Xu Jingzong's experience is quite legendary, from the former Sui officials to the rebellion of Wagang Village, to one of the eighteen bachelors in the Qin Palace...

He experienced enough and suffered many losses. In the end, he felt that it was better to be a stubborn person, that is, he would hold on to the boss's thighs tightly and not think about other things. It would be best to be a loyal minister and a lonely minister.

But as a loyal minister or an isolated minister, you'd better stay by the emperor's side. Otherwise, you will offend too many people and become a foreign official, and you will easily be cheated by enemies.

So after being slapped in Huazhou by Changsun Wuji, what he was most worried about was that he could not return to Beijing and was dealt with by his enemies.

What do you need to return to Beijing? Political achievements!

Without political achievements, Li Zhi wanted to transfer him back to Beijing, and those people would object. At present, Li Zhi's authoritarianism is not enough to protect him, a loyal minister, so he had to save himself.

Thinking of this, he looked at Jia Ping'an and said lightly: "What do you want to say? If you want to fool me and escape punishment, it is a delusion! I have been an official for many years, and you have seen many cunning young men like you, most of whom are not crying without seeing the coffin. Today I want to see what methods you have to make me stop!"

Although he was stupid and cute, he could tell at a glance that Jia Ping'an was struggling to escape the fate of being placed under house arrest in the temple.

The prince asked him to come to Huazhou to see how the broom star is. As a loyal dog, his first reaction was to remove the threat of broom star for the prince. Therefore, after measuring the pros and cons, he felt that it would be best to send Jia Ping'an into the temple to suppress it.

Now he has the mentality of catching rats, and wants to see what this young man has to say. If it is nonsense, then send it to the temple. If it is said something, then consider it again.

Jia Ping'an said: "Can you know the money you borrowed from Huazhou Public Party?"

Xu Jingzong nodded, "Those two bitch slaves dare to deceive the state yamen."

This matter is logically the blame for his ex-girl Liang Bo, but Liang Bo is seriously ill and he becomes the scapegoat and has to block the hole.

I think he, Old Xu, has always been blamed for the boss, but this time he was unlucky and was caught in the shooting for the governor. This is so frustrating!

Jia Ping'an said: "Two money-catching households lend money to a merchant. The merchant bought goods and transported them on two ships, but both ships sank. But it has been calm recently. The student has an idea, since the waves are calm, even the wreck is just one ship. Why did two ships sank?"

Xu Jingzong only felt a buzzing sound in his mind.

"Yes! Why did two ships sink?" Xu Jingzong murmured: "But Liang Bo has investigated this and said he had encountered wind and waves and was sinking."

Liang Bo is quite famous, just like a famous scholar, so everyone has a good impression of him. The words of a famous scholar are naturally credible.

But Jia Ping'an felt something was wrong. He smelled the smell of loan fraud from this matter. In addition, he was well-informed about such matters, and immediately formed a chain of reasoning.

It is almost known to everyone that Liang Bo wants to be transferred to the capital. Once he has time, he will run to Chang'an. Some people say he is asking for help. But asking for help requires money!

The lack of money caused people to cheat loans, and then they took the money to the capital to run for office.

The biggest driving force behind this reasoning chain is Liang Bo's condition. Before he fell ill, he was still in the normal director of the state yamen. He said that he was seriously ill the next day.

But the doctor in Huazhou said that the governor's condition could not be found, which was puzzling. Moreover, he had been seriously ill for more than ten days and was still the same. When the doctor was helpless, his condition did not worsen. If there was nothing wrong with this, Jia Ping'an would be willing to be tied to a shelf by the villagers to burn to death.

"Eunuch, I heard that Liang's envoy always wanted to return to the capital to work, so I asked some people for help, but the students knew that they should not be empty-handed for asking for help!"

If you ask for an official position, you have to give me benefits, otherwise who will help you?

After Jia Ping'an finished speaking, he took a step back, and the rest was waiting for Lao Xu to measure the pros and cons.

Xu Jingzong was shocked. Although he said that Liang Bo was a treacherous minister, it was just a trick. "Yes, I always thought Liang Bo was a gentleman, but a gentleman also had to make a living! He was looking for help in the capital, so where did he get less money? His family is in an ordinary family, so where did he get so much money? And I heard that he was not among the people transferred back to Chang'an this time, hiss..."

This is the failure to run for the official!

If you fail to run for the official position, Liang Bo must plug the loophole in the deficit.

Xu Jingzong couldn't help but take a breath, and then nodded to Jia Ping'an with gratitude.

It’s not that Old Xu is too stupid, but that he doesn’t have such insight at all.

Many people know about loan fraud in later generations, but how many people in the Tang Dynasty know about it?

After Jia Ping'an said this, all doubts emerged. Xu Jingzong sneered at first and said in a sinister way: "Old Liang, do you actually dare to be in me?"

Hey!

Why is this old Xu so gentle?

Jia Ping'an felt that this tone did not match Lao Xu's moral integrity. According to his understanding, Lao Xu should be cursing.

"Bitch slave!" Xu Jingzong felt something was wrong the more he thought about it. He cursed: "I actually left these troubles for me. If I don't kill you, I won't be named Xu!"

Jia Ping'an breathed a sigh of relief, feeling that this was the nature of the famous treacherous minister Xu Jingzong.

Xu Jingzong hurriedly turned around and left, and the person who accompanied him shouted, "Eunuch, how should I do the broom star?"

Xu Jingzong waved his hand without looking back, "Go back with me!"

