Dressed as Su Peisheng

Kangxi 50 years

On the eighth day of February, Tongzhou Government Office

At three o'clock in the ugly hour, there were no pedestrians on the street, and the surroundings of the government office were quiet, only the stone pavement washed with clean water reflected light slightly.

The watchman in the distance carried a bamboo clapper, yawned, and turned into a narrow alley.

The moon in the sky hides behind the clouds, slowly revealing a little light.

The clouds moved gradually, and the clapper sounded in the distance, from far to near, it was the right time.

The quiet water on the stone road suddenly splashed, and under the cover of night, several teams of black-clothed and black-faced people came straight to the government office!

And the gate of Tongzhou government office, at some point, was staggered with a dark gap.

"quick!"

"Block the back door first!"

Zhao Jinfu, one of the Xicang officials, was also dressed in black, although the cloth towel on his face was soaked, and his eyes were still glaring fiercely.

Unlike Aqinai, he has been working as a judge in Xicang for almost ten years, and he has close ties with several large companies, and a lot of grain and rice in Xicang flow out from him.

The new rice goes out and the old rice comes in. Once it goes out and goes in, at least a few thousand taels will be leaked into his hands.

The family has a large house and a large courtyard, with servants everywhere.If it is really found out, the huge amount of dirty money may not even be worth it to the Nine Clans.

Although the other officers who got involved were not as serious as Zhao Jinfu, all of them were guilty of wanting their heads.

Cai Yue, who was usually in charge of the accounts, had even lost count of how many accounts he had settled for Xicang and Zhongcang.

At the beginning, he proposed the replacement of old rice with new rice. Not only is it not easy to be discovered, but it is also easy to do on the books.With every stroke, his pen head will naturally benefit from it.

For the rest, there were those who took bribes when the ministries came to distribute grain, and even deliberately made it difficult for them to ask for money back.

In office, Xu was still fawned upon.But this is going to prison, and it is estimated that many people will come to add insult to injury.At that time, even if it is not a capital crime, he will have half his life left when he comes out.

These people were also angry from their hearts, and evil from their guts.

Who knew that Prince Yong would engage in a surprise attack, if there had been news, they would not have been passive.

In addition, Prince Yong has always been a cold-blooded and straightforward image outside, and his reputation of never being human, so that none of them dare to take chances.

At this moment, listening to Li Zhangshan's words, it was like seeing a cliff when there was no way out.

Although he knew that he might fall to his death if he climbed up, it was still better than being sent directly to the guillotine.

Zhao Jinfu was the first to lead people into the backyard. He had already made up his mind, no matter who it is tonight, whether it is the prince or the son of the world, the sword will fall!

In the worst case, it is better to take the whole family and flee outside the customs than to escort them directly to Beijing.

However, very strangely, several groups of people rushed into the backyard of the mansion, but none of the guards saw it.

It was quiet all around, all the houses were dark, and the whole mansion looked like a beast that opened its mouth wide in the night, waiting to swallow them all in one bite!

"Oops!"

Zhao Jinfu turned pale, turned around and was about to run out, when a ring of torches suddenly lit up above the originally dark courtyard!

At this time, outside the government office, Aqinai and Li Zhangshan, who saw the flames from a distance, rushed over with another group of people.

"Protect the prince! Protect the prince!"

There was quite a commotion among this group of people, and Aqinai was the first to rush into the gate of the mansion.

There was no rush, no screams, not even the clash of swords and soldiers.

Aqinai rushed all the way into the backyard of the government office, only to suddenly realize how embarrassed he was.

The government office has long been surrounded by countless soldiers, and under the light of the torches, the bows and arrows are fully drawn.

Zhao Jinfu, Cai Yue and others surrendered before they even had time to draw their swords.

Prince Yong led Hongsheng and his team to stand on the steps of the brightly lit back hall.

There was an unfamiliar face Aqinai hadn't seen much before, but he recognized the official uniform and the token around his waist, the nine-door admiral Longkodo.

"The late arrival of the humble minister frightened the prince and the prince, please forgive me!"

Aqi Nai and Li Zhangshan knelt down at the bottom of the steps together again.

Su Wei stood behind the fourth elder brother and secretly yawned. These two knelt down so many times a day that he was tired of watching them.

"Are you here to save people?" Hongsheng raised his chin with disbelief on his face.

"Yes, yes. When I received the news, Zhao Jinfu and his gang had already set off!" Li Zhangshan said.

"My minister immediately mobilized all the guards to come, who knew it was a step late, fortunately there was an admiral guarding him, otherwise my minister would die!" Aqinai bowed to Longkoduo again.

"fart!"

Zhao Jinfu and others who had been tied up in the distance heard what Aqinai and Li Zhangshan said, and only then did they react.

They were simply being used by others. Li Zhangshan tricked them into assassinating Prince Yong, and then came to rescue people together with Aqinai.Not only can they make meritorious deeds to cover their crimes, but in times of chaos, they might even be able to kill them to silence them.

At that time, no matter how big the crime is, in terms of saving the prince, he can be forgiven as appropriate.

"Obviously you instigated us!"

"Li Zhangshan, you son of a bitch, I can't spare you!"

Several officers yelled at Aqinai and Li Zhangshan.

