Chapter 33 Copying corrupt officials and killing profiteers
Today, the Jinyiwei are no longer the disgraceful Jinyiwei in the eyes of the Fan family's servants. Moreover, the team in front of them is still the Prince's personal army, the East Palace Guards.
Yan Xiongying gave the order, and dozens of soldiers from the East Palace Guards immediately stepped forward, preparing to throw the torches in their hands onto the roof of the Fan family trading house.
What Zhu Cihong wanted was the money and food from the Fan Family Trading Company. Of course, the East Palace Guards would not really burn down the Fan Family Trading Company, but how could the Fan family servants know the truth?
Seeing that Jin Yiwei really wanted to burn down the Fan family business, the head servant was shocked and shouted hurriedly:
"Wait a minute, this is the Fan family business. Do you know the consequences of a fire? We will open the door immediately for you to search. If you can't find the suspect, the Fan family will never give up."
The captain of the servant hurriedly sent someone to notify Fan Jian, the shopkeeper of the Fan family, and at the same time ordered the servant to open the heavy iron door of the firm with weapons in hand.
The big iron door slowly opened, and twenty or thirty Fan family servants stood in front of the door with swords and guns. Yan Xiongying waved his hand, and the East Palace Guards immediately prepared to rush into the door.
A loud shout for the first servant:
"Stop, you can only go in and search with two people..."
Yan Xiongying smiled coldly:
"Get out of the way, or I'll kill you without mercy!"
The servants of the Fan family were not afraid of the Jinyi guards at all. They held their weapons tightly and glared angrily at the East Palace guards, seemingly showing no intention of giving in.
"kill"
Yan Xiongying gave an order, and fifty rifled guns instantly spurted out anger:
"Bang bang..."
The servants of the Fan family never expected that the Jin Yiwei would shoot and kill without any explanation. In the past, the commander of the Jin Yiwei, Luo Yangxing, was polite to their shopkeeper.
As a burst of gunfire rang out, more than twenty of the Fan family's servants fell down in an instant. The remaining servants were frightened and urinated, trying to close the door in a hurry.
"Bang bang..."
How could the East Palace Guards give them a chance to close the door? Another burst of gunfire rang out. Only two members of the Fan family escaped by hiding behind the door, while the others were all killed.
Seeing Jin Yiwei entering the gate, the two men immediately knelt down and begged for mercy:
"Don't kill us, we know many secrets of the Fan family business..."
Yan Xiongying ordered the door to be closed tightly and no one was allowed to leave. Then he looked at the two servants kneeling at his feet:
"Do you know where the grain depot and warehouse of Fan Family Trading Company are?"
The two hurriedly kowtowed like chickens pecking at rice:
"I know where the grain depot is, but the storekeeper who keeps the gold and silver really doesn't know..."
Although the Fan family trading house is large, it will definitely not be able to store all the grain they transport from the south. Yan Xiongying knows that there are grain depots in other places, but the specific location is unknown.
"Ma Wu, take two small banner men to control the Fan family's granary, and the others will follow me to ransack the house!"
Seeing that the two knew the location of the grain depot, Yan Xiongying let them go for the time being and immediately led people into the backyard of the Fan family trading house.
"Something bad happened to the young master. Jin Yiwei forced his way into the business..."
Fan Jiannai, the shopkeeper of the trading house, was Fan Yongdou's nephew. He was sleeping with Gangna's concubine in his tenth room when he was suddenly woken up by his servant. He was furious:
"What's the name of the ghost? Jin Yiwei dares to break into my Fan family business. Just blow them away..."
The boy was losing his temper when he suddenly heard the sound of a firecracker. He was shocked and opened the quilt and was about to get up, but his concubine hugged his neck:
"Sir, if you just feel something, don't leave..."
Fan Jian hurriedly pushed away his concubine’s hand:
"Don't worry, honey, I'll go take a look and come back..."
"Bang..."
Before Fan Jian finished speaking, there was a loud bang and the door was kicked open, and then a group of armored guards in bullfighting uniforms rushed into the room.
"ah……"
The concubine screamed and hurriedly pulled the quilt to cover her body.
