Wang Wenzuo smiled and said nothing. Yijilianbod had been following him for a long time, and he knew that this was the other party's answer. He was secretly happy and was about to leave when he heard Wang Wenzuo say: "I offered the Sichuan brocade to me, even though I was grateful. Ce was at fault for being careless, but without the help of the businessmen around him, he wouldn't have ended up like what he did later. The aftermath of this matter will be left to you, don't wrongly accuse a good person!"
"Yes, yes!" Wang Wenzuo's words were like a bucket of cold water being poured over his head, which chilled Igilianbod's heart. The Lord said that he would deal with those merchants, but he didn't know that he was not beating himself up? After all, Wang Ence had something to do with the matter of the 300,000 pieces of Shu brocade. He quickly lowered his head and whispered: "I understand!"
After leaving the yard, Ijilenbode felt that his back was cold and he was covered in cold sweat. He lowered his head and calculated. Most of Wang Wenzuo's official affairs had been handed over. He could stay in Chengdu for at least ten more days. He couldn't afford to delay this matter. Thinking of this, he was about to send someone to follow Wang Ence on weekdays. The merchants detained a few of them, but they saw Wang Pu hurried in from outside the courtyard. When he saw Yiji Lianbod, he quickly bowed and saluted: "Mr. Yi, is the Lord free now?"
"What's wrong? Is there someone outside asking to see you?"
"Yes! They are some merchants! They said they were on errands around Wang Xiaolangjun before. When they heard that the Lord was going back to Chang'an, they came to inquire about it and prepared gifts!" At this point, Wang Pu smiled and said: "Mr. Yi, I just took a look, and this is indeed a lot of gifts. There are more than ten mule carts, and the wheels are creaking on the bluestone. The things inside are definitely not simple!"
"It's a coincidence that these guys came here!" Ijilenbode thought to himself, and he snorted coldly: "My Lord is busy, so I don't have time to see them! You take them to the flower hall in the left side courtyard. I'll tell you later." Go deal with it!”
"Yes! Mr. Yi!" Wang Pu responded quickly, turned around and went out. Ijilenbode stood in the courtyard and thought for a moment before going to the side courtyard.
Side courtyard, flower hall.
"Do you think Wang Jinglue wants to see us?" Cai Dingshan looked at the furnishings in the flower hall and asked in a low voice.
Zhuge Wen casually picked up the cup on the coffee table. There was only a cup of water in it. He felt cold in his heart and said with a forced smile: "Mr. Cai, wait patiently. Whether you see him or not, we have finally entered the mansion. It's time to say what we need to say. Are you right?"
"That's right!" Cai Dingshan breathed a sigh of relief and forced a smile: "Old man Wang Jinglue must be very busy now, so it's not surprising that he can't spare time to see us!"
Zhuge Wen was about to say a few more words to comfort Cai Dingshan when he suddenly heard the sound of the door being pushed open. He quickly stood up, knelt down and bowed to the door, saying, "I pay my respects to Mr. Wang Langjun!"
"Everyone, please get up!" Ijilenbode did not return the gift, but went straight to the next seat and sat down: "The Lord is busy and has no time to come to see you. If you have anything, just tell me!"
Both Cai Dingshan and Zhuge Wen had met Yiji Lianbode and knew that he was a close friend of Wang Wenzuo. They hurriedly paid homage to him again: "When I heard that my husband was going back to Chang'an, I came to visit. I asked Mr. Yi to accept the small gift for me." !”
"You are interested!" Yijilianbod nodded, his face as ice-like: "Is there anything else?"
Seeing Yiji Lianbode's face, Cai Dingshan and Zhuge Wen felt uneasy. Zhuge Wenqiang smiled and said: "There is another thing, but it is about the 300,000 pieces of Sichuan brocade. I gave Xiao Langjun the idea to use fine linen." It was Langzhong Fan Changan who used blended raw silk to replace brocade, and he made a lot of profits from it!"
"Oh?" Ijilianbod sneered: "So this matter has nothing to do with you?"
