When Mu Yunyao returned home, she instructed Jin Lan to put the jewelry box sent by King Yue into the warehouse. She was afraid that she would never wear these things. In the following days, Mu Yunyao went to Jinxiu Garden from time to time to discuss with King Yue about the batch of salt and the disposal of Jiangnan salt merchants. unpleasant, but something happens, like water passing the ground
After all, there will be some traces left. In Yangzhou City, Li Yuan looked at the transportation and loading of salt, and a smile flashed in his eyes: I originally thought that this time I came to Jiangnan to verify the salt tax, at most I was pretending to be a good person and taking some bribes. The credit is delivered to the door, and those officials in Yangzhou City are also tired of living, even
At this juncture, he wanted to do something about the salt administration, and he made him a bargain in vain. The salt merchants also breathed a sigh of relief. Although things were ups and downs, they made it through in the end. They also sold Li Yuanyi as a benefit, and made the first prince owe them a favor. In the future, it may be a big deal. Useful, as for the lost money, if you work hard for a few years, you will always be able to earn
return.
After a few days of being proud, a piece of news was like an earth-shattering shock, which directly shocked Li Yuanyi and the salt merchants in the south of the Yangtze River. The boat sank and all the salt was gone!
Li Yuan almost fell to the ground when he heard the news on the first day of the first day: "What's going on? Didn't we already send more people to make them extra careful? Why did something happen?"
The guard who came to report the news knelt on the ground tremblingly and said nothing: "At that time, there was fog on Jingling City, and the fog was so thick that it was impossible to see clearly. I can't be saved..." Li Yuanyi was like an ant on a hot pan, walking back and forth incessantly: "Go and send a message to Li Manian, no, send a message to Prime Minister Li, tell him the whole story, and let him He'll make up his mind." This time the matter is too big, and he can't handle it alone, so Li Qingzhou must come to take care of it.
idea. Originally, Li Yuanyi wanted to suppress the news, and waited until Li Qingzhou's reply. Unfortunately, because of the salt administration case, all forces were paying attention to this batch of salt. Before the letter was sent to the capital, the emperor already got it.
information.
The emperor was furious, and the civil and military officials were silent. Just when the emperor ordered a thorough investigation, another piece of news spread quickly.
The salt tax case in Yangzhou City was caused by the collusion between the salt merchants and the government from the beginning to the end. First, the salt merchants secretly instructed the officials to buy salt in order to fill the hole of the deficient salt tax, and then lied that the salt sank on the Xijiang River. , in exchange for a boat loaded with sand and a salt boat. After the incident was almost exposed, the salt merchants bribed Li Yuanyi, the governor of Liangjiang, who inspected the salt tax, and framed Yangzhou City Salt Transport Envoy and Salt Transport Envoy Si Tongzhi and others, saying that they were caught by Li Yuanyi for stealing salt. In fact, it was only the salt merchants who handed over the hidden salt to Li Yuanyi, otherwise
Li Yuanyi couldn't figure it out, why did he go directly to the abandoned wharf as soon as he arrived in Yangzhou City, and checked out the batch of salt
Afterwards, in order to get credit, Li Yuanyi deceived the saints by cheating, and made the officials who bought the salt, the yamen and other irrelevant people to put down the charges, and saved the various salt merchants in Jiangnan. A generous gift, the exact amount of silver is unknown.
As soon as the news spread, Prime Minister Li Qingzhou hurriedly entered the palace to face the saint, but he knelt outside the palace for a long time, but the emperor did not see him. The eldest prince also hurriedly entered the palace to intercede, but the emperor also avoided seeing him.
The salt merchants, who thought they could sit back and relax, were completely panicked like ants on a hot pot. They didn't expect that they thought the matter would be satisfactorily resolved, but now someone has exposed all the secrets one by one.
In Wu Minzhi's mansion, the salt merchants in the hall looked flustered: "Leader Wu, you have to think of a way, how can we survive like this?"
Wu Minzhi's expression was slumped at this time, and the relaxed and warm atmosphere on his body had already disappeared without a trace: "You don't have to make a fuss here with me. If you have this time, you might as well go home and make arrangements for the funeral."
The salt merchants were dumbfounded, and their faces turned pale: "Arrange the funeral?"
"Could it be that we are really helpless?"
"We have evidence in our hands! Didn't we let people send all the evidence to the capital at the beginning? If we submit the evidence, maybe it can be exchanged for leniency?"
"Yes, Chief Wu, we can't hesitate any longer at this time, no matter who wants to get rid of us, we can't sit still, we must find a way to earn a way to survive!" Wu Minzhi slowly raised his head: "Okay, since All of you have requested this, then we might as well pull a few more backs when we are dying. The development of this matter has always been confusing, whether it is the first prince who really turned his face and was ruthless, or even he was calculated, it has already been done. not important anymore
, we can't find the real master behind it, we can only find a way to involve the eldest prince, so that with him on top, our guilt may be lighter. "
"That's all it can do..."
Inside the Jinxiu Garden, Mu Yunyao frowned, her fingers and sleeves were covered in blood: "Fourth Master, please bear with me, although I sealed the blood vessels with silver needles, the arrows pierced deeply, and when they were pulled out, they would still stick. It hurts."
King Yue half took off the clothes on his shoulders, revealing his shoulders with smooth muscle lines. The half feather arrow behind him was deeply embedded in the side of the shoulder blade, and blood was constantly flowing out.
"It's okay, you can do it." King Yue frowned slightly, with fine beads of sweat on his forehead, but his eyes were always clear and unwavering, and occasionally a chill flashed.
Mu Yunyao washed the dagger with strong wine, then put it on the fire to bake the blade again, holding the exposed half of the feather arrow firmly with one hand, and quickly opened the wound on King Yue's back with the other hand. Some, and then the action decisively pulled the feather arrow out.
King Yue groaned in pain, but his body remained motionless.
The bloodstains continued to flow down the wound, the color was dark, with a faint fishy smell, Mu Yunyao did not rush to help King Yue to stop the bleeding, but kept squeezing around the wound, allowing more black bloodstains to flow until The blood that came out became bright red, and only then did he stop the bleeding and bandage it.
Guanshi Qin watched with worry: "Miss Mu, how's the lord's injury?" Mu Yunyao was slightly relieved after bandaging the wound: "The poison has been quenched on the feather arrow, but luckily the poison is not strong. Daily decoction can remove the toxicity, but the wound is too close to the back of the heart. If you don't take care of it carefully, it may leave the root of the disease. During this time, the fourth master must pay more attention.
Rest, try not to move the left arm, so as not to involve the wound. King Yue looked at Mu Yunyao and shook his head slightly: "Tomorrow, I will leave for western Guangdong. "