Me and my Jianghu Tavern

"perhaps?"

"Ah."

Zhang Ming turned his head and looked in the direction of Jian'an City. At the end of the official road, another figure was walking this way.

Gu Qingshan followed Zhang Ming's line of sight and saw Shu Zihan in red.

"This kid is quite free." Gu Qingshan said with a smile.

Zhang Ming glanced at him, "Can I have some free time for you?"

After a while, Shu Zihan came to the official road at the entrance of the tavern.

Seeing that Gu Qingshan and Zhang Ming were both at the door, Shu Zihan smiled slightly and jokingly said, "Is this welcoming me? That's really an honor."

Gu Qingshan glanced at him and said, "You think too much."

"Come to drink?" Zhang Ming asked.

"Yeah." Shu Zihan looked at Gu Qingshan and said, "Speaking of which, I haven't had a drink with you yet."

"It's not too late now." Gu Qingshan smiled slightly, and said softly: "Brother Zhang, serve the wine."

"Make the tourist drunk."

At night, there were two figures lying in front of Jianghu Tavern, as in the past few days, drunk and passed out.

Chapter 152: Handprint Superintendent Nanning

In the 19th year of Tianhe, the aristocratic family held salt and iron in their hands, and the price remained high, and even sold it for a sky-high price on the black market.

Chen Huang has been worried for a long time, and finally made up his mind to take the salt and iron from the family.

Nanning, the superintendent of the handprint, left the palace with the imperial decree, and five out of ten soldiers and guards rushed to various places in the south of the Yangtze River. His tough attitude made the family dare not resist and had to abandon their interests.

Including the Lin family, the Meng family, the Pei family... a total of more than a dozen families, and these families did not sit still, and secretly launched a scapegoat to reduce the loss in this matter.

This cleansing lasted for more than a month, and the major families bowed their heads one after another. Most of the salt and iron belonged to the royal family, and the high price also fell.

The officials in Chang'an city have not reacted yet, and all this is over. The attitude is forceful, the action is fast, and it is suppressed with absolute force. No one dares to resist.

In Qingzhou City, everyone was talking about this matter. As a big family, the Meng family will not shake their foundation if something like this happens now. It is just a matter of losing some money, but it is also a shameful thing. It is worth mentioning .

"Now that the price of salt has been brought down, the common people can afford to eat salt. If you ask me, the Meng family deserves it."

The person beside him was startled, and quickly said in a low voice: "Shen Yan, brother doesn't know yet, right? Although the sage took back the salt and iron this time, it is just a loss of salt and iron to the family. Let the Meng family listen to it, it’s a big deal.”

"Is it so scary..."

"Anyway, you're right to listen to me."

The aristocratic family cannot be shaken by a small amount of salt and iron, and Chen Huang has no plan to get rid of the aristocratic family this time, it can only be regarded as suppression.

The existence of the aristocratic family is closely related to the people's livelihood to a certain extent. If it is forced to a dead end, the world will be in chaos again. This is why only half of the salt and iron was recovered this time instead of all.

The Meng family has existed since the previous dynasty, and the foundation is even more unshakable. Although there was some damage this time, it was minimal, just missing some money.

However, this matter must be borne by someone after all. The person in charge of salt and iron in the Meng family was originally a side branch child, so he had no choice but to abandon it.

Of course, no one else is to blame for this matter. Meng Wannian, who was a side branch, had tampered with the salt and iron business, with a total of 3 taels. Being a prisoner is what he deserves.

And the person in charge of escorting is Nanning, one of the four supervisors.

The royal family has two major killers, one is the ten soldiers and guards, which is the epitome of the spy secret department of the former dynasty, and the other is the legendary Da Chen and the four supervisors.

The Supervisor of Palm Printing, Supervisor of Holding Books, Supervisor of Bingbi, and Supervisor of Inkstone Lifting, these four people are in charge of the internal affairs with high martial arts. Few people outside know their existence, because they rarely take action Showing their faces in front of the world, even people in the palace seldom saw them.

Back then, the saint thief stole a person from the Da Nei Prison, and the first emperor was furious, so there were these four prisons. These four people were prepared for the safety of the palace, and therefore no one dared to steal into the palace again. Sometimes, these four people can also use the swords and guns in the hands of the imperial power to do some shameful things.