Seeing the sneer on Yijilenbode's face, Zhuge Wen's heart rang loudly, and he hurriedly said: "I am a member of Xiaolangjun's family. If such a big thing happens, how can I say that it has nothing to do with it? But to be honest, It was really not easy to purchase 300,000 pieces of Sichuan brocade in the Chengdu market at the beginning. Although we tried our best, we were still far behind. Later, Fan Changan came up with the idea. Although we also felt that something was wrong, we couldn't get it because we couldn't get it. We have to come up with a better way, so we can only let it go and fail to fulfill our duty of admonition. This is indeed our fault!" At this point, he turned to Cai Dingshan and said: "Mr. Cai, don't you think so? "
"Yes, yes!" Cai Dingshan was also sophisticated and immediately understood that it was impossible for them to completely distance Wang Ence from being implicated in the matter of 300,000 pieces of Shu silk. The current plan was to tell Wang Wenzuo that this was not a bad idea. We did it. We didn't dissuade him at the beginning because we really had no choice. The wrongdoer had his own debtor, so we were unhappy and wanted to trouble Fan Changan.
"There is no proof for what you say!" Yiji Lianbod twirled his beard: "You said that this idea came from Fan Changan, do you have any proof?"
"Of course there is no evidence for this kind of thing!" Zhuge Wen said: "But the matter of blending silk and silk was all done by Fan Changan's people, and we didn't interfere, and they made huge profits from it. These are the evidence. !" At this point, Zhuge Wen took out a stack of paper from his sleeve and handed it over: "They are all copied from the account books of Fan Changan's shop, you can check it!"
"Well!" Ijilianbod took the piece of paper but did not read it: "Are you doing this to exonerate yourself?"
"Mr. Yi!" Zhuge Wen lowered his eyes, looked at his shoes, and tried his best to look sincere: "I'm not here to exonerate myself. We are all at fault for what happened to the young man. Whatever Wang Jinglue did, We all bow our heads and obey orders, we just don’t want to let the real villain escape and harm his reputation as an honest man!”
"It's a coincidence!" Ijilianbod said coldly: "That's all, you guys go home first! I will naturally check other things. Don't leave home these days. I'll wait until the results come out. I’ll let you know!”
"Thank you, Mr. Yi!" Zhuge Wen and Cai Dingshan breathed a sigh of relief, quickly thanked Yiji Lianbode, and then exited. Ijilenbode picked up the stack of paper, read it carefully, and finally decided to report to Wang Wenzuo first before making any decision.
"How much do you think is true and how much is false?" Wang Wenzuo asked.
"What Zhuge Wen and Cai Dingshan said, as well as what is written on this paper, should be true; but what they did not say or write is not necessarily true!" Yiji Lianbod said: "They know very well. Even though you have resigned, trying to deal with them is still like crushing an ant to death! That’s why I’m so anxious to see you!”
"Well!" Wang Wenzuo nodded: "Now it seems that this matter is not that simple. It seems that I don't have enough time to sort this matter out before I leave. Let's do this! You stay in Chengdu and sort this matter out. Check it out before leaving!"
Ijilianbod was a little surprised, but he still nodded: "Yes!"
"But after I leave, you will no longer have an official status, and many things will be inconvenient! Let's do this -" Wang Wenzuo took off a jade pendant from his waist and handed it to Yiji Lianbod: "Take this. , if anything happens, show it to my successor, there are twenty or thirty Tubo Qiang and Hu who want to follow me to Chang'an, how about I leave them all to you for your control?"
"Please rest assured, my subordinates will definitely find out the whole story!" Yiji Lianbode stretched out his hands and took the jade pendant.
"Well! After the matter is found out, you can handle it yourself!" Wang Wenzuo said: "Don't kill a good person by mistake, and don't let a bad person go, do you understand?"
"Don't kill the wrong good people, and don't let the bad people go!" Yijilianbod's eyes lit up, and he felt that although Shangguan's words were simple and unpretentious, they had an extremely special power. It seemed that everything was under his control: "Subordinate remember!"
"Well! It's getting late, you should go back first!"
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Fan Changan's visit came three days later than Zhuge Wen and the others, and he also did not receive a personal reception from Wang Wenzuo. He was not surprised by this. He had also heard some things about this young high-ranking official. Although there were mixed reviews, one thing was certain - this was a big shot with great connections in Chang'an. A figure like this will not simply withdraw from the stage of power. Even if he temporarily loses his official title, he will soon come back. If you show the slightest disrespect to it because of its temporary low point, it will cause disaster.
"Are you Fan Chang'an?" Yiji Lianbode glanced at the gift list and threw it aside.
"Yes, it's you!" Fan Changan quickly lowered his head to show respect to the other party.
