Chapter 137: Invitation
"Troop transfer, is there something wrong with the upper cabinet?" Rong Zhan grabbed the sword from the shelf: "I'll go with you." ”
Yuan Xi tightened his clothes, leaned on his chest, and whispered: "This time, I really want to use the prestige of your thin love king, but not now." ”
"Then what do you want me to do?" Rong Zhan could smell a faint smell of fat powder in her hair.
At night, the west of the bell tower was already silent, and only the soldiers of Jingjie passed by in a procession on the road. The sound of uniform footsteps looked out of place in the colorless night.
Suddenly, a noisy roar of cars and horses pierced the sky of the silent night. Several shops near the bell tower are lit up. But when they saw the soldiers of the Sect Master's Mansion, they retreated under the eaves one after another.
Qin Shun pointed with his sword: "The idle people and others will step back for me, and surround me in the upper pavilion!"
It doesn't matter what the circumference is, it attracts the people in the opposite guest room to come out and take advantage of their necks to look. Who would have thought that there were more than 40 men crowded in this small dining building, and there were a few wine jars on the ground, and these 40 or so people were lying on the cold floor, with a mattress and a thin quilt on the ground.
There was still a big fire in the backyard, and the fire was already burning strongly, and the pot was bubbling. A layer of snow-white salt formed on the edge of the pot, like frost flowers on the crystal cup in early winter.
These people slept soundly, and even Qin Shun's slamming on the door didn't wake them up, but they just ran away from the one who burned the fire in the backyard. He was alert, and as soon as he heard a noise outside, he jumped over the wall and ran.
Qin Shun grabbed the wooden spoon and stirred it on the edge of the pot.
Qin Shun broke a little in shock and put it in his mouth, making him grin. Rong Zhan also broke a piece and licked it. Oh my God, finally let him find it!
"Your Highness, what about these people?" Qin Shun looked at the man in the courtyard who had been tied up in a circle with ropes. All of them are disgraced and dirty, and they think they are unlucky.
"Escort them into Beijing. ”
"Leave it to the emperor to dispose of?!" Qin Shun was stunned for a moment, and couldn't help but sigh.
If you want to say that this fight comes and goes, after all, it is the fists and feet of the people below, and this kind of disappearance is not enough to be brought to the emperor to say, right? With Xiao Rongzhan's temperament, once he wants to bring the matter to the emperor, it means that he is going to tear his face with Xiao Rongshen.
At this time, I always feel that the timing is not right.
"No, send them to the Upper Cabinet. Rong Zhan said.
Yuan Xi means that the big things are turned into small things, and the small things are turned into nothing, as long as the turmoil of private salt in Donglin Prefecture can be turned over quickly, even if you bow your head, it is not impossible.
Rong Zhan also secretly had a headache, this Lu Shenglin didn't touch on the surface, when did he get into Xiao Rongshen's camp? And as soon as he stretched out his hand, it was such a big deal.
"Take out all the jars of wine in the storehouse, whether it is salt water or wine, and tell the king clearly. Rong Zhan dusted off a stone pier beside him, turned around and sat down.
As soon as Qin Shun beckoned, the soldiers of the Sect Master's Mansion moved the wine jar from the warehouse like a tide, and Qin Shun also moved one. The jar was heavy, surprisingly heavy. Qin Shun couldn't help but pat his head, what a stupid, this salt is heavier than wine, why didn't he notice it earlier?
The real aged wine has been drunk by more than forty men, and the rest is salty salt water.
"God, it's really God!" Qin Shun couldn't help but praise.
"What god?" asked Rong Zhan.
"Sect Master Wei, how did she guess that there was something wrong with this wine jar?" Qin Shun looked at Rong Zhan with reverence on his face.
Rong Zhan smiled slightly, and half-jokingly covered his mouth and said, "No business, no treachery." ”
The cunning of businessmen is all the same, what he can think of, Won-hee can also think of. Qin Shun was stunned for a moment, and snorted, but he hurriedly covered his mouth and held back. Rong Zhan smiled and winked: "Don't say this." ”
Qin Shun pouted: "This is His Highness's handle, and it will be my Qin Shun's talisman in the future." ”
"What do you say?" Won-hee slapped them from behind.
"Nothing. Qin Shun looked at Yuan Xi with a hippie smile: "We are saying that these people can really drink, and they will drink all the wine in one meal." ”
"Phew, full of tongues, do you think I didn't hear it?" Yuan Xi looked at Rong Zhan arrogantly: "What are you talking about me?"
"Praise you. Rong Zhan said with a smile.
"Are you so boastful?" Won-hee blinked and looked at him with interest.
Rong Zhan nodded seriously.
"Sect Master, now that the matter of private salt is already inseparable, I just need to wait for these people to wake up tomorrow and go through the hall again. Qin Shun patted his chest and promised: "I guarantee that these people will confess all in one class." ”
Qin Shun's wrist Yuanxi also knew a thing or two, and if he didn't say anything else, he said that he got rid of Wei Yuanjia's child, and he couldn't hide his ears, and before others could react, he had already done the thing. And the means are ruthless, and the tricks are deadly.
"You're going to punish them?" asked Won-hee.
"Isn't it okay?" asked Rong Zhan rhetorically.
"Of course not. Won-hee shook his head resolutely.
