Chapter 579: Luring the Snake Out of the Hole

"Ladies and gentlemen, the goods began to be shipped at the beginning of September, and this year's time is a little tight, I hope you can do your best to operate, and don't go on a business trip." Chen Guangzong naturally knew the thoughts of the salt merchants, glanced around at the people who were looking at him, and announced in a deep voice.

Hearing this, the salt merchants at the scene immediately breathed a sigh of relief, although the time was a little rushed, but after all, the salt was transported.

"Eldest son, what banner should we use to put so much salt on the road?" At this time, a salt merchant remembered something and couldn't help asking.

In previous years, private salt and official salt were mixed and transported, and there were regular salt quotations issued by the Nanjing household department, and there were also officials from the two Huai Salt Road escorts, so there was no obstacle along the way.

However, with Zhang Gui's accident, this year, the salt merchants of the Salt Merchants Association only transported the official salt, and the private salt was retained, so as not to have a problem on the road.

Hearing this, the attention of the people in the house suddenly focused on Chen Guangzong's body again, in previous years, there would not be a problem at all, but now the time for transporting official salt has passed, so it will be an important issue to transport this batch of private salt under what name, and it is obviously inconvenient to transport it out in the name of official salt.

"This son has solved this matter, and this batch of illicit salt will be transported to various places in the name of the materials of the household department, and the Nanjing household department will send personnel to escort the team at that time." Chen Guangzong had naturally thought of this tricky question and replied in an orderly manner.

This is the safest method at present, and those local yamen do not have the right to search for household materials, so they can avoid the local checkpoints along the way.

The salt merchants at the scene saw that the Nanjing Household Department had made a move, and their hearts were calm, and they could sit back and relax with the officials of the Nanjing Household Department escorting them along the way.

"Eldest prince, the Marquis of Zhenwu won't be looking for trouble, right?" But before everyone could breathe a sigh of relief, a salt merchant asked worriedly.

As a result, the atmosphere at the scene became tense again, and the salt merchants looked at Chen Guangzong with concern, the shadow of the so-called famous tree, Li Yuntian could not make them really feel at ease as long as he did not return to Beijing for a day, and he always felt that there was a knife hanging over his head that could fall at any time.

"Zhenwuhou is now happy in Hangzhou, where does he have time to take care of our affairs?" Chen Guangzong naturally knew that Li Yuntian was the key to the matter, and he was also the person who the salt merchants had the most scruples, so he comforted everyone in a deep voice, "This son can sue you, the Marquis of Zhenwu will leave for Beijing soon, he still has a lot of things to do in the capital, and he will not spend all his time on the two Huai Salt Road." ”

The reason why Chen Guangzong said this was not a matter of lip service, he had already mastered sufficient evidence, and keenly found that Li Yuntian only asked Xie Heng and Han Liang to pay attention to Zhao Wenju's case, and did not implicate other officials of the Lianghuai Salt Road and the salt merchants of the Salt Merchants Association, which showed that Li Yuntian did not want to make the matter of the Lianghuai Salt Road too big, so that it was out of control in the end.

In Chen Guangzong's view, Li Yuntian is an extremely smart person, he should know the advance and retreat and trade-offs, freezing three feet is not a day's cold, the filth of the two Huai salt roads has been around for a long time, Li Yuntian is full of food and support, and wants to meddle in his own affairs and set up enemies for himself in the officialdom?

Chen Guangzong believes that Li Yuntian's move is not simple, not only shows that the dust of Zhao Wenju's case is about to settle, but also means that Li Yuntian will return to the capital, otherwise Li Yuntian would not be in the mood to go to Hangzhou to have fun.

If Chen Guangzong guessed correctly, Li Yuntian would return to the capital nine times out of ten when he came back from this trip, and he originally wanted to wait for Li Yuntian to leave before transporting away those illicit salts, but judging from the news from Zijuan, Li Yuntian was very interested in playing in Jiangnan, and it was likely that he would go to Suzhou in addition to Hangzhou.

As a governor of Guangxi and Jiaozhi, Li Yuntian was busy with official duties on weekdays, and it was difficult for him to have the opportunity to travel to Suzhou and Hangzhou, which were the most beautiful scenery in the Ming Dynasty, so this visit to Yangzhou was a rare opportunity to investigate the case, and he would not give up if he said it.

