Heshen is a strict wife

Find out about Chen Hongmou, where do you start?

What Wang Jie means is to start directly from "salt" and "cao". Yangzhou has been an important place for water transportation since ancient times, and it is also a place where salt merchants gather. unique location.

After returning from Qinhuai that day, he went to Little Qinhuai.

He Shen scolded Wang Jie bloodily in his heart, and dared not say anything about Wang Jie in front of Yonggui.But in my heart, I feel that Wang Jie is getting more and more difficult to deal with. He came this trip, not only has a lot of technical content and muddy mud, but also plans to settle the matter in Lianshuang City, but he has no clue yet.

Although he came in the name of an imperial envoy, he couldn't start investigating the case right away. After all, he had to touch the water in Yangzhou and explore the pulse of the entire Jiangnan and Huaihe Rivers. .

It's just that I didn't expect that there was a little trouble now.

They can't hear any news.

What are corrupt officials afraid of?What I am afraid of is the people from above to investigate, but when all corrupt officials meet imperial envoys from above to investigate them, they like to huddle together to cover up the news.

On the surface, they came to investigate Chen Hongmou, but when they actually found out, Chen Hongmou must not be the only one who was unlucky, so it was not Chen Hongmou who was saved by everyone, but themselves.

Knowing that the imperial envoy has come down, who cares?Anyway, that's the way things are, how many clean ones can be found in Jiangnan officialdom?No one would say, everyone cheated, and the imperial envoys couldn't find out—what is Chen Hongmou?Great upright officials like them!

After Yonggui took Heshen and Wang Jie to look around and came back, the three of them sat in a room and worried.

Wang Jie almost smashed his glass, and cursed: "A group of dog officials, the officials protect each other."

Yonggui was very calm, as if he had thought of this question a long time ago, he pulled his beard unhurriedly, and said: "This still needs to be investigated, but we have to change the way to investigate."

It's not like they haven't dealt with such problems before, and Yonggui already has experience.

Seeing that Wang Jie and He Shen were both looking at him, waiting for his next words, he said, "Find someone to pretend to be a corrupt official, and treat him as a traitor among us. This person—"

Wang Jie pointed at He Shen naturally, "Master He must be more suitable than me."

He Shen looked at Wang Jie's finger, and suddenly saw the mocking smile in the other's eyes, and knew that he was not simply pointing at himself like this, maybe he was mocking He Shen, saying that he was not clean?

Yonggui didn't seem to notice anything, or pretended not to.

He also said: "Wang Jie is the main official who impeached Chen Hongmou. He must not take bribes. He Shen should go. I will write a note to the emperor to explain this matter. You will receive the yellow and white things later. He Shen to be handed over."

He Shen actually knew that only he could do this, so he didn't shirk it.

They discussed strategies in this room for a while, and then they left.

He Shen didn't bring any cronies, and now everything depends on himself. He stayed with Feng Shuangzhi because the situation in Beijing and China was not optimistic recently. Dry negligence.

It's just that there is no one around him now, so he has to be restricted in doing many things.

Fortunately, Lian Shuangcheng is very knowledgeable now, and when He Shen and his boat passed the river, they had already sent people to follow them.

Now that the eyeliner knew that He Shen and Wang Jie had come out of Yonggui's house, they quietly went back and reported it to Lian Shuangcheng. Lian Shuangcheng was highly skilled in martial arts, so he knocked on the window in the middle of the night and turned in.

"It looks like the news about the eyeliner has been delivered."

He sent someone to tell He Shen before that he would find a chance to come to him tonight.

He Shen walked over and lowered the window, looked at it calmly, no one was watching, even Shuangcheng would not be so careless, then walked back, and said: "Give me the information on Jiangnan's officialdom. "

"The lion opened his mouth... and my lord, are you too impolite?" Lian Shuangcheng sat down by himself and poured a cup of tea, but frowned again in a flash, "What kind of inn are you staying here? There is so much tea ..."

