The Chinese court successfully recruited the bandit team on the Tiger Wolf Mountain, and knew why they were entrenched in the Tiger Wolf Mountain, so the emperor Tong Qing (doppelganger) issued an order, and an unprecedented huge anti-corruption storm swept across the country, and at the same time, the first to increase efforts to educate the people to abandon evil, and the purpose of being kind to others, raised to the highest level, and severely cracked down on all kinds of criminal activities, anti-corruption and punishment of evil, which caused a great shock in all parts of China. At the same time, a large number of local tyrants and shoddy gentry who have long been unkind to the rich and exploiting the poor people for profit, and local ruffians and hooligans who have bullied men and women and bullied the market have also been found guilty and sent to the guillotine. The people raised their eyebrows, ran to tell each other, cried with joy, and clapped their hands.

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Xu Wenjie's father, Xu Songnian, was originally just a little-known small businessman, however, he was extremely smart, his hands and eyes were clear, courageous, knowledgeable and capable, and he struggled all the way from the bottom to the richest man in China, very inspirational, but his peaks and troughs came very quickly With the beginning of the anti-corruption storm in the imperial court, a large number of corrupt officials fell, Xu Songnian was also splashed, was liquidated, and was sent to prison on the charge of bribery.

What are the greedy fish and the white tiger? This has to start with Xu Songnian's life experience.

Xu Songnian is a person who knows how to observe words and feelings, he understood such a truth a long time ago, if you want to do business and prosper, you must have someone in the court, so he worked hard to bribe and used a huge amount of silver to get acquainted with a powerful person in the current dynasty, making it successfully become his "protective umbrella".

Riding the east wind of the big corrupt officials, Xu Songnian, who has no business and no treachery, in a short period of time, he has become the richest man in China, his news always comes faster than others, plus he is very aware of current affairs, buying and selling goods, playing all means, cheating and abduction, and doing everything, so he has earned a fortune of tens of thousands, and he is rich enough to rival the country, but, unfortunately, the tree is big, and the flowers are not red for a hundred days, especially as a rich businessman, with abundant funds, Xu Songnian has always been bold in business, Careful and thick-skinned, he and the big corrupt official who sheltered him walked very close, to his liking, the big corrupt official likes to eat greedy fish, he did not hesitate to buy and supply, no one knows about this matter, no one knows, therefore, after the anti-corruption storm began, the big corrupt official was exposed and overthrown, and the court began to liquidate Xu Songnian, not only the family property was confiscated, but also sentenced him to death for bribery.

Xu Songnian's hard-earned Wanguan family property, overnight, came to naught, he tasted all the world, knew the warmth and coldness of human feelings, after experiencing the peaks and troughs of life, he was disheartened in prison, so before the execution, he warned his minor son not to approach the white tiger, in fact, it is to let the son grow up not to do business, the white tiger, refers to silver.

After the death of his father Xu Songnian, his son Xu Wenjie was cold for ten years, and finally Jinbang High School was appointed by the imperial court as the county commander of Tanghe County in the western border of Xinjiang.

Xu Wenjie was determined to be a clean official, so as soon as he took office, he took the lead, personally led the people of the county to dig ditches and pick sand, built several canals across the county, and punished a group of bullies who harmed the township by thunderous means, and also retried several unjust cases that were wrongly judged by the previous county magistrate. For a time, the people praised him as the reincarnation of Bao Qingtian.

One day, Xu Wenjie was resting in the back hall, and Xu Weiguo, the head of the government team, hurriedly came in and handed over a prayer post.

Xu Wenjie took the post and looked at it, and couldn't help frowning.

The worship post reads: "Tang River tea merchant Wu Zhou Yong Dun first hundred worship", the next is the list of visits, the list reads: gold 100 taels, silver 1000 taels, pearl jade ten boxes, and many antique calligraphy and paintings.

Xu Wenjie asked Xu Weiguo, the leader of the team: "Who is this Wu Zhouyong, and why is he so generous?"

Xu Weiguo smiled and said: "My lord, this Wu Zhouyong is a famous tea merchant in our Tanghe County, a rich one, and there are more than 500 branches all over the country, known as the king of tea. Don't hide it from your lordship, this little gift is not generous, the gift he gave to the former county commander Ma Rong is 10,000 taels of gold at a time......"

