Sir, my wife is pretending to be innocent again

Mrs. Zhang was unlucky. As soon as she delivered the ransom of 300,000 taels, the kidnappers ran away and swallowed the money before running away. Of course, Zhang Dewen was knocked unconscious and thrown on the official road. Mavericks When the general took the people there, they were still lying on the roadside, and the two grandsons of Qiu Shoufu's family were also lying together.

General Maverick and his men conducted a pretentious search, and the emperor was not idle either. Before General Maverick returned, he began to spread the news, saying that he loved the people like his own son. After learning about this, he had already sent people to suppress the bandits, so that the people would not need to panic.

The people were naturally grateful again, and Cheng Daqi, with mixed feelings in his heart, respectfully presented the business road that the Cheng family caravan had worked so hard to come out of.

"Yesterday, the people below sent this road up, and Wei Chen was very happy. With this road, the grassland to the north will be much closer, and the road will be easier to walk, and the exchange of goods on both sides will become smoother. , Wei Chen’s second brother has sent people to start preparing the goods, and he will be accompanied by the escort to go again. If it can be used again, other merchants on this road can also use it in the future."

In the eyes of merchants, the opening of a business road is a steady stream of wealth, but in the eyes of the emperor, it has a different value. At the same time, he also knows that the opening of a business road often comes at a great price, and he will not tell outsiders easily. He is very satisfied with Cheng Daqi. He knows the current affairs well and knows the purpose of sending him here at this moment.

"A great weapon, I have always relied on you, and you have not let me down. I am very relieved."

"Your father-in-law is also a good man. I heard that his son and grandson have gone to work under the Niu family to serve the country. Please bring him a message for me. He can convert from bandits and become a good citizen, and he has also trained a good son for our court. I They all see it and hope that he will continue to serve the country with his children and grandchildren."

Cheng Daqi quickly knelt down and kowtowed, "I would like to express my gratitude to my father-in-law for the emperor's love. I will definitely convey that my father-in-law has done his best to share the emperor's worries."

The emperor nodded with satisfaction. When Cheng Daqi exited the imperial study, the sweat on his back flowed down his back, soaking his clothes. After leaving the palace, he climbed into the carriage and exhaled heavily in the carriage. This pass was enough. After a while, the Cheng family and the Xiao family will completely become the sword in the emperor's hands, especially the Xiao family. It is not known whether the emperor will send any more errands.

When he told Xiao Zhanpeng the news, Xiao Zhanpeng felt very regretful. Why did he come to the capital so well?

I knew it was not easy to get along in the capital, but I didn't expect it to be so dangerous, and I almost got my whole family involved.

"That's all. It's a danger but also an opportunity. The plan for now is to keep that matter in mind and then let the emperor do what he wants."

Fortunately, no one else in the Xiao family knew about this except him. Even his old buddy only knew that he was doing it to make money and didn't know that the mastermind was the emperor.

"The six hundred thousand taels are in the mountain col. Let's send a message to the young generals of the Niu family."

Cheng Daqi stood up and bowed his hands, "I'm sorry for this."

Xiao Zhanpeng glared at him angrily, "I'm sorry, what else can I do?"

"Be kind to my poor daughter in the future, it will work better than anything else."

General Mavericks came back in the evening, bringing back the 300,000 taels from the Qi family, the 300,000 taels that Mrs. Zhang had just sent out this morning, and three unlucky guys who had woken up.

When Mrs. Zhang saw her youngest son, she hugged her and cried for a while, and then asked General Xiao Niu for her ransom of 300,000 taels. General Xiao Niu took the money into the palace without even giving him a look, and handed it over to him. The emperor.

"The kidnappers got wind of the incident and ran away early, leaving behind a ransom of 600,000 taels. The general has brought it all back."

The emperor said 'hmm' and said, "Send this ransom to the Ministry of Household Affairs and add it to the national treasury."

He felt very emotional in his heart, thinking that this method would make money quickly, and if the follow-up wasn't too troublesome, he would still want to continue doing it. General Maverick was used to doing this kind of thing, so he turned around and went about his business without saying a word.

The next day, there was more news in the tea house, "If you say that the Zhang family is secretly a wealthy family, Mr. Zhang spent 80,000 taels without blinking an eye on Liu in Firework Alley earlier, and this time he spent another 300,000 li to redeem him. , how much money does the Zhang family have?"

"It's hard to say that these officials are very good."

These news usually spread quickly to the whole process. The Zhang family knew that it was bad, but this was not the time to complain about Mrs. Zhang and her son, so they immediately chose to release the secrets of each family in their hands, and the appearance of which family. My brother and his cousin got together, and the cousin got pregnant and married another successor;

Whose family secretly raises a foreign wife, who is also the biological sister of the head of the family? Compared with how the Zhang family's money came from, the common people obviously prefer to listen to the gossip of the high family, and soon no one is interested in the Zhang family. .

Although the rumors have been suppressed, the emperor has instructed the imperial censor to formally impeach Mr. Zhang for corruption. A large amount of money in the government has come from improper sources. The emperor has people to thoroughly investigate the Zhang family on the grounds that there is a lot of public opinion outside and he wants to give an account to the people.

"I just said it's impossible for him to see such a big piece of fat and not bite it."

Mr. Cheng was at odds with his elder brother again, "You get the money, you get the people, you get the reputation, that's it."

He gave a thumbs up.

"Brother, we have to be more careful in the future."

As the head of the family, he knew how much wealth the Cheng family had. If one day the emperor was extremely hungry, he would not be sure that he would have any thoughts about them.

Cheng Daqi reassured him that he wouldn't do it for the time being, "How is it possible to kill a person when he shoots a bow without an arrow to turn back?"

"The scientific examination is coming soon, and a large number of officials will come out at that time. Many people's positions will also be moved. One Zhang family cannot satisfy his appetite, so he needs three or five. After all, he has tasted the sweetness, and he can still Knock on the mountain and shake the tiger, make the people below to be honest for a while, and you can win more good reputation."

He is a businessman and can best understand people's hearts. The emperor has tasted the sweetness of making huge profits, and I am afraid that he will be on the road to punishing corruption this year.

Mr. Cheng gave his brother a thumbs up, "Then let's work hard and see how the situation turns out."

At this moment, the father and son of the Yuan family were also whispering about this matter. Yuan Pei saw the clues from the six hundred thousand taels. Why did the kidnapper get the money without spending a penny, and didn't take any with it when he ran away?

"I'm afraid it's just a thief shouting "Catch the thief."

Yuan Su lowered his head to sip the tea, "Zhang Dewen should have known that he would be poor after spending the eighty thousand taels. The head of the family is so flamboyant even though he has no deep background. He should be remembered."

"Last year, after the Qiu Cao family was raided, every family tried to persuade him not to continue. Now this step is actually a good one. A plan can be used to open the hole. This time, once the hole is opened, each family has nothing to do. It's about sacrificing some people, and speaking of it, everything can be gained with one blow."