The days when I ransacked the house in Jinyiwei

Chapter 189 Jade Craftsman Liu Jinpeng

Chang Feng has a confidant Hundred Households in Jinyiwei, which belongs to Nanzhen Fusi.This hundred households is composed of Tujia men in Xiangxi Lane.

These Tujia men have long been trained to be good at assassination, torture, and stalking.

Chang Feng found their leader, Baihu Basha, and explained to him so and so.

Afterwards, Chang Feng summoned members of Jinyiwei from thousands of households and above.

The action of scaring the grass and scaring the snake has officially started.

Chang Feng said: "Everyone, there is an inner ghost in Jinyiwei!"

Everyone was in an uproar.

The yamen, which specializes in secret errands, is most taboo to have ghosts.Because of everything, I am afraid of ghosts.

Chang Feng carefully observed everyone's expressions.

Most people are surprised.As for Black Maitreya, Zhao Xiangfo had a calm expression on his face.

There may be two reasons for his calmness: First, he has experienced too many storms and waves in these years, and the mountain collapsed before him, but his color did not change.He has no ghosts in his heart.

Second, he is pretending to be calm.

Chang Feng said: "Everyone, Jin Yiwei should have been an iron gate bolt. Now there is an inner ghost, and it is me, a fellow leftist, who is in command."

"But I can tell you all. I have already found out who the inner ghost is. And I have the ironclad evidence that he eats inside and outside."

"The ghost in my limit will come to me and surrender to me before noon tomorrow. I will spare his life because he has served Wei Li for many years."

"If you don't turn yourself in after noon tomorrow, don't blame me for not caring about Pao Ze's feelings!"

Qian Ning said angrily: "Master Chang, that man has betrayed Jin Yiwei, how can you show him any favor?"

"Who did you say that man was. I skinned him!"

Qian Ning has always been known for being violent and heartless in Weizhong.

In order to avoid suspicion, Shi Wenyi said loudly, "Master Qian will skin that man, and I will wash that man with salt water!"

Chang Feng pressed his hands and signaled for everyone to be quiet: "Everyone, the ghost. That inner ghost has extremely deep experience in Weizhong. He has made meritorious service for the court, shed blood, and suffered."

"I believe that he was just confused this time."

"At noon tomorrow, I'll wait for him to turn himself in at the duty room. Alright, let's leave first."

The startling was over, and everyone left.

Zhang Yong took the jade horse to Jinyiwei and found Chang Feng.

Among the eunuchs in the inner palace, Zhang Yong belonged to the low-key but powerful category.

Xiao Jing also served as the seal of the imperial horse supervisor.But Xiao Jing didn't understand the military strategy, so all the affairs of the Yuma Supervisor were handed over to Zhang Yong.

Zhang Yong is the eunuch of the [-]th Regiment Battalion, and he is in charge of [-] regiments.

Although he is a eunuch, he was born with a strong martial arts, good at riding and shooting, good at military strategy, and quite brave.

Wang Shu and Ma Wensheng, the two civil servants leading the army, spoke highly of Zhang Yong and called him "Zhang Yong".

Zhang Yong has a close friend named Yang Yiqing.

Zhang Yong was tall and burly, if he was not wearing eunuch uniform, others would have thought he was a general.

He put the jade horse on the table: "This is the jade horse that Eunuch Li found from under Liu Jin's bed in Kunning Palace."

Chang Feng picked up the jade horse and took a look, only to see that the bottom of the jade horse was engraved with "Xie Qian, the lackey under the door, presents the inner minister with respect".

Zhang Yong stopped talking.

Chang Feng put down the jade horse and asked respectfully, "What advice does Eunuch Zhang have?"

Zhang Yongdao: "I know a little about Xie Qian. His mouth is broken. But he is always a proud and virtuous minister. I don't think he will make friends with treacherous eunuchs."

"Please be sure to find out the origin of this jade horse. Don't wrong the virtuous minister."

Zhang Yong is quite a virtuous official.He is greedy for money and also for power.This is a common problem of eunuchs, or it is a common problem of people.

