one step closer to the end

"My lord, please be kind! Don't send me to Jiaolefang, I have found the stolen money..."

The mature woman got up and took out a booklet from her bosom, handed it forward and said: "There is a basement in the inner house, which contains 800 taels of gold, 35 taels of cash, 68 taels of banknotes, and the rest of the rare treasures. And the house and property are all registered in the register!"

"Wow! The old eunuch is really greedy..."

A group of women were all shocked, only Song Chizhu muttered: "Why is it only more than 100 million taels, if the rest is sold off, it will only cost two to three hundred taels. A magistrate of the Qing Dynasty can be greedy for dozens of taels." Wan, how did he get this point?"

"Where is the basement? Take me there to see..."

Zhao Guanren walked forward with his hands behind his back. The female relatives hurriedly placed their relatives in the garden, and followed him into the inner house. The mature woman opened a secret door in the main room, revealing the passage leading to the basement, and lit a An oil lamp went down.

"Wow!!!"

The women exclaimed in unison as they followed. It turned out that the entire lower part of the inner courtyard was hollowed out, supported by more than a dozen large pillars, and it was as large as a thousand square meters.

All kinds of rare treasures almost blinded their eyes. Gold, silver and jewelry were piled up in boxes. Even precious ginseng was placed on a set of shelves. It was a huge treasure house.

"Master! Many of them are tribute treasures..."

Concubine Bai Shu stepped forward and said: "Look at those corals, Ruyi and Ye Mingzhu, they are all things from the Treasure Pavilion in the palace. I don't know when they were stolen by him. If so many treasures were sold, there would be no three to five million yuan." I can't take both!"

"Wow! This fur coat is so beautiful..."

Bian Yulei suddenly threw herself on the coat rack excitedly, hugged a mink coat and did not let go. The other women immediately rushed up, followed by the favored maids. They didn't care about gold, silver and treasure at all, only luxurious accessories It is the pursuit.

"Open your little hands to get rich, take as much as you can, and the rest will be registered by the second wife, and I will reward whoever is obedient later..."

Zhao Guanren walked forward with a smile on his face. The women became even more crazy when they heard the words. They put fur coats on their bodies one by one. Scary as a spoils convention.

"Dong Dong~"

Zhao Guanren went to a pillar and knocked on it. He found that the soul-chasing eye couldn't see through the wooden pillar here, so he went to the weapon rack and took a heaven-level treasured knife, stepped forward and slashed at the pillar. There was a sound of gold and iron, and sparks appeared in the cracks.

"Bronze pillar?"

Zhao Guanren slashed a few more times in wonder, and after he split all the shells of the wooden pillars, he and Song Chizhu both gasped.

"Mother! This can't be a silver pillar..."

Song Chezhu jumped up in disbelief, pulled out a small dagger and chiseled out a small piece of metal, put it in his mouth and took a bite, then exclaimed: "Pure silver! It's purer than government-made silver taels, such a big one A pillar plus a foundation, I'm afraid it will cost several 10 taels!"

"Hundreds of thousands? I'll let you open your eyes again..."

Zhao Guanren picked up his knife and split open several pillars one after another. As a result, the women stopped grabbing things and covered their mouths in surprise. The dozen or so pillars in the underground treasure house were all made of pure silver. The roots can add up to at least tens of millions of taels.

"I'm convinced! This time, the officer is completely convinced..."

Song Chizhu knelt down softly on the ground, and said excitedly: "It's been a long time to see you, Eunuch Tian is indeed my role model for corrupt officials. Corruption has reached its peak. It's too awesome and shocking. If the national treasury is in short supply, there is not as much money as he has here!"

"Master! This, this is too much, it's hot to hold..."

Bian Xianglan and other women were all terrified, and Emperor Shun Yao must have never imagined that his good father-in-law's mansion had such a huge treasure. If they took so much silver back home, the ministers would be the first to refuse.

"What? You guys are going to move the pillars home..."

Zhao Guanren laughed and said: "All the jewelry belongs to you, and all the real estate and land deeds belong to the master. The gold and silver are as soft as they are soft, so don't touch them. Hurry up and send someone down to count them. We will have dinner here at noon. Let all your relatives come over for dinner!"

