Wang Pu in the late Ming Dynasty

King Fu was stunned. After all, he was not a scheming person. He was not sure who was fooling him, so he said angrily: "Then I will kill him."

Wang Pu thought for a while and said: "It is unlucky to kill people without reason."

"Hmph, I will kill people if I want to, and I will kill whoever I want, without asking whether it is good or bad. Now, I want to kill people." King Fu pointed to the door and ordered his followers: "Go and catch a mother and daughter for me, and chop them up in the street outside the building."

King Fu's sword-carrying guards did not change their expressions and took the order to go out. Wang Pu was furious. This was a business occasion used by the Mongolian Colonial Company to attract investment. How could they let people kill passers-by casually for fun? Wouldn't it ruin the company's reputation in the business world?

"Stop it, we can talk it out." Wang Pu had to give in. This was why he hated the royal family. Since he came to the Ming Dynasty, he had never gotten any advantage in dealing with the royal family. Every one of them was lawless, mean, greedy and shameless. That was fine, the nobles of the Ming Dynasty were not much better. Anyway, you would get used to it after seeing it more often. But Wang Pu could not stand the royal family's dishonesty. Previously, Wang Yan bought land from a general to resettle disabled soldiers, but he paid the deposit, but the other party refused to pay. In the end, Wang Yan was helpless.

"What benefit will you give me then?"

"I'll give you a chandelier."

"Get out, get out, and kill those untouchables on the road."

"Two chandeliers."

"Not enough."

"Fuck, don't go too far. This thing is in short supply on the market, and even the palace doesn't have this treasure." Wang Pu said angrily, and he was so excited that he uttered the national curse of later generations.

"If there is one in the palace, I need to find you. You are the arrogant one. I have never seen such an arrogant noble son like you." Prince Fu glared at Wang Pu and snorted.

Wang Pu was not distressed about these things. In fact, the raw materials of glass chandeliers are very cheap. He was afraid that if he opened this hole, every member of the royal family would bother him in the future. At this moment, he could only look annoyed and said, "If I had known that I couldn't keep these treasures, I should have paid tribute to the emperor. It would be a benefit to please the emperor. What's the benefit of giving them to you?"

"You are stupid. Give me all these chandeliers and I will help you find a marriage." Prince Fu said.

Wang Pu was stunned and asked, "Are you talking about Princess Yuanbao?" Thinking about it, this is really not a loss. The key is that this thing is indeed very cheap, but who is Prince Fu? Does he keep his word? Wang Pu looked at Qian Qianyi who was eating melons on the side and asked, "Sir, why don't you come and be a witness."

"Uh, no, no, scholars like us are taboo to have close contact with relatives." Qian Qianyi shook his head and said, "Besides, who is the prince? You are still worried that he will break his promise. This is ignorant."

The King of Fu gave Qian Qianyi a look of approval, and then glared at Wang Pu and said, "Wu Fu, you dare to humiliate me, I will never let you go." After saying that, he slammed the table angrily, and his fat hands were shaken by the mahogany tabletop, and he gasped in pain.

At this time, the side door yelpedAs soon as the door opened, a white silk skirt with a pair of high heels appeared, she looked like a beautiful lady in the workplace. Wang Pu followed the sound and looked at her, he was surprised, this woman was just missing a pair of black stockings, she almost dreamed of modern times.

The Prince of Fu was stunned, he kept muttering, it was not decent. But his face was like a pig brother, he put his nose close, sniffed it, and smiled: "Why is this Yunluoxiang, I gave you Biyanxiang, why don't you use it."

"Your Highness Prince of Fu, you forgot, I threw Biyanxiang on the street a long time ago, and some kid picked it up." Wang Yan was like a rose with thorns, she was not polite to Prince of Fu at all.

The Prince of Fu didn't care, just smiled foolishly.

Wang Pu looked at this scene inexplicably, although Wang Yan was a little pretty, but Prince of Fu had no shortage of beautiful maids, why could she be controlled by her like this. He asked Qian Qianyi with his eyes again, and the latter smiled and stretched out his little finger to draw a stroke in the air. Wang Pu carefully pondered the stroke, which seemed to be two rare words. By the way, a woman like Wang Yan who holds the power of the army is really rare in the Ming Dynasty. Could it be that Prince Fu was attracted by this unique queen temperament.

"Even if I have everything. But I can't get this beauty, it's boring." Prince Fu's face was lonely and self-pitying.

"Master, let's go inside and talk." Wang Yan saluted Wang Pu.

"Yes." Wang Pu nodded. He still cared about the family of his benefactor. If he didn't try to rescue them, he would be tortured to death by this cruel Prince Fu. So he said to King Fu: "I will give ten chandeliers in exchange for the lives of the whole family. Bring them here and I will give you what you want."

