Man Tang Huacai

Chapter 251 Entering the role

At dawn the next day, Lao Liang felt relieved when he saw that Xue Bai was fine.

Although he had been warned beforehand, his worries were real.

"Alang, are you okay? I..."

"It doesn't matter, we are all our own people. You can treat yourself as a member of Lu Hun Villa from now on."

Xue Bai said, looked back at Song Mian and asked, "Did Mr. Song say so?"

"The county captain and I are like brothers, and we will be half owners of Luhun Villa from now on."

"Just kidding."

Xue Bai said: "There is one more thing I have to ask Mr. Song."

"But it doesn't matter."

"Wang Yansiam has a follower, Wang Yi, who has friendship with my staff Du Qi. He went to Wei Fuyin to file a lawsuit against Gao Chong, and is now detained in the Henan government office."

When Song Mian and Xue Bai first met, they denounced the collusion between officials and merchants in Yanshi County. At that time, they probably never thought that they would mint copper coins privately together.

Speaking of this at this time, it seems a bit ridiculous.

However, his expression remained unchanged and he said: "I am a close friend with Wang County Lieutenant, so naturally I will not abandon Wang Yi. But this matter... Wang Yi is a lowly citizen and a slave. He sued the official as a lowly slave, but he Refusing to produce key evidence is against Tang law."

Xue Bai said: "What kind of key evidence."

"Account book." Song Mian said: "Guo Wanjin's account book contains records of smuggling iron and stone, robbing and selling good people, and selling copper coins. Wang Yansiam stole it from a secret house."

Xue Bai said: "How about I persuade Wang Yi to hand over this account book?"

"Can the county captain persuade him to move? He was tortured and tortured, but he couldn't get him to hand over his account books."

"For such a loyal servant, torture is useless. I can lie to him."

"Okay." Song Mian finally relaxed a little in front of Xue Bai and said with a smile: "I will prepare food for you, and you will get the account books for me."

"It's a word."

The two of them were talking and laughing, and left Luhun Villa together to go back to Yanshi County.

~~

Yanshi County Department.

Song Li went to the funeral. Although Lu Linghao did not go, he sent someone to express the condolences of the head of the county.

He also has a good relationship with the Song family, but the Song family is not the only big family in Yanshi County. In comparison, the Song family's background is obviously not as good as that of the big family, so Lu Linghao treats them all equally.

Unexpectedly, the former county captain Wang Yansiam and Song Mian were close, and so was the current county captain Xue Bai.

When he learned that Xue Bai had gone to Lu Hun Villa again, Lu Linghao sighed: "What's the use of having a good personal relationship? You must know that human relationships are like paper."

Guo Huan said: "The county captain is a young man, so he is inevitably a bit naive."

As he spoke, he handed over a grain book.

"The Ming Dynasty will take a look. Once the 30,000 shi of grain collected by Gao Chong is recorded, the loss on the book will be evened out, and there will be more than 7,000 shi left."

"Okay, the auspiciousness and wine vessels are ready and will be sent to the capital."

Although some disturbing things have happened in Yanshi County recently, including murders and arson, they did not delay Lu Linghao from doing his business at all.

He really didn't understand the meaning of Xue Bai and Gao Chong fighting to such an extent? Instead of desperately fighting for the power of a county, the same focus was placed on managing relationships, and both the governor and the governor were worthy of it.

The annual ceremony is the real big deal.

"One hand goes in, the other goes out. In fact, there is not much left in this county." After discussing the important matter, Lu Linghao sighed and remembered, "By the way, speaking of these 30,000 stone grains, how did Xue Bai know about this?" ?”

"Didn't Sun Yuan confess? He has been in charge of Hu Cao for many years, so it's not surprising that he knows about this."

"The county sent someone to the prison to inquire, but he said he had never recruited anyone."

"He just doesn't dare to admit it." Guo Huan asked, "What doubts does Mingfu have?"

"As my staff member, Yuan Yiheng seemed to have gotten closer to Xue Bai that night..."

By this time, Xue Bai had returned from Luhun Villa and came to Lingse to ask for a meeting.

Lu Linghao shook his head and said: "He must be here again to ask for money and food. He said he would like to make farm tools. He is trying to make every inch of his life. He doesn't take this county seriously."

