Chapter 46
A sudden rain breaks the clear plan
Author: Holding Hairpin Star
A sudden rain breaks the clear plan
The light shining outside the door was dazzling. Ti Zhen hurriedly covered his face with his hands and said in a lazy tone, "Tell me what happened slowly."
Yangzu clapped his hands together and shouted, "The Liang family was caught by the government for selling illegal salt, along with the other thirteen minor bosses. They are now being sent to the Yamen for questioning!"
Ti Zhen suddenly woke up, as if he was chilled by the stimulation of a basin of water, and immediately sat up straight, "What?!"
Yangzu immediately sat down on the edge of the bed and stamped his feet, "I went to Yonghui shop early this morning to buy peony cakes. I heard the noise behind me. I turned around and saw the white paper falling like snow all over the sky, so
Curiously, I picked it up and read it, and found that it actually contained a complaint against Liang and his family members for colluding in selling illegal salt, and also pointed out the place where they hid the illegal salt!"
He hissed, "At that time, there were so many traders and customers on the street, and the person-to-person transmission caused quite a stir. The people in front of the Yamen were surrounded by people, and despite the pressure from the whole city, they had to arrest people for questioning. Naturally,
The Liang family wanted to evade, but the people in the government were also clever. They found the place where the Liang family hid their secret salt long before they were caught. There was absolutely irrefutable evidence. The interrogation continued, and the other thirteen families involved in the dispute also followed suit.
He was taken into custody."
Ti Zhen suddenly choked and felt pain in his flesh, "They were all caught..."
She covered her face, "Together, the Liang family and Thirteen Fangs must have several million taels of gold, and they have all paid for it..." She raised her eyebrows slightly, "Do you know who is behind the scenes?"
Yang Tu said "Yes", "The person who planned this matter has taken the initiative to vote for office. He calls himself Jushi Liu Bai and is an aide to An Cuishan, the governor of Luoyang Prefecture. His name is Zou Jiping. He said that he was specifically ordered to investigate the sales of merchant boats in Luoyang.
The matter of smuggling.”
"It's just that... this incident involves more than a dozen merchant ships, large and small, and a large amount of silver is involved. It is not difficult to rule out the suspicion of amassing money and treason. What's more, during the critical period, the limelight is at its peak, and the palace and the palace are extremely defensive. Whether it is smuggling or treason, it is not
If you commit a crime against the wind, the death penalty is a certainty."
Yang Tu is also quite resentful.
"On the contrary, this Zou Jiping became famous in one fell swoop with the 'Luoyang Thirteen Boats Salt Selling and Money Making Case'."
Ti Zhen narrowed his eyes, "...Zou Jiping?"
Yang Zu asked: "Sister, can you recognize this person?"
She shook her head, "I don't know."
She said so, but for a moment, she felt horrified in her heart, as if she had a passive and guilty feeling of being stabbed at the neck and abdomen. Her instinctive intuition made her feel that everything was not a coincidence, but she couldn't find the reason for it.
Now that the Wei Dynasty is in turmoil, it is not appropriate to engage in aggressive warfare to arouse public attention. We can only suppress it for the time being and slowly look for clues to carefully identify the intentions of the person behind the scenes.
It's best if you don't have the intention. If you have the intention, you will definitely kill him quickly.
Thinking about this, Yang Zuo couldn't help but become worried with her gloomy eyes. Ti Zhen rubbed his hair, gradually bringing out a natural smile.
"Perhaps it is a young official who is just starting out and wants to climb up the ladder based on his reputation, but the unlucky Liang family bumps into him and becomes a human ladder for nothing. Even if I can borrow the money, they will attack faster and more ruthlessly than me.
, and save trouble.”
She held his shoulders and went down to the ground, found the dressing table and tied up her hair.
He ordered: "Go and ask Wen Xiu and Wen Yuan to come in and freshen up, and then go and get some food to replenish energy and health. The two of us will eat some together with the freshly baked peony cakes. We have enough time today to play around. Tomorrow
Let’s go home next morning.”
When Yang Zuo heard this, he jumped up in excitement and ran out like a monkey to ask someone to come in to serve him. Wen Xiu and Wen Yuan fell over in shock.
