I was a salted fish in ancient times

Seeing Xiao Shan's excited face about to go straight to the magistrate's mansion, Zong Qing finally understood why those officials in the capital privately said that King Li was too freewheeling, and working with him was more difficult than a kid.

At this time, Zong Qing realized that Xiao Shan was not more difficult than the little ghosts, he was simply one of the little ghosts.

As soon as Xiao Shan thought in his heart, he would take action immediately, without considering the consequences at all, Zong Qing didn't dare to let his temper mess around.

He comforted in a low voice: "My lord, my lord, this matter has to be discussed in the long run."

Xiao Shan quietly watched him without speaking, with a look on his face that he didn't want to delay.Those who didn't know thought that he had deep feelings for Liu Jingxuan, as if he wanted to visit him immediately.

Zong Qing put on a straight face, carefully analyzing the situation in front of him: "My lord, we don't have many people here, if Liu Jingxuan resists and hurts my lord's precious body, it won't be good."

Xiao Shandao: "Master Zong is right, but this king thinks so. According to Mr. Zong's investigations these days, Liu Jingxuan is guilty. This is an indisputable fact. The evidence was delivered to Mr. Zong in a fair manner. The city of Liangzhou can also be said to be a combination of government and business. Everyone in Liangzhou now knows that the relationship between the king and Liu Jingxuan is very good. If someone finds out that the king is coming but avoids him, the king is afraid that someone will jump over the wall. Liu Jingxuan is guilty True, but none of those who committed crimes with him will be spared."

"Government and business collusion, since they are all colluding together, then we have the same blessings and share the same hardships, and we should eat together in prison."

Zong Qing was moved after hearing this.

After all, they are strangers. If they are really suspected by interested people and their identities are found out, this matter is indeed difficult to deal with.

Now all the evidence he got was against Liu Jingxuan, if someone really made up his mind to take action against Liu Jingxuan at this time, all the evidence would point to Liu Jingxuan.

If those who are in the same boat as Liu Jingxuan can't find other evidence, they will be the least affected.

But things in this world have always been not afraid of ten thousand, just in case.

This kind of situation is indeed possible, but he wants to put Xiao Shan's safety first.

"There's nothing to worry about." Xiao Shan saw Zong Qing's worry, and said with a smile: "Master Zong should be more worried about himself than about me."

Zong Qing was taken aback for a moment, then felt a chill in his heart, thinking it was the same.

Liu Jingxuan committed a crime, and now the evidence is conclusive. This is a fact that everyone knows on the street.No matter who the emperor sent to investigate, this is true.

But if Liu Jingxuan is not the only one involved in this matter, if someone doesn't want them to pull out the carrot and bring out the mud, then it's best for him to do it.

Because Xiao Shan has a good relationship with the prince, when he is gone, someone wants to stir up trouble, afterward it can be said that Xiao Shan did something to him in order to protect Liu Jingxuan, and made a fuss with the emperor, the emperor will definitely be suspicious.

No matter to the prince or to Xiao Shan.

Taking a ten thousand step back, even if there is no one else behind Liu Jingxuan, it is only he himself who is sinful and wants to attack them.

It was also safer to leave Xiao Shan, the prince, to kill Zong Qing. As long as Xiao Shan agreed, they could completely cover up his death, and then fabricate a story that he was killed by the thief who framed Liu Jingxuan.

"Is he so bold?" Zong Qing couldn't help but ask, he is an imperial envoy personally appointed by the emperor, if he takes action against an imperial envoy, his head will be lost.

"If you are not bold, the evidence will be presented." Xiao Shan said indifferently: "He is not bold, but he is confident at all. Anyway, when a person dies, no matter how many mouths he grows, he will not be able to speak."

This is also the place that Xiao Shan feels most contrary to since he came to Liangzhou. The evidence is too complete and easy to obtain, as if he is not afraid of being discovered at all.

Liu Jingxuan is the eldest brother of the Crown Princess, his father is a bachelor of the Hanlin Academy, he is favored by the emperor, he is upright and honest, otherwise the emperor would not have granted Xiao Jin this marriage.

