Without money, what is the point of being a traitor?

Chapter 292
Pei Yuan's face flushed and he said angrily, "Follow me!"

Having said that, he pressed the Embroidered Spring Knife and hurried out the door.

Yun Weilin and Yun Buxian didn't understand what was going on, so they could only catch up with a few Jinyiwei.

Not long after Pei Yuan rushed out of the house in a rage, he began to regret it.

It would be easier if he brought other trusted people with him.

I shouldn’t have brought the Yun family father and son here!
This kind of thing should not be made public.

If the news that one of his women had cheated on another of his women were to spread, the whole capital would know about it within three days.

By then, people in the world will not think that there is something wrong with any woman's sexual orientation. They will definitely think that it is Captain Pei who is not good enough, so his two women will be self-sufficient.

Then how can Pei Yuan live his life in the future?

The more Pei Yuan thought about it, the more panicked he became, and his steps began to hesitate.

By the time they arrived at the house of Censor Zhang Lian, the desire to break into the house had already disappeared.

Pei Yuan saw the carriage in front of Zhang Lian's house at a glance. It was the one that Jiao Yaner took to enter the city.

Pei Yuan gritted his teeth and said to Yun Buxian who was following him, "Go and ask if there are two women coming to visit."

Yun Buxian felt a little worried when he saw Pei Yuan like this.

He went up and knocked on the door, and soon a servant came forward to answer.

As soon as the door opened a crack, some Jinyiwei soldiers were seen outside, looking at them eagerly.

The servant was startled and subconsciously wanted to close the door quickly.

Seeing this, Yun Buxian thought that something had happened, so he quickly stepped forward and kicked the door open.

The servant inside was thrown down unexpectedly by the force. He panicked even more and hurriedly ran inside, shouting, "It's a disaster! The Jinyiwei are here!"

Yun Buxian stepped forward, nimbly stretched out his foot and hooked him, tripping him.

Then he stepped on his right hand and shouted, "Why are you running?!"

The noise in front of the door also alarmed the servants inside. Some of them looked around and quickly ran to the inner courtyard.

Pei Yuan had been struggling just now and had no time to stop them. By the time he wanted to stop them, the situation was already out of control.

Pei Yuan could only look at Yun Buxian helplessly and said, "Let him go first."

Yun Buxian then noticed that even though the door had already been kicked open, Pei Yuan was still standing outside the door and had no intention of entering the yard.

Yun Buxian reacted quickly and immediately scolded the servant, "Why are you running? I have something to ask you."

As he said this, he dragged the servant up and pulled him out of the door.

Pei Yuan couldn't help showing surprise when he saw Yun Buxian dragging the servant out of the door.

This kid's intelligence is as great as Cheng Leixiang's.

After everyone was dragged out, Pei Yuan spoke up to remind them, "This is the home of an imperial censor."

Yun Buxian was immediately shocked when he heard this.

What is Jinyiwei?
The Jinyiwei were the ones who had reached the top of the ladder. They could only stand aside when the emperor and ministers were talking.

Although the censor's official position was not high, he was extremely noble and was specifically responsible for impeachment.

How can such a person be easily provoked?

During the battle of Huai'an, Pei Yuan was obsessed with seeking the position of Right Censor-in-Chief of the Censorate for the Nanjing Minister of War Wang Chang.

Only after being appointed as the Right Censor-in-Chief could he be qualified to serve as the governor.

Moreover, Pei Yuan remembered that the reason why this censor named Zhang Lian offended Zhang Heling, the Marquis of Shouning, was because he blatantly impeached Zhang Heling for many illegal acts.

But the current Queen Mother is a brother-supporting womanizer, so how could she allow someone to punish her good brother?

Therefore, all of Zhang Heling's illegal activities were eventually left unresolved.

As a result, Zhang Lian's impeachment was fruitless, and Marquis Shouning became even more excited.

He couldn't target Zhang Lian directly, so he came up with a dirty trick, using money to lure some gangsters into sleeping with Zhang Lian's daughter.

Although people in the underworld love money and like to commit crimes, they are not stupid.

There are plenty of ways to make money, why would you provoke an imperial censor under the emperor's feet?
As a result, the words "the censor's daughter" made someone unable to control himself and he became famous overnight.

Seeing that the situation was getting out of control, Zhang Heling did not dare to retaliate against Zhang Lian, and even behaved himself for a while.

This Zhang Lian even dared to offend the Marquis of Shouning. Wouldn’t Pei Yuan, a mere captain of the Embroidered Uniform Guard, be scolded to death by him?
And what are the Jinyiwei like now?
Now with the civil cabinet in charge outside and the two big powers, the East Factory and the West Factory, controlling the inside, the Jinyiwei can only obey orders and tremble in fear.

During the Zhengde reign, the Jinyiwei, in addition to driving the emperor's car, holding an umbrella for him, and patrolling, were also responsible for maintaining public security within the capital.

