Before guarding Wanfu Bridge, he collected a few horses outside Yangzhou City, and Han Xiufeng was not only not rare but even difficult to raise. Wang Qianli had been staying in Hai'an before, and he couldn't see a few horses all day long, so he was very rare and very fond of it, and brought six horses back to Hai'an together with the grooms he found in Yangzhou, and raised them by the river east of the Baojia Bureau, and also let the people of the Baojia Bureau build a horse shed. This time, I came out to help the Yamen of the Transportation Division on an errand, so I naturally had to ride out on horseback.

Yu Qinghuai fell once when he was a child, and he didn't dare to ride a horse at first, but later found that this horse was exceptionally docile, so he rode it too.

The big head also wanted to ride, but when he came out, Han Xiufeng explained that no one was allowed to wear official uniforms except Wang Qianli and Yu Qinghuai, and the brothers who came together were obviously all officials, but now they were all wearing the gowns of the soldiers of the salt hunting camp, with a conspicuous "salt" word sewn on his chest, and a "soldier" behind him. In short, a soldier can only run behind the horse's buttocks, and cannot ride a horse like an official.

Fortunately, this errand is not very urgent, and it is okay to arrive a day early or late. A group of more than 30 people walked around and rested, and walked for three days before walking outside Shao Bo Town.

Seeing that outside the town, there were not only soap Li archers interrogating passers-by, but also green battalion soldiers and village warriors patrolling, Wang Qianli took out the official document from the oilcloth bag and called Shangji Da to enter the town together. Yu Qinghuai and the brigade were now resting under the shade of the trees by the river, planning to wait for Wang Qianli to inquire clearly with the soap Li archers in front of them before entering the town.

Ji Er put down the oxtail knife, sat down and asked, "Master Yu, you can take a boat, why do you have to go?" ”

"Yes, Master Yu, isn't this taking off your pants and farting." Zhang Qingyu couldn't help muttering.

In the past three days, Yu Qinghuai has listened to their complaints, but he didn't bother to explain to them, and when he saw them complaining, he turned around and asked with a smile: "Take off your pants and fart?" ”

"Isn't it?" Zhang Qingyu grinned.

"Zhang Qingyu, you said this, the big guys heard it, and when I go back, I'll help you ask Master Han, why do you take off your pants and fart."

"Master Han let you go?"

"It's not that Master Han let it, could it be that it was me and Master Wang."

"Master Yu, I just said casually, you just let me fart, Master Han let us go, naturally there is a reason for Master Han, don't mention it to Master Han after you go back."

Now I know that I am afraid, and I take off my pants and fart, and I have only lived a good life for a few days, and I actually complained. I see that you are kicking your nose in the face one by one, and you have forgotten who you are when you are mixed up with a half-official position! ”

"Master Yu, the little one is wrong, the little one doesn't dare."

"It's good to know what's wrong." Yu Qinghuai stretched his waist, leaned on the horse's back and said with a smile: "Since you all want to know why you have to leave if you don't sit on a boat, I'll tell you about it." Now you are all people in the salt fishing camp, what does the salt fishing camp do, the private lords are not only in Hai'an, but also in the canal, Liaojiagou and Shao Bohu, so to speak, almost all of the private lords in Hai'an have passed from this area, and they are not familiar with this area, how to investigate smugglers in the future, so I will take you around and take a look, so that you can be familiar with it first. ”

"I knew that Master Han wouldn't let us go for no reason."

"If you already know why you have to complain along the way?"

Zhang Qingyu was about to defend himself, but saw Wang Qianli standing at the bridge and waving to this side. Everyone didn't want to delay their efforts, so they hurriedly picked up their weapons, carried their luggage, and marched into the town.

The big head walked in front to help Yu Qinghuai lead the horse, and was about to turn back to let the things behind him follow, Wang Qianli actually came up and admonished: "Brothers, after entering the town, give me some peace, Lord Huicheng, the governor of Sichuan, is in the town, if anyone dares to make trouble, no one will be able to save you at that time!" ”

"Master Wang, our Governor of Sichuan is here?" The big head asked happily.

