Chapter 197: Who's Innocent?

It's really inappropriate to put a woman in a barracks. Xiao Renqing agreed to send people to Ruan Jingxin's mansion.

That kid has a very stubborn temper, and he has to make something happen every day, and he can only enjoy it if he is taught harshly. Drunken bamboo plays all kinds of abusive games every day, and suddenly feels that life is getting more and more interesting.

But the two women were very self-contained, and they only stayed in the small courtyard and lived quietly after getting familiar with the dress every day.

On this day, Ruan Jingxin was about to read a book quietly, so Dongfang Xu sent someone to invite her to the living room in front. Ruan Jingxin knew what was going on after a little thought, so she changed into an official uniform and took Cuiluo and Xiangbo over unhurriedly.

These people from the shipping department have pretended to be deaf and dumb from the beginning, and they haven't been here for such a long time.

Dongfang Xu sat and drank tea by himself, Ruan Jingxin came and ignored the few old men who were standing, and walked to the other main seat and sat down.

A middle-aged man with beautiful hair stood up, he was the Zuo Changsi of the Shipping Division, who was in charge of money trade, and his name was Zhuang Youde. He didn't make a standard salute to see the superior, and then said, "Since the two adults are acting on behalf of Your Majesty, they should naturally know the situation in our Yangzhou place. Over the years, taxes on maritime transport have gradually increased, and many merchants and fishermen have relied on maritime trade to make their living. This time, General Xiao arrested the people of Sang and wanted to behead them for public display, which was to be seen by the merchants of the neighboring countries, so how could they come to my Dayan with confidence?"

Dongfang Xu and Ruan Jingxin didn't speak, just looked at this person quietly.

Seeing that the two did not speak, Zhuang Youde frowned unhappily. What kind of life has he lived in Yangzhou over the years? It is all other people's faces that look at him, how can he get used to the way he looks today? Not to mention that the two people sitting on it are only in their teens, one is an abandoned son thrown by the vassal king, and the other is just a yellow-haired girl!

"Two adults!" Zhuang Youde's voice rose a little, "Although General Xiao has a relationship with Lord Ruan, you don't want to show favoritism, right? If you really kill those Sang people, the two adults are not afraid of cutting off trade with Sang Kingdom?

Dongfang Xu put down his teacup. He had been drinking tea since these people came in, and it was clear that he didn't want to pay attention to them. Now that the old man has no rules at all, he is even more unkind to see him.

"What year is Master Zhuang's Jinshi?" Dongfang Xu asked lightly.

Zhuang Youde was stunned for a moment, and he didn't know how to get involved in this issue. "What does this have to do with what is being discussed today?"

Dongfang Xu chuckled twice, "So how many rank officials are you now?"

"It's four products. Zhuang Youde said impatiently.

In the realm of Yangzhou, in addition to the prefect being the official of the fourth grade, he is the only one who is the official of the fourth grade. Of course, Ruan Guanqi is not a local official in Yangzhou, but is in charge of the salt affairs of Lianghuai, but the place of work is in Yangzhou, and the natural grade is higher.

"Oh! It turned out to be an official of the fourth grade, no wonder he spoke so politely. Dongfang Xu's voice was faint, "Although we and Lady Ruan have low official positions, we are the people appointed by Your Majesty, holding the gold medal given by Your Majesty, and we are also a Qincha for the time being." You see, you are so sloppy in your manners, and you are so unkind in your words, do you look down on us, or do you despise the imperial power?"

Zhuang Youde was stunned for a moment, and his face darkened, "My lord, you don't have to charge the old man for these crimes that he doesn't have." The old man came today to ask for a word. If the two of you want to stand on General Xiao's side, the lower officials have nothing to say, but the lower officials will write everything to Your Majesty!"

"To your majesty?" Ruan Jingxin laughed when she heard this, "What do you say? Do you say that you turn a blind eye and let the Japanese invaders run rampant in the land of Dayan? Do you say that you connived at the Japanese to kill the people of Dayan at will? Or did you secretly take the benefits of the Japanese and help them evade taxes?"

"Ridiculous!" Zhuang Youde flicked his sleeves, "If you have a red mouth and white teeth, you dare to slander this official at will! This official will definitely write to His Majesty to ask for an explanation for himself." ”

Ruan Jingxin chuckled, "Your Sang Country friends are not as righteous as you." You have come to intercede for them, but you know that they have already made it clear that some people have taken bribes. Not only that, but the account books of the bribes over the years were also handed over. ”

Zhuang Youde couldn't help but take half a step back, "That, that's slandered by the people of Sang Guo, adults can't believe it." ”

Dongfang Xu snorted coldly, "Now it's not good to say that the people of Sang Guo? What about the protection of the people just now? Zhuang Youde, do you think you can hide what you have done so well? I will tell you the truth, don't talk far, just say that last year, in Layue, you connived at the people of Sang to rob the people's daughter, and then beat to death her brother who wanted to go to the yamen to complain, and now the situation is already in my hands. And you have already found witnesses for covering up the killing of people in the streets of Sang Guoren. The official is waiting to settle all the things on your body!"

"Why is Master Zhuang sweating, the weather is not hot!" Ruan Jingxin continued, "Could it be...... This is not your style, Lord Zhuang. After all, you dare to send someone to assassinate even Qincha!" Ruan Jingxin's last sentence was extremely serious, and her body also exuded a strong murderous aura.

The few who came with Zhuang Youde were the most powerful stoppers of his subordinates, and naturally none of them were clean. Seeing Ruan Jingxin and Dongfang Xu say this, they knew that there was no good result today, and they were a little panicked for a while.

The person Zhuang Youde found to assassinate was an institution on the rivers and lakes that paid money to buy murderers, specializing in this kind of business. But this kind of agency will not contact you after receiving the money, but will not notify you until the matter is done. Of course, it's definitely within the deadline you request.

Maybe Zhuang Youde was too confident, so he didn't pay too much attention to Dongfang Xu and Ruan Jingxin, but he just felt that they were two people who were going to die sooner or later. The deadline he gave was one month. Normally, they don't do it until the last few days of the month, but I really didn't expect them to be early. And he simply didn't know.

If he had known that the assassination had failed, he would have been more careful. At this moment, he regretted it very much, he shouldn't have accepted the money to try to protect some people here, but thinking of the person's assurance, he still said cheekily, "The official's matter is true or false, let's not say it for the time being, the official just advises the two adults, don't do everything." If you are bent on killing those people of Sang to relieve your hatred, please don't injure innocent women and children. ”

Who is innocent? Ruan Jingxin and Dongfang Xu looked at each other and smiled, this Zhuang Youde is adding chips to their guesses!