Rule over Ming Dynasty

Chapter 142 Network Collection 4
Wang Yue was arrested, but he knew that revealing his identity as an imperial envoy is not only useless, but also likely to directly kill him.

After all, he has now grasped the criminal facts of Li Zhiqing and others. Once his identity is revealed, he will surely drown like Wang Chunlai, the transfer envoy of the two Huaihe Rivers, and Wailang Guantong, a member of the Nanjing household department of Yangzhou Chaoguan.

Now he is facing a catastrophe. If he can go ashore smoothly, he can achieve anti-killing. If the matter is revealed, he may be buried here.

It's just that even at this moment, he didn't regret that he chose to take risks.After all, without this experience, without personally seeing the people and things here on the boat, how can we see the true colors of these people?
ah?Fake?

Su Bancheng had already chosen to believe that Wang Yue was a salt merchant, but when he saw that Wang Yue actually used a forged deposit ticket, he immediately looked at this tall old man in shock.

This is no longer weird, but wants to court death. The officials in Yangzhou are notoriously cruel.

Gao Heng took the deposit note from the clerk, and said with a smile on his face, "Hehe...it's a good method, but the method of sticking it is too clumsy!"

When Wang Yue saw the deposit ticket, he also sighed helplessly.

Naturally, it was impossible for him to conjure twenty thousand taels of silver out of thin air, and the deposit note in his hand was naturally fake.It's just that this description is actually not correct. The deposit check is real, but the amount on it has been modified by myself.

If Master Li had just checked carefully at the Siqian Wharf, he could easily find out the problem, after all, there are relatively obvious traces of adhesion.

It was just that it was time for the ship to depart, and Su Bancheng and other salt merchants just complained, which allowed him to get on the ship smoothly with a fake deposit slip.

Ordinarily, after arriving on the ship, the fake deposit slip in his hand had already been checked, so naturally he would not be suspected.

The fact is also the same. Gao Heng and the clerk already believed in the deposit of the ticket, but there was God's will in the dark. When the scribe pressed the seal, he stained the small note stuck on it. .

After all, he lost to God's will, but was played by this thief again.

"Vice Envoy Gao, there must be something wrong with this person!" The scribe had never encountered such a "weird" situation before, so Dang Li reminded vigilantly.

Usually the counterfeiting of deposit certificates is to defraud money from money shops, but the Jiangdu Qian Shop has a bottom ticket, and if you get a deposit ticket and compare it with the bottom ticket, you will know the authenticity, so the purpose of this counterfeiting is not to cheat money.

Since it wasn't for defrauding money, combined with their doing such illegal things here, the motive of this unknown Hu member is obviously impure.

Wang Yue was also very nervous at the moment, his motive for boarding the ship was too obvious, and he took the risk of boarding the ship just to expose their crimes today.

If it was confirmed that he was on the ship to spy on information and collect evidence, even if they didn't know that he was an imperial envoy, they would probably kill him.

"Mr. Hu, you said that you didn't have time to raise enough money and you don't need to use such means! We businessmen must pay attention to integrity. If you lose your integrity now, who will dare to do business with you in the future?" Su Bancheng saw Wang. The more nervous, but suddenly said a lesson.

Huh?
Gao Heng was about to suspect that this burly old man had mischievous intentions, but when he heard Su Bancheng's words, he took another look at this handsome Hu Yuanwai.

"Mr. Su, if I miss this opportunity, I will have to wait until the imperial envoy leaves Yangzhou city! But the imperial envoy is injured. If I stay in Yangzhou to recuperate, I will have to stay for a month. How can I afford to wait? I don't want to miss this Opportunity, that's why I made such a bad move!" Wang Yue didn't expect that Su Bancheng would take care of him, so he explained along Su Bancheng's way.

The scribe wore a mustache like Mr. Li, but he pinched his mustache and questioned: "If you are really worried about missing out on the transaction, why didn't you subscribe in full just now, isn't it contradictory?"

"The reason why the old man hesitated just now was because he had a fake depository note in his hand. If he subscribed in full, it would be fraudulent, so he could only refuse! By the time the ship landed, my servant must have exchanged the silver Sure, it's not too late to book again at that time, at least it's better than cheating with fake depository notes!" Wang Yue also had a desire to survive, and Dang even seriously argued.

"You really think so?" Gao Heng saw that Wang Yue really didn't look like a charlatan, so he asked seriously.

Naturally, Wang Yue would not deny it, and immediately expressed his dissatisfaction: "Of course it is absolutely true! The old man admits that it is wrong to forge deposit certificates, but now in the boundary of Yangzhou, what matters do you have the final say? Originally, you said it was a good deal The time is the first day of February, but you have delayed the time again and again, and this time you suddenly moved the time forward, will the old man not be able to raise enough money?"

Su Bancheng secretly gave him a thumbs up. If it wasn't for the idea he gave him just now, he would really have believed Hu Yuanwai's words.

"You can be as eloquent as you like, but you broke our rules this time! Somebody, first take him down to guard him, and leave this matter to the magistrate Yang to decide!" After all, Gao Heng was either in charge of the trial, or Give the order.

"Obey! Let's go!" The two big men came over and said, even if they were about to take Wang Yue down and lock him up.

Wang Yue secretly sighed in his heart, knowing that it was already a good result, and now it was much better than being silenced by them when his identity was exposed.

Su Bancheng watched Wang Yue being escorted away thoughtfully, but turned his face to see Gao Heng, and immediately smiled as if changing his face: "Master Gao Deputy Envoy, I want to buy it in full, [-] yuan Zhang Yanyin!"

Gao Heng took a deep look at this wealthy businessman, but he knew that this person was extremely powerful. It was said that this person was the new richest man in Suzhou City.