These are still considered decent.

There were also indecent ones, for example, the Jinyiwei had a "Jinyiwei Street Office" in addition to the East and West Offices.

Responsible for managing street vendors and clearing drains inside and outside the capital.

The official name is "Superintendent of a certain street." Although their main job is just to set up stalls and dig ditches, it does not stop them from pretending to be a top official.

This is the bleak reality of the Jinyiwei today, and it is also the reason why Pei Yuan only concentrates on grasping real power.

If Pei Yuan, a captain of the Embroidered Uniform Guard, wants to control the dignified Imperial Censor, it would be like a piece of cotton stuck to his face.

At this moment, Pei Yuan didn't have the heart to think about the follow-up matters, and directly asked the servant, "Are there two women visiting today?"

When the servant saw the fierce Jinyiwei asking questions, he hurriedly said, "Yes, yes, yes."

Then, without waiting for Pei Yuan to ask, he said, "The person who came said he was an official's wife and wanted to see my young lady. He also had a token in his hand."

"When my mistress heard about it, she took the initiative to welcome the person in."

Pei Yuan nodded slightly after hearing this.

He could roughly guess it.

After what happened to the censor's daughter, she probably doesn't have many close friends to hang out with on a daily basis.

After all, which daughter of an official family doesn't care about her reputation?

If he had any contact with Zhang Lian's daughter and some dirty talk got out, his life would be ruined.

Zhang Lian and his wife didn't care about those things. They just focused on raising their daughter and ignored the rumors.

But humans are social animals after all, and they long for recognition from their peers.

Zhang Lian's wife was very happy to hear that the wife of a respectable official family had come to visit.

Pei Yuan finally breathed a sigh of relief when he knew that Song Chunniang and Jiao Yaner had indeed come to Zhang's house.

Nothing unspeakable should happen in broad daylight.

Pei Yuan said some things that were derogatory, so he reminded Yun Buxian, "We are here as guests, so tell him not to talk nonsense."

Yun Buxian understood, dragged the servant up, and said viciously, "Remember, be smart later. I can't afford to offend your censor, but it's easy to kill a servant of yours."

The servant nodded repeatedly out of fear, but his mind was blank and he couldn't say anything. Yun Buxian cursed inwardly, pulled the servant up, and brushed the dirt off his body.

The servant also reacted and quickly patted himself.

At this moment, someone in the courtyard suddenly shouted angrily, "I want to see who asked the Jinyiwei to frame me? Is it Zhang Heling? Or Liang Chu!"

As he spoke, a middle-aged scholar in his forties, dressed in casual clothes, strode into the hall.

It was the Imperial Censor Zhang Lian who was on leave at home.

He looked up and saw that the door was wide open. There were several Jinyiwei outside, surrounding his servants.

Perhaps because he saw that everyone was waiting outside the door, and the information was different from what the servants reported, Zhang Lian couldn't help but be slightly surprised, and the anger on his face diminished a little.

They didn't break in, so they at least maintained some dignity.

Pei Yuan then stepped forward and greeted him with a smile, "Jinyiwei Qianhu Pei Yuan, I came to visit you specially, not for official business."

"Visit?" Zhang Lian became more suspicious, but he couldn't help but feel relieved.

Then he continued with a stern face, "I have no connection with the Jinyiwei, and I am not willing to entertain an evil guest like you. Please go back!"

Pei Yuan sighed secretly, this was the side effect of the Jinyiwei's notoriety.

If I want to build a team, I still have a long way to go.

Pei Yuan was not angry. "To be honest, I came here for a private matter. This thousand households' concubine came to visit the daughter of Zhang Yushi's family. Now that the sun is getting late, I came to take her back."

Zhang Lian frowned slightly and asked the servant who had just escaped, "What's going on?"

The servant hurried forward and whispered a few words.

Pei Yuan became a little nervous when he saw this. Whether he would receive the first impeachment in the Zhengde Dynasty depended on whether Yun Buxian’s threat just now was effective.

Zhang Lian's expression changed after hearing this, and he finally said in shame and anger, "I never thought that even the military officers of the Jinyiwei would come to my house to ask for the return of my family. This is such a humiliation to me!"

Although Zhang Lian spoke briefly, Pei Yuan could roughly guess what he meant.

In the entire Ming Dynasty official contempt chain, the status of the censor, a type of official who served as a censor, was extremely noble, and was second only to the Hanlin poets in the entire official system.

Jinyiwei like Pei Yuan have a stigma and negative reputation, and are almost at the bottom of the contempt chain.

Zhang Lian almost took it for granted that this captain of the Embroidered Uniform Guard disliked his daughter's reputation and was afraid that his concubine would have too much contact with his daughter.

