Ming Dynasty: Is a mere unruly commoner rebelling against heaven?

Chapter 25: Our Eastern Depot is going to handle the biggest case of the Hongzhi era!

A moment later, the gates of the Northern Garrison suddenly opened.

Mou Bin led thousands of Embroidered Uniform Guards, rushing out of the Northern Garrison.

The momentum was huge, filled with murderous aura.

Since Mou Bin led the Embroidered Uniform Guards to exterminate the Zhou family and confiscate the homes and execute more than thirty officials, he had completely terrified the officials with his reputation as a god of death.

At this time, the civil and military officials of the capital had just seen Wang Zhi leading hundreds of West Depot agents swaggering through the city, and now they saw Mou Bin leading thousands of Embroidered Uniform Guards galloping through the capital.

This made the officials, who had just calmed down, panic.

"What is Mou Bin up to again?! Why is he leading so many Embroidered Uniform Guards?!"

"All four guards of the Embroidered Uniform Guard have been dispatched! What?! They are also leaving the city!"

"Why did the White Tiger Guard take people to Suzhou Lane? That's Qiu Yue's residence!"

"The Embroidered Uniform Guard has taken action against General Qiu, heavens, this is probably going to be…"

"Silence!"

The White Tiger Guard led dozens of Embroidered Uniform Guards, rushing into Suzhou Lane in the capital, breaking into Qiu Yue's residence in the capital.

Mou Bin led the rest of the people, quickly leaving the capital.

After the Embroidered Uniform Guards left the capital, they split into two groups.

Commander Qianhu Zhuque and Xuanwu led thousands of Embroidered Uniform Guards, heading towards Pingliang Prefecture.

Commander Mou Bin and Commander Qianhu Qinglong led hundreds of confidants, also heading towards Datong Prefecture.

With the West Depot and the Embroidered Uniform Guard both in action, there was no reason for the Eastern Depot to remain calm.

Unfortunately, the task Zhu You樘 gave to Huai En was only to confiscate the homes of Liu Xu and Liu Ji.

Huai En sighed and lamented in the Eastern Depot's yamen.

"Mou Bin, Wang Zhi, don't get carried away!"

"This old one has been by His Majesty's side the longest, and is the most loyal to His Majesty!"

"After His Majesty, he will definitely reuse this old one!"

Huai En gritted his teeth, feeling extremely envious and jealous of Wang Zhi and Mou Bin for being able to handle such major cases.

"Li Guang!"

"Foster father, I am here!"

A strong and sturdy young eunuch in his early twenties quickly walked to Huai En's front, with a very respectful expression.

After Huai En took charge of the Eastern Depot, he purged a portion of the Eastern Depot that had sided with the Zhou family.

While purging, Huai En was also investigating and promoting young eunuchs he had taken a liking to.

This Li Guang was ruthless, highly efficient, and loyal to the emperor, exactly the kind of talent the Eastern Depot needed.

Therefore, Huai En not only promoted Li Guang to be the Thousand Household Officer in charge of punishments in the Eastern Depot, but also allowed him to enter the Directorate of Palace Attendants as a Director.

Now, he even adopted Li Guang as his foster son, and Li Guang's position in the Directorate of Palace Attendants and the Eastern Depot rose steadily.

"Go, take people to confiscate the homes of Liu Xu and Liu Ji, and bring everyone back, not allowing anyone to be missed."

Huai En sat on the grand master's chair, picking up a bowl of hot tea beside him.

"Yes, foster father."

Li Guang respectfully lowered his head to receive the order, but his footsteps did not move, and he still stood in front of Huai En.

Huai En frowned, not even drinking the tea: "Something wrong?"

"Foster father, you previously instructed me to take people to thoroughly investigate the Imperial Hospital… I found this."

Li Guang handed a secret letter to Huai En.

Huai En didn't take it, but blew on the scalding hot tea: "Read it."

Li Guang handed the letter closer, lowering his head even further.

"This child dares not read it, please foster father take a look yourself!"

"Tsk!"

Huai En clicked his tongue in dissatisfaction, put down the tea bowl in his hand, and took the secret letter Li Guang handed over.

Huai En opened the secret letter, only glanced at it twice, and suddenly his face turned pale, so frightened that he rolled directly off the chair, knocking over the bowl of scalding hot tea beside him.

