Peerless Pirates

The study room of the Duke's Mansion was brightly lit, and Pang Tong sat on a chair with a gloomy face, his eyes shining coldly, staring at the purple-robed man who had just entered the door.

"Have you checked everything out?"

"It's almost clear." The man in purple robe wiped the sweat from his face: "Someone must have deliberately kidnapped the young lady of the Jian family and gave it to Xu Mingsu. Xu Mingsu didn't know what was going on and thought she was an ordinary woman from a good family. So he did something evil, and when the Jian family got the news, they killed him."

"I guess that's the case. No matter how bastard the Xu family's boy is, he won't put his thoughts on the Jian family." Pang Tong was silent for a moment and patted the armrest of the chair: "It's really a good trick."

"It's indeed remarkable." The man in purple robe agreed, and reported the cause and effect in detail. If Song Zheng were here, he would definitely be shocked. Although most of what the man in purple robe said is speculation, it is not consistent with the truth. Not too far apart.[

Finally, the man in purple robe said with a bitter smile: "The key to this matter lies in a person named Yan San'er. This person is one of the Xu family's confidants. Unfortunately, this person has disappeared and cannot be found. , we can’t get any real evidence, and even if we make wild claims, the people at Kaibao Bank won’t believe it.”

"Since the other party has made a decision, he will definitely be fully prepared and will not let us seize the handle so easily." Pang Tong waved his hand: "Besides, even if we catch this person and force him to find out the truth, we will not It is of great help. After all, both the Xu family and the Jian family have died, and they still died in such an shameful way. The resentment has arisen, and it will be difficult to make up for it."

"Yes! Huang Song and Ting'er tried hard to persuade them for a long time, but the boy from the Jian family didn't believe it. If it weren't for the experienced shopkeeper of Kaibao Bank, I'm afraid the boy from the Jian family would have made a fuss again."

"Hmph, how can he continue to make trouble?" Pang Tong said coldly: "This is Jiangning City, he cannot do anything wrong."

"Having said that, what happened after this will have a great impact on our grand plan!" The purple-robed man sighed helplessly.

Pang Tong nodded lightly: "Let's go to Kaifeng immediately and explain this matter in detail. The old men behind Kaibao Bank should be able to understand something."

"Then what should we do here in Jiangning City?"

"I will arrange for Huan Xing to investigate this matter. In any case, the person behind this is deeply scheming and ruthless. He is a powerful enemy and cannot be taken lightly. Fortunately, there are still traces of this matter. As for having no clue." Pang Tong twirled his beard, his slightly squinted eyes twitching slightly.

"What father means is..."

"I'm afraid the only one who can set up such a big battle and come up with such a plan is that old fox. Even if it wasn't him, he still has something to do with it." Pang Tong would never have thought that Song Zheng had secretly sneaked back to Jiangning. So it’s natural to put the blame on others.

"Father is the one who is said to be in the Prime Minister's Mansion. He has too much time to take care of himself and will come up with ways to deal with us."

"I have too much time to take care of myself." Pang Tong sneered: "That's just the appearance. Although he wrote a letter to resign, he has many ideas? Back then, he competed with Pang Hui and used all kinds of overt and covert moves. If it hadn't been for the past two years, He went crazy and wanted to deal with everyone in Jiangnan. I'm afraid we won't win much support. Now, in order to Huitong Trading Company, he even sold the land in his hometown and wanted to go all out. In this case, what? I can’t recruit you.”

"Father, why don't you ask the palace to work harder and directly ask the young emperor to approve his dictionary? Without phase, no matter how cunning and cunning he is, he won't be able to pull it off."

Pang Tong shook his head: "It's not the time yet. Although the little emperor has a dislike for him, it's probably not realistic to get rid of him all at once. He has been in the prime minister's position for many years and is a relative of the emperor. Even the little emperor handles political affairs. He brought it all up with his own hands. Even if the little emperor wanted to jerk him off, he would not immediately approve it and would always have to play a few tricks to keep him."

The man in purple robe rolled his eyes: "I have an idea, but it's not as good as..." As he said that, the man in purple robe muttered a few words in Pang Tong's ear.

