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Chapter 858: Chaos

The boat sailed on the canal, passing the town of Gaoqiao to Wuxi, and then traveled almost a day and a night on the edge of Taihu Lake. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

When he arrived in Wuxi, it was not yet dark, and the magistrates and gentry in Wuxi also came to greet the Qin Mission, Wang Tong naturally didn't bother to pay attention to it, and directly sent the official messenger on the ship away.

Arrange for Wuxi to replenish some food and medicine, and there is no deal, the medicine is mainly some calming medicine, because since the Changzhou Mansion left, Lu Ruomei has been crying, and her mental state is a little wrong.

Without stopping at Wuxi, the fleet was ready to anchor after dark at Wangting, where the boundary between Changzhou and Suzhou was on the canal.

The road was very peaceful, but when it was almost dark, the apprentice of Pu Yuan shouted on the side of the cabin, saying that he wanted to see Lord Qincha, and it was okay anyway, Wang Tong directly ordered to bring people over.

Pu Yuan's apprentice was also a fat monk with a vicious appearance, and he was tied up strongly, and as soon as he entered Wang Tong's cabin, he bumped into the ground and kowtowed, and hissed:

"Big master, the two masters promised the little one, and they want to give the little one a good time, and the big master must not break his word."

Grinning and crying there, Liu Saburo and Shi Qi's methods are ruthless, and it is normal for people to live worse than death, but the boat is halfway, and it is a little strange for this person to suddenly say this.

"It's not impossible to give you pleasure, don't you want to live now, what's going on?"

Wang Tong asked, and the monk's face was full of fear, and he said in a trembling voice:

"Big lord, the small cabin can look out, this afternoon, there is a boat of the Dragon King of Taihu Lake coming over, to be caught by the Dragon King's people, it must be a thousand cuts, I can't cut the hole all over my body and throw it into the sea to feed the fish, the little sin is heavy, I don't dare to seek a way to live, I just ask the big master to give me a good time now."

"In this lake, in the sea, are there so many characters in the green forest called the Dragon King?"

Wang Tong laughed, such a name is terrifying, so much so that he doesn't know what the name of the monk Puyuan is in the rivers and lakes, and the kneeling people below said this name, Shi Qi was stunned, and Wu Er glanced at each other, Shi Qi stepped forward and asked:

"Monk, this dragon king is surnamed Liao, and he was on the sea in Taizhou back then?"

The monk who knelt on the ground was also stunned, and then kowtowed again and said:

"It's that Liao in charge."

"Take the man back to his original cabin"

Wu Er opened his mouth and said, two guards stepped forward to take people away, Wu Er opened his mouth and whispered to Wang Tong:

"Master Hou, this Liao Dragon King is a big thief on Taihu Lake, with nearly a thousand bandits in his hands, and the Puyuan monk has pretended to be a monk many years ago, and the water business of these provinces is all owned by this Liao Dragon King."

Shi Qi on the side also opened his mouth and said:

"This Liao Longwang was a military general in Ningbo, and he led his subordinates to escape because of a crime, he restrained his subordinates with military law, and his subordinates were strong, and they caught fire on Taihu Lake and more than a dozen thieves, and it was rumored that this Liao had fought with the real Japanese in Songjiang Mansion and Jiaxing Mansion, and he did not suffer a loss."

After all, bandits are bandits, and the combat effectiveness of officers and soldiers is too unbearable, but the Tartars in the north and the Japanese in the south are recognized by everyone as a formidable scourge.

"Walking here, there is absolutely no reason to go back, I'm afraid to ask the officers and soldiers of Zhenhaiwei to have other troubles, go ashore at Hushuguan, and then go to Suzhou Mansion to mobilize horses, let's go to Songjiang by land"

Wang Tong slapped the table and made a decision.

In the city of Nanjing, two streets away from where Wang Tong lived at the time, two people dressed as merchants walked out in a hurry with big burdens.

They carried their burdens but did not go out of the city, but they went around the city, but they stopped behind a ruined temple somewhere in the city, went outside to collect some dry wood, and struck there a few times with a fire breaker, lit the fire, and took out a stack of letters from the baggage, and threw them into the fire.

As soon as he threw it in, he heard footsteps, and two men dressed as men ran over with a few soldiers of the brocade guard, and the brocade guard shouted loudly:

"What the hell, do you want to set fire to the city?"

Nanjing city is mostly wooden buildings, at this time the weather is dry, the two of them lit the fire is really suspicious, as soon as they saw the arrival of the official mission, these two people were also panicked, the paper letter in their hands hurriedly threw into the fire, pulled their legs and ran, the officials naturally hurriedly caught up, someone walked through the fire and picked up a piece of paper that had not yet burned, but after seeing it, he was stunned, he did not know much, but this letter was a few days ago in the city of Nanjing The nobles were thrown into the post of the family.

After tracking down for so long without a trace, it didn't take much effort to get it, and the brocade-clothed guard hurriedly extinguished the flames and got the letters out.

