Knowing that Xiao Xiantang had arranged for someone to be in prison, Dou Xingzu was even more anxious, for fear that the pirate leader would not have any integrity, so he confessed directly.

Before, the reason why Dou Xingzu wanted to let the officials drag the pirate leader down despite the conflict with Xiao Xiantang was because he was worried about this matter, and now he regretted it so much, why didn't he have more eyes to let the officials slaughter the pirate leader, or let him go.

However, no matter how anxious he was, Dou Xingzu didn't dare to act rashly, because he knew very well that if he moved the pirate leader now, he would undoubtedly jump into the trap, but if the pirate leader bit him out, he didn't have to panic too much, after all, the pirate leader had bitten out Zuo Hong before, and this time he broke his wrist and saved Zuo Hong while saving himself, let's just say that this pirate leader is talking nonsense, and he deliberately wants to drag him and Zuo Hong into the water together.

Although he failed to bring Zuo Hong down in one fell swoop, he felt very uncomfortable, but the matter has come to this point, and there is no other way.

After Dou Xingzu figured this out, he was no longer in a hurry to think about how to make the pirate leader die violently, but even so, he still stayed awake all night, and until he came to the county office of Longtong County the next day, he still yawned again and again.

Xiao Xiantang had a good night's sleep, and as soon as he ascended to the hall the next day, he asked the officials to take the pirate leader who had been scared all night out of prison.

The pirate leader looked in a trance, but when he arrived in the lobby and saw Dou Xingzu, he snorted and rushed in the direction of Dou Xingzu with a distorted face. "Lord Dou, Lord Dou, you save me, I don't want to die, you said it, as long as I said that Master Zuo instructed me, you would save my life!"

Hearing the words of the pirate leader, Dou Xingzu's face suddenly turned into a vegetable: "My lord, this pirate leader is obviously crazy, and he bites people when he sees them." ”

Although he had long expected that this pirate leader would climb on him, Dou Xingzu still secretly scolded this pirate leader for his immorality.

At the same time, Dou Xingzu also began to panic, after all, this matter can be big or small, and he really didn't dare to guarantee that if the matter was exposed, the state capital would not protect himself.

"Dou Xiancheng, you don't have it now, you are promoted to the hall today, and there is no one else?" Xiao Xiantang squinted his eyes and said with a smile.

Dou Xingzu was stunned, only now that he was promoted to the court, there was really no one in the court, all of them were people from the government, he had been worried at first, but he didn't show this matter, but now when he looks at it, it is really a little strange.

"Dare to ask Lord Xiao, what does this mean?" Dou Xingzu narrowed his eyes slightly, and asked cautiously.

Xiao Xiantang saw that Dou Xingzu was not pretending to be stupid, so he raised his eyebrows and looked at him, and said: "Thousands of miles for an official is only for money, what does Dou Xiancheng think this official means?" ”

Dou Xingzu was stunned by Xiao Xiantang's words, and his eyes looked at Xiao Xiantang for a while, before he sighed with a gloomy expression and said, "My lord is really still here." ”

Xiao Xiantang didn't speak, just looked at Dou Xingzu.

Dou Xingzu swallowed and spitted at the mouth, and said, "Lord Xiao, why don't you take the pirate leader down first." ”

Hearing this, Xiao Xiantang made a look, and Yang Hao took the servants and dragged the pirate leader down.

"That's fine." Xiao Xiantang looked at Dou Xingzu and seemed to be smiling.

Dou Xingzu hesitated for a moment, and then said in a low voice: "Actually, this matter is not a big secret in our Longtong County, and I never thought about really hiding it from you, Lord Xiao, after all, I just lowered my eyelids, and I couldn't hide it if I wanted to, but I ...... It's just that Lord Xiao, your Yue family's identity is special, and the state capital is cautious, so he asked the lower officials to try their best to hide it from Lord Xiao first, which caused unnecessary misunderstandings. ”

"I see." Xiao Xiantang tugged at the corners of his mouth.

Dou Xingzu nodded in agreement: "Xia Guan thinks, even if Xia Guan doesn't say it, you must have already guessed a thing or two, in fact, this matter is ......."

Subsequently, Dou Xingzu briefly explained the truth about the entire smuggling operation in Yanzhou, including that there is a warehouse under the Yamen of Longtong County, which can be used to store some salt or other goods, all of which were told one by one, these are not much different from what Xiao Xiantang knows, after all, as Dou Xingzu said, it can't be hidden at all.

It's just that in Dou Xingzu's introduction, he more or less took himself out a lot, but these didn't have much impact, and he would tell the truth of the matter so simply, one is because smuggling is not a secret at all in Yanzhou, especially in Longtong County, and the other is that he plans to drag Xiao Xiantang into the water, and at the same time show loyalty to Xiao Xiantang.

Xiao Xiantang heard Dou Xingzu's entire explanation, only to realize that Dou Xingzu was in Longtong County, and it seemed that he was calling for wind and rain, and he was already stronger than the prestige of the county commander, in fact, he didn't know much about the operation of smuggling in Yanzhou.

"In this place, there are often pirates sneak attack, and disasters year after year, it is impossible to cultivate normally, and the imperial court taxes are heavy, so everyone has no choice but to do this kind of thing, otherwise they won't even be able to eat." Dou Xingzu's face was bitter, as if he was sharing weal and woe with the people, but his fat body and the jade wrench fingers on his hand all showed that his life was very moist.

Xiao Xiantang didn't bother to demolish him, just glanced at him with his eyes: "According to what you said, this matter is mixed up and down, those who take the sea route not only buy off the county officials in our place, but also buy off the state capital and the army sent by the imperial court?" Is the Navy one of them? ”

"Dingjun looks at decency, but in fact, they also took things and let them go, but they didn't take much, and the other troops took more, which made them very honest." Dou Xingzu opened his mouth and said, what he said was serious.

Xiao Xiantang narrowed his eyes slightly, whether the Dinghai Navy really took the kickback, he was really unsure for a while, but one thing is certain, that is, Zhao Yongkang must have taken the kickback, otherwise he relied on a small master book, where did he get so many materials to send to the Dingjun?

Therefore, the Dingjun side also knows that there are no fish when the water is clear, but the Dinghai Navy still has a little bit of loyalty and patriotism compared to other armies.

Of course, in fact, even if the navy is crazy about retracting the buckle like other armies, if it should be used, Xiao Xiantang will also use it, because Xiao Xiantang feels that this is not a big deal, after all, in the dye vat, no one can guarantee that he is clean, as long as he can make merits, do practical things, and be greedy for something, it can be regarded as more work and more rewards.