Tang Qi Tan

Jiang Tian didn't expect to come out at night and meet a big fish by the way, a fish that escaped from the prison of the Ministry of Justice.What's even more surprising is that this big fish was also one of the top executives of Yunmeng Thief, the person in charge of the external and sales network (see Chapter 173 for details).

So the next morning, in the main hall of Jiangling Mansion, the long-lost drums sounded.However, in the reverberation of internal and external drums, what appeared outside the main hall was not the traditional squads in soap clothes, or the men in white clothes, but the soldiers with door guns and horizontal halberds at the wing-shaped end, and flags with green covers. .

And sitting in front of the background of the huge Lanshan tiger roaring picture in the main hall, it is not Jiangling Shaoyin who rarely asks questions publicly; he is wearing a full set of light scarlet official robes and black gauze head with crossed wings; Jiang Tian himself.Pang Xun, the assistant deputy, was all dressed up, and the one with the big horse and golden sword was sitting beside him.

On the opposite side is Zhong Sunji, the supervisor of Jingnan Road, wearing a censor's crown (Xiezhi crown) and a sky blue silk robe.He frowned and said in a low voice with concern: "Old man, shouldn't you avoid suspicion right now? Why do you want to involve this old man again..."

"Could it be, Zhong Xundao, you don't want to know who created the opportunity and secretly replaced your subordinates with monsters?" Jiang Tian asked confidently: "I was patrolling outside the embankment at night yesterday, and I happened to catch a group of The thieves gathered in the water, so they discovered something."

"What!" Zhong Sunji couldn't help but said in astonishment: but he couldn't help but broke a beard.

"Bring it up!" Pang Xun waved his hand and said: Immediately, he saw a few sergeants in feather helmets, and from the side came out a eunuch with his hands tied behind his back, a white face and beardless, describing a rich appearance, strode to the front of the hall and pressed him on the ground , Cai said: "Li Ji, deputy envoy of Xingyuan in Jiangling Prefecture, has been ordered to take it down."

"Jiang be arrested! Zhong Xundao! Zajia has never had any enmity with you, and I don't know when he offended Shangxian, and why he deliberately framed me..." Then he was struggling on the ground and screamed: "Could it be true? I think that once the authority is in hand, you can do whatever you want, "

"No, no... I just want to ask you to explain in person;" Jiang Tian just waved his hand lightly: "You went to the other village outside the city on the fifth day of April, 21th and [-]st of May this year to meet Why did he receive a large amount of money as a member of the Yunmeng bandit?"

"Also, you have invited many times in private to have a banquet at Zhong Xundao's office next to Ji Xieli's; then you threatened the concubine Ji, who was drunk and sexual, to inform you of the inside story, but failed; then you tried to attract other people. The specific process of mutilating and replacing the identity."

"How is this possible! This is a false accusation, this is a frame." Hearing these words, Xingyuan Deputy Envoy Li Ji reacted violently, turned his head and shouted at the sullen Zhong Sunji beside him: "Zhong Xunji , Is it possible that you have to believe this kind of groundless slander!"

"About this point, you don't have to worry too much." Pang Xun, who was at the side, said coldly: "Someone has already had someone dig three feet in the villa under your name, not only found the secret room where the thieves and stolen goods are hidden , Wreckage enough to prove Ji Xieli's identity was found in the Huanquan Cave."

"You son of a bitch! This old man swears not to be at odds with you." At this moment, Zhong Sunji shouted angrily, and then turned to Jiang Tian and pleaded: "Please arrest the origin of the same constitution, don't Be merciful and merciful, we must dig out all the ties behind this thief."

Jiang Tian nodded slightly to him and said in his heart that he had succeeded in letting this Dao monitor the censor, temporarily standing on his side, so as to witness and assist the next thing.After Li Ji, the vice envoy of Xingyuan who lost his voice temporarily and was paralyzed all over, was taken away; more than a dozen people came to the hall one after another.

They also showed different reactions and moods in front of the evidence and confessions that were raided overnight; The other is kowtowing and begging for mercy...

Among them, the identities of the individuals involved in the case also spread across many government offices in the city; down to the supervisors in charge of the waterways outside the embankment and the port city, up to Cao Canjun, the household affiliated to Jiangling Mansion; One's feeling is that the entire Jiangling mansion seems to be rotten.

Then, Jiang Tian handed over the follow-up investigations spread from these people to Zhong Sunji.After all, he is the censor who specializes in patrolling prefectures and counties, and doing this kind of thing is justified.Regardless of whether he was negligent or slack before, there must be a result in this matter.

However, Jiang Tian's job as an envoy to go south was still to seek arrest; it was not to turn the door to clarify the administration of officials.In other words, this cannot be reversed and changed quickly; but there is such a reason and reason, which is enough to spur Jiangling Mansion up and down, so that others will not continue to be bad or drag their feet.

After digging out the root causes of these leaks and delays, Jiang Tian was also able to integrate most of the manpower and material resources inside and outside the Jiangling Mansion to prepare for the suppression of the Yunmeng thief; and under this general trend, five people around Yunmeng Daze The governor of the state also sent people to Jiangling city one after another.

But Jiang Tian didn't expect these state and county soldiers to be of much use in the battle.For their requirements, in addition to providing designated materials and civilian workers, they must concentrate their efforts on strictly guarding the state borders, and they must not send troops without authorization or take other rash measures.

After all, there are many passages to enter Yunmeng Daze, mainly divided into nine points and thirteen entrances.Nine points: Cai point, Yanglin point, Song point, Tiaoxian point, Zhangbu point, Hao point, Xiaoyue point, Lishe point, Chipao point; thirteen points: Hudukou, Youhekou, Liuzikou, Luoyankou and so on...

Even if all of them cannot be blocked, as long as these places block some of the waterways that facilitate the passage of a large number of people and materials; then the most basic purpose will be achieved.However, on the sixth day after Jiang Tian arrived in Jiangling, he received good news and bad news again.

The bad news this time was that Qianjiang County in Fuzhou, northeast of Yunmeng Ze, and several towns including Yutan Town were captured by Yunmeng bandits who were advancing by land and water.The good news is that the equipment he requested before departure has finally been collected and delivered.

However, along with these specially requested materials and specially customized equipment, there are also official documents from the imperial court center to urge the soldiers to solve or calm the problem of Yunmeng thieves as soon as possible; The autumn tax plan is coming soon.

And according to Liu Zhan's private account, if the Jianghan-Jinghu waterway threatened by the Yunmeng thief cannot be dredged as soon as possible, it will probably affect the local food tax relief in Nanping, Qianzhong, and Annan in the southwest. transport.Although, right now is not the best time to send troops.