Peerless Pirates

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Shortly after Shuiding left the palace with the Holy Edict, the Duke's Mansion received the news through secret channels. Pang Tong was filled with sorrow and couldn't cover it up no matter what. The only hope was to put this matter to rest. Minimize the impact and don’t involve too much. [Member Login]

When Xu Mingsu died, both Huang Song and Pang Ting rushed to the other hospital to mediate between the two parties and reached a preliminary agreement. If both parties understood the general outline, they could conceal some details and describe the case as a civil dispute between individuals. There should be room for relaxation.

It's a pity that the Duke's Mansion misjudged the extent of Mr. Jian's love for his wife, and they didn't expect that a second-in-command in the Xu Mansion would do bad things at a critical moment.

When Yousi came to Kaibao Bank to investigate the case thoroughly, Ershao Jian didn't want to tell the story about Linghuxi's humiliation. Anyway, Xu Mingsu was dead, quite miserably, and Linghuxi's revenge was also avenged. Originally, Xu Mingsu was dead. Lending money to Huitong Trading Company was already the limit for Second Young Master Jian. He did not want to make the matter a storm in the city and bring shame to the Jian family again.[

Just when Young Master Jian and You Si were confused and confused, people from the Xu family arrived. They were labeled as adulterers, which completely angered Young Master Jian. He immediately told the whole story of the incident, and even the Wanli family The involvement of the inn and Datong Bank was made clear. Not only that, several women who had been robbed by Xu Mingsu were also handed over. These women were evidence of Xu Mingsu's crimes, and Er Shao Jian would naturally catch them. of.

Mu Yuben was personally involved in planning this matter. He immediately followed the plan and captured the shopkeeper of Wanlijia Inn, Fourth Master Bao of Datong Bank, and even two servants under Yan Saner, one tall and one fat.

How could Mu Yu be polite? He vomited everything he said with the blow of the stick. Fourth Young Master Bao was also beaten to death and admitted that he had conveyed news about the Jian family to Xu Mingsu.

Not only that, even Huang Song, who had appeared in the other courtyard of Xu Mansion, and Pang Ting of Guogong Mansion were sent to Yousi Yamen for questioning.

Originally, such a case could be tried in one day, but Yousi took his time and made full use of the three days. During these three days, with Yousi's deliberate spreading, the case finally became a storm.

Three days later, Shuiding showed up at Miyagi Xizhai with Yousi's report. In this report, Muyu did not involve Wanlijia Inn, but limited the case to the Xu Mansion and Kaibao Bank. Overall, It turns out that Xu Mingsu coveted Linghuxi's beauty and ordered his servant Yan Saner to contact the gangsters, burn down Kaibao Bank, and take the opportunity to kidnap Linghuxi. Bao Xinghan of Datong Bank helped Yan Saner contact the gangsters, and also He was an accessory, but because Yan Saner was young, there was still insufficient evidence for Bao Xinghan.

Regarding the Xu Mansion's declaration of adultery, Yousi did not accept it because Xiaoting, the maid of the Jian family, refused to admit the adultery. Of course, Xu Mingsu's crime of raping civilian girls was completely exposed, and his evil deeds were heinous.

Somehow, the Duke's Office soon learned the contents of this secret report, but what they didn't know was that Shuiding verbally reported another important matter to the emperor: the Duke's Office contacted various forces to jointly deal with it. The trading company, including Shen Huaqing, the former manager of Ruifeng Bank's Jiangning branch, has been secretly controlled by Zuo Si.

Because the matter was so important, Muyu did not leave anything in writing, but Shuiding secretly recorded it orally...

Two days later, after some court wrangling, the case was finally announced to the outside world by the Jiangning government office. During the announcement, the scope of the case was further narrowed, and was limited to the personal relationship between Xu Mingsu and Jian Ershao and his wife, and other matters were not involved. .

In the end, Xu Mingsu's death was attributed to the injured women, and he was considered a well-deserved death. Mr. Jian led others to save his wife. Although the method was inappropriate, it was excusable. He only gave a lecture and Bao Bao who participated in the matter was excusable. The four young masters were exiled to Lingnan, while Huang Song and Pang Ting were fined for not reporting the incident.

