The prefect carefully read the seal letter that Xia Yun took out, and his heart "chuckled" and panicked. was a little caught off guard by Xia Yun and Xiong Wei's sudden attack, and hurriedly asked, "May I ask the two of you, what is the matter with coming to Yangzhou?"

Xia Yun was already angry, and she couldn't find a place to vent. She said coldly: "Lord Prefect, last year, how much salt tax was collected in Yangzhou, tell me honestly. ”

"More than two hundred taels. After all, the prefect has been in the officialdom for a long time, and Xia Yun knew what they were here to do, and the dark clouds on his brows dispersed at once.

"Actually?" Xiong Wei glared at the prefect very seriously.

"That's actually it. The prefect was still very calm about their questioning.

"The prefect is not right. Xiong Wei frowned and looked at the prefect, and repeated the salt tax he had heard at the inn. "Lord Prefect, it should be more than a thousand taels, but now it is only more than two hundred taels, so much less, how do you explain it?"

The prefect listened to Xiong Wei's words, and the corners of his mouth moved slightly evilly: "My lord, you can't talk nonsense. What evidence do you have to prove that the salt tax is more than 1,000 taels, and I have only paid more than 200 taels? I can't afford it!"

"This ......" Xiong Wei couldn't answer for a while, and paused, "600 million catties of salt are produced every year......

"How do you know how much salt is produced each year?"

Xiong Wei took a deep breath, he felt that the prefect had more problems than himself. He was not familiar with officialdom, and was given the upper hand by the prefect again and again.

Seeing that Xiong Wei had paused again, the prefect continued to seize the opportunity and said, "Dare to ask what position this lord is?"

Xiong Wei was stunned for a moment, he looked at the prefect's wicked smile, and seemed to be a little unsure of his own account. "I'm the Imperial Commander Sanpin Guard with a Sword. ”

The prefect looked at Xiong Wei from head to toe and said, "I don't know your surname." ”

"My surname is Xiong. Xiong Wei felt a little shocked by the prefect's aura, and his tone was obviously a little weak.

"Lord Xiong, you are not in Jingshi to protect the emperor's safety, what are you doing in this small place of Yangzhou. ”

"This!" Xiong Wei was even more confused when he heard this, and he didn't know what to say.

Xia Yun immediately covered up Xiong Wei's embarrassment and said, "Lord Prefect, you are so bold, no matter what you say, you are only a fourth-grade, how can Lord Xiong also be a third-grade guard with a knife in front of the emperor." Who will the emperor send to check the salt tax, with your permission?"

The prefect didn't buy Xia Yun's account much, "This son...... Oh, no, girl. ”

Xia Yun was dressed as a woman, and the prefect looked at her while thinking in his heart whether to call him a son or see Xia Yun's unhappy appearance, and immediately changed his words and said, "Who is this girl?"

"You don't care who I am. You just have to tell where all this salt has gone. "The prefect is cold, Xia Yun's tone is colder than the prefect.

"I have been an official for many years, and I have always had a clean breeze on my sleeves, and I have paid a lot of salt tax. The prefect said firmly.

Xia Yun didn't show weakness, and said even more stubbornly: "My lord, you can say this, but what evidence is there?"

"Then what evidence does the girl have to prove that I am corrupt and bribed?" the prefect squinted at Xia Yun.

"I don't have any evidence that you were corrupt and bribed, but I have evidence that you were negligent!" Xia Yun also stared at the prefect.

"This girl, you can't take medicine indiscriminately, and you can't talk nonsense. What proof do you have?"

"I don't have any evidence to prove it, but along the way, I saw a lot of smuggled salt dealers. ”

"Oh, yes, the girl was mistaken, that's not buying salt. "The prefect doesn't admit it.

Xiong Wei always felt that something was wrong, and this prefect seemed to be difficult to deal with, and for their arrival, Xiong Wei's mind turned around, and he hurriedly said to the prefect: "My lord, I'm afraid we have made a mistake." It's not early today, so we'll take our leave. ”

Saying that, Xiong Wei dragged Xia Yun and left the prefect's mansion, and Xia Yun didn't know what kind of ghost Xiong Wei was fighting for a while, so she had to follow him out.

After walking far away from the prefect's yamen, Xia Yun looked at Xiong Wei in wonder and said, "What's wrong with you, why did you pull me out in the middle of your words." ”

Xiong Wei smiled slightly and said, "Don't you see that the prefect doesn't buy it? ”

"He evades taxes, there will always be evidence. If it really doesn't work, let's look for his ledger?"

Xiong shook his head and said, "You think he will write it in the ledger?"

"I know he won't write it down in the ledger, but there must be some evidence. As long as you are careful, you will definitely find some clues. ”

"What if the evidence isn't in his house?" Xiong asked.

Xia Yun also stopped for a moment, indeed, it was a bit abrupt to go to the prefect's county government like this today.

Xiong Wei looked at her and said, "Yun'er, next time, don't be angry with me, otherwise my mind won't be clear." ”

Xia Yun was already very angry with Xiong Wei, but now that Xiong Wei said this, she was even more angry, and said angrily: "Didn't you ask me to come to the prefect's yamen?"

