HCB Chapter 226 Which group does Zhu Lisheng belong to?
Chapter 226 Which group does Zhu Lisheng belong to?
Zhu Lisheng, a doctor in the Ministry of Revenue, came from a poor family and was a Jinshi. He had no backing, so it was not easy for him to become a fifth-rank official in the capital.
The brothers Yi Jingxuan and Yi Jingge looked at the magnificent three-story house not far away and sighed that Zhu Lisheng was very good at making money.
Xiu Luoran said angrily:
"Yi Jingxuan, I remember that the annual salary of a fifth-rank official was less than one hundred taels, right?"
"Yes. However, there are a lot of other income and various welfare benefits."
Xiu Luoran: "Zhu Lisheng has been in Beijing for less than ten years, and he has bought such a big house and has so many servants. If you say he is not greedy, no one will believe it."
Yi Jingge nodded.
"Let's go to work."
Xiu Luoran took Yi Jingxuan and his brothers and those people to each place. Whenever they arrived at a place, they would first use medicine to knock out the servants, and then find the money and valuables and start moving them out.
Those people were carrying things, while Yi Jingxuan brothers and those masters were responsible for transporting the silver and things from inside the high wall to outside the wall, and someone was responsible for loading them onto the carriages.
Xiu Luoran is mainly responsible for vigilance and also helps out wherever there is a problem.
In this way, they visited four places in total and filled five carriages.
Xiu Luoran said to Yi Jingge:
"Take these people and the carriage and wait for us at the place we agreed on. Yi Jingxuan and I want to explore Zhu Lisheng's study."
Just now when Xiu Luoran explored Zhu Lisheng's study, he found three people there, one of whom was Zhu Lisheng.
Judging from Zhu Lisheng’s attitude towards the other two people, those two people should not be members of the Zhu family.
Xiu Luoran decided to come here after finishing other places and take a look last.
Her target was Zhu Lisheng and she didn't want to drag irrelevant people into it.
Seeing that Yi Jingxuan had no objection, Yi Jingge had no objection either, so he quietly left with his men and carriage.
When Xiu Luoran and Yi Jingxuan came to Zhu Lisheng's study again, they found that there were still three people in the study.
They seemed to be discussing some issue and were arguing fiercely.
Xiu Luoran deliberately moved closer to listen and discovered that in addition to servants walking around the study, there were also many guards.
Xiu Luoran thought for a moment and said to Yi Jingxuan:
"You go and set fire to lure the tiger away from the mountain and lure the people over. I'll go into the tiger's den. After the people leave, I'll go into the study to take a look."
Yi Jingxuan smiled: "Okay."
After saying that, Yi Jingxuan left with his secret guards.
Xiu Luoran waited quietly.
Soon, a large yard not far away was seen with flames rising to the sky, and it was soon discovered:
"Hurry up, there's a fire in the main courtyard!"
"Fire, help, help!"
At first, only a few people were shouting, and then the servants who saw the fire all started shouting, and for a while the shouting was deafening.
"boom!"
The door of the study was pushed open forcefully.
A servant came over immediately to report:
"Master, there's a fire in the main courtyard. It's very serious. Madam is terrified. Master, please go and take a look."
Why didn't the servants report the fire immediately when they discovered it?
Because Zhu Lisheng has ordered that no one is allowed to approach the study within three steps today, even if the sky falls!
Zhu Lisheng walked away, scolding the servants and guards in the yard:
"Hurry up and put out the fire!"
The servants and guards went to put out the fire.
Zhu Lisheng took two steps and looked back at the other two people.
With the help of the firelight in the distance, Xiu Luoran could easily see the faces of the two people.
Faced with such a situation, the two men could not leave the Zhu family. They followed Zhu Lisheng and went to the burning yard.
Don't miss out.
Seeing Zhu Lisheng and others walking away, Xiu Luoran rushed into Zhu Lisheng's study.
The light in the study is very bright, making it convenient for Xiu Luoran to find things.
