On the third day of Su Xiaolou's release from prison, the holy decree came down, and the reward for the Battle of Tuen Mun should also come down, and Lord Wang also promised that he would ask for merit for him, why should this person disdain to steal merit with Su Xiaolou, with his friendship with Zhu Houxi, he should not hesitate to reward him, Su Xiaolou happily knelt down to receive the decree, but he didn't expect the holy decree of the actual punishment.

The holy decree said that although Su Xiaolou was framed, Liu Kangyuan died because of Su Xiaolou after all, Su Xiaolou acted recklessly, and the capital crime could be avoided and the crime could not be escaped.

This holy decree sounded like a punishment, but the eunuch who came to announce the decree pulled Su Xiaolou to no one and whispered to Su Xiaolou that the emperor was going to give him another level of promotion this time, but after this incident, he had to give up, Su Xiaolou was a little heartbroken, and if he was promoted to another level, he was the youngest hundred, and the duck in his hand flew like this, and the battle was in vain.

But the little eunuch said that salt is the lifeblood of the country, and the salt patrol is very important, and the emperor has high hopes for Su Xiaolou, so he sent Su Xiaolou to patrol the salt.

Zhu Houyu is isolated in the court, and the power of the Queen Mother's party has indeed been in business for a long time, with deep roots, and the young Jiajing is elbowed everywhere, Zhu Houyu now urgently needs the people around him to be able to stand up to the Queen Mother's party, and even suppress the Queen Mother's party and completely control the situation.

Su Xiaolou naturally understood Zhu Houxi's good intentions, and secretly stuffed a bag of silver to the little eunuch, and asked the little eunuch to go back and convey his gratitude to the emperor.

This Yangzhou city is the place where the two Huai salt transportation divisions are located, accounting for a quarter of the country's salt affairs, with the country's largest salt transportation field, the sea salt produced by the two Huai salt places are hoarded here, sold to the provinces and provinces, which shows its importance, and Jiangnan also relies on salt transportation to have such prosperity.

And the three richest people in the south of the Yangtze River, Zhou, Shen, and Liu, all made a fortune by relying on salt affairs and became a rich man, Su Xiaolou touched his chin, it seems that he is going to bump into an old acquaintance this time, Shen Wanpeng, the old guy, was so angry that he couldn't do it when he forced himself to be rich, and his eyes grew to the top of his head, but he expected that he would fall into his hands one day, hehehe......

Su Xiaolou thought about Shen Wanpeng kneeling at his feet and crying bitterly and remorsefully, he couldn't do it happily, and he couldn't wait to go to Yangzhou immediately, Su Xiaolou was immersed in his own world and was proud, only to hear the sound of "plop", Lu Datong knelt in front of him and kowtowed, so frightened that Su Xiaolou hurriedly took a step back, what kind of crazy is this husky.

"Please take me to patrol the salt with you! I am a cow and a horse, I can risk this life to protect Lord Zongqi, as long as you take me to patrol the salt, I will listen to you, you tell me to go east, I will never go west, ask Lord Su to fulfill. Lu Datong's voice trembled, his eyes were red, and those eyes seemed to be a person in hell who saw a beam of light, and he desperately searched for it.

I almost forgot that the price of salt in Jiangnan, which owns a quarter of the country's salt farms, has skyrocketed, and the salt factory branch came out of the salt, that is, Lord Lu because of the public for personal gain, making false accounts, and colluding with salt merchants to sell illegal salt, if it wasn't for the fact that Lu Langzhong had not found the stolen silver hidden in Lu Langzhong, I am afraid that he would have been convicted a long time ago, no wonder Lu Datong, who was rebellious, was willing to kneel down and beg himself, and the imperial court also paid attention to salt affairs because of this matter. Su Xiaolou looked directly at Lu Datong's tearful eyes and asked pointedly:

"Do you want to protect me or do you want to use the opportunity to clear your father's name?"

Lu Datong's eyes flickered, he lowered his head and was silent, Su Xiaolou's face turned cold: "If you want to secretly do something in the name of Lord Qincha or me to clear your father's name, then you should stay in Nanjing, I don't dare to take you there." ”

It's really a joke, which is more important Su Xiaolou still weighs it very clearly, why bother to befriend Su Xiaolou is based on the love of righteousness, I think Su Xiaolou has a bottom line, a measured way to do things, and is smart and capable, once Su Xiaolou connived at his subordinates to do things in the people's livelihood such as salt affairs, and exonerated corrupt officials and corrupt officials, why should this kind of person who even dares to scold the emperor know about it, he will definitely cut off his robe with Su Xiaolou, and mercilessly put Su Xiaolou in prison, without any emotion, even the emperor will be completely disappointed in Su Xiaolou.

"My father did not collude with the salt merchants to sell illicit salt, in fact, there are other people who sell illicit salt, they just pushed my father out as a crime, I admit that I am indeed going for my father's business, but I also sincerely help Lord Zongqi to patrol the salt, repay your kindness for sheltering during this time, this trip will definitely listen to your orders, and will never dare to act rashly to cause trouble for you, please do it, please do it! I beg you to be fulfilled! I beg you to be fulfilled! Lu Datong kowtowed while begging, his head was red, this was probably the only way he could think of to save the Lu family, he knew that he couldn't lose this opportunity, and Su Xiaolou, who was kowtowing, was a little soft-hearted.

Su Xiaolou asked again: "Let me ask you: Your father's position as the deputy envoy of salt transportation is such a big fat difference, he himself doesn't want to be greedy, but there are countless people pushing him to be greedy, how can you dare to be sure that your father did not collude with salt merchants to sell illegal salt?" ”

"My father is a timid and fearful person, has no ambitions, is content with the status quo, may bribe officials to buy an official position for me, but he will never do such a thing as colluding with salt merchants to sell illegal salt, Lei Zhen once went to the Lu Mansion and proposed that he had channels and wanted to cooperate with my father to sell illegal salt, but my father refused, Lei Zhen united with others to pull my father off the horse, and Lei Zhen was the one who sold illegal salt." When it comes to Lei Zhen, Lu Datong's eyes are full of resentment, this old man has already attacked Su Xiaolou three or four times, and the thief who is still hiding his hands and feet is clean, maybe he can bring him down this time.

Su Xiaolou also heard that Lu Langzhong seems to be such a person, but how did he raise a person like Lu Datong?

The matter of salt affairs involves a lot, just like a spider web, which moves the whole body, the ancients had clouds, and cutting off people's wealth is like killing parents, why bother with the virtue of not allowing sand in the eyes, I am afraid that a large number of officials will be dismissed, this trip must be dangerous, or you have to bring some people.

In the end, Su Xiaolou still compromised: "Then you go back and prepare!" We'll leave tomorrow, and we'll say okay first, and if you do something behind my back to cause me trouble, I'll throw you out as a scapegoat. ”

"Thank you, Lord Banner!"

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