Fortunate Young Gentleman

Chapter 559: Take My Sword and Come to the Best Box in Yuanyang Tower. Everyone sat down separately.

After sitting down, Governor Yu bowed his hands to Tang Ning and said, "It's been a few days since the three adults came to Ezhou. I've just waited to greet you and wash my hands of the three of you today. I didn't entertain you well, and I hope Haihan..."

There were only three people qualified to participate in this banquet, Tang Ning, Yu Shi Zhongcheng, and Gongsun Ying, the leader of the shadow guards.

Censor Zhongcheng smiled and said: "We are here for official business, not for fun. I am being polite to you, sir."

"Official business is business, etiquette is etiquette, and the etiquette should be observed." Governor Yu looked at them, took out three thick envelopes from his sleeves, placed them on the table in front of the three of them, and said, "Three of you, Coming from afar, this is a small courtesy from me, so please don’t refuse.”

"Your Majesty, you're welcome." Censor Zhongcheng smiled and put the envelope away.

Gongsun Ying directly opened the envelope, looked at a thick stack of thousand-tael banknotes inside, and threw it back to the governor's desk with an indifferent expression.

Of course, Tang Ning couldn't be bribed with 10,000 to 20,000 taels of silver, so he handed it over and said, "No reward for no merit, I'd better take this small gift back."

Censor Zhongcheng looked at him and said, "Master Tang, this is the etiquette of Jiangnan, there is no other meaning."

Tangning looked at him and asked with a smile, "Is this also the etiquette of the Yushitai?"

The evaluation of anything should not be one-sided, nor should it be generalized. The Censor's Office has always regarded itself as a clean stream. Tang Ning has seen censors who speak out and give advice for the sake of justice, and has also seen censors like Censor Zhongcheng who are well versed in the "etiquette" of Jiangnan. What's ridiculous is that the latter is still the second and third in command of Yushitai...

Censor Zhongcheng's expression changed slightly, and the expressions of the Ezhou officials present at the banquet were also grim.

There are certain rules in the officialdom that are accepted by everyone. Accepting gifts from others naturally means that you are on the same side as them. Tangning's move undoubtedly drew a clear line with Ezhou officials.

In other words, Ezhou officials were not going to let them go just like that.

In other words, given the two paths of life and death, he chose the path of death.

Yu Cishi was not angry, but smiled and said: "Master Tang is a pure man, but I am a cliché..."

He picked up the wine glass, poured a glass of wine on his own, and said: "I will punish myself with one drink first."

He drank the wine in one gulp, poured two more glasses, picked up one of the glasses, and said, "Master Tang has come a long way. I would like to pay my respects to Master Tang for this glass."

At the banquet, some insiders had a strange look in their eyes.

After drinking this glass of wine, he will be bedridden within two days. First he will feel dizzy and vomit, then he will have difficulty eating and breathing, and finally he will vomit blood and die...

So what about the officials in the capital, and what about the deputy ministers in the Ministry of Civil Affairs? The biggest problem for the officials in the capital when they go to the south of the Yangtze River is that it is difficult to adapt to the soil and water of the south of the Yangtze River. He was not the first, nor the last, to die in the south of the Yangtze River because of the acclimatization.

Tang Ning looked at the wine in the glass and remained unmoved.

Governor Yu waited for a while and asked with a smile: "Does Mr. Tang think that I don't have this face?"

"No, no, no..." Tangning shook her head, took the wine glass from Governor Yu's hand, put the wine glass on the table into his hand, and said, "Master Yu, you took the wrong one. This is the glass you just used. ”

He looked at Governor Yu and said, "Master Yu, please go first."

Governor Yu's expression changed slightly and he said, "How come I remember that I didn't take the wrong one?"

Tang Ning said seriously: "Master Yu really took the wrong one."

Governor Yu looked at him, with a trace of suspicion in his eyes. He put the wine glass to his mouth, but his hand suddenly shook and the wine glass fell to the ground and broke into pieces.

