First Minister of Ming Dynasty

"Impossible! Impossible!"

Lu Qiuyun is in a hurry. He has been stealing for so many years, and he has never missed it. After all, he surrendered himself when he was caught. Otherwise, who would catch him?

Dare to steal a picture under his own eyes, it's really desperate.

If I don't get you out, I'll jump into the cesspit and drown!

Lu Qiuyun was furious. If you want to say that he is a professional, he is not ordinary.

He went around Zhang's mansion, and carefully questioned the guards and those three people. Lu Qiuyun came to a conclusion similar to Zhang Ximeng's, neither outsiders got in, nor did these people do it.

This is so strange, it's not an outsider, nor these few people, then, who stole it?

"Zhang Xiang, to the west of your mansion, there is a house right next to it. Whose residence is that?"

"It belongs to Zhu Ying." Zhang Ximeng told Lu Qiuyun.

Lu Qiuyun said again: "Then, does Prime Minister Zhang know the situation of his mansion?"

Zhang Ximeng thought for a while, "Zhu Ying's staff is also very simple, similar to mine."

"Then, did any outsiders go there?"

Zhang Ximeng thought about it seriously, maybe Zhu Ying's side was a bit more complicated than his own side, the kid called out his friends, and his classmates often came over, but this was not a problem, but there were a few masters teaching Zhu Ying's skills.

Zhang Ximeng was so busy, it was impossible for him to take care of too much.However, he is still very conscientious, regularly making a list of books for Zhu Ying, and then let the brat study hard, but it seems that Zhu Ying's academic performance has always been a headache.

Not to mention Zhang Ximeng, even the old Zhu and his wife knew about it, so they specially found several gentlemen for Zhu Ying, some taught cultural lessons, and some led the practice of bow and horse riding and archery. All in all, Zhu Ying's life is still quite rich and colorful……

"Lu Qiuyun, if you were Zhu Ying's teacher, how would you come here to steal things?" Zhang Ximeng asked curiously.

Lu Qiuyun thought about it seriously, and suddenly said: "Master Zhang, if this is the case, I won't steal it anymore, just come here and get it!"

"Take it? How do you take it?"

Lu Qiuyun chuckled, "Master Zhang, let me tell you a story... There was a rich man who cheated his family's land deed and took over their family's property. The family who lost their land went to sue the government, but Yuan Ting's The dog officer is not upholding justice at all, he said that if he can’t produce the land deed, without black and white letters, he can’t prove that it is his land, even if there are villagers to help testify.”

Zhang Ximeng smiled slightly. This incident is not unexpected at all. After all, in property disputes, black and white paper is always the most important thing, but if you insist on black and white and don’t even use witness testimony, it is very likely that the victim will suffer, and there is no place to appeal for grievances. .

"Then what did you do?"

"It's very simple. I just found out that the landlord's son wanted to find a husband, so I went there. After some conversation, he invited me to live at home. After that, I was able to enter the study room openly and get some books. The rich man also He is a fool, he has a secret room in the study, and he thought no one knew about it. But I looked outside and inside, the size was different, and I knew the approximate location of the secret room. I also looked at the traces on the wall, He goes in and out a lot, his sides are covered with patina, and he still wants to lie to my eyes? As for his Tongxin Babao lock, it's even more difficult for me."

Lu Qiuyun proudly said: "After I went in, I not only took away the land deed, but also took out more than [-] copies. Then I found other people who lost their land and sued the rich man together, begging the officials of the Yuan court To avenge."

Zhang Ximeng nodded, "It doesn't look too difficult, that Yuan court official, is he willing to help?"

"Why don't you! After all, I asked those people to take out half of the fields and give them to the county magistrate. The rich man can't pay such a high price. He has no choice but to be punished." Lu Qiuyun was very satisfied with this matter. , didn’t you pay to bribe the county magistrate, then I will pay too, to see who pays more ruthlessly!

Let you black eat black, dog eat dog.

