The leader of the group had a solemn look on his face. A slight mistake would be irreversible. Su Xiaolou had already thought of a solution, but how could he make Prince Ning willing to become Su Xiaolou's supporter?
The eldest son and Princess Ning passed away one after another. King Ning was very sad. Coupled with his old age and frail health, King Ning has been bedridden in recent years and has been inactive. If Uncle Guo was not so arrogant, Prince Ning would not have taken the risk and submitted a list of corrupt officials in Yangzhou to the Ministry of Punishment...
"How can we get Prince Ning to help us?"
"Prince Ning is afraid that it will be difficult for him to move now, so he will never come forward in person, otherwise he will not kill someone with a borrowed knife."
"Then what should we do?"
Su Xiaolou thought for a moment and said: "There must be someone in charge of Prince Ning's Mansion, otherwise how could such a large Prince Ning's Mansion survive? Since the eldest son is the eldest, it is probably Prince Ning's son who is in charge of affairs."
The arrester denied: "I think it is Zhu Youjian, the grandson of Prince Ning. When I was checking the evidence of corrupt salt officials in Yangzhou, I noticed that Zhu Youjian, the grandson of Prince Ning, was involved in everything in Prince Ning's mansion. And I heard that this person Very capable.”
"Then it seems we have to go meet this Zhu Youjian."
Most of today's royal family members are not doing their jobs and rely on the state for support. The huge royal salary expenditure every year is gradually eroding the foundation of the country, and Zhu Youjian is an exception.
Su Xiaolou and others put on official uniforms, came to Prince Ning's Mansion, and asked to see Zhu Youjian.
In the reception room of Prince Ning's Mansion, Zhu Youjian sat in the main seat. Su Xiaolou and others were led to the reception room by the guards.
"Sir, they have already been brought."
"Back off."
"Yes, sir."
Su Xiaolou and Bao Bao came forward to pay homage: "I am going to serve as Su Xiaolou, the general banner of Nanjing Jinyiwei Yamen, to pay my respects to your lord."
"I'm going to the Criminal Department to arrest the head, and I'll pay my respects to you, sir."
Zhu Youjian waved his hand: "Everyone who comes here late at night must have something important to do. No need to be polite, just sit down."
"Thank you sir."
Zhu Youjian, who is in his thirties, is young but mature and prudent. His body is tall and strong, and his muscles are strong, which should be due to years of martial arts training.
Martial arts practitioners don't like to mess around. Su Xiaolou said bluntly: "We want to arrest Wang Chonghua, the corrupt governor of Yangzhou, but we don't have enough manpower. We want to ask the adults to borrow some manpower."
Zhu Youjian said suspiciously: "Oh? Why did you want to borrow manpower from our Prince Ning's Mansion to arrest Wang Chonghua?"
Su Xiaolou explained: "Every beggar on the street knows that this Yangzhou City is the territory of Prince Ning's Mansion. As long as you are willing to take action, there is no one you can't catch. Moreover, the Yangzhou Prefecture and we really don't dare to take action, so we came here." I’m asking Prince Ning’s Mansion for help.”
Zhu Youjian smiled slightly: "So that's it, you are very smart!"
"Your Excellency, thank you!" Su Xiaolou stood up and said, "We are planning to go to the residence of Wang Chonghua, the prefect of Yangzhou, to seize a batch of stolen silver. Please invite us to go with you, Your Excellency."
It was rumored that Zhu Youjian was beaten thirty times by Wu Zong because of Wang Chonghua, but he never found a chance to take revenge. Now that such a good opportunity came to his door, he was naturally willing to cooperate.
Zhu Youjian put down the tea cup in his hand and ordered his servants: "Prepare your horses!"
Under the starry sky, a large group of people were walking on the street to Wang Chonghua Villa with lanterns.
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Su Xiaolou led the way, and the team from Prince Ning's Mansion followed Su Xiaolou. They arrived at Wang Chonghua's courtyard in two quarters of an hour, and Zhu Youjian rushed in with his people.
The nurse in the courtyard thought he had met a robber, so he rushed out with a big knife.
In the dark, only a dark figure could be seen. A guard shouted angrily: "Which way are you from? How dare you break into the courtyard of the prefect? You are so impatient!"
Su Xiaolou stepped forward and cursed: "Are those eyes of yours just for show? Don't you know the guards of Prince Ning's Mansion?"
"..."
"Get them all!" The guards of Prince Ning's Mansion immediately arrested all the guards.
"Sir, please come with me."
"Where to go?"
"The hut."
"..."
Su Xiaolou took Zhu Youjian to the latrine. Zhu Youjian covered his mouth and nose in disgust. Su Xiaolou took people to search the latrine and the sewage pool respectively, and soon fished out a pile of gold bars from there. Just grab two big boxes and they are filled with gold bars.
"General Su Qi, we have finished fishing."
"Then let's go elsewhere and see if there are any more."
Su Xiaolou and his party quickly disappeared into the night, leaving only Zhu Youjian and the guards of the palace.
Zhu Youjian winked at the guard leader: "Go and check again."
The guard leader took the fishing net and fished it twice, and several gold bars appeared in the net pocket.
"Sir, there are still a lot of gold bars inside."
A smile appeared at the corner of Zhu Youjian's mouth: "Put it back."
"yes!"
After a while, Su Xiaolou and others came back: "Sir, we checked inside and out and found no other places where gold is hidden."
"Yeah?"
"We are going to return to the city and arrest Wang Chonghua. Please help us, sir." He looked around and then said, "Just in case, please send troops to guard this courtyard."
Zhu Youjian felt that Su Xiaolou was very considerate: "Okay! Let's arrest Wang Chonghua now. You guys will stay and guard the courtyard." Zhu Youjian pointed to a few of his men.
A group of people went to the magistrate's government office. Su Xiaolou and others came empty-handed, but returned with a full load...
At the residence of the Yangzhou magistrate, Su Xiaolou led the officials from the Criminal Department to run rampant in the palace, majestic.
Dozens of night-shift government officials came out, and children's photos also came out in official uniforms.
"Mr. Li Qi brought people into my house without permission. What's your crime?" Wang Chonghua came out wearing his coat, pointed at Su Xiaolou and yelled angrily.
Su Xiaolou smiled evilly and said, "Master Wang, what is your crime for taking bribes and perverting the law?"
"Corruption and perversion of the law? It's a joke. Who gave you the courage to slander an official of the imperial court without any evidence?"
Su Xiaolou snapped his fingers, and several large boxes that smelled like manure were carried in with difficulty by the government officials.
"This is the evidence. Does Mr. Wang still want to deny it?"
Wang Chonghua said disdainfully: "Haha! Who knows if you deliberately slandered me."
"I was also afraid of slandering the prefect, so I specially invited witnesses."
"oh?"
The yamen guards moved out of the way, and Zhu Youjian stepped forward and gloated: "I have seen it with my own eyes, and Wang Chonghua, you old Biden, still want to deny it."
"Get it for me!"
Everyone rushed forward, and Wang Chonghua's guard also stood in front of them, refusing to let go, so the two sides soon started fighting together.
All of a sudden, everything was going crazy.
"Ouch!"
Zhu Youjian touched his head and caught a smelly shoe. He turned around and saw that one of Wang Chonghua's shoes was missing...
Wang Chonghua's face was full of depression at this time. Where did his other shoe go...
