Chapter 129 Push 1
"That's right! The Chen family is really powerful. They defeated their opponent so quickly."
"I heard that the royal family was afraid of Prime Minister Zhang, so it was Old Madam Chen who went to ask the empress dowager for help, and then the empress dowager personally went to the royal family, and the royal family appointed ministers to raid Feng's mansion."
"..."
As soon as Liu Yu entered the city, he heard people on the streets talking about Feng Bu.
The old lady really succeeded.
What is the relationship between the Queen Mother and the old lady? She tried hard to recall her past life, but couldn't figure it out. However, there was one thing: in her past life, Mr. Chen San died in the northern border. After the fall of the Chen family, the female family members were all saved by the Queen Mother.
Just as Liu Yu was thinking about these questions, a question caught her attention amid the noisy discussions outside.
"Don't be afraid of Prime Minister Zhang?" Someone asked, as if he didn't understand why.
"The emperor is the emperor, how could he be afraid of a mere prime minister?"
Someone rolled his eyes at him and said, "You don't even know this. Do you understand that you are more powerful than your master?"
"understood."
Liu Yu looked at the two people talking for a while, as if he had thought of something, he lowered the curtains, called Gu Yu, who was sitting in the front of the car chatting with Kui Po and the guards, and whispered in her ear:
"Guyu, go to the streets, find some people, and then..."
After hearing what Liu Yu said, Guyu opened his eyes wide, unable to believe that his wife was so bold.
Liu Yu had no doubts and said in an irresistible voice: "Go! The timing is perfect! They won't find out about us. If we miss such a good opportunity, it will be gone."
She stopped the carriage, and Guyu had to jump off. With a nervous heart, he started to do what Liu Yu had asked him to do.
After Guyu left, Liu Yu went into a wonton shop on the street and sat down.
The guards looked at each other. They had just finished their meal on the stools. Is Aunt Liu hungry again? Is she pregnant with the young master?
No wonder the master worked day and night and was anxious to return to Qinyuanju.
Liu Yu would never have thought that the guards also had eight seals, and he would never have thought that this news would later spread to everyone in the Chen Mansion.
She waved to the guards standing outside and ordered:
"You sit down too." Then he called to the lady who was making wontons:
"Boss, give each of us a bowl of wontons."
Okay, please wait a moment, I will cook it for you right away."
Soon, Guyu came back and nodded to Liu Yu.
Liu Yu understood, and seemingly nonchalantly ate the wontons in the bowl, his eyes falling on the soup shop on the street where a large crowd of people gathered.
A woman carrying a basket went in, and then a voice came out:
"Not only are their achievements greater than their master's, last time I was buying vegetables on the street, I saw the Imperial Guards giving way to the people from Zhang's mansion."
"Ah? Really fake?"
"Is this true? If you don't believe me, ask the people at the vegetable market in the back street. Many people have seen it."
As soon as the words fell, someone immediately echoed:
"Yes, yes, I saw it."
"I also saw..."
"..."
Someone murmured:
"This is the first time I've seen the Imperial Guards give way to a minister's family. From now on, they might have to change their surnames." This was extremely treasonous and no one dared to respond.
Liu Yu smiled, put down her bowl and chopsticks, and ordered the guards she brought with her:
"Those people are talking about the imperial court in the street. Go and warn them. This is punishable by death."
The guards immediately stood up and strode towards the soup shop.
After seeing the guards, the people in the soup shop quickly dispersed.
Although he tried to stop those people from talking, the rumors that Liu Yu had people deliberately spread were spread as expected.
Liu Yu was satisfied. He took a sip of the steaming wonton soup, paid the bill, left the wonton shop and returned to the carriage.
After everyone was present, she directly instructed Ah Zhong, who was driving the car:
"Don't go back yet, let's go to Feng's house instead."
However, before changing the route to Feng Mansion, she asked Grandma Kui to go to Yuzhen Hall.
This place is not too far from Panlou Street.
When Liu Yu arrived at Feng's house, Grandma Kui also arrived at the door of the Feng family. She handed Liu Yu three loan documents.
Looking at these IOUs with Feng Huan's personal seal, Liu Yu's smile became even brighter.
She put away the IOU and walked towards the Feng Mansion.
Yang Shizhong happened to meet her outside Feng's house. When he saw Liu Yu, he thought that Liu Yu was looking for Mr. Chen Sanye, so he took her into Chen's house.
In fact, Liu Yu didn’t know that Mr. Chen Sanye was present during the raid on the Feng family, but since he was already there, Liu Yu decided to go in anyway.
When we walked into Feng Mansion, we found that all the people in the mansion had taken off their pearl hairpins and jade rings, and their gorgeous clothes. They were standing in the yard in plain clothes. All around them were things copied from Feng Mansion, but there were only a few boxes of real gold, silver and treasures that could be considered valuables.
Even the officials from the Ministry of Revenue who were counting the property nearby noticed something was wrong, but the Minister of Revenue He Ran, who was sitting on the armchair drinking tea, did not say anything. Even if the people below had questions, they did not dare to speak out.
Liu Yu realized that this Minister of Revenue was most likely a member of Zhang’s faction.
She looked up and saw Mr. Chen San coming out of the room, and then she felt relieved.
Mr. Chen San glanced at the boxes placed in the yard, walked up to Feng Bu, and asked directly:
"Where did you hide the gold and silver?"
The person who knows you best is often your opponent. Feng doesn't know the Chen family, but Mr. Chen Sanye knows the Feng family better. The Feng family has so many shops, two casinos, and assets. He roughly estimates that there are at least two to three million taels on the books.
But looking at the silver, antiques, calligraphy and paintings that have been seized now, the total amount is less than two million taels. It is obvious that Feng Ming blatantly hid more than one-third of the property.
With so much money in hand and Zhang Lianci as his teacher, if he manages things well, it is very likely that Feng Bu will be reinstated.
Mr. Chen Sanye would never allow such a thing to happen, so when Yang Shizhong came to Feng's house to confiscate the property under the emperor's order, he asked him to take him with him.
Hearing this, Minister He put down his teacup with a bang, stood up from the armchair, walked up to Master Chen San, and said in a sarcastic tone:
"Lord Chen, this matter was entrusted to me and Lord Yang by the Heavenly Family. We let you in because we are colleagues. Why are you still talking nonsense to me? What do you want to do?"
He Ran's words made Liu Yu frown. The person who searched Feng Bu was not Mr. Chen San?
Mr. Chen San just glanced at He Ran calmly:
"Master He, why are you reacting so strongly? Why don't we listen to what Master Feng has to say?"
How could He Ran let him interrogate Feng Bu? He immediately looked at Yang Shizhong:
"Master Yang, the person was brought in. Are you really Chen Zhihe making trouble here? You led people to search out the Feng family's things. If there is any problem, the responsibility will be on you. If the Tian family causes trouble, can you bear it?"