Zhong Lijin wants to say something, the door of the room is pushed open, see the person, Zhong Lijin heart relieved.

"Master."

After Bai Liyi came back, he wanted to go back to his room, but when he saw that Zhong Lijin's room was still brightly lit, he just came over.

"Still up?" Bai Li Yi nodded to Ze, then looked at Zhong Li Jin.

"No, you haven't come back. I'm not sure."

"You see, I'm coming back safely? Go to bed. " Bailiyi heard that Zhong Lijin was worried about him, and he was in a bad mood made by Guo Lingyi.

"Did you hear anything?" Zhong Lijin doesn't want to go to sleep at all.

"Go to bed first. I'll let you know tomorrow if it's so late." Bailiyi couldn't help laughing at her curiosity, but he still asked her to go to bed seriously.

Zhong Lijin saw him say so, had to give up, ready to go to bed.

Bai Liyi saw that she was ready to go to bed, so he took Ze out and gently closed the door.

"Guo Lingyi is so bold!" As soon as Bai Liyi entered the room, he blacked his face and said, "how dare you deceive me! Zeyi, you've been keeping an eye on Tang Yunxiao for me recently. As for Guo Lingyi, I'll come myself. "

"Yes."

"In addition, I'll fix a letter, and you'll find a way to send it to the capital. I'll write a list for the dark Wei to keep an eye on those people. Once he finds something wrong, he'll report it immediately. Go back and have a rest first."

"Yes." Zeyi is ordered to leave.

The next day, as soon as Zhong Lijin finished washing, he went to bailiyi's room. Bailiyi was writing something. Zeyi was waiting. Zhong Lijin came forward and saw that it was the names of the people Tang Jinxin and Guo Qiming said that day.

After a while, Bai Liyi finished writing. When the paper was dry, he put the list in the envelope and gave it to Ze Yi, who left with the envelope.

"So many people?"

"More than that, last night I went to the night to see Guo Lingyi. I heard that all the officials in the Jiangnan area are like this. Tang Jinxin and Guo Qiming only talked about more than a dozen of them. Those people are close to each other and probably are greedy. I'm afraid there are no less than 30 officials involved in this matter in the Jiangnan area."

"So much!" Zhong Lijin exclaimed in surprise that she did not seem to have so many people in her previous life.

"It's just officials and salt merchants. It's easy to make money selling salt in this place not near the sea. Who doesn't eat salt? Even if the price of this salt is increased ten times, we have to buy it. "

"No one reported it to the court?"

"What's the use of reporting to the court? It's the same price in this area. Compared with the price of salt in previous years, it's more expensive. It can be said that the price of salt along the coast has also gone up, or the salt merchants have lost too much on the way to transport salt. Anyway, there will always be a reason. Even if the officials above really have doubts, they will take it for granted when they know that the price of salt in this area is so high. Naturally, they will not report to the imperial court again. "

"These people are absolutely lawless!" Zhong Lijin didn't expect that these people could do this for the sake of money. She just listened to these things in her previous life and didn't feel anything, but now she felt angry when she felt it.

"This day, the emperor is far away. What's more, the emperor only came to Jiangnan last year for inspection. It is estimated that the emperor will not come as long as there is no major event in Jiangnan in recent years. It's a pity that they didn't expect that there are no impermeable walls in the world."

"What are you going to do?"

"Now the list is no longer needed. I thought it was just a few officials

I didn't expect that there are actually so many. Now I know almost everything. If I'm not sure, I'll just seize a few and have a little interrogation. Now the most urgent thing is to find evidence. "

"What am I going to do?" Zhong Lijin looks at Bai Liyi.

Bai Liyi rubbed her head, and her eyes were as soft as water. "You don't have to do anything. Just play here."

Zhong Lijin was embarrassed by him and turned away.

"I'll go out first. Don't run around." Bailiyi asked.

Zhong Lijin nodded, and bailiyi turned and left.

When he arrived at Guo's house, Guo Lingyi just finished his breakfast and was ready to go out. Bailiyi followed him all the way and found that he got on the carriage and went to Tang's house. Bailiyi started his lightness skills to keep up with him. Sure enough, after a while, the carriage stopped at the gate of Tang's house. Guo Lingyi entered Tang's house and bailiyi followed him.

"Lord Guo, why did you come all of a sudden today?" Guo Lingyi usually comes only when he is told of something important or important. Even the silver is sent by himself.

"Of course, I have something to ask you. Let's go first." Guo Lingyi said.

Then they both went into the room. Bailiyi wanted to follow him to the roof, but then he thought that it was easy to be found in the daytime, so he had to hide in a tree nearest to Tang Yunxiao's study and block his body with thick leaves and branches.

"I want you to give me some money in advance."

