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Han Shige nodded: "I see, then since Brother Wang has such a good secret agent, it must not be a problem to control this Yingzhou in the future." ”

Li Jing, who had not spoken, suddenly spoke: "Wang Tingshi, may I ask what else do you know about the affairs in this Yingzhou City?" Can you reveal a thing or two to the lower officials? ”

Wang Shichong smiled, he knew what Li Jing wanted to ask: "The pharmacist has been here for more than a year, it is said that the people of Yingzhou City are simple and simple, and there are not many gangsters who are traitors and criminals, it is not worth the pharmacist to stay for so long, but what have you found here?" ”

Li Jing nodded, and said: "This Yingzhou City is not simple, there is a dark tide surging under the calm surface, it seems that some remnants of the previous dynasty and traitors secretly manage their own forces here, plotting against them, Li Mou saw some clues as soon as he came here, and he has been fighting with these people for a while, but he hates that he has not caught the culprit." ”

Wang Shichong pretended to be surprised and said, "The remnants of the previous dynasty? Is the pharmacist talking about Nam Chen's people? ”

Li Jing glanced at Chen Ling beside him and shook his head: "That's not the case, if the judgment of the lower officials is not wrong, they should be from Nanliang, that is, the Xiao family." ”

Wang Shichong immediately waved his hand to stop Li Jing's further speech: "Pharmacist, if there is no real evidence for this matter, you must not make a noise, you also know that the current queen is ......"

Li Jing said in a deep voice: "Of course Li knows what is at stake, so he has been painstakingly investigating evidence for more than a year, and once he almost touched the core of this organization, but he was interrupted by some strange things. The history of the king's assassination. Whether as a friend or as a subordinate. I advise you not to take this lightly. ”

Wang Shichong glanced at Li Jing. turned to Chen Ling and said, "General Chen should be in charge of maintaining law and order in this Yingzhou City and arresting the anti-thieves, do you have anything to add to Li Yitong's words?" ”

Chen Ling's little eyes had been squinting just now, making it impossible to see his psychological state, and at this time, he was directly named by Wang Shichong, he smiled and said, "What Li Yitong said is true. The last general once investigated and dealt with the den of these thieves, one of which was in the Dahong Mountain outside the city, and they cast and secretly hid thousands of weapons and armor, hidden in a natural cave in the Dahong Mountain. ”

"But when the last general received information from Li Yitong and led his troops to rush there, there were only some nearby villagers who were captured by them to build weapons and armor, and the leader and minions ran away."

Wang Shichong was secretly taken aback in his heart, he didn't expect Xiao Mo to dare to directly make weapons and armor, and hurriedly asked, "How did General Chen learn about this information?" Have you caught any thieves? ”

Chen Ling shook his head. said: "This is thanks to Li Yitong, when he first came to Yingzhou more than a year ago. He visited everywhere to observe the people's situation, but found that in dozens of local barbarian villages near Dahong Mountain in Changshou County, people have been missing for most of the year, and there are dozens of people missing in some villages, so Li Yitong became suspicious, and after many investigations, he finally found that these people were taken captive into the mountains by thieves. ”

A trace of doubt flashed on Wei Zheng's face, and he asked, "There are so many people missing from these villages, why don't you come to report to the official?" ”

Li Jing sighed and said: "These mountains are all barbarians in the Jingzhou area, according to the laws of this dynasty, the imperial court is to give their leaders an official position, assign them an area, and then let them govern themselves, these barbarians also have a lot of surnames, and the hatred between each other is not small, and they often attack each other, so when there were four or five fewer people at the beginning, the people in the village did not care, but after there were dozens of people, the villagers panicked. ”

Wei Zheng asked, "Then they still came to report to the official." ”

Li Jing smiled and said: "No, these barbarians don't have the habit of finding the government to solve problems, they all think that the hostile villages robbed their people, but the negotiation failed, and these villages fought with each other again, and lost a lot of people in vain." When they went down to their villages, a dozen villages had just finished a big scuffle. ”

"At that time, I was suspicious, because from the dozen or so villages I visited, I didn't see any captive people in Xia, but at that time, these villagers were very excited, and they had just fought a big battle, and they hated other villages even more, so it was impossible to believe other explanations, but insisted that everyone was killed by hostile villages."

"So I borrowed dozens of capable guards from the state to search around the Dahong Mountain, and then we found a village deep in the mountains, where the villagers said that in recent months, the mountains have often been haunted, and in the middle of the night, the fires are still flickering, and some brave young people ran to check, and the result was gone."