In this way, when Li Yuntian returned to Yangzhou, it would be at least mid-September, and if he dealt with some more affairs at hand, it would be late September, and it would undoubtedly be too late to transport illicit salt at that time.

Therefore, Chen Guangzong weighed left and right, and decided to take advantage of Li Yuntian's opportunity in Hangzhou to transport out those illegal salts, as long as this year's batch of illegal salt was shipped out smoothly, then he could sit back and relax.

The tense atmosphere in the room eased again, and the salt merchants felt that Chen Guangzong was reasonable, and Li Yuntian was not an idle person, so how could he always waste time in Yangzhou?

With Chen Guangzong's order, the salt merchants of the Salt Merchants Association secretly took action, preparing for the transportation of illicit salt, and they all looked forward to transporting this batch of illicit salt smoothly and profitably.

Hangzhou, Yue Temple.

In addition to the West Lake, Yue Temple is a must-go place for people who come to Hangzhou, because there is a spiritual tablet of Yue Fei, the fourth general of Zhongxing in the Southern Song Dynasty.

Yue Temple, also known as Yue Wang Temple, is located at the southern foot of the West Lake Qixia Mountains, was built in the Southern Song Dynasty Jiading 14 years, that is, 1221 years, the initial name is "Bao Zhong Yanfu Temple", tomorrow Shun changed the amount of "Zhong Martyr Temple", because Yue Fei chased the king of Hubei and called Yue Wang Temple, divided into three parts: cemetery, martyr's shrine, Qizhong Temple.

The cemetery sits west to east, the martyr's shrine and the Qizhong temple sit in the north and face south, the gate of the Yuewang Temple is facing the Yue Lake, one of the five major water surfaces of the West Lake, between the tomb temple and the Yue Lake, there is a towering stone workshop of "Blue Blood Pill Heart", which entrusts the admiration of the people of later generations for the patriotic heroes.

There is a statue of Yue Fei in the Yue Temple, and there is a huge plaque of "return my rivers and mountains" hanging on it for Yue Fei's handwriting, and the Qizhong Shrine enshrines Yue Fei's parents, wife and children.

Yue Fei cemetery is on the west side of the martyr's shrine, the tombstone is engraved with the words "the tomb of the king of Song Yue and E", there is a tomb in front of the tomb, and the four words "loyal to the country" are engraved on the wall in front of the que, and there is the tomb of his son Yue Yun next to it.

It is worth mentioning that on both sides of the tomb road, there are civil and military figurines, stone horses, stone tigers and stone sheep carved in the Ming Dynasty; And under the steps of the tomb road, there are kneeling statues of the four traitorous ministers who framed Yue Fei, Qin Hui, Wang, Wan Qiyi, and Zhang Jun, with their hands turned back, and kneeling on the ground.

There is a stone carving couplet engraved on the door frame of the tomb: "Qingshan is fortunate to bury the bones of loyalty, and the white iron innocently casts the minister."

Out of admiration for the hero, but also out of hatred for the traitorous ministers, almost everyone who arrived at the Yue Temple had to spit on the kneeling statues of the four Qin Hui who were kneeling in front of the cemetery.

"Lord Yue, ensure that I can completely eradicate the filth of the two Huai Salt Roads this time, and return the two Huai Salt Roads to a peaceful world." Li Yuntian knelt in front of the statue of Yue Fei, held three sticks of incense in his hand and bowed to the statue three times, praying secretly in his heart, and then got up and inserted the incense into the incense burner in front of the statue.

Subsequently, Lei Ting, Zhao Xinyue, Hongluan and Zijuan, who were following behind Li Yuntian, offered incense and made wishes one after another, and then everyone left the hall together.

"Brother Li, I heard that the wish of Yue Wang Temple is very spiritual, what did you make just now?" Out of the main hall, Zhao Xinyue walked a few steps quickly to catch up with Li Yuntian, who was talking to Zijuan, and asked with a smile, a hint of cunning flashed in her eyes, wanting to take the opportunity to find out Li Yuntian's secret.

