Those officials outside must have thought that the two batches of illicit salt had been seized, the death and wounding of the two groups of smugglers, and the ones who ran away might not be able to catch them if they wanted to, as long as the captured smugglers and the dead bodies of the smugglers were handed over to the government office, it would be nothing, but for Zhang Guangcheng, things had just begun.

As soon as he followed Han Xiufeng into the signing room on the left side of the second hall, he turned around and said, "Master Han, I knew that it would be difficult to deal with private tyrants, but I never thought it would be so difficult to deal with. In order to investigate the smugglers of Xu Lequn and Jiang Changyu, there were really heavy casualties. More than 80 officials and young men died, and the pension alone cost thousands of taels of silver! ”

Han Xiufeng couldn't hear the meaning of his words, closed the door and said: "It can't be cheap, the surname Bao, this case can't be reported to the prefect's yamen like this." ”

"This is natural, but I have inquired, and the surname Bao is not easy to deal with."

"Brother Zhang, what do you say?"

Zhang Guangcheng sat by the stove and said with a wry smile: "When the Bao family beat Qianlong, they were the merchants of Fu'anchang, not only operating in Fu'anchang for hundreds of years, but also having friendships with those merchants and even the general merchants in Yangzhou City. ”

Han Xiufeng muttered: "Brother Zhang, according to what you say, even if he Bao Daijie colluded with bandits to traffic illicit salt, the lawsuit is fought to the prefect's yamen and the Yunsi yamen, can he still get out?" ”

Yang Guangcheng thought for a while, and said hatefully: "If the lawsuit really hits the Yunsi Yamen, as long as he is willing to spend money, the living will become dead." As long as there is no proof of death, the black will become white! ”

"Will Lord Futai sit idly by?"

"As long as it is a case of illegal salt, it will be investigated and handled by the Transportation Division. Don't say that the government can't speak or intervene, even if you can speak and intervene, will you put the silver in vain and don't want to offend the Yunsi who can secretly fold and play the heavens? ”

Han Xiufeng thought that there was some truth in what he said, because if he investigated and dealt with the surname Bao, he would pull out the radish and bring out the mud, and all the officials and officials who went up to the Lianghuai Salt Transport Envoy and went down to Fu'anchang would be involved.

Officials protect each other, and the most reasonable saying, if you don't believe in this evil, you don't know how to drop the black gauze hat!

Han Xiufeng sighed secretly, pretending to be curious and asked, "Then what should I do next?" ”

Zhang Guangcheng raised his head and said, "Master Han, in my opinion, since the law can't handle the surname Bao, you might as well let him have some blood." He was a smart man, and he should have known that he would have to spend money if he wanted to get out of the way. And what he committed is one price for us, and when we think about it in Yangzhou, it is another price! ”

Thousands of miles of officials are only for money, who doesn't like white money.

Han Xiufeng couldn't help laughing and said: "This is a solution, but who will talk to the surnamed Bao?" ”

"How about letting Xu Lequn, who just won, talk about it?"

"Let him go back to Fuan?"

"You can't put it down, if you really let it go, where will you find him. Let him write a letter to the person surnamed Bao, and let the person surnamed Bao send a reliable person to talk here. ”

Han Xiufeng asked in a low voice, "Brother Zhang, do you think Xu Lequn can write?" ”

Zhang Guangcheng muttered: "He can't write, even if he is like me, he doesn't dare to give someone a handle." ”

"Brother Zhang, it's not that I'm discouraged, I think he will not only not write a letter to the surname Bao, but will even carry it all down. You don't see that he is powerless, but he can really do this kind of thing that he doesn't even want to die!

"He's not afraid of death?"

"Who is not afraid of death, but if he can use his life to help his mother-in-law and baby exchange for glory and wealth, I dare to conclude that he must be far away, not to mention that he and the surname Bao are not only masters and servants but also relatives."

"That can only be hard with him, let him know that even if he wants to carry it, he can't carry this matter!"

"How do you let him know?"

"Master Han, it's up to you."

"Rely on me?"

Zhang Guangcheng stared at Han Xiufeng and said with a smile: "Qingshenglian, Lian Shengwei, even if the broken jar surnamed Xu is broken, even if he is not even afraid of death, it is impossible not to be afraid of a clean official like you, Master Han." As long as he believes that if the surname Bao does not bleed, even if you are deprived of your position, you will have to control Beijing. If the emperor is really alarmed, no matter how much money his relatives spend, it will be difficult to save their lives. ”

"I'm going to say?"

"I wanted to say it, but I said he wouldn't believe it."

Han Xiufeng secretly thought that he was the son of an official eunuch, and he really had a bit of a way, because he wanted Xu Lequn and those people behind Xu Lequn to obey what to do. But if it is not good, Han Xiufeng will not do it if he is killed, and said with a bitter face: "Brother Zhang, you are trying to ruin my official reputation and my wisdom!" ”

"Master Han, where did you start with this. No matter what you tell him, it will be out of your mouth and into his ears, even if he wants to bite you back in the future, no one will believe him. ”

"No, no, Brother Zhang, let's ask another master, it's not easy for me to be this official, but I don't want to be dismissed and investigated because of this matter."