Zhao Jinfu almost gnawed his back molars. Although he was not a high-ranking official, he had stayed in Tongzhou for many years and sent away several superiors. Who knew he would end up here!

"Aqinai, you want to be alone, dreaming!"

Zhao Jinfu said viciously, and then turned his head to look at Cai Yue behind him, "Cai Yue, submit all your account books, how much Aqi Nai has swallowed, let Prince Yong have a look!"

Cai Yue's face changed, and he lowered his head and stopped talking.

"Cai Yue, you!"

At this time, Cai Yue's heart was also at war between heaven and man.Take out the account book, even if it can pull Aqinai into the water, it will also prove that he has made false accounts.

But if he didn't show it, he would not only hold the handle of Aqinai alone, but also the accounts of the previous governors of the Warehouse Administration.It was a double-edged sword, it could kill him, but it might also save him.

Aqi Nai seemed to have expected this scene long ago, he bent down and cupped his hands and said to Prince Yong: "My lord, I know that I have committed a serious crime. I will accept whatever you want to do. But I have something to ask Lord Chen Ming."

"Tell me," the fourth elder brother's face was flat, as if the flashes of swords and swords this night were just a farce that he had expected long ago.

"The ills of Sancang in Tongzhou were reported to Lord Long Live when Weichen first took office. Zhongcang and Xicang were short-lived all year round. When Weichen took office, there were a lot of unclear accounts. Weichen There were several memorials on this, but they were all dismissed by the Lord Long Live. All ministries do not pursue their old responsibilities for deficiencies, and the Lord Long Live treats others leniently, so the humble minister can only take over this huge hole and try his best to tear down the east wall to make up for the west wall.”

"However, this food cannot be created out of thin air, and the old disease in the warehouse cannot be changed by one person. This minister knows that it is sensational to exchange new rice for old rice. But does the prince know? One catty of new rice can be converted into three catties Chen Mi. If it weren’t for this, the Yellow River flooded, disasters broke out everywhere, food grain was intercepted everywhere, and the national warehouse would have been empty long ago, how could we still feed the Eight Banners who are full of Beijing?”

"Nonsense!" Hong Sheng was astonished when he heard it, and couldn't help shouting to stop.

Aqinai lowered his head and said no more. Prince Yong on the steps looked up at the dark sky.

"My lord?"

Longkodo took a step forward, "My minister suppressed these assassins first."

"Go ahead and take care of people."

The fourth elder brother looked down at Aqinai and Li Zhangshan, "Since you two came to save people, it's considered meritorious service. Go back to rest tonight, and we'll talk about it tomorrow."

"Yes, yes, I will not disturb the prince to rest."

Aqi Nai and Li Zhangshan stood up, while Zhao Jinfu and others who were pushed down by the soldiers were still yelling and cursing.

"Uncle, just let them go like this?" Hong Sheng's face was full of unwillingness.

"It's good to be able to grasp these. You are young, so don't be too greedy."

The fourth elder brother patted Hongsheng on the shoulder, and led Eunuch Su back to the main room where he lived.

Hongsheng still stood where he was, looking at the back of his fourth uncle from a distance, feeling a little complicated in his heart.

While he admired the uncle's foresight, he only found out about Longkodo's ambush around the government office when he was woken up from the bed in the middle of the night.

On the other side, there was some fear. This day from the capital to Tongzhou, his fourth uncle hardly said a few words, but it seemed that everything was in his calculations.

the next day, early morning

As soon as the sound of birds chirping outside started to burn, Li Zhangshan hurried into Aqinai's residence before a stick of incense burned.

Aqi Nai hadn't slept all night, Li Zhangshan held the letter in his hand, his face was terribly pale, "There is news from Beijing, the warehouses in Beijing are under control, and they are also the commander of the infantry."

"It's not going to be easy now, Lord Long Live, is he really going to use the Jingtong granary this time?"

"What shall we do, my lord?"

Li Zhangshan wiped the sweat from his face, "It is said that Prince Yong spent more than two months in the Yanqing Hall for more than two months to prepare for the Spring Festival. Who knew that he had accepted such a big job just two days after he came out."

Aqinai took out another piece of letter paper from the envelope.

"Prince Yong has always been a person who can't be pierced by needles, and can't be splashed by water. It's also difficult for people in Beijing to find out his preferences..."

Looking at the letter in his hand, Aqinai's expression changed slightly, "However, it's not impossible."

"What way?" Li Zhangshan asked.

"Do you still remember the man in the indigo robe who followed Prince Yong all the time?"

"Remember," Li Zhangshan recalled carefully, "it doesn't look like a guard, but he looks very high-ranking. The guards following Prince Yong respect that person very much."

"If I'm not mistaken," Aqinai took two steps in place, "that person should be the most favored eunuch by Prince Yong's side, Su Peisheng!"

"Eunuch?" Li Zhangshan was a little surprised, "That person doesn't look like an eunuch."

"The letter said that when Prince Yong came to Tongzhou this time, he brought that Eunuch Su with him."

Aqinai said firmly, "It is rumored that this Eunuch Su is highly valued by Prince Yong. If we can get an opening from him, maybe we can find a way to survive under Prince Yong."