Zhuoying

This question came so abruptly, Shi Yu didn't wait for Zhong You to reply, he let go of his sleeves, hummed first, and said, "I've been staying here all the time."

Su Shuo saw that his expression was as usual, but he couldn't figure it out, so he nodded and said, "That's good too. It's Mr. Trouble."

Zhong You's collar was really troublesome. Hearing Shi Yu's hum again, he said, "Fortunately, you don't dislike it." The palm next to his waist lightly embraced him, and he left in a flash, wiping himself. Going to the front, he said to Su Shuo, "Why are you here today, brother?"

"You were looking for Xu Qingsheng before, and the museum has been paying attention. In the past few days, some brothers have met people on the long street." Su Shuo said: "Pu Songcai bought a gambling house, and Yansu has been sent to Qingping half a month ago. Well, it's time to come to town in the next few days. Since Xu Qingsheng smokes millet, he must show up."

"He's been hiding for so long, either he brought the poppy himself, or someone helped him." Shi Yu raised his hand and pulled back the hanging cloth of the scaffolding, "His old creditor has gone, where did he come from?" money?"

"Are you afraid that he will get entangled with Aunt Xu and Lan Sheng?" Su Shuo waved his hands, "I asked Auntie specifically before I came, and said that I have never seen anyone."

Shi Yu didn't reply, just said: "Auntie has never returned to the village."

"It's because I'm afraid that Xu Qingsheng will come back, and the yard has already been sold." Su Shuo hugged his chest, "Speaking of which, your sister-in-law hasn't seen Lan Sheng much recently, and your aunt keeps saying she's sick, and there's no one in the nursing home. I don't know if it's because of what happened last time, but she's young and can't bear it, she should ask your sister-in-law to accompany her more."

Shi Yu paid attention to this matter, and went to the town with Zhong You the next day.Unexpectedly, when they came to the Mongolian Pavilion, they met Zhong Xie.He came back from Xuhangshun boat and disembarked at Changhe Town, he came here specially to find Zhong You.

I haven't seen him in half a year, but he has been hacked a lot, which shows that he has not missed many cases.He didn't wear official robes, and he no longer wore the clean satin robes of the past, but the usual coarse linen shirts in the shop, and he didn't even hang the jade pendants anymore.When he came out of the house, Zhong You thought it was someone else for a split second, and he couldn't see the style of the young master of the Zhong family in Jingdu at all.

Zhong Xie stood on the steps, smiled at him, clasped his fists at Shi Yu, and said, "Don't panic, I'm here to find you. I heard that Mr. Shi was coming, so I expected you to come too, so here I am." Waiting there."

"How can you not be surprised?" Zhong You went up the steps, and the two confronted each other.

This time the light and shadow were separated again, Zhong Xie stood in the shadow, suddenly raised his fist, and touched Zhong You's forearm in midair.He said: "I have stayed in this worry-free place for a long time, it would be nice to surprise you."

Zhong You laughed and asked, "From the mansion?"

"No." Zhong Xie looked over his shoulder, looked at Shi Yu, and said, "I'm not only looking for you this time, but also Young Master Shi."

The three of them sat down in Meng Chen's small courtyard, Zhong Xie drank the cold soup in one gulp, and then said with relief: "Qingping is much hotter than Xu Hang, I can't bear it when I come back this trip."

"Pay attention to the heat." Zhong You rubbed his finger on the mouth of the bowl, and said, "Why did you go to Xuhang?"

"Business." Zhong Xie leaned back in his chair and said, "The first thing I want to tell you is that Marquis Changle has arrived in Wuhan."

"I have heard the news from Chunjing."

"Okay, first..." Zhong Xie was taken aback for a while, and said, "Have you met Chunjing?"

"Naturally." Zhong You said with a smile, "Isn't it a message from you?"

Zhong Xie sat up straight and said seriously: "I never told him that you are here."

Zhong Youyi smiled, and said: "You will forget things when you drink too much." Then he brushed this matter lightly, and said: "What's the second thing?"

"Yansu." Prior to the business, Zhong Xie put his arms on his knees and said to him: "Since Mr. Shi has been to Jiangtang, you must know about it?"

Zhong You sipped the soup, nodded and said, "If it's about the Zhong family, then you should know something about it. If it's about Yansu, Shi Yu and I don't know much about it." He looked at Shi Yu who hadn't spoken to one side, "Now things Here we are, and we are looking for someone to ask for clarification.”