Wang Qianli was ridiculed, and couldn't help laughing and scolding: "Don't think about it as soon as you hear about Sichuan, Lord Huicheng is only the governor of Sichuan and not a native of Sichuan, and he is not a fellow villager with you, let alone a fellow countryman." ”

"But he's not the governor of Sichuan, what is he doing here?"

"People are ordered to lead troops to attack and suppress bandits, what do you think they are here for?"

"But the bandits are in Yangzhou City, far away from here."

I have to admit that although the big head is open-mouthed, this is not unreasonable, since he is here to attack and suppress bandits, why don't he go to Yangzhou, hide in Shao Boping and suppress what bandits. Thinking of these, Wang Qianli had a little idea of what kind of person Huicheng, the governor of Sichuan, who led his troops to aid the Jiangbei camp, was.

In front, there was a soap from the Shao Bo Inspection Division leading the way, and everyone followed them all the way to the gate of the Inspection Division.

Stuffed dozens of dollars for Menzi, Menzi quickly ran in to report, and after waiting for a while, Shao Bo Inspector greeted him with a smile on his face, and invited Wang Qianli and Yu Qinghuai into the lobby while saying polite words, but he didn't expect to walk into the lobby and see that Xu Lequn was sitting on the public case and looking at them with a smile.

"Master Wang, Master Yu, this is the alternate acquaintance Xu Lequn Xu who captured more than 20 private tyrants and seized more than 800,000 catties of illegal salt." Inspector Liu respectfully presented the official documents and Wang Qianli's names to Xu Lequn, and then turned around and said: "Master Xu, this is Master Wang Qianli, who is the assistant of the Yunsi Yamen to handle the salt fishing camp and the camp of the salt fishing camp, and this is the master Yu Qinghuai Yu who is the assistant to the camp. ”

"It turned out to be Brother Wang and Brother Yu, who had admired their names for a long time, and they were disrespectful and disrespectful."

"Mr. Xu is polite, Hai'an has been for half a year, but I didn't expect Mr. Xu not only to have the same demeanor, but also to be a master from the fifth grade!"

Xu Lequn subconsciously asked: "Does Brother Wang recognize Xu?" ”

Wang Qianli arched his hand again: "On the first day of the first lunar month of this year, at the behest of Master Han, who was then the Hai'an Inspector, I went to the Yamen of the Inspection Department to help Master Han appease those relatives who died in battle, and I was fortunate to meet Mr. Xu and have a relationship with Mr. Xu. ”

Xu Lequn has not only heard of Wang Qianli and Yu Qinghuai, but also knows that Wang Qianli and Yu Qinghuai are all Han Xiufeng's people, but in the past few days in Hai'an, he was either drunk and lying on a flower boat or living in the yamen of the Inspection Division, and he has never dealt with Wang Qianli and Yu Qinghuai, if Wang Qianli didn't mention it, he couldn't remember that he had ever met him.

Thinking that Wang Qianli mentioned the events in the first month as soon as he came, Xu Lequn was very unhappy, opened the official document and looked at it, and then said with a smile: "Brother Wang, the Yunsi Yamen should not be nobody, otherwise there is no need to drive you and Brother Yu out of the horse to mention that people commit this matter." ”

"It's not that there is no one in the Yunsi Yamen, but this little thing doesn't need to be done by the old man himself." Wang Qianli smiled, and then turned around and said: "Inspector Liu, the official document from the River Yamen to the Transportation Division said that let's come to Shao Bo to inspect the Division to raise criminals." You have also read the official document of the transportation department, did we do the business first? ”

"Master Wang, the official document said that he came to Xiaguan to mention people, but Xiaguan is only a place to detain criminals."

"Inspector Liu, what do you mean by that?"

"Didn't you say it just now, those private tyrants were captured by Master Xu, and the lower officials are helping to guard them."

"Are you saying that if Mr. Xu doesn't nod, you won't hand over?" Wang Qianli asked.

Inspector Liu scratched his head, and said with an embarrassed wry smile: "Master Wang, don't be embarrassed to get off the official, you are a jailer when you are an official." ”

"Mr. Xu, what do you say you should do about this?" Wang Qianli turned around and asked with a smile.