After the seizure of the two major smugglers, the Yunsi Yamen will soon know, and the Yunsi Yamen will definitely send someone to mention the offender after he knows it, and he doesn't even need to inform the Yangzhou prefect. Zhang Guangcheng didn't want to dream a lot at night, so he said bluntly: "How about Sanqi, no matter how much silver the surnamed Bao is willing to pay to buy peace, you and I are three or seven points, you three and I are seven." ”

Han Xiufeng waved his hand again and again: "Brother Zhang, don't be strong, a gentleman loves money in a good way, and the days of earning money are long, I don't want to lose my official position because of this bit of silver in front of me." ”

"How can you lose your official position if you talk about things that have no basis!"

"If you're not afraid of 10,000, you're afraid of what if."

Zhang Guangcheng said eagerly: "Four-six, Master Han, four-six is always okay, right?" ”

Han Xiufeng also didn't want to dream too much at night, so he weighed it and pretended to be embarrassed and said, "Brother Zhang, whether you believe it or not, I really don't want this silver." After all, the coming day is long, and it is really unreliable to ask for this silver. ”

"Just help me!"

"Okay, I'll try."

"Thank you." Zhang Guangcheng didn't want to delay for a moment, and immediately stood up: "Master Han, without further ado, you hurry up and tell him, I'll go to the opposite public house and wait for the letter." ”

"Okay."

……

Zhang Guangcheng is not only competing for time with the Yunsi Yamen, but also competing with God. His father was terminally ill, and if he died, the bamboo pole surnamed Bao would not be knocked on by him, and as soon as he walked out of the signing room, he asked the official to bring Xu Lequn over.

Han Xiufeng sat by the stove and stared at Xu Lequn, who had just been brought in, and asked with a regretful expression: "Mr. Xu, did Su Jueming bring my words, or do you not believe in this official?" ”

Xu Lequn was stunned, then reacted, and couldn't help but smile bitterly: "Master Han, your words Su Jueming brought it, Xu wanted to believe it, but he didn't dare!" ”

"Not only do you not believe in this official, but you also treat this official as a monkey, and you want to turn the tiger away from the mountain! It's a pity that you did a lot of calculations, but you didn't expect that Li Xiucai actually climbed the high branch of Second Young Master Zhang behind my back, not only gave you a praying mantis cicada catcher yellow finch behind, but also made this official a big ugly! ”

"Master Han, is all this really Li Xiucai's ghost?" Xu Lequn will be skeptical.

"I hope not."

"Xu may be really suspicious, they all say that the fertilizer water does not flow into the fields of outsiders, it is a full twenty-six boats of salt, if you knew it earlier, you would definitely find a way to investigate, how could it not be cheap Second Young Master Zhang."

Han Xiufeng glared at him fiercely, and said angrily: "Is it useful to say this now, hum, being smart is being mistaken by being smart, it is said that you are a human!" ”

Xu Lequn twisted his uncomfortable neck, and said lightly: "Xu is self-defeating, but Second Young Master Zhang and Li Xiucai won't be proud for long." ”

"It's useless to say this, let's think about yourself."

"Xu's life was picked up, and he has lived for decades more, and if he wants to kill it, he will have to listen to it."

"Ants are still greedy for life, so you don't want to atone for your sins?" Han Xiufeng asked in a low voice.

Xu Lequn really let it go, and asked with a smile: "What kind of work, what kind of sin?" Master Han, don't you want Xu to frame others? ”

Han Xiufeng couldn't help but smile and asked, "Framed?" ”

Xu Lequn knew very well that if he said too much, he would lose, so he simply closed his eyes.

"Raise your head, open your eyes, and return to the official's words!"

“……”

"Don't open your mouth, do you?" Han Xiufeng stood up suddenly, walked to his side and said, "Mr. Xu, do you think that you can carry this matter if you want to, do you think that this official really doesn't dare to go to Fu'anchang to get people?" You think things too simply, even if the official doesn't dare to offend your relatives with great powers, but others dare! ”

"Who dare?" Xu Lequn couldn't help but ask.

"Zhang Guangcheng dares, he may not dare before, but now is not the past, his father is terminally ill and has not lived for a few days, and you don't want to think about how he could miss this last opportunity to make a fortune? If you don't know each other, he'll do the same thing, and we can bet if you don't believe it. ”

"What bet?"

"Bet if you don't know each other, will he lead the official to Fu'an to lock up Bao Daijie and your fellow Huizhou villagers tonight!" Looking at Xu Lequn's thoughtful appearance, Han Xiufeng continued: "Second Young Master Zhang said, the matter has come to this, Master Bao doesn't want to save his life without some blood." But here he is a price, and when he arrives in Yangzhou, it is another price. Mr. Xu, believe me, you can try to carry it, but if you can't bear it, not only will you not be able to help Master Bao, but it will hurt Master Bao! ”

"What about you?" Xu Lequn asked with a sneer.

"I'm just a messenger," Han Xiufeng patted the wooden flail on his shoulder, raised his head and sighed, "I want to be a good official who is honest and honest, and I want to lock all of you private tyrants out of prison." But in this world, it is too difficult to be a good official who is honest and honest, so he can only retreat to the second best thing to be a clean official. ”

True and false, false and true.

The more Xu Lequn listened, the more confused he became, he didn't know whether the person next to him was a clean official or a hypocritical corrupt official, and he didn't know which words in the mouth of the inspector next to him were true and which were false.

Han Xiufeng didn't know what he was thinking, and he didn't bother to care what he would think, so he continued: "Second Young Master Zhang wants to ask you how much your life is worth, and even more so how much is Master Bao's net worth of life." In short, even if you and Master Bao get into a big lawsuit, as long as you get a lot of silver, everything is easy to say. ”

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PS: There's something going on today, it's late to update, please forgive me.