Chapter 54: The house raid was successful! System reward!
Chapter 54: The house raid was successful! System rewards!

Looking at the pile of wealth in front of him like a small mountain, Ye Xuan's attention was suddenly attracted by one of the government items.

It was a bright red official robe of the first rank.

Touching the delicate silk texture of the official residence, Ye Xuan couldn't help but feel a sense of melancholy.

So what if he is a high-ranking official? So what if he is the highest-ranking official in the dynasty?

The emperor could kill him at his own will, and in the end he disappeared into thin air.

A trace of emotion flashed across his mind, and Ye Xuan waved his hand and said, "Capture all the family members of the Yang family and send them to the Ministry of Justice for detention!"

"As for the confiscated property, take it all back to the Pacification Office!"

"As ordered!"

There was another round of crying and wailing, and Ye Xuan escorted the confiscated property back to the Zhenfusi Yamen.

Holding the list, Ye Xuan found his immediate superior Wei Qingming.

"Old Wei, look what I brought you!"

Ye Xuan casually swung the confiscated account book and sat opposite Wei Qingming.

He threw the account book on the table and started whistling out of boredom.

If any other centurion dared to be so impertinent and rude in front of Wei Qingming, he would have been captured by Wei Qingming's men long ago. He should first experience the methods of our own prison guards.

But when it came to Ye Xuan's turn, Wei Qingming was not angry at all. Instead, he was not even in a hurry to look at the account book.

Instead, he stood up and told the Jinyiwei outside the door to quickly make a pot of good tea.

Then he sat down in front of Ye Xuan, picked up the account book and said with a smile: "How is it? That's Yang Xian's home. You must be exhausted after this trip!"

The tone was so intimate that it didn't sound like a boss speaking to a subordinate, but rather like that between real brothers, with the older brother caring about the younger brother who had just returned from working outside.

Ye Xuan looks careless on the surface, but he is actually quite thoughtful.

He immediately noticed the subtle changes in Wei Qingming's words and actions.

But since things were moving in a good direction, I didn't take it too seriously.

On the contrary, because of Wei Qingming's intimacy, he became more casual.

Hearing this, he smiled and said, "That's it. It's mainly the brothers who are doing the hard work. I'm just a hands-off manager. I dare not say I'm tired."

"Haha, you're being too modest!" At this time, Wei Qingming's men had already brought over the brewed hot tea.

It is a set of Kung Fu tea set, which looks quite delicate, and there is a small stove next to it that is constantly heating hot water.

While Wei Qingming was chatting with Ye Xuan, he personally poured a cup of tea for Ye Xuan.

"Brother Ye, please try it. This is what I got from a prefect when I went to Hangzhou to arrest him years ago. I have never been willing to drink it, so it is just right to treat Brother Ye today!"

Ye Xuan smiled slightly. Wei Qingming's words sounded nice, saying that it was obtained from his house. To put it bluntly, it was just stolen during the quarrel.

Although the Jinyiwei during the Hongwu period were relatively disciplined, they did not dare to pocket a single cent when confiscating property.

But it was just a little tea, so no one took it seriously. It also indirectly showed that Wei Qingming treated Ye Xuan as his own.

Even the tea leaves that were used to embezzle during the quarrel were not hidden from him. Ye Xuan could not really tell the difference between good and bad tea leaves, but despite this, he could still smell the fragrant tea aroma when he picked it up.

I couldn't help but sincerely praise: "Good tea!"

When Wei Qingming heard this, the slightest bit of nervousness on his face disappeared without a trace, and he smiled and said, "This is the famous Hangzhou Longjing before the rain. I heard that it was all picked one by one by the lips of young girls who had never been cultivated. Not only is the tea fragrant, but when you drink it, it feels like you are in love with that girl."

"Oh, there is such a saying!" Chu Yao's eyes lit up involuntarily, and he sighed in his heart, the ancients really knew how to have fun!
Seeing that Ye Xuan liked it, Wei Qingming quickly took out another oil paper bag from the drawer and handed it to Ye Xuan.

"Since Brother Ye likes it, I have one last pack here, so let Brother Ye take it and taste it slowly."

Ye Xuan felt a little embarrassed now. If it were the case, the intimacy Wei Qingming had shown before would be acceptable.

Guoguo's intention to make friends was too obvious. Besides, he took someone else's things. If Wei Qingming came to him for something, would he help him or not?

It’s just a small matter, just a favor.

But he was only a captain of the Embroidered Uniform Guard, and his official position was much higher than mine. If he really came after me, it would definitely not be a trivial matter.

As if seeing through Ye Xuan's thoughts, Wei Qingming hurriedly said with a smile: "Brother Ye, don't think too much. I gave you this bag of tea purely because I wanted to make friends with you. Don't worry, even if you need my help in the future, you can help if you can. Even if I can't help, I will never resent you!"

Seeing that Wei Qingming had said so much, Ye Xuan could not refuse even if he had any concerns.

Otherwise, it would appear that you are judging others by your own mean standards.

However, Ye Xuan was still a little curious as to why Wei Qingming, a captain of a thousand households, suddenly wanted to win him over.

Is he trying to gather supporters and run for the position of commander of the Imperial Guard?

But it seems that there was no concept of competition for jobs in the Ming Dynasty!
But what he didn't know was that at this moment, Wei Qingming saw Ye Xuan accept her tea and secretly breathed a sigh of relief.

As one of Mao Xiang's confidants, he also got some inside information about Ye Xuan.

He was summoned by the emperor repeatedly and personally welcomed by the chief eunuch. But what shocked him the most was that Commander Mao actually told him that the task of confiscating Yang Xian's property was assigned by the emperor himself in the Golden Palace.

This scared him, and he couldn't help but start wondering who Ye Xuan was.

It is said that such an important task, even if it is not handed over to the commander Mao Xiang to carry out personally, there are still several captains in the Jinyiwei who are qualified to do it.

Why did he choose Ye Xuan?
Before Wei Qingming could figure out the reason, Ye Xuan had already stood up, holding the bag of tea and said, "If there's nothing else, I'll leave first. By the way, thank you for the tea, Old Wei!"

"Hey, why are you being polite to me!" Wei Qingming came back to his senses, hurriedly stood up and sent Ye Xuan to the door.

When the Jinyiwei outside saw this scene, they felt that Wei Qingming was not like Ye Xuan's boss, but a subordinate who was trying to curry favor with his boss.

This caused another round of speculation about Ye Xuan in the Pacification Office.

Ye Xuan didn't waste even a quarter of an hour and hurried on his way home.

It was because he just heard the system's prompt in his mind: [Congratulations to the host for completing the house search, and the reward is 50 kilograms of improved potatoes]

"Potatoes? This is a divine weapon!"

"With this thing, famine will hardly happen again in the Ming Dynasty."

As soon as I got home, Chunfeng Xiayu came up to me and asked curiously, "Master, we just found a bunch of weird things in the woodshed!"

(End of this chapter)