In less than half a year, Wu Boyong's crime was decided, greedy for ink and salt, destroying the salt law, reselling official salt, all kinds of crimes are shocking, only one of them is enough to make Wu Boyong's head different!

This really shook Yangzhou City, you know, the Wu family is not just a simple identity of salt merchants, years of painstaking management, so that the relationship between the Wu family and the ministers of the court is intertwined, and half of the students who come out of Yangzhou City are the tongues of the Wu family in the imperial court, so as to ensure the prosperity of the Wu family for several generations! And now, these ministers, as if their tongues had been cut out, did not make any sound! No one pleaded for the Wu family, and no one stood up!

There is no doubt that this case is already an iron case and cannot be turned over! For a while, people were panicked, and those princes and ministers, relatives and friends who were good friends with the Wu family all avoided the Wu family like snakes and scorpions, for fear of being involved!

The second master of the Wu family went to visit the two Huai salt envoys today, and the carriage was driving on the street, only to hear a whisper outside, "Look, it's the carriage of the Wu family." ”

The second master lifted the curtain, only to see the people outside pointing at the carriage, which made the second master's face a little unbearable, threw down the curtain, rubbed his temples and closed his eyes.

"Second master, it's here."

Wu Erye got out of the carriage, and before he entered the yamen, he was stopped by the messenger outside the door, and the little servant hurriedly presented the worship sticker and quietly stuffed a few taels of silver to the messenger. Second Master Wu pretended not to see it, turned his head and looked gloomy.

"Wait, I'll go and report to the adults."

People are under the eaves and have to bow their heads. At this time, Wu Erye's face was gloomy, and water could drip out! Once upon a time, wherever the Wu family's carriage went, it was a guest, and the two Huai salt transport envoys He Zeng dared to give the Wu family such a look! After getting the communication, Wu Erye walked quickly into the Lianghuai Salt Transport Yamen, he wanted to know how big Wu Boyong's crime could be, and whether it would cause the Wu family to overturn! Is it possible to let Wu Boyong come back, even if it is to make silver!

Looking at the second master Wu who was coming quickly, the two Huai salt envoys just said lightly, "The court is short of silver."

Yangzhou salt merchants are rich in the world, and everyone knows that the silver flowing from the fingernails of the Wu family is enough to feed thousands of people! The salt tax and various taxes paid by the Wu family every year account for fifty percent of the two Huai taxes! Could it be that the imperial court is eyeing the fat of the Wu family?

In fact, the Wu family took the lead in donating taxes to the imperial court every year, and last year alone, it cost two million taels of silver to deal with the officials of the imperial court! What's more, a few years ago, the emperor toured the south, and the Wu family generously funded the construction of palaces, temples, and the establishment of a jade bureau, and the production of jade for royal use cost was huge.

"My Wu family is willing to donate half of the family wealth to be loyal to the imperial court, and I just hope that my eldest brother can return to Yangzhou safely." Second Master Wu immediately expressed his loyalty, seeing that the Lord of the Salt Transport Envoy did not speak, the Second Master Wu immediately understood, took out a stack of ten thousand taels of silver tickets, and stuffed them to the Lord of the Salt Transport Envoy, "Please also ask the Lord to do his best, our Wu family must do our best to be loyal to the court, I only ask for one word, I don't know which Lord the Wu family has offended?" ”

The salt envoy took the silver ticket, looked at the number, stuffed it into his arms, and sighed deeply, "Brother Wu, since I came to Yangzhou to take up the post of the two Huai salt envoys, I have dealt with the Wu family of your mansion many times, and our two families are also quite friendly, it's not that I don't say it, but this case is already an iron case, and I can't turn over the confession!" Get ready to go to the capital to see your big brother! This case has been cleared!" After that, he pointed to the sky, shook his head, and never spoke again. The master on the side understood, and sent off the guests to invite Wu Erye and his party out of the yamen.

Second Master Wu walked out of the yamen, lost his soul, and at this time everything was already clear, the Wu family was already a fish on someone else's board!

Out of the yamen, Wu Erye is not in a hurry to go home, he doesn't know how to explain to the old lady when he goes back, how to make the old lady understand that the eldest brother is already mortal, thinking of the immature niece, the sister-in-law who washes her face with tears every day, and the huge family business, at this time the Wu family is already a flat boat fluttering in the wind and rain, the river is rolling, the waves are surging, and the future is unknown.

The streets and alleys of Yangzhou City have been plastered with Wu Boyong's crime notices, and the bright red characters show the decline of the big salt merchants in Yangzhou City!

Thinking of this, Second Master Wu couldn't wait for the little servant to prepare the carriage, galloped back to the house, ran all the way into the backyard, and instructed the housekeeper to take care of the family business, the pawn that can be pawned, the mortgage that can be mortgaged, and the cash ready within three days, can no longer sit in Yangzhou City and wait for news, pack up his clothes, he wants to go to Beijing immediately to inquire about the situation, even if it is to see the eldest brother for the last time, he must also know what is the attitude of the imperial court towards the Wu family!

When Cui Shi learned the news that Wu Erye was going to the capital, he was counting the treasury, threw down the account book, and hurriedly dissuaded, "Don't go to the capital, master!" Uncle is already unable to escape the responsibility, if you go to the capital, how can you do it if you don't have a head at home! What's more, now that the uncle is gone, it is a good time for you to take power, after so many years, you are also a son-in-law, are you willing to be subservient? ”

Second Master Wu was upset when he heard this, and scolded the Cui woman's opinion, there are eggs under the nest? If the Wu family is defeated, his title of Second Master Wu will be worthless! The hard work of several generations of the Wu family has also been wasted! At that time, I'm afraid it will be impossible to keep this little wealth of my own family!

Hearing the news that Wu Erye was going to Beijing, Zhuang hurriedly said that he wanted to go to the capital with the second master, but Wu Erye refused, as soon as he came here to go to the capital, he was far away, and he galloped all the way to the capital as quickly as possible, and it was inconvenient to take Zhuang's with him. Second, Wu Yuan is still young and can't do without his mother, if there is a mistake on the way, it will be even more difficult to explain to his eldest brother. This time I went to Jingshi, not only to be fast, but also to carry a large amount of cash, so there can be no burden!

Seeing that the second master was resolute, Zhuang no longer insisted on it, and went back to the room in the middle of the night when the maids and mothers-in-law were asleep and quietly got up to pack up their bags, and packed up the gold and silver that were easy to pawn, Zhuang pressed the burden under the box, and found a set of clothes that Wu Boyong had worn before and put them under the pillow. As soon as Wu Erye and his entourage went out, she dressed up as a man and quietly went north.