Qian Lun, a scholar who looked like a roe deer, said: "Mr. Meng catches the head too white and lives in the five heroes, and the Luoyang Mansion breaks the white lotus, and the heroes are all praised by the masters of my family." Those few splashes, I don't know how to be respectful, and they actually offended the true God! Atonement! ”

Lao Meng was stunned and said, "I also heard that the owner of the Ye family is a famous senior on the Jianghu Road......

Meng Yishan pretended to be embarrassed and groaned for a while, and said: "Forget about the small conflict, but these four people are wearing illegal clothes, one person will be fined twenty taels, and if you don't pay an IOU, you can take it back." ”

Qian Lun almost spit out a mouthful of blood, and he was about to blackmail eighty taels when he opened his mouth, and it was not easy to enter this official mansion if it was justified or not.

But the smile on his face was even more enthusiastic, like a spring flower, "It's good to say, the Ye family subscribes." ”

The money account room agreed, and said: "When I came to the government today, I mainly invited Mr. Meng to the banquet!" The day after tomorrow is the 50th birthday of the owner, and he invited many friends on the rivers and lakes. This Luoyang City is a hero, but you can't miss it. ”

Lao Meng thought to himself that Lao Tzu had arrested your family's subordinates, and you still had to invite me to dinner, this Yejiazhuang was a little soft.

"I'm busy with official business, and I don't know if I'm free!"

Qian Lun gestured around with his eyes, meaning that this place was full of people, and he had something to say.

Meng Da Zhutou motioned to Li Qi to lead the rest of the catchers out, and waited for everyone to leave. Qian Lun said: "The owner of my family actually has a big event, and I want to ask you for details." ”

Qian Lun said with a smile: "Whether the future of the official position of the chief catcher can go further depends on this matter." ”

Lao Meng's eyes lit up, your Ye family has something to use me, and said at the moment: "Then the day after tomorrow, I, Lao Meng, will go to congratulate the owner of Ye Zhuang on his birthday." ”

Since he should go to the Ye family for a banquet, the few servants arrested are all trivial matters, Meng Yishan immediately called Li Qi and ordered: "Go and release those pig thieves, warn them, don't appear in front of Lao Tzu next time!" ”

Qian Lun was listening, the accusation of this pig thief was ugly, but he still had to thank Mr. Meng for catching his head, and it was the right thing to hold the invitation to the owner's birthday banquet.

The money account room half-embarrassed led the four unlucky people who were thrown in prison and beaten beyond recognition.

Meng Yishan went back and prepared to pull He Shangshu to analyze it together, but he couldn't find Lao Shangshu's person, and the concubine Liu Yue complained to Lao Meng that the old man would leave the house this morning, and he hadn't come back yet.

Lao Meng said casually: "Uncle may be obsessed with a girl somewhere, and there is also an outer room, so he may go out to hunt wild food." ”

In a blink of an eye, it was the day of the birthday banquet. Meng Yishan went to celebrate his birthday alone, and he didn't bring any valuable birthday gifts, he faked a pair of birthday characters written by He Shangshu himself, and framed it with him.

In front of Yejiazhuang, Lao Meng got off the horse, and Qian Lun, the steward of the village and the bookkeeper, took the groom to meet him.

Lao Meng handed over the reins to the groom, glanced around, and saw that Yejiazhuang was actually a large fortress where the clans lived, with high walls and thick walls, arrow stacks in the north and south, and pavilions everywhere. He looked at it with the eyes of a professional bandit and nodded again and again, "This Ye family is like a military fort, and there are thousands of people who can't pull it out!" ”

Qian Lun still had that festive and eager attitude, "The total catch is here, come with me!" ”

The main house of the Ye family, the spacious courtyard has already opened a hundred tables, full of people who came to celebrate his birthday, among which there are many friends from the rivers and lakes who cross the sword and sword, drinking and boxing, and the noisy and lively makes Meng Yishan a little excited. The family members and servants I met along the way were polite when they saw the money tent room, and it seemed that Qian Lun had a very high status in the village.

Qian Lun led Meng Yishan to a small flower hall in the backyard, where a table of wine had been set up and a few people were seated.

