Yan Sangsang looked at Li Zongfeng and could feel that in his deep sigh, he was not only helpless in his life, but also struggling in it.
It turns out that people in this world are not as clearly defined as good people and bad people as I thought. Some of them may be accomplices of evil people, but they have also done good things for many people.
Li Zongfeng looked at Yan Sangsang and lowered the crossbow arrow: "Let's go."
Yan Sangsang sheathed the sword and fluttered her long eyelashes: "You saved your life by not taking action. If you have anything to say, go tell Gu Zhengchen. I'm going back to Shuangxi Kou."
Li Zongfeng looked at Yan Sangsang who turned to leave, frowning, turned around suddenly, saw a man in black holding a bow and arrow, and said in shock: "Who are you?"
"Jurong Guards Sergeant, Lin Shannan."
Lin Shannan slowly retracted the drawn bow and said in a deep voice: "Commander Gu has issued an order to arrest the fisherman. Come with me."
Li Zongfeng's expression changed slightly, and he looked incredulous: "Why did the sergeant of Jurong Guard appear in Quanzhou Prefecture?"
Lin Shannan walked up to Li Zongfeng, took the hand crossbow from him, took off the arrow, hung the crossbow on his waist, smelled the arrow, frowned and said: "You used poison, your method is a bit cruel. The reason why the Jurong Guards are here is naturally because Quanzhou is not at peace, and there are always people who want to harm Gu, who is in charge of the affairs, so brothers must always protect them."
Li Zongfeng shook his head bitterly: "I finally understand why Wu Kang, Qin Xin and others are passive everywhere, because everyone thought that Gu Zhengchen only led a few people and was alone. Unexpectedly, he was outside the government office. There is also a force that helps him collect intelligence and deal with troubles!"
Lin Shannan looked at Li Zongfeng calmly: "You became a fisherman for the sake of the people of Luoyang Town. Now, you should become a sinner for the sake of the people of Quanzhou Prefecture."
Li Zongfeng laughed and stepped forward: "You are right, I should become a sinner. Let's go, let me see Gu Zhengchen!"
Gu Zhengchen!
If you can investigate me, then the Bu family is the Pu family's business, so you must have investigated it clearly, right?
After years of lingering, I finally hope to find a good official who I can trust.
I could die laughing.
Being poor cares themselves, being wealthy cares the world?
Who am I, Li Zongfeng? I am neither poor nor wealthy. I just want to protect the people of Luoyang Town, and I just want this land to be free from so much suffering.
That's all.
Go ahead and end this.
Quanzhou government office.
Gu Zhengchen looked at Bu Xiu kneeling under the lobby, without interrogating him or even asking a question.
Bu Xiu's mouth was already a little dry. Looking at Gu Zhengchen, who had been silent and flipping through documents, he couldn't see clearly this person.
This is the lobby. In the middle of the night, both shifts of government officials are here. If you have anything to say, just ask. If you don’t, go back to bed. Please go through the process quickly so as not to delay everyone, okay?
Gu Zhengchen didn't care at all. After handling a few documents, he looked at Bu Xiu: "According to Hu Benmo's account book, the government office folded colored silk, and all these silks fell into your hands. These things are not difficult to investigate, as long as We will bring out the subordinate officials and servants from the government office to examine them again, and I think we will gain something in the future. Such large quantities of silk cannot be easily moved away by the officials."
Bu Xiu insisted: "I didn't know about this, it's a frame-up. Magistrate Gu can't use an account book with unknown origin to convict me, can he?"
Gu Zhengchen smiled calmly: "An account book of unknown origin? This is an account book written by Hu Benmo, a clerk in the government office two years ago. It records many of your secret transactions. I once dealt with Yin and Yang when I was in Jurong. Regarding the files, I unexpectedly thought of Quanzhou Prefecture and encountered the issue of Yin and Yang account books. So, you all think that things can be done seamlessly? Spread the Nine Classics."
Zhang Jiujing went to the hall, took a look at Bu Xiu, and immediately explained: "The Bu family is connected with the government office, paving a complete business road. The government office used the method of folding silk to collect a large amount of silk from the people, and then handed it over to the Bu family , use the ships of the Municipal Shipping Department to go to sea to sell, and then use the cover of envoys from overseas to bring back countless spices."
"There are gold and silver treasures everywhere you go in and out. The magistrates and magistrates of the government receive generous gifts from the Bu family every year. These officials also respect the Bu family and know that they are so powerful that they dare not offend them. They all join in fawning over each other and send gifts to the fortune telling family every year, especially on fortune telling’s birthday. They will take the opportunity to collect gifts and judge the officials’ filial piety based on whether the gift is valuable or not..."
"Among them, Bu Xiu is mainly responsible for taking over the silk from the government office for going out to sea. Every year when the silk is collected, the Bu family will arrange for people from the Bu family to take away the silk in carts when the night is dark and windy. The silk from the government office is stored in In the warehouse, Hu Benmo, who returns to the household, takes care of it on a daily basis..."
As Tang Xian's master and someone close to him, Zhang Jiujing knew too many facts. Because of this, the Bu family wanted Zhang Jiujing's life.
Bu Xiu listened to Zhang Jiujing's explanation of the matter, with murderous intent on his face. He rushed over and strangled Zhang Jiujing's neck, and shouted sternly: "You're talking nonsense!"
Bang!
Bu Xiu fell directly and rolled his body several times on the ground.
"Yamen servant" Qin Song took his foot back and stepped back.
Zhang Jiujing coughed violently several times, looked at Bu Xiu fiercely, and then said to Gu Zhengchen: "Prefect Gu, everything I say is true. I also know that Bu Xiu's silk warehouse is located in the dense forest five miles east of the city. There is a secluded mountain villa that is specially responsible for storing incoming and outgoing sea goods."