Zhong Xie put his hand on his chest, and took out a stack of square handkerchiefs. He opened it and handed it to Zhong You, saying: "Xu Hang's tobacco line has now been divided into upward and downward lines. The smoke and millet in this handkerchief are of different colors. It's because of the different ways. Have you seen it?"

Shi Yu removed the dark ones and saw a few lighter ones.The piece he brought back from Jiangtang was a high-quality, heavy-colored piece, while the piece that Rong Yang brought back from the warehouse of the casino a few days ago was a slightly lighter, inferior piece.

Could it be that the private goods imported by Qingping are all defective goods?

"The ones brought into Qingping are inferior goods." Zhong Xie said, "The uplink is for the powerful and wealthy businessmen, and the downlink is for the gentry and common people. The price difference is huge, but they all have addictive effects." His expression turned cold, "I saw it with my own eyes in Xuhang. This substance is very poisonous. Once inhaled, unless it hurts to cut the flesh and bones, it will be difficult to get rid of it."

"Poison?" Shi Yu raised his eyes, "Sir, talk about it in detail."

Zhong Xie pointed to his eyes, "Frequent diners call it the fairy medicine. It is precisely because of taking it that they are in a trance, as if what they see is at ease. After taking it for a long time, people will suffer from numbness in their hands and feet, often haunted by hallucinations and dreams, and the body will decay. Every word is true, but Qiao Jiang, the magistrate of Xu Hang, didn’t report it. He pressed Xu Hang’s message to the capital and allowed it to flow into the river. This is a crime of deceiving the emperor!”

"Did you write the notebook?" Zhong You paused with his fingertips, "You have to hand it to Mr. Qi when you go back."

"Do you want me to keep silent for the sake of self-protection?" Zhong Xie frowned, "I'm not in the rank now, so I can only hand it over to the adults."

Zhong You closed his eyes, he was silent for a few moments, and said clearly: "The booklet cannot be passed to Qi Yi."

"Why?" Zhong Xie's expression darkened, "Do you really want me to watch such a poisonous thing roam around Da Lan?"

"You can't get to the capital even if you pass the booklet to Qi Yi." Zhong You looked at him, "Do you still think that Qi Yi doesn't know about it? Can others not find out what you found out? Ruchen, with Shang If you are interested, this product will never be specially divided into uplink and downlink. It is huge profits to mix inferior goods and raise the price. Who do you think told them to open downlink?" Zhong You said in a deep voice: "Yansu came to Qingping, and the Zhong family privately It is bound to go to Qi Yi's place. Do you still think that Qi Yi doesn't know anything?"

Zhong Xie stood up abruptly, he clenched his fists and said, "Since that's the case, why did your lord allow Zhong's family to come?"

"The prefectures and prefectures promoted by the emperor in the year of Chongtai. Now you have counted them. How many are left? In recent years, the sages have promoted all the important positions in the central government. The Zhongshu province has been almost renovated from the inside to the outside. Resign one after another, and then the local subordinates will take up the post with their salary. Ruchen, His Majesty shook hands with the capital, but he has not had time to act on the local. How do the local leaders report to each other, as long as they communicate with each other, what do you think His Majesty can see?"

"The Procuratorate is still in existence, and the local government will prosecute—"

"Kong Xiangwen."

The sound stopped abruptly.

The inside story of this matter is shocking.There is a problem with Yansu, of course there is a problem with Yansu, why has no one discovered it?Is there no problem yet, or is someone already secretly pressing the problem?Didn't the sage acquiesce to the Zhong family before checking it?It's just that what he checked, must it be real smoke?

"Zhong You." Zhong Xie pressed the table, he looked at Zhong You closely, with unbelievable determination, he said: "I don't believe that there is no innocent person above the fourth rank in this place!"

"Of course there are." Zhong You pushed the bowl and said, "But just talking about the three people who went south, who do you think is the one?"

The magistrate of Jiangtang is Zhuang Hui who was promoted in the second year of Yongle. He was born in a poor family. The money for studying in Beijing was all given by Jiangtang Zhong's family. Now Zhong's family is a powerful businessman in Jiangtang. report.Qiao Jiang, the magistrate of Xuhang, served as a judge in Xuhang for half his life. It was not until the year of Yongle that the local old school abdicated. He did not reach the position of magistrate until the third year of Yongle. Tongzhi stepped on the handle.These two have mediocre political achievements in the past. Although they have never made any bad news about the common people, but now the matter touches the root of their officialdom. Who dares to tell the truth?

