Chapter 340 Confiscation of Property

Ning Chuyi originally did not plan to take Ling Chu with him to search the house, but he was worried that she would be embarrassed if she stayed. ơɱ

Although he was the commander of the Jinyiwei before, not all Jinyiwei were his people. There were many people who did not get along with him, and there were many fights in the open and in the dark.

It would be better to bring Ling Chu with him. With him watching, at least no one dared to embarrass her.

Ning Chuyi led his people and arrived at the door of the residence of Teng Chong, the left assistant minister of the Ministry of Revenue.

Eunuch Cao, who was delivering the imperial edict, happened to arrive.

He had good eyesight and saw Ling Chu standing next to the large group of Jinyiwei at a glance.

But he didn't say anything, just glanced casually, and walked quickly towards Ning Chuyi.

Eunuch Cao was a smart person. Although Ning Chuyi was demoted, he did not treat him with contempt, and still greeted him respectfully as before.

Ning Chuyi nodded in return, and the two did not say much, and walked towards the gate along the stone steps in front of the door.

Seeing that the Jinyiwei came with bad intentions, the gatekeeper of the Zuo Shilang's mansion was already frightened, and a servant rushed in with a panic to report the news.

The two gatekeepers smiled and came forward, greeting each other, while thinking about how to delay time for the people in the Shilang's mansion.

But Cao Gonggong came with an imperial edict, and the gatekeeper couldn't stop him at all.

Ning Chuyi led his men and drove straight in.

The Shilang's mansion was in chaos.

The Zuo Shilang Teng Chong was arrested by the emperor in the Ministry of Revenue yesterday and was directly imprisoned.

The family of Zuo Shilang was in a panic and discussed how to rescue him in the main hall.

Who knew that the Jinyiwei would come to confiscate the house so soon.

Seeing the wolf-like Jinyiwei, some timid women and children cried in fear.

Some clever ones wanted to rush back to the inner courtyard to pack up their belongings and escape.

Teng Chong's parents, his wife and two legitimate sons, endured their fear and smiled as they went forward to greet Ning Chuyi and Eunuch Cao.

Teng Chong's two concubines, however, held their sons and daughters tightly and wanted to take them away.

But no matter what they planned, they were all stopped by the Jinyiwei.

For a while, there was a constant cry.

Wei Feng led the Jinyiwei with a dark face and drew out the swords, which shocked the scene.

But when Eunuch Cao finished reading the imperial edict of confiscating the property, the cry and begging for mercy rang out again.

Teng Chong's two concubines secretly wanted to take the children away. After being stopped, they took off their head ornaments and wanted to bribe Ning Chuyi and Eunuch Cao to let them go.

But they were stopped by Yin Sha.

Seeing that the two were unmoved, the two concubines wanted Teng Chong's mother to divorce them on his behalf.

The wife of the left minister was very angry about their behavior, but Teng Chong's mother was very tempted.

She thought that instead of arresting the whole family and beheading them, it would be better to divorce the two concubines and let them take the children away, at least to keep some incense for her son.

The old lady had a beautiful idea, but it was destined to be a fantasy.

Seeing that the people in the minister's mansion were arguing, Wei Feng simply took people and locked them all in the main hall.

A few Jinyiwei were left to guard, and the rest of the people followed Ning Chuyi to start the house search.

First, the warehouses in the inner and outer courtyards of the minister's mansion were searched, and more than 30,000 taels of silver, as well as various antique calligraphy and paintings, ornaments, etc. were seized.

Then the courtyards were also searched. In addition to gold and silver, there were also house deeds, land deeds, land, shops and other properties.

The dowry and jewelry of those female relatives did not escape.

Ling Chu estimated that the gold and silver found and the property on the surface were worth about 200,000 taels.

It was still far from 1.07 million taels.

Ling Chu looked up at the sky. At this time in the past, she would have had lunch and rested.

But now, let alone lunch, there was not even tea to drink.

Not only was her stomach rumbling in protest, but she was also exhausted.

When the house was searched just now, Ning Chuyi asked Wei Feng and Yin Sha to take care of her as much as possible.

But Ling Chu saw that others were working, and she couldn't just watch.

But she didn't work hard foolishly, just picked some light work to do.

But even so, her body was exhausted.

Ling Chu sighed secretly. It was her first time to search the house, and she had no experience.

Next time, she must remember to bring some water and food, otherwise her body can't stand it.

It seems that we have to make a quick decision and finish the search early so that we can go back and find something to eat.

Ling Chu was thinking, but he suddenly smelled a fragrance.

He turned around in surprise and saw two Jinyiweis walking quickly with a big cloth bag each.

It turned out that Ning Chuyi had previously ordered them to go to the street and buy steamed buns and sesame cakes so that everyone could fill their stomachs.

When the Jinyiweis smelled the fragrance, their stomachs began to protest and they all sped up their hands.

They counted the things they had confiscated, registered them, packed them in boxes and sealed them, and finally put on seals.

Time was tight, so everyone washed their hands and started eating immediately.

Ling Chu also took a sesame cake and chewed it in small bites.

Just when he felt thirsty, a water bag was suddenly handed over to him.

Ling Chu looked up in surprise and found that it was Ning Chuyi.

But seeing that there was only one water bag, Ling Chu did not take it.

Perhaps seeing her concerns, Ning Chuyi said softly, "Take it, I have more."

Ling Chu looked in the direction he pointed. Not far away was a table and a chair. On the table were a few sesame cakes and a bowl of water. That was what Yin Sha prepared for Ning Chuyi.

Seeing that Wei Feng and the others were looking over here intentionally or unintentionally, Ling Chu quickly thanked Ning Chuyi and took the water bag.

After filling his stomach, Ling Chu opened the system.

Then he took out the copper coins and tortoise shells.

The Jinyiwei present were all Ning Chuyi's men, and they had seen Ling Chu's skills. When they saw her start fortune-telling, they immediately looked forward to it.

This minister's mansion was not small, and it would be too time-consuming to search it bit by bit. But if Miss Ling could help, it would be twice as effective with half the effort.

The fortune-telling soon produced results.

Ling Chu led people to a courtyard, entered the bedroom, and said to Ning Chuyi, "Move this step-out bed away."

Before Ning Chuyi spoke, Wei Feng, who was following behind him, could not wait to say to the Jinyiwei behind him, "Brothers, do it."

This courtyard was where the left minister's favorite concubine lived. The step-out bed and the brocade quilt on the bed were good things.

If the silver money seized was not enough to repay the 1.07 million taels that Teng Chong had embezzled, all the furniture in his mansion would be sold and the silver would be handed over to the national treasury.

So this step-out bed could not be damaged.

After the bed was moved away, the bluestone floor underneath was exposed.

Ling Chu thought it was too time-consuming to pry it bit by bit with tools, so he summoned a small hammer and smashed the floor before asking people to start digging.

This bedroom is indeed where Teng Chong's favorite concubine lives. This digging actually dug out 130,000 taels.

In addition to silver, there are also a lot of gold nuggets.

This money alone is more than the emperor's private treasury silver, no wonder the emperor hates corrupt officials.

Just after counting this batch of silver, Wu Bing suddenly brought his Jinyiwei to the Minister's Mansion.

When he knew that they had not yet copied out half of the silver, Wu Bing suddenly ordered, "Go dig the manure pit."

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