"Sit down and talk!" Yiji Lianbode pointed to the position of the lower head. He had already inquired part of the things about the man in front of him. Unlike Cai Dingshan and Zhuge Wen, the Fan Changan family not only owns important strategic projects such as salt wells. Materials, and also has a high status in Tianshi Dao, and has been married to the surrounding Yi and Di tribes for generations. A person like this cannot simply be regarded as a businessman.
"Thank you!" Fan Changan sat down carefully. He could feel the great power of the representative from the man in the first seat. He knew that Wang Ence's death was not that simple. He must find a way to solve this problem, otherwise even if Wang Wenzuo had transferred It's far away from Chengdu, but it's not too difficult to find trouble on your own.
"The villain was away before, but returned to Chengdu a few days ago. It was like a bolt from the blue when he learned that the young man was seriously ill!" At this point, Fan Changan wiped the corners of his eyes: "The young man is handsome, but he is true. Year, it is really a pity! I came here to offer a small gift and express my condolences. I also asked Mr. Yi to convey it on my behalf!"
"Yes! I will forward your gift list to the Lord!" Yijilianbode nodded: "Mr. Fan, I heard that your family is a big family in Langzhong and is also quite famous in Tianshi Tao. I don't know. Is it true or false?”
"This -" Fan Changan was stunned for a moment, then carefully replied: "The Fan family has indeed lived in Langzhong for generations, and the family does believe in the Tao of Heavenly Masters, but they don't dare to be rich and famous!"
"That's true!" Ijilenbode smiled: "What a pity, I thought you were just a businessman, but I underestimated you!"
"Where, where!" Looking at the smile on Yijilianbode's face, Fan Changan felt a chill in his heart. He was thinking about how to deal with it when he heard Yijilianbode say: "If I had done it earlier, If you knew it, you wouldn't have had so much contact with the Lord's younger brother, and maybe he wouldn't have died so early!"
"This -" Fan Changan felt a thunder strike above his head, and the tea cup in his hand suddenly fell to the ground and shattered into pieces. Before he could say anything, Ijilian Bode had already rushed in front of him, pulled out his short knife and held it against him. Keep your mouth shut: "Tell me, who gave you the idea of blending fine linen with raw silk?"
Fan Changan opened his mouth, wanting to deny it, but Yijilianbode straightened the knife, and the blade was now halfway into his flesh: "You'd better think clearly before speaking. I've already found out everything. If you tell any lies, Don’t blame me for being ruthless under the knife!”
Fan Changan only felt a stinging pain in his chest, and blood had penetrated into the white underwear on his chest and seeped out. His mind suddenly froze, and his original wit was slightly gone. He said anxiously: "No one, it's me. Did you come up with it yourself?”
"Did you come up with it yourself?" Ijilianbode added another half of his strength: "Why did you come up with this idea? Aren't you afraid that the matter will be exposed and cause trouble?"
"I'm not the first to think of this kind of thing. In the past, the silks sent to Chang'an from Shuzhong also contained this kind of blended fabric, and it didn't cause any trouble. I know that Xiaolangjun is Wang Jinglue's biological brother, even if it happened If it was exposed, it would not be difficult to cover it up. At that time, the young man was already at his wits end. If I could figure out this problem for him, firstly, I could bring the two of them closer, and secondly, I could make a lot of money. With this money Dedicating it to Wang Jinglue can also win Wang Jinglue's favor! Who would have thought that the Chang'an mutiny would happen, the villain really didn't expect this to happen at first!"
Ijilenbode asked four or five more questions, and compared them with known things one by one, and found that they were all consistent. Is this guy really just trying to please Wang Ence, but actually harmed Wang Ence's life? This is too ridiculous, right?
"Mr. Yi!" Fan Changan asked cautiously: "If you have finished asking, can you take the knife back? The villain's blood is still bleeding!"
Only then did Yijilianbode realize that Fan Changan's chest was flushed and his face was pale. He snorted coldly and returned the knife to its sheath. Only then did Fan Changan dare to tear his sleeves and wrap up his wounds.
"Even if you didn't have any ill intentions at first, the death of the Lord's brother has nothing to do with you!" Igilian Bod sneered: "What do you think we should do?"
Fan Chang'an gave a bitter smile: "If I had known what would happen today, I would never have gotten into that relationship! It's all my fault that old man Cai Dingshan, who advertised his connections everywhere, made me make friends with the young man, and caused today's trouble. ! Forget it, to this day, I can only let you handle it! I just ask that my family is not involved, and I, Fan Changan, will remember your great virtue!" (End of this chapter)
