Datang: Get Xiang Yu's divine power at the beginning

Chapter 291 People die for wealth, birds die for food

Those people had already told Li Chengdao when they came back yesterday that they tracked down the family and used some means to inquire about the neighbors, and found out that the family had lived here for generations, and the child's father was named Zhan.She makes a living by taking tourists on tours, and her mother works as a weaver in Orito Gaoming's house. Although the child is somewhat disabled, he is the only source of support for the family.So the two couples love each other very much.

Li Chengdao was startled when he heard the words. At first, he still had a glimmer of hope, thinking that the boy might be adopted after being sent to Zhihu's home. Now it seems that Lu Zicong's adoption of children is very suspicious. So Li Chengdao ordered this group to continue to find ways to thoroughly investigate the whereabouts of other orphans taken in by Lu Zicong.

Fan Zi among the Jinyi Guards is an expert in gathering intelligence, and the one who serves Li Chengdao is even more expert.

Even if Lu Zicong's eyes and ears are good, if someone really wants to investigate the whereabouts of those children, he can't hide it from dozens of big living people. It was just because no one cared about it before. Now Li Chengdao wants to investigate and doesn't take much effort. Fanzi got the exact news, so he came to report to Li Chengdao.

Li Chengdao gave him a wink, signaling him to wait on the curved bridge beside the road.Then he toasted a few more glasses of wine, and seeing Lu Zicong being held up for a conversation, he quietly walked towards Quqiao.

Li Chengdao came to the bridge, held the railing and looked at the water. He looked like he was taking a rest after drinking too much. He was also alert. He pretended to step forward to support him and whispered: "Your Highness, the humble position has been found out. Lu Zicong has only been guarding Jiangnan for a few months." , since marrying Lian'er, the No. 1 prostitute in the south of the Yangtze River, he has followed her advice and done good deeds, built roads and bridges, set up sheds to provide porridge, adopted orphans, and sent them to various textile households as apprentices, including the child from last time. , has already taken in 35 children!”

Hearing this, Li Chengdao nodded slightly and said, "Are those children still working in those weaver households?"

"It's all gone!"

"What?" Li Chengdao turned to look at him in shock, and asked, "Where's the person?"

Na Fanzi said: "The humble detective heard about the condition of a child, so he pretended to be a distant relative of the child and went to Orihu's house to inquire. According to Orihu, the child was bought by someone less than a month after he arrived!"

"and then?"

"The Zhihu was very anxious when he saw that I was pressing the question. He was afraid that I would sue him for child abduction, saying that the money was only used for the board and lodging expenses during the period of taking in the orphans. The book boy has gone, the conditions are much better than here!"

"I was afraid of being suspicious because of my humble position, so I immediately used other means to visit other weaver households and found that these children were all the same. They were bought by others in less than a month. And the buyer was the same person, Suzhou rich man Mei Erdu!"

Hearing this, Li Chengdao thought for a long time and asked, "Does Suzhou have reliable manpower?"

"Qi will take you down. Our Jinyiwei also has a hidden line in Suzhou, and they are all reliable!" Na Fan replied confidently.

Li Chengdao nodded and said: "Okay, tell me to go down and continue to investigate according to this line. To investigate this Mei Erdu, we must not only check the whereabouts of the children he bought, but also the background of Mei Erdu. In just a short time In a few months, the wealth has been close to that of Shen Wan, a wealthy family in Wuzhong with a history of more than [-] years. There is something fishy about this!"

Fanzi nodded when he heard the words, and then said loudly: "Your Highness, you should drink less, or I will send you back to rest?"

At this moment, Lu Zicong came over from behind with a smile and said, "Your Highness, you are too drunk?"

Li Chengdao waved his hand, motioned for Fanzi to leave, then smiled at the misty father-in-law in front of him, and said: "Watching fish in Huagang is really beautiful, such a beautiful day, I can't help but drink a little too much, I just took a break, now I feel much better!"

Lu Zicong's eyes swept over the face of the man, seeing that he did not leave after retreating, but stood by the bridge as if he was in charge of guarding, so he dispelled his doubts.

Lu Zicong Shi Shiran walked up to Li Chengdao, grabbed a handful of fish food and raised his hand to withdraw it. The fish heads in the water suddenly moved like a group of red waves.The fish were scrambling for fish food, and they couldn't even see the water. It seemed that they could easily pick up a few koi with a single hand.

Seeing this, Lu Zicong couldn't help sighing: "If this fish has bitten the hook, it won't be easy to be fooled again, but the fish raised in this pond are supported by people, but they don't have any precautions against people. , Fishing naked is a sight to behold, I want to go down and catch a few to drink with!"

Li Chengdao smiled slightly and said: "Man will die for money, and birds will die for food. This has not changed since ancient times. These fish are kept in this pond and cannot escape even if they want to. It is not a kind of restraint. I just think too much. It’s better to take it in stride and be happy if you’re looking for trouble.”

When Lu Zicong heard that people died for money and birds died for food, the smile on his face froze, and the fish food in his hand that was about to be withdrawn into the pond fell on the bridge with his arms.

Li Chengdao saw all this in his eyes, but did not say anything. He just looked at the koi carps that were gathering around him calmly, and seemed to sigh: "A lifetime of vegetation and an autumn, except for the ignorance of youth and senility, how many years are left?" ? To be successful in life, you must have all the fun!"

When Lu Zicong heard this, he raised his brows with joy and said happily: "What a saying that you must live your life to the fullest if you are proud. Your Highness is very talented and his words have a special meaning. Your Highness's words made me suddenly enlightened. I heard that Your Highness is about to leave for home. I am ready." I want to buy some local products, but I heard that His Highness has already purchased a lot of them, so I don’t know what to do, so I have to prepare a little etiquette and show my sincerity, hoping that His Highness will accept it!"

Li Chengdao took it over and took a look, only to see a thick pile of bank notes, each of which was the maximum amount of ten thousand taels of silver, and he couldn't help being surprised.

You must know that the gifts given by those gentry and celebrities are only ten thousand taels at most, but here, they are even less than a fraction of Lu Zicong's. What a huge gift it is.

Li Chengdao would never accept such a big gift in the past, but now it is different from the past, Li Chengdao took it calmly, quickly stuffed it into his sleeve, and said with a smile on his face: "Eunuch Lu is polite, Jiangnan and his party, the three guards Among them, you, Eunuch Lu, are the most clean and honest, collecting taxes for the country, devoting ourselves to it, and sparing no effort. This king is still very satisfied. I have lived in Chang'an for a long time, and I have to work on local affairs, my father-in-law.
This south of the Yangtze River is the granary of our Tang Dynasty, a rich and treasured land, with outstanding people, and I will still rely on you, Eunuch Lu, in the future! "

In fact, through these few days of observation, Lu Zicong has already decided to be loyal to King Wu. After all, he wants money and people, and his kung fu ability is so strong. Following him will have all the benefits and no harm!
But the tax supervisors in this world, there are no supervisors and no greed, the difference is only the number, and His Royal Highness Wu Wang has always been famous, so although Lu Zicong wanted to pay tribute, he didn't know how to be filial, so he was always jealous.

(End of this chapter)