Chapter 253 True and False
The yamen runners outside must have thought that two batches of private salt had been seized, and the two groups of private owls died, injured, and those who ran away might not be able to catch them. As long as the captured private owls and the dead private owls were handed over to the government office together, it would be fine, but for Zhang Guangcheng, things had just begun.
As soon as he followed Han Xiufeng into the signing room on the left side of the second hall, he turned around and said, "Master Han, I knew that private owls were difficult to deal with, but I never expected it to be so difficult to deal with. In order to investigate Xu Lequn, Jiang Changyu's group of private owls were really injured. More than 80 yamen runners and young men died, and the pension was worth thousands of taels alone!"
How could Han Xiufeng not hear what he meant, and closed the door and said, "You can't afford to be a Bao surname. You can't just report this case to the prefect."
"This is natural, but I've inquired about it. The one named Bao is not easy to deal with."
"Brother Zhang, what do you mean?"
Zhang Guangcheng sat by the stove and smiled bitterly: "When the Bao family beat Emperor Qianlong, they were the merchants in Fu'anchang. They not only had business in Fu'anchang for hundreds of years, but also had friendships with the transportation merchants and even the general merchants in Yangzhou City. Not to mention the transportation department's yamen, if they just went to Fu'anchang to get people like this, they might be bitten back."
Han Xiufeng pondered: "Brother Zhang, according to what you said, even if Bao Daijie colluded with thieves and bandits to traffic in private salt, he would still be able to escape unscathed?"
Yang Guangcheng thought about it and said hatefully: "If the lawsuit is really attacked by the Yunsi yamen, as long as he is willing to spend money, the living will become dead. As long as there is no evidence of death, the black will become white!"
"Will the Taigong Master sit idly?"
"As long as it is a private salt case, the general will be investigated and dealt with by the Yunshu. Don't say that the Mansion cannot speak or interfere, even if you can speak and interfere, will you put a lot of money and offend the Yunshu that can secretly write to Datianting?"
Han Xiufeng thought that this statement made some sense, because the person named Bao would pull out the radish and bring out the mud, and go up to the Lianghuai Salt Transportation Envoy, and go down to the Fu'anchang to the plenary meeting of the clerks and yamen runners. Even if the Taiwanese maker, who was also the Lianghuai Salt Administration, cut the case, he would only attack the captured private owl.
Officials protect each other, and the most wise sayings. If you don’t believe in this evil, you won’t know how to remove the black hat!
Han Xiufeng sighed inwardly and asked curiously: "What should I do next?"
Zhang Guangcheng looked up and said, "Mr. Han, in my opinion, since the person surnamed Bao cannot do it, you might as well let him get some blood. He is a smart person and should know that if you want to get out of it, you have to spend money. What he did is the same price for us, but when you think about it in Yangzhou, it is the same price for another price!"
Being an official for thousands of miles is just for wealth, but who doesn’t like the money of money?
Han Xiufeng couldn't help but smile and said, "This is a solution, just ask who will talk to Bao?"
"What if you let Xu Lequn, who just won, talk about it?"
"Let him go back to Fu'an?"
"You can't let go. If you really want to let go, where can you find him? Let him write a letter to someone named Bao, and let someone named Bao send reliable people here to talk."
Han Xiufeng asked in a low voice: "Brother Zhang, do you think Xu Lequn can write it?"
Zhang Guangcheng murmured: "He probably doesn't know how to write, even if I did, I wouldn't dare to give someone a handle."
"Brother Zhang, it's not that he is disgusting. I think he will not only not write letters to Bao's surname, but he will even take everything down. You don't think he has no power to tie a chicken, but he can really do such a thing that he doesn't want to sacrifice his life!
"He isn't afraid of death?"
"No one is afraid of death, but if he can use his life to help his wife and children get rich and prosperous, I dare to conclude that he must be far away, not to mention that he and Bao are not only masters and servants but also relatives."
"Then I can only be tough with him, so that he knows that even if he wants to take it, he can't handle it!"
"How can he know?"
"Master Han, it depends on you."
"Damn me?"
Zhang Guangcheng stared at Han Xiufeng and said with a smile: "Qingsheng Lian, Lian Shengwei. Even if the broken jar surnamed Xu is thrown away, even if he is not afraid of death, it is impossible not to be afraid of an honest official like Mr. Han. As long as he is convinced that if the surname Bao does not bleed, you will have to be controlled by Beijing even if you are deprived of your post. If the emperor is really alarmed, his relatives will not be able to save their lives no matter how much money they spend."
"I'll talk?"
"I want to say it, but he won't believe it after I said it."
Han Xiufeng thought to himself that he was a child of an official. He was indeed a little wise, because he wanted Xu Lequn and the people behind Xu Lequn to submit. But Han Xiufeng would not do anything that was not good, and said with a bitter face: "Brother Zhang, you are going to destroy my official voice and my wisdom!"
"Master Han, where does this start? No matter how you say it to him, you will be your mouth and ears. Even if he wants to bite you back in the future, no one will believe it if he says it."
"No, no, Brother Zhang should ask Gao Ming. It's not easy for me to become this official, but I don't want to be dismissed and investigated for this matter."
After two groups of private owls were seized, the Yunsi Yamen will soon find out that the Yunsi Yamen will send people to call the criminals after they know that they will not even need to inform the Yangzhou prefect. Zhang Guangcheng did not want to have too many dreams at night, and said bluntly: "How about Sanqi? No matter how much money a Bao surname is willing to pay for peace, you and I will be Sanqi, you and I will be Sanqi."
