Brocade clothing as the country

Chapter 859
The boat sailed on the canal, passing through Gaoqiao Town is Wuxi, and the rest of the journey was almost a day and a night on the edge of Taihu Lake.

It was still dark when we arrived in Wuxi, and the local officials and gentry in Wuxi also came to welcome the imperial envoys. Naturally, Wang Tong didn't bother to pay attention, and sent the official envoys away. It won't be difficult either.

I arranged for Wuxi to replenish some food and medicines, and there was nothing to deal with. The medicines are mainly medicines for calming the mind, because after leaving Changzhou Mansion, Lu Ruomei has been crying, and her mental state is not right.

Instead of stopping in Wuxi, the fleet plans to moor at Wangting after dark, which is the dividing line between Changzhou Prefecture and Suzhou Prefecture Canal.

The journey was very peaceful, but when it was getting dark, Pu Yuan's apprentice shouted in the cabin, saying that he wanted to see the imperial envoy, but it was all right anyway, so Wang Tong directly ordered him to be brought over.

Pu Yuan's apprentice was also a fat monk with a vicious shape, and he was tied up firmly. As soon as he entered Wang Tong's cabin, he kowtowed to the ground and said in a hissing voice:
"Master, the two elders promised the younger one back then, to give the younger one a good time, the elder must not break his promise!"

Grinning and crying there, Liu Sanlang and Shi Qi's methods were so cruel that it was normal to make life worse than death, but it was a bit strange for this person to suddenly say that while the boat was halfway.

"It's not impossible to give you a good time, don't you want to live now, what's the matter?"

Wang Tong asked, the monk's face was full of fear, and he said in a trembling voice:

"My lord, you can look out of the cabin where Xiao Xiao is held. This afternoon, a boat from the Dragon King of Taihu Lake followed. If you were to be caught by the Dragon King's men, you would definitely be cut into pieces. Open the mouth and throw it into the sea to feed the fish, the little one has committed a lot of crimes, and dare not ask for a way out, but only ask the old man to give him a good time now."

"In the lake and sea, are there so many people in the green forest named Dragon King?"

Wang Tong sneered, this name is so shocking that he doesn't know what the name of Monk Pu Yuan is in the Jianghu. When the people kneeling below mentioned this name, Shi Qi was taken aback, and Wu Er looked at each other, Shi Qi Stepped forward and asked:
"Monk, the Dragon King's surname is Liao, and he was on the sea in Taizhou?"

The monk kneeling on the ground was also stunned for a while, then kowtowed again and said:
"It's Na Liao's master."

"Take people back to the original cabin!"

Wu Er opened his mouth and said, two guards stepped forward to take him away, Wu Er whispered to Wang Tong:
"Lord Hou, this Liao Longwang is a great thief on Taihu Lake, and he has nearly a thousand bandits in his hands. That Puyuan monk has pretended to be a monk many years ago, and the water business in these mansions is all owned by Liao Longwang."

Shi Qi beside him also said:
"This Liao Longwang was a general in Ningbo back then. He led his subordinates to escape because he committed a crime. He used military law to restrain his troops. One of his subordinates was tough. He annexed more than a dozen gangsters in Taihu Lake. There are even rumors that this Liao once fought real Japanese pirates in Songjiang Mansion and Jiaxing Mansion, and he didn't suffer any losses!"

The bandits are bandits after all, and the combat effectiveness of the officers and soldiers is too unbearable, but the Tartars in the north and the Japanese pirates in the south are recognized as powerful scourges, and they can be called powerful if they can fight against the Japanese pirates without losing the wind.

"Here, there is absolutely no reason to go back. I am afraid that there will be other troubles in inviting the officers and soldiers from the Zhenhaiwei side. We will disembark at Hushu Pass, and then go to Suzhou Mansion to mobilize horses. Let's go to Songjiang by land!"

Wang Tong patted the table and made a decision.

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In the city of Nanjing, in an inn two streets away from where Wang Tong lived at the time, two men dressed as businessmen came out in a hurry with a big bag on their faces.

They carried their burdens but did not go out of the city. They wandered around in the city, but stopped behind a certain ruined temple in the city, went outside to collect some dry firewood, and struck a few times there with a fire bag to light the fire. He took out another stack of letters from the bundle and was about to throw them into the fire.

Just throwing in a stack, they heard the sound of footsteps, two people dressed as men led a few Jinyiwei soldiers to run over, and the Jinyiwei soldiers shouted loudly:
"What are you doing, do you want to set fire to the city!"

The city of Nanjing is mostly made of wooden buildings, and the sky is dry at this time. It is really suspicious for the two of them to start a fire. When they saw the official arrival, the two people also panicked, and hurriedly threw the paper letters in their hands into the fire. , ran away, and the officials naturally caught up quickly. Someone walked past the fire and picked up a piece of unburned paper, but he was stunned when he saw it. Posts posted in the homes of nobles in the city.

