Liu Yichen walked to the cellar and found Mrs. Cao. She had passed out on the haystack with a fever in her head, and it took a while for her to wake her up.

Mrs. Cao woke up slowly, squirming the corners of her mouth. She gritted her teeth in hatred, and her lips bit blood. "He hurt my lover, hateful."

So, Liu Yichen ordered a group to catch her quickly and carried her out. "It's good to rest in peace, and when the hall opens, I hope that Mrs. will come to the court to confront me."

After a day of tossing, the entire city of Tianzhou made people panic. Those illicit salt dealers, hearing the rumors, also let go of hoarding illicit salt.

Liu Yichen arrived at the capital of Tianzhou Prefecture and said to the prefect. "I am the emperor's brother Liuyichen, and the holy decree sent me to investigate the matter of this private salt."

The prefect looked at him and served him respectfully. Soon, Cao Shilang was arrested and sent to the prison to be strictly guarded.

Every day, he just didn't say anything, stared blankly at the sky, and giggled from time to time. "I didn't expect to run out of tricks, but in the end I died on this."

Liu Yichen walked over and asked sternly. "We have sent someone to arrest the comrades in the painting boat that day, but you are the mastermind?"

Cao Shilang listened to his words, his eyes were hooked, he stared at him with a wooden face, hehe, smiling, and his expression was very dull and dazed.

At the same time, Song Zhiyao took Hou Qu Xiongli to find those illegal salt merchants. They walked all the way and searched the shops.

The people looked at them and exclaimed, and their hearts were filled with evil breath. "These greedy animals resold salt, but they finally got their retribution."

Song Zhiyao arrived at the first store, and when the shopkeeper saw a few people coming, his body trembled in fright, knelt on the ground, took out the silver, and begged for mercy again and again.

"Alright, alright! Girl. The shopkeeper kowtowed heavily, making a bloody streak. We are also breadwinners, and we are forced to be helpless. ”

Song Zhiyao looked at him, thought of those poor people, and said resolutely. "The law of the country is like a furnace, no matter how it is, it must not be done like that."

The shopkeeper looked at the men, and was mad with anxiety, and cried aloud. Those officials were also merciless, turning out the salt of white flowers from the counter.

Song Zhiyao said to him sternly. "If there is no salt to lead, this salt is private salt, and it is difficult for you to make a living, just confiscate it."

The shopkeeper naturally couldn't take out the salt, but just gritted his teeth and sighed long. Song Zhiyao and the others carried the bucket of salt to the road.

She looked at the people walking by the side of the road and shouted. "People, you have been suffering from salt for a long time, and today these confiscated salts are given to you."

The people heard her words and shouted for joy. lined up one by one, holding cloth bags and panning for salt, and after a while, those faces were cleaned.

Song Zhiyao rode a horse, led the officials, and walked one by one. "Fortunately, in the past few days, I have found out all the private salt merchants in the city."

When they arrived at the second shop, the shopkeeper, the acquaintance poured out the salt. "Ma'am, we don't want to do evil, we just have nowhere to buy salt."

Song Zhiyao looked at him and said helplessly. "I don't know, but here, there is no way to do it, I can't hurt the people anymore."

She thought to herself. "It is to let the prime minister, and then find a virtuous Confucian businessman, buy salt at a reasonable price, and eliminate the disadvantages of the salt mountain, so as to benefit the people for a long time."

Those people, a carnival with excitement on their faces. They took away the confiscated smuggled salt and laughed loudly. Finally, I don't have to worry about eating salt anymore.

Song Zhiyao was outside, turned around for a day, and returned to her residence in the evening. Liu Yichen was alone, lying on the bed, looking tired and tired.

She looked at Liu Yichen with concern. "Xianggong, that hateful Cao Shilang, hasn't he been to the court yet? Raise the court early, and arrange things neatly early. ”

Listening to her words, Liu Yichen smiled kindly. "Yao'er, how can it be so simple, I have ordered the soldiers to catch the people I met that night."

Song Zhiyao looked at Liu Yichen and suddenly realized. "Xianggong, I see, even if they are all arrested here, the case will be easy to try."

