Tang Qi Tan

Chapter 645 Seeking Asylum
A while later, in the reception courtyard of Dayun Temple in Yangzhou, Jiang Tian saw Li Xing, the censor who took the initiative to come to the door.I saw that he had just reached Guan's age, with thin fluff on his lips, his appearance was very handsome, he was dressed in casual clothes, like a traveling scholar who passed down a family of poems and books.

"Strictly speaking, you and I do not directly belong to the top and bottom, and the responsibilities and jurisdictions are also very different." Jiang Tian took the initiative to get straight to the point and said: "I am dedicated to hunting monsters for gains and losses, and I should be in charge of secretly investigating local customs and customs with you. It doesn't matter much, does it?"

"The next official belongs to the Huaidong Supervisory Institute. The third dispatched censor, Xu Zhiyuan, went to Xiantai to arrest him." The moment the other party saw Jiang Tian, ​​he hurriedly bowed his hands and said, "Suddenly chattering, I really have to do it." Therefore, I still hope that I will not give up after being arrested, and let me explain."

"..." Jiang Tian didn't speak, but raised his hand slightly to him while sitting upright; motioning the other party to start your performance/statement.However, Xu Zhiyuan hesitated for a moment, and asked back: "I don't know if this place is clean enough? Can you allow me to call someone as evidence on the spot?"

Jiang Tian didn't care about his being able to sell off, and let out a "hmm".Seeing Xu Zhiyuan with an apologetic face, he walked to the door and greeted a man dressed as a servant in gray clothes with short hips; but even though his clothes were old and dusty, Jiang Tian still saw something.

Because the other party's dirty-looking hands and feet did not have any calluses from frequent labor at all; especially the nails were flat and clean, like someone who is used to holding a pen and flipping through books.He suddenly knelt down solemnly and said: "The inspector Lu Guang of the Department of Metropolitan Transport, please protect me."

"Please forgive me for being an official." Immediately afterwards, Xu Zhiyuan, the censor who was dispatched, also knelt down beside him and said, "I beg for arrest here. Since I belong to Xiantai, I will give a little help. ;Temporarily sheltering me is equivalent to being under my command, so I won't be harmed by people with ulterior motives."

"Wait..." Jiang Tian waved his hand to interrupt him and asked back: "You are the censor Li Xing who sued the court, even if you inadvertently leaked the identity of the investigation, you are just being monitored and sent out of the country by the local officials in disguise. How could someone dare to take a big disgrace and harm him?"

"But the world is like this. At the moment, I have lost contact with the prison." Xu Zhiyuan said with grief and sadness on his face: "The colleagues before this have all disappeared. When I arrive at the secret agreement At the meeting point, it was discovered that someone was secretly watching.”

However, he looked at Lu Guang again and said, "If I hadn't happened to meet this person, this former Beijing University student who pretended to be a beggar in the same year as a warning on the street; I'm afraid I would make the same mistakes again. Now that I think about it, I'm afraid It has nothing to do with the Dayun Sect Fragrance Club that I visited unannounced locally."

"Dayunjiao? Xiangshe?" Jiang Tian was a little surprised and said: "What is the origin of this? Is it so arrogant and reckless that it can force the court's order..."

"Dayun Sect, also known as Yunxianghui and Worshiping Incense Society." Xu Zhiyuan organized his words and thoughts, and then slowly recalled: "At the beginning, the Pure Land Lotus Sect, which was known as Buddhism, was a local branch in Huaiyang, and the Fragrance Society For this reason, private arrangements for people to burn incense and pay respects to the Buddha have spread widely."

"It wasn't until more than 20 years ago that someone accidentally found out that what was chanted and prayed in the Dayun Fragrance Club was not a serious Buddhist scripture, but a mixed and mixed scripture called "Dayun Guangming Sutra"; It is said that Guangming Buddha was born to save the world; this has attracted some officials to ban it."

"I thought that after the execution and exile of its chiefs, these Dayun Fragrance Clubs would collapse and spread out. But after so many years, they have become widespread in the local area. Even after the changes in the celestial phenomena, they have become more active, and they have repeatedly There are stories of miracles and apparitions."

Speaking of this, he couldn't help taking a careful look at Jiang Tian, ​​only to see that his expression was normal and he continued: "So when the former supervisor of this way reported it, he ordered me to wait among the local officials (trainees) , and each took their people to the state capital to secretly investigate the Dayun teaching affairs."

"However, my generation's investigation has caused a lot of right and wrong and disasters." Speaking of this, Xu Zhiyuan actually showed a lingering expression: "It's not very obvious in the city, but in many rural areas , I actually saw the Fragrance Society that gathers crowds to act openly."

"And the people of all kinds who participated in it included the generations of the three religions and nine streams, as well as local big families, powerful surnames, and local officials... Even officials, eunuchs, and family members of the family in Yangzhou Prefecture were also involved. Therefore, I dare not ask the local government."

"What about you?" Jiang Tian nodded when he heard this, and he felt a little hesitant in his heart; he turned to Lu Guang, who was silent on the other side, and said, "What's the reason, you have to learn from the auditor of the impressive Metropolitan Department?" , reduced to cross-dressing and begging on the streets, thinking that he was escaping persecution."