Chapter 0505 relatives and fairy cards

Those who don't know think that Prince Zhao has changed his career to sell fur. The wives and concubines each wear two or three fur coats and are covered with various jewelry. Full of energy, he abruptly loaded the things onto the carriage.

"Panlan! Yulei..."

Officer Bian led his family into the house. The sisters of the Bian family cheered excitedly and jumped up to hug them one by one. The Xie family and the Han family in Lantai County all came, and a large group of relatives walked in happily. A miniature version of the Royal Garden.

"Father! Uncles! Sit down quickly, we will eat in the garden at noon..."

Bian Xianglan led the old-fashioned wives and concubines from Lantai County, and arranged dozens of relatives to sit by the pond. The three major families were all wealthy businessmen second to none in Ningzhou.

"Yingying!"

Officer Xie looked at the small garden opposite, pulled his daughter and asked: "Who are those on the opposite side? Why are the officials chatting there? I think there are several high-ranking officials, but aren't you and Xianglan side concubines?" , why are you trying to curry favor with other concubines?"

"Father! Those are relatives of their family, not here to give gifts..."

Xie Yingying smiled at the cautious relatives: "This is the capital city, a tile can hit a high-ranking official, and the ones on the opposite side were originally the emperor's concubines, and most of the relatives in the family are high-ranking officials, and now they all live in the palace. The west courtyard basically doesn't associate with us!"

"what?"

Officer Bian panicked and said: "I'm talking nonsense as an outsider, the prince really wanted the emperor's concubine, then, wouldn't you let them bully you, how strong are their backings!"

"It's really hard enough! The one in the pink skirt is the granddaughter of the Minister of Military Affairs..."

Xie Yingying smiled and said: "The one in the green skirt is the niece of the cabinet lord, and there are a lot of servants and generals, but they can't come over for a drink, they can only send their nephews over to flatter me, but they have to give me money every day. Kneel down!"

"Ah? Kneel down for you..."

A group of relatives couldn't believe their ears.

"The royal rules are like this..."

Bian Yulei smiled and said: "Every day they have to come to greet the side concubine. My eldest sister is in charge of the family. According to the rules, I have to greet her as well. When they see my eldest sister, they are like a mouse seeing a cat. Several of them are killed by me. Eldest sister smoked it!"

"Sigh~"

The relatives took another breath, and Bian said in a low voice, "Xiang Lan! You can be irritable when you are small, and they are all high-ranking officials and nobles. Our family is incomparable. Just a little beating is enough!"

"That's right! The poor don't compete with the rich, and the rich don't compete with officials..."

The relatives nodded apprehensively, just as Song Chizhu came over, cupped his hands and said with a smile: "Hey, you guys are all here, why don't you let the lower officials go out of the city to meet you? I just heard you say that you don't want to fight with the officials, yes Didn’t some brat offend you all?”

"Master Song! Keep your voice down..."

Xie Yuanwai hurriedly got up and said: "We are talking about the dignitaries on the opposite side, let the little girl not compete with others and be jealous, I can't afford to offend them!"

"Haha~ who of you can't afford to offend now, people are afraid of offending you..."

Song Chizhu put up a thumbs up and smiled and said: "Miss Bian is the one in the palace. If she says a word, those on the other side have to get out. Do you know whose yard this is, Tian Qiansui! The eunuch next to the emperor, let the prince say something. The word clicked!"

"..."

A group of relatives in the countryside were all dumbfounded, and Xie Yuanwai stammered: "Is, our Prince Zhao is so good, the people around the emperor will kill if they say so?"

"I'll tell you a secret..."

Song Chizhu made a meat-cutting movement, and said in a low voice: "The queen knelt in front of our prince and died. If the prince hadn't confessed his love, the prince would have replaced him. Prince Duan used to be so majestic. People are squatting at the gate of Prince Zhao's mansion, just begging the prince to see him!"

"Gudu~"

The relatives shrank their necks in unison, swallowed and sat back and dared not speak, but just as they were talking, someone came from the palace, and everyone was alarmed by the sentence "the imperial edict has arrived", and they rushed to the door in groups , Kneeling in unison to receive the order.

"You guys are pretty fast, you're from Malay..."