"I hope that Prince Yue can bless the people of Jiaozhi to live a stable and prosperous life, and never experience the pain of war again." Li Yuntian smiled when he heard this, and replied methodically.

"Lord Hou has the world in his heart, which is really a blessing for the people of Jiaozhi, and it is also a blessing for me to be a good person." Hearing this, Zijuan smiled and praised Li Yuntian.

Zhao Xinyue's willow eyebrows frowned slightly, and she glanced at Zijuan coldly, she didn't know why she hated Zijuan and Hongluan very much in her heart, and she was even more disgusted when she saw Zijuan complimenting Li Yuntian, thinking that Zijuan had ill intentions towards Li Yuntian.

"The purple cuckoo girl has won the award, Ben Hou has personally experienced the battle of Jiaozhi and witnessed the scene of devastation, so he is unwilling to fight again." Li Yuntian smiled and waved his hand to Zijuan, and said disapprovingly, he deliberately revealed to Zijuan and Hongluan that he was worried about Jiaozhi in his heart, believing that Chen Guangzong would soon know about it, and he was also invisibly dispelling his doubts.

"Master Hou, the grandfather of the Minnu will be 60th birthday in two days, and the Minnu wants to congratulate him on his birthday, I wonder if I can take the carriage of the Hou Ye?" Zijuan saw that Li Yuntian was in a good mood, so he bowed slightly to Li Yuntian and asked in a coquettish voice.

"Ben Hou once promised you that he would definitely send a car to take you back at that time." Li Yuntian nodded with a smile when he heard this, and agreed to it, this little thing was just a gesture for him.

"Master Xie." Zijuan was immediately overjoyed, and hurriedly thanked Li Yuntian, although Hangzhou is prosperous and rich with many rich and noble people, but such a magnificent four-wheeled carriage is the only one, it is a symbol of identity and status, if she takes Li Yuntian's car to drive back, it will undoubtedly be a return to her hometown, and even the prefect of Hangzhou does not have this honor.

Zhao Xinyue felt that this matter was inappropriate, it was okay to say that Zijuan was a woman from a good family, but she came out of the Qinglou, which would make the outside world criticize Li Yuntian.

Without waiting for Zhao Xinyue to open her mouth to question, her sleeve was suddenly pulled, and when she turned her head, she saw Lei Ting smiling and shaking her head, signaling her not to act rashly.

Seeing this, Zhao Xinyue had no choice but to swallow back the words that came to her lips, among the ladies around Li Yuntian, Lei Ting, who played the role of the secretary next to Li Yuntian, knew Li Yuntian best, since Lei Ting didn't let Zhao Xinyue get involved in this matter, then there must be a reason for her.

After Li Yuntian arrived in Hangzhou, Hangzhou was the happiest thing about the Moon Pavilion and the Tianxiang Pavilion, Li Yuntian was not only an important minister of the imperial court but also an out-and-out hero among the people of the Ming Dynasty.

On this night, an elegant courtyard in the backyard of the Moon Pavilion was invited.

In the living room, Li Yuntian and Zhao Lun sat around the wine table full of sumptuous dishes and talked and laughed, and there were also officials from the Zhejiang Political Envoy Division, the Imperial Envoy Department and the Capital Department sitting on the side.

"Lord Hou, my lords, these two altars are the flower carvings that have been stored in the cellar of this pavilion for more than 50 years, please taste them." While talking and laughing, Sister Hong led two subordinates who were each holding a wine jar in their arms and walked in quickly, bowed to Li Yuntian and said with a smile on her face.

Tonight, Li Yuntian brought the top magnates in Hangzhou City to invite the Moon Pavilion to hold the red luan, which can be said to have given the Moon Pavilion enough face, so Sister Hong naturally had to deal with it.

As she spoke, Sister Hong quickly slapped open the wine seal of a jar of wine, and slowly poured the wine into two flasks made of smooth and flawless jasper, and a refreshing aroma of wine permeated the room.

Li Yuntian twitched the tip of his nose slightly, and then nodded to Zhao Lun with a smile, just by this wonderful aroma of wine, he knew that these two jars of flower carvings were definitely the top wines of the Ming Dynasty, it seemed that Sister Hong took out the things at the bottom of the box this time.