Wei Shu

Chapter 124 Unannounced Visit
Wearing a green-gold crane cloak and a fox-fur felt hat, Wumeng walked slowly on the long street winding with candlelight, followed by two followers.

Along the way, from time to time, he would stare at the brocade-robed man leading the way ahead, and then stretch his neck to look into the doors lit with lanterns on both sides, looking around, flustered, like a baby who is stealing fragrance for the first time.

Only when you stand in front of him and look into his eyes, can you clearly see the sharpness in those eyes hidden under the brim of the hat, as well as the occasional evil spirit in those gazes.

He was ordered by His Royal Highness the Crown Prince to come to secretly investigate the silver mining case.

His Royal Highness the Crown Prince came here this time with an imperial decree to thoroughly investigate the accounts of the Baishuang City Silver Mine over the years.For Fu Lun, this opportunity is really once in a lifetime, and it was unimaginable in the past.But this time, because of this golden opportunity, His Majesty gave an extra favor because of Empress Fu Lun's willingness to back down.

The day when the empress returned to the palace was postponed for another month.

Now, the Changli Imperial Palace is full of smoky atmosphere. Concubine Hezhe took this opportunity to spread her wings wantonly and disposed of many empresses' staff.His Royal Highness the Crown Prince proposed to go to Baishuang City at this time, but he had no intention of avoiding his edge for the time being.

Maybe it's because of the guilt of the promotion of upstarts and the removal of relatives; maybe it's because he wants to see which one is better between the Hezhe family and the Fulun family; Arranged, so there was a trip to Baishuang City by His Royal Highness the Prince.

In any case, Fu Lun's family has taken the lead this time. If there is no accident, the Baishuang City Silver Mine will be back in its hands. The more Hezhe dances, the faster he will die.

Before departure, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince deliberately went to the temple outside the city to bid farewell to Empress Fulun. The Empress only said one word to him:

When the water is clear, there are no fish.

This is a famous saying in the Song Dynasty, which means that no one is perfect and nothing is perfect.The empress singled out these words, but she was afraid that His Royal Highness, in his eagerness for quick success, would accidentally hurt his own people.

No matter how disobedient and greedy Bruce Fulun is, he is still a dog of Fulun's family. His wealth and life are in the hands of Fulun, and he should neither be too indulgent nor too strict.

With the empress's reminder, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince also knew something in his mind. On the way here, he sighed, and he told his staff more than once that the accounts of the silver mine were probably very unbearable.

Fortunately, Bush's surname is Fu Lun, and he is clearly one of his own. This time, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince personally came to check the account. The meat was rotten in the pot, no matter how hard it was for outsiders to handle it.

However, even though preparations had been made long ago, the situation in Baishuang City was far beyond everyone's expectations.

Some people secretly colluded with foreigners, stole silver mines, and blatantly converted the silver mines into dry stocks, and sold them openly on the black market, but the watchdog Bush didn't know anything about it You know, letting these daring people sway under his nose, saying that he is a waste is being polite, it is simply useless.

After receiving the report, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince was extremely furious, and immediately gave Wu Meng three days, ordering him to find out the result, otherwise, Wu Meng, who was promoted to the governor, did not have to do it, and there were plenty of cattle and sheep on the grassland waiting for him to go. grazing.

Wu Meng received the military order and ran around for two days, but found out some clues.A broker from Xinliguo who was captured by him told him that the seller still had the last [-]% of the shares for sale.

Wu Meng then ordered him to contact the seller, and arranged to make a deal at a secret meeting in a brothel in that private prostitution street at night when the lamps were lit, and Wu Meng's role was naturally a wealthy businessman who paid for dry stocks.

Because of this, he put on a fancy dress today, dressed as a wealthy Halqin businessman, and appeared in the fireworks and willow alley.

It is a pity that the seller today is not the real seller, but a middleman who has separated several hands.

According to Xinli's broker, the middleman was originally a gangster who fled to Dajin because he committed a capital crime in Song Dynasty.Right now, in addition to doing some murder and robbing activities, he will also serve as the lackey of the nobles of the Jin Kingdom and work hard for them.And what this person wanted most was an affiliated membership of Fei Nahusheli, and it was said that he wanted to take root in Dajin and never return to the Song Dynasty.

Wu Meng was not surprised by this.

After all, it was a business of beheading and exterminating the whole family, so the seller had to put more layers of skin on his body, so as not to be seen through at a glance.And tonight's meeting with the middleman of the Song dog was also to lure out the real master behind him, so Wu Meng also prepared a backhand in advance, and must hold this thread firmly in his hands.

"Master, it's just ahead." The Xinli broker who led the way suddenly pointed to the front, Wu Meng looked up, and saw a small courtyard with green walls standing on the side of the street, with three gorgeous red lanterns hanging above the door.

He stopped in his tracks, with his hands behind his back, and looked into the yard curiously.

The gate of the courtyard is half-closed, and through the cracks in the door, one or two figures of women can be vaguely seen, all dressed in red and green, gold and silver, no different from other gates on this street.

Wumeng made a gesture, and an attendant immediately stepped forward, put an arm on the shoulder of Xinli's broker, and half held and half dragged him over.

The broker suddenly became frightened, struggled and shouted: "Master, didn't we agree that as long as..."

Before he finished speaking, there was a sudden sharp pain in his shoulder, as if the whole bone was about to be crushed by the hand on the shoulder. The Xinli broker turned pale from the pain, shut his mouth in shock, and didn't say a word. Dare to say it again, he just rolled his eyes around, not knowing what he was thinking.

Wu Meng already regarded this person as a dead person, so he didn't pay much attention to it, so his followers led him forward and knocked on the door.

"Yeah", the door of the vermilion lacquer courtyard opened in response, and two pretty little maids were standing beside the door laughing, and the half-old lady's bustard greeted her with a smile on her face, and greeted with a smile:
"Oh, the distinguished guest has finally come. We have been waiting for a long time. The girls are almost hopeless."

As he spoke, he cast a wink at Wumeng, shook the handkerchief, and a burst of sweet fragrance wafted over.

Wumeng smiled bewilderedly, but his feet didn't move.

"Master." A low voice came from beside him, and he turned his head, only to see that the entourage who stayed behind shook his head imperceptibly.

The two attendants who came with Wumeng today were all pretending to be His Royal Highness's personal guards. They possessed martial arts skills and their five senses were sharper than ordinary people. At this time, they were hinting at Wumeng that there was no ambush around him.

The guard who was dragging Xinli's agent to knock on the door also took the opportunity to turn around and gestured to Wumeng.

There was no abnormality in the hospital.

From this point of view, it seemed that Jiang Yang Avenue who had met him was really here to discuss business, and he did not arrange a Hongmen banquet to entertain the guests.

"Slave Meng Chun'er, I have seen the young master."

Just as he was thinking about it, a graceful voice suddenly sounded. Wumeng stared at it, but saw another white-skinned and slender-waisted woman walking out of the door.

"Sir, please."

(End of this chapter)