Wen Yuan's mouth almost broke, "What's going on? Are you so happy?"
But the man ran very fast and disappeared in a flash. When his questions were in vain, his eyes slowly fell on Ti Zhen.
Obviously Ti Zhen was not that happy, but fell into deep thought, and his eyes slowly moved for a while.
Wen Yuan wondered: "It seems like a good thing for me to see him smiling. Why is the girl unhappy?"
Ti Zhen rubbed his forehead and frowned, "Selling illicit salt is a capital crime for confiscating a family and exterminating a clan. Although they are indeed worthy of death, they took so much gold that was supposed to be our family for no reason. It hurts my heart to lose money."
She touched her knees and sighed, "I just want to destroy the Liang family in Luoyang and change ownership. I just want to arrest a few typical people and kill them, and establish rules and prestige. But now there are officials involved, and they are unfamiliar with the place. I can't even turn around to ask for help."
No one has any, so we can only swallow this mouthful of cowardice."
She tightened her lips and spoke slowly and clearly.
"Go and tell Cao Yi that no matter which business house the people are lucky enough to escape from, we will keep them as much as they can. If they are willing to follow, we will find them some work to do. If they want to leave, we will give them ten taels of silver."
If there are any women or children who have nothing to rely on, let Gao Qi take a few carriages to take them back and raise them, but don’t leave them here yet."
When Wen Yuan heard this, he was so angry that he spat out, "Just take in women and children. Those people don't care what he does, they are just wilting and ruining the dirty embryos. They will only be happy if they die."
Ti Zhen said she didn’t understand, “If you’re not stupid, you’re not deaf, you’re not a writer, if the water is clear, there will be no fish. Although we have eradicated the Liang family, which is a serious problem, we have lost one thousand to the enemy and eight hundred to ourselves.”
Since the Liang family cannot gain prestige through a loss-making business, we must first build up a reputation as a wise man before we can recruit capable people."
She picked up the comb and slowly smoothed her hair, with a cold look in her eyes, "Besides, there is no way to turn around the matter now. Even if it is lost, it should be gained. His official family has made a fool of himself, so we should be more generous and protect him with enthusiasm and tolerance.
Let them know how blindly they have followed the wrong person before, making them feel moved and guilty, and firmly remember our generous virtue of providing help in times of need."
"Nowadays, it doesn't matter whether it's a black cat or a white cat. If it can catch mice and get things done, it's a good cat."
Wenxiu tilted his head and looked at her, with a gentle smile on his face, "Then selecting new talents is the top priority."
"I have an idea. Why don't you draw up a list and ask Uncle Shen to arrange for various chambers of commerce to supervise the process?" Her voice became softer, "Firstly, to avoid unnecessary complications, and secondly..."
Then he knocked on Ti Zhen's shoulder.
Ti Zhen was happy, "Girl Wenxiu is becoming more and more vicious. According to what you said, there is one less problem."
He put down the comb and rubbed his heart, "But it has to be done after we go back. What matters now is... go ask the kitchen to add two more dishes, roasted pig heart and roasted chicken heart, and add a bowl of ginseng and wolfberry porridge.
, I have to make up for it."
Wenxiu smiled and responded, "Yes, the shape complements the shape." As she said this, she also rubbed Ti Zhen's heart.
The days of midsummer were sultry and humid, and it rained twice in Chang'an, which was not suitable for recuperating from old illnesses. But fortunately, everything was quiet and peaceful.
It was on such an ordinary day that Wen Yu woke up.
He went through it day after day, and Ti Zhen, as a person, seemed to disappear without a trace like a boulder falling into the water.
Suddenly one day, he had doubts, "What has Ti Zhen been doing these days?"
Guan Tong was stunned for a moment.
These days, with Zuo Fengyi's intervention and the Shi family's reward notices, even if they deliberately ignore them, they have to listen to a lot of things. After he found out about Ti Zhen's assassination, he was so frightened that his face turned pale, fearing that Wen Yu would hear it.
If you care a little bit, you will do some ridiculous things.
His eyes were rolling, and he accidentally knocked over the tea cup with his hand. Wen Yu was so shocked that his eyes trembled, "Did something happen?"
There are large emotional Shura fields in the chapters ahead, so please hold your shield.
Chapter completed!