A look of annoyance appeared on Governor Yu's face, he shook his head and said, "I am really careless..."

Before he finished speaking, the door to the box was kicked open. Before anyone at the table could react, more than ten people rushed in from the door and pushed everyone except Tang Ning and the three of them to the ground. .

Liu Tong strode in, looked at Tang Ning, and said solemnly: "We have captured them all, please give instructions, general!"

Tangning looked at him in shock and asked, "What are you doing?"

The Hongmen Banquet is also a routine. Whether it is the Hongmen Banquet hosted by him or the Hongmen Banquet hosted by the governor, everyone must be harmonious at the beginning and have an attitude that everything can be discussed. After drinking for three times, there is still no discussion. When they got together, he got angry and threw a glass. Liu Tong and others got the signal, broke in, and captured the corrupt officials in Ezhou. This "Hongmen Banquet" ended...

But in whose Hongmen banquet did they flip the table without even drinking a glass of wine, even before the food was served, and when everyone was greeting each other in a friendly manner and with smiles?

This is too unrefined.

Liu Tong was startled and asked: "Didn't the general say that the cup was thrown as a sign? We heard the sound of the cup being thrown and we came in..."

Tangning looked at the wine glass that had fallen to the ground and shattered into pieces. Her lips moved, but in the end she didn't say anything.

Liu Tong was indeed acting in accordance with his instructions. This was considered a lack of consideration on his part. He should have agreed with him on some other code at that time...

He has to take the blame, and as a boss, he also has to have the courage to admit his mistakes.

Governor Yu and others were pushed to the ground, with their faces touching the floor. They were twisted and deformed due to the excessive force. They shouted in shock and anger: "Who are you? Do you want to rebel?"

Censor Zhongcheng, who was frightened by the sudden formation, also came to his senses, looked at Tang Ning, and said angrily: "Master Tang, what are you doing!"

Tang Ning looked at him and said innocently: "I said this is a misunderstanding, do you believe it, Lord Qi?"

The Chief Censor naturally didn't believe it. He ambushed so many people here, could it be just for fun?

He never thought that at today's banquet, Tang Ning was even more ruthless than the officials of Ezhou, and actually wanted to catch them all in one fell swoop...

He looked at Tang Ning and said loudly: "Since it's a misunderstanding, why don't you let these adults go..."

Liu Tong looked at Tang Ning, waiting for his instructions.

"Tie them all up." Tang Ning looked at Liu Tong, waved his hand, and said, "After all, we're here..."

He glanced at the Chief Censor and said, "Catch this guy who is a traitor, accepting bribes, and colluding with local officials."

The Chief Censor's face changed drastically, and he said, "Tang Ning, what do you want to do? Do you want to rebel?"

"You are the ones who want to rebel, right?" Tang Ning walked to the table and opened the wine pot. There was indeed something interesting inside the pot. The wine in the lake was layered. Under normal circumstances, the wine in the lower layer would be poured out. If the lid of the pot was turned at an angle, the wine in the upper layer would be poured out.

Tang Ning looked at Governor Yu and smiled, "Sir Yu, your pot is quite big..."

Governor Yu's face changed drastically, and he said, "This, this is the custom of Ezhou, this pot is called a two-purpose pot..."

"No more talk." Tang Ning turned the lid of the pot to an angle, poured a glass of wine, handed it to him, and said, "Drink this glass of wine, and pretend that what happened today never happened, how about it?"

Governor Yu's face turned completely pale. He knew what the consequences would be if he drank this glass of wine. This was the most painful way to die he had ever seen.

Obviously, Tang Ning already knew everything. Governor Yu was desperate at this moment, stretched his neck, and said, "Kill me if you have the guts. Kill me, and let's see how you will explain to the court!"

"Okay." Tang Ning nodded, looked at Chen Zhou behind him, and said, "Take my sword..."