The night was dark and windy, and Nanzhen Fusi suddenly became lively. Searching homes is something everyone likes to do, and Nanzhen Fusi quickly gathered staff. Lu Heng was walking in the fire-filled government office and said to Wang Yanqing beside him, "Qingqing, the house raiding scene will be very chaotic. If you don't toss for a night, I'm afraid it won't be over. You are still recovering from illness, so go back first."
Wang Yanqing was embarrassed to hear this. They knew exactly what Lu Heng meant by recuperation.
Some time ago, because of Yue Xin, Wang Yanqing's work and rest was strictly controlled by Lu Heng, not sleeping too late, not drinking cold water, or eating too little. Now that her monthly letter has ended, she can finally relax for a while, and Lu Heng starts to control the next cycle.
Wang Yanqing glanced around quickly. Fortunately, the people around were in a hurry and did not notice the conversation between Wang Yanqing and Lu Heng.
Wang Yanqing was very moved by the second brother's concern for her, but he was too concerned.
Wang Yanqing lowered his hood, coughed lowly, and said, "Second brother, I'm fine."
But Lu Heng shook his head: "Don't be careless. I'll send someone... Forget it, it's not too far to go directly, I'll take you back."
Wang Yanqing was startled: "Second brother, you still have to find something..."
"You have already asked for the location, the gold and silver jewelry is there, and you can't run away." Lu Heng stopped Wang Yanqing's words, and his tone was very firm, "I will take you home."
Jin Yiwei's manpower is almost assembled, and they can leave only after Lu Heng speaks. However, Lu Heng called Guo Tao and explained a few words, and asked Guo Tao to take someone to go first, while he took Wang Yanqing home and arrived later.
Guo Tao glanced at Wang Yanqing in surprise after hearing this, and quickly lowered his head after realizing the rudeness, for fear of breaking the taboo of the commander. Jin Yiwei was used to doing things like raiding homes, and Guo Tao could handle it with his people. Guo Tao was just an accident. Commander Lu, who was the most keen on hacking and taking credit, would actually give the credit to others.
Lu Heng ignored those scrutinizing or probing gazes, tightened Wang Yanqing's cloak, and took her away first. Lu Heng insisted on letting Wang Yanqing go home. On the one hand, her body was in urgent need of recuperation. After spending a night in the cold wind, all her previous efforts were wasted; on the other hand, she did not want her to see his dark side.
Jinyiwei is notorious, but for those who have not really experienced it, it is difficult to imagine how dirty the knife known as the bloodiest in the Ming Dynasty is.
Up to now, Wang Yanqing's view of Lu Heng is still positive. Although he is sometimes violent, he is generally a good person. Extorting confessions, interrogation, courting, raiding homes, she did not see any of these things that Lu Heng really did. Lu Heng didn't care about the strangeness that flashed in his heart, he obeyed his inner thoughts and sent Wang Yanqing away first, and then went to search the house. Zhao Huai's money and Luheng don't care, but if Wang Yanqing sees through his character in advance, and then suspects him and delays the plan to kill Fu Tingzhou later, it will not be worth the gain.
With this idea in mind, Lu Heng should send Wang Yanqing back to Lu Mansion. As for why he didn't send someone to escort him... Because this is the capital, and Fu Tingzhou is watching, what if Fu Tingzhou takes Wang Yanqing away while he is not prepared
This possibility has to be guarded against. That idiot, Fu Tingzhou, can do anything in a hurry.
The Lu Mansion was a mansion purchased by the Lu Heng family after they moved to the capital. It was not far from the Nanzhen Fusi. Lu Heng and Wang Yanqing rode on horses and soon saw the gate of the Lu Mansion. Lu Heng dismounted and wanted to take Wang Yanqing in himself, but was stopped by Wang Yanqing: "Second brother, your business is important, go find what Zhao Huai has hidden. It's just two steps away, I'll go in by myself."
Lu Heng glanced at Lingxi Lingluan behind him, no longer insisted, nodded and said, "Okay, after you go back to the house, drink a bowl of ginger tea, go to sleep when your body warms up, don't wait for me."
Lu Heng's words were directed at Wang Yanqing, but they were not addressed to Wang Yanqing at all. Lingxi Lingluan bowed her head and silently responded to the commander's words. Lu Heng explained a few more words, and saw Wang Yanqing enter the gate with his own eyes, and then turned around and mounted his horse. He held the reins at will, and the black horse, like a human being, immediately let go of its hooves and quickly ran in the other direction.
It was a sleepless night for many. It was even more cold and heavy, and the huge capital was shrouded in darkness, as silent as a cemetery. In this dead silence, the sound of horses' hooves swept across the street, awakening the whole place from a dream. Many people hurriedly put on their clothes and got up, and across the heavy night, they only saw the fire on the house of Zhao Huai, the servant of the Ministry of Rites, like a dragon, which lasted for a long time.
The people of the Zhao family heard Jin Yiwei calling the door in the night, and they opened the door with trepidation, but Jin Yiwei pushed them away before they had time to ask questions. The Jinyiwei infantry quickly guarded the gates of Zhao's house, and the Zhao family hid behind, shouting angrily and helplessly: "This is the mansion of the Minister of Rites, what are you doing?"