"Let's go!" Two burly men pushed Wang Yue down the stairs, urging without worry.

When Wang Yue was going down the stairs, he accidentally saw a small boat following him, and his brows frowned slightly.

In his plan, he arranged for this group of people to meet the official ship at the dock, but he did not expect that Wang Yu, the grandson, would follow him.

"grandfather!"

Seeing Wang Yue's figure from a distance, Wang Yu waved his hands excitedly, but he still knew how to measure, and the voice of shouting was low, but only he could hear it.

"Young master, you really have a good eye. You picked my boat right away. My boat is famously fast!" The boatman was a thin middle-aged man, and he seemed to be boastful.

Wang Yu's mind was not on the boatman, but he was looking eagerly at the stairs over there and said, "As long as it doesn't sink fast, it's fine, just keep up with the boat in front!"

"My lord, let me tell you, the boat ahead is not easy! If it wasn't for the sake of your constant increase in money, I really wouldn't dare to follow!" The boatman is from Yangzhou, but he gave serious advice.

Wang Yu squinted his eyes and watched his grandfather disappear from sight, and then said very seriously: "Don't you like gossip? You will follow you later, and I promise you will get the most sensational news in Yangzhou City today!"

"Okay, you sit down, we're going to speed up soon!" The boatman was an honest man, and he rowed the oars vigorously.

The official ship has already entered the canal, and it is going down the river. As long as it makes a big bend along the river ahead, it can return to the south pier of Yangzhou City.

Wang Yue was taken to the cabin at the bottom of the hull. Who would have thought that the dignified imperial envoy would become a prisoner.

Things were indeed unfavorable, and Wang Yue was obviously out of luck.

Originally, the best result was to wait here quietly for the official ship to dock, but after the official ship sailed for a short time, a strong man came down and said, "Mr. Wu, let's go, the magistrate wants to interrogate you!"

"Interview me?" Wang Yue frowned slightly, but he was very puzzled.

Although I did forge the depository, Jiangdu Qiansi does not belong to an official institution, and I did not use it for deception, so it is not a criminal in serious terms.

The burly man seemed to be in a bad mood, and urged impatiently: "Be quick with your hands and feet, and come up with me!"

Wang Yue quickly wiped a cloth on the ground with his hand, and then wiped it on his face. Just now, he faintly felt that Yang Mingyuan had a kind face.

This officialdom is "not too big if you say it is big, but it is not too small if you say it is small". Once the prefect Yang really finds out his identity as an imperial envoy, then everything will be over.

The two went up the stairs, and when Wang Yuemin saw his grandson waving at him again, he felt a little more at ease, so he came to a room on the third floor.

The air here is filled with a mixed smell of alcohol and medicine, a young woman is getting dressed, and the prefect of Yangzhou, Yang Mingyuan, is still lying on the bed.

"I've seen my lord Fu Zun!" Wang Yue came to the outside of the room, and cupped his hands to Yang Mingyuan who was facing away from him.

Holding a picture album in his hand, Yang Mingyuan didn't bother to take a look at it and said, "You forged a deposit ticket?"

"That's right!" Wang Yue readily admitted, knowing that he couldn't deny it.

With a disdainful expression on Yang Mingyuan's face, he questioned, "Are you convicted?"

"Master Zhifu, I don't know which law of the Ming Dynasty I have violated?" Wang Yue frowned slightly, trying to reason.

Yang Mingyuan put down the book, only to find that he twisted his neck just now, so he gave up and turned around and said, "In Yangzhou, the magistrate is the law. Do you have to be taught this?"

"Prefect Yang, I am also in a hurry to buy salt. Could it be that I want to cheat!" Wang Yue knew that this was the face of the local officials, so he argued.

Yang Mingyuan continued to look at the unrefined picture album in his hands, and said righteously and honestly: "If everyone doesn't follow the rules like you, how can this government manage?"

"Prefect Yang, what do you want me to do?" Wang Yue knew that Ganqing is not a place to teach the law, so he said helplessly.

The corners of Yang Mingyuan's mouth raised slightly, and he seemed to have something to say: "It depends on whether you understand how to do things!"

"What do you mean?" Wang Yue frowned slightly and asked in confusion.

Lying comfortably, Yang Mingyuan took advantage of this unruly rich businessman and said: "If it is light, it will be locked up for three days, if it is serious, it will be...beheaded!"

"This old man is just forging deposit notes, not for deception, and there is no national law that does not allow it, so he will lose his head?" Wang Yue said in surprise when he found out that the magistrate simply wanted to ignore human lives.

Yang Mingyuan sighed, but ordered lightly: "Come here! Take this villain back to the government office, and lock him up for three to five days. Then the government will try it in person!"

I have obviously made my words very obvious, but this person still can't understand my intention, so I can only let him suffer a little bit first.

When the suffering is almost over, this person will naturally understand what he means, and also know what to do.

"Master, my family has recently taken a fancy to a pearl hairpin, can you buy it for my family?" The young woman had already put on her clothes, but she came over and said coquettishly.

"Obey!" The man who escorted Wang Yue up greedily glanced at the young woman, and said respectfully.

When Wang Yue left, he finally understood what Yang Mingyuan meant.

This is seeing that he is a fat sheep, so he wants to use this to make a fortune.If he is not satisfied with him, then it is possible to give himself a final sentence.

It was thought that the salt government was corrupt, but Yang Zhifu, as a local parent official, used his power to openly ask for benefits, and he was really a beast in clothes.

"You...you are?" Just as Wang Yue was going out, he met Li Zhiqing at the door, and Li Zhiqing pointed at Wang Yue in shock.

(End of this chapter)