Tang Qi Tan

Chapter 639
And in Langshan Town, dozens of miles away from Jiangning Fucheng, in Shibosi where Haimen Port is located.Yuwen Ruochen, the field officer on duty who was nearly middle-aged, thin and tired, also walked out of the night watch hall slowly and stretched his body with a stack of paperwork that had just been issued.

Then he took off his wrinkled official uniform, revealing his inner shirt and lining, and tightened his cuffs and crotch; he began to face the faint morning dew and light, and played a round of Wu Qin Xi in a decent manner; until his forehead With the beads of sweat on his chest like beans, he drank most of the pot of cold tea happily.

The duty of the Maritime Maritime Officer is to issue a public certificate (public certificate, public inspection), that is, a navigation permit based on the goods declared by the berthing merchants, the personnel on board and the place to go; Ship "check" to prevent entrainment of weapons, copper coins, women's mouths, fugitive criminals, etc.;
Of course, Langshan Town, where the Shibosi is located, is just 21 berths where the imperial court has set up Shibosi on the coast, allowing foreign vassals to receive tribute and international trade.Moreover, compared to Yangzi Port, which is directly adjacent to the sea in the north of the Yangtze River, Haimen Port, located in Langshan Town, has always been slightly inferior.

Therefore, for a long time, Haimen Port and the Shibo Department have mainly contacted some so-called island vassals/upstart vassals located on the coast of the East China Sea; I would not choose this Haikou inner port.

However, Haimen Port also has a natural advantage; that is, any foreign ships, business travelers, and pedestrians who want to enter the Yangtze River waterway must pass through the inspection of the Shipping Department of Haimen Port City, and hundreds of town soldiers in Langshan Town , It is the ready-made backing and confidence of Haimen Port Shipping Division.

Therefore, among the 21 shipping departments in Haimen City, the reputation is really not obvious; let alone compared with Panyu Port in Guangzhou in the south of Lingnan and Jiaozhi Port in Jiaozhou in Annan, it is not even as good as Duli Port in Jili Prefecture in Liaodong; or It is Yuzhou Port in Haizhou, Huainan; Penglai Port in Dengzhou, Henan.

However, the flow and scale of small and medium-sized tonnage ships, people and goods are not inferior at all; Mayors and elevators; bring rich profits.

Therefore, Yuwen Ruochen has another identity in private, that is, one of the peripheral organizations of Donghai Grand Society and one of the senior members of the inner circle of Fenglin Society.Although Feng Linhui usually doesn't show its mountains and dews, in the eyes of the world, it is nothing more than a private gathering of some art, tea and wine lovers.

But there are many potential conveniences and benefits in private.For example, you can use your power to sell internal information in private; or exchange benefits with other members, or pay a certain price to buy relevant information from the meeting; inquire about the latest trends in official transfers, etc.;
Of course, as a city official who just entered the ranks, he was able to become a member of the inner circle of the Fenglin Club related to Donghai Grand Shrine; it was also thanks to his family background and surname.As the name suggests, his ancestor, the Yuwen family, was a prominent and enduring family that went through the Northern Zhou, Sui, and Tang dynasties.

At that time, Yu Wenhuaji, who was the commander of Emperor Sui Yang's imperial guards, encouraged the Xiaoguo army who was eager to return to the north, launched the Jiangdu Change, killed Sui Yang Emperor, and supported Qin Wang Yang Hao as emperor; he died of poison a few years later Yang Hao established himself as Emperor Xu; but his younger brother Yuwen Shiji took the initiative to defect to Gaozu Li Yuan.

Therefore, the descendants of Yuwen Shiji also became the only family of state guests in the Tang Dynasty together with the survivors of the Yang family of the last emperor of the Sui Dynasty.However, during the Anshi Rebellion, Yu Ze of the Yuwen family was no longer there; only Yu Wenjin, who served as the inner squad, was left to follow Kaiyuan Emperor Canghuang Xixing.

But this also became an important turning point for this ancestor, because he met Liang Gong who was born at that time; and he was impressed by him.Pei Shu, who was born with another Yulin child, became the first group of loyal followers of Duke Liang;

When Liang Gong, who served as the assistant government and four emperors in five dynasties, finally retired to the Great Xia of the founding of the Outer Domain; the Liang family was thus divided into three main streams.It is both the Western Kingdom Daxia/Tiancheng Dynasty, which is the only king title owned by the foreign vassals, the Jingzhao clan who lives in the capital forever, and the Nanhai government office that continues to expand overseas.

Later, with the development of Xinzhou/Beiju Luzhou on the other side of the ocean, the fourth branch was separated from the descendants of Duke Liang, and the East China Sea Office was set up with Dadao, Yizhou as the territory; the leader came from Oceania The princes of Yuanzhou on the other side.The Yuwen clan was one of the accompanying families who came to Yizhou.

Of course, when it comes to Yuwen Ruochen's branch, it is already a collateral branch; it is almost out of the fifth server with the Pengzhou fan Yuwen family in Yizhou Island.However, because Yuwen Ruochen was competitive enough, he finally obtained the position of the Secretary of the Municipal Shipbuilding Department with his background in the School of Official Affairs of the Third Affiliated School.

Therefore, he not only joined the periphery of Donghai Taisha, but also received the approval and support of the direct branch of his family.Have enough financial resources and surplus to maintain and create a relatively self-disciplined and upright character, but also be kind to others and have a harmonious relationship; firmly hold the position and wait for opportunities to seek further progress.