"What?!"

"This! This! Really… really… really is this true?"

The scalding hot tea splashed on Huai En, but he didn't seem to feel it, sitting on the ground, word by word, carefully looking at the contents of the secret letter.

Li Guang helped Huai En up and sat him down again, lowering his eyes, suppressing his voice: "It is indeed true!"

"The scope of this matter is too large. If we really want to pursue it, I'm afraid tens of thousands of people in the entire capital will lose their heads!"

"This child can't make up his mind, so I came to ask for foster father's thoughts."

Huai En's face was uncertain, turning white and red, after a long silence, he suddenly asked an irrelevant question.

"Tell me, who are you loyal to?"

Li Guang's expression straightened, and he immediately respectfully replied: "Of course, it is the emperor of our Great Ming, His Majesty Hongzhi."

"Then are you afraid of offending those civil officials?"

"This child is not afraid!"

"Are you afraid of being written into books by those civil officials, becoming a harmful eunuch who brings disaster to the court, leaving a bad name for ten thousand years?"

"This child is not afraid!"

"Then what are you afraid of?"

"This child is afraid that His Majesty does not trust our Eastern Depot! Forgets our Eastern Depot! Doesn't use our Eastern Depot!"

"Good!"

"Since that's the case, then go ahead and do it!"

Huai En held the secret letter in his hand tightly.

"Since our Eastern Depot is the knife of the Great Ming Emperor, then the entire world, except for the Great Ming Emperor, the Eastern Depot fears nothing!"

Huai En swept away the haze on his face, his expression excited, laughing heartily.

"Hahaha, don't be afraid of making things big, the bigger this matter gets, the better!"

"Ma Wensheng, Qiu Yue, Wan An, what big cases are confiscating homes and exterminating clans?"

"Our Eastern Depot, if we're going to handle a case, we'll handle the biggest case of the Hongzhi era!"

"Yes, foster father!"

Li Guang's expression was also excited, his whole body trembling with excitement.

Only to see Huai En tightly gripping the secret letter in his hand, vaguely revealing a few words.

"Liu Wentai, Left Vice Director of the Imperial Hospital, suspected of colluding with officials to poison the late emperor…"

…

The gates of the Eastern Depot's yamen were opened, but unlike the aggressive momentum of the West Depot and the Embroidered Uniform Guard.

The Eastern Depot agents led by Li Guang were much smaller in scale, even somewhat low-key.

Dozens of Eastern Depot agents knocked on the doors of Liu Xu and Liu Ji's homes.

Liu Xu and Liu Ji, who had been terrified by the major actions of the West Depot and the Embroidered Uniform Guard.

After seeing Li Guang and the Eastern Depot agents, their suspended hearts finally died.

"Your Majesty, please have mercy!"

"This old minister has been cautious and careful throughout his career, without any major mistakes, why is it like this, why is it like this!"

Liu Xu knelt down facing the location of the imperial palace, kowtowing several times while crying bitterly.

Li Guang smiled disdainfully: "What are you pretending to be innocent for?"

"Come on, search!"

"All the gold, silver, soft goods, field deeds, and land deeds in Liu Xu's house must all be registered!"

"Not even a single copper coin less!"

"All of Liu Xu's family members will be imprisoned in the Eastern Depot prison, not one can be let go!"

"Yes, Commander Li!"

After searching Liu Xu's house, Li Guang rushed to Liu Ji's house without stopping.

But found that Liu Ji was leading his entire family, already sitting in the courtyard,

Liu Ji's face was pale, completely despairing.

Ever since he received the news that Wan An and Liu Xu were arrested by the West Depot and the Eastern Depot respectively.

He knew that he could not escape this calamity.

Li Guang couldn't help but let out a sneer when he saw this scene.

"Hmph! You are quite sensible, saving me some effort."

"Come on, continue searching!"

"All these people will also be sent back to the Eastern Depot prison."

"Yes, Commander Li!"

Under the night, more than a hundred people from Liu Xu and Liu Ji's families were escorted to the Eastern Depot prison by Eastern Depot agents.

Cart after cart of gold, silver, and wealth were sent from their homes to the Eastern Depot.

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