Chapter 132: Where Did the Prison Army Go (1)
"Let's go, let's go back to town, and I'll ask you for a drink. Jiang Baitao said with a fist clenched towards Shen Guhong.
"Brother Jiang didn't know that the reason why he crossed this Hukou Waterfall in Xia was to go to Jinzhou for an important trip. The two of us don't know each other, and when we meet in the future, I will be the east, how about inviting Brother Jiang to have a few drinks?" Shen Guhong was a little anxious at the moment, because since the black hand behind him knew that he was going to Jinzhou, would he also know the purpose of his going, so he would set up a situation to stop him three times and twice?
Jiang Baitao looked regretful and said, "Okay, since that's the case, I'll leave first!"
Shen Guhong said, "There will be a period later", and continued on the road. At the moment, his mind was full of doubts, and his heart was even more irritable, thinking: "There is still a distance to Jinzhou here, will you meet the person sent by that person on the way?"
Shen Guhong thought for a while, but after all, he couldn't get a point, shook his head, and continued to move forward. Jinzhou is indeed far away from Bianjing, but there is no tension on the border here, and commerce is extraordinarily developed, and the prosperity is comparable to some inner cities. Song Taizong exiled Wang Yu here, I am afraid that he also had some affection. After all, Wang Yu still has people in the court, and those people will not ignore him, it is because he will have the confidence to kill Yang Ye's father and son back then.
Shen Guhong went straight to the registration office where the prisoners were exiled, but to his shock, there was no longer Wang Yu here. One mystery has not yet been solved, and another one has followed, and Shen Guhong's mind is even more confused.
"How could it not be? there must be something wrong!" Shen Guhong returned to the registration office again. The person in charge of the register was an old man about sixty years old, and when he saw Shen Guhong coming again, there was a look of impatience on his face.
"Who the hell are you?" the old man knew that these pamphlets were extremely important, and if they were lost, it would be a great crime to exterminate the family, and besides, how many of the prisoners who were exiled here were simple?
Shen Guhong knew that this kind of place could not allow others to inquire about privacy, so as soon as he came up, he would give the silver. After all, whoever sees money will not be indifferent, unless this person regards money as a wasteland, but obviously this old man is not, and there will be no such person in this kind of place.
Shen Guhong gave more silver this time, and the old man did not resist the temptation after all. After receiving the money, it is natural to do things. Shen Guhong looked at all the registration books in it this time, and finally found where Wang Yu was. It turned out that according to records, Wang Yu was recalled to Bianjing in the fifth year of Chunhua, so his name is naturally not in the current record book.
"So you're looking for this Lord Wang?" the old man couldn't help but say when he saw Shen Guhong holding the booklet and pondering.
Shen Guhong glanced back at the old man and said, "Does the old man know Lord Wang?"
There was hatred flashing in the old man's eyes, and he said: "This Lord Wang is a legendary figure, he participated in the Yongxi Northern Expedition back then, but he killed Yang Lao Linggong and was exiled here. A few years ago, when the former emperor was still in power, he actually recalled him to Bianjing, intending to reactivate it; hey, this man is doing it, and the sky is watching, how could God let him go when he is such a wicked person? He fell ill on the way back to Beijing, and he died of illness before he saw the first emperor. ”
When Shen Guhong heard this, his heart trembled suddenly, since Wang Yu had been recalled to Beijing a few years ago, how could Mo Qingfeng not know about such a major event? Since he knew that Wang Yu was dead, how could Mo Qingfeng ask him to come to Jinzhou to investigate? After pondering for a while, he had more doubts in his heart.
"Uncle Mo asked me to come here to investigate last year, could it be that there is some purpose? Unfortunately, I went to the desert, and it took me a full nine months to come to the Golden State, so it seems that I missed something. Shen Guhong frowned and muttered to himself, a little distracted.
"This person can't be someone from Wang Yu, right?" the old man muttered to himself, and now he saw that Shen Guhong ignored him and left alone, the worry in his heart was gone.
The weather in June is extremely hot and muggy, and the weather changes so quickly that it is difficult to estimate. Shen Guhong walked into a teahouse and saw many people sitting. On a hot day, the business of the teahouse is certainly better. Shen Guhong likes to sit in the corner, because no matter how many people there are, the corner is always the quietest.
The people who come to the teahouse to drink tea have always been more mixed than other places, from the aristocratic and rich to the peddlers and pawns. People in the rivers and lakes like to talk about kung fu, but those who go south and north are more gossipy, they have traveled a lot of roads, and they have a wide range of knowledge, whether it is what they hear or what they see with their own eyes, when it comes out of their mouths, it is their own.
Shen Guhong was irritable at this time, so he needed to drink a cup of tea to get rid of his irritability, because if a person is irritable, he will not be able to do things well. Listening to the miscellaneous discussions of everyone not far away, Shen Guhong was surprisingly quiet.