But he always maintained a trace of integrity in his bones, and he didn't want to see Xie Qian being wronged for no reason.

Chang Feng said: "Eunuch Zhang, don't worry. Everything will be revealed in the morning tomorrow."

After sending Zhang Yong away, Chang Feng told Fatty Xu: "Go to my house again and call your little sister-in-law."

Fatty Xu asked, "Why are you calling my sister-in-law?"

Chang Feng pointed to the jade horse: "When it comes to appraising jade wares, your sister-in-law is an expert. When she was a dealer in selling stolen goods, she handled not only five hundred but three hundred good jade wares."

Half an hour later, Mrs. Ninth twisted her waist and swung her hips into Jinyiwei.

She is already a woman in the age of a tiger and a wolf, and she is becoming more and more beautiful.

A school lieutenant guarding the gate was full of vigor, couldn't help but look at her a few more times, and stood up slightly to show his respect.

The general flag next to him lowered his voice and scolded him: "Don't look at what you shouldn't. Be careful, Master Chang picked out your eyeballs as a cannon."

Madam Nine came to Chang Feng's room.

Chang Feng frowned: "Come to Jinyiwei in the future and change into men's clothes. Your brothers dressed in Weili are all full-blooded, and seeing them have nosebleeds."

Mrs. Nine said: "Xu Shizi said that you are in a hurry to find me. I don't have time to change clothes. Tell me, what is the urgent matter."

Chang Feng put the jade horse in front of Mrs. Ninth: "Take a look at where this jade horse came from?"

As soon as the experts make a move, they will know if there is any.

Madam Nine has worked as a dealer in selling stolen goods in the capital for so many years, and she has always been familiar with antiques and jade wares.

She praised first: "The jade is the best Burmese jade. Not to mention the carving, this piece of jade is worth at least six or seven hundred taels of silver."

Chang Feng said: "It is said that this jade horse was bought by Xie Qian in the 16th year of Chenghua and given to Shang Ming."

Ninth Madam shook her head when she heard the words: "Nonsense. It has been 16 years since the 15th year of Chenghua. How can this jade horse be 15 years old? It was carved recently."

Chang Feng asked, "How do you see it?"

As if she was on the boudoir bed, Mrs. Ninth pulled Chang Feng's middle finger and placed Chang Feng's middle finger on the line of words on the base.

Mrs. Nine asked: "Can you try it out? It's still a little tricky. If the lettering was made 15 years ago, the lettering would have become warm and smooth."

Chang Feng's old face flushed: "Well, it's really a bit harsh, not as gentle and smooth as yours."

Ninth Madam gave Chang Feng a blank look: "Did you ask me to do business, or to vent your anger?"

Chang Feng said with a smile: "Of course it's business. You are Mrs. Laoru. You continue."

Mrs. Ninth talked eloquently: "It's not just the lettering. The whole jade horse is also newly carved. If it is a jade piece from 15 years ago, it will be more or less colorful."

"But this jade horse doesn't have any color at all. It means it's a new creation."

Chang Feng asked: "Can you tell where this jade horse came from?"

The Ninth Madam looked carefully at the jade horse again, and then said: "I can tell which jade craftsman in the capital made it."

Chang Feng quickly asked, "Which jade craftsman?"

Ninth Madam looked at Chang Feng with almond-shaped eyes and said, "You have to promise tonight."

Chang Feng said: "I don't think it will be done tonight. I don't know when it will be finished. Tomorrow night, at least twice tomorrow night, how about it?"

Madam Ninth stretched out her hand: "Let's make an oath by high-fiving."

Mrs. Ninth has been the wife of a high-ranking official for so many years, but she still hasn't changed her habits in the world, and she likes to high-five oaths.

Chang Feng clapped her hands with her, and made an agreement on the important event of spreading branches and leaves tomorrow night.

Mrs. Nine talked eloquently: "Jade making techniques are nothing more than cutting, learning, carving, and grinding. We usually say 'learning from each other' and 'studying and grinding'. These two words originated from jade making. "

"And the technique used by this jade horse is very peculiar. It's called the double-hook grinding technique."

