The Demon-Slaying Grandmaster

Chapter 58: One sentence determines life and death (seeking monthly ticket)
"Master, how about we let the guards from the factory who we brought with us conduct an interrogation?
In this regard, all of our men are very good at it."

Li Jingxiao immediately remembered that Eunuch Zhou was the Inspector General of the Inner Court, and was in charge of the supervision of the Inner Court.

The factory guards under his command may not be good at fighting and killing, but they are definitely proficient in accounting and searching.

Li Jingxiao looked at the leader of the Jinyiwei team who was called by Zhao Junming.

The meaning is very clear. Since he is already the Jinyiwei pacification envoy, how could he not use the Jinyiwei but ask the people from the Dongchang for help?

But that person had a problem with his brain and did not dare to say in front of the three eunuchs that the Jinyiwei's ability in checking accounts was no worse than that of the foreigners.

After thinking for a moment, he bowed and said, "Sir, all the powerful captains basically end up serving in the factory guards."

These words were obviously meant to flatter the three eunuchs, and Li Jingxiao thought to himself, "idiots."

But he smiled and said, "What's your name?"

Not only did the man fail to detect Li Jingxiao's dissatisfaction, but his face lit up with joy, thinking that Li Jingxiao was concerned about the three eunuchs.

Taking a deep breath, he said, "Your humble servant, the Jinyi General Banner, thanks Kaishan."

Before Li Jingxiao could say anything, Dai Quan hurriedly interrupted, "Master Li, this Master Xie is the fourth-generation grandson of Marquis Dingyuan and the nephew of Xie Jing, the current Second-Class Male and Guerrilla of the Beijing Camp."

Xia Shouzhong was also sneering in his heart. Mr. Xie thought that this Mr. Li had just entered the officialdom and had to give face to the factory guards and his Xie family.

However, he didn't know that his three senior eunuchs were now trying to curry favor with him, Li Jingxiao.

Moreover, Xie Jing was a guerrilla in the Beijing Camp who was promoted during the reign of the retired emperor.

As the emperor's trusted eunuch, Xia Shouzhong least wanted to see Li Jingxiao getting too close to the retired emperor's lineage.

He continued with a smile, "Xie Jing, Master Xie is so lucky, you have seven sons and nephews in total, known as the Seven Uncles of Guandong.

The nobles in the capital city envy Master Xie so much."

After listening to this, Li Jingxiao looked at Xie Kaishan with a smile.

Xie Kaishan felt a little uneasy when he saw Li Jingxiao's gaze, and cursed Xia Shouzhong in his heart.

In the pre-Qin period, Guandong referred to the area east of Hangu Pass.

But by the early Ming Dynasty and the Great Zhou Dynasty, it had specifically referred to the Northeast.

As for Bodu, it was an official title during the Yuan Dynasty, but like Shanjun, it was another name for tiger.

The Seven Tigers of the Xie Family do sound impressive, but when facing the real powerful and influential people, they not only boasted but also broke taboos.

You, Xie Jing, are a guerrilla in the Beijing camp, and your seven sons and nephews are all outstanding people.

If your Xie family really rises in power, who knows how many important positions they will occupy in the future.

Also, the emperor must be more wary of the Xie family.

Even though Li Jingxiao was a novice in officialdom, he knew that what Xia Shouzhong had just said was equivalent to cutting off Xie Kaishan's chance of advancement.

Dai Quan spoke first just now, simply because he wanted Li Jingxiao to help the nephews and nieces of the Xie family.

In this situation, if Xia Shouzhong didn't say anything, it would be difficult for him to explain to the emperor when he returned to the palace.

Li Jingxiao indeed lost interest in Xie Kaishan.

Besides, Li Jingxiao is not stupid, Xia Shouzhong has explained it so clearly.

Unless he pretended not to know what Bodu was, he would not understand what Qi Bodu said, which implied that the Xie family was so powerful that even the emperor was a little afraid of it.

If he gets closer to Xie Kaishan, he would be openly surrendering to the emperor.

