Ever since Si Chen deliberately revealed the truth to Liu Wencai, he didn't use Marquis Wu to capture Ma Renjie and the others for the next two days.
He was fishing.
He hoped that Liu Wencai would pass the fake news to the Zheng family so that the Zheng family would take action.
As long as the Zheng family dared to make a move, he would be able to drag the Zheng family into the pool of water in Xi City and punish them!
Getting rid of Ma Renjie was nothing. Getting rid of the real culprit behind the scenes, the Zheng family, was what Si Chen wanted to do the most.
However, in the past two days, Si Chen had sent a large number of plainclothes marquises to monitor Xi City, Huaiyuan Lane, and Yongxing Lane's Zheng Manor, but they did not find anything.
The Zheng Family didn't kill Ma Renjie or any of the " He did not use his power in the imperial court to suppress Si Chen. He didn't transfer his assets or run away with his family…
It acted as if everything that happened in Xi City had nothing to do with it.
"Old fox!"
From this, Si Chen knew that the head of the Zheng family must be someone who could judge the situation and was very calm.
Si Chen wasn't prepared to wait anymore.
Tomorrow morning, he would mobilize all the marquises in West City to Huaiyuan Square and take down Ma Renjie!
At night, he was off duty.
Zhao Xin led 20 Martial Marquises to escort Si Chen back to the residence.
This was because it was a special period for handling serious crimes in Xi City. As the highest commander of the marquis of Xi City, Si Chen's safety had to be guaranteed! Therefore, every night, there would be a team leader and 20 marquises guarding Si Chen's residence.
At night, there was still an hour before the curfew.
Zhao Xin, fully armored, walked into the room and reported,""Brigade Commander, there's a carriage coming from the back door. There's a middle-aged man who looks like a scholar with a few servants.”
"Oh, through the back door?"
When Si Chen heard this, he smiled faintly and said,"Open the back door and let them in.”
Si Chen also went to the flower hall in the backyard, preparing to receive these guests who had come through the back door.
Zhao Xin led a few Martial Marquises forward and opened the back door of the mansion. A tall and thin middle-aged scholar walked in first. He wore a dark green robe and looked rather dignified.
Behind him, there were a few blue-robed servants.
After the middle-aged scholar walked into the backyard, he cleared the path and made way. Then, he waved his hand at the door, and carriages with carriages entered the manor one after another.
There were a total of fifteen cars!
Si Chen's residence was the residence of Li Mu, the former Grand Preceptor of the Sui Dynasty. It occupied a large area and the backyard was very wide. However, after these fifteen carriages lined up, there was not much space left.
"This commoner Xu Sanyou greets the colonel of Marquis Wei!”
The middle-aged scholar walked to the front of the flower hall and stood at the bottom of the stone steps. He bowed to Si Chen, who was sitting in the hall.
"Xu Sanyou?"
Si Chen didn't know this name and asked directly,"Who are you? Why are you visiting me so late at night?”
Xu Sanyou bowed again." I'm the steward of the Loyalty Hall. I've been entrusted by Hall Master Ma to pay a visit to Travel Marshal Si." He also brought a small gift as a form of respect, hoping that Loyalty Hall could gain the friendship of Travel Marshal Si.”
"So it's the people from Zhongyi Hall."
Si Chen sneered and said disdainfully,"Aren't you overestimating yourself?" Was he worthy of the friendship of this brigade?”
A leader who had done all kinds of evil things and wanted to be friends with a Rank-8 Marquis Wei, he really should take a piss and look at himself.
When Xu Sanyou heard this, he was not annoyed at all. He smiled calmly and said,"Brigade Commander, please listen to what I have to say.”
"Open it!"
He waved his hand behind him, and a few servants immediately ran to a row of carriages and opened the two front doors of the carriage.
What everyone saw was a pile of copper coins in the carriage.
Kaiyuan Tongbao!
They filled the entire carriage tightly.
The few servants did not stop and opened fourteen carriages in a row. They were all filled with brand new strings of copper coins!
Under the torch, it shone with an alluring luster!
Zhao Xin and the ten Martial Marquises in the backyard were breathing heavily.
They had never seen so much money!
Si Chen's eyes darkened.
Ma Renjie was really willing to spend.
Even some of the Duke's families couldn't take out so many copper coins.
"There's a total of sixty thousand strings of money here. It's just a little gift from Hall Master Ma to Travel Marshal Si.”
60,000 strings of copper coins were worth 10,000 gold taels!
However, the rich in Chang 'an liked to store copper coins in cellars, not gold. Therefore, the actual value of sixty thousand strings of copper coins in Chang' an was greater than ten thousand taels of gold.
Xu Sanyou smiled faintly and waved his hand again. A servant opened the last carriage door.
Three graceful young girls in white gauze dresses walked out of the carriage.
They walked hand in hand and stood obediently at the bottom of the steps in front of the hall.
They looked like they were only fourteen or fifteen years old, but they were both extremely beautiful and had very similar faces. However, their temperaments were different.
Xu Sanyou smiled and introduced them from the side." These three women are triplets. They look exactly the same, but their auras are different." The eldest sister was cold and arrogant, the second sister was gentle, and the third sister was quick-witted.”
"They are all beautiful virgins. It wasn't easy for the hall master to find them, and he especially gave them to Brigade Commander Si to take pity on.”
"Gulp!"
A Martial Marquis could not help but gulp.
"Money, beauties." Si Chen stood up from his seat and slowly walked out of the hall. He stood on the steps and looked down at Xu Sanyou. He asked with a faint smile,"Is there anything else?"”
When Xu Sanyou saw Si Chen finally stand up and come out with a smile on his face, he thought that these two things had already moved Si Chen, so he heaved a sigh of relief in his heart.
Now, he was just one step away from success.
"Of course!"
Xu Sanyou clapped his hands, and the three servants carefully took out three trays from the carriage where the triplets had been.
They were all covered with red silk.
Xu Sanyou didn't waste any time. He opened the red silk on the first tray and found a stack of bookkeeping items inside.
"This is the title deed of the largest and best restaurant in Xi City, Hu Yue Restaurant.”
The second piece of red silk was opened, and inside were two blocks of top-grade suet jade the size of a weight.
"Rare jade, only heroes like the colonel deserve it.”
Xu Sanyou ingeniously flattered.
Si Chen nodded. If these two pieces of jade were a little bigger, they would be comparable to the Heshi jade.
He smiled meaningfully,"I didn't expect Zhongyi Hall to be so rich. I'm afraid Heshen won't make as much money as you guys."”
In three or four years, they had plundered so much that even Ju Tan and Shen had to admit that they were inferior!
Xu Sanyou didn't know who He Shen was, so he didn't dare to ask. He only smiled and agreed,"Travel Marshal Si, you praise me too much! Zhongyi Hall gave up all their assets to show their sincerity to the colonel.”
"Hall Master Ma even used up all his wealth to buy a peerless treasure from Persia and gave it to the colonel. To put it bluntly, even the palace didn't have such a treasure.”
Xu Sanyou smiled as he carefully removed the red silk from the third tray.
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