The incident was also simple, the two people were sneaky all day long, there were so many things in Nanjing recently, and the shopkeeper of the inn was also afraid of taking in the robbers or something to get into trouble, so the two people left, so they sent the guys to follow, and they were familiar with the nearby Jinyi guards, and called them together.

found out this letter and sent it to his boss, but the news could not be kept secret, but everything that should be known in Nanjing City was known.

The boss of these soldiers is Zhang Liansheng, after Wang Tong left, Zhang Liansheng finally knew what the fun was in doing this brocade guard Qianhu, in the past, many people did not have their own eyes to pull a relationship to please, and they didn't take it seriously in the past, but now they still give a smile.

Coincidentally, it was found out that the soldier who posted this post was Zhang Liansheng's subordinate, and when he heard that it was related to the post some time ago, Zhang Liansheng immediately cheered up with 120,000 points.

This matter is also involved with the noble clan in Nanjing City, and also with Wang Tong, after finding out, it is the credit of his own family, and it can please all parties.

No matter how sloppy the Jinyi Guard, there is all the kung fu of torture, and the two people who were caught are not iron bones, and they will all be recruited as soon as they are tortured

These two businessmen are the henchmen of Li Zhi, and what they do in Nanjing are all Li Zhi's instructions, who is Li Zhi, these bigwigs in Nanjing City also know the heroic genealogy of the Beijing Division, even if Zhang Liansheng drinks the order to keep it secret, the news is still known by the people who should know.

Someone greeted me that night, don't make a noise in advance, report it to Lord Qincha first, and wait for Lord Qincha to make a decision, we should not have this matter for the time being, and some people even directly pointed out that this Li Zhi is a Beijing official, and the cabinet of the six ministries of Beijing Division has ministers who have a relationship with him, and this matter is too extensive for us to interfere with.

Zhang Liansheng, who heard this, did not dare to slack off, and arranged for someone to hurriedly send the news to Songjiang Mansion.

After being imprisoned for a few days, the predecessor of Qianhu Meng Xianhui, also said who was behind him, he was Jinyiwei, and naturally knew about the torture methods in Jinyiwei, and he felt frightened after staying for a few days, for fear that these methods would fall on his own body, and he said who was behind him, this is also a capital crime, and it is a big deal not to do this errand.

is similar to what Wang Tong expected, this Meng Xianhui is a thousand households supported by the Xu family, no matter what kind of traitorous minister, he is not bad for his hometown, but Xu Jie is an exception, bullying the villagers too much, not to mention annexing the land, and doing a lot of other things, offending so many people, Xu Jie did not dare to be buried in his hometown after his death.

In such a situation, in order to keep his family business and family, he naturally has to support a group of people in the official face and the underworld, and Meng Xianhui is one of them.

However, Meng Xianhui didn't want to say much, only said that he was taken care of by the Xu family in many ways, so that he could stand out among so many people and sit in the position of this thousand households, as for what he did, he only admitted that the hundred households he was watching were instructed by him, and he didn't know anything else.

Zhang Liansheng was also helpless, at most, he gave Wang Tong an explanation, and he couldn't do anything else, so he simply detained him first.

Despite being cautious, Wang Tong's team did not encounter any trouble all the way to Wu County, the capital of Suzhou, and the journey was peaceful.

Suzhou, the richest place in the world, Sanjiang Commercial Bank naturally has a business name here, and there is a place for its own family, so it is naturally much more convenient to do things.

As soon as the officials of the Suzhou government came to meet him, he prepared the horses according to Wang Tong's instructions, while the Sanjiang Commercial Bank and the local servants went to Lu Ruomei's house to find Lu Ruomei's old mother.

Lu Ruomei has been in a mess for the past few days, and her spirit is not very good, for her safety, Wang Tong did not agree to her getting off the boat, and when it was noon, Wang Tong called her over.

After entering the house, there was no guard as usual, only Wang Tong was here, his face was heavy, seeing her come in, he waved his hand to let the maid who followed Lu Ruomei retreat, Wang Tong coughed and said:

"Your mother hanged herself, and your neighbor found her body the day before yesterday."

Lu Ruomei leaned forward, as if she didn't hear clearly, and then shook violently, and there was no blood on her face, and she knelt there palely.

Wang Tong said again:

"There are people on my side who have some connections with the local authorities, and I heard from the errand officer that someone in the neighborhood saw two people dressed as monks and a gangster sneaking into your house that day, whether they were hanged or not, you should understand."

"How could it be that my mother has survived such a hard life, seeing that the grievances can be washed away, and the revenge can be avenged, how can she hang herself at this time."

Lu Ruomei muttered, her eyes were a little sloppy, she shook her head suddenly, her expression became resolute, and she stepped forward and said sadly:

"Master, this must be the Xu family sending someone to attack, this must be the Xu family to send someone to kill people and kill people, please ask the master to be the master of the people and avenge the people's daughters"

Lu Ruomei fell crookedly and fainted violently