ridiculous," Wei Dongshu turned his back and looked at Xiao Shaosheng proudly: "The emperor has died, who is the emperor today? Who does the holy decree mean?" Wei Dongshu wrote and took a few steps forward: "You are pretending to pass on the holy decree, and vain speculation about the holy will is the real joke!"

Xiao Shaosheng is not as tall as Wei Dongshu, and he was pressed by Wei Dongshu in terms of momentum. He also recited the holy decree behind him, raised his face and stared at Wei Dongshu: "The death of the first emperor and the succession of the new emperor are the cycle of heavenly principles. This is the holy decree of the new emperor's handwriting, and the state seal is stamped on it. Where does the false proclamation of the Holy Decree come from? Do you dare to slander the Holy One?"

"Ha!ha!" Wei Dongshu laughed loudly: "The first emperor died, he should be succeeded by the eldest son, His Royal Highness the prince is far away in Donglin Prefecture, you don't recall the prince, but instead occupy the dragon throne yourself, don't you think your face is too thick?"

"Presumptuous!" Xiao Shaosheng was furious, and smashed Wei Dongshu's stomach with a punch, causing him to spit a mouthful of sour water on his body, and bowed his waist in pain.

"The abolished prince and the great eunuch Xu Wenliang conspired to poison the emperor, he is a disloyal and unfilial person, how is he qualified to be the emperor of Great Chu?"

Wei Dongshu slowly straightened up and spat on Xiao Shaosheng's face: "You know who poisoned the emperor." If it is really the crown prince who harmed the emperor, you will definitely send troops to Donglin to arrest the prince back, instead of being like now, and there will be no mourning. Hmph, you are afraid that the emperor's death will anger the prince, and you are afraid that he will enter the capital all the way from Guiyunzhou!"

"You!" Xiao Shaosheng was speechless for a while, and pointed to Wei Dongshu's face in a daze, and didn't move for a long time.

In fact, Wei Dongshu is not wrong, the crown prince Xiao Rongzhan is already a powerful man on the battlefield, and there is a general tiger of the Shangguan family next to him, which is even more difficult to deal with. Now that Xiao Rongshen has only ascended to the throne, the dragon bed has not yet been stabilized, and the military power is still in the hands of the prince, Xiao Rongshen can't mobilize the army of Dachu at all, only the thousands of soldiers deployed in the city defense in the capital, how can they withstand Xiao Rongzhan's tens of thousands of troops?

If you want to recruit troops, you have to hold a lot of silver in your hands. Lan Chengjie, who had just bought a rich country, was raided by Wei Yuanxi again. I thought that there would be a large amount of silver in the treasury, but who knew that when I opened the treasury, there were only a few million taels of silver in it at best. It is said that the money that cannot be moved by pressing the treasury silver, even if it is moved, this little bit of treasury silver is not enough for the expenses of the 100,000 army for several months. Donglinzhou guards several gold mountains, and his pockets are full. It is silver that is consumed in war, and if it continues like this, it will surely be defeated.

Therefore, Xiao Rongshen was in a hurry to ask him to come to the Wei Mansion to dig up silver, I heard that the Wei family's silver is as much as the stars in the sky, and digging some casually is enough for the monthly capital of the army.

Xiao Rongshen understands the reason, but he can't raid the Wei Mansion yet. He couldn't be clearer about what kind of person Wei Dongshu was, in case he was in a hurry, he opened a position and released money, recruited Xiang Yong, and drummed up a resistance force in the capital, which would not be easy to do. Moreover, Wei Dongshu is a person with great influence, and the merchants in the capital respect him as much as a god, as long as he raises his arms, those merchants will definitely donate silver to resist the old school.

Those who have power cannot rectify the situation in a big way, lest they startle the snake and be bitten by the snake.

Wei Dongshu said with a smile: "What, I have been poked in the sore spot? Hmph, where are you looking for some rebellious ministers and thieves, you are looking for my Wei family's house deed, title deed, gold, silver and jewelry! Are you afraid that the prince will raise troops to beg for thieves! There is no money to recruit troops and buy horses! You can't open the treasury, and you want to take my Wei family's silver to the top jar, right? To tell you the truth, the house deed and shop deed you want have been destroyed by me, and those gold, silver and jewels were transported to Donglin by me with a caravan a few months ago. Even if you copy the Wei Mansion, you won't get anything. If you have the guts, go to Donglin Prefecture and find the Donglin Sect Master!"

"You lied to me!"

The muscles on Xiao Shaosheng's face gradually tensed, his teeth creaked, and he clenched his fist and kicked Wei Dongshu's stomach with a flying kick. Wei Dongshu's whole person was like a thin veil, and he flew out lightly, and a mouthful of blood sprayed on the placket.

Seeing that Xiao Shaosheng was ruthless, Jia Ding hurriedly came up to support Wei Dongshu.

"Master, it's okay!"

Wei Dongshu struggled to stand up, but his internal organs seemed to be crushed, and when he moved slightly, he was so painful that he couldn't stand up, so Wei Dongshu could only sit on the ground temporarily.

Xiao Shaosheng sneered: "After being kicked by me, do you still want to stand and walk?

Xiao Shaosheng walked proudly in front of Wei Dongshu with his hands behind his back: "You still use the Donglin Sect Master to suppress me? She can't even protect herself now, and she can still save you? Make your Spring and Autumn dream! You might as well tell you that Your Majesty has sent someone to urge her to return to Beijing, as soon as she enters the capital, she will immediately die without a place to be buried! I advise you to listen to Your Majesty honestly, otherwise not only will you not be able to survive yourself, but your entire Wei family will not be able to escape!"

Wei Dongshu covered the sore spot, gritted his teeth and shouted: "You kind of kill me, kill me and you won't get anything!"

Xiao Shaosheng snorted, took out a stainless steel dagger from his belt and held it in his hand, and slowly approached: "Even if I don't kill you, won't I get anything?"