Xu Weiguo was about to say something more, but when he saw Xu Wenjie's face change, he immediately stopped.

Xu Wenjie remembered that when he first arrived in Tanghe County to take office, the wealthy squires of Tanghe County came to visit him with generous gifts, among them, Wu Zhouyong gave a coral full of rare treasures. At that time, Xu Wenjie was furious, not only expelled all the people who gave gifts from the house, but also rewarded each of them with a board. After that, he sent a notice to hang up: In the future, anyone who gives bribes will be punished with 80 rods and imprisoned for three months. At that time, he remembered that the first person to be beaten was the subordinate sent by Wu Zhouyong, the tea king, to give gifts.

Team leader Xu Weiguo asked tentatively: "My lord, the gift list is not thin, do you think you will accept it or not?"

Xu Wenjie snorted, threw the gift slip to the ground, and wished in a convincing manner: "This official has already posted a notice that no bribes are allowed, and this Wu Zhouyong dares to openly resist this official's decree." Those who come, those who will come to bow down, will be heavily responsible for the eighty boards, in order to set an example!"

Xu Wenjie thought that after punishing Wu Zhouyong this time, he would definitely not bother himself again.

Unexpectedly, two days later, a small sedan chair came from outside the house, and after the sedan curtain was opened, a bewitching beauty walked down. When the beauty saw Xu Wenjie, she said a blessing, lightly opened her lips, and said: "The little woman was originally the top moon lady of Furong Building, and she redeemed herself for me thanks to the love of adults. Yueniang is grateful, willing to be a cow and a horse, and serve the adult for a lifetime. ”

Xu Wenjie was confused, when would he redeem his body for this month's mother?

He hurriedly inquired carefully and learned that Wu Zhouyong had done it. Xu Wenjie was so angry that his face turned blue, and he immediately ordered someone to return Yueniang to Wu Zhouyong, and scolded him that if there is a next time, he will be severely punished.

One day half a month later, Xu Wenjie went to Wenbaozhai to pick up the framed calligraphy and paintings. The boss of Wen Bao Zhai smiled and took out a silver ticket of 10,000 taels: "Lord Xu, the painting you framed in our store was taken by a foreign businessman. If the villain makes his own decisions and sells the painting to him, the adults will not be angry!"

"What?" Xu Wenjie was surprised. The Yu painting framed in Wenbao Zhai was just his graffiti work, and he was going to frame it and give it to a friend, but he didn't expect it to be sold for 10,000 taels of silver. Xu Wenjie was pleasantly surprised and asked the shopkeeper: "What is the surname of the person who bought the painting, what is his name, and where is the person?"

The shopkeeper couldn't say anything, only that he was a foreigner.

Xu Wenjie became suspicious, and slapped the silver ticket: "This official is here to frame calligraphy and paintings, not to sell paintings." The official has three days to recover the painting, otherwise, Hugh blames the official for being ruthless. After that, he brushed his sleeves out of Wenbao Zhai.

Xu Weiguo, the leader of the team who followed Xu Wenjie, said: "Isn't it just a painting, since people are willing to buy it, why don't you push the boat down the river and collect the silver ticket." This is not a bribe, adults should be careful. ”

Xu Wenjie said: "What you say is wrong, if Master Ben guesses correctly, this painting must have been bought by Wu Zhouyong." This person is doing everything possible to beg his own official, and he must have something to ask me. Since ancient times, businessmen have been stingy, and since he has spent so much effort to bribe, there must be something wrong with the illegal order. If the master sells paintings to him, in the future, he will hold the master's handle to blackmail. ”

Sure enough, Xu Wenjie did not guess wrong, that painting was indeed bought by Wu Zhouyong.

After Xu Wenjie took back the painting, he burned it and instructed his subordinates to be careful to guard against Wu Zhouyong.

A few days later, Xu Wenjie's teacher returned to his hometown and passed through Tanghe County. Xu Wenjing hurriedly welcomed the old teacher into the county government and set up a banquet to entertain him.