A first-class general is not enough for Li Jingxiao to make it clear that he is wholeheartedly devoted to the emperor.

Not to mention, Li Jingxiao knew that the winner in the future would be the emperor, not the increasingly aging emperor.

Dai Quan was secretly angry and glared at Xia Shouzhong, but Xia Shouzhong was not afraid at all.

Unless Dai Quan has no relatives, he can do this and serve the emperor wholeheartedly.

But Dai Quan had been with the retired emperor for decades, and he had many relatives, apprentices, and godsons who had taken refuge with him. The retired emperor was already over 60 years old, which was considered a very long life among emperors throughout history.

Although the emperor still held military power at this time, there were many old ministers in the court who were promoted by him personally.

But what about a few years later, or ten years later?
Anyone would find a way out for themselves.

Even the Jia family invested in Lin Ruhai!

In the original novel, Yuanchun was sent to the palace, which was actually a preparation for the future.

However, getting involved in harem struggles is actually more dangerous.

Looking at the endings of the Jia, Shi, and Wang families, we can see that even if the emperor had not died more than ten years later, his power had already been taken away bit by bit by the emperor.

To put it bluntly, the emperor himself understood that as he got older, he might die at any time.

On the one hand, he was reluctant to let go of power, and on the other hand, he could only let the emperor do some of his little tricks.

Moreover, the emperor is the legitimate ruler of a country. As long as he does not commit suicide, no one can stop people from turning to the new emperor.

Li Jingxiao praised Xie Kaishan a few times, which seemed to be admiration, but in fact it was just polite words.

Then he said to Eunuch Zhou, "Then I'll have to trouble you, Eunuch."

Eunuch Zhou smiled and bowed to Dai Quan and Xia Shouzhong, then waved to the guards he brought with him.

After all, they were professionals. When Zhao Junming came back with five captains and the accountant, the three housekeepers and four concubines' relatives had already told him everything.

Li Jingxiao still felt that the embezzled 20,000 taels of silver and more than 1400 acres of fertile land were not enough.

Eunuch Zhou saw Li Jingxiao's dissatisfaction and said with a smile, "Master, some of the money is a reward from the master, and some is money earned by the servants themselves outside. It is not easy to hold on to it."

Li Jingxiao subconsciously said that since he was a slave, everything belonged to the master.

But when the words were on the tip of his tongue, he suddenly realized that Eunuch Zhou said this because he, Dai Quan, Xia Shouzhong, and other eunuchs in the palace were actually house slaves.

At this time, in order to get more money, Dai Quan and the other two would feel that they were inflexible and too stubborn, which was not a good thing.

But Li Jingxiao was unhappy about letting three termites go.

He smiled and nodded, "My Lord, you are right. Since it is a reward, it means that these three stewards also made contributions.

The return of 20,000 taels of silver and more than 1400 acres of fertile farmland can be considered as a balance between merits and demerits.

From now on, the whole family will be sent to the manor at your house."

Dai Quan, Xia Shouzhong and Eunuch Zhou all nodded in satisfaction.

If these eunuchs were to be driven out one day, being able to retire in the imperial mausoleum would be a very good destination.

So Li Jingxiao just sent people to the farm, just like the eunuchs going to the imperial tomb.

As for the four people from Jiangzhou, they don’t care.

But when the three managers heard that the whole family was being sent to the farm, even if they still had money, they would be slaves for generations.

Some people immediately become unhappy when they think about their children becoming farmers with their feet on the ground and their backs to the sky in the future.

Not to mention, Li Jingxiao had just said in front of the three eunuchs that the merits and demerits offset each other.

Then there would be no problem in redeeming my own family.

"Master, I know I have let the Li family down. I am willing to pay double the ransom money and ask you to show mercy and let my family return home."

Li Jingxiao laughed after hearing this.

The eunuch Zhou's face was so gloomy that he wanted to eat alive the butler who spoke.

PS: Please give me a monthly ticket, thank you

(End of this chapter)