He Shen said: "Imperial envoys are honest and honest, what do you know?"

"Yes, I don't understand." Seeing He Shen's smile, Lian Shuangcheng knew that he was joking. Now the situation is a bit tricky, and He Shen wants to bring down Chen Hongmou. If he can't find out this time, he will be beaten up , on the contrary, it is a trouble, and it happens that even Shuangcheng has something to tell He Shen. "The news of Fukang'an has come from the capital a few days ago, and those who can be removed from the Jiangnan officialdom will be removed, but Chen Hongmou must be protected. After all, this is his grandfather-in-law, and it is too close to let go Favors. The hands and feet of the people over there are very clean, and there is nothing to catch, so I guess it depends on you."

It is certain that Fukang'an has something to do with Jiangnan. He Shen and Fukang'an are political enemies, and they belong to the kind of relationship that wants to cheat the other party when they hold the other party's short handle.It would be great if He Shen could cheat Fu Kang'an, but if he couldn't at least disgust him.

He Shen is not a gentleman, and his behavior is actually more evil than Lian Shuangcheng.

He told Lian Shuangcheng about his plan one by one, Lian Shuangcheng was stunned and said, "Is this to sacrifice that Wang Jie?"

He Shen said, "Did I tell you so?"

"..." Lian Shuangcheng's eyes flickered darkly, as if he was considering the authenticity of He Shen's words, and he said after a long time, "Come down to investigate, the imperial envoy died, this is also..."

"I didn't say that he must die, it's just that the situation he faces is more dangerous." He Shen thought about it, "I will play a corrupt official, and if Wang Jie finds me, he will seek death himself. Then you- —”

Lian Shuangcheng understood, "It's just that if the Jiangnan officialdom is uprooted, then the ledger will be useless."

He Shen smiled and said: "You haven't got this account book yet, why do you care about it? The Lianghuai Salt Citation has sounded the alarm, and the current Jiangnan officialdom will not be worse. It depends on the emperor how much it will be cleaned up." It means that even the leader of the Cao Gang is the leader of the Cao Gang, and this status should be respected by the court, so it cannot be implicated in you."

It was easy to say, but He Shen and Lian Shuangcheng both knew it was just a joke.

Water transport is currently the most important way to transport grain from south to north, and it is related to the national economy and people's livelihood. Lianshuangcheng is the leader of the water gang, but he still doesn't know what the water boats are like?The tank boats contained not only grain, but also salt and tea, which were privately trafficked.This let the court know that it was a serious crime of beheading.

Although He Shen may not be ignorant of this, but Lian Shuangcheng will not say this sentence by himself to let others take advantage of it. He just said: "Since Mr. He has a complete grasp, then I don't know what to do next." More words, I will go back to prepare tonight. However, in Jiangnan officialdom, the matter of Chen Hongmou has little to do with my Cao Gang. It’s better to find an opening over there, and there is no place in the Jiangnan salt business that is clean. Every year, the Chinese merchants who are responsible for collecting the salt tax have to give the above people a lot of things, and they can’t count. Chen Hongmou once talked to a man named Yang Qi’s officials have made good friends, and now it’s Yangzhou Grain Storage Road, this person knows a lot of things.”

"Is this person collaborating, or is there a breakthrough?"

This is very important, and He Shen asked very carefully.

Lian Shuangcheng said: "In the past, I wouldn't know if I didn't check. After I asked Ji Xiaolan in the capital a few days ago, I knew that the water in the south of the Yangtze River hadn't been cleaned up because of the big case a few years ago. The adopted son of a beheaded salt merchant. The Lianghuai Salt Citation case involves a lot, and many people were taken as scapegoats by those unscrupulous officials. People like Chen Hongmou slipped through the net."

As long as Chen Hongmou is related to the Lianghuaiyan case, he will die if he does not die.

He Shen and Lian Shuangcheng talked for a while, then heard Xiao Er's knock on the door, He Shen said: "What are you doing?"

