It was the last year of Chenghua in Ming Dynasty and early autumn.
Fusi, Jinyiwei North Town, the capital, outside the gate of the imperial edict.
A bandit song drifted out from the imperial prison: "One hundred thousand mountains are high and high, I put a poker in my waist. If any girl doesn't marry me, lock up four doors and set the fire on fire!"
Twenty-year-old General Banner Chang Feng raised his head impatiently and said to a prison captain: "Why haven't you cut out the tongue of that Guangxi rebel bandit leader? He sings and sings all day long. It's hard to hear that the tiger is eating it." No more food!”
Having said that, Chang Feng felt that this gangster song was quite bold in his heart. The rebel leader lived a more free and easy life than he, who was always cautious and cautious.
Chang Feng is handsome and tall, and his flying fish suit shows his high status.
Only one hundred households in Jin Yiwei are qualified to wear flying fish and embroidered spring. It must be an extraordinary reward for Chang Feng, a general bannerman, to receive this honor.
At this moment, he was sitting on a chair at the entrance of the prison. In front of him is a dog named "Huzi". There was an iron basin in front of Huzi.
The dog food in the iron basin was luxurious and rare. It was fine lamb meat wrapped in silver foil as thin as a cicada.
In medical science, silver foil has the effects of calming the nerves, calming convulsions, and calming epilepsy when consumed by humans. It would be too much of a luxury to feed a dog.
Chang Feng touched Hu Zi's head: "Eat quickly. Eat enough and you can work with me later."
Chang Feng is responsible for searching homes in Fusi, Beizhen.
He is a typical descendant of a declining noble family. His ancestor was granted the title of Marquis of Jin'an during the Yongle period.
Unfortunately, four generations later, Chang Feng was already a collateral lineage, and his title had nothing to do with him.
Three years ago, Chang's father became seriously ill and spent his life savings to buy him a position as a guard. After finishing this matter, Chang's father died.
Chang Feng is like a fish in water in Jinyiwei. In three years, he was promoted from the strongman, school captain, and small flag to the general flag. Upgraded almost every year.
Chang Feng's partner, Xiaoqi Xu Guangzuo, who weighed more than 200 kilograms, came over.
Fatty Xu squatted down next to Chang Feng and stroked Huzi: "Master Chang, among all the dogs in the world, there is no better food than Huzi! Every now and then he eats lamb meat wrapped in silver foil. Tsk tsk, I'm even envious of it. tight."
Chang Feng smiled and scolded: "If you can use your nose to help me find the stolen silver in the prisoner's residence, I will also ask Zhu Zhen to ask Envoy Zhu Zhen to pay for it and give you silver foil."
Fatty Xu curled his mouth and said, "Shit. Fatty, I'm afraid I won't be able to poop after eating too much silver foil. I have to trouble Master Chang to use chopsticks to help me get out."
Chang Feng and Fatty Xu are similar in age and have very good tempers. Although they are superiors and subordinates, they are as close as brothers. Being together all day is just a joke.
But Fatty Xu’s identity is much higher than Chang Feng. He is the fifth-generation grandson of King Xu Da of Zhongshan and the crown prince of Duke Dingguo. If his father dies one day, Fatty Xu will become a serious Duke of Ming Dynasty.
This is a fat man of noble status.
Compared to Fatty Xu, Chang Feng has no peer and can only rely on his own efforts to get promoted.
Chang Feng suddenly stopped smiling: "Fat man, I heard that the Secretary has a big errand for our two brothers today."
Fatty Xu chewed his teeth and said, "Are you going to dig big holes everywhere again and eat the dirt and ashes?"
Treat the "big errand". Chang Feng and Fatty Xu have completely different attitudes.
Chang Feng likes to run big errands. Because it can make great achievements. Only by making great achievements can one be promoted step by step and reach a high position. He wouldn't have to endure the shame of having his engagement broken off.
Fatty Xu has a title to inherit and has no interest in meritorious service. Big errands usually mean carrying a hoe and digging three feet into the ground to find the prisoner's property, which makes him disgraced.
Compared to working on cases, Fatty Xu preferred to stay in the duty room and take a nap, and when he got off work, he went to Rouge Street in the south of the city to touch the butts of beautiful sisters.
