When the two of them woke up leisurely, they found that they were tied to two wooden stakes behind their backs, the surrounding light was dim, only a few candles were burning, making a slight popping sound, and the air they inhaled was more humid than Jiangnan, with a faint musty smell.

Wu Huai'an, who had lived in Jiangnan for many years, immediately judged that they should be in an underground secret room somewhere in the south.

Such a closed and dark place is enough for them to imagine infinitely and scare themselves.

Before Wu Huai'an could open his mouth to ask Pei Yangshu beside him, a more creepy voice sounded.

"Please, stop fighting, I'll say everything, say everything!"

The sound of the whip tearing away the flesh and the terrible cry for mercy broke into their ears unsuspectingly, and they heard their hearts beat with horror and sweat on their foreheads.

Wu Huaian was still calmer in the end, he had been the king and hegemon in Jiangnan for many years, and it was the first time that he dared to tie him up like this, but he was not so flustered in his heart.

He is the political envoy of Jiangnan who was personally appointed by His Majesty, an official of the imperial court, and one of the few people who stand at the top of the power of Daqi, even if the prince of Kyoto comes, he doesn't dare to do anything to him!

After calming down, he began to carefully observe his surroundings, listening intently to the man's screams, which only felt familiar, but he couldn't remember them for a while.

raised his head and turned his gaze to the front, only to find a man and a woman sitting precariously, their expressions indifferent and solemn, and their eyes showed mockery.

Feeling the powerful aura emanating from them, Wu Huai'an skipped a beat, and the expression on his face was momentarily sluggish. Sensing his gaffe, he secretly scolded in his heart that he was frightened by the two little hairy children, stabilized his mind, and shouted.

"Boldly Diao Min, do you know the identity of the envoy? If you don't hurry up and loosen the envoy, maybe I can spare you from dying......"

Wu Huaian tried his best to release his official authority, on the other hand, Pei Yangshu on the side, the look on his face was like a change of face, surprise, suddenness, anger, and fear passed over his face one by one.

He recognized Xiao Wenjun!

As an official in Kyoto, no one dares not to know Xiao Wenjun, a god, even the old man of the Xungui family, when he sees her, he walks around the road, and even the high-ranking and powerful Prince Duan is afraid of her.

After all, she was able to thwart Yu Wenyu's forced palace by herself, and she broke into the terrifying Gong Wei Si as if she were in a no-man's land.

Just when the officials in Kyoto who had been pressed and beaten by Xiao Wenjun changed their suppressed silence and were finally able to raise their eyebrows and celebrate Xiao Wenjun's departure from Beijing, they didn't think that she came to Jiangnan secretly.

recognized Xiao Wenjun, the peerless man beside her was naturally Wang Jiuyuan of the Wang family!

"Is that you? Xiao Wenjun! Pei Yangshu asked with difficulty.

Pei Yangshu's voice was weak, but it made Wu Huai'an play continuously and stopped abruptly!

He looked at Xiao Wenjun and the two with a stunned expression, and quickly reacted: Why did this pair of male and female come to Jiangnan?

Although Wu Huai'an is far away in the south of the Yangtze River, the wind and grass in Kyoto will definitely reach his ears, and Xiao Wenjun's name has long been spread throughout the officialdom.

The official eunuch of the low grade only saw that she acted recklessly and recklessly, and when she reached their level, she could see the essence at a glance, every step she took was carefully calculated, and she walked very calmly, and she was comfortable in the mixed territory of the capital.

It can be said that for more than 300 years since the founding of the Great Qi Dynasty, there has only been one demon, Xiao Wenjun.

Thinking of this, Wu Huai'an's heart sank, Xiao Wenjun seemed to be piercing the sky every time he acted, but in fact, he could be brought back by her in the end, and he was captured by her today, it was difficult to guarantee that his life would not be in danger, he really couldn't guess what she could do.

But no matter what, he must not mess up his position first, and he forced himself to calm down and said: "Xiao Wenjun? Do you know that you kidnap the court officials, but you have to kill your head! ”

Wang Jiuyuan took in the look he had just now, stood up, stared at him with a pair of sharp eyes, and asked condescendingly: "Then you tell me, what crime should you be guilty of deducting disaster relief food, privately lowering the standard of disaster relief, and treating people's lives like grass mustard?" ”

Wang Jiuyuan said in the end, his eyes were scarlet, the parents and officials in Jiangnan were so indifferent and selfish, and they didn't think about the people, at such a difficult time, they still thought about how to make more money, which undoubtedly shook the foundation of people's livelihood!