Zhao Guanren walked out of the inner courtyard unsteadily, wearing a white fox fur coat, the old man quickly ran over to salute him, flatteringly said: "My lord! I know you have opened the door to welcome guests, the emperor ordered people to hang hanging clothes in the palace." Whip it, so happy!"

"You old man, how come you are in the position, you are that..."

Zhao Guanren knocked his head and began to recall, the old man's expression changed with fear, and he said quickly: "My lord! The emperor said, you just need to stand and listen. The emperor asked you to choose a restaurant, and he will treat you after the place is fixed. You can see it tonight." how?"

"Row!"

Zhao Guanren nodded and said: "Tell the emperor, see you at Jiaolefang tonight! By the way, what is Tan Qingning doing in the palace? Why didn't she come out?"

"Return to the words of the prince!"

The old man bent down and said, "Master Tan is currently the deputy commander of the palace, who is in charge of protecting the seventeenth princess and investigating cases of malfeasance and corruption in the palace. The younger sister of the commander of Jin has also entered the palace. After supervising the country, he and Mr. Tan will be in charge of the inner guards together!"

"Do you want to stay and have dinner together..."

Zhao Guanren pointed to the garden, and the old father-in-law hurriedly resigned and ran away, but the relatives and friends in the courtyard were already dumbfounded. The emperor actually wanted to come out of the palace to treat guests.

"Dear relatives and friends! I still have a little matter to deal with, excuse me for a while..."

Zhao Guanren cupped his hands and went back to the inner courtyard. He sat alone in the main room and ate melon seeds. Yu Niang brought tea out from the back hall. He smiled and said, "Yu Niang! Your relatives have come to visit you. If you don't go out to accompany them, What are you doing here to serve me?"

"Don't go!"

Yu Niang grumbled coldly: "After my father sold me, he never came to see me, and now he brought a bunch of poor relatives to Beijing to meet his relatives. Helping them become officials is simply shameless!"

"Thousands of things are good, it's better to be an official..."

Zhao Guanren smiled noncommittally, and Yuniang obediently helped him press his shoulders. After a while, the wives and concubines came in one after another, and they all knelt down to salute, and even Bian Xianglan knelt down, with a look of embarrassment. look like.

"Is kowtowing useful? What about your fairy cards..."

Zhao Guanren lit a cigarette and his face turned cold. The necks of the dozen or so wives and concubines were all clean. The big gold chains and small gold medals were all gone, including Yuniang's first-class celestial medal. She was so scared that she hurriedly backed away and lowered her head.

"Master! I, I..."

Bian Xianglan said eagerly: "I know that the celestial card is very precious, but my father has always been in poor health, so I let him wear it to ward off illness and avoid disasters. Can I ask the master to reward him?"

"You guys are so filial, send all my celestial cards to your natal family..."

Zhao Guanren suddenly said angrily: "Why did I tell you that the fairy card is a treasure that goes to heaven. The emperor is begging me for it. I asked you to wear it to keep you safe, but you actually gave it to me. Take it later. What are you going to heaven with me?"

"Bang~"

Zhao Guanren slapped the table, and all the wives and concubines knelt down on the ground in shock, and relatives and friends who were watching outside the courtyard also rushed away.

"Old master!"

Bian Yulei didn't dare to be mischievous anymore, she raised her head and said in a trembling voice: "My father's health is really bad, we don't have to go to heaven to eat the peach feast, we just want him to live a long and healthy life, I know you still have a big box of fairy cards, you can reward me Dad, please, please!"

"Where did you find it? I hid it..."

Zhao Guanren stood up suddenly, but Concubine Bai Shu also raised her head and said: "Master! Actually, we, we all saw it. You hid the box on the beam, and you can find it with a little attention, but we didn't dare to take it. We just wanted to Please allow us to pass it on to our family members!"

"Oh~ that's all! It's hard to refuse a relative's visit..."

Zhao Guanren sat back down in frustration, waved his hands and said, "But shut up after you take the celestial card, and don't mention the shit about the back door, and each family must donate at least one philanthropic hall. Now the emperor is chasing me for the celestial card. If he knew that I sent so many at once, he would be impatient!"

"Thank you, master, for the reward!"

