They walked into another house. This family's house was leaky, and there was a dark oil lamp on the table. Su Xiaolou reached into the rice vat and came across a very hard object, which was so secretly hidden. Could it be gold? When Su Xiaolou picked it up and saw it, he was immediately disappointed. It turned out to be a Three-Character Classic. Moreover, the family's rice vat was almost at the bottom, and there was no polished rice in it.
Lu Datong had a look of disgust on his face: "There is a broken book hidden in it!"
"Maybe this family thinks spiritual food can fill their stomachs!"
"How to fill it in?"
"How to fill it? Tear off the book and fill it in your mouth. When people are hungry, grass roots and bark can be used to fill their stomachs."
They went to several houses one after another, and there were very few that had polished rice. Most of the salt households only had brown rice. The strange thing was that almost every house had a few books hidden in it. Su Xiaolou didn't take it seriously. He went back and reported the inspection of the rice vats at Yanhu to He Bi. When the leading garrison officer heard this, his face turned pale and he shouted excitedly: "I clearly gave them polished rice, how could it turn into brown rice? Sir, please advise me. Although there are some Sometimes there will be some shortcomings, but what I really gave them was polished rice. It was this group of unscrupulous people who framed me, and other soldiers in the garrison can prove it."
They are obviously a bunch of snakes and rats, and they are colluding, but they still dare to let other soldiers prove it for themselves. Why should they snort coldly: "You still dare to be tough now. You said that the salt people framed you. Let me ask you, these salt people How did you learn that my officer was patrolling salt today?"
The leader of the garrison was at a loss for words, why should he continue to rebuke arrogantly: "Since we don't know, naturally there is no way to frame you by replacing the polished rice with brown rice. I will inform the Salt Transportation Department about this matter, and let the people from the Salt Transportation Department deal with it. You!" The leading trooper was completely dumbfounded.
Why bother to promise the salt households: "When I return, I will ask the people from the Salt Transportation Department to compensate you for your losses, return the polished rice owed to you, punish the soldiers who bullied the salt farmers in the Lianghuai Salt Fields, and re-formulate a reasonable system." Everyone can rest assured of the salt-delivery regulations."
Why bother's passionate words rekindled the hope in the eyes of the Yan people. They all knelt down and kowtowed to express gratitude. For them, having enough food and clothing was the greatest happiness.
…
At this time, the news of He Bi's appearance in the salt field had reached the ears of officials of all sizes in Yangzhou. He Bi was like a stone thrown into the calm lake. The ripples spread outward, causing waves under the lake.
The officials of the Salt Transportation Department had already arranged their clothes and were waiting at the inn where He Bi and his party were staying. The innkeeper stood beside him cautiously. He did not expect that he would have the opportunity to serve these people in his life.
On the way back, Su Xiaolou and the others did not go with He Bi. Firstly, it was because the inn where they stayed was different. Secondly, He Bi felt that Su Xiaolou was smart and astute, and they could cooperate with him both overtly and covertly. Instead of revealing anything, they secretly acted for convenience and found evidence of corruption and bribery by the officials on the list.
The next day, why bother to take Bao Baotou and Zhen Dexiu to the Salt Transportation Department to check the accounts? Su Xiaolou put on a fancy dress and dressed up as a suave nobleman to inquire about the situation. Su Xiaolou Put the folding fan on your waist and close the door.
Everyone waited for Su Xiaolou in the hall for almost two cups of tea, and finally Su Xiaolou came out. When they saw him, everyone was stunned.
"Boss! You are very different today. You seem to be..." The fat man, who had never been to school, scratched his head and thought for a long time, unable to think of an adjective.
Su Xiaolou took out the fan from his waist, unfolded it with a "swish" sound, and shook the fan lightly, confidently waiting to receive his stupid rainbow fart.
"A peacock with its wings spread." Those who have read the book are different. Everyone agrees with Lu Datong's apt description, but they don't dare to show it, and they all cast a caring look at Lu Datong.
Su Xiaolou's hand holding the fan suddenly froze, and an unknown fire rushed to the top of his head. Su Xiaolou gritted his teeth. Today is an unannounced visit, so he keeps a low profile. The world is very beautiful, and I can't be so irritable. ! Destroy it!
"Lu Datong, before I figure out where to bury you, tell me again, what does I look like?"
"I'm telling the truth."
"Lu Datong, take your life!" Su Xiaolou drew out the short knife from his waist and slashed at Lu Datong angrily.
Upon seeing this, Lu Datong ran away quickly, and Su Xiaolou followed closely behind him.
When everyone saw this, they sighed: "Sure enough, none of Lu Datong's beatings were in vain."
…
A few people found a restaurant with good business to have morning tea. During the dinner, Su Xiaolou thought of the list of corruption cases of Yangzhou officials provided by the Ministry of Punishment, and asked, "Do you know the Marquis of Shouning?"
"Boss, I know! Shouning Hou is the biological brother of Queen Mother Zhang."
"I heard that Shouning Hou is quite a bad guy."
"Boss! We are just captains running errands, caring about things in the imperial city. Isn't that just a waste of time?"
Lu Datong said vaguely with half a bun stuffed in his mouth: "I know! Shouning Hou had three major hobbies in his life. The first is eating, drinking, whoring and gambling; the second is making money; and the third is running away from himself. Crying in front of my sister and asking her to wipe her butt!"
"Then he is quite perverted. When he is old, he will not wipe his own butt after pooping and let his sister wipe it for him!"
As soon as Su Xiaolou finished speaking, Lu Datong's head was covered with black lines. A mouthful of buns was stuck in his throat. He couldn't swallow it and couldn't spit it out. His face was red from holding it in. The fat man next to him saw this and handed him a glass of water before he could recover. .
Su Xiaolou said teasingly: "Since he loves making money so much, do you think he will get involved in a hugely profitable industry like salt?" I'm afraid he is too good at it, and someone with a high position like Shouning Hou Someone with authority and backing might not be as simple as meddling in the matter. Lu Datong realized the seriousness of the matter and tightened his grip on the bun in his hand. His face turned ugly. His father was unjustly imprisoned. It was probably Shouning Hou who was behind it. If you want to overturn the case from Shouning Hou, you are going against Shouning Hou. This is not to grab the confession on the King of Hell's table - to seek death!
"Boss, are we here to go against Shouning Hou?"
Su Xiaolou observed Lu Datong's expression and said deliberately: "If Shouning Hou is really involved, these officials and businessmen in Yangzhou colluded, and most of the corrupt officials selling illegal salt were accused by him. We are here to patrol salt to find out illegal salt on the market." The real reason for the flooding of salt and the mismatch between the accounts of the Salt Transportation Department and the Salt Branch is that Shouning Hou’s power in Yangzhou will definitely be affected. How about that? Are you afraid?”
"Will the Marquis of Shouning send someone to kill us? Boss! Otherwise, if we stop patrolling the salt, let's go back to Nanjing!"
"You fat man, what else do you know besides eating! Our boss is here to perform meritorious deeds according to the imperial edict. Why don't you go back and resist the edict now? You want to kill our boss!"
"We will die here, and we will die if we go back. Otherwise, let's run away! Find a mountain to hide in for a few years."
"..."