Liu Yichen smiled with relief. "Yao'er, you're so smart." He slowly rose to his feet, feeling a pain in his ribs and sweat on his head.

Song Zhiyao looked at him and said anxiously. "Xianggong, what's wrong with the wound?" As he spoke, he stretched out his slender little hand and pulled the quilt opener.

It turned out that the scar was gone. There is only a slight mark. Liu Yichen said with a smile. "Okay Yao'er, it's really nothing serious."

Song Zhiyao then walked over, holding a steaming bowl of bitter decoction. "Xianggong, this is the doctor's prescription, it's very smart, drink it happily."

Liu Yichen took the medicine, stretched out his mouth and blew hot air, and swallowed it in one gulp. Song Zhiyao said with a smile on the side. "Good husband, is it bitter or not?"

He looked up and said with a smile. "It's not bitter, it's made by my Yao'er herself, no matter what kind of medicine it is, it's as sweet as ever."

Then Liu Yichen stretched out his hand and hugged her. "Yao'er, go to bed early, tomorrow we will meet the Confucian merchants here, let them settle down in the market."

Song Zhiyao pursed her small lips, and the two of them hugged each other, covered with silk quilts. "Xianggong, Yao'er has a wish, I want Xianggong to agree."

Liu Yichen asked curiously. "Good Yao'er, what do you want?" She muttered. "Just don't cure Xiao's sin, that's fine."

It turned out that Song Zhiyao, since listening to Xiao's confession that time, has always sympathized with her. "A woman is trapped by love, not to mention, the man is not innocent."

Liu Yichen smiled slightly. "Yao'er, that's exactly what I think, the law is nothing more than human affection, even if you let her go, God will forgive her."

The two of them fell into a deep sleep, and the next morning they got up, got into the carriage, and went straight to the Confucian Chamber of Commerce in the distance.

As soon as they entered, an old man in a white shirt stepped forward and made a gesture. "It's a great honor for the Imperial Brother to arrive."

Liu Yichen looked at him, waved his hand, and said kindly and politely. "Old man, please get up, let's come to the Confucian Chamber of Commerce and discuss important matters."

The old man, with a few doormen, led the two of them together to the quaint square table. The little doorman brought fragrant tea and put it in front of the two of them.

Soon, Yang Cheng, the head of the Confucian Chamber of Commerce, sat down in front of the two. "Brother Huang, it's really nice to get rid of that smuggler of salt."

Liu Yichen hummed and said. "Naturally, this kind of ugliness, bullying the country and abusing the people, is a moth that brings disaster to the country and the people, and must be removed."

Then he sipped his tea and smiled. "I only hope that Shopkeeper Yang, your business is like this tea, clear, pure and transparent."

Yang Cheng said with a smile. "My lord, wealth gathers and people scatter, only by following kindness and righteousness can we have a long stream, a long stream of money, and a long life."

Listening to his words, Liu Yichen smiled. "What I said is that in this world, there is a shortage of people with kindness and righteousness, and now, let's go to Yanshan together."

Hou Qu and Xiong Li were two people, riding horses, leading in front. Song Zhiyao and Liu Yichen were in the middle. Yang Cheng and his little buddy followed.

They were followed by a group of heavily armed soldiers, and after a day they reached the Salt Mountain, where they shouted loudly. "Those who are sold into slavery must be set free!"

Those minions had already heard the news of Cao Shilang's arrest, and because of the fear of being severely punished, they had already dispersed, leaving only poor slaves.

They walked into the salt mountain, and the slave laborers came out enthusiastically, knelt on the ground, and kowtowed heavily. "The grace of an adult is better than a reborn parent."

Liu Yichen took out the silver and sent them back to their hometown. He also ordered Yang Cheng not to slack off, mining salt mountains and selling salt to the market.

At the same time, he sent a new salt envoy to guard the output of the salt mountain. Those accounts were also taken away as evidence to pursue Cao Shilang.

In just a few days, the market brought delicious salt grains, and they were also sold openly, and the price was reasonable, and the people were very happy.