He had delegated power to Xue Bai three times, and he would definitely not agree to it this time. He ordered: "Just say that the county is busy, so I won't see you."

"The county magistrate, the county captain came with Mr. Song from Shouyang Academy."

Lu Linghao and Guo Huan looked at each other and couldn't help but wonder: "Song Mian always likes to think he is aloof, but in the past when he interacted with Wang Yansiam, he never came to the county office to speak for Wang Yansiam. Is it possible that he came here today?"

Guo Huan said: "The Ming Dynasty will know it as soon as they see it."

"Let them in."

……

Xue Bai has a kind of brute force in his work that will never give up until he achieves his goal. Today he is really here to beg for food.

Although Lu Linghao still had 7,000 shi left after settling the account, he regarded the grain as his and had no idea of ​​giving Xue Bai 5,000 shi.

"This is the food of the county, the salary of officials and servants, and the rations of the people. It is not a bargaining chip for Xue County Lieutenant to perform meritorious service."

Song Mian said: "Xue County Lieutenant has considered it properly. Gao Chong's smuggling of iron stones needs to be reduced to a major issue. He purchased this batch of iron stones in the name of the county office so as to cover it up. Otherwise, he will make those strong men unhappy and expose it. What should we do? ?”

"Five thousand stones of grain is enough to feed five hundred people for a year." Lu Linghao said: "This is no small matter. You would never dare to exchange the county's grain for iron and stone."

Xue Bai immediately heard that Lu Linghao was not as confused as he seemed. He clearly knew many things in his heart.

Song Mian said: "Since the county magistrate knows that this is not a trivial matter, he has thought about it. Gao Chong has already taken several batches of goods from the other party. If he does not give him food for this year, what should he do if the other party refuses to return empty-handed?"

Lu Linghao said seriously: "How can this county be afraid of these people?"

"How about this? How about the Song family paying for this batch of grain?"

After talking to this point, Lu Linghao was helpless and sighed: "How can we get the Song family to pay for making farm tools in the county office?"

After all, he still had to look at the Song family's face. After all, the Song family had a close relationship with Henan Yin and more important officials, so he agreed.

~~

In a dark dungeon, Gao Chong was looking up at the faint crack through the edge of the stone slab cover, his heart full of longing for freedom.

He didn't care about losing his official position. What he thought was that as long as he could escape and find his adopted brother, the world would be vast and he would be able to accomplish a lot.

Just like Fan Lao, when he was working as a catcher of bad commanders in Huaizhou, he was not necessarily very comfortable. It should be said that he was always criticized. But since the brothers Diao Bing and Diao Geng resisted taxes and committed murder, and were released without permission by him, Fan Lao was like a trapped bird out of its cage.

Gao Chong believes that his chance to escape lies with Fan Lao.

Xue Duidi's fantasy was that he wanted to take over his huge business, but if he didn't consider how much he had, he would definitely not be able to take it.

This time, Lu Linghao must have swallowed up the 30,000 shi of grain, and it would be impossible for him to give out even a single bucketful of it. When Diao Bing came with Tie Shi, he wanted to cash in the grain for that year, but Xue Bai couldn't provide it at all, so he had to ask him to come forward to appease the Diao brothers.

The place of transaction must be on the smuggling ship, which he is most familiar with, and he only needs to promise the Diao brothers that Gao Shang can give three times the food, enough for the Diao brothers to help kill Xue Bai.

Thinking about this, I don't know how long it took, Gao Chong felt like he was going crazy every moment. Occasionally, he thought that even letting Xue Bailai brand him a few times would be better than waiting in the dark.

Suddenly, the stone cover moved, and he couldn't help but become excited, staring at it closely.

After a while, someone came down holding a torch. The torch is very bright, as dazzling as the sun, but it cannot illuminate every inch of darkness like the sun.

Gao Chong squinted and finally saw Xue Bai clearly.

In addition, there is another person who looks familiar.

Before Gao Chong could recognize the man, the other man roared, rushed forward and gave him a whip.

"Snapped!"

Gao Chong laughed ferociously, he was no longer afraid of pain.

"Wang Yi? You bitch, you finally let the county magistrate take a look at you."