"Well, that's feasible, but it's hard to say whether he can impress the little emperor with just a few words. Besides, although the money in the cabinet has transactions with us, he doesn't listen to our orders."

"Yes! Qian Mancai cooperated with us mainly for revenge. Unfortunately, we can't move Huang Song for the time being, and Lu Junqing is now living deep in the prime minister's palace. It is difficult to kill him by ordinary means. We went to war last time, and Qian Mancai The cabinet has helped a lot, but we have not repaid him, which has made him dissatisfied. It may not be easy for him to speak for us again." The man in purple robe also said with some helplessness: "The only thing we can be happy about is that the cabinet is full of money. I don’t know that we have any contact with Huang Song, otherwise, he might turn to the Prime Minister’s side.”

"In any case, we have to speed up the pace. This incident of Kaibao Bank is a lesson. The other party has even resorted to such shameful means. We can no longer be stable. Some necessary means must be used Sir, I am afraid that what follows will not be a simple political battle, and it is inevitable that the bayonet will see red."

"I understand. When I get back from Kaifeng, I will immediately make arrangements for our manpower to be mobilized."[

Pang Tong sighed softly and closed his eyes. The man in purple robe slowly exited the room. After taking a deep breath, he walked towards a secret place in the backyard. After a stick of incense, the man in purple robe appeared in the distance from the Duke's Mansion. In an inconspicuous yard half a mile away.

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Daqi Palace City, Xizhai.

Pang Ying sat quietly behind the desk, staring at Huang Yuandu's request for words in a daze, while the money cabinet carefully waited on the side, constantly looking at Pang Ying's face.

This is Huang Yuandu's second memorial asking for resignation. Just the day before yesterday, Huang Yuandu suddenly wrote a letter asking to resign because of his illness. Pang Ying rejected the resignation after thinking about it for half an hour, and the Queen Mother Huang Jiao was also there. Later, Xu Yan encouraged Huang Yuandu.

Subsequently, Pang Ying also sent the imperial physician to the Prime Minister's Mansion to diagnose and treat Huang Yuandu, and also rewarded him with a basket of tribute lychees to show his favor. In any case, this superficial effort still needs to be done.

Unexpectedly, today, Huang Yuandu submitted a letter to resign for the second time, and his words became more and more sincere. Different from yesterday, Huang Yuandu also euphemistically named several candidates to inherit the position. The first one turned out to be Xu Yinshun, the current Minister of Household Affairs.

As usual, this letter was to be dismissed, but Xu Yinshun made the little emperor confused. He couldn't figure out whether Huang Yuandu was really optimistic about Xu Yinshun, or whether he wanted to praise him and kill him.

Just when Pang Ying was thinking about Huang Yuandu's intentions, a little Huangmen appeared at the door.

Qian Manqian stepped forward, asked a few questions softly, then turned around and said, "Your Majesty, Mr. Shui Ding Shui wishes to see you."

"Shui Ding, let him come in." Pang Ying came back from her thoughts.

After a while, Shuiding came in, kowtowed, and then sent a memorial to Pang Ying's desk.

Pang Ying did not look at it immediately, but said calmly: "If you have anything to do with Yousi, just tell me directly."

"Yes." Shuiding bowed and said, "Last night, a big event happened in Jiangning City. Jian Wei, the young owner of Kaibao Bank, led his men to beat up a courtyard belonging to Xu's family, the Secretary of the Ministry of Revenue. Four or five people died. , there were more than ten people injured, and the Jiangning Mansion Office was not allowed to enter for questioning. Among the dead were Mr. Xu’s grandson and the young lady of Kaibao Qianzhuang. Afterwards, Pang Ting, the young prince of the Duke’s Mansion, and Huang Song, the Minister of Household Affairs, all appeared. In the end, both fighting parties dispersed and the matter was settled."

"Oh, there is such a thing." The little emperor was surprised. There were so many casualties and casualties at the feet of the majestic emperor. It was considered a major case. If it were an ordinary street fight, it would be nothing more. The key is that the identities of both parties are not trivial. It's a bit strange from every angle that such a big event can go unsolved.