After speaking, Madam Nine pointed to the jade horse: "Look at this engraving, it is as thin as a gossamer, flowing like hair. There is no trace of stagnation. This is a typical double-hook grinding method."

"The double-hook grinding method began in the Han Dynasty. Now, laymen say it has been lost."

"Actually, it's not. There is an ingenious jade craftsman in the capital who can skillfully use the double-hook grinding method."

Chang Feng said: "Who the hell is it? What a good Xiaojiu! Good man! You are so anxious to death."

Mrs. Nine poked Chang Feng's forehead with her finger: "Look at how anxious you are. What I know is that you are asking me the name of the jade craftsman. Those who don't know think that you are going to punish me on the spot!"

"That's all, I'm not going to give it away. The jade craftsman's name is Liu Jinpeng, nicknamed 'Old Carving Knife'. He is the master craftsman of Deshengyuan Jade Ware in Beicheng."

"At the earliest time, he worked as a jade craftsman in the Ministry of Industry. The boss of Deshengyuan gave him a generous gift to the head of the Manufacturing Office of the Ministry of Industry in order to find him in his own home."

Chang Feng said: "Okay. Xiao Jiu, you go back first. Fatty Xu, come in!"

Fatty Xu entered the worthy room.

Chang Feng said: "Let's go, let's go to Beicheng Deshengyuan Jade Shop."

Fatty Xu was puzzled: "Why, did you stop investigating the ghost?"

Chang Feng said: "The ghost needs to be investigated. But it has to wait until he can't bear his temper and show his feet."

"Let's find out the origin of this jade horse first. Help Xie Qian clear his name."

The two of them led fifty warriors and brought their jade horses to Deshengyuan Jade Shop in Beicheng.

Boss Gao of the jade shop saw the two men in flying fish suits, and hurriedly greeted them personally.

Chang Feng cut to the chase and asked Fatty Xu to lift the silk cloth wrapped on the jade horse: "Boss Gao, do you know this jade horse?"

Boss Gao took a closer look: "If I remember correctly, this piece of Burmese jade should come from our jade shop."

"But those who come to buy are buying materials, not finished products."

Chang Feng asked: "Who bought it?"

Boss Gao smiled wryly: "My lord, most of the people who buy this kind of high-quality jade in the capital are gifts from officials and family members. How dare I inquire about the name."

"Huh? Weird!"

Chang Feng asked: "Where is the blame?"

Boss Gao replied: "But look at the carving of this jade horse, which is the craftsmanship of our master Liu here. Could it be that he is doing private work behind my back?"

Chang Feng asked: "Are you talking about Liu Jinpeng?"

Boss Gao replied: "Exactly."

Chang Feng ordered: "Call him here."

Boss Gao smiled wryly: "He should be in Yihonglou in the south of the city now!"

Chang Feng frowned: "The Paoyi Red House in broad daylight? How can there be such a master? You, the boss, don't care?"

Boss Gao explained: "A person with great ability has a big temper and many problems. He used to like to ask questions. It's just that he has limited money, so he always goes to lowly places like Liuying Lane."

"I don't know what kind of evil money he made in the past two days. He has a lot of money and spends every day in Yihong Building."

"I heard from his junior brother that all the girls he called were red card girls."

Chang Feng and Fatty Xu looked at each other: "Oh, it seems that people are innocent and rich, and horses have no night grass and are not fat."

"Let's go, let's go to your place, Yihonglou!"

Chang Feng and the others came to Yihong Building like runners in a dream game of later generations.

As Chang Feng said, the Eight Classics of Yihonglou is Fatty Xu's territory.

Sai Tanghong is on good terms with Fatty Xu, and has also served the two Xiao Guo uncles.With these backers, no one dared to mess with Yihonglou these years, and the business grew bigger and bigger.

Sai Tanghong simply let Fatty Xu become a stakeholder.

