Jinyi Town Mountains and Rivers

Chapter 101 Departing for Beijing
In the spring of the 40th year of Jiajing, Jinyiwei inspected a hundred households and He Liu was ordered to return to Beijing.

At Taohua Ferry in Yangzhou, all officials from the south of the Yangtze River saw off the imperial envoy He Liu.

Lao Hu led Xiangxiang and Bai Xiaoyan onto the official ship first.At the ferry, He Long had some courtesies with all the officials in the south of the Yangtze River.He looked at the sun above his head and said, "It's getting late. My lords, there is no permanent banquet in the world. Please go back, everyone."

Officials left one after another.Before the ferry, only five officials, Yang Jinshui, Zheng Michang, Zhang Jin, Lu Da, and Hu Xiong, were left involved in the private salt trade.

Yang Jinshui asked: "Lao Liu, we have already spit out the money. What about the account books?"

He Liu smiled and said, "Here it is!"

He Liu took out the account book from his pocket, lit it on the fire and ignited it, and it burned to ashes in an instant.

Zheng Bichang said: "He Lao Liu, you won't lie to us, right? What if you burned a fake account book? Or, you burned a real account book, but you secretly copied a copy?"

He Liu said with a smile: "If I want to keep the account books, I just stepped on the boat just now. I am an imperial envoy, how dare you force your soldiers to keep me in front of all the officials in the south of the Yangtze River?"

The five of them thought about it, and what He Liu said was right.If he really wanted to hand over the account books to the emperor, he could just leave.There is no need to stay and say goodbye to them alone.

He Liu arched his hands: "My lords, He Liu's trip to the south of the Yangtze River has offended everyone! But there is a saying that ill-gotten gains are not to be taken. You must restrain yourself from now on. Goodbye!"

After speaking, He Liu turned around and boarded the official boat, and the official boat set sail.

Walking near Shaobo Town, He Liu came to the deck.

On the deck, Bai Xiaoyan was holding Xiangxiang and looking at the scenery along the coast.

He Liudao: "Miss Bai, I'm done with Jiangnan. Now I'm going to the capital, I don't know how the emperor will deal with me. I can't implicate you. I will let the boat dock at Shao Bodu later. You can go."

The spring breeze blows over Bai Xiaoyan's cheeks and blows her hair.Bai Xiaoyan under the sun is extraordinarily moving.

"You still want to drive me away? I have already worshiped the world and entered the bridal chamber... In the end, you still think that I am Jin Wanguan's goddaughter, the number one of Yicuilou?" Bai Xiaoyan said with a trace of resentment.

He Liu shook his head and said, "Why would I despise Miss Bai? I'm a 40-year-old man, if you really marry me, it's just the word for violence. Besides, I'm going to the capital, I don’t know if it’s good or bad, so I can’t implicate you. Don’t go back to Jin Wanguan. I’m afraid he will kill you to silence you.”

He Liu took out a 1000 taels of silver note from his sleeve, and handed it to Bai Xiaoyan: "You take this 1000 taels of silver, and find a good man to marry."

Bai Xiaoyan took the bank note: "Oh, that's all right. Sixth Master, let's say goodbye."

Xiangxiang has been with Bai Xiaoyan day and night in the Qiantang County Government during these days, and has already regarded her as her big sister: "Sister Bai, don't leave. Xiangxiang won't let you go."

He Liu hugged Xiangxiang: "No nonsense."

"Wooooow." Xiangxiang burst into tears.

He Liu had no choice but to resort to the tried and tested trick.He coaxed Xiangxiang to say: "There are six kinds of dim sum famous in Yangzhou Funing in the cabin. Daddy will take you to the cabin to eat dim sum?"

As soon as Xiangxiang heard that there was something delicious, she immediately forgot about Sister Bai who was about to leave.Her tears stopped abruptly: "Xiangxiang loves dim sum the most!"

The official ship docked at Shao Bodu, and Bai Xiaoyan disembarked.