The wives and concubines kowtowed excitedly, and Zhao Guanren took a puff of smoke and said, "Get up! Don't go out and tell others that I introduced Shi Qi to Xiao Bailong as a concubine. If Xiao Bailong really gets pregnant, That is a serious dragon species!"

"Master! In fact, people can guess..."

Qian Guibi stood up and curled her lips and said: "The royal family has not invited gods for hundreds of years. As soon as you come, there will be heavenly soldiers and generals who will destroy the grand master. Who else could it be if you didn't invite them? There is also news from the palace saying that I watched you open the altar with my own eyes, and the Dragon King even gave you a Xuanyuan sword!"

"This is called Longya, not Xuanyuan..."

Zhao Guanren clapped his hands suddenly, and the green and white long knife was pulled out from his palm in an instant. The bright golden light made the wives and concubines exclaim in surprise, and their mouths were all rounded.

"Shh~ keep a low profile! Be sure to keep a low profile..."

Zhao Guanren put away his knife and said in a low voice: "If people know that I have the ability to reach the sky, why don't you come to me every day in various ways? In the future, when outsiders ask you, you will deny it. I will reward you with a few immortal cards later, and you will wear them in turn." Let's go!"

"Thank you sir!"

The women chattered excitedly and went out arm in arm, knowing that they would secretly show off to the family without guessing.

"Hey~ A group of silly old women..."

Zhao Guanren sat back alone and smirked. He had expected that once the prosperity was achieved, relatives from all walks of life would definitely come to take advantage of it, so he quietly asked someone to make a bunch of gold-clad copper plates, engraved a few words, and got some ghostly symbols. Pattern, a fairy card is completed.

"grown ups!"

Song Chizhu ran in and said, "You guessed right, Qianyexuan's family has nothing, only a few thousand taels of silver in total, all of which are all kinds of martial arts cheats, but a shrine was found in the secret room, dedicated It turned out to be the god of Thai thieves, and there is a portrait of their king!"

"Is there any cheat book "Thunderbolt and Lightning Will Kill You"..."

Zhao Guanren threw a cigarette to him, and Song Chizhu shook his head and said, "No! I had someone go through it carefully, and there are indeed many rare and unique copies, but he is a great master, what's the use of collecting the kind of cheats that want you to die, yes Already! Can the fairy card be sold to the lower officials for a piece?"

Zhao Guanren patted the big gold medal on his chest, and said with a smile, "Do you know how much this thing is worth? Are you sure you can afford it?"

"Your official knows, it's priceless..."

Song Chizhu salivated and said: "I heard my wives telling people that there are not as many fairy cards in the imperial palace as you do. They also said that the fairy cards are divided into three classes. The third class can dream into the fairyland, and the second class can directly enter the fairy palace. When I can invite the heavenly soldiers and generals, I just want a second-class card, and I can go bankrupt!"

"There are gods standing three feet above your head, and immortal cards cannot be sold, otherwise there will be five thunders from the sky..."

Zhao Guanren said: "Do you know why I donate so many philanthropic halls? It is to accumulate virtue for myself. The Heavenly Court rewarded me with a 100 yuan fairy card and asked me to bring a hundred good people to heaven for a peach feast. You really want one. Take it!" Half of the property should be used for good deeds, and come to me to collect it when it is done!"

"So it's like this. I've wanted to donate for a long time. I'm going to call my wife now..."

Song Chizhu ran out in surprise, and Zhao Guanren let out a "poof" laugh. People in this era are still very easy to fool, but it's worth wasting more saliva to make this guy bleed hard once.

Chapter 0506

A Pingyao River runs through more than half of the capital city, and the West City area is even more famous for its fireworks and willow alleys. Every evening, red lights are hung high in every house, boats and painted boats shuttle back and forth, and the shouts of various businesses are endless, which is far better than that of the ten-mile Qinhuai River. scenery.

"There are so many actors in the autumn, but there is a poor place with deep love, all the clothes are old, and the stories of the underworld are endless..."

Zhao Guanren was alone on the bow of a small painting boat, imitating the ancients and singing in an opera style. Xie Yingying sat at the back obsessively accompanying him, and dozens of wives, concubines and maidservants sat in two rows in the cabin, all holding their chins Became his little girl.