Zhu Bai glanced at the merchant with interest.
The merchant's eyes dodge, not daring to look at Zhu Bai.
This merchant would never have the guts to make a false accusation against something that could easily be revealed on the spot.
Therefore, Yintan must have been corrupted by the left-behind left guard.
So what is he afraid of?
Anyway, flies don't bite seamless eggs. It must not be the first time that the left guard has done this, so someone would want to poke him out.
Zhu Bai thought for a while and said, "There is nothing to do today anyway, so let's go check out the left guard."
He asked someone to bring a set of dental broker's clothes for the merchant to change into: "Just follow us. If I don't ask you to speak, just don't speak."
After speaking, he glanced at Zhang Yu.
Zhang Yu understood and asked two guards to hold the merchant on his left and right.
He not only prevents others from harming him, but also prevents him from harming others.
The distance from the Zhengyang Gate of Yingtian City to the Chengtian Gate of the Imperial City is less than a hundred feet.
Logically speaking, the city gate should be farther away from the imperial city. If the enemy attacks Yingtian and breaches the city gate, the guards can delay for a while.
However, the position of the moat could not be moved, so Lao Zhu, who was good at conquering and fighting, placed the four guards of the pro-military guards and the eight government offices of the Beijing guards between Zhengyang Gate and the Imperial City.
Other guard posts were stationed around the gates of the Imperial City and the gates of Yingtian City.
It's a bit heavily guarded.
When Zhu Bai entered the government office where Zuowei was staying, the commander Cai Da was a little confused: We and this "little king of hell" are not in conflict with each other on weekdays, and we can't fight with eight poles.
Why did he suddenly want to come here to visit?
Zhu Bai didn't wait for Cai Da to salute, he looked around and went straight to the inner hall: "Wow. This sword is handsome, so big. Wow, this Fang Tian Ji Niu."
Cai Da shouted continuously and stepped forward to stop him: "Hey, your highness, this is an important military location..."
Without looking back, Zhu Bai took out the sign saying "I am here in person".
Cai Da's voice was strangled in his throat.
Zhu Bai pointed to the rows of closed rooms in the backyard: "Hey, there are some good things in these rooms. Open them so that I can open my eyes."
Zhang Yu and the others quickly opened all the rooms in the backyard.
Piles of goods filled those rooms.
"Wow, there are so many good things." Zhu Bai nodded and went over to take a look and said, "Tsk, tsk, this pile is high-quality long-staple cotton, which is most suitable for spinning and weaving. Seeing that summer is coming to an end, early It’s also good to prepare some winter and autumn clothes.”
He turned back to Fugui and said, "Come and estimate the price."
Fugui said: "Ordinary cotton costs five to eight taels of silver per 100 jins. This long-staple cotton costs 1 tael per 100 jins. It is not expensive. This pile of 500 jins is at least 5 taels of silver."
Zhu Bai pointed to the two carts of silver charcoal again: "High-quality silver charcoal. Ordinary charcoal costs only three or five taels of silver per hundred pounds. This silver charcoal's quality can be sold for at least two taels of silver."
Cai Da began to sweat on his forehead.
Zhu Baizai made a careful and tireless evaluation and asked the commander: "The left guard behind is really well-connected. You have all the good things that you can't find in the official and dental bureaus."
Cai Da was so embarrassed that he didn't know how to explain himself.
Zhu Bai smiled: "Can't tell? I'm here to help you. As long as you see any merchant passing by Zhengyangmen who has a new face and the goods you need, you will detain them in the name of inspection. Take some from each car. Anyway, those merchants are unfamiliar with the place, have nowhere to complain, and have no evidence, so they can only suffer the loss of silence."
Cai Da remained silent. He planned to deny it even to death, and Zhu Bai couldn't control him anyway.
Zhu Bai sat down and said to Zhang Yu: "Master Zhang, could you please go and take my gold medal to invite my eldest cousin, Mr. Li Wenzhong, to come. I am waiting here."
Cai Da panicked and said, "Your Highness, there is no need to alarm Mr. Li."
Zhu Bai raised his eyebrows: "Oh? So Mr. Li doesn't know yet?"
He knew he couldn't control Cai Da, so he just wanted to see Li Wenzhong's reaction.
Cai Daqian swallowed and said, "Your Highness, these are indeed prohibited items explicitly prohibited by the imperial court. When we inspected the passing merchants, if we had any doubts about these goods, we detained them for detailed inspection."
Damn it, are you planning to deny it until death?
Zhu Bo laughed angrily and asked: "Oh, where is it prohibited? Which article in the Ming Dynasty Law says that these things are prohibited. Since they are prohibited items, why are they not reported and destroyed, but kept here?"
There are all things used in daily life, and it is not forbidden to say that it is forbidden.
Cai Da gritted his teeth and said nothing, and his heart was racing: You "little king of hell" is so lenient. If I say it is forbidden, it will be forbidden. Besides, if you deduct two cars from ten cars, there is nothing to hold accountable for such a small thing.
Zhu Bai said: "You think I am too young to cure you, right? Okay, let's call Master Li."
Zhu Bai took out the gold medal and handed it to Zhang Yu.
Zhang Yu was about to go out.
Cai Da suddenly pulled out his sword and stabbed the merchant standing not far away in the chest.
There was a muffled "pop" sound, and the tip of the knife penetrated several inches into the flesh.
Everyone stared at the knife that was shining brightly in the morning light.
Cai Da pulled out his knife.
Blood splattered everywhere, and the smell of blood spread in the deathly silent courtyard.
The man's eyes widened and he fell to the ground, twitching twice and becoming motionless.
Cai Da said with a gloomy face: "This person disguised himself as an agent from the Guan Ya Bureau and broke into the Liubei Zuowei Mansion. After being discovered by me, he resisted to the end and threatened His Highness's life. In order to protect His Highness, I had no choice but to kill him on the spot."
Zhang Yu didn't dare to move because Cai Da was too close to Zhu Bai.
Zhu Rui was shaking all over because of fear, but he tried his best to move his stiff steps to block Zhu Bai.
"Master Zhang, if you want to leave, please take His Highness with you." Cai Da turned his head and glanced at Zhang Yu, then said to Zhu Bai sinisterly, "Your Highness, you should go and do your business. We should deal with Tianwei's affairs. , don’t worry about it so much.”
Cai Da said loudly: "Someone, please send His Highness out."
The guards responded and viciously surrounded Zhu Bai and the others.
Zhang Yu quickly came over and said to Zhu Bai: "Your Highness, let's go first."
Zhu Bai pretended to be frightened and stammered: "Okay. Let's go."
A good man doesn't suffer the immediate consequences. He doesn't even have a knife with him.
Even if you bring someone with you, you can't just start with the left guard.
After all, the left guard who stayed behind was the Jingwei. If he broke into the Jingwei in broad daylight and attacked people with swords and guns, that would be treason.
The person who arranged the plan had sinister intentions and was treacherous and scheming. Once he came out like this, he would either be killed or Li Wenzhong would be killed. At the worst, all the remaining left guards could be replaced.
If he really takes action, he will play into that person's hands.
After leaving the left-behind Zuowei Mansion, Zhu Bai returned to his usual cheerful look: "It's strange that after two years, there are still people who dare to do this to me."
Someone behind him fell to the ground with a thud.
Zhu Bai turned around and found that Zhu Rui had fainted.
Hiss, that’s trouble. Scared the fool.