Time was urgent, and Xiu Luoran didn't have time to look closely. She took out a large denim bag from the space and put the things on the table, the secret compartment, the mezzanine, and the secret room into the bag.
One cloth bag couldn't hold them all, so she took out two more.
The contents of these two cloth bags are relatively simple, with only gold and silver ingots.
The two cloth bags couldn’t hold it, so she had to force it into the space and take it out when she got home.
The space is small and cannot be crowded.
If she encounters something valuable in the future and can't put it in, she will regret it to death.
There were footsteps.
Xiu Luoran stuck his head out and saw that it was Yi Jingxuan.
"Hurry, hurry, take it and go!"
After Xiu Luoran finished speaking, she picked up the big cloth bag, stuffed two cloth bags filled with gold and silver into Yi Jingxuan and his secret guards, and then she rushed out.
Yi Jingxuan and the secret guards followed closely, staggering with the cloth bag in their arms, because the bag was too heavy.
When they arrived at the agreed place, there were five carriages with things. The brothers Yi Jingxuan and Yi Jingge took three and gave two to Xiu Luoran.
Xiu Luoran didn't act pretentiously: "I still have some banknotes here, I'll go back and count them, and we can split them equally among the three of us."
There are quite a lot of silver notes, and there are also five carriages full of stuff.
This evening was not in vain.
After Xiu Luoran finished speaking, he put the large cloth bag on the carriage and called two people to help drive the carriage:
"Hurry up and go home."
As usual, they did not go through the main gate of the Zhenxi Marquis Mansion, but entered through the back door of the small garden in Xiu Luo's rear courtyard and went straight to Xiu Luoran's courtyard.
Xiu Luoran called everyone in her yard to move the things, and after they were done, she asked the two carriages to go back.
As Xiu Luoran walked to the door of his room, he saw his elder brother Xiu Lingce waiting there in a wheelchair.
"Luoluo, where have you been?"
He has come three times, but the girl is not at home.
Just now he heard the sound of the carriage leaving and the sound of things being moved.
Xiu Luoran was a little embarrassed after being caught doing something bad:
"Brother, um...I'll just go out for a walk."
Xiu Luoran lied with her eyes open, but she knew she couldn't fool her eldest brother.
"Do you want me to go take a look at your warehouse?"
"No, no, big brother, let's talk inside."
After entering the house, Xiu Luoran told everything that happened tonight without reservation.
"Nonsense!"
Xiu Lingce was so angry that he slapped his thigh. Now was a critical period and any small incident could lead to failure.
This girl is used to being willful, but now is not the time for her to be willful.
"Luoluo, listen to your brother and don't go out for the time being."
Xiu Luoran was not convinced: "Why?"
Xiu Lingce found it very funny to see his sister tilting her head with an arrogant look, like a little rooster ready to fight at any time.
My own sister, what else can I do? Pamper her.
Xiu Lingce patiently explained to Xiu Luoran:
"Luoluo, the Second Prince is planning a big move, and so is the Third Prince. We don't know what role a certain person plays in their chess game.
Once someone's fate is changed because of us.
And this person happens to be the core or important figure of the whole situation. As a result, everything loses and we become sinners.
If the Third Prince loses, our Xiu family will definitely not have an easy time."
Xiu Luoran became serious: "Brother, has it come to this point now?"
"It could be that the Second Prince guessed something, or it could be that he lost his patience.
In short, the situation is serious.”
Xiu Luoran asked again: "Brother, which group does Zhu Lisheng belong to? He is so greedy, he should be in the Second Prince's party, right?"
"Ah."
"Brother, the two people in Zhu Lisheng's study talked with Zhu Lisheng for a long time today. I don't know what they were talking about, but they seemed very excited."
Xiu Luoran said this, picking up a pen and drawing a sketch of the two people on paper:
"Brother, it's just the two of them."
Xiu Lingce glanced at it casually, and his eyes suddenly widened:
"Luoluo, did you draw it correctly?"
"No."
"How long did the three of them talk together tonight?"
"Yes."
Xiu Lingce stood up immediately, grabbed the wheelchair and went out.
Xiu Luoran: ...