King Fu stood up, stared at Wang Pu with his greasy eyes under the lamplight, and grinned: "This king almost fell into the trap. Your chandeliers are worthless, hehe."

Wang Pu was stunned, gritted his teeth secretly, forced his face to be normal, and smiled: "This business can't be done, then forget it, you kill them, I will have someone make a cenotaph, I have tried my best to be worthy of them, and you can't blame me if I can't save them."

"They want to die in my hands, how can they get such a good death, hehe, I will skin them alive and make leather bags, how about the styles you usually use, tut tut, I heard that the skin of the elderly is more resilient." King Fu laughed coldly.

Wang Pu's face froze, and the appearance of those benefactors who had long been blurred in his memory, sighed and said: "The world is like this, and I can't have everything I want. I think that in the future, when the world is in chaos, Henan will be repeatedly looted by government soldiers and bandits. They will still die, and they can't escape this fate. It's better to die early and be free." He could only comfort himself in this way, and then turned to go into the inner room.

"Wait, what are you talking about? What's going on in Henan? The bandit army is not in Luliang Mountain, how can it run to my Henan." Prince Fu hurriedly stopped Wang Pu, obviously very concerned about this matter.

"If I were a bandit, I would definitely go to Henan, just wait." Wang Pu saw the panic that Prince Fu could not hide, and immediately found the right prescription, and said: "I heard that Prince Fu has tens of millions of acres of land, most of which are in Henan. The bandit army has gone, this loss is not smallXiao, well, from now on, Prince Fu must be the poorest prince in the world. Our Princes Dai, Jin and Zhou will wake up laughing in their sleep, hahaha."

"No, you dare, if you dare to bring the bandits to my side, I will, go to the court to sue you, sue you."

"What are you suing me for? Will the King of Rebellion listen to me? Will the court believe you? This crime is too absurd. Prince Fu, you are not afraid of being ridiculed by the world."

"Damn it." Prince Fu was so angry that he actually pulled out the waist knife of his personal guard.

"Oh, no, no." Qian Qianyi hurried forward to stop him, but when he thought that he didn't have much meat, if he was stabbed, it would be too unjust, so he took another step back, just shaking his head and hands repeatedly, but his feet were fixed in place. He kept saying, "No, no. ”

Wang Pu looked at Prince Fu’s fat hand, holding the knife handle, the flesh couldn’t cover it, it was bigger than the knife’s guard, he couldn’t help but want to laugh, and said: “Prince, you don’t know how to use a knife, don’t cut yourself. ”

When Prince Fu saw Wang Pu’s fearless look, he remembered that Wang Pu was a military general, and was said to be a victorious general, so he did not dare to move forward. He did not know that Wang Pu was just a silver-plated spearhead. The reason why he was fearless was that he was lined with aluminum armor in his robe and hung a short gun on his waist. The waist knife in Prince Fu’s hand was a ceremonial knife used by the guards. It looked light and fluttering. Even if it hit him, it would only leave a shallow mark on the armor.

Seeing Prince Fu frowning and thinking, he thought he needed a step down, but Wang Pu underestimated Prince Fu. This guy was flexible and suddenly changed his smile and said, "Hehe, we can talk about it. We don’t have any big hatred. Why do you use any means to harm the people of the Central Plains? "After that, he put away his knife and sat down.

Wang Pu was stunned for a moment, then laughed and said, "I don't understand what the prince said, but we really have no grudges. This sentence is so true, I agree."

The face of Prince Fu twitched almost imperceptibly, but when he thought of the fate of the Prince Qin's mansion, he heard that the Prince Qin kept writing to the court, asking the emperor to marry his daughter to Wang Pu, and the reason was that the mansion had not seen meat for a long time, and he hoped that Wang Pu's betrothal money would subsidize the expenses of the mansion. The prince was so embarrassed that he sold his daughter. The emperor rebuked the Prince Qin for exaggerating, not sympathizing with the difficulties of the court, and being extravagant and unrestrained. Obviously, the salary issued by the court was never short of money, and it was used frugally, so how could it not be enough for expenses.

But Prince Fu knew that the Prince Qin might not be exaggerating. The vassal king had a big family and a big business. The rich and powerful were rich and had endless wealth, but the expenses were also extremely huge. The servants were like termites, and the amount of corruption was astonishing. The banditry was rampant in the fiefdom of the King of Qin. The land tax in the pass must have been halved, and prices soared. According to the King of Qin's self-defense, the price of meat in the pass has risen more than ten times. Because of the famine every year, the government did not allow local people to raise livestock or brew wine in order to save food. There was no meat or wine in the local area, so it could only be transported from Sichuan through the plank road thousands of miles away. The palace originally had 50,000 people, which meant that 500,000 people ate meat every meal. After ten years, even if there were mountains of gold and silver, the family assets would be empty.

