The whole Yangzhou has been combined with the warm sunshine of this afternoon, which is particularly peaceful.

Guangxing Building, whose business is becoming more and more prosperous, is also welcoming guests.

During this period, a wealthy businessman dressed up wanted to tell the boss to rent the entire fourth floor to house his family members who came to play, but the boss politely refused, saying that it was really inconvenient for the upstairs guests to live.

He relied on his wealth and wealth to go upstairs with two retinues, and wanted to go up to have a look, but before he could go up the stairs to the fourth floor, the three were carried down.

His Royal Highness the Crown Prince looked at the guards who had just carried the fat man and his two entourages downstairs, and the expression on his face was not as stiff as it was just now.

On the contrary, it was because of the farce that the poor man with his broken leg had just staged, and there was a slight smile on his face. The king on the side was not like the prince, just sitting quietly on the chair, eating snacks, and drinking the tea specially left by the store for these big people!

After a while, the prince couldn't sit still, called his subordinates over, and commanded a few words in his ear, the entourage nodded, and went out, and the prince saw that he was out of the door, and said to the king who was still leisurely drinking tea: "Fourth, the prefect has returned to the palace, but for an hour, you can still sit here and drink your tea, it's really good concentration!" ”

Li Yuanhuan put the teacup in his hand on the table, picked up the teapot and slowly filled it, and replied: "I heard that when I went to the southern border, didn't you go to the Qingshui to cultivate your mind, why can't you still bear it?" ”

Li Yuanqing was angry twice, did not answer him, got up and walked to the window, but just glanced at the scenery in Yangzhou at random, his impetuous heart actually felt a little quiet.

At this moment, Li Yuanqing, who was in a comfortable mood, was interrupted by a knock on the door, it was Xue Luping who came back, he looked at the two highnesses, one smiled at him while drinking tea, and the other one, his face was not very good, and before he could speak, Li Yuanqing said it first.

"Now can we go and sit in your yamen?"

Xue Luping heard the unhappiness in his voice, and hurriedly made a gesture of invitation: "The two highnesses, please move to the mansion, the prisoner has been detained in the court!" ”

Li Yuanqing ignored him, and after hearing that the prisoner was already in the court, he directly led people out of the door, Li Yuanhuan also got up, nodded slightly at him, just stepped out with his front foot, and turned his head to Xue Luping and said, "Go and call Lord Zhou to go with you!" ”

Xue Luping was naturally unhappy because he was taught a few words by Zhou Wenbin in the morning, but Li Yuanhuan had already ordered, and he had no choice, so he sent someone to call, and then dragged his old legs and hurried to chase the two highnesses.

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The Yangzhou Mansion retains the structure of the previous dynasty, and only an adult man's head-sized opening is left in the dimly lit prison, and only at noon can it shine through the inconsiderate window opening.

Zhao Benliu, who has been in prison for I don't know how many days he has been in, this is the second time since he was arrested that he has completely seen the blue sky outside and smelled the fresh air outside the prison, he felt as if his whole person was about to float.

The last time he came out to let off steam, he still confronted Ma Anbang and Zhu Wuye in the court, but this Zhao Benliu had a strong mouth when he was a child, and he could talk nonsense, and he was about to do it in front of Ma Anbang, and Xue Luping didn't find out one or two, so he was imprisoned again!

He yelled every day that his body was not good, and then he bought off the jailer with a few taels of silver hidden in his shoes, although he couldn't let him out, but he also lived a good life in this prison!

Zhao Benliu had been kneeling on the ground for half an hour since he was brought to the court by the jailer who often brought him roast chicken outside, and when he saw that no one had come, he sat on the ground, thinking in his heart that he had not opened his eyes and made him kneel for so long.

With the voice coming from the door of the mansion, he knew that the Lord had arrived!

"His Royal Highness the Prince, His Royal Highness the King, Lord Qin has arrived!"

When Zhao Benliu heard that the two princes had arrived, his face was not as relaxed as when he came to the court last time, he became solemn, and quickly knelt down on the ground.

Speaking of this Yangzhou Mansion, it is similar to that of Chang'an City.

Except for the vermilion paint that seemed to be freshly painted on the door to welcome the arrival of the two princes and the Qincha, and it still looked very simple, and in general, it looked like a deserted manor that had just been opened, and even the gray bricks on the ground were broken.

King Xian looked at his dusty shoes that had just stepped into the dirt pit, and couldn't help but quip: "Lord Xue is really an honest and good official, even if this yamen is broken like this, you are not willing to report to the above, let me send some funds to repair this yamen, this king really has some admiration!" ”

After Xue Luping heard that he was praised by the king of Xian, he was naturally a little happy, and quickly nodded his head several times like a chicken pecking rice.

After only two or three steps, a few people arrived at the lobby.

The two highnesses who walked into the lobby were also casual, and ordered the subordinates to find a chair and sit down, Xue Luping was just about to go up and sit in the right seat, Li Yuanhuan coughed, he looked at Li Yuanhuan, Li Yuanhuan shook his head, signaling that he could not sit.