But no matter how angry he was, it was useless, he could only watch these human-faced devils rush in, rummaging through boxes.
Outside the mansion, a dark horse stopped unhurriedly in front of the main entrance. He was wearing a crimson flying fish suit inside and a pure black cloak on the outside. The large area of red and black collided, making it thick and glam in the night. Holding the long knife, Guo Tao quickly ran to the steps and clasped his fists at the person on the horse: "Commander, the study has been fenced off. The Zhao family is all in the house, and none of them ran away."
Lu Heng nodded, didn't speak, turned over and dismounted neatly. Zhao Huai's relatives had been rushed to the main hall at this moment, Jin Yiwei had the door wide open, and the cold wind was blowing in from the night, and the female relatives who only wore middle clothes hugged and shivered.
Jin Yiwei guarded both sides with a knife, but did not move, as if waiting for someone. Miss Zhao San raised her head bravely, and saw a person striding in in the queue of Jinyi guards who were standing on fire. He is tall and has long legs, fair-skinned as jade, sword-like eyebrows and star-shaped eyes. He looks calm and arrogant when he walks in in red clothes. Miss Zhao San immediately understood his identity.
The famous smiling tiger in the capital, the living King of Hell, and the young Jin Yiwei who is in control of the power and acts as the commander-Lu Heng.
His skin was originally very outstanding, and after appearing in such a place, he appeared gloomy for no reason. Miss Zhao San knew that this person was dangerous, but she seemed to be bewitched and stared at him, unable to look away. Mrs. Zhao noticed that her daughter had been staring outside, thinking that her daughter was frightened by Jin Yiwei, and hurriedly hugged her daughter.
Lu Heng walked into the main hall, his eyes slowly swept across the crowd. His eyes seemed to have a real weight, and everyone who was seen bowed their heads, especially those women in the back house, whose bodies could not stop trembling. Lu Heng looked around and asked in a light tone, "Is everyone here?"
"Yes. All Zhao Huai's wives, concubines, children and servants are gathered here."
"Okay." Lu Heng nodded, flicked his sleeves, and walked out with his hands behind his back, "Don't let anyone go. Come on, check the study room."
"Yes."
When Lu Heng came in just now, Mrs. Zhao kept using her body to block Miss Zhao San, for fear that Lu Heng would see her young and beautiful daughter who had not yet left the cabinet. After Lu Heng left, Miss Zhao San finally stuck her head out of her mother's arm and asked, "Mother, what happened, what are they going to do to our family?"
Mrs. Zhao looked sad and looked at her beautiful daughter with distress: "Son, they are here to check on your father."
"Father?" Miss Zhao San's eyes widened and she was very puzzled, "Didn't you say that father is all right?"
Mrs. Zhao shook her head and refused to say a single extra word. She also hoped that as Lord Shoufu said, Zhao Huai was all right, and these evil ghosts were just scaring people. She vaguely knew what Zhao Huai had done, but she didn't know the specifics. Zhao Huai acts exclusively on me. His wives and concubines must follow him and cannot ask anything outside. Even Mrs. Zhao doesn't know where the money is hidden.
Maybe this is one of the reasons why they escaped the claws of Jinyiwei.
When Lu Heng entered the study, Jin Yiwei had already opened the door, and was now gradually checking the wall and floor. Lu Heng took a quick glance and asked, "Have you found anything?"
Guo Tao looked at his subordinates, and a thousand-household guard in Jinyi reported, "Return to the commander, all the bricks are solid at present, and no interlayer has been found."
Lu Heng glanced slowly, Zhao Huai's study was surprisingly large, the air was cold and overcast, and he never burned charcoal at first sight. The house was filled with wooden shelves, each of which was seven feet high and two and a half feet wide. There were six layers of wooden shelves, and each shelf was full of hardcover books.
Lu Heng was certain and said, "It must be here. Search carefully, even if the house is demolished, you will find it."
The brocade guards in the house clasped their fists together: "Yes."
Jin Yiwei's undercover agents had visited the study before, but at that time, time was tight, so they hurriedly searched and left without finding any information. After all, the capital is so big, and no one dares to ensure that the gold and silver must be hidden somewhere. If an unannounced visit was fruitless, they marked this place off the map and hurried to find the next location.
But now, the commander said he would look for the study if he was staring at him. They didn't know where the confidence of the commander came from, but when the commander spoke, no one dared to neglect, and after receiving the order, they quickly dispersed to find it. Anyway, the study is so big in total, with a brick and a brick, there is nowhere to hide even if there is only a mouse.
When a school lieutenant knocked on the floor tiles, he mumbled casually, "This dog official has so many books, and they are so densely placed that he can't even crouch down."
Hearing this, Lu Heng raised his eyebrows slightly. He walked to the bookshelf, picked up a book and flipped through it. This is one of a set of books. It is placed in a hardcover gift box. The cover is hard, the packaging is very particular, and the storage is very new. Lu Heng turned two pages, suddenly raised his eyes, and looked back.
