"This gentleman is really, how can this man be an offering? Besides, this official yamen is not a temple, and the official is not a bodhisattva who is offered in the Buddhist hall, even if I want to make offerings, people have to be willing to continue. By the way, didn't this girl say it, saying that he is very familiar with the county lord, whether this is an offering, please ask this girl to ask the county lord if you don't know. Hearing Bai Ze's words, Gao Fei's originally tense expression immediately relaxed.

"Master Gao, this is my army!" Bai Ze squinted and smiled: "What do I mean by offering, don't you know it, Master Gao?" ”

"Joke, you said the two words of this offering, and I didn't say it, how can I know what you think in your heart. I only know that what I ask for is what I should want, and I don't do anything that is sorry for myself. ”

"That is, Master Gao does things, and the most unlikely thing to be sorry for is yourself." Bai Ze took out something from his sleeve cage and shook it in front of Master Gao.

"I was also in a panic, and when I entered the city that day, I accidentally tore down this notice posted on the city wall. This paper was originally intended to be kept for my family's Li'er to light a fire, but I never thought about it, but now it comes in handy. ”

"I don't know what you're talking about." Gao Fei scolded lightly, not even looking at the piece of paper that Bai Ze was holding in his hand.

"This is a new notice issued by the government to deal with smugglers of salt, don't you really look at it, Master Gao?"

"Don't look!"

"Look at my brain, this notice has been posted at the gate of the city for so many days, and Master Gao started by selling illicit salt, how can you not pay attention to official news like this. Don't say it's this notice, it's the words on this notice, Master Gao is afraid that he will be able to memorize it well. Bai Ze carefully folded the notice in half and put it back in his sleeve: "Although Master Gao didn't arrange eyeliner in the mansion, he must have arranged it elsewhere, and you have received the news before this notice was pasted." Although this sale of illicit salt is profitable, it is a fatal business, and according to Master Gao's current worth, it is quite risky to not have to leave at all. If my guess is correct, Master Gao should have obtained the qualification given by the government to officially sell salt, and has become a legal salt merchant stamped by the government. ”

"So that's the case, no wonder Bai Ze said that those people were offerings you gave to the government. What a high master, what a vicious mind. After Bai Ze's reminder, Bai Li relieved himself.

"Girl, what did Mr. Bai mean by that? How did my father and those uncles become the offerings of Master Gao to the government? What does this offering mean? Green Willow was full of doubts, but he didn't dare to approach Bai Li to ask directly, for fear of infecting others with his illness.

"The thing is very simple, although this old man made his fortune by selling illicit salt, but after he had money in his hand, he wanted to wash his hands in a golden basin, turn from black to white, and be an upright businessman. For this reason, he took a lot of effort to get the official qualification to sell salt from the government. The government should have issued a piece of paper to this old man, and the paper may also be stamped with the seal of the county master, in short, with this thing, it means that the sale of salt by the government from now on is recognized and permitted by the government. Supposedly, that's a good thing. But after all, this old man was born in selling illicit salt, even if he has something given by the government, he is still afraid that something will happen. At this juncture, the government issued a notice that the smuggler of salt would be severely punished, and the old man Gao couldn't sleep directly when he saw this notice. ”

"Why can't you sleep? Master Gao already has what the government has given him, as long as he does business in the future, isn't he still thinking about selling salt privately? ”

"It's not! The reason why Master Gao couldn't sleep was probably because he responded to what others said, a thief for one day and a thief for life. Now, although he is an upright businessman, he can't guarantee that at any time, someone will jump out and shake out all the things he has done in the past. At that time, his more than ten years of hard work, or even decades of hard work, may be burned. ”

"But what does this have to do with my dad and those uncles? My father is just an ordinary farmer, and those uncles, like my father, are also ordinary people, and they have nothing to do with the things that Master Gao did. ”

"It's true, but Master Gao needs them." Bai Li put his hands behind his back and circled around Gao Fei: "I have to say that this old man's idea is quite peculiar, he actually thought of recruiting some people, in the name of asking them for help, and let them transport illicit salt for him." Then he himself disclosed this information to the people of the government, and deliberately asked the people of the government to investigate, and it was best to arrest all those people. ”

"Is this old man Gao going to lift a stone and shoot himself in the foot? He didn't do him any good at all. Green Willow exclaimed.

"Who says it won't do him any good? Of course, if this person is not caught, he will lose, but if he follows his original plan and let the government arrest those people, he will have peace of mind. ”

"I don't understand, Green Willow doesn't understand at all." Liu Luwu shook his head.

"Then I'll make it clear to Miss Greenwillow. There are people selling illicit salt in this Liyang City, and the government must know about it, and even suspect Master Gao more than once. But Master Gao is shrewd and did not let the government get any definite evidence, so that he can still stand in front of us in a good manner and tell us these crooked reasons.

Also, Miss Green Willow, do you still remember what Master Gao just said, he said that the reason why he chose these old porters was because they were old and young, and even if they were caught, they would not easily confess to Master Gao. Because the main culprit and the accomplice are to be imprisoned, the reason why they take risks is because their family is not well-off, and they hope to improve the conditions of their family by helping Master Gao work, at least so that the family can have money to buy rice and vegetables and not starve to death. Once Master Gao is confessed, once Master Gao is also arrested, they have no hope. Master Gao must have told them these words. Isn't it, Master Gao? ”

Gao Fei glanced at Bai Li and didn't respond, but his eyes had already acquiesced to what Bai Li had just said.

"From the beginning, Master Gao didn't expect Miss Green Willow's father and those people to send his salt back intact, but planned to let them help him take the blame, so that those people would become the smugglers in Liyang City, so as to clean himself up. Perhaps, Master Gao also prepared poison, and just waited for those people to go to prison, and then found an opportunity to kill them. Only in this way can the matter be truly and completely resolved. Who would have thought that this person is not as good as heaven, and the father of the green willow girl and those uncles actually escaped the investigation of the government and returned to Liyang City with the remaining private salt. ”

"Girl, this story is really well written!" Gao Fei applauded: "It's a pity that the girl doesn't tell the story." ”