Xue Luping patted his head, showed a grateful look, calmed down briefly, and said to Zhou Wenbin who was standing aside, "Please also ask Lord Qincha to take a seat!" ”

Although those two nobles are princes, after all, this Zhou Wenbin is the messenger appointed by the saint.

Seeing this, Zhou Wenbin did not shirk, after all, he was appointed by the emperor, and it was understandable to sit on it.

However, as soon as Zhou Wenbin sat down, he opened his mouth and asked Xue Luping, who was still asking his subordinates to find a chair for him: "Lord Xue only brought this one person up?" ”

Xue Luping felt that he was picking on thorns, so he replied with a little sarcasm: "Otherwise, do you think I should also kneel below!" ”

"Confused things, this official is the one who asked you about the salt and iron envoy, if something so big happens, they naturally can't get out of the relationship!"

"There is no evidence, I have absolutely no reason to detain the officials of the Salt and Iron Division, and Lord Zhou will not be the first time to handle the case!"

Zhou Wenbin also blushed after hearing this, it was indeed the first time to handle the case, according to the law, the nature of the salt and iron division and the mirage is not too much, and they are directly under the control of His Majesty the Emperor, so although he is a Qincha, he can only be called to inquire, and there is no reason to interrogate.

Zhou Wenbin naturally understood these simple truths at once, so he didn't know how to reply to him for a while.

The prince next to him gave a round and said to Xue Luping: "Why don't you send someone to find someone to find the people of the salt and iron envoy now, your nonsense is a bit too much!" ”

Xue Luping was told by the prince like this, so he naturally hurriedly responded, and then immediately sent someone to the Salt and Iron Division to invite someone.

Zhao Benliu, who was kneeling below, saw this, but he didn't hold back, and let out a laugh like a fart.

Xue Luping was suddenly a little annoyed, and felt that it was okay to be bullied by these two people, a prince and a qincha, but his small subordinate prisoner dared to laugh at him, so he wanted to call his subordinates to be executed!

Zhou Wenbin hurriedly shouted and said: "I haven't started the trial yet, you are going to be tortured, and if it is passed out, it will become a torture trick!" ”

Li Yuanhuan also knew Zhou Wenbin's thoughts, and asked Xue Luping's subordinates to withdraw everything.

After Zhou Wenbin nodded and thanked Li Yuanhuan, he looked at the prince on the left, and saw that neither of them planned to speak first, so let's come first!

Then he picked up the startling wood with his right hand and patted it, and asked Zhao Benliu, who had just calmed down his smile: "You are the smuggler who was arrested that day?" ”

"Lord Hui, what you said is not right, the little one is a fruit merchant in Jiangnan!"

"I ask you, you said that you are in the fruit reselling business, so why did you find salt in the bag where you transported fruits, and where did you get that salt?"

"My lord, you can see that my little father was a fruit seller, and since our family made a shop from a small fruit stall, and from the shop it was shipped to various places......

Zhao Benliu, who was talking energetically, was stopped by Zhou Wenbin's shock, Zhou Wenbin frowned, and said unhappily: "Didn't this official and the two highnesses come to listen to your family's family history, I'm asking you where your salt came from?" ”

"Maybe the housekeeper in the villain's house was confused and put salt on it as fruit!"

"Treat salt as fruit, not to mention that the amount of salt is different from fruit, it may be normal to pack one or two bags wrong, but your dozen cars are full of salt, don't tell me that your family is heavy!"

Zhao Benliu showed an expression of admiration, clasped his fists with his hands at Zhou Wenbin, who was sitting on it, and praised again and again: "The adult is really a god, just by those few carts of salt, you can know the affairs of my family, the villain is really admired!" ”

"Bastard, above the court, teasing this official!"

Seeing that Zhou Wenbin was already blowing his beard and glaring, Zhao Benliu naturally accepted it when he saw it, and he couldn't rudder against the wind and touch people's heads.

The prince, who was sitting on the side to listen to the trial, felt a little hot, so he took off the black satin robe he was wearing just now, looked at Zhao Benliu who was kneeling with his eyes closed, and said: "Zhao Benliu, this palace asks you, why don't you, a merchant in the south of the Yangtze River, take this land route instead of taking the convenient canal?" ”

Zhao Benliu was relaxed, but he was completely gone, he opened his eyes suddenly, and said hesitantly: "That's, that's because the merchant ships that day are full!" ”

Li Yuanhuan looked at the prince's words and hit the nail on the head, although he didn't look down on the other party on weekdays, but he was really powerful, but he felt that something was wrong, but he couldn't think of it!

Li Yuanhuan didn't wait for Zhao Benliu to answer, and then asked: "From Jiangnan to the capital, this king doesn't know what kind of fruit you are transporting, but I think it is nothing more than lychee longan or something, but no matter what kind of fruit you are, if you don't take the waterway, there is absolutely no way to deliver it to the capital without ensuring the freshness!" ”

Although it was quite cool in this hall, Zhao Benliu's clothes were already soaked.

He felt that things were very bad now, and he could only find a way to fool these two people first, and then wait for the help of the one in the capital to save himself.

At this moment, the people sent by Xue Luping had already returned with the people of the Salt and Iron Division!