Xiao Shan and Liu Jingxuan have never dealt with each other, but I also heard that this person is quite like a father, at least he is a smart person.

But he has stayed in Liangzhou for a few years, and now he is acting like he has no brains.

What disembarkation money, is this a foolish trick that only a poor man can come up with?

Is it true that, as the rumors say, Jiangnan is a place that can corrupt people's hearts.

Some people say that even a hard-working person can turn his heart into a brave man here, and he can only go in and out.

Some people say that Jiangnan is so rich that even the light in the river water is reflected by silver.The relationship between the people in Jiangnan is intricate and involved. The emperor sent clean and honest officials here every year, but every year someone fell from the horse.

If Liu Jingxuan's heart was really corrupted by Jiangnan's money, it would make sense.

Zong Qing carefully considered the situation in front of him, and felt that Xiao Shan's words were also reasonable.

It's just that he is coming to arrest people now... Thinking of this, he changed his mind and looked at Xiao Shan: "My lord doesn't intend to arrest people."

Affirmation, not doubt.

Xiao Shan took it for granted: "Who are you to take? Didn't they spread the word in the city? We have a good relationship. Since we have a good relationship, we naturally want to come and visit."

Zong Qing thought to himself, this is also good, first come to the door as guests, gag some people, and take them down when the big troops arrive.

The prince Xiao Shan stayed in Zhizhou Mansion, if someone really wanted to make a move, he had to weigh the situation.Hurting the prince Xiao Shan, the emperor became angry, and that would implicate the nine clans.

Thinking of these, Zong Qing suddenly felt that Xiao Shan was quite interesting, he thought differently from ordinary people, and did things more unexpectedly.

If he came to investigate the case alone, he would definitely find out Liu Jingxuan's crimes in private, and after meeting with other people, he would take down the prisoner, and then slowly try the case to see if there is anyone else behind it.

It's a bit slow to do this, but it's safer, unlike Xiao Shan who just inserts whatever comes to mind.

***

Although he was going to live in Zhizhou's mansion, Xiao Shan did not return the Jin family's house directly.

He recruited Jingui and paid a month's rent first, saying that he had to leave for a few days and would come back to live in the future.

Jingui took the money and thought it was a bit too much. Apart from providing a place to live, Xiao Shan and others didn't pass through their house for food and clothing. For this reason, he felt a little uneasy, hesitated for a while, and said: "I heard that King Li and the others I will enter the city in a few days, and the government is waiting to welcome King Li to enter the city. These few days, I don’t care about checking the ferry that day. I will return the money to you first, and if you still want to live in the future, I will Take your silver again."

Xiao Shan said: "You take this, you deserve it."

What else did Jin Gui want to say, Xiao Shan said: "You have a certain risk in taking us in. Sometimes the venture capital will lose all your money, and sometimes you will get a certain return. Now this money is your return, which is reasonable."

Jingui: "..."

He couldn't understand what Xiao Shan said, but he felt that it was very reasonable, so he couldn't find any words to refute.

Xiao Shan took Xie Zhui to Zhizhou Mansion, but Xie Chen didn't plan to go with them.Both Xiao Shan and Zong Qing had the imperial order to investigate the case, they 'coincidentally' went together along the way, but it would be unreasonable to let him live in Zhizhou Mansion, he did not have the imperial order.

Xie Chen said straight away, he didn't plan to stay in Liangzhou City for a long time, but was planning to go to Yangzhou.When he came to Jiangnan this time, besides wanting to avoid the ups and downs in the capital, he also heard from his subordinates that there is a famous doctor in Yangzhou, and he wanted to visit him.

He never gave up on restoring the light.

Xie Zhui was naturally reluctant to leave Xie Chen alone. Xie Chen comforted him and said, "I have guards and Gu Ning with me, so you don't have to worry. It's good to go to Yangzhou to find a famous doctor. If you really can't find it, I will Go around Yangzhou. When you finish your work here, you can go back to the capital together."

"But..." Xie Zhui was still worried.

Xie Chen said sternly: "It's nothing serious. I've been used to going to see a doctor so many times by myself over the years. Besides, I have a title and the face of a prince, so nothing will happen. It's you, don't just Worry about me, you have to protect your prince well here."