The group glanced at Jia Ping'an and hurriedly followed, but a question came to their minds: Why did the envoy give up the plan to take him to the temple after saying something to him?

This matter is very strange, and the villagers are even more puzzled.

Xu Jingzong hurried back to the prefecture yard, and the first thing he did was to send someone to summon the two money-catching households.

As soon as the money-catching household arrived, Xu Jingzong said calmly: "The money-catching household must ensure that the property can be repaid in the public office. You two said you owe debts outside and cannot repay the loan. This is a fraud, why?"

The two money-catching households knelt down and cried, probably because they were lucky enough to be willing to forgive me.

Just confiscate the property in this case, and there is no need to punish it again. Otherwise, the money-catching households in the world will be afraid and dare not take over the money-making loans of the public government. What should I do then? Should the officials lend themselves?

So the two looked very sad, but they were not desperate.

"I actually cheated me here!" Xu Jingzong thought of Jia Ping'an's analysis and felt that there was a 60% chance of this matter, so he gritted his teeth and said, "Beat!"

"Send me to spare my life!"

Liao Quan came out and advised: "Eunuch, if you blame them heavily, you will be afraid that no one in Huazhou will dare to take over the money from the public party. This matter is related to the salaries of the officials and the public chefs, so you must be careful!"

This is a steady attitude, and it is also a bit dissatisfied.

You, Xu Jingzong, just investigate the case directly. What does it mean to use torture?

You should know that although these money-catching households are not officials, they are seeking benefits for the officials, and everyone is quite polite to them on weekdays. You, Xu Jingzong, will fight when you come up, it's too much.

Others dare not say this, but as the deputy of the governor, Liao Quan can say it.

There was a look of dissatisfaction in his eyes. If he could, he really wanted to impeach Lao Xu.

Xu Jingzong glanced at him and shouted, "Beat!"

He is a person who does things without any ambiguity. For example, he is standing on Li Zhi's side, even if he is dealing with those aristocratic families, he will not hesitate.

Several clerks held down the two households who caught money and beat them.

Amid the screams, a money-catching household shouted for justice. Xu Jingzong sneered: "If you refuse to say it, if you beat it to death, if something happens, I will carry it!"

This is very decisive, very courageous, and very treacherous.

Hearing that he was beaten to death, the two money-catching households insisted on it for a while, and later someone shouted: "The villain knows the crime, and the villain knows the crime!"

Xu Jingzong was actually very nervous. If he made a mistake in his judgment, he would be able to write a letter to impeach him. Changsun Wuji and others were about to deal with him, the prince's loyal dog, and they would not take action and drive him to the ends of the world.

He clenched his fists, and was so nervous that he couldn't help laughing when he heard that someone was guilty.

God will not destroy me, Lao Xu, God will not destroy me, Lao Xu!

"Ha ha ha ha!"

Liao Quan was afraid that he would be arguing, so he asked, "What are you guilty?"

Lao Xu immediately stopped laughing and stared at the money-catching household.

"The villain... the villain didn't give the money to the merchant..."

Liao Quan was shocked and hurriedly asked, "Why?"

The money-catching household cried and said, "Eunuch Liang found the villain and said he wanted to embezzle some money from the public office, so that we could contact the merchant, and let him lied that the ship was sunk. Then the money was given to the envoy Liang... We both got the benefit of five jin of money!"

Liao Quan was shocked and stared at another money-catching household.

The man said, "The envoy asked me to transfer my property in advance, and when he asked me to come and pretend to copy it."

Damn it!

This is a partnership to cheat money!

He didn't know that there was a word in later generations: fraud!

"Empress!"

Liao Quan turned around and saw Xu Jingzong sitting there with a solemn expression. No, he looked righteous and felt guilty, feeling that he had misunderstood Lao Xu.

But Lao Xu was sighing at this moment, thinking that the broom star had such knowledge, which showed that he was smart. The key was that this person actually helped me, Lao Xu, and let me gain a firm foothold in Huazhou in one fell swoop.

When Xu Jingzong felt so happy when the news reached Chang'an City, how frustrated his highness would be, and how frustrated Changsun Wuji and others would be, he felt very happy.

But in Liao Quan's eyes, his appearance was confident and calm.

Who said Lao Xu was a treacherous minister?

Liao Quan was an upright person, so he couldn't help but feel emotion at this moment and bowed: "The officials followed the rumors and thought that the envoys came to Huazhou, it must be a good thing, so he was disrespectful. Today, the officials realized that the envoys were so skillful... Yes, the envoys asked the envoys to borrow money to buy mutton, which must be paralyzing them. This method... the envoys were convinced."

Xu Jingzong was stunned. He thought that he, Old Xu, was an official everywhere. Because of his bad reputation, Shangguan and his subordinates were quite disdainful of him, but they just didn't show it. At this moment, the governor Hua actually expressed his admiration... Respect, this...

This is a real surprise!

He immediately said a few humility, and then cursed: "That little dog slave Liang Bo actually committed such a thing and pretended to be sick to cheat me. I will definitely impeach him!"

Liao Quan said admiringly: "The envoy said before that Liang Bo was a treacherous slander, and the subordinate slandered him for a long time. Today, I realized how sharp the envoy had. He could see through Liang Bo's nature at first glance."

Lao Xu only felt light and fluttering, but he really never thought about this!

For example, when eating mutton, where did you come from to paralyze Liang Bo? It was just that he liked to eat it. As for Liang Bo as a treacherous person, it was just his sarcastic way of speaking, and he would say whatever he thought of.
To be continued...