The majestic sister-in-law of the Red Chamber

After finishing the interrogation of Xuzhou Governor and obtaining the evidence, Situ Meng turned to look at the garrison general Bi Guocai, and found that he was still in a coma. After asking the doctor, he found out that he had woken up once. , but because of the pain, he was unconscious again, so Situ Meng could only temporarily give up the interrogation.

And his two lieutenants, although they knew that there was a large transit warehouse in Yunlong Lake, they only thought that it was some transactions between their superiors and Shen and Xue, and they released some private goods that were not easy to reveal to others. Forget it, I didn't know that there was actually a lair specially used to resell private salt.

After listening to Situ Meng's words, the two of them shouted their grievances even more. After asking for a long time, they found no useful information at all. He wrote a warrant and used the seal of the garrison general to order all the sergeants of the garrison camp to stay in the barracks and not go out, which saved Situ Meng a lot of trouble.

However, this was another sleepless night. Situ Meng first briefly summarized what happened in the past two days, then took out a thin piece of silk, and used the smallest brush to simplify the ins and outs of the matter as much as possible. Then it was written on it, and finally stuffed into the small bamboo tube carried by the carrier pigeon, and sent a message to the emperor again.

Afterwards, he picked up his pen again and wrote down all the things that happened in the past two days, as well as the specific certifications and physical evidence he currently had in his hands, all in detail in a notebook, and then sent a A loyal bodyguard and a whole Death Squad member were in charge of protecting him, and sent him back to the capital eight hundred li in an expedited manner, and told the bodyguard that he must hand it over to the emperor in person.

"Xiao Tian, ​​how about I search all the stores of the Shen family and the Xue family who sell private salt in Xuzhou mansion first?"

Although Situ Meng was very tired physically, he was extremely excited mentally. This was his first time as an imperial envoy and the first time he handled such a big case independently. Even though he had not slept for two days and two nights, his whole body was still Still in a state of extreme excitement.

"Okay!" Lin Tian nodded without hesitation, and echoed: "You can do what you think is appropriate, and I fully support it!"

"Then tell me, what should we do with the illegal salt that was confiscated? Put it directly in the official salt shop, and sell it to the common people at the official salt price?"

When Situ Meng said this, before Lin Tian could answer, he shook his head and vetoed it.

"No, no! If this is the case, it will be a private sale of evidence. When dealing with the Shen family and the Xue family in the future, the most important physical evidence will be missing!

However, if you don't do this, where can you get official salt?I am afraid that Xuzhou Mansion will be in the embarrassing situation of having no salt to sell!Wouldn't the common people be reduced to having no salt to eat?No, no..."

Situ Meng paced back and forth in the room a little anxiously, babbling non-stop, making Lin Tian feel a little dizzy, so he grabbed him, pushed him on the stool, and said:

"How difficult it is! I forgot to tell you. I took people to search the private salt dens in Yunlong Lake. The salt found was thousands of deniers, and half of it was still in official salt bags. Let’s move! As long as you take out a few hundred deniers and put them in the official salt shop of Xuzhou Prefecture, it will be enough for the people of the entire Xuzhou Prefecture to eat for a year!

Those who have changed the packaging of the Shen family and the Xue family's business name will be kept as physical evidence and handed over to the officials who came to handle the case that the emperor photographed later! "

"Yeah! How could I have forgotten this! Yes, yes, Xiaotian, you are smart!" Situ Meng said, hugging Lin Tian excitedly.

"Okay, you haven't closed your eyes for two days and two nights, now it's almost dawn, and you still have a lot of things to do tomorrow, you go to bed right now!"

As Lin Tian said, he grabbed Situ Meng directly, and without a word, he took off his coat and jacket, pushed Situ Meng, who was only wearing underwear, on the bed, and stuffed him into the quilt.

Just as Situ Meng was thinking secretly, after Lin Tian left, when he got up and continued to struggle, Lin Tian took off his robe and shoes and socks without hesitation, and lay down on the bed as well, and naturally Pulled over Situ Meng's quilt, and then directly treated Situ Meng as a pillow, encircled both hands and feet at the same time, and said: "Sleep!"

After that, he closed his eyes directly, and after a while, there was the sound of steady breathing.

Looking at Lin Tian, ​​who was almost face-to-face with him, Situ Meng could even see the small shadows under her eyes left by her long and thick eyelashes, the upright nose and the small and thin red lips are so beautiful. tempting.

Watching and watching, Situ Meng gradually became obsessed. He hadn't slept for two days and two nights, and his body was exhausted to the limit at this moment. In such a warm and quiet environment, he slowly closed his eyes and fell into a deep sleep. .

Just after he fell asleep completely, Lin Tian, ​​who he thought was asleep, suddenly opened his eyes, showed a faint smile, then raised his hand, knocked out the burning candle, and closed his eyes again .

On the same night, the emperor Situ Qing, who was far away in the imperial palace in the capital, also stayed up all night. He looked over and over again at the news brought back by the carrier pigeon yesterday, and thought of the danger Situ Meng was going to experience in Xuzhou Mansion at this moment, so he was completely calm for a moment. not come down.

Throughout the whole day, he relied entirely on his strong endurance and self-control, so that no one around him noticed anything abnormal.

'You brat, what do you want me to say about you! 'At this moment, although Situ Qing's heart is full of worry and anxiety, there is also a bit of excitement and faint excitement.