Qian Lun stepped forward and said to the person in the master's seat: "Owner, Mr. Meng has been arrested." ”

Ye Qianxun is about fifty years old, wearing an ordinary staff shirt, with a white face and a fat body, without a bit of the frame of the characters in the rivers and lakes, but like a rich man with dough.

Lord Ye Zhuang stood up from his seat and bowed to Meng Yishan: "I have heard the name of the general arrest for a long time, when I see it today, it is really a hero, please sit down." He said to the money account room: "Mr. Qian will also do it, let's get together today." ”

Meng Yishan was not polite, he sat down, and as soon as he entered the village, Lao Meng was relieved, such a big scene, the owner of Ye Zhuang was really doing a birthday, not to talk to him to hold a Hongmen banquet.

Meng Yishan smiled at Ye Qianxun and said: "On the birthday of the owner, I don't have any gifts, only a pair of birthday characters drawn by my uncle, I'm sorry." After that, he sent He Shangshu's calligraphy over.

The owner of Ye Zhuang took it and praised: "The cheap Chen is not enough to worry about, I didn't expect to see the true works of He Lao!" Besides, if you can always catch it, it will give the old man a lot of face! ”

Although there are many people who come to pay homage to Shou, but there are only four people sitting in this hall except for Qian Lun, Meng Yishan swept his eyes, and saw that these people were old and young, and a white-haired old man was the most eye-catching, the old man had a wide chest and a broad back, and his hands and face were all copper-like colors, as if he had been exposed to the sun for a long time, and his rough face was as rough as grit.

Ye Qianxun, as the landlord, opened his mouth and introduced: "You usually live on one side and don't know each other, so Ye Mou will introduce you."

The owner of Ye Zhuang led his hand to the old man and said: "This is a big man in the south of the Yangtze River, who has crossed the five lakes and passed the old brother!" ”

Meng Yishan's heart was shocked, it turned out that the five lakes were water bandits who had accumulated years, leading a group of outlaws to entrench themselves in Suzhou Taihu Lake, robbing merchant ships and traveling, transporting ships, and people sending people to the nickname "Can't get by" and doing business without capital for decades, and the navy of the imperial court couldn't help this old water thief, but sent gold and silver every year to ensure the safety of the passing official ships.

Meng Dazhuan hugged his fist towards the five lakes and said with a smile: "Haha, I didn't expect to meet my brother here, your brother's Taihu Lake Village is so prosperous, I am so envious!" ”

secretly thought that Ye Qianxun invited the Taihu Lake water thieves to the village, and he was not afraid of being denounced. It seems that his village is the biggest nest in the green forest road, and he is really right.

Guo Wuhu smiled proudly and said: "Lao Ye insisted that my old man is a Jiangnan tycoon, and Brother Meng is a cheerful person, I am an old thief!" ”

Meng Yishan and Guo Wuhu laughed together, sniffing out a little bit of the same kind of smell from each other.

Ye Qianxun smiled indifferently, and pointed to Meng Yishan's right hand: "This is the contemptible junior brother, Huashan Jiejin!" ”

That Xie Jin was a scribe in Tsing Yi, with a handsome face, sharp eyes, temples as white as frost, and a round scar the size of a copper coin on his forehead, which seemed to be around forty years old.

is also dressed as a middle-aged literati, and compared to the obscenity of the money room, this person is much tougher. Xie Jin nodded to everyone, then didn't speak, lowered his head and drank himself.

On the opposite side of Meng Yishan sat the money account room and a pair of men and women, the men were pale and thin, and their eyes were cold, giving people a feeling that they were not easy to approach.

Seeing the woman, Meng Yishan's eyes lit up, wearing a water blue Luo skirt, her eyebrows were lightly swept, her eyebrows were picturesque, and her black hair was as long as a waterfall. ”

The little beauty glanced at him, Meng Yishan was thick-skinned enough, and said to the beauty with a smile: "My old Meng is stupid, seeing that the girl looks like a peugeot, I can't think of words of praise for a while, hehe, see it." ”

Ye Qianxun seemed to be a little polite to the pair of men and women, and introduced the pair of men and women to everyone: "These two are the disciples of the ancestor of Pishan Xie. ”

The man reported his name to everyone and said, "Two ghosts in the mountains, ghosts!" ”

The woman continued, "You can call me a clown." ”

The people on the table changed their color when they heard it, and the ghost ancestor Xie Wuwu of the mountain was carefree, that was the grandmaster figure in the evil sect, and the twelve ghosts under the door and the earth, it seemed that these were the two highest ranked. can't help but look a little high at the two of them.