After all, the Donghai Grand Society, which has a lot of resources and backgrounds in Haifan, while being faintly feared and restricted by the imperial court, is also seeking to infiltrate the imperial court system all the time.Obviously Yuwen Ruochen was one of them; however, when he returned to the public hall, he couldn't help being taken aback.

Because, accompanied by Wang Yin, the local garrison general of Langshan Town, a young official wearing a deep scarlet Xiezhi robe representing the identity of the censor and a small falcon crown is waiting for him, thinking Under his eyes, it was like a sharp sword light dissecting his insides in an instant.

"The affairs of the Yuwen field came just in time!" Wang Yin, the general of the town, introduced him pretending to be calm: "This is the newly appointed censor of various rivers patrolling the river. Under the joint instruction of the Department of Transport and Transportation, I made a special trip to inquire about some detailed accounts of the ship's exchanges."

However, when Yuwen Ruochen heard these words, he was so shocked that the blood in his whole body was about to freeze.His first reaction was that the tricks and long-term accumulated secret accounts he had done during the years of traveling between ships and ships have finally been noticed by others?In the next moment, he could only force his expression to remain unchanged and said:

"Please Shangxian take it, I'll go get it and present it!"

Afterwards, Yuwen Ruochen, who felt that a catastrophe was imminent and the sky was falling apart, forced himself to go to the cabinet where the documents were stored.Full of sadness and determination, I looked at these volumes, documents and files written by myself; it was time to completely end all of this.

Immediately, he picked up the wind lamp for lighting at night, waved and splashed the remaining kerosene at the key points of the cabinet, and took out the hidden quick fire, and threw it out without hesitation.The next moment, the bright flames illuminated his stretched face, which suddenly became a little hideous.

At the same time, the heavy and heavy cabinet door, which had been fastened to death, was shattered by someone's palm; like flying fragments, it penetrated many bookshelves and cabinets in an instant; Yuwen Ruochen who had just lit the fire in the middle of the gap knocked him to the ground hissing in pain.

However, Yuwen Ruochen, who was beaten to the point of bleeding, leaped up between the knocked down bookshelves with unexpected agility and agility, crashing through the lattice window on the other side with a clatter.Amid the shouts of firefighters, he rushed to the other end of the building without hesitation.

It was a steep cliff near the mountain and the sea in Langshan Town; then it fell down like a bird, and hit the rough rocks with the rolling waves head-on.The next moment, his body was like a spring being pulled to the limit, and he fell back in the air and fell into Jiang Tian's hands.

Then, Jiang Tian with a delicate expression removed his lower jaw; to prevent further self-mutilation by biting his tongue.The town general Wang Yin who witnessed everything at the scene was dumbfounded like a cow's egg; then he fell to his knees on the ground with a plop, and hissed: "Shangxian Mingjian, I don't know at all..."

Then Jiang Tian was a little surprised. In Yuwen Ruochen's sleeve pocket, he found a thin metal needle tube; he squeezed out some red and black liquid and sniffed it. He frowned and muttered: "I most I hate you bastards who inject themselves into transforming if they don't agree with each other!"

After a while, in the interrogation room that was temporarily arranged, Jiang Tian asked someone to take out a newly discovered extract, which came from the ointment in the spinal cord of the hydra/six-headed dragon snake.Then, put it on the candle and roast it for a while, and it will immediately emit a strange fragrance like blue musk.

And Yuwen Ruochen, who was the first to inhale the fragrance, instantly relaxed his tense and distorted expression; and then turned into a kind of sluggish and dull eyes with loose eyes, but it is a special state where the external body perception becomes more sensitive.This is the effect of this suspected neurotoxin.

And when the current secretary of the city, who was hiding in another house and escaped from work, rushed over after hearing the news; Jiang Tian also initially got what he wanted.It's just that this answer is a bit unbelievable, and it's dumbfounding.First of all, Jiang Tian cracked a major smuggling case from him.

Especially all kinds of prohibited items smuggled to foreign domains; and in the name of transporting the population of foreign domains, to cover some heinous wanted criminals and Jiangyang thieves; their rewards and revenge.

Secondly, in his confession, he mentioned an association called Fenglinhui; its senior members are secretly spreading various secret medicines, such as keeping people energetic for a long time and becoming more energetic in bed , It is a little photophobia, fear of fire and other sequelae.

And this needle is what he bought in exchange for a lot of money, as a last resort just in case.As a result, the Qilin Society and its related forces hidden behind the scenes once again showed the slightest bit of lies to Jiang Tian in this city bureau.But he knew little about the original target of the investigation.

I just vaguely know that in recent years, together with this standard official ship that appeared in the city ruins, it was reported to have "sunk" in the waves, but there are many more ghost ships that reappeared in rivers and waterways afterwards.It's just that all the records were erased by his habit.

But at this point in the matter, Jiang Tian can already preliminarily confirm that apart from the exposed Feng Linhui, there are major problems within the Donghai Grand Society; and the Yuwen family of Pengzhou, who is behind Yuwen Ruochen, is also an important attendant of the Donghai Office. One of the family; there are also many suspects.

But then, further support is needed.For example, the official authorization from Liu Zhan, the Minister of Finance of the Three Divisions, and the Secretary of the Seigneur of the Suzerainty, Pei Wuben, the brother-in-law of cheap; it is not the simple procedure of verbal orders by telex first, and then adding a confirmation process afterwards.

Just when Jiang Tian brought the only important witness who maintained a clear consciousness so far; after returning to the ship as a temporary mobile base, he heard a faint call in the dark; it seemed that Linghu Xiaomu was the first Enabled for the first time, as a telekinetic marking ability?

(End of this chapter)