Bu Xiu's expression suddenly changed and he pointed at Zhang Jiujing: "How did you know?"
Zhang Jiujing snorted coldly: "If you want to control the government office, the government office will naturally want to control you. Don't think that officials are slaves of your Bu family and can be waved around!"
Bu Xiu understood, gritted his teeth and said, "Tang Xian!"
Needless to say, Tang Xian must have secretly sent people to follow his people. Only with this explanation can they know the existence of the villa!
Gu Zhengchen picked up the tea bowl and watched the show.
It's a pity that Tang Xian was killed, otherwise it would have been more exciting.
Both Wu Kang and Qin Xin vaguely respected Tang Xian, but this guy was directly deposed by himself because of Tang Hu. He was trapped in the Tongpan Mansion and could only act as a counselor and could not come out to preside over the situation.
Obviously, Tang Xian is a very ambitious guy. He has been investigating the Bu family's secrets and business.
The act of investigation is by no means just about restraint and countermeasures, but more about trying to figure out how it operates and who is involved, so that when the time is right, we can take over the entire business.
Maybe even if he didn't come to Quanzhou Prefecture, Tang Xian would take action to deal with the Bu family in a year or two.
There are always problems when there are too many people handling it. The most important thing is that Tang Xian also wants to be in charge of distributing the money, not just receiving the distributed money.
Judging from these exposed things, it can explain why all the government officials are extremely corrupt. The corruption at every turn is somewhat inconsistent with the general environment of the decline of the founding of the country.
Even though the people in Quanzhou Prefecture were too poor to buy spices, spices were easy to sell. If they were brought to Suzhou, Hangzhou or Jinling, no matter how much they were, they would be eaten and the goods would be turned into money. Due to transportation considerations, more copper coins were exchanged for silver. This was also the reason why Wu Kang, Qin Xin and others found less copper coins and more silver in their homes.
Gu Zhengchen looked at Bu Xiu and said in a deep voice: "The matter has come to this, and sophistry is useless. Lin Baifan and Qin Song took their officers' orders and left the city. They ordered the Quanzhou Guard sergeants to go out in full force and lead Zhang Jiujing and Bu Xiu to raid the city. Don’t let anyone go in Dongshan Villa!”
"Take orders!"
Lin Baifan and Qin Song walked out and shouted solemnly.
Gu Zhengchen raised his hand and asked people to leave.
When things have reached this point, there is no need to hide them.
The heads of Zhou Yuan and Cai Ye were sent out, and the Quanzhou Guard was under his control. It seems that Bu Shou already knew that there was not much way to go.
Zhang Pei walked into the second hall and saw Gu Zhengchen still reading documents. He stepped forward and said, "Sir, Duan Shimin has sent news that there are lights everywhere in Bu's house and there is some noise in the courtyard. He is probably preparing to escape."
Gu Zhengchen nodded slightly: "Tell Duan Shimin to keep an eye on Bu Shou, Bu Zhongsheng, Bu Suanzi and others, but not the others."
Zhang Pei thought for a while and said: "They will probably leave the city at dawn. Do you want to arrest them tonight?"
Gu Zhengchen shook his head: "Don't worry, I want to see how many hidden paths the Bu family can take. Is there any news from the Shibo Division?"
Zhang Pei sighed: "Not yet. The people who are going are Bingfang Liang Hua, Hufang Huang Fei and others. They may not be able to respect Wei Hong. Should we ask Mei Hong and others to go?"
Seeing that Zhang Pei was a little frustrated, Gu Zhengchen smiled and said: "Don't underestimate Liang Hua and Huang Fei. They can look after the Shibo Division. Don't worry. The 'bad news' of Marquis Jinghai has been reported for two days. Chu Xing , Meng Wanli and the others should also return to Quanzhou Port, the time to close the net is getting closer and closer."
Zhang Pei grinned.
Gu Zhengchen looked at Zhang Pei, glanced in the direction of the door, and asked, "How is Li Chengyi now?"
Zhang Pei said softly: "He is studying Hu Benmo's account books. Master, there is no result yet in the shipwreck case. Now that Tang Xian, Wu Kang and others are dead, will this become an unsolved case?"
Gu Zhengchen turned his head and looked at the dancing candle: "What I'm thinking now is that it might be better for Li Chengyi if the shipwreck case is not solved."
Zhang Pei was horrified and looked at Gu Zhengchen in shock: "What I mean is that this is impossible..."
Gu Zhengchen rubbed his eyebrows: "I also hope it's impossible."
It's late at night and people have no sleep.
Gu Zhengchen stood by the window, feeling the cool wind blowing across his cheeks.
After thinking for a long time, Gu Zhengchen took out a copper coin and placed it on the table. On the table, four copper coins were placed in the shape of the character "divination", all with negative sides.
Yang, governs life.
Yin, the main killer.
Gu Zhengchen looked up at the stars and murmured in a low voice: "The tumultuous official struggle should be over. The monsoon waits for no one, and there is not much time left for Quanzhou to go to sea."
Bu family.
Bu Shou also stood by the window, looking up at the starry sky, his old eyes full of struggle and pain.
Bu Suanzi came over in a hurry and whispered: "I just received the news that Gu Zhengchen ordered the officials to take Zhang Jiujing and Bu Xiu out of the east city gate. They are probably heading towards the villa in the east of the city."
Bu Shou lamented: "I always thought that the Bu family was the night of Quanzhou. Now it seems that Gu Zhengchen is the stars, sun and moon of Quanzhou, and the night is vulnerable to him!"