Han Xiufeng waved his hands repeatedly: "Brother Zhang, don't force others to do anything. A gentleman loves money and makes money well. He has a long life to earn money. I don't want to lose my official position because of the little money in front of me."
"How can you lose your official position if you say nothing without any reason!"
"If you are not afraid of ten thousand, just be afraid of if you are not afraid of it."
Zhang Guangcheng said anxiously: "Si Liu, Mr. Han, Si Liu can do it?"
Han Xiufeng also didn't want the night to be long and dreams. He weighed it and pretended to be reluctant to do so and said, "Brother Zhang, believe it or not, I really don't want this money. After all, the future is long, and I feel really uneasy to ask for this money."
"Just help me!"
"Okay, I'll give it a try."
"Thank you." Zhang Guangcheng didn't want to delay for a moment, so he immediately stood up: "Mr. Han, it's not too late. Tell him quickly, I'll go to the public housing opposite to wait for the letter."
"OK."
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Zhang Guangcheng was not only competing for time with the Yunsi Yamen, but also competing for time with God. His father was terminally ill. If he died, Zhugang surnamed Bao would not be his turn to knock him. As soon as he walked out of the signing room, he asked the yamen runners to mount Xu Lequn over.
Han Xiufeng sat by the stove and stared at Xu Lequn who had just been brought in, and asked with regret: "Mr. Xu, is it because of my words that Su Jueming didn't bring, or do you don't believe me?"
Xu Lequn was stunned, then reacted and couldn't help but smile bitterly: "Master Han, Su Jueming has brought you your words. Xu wants to believe it, but he dare not!"
"You not only don't believe me, but also treat me as a monkey. I want to lure my tiger out of the mountain! Unfortunately, you have made great calculations. You didn't count on it. Li Xiucai actually climbed up to Master Zhang's high branch with me on his back. Not only did he give you a mantis stalk the cicada oriole behind you, but he also made me ugly!"
"Master Han, is all this really the reason why Li Xiucai did?" Xu Lequn was skeptical.
"I hope it's not."
"Xu may be really suspicious. It is said that the fat water will not flow to outsiders' fields. That is a total of twenty-six ships of salt. If you knew it earlier, you would definitely find ways to investigate, and you would never be cheaper than Master Zhang."
Han Xiufeng glared at him fiercely and said angrily: "Is it useful to say these things now? Humph, intelligence is just mistaken for cleverness. It's just that you are a person with me!"
Xu Lequn twisted his neck, which was stuck in discomfort and said lightly: "Xu has backfired, but Mr. Zhang and Xiucai Li won't be proud for long."
"Jing said these are useless, so I'd better think about you."
"Xu's life was recovered. He has lived for decades. If you want to kill or cut it, you will be able to kill and cut it."
"You don't want to atone for your sins even if you are greedy for life?" Han Xiufeng asked in a low voice.
Xu Lequn really took the initiative and asked with a smile: "What kind of merits will be used to redeem the sins? Mr. Han, why don't you want Xu to frame others?"
Han Xiufeng couldn't help but smile and asked, "Framed?"
Xu Lequn knew very well that too much would lead to mistakes, so he simply closed his eyes.
"Raise your head, open your eyes, and reply to my official's words!"
“…”
"Don't speak, right?" Han Xiufeng stood up suddenly and walked to him and said, "Mr. Xu, do you think you can handle this matter as long as you want. Do you think I really don't dare to go to Fu'anchang to get people? You think things are too simple. Even if I don't dare to offend your relatives with great powers, others dare!"
"Who dared?" Xu Lequn couldn't help asking.
"Zhang Guangcheng dared, maybe he didn't dare, but now it's not the case. His father was terminally ill and had a few days to live. You don't think about how he could miss this last chance to get rich? If you don't know what happened, he would still do something to throw apart. If we don't believe it, we can bet."
"What bet?"
"Betting if you don't know the truth, will he lead the yamen runners to Fu'anchang Suo tonight to take Bao Daijie and your fellow Huizhou people!" Looking at Xu Lequn's thoughtful look, Han Xiufeng continued: "The second young master Zhang said that it's over, and Master Bao doesn't want to save his life without paying some blood. But it's the same price for him, and when he arrives in Yangzhou, it's another price. Mr. Xu, believe me, you can try to carry it, but if you can't bear it, not only will you not be able to help Master Bao, but it will harm Master Bao!"
"Where are you?" Xu Lequn asked sneeredly.
"I'm just a message," Han Xiufeng patted the wooden shackle on his shoulder, raised his head and sighed: "I want to be a good official who is honest and dedicated to the public, and I want to lock you all the private owls to imprison. But it's too difficult to be a good official who is honest and dedicated to the public, so I can only settle for the second best official."
True and false, false and true.
Xu Lequn became more and more confused as he listened. He didn't know whether the person next to him was a clean official or a hypocritical corrupt official, nor did he know which sentence the inspector next to him was true or which sentence was false.
Han Xiufeng didn't know what he was thinking, and he was too lazy to care about what he would think. He then said, "Young Master Zhang Second wants to ask how much your life is worth, and even more, Master Bao's life is worth. In short, even if you and Mr. Bao are involved in a huge lawsuit, as long as you can get the big money, everything will be easy to say."
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Chapter completed!