Lu Yi frowned and watched the man's movements seriously.

"Boss, you can't stand here, you have to go over there and queue up. The yamen officials will name you early based on who queues up." The gangster waving at him gave Lu Yi an idea.

Lu Yi looked over there and had no choice but to stand over.

After waiting for six or seven people, it was finally Lu Yi's turn.

He walked to the iron cabinet with a solemn expression, groped around the iron cabinet for a while, and found that the iron cabinet was as integrated as he had judged, and there was no way to start. The only place where he could hope to open the cabinet was the keyhole.

He squatted down and carefully observed the keyhole. When he found that he couldn't see anything, he took out a small tool from his sleeve and explored the keyhole. Then he changed several tools in succession.

Lu Yi's men all looked at him expectantly and nervously, hoping to hear a "click" sound of the lock opening.

Lu Yi was not married in his twenties and had no family to worry about, so he was quite generous to his subordinates. If he received a reward of five hundred taels of silver, if nothing else, there would be no problem in treating them to a few feasts.

But seeing that half the stick of incense was almost burned out, Lu Yi still didn't open the lock.

"The time is up. Next one," the officer shouted.

Lu Yi sat down on the ground helplessly, with a look of defeat on his face.

Seeing the government officials urging and scolding him, Zhou Guizi quickly stepped forward to help Lu Yi up and squeezed out of the crowd.

There are many people like Lu Yi in the capital. The iron cabinet was left in front of the Dali Temple for ten days, but after so many people tried it, they all came back disappointed.

This incident was new and had a huge impact. When the iron cabinet was taken back ten days later, not only everyone in the capital knew about it, but the news also spread to other places, even outsiders knew about it. There were wealthy businessmen from Jiangnan who sent people

Find out how to buy an iron cabinet.

"Master Zhang, that iron cabinet of yours was developed by Dali Temple?" Guo Jitong, the left minister of the Ministry of Revenue, went to Zhang Changshen to inquire about the news after leaving the court.

Zhang Changshen glanced at him sideways: "What are you doing here?"

"Hey, don't you want to buy an iron cabinet? Although my family doesn't have much wealth, we still have a few land deeds. The iron cabinet is sturdy, so you can put things in it without worry." Guo Jitong said with a smile.

"Baoningxuan on Zhuque Street in the south of the city. There are safes for sale there. Master Guo can just send someone there."

Guo Jitong knew that Zhang Changshen had an insufferable temper, did not take sides, was unsympathetic, and had powerful methods. Almost no one was willing to provoke him.

So Guo Jitong came here just to make some excuses and to know who the iron cabinet belonged to. If Zhang Changshen didn't say anything, then forget it.

At this time, he got an address, and it was not in vain. He was about to say goodbye to Zhang Changshen when he heard Zhang Changshen say: "Master Guo, don't blame me for not reminding you. That is the emperor's business. If you go to buy a cabinet, just buy a cabinet, but

Don't have any evil thoughts."

His voice was neither high nor low, and some officials walking beside them heard it.

Everyone couldn't help but shout "fuck" in their hearts. They really didn't expect that it was the emperor's business.

But everyone soon came to their senses.

Zhang Changshen was such a stubborn person that he refused to be lenient no matter how much money was given to him during the trial. Only the emperor could have allowed him to leave the iron cabinet in front of the Dali Temple and cause trouble for such a long time.

"Master Zhang, what are you talking about? What kind of evil thoughts can I have? Not to mention that it is the emperor's business, but it is ordinary people's business. I can't have evil thoughts." Guo Jitong said with an unhappy face.

Hearing his words, someone sneered.

Guo Jitong was born in a poor family. Perhaps because he was afraid of poverty, he and his wife often went to the house to collect money. Wherever the store's business was doing well, he would use both soft and hard means to get a share.

It's just that there are hidden dragons and crouching tigers in the capital, and there may not be anyone standing behind those thriving shops. He reached out to those shops again and again, and his reputation for being greedy for money spread out.

Fortunately, he also gave money to buy shares, and his demands were not excessive, and he did not hold too many shares. If others really didn't want to, he would just give up, and he would not force it, let alone use dirty means to force him. Therefore, although his reputation is not good, he does not

What a big mess.

Emperor Xiao Ge even beat him once for this, but he calmed down for a while, and then returned to his old ways after a while.

The most powerful thing about Guo Jitong is his ability to calculate accounts. He is very good at mental arithmetic and oral arithmetic. Ask him to check the account books in question, and he will always get them right.

Because of this, Xiao Ge couldn't dismiss him or demote him just because of such a trivial matter. Fortunately, it didn't cause any harm, so he let him go.

Xiao Lingyan followed Zhang Changshen at a short distance after leaving the court. He naturally heard the conversation between Zhang Changshen and Guo Jitong.

He looked at Guo Jitong with a thoughtful look on his face.

Xiao Lingpu, who was walking beside him, saw this and was curious, but this was not the place to talk, so he said nothing.

The group of people left the palace, got into a carriage or sedan chair, and planned to go to the Yamen.

Xiao Lingyan got on the carriage and whispered to Xiao Liuzi: "Let someone check Guo Jitong's next whereabouts."

Xiao Lingpu did not get on his carriage, but followed him.

At this time, he asked: "Is there anything wrong with him?"

Xiao Lingyan shook his head and said nothing.

It wasn't until the carriage drove out and distanced itself from the other carriages that he said: "I think that a person like Guo Jitong, even if he is somewhat capable, would not be able to climb up to the position of the left minister of the household department and sit in this position.

So stable. There must be no one behind him. And his money-grubbing behavior may be a cover-up, or he wants to achieve some purpose, such as using it to find out the relationship between the aristocratic families in the capital and those prosperous shops, so as to find out

The strength of each faction."

Xiao Lingpu was horrified when he heard this.

When everyone mentioned Guo Jitong, they thought of his greed for money and his reputation as a laughing stock. They were extremely disdainful of him, so they despised him and did not think deeply about his behavior at all.

The person who can use this method to conceal his purpose is truly amazing.

"Who do you think he belongs to?" Xiao Lingpu asked.

Xiao Lingyan shook his head.

In fact, he already had a guess in his mind.

Zhao Ruxi once told him all the plot of that war in detail.

At that time, the court ordered that grain and grass be sent to the frontier, but the Ministry of Revenue had an error and had not prepared the grain and grass for a long time. After ten days of delay, the grain and grass were finally collected and sent to the border. As a result, when they almost arrived at the border military camp, they were sent by the enemy.

The spy was set on fire.

When talking about this plot, Zhao Ruxi and Xiao Lingyan both felt that someone from the third prince must have deliberately delayed the food and grass for ten days. Maybe there was a problem with the food and grass before departure. Maybe it was to avoid exposing the problem, or maybe
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