Hearing Xia Jian's words, Wan Gui replied with a dark face,""Yes, is there anything you need from me?”
Wan Gui was the commander of the Jinyiwei and the father of Imperial Concubine Wan. He was not afraid of Xia Jian at all.
"Men, capture him!" Xia Jian didn't say anything and let the people from West Hall take Wan Gui down.
After Xia Jian finished speaking, he walked into the Wan family without turning his head.
Although Noble Wan looked tall and burly, with the appearance of a bandit, his martial strength was actually not high. This was because he relied on his daughter's relationship to become the commander.
Just like his son, Wan Tong, who knew a little bit of kung fu, Xu Ren easily subdued him.
After Wan Gui was captured, he bared his teeth and roared,"Eunuch Xia, what are you doing?”
The people of the West Hall had been captured by the commander, so the rest of the Brocade Guards naturally surrounded them. Both sides were at daggers drawn.
Xia Jian had long expected that this group of Embroidered Uniform Guards would stop them. However, he did not think of taking Wan Gui away now. Instead, he sent people to search the Wan family.
The investigation of cases in West Military Hall had always been barbaric. They would throw away whatever they found and tear apart the books they found.
Wan Gui was tied up there. Looking at how rude and unreasonable these people from West Hall were, he was so angry that his old face was about to turn purple.
The capital was not big. Once Xia Jian brought the people from the West Chamber in, the matter spread like wildfire.
One had to know that the West Military Hall was too powerful in the capital. There were thousands of eyes watching every move of the West Military Hall.
Before the rise of the West Hall, this kind of glory belonged to the Jinyiwei. Now that the West Hall and the Jinyiwei had a conflict, many people applauded and waited to watch the show.
Very soon, the Embroidered Uniform Guards arrived and surrounded the Wan Mansion. Those who were watching the show were also chased out.
The people of the Brocade Guard had come, so it was impossible for the people of the West Hall not to take action. As an intelligence agency, the West Hall had received the news before the Brocade Guard. However, because the West Hall was far from the Wan Mansion, it came a little later.
Currently, there were about 3,000 people from the West Military Yard who stayed in the capital. They were all the soldiers who had followed Xia Jian from Qingyang City to the capital.
Everyone in the West Hall had firearms, while the Embroidered Uniform Guards could only use cold weapons, bows, and arrows to fight.
The Wan family was worthy of being the family of Imperial Concubine Wan. There were one million taels of silver and two to three hundred thousand taels of gold in this Wan Gui mansion. There were also all kinds of famous paintings and antiques!
"You're really greedy. Wan Gui, we've only investigated your official residence and we've already confiscated so much money. I don't know how much you've embezzled.”Xia Jian teased Wan Gui.
The Imperial Commander of the Brocade Guards was the same as Xia Jian's Imperial Eunuch. They were both of the third rank.
A Ming Dynasty official of the third rank shouldn't have so much money at home, because the palace treasury of the Ming Emperor was only so much.
"Wan Gui, why don't you explain? Why do you have so much property?”Xia Jian came in front of Wan Gui and said with a smile.
"Explain? What's there to explain? This is the money of my entire Wan family, not my own money.”Wan Gui grimaced.
Family?
Xia Jian shook his head in disdain. He couldn't be bothered to care if it was your family's money. In any case, it was found in Wan Gui's residence. If Xia Jian said it was stolen money, then it was stolen money!
"Take him away!" Xia Jian ordered and was about to take Wan Gui away.
However, the Brocade Guards did not agree. They surrounded the Wan Mansion and did not allow Xia Jian and the others to go out.
At the outermost perimeter were the people of the West Hall. They were holding guns, and the black muzzles were aimed at every strongman of the Embroidered Uniform Guards.
"I'll count to three. If you still don't move after three, then only death awaits you!”
Xia Jian's face was gloomy and he was in a bad mood. If he couldn't show the Jinyiwei a lesson tonight, it wouldn't be easy for West Hall to enforce the law in the future.
Although he had become the Transformation Emperor and was temporarily in charge of the North Garrison Guard of the Embroidered Uniform Guards, in reality, the Embroidered Uniform Guards of the North Garrison Guard would not listen to him. The Wan family had been in the Embroidered Uniform Guards for so many years and had long been deeply rooted.
"Three, two!"
Before Xia Jian could count to one, Ji Ying, the commander of the South Town Administrative Office, stood out.
"Let him pass!"
Ji Ying said, and the Embroidered Uniform Guards present did not dare to disobey.
The Brocade Guard opened up a path for them. Xia Jian led the people from the West Hall and walked out with Wan Gui.
"Eunuch Xia!" Ji Ying suddenly spoke when they were walking out of the Wan Residence.
Xia Jian narrowed his eyes and looked at Ji Ying, waiting for him to speak.
"The night is dark. The capital is very cold, and so are people's hearts.”
Xia Jian glanced at Ji Ying and didn't waste any more words. He turned around and left, bringing Wan Gui back to the West Hall prison.
The next day, Xia Jian was leisurely drinking wine and singing in his private residence. However, the Forbidden City was already in chaos.
Those who colluded with the Wan Clan saw that Wan Gui had been captured by the West Hall and were afraid that they would be implicated. Many wealthy merchants fled overnight.
The Imperial Palace was not quiet either, especially the Imperial Concubine Wan. When she found out that Xia Jian had captured her father, she was so angry that she almost fainted.
This Imperial Concubine Wan did not allow her family to have a conflict with Xia Jian. She knew that Xia Jian could not be offended at this time, but she did not expect that Xia Jian would take the initiative to find trouble with her Wan family.
Therefore, Imperial Concubine Wan asked the young eunuch in the palace to leave the palace to find Xia Jian and pass on her orders to Xia Jian to release her father.
At the same time, Imperial Concubine Wan went to Emperor Chenghua's side to make a fuss, describing Xia Jian as arrogant and despotic, using the name of the emperor to plunder the people's wealth.
"Beloved Consort, you're going a little overboard. I still trust Minister Xia a lot. There must be some misunderstanding between the two of you. How about this? I'll get someone to summon him into the palace and you can question him face to face. Don't be angry, beloved consort. It's not good to be angry and ruin your health!”Emperor Cheng was coaxing the half-aged Imperial Concubine Wan like he was coaxing a little girl.
As for Xia Jian, he had also received an order from the eunuch sent by Imperial Concubine Wan. Seeing the eunuch tremble when he saw him, Xia Jian could not help but laugh.
"Men, release Wan Gui!" Xia Jian said to his subordinates.
Xia Jian's assistant, Xu Ren, didn't understand and asked,""Daren, why did you let Wan Gui out?”
"You don't understand. This is the current situation.”Xia Jian gave Xu Ren a mysterious smile, making Xu Ren even more confused.
"You have to remember one thing. Only release him and announce to the public that Wan Gui is innocent.”
Not long after, an imperial edict came down, announcing that Xia Jian would enter the palace to meet the emperor.
"She's finally here. This Noble Consort Wan's movements are a bit slow!”
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