Xie Zhui was so worried about him that he didn't care about his ridicule at all.Seeing that Xie Chen insisted on leaving, he had to tell Gu Ning to take good care of Xie Chen.

The two brothers were about to part after speaking, Xiao Shancai stepped forward from a distance, and they watched Xie Chen lead the others away.

After they left, he shook Xie Zhui's hand.

Xie Zhui shook his head and said, "I'm fine."

In the wars before, he had to stay in the camp for many days, and sometimes Xie Chen hadn't returned home when he came back from a trip, and when he knew those things were already established facts, there was nothing to worry about.

Now both of them are in the capital, far away from those wars, but that heart is always on their minds.

"You and elder brother have a good relationship, so it's only natural to worry about him." Xiao Shan said.

Xie Zhui hummed, he felt that some words from Xiao Shan's mouth were particularly pleasant to hear.

Xiao Shan pulled him forward and said, "Since we're worried, let's quickly settle the case and meet up with Big Brother."

Xie Zhui said hello.

When Xiao Shan and his group left, they met Jin Gui's father.

Jingui's father was drowsy from drinking, recalling his childhood days in the high school compound in his mind, when he suddenly saw a group of them leaving.His mind was shaking, and he immediately came to his senses. He didn't dare to approach Xiao Shan, so he grabbed Jingui's arm and whispered: "Why did the God of Wealth go away?"

He is so impatient, these days he has seen that Xiao Shan and the others spend a lot of money, and they are masters with money.Now that the God of Wealth is leaving, when will he be able to return to his previous life?

Jingui looked at his father who smelled of alcohol and felt a little angry. In the past, he upheld his words and deeds, even though he knew that Jin's father drank and pretended to be drunk and indulged in daydreaming, he never criticized Jin's father.

Today, for some reason, he saw Father Jin's surprised face, and said angrily, "The God of Wealth thinks that the master of our family is not hardworking enough to keep him. Dad, why don't you go back to sleep, because sleep can make dreams come true." Come back to God of Wealth."

"Huh?" Father Jin was dumbfounded.

Jingui ignored him and turned to look for Jinmu who was doing embroidery.

Father Jin stood in the yard, unable to get drunk no matter what.He looked around, walked around, and then walked out of the door listlessly.

He felt that he had completely woken up from his dream, and that the Jin family would never be able to return to the glory of their ancestors in this lifetime.

Naturally, Xiao Shan and others didn't know what happened in the Jin family. After leaving the Jin family, Xiao Shan ordered a team of guards to pick up the imperial guard of honor, and let Ji An and others speed up.

The rest followed him to Zhizhou Yamen.

A group of them rode horses to the Zhizhou Yamen. Riding horses was a rare and common thing in Liangzhou City, and there were no crowds on the road.

When they arrived at the gate of Zhizhou Yamen, the Yamen servant saw them yawning and asked what was the matter.

The group of people ignored him, and after getting off the horse, Xiao Shan threw a jade pendant to the yamen servant, and said a little impatiently: "Give this to Liu Jingxuan, let him come out to see me."

The yamen servant originally wanted to say something, but when he heard that they were calling Liu Jingxuan's name, he didn't dare to say anything when he saw their menacing appearance, so he hurried inside.

After a while Liu Jingxuan came out, he was probably still sleeping, his clothes were not tied properly, and his hair was a little messy.

Liu Jingxuan's face is very gentle and looks very honest.

To be honest, just from his appearance alone, it is impossible to see that he is a person who dares to blatantly embezzle.

Seeing Xiao Shan, Liu Jingxuan stepped forward to salute, Xiao Shan grabbed him and said with a smile: "Brother Liu, if you have something to say, let's talk inside."

Liu Jingxuan glanced at the crowd who wanted to gather around, then at Zong Qing, with a smile on his face immediately, and greeted Xiao Shan inside.

When they arrived at the backyard, they closed the door, guarded by guards, Xiao Shan didn't go to the inner hall, he stopped in the yard, then raised his eyebrows and looked at Liu Jingxuan.

