I don't know when, the sun has already revealed a small half of its face, and there are mushroom clouds floating in the sky, layer by layer, white as snow. On a sunny day after the rain, the air is exceptionally fresh. The reeds by the lake swayed in the wind, like dancers in green gauze clothes.

The corners of Xiong Wei's mouth turned up slightly, and his eyes looked persistently ahead.

Xia Yun looked at Xiong Wei's eyes and expression, and said suspiciously, "Do you have an idea in your heart again?"

"I haven't yet. But ......"

"But what?" Xia Yun frowned and looked at Xiong Wei, she didn't have any score in her heart.

"Yun'er, you say, why are they fighting each other, and they want me to make a move?" Xiong Wei deliberately bought a pass.

"They, who are you talking about?" Xia Yun didn't quite understand what Xiong Wei wanted to say.

Xiong Wei said in a deep voice: "There are many of them. But each 'he' has his own wants, and when many 'he' wants are combined, they become 'them'. When these things are connected, it becomes a mess. ”

"So, we're going to sort this mess through now. Xia Yun guessed according to Xiong Wei's words.

"Yes!" said Xiong Wei firmly.

"However, don't say that things are complicated and unclear, and even if they do, what should you do?"

"They are now like weeds floating in the water, each with its own roots, but all tangled. Xiong Wei looked at the reeds by the lake, and suddenly had a clear idea in his mind.

He said thoughtfully, "We must separate them." When one thing is completely entangled with many things, we have to slowly figure it out. Let's find out what the most critical question is. That's easy. ”

When Xia Yun heard Xiong Wei say this, she seemed to have a spectrum in her heart.

"We now have to put ourselves in the shoes of each person's identity and think through their thinking in order to come up with the best solution. The more Xiong Wei spoke, the more confident he became, and he began to analyze the current situation with Xia Yun.

This incident was because Qianlong asked them to come to Jianghuai to check the salt tax.

What are the benefits of the hidden dragon and what is the identity of the hidden dragon?

They don't know either.

However, from the process of contact with the hidden dragon, they can conclude that he is dedicated to the country. He wanted to recover the salt tax that the salt merchants had stolen, so as to solve the difficulties of the imperial court in using troops on the frontier and insufficient military salaries.

The emperor killed two birds with one stone, and wanted to chase back the salt tax, and also took the opportunity of chasing the salt tax to get rid of the people on the list. However, why did the emperor get rid of these people? The reason is that in addition to the fact that they are moths of the state, they are members of the Donglin Party, that is, the power of the empress.

In the final analysis, the emperor wants to weaken the power of the queen.

The queen is the biggest backer of the Donglin Party, and the Donglin Party is the pillar of the queen and even her entire family. If the emperor wants to eradicate these people, the queen will not agree. Therefore, the queen sent Wang Dong to kill Xiong Wei. Draw from the bottom of the kettle!

Xiong Wei now wants to help the emperor eradicate the queen's power, but after Xiong Wei eradicates the queen's power, the queen will not let him go. Perhaps, the emperor just wants Xiong Wei to clear the queen's power, and let the queen clear himself.

"Wait! there's a hole in your analysis. Xia Yun interrupted Xiong Wei's words.

"What loophole?" Xiong Wei set his eyes on Xia Yun.

"First, what you're saying is just your own thoughts. You can't replace someone else's thinking with your thinking. Second, the emperor's point is our own conjecture and cannot be used as a factual basis. Xia Yun shook her head as she spoke.

"That's right. ”

Xia Yun looked at Xiong Wei and said solemnly: "Although, your method is good, but half of these bases are speculated by ourselves. Now we have to listen to the emperor and kill the people of the Donglin Party. ”

"You mean, kill everyone on the list?" Xiong Wei wondered, "but we may not be able to find so much evidence that everyone on the list is guilty!"

"Whether they are guilty or not is the same, they have to die. Otherwise, let's see how many people on the final list can be implicated, and we will not move if they are implicated, let the emperor move. ”

"What you mean is that we don't kill, we will send the prisoners to the Beijing Division, and the emperor will have the final say on whether to kill or not. ”

"Haha! You're a good move. When Xiong Wei heard this, he praised from the bottom of his heart.

"Fortunately, the emperor didn't say that you had to kill them, he just said, you have to find a way to eradicate them. Then we will push the boat down the river and send them to the capital. Kill or not, the emperor himself has the final say. ”

"Yes, you're doing a good job. This also gives the queen a face. ”

"However, even if these people are not killed, they will resign and go home, and it will not be of much use to the queen. ”

Xia Yun was also beginning to think about another plan in her heart. Since these people are all the queen's people, they didn't know it before, but now they know that of course they will be killed. Otherwise, it's not good to keep it for a big deal in the future. However, Xiong Wei cannot be held accountable.

"In that case, we still have to find evidence that they are smuggling salt taxes. That's the crux of the matter. ”

Xiong Wei said that he suddenly felt that things were back to square one, and he sighed again: "Fortunately, we now have the help of the old gang leader to find evidence of their tax evasion in previous years. I still have a letter from the prefect to the deputy leader of the Salt Gang in my arms, and the most important thing now is to grab another piece of evidence at the scene, and this matter is ironclad. ”

He said and looked at Xia Yun again: "The old gang leader said that this matter should start with the salt merchants, and the salt merchants should start from the gambling house." Yes, we'll go to the casino again tonight. But ......"

"But what is it?" Xia Yun asked suspiciously.

"I'm worried about Master, who has asked the governor to tell the salt merchants to pay all the taxes they have evaded this year. I'm afraid it won't be so easy then. ”

"That's better!" Xia Yun said coldly when she heard this.

"How?"