Although there was no mass killing, the alliance organized by the Guogong government was completely broken. Datong Bank, Xu Family, and Kaibao Bank regarded each other as enemies, and it was possible for them to cooperate with each other again.

Among the three, the Xu family was the most affected. After the case was made public, the reputation of the Xu family plummeted, and Xu Yinshun was forced to resign, but the little emperor did not immediately approve it.

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As the impact of this storm became more and more serious, two official ships carrying Shu envoys slowly left Zigui City and went eastward along the river.

On the bow of the ship in front, three officials stood facing the wind. It was Tang Zhengsu, Xue Qimeng and Song Zheng. Speaking of which, Tang Zhengsu and Xue Qimeng arrived in Zigui five days ago, but they were kept here for a few days by Fan Zhengtong, who was stationed here. The excuse was to wait for Jiang Ning's court order.

Since this was the first official envoy sent to Daqi from Shu in decades, although Tang Zhengsu was dissatisfied, it was not easy to get angry. It was not until last night that Song Zheng finally rushed back to Zigui from Jiangning and officially set off.

"Taibai's poem says that a thousand miles of rivers and mountains can be returned in one day. It's extremely fast to go down the river. It's true." Xue Qimeng said in a long voice while admiring the scenery of the rapidly retreating river.

"It's a pity that there is no 'apes on both sides of the bank can't stop crying'." Song Zheng said with a smile: "The further you go down, the wider the river becomes, and the green mountains on both sides of the bank become less steep and more peaceful." [

"Only when the same water reaches this point can it be called majestic." Tang Zhengsu also said: "From the country of Shu, several rivers converge into the Yangtze River, and their water potential grows. When it reaches here, there is It has a bit of a 'vast and vast' flavor."

Song Zheng laughed loudly: "Where have I been? Have you never heard that there was a time when the sea was too big for water? Only when you are on the sea can you know what broadness is and what wind and waves are." Song Zheng knew that Tang and Xue had never seen the sea, so they deliberately Say so.

"We can be considered as riding the wind and waves, sailing directly on the clouds." Xue Qimeng put his hands behind his back, looking quite satisfied with his ambition.

When three people are together, they naturally utter vile words. This is not because the three of them are purely showing off their literary talents, but because they are all well-educated people and have a lot of poems about the Yangtze River and the sea in their hearts. I can find the best poems to describe my state of mind and the surrounding scenery.

At this time, the subordinate officer came to report: "My three gentlemen, the banquet has been arranged."

Xue Qimeng was very excited: "Come, come, come, little man, how can we write poems with such beautiful scenery? Today the three of us will have a poetry meeting, each of us will write lyrics to see how many poems we can write along the way." "

"Brother Xue is so elegant, why doesn't Mr. Song accompany you? Come, Mr. Tang, Mr. Xue, please."

Although Tang Zhengsu was more mature, he was still intoxicated by the scenery and had limited poetry in his heart.

Since they were composing poems based on wine, the three of them did not enter the cabin. Instead, they each held a wine flask and stood on the deck, drinking and chanting while a scribe wrote down the poems and kept them.

Song Zheng was not in a hurry. There were many scenic spots along the Yangtze River. Every time he visited a scenic spot, Song Zheng would always take the two Shu envoys to visit. The reason for this was that Song Zheng wanted the affairs in Jiangning to ferment slowly. Anyway, many arrangements had been made. If you don't turn Jiangning City upside down, how can you stand up to Huang Song and the people in the Duke's Mansion?

Tang Zhengsu and Xue Qimeng were not in a hurry. After finally coming to Daqi, they had to take a good look at it. Otherwise, they might not be the ones sent to Daqi next time. With Song Zheng accompanying them, Tang Zhengsu and Xue Qimeng would no longer be tied to the situation. , writing poems constantly all the way.

It wasn't until May 26 that the envoy ship arrived at Dangtu, which was quite close to Jiangning City. In just over ten days, the three of them had written more than a thousand poems. Regardless of the quality, this number was shocking to the world.

In Dangtu, Song Zheng received the emperor's order and was appointed as the Chengxuan envoy, responsible for receiving the Shu envoys to the capital. The person who came to deliver the edict was Qian Mancai. Along with Qian Mancai, there was also Han Kui, the commander of the imperial army, who was responsible for protecting Shu. make.