A rumbling sound came out, an earth-shattering thunder exploded, the black clouds pressed down layer by layer, the wind blew wildly, and the owner of the teahouse ordered Xiao Er to close the door. Xiao Er's hands and feet were nimble, he put the teapot that he had taken back, and was about to close the door of the teahouse when suddenly a person flew into the air and crashed into Xiao Er's body. The person who flew in with Xiao Er snorted miserably, rolling on the ground in a ball, and it would be difficult to get up for a while.
Seeing this, the shopkeeper of the teahouse suddenly showed surprise, and sitting by the door were a few Jianghu people with weapons, and they didn't turn their heads at this time. Because at this time, several people were walking towards the teahouse.
"Zhu Laosan, today is the time for you to repay the money, if you don't pay it back, Lu Yuanwai said, he will accept your daughter as the eightieth concubine. A rough voice came, and then three big men walked into the teahouse. The shopkeeper of the teahouse was also trembling when he saw these three people coming in, and he didn't know if he was afraid of these three men, or Lu Yuanwai in the mouth of these three men.
Shen Guhong put the teacup on the table and turned around, only to see an old man and Xiao Er lying in the third, and next to them, there were three men standing.
Zhu Laosan reluctantly got up, kowtowed vigorously on the ground, and shouted: "Ask Lu Yuanwai to be kind, the villain will definitely pay back the money." ”
"Hehe, do you know how much money you owe Lu Yuanwai now?" said the big man who was the leader.
Zhu Laosan said: "I borrowed twenty taels of silver from Lu Yuanwai the year before last, of course I remember it!"
"Yes, you borrowed twenty taels at the time, but you also remember that it was the year before last, and it has been more than two years until this year, let me tell you, more than two years of interest, plus the principal, now the money you owe Lu Yuanwai is two thousand and twenty taels of silver. The big man said.
When Zhu Laosan heard this, his head suddenly buzzed, and he almost didn't faint, and his voice began to tremble: "What······ How could it be so much. ”
"Tell you, that's it. The man snapped.
Zhu Laosan really fainted this time, and the three men directly lifted him up and walked outside.
When the others saw this, no one said anything or did anything, just drank their own tea.
Seeing this, the shopkeeper couldn't help but sigh: "What a sin!
Shen Guhong was about to get up to settle the bill, when suddenly there was the sound of raindrops falling on the eaves outside, but after a few sparse sounds, followed by a downpour. The three men who had gone out returned to the teahouse again. The man who was carrying Zhu Laosan looked at the heavy rain outside with wide eyes, and scolded: "What the hell is this weather, his grandmother's, bad luck!"
One of the men shouted, "Shopkeeper, have a jug of wine!"
When the shopkeeper heard this, his face suddenly collapsed, and there were already beads of sweat oozing from his forehead, and he said, "The villain opened a teahouse, and there is no wine!"
The man's messy beard began to tremble, his eyes bulged, and he said loudly: "Uncle, I want to drink, but you are opening a teahouse, is this a way to get along with the uncle?"
The shopkeeper knows the origin of these three men, and in this city, the government will not care about them. In normal times, even if they ask for wine, just buy it for them. But today is really unfortunate, the heavy rain is falling, don't say that you can't go out, even if you go out, where should you go to buy wine?
"Hmph, give you time to stick incense, if the uncle can't see the wine, don't open this teahouse again!" the man said again.
This teahouse is not big or small, the shopkeeper only invited a little two, and the second child was injured again, if he can't buy wine now, these three people will really demolish his teahouse. At that moment, he took out his umbrella and was about to go out, but Shen Guhong walked up and said, "The shopkeeper's checkout!"
At this time, how could the shopkeeper have the strength to ask Shen Guhong for some tea money? It's just that Shen Guhong blocked his way, and handed out ingot gold. At that moment, his whole person was stunned, and the gold ingots that Shen Guhong gave him were enough to buy several of his teahouses.
"Guest officer, don't be joking, where can you find it?" the shopkeeper was so anxious that he was about to cry.
Shen Guhong smiled and said, "Don't worry, don't let you look for money, it's all yours!"
The shopkeeper didn't know whether to be happy or sad for a while, but he didn't take the gold in Shen Guhong's hand. At this time, many people looked at Shen Guhong, it was raining at the moment, and the teahouse was a little dim, but the gold in his hand was shining with golden light. That kind of light was extremely attractive, and it was not only the people drinking tea in the teahouse, but also the three men staring at Shen Guhong.
"Take it!" Shen Guhong said with a smile.
"This ······ Is this really for me?" the shopkeeper was shocked.
Shen Guhong smiled and nodded, but at this moment, the figure of one of the men flashed, grabbed the gold in Shen Guhong's hand, and said, "I accepted this gold on behalf of the shopkeeper." ”
Shen Guhong said with a smile: "Only the shopkeeper can accept this gold, your strength is small, and you can't take it." ”