After searching for so long without seeing any trace, it turned out that it took no effort at all. The soldier in brocade clothes hurriedly extinguished the flames and got all the letters out.

The incident happened but it was simple, those two people had been sneaking around all day long, and so many things happened in Nanjing recently, the shopkeeper of the inn was also afraid that he would get into trouble by taking in bandits or something, so when the two left, they sent a waiter to follow them Go up, and get acquainted with the Jinyi guards nearby, and call them together.

After finding out the letter and sending it to his boss, the news couldn't be kept secret, and everyone in Nanjing knew what should be known.

The boss of these soldiers was Zhang Liansheng. After Wang Tong left, Zhang Liansheng finally knew what it was fun to be a thousand households of Jinyiwei. In the past, many people who didn't have him came to try to please him, and those who didn't take him seriously in the past still gave him a smile now.

Coincidentally, the pawn who found out that the post was Zhang Liansheng's subordinate, and when he heard that it was related to the post some time ago, Zhang Liansheng immediately cheered up 12 points.

This matter was also involved with the honorable and noble families in Nanjing City, and also involved with Wang Tong. After finding out, it was his own credit and could please all parties.

No matter how slack Jin Yiwei is, he has the kung fu of torture, and the two people who were caught are not hard bones, and they will all be recruited as soon as they are tortured.
These two merchants are the confidantes of Li Zhi, the inspector of Zhili. What they did in Nanjing was ordered by Li Zhi. Who is Li Zhi? These big bosses in Nanjing city also know the heroic spectrum of the capital, even if Zhang Liansheng orders to keep it secret , the news is still known by those who should know.

That night, someone came to say hello. Don't say anything about it beforehand, report it to the imperial envoy first, and wait for the imperial envoy to make a decision. We will treat it as nothing for the time being, and some people even directly pointed out that this Li Zhi is a Beijing official. There are ministers in the six cabinets of the capital who have connections with him. This matter is too involved for us to intervene.

Hearing this, Zhang Liansheng didn't dare to neglect, and arranged for someone to rush the news to Songjiang Mansion.

The former Qianhu Meng Xianhui who was imprisoned, after being locked in the big prison for a few days, also revealed who was behind him. He was the Jinyiwei. Naturally, he knew the torture methods in the Jinyiwei, and felt terrified within a few days. I am afraid that these methods will fall on my own family, and it is also a capital offense to tell who is behind me. At worst, I will not do this job.

As Wang Tong expected, this Meng Xianhui is a thousand households supported by the Xu family. No matter what kind of tyrant and treacherous official he is, he is not bad for his hometown, but Xu Jie is an exception. He bullies the villagers too much and annexes the land. He said that he had done a lot of other deeds and offended so many people that Xu Jie didn't dare to be buried in his hometown after his death.

In such a situation, in order to protect his family business and family, he naturally had to support a group of people from both the government and the underworld, and Meng Xianhui was one of them.

But Meng Xianhui didn't want to say much, he only said that he was taken care of by Xu's family so that he could stand out among so many people and sit in the position of Qianhu. What he ordered, the rest is also completely unknown.

Zhang Liansheng is also helpless, this is at most an explanation to Wang Tong, he can't do anything else, so he is simply detained first.

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Despite being cautious, Wang Tong's team did not encounter any troubles all the way to Wu County, the prefectural capital of Suzhou, and the journey was uneventful.

In Suzhou, which is the most affluent place in the world, Sanjiang Commercial Bank naturally has a business presence here, and a place with its own family, so it is naturally much more convenient to do things.

An official from the Suzhou government came to meet and prepared horses according to Wang Tong's instructions, while the Sanjiang Trading Company and the local guards went to Lu Ruomei's home to look for Lu Ruomei's old mother.

Lu Ruomei had been in a daze for the past few days, and her spirit was not very good. For her safety, Wang Tong didn't agree with her getting off the boat. When it was noon, Wang Tong told her to come over.

After entering the room, there were no personal guards as usual, only Wang Tong was here with a heavy expression on his face. When he saw her coming in, he waved his hand to let the servant girl who followed Lu Ruomei back down. Wang Tong coughed and said:
"Your mother hanged herself. Your neighbor found her body the day before yesterday."

Lu Ruomei leaned forward, as if she didn't hear clearly, then she shook violently, her face had no trace of blood, and she knelt there pale.

Wang Tong said again:
"Someone on my side has something to do with the locality. I heard from the guard that someone in the neighborhood saw two people dressed as monks and a bunch of gangsters sneak into your house that day. You should understand whether they hanged themselves."

"How. How. My mother has survived such a difficult life. Seeing that the grievances can be washed away, and the big revenge can be avenged, how could she hang herself at this time."

Lu Ruomei murmured, her eyes were a little lax, she shook her head suddenly, her expression became determined, she stepped forward and said sadly:

"My lord, this must be the Xu family sending someone to kill, this must be the Xu family sending people to kill and silence, please make the decision for the people's daughters, and avenge the people's daughters!!!"

Lu Ruomei collapsed and fainted suddenly
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