"Zhang Xiang, your place is simpler than the rich man's house. You don't even have a secret room. Although the bookcase is locked, you can open it if you want. This thing is to prevent gentlemen from villains. You should find a way to keep the house Clean it up from beginning to end. Don't worry, it won't cost much, and even if you don't have money, I can steal it for you!"

"You fart!"

Zhang Ximeng was so angry that he swears, "I'm a little poor, but I can't live by stealing things, right? Besides, it's not my job to repair the mansion and strengthen security. We should first formulate standards and then count All the officials should finally report to the lord, and let the lord pay the money!"

Lu Qiuyun was stunned, "Then, wouldn't that cost more? What people care about is Zhang Xiang's mansion. I think it's a waste of money."

"You know..." Zhang Ximeng shook his head and said angrily, "This is the rule, stop talking nonsense, and find out the culprits first!"

Lu Qiuyun readily agreed that the matter has come to this point, it is already clear, as long as you find out who has entered Zhang Ximeng's study.

Sure enough, after inquiring, I found out that a man named You Fang taught Zhu Ying calligraphy. In the past month, he had come to Zhang Ximeng's place to borrow rubbings.

With the relationship between Zhu Ying and Zhang Ximeng, the two families are almost a family, and Zhu Ying's teacher is undoubtedly the best amulet.

And every time he came over, there were detailed records of what books he took and what books he returned.

If it weren't for Lu Qiuyun's presence, he would rather suspect someone sneaking in from the outside than the honest and honest You Fang.

"Take him first, and see who this thing is for!"

When Zhang Ximeng gave the order, You Fang was in an exquisite courtyard. Beside him, there was a delicate woman who was chatting and laughing with him.

"The things you stole last time are very satisfactory over there. You just need to do it again. After it's done, we can go together."

When You Fang heard this, his face was miserable, and he couldn't help but shook his head and said, "Zhang Xiang is a delicate person. He lost his manuscript, so he couldn't help but doubt it. If I were to steal it again, I'm afraid I might lose my life. I, I can't do it! If something happens to me, you, what will you do?"

The woman chuckled, "Don't worry, it's fine, I don't want you to steal anything this time."

"Then, what are you doing?"

The woman smiled and took out a bottle from her arms, and placed it in front of You Fang. After opening, it was filled with dark powder.

"You just need to sneak into Zhang Ximeng's study and wipe this thing on his teacup or teapot, where the tea stains are stained. No one will find out. As long as Zhang Ximeng drinks tea, he will die!"

"What?" You Fang turned pale with shock, and stood up, terrified, "You, you want me to assassinate Zhang Xiang? I, I won't do it!"

The woman still kept smiling, but she just lowered her head and touched her stomach, "Hey! How pitiful! Before you were born, you got a cowardly father. What should you do?"

child?father?

You Fang was stunned, he pointed to his nose foolishly, seeing the other party nodded, his head buzzed and exploded completely.

After a long time, he trembled and grabbed the bottle in his hand!

……

"Mr. Zhang, the people in the Guard Division have already made arrangements." Guo Ying blushed slightly. No matter what, the second theft was his fault.

But he also has some good news, which he wants to tell Zhang Ximeng.

"Someone from Zhang Shicheng's palace sent a secret letter, saying that he is willing to provide us with news about Zhang Shicheng, but he put forward a few conditions. First, he does not want any money or beauty, and do not use unscrupulous means to bribe him; second. , he will provide Zhang Shicheng's plan and news about the transfer of soldiers and horses, but he will not do things that kill people, please be considerate. Besides, when we are fighting with Zhang Shicheng's soldiers and horses, please be sure to restrain the soldiers and horses , don’t wantonly kill captives, let alone massacre the city.”

Without any hesitation, Zhang Ximeng said directly, "If you have similar requests in the future, just agree."

Chapter 263 Drinking tea is a beautiful thing

Zhang Shicheng actually stole his own manuscript, and wanted to study how to deal with him, and he also created four great talents in Wuzhong, who wanted to fight him...

Zhang Ximeng was taken aback by this news, okay, Zhang Shicheng's brains are not bad!The cards for yourself are not small.It seems that among the four great talents in Wuzhong, Gao Qi, named after Liu Ji and Song Lian, is said to be a young talent, not so easy to deal with.