Lu Shenglin is not a good stubble, although these people are just some small minions, but after all, they are doing things under his banner. If he broke these people without authorization, would Lu Shenglin be able to give up? If it was not good, he put another backhand on it, and he couldn't guard against it.
The best way to deal with Lu Shenglin is to appease, and after appeasement, he will be wooed in Jiala. Businessmen are heavy on profits, presumably Lu Shenglin will be no exception, as long as the interests are appropriate, it is not impossible for him to get out of Xiao Rongshen's camp.
"Take care of these people, not a single hair is missing, and return them to Boss Lu. Won-hee sighed.
"What?" Qin Shun was stunned: "Let's not pursue this matter?"
"If Xiao Rongshen and Gao Bingyan intervened in this matter, then we could use the topic to play, but now that Lu Shenglin is involved, the meaning is very different. Yuan Xi was a little melancholy, if she could have her father's general skills, she wouldn't have to show weakness to Lu Shenglin at this time.
"What's the difference?" Qin Shun was puzzled, and Rong Zhan couldn't understand either.
"It means that without Lu Shenglin, this is a battle in our court, and with Lu Shenglin, this is a contest between businessmen. ”
"So what?" Qin Shun asked again.
"How?" Yuan Xi smiled slightly: "My Wei family is an imperial businessman, and my Wei Yuanxi is the Donglin Sect Master appointed by the emperor." Lu Shenglin is just an unofficial and unemployed grass people, his subordinates sell illicit salt in Donglin, we have been arrested for half a month, and if it is spread, it will make the world's businessmen laugh at our incompetence. The emperor doesn't want to see the imperial merchants lose their prestige, understand?"
"Although we have been caught for half a month, we still caught it in the end, haven't we?" Qin Shun was a little frustrated.
"It's different, General Qin. Yuan Xi shook his head resolutely: "There is no direct evidence to prove that Lu Shenglin is selling illicit salt. We only caught a few minions, what about Gao Bingyan's people, Lu Shenglin's people, Xiao Rongshen's people? No one can prove that these people were instructed by Lu Shenglin or Xiao Rongshen, and when the time comes, Lu Shenglin will say that these people are greedy for money and deceive their superiors and subordinates. He can pass the blame away, and then we will be passive. ”
Qin Shun lowered his head and didn't speak, although he also felt that what Yuan Xi said made some sense, but he was still a little reluctant to throw this opportunity to fight in vain. Qin Shun slowly squatted on the ground: "Could it be that we really swallow our anger?"
"Of course not. Yuan Xi picked up a smaller wine jug, filled a pot of salt water, and sealed it with mud: "This is my gift to Boss Lu." ”
Qin Shun stood up and looked at Yuan Xi: "Give this to Lu Shenglin?"
"That's right. Yuan Xi rubbed his dry eyes: "General Qin, ask the informant to send this fast horse to Boss Lu, and then ask someone to arrange our Donglin Prefecture well." ”
"Why?" Qin Shun stupidly took the jar of salt water.
"Because we are going to welcome a distinguished guest in Donglinzhou, a distinguished guest from the capital. ”
Lu Shenglin!?Qin Shun's eyes widened in astonishment, he nodded, and hurriedly arranged for the informant to send salt and water to the upper pavilion of the capital.
Rong Zhan was a little suspicious, with a pot of salt water, he could invite the famous Lu Shenglin? This is a bit whimsical, what if Lu Shenglin didn't even look at it?
"He's definitely coming. Yuan Xi said firmly: "Because I bet this matter has nothing to do with him." ”
"Huh?!" Rong Zhan and Qin Shun shouted in unison.
"Eighty percent of this matter was arranged by Gao Bingyan under the banner of Lu Shenglin to do this. Once the guilt is asked, he will be able to put all the blame on Lu Shenglin. Yuan Xi blinked slyly: "I also estimate that Lu Shenglin is like a mirror in his heart, but because of Xiao Rongshen, he endured this evil breath." ”
"Oh?" Rong Zhan looked at her, "What do you say?"
Gao Bingyan has always looked down on Lu Shenglin, this is a well-known thing, he tried to take the opportunity to destroy Lu Shenglin several times, but Lu Shenglin noticed it in time. Xiao Rongshen was kind to Lu Shenglin, Lu Shenglin looked at Rong Shen's face and never bothered with Gao Bingyan. ”
Rong Zhan opened his mouth in shock, he didn't know anything about this. He turned his head and looked at Qin Shun with inexplicable trepidation. Qin Shun also wondered why a layer of relationship that couldn't even be found out by the informant was said by Yuan Xi to be well-known.
"Sect Master, who does everyone know?" Qin Shun looked at Yuan Xi in confusion.
Yuan Xi was speechless for a while, just now she was straightforward, she only cared about analyzing the situation, but forgot the memory of her previous life. In this life, she shouldn't have known. But if you say it all, if you talk back, it will be even more fake.
Yuan Xi pointed at himself indifferently: "Everyone is me." ”
"How do you know?" asked Rong Zhan seriously.
This question made Yuan Xi not know how to answer, she hesitated for a while: "The second sister saw it by accident, she told me." ”
Rong Zhan knocked on Qin Shun's head with his backhand: "You can't find out what a girl can see by accident?
Qin Shun looked at Yuan Xi in amazement, and shook his head helplessly: "The minister will go and investigate." ”