"At that time, I gathered my hands and touched the place, and found that there was a cave, the entrance of which was very hidden, and the sound of clanging iron came from inside. Alas, at that time, it was all to blame, too cautious, afraid of insufficient manpower, so he sent someone to urgently return to the state to find General Chen to lead troops to catch the thief, which delayed a day's time. ”

Chen Ling nodded and said, "Yes, when the last general rushed there, he found that the people had gone to the cave and emptied, and only more than six hundred villagers were locked in cells made of wooden fences, while the thieves all escaped through another secret passage. ”

Wang Shichong sighed and said, "It's a pity, but how did this thief get the news?" ”

Li Jing smiled bitterly: "The lower officials later interrogated the villagers who were arrested, and they said that there were dozens of thieves in this cave, and they were masked every day, but there was a leader who looked like a leader, and the clothes they wore were different. About half an hour before General Chen and his troops arrived, someone saw a black-clad masked thief running in and saying a few words to the leader of the thieves, and then the leader of the thieves put all the villagers in a cell and ran away with the other thieves. ”

"These thieves left in a hurry, and they didn't even have time to get the weapons they had built, and they set fire to the cave before leaving, trying to burn all the villagers to death, but fortunately, General Chen came in time, and the army rushed into the cave and rescued the villagers. It's just a pity that some important documents, account books, and materials. They were all burned. ”

When Li Jing said this. Shaking his head and sighing, the kind of unwillingness was written on his face, he took a sip of the wine glass, and then slammed the glass on the table, and sighed "Alas!"

Wang Shichong's heart was bright, presumably it was Chen Ling who took the lead in sending his cronies to pass the message to the thieves in the cave through the secret passage after knowing about it, so that they could escape.

Thinking of this, Wang Shichong glanced at Chen Ling. Looking at each other, Chen Ling's face changed slightly, a trace of uneasiness flashed in his eyes, and then he returned to normalcy and laughed: "Li Yitong doesn't need to be so concerned, at least we rescued hundreds of villagers, which can be regarded as a merit." ”

Wang Shichong nodded and said, "Did this matter be reported to the imperial court later?" The pharmacist just said that some people are Xiao Liang's remnants, what is the real evidence? ”

Li Jing shook his head and said, "These are just speculations. Judging from the methods and strict organization of these people, they are by no means ordinary bandits. And when it is peaceful today, and the people live and work in peace and contentment, there will be no ordinary people who go up to the mountains to be bandits, and they build weapons and armor, obviously to rebel. ”

"Since these thieves are obviously not ordinary bandits who occupy the mountains as kings, and I have not heard of any large bandits in Yingzhou in the past few years, let alone build thousands of weapons, then this matter must be done by rebellious thieves, think about it, who else will there be besides the remnants of the previous dynasty?"

"Yingzhou has always been the territory of the original Later Liang State, and it is only more than a hundred miles away from Jiangling, the capital of the Liang State, and there are a large number of Xiao Liang Yu parties here, as long as someone provokes trouble, it may not be impossible to make waves, right, General Chen." When Li Jing said this, he glanced at Chen Ling meaningfully, and the light in his eyes flashed.

Chen Ling laughed and said: "Li Yitong is really analytical, and the last general completely agrees with Li Yitong's analysis, many of Xiao Liang's old departments here are focused on the Xiao family, after the weapons case in the cave was seized, the last general also searched from house to house in and around Yingzhou, but unfortunately there was no clue, and finally had to give up." After that incident, the gang of thieves seemed to have disappeared, and no trace was to be found. ”

Wang Shichong lowered his head and pondered for a while, then suddenly raised his head and said, "What does the pharmacist mean, is it suspicious that the famous Xiao Liang clan in Yingzhou City, the Xiao Mill who copied the book?" ”

Li Jing and Chen Ling's faces changed slightly at the same time, Chen Ling was drinking a glass of wine, and he almost didn't choke when he heard this. And Li Jing's face was full of excitement, and he immediately asked, "How did Brother Wang know about this Xiao Milling?" Do you know something else that Li doesn't know? ”

Wang Shichong shook his head with a smile and said: "This person is too famous in Yingzhou City, even the tenants when we stayed at the inn also mentioned this Xiao Milling, and they all said that he was a Wenqu star. And this person disclosed his identity at the beginning of the year, saying that he was from the Xiao Liang clan, just now when the pharmacist mentioned the Yu Party of the former dynasty and the descendants of Xiao Liang, Wang instinctively thought of him. ”

"Since the pharmacist pointed the finger of suspicion at this Xiao Miao, he must have made great efforts to investigate this person, but what did he gain?"