"What should I do?" Xu Lequn looked at Wang Qianli with a smile, thinking that Lao Tzu was obviously wearing a five-grade official uniform, but you actually had a "Mr. Xu", and you didn't call "Master Xu" from beginning to end, let alone meet according to the rules of officialdom, you still want Lao Tzu to let him go.

Wang Qianli really didn't regard him as a serious official, he glanced at Yu Qinghuai, who was smiling and silent, and said lightly: "Mr. Xu, Wang is just an errand runner, if you don't nod your head and don't hand over people, then Wang can only go to Qingjiangpu to ask to see Lord Yang, after all, this is a business matter, so naturally it has to be done officially, do you say yes." ”

"It's a good business," Xu Lequn didn't want to alarm Lord Yang, smiled slightly, and then raised his arm and clapped his hands twice.

Immediately afterwards, one by one, the prisoners were put into the courtyard by the villagers, and a middle-aged Confucian student who looked like a scribe presented a list and said respectfully: "Master Wang, Master Yu, there are a total of 16 prisoners, their names, places of origin, age, and what they have committed are all on the list, please ask the two masters to verify their identity." ”

"Okay, I'll take a look first."

Wang Qianli opened the roster, turned to the second page, and his face immediately changed. Yu Qinghuai subconsciously leaned over to look, he didn't know if he didn't see it, and he was surprised that there was a familiar name on the roster!

Wang Qianli handed over the roster to Yu Qinghuai, looked up at Xu Lequn, and then walked out of the lobby, walked to a dying prisoner, held the prisoner's chin, looked at the prisoner's familiar and somewhat unfamiliar face and asked, "Mr. Li, didn't you go back to Fu'an earlier, how could you sell illicit salt?" ”

Li Xiucai, who used to work as a scribe in the Yamen of the Hai'an Inspection Department, has been tortured to the point that he is not human, several of his front teeth have been knocked out, his face and mouth are full of blood, and he is already delirious, he can't even open his eyes, and he can't speak. was just like two fierce gods and vicious, like a living dead.

Xu Lequn walked to Wang Qianli's side, looked at the half-dead Li Xiucai, and said coldly: "Brother Wang, you can rest assured that Xu will not wronged a good person, nor will he let go of a bad person." As a member of the imperial court, the surnamed Li did not want to serve the imperial court, but he was consumed by the desire for profit, colluded with bandits to traffick illicit salt, and became a prisoner of the rank and order, which was purely self-inflicted. ”

Wang Qianli knew very well that Li Xiucai was not a good thing, but he knew even more that Xu Lequn was not a drunkard, so he turned around and asked: "Mr. Xu, you said that Mr. Li colluded with bandits and trafficked illicit salt, is there any evidence?" ”

"Brother Wang, do you want human evidence or physical evidence?"

"Are they all?"

"You can get it if you want it!"

"Mr. Xu, Mr. Xu, you are already an official master of the fifth grade, you should be a large number of adults, how can you be angry with such a poor showman?" Wang Qianli sighed lightly, thought about it and said: "You are now an official, you have hundreds of villagers under your command, and the imperial court is at the time of employing people, which is a good time for you and me to make contributions." Everyone is harmonious, how good it is to be promoted and make a fortune together, why can't you let go of the little misunderstanding before? ”

"Brother Wang, Xu didn't misunderstand you, and Brother Yu didn't misunderstand. I bothered the two of you to help me bring a message to Master Han and Second Young Master Zhang, and said that I Xu Lequn had not forgotten the debt, but I didn't have time to ask for it on official business, so I would collect some interest for the time being. ”

"Collect some interest, Xu Lequn, Xu Lequn, I said that you are such a shrewd person, why do you always like to drill the horns." Wang Qianli looked at him with sympathetic eyes, and said meaningfully: "I, Wang Qianli, thought that you were a character, and I wanted to help you say good things in front of Master Han and help you intercede with Master Han, but I didn't expect you to be so ignorant." Well, if you want to play, keep playing, I'd like to see what you can do! ”

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PS: I will go to Beijing for training from the 1st to the 5th of next month, and the update may not be normal.

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