Meng Yishan had heard of the name of the five lakes because he was in the green forest, but he didn't know that this Xie Lao Zu was the green onion, but his face was as usual.

These people are all masters of the dominant side, only Meng Yishan is a court arrester, after everyone greeted, drank two sips of wine, Ye Zhuang stood up again, raised his glass and said: "To be honest, today's birthday, everyone understands the meaning of inviting everyone to come, but Meng Zongzhu doesn't know!" ”

Meng Yishan's scarred face was not moved, and his expression was calm.

I saw that the owner of Ye Zhuang said: "This time, I am doing business with my head, and everyone is involved, but with Mr. Meng joining, this matter will be stable!" ”

Lao Meng was unforgiving, and said: "Isn't it that Boss Ye wants to open a mountain and set up a cabinet, and the owner of the village has changed the owner of the village, and he wants me to answer in the palace?" Hehe, isn't this embarrassing for my old Meng. ”

No matter how good Ye Qianxun's temper is, his face turned red, and he said angrily: "Don't talk nonsense, my Ye family is a martial heirloom, and my younger brother has received the emperor's favor, how can I be willing to be indecent." ”

But I saw Wuhu slapping the table and shouting: "Yes, your Ye family is so innocent, my old man is very lewd!" You don't fart there! ”

Only then did the owner of Ye Zhuang save his words and offended the old robber who crossed the five lakes, and hurriedly reassured: "The little brother doesn't choose what to say, and he offended the old brother, don't be surprised!" ”

Ye Qianxun hated to think that this old man and Meng Yishan were very disgusting, if it weren't for the need for someone to conspire with the big thing, he would have cleaned up you two bastards a long time ago! ”

Qian Lun took the initiative to take over the topic for the proprietor and said to Meng Yishan: "What the Ye family wants to do, although it is forbidden, the profit is a thousand times that of robbery. Can you know the benefits of boiling the sea? ”

When Meng Yishan heard this, he shook his head and said: "I know about boiling fish and shrimp, but I have never heard of boiling sea ......."

"Boiled sea?" Lao Meng slapped his thigh and shouted, "Okay, you Ye Zhuang master, you want to sell smuggled salt!" ”

Meng Yishan said to Ye Qianxun: "How much money is there?" Makes you ignore the salt law? ”

This salt industry has been government-run for generations, and since the beginning of the Ming Dynasty, Taizu has set the law of "death for those who sell smuggled salt"!

The imperial court specially sent ministers to supervise the salt administration, created a patrol inspection department, set up inspectors, recruited the people, and inspected the illegal salt sales in various places.

The private salt dealers, most of whom were born poor, gambled their lives to earn some silver taels to make a living, this Ye Zhuang owner has a lot of money, and he also wants to take the risk of selling salt, no wonder Meng Yishan said that he was crazy.

Ye Qianxun sighed to Meng Yishan: "A guide to salt is more than 400 catties, and the price of official salt is four times that of private salt. ”

This time it was Meng Yishan's turn to be stunned, and said secretly: "I knew that there was this bright road, and Lao Tzu was still the owner of the village, so he would have run to be a salt lord a long time ago." ”

"The profit is not small, what are you going to do, Lao Ye?"

Seeing that he was moved, Ye Qianxun said: "The benefits are great, but the risks are also great, if it is smooth, my Ye family can do it myself!" ”

The owner of Ye Zhuang said: "So I invite you to come, just to help everyone in the same boat, make a fortune together, and share the risks!" ”

Since he wanted to make this fortune, Meng Yishan listened attentively to the plan of the owner of Ye Zhuang and the money account room, and it turned out that he was led by Guo Wuhu to take the Yellow River waterway and transport Huai salt into Luo, which was undertaken by the Ye family's business and secretly sent to the province and the next Shanxi. Then the merchants in Shanxi organized caravans and transported them beyond the Great Wall to trade horses, cattle and sheep with the Warats.