This is the moth of the country!

"This matter, the envoy will definitely find out, if there is really the situation that the prince said, the envoy will not be spared!" Wu Huai'an hurriedly picked himself up, showing a righteous and awe-inspiring image of never favoritism.

"Jiangnan Province is now starving, the people are displaced, and the infrastructure is destroyed, how much have you implemented the disaster relief policy issued by His Majesty?" Wang Jiuyuan continued to ask.

"Prince Wang, you don't want to get an inch, Wang Ge Lao has resigned, in what capacity are you meddling in the government affairs of Jiangnan Province? As the governor of a province, I will not allow you to do anything wrong! "Wu Huaian is worthy of being up and down in officialdom for many years, and he can still fight against the army when he is at a disadvantage.

Xiao Wenjun's biggest dislike is the officialdom's old fritters' scenes, seeing that he didn't have a word of truth in his mouth, he didn't bother to deal with him, and went straight to the point.

"There is a lake in Anhui near the south of the Yangtze River, called Taihu Lake, in which there is a lake center. Around Taihu County, on the surface, they are good people, but in fact, they are thieves and rogues, and when they put on military uniforms, they are the army, and when they take off, they are the people. ”

Xiao Wenjun's voice was cold, without ups and downs, and his flat tone seemed to be recounting a normal fact. But listening to Wu Huai'an's ears, it was like a thunderclap, his body trembled uncontrollably, and cold sweat ran down his forehead.

In the warm and humid secret room, he was cold.

Xiao Wenjun didn't intend to let him go, and continued: "And this batch of water thieves was also seriously affected this time, so he took a fancy to this batch of disaster relief food, Lord Political Envoy, do you think what I said is right?" ”

"Really, really? County lord, you let the envoy go, and the Japanese envoy will lead the troops to suppress the bandits! Dare to hit my idea of disaster relief food in Jiangnan! Wu Huai'an's words began to panic, and his confidence was obviously insufficient.

Speaking of this, he also has a bitter saying, since the loss of the relief grain allocated by the imperial court, after the people knew the news, Jiangnan Province was in chaos for a while, and he had to boast about Haikou in order to calm the turmoil, saying that the granary in Jiangnan was abundant, and there was no need to panic.

In private, he could only find a way to buy grain, he didn't think about waiting for the second batch of grain from the imperial court to come, but the people couldn't wait, once there was a riot, the emperor would not let go of the first one.

Just when he was in a hurry, someone took the initiative to come to the door, and the price of grain was only traded at 40% of the normal price, but he had to sign a long-term contract. In his panic and greed, he did not examine it carefully, and then he allowed it.

Later, I learned that there was a problem with the way of this batch of grain, and it was impossible to get out, he had been put in the air, unable to advance or retreat, one was that Jiangnan was indeed short of food, and second, the other party left a hand and got him to raise the price of grain and fill his pockets.

Xiao Wenjun glanced at Wu Huai'an, who was dripping with cold sweat, and continued to reveal the facts that made him tremble, "However, this batch of disaster relief grain has been laundered in Wanzhou, and together with the grain purchased by the five princes, it has continuously flowed into the Jiangnan territory. ”

Seeing that Wu Huai'an was silent, Pei Yangshu looked shocked: "Teacher, is what Xiao Wenjun said true?" ”

After speaking, the scene fell into a dead silence.

"The old man doesn't know where you got these rumors, but the robbery of the Wanzhou grain team has nothing to do with the envoy! Since the flood in the south of the Yangtze River, the envoy has never dared to slack off, even if the imperial court has no food to help, the envoy is also trying to buy food, so that the people have a bowl of porridge to drink. ”

"This envoy is worthy of the court and the people, but you have captured me indiscriminately, and you are extremely humiliated, do you really want to trample the law of the Great Qi under your feet?"

This generous statement, Pei Yangshu next to him was very moved, and even felt guilty, he shouldn't have doubted the teacher just now.

Bang Bang Bang!

Xiao Wenjun applauded, the corners of his mouth hooked up with mockery, "I don't like to talk nonsense, and the political envoy really doesn't die if he doesn't have the heart of the Yellow River!" ”