Seeing the Jinyi guards barging in, Fan Jian calmed down. He pointed at the East Palace guards and yelled:
"You... you are so lawless that you even forced your way into a house. You must ask Luo Yangxing for an explanation tomorrow!"
The soldiers in front moved to both sides, and Yan Xiongying stepped forward to Fan Jian's bed. He smiled and stretched out his hand to lift up the quilt and took a look:
"What a pity! Luo Yangxing has already gone to hell. I'll let you meet in hell in two days and win!"
"you……"
Before he could talk any more nonsense, the soldiers from the East Palace Guard tied him up without any explanation. Just as Fan Jiang was about to scream, a soldier reached out and grabbed his concubine's underwear and stuffed it into Fan Jian's mouth.
"Search your home and kill those who disobey on the spot!"
"yes"
After receiving the order, the East Palace Guards immediately started to take action. They quickly turned the Fan family business and Fan Jian's back house upside down, and soon found a secret door behind a painting in Fan Jian's bedroom.
"Sir, there is a secret door here."
Yan Xiongying was overjoyed:
"Smash it open!"
"yes"
Two soldiers forced open the secret door in front of Fan Jian and got in. They quickly came out of the secret door and stammered:
"Sir... there is nothing else in there..."
Yan Xiongying's heart suddenly sank. Did Fan Jian transfer all the gold and silver to other places so quickly?
Just when Yan Xiongying was confused, another soldier pushed away his companion who was blocking the front and said:
"Sir, the two cows are stammering. There is nothing else inside but only gold, silver and jewelry!"
Yan Xiongying finally let go of his hanging heart and went up to give Little Stutter a slap:
"Don't talk anymore if you don't speak fluently. I'll be shocked!"
"Hahaha……"
The other soldiers couldn't help laughing when they saw this.
At this time, Fan Jian was paralyzed on the ground. He finally figured out that these guards were here for his money, and they were destined to be doomed today.
Yan Xiongying led a group of soldiers into the secret door and immediately discovered that it was an underground warehouse. There were mountains of gold and silver stacked in the warehouse, as well as dizzying jewelry, antiques, calligraphy and paintings.
Yan Xiongying saw the eyes of all his subordinates shining brightly, and worried that they were hiding valuable gold and silver items, he said loudly:
"Brothers, no one is allowed to access the contents without permission. Offenders will be killed without mercy! Let's see if we can find the ledger!"
Before Yan Xiongying finished speaking, a soldier found three notebooks in the hole in the wall. He grabbed them and looked at them. Unfortunately, he was illiterate, so he shouted to Yan Xiongying:
"Sir, there are several ledgers here."
Yan Xiongying immediately took the notebook, opened it and found that it was really an account book, and hurriedly opened the other two notebooks. One of the notebooks was an eye-opener for Yan Xiongying.
Yan Xiongying immediately beamed:
"Let me go, this account book is amazing. I clearly remember the amount of money they gave to corrupt officials. It actually reached more than two million taels..."
While Yan Xiongying was inspecting the Fan family business, other profiteer grain stores were inspected one by one by the Donggong Guards in Jin Yiwei bullfighting uniforms, and the responsible persons were imprisoned in Zhao Prison.
Almost at the same time, the door of Chen Yan's house, the head of the Hanlin Academy, was violently opened by the Jin Yiwei. Just as Ding, the servant of Chen's house, tried to resist, he was swarmed by the Jin Yiwei and chopped into pieces.
"Something bad happened to me. Jin Yiwei ransacked my house..."
"What? It doesn't make sense. Take me to see it quickly..."
After receiving the news, Chen Yan was furious and immediately rushed to the front yard. On the way, he met Li Ruolian, the commander of the Jin Yiwei, and Chen Yan suddenly cursed:
"What a brave man. Li Ruolian dared to break into Chen at night. What does your house mean? I will definitely give you a copy tomorrow..."
Li Ruolian smiled lightly and said:
"Lord Chen, I am inspecting the Chen Mansion by order of the Crown Prince, read!" I like the Ming Dynasty, and the prosperous age started from the Prince Supervising the country. Please collect it: (https://www.myxls.net) The Ming Dynasty, the prosperous age started from the Prince Supervising the country. Search and read novel network updates
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