Chapter 211: Making a Black Heart Wealth
In the backyard of the mansion, Bai Ying listened to Cangshu talk about Zhou Xiang, and felt more and more that Zhou Xiang was a powerful person. (Baidu search gives the fastest and most stable update to the literature network)
This can bend and stretch, and he is indeed a man.
It's a pity that his ability to bend and stretch is used elsewhere.
"It stands to reason that Zhou Xiang's current position was bought?"
Bai Ying asked with a puzzled expression.
Cangshu shook his head, "It can't be said to be like this. β
"But such an obvious thing, ordinary people can see it, why haven't the people here exposed Zhou Xiang's true face?"
"Those transactions are all secretly operated, and naturally they will not be put on the table for people to know. What's more, Zhou Xiang never did anything against the wishes of the people of Yecheng from beginning to end. It can be said that his behavior in the past few years has made the people of Yecheng love him more and more. β
Bai Ying's face was incredulous when she heard this, "It means that Zhou Xiang is still a good official this time?" β
Cangshu didn't think much about it, and directly asserted: "It's a corrupt official with a heinous crime." β
Bai Ying's brows furrowed, but why couldn't she understand what Cangshu said?
How did Zhou Xiang become a corrupt official with a heinous crime, didn't he just say that the people of Yecheng loved him?
"As for why this king said that, when Basil comes back, he will naturally know everything."
When night fell, Cangshu took Bai Ying to avoid everyone's sight, went out of the mansion, and went to the place where he had made an appointment to meet Basil.
Because of Zhou Xiang's appearance, the original appointment at the inn had to be changed to a restaurant near the mansion.
The restaurant was closed, the first floor was empty, only a candle was lit, and Xiao Er was snoring on the side.
Bai Ying fell on Xiao Er's body, and when the guards on the side saw this, they immediately explained: "This person has fallen asleep, and it is our person." β
Bai Ying, who heard this, also breathed a sigh of relief.
As soon as she sat down with Atractylodes, Basil appeared.
He saluted the two of them, "Master, master." β
Cangshu just nodded slightly and said, "What did you find?" β
"Master Qiqi, Ye Cheng's private salt is all planned by Zhou Xiang alone. This person's father-in-law was originally the overlord of Yecheng, and after Zhou Xiang became a county official, he went against the norm and actually began to wash his hands with gold plates, helping his son-in-law take care of Yecheng, and promoting the development of Yecheng's salt industry. β
Bai Ying listened to Basil's report and felt extremely angry that everything was planned by Zhou Xiang, but after hearing Basil say that Zhou Xiang's father-in-law was the old man, he felt that these were all good things.
For this reason, she pricked up her ears even more and continued to listen.
"Although Zhou Xiang's father-in-law said that he washed his hands and stopped doing bad things and enjoyed his old age in peace, this is only on the surface, but in fact, he is hiding and secretly making illicit salt, and then selling it privately."
Hearing this, Bai Ying already hated Zhou Xiang's family so much, and the more she heard Basil's words later, she couldn't wait to break those people into pieces.
Although the price of official salt is expensive, you can eat it with confidence. But just one is expensive, and it has set a high threshold for many people.
Salt occupies an extremely important place in life and is needed by every household.
But it's such an indispensable thing, but it's used to make black money.
Because I know that no one can tolerate tasteless food, and many people can't afford salt but have to find a way to get it.
Zhou Xiang saw this opportunity, so he found his father-in-law and told him about this way to make a fortune.
So they began to make illicit salt and sold it privately to the common people.
Who is not happy when people only need to spend a fraction of the money they used to buy medicine to buy salt for the whole family for a month?
As a result, private salt slowly spread, and the business of official salt naturally became more and more bleak.
And some official salt merchants saw that their business was getting worse and worse, so they began to secretly find those traders who sold illegal salt, bought them at a low price, and then mixed some official salt, and sold them as official salt, but the price was lowered, but the business was also good.
After listening to Basil's report, Bai Ying was so angry that he wanted to shoot the case.
"It's not too much to get rid of such a parent official, and then get those private salts and expose them to the sun! They don't take the lives of ordinary people seriously. If you eat that kind of private salt, you will eat people to death sooner or later! β
Cangshu hugged Bai Ying and sat down, signaling her not to get too excited.
After appeasing Bai Ying, he looked at Basil and asked, "Have you found out where their stronghold is?" β
"At first, the subordinates thought it was in the backyard of Zhou Xiang's father-in-law's house, but they found that it was just a small warehouse, which was filled with private salt, not their stronghold, so the subordinates didn't find it, and asked the master to condemn him."