Liu Jingxuan asked people to get chairs for them, Xiao Shan pulled Xie Zhui to sit down, Zong Qing hesitated and sat aside.

Liu Jingxuan pursed her lips and stepped forward to salute.

Halfway through the ceremony, Xiao Shan's lazy voice sounded: "Master Liu, don't be too busy, the king has something to ask you."

Liu Jingxuan paused, whether she was saluting or not, her posture was very uncomfortable.Xiao Shan saw that he was looking for trouble, this was a disgrace, Liu Jingxuan endured that awkward posture and said: "I don't dare, my lord, please tell me."

"Is it someone from your family who took the money from the ferry?" Xiao Shan asked straightforwardly.

Liu Jingxuan did not deny it, and said: "Go back to the prince, yes, those people are the housekeepers and servants of the lower government."

Xiao Shan clapped his hands and said: "It's easy to handle, you call people over, I want to see them."

Liu Jingxuan didn't ask any more questions, and hurriedly asked the servants to call all the cashiers at the ferry.

When everyone arrived, Xiao Shan immediately saw the butler who wanted to teach him a lesson.

Xiao Shan glanced at him, seeing him trembling in shock, he was very satisfied in his heart, and then set his eyes on the others one by one.

The eyes are careless but make people feel like the skin is cut by a knife, which hurts badly.

After looking around so slowly, Xiao Shan raised his finger and pointed to the housekeeper, "Well, Mr. Liu, come forward and talk."

Liu Jingxuan was terrified by the word Master Liu, not to mention the trembling housekeeper.

The housekeeper almost crawled out of the team, and kowtowed towards Xiao Shan with tears on his face, "My lord, spare my life, my lord, spare my life. It's all because the villain has eyes but no eyes..."

The knock was very loud and solid, and after a while the forehead became swollen.

The crying was also very pitiful, completely incomparable to the arrogance and domineering that day.

Begging Xiao Shan, the housekeeper still looked at Liu Jingxuan, with snot and tears running all over the floor, he said: "My lord, help me, my lord, help me."

Liu Jingxuan looked at the butler, then at Xiao Shan, for a moment, his expression was very cold, he said calmly: "I don't know where Liu San offended the lord, please tell me clearly."

Xiao Shan smiled slightly, leaned back on the chair and said lazily: "When the Japanese king Tongzong passed the crossing, he asked for the disembarkation money. The disembarkation money is unique to you in Liangzhou. This king and Lord Zong are newcomers. I respect your customs and human feelings, and I will give you the money when you get off the boat. But your Master Liu is still not satisfied. The left sentence is that the king is a sick child, and the right sentence is that he is the father of the king who entered this Liangzhou city. Oh, the king At that time, I told him that he was not blessed to be this father, but he was still not happy, and insisted on educating me instead of my father."

Liu Jingxuan couldn't help but kneel on the ground when he heard halfway.

The butler was trembling even more, his trembling mouth was trembling, and he couldn't speak.If he knew that it was Xiao Shan who challenged him that day, even if his tongue was broken, he wouldn't dare to say that.

Xiao Shan looked straight at Liu Jingxuan and said: "Master Liu, your master Liu is really angry, stronger than my father. This king is really scared, or Master Liu, tell me, how should I deal with this person?"

Liu Jingxuan didn't even think about it, and calmly said: "This person offended the emperor, it would be cheap to kill him, and he should be sentenced to death."

Liu San's face turned pale and sweated instantly when he heard this, he looked at Liu Jingxuan in disbelief and said, "My lord, you really want to kill people to silence your words." After that, he crawled towards Xiao Shan and said in horror: "Your lord, what is your lord's name?" He didn't want the villain to speak, he wanted to silence him, and begged the prince to give the villain a way to survive."

Xiao Shan clapped his hands, and instantly a guard stepped forward and blocked Liu San's mouth.

Xiao Shan looked at Liu San with a half-smile and said: "Your way of life was blocked by myself that day, how can the king give you a way of life today? Pull it down, since you are the housekeeper of Mr. Liu's family, let Mr. Liu do it himself later." Deal with it."

Liu San whimpered and wanted to speak in despair, that expression contained a thousand words.But he couldn't say anything, and was dragged down by the guards.

