"Ruan Budang, this... I am guilty, but... the amount of opium that Hogg and Robson carried was so large, which I could never have expected?" Wu Bingjian listened to Ruan Yuan's report.

He informed himself of the evidence he had one by one, and he knew that based on these evidences alone, he could not escape the crime of hiding. He had no choice but to kneel down to Ruan Yuan again and strive for final protection.

"Wu Dunyuan, please get up. Our headquarters will never make assumptions without evidence when deciding a case. It's just your crime of partiality, even if it is the most minor... You are a third-grade sapphire top? What are you doing today?

How can you still wear this third-grade crown in such a state?! No matter what happens today, just leave this third-grade crown to me, the Governor!" After saying that, Ruan Yuan also walked forward and took it off.

The sapphire bead on Wu Bingjian’s crown.

"The ministry has clearly observed that I... I will take off my official uniform now as a warning to future generations." Wu Bingjian also knew that his third-grade dais were originally obtained from donations. If he only lost one of his official uniforms this time,

For me, that was already the smallest loss. Therefore, I had no complaints about Ruan Yuan's decision. I just stood aside, slowly took off the empty winter crown on top, and took it off again.

The peacock robe on the body.

"Ruan Yuan, your subordinates are all corrupt officials. In order to force me to confess, they kept blackmailing me last night. My confession was forced by them under torture, and I don't accept it!" Unexpectedly, it was Ye at this time.

Heng Shu suddenly shouted to Ruan Yuan.

"Ye Hengshu, if you are really a corrupt official with your tactics, I might be afraid of you. But here, your physical evidence is enough to convict you of a serious crime. Why do I have to force a confession from you? If you don't accept it,

, I will also give you a chance, just write down your defense, and I promise to send it to you in front of the emperor in Beijing, and I will never interfere with you in the slightest. I would like to see if the emperor will believe my memorial.

, or do I believe your excuse?" Ruan Yuan naturally knew that Ye Hengshu's words of "corrupt officials" were just that he knew that there were indeed many corrupt officials in various prefectures and counties, so he wanted to deliberately muddy the waters in the hope of getting away with it.

But Ruan Yuan has always been upright and has always strictly controlled the officials in the governor's court. Moreover, the physical evidence of the case is conclusive, but how can he be intimidated by Ye Hengshu? He immediately dismissed him.

"Haha, hahahaha!" Unexpectedly, even in such a desperate place, Ye Hengshu still refused to give in, but smiled crazily at Ruan Yuan and said: "Ruan Yuan, you think you caught me, this Guangzhou opium, you can

Have you cleaned up everything? Impossible! Have you only confirmed that Han Qing and I are co-conspirators until now, but you still don’t know why Han Qing is willing to help me secretly smuggle opium, right? Do you do it every year?

, or that every two or three months, you can receive a batch of opium from Han Qingqing? And until yesterday, you thought he was a hero, right?! I will tell you what happened behind this now! Indeed,

Han Qing was an honest man four or five years ago, and he did things just as you thought before. But just three and a half years ago, he met me, and I told him a random number, and he agreed at the time.

! Moreover, in order to always gain your trust, I discussed a clever plan with him, which is to use a lot of real opium in exchange for your reuse of Han Qing! You will never think of this, because even if we secretly

People who sell opium privately should be reluctant to bring so much cash for nothing, just to confuse you? But even so, I still make a lot of money, and so does Han Qing! What I discussed with him is that I

For every 100 kilograms of opium transported, ask him to take out seven or eight kilograms and send them to your governor, saying that he seized them on the road to repay his merits. Later, he was also afraid, so I gave him a little more.

, give him twelve kilograms of one hundred kilograms, just like this, the money Han Qing has earned in the past three years is enough for him to use for three lifetimes! Ruan Yuan, don’t you think you are good at arithmetic? Then you can do the math yourself.

?How much opium did Han Qing give you, and how much leaked out under his nose? Think about it, what a happy way to make money and get rich with opium? If you don’t let me do such a happy business, why don’t you still

Can we arrest everyone who works in this field one by one? Impossible!"

"Han Qing! What Ye Hengshu said, but... is it true?" Ruan Yuan listened to Ye Hengshu's words, and his heart was suddenly shocked, thinking back to Han Qing's "repayment" for himself every time.

If the opium handed over by Han Qing each time he leaked was eight to twelve times the number of "retribution", then the opium flowing into Guangzhou and even the mainland of the Central Plains in the past three years would be an immeasurable figure.

"Ruan Butang, I... everything he said is true." Han Qing watched Ye Hengshu expose all the previous conspiracies between himself and him. He was already in a panic. In panic, he had to think of ways to save himself.

He escaped guilt and said: "But...but Ruan Butang, I...I can't help it? If I don't agree to them like this, if I bid those guards, Chief Qian, and Chief General, they will do the same thing? Now Green Camp

Is the salary of the military attache enough...enough to do what? I...I got the money, but most of it was not kept. It was all...distributed to the soldiers. I...I plead guilty, Ruan Butang, and I beg you to

What a shame!" As he said this, Han Qing also grabbed the ground with his head, kowtowing to Ruan Yuan and begging for mercy.

"Han Qing, you shameless person, Luying has been completely disgraced by you!" Xu Songnian also angrily yelled at Han Qing from the side.