Although Situ Qing knew that the Imperial Forest Army led by Situ Meng and the elite deployed by the Tongzhou Camp had a total of nearly a thousand guards this time. In theory, even the rebellion of the garrison in Xuzhou Prefecture could be suppressed, but those were private Saltmonger!

It was still a group of extremely powerful, cruel and ruthless desperadoes who killed one after another and maimed a patrolling imperial censor!

Although the emperor sent the most trusted Lin Ruhai to serve as the new patrol salt censor, he has not yet expected Lin Ruhai to completely wipe out these private salt dealers, because he knows very well in his heart that behind this incident, the aristocratic family involved , nobles, and officials are definitely not as simple as one or two.

He just hopes that with Lin Ruhai's efforts, the imperial court can better control the payment of salt tax by issuing salt quotations, instead of reducing the salt tax to half of previous years when his cousin, Li Guogong's youngest son was in office. None.

However, Situ Qing really didn't expect that Lin Ruhai had just arrived at the office, and the specific work was just started. He had just stopped last year's old Yanyin and was going to let merchants bid for the share of Yanyin in the new year. Situ Meng here It gave him such a huge surprise, or it would be more appropriate to say that it was a shock.

On the one hand, the emperor hoped that Situ Qing would be able to wipe out all these private salt dealers, on the other hand, he was afraid that he would be young and vigorous, and if he found out about the related families and nobles, he would act recklessly regardless. There was nothing he could do to clean up the mess.

The emperor kept walking up and down in the large imperial study room by himself, and from time to time he looked at the window where pigeons could pass through. He was waiting for new news from Situ Meng.

Although the other person is not in Xuzhou, his heart has already flown there, to Situ Meng's side. For this younger brother who is more than ten years younger than him, he has always been a brother and a father since he was a child. .

Back then, the three of them, mother and son, were extremely favored by Concubine Zhen, and the sudden death of Grand Marshal’s grandfather was simply a matter of internal and external troubles, and they were struggling in the palace. After lying in bed for more than a year, I slowly recovered.

During those most difficult days, in order to fear that the little Situ Meng would be secretly murdered by Concubine Zhen Gui, Situ Qing almost took him by his side and took care of him all the time. He really cared more than his own son now. many.

Back then, when the competition for the throne was almost settled, it was because of a small negligence of his that someone took advantage of Situ Meng's companion to try to put him to death. If it wasn't for Lin Tian's Appeared, I'm afraid he would have lost this brother long ago!

That night, the emperor thought a lot, and everything about Situ Meng from childhood to adulthood kept appearing in his mind.

"Flicking..." Just when the sky outside was so dark that you could barely see your fingers, a snow-white carrier pigeon pierced the sky like a shining ray of dawn in the darkness, and flew into the imperial study.

After seeing Situ Meng's exclusive carrier pigeon, Situ Qing didn't care about his image at all, and ran towards the carrier pigeon. With trembling hands, he took off the small letter box tied to the pigeon's right leg.

What is inside is not a note written on rice paper, but a piece of silk as thin as a cicada's wing, and it is densely filled with small script.

After the emperor took out the silk, he walked quickly to the lamp, and carefully read every word.

"Bang!" The emperor frowned, slammed his fist on the imperial case, and roared angrily: "Those damned nobles are really daring! This is what I'm sure I can't do with them!" Yet?"

But when he saw the back, the emperor's brows were relieved, and a gratified smile appeared on his face, and he said to himself in a low voice:

"Hahahaha... Good! Well done! As expected of a child raised by me alone! That's how it should be! You just can't be soft on these guys, the blood is flowing like rivers, they don't know the pain at all!"

Situ Qing read the content on the entire silk silk over and over again three or five times before finally letting it go, pinched his eyebrows, and said with a smile:

"You brat, I'm thinking of my elder brother right now, let me clean up this mess for you! Hahahaha...

However, this time it was really good, clean and neat.Even this kid was too bold and reckless, he brought a few guards to drag down the officials of Xuzhou Mansion and the generals of the Garrison Mansion, so he was not afraid that someone would suddenly leave the meeting if they found something wrong?

Or Xuzhou Governor and the garrison general joined forces to take him hostage!I really don't know whether to say that he is a brave man with a high level of art, or a reckless man!It seems that after coming back this time, the gentleman who went to the study should still explain to him, what is the reason why the son of a daughter does not sit down!

Now that the little guy has created such a good situation for me, he can't let down his hard work. It seems that he should go to see the Supreme Emperor tomorrow morning and have a good talk with him!It's time to clean up these over-inflated aristocrats and let them know that this world is still the world of my Situ family!

However, who should handle the trial of this follow-up case?You can't come from a family, and you can't be close to those kings with different surnames or four kings and eight princes. You also need to have a strong background, you can absolutely trust them, and you need to be clever... Such people are hard to find! "

Thinking of this, the emperor was also a little bit troubled. He was worried about losing a lot of hair, but he still couldn't think of the most suitable candidate. In the end, he could only smile wryly, and secretly said with emotion:

"There are still too few people who need to use it! It seems that we have to speed up the training of our own team! Maybe this time is a good opportunity. I really remember that there are still many freshly released Jinshi after Enke passed last year. The Hanlin Academy is waiting for officials to be dispatched!

It's better to let these people go to the Xuzhou Mansion to practice and practice first, just in time, and let me see how many useful people and talents there are among them! "