"We don't have to get evidence of their smuggling of salt. All we need to do is get the evidence from the scene that the governor told the salt merchant to pay the salt tax. ”

Xiong Wei's eyes lit up. "Yes, yes, that's a good idea. We can also condemn him for a cover-up sin. ”

Xiong said as he clenched his fists tightly, and the fist of his right hand hit the palm of his left hand. He said firmly: "Without further ado, we will go now." ”

After he finished speaking, he got up and pulled Xia Yun to run towards the city.

Xia Yun said as she ran: "However, we don't know if the governor told the salt merchants." After all, Master only told the Governor last night. ”

"I don't think it's time for the governor. So much happened last night. In how fast it is this morning. It's just dawn now, and I guess I'll be in time. ”

"But how do you know where they are talking?"

"So, we're going to have our eyes on the salt merchants from now on. Didn't you arrest the president of the Salt Merchants' Association last time? You know him, let's just look at him. ”

"Okay, then we'll go straight to the Salt Merchants' Association and go straight to Huanglong. Xia Yun also said with certainty.

The two of them were talking, and before they knew it, they had arrived at the Salt Merchants' Association.

The sun slowly moved from the east to the west, gradually dyeing the blue sky purple on the horizon.

The two of them stared at the door of the Salt Merchants' Association for a long time, but they did not find anything unusual. The most important thing is not to see who they are going to arrest.

With a weed in his mouth, he wandered not far from the entrance of the Salt Merchants' Association. The day had passed and there was still no movement from them. He is becoming more and more bottomless in his heart, and it is impossible to wait like this.

Xia Yun was also standing not far from Xiong Wei, and the two stood in two separate directions. She has no bottom in her heart now. She watched Xiong Wei wandering there, and estimated that with Xiong Wei's temperament, he must be upset and irritable now. Looks like something else has to be done.

Before she could figure out what to do, Xiong Wei walked over. "Yun'er, we can't wait, if we wait any longer, we will delay things. ”

"Do you have an idea in your heart again?" Xia Yun looked at Xiong Wei.

"Let's have a good meal now and wait until it gets dark. ”

The sun sets, and the stars hold the moon.

Xiong Wei and Xia Yun both changed into night clothes, put on hats, and jumped into the house of the Salt Merchants' Association.

When they caught a man, they asked, "Where is the president?"

The man shuddered and pointed to a room. Xia Yun hit the man's head hard, and the man immediately fainted.

Xiong Wei and Xia Yun strode and jumped to the president's room. The two of them pushed the door straight in.

The head of the Salt Chamber of Commerce was startled and immediately stood up.

Xiong Wei deliberately lowered his voice and said, "Elder, the governor has invited you to go to the prefect's yamen, and he wants to discuss the salt tax with you." ”

The head of the Salt Chamber of Commerce purred his eyes, very strange, the governor usually informed himself that he would not notify him like this, and would call his subordinates to pass the word, and then go to the gambling house. He immediately said vigilantly: "Who are you, how can you talk nonsense?"

When Xiong Wei heard this, it was estimated that the head of the Salt Chamber of Commerce was suspicious of him. This is also the case, so recklessly, normal people will be suspicious.

He could only come up with his killer idea: "The governor inquired about the news from the Beijing Division, saying that the emperor has ordered you to be killed." You can save your life by going now. Also, if you discuss things in the future, you can't go to the gambling house again. You go to the prefect and county government now, it's too late, and your life is not guaranteed. ”

After Xiong Wei finished speaking, he strode out. Xia Yun also jumped out, and the two quickly disappeared into the night.

The president of the Chamber of Commerce hurriedly chased him out, but saw nothing. He shouted, "Hurry, hurry, hurry!" ”

He was also beating drums in his heart, although he didn't know if it was true or not, but he still planned to go there himself.

He immediately went back to change his clothes and ran towards the prefect's yamen.

Xia Yun and Xiong Wei lurked at the door and stared at him.

Xia Yun whispered: "I always feel that it is too abrupt for us to do this. He won't necessarily go. ”

"If he doesn't go, what else do I do?" said Xiong Wei proudly.

Xia Yun frowned and asked curiously: "How do I feel that you are doing things now, you are suspicious, I can't guess it." ”

"If he doesn't go, I'll let the governor come in person!" Xiong Wei clenched his fist again.

"He's here!" Xia Yun saw the president of the Chamber of Commerce hurriedly sit in a sedan chair and go to the prefect's yamen.

Xiong Wei smiled. "Perhaps, we can catch the governor, the prefect, and the head of the Salt Chamber of Commerce together tonight. ”

The two of them quietly followed behind the sedan chair. The head of the Salt Chamber of Commerce obediently came to the prefect's yamen.

Xiong Wei and Xia Yun lay on the roof and listened to the conversation between the two.

When the governor saw the head of the Salt Chamber of Commerce coming, he was surprised and said, "Why are you here?" Didn't you already say don't move at this time?"

The chairman also said curiously: "Didn't you already say that as long as we pay the salt tax, we won't be killed? Why did you send someone to say that the emperor wanted to kill me?"

"When did I send someone?"

"Just now!" When the head of the Salt Chamber of Commerce came, his heart was "fluttering and fluttering".

The governor was stunned when he heard this. "I didn't send anyone to you!"

"This matter, I said back then, don't go so far. You don't listen. The prefect on the side began to speak.

"Who said it at the time, as long as I pay three layers of salt tax. We will divide the rest of the money we earn. It wasn't my idea!"

The head of the Salt Chamber of Commerce began to shirk responsibility, he glared and said, "If I am really implicated, none of you can escape." ”

At this time, they still shirk each other's responsibilities. It's really not a good thing. Yun'er, go. Xiong Wei jumped down as he spoke, pushed open the door and said, "Don't say it, you've been tricked!"

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