"Again?" In order to make profits, Guo Lingyi and other salt merchants decided to raise the price of salt. The salt merchants led by him negotiated with Guo Lingyi, and they would send some silver to Guo Lingyi every two or three months. Because the official salary was not enough for Guo Lingyi, the salt merchants in Jiangzhou city basically sent silver to Tang government, and then Tang Yunxiao gave it to Guo Lingyi, Otherwise, too many salt merchants will inevitably attract attention when they go to Guofu.

"I need money urgently."

Looking at Guo Lingyi's expression, it seems that he is really worried. However, Tang Yunxiao and Guo Lingyi have been working together for a long time. They have already found out his character and need money urgently? I guess it's for which concubine! Guo Lingyi was a rich man, but he was very stingy, and he always gave something to his concubine, just because those women would give him children.

"I don't have so much silver. Where are you going to spend it? How can you find that so much silver is not enough for you?" Tang Yunxiao really doesn't understand how this man can get to this point.

"I want to buy that piece of land on the other side of zuisheng Pavilion."

"Which piece of land to buy for what?" That piece of land is near zuisheng Pavilion, which is also a prime location.

"One of my concubines wants to set up a shop and do some small business there."

Another woman! He thinks that Guo Lingyi will be defeated by women sooner or later!

"What? Did Lord Guo spend all his money? " Tang Yunxiao said coldly that he didn't understand how a fool like Guo Lingyi became a magistrate.

"Tang Yunxiao, is that what you should say to me?" Originally, Guo Lingyi and Tang Yunxiao had a good friendship. In addition, he knew that he had some faults, so he let Tang Yunxiao come. However, he was a magistrate. Tang Yunxiao was just a salt merchant. What's the difficulty in asking him to give him silver? It's not his credit that he can make so much money!

"Yes, Mr. Guo, it's a villain who has overstepped the rules." When Tang Yunxiao heard his words, he choked for a while, so he had to resist his anger and apologize to Guo Lingyi.

"Send the money quickly

。” With that, Guo Lingyi left.

Seeing that Guo Lingyi had left, Tang Yunxiao finally did not bear his anger any more. He threw the teacup on the table directly to the ground. Tang Yunxiao's face was dark and his eyes were full of anger.

"Somebody

"Master." A boy came in.

"Tell those salt merchants to come to Tang mansion now. I'll wait in my study."

"Yes." The boy was ordered to leave.

Tang Yunxiao also ordered people to come in and clean up the broken tea cups. He was waiting for people to come in his study.

Bailiyi naturally heard what Tang Yunxiao told him, so he decided to wait a little longer.

For a long time, Xiaosi led three middle-aged men in.

"Here we are, sir." The boy brought the three into the room and left.

"Master Tang, why do you call us here at this time? Is it... "One of the men asked.

"Well, please sit down first." Tang Yunxiao was not in a hurry to say anything. He ordered people to have tea before he spoke.

"You don't know. Mr. Guo just came to me and said that he wanted us to hand in some more silver to him."

"Why do you give it to me again? Didn't you give it a few days ago? " A man with a pointed mouth said.

"It seems that one of his concubines wants to buy a piece of land on the other side of zuisheng Pavilion."

All three of them were angry.

"We are not a bank. How can we give him so much silver? Come every so often The first man to speak said angrily.

"That is, even if he is a magistrate, is that too much? This is not the first time. Come to us every time you ask for money. "

"He is the magistrate. What can we do?"

Tang Yunxiao saw that the three men were all angry. He also knew that Guo Lingyi had caused public indignation this time. After all, it was not the first time he had done this.

"Master Tang, what do you want to do? We all listen to you. " The sharp mouthed man suddenly looked at Tang Yunxiao and said.

Tang Yunxiao sneered in his heart. Do these people listen to him? It's just thinking about what to do for him. How can there be no competition in an industry? If it wasn't for the cooperation with Guo Lingyi, I don't know what the fight would be like now.

"I'll listen to you. After all, I'm not the one who can make the decision." Tang Yunxiao kicked the ball back, he would not be the leader.

"You can't say that! Master Tang, you are the one who makes the most money among us. You have the best relationship with Lord Guo. " The sarcasm in the tone was obvious.

"Qian Yiman, you'd better pay attention to what you say!" Tang Yunxiao scolded.

"Be careful? Who doesn't know that you and Mr. Guo are good friends? Who knows how much of the money we paid he gave you? " Qian Yiman is also mad. He usually doesn't say such words. After all, he offends the two eldest brothers of Jiangzhou City, but he just can't see Tang Yunxiao.

"Qian Yiman, you are responsible for what you say." Tang Yunxiao said coldly.

"All right, Yi man." The first man to speak came out to dissuade, "the most important thing now is not this. The most important thing is how to get the money to Mr. Guo."

"I think Sun Ping is right. Let's solve this problem first and then talk about others." Said the third man, who never spoke.

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