How can the food, clothing, and daily necessities of tens of thousands of people in the palace be saved? If one is not well taken care of, it will cause trouble. For example, many treasures of the King of Qin were stolen by the thieves and sold outside. The King of Fu accidentally bought a string of jade Buddha beads from a merchant in the pass. As soon as he saw the water head, he knew that this thing was not an ordinary folk product, but very similar to the imperial tribute of the court. The merchant also said that he didn’t know where it came from. Because it was stolen goods, he was willing to sell it to the King of Fu at only 50% off. He was able to get such a rare treasure for 300,000 taels. At that time, the King of Qin was too unlucky, and he must not follow in his footsteps in the future.

When he heard that Wang Pu was going to drive the bandit army to the Central Plains, he was really panicked. He was the Prince of Fu, who had only been enfeoffed for less than ten years. The corvée labor of a province in the Central Plains was carried out day and night. In addition to the emperor's reward and the money and grain allocated by the court, all of them were used to build only half of the palace. It would still take another ten years to complete. His family background was so shallow. You know, once the bandit army was rampant, even the palace of the Prince of Qin, who was enfeoffed during the Hongwu period, could not last more than ten years. How many years could he last?

The atmosphere was much calmer. Seeing this, Qian Qianyi came forward and said a lot of good things to Prince Fu. Wang Pu quietly went into the back hall with Wang Yan, walked up a long staircase, and went up to the back building. This was Wang Yan's bedroom. Wang Pu went up and hugged Wang Yan, thinking that she was so eager to bring him up, but Wang Yan quickly stopped Wang Pu's hand on her waist and said, "Oh, it's extremely urgent, don't neglect it, master, listen to me."

Wang Pu smiled and said, "I already know about the invasion of the Eastern Tartars."

"It's not this, Lin Changxing, he said in his secret letter that Zhao Xiao has a rebellious heart."

"Ah, how could it be." Wang Pu was startled and lost all interest. Zhao Xiao was the strongest general in his army. This man's rebellion was like Han Xin's rebellion in the early Han Dynasty. If he was not careful, he would die without a burial place.

"Lin Changxing's secret letter is here, take a look."

Wang Pu took the letter with shaking hands and read it carefully twice. Lin Changxing listed five major crimes against Zhao Xiao in the letter, namely, meeting with the Tatars, suspicious words and deeds, hiding the national seal, buying the favor of the army, and recruiting Hu soldiers.

These five major crimes seem to be solemn and shocking, but Wang Pu is not a white man like Chongzhen who was born in the palace and raised by women. After the elimination method, he found that only one of these crimes can be used as evidence for sentencing, that is, hiding the national seal. According to the letter, there were many fragments of objects near the place where Lin Danhan was killed, among which there was a jade seal as big as a palm, but now its whereabouts are unknown.

Wang Pu thought about it and found that Zhao Xiao was indeed suspected of hiding the national seal. Lin Danhan was the real Genghis Khan in the present, and he must have carried the imperial seal of the previous Yuan Dynasty with him. The jade seal may be blown up, but it won't turn into ash, so it will definitely be found. But the jade seal will only bring disaster to ordinary people, but no benefit at all. The one who dares to hide the jade seal secretly must have evil intentions. This person is most likely Zhao Xiao, who is the only one with such ability and prestige.

But Wang Pu still pretended to be calm and defended Zhao Xiao: "How could Lin Changxing do this? There is no evidence for this, but he can still make up nonsense." After all, there is no perfect evidence,It cannot be a false accusation. This is the difference between him and the ancients in logic. He is a modern man, and the modern spirit of law is deeply rooted in his bones. He has long developed an instinct to convict suspects with evidence, not to use the mysterious tricks of catching wind and shadows. Wang Pu himself may not be aware of this difference.

Wang Yan said: "Lin Changxing is the old man who started our business. He must be loyal. We must be careful about the people he reported."

"Well, yes, according to logic, he must have his reasons for saying that Zhao Xiao has a rebellious heart. After all, we are not at the scene, and he is not that kind of villain." Wang Pu thought about it, but still dared not to believe it, because Wang Pu knew his own weight very well. In front of a talented general like Zhao Xiao, he could not last more than a few rounds. So once Zhao Xiao rebelled, his situation would be extremely dangerous.

"Then how should we do it? We must make sure that no one can find fault with it. If we take down Zhao Xiao based on this alone, there will be a lot of trouble in the future." Wang Yan said. It is not difficult to take down Zhao Xiao. After all, there are clerks like Lin Changxing in the army who can control the generals. The difficulty is how to convince others. Zhao Xiao has made great contributions, but he was taken down. If there is no hard evidence, others will be disappointed. In the future, the army will be demoralized and it will be difficult to gather strength.

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