This time they went south to cleanse, and the appearance of Nanning, the chief inspector of the palm print, also proved the attitude of the Holy One. No matter what, the aristocratic family will not get any benefits, and there is no possibility of covering up, because the four supervisors are only loyal to the Holy One.

The journey back to Chang'an from Qingzhou is long, and it will take half a month at the fastest, not to mention so many people being escorted, and the stolen silver is as much as one million taels, so it seems that half a month will not be able to reach Chang'an up.

In the long line on the official road, the officers and soldiers escorting the prisoners guarded the prisoners, not allowing anyone to escape. The faces under the mysterious armor made people dare not speak, and the prisoners in the line were even more afraid to speak. Very quiet.

At the front of the team was a man riding a white horse, wearing a jade crown, with a lock of white hair falling from his brow, and looking ahead with a serious face, this person probably was the palm print supervisor Nanning.

"Superintendent, we have to leave Qingzhou ten miles away." A person behind him reminded respectfully.

"understood."

A hoarse and heavy voice came out, and the person who reminded him was one of the ten soldiers and guards. He didn't even dare to raise his head to look at the palm print supervisor.

There was a young man at the end of the prisoner line. His face was stained and he looked a little embarrassed. He looked around, and the cold black armor sergeant beside him didn't frighten the young man. It was just strange that the young man didn't seem to have Walking with his relatives, he was always alone.

Meng Buyan looked at the scenery beside the official road. This was his first time leaving Qingzhou City, but he was a prisoner.

"stop!"

Seeing that they were about to reach the pass ahead, but at this moment the team suddenly stopped.

A few miles away is the pass. Going out of there means leaving Qingzhou, but there is something wrong with stopping here.

"What's wrong?" One of the ten soldiers asked softly.

"Don't ask too many questions, there is a prisoner here, you are afraid that you will not be able to speak out."

On the white horse in front of the team, the white hair on the eyebrows fluttered in the wind. Nan Ning, the palm print supervisor, looked at the people in front of him and did not speak.

There was a person standing in front of him, holding an iron sword and wearing a Taoist robe, but there was no one else.

Is a little Taoist priest.

Seeing the Taoist priest in the middle of the road, the ten guards at the back said, "This is the team escorting serious offenders, why don't you get out of the way!?"

The little Taoist ignored the ten soldiers and guards, but instead looked at the palm print supervisor on the white horse, and said, "I want to ask you for someone."

.........

.........

Meng Buyan looked around and suddenly saw a familiar figure walking towards him.

"Half...Half Daozi..." Meng Buyan was taken aback for a while before he could react.

"Is that him?"

"Ah."

Then Meng Buyan was pulled out of the crowd, Meng Buyan was dumbfounded, not knowing what was going on.

"move on!!"

A high-pitched sound came from the front, and the team continued to move. The black iron heavy armor stepped on the ground and made a booming sound.

Standing next to the little Taoist priest, the young boy still didn't react, and muttered: "I...was released?"

Xu Yi replied: "Yes, you are free."

"Why?" Meng Buyan came back to his senses, turned to look at Xu Yi, and asked, "How did you do it?"

"In exchange for favors." Xu Yi replied calmly.

"Just a favor?"

"Could it be that you want to go back?"

"I don't care. By the way, when did you become so powerful? I heard that the person who escorted me is in charge of the prison. He is very powerful. How did you do it?"

"You're worthless."

"Oh, let me tell you, I thought half-way son how valuable your favor is."

"..." The corner of Xu Yi's mouth twitched, he patted Meng Buyan's head, and said, "Let's go."

"Oh." Meng Buyan still didn't understand.

Xu Yi looked back at the disappearing team, with mixed feelings in his heart, he traded his favor for another person.

If, as he said, this favor is worthless, that would be fine.

Under the setting sun, two figures, one large and one small, walked towards Qingzhou City.

Chapter 153: Talented people come out from generation to generation

As one of the ten guards, the jackal was also in the team, he was suspicious when he saw that the little Taoist priest had taken away one person, so he went to the front of the team and met the chief supervisor.

"Superintendent." Jackal lowered his head, in front of this person, he didn't dare to do anything wrong.