The money in the cabinet was also surprising. In the past year, Yousi has been quiet a lot. The intelligence information reported was all about trivial matters at the state and county level and had no special lethality. Pang Ying has learned a lesson since last year and has also He no longer easily used Yousi, but only acquiesced in Yousi's low-key development. Unexpectedly, when Shuiding came this time, he reported a shocking news, involving the Duke's Mansion and Huang Song.

"What did your boss discover?"

"It's like this. According to the investigation by Yousi, Mr. Xu's direct grandson, whose name is Xu Mingsu, is accustomed to kidnapping civilian girls and raping them. This time, the person who was raped and humiliated to death was the young lady of the Jian family. According to the investigation, the Duke's Mansion and Datong Bank The Fourth Young Master Bao seems to be related to this."

Following Shuiding's narration, Pang Ying finally understood the meaning behind it. It seemed that several forces were seeking shares in Huitong Trading House, and internal fighting broke out due to uneven "spoils".

Pang Ying fell silent for a moment, and all the related information came to mind. The old Shuguan salary case, the prime minister's house and other related information were all connected together. Pang Ying suddenly saw the strangeness in it, and borrowed the old case to point his sword at Huang Yuandu and Pang Ying acquiesced, but the people who actually handled the matter seemed to have private goods and had bigger plans.

After thinking for a long time, Pang Ying suddenly took Huang Yuandu's Ci Shu, wrote a few words, and then handed it to the money cabinet: "Go, give this book to the Queen Mother."

Qian Mancai bowed to accept it, turned around and went out. As soon as he reached the door, he heard Pang Ying telling Shuiding: "Go to Jiangning Mansion Office to summon them. They will cooperate with Yousi to thoroughly investigate yesterday's major death and injury case. We must investigate The truth will come to light." After a pause, Pang Ying added: "The investigation results will be reported within three days, and then the opportunity will be announced to the people. The world is bright and the emperor is at the feet. Some people really think that they can cover up the sky with one hand." [

Qian Mancai shivered and couldn't help but quicken his pace. When he walked to a remote place, Qian Mancai secretly flipped through Huang Yuandu's poems and saw a few lines of red words written on them: "The old master is a member of the country, how can he resign his position lightly?" , Now that I am ill, I can rest for a month, and Ji Can, the Minister of Civil Affairs, will temporarily handle the affairs of the prime minister, and we will take care of it again after the old master recovers from his illness."

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In a room in the Lu Mansion, Xu Mingxuan stared at Lu Chun with blank eyes, which made Lu Chun's heart tremble.

"Who came up with this idea? Is Xiao Lang back?"

Lu Chun was stunned for a moment, then smiled bitterly and said: "Sure enough, Xiao Lang guessed it right. I can't hide this from you."

Xu Mingxuan stood up suddenly: "Where is Xiao Lang?"

Lu Chun was startled, but when he saw the ecstasy in Xu Mingxuan's eyes, he felt at ease and hurriedly said: "It's not that Xiaolang doesn't want to see you, it's just that he came back secretly this time, and it's really inconvenient to see you brothers. , he sent someone to secretly send a message, asking me to tell you that you went to stand up for Xu Mingsu and took the opportunity to take over the Xu family, I hope you won't be surprised."

Xu Mingxuan laughed: "How could I blame him? It's too late for me to be happy? Although Xu Mingsu didn't die in my hands, he could die so miserably that even his lifeblood was bitten off, great! Xiaolang sure enough He understands my thoughts best. 138Kanshu.com I thank him and do what he says."

Lu Chun looked at Xu Mingxuan in surprise: "What...what do you mean? Xu Mingsu is dead, what does it have to do with Xiaolang?"

Xu Mingxuan laughed: "It's not interesting, haha, as long as Xiaolang comes back, everything will be easy to talk about."

"Oh." Lu Chun was still a little confused, but he still said happily: "In ten days, Xiao Lang will officially return to Jiangning City. By then, you and I will work together and everything will be no problem."