After three rounds of drinking, Yan Shilang saw that the county government was dilapidated, Xu Wenjie's official uniform was patched, the coarse tea and light rice on the table, and only one fish was a meat dish, so he couldn't help but praise and said: "The old man has countless students in his life, only Wenjie is so honest, it is really admirable." As he spoke, he asked his family to fetch a few fresh fish and gave them to Xu Wenjie: "The teacher knows that you have nothing else to do but like to eat fish, so he specially brought you a few thornless fish." ”

Xu Wenjie was stunned: "The teacher laughed, there are still thornless fish in this world?"

After the cook stewed the fish, Xu Wenjie took a pair of chopsticks and tasted it, only to feel that the fish tasted delicious and abnormal, the entrance was soft, the lips and teeth were fragrant, and there was really no thorn.

Xu Wenjie said in surprise: "Teacher, I have studied and lived for most of my life, and it is the first time I have eaten a thornless fish, I don't know what waters this fish is produced in, and where is it a specialty?"

Yan Shilang smiled and didn't answer vaguely.

Xu Wenjie likes to eat fish since he was a child, especially carp and grass carp, but since he ate thornless fish, his taste has become very picky, and he only wants to eat the thornless fish, and other fish meat in his mouth tastes like chewing wax.

After eating a few thornless fish that Yan Shilang gave him, Xu Wenjie's mouth became greedy, and he sent people everywhere to inquire where there were thornless fish for sale. Xu Wenjie had no choice but to give up, but he always thought about the delicious dish in his heart, and he didn't think about tea and dinner all day long.

Mrs. Niu Guiying was in a hurry, and sent people out of the house to inquire around.

The hard work paid off, and on this day, the maid Chunmei ran up and said: "Madam, on Qianmen Street, a new fish restaurant has opened, and there is a dish of thornless fish in it, but this shop is very strange, and only sells one thornless fish every day." ”

After Mrs. Niu Guiying heard this, she hurriedly sent someone out of the house to buy it.

The shopkeeper heard that it was the county lady who came to buy the fish, so she hurriedly cooked the fish and sent it to the county office.

After Xu Wenjie ate it, he was full of praise, and the store was also very knowledgeable about the times and sent the thornless fish into the house on time every day.

Xu Wenjie was addicted to eating stingless fish, and if he didn't eat it for a day, he felt weak and unenergetic.

Unexpectedly, a month later, the store suddenly stopped delivering fish, Xu Wenjie felt uncomfortable, and urged the officials to buy fish. Na Cheng thought, after the official came back, he said that the fish restaurant had been closed, and the store was nowhere to be found.

For a few days, he didn't eat fish, Xu Wenjie yawned again and again, and he was unspeakably uncomfortable.

At this moment, the next person came in to report that Wu Zhouyong, a tea merchant, had come to visit.

Xu Wenjie was so annoyed that he was about to say no, but when he looked at Wu Zhouyong's gift list, it turned out to be ten thornless fish, so he had to invite Wu Zhouyong.

Wu Zhouyong smiled and asked, "Lord Xu has always been good?"

Xu Wenjie reluctantly responded: "Boss Wu is here, I don't know what to do?"

Wu Zhouyong said: "It's just to visit the adults, nothing else." After a few words of greeting with Xu Wenjie, he said goodbye and left.

After that, every once in a while, Wu Zhouyong would bring a few thornless fish to visit. Xu Wenjie didn't want to accept it, but the gluttonous worms in his stomach made him very uncomfortable.

On this day, Wu Zhouyong came again.

Xu Wenjie said with a calm face: "Since ancient times, there has been no free food, and Boss Wu doesn't have to pretend, if there is anything you want to ask me, let's say it clearly." ”

Wu Zhouyong was stunned for a moment, smiled and said, "Lord Xu is really refreshing, but it's not a big deal. There is a younger brother named Wu Zhoubao, half a year ago, because he accidentally injured someone's life, he was sentenced to behead by adults, and he will be executed in a few months......"