The route was set very clearly and clearly, and at the end, Wuhu patted his chest and assured that as long as he was escorted by Taihu Erlang, it would be foolproof.

Meng Yishan's palms were a little sweaty, these guys wanted to fornicate with Warat and risk smuggling at the risk of killing their heads. If you don't agree to mix together today, I'm afraid you won't be able to get out of Yejiazhuang.

I only heard Ye Qianxun happily say to the five lakes: "There has been an escort by my brother, which is an iron-clad guarantee, but I am worried that when the boat arrives at home, something will happen." The Heishidu Inspection Division has set up dozens of checkpoints at various crossings, and those who have nothing to do have to scrape some oil and water, not to mention our smugglers. ”

"Your big owner is a wealthy gentleman in the city, and your second brother is the imperial history of the right capital, so you should be able to get through the joints." Guo Wuhu frowned.

Meng Yishan said on the side: "That's right! The silver will be smashed down, and those poor people will carry salt for us! The two people from the Bishan faction also agreed in unison.

Ye Qianxun shook his head and said, "Even if there are 100,000 million, this joint can't be opened." ”

Seeing that everyone was puzzled, Master Ye Zhuang explained: "The terrain of the Heishidu Inspection Division is dangerous, and it is stuck in the main roads of dozens of surrounding prefectures and counties. Tian Xi, the inspection envoy, is the internal supervisor of Beijing and a close confidant of Cao Jixiang of the Great Mink Temple. A lot of tax silver was paid every year, so that the envoy could sit firmly. ”

"Tian Xi relied on the power at hand, and also cooperated with the Shanxi border army to carry the soil salt made from Shanxi salt pond to be transported to various smugglers, making huge profits, he is the biggest salt lord!"

"If we start a big deal, won't we be his opponent? Don't talk about the joints, he must find a way to harm us! Ye Qianxun's face was ruthless, and he said.

Everyone here is a capable person who kills people and arsons, and they all said for a while: "Remove this Tian Xi!" ”

"Kill!"

"Hit the inspection department, put a fire, and collect the dirty silver together!" The last sentence was said by Meng Zhutou. If you don't put two harsh words, it will seem unsociable.

Only Na Xie Jin was silent and didn't talk, just drinking and eating, as if it had nothing to do with him.

"Tian Xi must be removed, but he needs to be cautious, Xiaosheng has an idea"

Qian Lun's money tent twisted and said: "Seven days later, a batch of official salt will arrive on the shore, let's lie on the side and rob the boat salt at the door of his house, then Tian Xi will be charged with unfavorable guarding, and then we need Mr. Meng's help!" ”

Lao Meng really didn't understand, "What can I do with a fast catcher?" ”

Qian Lun added: "That's the case, the second master of my family has someone in the Metropolitan Procuratorate, as long as the imperial history participates in Tian Xi's official position, he is ready to let someone protect you Meng Zong's head, and be the ninth quality inspection envoy of the Black Stone Inspection Division!" ”

Meng Yishan was greatly moved when he heard this, and asked, "Is it really feasible?" ”

Qian Lun assured: "Foolproof. That Cao Jixiang is a big man in the celebrant eunuch, and others want him to spit out the fat in this entrance, but he can't do it. However, Meng Zhutou newly broke the White Lotus Sect, and the imperial court must reward him. How to seal and how to reward, it can work. ”

Lord Ye Zhuang said to Lao Meng with a serious expression: "When Tian Xi is defeated, the upright minister in the court will come forward to impeach Cao Jixiang for corruption and lawlessness, so that this internal supervisor can take care of himself, and then recommend your brother to be the prosecutor, it can be said that it is a matter of course!" ”

Qian Lun said: "The owner of my family is strategizing, and he is also going to a piece of carrion for the imperial court!" In order to be the right of the people, take a money bag. What we are doing is exactly what the court bigwigs above want, the time and place are favorable, and the three gather together, which can be described as the way for heaven! ”

Ye Qianxun smiled when he heard this, and when he looked closely, he was a little awe-inspiring.

"This can be done!"

This Ye family is very doorway. Everyone then discussed with great interest how to contribute and how to divide the account......

Meng Yishan thought to himself, Lao Tzu will be able to be promoted to a high-grade official? But I still feel that something is wrong.