Eighth year of Chongzhen

Chapter 286 Fishing
Sun Zhong, who had been in Jinyiwei for many years, knew what Liu Xingwen meant, and knew that the other party wanted to bribe him and Zhang Tao.Although he is also greedy for money, but now under the watchful eyes of everyone, if he takes the money from the other party and releases the official ship, once it is reported to the general flag when there are too many people talking about it, he will suffer a lot, let alone the other party's bribery A little fortune can't catch up with the great achievement of arresting official ship traffickers. This is a great opportunity to get promoted and make a fortune.

For Jin Yiwei, who is directly under the emperor's pro-army, as long as he has the opportunity to catch the mistakes of the civil servants, he will go to the death, so that he and the emperor appear to be in the same group, except for the royal family, others, etc. All outsiders.

"What's the matter if you don't want to give me face? Come here, tie me up and throw it aside! Ask the boatman to stop the boat on the shore! The rest of the people search separately! Whoever dares to disobey the master's order, the master will send him My job was ruined!"

Sun Zhong ordered loudly.

Zhang Tao turned around and waved at the bottom of the official ship. Several patrolmen on the inspection ship quickly climbed up along the rope net. Taking the rope, he went forward to tie up the two of them and put them aside. The banker and his servants didn't dare to hesitate any longer, and rushed to the cabin along the sides of the ship to start searching.

The boatmen on the official boat sailed to the shore wharf under the command of the patrols. After the boat stopped, the patrols escorted Liu Xingwen and Li Song, who were constantly scolding, ashore and took them to the prison for guarding. Sun Zhong and Zhang Tao went to the official In the second-floor cabin of the ship.

Around noon that day, Wu Shanghu, the general banner, returned to Huai'an pass by boat with dozens of school lieutenants.As soon as Wu Shanghu got off the boat, Sun Zhong and Zhang Tao, who had been waiting on the shore for a long time, hurried forward to salute the army and said: "Report to the General Banner, my subordinates seized a private official ship at noon today. It was later found out that there were countless items such as silk, satin, cloth, gold and silver jewelry on board, and the total price was estimated to be around 2 taels! The criminals have now been detained in the cell of the Zongqi Yamen, and the boat is temporarily detained at the dock and under special supervision! Please show me how to deal with it!"

Wu Shanghu was overjoyed when he heard the words: "Official ship smugglers? Whose banner is it? Good guy, this time I caught a big fish! Hahahaha! You two are not bad! Go, take me to see See what kind of expert it is!"

Arriving at the courtyard where Jinyiwei General Banner handles official business daily, Wu Shanghu ordered: "Bring the master smuggler, and I will interrogate him before making any plans!"

When Wu Shanghu took a shower, changed into casual clothes and came to the public house, the two school captains and the tightly bound Liu Xingwen had already been waiting for a long time.

"Who are you? How dare you use an official ship to sell private goods to evade taxes. Where does this move go? As the emperor's pro-army, I can't tolerate your actions like this! You need to explain yourself today, For example, how many times have you traveled today? How much is the total amount of tax evasion? And who conspired with you? If you tell the truth, I will forgive you, but if there is any deception, I will teach you to survive You can't ask for death!"

Wu Shanghu sat down and looked at Liu Xingwen, then said in a deep voice.

"Your Majesty Liu Xingwen is the cousin of Liu Zhifu in Yangzhou! This time, he was entrusted by Liu Zhifu to transport some items to Beijing to visit his relatives. Why did the official boat dealer say it privately? Both this messenger and Liu Zhifu are working for the court. , it stands to reason that he is also a colleague of the same number, why is it so strict?"

Liu Xingwen is also a person who has seen the world, and he was not intimidated by Wu Shanghu's words, and he firmly refused to admit the official boat smuggling.

"Oh? I need tens of thousands of taels of property to go to Beijing to visit relatives? What is the monthly salary of Liu Zhifu? His family is so rich? It costs tens of thousands of taels to visit relatives? Could it be that this batch of property came from a bad way? I am not a three-year-old child! You still Honestly speaking!"

Wu Shanghu did not order to be violent against Liu Xingwen, because he had other plans in mind.

Strictly speaking, this matter is really not a big deal.

In terms of the value of the goods, the items on the official ship this time will have to pay more than six hundred taels of tax. If Liu Xingwen finally confesses the truth and admits that it is indeed a smuggling trip, he will have to be released after making up the tax. It will take more effort and money to move the goods on the official ship to the merchant ship.But it is difficult to drag Liu Zuo into the water. Liu Xingwen will finally say that he used the banner of his cousin to trick the Yangzhou government into sending an official ship to help him smuggle.

And Wu Shanghu, who was born in a family of brocade clothes, has been fascinated since he was a child, how to make accusations against the other party after being planted and framed, and finally turn the small crime into a big crime, and turn the small case into a big case.

That's why he was overjoyed when he got off the boat and heard Sun Zhong's report.

Sun Zhong's report made him keenly grasp a good opportunity for promotion. As long as the case is made bigger and the Yangzhou magistrate is dragged into the water, his name will go straight to Shengting. After the case is completed, promotion will be a matter of course.

"I have been in business for many years, and my family has little savings. Because I am grateful for the kindness of the prefect Liu, I also donated a part of the family property to my cousin to express my gratitude! Prefect Liu is well-known in Yangzhou. , feel free to visit them on business trips!"

Liu Xingwen saw that Wu Shanghu's attitude was quite gentle, not as fierce as the rumored Jin Yiwei, so he gradually relaxed.

"Hehe, you are an eloquent person. I won't talk to you. Just now, since you said that I and Liu Zhifu are colleagues, I will sell Liu Zhifu's face today! My official I will let you wait to go back, but the official ship and all the belongings on board are temporarily detained! As for how to deal with this matter, I will at most ask Shangfeng for instructions! Someone, untie Liu Yuanwai, and take out ten taels of silver to go with him Let people make money and let them go!"

After finishing speaking, Wu Shanghu stood up and went straight around the screen to the backyard.

Back to the residence in the backyard, Sun Zhong was holding a heavy-looking sandalwood box and Zhang Tao stood at the door and waited. After Wu Shanghu greeted him, Dang entered the room, and Sun Zhong and Zhang Tao followed one after the other.

"General Banner, two of his subordinates seized a piece of stolen goods from the cabin on the second floor. Please also inspect it!"

Sun Zhong gently placed the wooden box on the table in the house, and Zhang Tao opened the lid of the wooden box. The inside was yellow and white, and an ingot of gold and silver was neatly stacked in the wooden box.

After Wu Shanghu sat down, he glanced at the gold and silver in the wooden box, and asked, "Have you ever inspected it? This Liu family seems to be really rich, and they carry so much gold and silver with them, and they are not afraid of being intercepted by some bad guys." go!"

"Subordinates have checked just now, and there are 300 taels of silver and 100 taels of gold in the box!"

Sun Zhong replied respectfully.

"Keep the gold, you two will each have 50 taels of silver, and the rest will be distributed to the other brothers. The old rules, don't show the white! Order to go down and prepare the boat for the official. After the two of you are done, follow the official to Yangzhou Mansion. Report today's events to Liang Qianhu, we are going to catch a big fish this time!"

(End of this chapter)