Chang Feng gave a bitter smile: "Fat man, you are really a blessed person. You are also the ancestor of the good deeds. You will be reincarnated, and you will be reincarnated in the direct lineage, but I am in the collateral lineage."
"You can live a lifetime of prosperity and wealth just by lying down. But I have to grit my teeth and climb up."
Chang Feng told the truth.
In order to live up to his late father’s expectations;
In order for my sister to marry into a good family in the future;
In order not to be assigned to the children's table during the Chang family's ancestor worship banquet... he had to work hard in the royal guards and rise to the top!
Chang Feng and Fatty Xu chatted casually.
Zhu Ji, the envoy of Beizhen, came over: "Chang Feng, Xu Guangzuo. Pass the order to Commander Jun - order you two to be responsible for searching the residence of Cai Zhong, the left servant of the Ministry of Household Affairs. At least 30,000 taels of silver must be copied."
This order is a bit strange.
At that time, the Ming Dynasty still implemented strict customs and sea closures. There has not been a large inflow of overseas silver. In addition, the Chenghua Dynasty was in decline and finances were tight. Thirty thousand taels of silver is a huge astronomical figure.
The Jin Yiwei ransacked the house and paid attention to "leaving not a single penny". All the criminal's property must be found and confiscated.
However, when has there ever been a situation where the amount of stolen money was first determined and then someone was sent to search the house?
What if the stolen silver from Shilang Cai’s family doesn’t amount to thirty thousand taels?
Zhu Ji added: "If the stolen silver is found to be less than 30,000 taels, it will be a disadvantage for you two. Hand over your belt and expel Jin Yiwei."
Chang Feng took a breath of cold air. Among the Jinyi Guards, the commander Jun Ling is Tian. Never kidding. To say expulsion means to expel.
If he gives up his badge and gets out, his three years of hard work will be in vain.
He could only comfort himself: in today's court, from the "Two Father-in-laws of Aphrodisiacs" in the ceremonial department, to the "Paper-made Three Pavilion Elders" in the Cabinet, to the six "Clay Sculptures of Six Ministers", and the "Xiniaodu" of the Metropolitan Procuratorate. "Censor"...all of them are corrupt and bribery-minded.
The upper beam is not straight and the lower beam is crooked, and the officials at all levels below are also showing their magical powers in making money.
Cai Shilang, who had just committed suicide in prison due to fear of crime, was in charge of the household department and was in charge of Cangchang, Salt Affairs and Baoquan.
Everything is a fat and oily job. He himself is quite greedy for fame. It shouldn't be difficult to be greedy for thirty thousand taels, right?
Zhu Ji threw a driving sticker to Chang Feng. Chang Feng had sharp eyes and quick hands, so he caught it with both hands and held it in front of his chest.
The driving sticker is Jin Yiwei's voucher for handling the case. This is needed to arrest people and search homes. Equivalent to the arrest warrant and search warrant of the Ming Dynasty.
After Zhu Ji left, Chang Feng went to the check-in room and changed out of his colorful Feiyu suit into a work-ready suit.
He ordered all fifty of his men. They arrived at the mansion of Minister Cai in great force.
The area around Cai Mansion has been completely surrounded by soldiers from the Ministry of Punishment and the Wucheng Army and Horses Division. Just waiting for the people from Jinyiwei to come and check.
Fatty Xu dismounted and glanced at Cai Mansion: "Hey, what a decent mansion."
Chang Feng said: "That's right. 'Twelve departments in the two capitals, the most popular is the Hu Bu'. Cai Zhong is the deputy minister of the Hu Bu, so his house is naturally the same."
The commander of the Beicheng Army and Horses Department at the door came to greet him and bowed his hands respectfully: "Master Chang, are you here to ransack your home?"
The commander of the Military and Horse Division is the sixth grade military attache. The general banner of Jinyiwei is the seventh rank military attache.
However, the conductor wanted to be polite to Chang Feng and address him as "Master". Who made Jin Yiwei the emperor's domestic slave?
Chang Feng showed his driving sticker to the commander, and then led Hu Zi and fifty of his men into the Cai Mansion.
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