Nan Ning, the supervisor of palm prints, interrupted Jackal, raised his hand and said, "Just mind your own business."

The jackal didn't dare to ask any more questions, so he backed away with a promise.

The people escorted this time are very important, and the Holy Majesty wants these people to negotiate with those aristocratic families, so it would be a pity to kill them directly.

The one that the little Taoist took away was naturally the supervisor's decision. He didn't care what the little Taoist said, and the time would be decided by the Holy One.

"How is the arrangement at Jian'an?" the palm print supervisor asked.

"Boss, everything has been arranged, and it should be on the way back now." Someone replied.

"Ah."

Families spread all over the world, and Jian'an is no exception. There are countless families in Jian'an City, and there are many people in the family who are capable of interfering in government affairs. The salt and iron business is really huge profits, and naturally some people are deeply involved in it.

The Pei family in Jian'an took over the salt and iron business.

The Pei family is only a second-rate family in Jian'an City, but the real strength lies in the backing behind them.

In the early years, a daughter of the Pei family entered the palace, and she was favored by the emperor to be named a noble concubine. Thanks to her ability to blow the pillow wind around the emperor, no one in the Pei family dared to commit crimes. Over the years, she has taken over the Jian'an salt and iron business and also made a profit. Quite a lot.

But this time the sage was determined to take down the salt and iron, so he could only give up some benefits. One of the ten soldiers and guards led a team and took away many members of the Pei family.

As a junior in the family, Pei Yuan has nothing to do with this matter, but it has something to do with him anyway. After knowing this matter, he has not gone out for several days, in order to avoid the limelight.

It was hard for his father to let him go out, but he didn't know where to go, so he ran outside the city, thinking about going to a tavern to drink.

"The shopkeeper." Pei Yuan stepped into the tavern.

Zhang Ming raised his head, looked at Pei Yuan and said, "I haven't been here for a while."

"It's been a few days." Pei Yuan nodded, he was really overwhelmed these days.

Gongsun Yu who was sitting in the tavern raised his head, looked at Pei Yuan in surprise and said, "Your father still let you come out?"

"The elders in the family can solve it, but I can't worry about that." Pei Yuan smiled wryly, walked up to Gongsun Yu and sat down, and shouted to Lei Hu: "Xiao Er, take a pot... the general will do it, and take another pot." A plate of peanuts."

"Okay." Lei Hu nodded dully, and then went to the inner room to drink.

Gu Qingshan was a little puzzled, and asked: "What's the matter?"

Gongsun Yu, Wu Manzi and Gu Qingshan, the three of them are in the tavern almost every day, and they can be seen from noon to afternoon.

"The matter of salt and iron." Gongsun Yu said.

Wu Manzi gnawed on a peanut and said, "This is a big deal. I heard that many people have been arrested."

"This matter, your family still touched this thing?" Gu Qingshan threw two peanuts into his mouth, and then said: "The emperor probably wants to negotiate with you, and then get some money or give some money to the court. It's okay with the location."

Pei Yuan waved his hand and said, "Don't talk about that, I'm out drinking today, so it's meaningless to talk about that."

Lei Hu brought up the wine, "Guest officer, your wine."

"Yeah." Pei Yuan nodded, took it, poured a glass, and said to everyone: "Come, drink."

The four raised their glasses and drank a glass of wine.

Pei Yuan peeled a peanut and ate it. While eating, he asked, "I haven't come these days. Is there anything interesting? By the way, why don't you see the scholar? Isn't he always here?"

Gongsun Yu smiled and said: "There is really an interesting thing, the scholar is going to marry a wife."

"The scholar wants to marry a wife? What date?" Pei Yuan asked.

Wu Manzi shook his head and said, "I don't know yet. I heard from my father that Uncle Song is already looking for him. He doesn't want to marry a scholar. He's following Han Yu outside these days."

Pei Yuan blinked, and asked in confusion: "Who is Han Yu? What is the practice? It can't be a practice, right?"

Speaking of this, Gongsun Yu laughed, and said: "Han Yu is Brother Gu's friend, a Taoist priest, and the foolish scholar is in a daze. He takes the scholar to the brothel every day, saying that it is luck to break the peach blossoms."

"Tell me carefully." Pei Yuan's eyes lit up.