"Rong Jun, now that the truth of this case has been revealed, let's... take this criminal back." It seemed that Ruan Yuan was in disbelief when he heard Han Qing admit the last part of the facts, and said to Ye Hengshu again.

: "Ye Hengshu, the headquarters has given you time to submit the letter, but the evidence of your crime in this case is conclusive and the opium is there. You cannot deny it! After that, the headquarters will also report the facts of your crimes and the final decision will be made by the emperor. But

Under such evidence of crime, I advise you not to have those wishful thinking anymore!" After saying that, the officials on the left and right stepped forward, held Ye Hengshu and others down one by one, and took them back to the cell one after another.

"Hahahaha!" It seems that until now, Ye Hengshu is still excited that Ruan Yuanshang has something unknown and needs to be revealed by himself.

Since there was sufficient evidence for the opium eradication campaign, Ruan Yuan quickly formulated the crimes and punishments for Ye Hengshu and his party. Ye Hengshu, Shi Tai, Chen Huan and others smuggled opium, which was already a serious crime. However, there was no death penalty for smuggling opium at that time, so General Ruan Yuan

The three of them were all scheduled to be sent to Xinjiang to serve as hard labor. Wu Bingjian took the crown and was temporarily detained in the Thirteenth Line to see the consequences. The rest of the coachmen and Ye Hengshu's subordinates who knew about it were each sentenced to imprisonment, ranging from cane punishment to Han Qing's home.

The property still needs to be inventoried for final sentencing. Seeing that the punishment of Wu Bingjian, Ye Hengshu and others has been agreed upon, and waiting for Daoguang's final approval, Ruan Yuan temporarily relinquished his post as governor of Guangdong and Guangxi and prepared to go north to Beijing to face the saint. At the same time, Xu Songnian also

After receiving a new transfer order, they were about to take up the post of Admiral of the Fujian Navy, but they actually got their favorite naval position. On this day, the two of them said goodbye to the Ruan family at the same time, and after leaving Guangzhou, Ruan Yuan and Xu Songnian had to go their separate ways.

"Master, be careful on the road, and don't forget the things you brought for Chang Sheng and the others." Seeing that a major event was settled, Kong Luhua felt much more relaxed than before. She also arrived at the gate of the Governor's Court in person that day, preparing to bid farewell to Ruan Yuan.

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"Mrs. Kong, don't worry. According to me, when Bo Yuan goes to the capital this time, he will probably be promoted to another level with his success in punishing drug dealers. Maybe when he comes back... maybe Bo Yuan will also

There is no need to come back. If you become prime minister, it is not impossible to go to Beijing as an official. Then, I will have to call you the prime minister's wife!" Xu Songnian also smiled at Kong Luhua from the side.

"Xu Junmen, you can't force the matter of prime minister, but... your health is more important." After the pain of Ruan An's death, Kong Luhua now looked down on fame and fortune.

"Well, Mrs. Kong has worked hard these days. You'd better have a good life. After all, even if Bo Yuan becomes the prime minister, you still have to have this body to enjoy the blessings, right?" After saying that, Xu Songnian also smiled at Yang Ji and said: "Brother Yang

, it has been difficult for you in the past six months. You said that it was so easy for us to meet again. I originally wanted to have a few more drinks, but who knew that such a thing would happen to your family? I have been in Guangzhou for a year, that is, I talked to you a few days ago.

After drinking once, you age faster than me. This time, I won you one more drink. I really hope that one day I will see you again. Then, we will still be the same, never getting drunk!"

"Okay, Lao Xu, with you as my friend, we can work together to do so many things. Isn't this... God's will for us to be friends? Don't worry, since God has favored us both, then let's talk about it in the future

Maybe one day, Bo Yuan and you will be officials in the same place again? At that time, no matter where you are, I will treat you to drink the best wine there!" Yang Ji also smiled at Xu Songnian, the two of them were like this

At that time, they also recalled that in the second year of Jiaqing, Ruan Yuan and Yang Ji, Xu Songnian and Li Changgeng met for the first time in Lianghu Town. At that time, the two people once caused misunderstandings and even fought. I don't want twenty-five years to pass,

The two fought against pirates and eliminated opium together, and became rare comrades-in-arms. Thinking back to this point, the two couldn't help but smile at each other for a while.

"Okay, after seeing you for thousands of miles, we will have to say goodbye. We are leaving now. Madam, Lao Yang, take care of yourself!" Seeing that the time of departure has come, Xu Songnian felt that he had no regrets anymore, so he and Ruan Yuan said goodbye to Ruan together.

Everyone in the family. And Kong Luhua looked at the two people's backs as they parted, and recalled Xu Songnian's words just now, and she actually had a new idea:

"Perhaps Master can really be a good prime minister..."

Unfortunately, in the last few years of Xu Songnian's life, many unhappiness unexpectedly occurred. After many years of experience, Sun Erzhun, an old friend Jiao Xun met in Beijing, successfully became the governor of Fujian and Zhejiang three years later. However, Xu Songnian and Sun Erzhun fell into discord.

During the war, Xu Songnian once put down a fight in Taiwan, but was judged by Sun Erzhun to be an indiscreet military leader. Xu Songnian eventually resigned and returned home. Fortunately, Xu Songnian still had the rank of Yunqi Wei, so he lived in peace for the rest of his life. Five years after leaving Guangzhou, Xu Songnian
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