Wang Yi swung the whip hard again, until Gao Chong's skin and flesh were torn.

"Come on... again." Gao Chong went crazy, "Why don't you have any energy? Haha, it doesn't hurt."

"Snapped!"

At the end, Xue Bai pulled Wang Yi and said: "The days are long, you go and take out the account book first, let my people make a copy, I will give it to Song Mian..."

"What did you say?!" Gao Chong suddenly shouted: "Who did you say just now?"

"Song Mian." Xue Bai asked lightly, "What's the problem?"

"You, what do you know?"

Only then did Gao Chong lose his composure. Xue Bai's two sentences surprised and frightened him more than the whipping.

Seeing this, Wang Yifang felt a sense of revenge, spat heavily on Gao Chong's face, and took people to get the account books first.

In the dungeon, Xue Bai lit several oil lamps so that he could see the changes in Gao Shang's expression.

The stove was also lit, and the soldering iron was placed in the fire to burn.

"I realize that you have been looking down on me. You think you can do things that I can't do, right?"

"How do you know? You shouldn't know..."

"Thanks to you, Lu Linghao, Song Zhiti and others are very kind to me." Xue Bai said: "They also need someone to do dirty things for you. If I can do it, I will know."

"You, you can't do it, you don't have my strength."

"Whoo-"

Amidst the screams, smoke filled the air.

"You can give reasons, but don't jump to conclusions and appear arrogant and ignorant." Xue Bai said: "Also, it seems that you haven't gotten used to it yet. I am the rebel."

"Eating dog intestines!"

"Remember, I am a rebel thief, and you are the rebel thief's lackey. Your master and I are of the same nature, not you. Do you understand?"

"You are just a bitch who peed in the skirt of a slut in Chang'an, and you are worthy of being compared with the Lord..."

"Whoo-"

After a while, Xue Bai threw the soldering iron into the stove, knowing that he had put enough pressure on Gao Chong today.

"Let's stop chatting. Let's talk about Fan Lao and brothers Diao Bing and Diao Geng."

"you?!"

Gao Chong's pupils were shocked, and he was extremely surprised.

Xue Bai's discovery of Fan Lao so quickly was equivalent to shattering his dream of escaping.

"Fan Lao used to be a bad catcher in Huaizhou, and his ancestors were also prominent, but his father-in-law and father-in-law were both common people, and his family was in a poor state. He couldn't even afford to eat when he was young. Fortunately, he is tall and burly. He was also able to read and write, and was appreciated by the nobles. He went to Huaizhou and became a servant, and later became a shift leader."

"Diao Bing is a farmer. He and Liu Hua, the governor of Lishan, are from the same place. I don't know if they know each other, but in the few years after the drought in Kaiyuan, they made trouble and gradually became Desperados…”

~~

Diao Bing took a big bite of the Hu Pancake and looked up. He could already see Yanshi County in the distance.

In the snowy weather, he was wearing a pair of shoes made of thatch.

This has nothing to do with whether he has money or not, it's just a habit. In fact, he also had a pair of deerskin boots in his bag, but he had been saving money since he was a child, and he couldn't bear to wear his boots after long distances.

"The weather is getting colder every year. Will the Yellow River freeze in the twelfth lunar month?"

"Brother is so in charge," Diao Geng said, "Why, the Yellow River has frozen, and you still want to go back to your hometown to take a look?"

"I'm just surprised that after such a big thing happened to Gao Chong, it's weird that he didn't rush back to Hebei and stay to wait for this batch of iron and stone." Diao Bing said: "I heard that Hebei is not very short of iron. Gao Shang took the lead and asked us to do this. The purpose of business is to allow brothers to earn more money, Gao Chong has no reason to wait."

Diao Geng said: "Doesn't this mean that the Prime Minister of Gaoxian County is righteous? He refuses to leave unless he gives everyone this year's rations. If it were me, I would be the same."

"I heard that what happened to Gao Chong this time involved Liu Hua's assassination of the emperor. The crime is not small."

"Brother, where did you hear so many things?"

"I heard it when I passed the checkpoint. I told you before. The more you ask on weekdays, the more knowledge you will gain." Diao Bing said: "I didn't expect that boy from the Liu family to go to this step and assassinate the emperor. He is so courageous."