"Send water."

After winking at Lian Shuangcheng, the matter was almost finished, Lian Shuangcheng went through the window again and left, He Shen opened the door, took the pot of water, and told the man to leave.

In Jiangnan, one really has to be careful about everything.

On the second day, it was normal for He Shen to go to other places like Wang Jie and Yonggui. In the next few days, a bit of impatience was faintly revealed.

The accompanying officials were here to see the situation, and immediately felt that He Shen was a breakthrough—it was not in vain. He Shen and the three of them acted for a long time. On the sixth day, He Shen was quietly held back when he left the governor's office. Yes, it is said that there is a banquet at Little Qinhuai in the evening, and I want to eat with Shen.

The man left after handing over the words, and He Shen went back calmly.

That night, when they were discussing the next action plan at the foothold, they had a dispute. On the surface, He Shen insisted that there was no problem with the Jiangnan officialdom, so they didn't want to investigate any further, but Wang Jie and Yonggui insisted on investigating. Personally had a good spat.

After He Shen came out, he snorted and said, "Stubborn donkey!"

The person who was listening to the news hidden in the dark passed the news back, and the degree of trust on He Shen's side immediately increased.

That night Heshen went to the small Qinhuai painting boat, singing and dancing, singing and dancing, and it was indescribably extravagant and prosperous. All the dignified officials in Yangzhou were here, and there were even salt merchants, big and small. Heshen saw it in the crowd Wang Rulong knew that the chess pieces he had laid out earlier would finally be effective.

At the moment, He Shen didn't feel any anxiety, and he didn't even have any communication with Wang Rulong, and went up to greet the Yangzhou prefect.

It's just that he seemed a little awkward, but after drinking for three rounds, He Shen seemed to be drunk, and he had no scruples about speaking. He held her in his arms.

The magistrate of Yangzhou saw it and was very happy. This He Shen is indeed a fellow.

"Oh, I heard that Mr. He loves his wife. It seems that he was disciplined too strictly."

How can He Shen tell the truth at this time, the sneer in his heart has already drawn a big red cross on the head of the Yangzhou magistrate, and he thinks it is better not to keep this man, he looks at the charming Du Shuangshuang with blurred eyes, and said: "That's not true, you don't know. The one in my family is a big worm, very powerful, and because of my background, the queen mother in the palace likes me and controls me everywhere. Now it's good. I'm far away from here, and she doesn't know. "

Everyone laughed out loud when they heard this, many people were drunk, and they actually started to do things in the boat, and the whole boat was in chaos.

It's just that He Shen and the others didn't move at this table, the painting boat floated across the river, and there were still many people walking on the bank.

I don't know who came up, so I said something in the ear of the Yangzhou magistrate. The Yangzhou magistrate laughed and said suddenly: "My lord, I heard that I didn't see you in the middle of the night, and said that I was going to the Caohe pier. Check, Lord Yonggui and Lord Wang Jie are anxiously waiting for you."

He Shen was still flirting with the oiran with a smile on his face, but after hearing this, his expression changed: "These two are really troublesome."

The magistrate of Yangzhou echoed: "Isn't what I said to my lord wrong? After the Lianghuai salt case was introduced, the entire officialdom in the south of the Yangtze River was cleared. Where are there any corrupt officials? Isn't this slandering us? Mr. Chen Hongmou has made great contributions. I have worked hard on the things, and now the water canal is all thanks to Mr. Chen Hongmou. You probably don’t know that there is a stele of Mr. Chen’s meritorious deeds on the Caohe Wharf."

He Shen sneered from the bottom of his heart, Chen Hongmou was just trying to save face, which of his things did he do by himself?Even the matter of this river worker was mostly handled by Wang Jie, who was his master back then, but when the magistrate mentioned it, He Shen remembered that Feng Shuangzhi had said at the beginning that Wang Jie wanted to sue for impeachment. It is for the work of the river workers.

