Jinyi Town Mountains and Rivers

Chapter 85
He Liu suddenly remembered Hu Zongxian's words: You are determined to investigate the Lianghuai salt affairs. . . .The officialdom in the south of the Yangtze River will be in chaos, and the court will be in chaos.

If Lu Da's words are true, and the six private salt dealers have such a prominent status, then Hu Zongxian's prophecy will definitely come true.

He Liu said to Lu Da: "How do I know you didn't lie to me? Bring out five prominent people and tie them with yourself, trying to scare me into quitting?"

Lu Da sneered: "Believe it or not! My life is in your hands. What good will it do me to tell lies?"

He Liudao: "Think about it for yourself, these people belong to the Yan Party, the Eun Party, the Yuwang Party, and the Jinyiwei Quartet. These four parties can't urinate in one pot. How could they join forces to monopolize Jiangnan's private affairs? Salt business?"

Lu Da said: "He Liu, you, the sixth master of Jinyiwei, is actually a fool. Each of the six of us can earn more than 30 taels of silver every year from the private salt business. Who has any grudge against Yinzi? In Yinzi In front of you, those party disputes and holidays are nothing!"

He Liudao: "Okay, let me ask you next. The six private salt dealers all buy salt from the Sifang Teahouse. Who is the master behind the Sifang Teahouse? Can the previous Lianghuai salt transport envoys bow their heads and obey their ears? The six private salt dealers confessed as ancestors?"

Lu Da sighed: "If I tell him his name, you will definitely think that I am lying."

He Liudao: "Tell me about it."

Lu Da said almost word for word: "The boss behind the Sifang Teahouse is—the third master of Jin Yiwei, your third brother, Jin Wanguan!"

He Liu was taken aback, and after a while, he said, "That's right. I really think you've been lying a lot! Jin Sanye is the behind-the-scenes owner of the Sifang Tea House? How dare you believe it! He's the third son of the [-]th Taibao of Jinyiwei!"

Lu Da said: "That's right, the owner of the Sifang Tea House is the third son of the Jinyiwei Thirteenth Taibao! You don't know the accounting skills of the third master Jin, Mr. Six, do you? Let me tell you, all Lianghuai salt transport yamen All the salts were sold by him to our six private salt dealers!"

Jin Wanguan has two strengths.One is good at luring confessions, a clever mouth can jump ashore the fish in the river.Best at making up the words of the prisoner.

The second is to be good at managing accounts.He has a photographic eye on the accounts.Because of this, Commander Lu Bing entrusted Jin Yiwei's private treasury to him.

He Liu laughed suddenly: "Lu Da, are you fooling the child, right? It's alright, alright, I won't talk nonsense with you. Because you didn't tell the truth, I won't give you the antidote!"

After speaking, He Liu walked to the window and threw the medicine bottle in his hand into the river.

The medicine for insight was gone, and Lu Da felt like crying: "He Liu, I call you your ancestor! The labor and management have told you everything, and you didn't give labor and management a way to survive! My special mother went to Xitian If you are a ghost, you will not let you go! If you are really capable, don’t just deal with me, the town’s governor with the lowest official position! If you are capable, you can take the governor of Zhejiang, the governor of Zhili, the chief eunuch of the Municipal Shipbuilding Department, and the Nanjing household department. Shangshu and the river patrol commander are all killed!"

There is a saying that when a person is about to die, his words are good, and when a bird is about to die, his song is also sad.Judging by Lu Da's attitude, the things he confessed just now are not like nonsense.

He Liudao: "Okay, okay, don't scold. You won't die."

Lu Da showed joy, "Do you still have the antidote?"

He Liu spread out his hands: "No."

Lu Da glared at He Liu: "I call you your ancestor."

A smirk suddenly flashed across He Liu's face: "Okay, let me tell you the truth. You didn't get any fugu poisoning at all. I just asked the cook to put more pepper in your bowl of fugu soup. So your tongue It's going to be numb."

Lu Da was furious after hearing this: "He Liu, are you lying to me?"

He Liu proudly said, "So what if you lie to me?"

He Liu turned his head and came to Bai Xiaoyan again: "Who sent you to deal with me?"

Bai Xiaoyan said: "My adoptive father."

He Liu asked, "Who is your adoptive father?"

Bai Xiaoyan's answer confirmed Lu Da's confession: "My adoptive father is Jin Wanguan."

Bai Xiaoyan's parents died when she was just over ten years old.It happened that Jin Wanguan went to Jiangnan to handle a case, adopted her on the street, and put her in the red building to learn piano, chess, calligraphy, painting, singing and dancing.Jin Wanguan raised this adopted daughter for great use.

This time He Liu went south to investigate the Lianghuai salt affairs, and Jin Wanguan sent a letter to Lu Da.Let him find an opportunity to take He Liu to Yihonglou, and let his adopted daughter dedicate himself to He Liu, so that He Liu will be intoxicated in the gentle village all day long and have no intention of investigating the case.

After Bai Xiaoyan said all this, she said to He Liu, "Master Liu, will you kill me?"

He Liu shook his head: "You are just a pawn of others. Why should I kill you? I will take you to Yangzhou. When the private salt case is over, I will let you go."

Lu Da scolded He Liu from the side: "He Liu, even if you lure me into a confession, what can you do to us? Although I am just a small town envoy, the other five private salt dealers are all in high positions! They will protect me!"

Lao Hu took out a throwing knife from his waist: "Have you seen my flying knife kung fu just now? If you keep yelling, be careful I'll use your head as a living target!"

Lu Da finally shut up.

He Liu sat in the cabin for a while, feeling a little headache.He came out on the deck at the bow to get some air.

Lao Hu followed.

He Liu said to Lao Hu: "Old Hu, you have been hiding deep enough for decades! I was with you all day, and I didn't even know that you were also a master of throwing knives."

Old Hu smiled slyly: "Do you know where the whitest place is?"

He Liu shook his head: "I don't know."

Old Hu said: "It's the foot! Because it's always hidden in the shoe."

He Liu thought for a while: "No, shouldn't the whitest part be the butt?"

Old Hu said: "The ass is always hidden in the crotch too! Is the ass of the beauty in the cabin white enough?"

He Liu shook his head: "I haven't touched her. In the past few days, I have been sleeping by the tea table."

Lao Hu chuckled: "I can't tell, Liu, you are still Liu Xiahui. Don't talk about anything else, then Lu Da's confession is probably true. The six private salt dealers in the south of the Yangtze River all have prominent officials. It was your third brother, Jin Wanguan, who Yanyin gave them. Are you going to investigate this case further?"

He Liu sighed: "If we continue to investigate, I'm afraid I will get burned. How about we both go back to the capital in despair?"

Lao Hu shook his head: "It's not like you. You like to ask questions about everything. I think you can discuss this case with Hu Zongxian. After all, he is the southeast pillar of the imperial court."

He Liu smiled wryly: "The southeast pillar of the imperial court? Hu Zongxian, the governor of Zhejiang Province, and two governors are reselling private salt. Does he, the governor, know? I think this case of private salt—our Hu Butang It's hard to escape the entanglement."

(End of this chapter)