Li Jing's eyes dimmed, sighed, and shook his head helplessly: "Don't hide it from Brother Wang, I have sent someone to keep an eye on him for more than half a year, and this person only copies the text every day, and rarely even leaves the house where he lives." The landlord of the house is an old couple, and they hardly leave the house on weekdays. I haven't been able to get any evidence of him, but my gut tells me that there must be something wrong with this person. ”

Hu Sizheng, who has not spoken today, suddenly said: "Brother Li, I have told you many times, now the Xiao family is favored, the emperor is on the throne, and Queen Xiao has also become the mother of the main palace, this Xiao Mo is the nephew of Queen Xiao, he is afraid that he wants to climb the dragon and the phoenix, and seek the way to advance, if there is no evidence, he will target him, I am afraid that the queen will not be able to pass that level." ”

Li Jing said: "Hu Si Changshi said this, Li does not dare to agree, as an official of the Great Sui, we should be loyal to the king." ”

"After Xiao Yan is a traitor, before the emperor amnesties the world this year, he is just a fugitive, it is said that he should be incognito and avoid showing his face, but he walks the streets and alleys in this Xiao Liang's homeland, and travels between the big families in the city and the rural wealthy families outside the city all day long, is this a simple scholar?"

"What's more, his grandfather Xiao Yan betrayed my Great Sui back then and swept away hundreds of millions of stocks in the treasury of the Liang Dynasty. Fled to the Chen Dynasty. However, Chen Chao did not receive the money. It was obviously swallowed by Xiao Yan. Although Xiao Yan was in Daxing Fufa back then, his son, Xiao Xuan, Xiao Miao's father, was nowhere to be found. Li once visited Xiao Mo and asked about the whereabouts of his father Xiao Xuan, who only said lightly that his father died of illness while fleeing. ”

"Hu Si Changshi, can you believe this Xiao Miao's words? A traitorous grandfather, a father who has been missing all his life, and a huge amount of money from Liang Guo. There is also a Xiao Mill who has been in Yingzhou for several years, and the thieves who arrested the villagers to build weapons also appeared here after Xiao Milling came to Yingzhou. ”

Hu Sizheng smiled slightly and said, "Brother Li, please don't be too excited, I can understand your loyalty, and I can understand your eagerness to crack the big case of rebellion." It's just that you can't do it quickly, and everything you just said is just your personal speculation. Without any real evidence, you can't win this lawsuit even if it is fought in front of the emperor. ”

"Ever since you suspected this Xiao Mill. There is hardly a day that is not accompanied by the officials of the state government who are in the vicinity of his house to monitor him around the clock. In the past half a year, the officials have been miserable one by one, and a lot of the work of going to the countryside to collect taxes has also been affected because of your surveillance action. ”

A trace of gloom flashed on Li Jing's face, and his voice became slightly higher: "Hu Si Changshi, Li's intuition has always been very accurate, and he has never made a mistake, at least in the past six months, because we have been staring at Xiao Miao, there has never been any rebellion in Yingzhou, and Li doesn't think it's a coincidence." ”

Hu Sizheng shook his head, drank the glass of wine in front of him in one gulp, and stopped talking.

Wang Shichong saw that the atmosphere was a little wrong, and hurriedly snorted: "Don't get angry about this matter, it's not easy for everyone to be colleagues, the pharmacist is indeed diligent in political affairs, Wang admires it; And Hu Si's long history is also a serious statement, everything must be truthful and based on evidence. ”

"Before we came out this time, we heard that the emperor was preparing to draft an edict to promote all the talented people in the Xiao family to officials, and it seems that this Xiao Mo will not be an exception, he will have to leave this Yingzhou sooner or later, and it is not worth making trouble for this person."

Li Jing gasped: "Brother Wang's words are true? Does the emperor really intend to recruit this Xiao into the court as an official? ”

Wang Shichong nodded: "Listening to Brother Li's analysis just now, Wang feels that this person is disclosing his identity as the clan of the Liang State at this time, plus this person can be regarded as a famous person in the Yingzhou area, and he is facing the emperor's appetite for people who like to be full of learning, he will definitely enter the court as an official." ”

Li Jing said hatefully: "This matter must not be done, Li must write to the emperor, and this person must not be allowed to hold power, otherwise there will definitely be trouble in the future." ”

Han Shige said dissatisfiedly: "Brother Jing, everything should be done in moderation, to be honest, you have put all your energy in Yingzhou for more than a year, with your shrewdness, if there was really a problem with this Xiao Miao, it would have been found out a long time ago, how could there be no clues at all?" ”

"I'm going back to Beijing soon, maybe I'll let go of the assassination of other states, and I hope you will continue to help me. Listen to my brother's words, don't waste time on this surnamed Xiao, let alone anything about going to the book, that will only grudge Queen Xiao, and we will both be unlucky!"