On the painting boat that day, those corrupt officials who participated in the banquet heard that the person was Liu Yichen, and they were so frightened that they couldn't stop listening to the rumors.

Liu Yichen and Song Zhiyao returned to the county seat. They thanked the county order, and then took Xiao out of the prison and put him in the carriage.

She stared around, her beautiful eyes smiling sadly. "Two adults, the slave family knows that they are going to die, can they give them relief now?"

Song Zhiyao listened to her words and comforted her with a smile. "Girl, you won't die, it's just that there are important things that need you to go to court."

Looking at Song Zhiyao's demeanor, she also knew that it must be related to the matter of private salt. Just turned his head, held his face in his hands, and couldn't stop sobbing.

Xiao has already understood that his beloved lover must have had an accident. She tried her best to suppress her voice, and her small and thin body trembled.

After a long time, they arrived at the city of Dianzhou. "Arrange for the Xiao family to stay, and then send someone to strictly guard her, and don't let her have an accident."

Hou Qu and Xiong Li locked her in a house and were inseparable. She just recited Buddhist scriptures every day and occasionally ate some vegetarian food.

Liu Yichen returned to his residence, thinking about it, this matter still has to be reported to the emperor, and in the name of the holy decree, he will try the case by himself, which is also justified.

So, he took out his brush, splashed ink, and quickly drafted an excerpt. "Qi Yu Sheng, the illegal salt in the city of Tianzhou is rampant, and the people are unbearable, so they arrest Cao Shilang, Ma Feng, and sell illegal salt......"

He wrote for a long time, and the tenacious pen became heavier and heavier. "I miss the Holy One very much, I have been away for a long time, I am brothers, and my heart hurts unbearably."

Thinking of this, Liu Yichen kept spinning with tears in the corners of his eyes. He sealed the letter tightly and ordered his entourage to send it to the capital.

Then, he led the officials to the ferry and seized the smuggling salt boat. The owners of the ships were also brought in and interrogated very harshly.

Liu Yichen looked at them and smiled slightly. "You people, who used to do that kind of business, also made evil money, and now you should pay it back."

The owners of the ship looked at Liu Yichen's majestic appearance, and they couldn't hold it for long, so they begged for mercy one after another. "My lord, we will hand over the salt, please spare my life."

Liu Yichen took the servants and went to the island together. They took out the key and opened the mechanism. Inside was a stack of cloth bags of private salt.

It turned out that this place was the place where Cao Shilang and those smuggling salt shipowners agreed to hide the goods. Even carrying those bags of salt took a long time.

At the same time, the letter also arrived at the palace. The attendant knelt heavily, holding the fold in both hands. "Enlighten the Holy One." The Emperor took it apart.

He looked at everything that was written on it, and his heart was full of resentment and joy. "It is the moth who is resentful, so greedy, I order Liu Yichen to do it cheaply."

As he spoke, the emperor took the pen again and wrote the edict. "Fengtian carrier, the emperor said, I ordered Liu Yichen to try the matter of salt affairs with full powers."

At this time, the emperor remembered Liu Yichen's face and said with a smile. "I really miss him, after finishing this, let him go back to the capital to report on his work!"

The attendant followed the decree and said thanksgiving. The Emperor smiled kindly. "Go, send the edict, and when you come back, I will reward you."

The entourage went out to the palace, and as soon as he left the palace gate, he met Si Baihong. Si Baihong smiled, took the hand of his entourage, and asked kindly.

"Brother, Imperial Brother, when will you come back? To tell you the truth, I still miss him. Saying that, Si Baihong couldn't help but smile awkwardly.

The attendant looked at him and replied. "The emperor gave an order, so let him finish the matter of private salt and return to the capital as soon as possible, without having to stay any longer."

Si Baihong said with a smile. "This Liuyichen is really promising, with him in the world, this country and society are really blessed, and the people get his favor."

Then he handed the attendant a letter. "Remember to hand it directly to the Imperial Brother." And he gave to the attendant, fifty taels of scattered pieces of silver.