Hearing Ye Xiaotian's words, Master Wang twitched the corner of his mouth slightly, and said, "You have already obtained a large amount of stolen goods from Chang's Car and Horse Company, why would you think of another batch?"
Ye Xiaotian said: "I didn't expect it at first, but the strange disappearance of Hu Qifeng aroused my curiosity. I want to know, who is he trying to protect by burning the account books? Then I thought of Gao and Li. The rumors that the Lord once told me made him suspicious of you and Lu Mo, so he began to send people to secretly watch your every move. At this time, I don’t need to think about anything anymore. What I saw with my eyes is already told me the correct answer."
Ye Xiaotian picked up the cold tea, took a sip, chewed the faint scent of tea, and said with a smile: "If I'm not wrong, the batch of goods that Chang's horses and horses drove back to the mountain was just a piece of tea. A small part? Maybe, you instructed Hu Qifeng to deliberately delay the delivery, just in case. In fact, the bulk of this shipment has already been with you, right? Poor Chang Zi, I always only knew that Hu Qifeng was the one who took the goods from him, but I didn’t know that Hu Qifeng just handed it over to Lu Mo!"
Master Wang laughed a few times hoarsely, and said: "Ye Xiancheng, what a hero born a boy! The old man pleaded guilty to you a few days ago. I thought that this would dispel your wariness towards me. Unexpectedly, there is nothing wrong with it." It works."
Ye Xiaotian also laughed, and said: "To tell you the truth, Mr. Wang, you really bluffed Ye Mou with your performance that day. Ye Mou was really flattered. But when you think about it carefully, on the contrary I think it is unreasonable, Mr. Wang, you are self-defeating."
Master Wang said: "How could it be? Wouldn't it be a good talk to make peace between generals and prime ministers?"
Ye Xiaotian shook his head and said: "My lord, you are really old, maybe you have forgotten how you got along with your father and grandparents when you were young, but I have not forgotten. Hey! Most of the old people are stubborn, how can they bow their heads so easily?" , let alone to a junior."
Master Wang was startled, and after thinking about it carefully, he couldn't help laughing.
Downstairs outside the window, the banquet was coming to an end, and someone had already noticed that Mr. Wang and Ye Xiaotian had disappeared, and shouted loudly with a bit of drunkenness: "Ye Xiancheng, Mr. Wang, where are the two adults? Grandpa is already very drunk, you two can't be deserters!"
Ye Xiaotian stood up and said to Master Wang: "You won this game of chess! I won this battle! To borrow a sentence from your master Wang, 'this is how it is in the officialdom, it has nothing to do with grudges, it's just involuntary '. Today's winter feast, let's not spoil everyone's interest, how about we go down and have a few more drinks?"
Master Wang stood up slowly, smiled slightly, and said, "Okay! Ye Xiancheng, please!"
Ye Xiaotian said politely: "Master Wang, please!"
The two went downstairs with their arms together, chatting and laughing at Yanyan, without any clue that one of them was about to become a prisoner.
Hua Zhixian was lying on the table in a drunken state, and in his dream he vaguely returned to the night when the bridal chamber was filled with flowers and candles, and Xiao Deng's entrance examination. It was a face full of shyness. Hua Zhixian smiled, in a drunk dream, smiling like a spring breeze...
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The Chen family's wife's convoy and Lu Mo's convoy were on the road together, from Hu County to Lujiao Town outside the mountain, there was a long distance between them, Ye Xiaotian was protecting Shui Wu and Yaoyao, and took Ai Dianshi's car from Lujiao Town When I came to Hu County, I stayed in the mountains for two nights.
The Chen family's wife's convoy escorted the heavy coffin, while Lu Mo's convoy was full of trucks, so the speed was naturally even slower. They had to stay in the mountains for three nights before they could climb out of the mountains and reach Lujiao Town.
Seeing that the sky was getting dark, Lu Mo consulted with the Chen family's wife to find a place to stay. The lady of the Chen family, who is a woman, has no idea, so she naturally obeys Lu Mo's arrangement. Lu Mo commanded the caravan to go for a while, and found a place where other caravans lived, and ordered them to stop and set up camp.
This is a place where merchants often camped in the past. It is backed by green hills, next to running water, and the ground is relatively flat. Some stakes for camping are also ready-made. Whoever happens to arrive here, just borrow them , to save a lot of effort.
With these foundations, their tents were quickly set up, and night fell quickly in the mountains. The tents here had just been set up, and the sky was already pitch black. Lu Mo's convoy had guards, so the night watch and patrolling was naturally left to them.
The lady of the Chen family is a girl, and she doesn't usually go out. Now that she has driven such a long distance, her body has long been exhausted, so she just ate a little dinner, took her daughter into the tent, and soon fell into a deep sleep .
Chen Muyan's sixth younger brother didn't sleep, he lingered, pretending to take care of his group, until everyone got into the tent, and then quietly rushed to Lu Mo's tent. As soon as Chen Laoliu saw Lu Mo, he nodded and said, "Master Lu, when do you think we will do it?"