I'm afraid there is something tricky in it, I have to go back and ask Wang Jie to check it out.

He said with a smile: "Master Chen has really worked hard, but I don't know, where is this monument of merit?"

"Here at the Yangzhou wharf, if you and your lord want to see it, you can see it right away." The magistrate of Yangzhou stroked his beard and ordered, "Let the painting boat enter the wharf."

"My lord, there are no such rules. Even pleasure boats are not allowed to enter the Water Transport Wharf—"

Before he finished speaking, the magistrate slapped him backhandedly and taught him a lesson: "If you want to do it, then do it. Where did all this nonsense come from?"

The Huakui Du Shuangshuang has never seen such an outstanding man as He Shen, who sat on He Shen's lap and began to move around. Picking up the jug, it moved to his lips. "Beauty, drink more, drink too much to be intoxicated... you will have to drink three hundred cups at a time, just drink..."

These words were said close to Du Shuangshuang's ear, and they were so ambiguous that Du Shuangshuang blushed, so she opened her lips and covered the spout of the jug that He Shen stretched out, swallowing the wine, The wine dripped from her lips, and then fell down the bright red open collar, looking straight into the eyes of the people around her.

This He Shen turned out to be full of tricks?

Seeing his ability to tease Du Shuangshuang made everyone around him angry.

The prefect there turned to look at He Shen after he had taught him a lesson, and when he saw this scene, he smiled and said, "What's so good about Mr. He?"

He Shen raised his eyebrows and chuckled lightly: "Drunk beauties are the most open-minded, and I like bold ones."

In this filthy misunderstanding and even panting, everyone naturally understood what He Shen said, and some people expressed disapproval for a while, saying: "Actually, the little girl who was the first time is the most interesting, hurry up tomorrow." Find a few for Mr. He, and you will understand the taste. Hahaha..."

"Exactly, exactly."

……

The people below really have everything to say, but Wang Rulong feels that He Shen is not such a person. He is also one of the salt merchants. Shen must be playing a lot of big games. I don't know if it will threaten him?The more Wang Rulong looked at He Shen over there, the more frightened he felt.

He didn't know where this fear came from, but he was sweating profusely when he heard the people around him asking Heshen and Feng Shuangzhi what to do.Wang Rulong has been in contact with Feng Shuangzhi a lot, and now hearing these people's swear words, if Heshen had any love for Feng Shuangzhi, he would hate all of them. Wang Rulong only hated how he got on this boat , Now it’s impossible to want to go down.

Something big is going to happen, something big is going to happen...

Wang Rulong was uneasy, but he pretended better on the surface.

As the boat gradually approached the Caohe Wharf, someone in front suddenly shouted loudly: "Where does the miscellaneous boat dare to enter the Caohe Wharf!"

The magistrate of Yangzhou was just at the time when he was drunk and full of courage, and he drank with pride, his eyes flashed, and he saw He Shen who was drunkenly flirting with the oiran, and even started to pick up the oiran's clothes, and then took a look at the cup. He smashed it, and cursed: "Where did the bastards dare to stop the officer's boat?!"

The magistrate of Yangzhou went out directly, stood on the bow of the boat, and saw Wang Jie standing on the boat in front of the pier.

The boat is obviously a boat patrolling the Cao River. I am afraid that Wang Jie is planning to investigate the situation on the Cao River at this time. It is the nearest Yangzhou pier.But the time is just right, the current magistrate of Yangzhou is a ruthless character, and he wants to set up a poisonous situation for He Shen.

I don’t know how many imperial envoys went to the south of the Yangtze River to check the salt water, but most of these people returned without success, and some died on the road or in Yangzhou due to accidents such as disease, river robbery, shipwreck, etc. It can be seen that the officialdom on the Jiangnan side means of darkness.

In order to ensure their own interests are not bitten off, these people can do anything.

It is not enough for He Shenguang to do these things, and he cannot win their trust.

If there is no blood on the hand, it is possible to wash it clean. Only the blood of this colleague can completely hug the woman and cannot come out.