"Then I will send a letter to Chunjing. He is in the Inspectorate, and the Inspectorate examines all the officials. He has the responsibility to investigate this matter." The swaying soup surface ripples wrinkled the reflected shadow, Zhong Xie said: "He can't, I I will send the letter to the elder brother. If the elder brother can’t do it, I will pass it to the teacher. If the teacher can’t, I will carry the thorns on my back and kneel in front of His Majesty’s hall! This matter must not be delayed, and I must let His Majesty hear it.”

"You pass the letter to Chunjing, the seventh-rank supervisory censor of Chunjing. He has crossed the line to criticize the national policy only by private letters. You pass the letter to the elder brother, and he kneels in the hall with your words and faces all the officials, but he doesn't even say it. There is nothing that can be used as evidence. You pass on the letter to the teacher. The teacher tried to prevent the canal from touching His Majesty’s Nilin. Now, relying on the student’s meager complaints, he is going to offend Tianwei again. I’m afraid most of them will be self-defeating. If you want to stop Yan Suu, you must produce evidence that can convince His Majesty, otherwise, it will be useless to just scold the place."

But the evidence of Yan Su is a person, and the dead cannot keep it.

The two stalemate, Shi Yu suddenly said: "Why do you want to check Yansu?"

"Someone died suddenly." Zhong Xie lowered his head, "The cause of death is probably long-term smoking of millet."

The water was too deep and still muddy.No matter Zhong Xie or Zhong You, it is easy to see the bottom line at present.How can an unknown thing convince others?But what's the use of mentioning it when the smoke has spread to the whole of Dalan and the drug addiction breaks out.

Zhong You didn't smile either.He initially mentioned the Tangjing Canal, in order to ensure the smooth flow of commercial traffic between the north and the south, the convenience of central management, and the rapid transfer of armaments, but he did not expect that Xin Ming would be so persistent in this matter.He also didn't expect that Yansu would come at such an opportune time.

Zhong Xie turned around the table. He faced the tree pole, stared and pondered for a long time, then suddenly turned his head and said, "I will write a letter to my grandfather."

Zhong Ziming has meritorious service and is an old man.Because he was the one who investigated the crime of the prince back then, he was more cautious, not to touch the evil of the new emperor, and not to overstep the threshold.Moreover, the Jiangtang Zhong family forcibly seized profits this time, I am afraid that Zhong Ziming hadn't communicated half a word with the Jingdu Zhong family in advance, so it was impossible for Zhong Ziming not to remember.Zhong Xie is his grandson, he got the news from his grandson, as long as he raises a word to Xin Ming, if there is any doubt, the emperor will investigate.

Zhong You didn't reply, he was still thinking carefully.

Who imported the private goods?

Su Zhou and Pu Cheng were helping in the noodle shop again. It was closed late today, and Shaozhen rushed to the pier, ran out in a hurry, turned back, and said to Su Zhou, "Brother, are you going back to the village at night?"

"Back." Su Zhou asked, "What's wrong?"

"It's just right." Shaozhen said anxiously: "I used to live in the ruined temple on the other side of the long street. I forgot Mr. Ben's advice when I went back to visit my master a month ago. I have been forgetting to take it all these days. You If you don’t hurry back, take it back for me on the way and return it to Mr.

"It's easy to say." Su Zhou snapped his fingers at him, leaned against the door and said with a smile: "It's okay to leave it to the senior brother."

Shaozhen also hit one, and he ran away as soon as the two laughed.There was already a handsome Pu Cheng poking over the plate at the back.To Su Zhou: "Is this kid stronger?"

"The cargo on the pier is heavy, and he has lost a lot of weight. Go back to the academy, and my brothers will pay attention to make it up for him."

Pu Cheng thoughtfully turned back and asked Rong Yang: "Am I getting stronger?"

Rong Yang folded his hands together and said softly, "It's very strong."

Pu Cheng was immediately satisfied, pointing to which side.

Rong Yang wanted to settle the score, so Su Zhou asked the detailed way to the ruined temple, told them to see you in a few days, and went by himself.The lights are going to be turned on on the long street, and the road is a little dizzy.Su Zhou tends to be depressed recently, and it happened that the day was not looking good, the clouds were accumulating, and it looked like it was going to rain at night, so he stopped to watch the lanterns being hung up one by one, before entering the alley.

