Wentang

Chapter 310
Will there be fraud?
"Haha... Mr. Qin is worrying too much. I have met that Qing Shui Hou. Although he is a little clever, he can't escape his youthful nature. When a young man suddenly gets a high position, he will inevitably get carried away." Zhao Jingze said with a big laugh.

"Oh, have you seen him with your own eyes?" Wang Jingliang looked at him intriguingly and said.

"The sea salt franchise is making a lot of noise, how can I not know it. When the surnamed Yue first came to Dezhou, I took a look at it from a distance." Speaking of this, Zhao Jingze sneered: "Tsk tsk...that scene is really flowery." Young Ma is angry."

What he said were compliments, but the strong sour smell that could be smelled across ten streets told everyone that he was envious in his heart.

The vigilance that had just risen in Wang Jingliang's heart disappeared, and he guessed that Zhao Jingze was also planning Haiyan's idea nine times out of ten, and wanted to get in touch with that Qing Shuihou before everyone else.

It's just that it seems that Qing Shuihou didn't pay attention to him at all, that's why he said those sour words here.

I despise Zhao's behavior in my heart, but I don't show any emotion on my face, and echoed with a smile: "A big man from Beijing, a young man named Marquis, will inevitably save face. As long as we deal with it carefully, there will be no problem."

"That's right, we didn't offend him, and we didn't have conflicts of interest. What reason does he have to embarrass us? Could it be that he was looking for our magistrate Tian?" Ai Qingkun, the chief bookkeeper, answered.

"Haha..." There was a happy laugh in the yamen.

Isn't magistrate Tian the laughing stock of everyone?

However, with this interruption, the doubt about whether there was fraud passed away.

In fact, the old squire surnamed Qin only mentioned this sentence out of prudence, and he didn't feel that Yue Shan would do anything to them.

The reason has already been said just now, and there is no reason.The salt field and the Naval Camp are in Bohai County, which is a hundred and eighty miles away from Yanci County.There was no conflict of interest between the two parties before, so why should he embarrass himself and others?
They also invited Yue Shan to this banquet, instead of Yue Shan looking for them, the possibility of problems is even smaller.

It is said that this is Yanci County, their territory, even if the magistrate of the county comes, he should give them some face.Otherwise, they would dare to let the other party get out in disgrace.

They are just so confident.

Then everyone began to discuss how to praise Qing Shuihou so that he could obtain the right to sell sea salt. It would be even better if he also got the qualification to make salt.

In the middle of the day, Tian Xuechen finally walked out of the residence behind the government office.Not surprisingly, he was ridiculed by everyone.

In the past, he would be furious when encountering such situations, but this time he was calm, as if he was watching a clown performance.

After that, everyone had a disagreement on the matter of welcoming Yueshan. Some people said that they would welcome them ten miles from the city in order to show their sincerity.

Immediately some people objected, ten miles is to welcome the emperor, five miles is enough, and the most to welcome the governor is five miles.There are also people who say that they will fall into the aura of themselves and others when they go so far away, so they can welcome them at the gate of the city.

When the three parties were at loggerheads, Tian Xuechen suddenly said that Yue Shan was not their superior, nor did he have any position but an empty title.According to him, everyone should not go anywhere, just wait in the city.

Well, now those people don't argue anymore, they immediately unify their opinions and go five miles out of the city to meet them.

As for Tian Xuechen's opinion, it was naturally ignored.Because in their view, the reason why Tian Xuechen said this was purely to sabotage this banquet, and then sabotage their plan to obtain the qualification to make salt and sell salt.

So a group of dozens of people plus their servants made a total of more than a hundred people, riding sedan chairs, donkeys, oxen, or ox carts...Anyway, there were people taking any kind of transportation, and the line was very long... …with predictable speed.

Anyway, it took them about half an hour to arrive at the welcome pavilion five miles away.

What is the greeting pavilion? It is a pavilion built five miles away from the county seat. It is specially used for greeting and seeing off, and it can also be used as a place to rest.

When they arrived at the gazebo, Tian Xuechen's tense heart finally relaxed halfway. It was also part of the plan to encourage these people to go out of the city to welcome them.

If they don't leave the city, they can quickly close the city gate if they have any doubts. What will happen to Yueshan then?Can't you lead troops to attack the city?

He can arrest all these officials, or even kill them all, as long as there are legitimate reasons afterwards, he can make things right.But if he leads troops to attack a county...

No one can protect him, and no one will protect him.

As for entering the city with these people to attend a banquet, and then arresting them at the banquet?Less likely.

To arrest people on other people's territory requires a lot of manpower, but even if these people are stupid, it is impossible for Yue Shan to bring a large number of soldiers into the city.

So exposing these people is the most critical part of the plan.

Tian Xuechen originally thought that it would take a lot of effort to trick these people out, but for some reason, these people started arguing before he even opened his mouth.

As a result, he was taken advantage of, and a single sentence played the role of four or two thousand catties.

Midsummer and July are the hot season, and it is approaching noon. Even in the shade of trees, everyone is sweating and dizzy.

And in order to welcome Yue Shan, they were still dressed in fancy dress...not to mention the taste.

At the end of the time, when these people were waiting impatiently, there was a slight vibration from the ground.When they were wondering, there was another booming sound from a distance.

At this time, the county lieutenant comforted him: "Everyone, don't worry, it's not the earth dragon turning over, it's the sound of cavalry running. Clear water is coming soon."

Everyone breathed a sigh of relief, it didn't matter if Dilong turned over.

Tian Xuechen almost didn't laugh, this group of people really didn't know their death was imminent.

It's not that the earth dragon turns over, you should be sad. Here, the earth dragon turns over in the plain and you can't die, but Qingshui will wait.

The rumbling sound became louder and louder, and the vibration became more and more intense. In the distance, a group of cavalry could already be seen approaching quickly.

This group of cavalry seems to be speeding forward. When they first saw it, they were just blurred shadows. In the blink of an eye, they could see human faces.

At this time, the crowd became slightly restless, and someone noticed that something was wrong.Of course, it may also be frightened by the high-speed cavalry attack.

Seeing that the situation was not right, Tian Xuechen became a little anxious. When he was thinking about how to stabilize these people, he suddenly heard Zhao Jingze next to him taunting loudly:
"It seems that the county lords from the capital are also afraid of the heat. They can run so fast on a horse, I'm afraid they will be cooked in the sun."

"Haha..." The crowd laughed again, and the restlessness and worry disappeared.

When the cavalry approached, Wang Jingliang and the others pretended to pack up their clothes and stepped forward to welcome them.

However, what they didn't expect was that the cavalry had no intention of stopping at all, and split into two circles around them, surrounding everyone.At the same time, about fifty riders jumped over the crowd and headed straight for Yanci County.

Everyone was shocked to realize that the situation was not good.However, it was too late, and a voice that frightened them sounded:
"According to Qingshui Hou's order to arrest the bandits, those who resist will be killed."

(End of this chapter)