Chapter 610: All or Nothing
"Eldest prince, are you referring to the woman from Ming Xin Pao?" After hearing Chen Guangzong's words, Yang Muen was stunned at first, and then his eyes lit up, and he asked busily, the woman in his mouth was Zhao Xinyue.
Chen Wenren naturally didn't know Zhao Xinyue, and a suspicious look appeared on his face.
In his impression, although Li Yuntian said that he had married several concubines, he was still clean and self-conscious outside, and he did not provoke any women, and Li Yuntian's concubines were not in Yangzhou City now, even if Chen Guangzong wanted to kidnap him, there was no way.
However, listening to Yang Muen's meaning, Li Yuntian seems to have an unclear relationship with a woman from "Ming Xin Pao", which makes Chen Wenren feel a little curious and wants to know who the other party is.
"Dad, a female reporter of "Ming Xin Pao" once helped Zhenwuhou in Jining Mansion when the King of Han intercepted the emperor to enter Beijing, and the child heard Zijuan say that Zhenwuhou took good care of her, and even Shopkeeper Chen and Shopkeeper Zheng treated her with three points of courtesy, if we can tie her up, Zhenwuhou will definitely comply."
Chen Guangzong knew that Chen Wenren didn't know the meaning of his words, so he explained to him in a deep voice, "The child has already worked hard beforehand, as long as the child gives an order, he can be arrested." ”
"Are you sure?" Chen Wenren frowned and thought about it, and then looked at Chen Guangzong with an expressionless face, although this method seemed very extreme, it might not be able to force Li Yuntian to give in and then relieve those private salts who were overwhelmed by the Caoyun Yamen.
As for whether he offended Li Yuntian, Chen Wenren can't think about it so much now, if those illegal salts can't be transported away in time, he can just lose his official position and resign because of "accumulated salt", and once the matter of private salt is exposed, I am afraid that no one will be able to save him, and his family will definitely be implicated.
Chen Wenren didn't want to leave his hometown as a last resort, he had worked hard in officialdom for most of his life, didn't he just want to live the rest of his life comfortably, teasing his grandson, and recuperating in his old age, if he went to Goryeo, which was freezing in the cold, it would be too sad, and he was unwilling.
Even if Li Yuntian guessed that Chen Wenren was the mastermind behind this matter, Chen Wenren was not afraid, after all, Li Yuntian had no evidence to help him, no matter how he said it, he was not alone, there were those officials of the six ministries behind him who were supporting, and it would evolve into a conflict between the six ministries and the cabinet, and it would not be easy for Li Yuntian to move him.
Moreover, once the shape is not good, Chen Wenren still has a way back, that is, the family fled to Goryeo.
Therefore, Chen Wenren was moved by Chen Guangzong's suggestion, as long as he could transport that batch of illicit salt away, so that Li Yuntian could not catch the handle, then the matter would be handed over to those officials of the Sixth Ministry, and the officials of the Sixth Department would not let Li Yuntian overturn the river and the sea in the Lianghuai Salt Road, after all, the Lianghuai Salt Road was their sphere of influence.
"The child is completely sure to take her, but what to do in the future has not yet been figured out." Chen Guangzong definitely nodded to Chen Wenren and said with a slight frown.
To be honest, if it was not a last resort, Chen Guangzong did not want to clash with Li Yuntian head-on, so how he acted after kidnapping Zhao Xinyue was very important.
"Wei Deguang didn't run away, he just came to be this scapegoat!" Chen Wenren groaned for a moment, a sneer appeared at the corner of his mouth, and he said gloomily.
"It's so good, Vice President Wei thinks he's smart, don't you know that his little insect carving skills can't hide the eyes of Zhenwu Hou and the adults." Yang Muen nodded again and again when he heard this, Wei Deguang was indeed the best scapegoat, and he had ample motivation to do so.
"Daddy, the boy took her down." Chen Guangzong saw that Chen Wenren agreed with his idea, so he asked for instructions in a deep voice.
"We must do it beautifully, and we can't let people find that woman, otherwise we will lose all our efforts!" Chen Wenren bowed slightly, and said with a stern expression, he was ready to fight against the water and give it a go.
"The child understands!" Chen Guangzong bowed to Chen Wenren, left the room quickly, and went to make arrangements.
"President Yang, you personally go to the homes of the deacons of the Salt Merchants Association, collect the account books in their charge and destroy them on the spot, if one more person hands over the account books, then we will be in great trouble."
Then, Chen Wenren pondered for a while, and looked at Yang Muen with an expressionless face, if it weren't for Zhao Wenju's account book today, Li Yuntian would be ready to issue an official document for the release of the Caoyun Governor Yamen, which made his previous efforts fall short, and he was angry.
"Don't worry, my lord, I will let them hand over the account books." Yang Muen knew the severity of the situation, arched his hand to Chen Wenren, and left in a hurry.
"I hope I can get through this pass safely this time!" Looking at Yang Muen's distant back, Chen Wenren couldn't help but pray secretly in his heart that he had never encountered such a thrilling situation since he stepped into his career.
Chen Wenren knew very well that only when the batch of illegal salt arrived at the destination could he save the day, otherwise, once the shady scenes of those illegal salt guides were revealed, I am afraid that Li Yuntian would not need to do it at that time, and the officials of the Sixth Department would prefer him to die, because only the dead can keep the secret.
