Chapter 216: Jining Mansion 3
Tong Yunfei and Hao Yan left the forest house and came to the street, Tong Yunfei said: "Miss Hao, you see it's past three o'clock now, do you say we should go to Yunxiang County now or tomorrow." Hao Yan said: "Of course, I will go now, the sooner the better, and I will get things done as soon as possible and return to the capital as soon as possible." Tong Yunfei said with a smile: "It's only been a few days since I left, and I'm thinking about my eldest brother." Hao Yan smiled shyly: "I mainly want Sister E and Sister Lan, you don't want to Miss Yin." Tong Yunfei smiled: "Of course I want to, but I miss my eldest brother even more." Hao Yan said: "Don't talk about these useless things, let's hurry up and get down to business." ’
Tong Yunfei and Hao Yan came to the dock to their small boat, Tong Yunfei walked into the cabin and told the boatman that they had something to do, and they might not come back at night, and then got off the boat and walked to the ferry, the two got on the ferry, crossed the canal, and asked people about the way to Yunxiang County.
In the evening, Tong Yunfei and Hao Yan came to Yunxiang County, and soon found Sijing Lane on East Street, and the two walked under a big jujube tree and saw the word "Liu Zhai" on the door. Tong Yunfei stepped forward and slapped the door knocker, and after a while, the door opened, and it was a girl ring who opened the door, and the girl said: 'Childe, are you in trouble?' Tong Yunfei said: "My door is here to find Master Liu, please pass it on, and say that Jining Lin Gongzi is visiting." Yahuan opened her big round eyes and said suspiciously: "You are Lin Gongzi, I have never seen you." Tong Yunfei said: "You just said that Lin Gongzi's friend came to him for something." Yahuan said: "Okay, son, please wait a moment, I'll go back to my master." Then he closed the door.
After a while, the gate of Liu's house opened again, and Yahuan stood aside after opening the door, with a young man standing beside him. A pair of scholars wears. Looking at Tong Yunfei and said, "Is Gongzi a friend of Gongzi Lin in Jining?" Tong Yunfei said: "Exactly." In Xia Tong Yunfei, dare to ask Gongzi is Master Liu?' The Gongzi said: "Don't dare to be, in Xia Liu Wenzheng." Tong Yunfei said: "Great, I was entrusted by Lin Gongzi to bring a letter to Master Liu." After speaking, he took out Lin Yunchuan's letter and handed it to Liu Wenzheng.
Liu Wenzheng took the envelope and took out the letter and read it for a while, and immediately said politely after reading the letter: "Gongzi Tong, Miss Tong, please come in." Tong Yunfei and Hao Yan walked into the courtyard, Yahuan bolted the door again, and Liu Wenzheng invited Tong Yunfei and Hao Yan to the living room to sit down. Yahuan also brought tea.
Liu Wenzheng said: "Since you are Lin Gongzi's friend, that is, my friend Liu Wenzheng, if you have anything, just say anything, as long as Liu can do it, you will do your best." Tong Yunfei said: "Since Master Liu is so refreshing, then I will get straight to the point." Liu Wenzheng said: "Brother Tong, don't be polite, you and my brother are commensurate, please say something." ’
Tong Yunfei said: "That's the case, now traitors and thieves, corrupt officials and corrupt officials are rampant in the government and the opposition, and now someone wants to bring down him, and they are collecting evidence of their violations of law and discipline. I heard that Jining Mansion increased taxes indiscriminately, and official salt was sold privately. We just want to know how he works. Liu Wenzheng said: "He is a blatant act, sending the additional tax documents to the counties, telling the counties to complete the task, and distributing a small amount of official salt for the people to buy in rations, and after eating, they have to buy high-priced private salt, and the private salt is blatantly sold." Tong Yunfei said: "Can you get those documents with additional taxes?" Liu Wenzheng said: "It would have been better to say two days earlier, but now it is a little difficult to do, and now the Su (Jinwen) magistrate has been removed from his official position because he did not collect and pay the taxes according to the task assigned by the prefect, and I, the master, have no choice but to do it." After a pause, he said, "Su Zhixian should have those documents in his hand." ’