Lu Mo asked, "Have they all rested?"
Chen Laoliu nodded, Lu Mo nodded and said, "Okay! Let's do it after half an hour when they are more sound asleep."
Chen Laoliu nodded, and quickly dived out again. When passing the coffin placed between several tents, Chen Laoliu stopped in his tracks, clasped his hands together towards Chen Muyan's coffin, and prayed silently: "Cousin, you have a spirit in heaven, don't blame brother for offending, people with poor ambitions Short, there is no way!
Cousin, you made so much money, but you didn't see any help at home. The result was good, and it was all confiscated by the government. Brother, I'm just borrowing your coffin for use now. The shopkeeper Lu said that after the matter is completed, we will be rewarded with one thousand taels of silver!
Cousin, that's one thousand taels! Our whole family can live a good life, cousin, don't worry, the big part of the remuneration will be distributed to my sister-in-law, and our Chen family will definitely take good care of my sister-in-law and niece, and never teach them to be bullied , cousin, you are alive in heaven, please bless you brother. "
Chen Laoliu nagged for a while, then tiptoed away. After half an hour, a group of black shadows moved quietly, sneaking up to the coffin. Because they had to go on the road tomorrow morning, the ropes and poles that bound the coffin were still on top, so they lifted them up and left.
To open the coffin, it is inevitable that there will be noise, which may wake people who don't know, so they have to quietly carry the coffin into the pine forest. The coffin was carried into the pine forest and lowered. They quickly untied the ropes and bars, and someone took out a few crowbars. With a tooth-piercing creaking sound, the coffin board was pried up.
Lifting the lid of the coffin, and looking inside with a pine oil torch, one can see that the inner and outer coffins are full of Nanyang treasures of various colors, and there are at least twenty or thirty pieces of ivory inside. A smug smile appeared on Lu Mo's face, and he stroked his beard and said, "Hurry up and get all the goods out!"
Before the words were finished, there was a "boom" all around, and countless torches were lit up immediately, and the sharp spears were reflected sharply by the torches. Hua Yunfei's voice came from the darkness: "No one is allowed to move, and those who dare to resist will be killed!"
Lu Mo and the others turned pale with fright. They saw shadows in the darkness, and they didn't know how many people were lurking around. Under the light of lanterns and torches, they were like a group of living targets. If they tried to resist, they would be thrown down with a round of guns, and few of them would survive.
Lu Mo's face was ashen, and he could only grit his teeth and order: "No one is allowed to act rashly! We...surrender!"
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"Brother-in-law, you're awake!"
"ah… "
"Brother-in-law, Master Wang has been arrested!"
"ah?"
"Not only the king's master, but also the great merchant Jia Lumo, they are all in the same group."
"ah?"
"Oh! Chang Zizai and Chen Muyan were just being promoted to cover up the public. The real smugglers are actually Master Wang and Lu Mo!"
"ah!"
Hua Qingfeng's eyes widened all of a sudden, this time, he was really awake.
Hua Qingfeng was so drunk last night that she was carried back to the county government office by Su Xuntian. Naturally, she was sent back to her sister's room to rest. This night, Hua Qingfeng was so drunk that she woke up leisurely until dawn. Su Xuntian, who had been waiting beside her for a long time, couldn't help herself, and immediately told him the news. He didn't speak clearly, but Hua Qingfeng's mind still hasn't come to his senses, and he has said all the words "Ah", "Ping", "Up", "Go" and "Enter", and he still hasn't understood it.
Su Ya glared at her younger brother angrily, and said to Hua Qingfeng: "Master, it's like this..."
Su Ya heard what happened from Su Xuntian's mouth, but from what she said, she was much more organized than Su Xuntian. After all, they are husband and wife for many years. She is very clear about her husband's thinking habits and understanding ability. When she succinctly explained a very complicated matter, Hua Qingfeng, who was still dizzy, actually understood it.
After listening to Su Ya, Hua Qingfeng sat on the couch, dumbfounded. Su Ya looked at him worriedly, and tentatively called, "Master?"
The corners of Hua Qingfeng's mouth were flattened, with a face full of tears: "How could this happen? How could this be happening? Meng County Chancellor, down! Xu County Chancellor, down! Master Wang, down too! This Let Shangfeng think, are there any good people in my Hulu County?"
Su Ya couldn't help laughing and said: "Master, your worries are too long-term. I think they teamed up to restrain you at the beginning and told you, the magistrate of the county, to be restrained. If they didn't have selfish intentions, why would they need to do this? Now it's just retribution Displeased. Master, wash and change clothes quickly, you need to preside over such a big case, which is another great achievement."
As Su Ya said, she handed over the hot towel, Hua Qingfeng took it over in a daze, wiped her face indiscriminately, and called out, "Ya'er!"
Seeing his serious face, Su Ya didn't know what was important, so she hurriedly asked, "Master?"
Hua Qingfeng said: "Bring a cup of herbal tea, I'm thirsty!"