Wei Zhongxian, who had just left the palace, did not go to Luo Sigong's house immediately. Instead, he asked the bearer to go to another street and came to the door of a shop.
It was already a curfew at this time, there were no pedestrians walking on the street, and all the shops were closed and boarded up.
"Go over and knock on the door." Wei Zhongxian sat in the sedan chair and ordered a young eunuch to call the door.
The little eunuch ran out of the shop door in front of him in a few steps and began to slap the door panel of the shop with his hands.
"You haven't eaten tonight? Give us a hard knock." Wei Zhongxian raised the curtain of the sedan chair and said to the little eunuch.
bang bang bang
The little eunuch slapped the door panel hard with his palm.
"I'm coming."
Someone finally answered in the shop.
Hearing the sound inside, the little eunuch stopped and felt that his palms were numb, probably because he slapped the door panel too hard.
"Who is it?"
The door panel was removed, and the shop door opened a gap, revealing half of the face from behind.
"Let your shopkeeper come out, Eunuch Wei wants to see him."
The little eunuch's hands were red from being slapped, his heart was on fire, and his tone was not very good.
"Little father-in-law, wait a moment, I will call our shopkeeper right away." The man in the shop said and hurriedly ran towards the backyard.
After a short time, Wang quickly walked out of the shop, looked at the little eunuch in front of him and said, "Where is Eunuch Wei?"
While speaking, he put a piece of silver into the hand of the little eunuch in front of him without leaving any trace.
When the young eunuch got the money, his expression softened a lot. He raised his hand and pointed to a sedan on the street and said, "Eunuch Wei is in the sedan."
"Thank you so much, little father-in-law." Wang thanked him with his hands, and then walked quickly to the sedan by the roadside.
The sedan did not stop at the edge of the shop, but on the other side of the road.
"Eunuch Wei."
When he came to the sedan curtain on one side of the sedan, Wang Zizi shouted into the sedan.
The curtain of the window on one side of the sedan was opened, and Wei Zhongxian's face was revealed, and his face was gloomy.
"Shopkeeper Wang, the last time you gave Dongzhu to our family, our family will send someone to bring it back to you. We will never have you here again in the future. Get up the sedan and let's go."
Two bearers lifted the sedan chair.
Wang Zijin's heart sank, and he hurriedly grabbed the window on one side of the sedan, and said to Wei Zhongxian who was sitting inside, "Please tell Eunuch Wei what happened."
As he spoke, he took out a ticket from a Beijing bank from his sleeve and gave it to Wei Zhongxian in the sedan.
"Wait." Wei Zhongxian said to the bearer of the sedan chair, and then said to Wang Zizi outside the sedan chair, "Shopkeeper Wang, don't blame us for not reminding you. You should know who your tiger-character flag has offended in Datong. Our family doesn’t want to be accused of being a bandit.”
Wang Ziyi was surprised.
He believed that Wei Zhongxian would not say such things without any intention. Someone must have wanted to deal with their Tiger Flag, and the Eunuch Wei in front of him knew about it, so he came over at night.
Thinking of this, he took out his hand from his sleeve, took out another meeting ticket, stuffed it in through the sedan window, and whispered at the same time, "Please make it clear, Eunuch Wei."
Wei Zhongxian squeezed the two tickets in his hand, waved to the little eunuch on the side, and said, "Bring the lantern over and let it light up our house."
The little eunuch came up with a lantern in his hand.
Wei Zhongxian used the light to glance at the denominations on the two tickets, which amounted to one thousand taels, and he was amazed in his heart.
At this time, Wei Zhongxian was not like he would be later. Now his status is not high. Although he is a popular person around Tianqi, there is Wang An above him. Usually he can get dozens of taels and one hundred taels of benefits, which is already a lot.
After seeing clearly the denomination of the ticket, Wei Zhongxian calmly put it away, put it into his sleeve, and immediately said, "A censor's memorial mentioned that your Tiger Flag was a giant bandit in the troubled area of Datong. The emperor heard this I was so outraged by the incident that our family left the palace so late just to follow the emperor's instructions and go to the residence of the commander of the Jinyiwei. Soon the Jinyiwei will send someone to Datong to investigate the matter."
Wang Zizi was stunned when he heard this.
Although they are bandits in the Tiger Character Banner, they have never committed any acts of banditry in the past year or so, nor have they done anything to cause trouble to the local area. However, they did not expect that they were included in a book by the imperial censor, and even the emperor knew about it. .
Thinking that the emperor is about to send the Jin Yiwei to Datong to investigate, if they really go to Lingqiu, they will definitely not be able to hide the matter of the Tiger Flag. By then, they will surely be convinced of the giant bandit, which will lead to a clearing out by the imperial army.
"I would also like to ask Eunuch Wei for some advice."
Wang Zi knew that he could only count on Eunuch Wei in front of him now, so he took out another meeting ticket and handed it over.
Wei Zhongxian put away the tickets casually. The previous two tickets were 500 taels each, and he believed that this time it would not be less than this amount.
Wei Zhongxian, who was sitting in the sedan chair, pondered for a moment and said, "Tell me the truth. Did your Tiger Flag have any banditry in Datong?"
"No." Wang Zizi hurriedly shook his head and said, "My proprietor has always been doing business safely and has never dared to step out of line."
Eunuch Wei slightly nodded and said, "We also believe that no bandit would dare to open a shop under the feet of an emperor like the capital. Didn't it say in the script that those black shops that kill people and sell goods are all opened in the wilderness."
"What Eunuch Wei said is absolutely true." Wang agreed.
Wei Zhongxian added, "But there is nothing we can do about this matter. No one dares to deceive the emperor's personal instructions, so you should go back and tell your proprietor earlier and make more preparations."
"Eunuch, where is the Jin Yiwei?"
While talking, Wang Zi took out a few more tickets and stuffed them in his hand.
Wei Zhongxian twisted his hands and found three more. He smiled and said, "Okay, our family will tell Mr. Luo that as long as your Tiger Flag is not a bandit, then everything will be fine."
"Thank you, father-in-law." Wang bowed and saluted.
This is all he can do.
Wei Zhongxian lowered the curtain of the sedan chair and said to the bearer, "Get up and go to Lord Luo's house."
The little eunuch carrying a lantern walked two steps in front of the sedan to lead the way. The two bearers lifted the sedan and followed behind.
After watching Wei Zhongxian's sedan go away, Wang Zizi returned to the shop, asked the waiter to block the door, and went to the backyard.
However, before he returned to the room, a young man came forward and asked in a low voice, "Wei Zhongxian came to you so late, has something happened?"
Wang Zizi whispered, "Go back to the room and talk."
The two men walked into the room together.
Wang himself used a fire to light the oil lamp on the table, walked around to the back of the table, sat down, and started grinding.
"Come on, tell me, what's going on?" The young man looked a little anxious.
Wang Zizi said, "Soon, the Jin Yiwei will go to Datong to verify the evidence that our Tiger Flag is a bandit. I am writing a letter now. At dawn, you can arrange to send the letter to Lingqiu quickly. We must arrive before the Jin Yiwei arrives in Datong." Send the letter."