The bookshelves in Zhao Huai's house are very lavish, and you can feel that they are made of high-quality hardwood. There are three rows of books on each floor, two rows are placed along the wooden frame, and one row is in the middle. These books are the most expensive hardcover books on the market. They are carefully framed and put together in a set. There is also a matching brocade box outside. Lu Heng looked at it for a while, put down the book in his hand, pushed aside the outermost things, and looked at the middle row of brocade boxes covered by shadows.
Can put so many books at home, it is reasonable to be a book lover. However, would a book lover buy a flashy boxed book with no traces of flipping on it, and a line of books completely blocked
He picked a box at random, but he didn't pick it up at first glance. Lu Heng raised his eyebrows with a smile on his face: "Don't look for it, there is no mezzanine in this house. He opened all his books, he emptied the books and hid things inside."
Hearing Lu Heng's words, everyone was shocked. A hundred households pushed the book to the ground with the handle of a knife, and a brocade box was cracked, and golden square bars fell out of it. When everyone saw Daxi, they immediately rushed to the bookshelf and rushed to move books.
Lu Heng patted the ashes on his sleeve, and said lightly, "Be gentle, this is a book after all. Guo Tao, take out the booklet and start counting."
Jin Yiwei took out a shelf of books, opened the cover, and sure enough, the paper inside had been hollowed out and replaced with yellow gold bars. Zhao Huai put the book on the outermost layer to cover it up. In fact, there was gold underneath. No wonder the Jinyiwei scouts came several times, but each time they returned without success. Who would have thought that Zhao Huai did not use a secret room or a wall, but directly placed the gold outside.
Jin Yiwei moved all night's books and tossed it until it was dawn, and finally took out all the gold bars.
Lu Heng glanced at the sky, he didn't have to sleep tonight, he could go to court after changing his clothes. I'm afraid he will wake her up when he returns to the house now... Well, he should go to Nanzhen Fusi to change it.
Lu Heng walked out, and when he reached the Zhao family atrium, a young girl staggered out and shouted hoarsely, "Lord Lu."
Lu Heng's footsteps paused for a moment, and in this moment of effort, the girl had already rushed in front of Lu Heng. Her long hair was loose, but in winter, she was wearing a thin coat, shivering in the cold wind. She raised her eyes and looked at Lu Heng pleadingly: "Lord Lu, what crime did my father commit?"
Lu Heng knew that this was Zhao Huai's daughter. She seemed to be hiding behind Mrs. Zhao Huai just now, so she was the daughter of the Zhao family. The sinful relatives of the Zhao family were originally detained in the main hall by Jin Yiwei, but Jin Yiwei was busy checking Zhao Huai's embezzlement. After one night, the guards couldn't help but relax, and she ran out like this.
Lu Heng looked at the girl's helpless eyes, unmoved, and said, "You dare to come and intercede with me without knowing what crime your father committed?"
been seen. Miss Zhao San clenched her fingers, completely abandoning the modesty of the boudoir girl, and begging almost humbly: "I know my father has made a big mistake. The little girl is willing to serve Master Lu for life without asking for a title, can Master Lu forgive me and forgive me? Dad is dead."
Miss Zhao San was raised in a deep boudoir, carefree, but not without a brain. Her father had been taken away for half a month, but Jin Yiwei directly called the door tonight, and her mother kept reassuring her that she was fine, but she was so flustered that she instinctively felt that something was wrong. Suddenly the voices from the study room became louder, Jin Yiwei moved frequently, whispered that he had found it, and the mother and her face turned ashen together.
It was over, my father was really corrupt, and was found out by Jin Yiwei. The mother fainted at the time, and when the servants saw that the Zhao family was over, they took the opportunity to steal things, and many concubines even shouted that they wanted to let go of the concubines. Miss Zhao San didn't even know how she got here that night. She was flooded by the cold wind all night, and finally realized at dawn that if she wanted to save their family, she had to beg that person.
—Lu Heng, who brought someone to check the Zhao family.
He is the emperor's most trusted person and the commander-in-chief of this operation. The father is greedy for more and less, and the crime is heavier and lighter, just his words.
Miss Zhao San knew that she was pretty good looking, and she admitted that she had studied piano, chess, calligraphy and painting for several years. The wife who came to be a guest often joked that she wanted to marry her as a daughter-in-law. She was only sixteen, and many people had come to propose marriage. As long as she can impress Lu Heng, no matter what method she uses, even her body, she is willing.
After Miss Zhao San finished speaking, she felt nervous for the first time ever. She was a little embarrassed to look directly into Lu Heng's eyes, but when she thought of her father whose life and death were unknown, she forcibly broke up those reserved, pleading, humble, and pitiful look at Lu Heng.
She used up all her daughter's dignity to say those words to him, but Miss Zhao San found that the smile on Lu Heng's face had not changed.
He has a pair of brilliant eyes, shimmering, naturally affectionate, and much more delicate and beautiful than ordinary men. The eyes are obviously good-looking when they smile, but at this moment they don't feel any warmth at all. Instead, they seem to be stared at by a bright and colorful poisonous snake. Any breath will produce the illusion of death.
Her heart skipped a beat.