After Song Zheng received the appointment, he couldn't help but feel a little bit in his heart. It was really strange that he was an envoy returning from a mission, and now he was appointed as an official to welcome him.

After some polite exchanges, Han Kui began to arrange his personnel to take over the escorting Shushu sergeant. Song Zheng was invited by Qian Mancai to enter the room for a secret discussion.

"Brother Qian, why do you use your younger brother as the envoy? Could it be that the Ministry of Rites can't send an official? Besides, Brother Han has brought a thousand forbidden troops, which is really unusual." Song Zheng got straight to the point.

Qian Mancai blinked his little eyes: "Xiao Lang also saw something was wrong."

"I hope Brother Qian will tell you the truth."

Qian Mancai smiled and said: "Even if I don't ask, the Holy Master also asked me to inform Xiao Lang of the situation. Recently, a big scandal happened in Jiangning City, and it spread like wildfire. The imperial army was sent to protect Shu envoys in order to restrict Shu." People should be in contact with the outside world to prevent this scandal from spreading to the ears of Shu envoys and making it a laughing stock."

Song Zheng naturally knew what was going on, but he asked: "What kind of scandal is it that we should strictly guard against the envoys of Shu?"

Qian Mancai sighed and said, "It's still a scandal involving Mr. Xu from the Ministry of Revenue." Qian Mancai told Xu Mingsu's case again and sighed, "Now, this case is widely spread in Jiangning City, so Your Majesty Then Commander Han was sent to 'protect' the Shu envoy."

Song Zheng frowned: "Even so, why do you let me serve as Chengxuan envoy?" [

"There is no way. There is quite a dispute in the court about how to receive the Shu envoys. Some people said that when Xiaolang went to Shu as an envoy, the Shu people were quite rude when receiving them, so this time the Shu envoys should not be too polite when they come. People say that the rank of the Shu envoy this time is not high and there is no need to make it too grand. Some people have dug up old stories about Qi and Shu and are still holding grudges against each other. Some even suggested that the Shu envoy should not be allowed to enter Jiangning City."

"Fart." Song Zheng said angrily: "It was so difficult for me to go to Shu alone at that time. Many people didn't think highly of me as an envoy, but they forced me to go. Now that I have brought the envoys from Shu, they are making things difficult for me again. , they don’t even care about necessary etiquette, what do these people want to do, what kind of fart are they blowing.”

Song Zheng was about to explode with anger. In fact, he also knew the real reason. At that time, he was sent as a mission to Shu to prevent Shu from supporting the war in Xixia. Now that there is no war in Xixia, there is no need to show goodwill to Shu, and even Some people have set their sights on the land of Bashu and imagined that the Qi army would invade Shu and expand its territory.

Of course, some people were worried that their mission would be too great, so they tried to belittle the value of exchanges between the two countries in order to hurt themselves.

You know, compared to the land of the Sixteen States of Yanyun, the land of Bashu is considered to be the place of Daqi. Until ten years ago, Daqi did not recognize the Lang family regime of Shu, just like the great Han Dynasty Uncle Liu Huang , the same as not recognizing the Cao Wei regime.

Qian Mancai laughed in his heart, but sighed on his face: "The Holy Emperor is also in a bit of trouble, so he asked me to tell Xiao Lang that he must receive the Shu envoy well and not make him feel resentful. In addition, the reason why he was sent Heavy troops, in addition to the point just mentioned, the more important thing is to make the Shu envoys feel that the Holy Emperor actually values ​​the Shu envoys."

Song Zheng finally understood the truth behind it. Pang Ying could not receive the Qi envoy in a high-profile manner due to the strong opposition forces in the DPRK, but he thought of a workaround. In the name of covering up Jiangning's scandal, Pang Ying sent heavy troops, and the last one was The trusted Imperial Army treated the Shu envoys with courtesy in disguise.

Although this could be done for a while, it could not last for a long time. Without high-ranking officials to greet him, and only with heavy troops, Tang Zhengsu could easily feel that he was being watched.

After thinking for a moment, Song Zheng said: "Brother Qian, please tell your Majesty that it is best to send an official with sufficient weight, preferably from the Minister of Rites, to greet him outside the city. This time the Shu envoy came, not only with full sincerity, but also with a big boss." The benefits should be given to the Holy One."