"Because I am secretly ordered to investigate the whereabouts of a huge book deficit related to the Donghai Grand Society." Lu Guang, who was also young but reserved, said quite calmly: "It also involves the Guangling bond market. Someone leaked and manipulated many things. It is only a major fraud case involving the fraudulent information of the vassal debt."

"However, not long ago, the superior who appointed me on this line suddenly received secret news that someone involved in the case was willing to stand up for him, but only asked for a special pardon clause. He rushed to Jiangning Mansion overnight to meet with him; the result has been since then No news at all, and all other evidence disappeared together."

"..." Hearing this, Jiang Tian couldn't help but his heart moved, and he took the initiative to say: "Is the Shangguan in charge of your journey called Chen Yonglu? , I was on the nearby painting boat and captured a few assassins by the way."

"What... how dare you ask the constitutional envoy?" Hearing this, Lu Guang couldn't help but change his face, and asked with grief and expectation: "Do you know who did the murder? The culprit behind the scenes Have you ever found it?"

"It was the Assassin's Association that did it, and the Ears Seed Department, one of the 24 sections, has been destroyed by my Li Ting sweeping the hole." Jiang Tian nodded, then shook his head and said: "As for the mastermind who bought the murderer behind the scenes, but We need to investigate further. I wonder if you have potential suspects?"

"..." Hearing this sentence, Lu Guang hesitated again and again before saying: "In the past words of the late Shangguan, he seems to have mentioned again, about a powerful local man... ..."

"But is Yangzhou (Guangling) Governor himself involved?" Jiang Tian asked after a little thought:
"No, it's actually related to the Yangzhou Governor's Mansion." Lu Guang shook his head slightly and said:

"Yangzhou Governor's Mansion?" Jiang Tian couldn't help but let out a sigh: "This is really an incredible object of suspicion!"

Since the predecessor of the traverser, Liang Gong, assisted the emperor to initiate the Taixing Reform; the Jiedushi, which originally caused the country to emphasize the outside and focus on the inside, and the internal strife for years, was gradually abolished.Its overly comprehensive functions and powers were broken down to the three divisions and four envoys and the second-level economic strategy and observation envoys.

But as a corresponding adjustment and compensation.In addition to the Duhu and Dudufu in the Yanbian area, the title of Dudu in the early Tang Dynasty was restored in some key areas and key points in the country;For example, the governor of Yangzhou is in charge of eastern Zhejiang, western Zhejiang, and the coastal areas of Huaidong.

Therefore, the governor of Yangzhou is undoubtedly the highest-ranking military and political officer in the three Jianghuai provinces; he is comparable to the six ministers and ministers of the eastern capital;If he wanted to do something, he could indeed cover the sky with one hand in the coastal areas.

"Anyway, it is right to be prudent at this time. As for your seeking asylum, I agree." Jiang Tian shook his head and said again: "Then I will accept the disguise and change, and follow my entourage ship Act in the team until the moment when you return to the capital to return to your command."

At the same time, after listening carefully to the reports from his subordinates, Shao Yin of Yangzhou Prefecture in the Yamen of Guangling City Government took a long breath and asked, "Are you really sure that they... they... have all entered Has the envoy stationed in Dayun Temple never come out?"

"It's absolutely true. This subordinate followed behind secretly and saw it with his own eyes." The subordinate hurriedly slapped his chest and swore, "If the lord doesn't believe it, feel free to send someone to investigate and verify it; The little one dares to risk his life..."

"What do I want your life for? I shouldn't be involved in this relationship." However, Shao Yin, who is wide, fat, and described as rich, just laughed at himself and said: "It's just that you will be involved next time." I'm going to leave the city immediately, go to the countryside to hide for a while, and wait for the opportunity to come out again."

However, the turmoil brought about by Jiang Tian still continued locally; for example, on the night when You Wenyuan was captured in the Panxi Salt Field, several lay sergeant teams belonging to Xunjiang Censor raided and sealed up several places. The property he owns nearby; bring back some personal evidence.

Immediately afterwards, dozens of people below the ambassador of the Rugao Salt Inspection Institute were also taken away and interrogated. Although the ambassador of the Administration Institute returned the next day, he kept his mouth shut about the whereabouts of the rest of the people. ; When asked urgently, he reported illness and hid at home without recuperation.

In the end, this shock wave still hit the Feiqian Department of Donghai Dasha, which was set up in the Lianghuai branch in Yangzhou; it was directly ordered by the Yangzhou Governor's Mansion in Guangling City, on the grounds that it involved illegal overseas criminals and trafficking in illegal activities. Seal up all the accounts and personnel of the Lianghuai semicolon.

Immediately afterwards, a government arrest warrant was issued, and rewards were offered in the local branches of Xinjing and Jinghua; the director of Lianghuai Branch, who was at large in pursuit, was also Yu Wenyuan's direct superior, and one of the directors of Donghai Dasha, Wang Baoxuan.Of course, in the information that Jiang Tian has mastered, he has another identity.

It is one of the twelve celestial phases involved in Jiang Tian's pursuit and beating all the way, the "Shengguang/Wu Ma" who specializes in collecting money and selling stolen goods for the secret organization "Wutian".However, at this moment, Jiang Tian received a message that Wang Baoxuan intends to surrender himself to the "Xunjiang Yushi".

(End of this chapter)