I don't know why, since Chen Wenren left, Li Yuntian has been feeling uneasy, he knows that Chen Wenren will not be reconciled, and he may be trapped in the beast and do something out of the ordinary, so he has taken strict precautions, not only the Yangzhou Division of Wutang is heavily guarded, Zheng Boxin and the Kyushu Chamber of Commerce are also on guard to avoid being affected.
"Where did Xinyue go?" When eating in the evening, Li Yuntian felt a little deserted at the dinner table, and then he knew that Zhao Xinyue had not come back, so he asked Lei Ting who was sitting next to him with some surprise.
She said she went to a cloth shop to see how the cloth was touched. Lei Ting gave Li Yuntian a chopstick dish, she knew Li Yuntian's worries, and said with a smile, "I'll let a platoon of Xiaowu soldiers follow her, and it will be fine." ”
Li Yuntian was suddenly a little relieved when he heard this, a platoon is more than thirty people, if someone wants to move Zhao Xinyue in Yangzhou City, it is not easy, and there are few people who dare to fight the Xiaowu army.
"Xianggong, it's not good, Xinyue is gone." Shortly after dinner, just as Li Yuntian was flipping through the official documents of the martial arts hall in the wing room, Lei Ting hurriedly walked in and said with an anxious expression.
"What?" Li Yuntian was slightly stunned when he heard this, and he looked a little hard to believe, could it be that the Xiaowu army of that platoon was killed by someone?
"According to the military attache who protected Xinyue, Xinyue went to the dyeing and weaving factory of the cloth mill in the afternoon to see the process of coloring the cloth, and he took people to wait outside the courtyard of the dyeing and weaving factory, and Xinyue did not come out until it was dark, and when he went in, he found that Xinyue was gone."
Lei Ting calmed down a little excited, and said to Li Yuntian in a coquettish voice, "The front and back doors of the cloth workshop are guarded by people from the Xiaowu army, and I didn't see Xin Yue go out, and now the military attache has already made a thorough investigation by everyone in the cloth workshop!" ”
"Those bastards actually hit Xinyue with their ideas!" Li Yuntian frowned when he heard this, and then slammed his fist on the table, and said with a cold expression, it is obvious that Zhao Xinyue will definitely not disappear for no reason, and this matter must have nothing to do with Chen Wenren.
"Xianggong, will they sprinkle their anger on Xinyue's body?" Lei Ting's heart went up and down, and she asked with concern, she had a very good relationship with Zhao Xinyue, and she didn't want to see Zhao Xinyue have an accident.
"Probably not, they want to use Xinyue to blackmail Xianggong, so they will definitely not hurt Xinyue, otherwise they will lose more than they gain." Li Yuntian shook his head, and the fist on the table slowly loosened, he had already guessed the other party's purpose, it must be for the illegal salt that was seized by the Caoyun Governor Yamen.
"They didn't even let go of Xinyue, they are so hateful!" Lei Ting bit her lip and looked at Li Yuntian with a frosty mask, "Xianggong, come and don't be rude, let the concubine give them a little bit of power, and arrest Chen Guangzong in exchange for Xinyue." ”
"The matter of private salt is very important, and it is closely related to Chen Wenren's net worth and life, even if we arrest Chen Guangzong, I'm afraid he won't let Xinyue go."
Li Yuntian pondered for a moment when he heard this, and then shook his head at Lei Ting, "They must be on guard, it is not easy to catch Chen Guangzong." ”
Although it was clear that Zhao Xinyue was arrested by Chen Wenren's side, because there was no evidence, Li Yuntian really didn't have any good way, and the most important thing was that Chen Wenren was likely to abandon Chen Guangzong, so even if he tried to find a way to put Chen Guangzong straight, it would be useless.
"Xianggong, are we just watching Xinyue being taken away by them?" Lei Ting bit her lip, and her words looked quite angry.
"Since they forced Xianggong to attack the Lianghuai Salt Road, then Xianggong will fulfill them." Li Yuntian's brows furrowed, a cold light flashed in his eyes, and he said to Lei Ting in a deep voice, "Pass the order, the whole city will search for Xinyue's whereabouts, and the Ming Xin Newspaper Pavilion will reward a thousand taels of gold with the person who provided the news!" ”
"Xianggong, will they jump over the wall in a hurry to be bad for Xinyue?" Lei Ting hesitated for a moment and asked worriedly.
"The more Xianggong attaches importance to Xinyue, the more they dare not mess around." Li Yuntian shook his head and said with a sneer, "Xianggong wants to let the outside world know that they provoked Xianggong first, and then Xianggong can kill the killer!" ”
"Okay, the concubine will do it." Lei Ting nodded when she heard this, got up and left quickly, and went to inform the Yangzhou Mansion and Yangzhou Wei to search the whole city, and make every effort to find Zhao Xinyue's whereabouts.
Li Yuntian was no longer in the mood to read those official documents at this time, pacing back and forth in the room, although he believed that those kidnappers did not dare to harm Zhao Xinyue, but the world was unpredictable, if something went wrong, Zhao Xinyue would be in danger.
Now all Li Yuntian can do is wait for those kidnappers to come and contact him to make demands, as for the search in Yangzhou City, he has no hope, just to show an attitude to the outside world, because since the other party has tried his best to kidnap Zhao Xinyue, he will definitely hide her, and he may not be sure that Zhao Xinyue has been sent out of the city.
"I'm going to make you pay!" Suddenly, Li Yuntian stopped, clenched his right fist with a cold expression, what he hated was that someone attacked the people around him, this kind of bad behavior was unforgivable in his opinion, and he must be severely punished.