Son of Song Dynasty

Chapter 52

Soon, Qian Niuer, who was temporarily serving as the captain of the raiding team, ran to him and reported:
"Master, the servants have clumsy hands and feet. Some antiques were knocked over and smashed. There are also a few servants in the house who are not taking good care of them. They are crying and making noise. The servants have already ordered people to be tied up and gagged. It’s because the servants are not doing their job well, and the servants will punish them severely when they go back.”

Zhao Dezhao laughed, waved his hands and said, "Just let them do things more carefully. You will be rewarded when you go back, so you don't need to punish them. After all, it's the first time they've done house raids. Of course, they are inexperienced and their hands and feet are unfamiliar. In the future, if you search more homes, you will naturally be able to do it neatly."

Qian Niu'er was amused when he heard it, is the master planning to make the house raids a long-term business?

Liu Lexian was taking a mouthful of tea soup. He couldn't hold it back when he heard the words, but he was afraid that it would be rude if he sprayed it in front of Zhao Dezhao, so he lowered his head and sprayed it on his own clothes, choking and coughing repeatedly.

But before he could stop coughing, a guard from the county prince's palace who was guarding the gate of Chi's house hurried over to report:
"My lord, there is a group of Kaifeng Mansion's night watchmen who want to enter the mansion for questioning. The guards are trying their best to stop them, but they are so numerous that they may not be able to stop them..."

The guard's expression was rather flustered. He knew that tonight his prince personally led a team to ransack the house. It was not a serious business but a robbery. He would definitely not be able to withstand the investigation of the Kaifeng mansion. Leader, the people under his command may not be willing to buy the prince's account, or they may make things big.

"Uncle, uncle, you are not an octopus with many hands and many legs, are you? Why are your tentacles everywhere, and you can touch your minions everywhere! I just want to steal a fortune quietly from your nephew. It’s just a little bit of money, even if you do such a small thing, you still have to be hindered by your men and horses!”

Zhao Dezhao complained secretly in his heart, but he didn't care at all on his face, scolding the guard who reported the news with a straight face:
"What are you panicking about?! There is Senior Official Liu sitting here. He is here to act as an envoy for the Emperor according to His Majesty's orders. No matter how powerful Kaifeng Mansion is, can he still surpass His Majesty?"

Liu Lexian couldn't understand Zhao Dezhao's meaning, so he coughed dryly and stood up, respectfully said to Zhao Dezhao: "Your Highness is busy with state affairs and shoulders important responsibilities, how can you allow these idlers to disturb you? This old slave is really angry. Go and send your Highness away!"

Zhao Dezhao nodded with a smile, but he couldn't help but secretly amused, the king is busy raiding his house to make a fortune right now, when will this kind of thing be regarded as a "state affairs important task", but if you don't play tricks and shrink back, it's not in vain Hit you.

Immediately after Eunuch Liu left, he heard the door of Chi's residence open, and then Eunuch Liu's signature drake voice sounded: "Our family is the new supervisor of the internal treasury, and we have come here to serve as the emperor's envoy. What do you want you idlers to ask?!"

Then, the leader of the Kaifeng mansion's night patrol seemed to reply, but his voice was very low, not as high as Liu Lexian's, so Zhao Dezhao couldn't hear it clearly.

Then I heard Liu Lexian's high-pitched voice yelling:
"What?! A nearby resident stopped your horse's head and said that a thief entered the house with an open fire to rob? Who is so bold and nonsense! You bring him over and see if our family will tear his dog's mouth with our own hands!"

"...Just because you heard the commotion in the house, you want to come in and take a look before you leave? Our family is doing an imperial mission, and it involves the private affairs of the palace. What kind of people can pry into it? Wait a minute A few dog heads, dare to stick in the door to take a look?!"

As expected by Zhao Dezhao, Liu Lexian's trump card is really good. As soon as he showed off the big hat of "following the orders of the sage and acting as the emperor's envoy", those night watchmen in Kaifeng Prefecture immediately lost their arrogance. The idlers waited, so they could only walk away in desperation.

As soon as the Kaifeng mansion's night watchmen left, Qian Niu'er came to report to the latest confiscator of the house, saying that he had just discovered a dark room in the house, which actually contained a whole room of copper coins, and came here to ask for instructions on moving them. .

Zhao Dezhao opened his mouth wide in astonishment. Chi Jianxin is really a miser. Buying property and collecting gold, pearls and treasures are normal operations when people have a lot of spare money. What is the difference between the virtue of copper coins in a house and the fact that mice like to hide food in mouse holes?

After being surprised, Zhao Dezhao immediately fell into distress.

Originally, he didn't intend to ask for copper coins, and he specifically ordered everyone to choose only small and valuable items that are easy to carry, but this is a room full of copper coins, there must be hundreds of thousands of copper coins, so why don't they just throw them away?
Zhao Dezhao was reluctant, and when he thought of giving up such a big piece of fat, he felt as if he was cutting his own flesh with a knife.

But if they all moved back, it would be useless to rely on the bare hands of all the people, and a dozen or so carriages would have to be moved, which would be a real robbery.

More than 100 people surrounded by more than a dozen heavy-duty carriages crossed the streets and alleys, crossing half of Tokyo city in the middle of the night. Zhao Dezhao imagined this scene for a while, and immediately felt that such an approach was too exaggerated, and it would mess up tomorrow. The whole of Tokyo knows that the Prince of Tianshui has evacuated other people's homes!

Liu Lexian is indeed a smart and transparent person, he immediately saw through Zhao Dezhao's dilemma, and reminded softly: "Your Highness, it is also inconvenient for others to carry things that are inconvenient for you, right? You might as well let it go for now, and then break it into pieces later. Move slowly."

Zhao Dezhao patted the table lightly, made a decision in his heart, and thought of a better method than Liu Lexian's proposal!
The collection of Chi's house is indeed very rich, and the search operation lasted until nearly three o'clock. During this period, Liu Lexian fell asleep several times because he couldn't stand it because of his age. No.

Zhao Dezhao led the people in the county palace out of the Chi residence. Almost everyone was holding a box, or a big bag, or a bundle of rolled calligraphy and paintings, or two people carrying it together. An antique vase, there are too many good things to move away, no one except Zhao Dezhao has empty hands, even Liu Lexian helped hold a Jade Buddha in his arms with a wink, according to his appreciation, this It is the treasure of Liu Yu's town house in the Eastern Jin Dynasty, and it is priceless.

On the way back to the Prince's Mansion through the streets and alleys, a group of people were intercepted and questioned by two groups of Kaifeng mansion night patrol soldiers. Both times, Liu Lexian came forward to scold them and scolded them away.

When we returned to Tianshui County King’s Mansion, it was nearly four o’clock. Zhao Dezhao ordered all the objects to be placed in the yard on the spot, lit up all the lanterns in the mansion, and called all the accountants in the mansion to count and estimate the value overnight. Make a book.

Wang Xiuzhi heard the commotion in the outer courtyard and rushed out from the inner house. When she saw the gold, pearls and treasures scattered all over the courtyard, she couldn't help but was so frightened that her face turned pale.

(End of this chapter)