Li Jing waved his hand, his expression was extremely resolute: "No, there are too many doubts on this Xiao Miao, the better he hides it, the more it shows that this person is not simple." Lord, forgive Li for not being able to follow for the time being, Li will continue to track this Xiao Mo until the day when the truth is revealed. ”

Han Shige didn't expect that Li Jing would be here in public to make him unable to get off the stage, he was slightly stunned at first, and then said angrily: "Pharmacist, I have already made it very clear to you, originally you came to Yingzhou this time to take leave, if I hadn't greeted you in the military department as a guarantee, how could you stay here for more than a year?" Now I'm leaving, no one here will listen to your command, you just want to check this Xiao Miao, where can you start? ”

Li Jing smiled slightly: "Lord, in fact, Xiao Mill's fox tail has begun to be revealed, Hu Si Changshi, may I ask why the few officials who monitored Xiao Mill yesterday are not on duty?" You haven't sent anyone to watch at night for four days, can you give me an explanation? ”

Hu Sizheng smiled slightly, and said: "This matter has been discussed with Han Tingshi, and it has been approved by Han Tingshi, Wang Tingshi is about to take office, and the official affairs in our state need to be dealt with quickly, and we can't leave any unfinished accounts for Wang Tingshi." ”

"Then you have been monitoring Xiao Milling for more than half a year, and there is no change, there is no need for such a person to be on guard all day, so I reduced five people to two, and the manpower after night was also withdrawn to the state government to do business, is there anything wrong with this?"

Li Jing snorted heavily: "If Hu Si Changshi determines that doing some ordinary business in the state government is more important than monitoring a traitor leader, then Li has nothing to say." ”

Han Shige slapped the table heavily, stood up with a "rub", and shouted: "Li Jing, don't go too far!" Don't think that if you're my cousin Han Shimo, you can do whatever you want and let everyone revolve around you. Today, in front of Wang Tingshi, you suspect a relative of the current queen without any evidence, but you can't come up with any hard evidence, what do you want to do!? ”

Li Jing was about to open his mouth to refute, Wang Shichong stood up, smiled, put his right hand on Han Shimo's shoulder, patted it gently, and said: "Brother Han, the pharmacist is also meritorious and loyal, even if the means are a little excessive, it is understandable, everyone has a fate to meet today, and they should be happy, so don't make it so unhappy." ”

Han Shige sighed and said: "It's still Brother Wang's general knowledge and etiquette, my brother's talent is really not said, but he just can't learn to deal with people, and today I made my brother laugh, it's really ashamed." ”

At this time, there was a sound on the stairs, and the round-faced Steward Song ran up sweating profusely, with a smile on his face, and said respectfully: "Master, the food is already hot, do you want to ......?"

Han Shige was angry in his heart, but he couldn't find a vent, as soon as he saw this Song steward this time, he immediately became angry, and yelled at Song steward: "What did you do earlier?" It's going to take half a day to heat a dish, what's the use of asking for a waste like you?!"

Steward Song was so frightened that he fell to his knees all of a sudden, kowtowed like pounding garlic, and said while kowtowing: "Master, you are wronged!" How dare the little ones delay for a moment what you have always commanded? It's really too much of those meals, and the kitchen is a little far away from here, so it's a delay, and please check it!"

Wang Shichong smiled and said to Han Shiwen: "Brother Han, this Song steward came so out of breath, obviously he didn't delay on the road, everyone gathered together today to drink and talk, there is no need to worry too much about a subordinate." ”

Han Shige lost his temper for a moment just now, yelling at his steward in front of Wang Shichong, and after yelling, he was excited by the lake breeze blowing through the window, and his brain cleared up, and he regretted his impulsiveness and irritability.

Han Shichong was taken the initiative to relieve the siege by Wang Shichong this time, and he suddenly had a little more good impression of Wang Shichong in his heart, and immediately went down the steps given by Wang Shichong: "What Brother Wang said is very true, Han lost his temper at a certain time, which made everyone laugh, and Han should punish himself with a cup." He poured a glass of wine in front of himself and took a sip.

After Han Shige finished drinking, he said to Na Song's steward: "Okay, go and bring all the food, your guests are hungry." ”

When Steward Song heard this, a big stone in his heart finally fell to the ground, so he quickly got up and saluted, turned around and ran downstairs. Later, more than a dozen servants in Tsing Yi served dishes one after another, including eight cold and eight treasured plates, Wuchang fish, crystal deer breast, honey bear's paw, wild goose pot, cashew nut brisket, farewell concubine, running in the mountains, swimming in the water, flying in the sky, all available.

Wang Shichong, as the richest man in the world, has been pampered and pampered over the years, and he is not surprised by these dishes, but in the past year or so, he has been fighting from east to west, traveling all over the world, and eating too much civilian food, especially on the way for more than ten days without eating anything too good.

Wang Shichong couldn't help but move his index finger and feasted, the guests and hosts were staggered during the banquet, the atmosphere was very warm, only Li Jing was sullen, sitting on the side and basically not speaking, Wei Zheng saw that he was unhappy, and frequently persuaded him to drink, which made Li Jing's sadness expand a little. (To be continued......)