Lao Hu went into the cabin: "I said, Lao Liu, such a beauty like a fairy, is this why you drive him away?"

He Liu sighed: "Hey, let's let her live. If she really returns to the capital as my Mrs. Xu Xian, if the emperor cuts off my head in a fit of anger, wouldn't she be a widow in the capital? Rather than making her a widow, let her be free."

Old Hu said: "You are so kind-hearted. Come on, let's get down to business. After you return to Beijing, the emperor will definitely ask you two things. First, where did the 1000 million taels of silver come from? Second, , why the salt smuggling case was not investigated clearly."

He Liu said: "I will tell the emperor. The 1000 million taels of silver is the dirty money of the salt smuggling case. As for which officials in the south of the Yangtze River were involved in the salt smuggling case, I don't know at all!"

Old Hu sighed: "Lao Liu, you are easy to be fooled when you are the emperor? To put it bluntly, the emperor has not been in court for more than 20 years, but he can play tricks on all the officials. What a smart man he is ? If you coax a three-year-old child, can you pass the emperor's test?"

He Liu smiled: "So, this time, I'm in danger!"

Old Hu asked again: "Where is Jin Wanguan? What are you going to do? If you cut off his money, he will cut off your life. If he can send someone to assassinate you once, he can send someone to assassinate you twice or three times!" "

He Liudao: "I'm not going to tell the Emperor about the bad things about Jin Wanguan, but I'm going to tell Commander Lu!"

Old Hu thought for a while, and said: "If Commander Lu knew about this, for the sake of Jin Yiwei's face, he would definitely not deal with Jin Wanguan in the open. Instead, he would use Jin Yiwei's family law to deal with him secretly! I guess Jin Laosan You will be confused and lose your head. Heh, at that time, when he is dead, you will naturally have no worries! Sixth, you are like a Bodhisattva when you are kind, and like a mad dog when you are cruel."

He Liu stood up and said, "It is not a pity for a person like Jin Wanguan to die. Unfortunately, during this trip to the south of the Yangtze River, I did not find any clues about "Jubao Yaoshu."

Old Hu said: "You still can't let go of the Yin Soldier case 20 years ago."

He Liu stared at Lao Hu: "Actually, this trip to the south of the Yangtze River was not fruitless. At least, I discovered one thing - Lao Hu, you old guy is not easy."

Old Hu smiled awkwardly: "A hundred-year-old stupid cow can become a spirit. What's more, I'm a living person?"

The official ship went all the way north, and finally arrived at Tongzhou Wharf on the sixth day of February in the 40th year of Jiajing.

He Liu, the imperial envoy, changed to a carriage and headed straight for the capital.

The first thing after entering Beijing, He Liu first went to the Jinyiwei Yamen and found the commander Lu Bing.

Lu Bing buried his head in the case file, and after a long time he raised his head and glanced at He Liu: "I will take you to meet the emperor in the next afternoon. You have to think about how to answer the emperor's words."

He Liudao: "Yes. Commander Lu, there is one thing that I will not tell the emperor. But I want to tell you."

Lu Bing asked, "What's the matter?"

He Liu told Lu Bing all about Jin Wanguan's use of the Sifang Teahouse to buy salt from the previous Lianghuai salt transport envoys and resell it to private salt dealers.

After hearing this, Lu Bing was furious!The majestic Jinyiwei Santai Bao knew the law and broke the law? !It suddenly occurred to him that one and a half months ago, Wu Liangyong, the former Lianghuai Salt Transport Envoy, died in Beizhen Fusizhao Prison, and it should be Jin Wanguan's hands!

A person with blood and bravery will turn red in anger; a person with brave pulse will turn blue in anger; a person with brave bones will turn pale in anger; a person with bravery will not change his face when angry.

At this moment, Lu Bing didn't change his face, but in his heart, he had murderous intentions towards Jin Wanguan!
(End of this chapter)