You have to pull yourself together.

Zhang Ximeng said to Guo Ying: "Zhang Shicheng used beauty money to buy minions and eagle dogs, and we won people's hearts with ideals and ideas. Do you understand the difference?"

Guo Ying said with a sullen face: "I understand. I have been exchanging letters with my brother Guo Xing during this time. He talked about the prisoner-of-war camp and how to reform the prisoners. I also understand that the beautiful woman with money may be able to buy a Two despicable people, but you can never buy sincerity. Counting on them will not accomplish great things."

Zhang Ximeng nodded, "It's great if you are aware of this. Remember, even if you are spying on the military and getting all kinds of news, you must go straight. Don't think that you are mean and shameless, and you will be able to get through. After all, whatever we do Everything has to be scrutinized by the people of the world. You sit in this position, and you have to be extremely careful. Many people say that you will not end well. But I can guarantee that as long as you hold on , worry-free in this life.”

Guo Ying nodded quickly, with Mr. Zhang's guarantee, he was relieved most of his heart.

"Mr. Zhang, should we arrest people now, or wait for the situation?"

Zhang Ximeng thought for a while, and said: "Since we want to arrest people, we must be upright and upright. I will write a note to Zhu Ying and ask him to send someone over and get a set of books. If that Yu Fang comes over, I will arrest him immediately." , and at the same time follow the vine to arrest everyone in that house."

Guo Ying nodded immediately, and hastily arranged for the network collection operation to ensure nothing goes wrong.

You Fang still doesn't know that he has fallen into the net of heaven and earth, but this does not reduce his fear.

If you want to assassinate Zhang Ximeng, even if you succeed, you may not be able to get away with it!

He tried his best to think back, how did he go on this road... At the beginning when he heard that the Zhu family army had opened a course to obtain scholars, he rushed over from Hangzhou, but he was a step late and did not catch up.Later, he lived in the temple for a period of time. Fortunately, he met Zhu Yuanzhang to find a teacher for Zhu Ying. Because of his excellent calligraphy and painting skills, he became Zhu Ying's teacher as he wished.

After that, he met a woman who offered incense in the temple, and they came and went again and again, and got mixed up.In the end, the girl's father beat them to death, saying that the girl was already engaged, and she did such a scandal, bringing shame to the family and embarrassing the ancestors...

You Fang was so frightened that he knelt on the ground and begged, smashing his head. The old man finally agreed to let them go, and the marriage can be retired, but he must treat the girl well and be filial to his father-in-law.

At that time, most of You Fang's soul was gone. Not only did the old man not punish him, but he also let him marry his sweetheart and get married. What a kindness this is!

You Fang simply regarded the old man as his own father and tried his best to be filial.

It was a happy time, and today, his wife gave him another child.

If there was no assassination, he even felt that he was the luckiest person in the world.

But when looking back at this moment, You Fang suddenly felt that he seemed to have fallen into a trap from the very beginning, a well-woven trap.

From going to the temple to live temporarily, to meeting a woman, to becoming a husband and wife... everything is as coincidental as a drama.

Cui Yingying met Zhang Junrui and lived a happy life since then, no matter how you think about it, it is a bit unbelievable... But she believed it herself, once she stepped in, even if she wanted to turn back, where is the way?

You Fang walked around in front of Zhang Ximeng's mansion three times and kept looking inside. He wanted to go in and tell the matter, maybe he could be freed.

But after all, he stole the manuscript. I'm afraid that this incident alone is enough to behead him.

Since everything is death, why bother to seek death?

After all, You Fang did not take this step. He returned to Zhu Ying's mansion, intending to teach Zhu Ying a class. By chance, a note from Zhang Ximeng came over and asked him to move the books.

You Fang didn't suspect that it was aimed at him, but he was still hesitating whether to do it.

But being able to go to Zhang's mansion to move books, and maybe meet Zhang Xiang, is what everyone else wished for, so You Fang dared not neglect and came here quickly.