Cangshu shook his head, "There's no need to surrender to sin, you have worked hard during this time." Rest for the rest of the day, and the king will arrange the rest. β
When Basil heard this, he quickly clasped his hands into fists and said, "My subordinates obey orders." β
Facing Cangshu's words, Bai Ying was a little puzzled, "Thirteenth uncle, what arrangements do you have?" β
"Since this king automatically invited Ying to come here, he naturally has to do something. Tomorrow we will go and take a look at all the ledgers of this official salt. β
"Look at the ledger?" Bai Ying's face was incredible, "Those problematic account books should not be brought up to the thirteenth uncle, you see, those account books with contacts are either hidden or destroyed." Isn't it a waste of time for us to look at things that don't work? What's more, we all know that everything was planned by Zhou Xiang alone, why don't we just arrest him and restore him? β
"Ying'er, pay attention to evidence in everything you do. But now we have only gathered some information, and there is no evidence in any favor. Maybe checking the account book seems useless, but it is only paralyzing Zhou Xiang and making him let go of his vigilance. At that time, Zhou Xiang's attention was on this king, and Basil would naturally be able to understand it more deeply. β
Yes, even if there is no problem with the account book, but if the thirteenth uncle is checking the account book, then Zhou Xiang naturally has to watch from the side and answer from time to time.
Then his attention would be on Uncle Thirteen, and Basil would have more time to investigate.
This time, Bai Ying was a little glad that Cangshu's soldiers were divided into two ways.
When they entered Yecheng, Zhou Xiang only saw the three of them, and he hadn't seen Basil, so naturally he didn't know about his existence, so it was much easier for Basil to do things, and he didn't have to care about Zhou Xiang's eyeliner.
Farewell Basil, Cangshu took Bai Yingshen back to the mansion unconsciously, and then the two hugged each other and slept well.
Early in the morning, Zhou Xiang personally went to the backyard of the government to wait for the atractylodes to start.
When Cangzhu appeared with Bai Ying after washing up, Zhou Xiang looked at them with an uncertain expression.
After noticing his gaze, Bai Ying looked at him suspiciously, and asked, "Lord Zhou has been looking at this son, could it be that there is something dirty on this son's face?" β
When Zhou Xiang heard this, he thought that he was guilty of too much, so he immediately lowered his head and said, "There is nothing dirty on the little boy's face." β
When Bai Ying heard this, she felt strange, "Why did Lord Zhou look at this son?" Could it be that Lord Zhou also likes this son? β
Zhou Xiang, who was directly told the central matter, looked panicked, and didn't dare to look at the atractylodes around him at all.
When he first saw Cangzhu and Bai Ying, he still sighed how could there be such a good-looking man in time?
King Mu naturally didn't dare to be delusional, but the little son beside King Mu won his heart.
What would such a man look like on **?
Although he really wanted to taste it, how could he think about it as a person with King Mu's body.
So when facing Bai Ying's questioning, he couldn't help but sigh with emotion: "Xiaguan just thinks that the little prince and the prince are very compatible." β
Bai Ying, who heard this, couldn't help but laugh facefully, "Lord Zhou is joking. This son is a man, how can he be so compatible with the thirteenth master? β
Speaking of which, Bai Ying also deliberately ran a wink at Cangshu.
Everyone can see this scene, including Zhou Xiang.
When Zhou Xiang saw Bai Ying's flattering action, his whole body was crispy.
He has always liked men, if it weren't for the poverty of his family, the daughter of the overlord of Yecheng at that time liked him, he really didn't want to get involved.
Although he has a pair of children now, he is also afraid of his wife's life, mainly because his wife is too fierce to describe it as a dominatrix.
Thinking of the dominatrix at home, and seeing Bai Ying's smiling face like a spring breeze, Zhou Xiang became more and more disgusted with the stinky woman at home.
Cangshu saw Bai Ying's flattering eyes, sighed helplessly, and said, "Ying'er, you are messing around again." Next time, this king won't take you out. β
Bai Ying stuck out her tongue mischievously at him and didn't speak again.
When they went to the study, they saw a lot of ledgers on the desk.
Cangshu stepped forward, picked up a copy casually, and said, "This is all the account books over the years?" β
When Zhou Xiang heard Cangshu's inquiry, he immediately stepped forward, stood humbly, and said respectfully: "Yes, this is all the account books for the past three years. β
The reason why Zhou Xiang has only been looking for the past three years is because the private salt started last year. And in order to make it more convenient for Atractylodes, I looked for more from the previous two years, so that he could contact him.
Cangshu took a cursory inspection, nodded, and said, "Since this is the case, this king and Ying'er will just look here." If Lord Zhou has something to do, he can leave first. β
Although he said that, where did Zhou Xiang dare to leave?
This King Mu came to Yecheng to investigate the case, he is the county official of Yecheng, how can he not accompany him? What's more, Ye Cheng only has this big case recently, and he can't leave.
"Xiaguan still stays to share your worries with the prince."
Cangshu looked through the account book, didn't raise his head, and said, "Then Lord Zhou is free." β
Zhou Xiang smiled dryly, so he had to take a lot of account books and sit aside to look through them.
I thought that this morning would pass so quietly, but when Zhou Xiang was about to remind Cangshu to prepare for dinner, another soldier hurriedly ran in and said a few words in Zhou Xiang's ear, which shocked Zhou Xiang directly.
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