Before he finished speaking, Xu Wenjing waved his hand and said, "Do you want me to release Master Wu Zhou? ”

Unexpectedly, Wu Zhouyong laughed and said: "Lord Xu, you also underestimate me Wu Zhouyong, since ancient times, you have killed people to pay for your life, and you can't protect your younger brother below." I just want my brother to have no heirs, and in order to leave him some blood, I would like to ask my adult to allow me to borrow a baby from my brother and leave him a little blood. ”

The so-called borrowed fetus means that in ancient times, criminals sentenced to death, in order to pass on the lineage, had sex with a woman chosen by the family in prison, and waited for the woman to become pregnant, and then executed, so as to continue the incense.

"It turned out to be a trivial matter," Xu Wenjie breathed a sigh of relief, borrowing a fetus is not illegal, let him go.

So, Xu Wenjie turned a blind eye and let the woman chosen by the Wu family have a tryst with Wu Zhoubao in prison. And in order to show his integrity, after receiving the fish from the Wu family, he gave the Wu family a few taels of silver as fish money.

Not long after this incident, Xu Wenjie suddenly received a document from the imperial court, saying that Wu Zhoubao, a prisoner on death row, had injured and killed people again thousands of miles away.

Xu Wenjie was shocked, thinking to himself, isn't Wu Zhoubao locked up in the prison, how could he run away thousands of miles away and commit another crime? He hurriedly took people to the prison, only to find out that inside the prison was actually a "scapegoat" who looked similar to Wu Zhoubao. Under the severe punishment, the man confessed that he was actually the "woman" who borrowed the fetus.

Xu Wenjie only realized at this time that in order to save his younger brother Wu Zhoumen, Wu Zhouyong actually hid from the sky and crossed the sea and stole beams to change pillars.

Xu Wenjie was furious and was about to send someone to arrest Wu Zhouyong, when the holy decree of Emperor Tongqing (doppelganger) arrived first. The holy decree said: "Fengtian carrier, the emperor edict said: Tanghe County ordered Xu Wenjie to pervert the law for bribes, sell and release death row prisoners, immediately dismiss him, escort him to Beijing, and hand him over to the Criminal Department for investigation and handling." Chin!"

Xu Wenjie shouted that he was wronged, saying that he only ate a few fish from the Wu family, and he still gave money.

The official who gave the order sneered and said, "Is it just a few fish? To put it simply, do you know how the profiteer Wu Zhouyong raised those thornless fish in order to get along with you?" As he spoke, he ordered Xu Wenjie to be brought to the Wu family.

There is a fish pond in the backyard of the Wu family, the bottom of the pond is all paved with gold, the surrounding is made of silver, the water is full of pearls and gems, and hundreds of thornless fish swim in the water. When it was time to feed, several big men stripped naked and jumped into the water, and those thornless fish seemed to see the delicious food, and swam to the big men, and even bit open the big man's skin with their mouths and suck their blood. By the time the fish had eaten, the men were covered in scars and in pain, and they almost passed out.

Xu Wenjie was dumbfounded.

The official said: "These stingless fish, born in the East China Sea, are bloodthirsty by nature, and like to live in the land of gold and silver, and are called 'greedy fish'. As long as someone eats their meat, they will become addicted, and if they don't eat a thornless fish for a day, they will feel uncomfortable, and finally they will become greedy people with a clear conscience for the sake of this fish. Yan Shilang and the thornless fish in the fish restaurant are all set up by Wu Zhouyong in order to lure you into addiction. ”

Xu Wenjie stared blankly at the thornless fish in the golden pond, regretting it: "I can't imagine that the word 'greed' that I hate the most in my life finally fell on my head." Greedy for fish, greedy for ......" He suddenly understood what his father had repeatedly warned him before his execution: Don't eat greedy fish, don't approach the white tiger! It turns out that this thornless fish is the greedy fish that his father said!

Xu Wenjie shouted, broke free from the imperial officers and soldiers who escorted him, jumped over, and hit the golden pond headlong, only to see blood splashing, and a pool of clear water was dyed bloody in an instant.

The official who ordered sighed and said, "Greedy for fish, greedy for greed, I don't know how many people have been harmed!"

The profiteer Wu Zhouyong was arrested, all the property of Wanguan was confiscated, shackled, and escorted into Beijing, waiting for the fate of the emperor Tongqing (doppelganger).