If you have dry stocks, you will naturally have to pay dividends.The head of Sai is a good abacus, and the "dividend" to Fatty Xu is to sleep with her and the girls in the building for free.

Seeing Chang Feng and Fatty Xu coming, Sai Tanghong enthusiastically changed their boots in person.

Sai Tanghong smiled and said, "Master Chang is a rare visitor. He hasn't been here for several months."

"I haven't been here for several months" means that I have been here before.

Sai Tanghong said this in front of Chang Feng's wrestlers, which made him a little embarrassed.Chang Feng turned back to make amends: "Ah, I have always been here for business."

"I have an official business today. Is a jade craftsman named Liu Jinpeng here with you? Nicknamed Old Kedao?"

Sai Tanghong nodded: "It's in the elegant room of Xiazihao on the second floor. I asked for two girls at a time, Yiyuan and Qian'er."

Fatty Xu is very knowledgeable, and quickly said: "He is so generous. Yiyuan and Qian'er are the most expensive in the whole Yihong Building. The two of them staying overnight will add up to 200 taels of silver!"

Chang Feng said: "It seems that this guy is really rich. Come on, go and invite him outside the Yihong Building."

"Master Sai, I'm sorry to disturb your business."

Not long after, several wrestlers pushed an obese middle-aged man with a fleshy face and a mole under his nose out of the Yihong Building.

The matter was urgent, so Chang Feng asked him to take him into an alley for interrogation on the spot.

Chang Feng pointed to the flying fish suit on his body: "Do you know him?"

Liu Jinpeng used to work in the Manufacturing Office of the Ministry of Industry, so he has some knowledge.He replied: "Yes. Wearing the flying fish suit, the adults are either Jinyiwei, or the commander in chief of the army or the chief soldier of the border town."

"Looking at your age, you should not be handsome, but Jin Yiwei."

Chang Feng smiled and said, "You are quite knowledgeable. Let me ask you, have you carved a jade horse in the past few days?"

Liu Jinpeng's complexion changed, and he remained silent.

Chang Feng said: "Heh, pretending to be dumb in front of Jin Yiwei? Very good!"

Fatty Xu said from the side: "Master Chang, why don't you give him the big memory recovery technique on the spot?"

Chang Feng shook his head slightly.He leaned over and said to Liu Jinpeng, "I heard that you are the most lecherous."

"Don't you hear that the ancient sages said that sex is a steel knife that scrapes bones, wine is poison that pierces the intestines, and wealth is a tiger that descends from the mountain?"

"How many men can't achieve great things in their lifetime, but they are delayed by the subordinates!"

"I would like to help you achieve great things. Recently, the Shangbao Supervisor in the palace is recruiting eunuchs with jade making skills. They specialize in carving seals, imperial talismans, and seals."

"I'll eunuch you, how about sending you to Shangbao prison?"

Liu Jinpeng was so frightened that he trembled like a sieve: "My lord, please forgive me! I don't want to be a eunuch who is neither male nor female!"

Chang Feng said sternly: "Then make it clear, who asked you to carve the jade horse!"

Liu Jinpeng said a name: "My former boss, Liu Ping, head of the Manufacturing Office of the Ministry of Industry, asked me to carve the jade horse. He bought the material from Deshengyuan."

"He asked me to make it within two days. He gave me 500 taels of silver! He also told me to keep my mouth shut. He said that if the news leaked out, he would definitely make me look good."

Chang Feng frowned when he heard Liu Ping's name.

Liu Ping, nephew of Liu Zhang, Shangshu of the Ministry of Industry.

Li Guang took so much trouble to frame Li Dongyang and Xie Qian because he wanted to bring Liu Zhang into the cabinet.

This is the right number!

Chang Feng asked: "You also engraved the line of characters under the jade horse?"

Liu Jinpeng replied: "Master Liu Ping Liu asked me to engrave it."

Chang Feng said: "It's good to admit it! Fatty Xu, let's go back to the guard immediately. Stop by the Ministry of Industry opposite us and arrest Liu Ping and send him to prison."

The context of this planting case has become clearer.

(End of this chapter)