Zong Qing was taken aback when he saw this scene, then he stood up and looked at Xiao Shan and said, "My lord, since this person said he has something to hide, why don't you let him speak out?" Shan's behavior is like killing Liu Jingxuan.

Xiao Shan glanced at him, and said inexplicably: "It is a capital crime for him to offend the emperor. This king knew that there was something in his stomach and didn't kill him immediately. What's the rush, Mr. Zong? Besides, what he said was nothing more than Liu Jingxuan Those things committed are at most personal evidence. Now that Liu Jingxuan is in front of you, Mr. Zong will interrogate Liu Jingxuan first, and then Liu San will be interrogated, isn't it the same?"

Zong Qing: "..."

Thinking about it, it was understandable for Xiao Shan to do so.What he saw and heard during his trip to Liangzhou, he would definitely report to the emperor one by one. If Xiao Shan didn't do anything when he saw Liu San, the emperor would probably feel a lump in his heart when he found out.

After all, Liu San's behavior was courting death.

It's just that Xiao Shan protects the emperor's face first, which is easy to be misunderstood.For example, he couldn't help but wondered whether Xiao Shan wanted to cover up Liu Jingxuan in public.

Zong Qing figured out that these self-consciousness was boring, and sat down again.

Xiao Shan stared at Liu Jingxuan, up and down.

After looking at it for a while, he asked in a calm tone, "My lord and Mr. Zong are talking about coming to Liangzhou, Mr. Liu knows."

Liu Jingxuan nodded and said calmly: "Your official knows."

"Is what Wang Xin, the magistrate of Su'an County, said in the note to the emperor true?" Xiao Shan asked again.

Liu Jingxuan closed her eyes: "Most of them are true."

"E.g?"

Liu Jingxuan: "Corrupt and pervert the law."

"What about murdering people?" Xiao Shan asked coldly.

Liu Jingxuan: "The lower official didn't kill anyone, but it was the people around the lower official who did it, so it's no different from the lower official's murder."

Hearing these words, Xiao Shan didn't ask any more questions. It was the first time Zong Qing saw someone pleading guilty so honestly. He couldn't help but said, "Master Liu, why is that?"

"Why?" A second expression finally appeared on Liu Jingxuan's face, a smile that was not a smile, a little self-deprecating and palpitations, he said: "People say that the south of the Yangtze River is a nest of wealth and wealth, and there are silver everywhere under your feet. The officials also wanted to be clean and honest. It's a pity that the people around him were used by others, and he was fooled again, and he didn't stop later. After all, he failed the Holy Grace. I didn't want to be found out, and I used to take chances, but the situation in Jiangnan was too great. It's complicated, businessmen and officials have many contacts, and the lower officials are getting deeper and deeper, and they are about to reach out to the scientific research... If this continues, my father and the prince will be implicated."

After speaking, Liu Jingxuan couldn't tell whether she was laughing or crying.

His father was a bachelor in charge of the Hanlin Academy, and presided over this year's imperial examination.There are many people in Jiangnan who have money, and there are more people who want to be officials. Those people have the handle of his corruption, so they naturally want to cheat through him and get the test questions in advance.

His father had only one son, and he was in pain every day.

If he really wanted to write a letter crying about his situation, no matter how angry his father was, he would not just watch him die, maybe he would drag his father into the water and the test questions would be leaked.

Liu Jingxuan didn't want to die either, but he still had a little conscience. He thought that if this matter was revealed, his family, the crown princess and even the crown prince would be implicated. He was really afraid.

I'd be worse off admitting to my own crimes.

These days, on the one hand, he is acting with others, and on the other hand, he is worried about his situation.

That's all for now.

Zong Qing: "..."

This person can be regarded as a sensible person in terms of right and wrong, so why is he confused.

Liu Jingxuan saw what he was thinking and smiled wryly. At the beginning, he didn't want to disappoint the emperor.His family has been clean and honest for generations, and he also thought about stretching his fists in the south of the Yangtze River and doing a good job.

It's just that when we got to the place, everything was out of control.

"Tell me what's going on." Xiao Shan said in a cold voice while everyone was silent.