"I'm really impressed by him. He's a good person. It relieves my anger."

"Relieve anger."

The topic went off the rails, and Diao Bing asked: "Has the accommodation been arranged? We have many cars and horses."

"Of course we have made arrangements. There is a small village not far south of the Yiluo River, which is suitable for living here."

Diao Bing said: "Go into the city again. Find Gao Chong and agree on a time for the transaction with him, but don't tell him where we are."

Diao Geng said: "Brother, can't you trust him?"

Diao Bing said: "I'm afraid something will happen."

After that, he had a good rest and continued on his way driving the heavy mule cart.

The ruts were deep, and the cargo was obviously very valuable, and walking through the snow with straw sandals seemed a bit difficult.

~~

In Yanshi County, Ren Mulan was protecting Wang Yi to find evidence, and they were followed by two men.

She is now dressed like a tomboy, with a bun on her head, a black dress, and a short knife on her waist. No matter how she looks at it, she may become a scoundrel in the future, or to put it nicely, she is called a "errant".

Wang Yi frowned at this look. He originally thought that these children would have a brighter future.

"Brother Ayi, where did you put the evidence?"

Wang Yi didn't say anything, just said: "Just go with me."

That account book was obtained by Wang Yanxiang with his life. Even when Wei Ji asked him to take it out, he refused and asked Wei Ji to take people to Yanshi to capture Li Saner first.

It was also because of this that Wei Ji used various excuses at that time, which aroused Wang Yi's suspicion that the Henan Governor, who had a reputation of being innocent, was not innocent at all.

Wang Yi could no longer express his disappointment at that time.

Thinking about this, they walked towards the secret house. When they looked up again, they saw Kofukuji Temple in front of them.

Ren Mulan once lived in a nursing home and disliked it. She didn't come here often. She frowned when she followed Wang Yi in.

She originally thought that Wang Yi hid the account books in some secret place, but she didn't expect that Wang Yi spent forty dollars and took them to see the relics of Monk Keats.

"Amitabha, may my mentor protect the four donors with the supreme Dharma, and please put down your sword."

Ren Mulan had no choice but to put down her dagger and entered a small room on the third floor of the pagoda.

When I opened the door, dust started to rise.

The afternoon sun shines in through the small window, shining brightly and giving off some of the sacredness of Buddhism.

"Little old monk, I'm here. This is the first time I've come to see you after your death."

She murmured in a low voice, and when she looked around, she saw that the little old monk had become nothing more than a few small gray stones on a golden silk, and she couldn't help but say: "After you died, all your brothers and sisters fell into the eyes of money. "

Wang Yi reached out and touched under the table where the relics were placed for a while, and took out an account book.

"Let's go."

"It turned out to be hidden here. How did you know you wouldn't be found hiding here?"

"The most unpopular place in Yanshi County is here." Wang Yi said, "Those who have been favored by Master Keats can't afford to pay to see him, and those who can afford ten cents think he is a trouble."

Ren Mulan smiled heartlessly, turned around and waved her hand, saying, "Thank you, little old monk, for your blessing. The bad guys have not found the account book."

……

Wang Yi held the account book tightly and was still a little uneasy before handing it to Xue Bai, so she took the opportunity to ask Ren Mulan a few words.

"Tell me, why did Lieutenant Xue County keep Gao Chong?"

"Otherwise." Ren Mulan said matter-of-factly: "If you hand it over to the imperial court, it might be released by the imperial court."

"But he behaves differently than any official I've ever seen."

"Then wouldn't it be nice if he could avenge Wang County Lieutenant? Don't you feel relieved?"

Ren Mulan said: "That's it."

When she said this, Wang Yi didn't clear up her doubts at all. Instead, even the vague guesses she had originally were confused.

But he knew that Li Saner died in Xue Bai's hands, so he finally handed over the account book.

For Xue Bai, this was an important thing to take over Gao Chong's career, and he quickly asked Du Jin to arrange for someone to make a copy.

While he was busy with this, Shi Zhong came again.

"Diao Geng came back and asked us if the food was ready. They are ready to deliver it."

Xue Bai smiled and looked at Du Jin, with excitement ignited in his eyes again.

They are finally about to take over the first batch of materials for rebellion...

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