Tong Yunfei said: "Su Zhixian is so opposed to the prefect's behavior, then we will go to Su Zhixian and he will be willing to help." Liu Wenzheng sighed and said: "But now I can't find Su Zhixian, he was dismissed and the official was not convinced, he wanted to go to Beijing to sue the emperor, and left this morning." Tong Yunfei thought for a while and said: "Isn't he looking for death, don't say that he can't go to the capital, even if he arrives in the capital, he won't be able to see the emperor." Liu Wenzheng said: "Whoever says no, no matter how I persuade him, he doesn't listen, he just admits death and is very stubborn." ’
Tong Yunfei said: "This is a good talent, if he becomes a big official, he will definitely be able to do good things for the court and the people." Hao Yan said on the side: "Didn't Brother Yu say that he would recruit talents, since the eldest brother said that he is a good talent, we can't watch him go to a dead end, we must hurry up and save him, maybe he can really become a pillar of talent in the future." Tong Yunfei said: "What the little sister said is true. He turned to Liu Wenzheng and said, "Brother Liu, do you know whether Suzhi County is by water or land." Liu Wenzheng said: "Su Zhixian heard me that someone might harm him on the road, thinking that the waterway was not secret enough, he thought about it again and again and finally decided to take the land route. ’
Tong Yunfei said: "I don't think it's safe for him to go any way. Liu Wenzheng said: "Then what should I do, you have to find a way to save Su Zhixian, he is a good person." Brother Liu, you can tell me a route that we might take, I hope we can catch up." Liu Wenzheng said: "Suzhi County probably took the line of Wenshang and Dongping to Jinan. Tong Yunfei said: "Saving people is like fighting fire, we will not delay any longer, and we will leave here, we will have a period later." Liu Wenzheng looked out and said, "Brother Tong, it's getting dark, it's better to have dinner here and stay overnight, and then rush to chase after you tomorrow morning." Tong Yunfei said: "Don't bother Brother Liu, we must cross the canal tonight and get up early tomorrow morning to hurry." Liu Wenzheng saw that Tong Yunfei had made up his mind, so he no longer wanted to keep it.
Tong Yunfei and Hao Yan said goodbye to Liu Wenzheng and left Liu's house, and when he came to the street, most of the shops were closed, and only a few shops and inns were lit up. Tong Yunfei said: "Miss Hao, what should we do now. Hao Yan said: "Let's find a restaurant to eat now, and after eating, we will think about crossing the river, and then find a place to rest after crossing the river." Tong Yunfei said: "Okay, just do as you say, see that the girl has learned a lot from the eldest brother, and she is so wise and decisive when she speaks, she really has the demeanor of the eldest brother." Hao Yan smiled: "Tong Gongzi, don't tease me, how can I compare with Brother Yu." The two laughed and walked into a delicious restaurant.
Tong Yunfei and Hao Yan finished eating in the restaurant, Xiao Er came to settle the bill, Tong Yunfei asked: "Little Second Brother, how to get to Wenshang County." Xiao Er said: "Guest officer, do you still have to hurry at such a late hour?" Tong Yunfei said: "I'll inquire first, and I'll leave tomorrow morning." Xiao Erdao: "This is about the same, you go out of the north gate and follow the official road until you cross the river in Anping and then go north." Tong Yunfei thanked Xiao Er, settled the bill, and left the hotel with Hao Yan.
Tong Yunfei and Hao Yan came to the north gate of the city, and when they saw that the city gate was closed, Hao Yan chuckled and said, "I just wanted to go out of the city, but I didn't expect the city gate to be closed earlier, if only Brother Yu was here, you can pass over the wall." Tong Yunfei said with a smile: "Although we are not as good as the eldest brother's kung fu to jump on the city wall, but I can climb the wall, I think this city wall is not too high, my flying rope claw should be within reach." Hao Yan smiled: "I forgot this, Tong Gongzi is also a master of crossing the wall." The two of them said that they walked some distance away from the city gate, in order to prevent the officers and soldiers guarding the city gate from causing unnecessary trouble. (To be continued......)