Smooth and smooth, to the door of the study.

At this moment, You Fang's footsteps stopped. Not long ago, he entered the study like this, opened Zhang Ximeng's bookcase, took a manuscript inside, and left in a hurry.

At that time, he was still thinking that it was the old father-in-law who admired Zhang Xiang and insisted on getting Zhang Xiang's manuscript, so he made such a bad move.

But later he found out that the old father-in-law wanted to give it to a friend, and this friend was Zhang Shicheng's.

Now that the matter has come to this, what can You Fang do?

Anyway, this is the last time, as long as the medicine is successfully administered, he will run away quickly, no matter whether Zhang Ximeng is dead or alive, he will be free.

Thinking of this, You Fang no longer hesitated. He stepped in and found a stack of books on the desk.

You Fang hurried over to check, there was no mistake, but his eyes were more focused on a purple sand teacup, which was commonly used by Zhang Ximeng, and he could see the thick tea stains left over from long-term brewing.

Due to more and more writing at night, Zhang Ximeng became obsessed with drinking strong tea. A large handful of tea leaves was soaked in boiling water to fully release the caffeine. When he drank it in his mouth, the thick bitterness was released instantly, and Wensi opened up at once. , I didn’t feel drowsy after writing until the middle of the night.

You Fang's heart was beating wildly. He knew too well that this kind of strong tea was dark in color and strong in taste. If you put poison in it, even if something happened after drinking it, you wouldn't be able to find out for a while, and he would be able to get away with the beauty safely. up.

Don't hesitate anymore, do it!

You Fang hurriedly took out the dark powder and poured it into Zhang Ximeng's teacup, then stuffed the paper wrapped in the powder between the pages of the book, picked up a stack of books, and got up to leave.

"Is it Mr. You?"

Zhang Ximeng came in suddenly from the outside and greeted with a smile.

You Fang was taken aback, trembling all over, he could barely control his emotions so as not to reveal his secrets.

"Zhang, Zhang Xiang!"

Zhang Ximeng smiled and said: "You're welcome, I'm just looking for you... There are too few people in my mansion. I lost several manuscripts a few days ago. I asked them to look for them, but they couldn't find them. I probably took them to the kitchen to light a fire." No. This group of uneducated people really can’t do it. I see that you have taught Zhu Ying well, and your calligraphy and painting are also top-notch. Just stay with me and take care of the writing, just to take over Liu Ji’s position, how about it?”

Zhang Ximeng said with a smile, Yu Fang heard it in his ears, but there was a thunderous explosion, and his whole body trembled violently.

Zhang Ximeng didn't take the matter of losing the manuscript seriously.

As long as he stays by Zhang Ximeng's side for a while, he will at least be the magistrate if he goes out. He was born in a poor family and can only study with financial support.

Now that he can ascend to the sky in one step, what extravagance is there for him!

It's really the parents who gave birth to me. My parents are not as good as Zhang Chengxiang!

Just as You Fang was thinking about how to answer, Zhang Ximeng had already fetched a kettle from the side and poured it into a teacup.

Seeing the hot air, You Fang was taken aback, what, what should I do?

Block it?

But what if it leaks?

Don't stop, Zhang Xiang is dead, what should I do about my own future?

You Fang has never been so entangled...why do you let yourself face this kind of choice?

He foolishly watched Zhang Ximeng raise the teacup, and suddenly, he brought the teacup to You Fang.

"We will work together in the future. If there is no wine here, we will replace wine with tea and offer you a toast."

"Drink!"

Zhang Ximeng handed the tea cup to You Fang.

You Fang was so frightened that his face changed, and he couldn't hold the books in his arms anymore.

"Zhang, Zhang Xiang, I, how can I drink your tea? This, this tea is very precious."

Zhang Ximeng smiled, "What's precious? It's just random leaves, not small dragon balls. As the saying goes, tea and wine are not separated. Today you drink mine, and tomorrow I drink yours...Why do you refuse my kindness?"

You Fang trembled all over, he looked up at Zhang Ximeng's gaze, and felt a hint of murderous intent from it.