Zhang Lian became extremely angry when he thought that just because of that evil thing, he, a female member of the censor's family, was now disliked by the Jinyiwei.

But this matter is difficult to explain. Once you talk too much about it, it will only make things worse.

Pei Yuan had no choice but to say, "It's just because we just entered the city today, and I'm afraid that the concubine is not familiar with the road, so I came to wait. I know that Zhang Yushi is upright, so I don't dare to expect to keep tea, so I said this."

Zhang Lian was a little surprised after hearing what Pei Yuan said.

How can a woman who has just entered the city recognize her own daughter?

Moreover, she was just a concubine of an Imperial Guard, so her family background must have been low, which made it even more strange.

Zhang Lian's heart was slightly moved, but he said, "Why can't I keep a cup of tea? I am upright and have nothing to fear. Could it be that someone would impeach me for colluding with the Jinyiwei?"

As he spoke, he raised his hand slightly, as if inviting Pei Yuan in.

Pei Yuan didn't hesitate and led the person in directly.

Zhang Lian glanced at the neatly-dressed Jinyiwei soldiers and frowned slightly, but he didn't know what to say. He told the servant beside him to invite the soldiers to have tea and rest in the gatehouse.

He also quietly instructed someone to ask his wife to go and talk to them to find out where the two so-called officials' wives came from.

Pei Yuan did not dare to be too arrogant and only brought the Yun family father and son into the hall.

Zhang Lian seemed to be from a good family, and the items in the hall were arranged very exquisitely.

Pei Yuan thought to himself, no wonder he was so eager for revenge that he was cheated out of five hundred taels of silver.

But after Pei Yuan sat down, the atmosphere between the two sides became increasingly awkward.

Zhang Lian is a noble imperial censor, and Pei Yuan is a demonic member of the Imperial Guard. What topics can they have in common?
Zhang Lian wanted to ask Pei Yuan's concubine how she knew his daughter.

But it doesn't make sense to ask someone about his concubine.

Pei Yuan still had no psychological burden and took the initiative to find a topic. "Just now I heard the censor mention Zhang Heling and Liang Chu. Zhang Heling... is of course a corrupt and lawless person, but Liang Chu is a cabinet scholar with a good reputation. How did the censor offend him?"

After hearing Pei Yuan say that Zhang Heling was "corrupt and lawless," Zhang Lian's impression of him improved a little.

But when he heard the following words about Liang Chu, he couldn't help but sneer.

Pei Yuan had a flash of thought in his mind and immediately thought of that incident!
Calculating the time, it was time for the situation to explode, but no one expected that the person who started the fire would be Zhang Lian, who had just offended Zhang Heling.

Right.

Apart from an upright and noble censor like Zhang Lian, who else would dare to point the finger directly at the cabinet minister who enjoys a very good reputation?

Unfortunately, even with a righteous man like Zhang Lian, the final result of this incident was just three cups of wine as punishment.

The personal ethics of officials are of almost no use under strict organizational procedures.

The ministers in power in the court unanimously agreed.

Although Liang Ci'ou, the son of Liang Daxueshi, set fire at night and massacred more than 200 civilians in order to seize land, it did not affect the fact that Liang Chu was still a good official.

This matter needs to be looked at separately.

So, how could we bear to let such a kind-hearted and loving official lose his son?

The final outcome was not surprising.

Liang Cifu enjoyed the treatment of a cadre, and was sent to the border army with a salary and duties.

Afterwards, this young man who killed an entire village in his hometown in Guangdong without putting away his knife, successfully became the commander-in-chief of Guangdong.

Pei Yuan didn't have much opinion on this matter.

Now that the dragon has returned to the deep pool, it always has to coil up obediently.

Pei Yuan was currently exploring this new map, and he didn't even dare to offend a seventh-rank imperial censor. He was in a state of low energy, so how could he have the courage to provoke a cabinet minister?

It’s just that Pei Yuan can’t get involved, but that doesn’t stop him from causing trouble for others.

Thinking about Zhang Lian's high attitude just now, Pei Yuan deliberately laughed, "Could it be that the censor is asking about the matter of Liang Ci'e?"

Zhang Lian's eyes immediately became sharp.

He did not doubt that Pei Yuan knew this information. What he began to care about now was Pei Yuan's purpose.

Zhang Lian stared at Pei Yuan and said, "The Jinyiwei are indeed well-informed."

He thought too much, and suddenly his face changed slightly, "Could it be that Liang Chu asked you to warn me?"

Pei Yuan originally wanted to make things difficult for Zhang Lian. He was very happy to see Zhang Lian fall into mental exhaustion. He smiled and said nothing more.

Zhang Lian thought about the timing of the appearance of the captain of the Jinyiwei, and then thought about the fact that the captain of the Jinyiwei chose to see his daughter at this time, and he felt more and more that Pei Yuan's visit was a naked threat.

(End of this chapter)