The alleys are deep and the roads are narrow, and there are few beggars.This location is too deep and remote, and there are almost no people.He climbed over the wall according to what Rong Yang said, and before he jumped down, he heard someone scold: "You're a prostitute who sells jokes! Why are you so stubborn? It will be sold tomorrow! If you dare to run again, I will Just break your leg!"

Su Zhou jumped down and found that the person was talking in the ruined temple.He originally wanted to avoid it, and wait until there were no more people before going in.But the voice seemed familiar, he glanced over the broken window, who knew that his heart was pierced by someone, from his chest all the way to the coldness of his fingertips, and then the anger surged up from the bottom, filling everything.

When good fortune wants to trick people, cause and effect are mixed.When the karma is suppressed, fate cannot escape.

Xu Qingsheng grabbed Xu Lansheng's hair, pressed her back to the ground, grabbed her struggling hands, and tied them with cloth strips.Xu Lansheng had obviously been beaten for a long time, and the bruises on her face had not faded. A cloth was strangled in her mouth, and the corners of her lips were bleeding.

Thunder broke out in the gloomy cloud curtain, and when Su Zhou kicked open the broken door, the raindrops began to fall crazily.

He punched Xu Qingsheng on the side of the face, throwing the person over, he said angrily: "You bastard!"

Su Zhou held down Xu Qingsheng, almost crushing his shoulder bones.When the fist hit it, the touch was numb, and Su Zhou was furious. He didn't know how many times he punched it, and he heard Xu Qingsheng's helpless pain gradually died down.

"Su..." Sliding the finger of the girl he admired wholeheartedly on his back, he heard Xu Lansheng choked up and said, "Stop...you will die..."

Xu Qingsheng's face was bright red, most of which were nosebleeds.He covered his mouth and nose, curled up and cried bitterly.Xu Lansheng grabbed Su Zhou's shirt and held on to his last thread tightly.

The torrential rain drowned out the cries.Thunderstorms struck, and the temple was dark and gloomy.Su Zhou lowered his head and panted, he let go of Xu Qingsheng, and held Xu Lansheng's hand back, the delicate fingertips of Chunhua were torn and worn out.Su Zhou's eyes were red. He wanted to hold this person tightly, but he was careful not to break her with his fingertips.

He said: "Lan Sheng." He bowed his head and called out: "Lan Sheng."

Xu Qingsheng shrunk his body, the blood from his mouth and nose slid down.He already looked like neither a human nor a ghost, and he leaned back dryly with his fingers. He laughed madly: "So, it turns out that you not only seduced Shi Yu, but you also took this kid's soul." He suddenly sharpened He shouted loudly: "Su Zhou! Hello! How dare you touch her? Do you know who she is? She is your sixth brother's broken shoe!" None of them are good things." Then he read in confusion: "Lan Sheng! Did Lan Sheng bring it! Yansu, I want Yansu!"

Su Zhou came over and dragged him, gritted his teeth and said, "With this kind of thing, you are going to beat her and sell her?!"

Xu Qingsheng cringed and held his head, he shook his head and nodded madly, he cried while being dragged, the blood in his nose was still flowing, his face was full of obsession and he said: "What should I do? Yansu!" He cried : "Who can quit smoking millet! You smoke, if you smoke, you are the same! What should I do? If I don't sell her, who will give me millet!"

Su Zhou dragged him, his face was horrifying, and he said with red eyes: "You bastard! I can smoke, and I can quit. You committed crimes, you shouldn't make excuses! You beat her, what are you? !"

Xu Qingsheng was lifted from the ground, and he suddenly said viciously: "You smoke! You smoke, you smoke if you are so brave!" He giggled: "If you can quit, if anyone in this world can quit, I will I'll just kill myself and show you!"

Su Zhou let go, and wiped off the blood spattered on his face. There was a silent fire in his eyes, and it seemed to be burning ice.

"You remember this sentence."

Xu Qingsheng kept crying and laughing while holding his head. He said "OK" and cried "Yansu" for a while.

Thunder roared, deafening.Xu Lansheng was in a daze, and the person who had been holding his fingertips seemed to be gone.She leaned over and saw the young man bowed his back in a drowsy state, coughing a few times in the sweet smell.