Xiong Wei lowered his eyebrows and said weakly: "I said, let's come to the prefect together, but I didn't say that you should go directly to the prefect and ask the prefect how the salt tax was lost!"

"Then you won't stop me?" Xia Yun didn't give Xiong Wei a good look.

"My light skills are not as fast as yours!" Xiong Wei took a deep breath again, looked at Xia Yun's jealous appearance, smiled slightly, and affectionately, "You know what? I just like to see you angry." ”

Xia Yun's heart "porphyll", suddenly beating, and her face turned red.

Xiong Wei took the opportunity to take her in his arms and said, "Okay, okay, don't be angry." We've got business to do. ”

Xia Yun also immediately came back to her senses, looked at Xiong Wei and said, "Why did you suddenly pull me out?"

"We have already caught the snake by surprise just now, and it is estimated that this case will not be easy to handle in the future, we are in the open and they are in the dark. ”

Xiong Wei said and suddenly hugged Xia Yun in his arms, leaned into her ear, and whispered: "Yun'er, borrow your golden needle, on the tree in the upper right corner." ”

Xia Yun lay on Xiong Wei's shoulder, the corners of her eyes slanted, she turned around, and the golden needle quickly flew towards the black shadow on the tree.

"Ahh

Xiong Wei strode and stepped on the belly of the black shadow. "Say, who sent you?"

The black shadow was very calm, looking at Xiong Wei, his lips squirming gently.

Xiong Wei's first reaction was that he was about to bite his tongue and kill himself, so he immediately moved the black shadow's mouth away, tore a piece of cloth from the black shadow's body, and blocked the black shadow's mouth.

Xiong Wei was furious at this moment, and glared at him: "Did the prefect send you to follow us?"

The black shadow couldn't see death, so he turned his face away, not looking at Xiong Wei.

Xiong Wei looked at this posture, no, he had to find a way to set his young owner out of it. Suddenly, his mind turned, he looked at the black shadow and said, "Okay, if you don't say it, I can't be sure who sent you." But go back and bring a message to your master. No matter how he wants to play, I'll be with him to the end!"

As he spoke, he let the shadow go.

The black shadow looked at Xiong Wei and Xia Yun, a little incredulous.

Xiong Wei repeated the words again and said, "What, don't you leave yet, wait for me to ask the eight sedan chairs to send you?"

The black shadow glanced at Xiong Wei again, and suddenly pulled his legs and ran.

Xia Yun looked at the direction he was running, and then looked at Xiong Wei, the corners of her mouth moved slightly.

Xiong Wei also looked at Xia Yun, and the two looked at each other and smiled.

"Let's go, if you don't go, you won't be able to catch up for a while. Xia Yun waited for a while and said.

Xiong Wei smiled slightly, looked ahead confidently and said, "Hmph, I already know where he came from, so why are you in such a hurry?"

As he spoke, he leaped forward, strode onto the roof.

Xia Yun also jumped up with him.

The two returned the way they came.

Sure enough, when I was about to arrive at the prefect's yamen, I saw the black shadow. Xiong Wei and Xia Yun looked at each other, and the two of them quietly sneaked into the prefect's yamen, crouched on the roof, and watched the black shadow's every move.

When the prefect saw that the dark shadow had returned, he hurriedly asked, "Find out who they are, and where do they live?"

The black shadow knelt in front of the prefect and said ashamedly, "I was found by them halfway through the chase?"

"Huh?" the prefect wondered, "Then they didn't catch you, what the hell is going on?"

The black shadow repeated the process again, and the prefect glanced at him, a sinister smile appeared on his face, and asked very seriously: "You have not been followed by anyone along the way?"

The black shadow also replied seriously: "No, when the subordinates came back, they deliberately looked at the rear, and there was indeed no one to follow." ”

The prefect shouted again: "Come on, go outside and see if there are any suspicious people?"

Within a moment, the person who went to check it out came back and reported that there was no one.

The prefect looked at the dark shadow again and said, "You have worked hard, I will take good care of your family." As he spoke, he grabbed the shadow's neck, and with a "click" he broke the shadow's neck.

Xiong Wei shrugged his eyebrows, when he saw the prefect's face before, he thought he was bad. Looking at it now, I didn't expect the prefect to be so ruthless.

After the prefect strangled the black shadow to death, he called people in again and said, "Go and say hello to all parties, and say that you have been careful recently, and someone from Jingshi is coming." ”

Xiong Wei and Xia Yun glanced at each other, still lying on the roof, waiting for their next plan.

I saw these people running out of the prefect's yamen and running out separately.

Xiong Wei also quietly flew down from the roof, looking in these directions, not knowing which one to follow.

"Shall we split up?" Xia Yun asked.

"No, I'm not worried about you going alone. Let's go back to the inn first, anyway, we're already scared, and we don't care about a little more time. Xiong said calmly.

He thought calmly for a while and said, "Let's go, let's go back to the inn first." ”

They quickly came to the inn and told Xiaoyaozi everything about today.

When Xiaoyaozi heard this, he said, "Hey, you really made the biggest mistake. Now that we are in the open and the enemy is in the dark, it is not easy to do anything! For now, we can only take a look at it first. It's not too early today, so let's rest first. ”

The stars hold the moon, the night looks at the earth quietly, and the insects squeak in the grass.

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