The magistrate of Yangzhou had a good plan. He even had people turn on the surrounding lights on purpose, so that He Shen, who happened to be sitting next to the painting boat, could be seen.

When Wang Jie first saw He Shen, he was startled and shouted angrily: "He Shen! I didn't expect that you are also a gangster!"

He Shen looked drunk, and when he heard such a voice suddenly, he was surprised when he was half sober, looked up and saw Wang Jie standing there like a ghost, and threw the oiran on his lap in fright , He even threw that delicate beauty to the ground.When Du Shuangshuang was thrown like this, she immediately let out a scream, and the "sexy" men around her worked harder when they heard the sound.

It was just a little Wang Jie outside, and they had seen such scenes so many times that they didn't take it seriously at all.

Corruption in Jiangnan officialdom is unusual. Freezing three feet is not a one-day cold. Lianghuai Salt introduced a case to exchange blood for Jiangnan officialdom, but the bottom is dirty. Even if the blood that was exchanged was clean from the beginning , and soon it will get dirty too.

In the misty Jiangnan, this officialdom is bloody and dirty.

The magistrate of Yangzhou looked back at He Shen, and saw a bit of panic on his face. Before he could speak, He Shen wanted to hide, not wanting to be held back by the people next to him.

"My lord, what are you running for? This is just out to drink flower wine, why are you so panicked?"

He Shen waved his hands again and again to leave, "Wang Jie saw me, bad, bad, this man is a stubborn ass, it's over, it's over..."

"Hey——" the magistrate of Yangzhou came up to hold He Shen, and said, "What are you afraid of, Mr. He? It's just a little Wang Jie. In the past, the stubborn master in the south of the Yangtze River said he wanted to save the lives of the group of river workers. Now it's not the same. What should he look like? Don't be afraid of him, come out, come out—"

Immediately, someone pushed He Shen out, and this time he was seen clearly.

Their boat is still outside the entrance of the Caohe Wharf, and Wang Jie’s boat is also in the vortex of the backwater. There are many dark water boats parked near and far from the shore, but there are no people, except for the water. Only a few lonely people on Wang Jie's side held torches in their gorgeous painting boat.

He Shen, who seemed to be drunk, had a bow stuffed in his hand, and someone whispered in his ear: "My lord, you have been seen, and this is also our responsibility. This Wang Jie has a bad mouth. What to say in front of the emperor, what should I do? Sigh..."

He Shen's lips trembled, and he sneered from the bottom of his heart, but he turned around and shook the Yangzhou prefect's sleeve, and said, "He and a certain person are just deluded by ghosts, what should we do? I... I have done something that failed you. Son……"

Other officials also had the same expression when they were being plotted against. The officials on this ship were used to it and didn't think it was a big deal.

The magistrate of Yangzhou patted Heshen on the shoulder, pointed to Wang Jie who was still questioning Heshen, and persuaded: "I heard that Mr. He's arrow skills are good. Shoot him down and everything will be fine." Come on, we'll cover up the rest for you."

This is a threat, but also a temptation.

This trick has caused many officials to fall, and it is almost a common practice in Jiangnan official circles.

He Shen looked at the bow, as if he was thinking about it. Someone handed him an arrow. He tried it several times, but failed. He was handed a few more arrows, and then he set the bow. He looked back at the magistrate of Yangzhou: " Can adults keep their word?"

"Of course." The prefect of Yangzhou laughed.

Then he heard a "buzz", the feather arrow left the string, and sank into Wang Jie's chest. The torch in Wang Jie's hand fell, and he fell into the water. A ripple swayed away.

Immediately afterwards, a rain of arrows directly covered the patrol boat, and all the soldiers following on the boat died.

There was laughter and applause from the painting boat behind, and He Shen was still standing there, as if he was frightened by himself.

The magistrate of Yangzhou looked like someone who had come here, and said: "Come in with your lord to suppress the shock."