Hu Zongxian said five words in total, and every word is like thunder.

Many years later, when I recalled this experience, if I had not escorted Hu Zongxian to the north and if I had not heard these five words, perhaps my life would have embarked on a completely different path and would not have been involved in the dispute between the temple and the world. I even suspected that the great shopkeeper Lu Zhongyuan threw me into the south of the Yangtze River, which made me interact with this matter in the dark.

My mind was in chaos, and my thoughts were immersed in these five words. Even when Zhang Youqian, Jiangnan and Li Muge were about to greet me at night, I was still in the clouds.

In the Zuixian Tower, I, Jiangnan, Zhang Youqian and Li Muge, drank together.

After the Japanese pirates' chaos, the inns and restaurants in Jinling City were very cold, and the prices were unbearable. Fortunately, Zhang Youqian was not short of money and was also a VIP guest in Zuixianlou, so he could book a seat here.

Zhang Youqian also brought a pretty girl, and the two of them were very intimate. I thought to myself that before leaving Jinling, Zhang Youqian and Wang Linglong, one of the two ghosts of Jinling, had a hot fight. Why did the woman around me change another one after only more than a month?

I was originally welcomed by me, but today's incident made me a little confused, so I asked, "Where is Miss Wang?"

When Zhang Youqian heard this, he said coldly, "It's just a woman, it's hard to find a toad with three legs, but a beauties with two legs are everywhere on the street!" The woman smiled and said, "That's it, Mr. Zhang, if you have me, forget that Wang Linglong."

Zhang Youqian pushed her away impatiently, "What are you? Get out of here."

The woman looked aggrieved when she heard this, and almost burst into tears, which was very pitiful. Seeing this, Zhang Youqian's heart softened and still said to the woman that she should not mention her in front of me in the future.

I guess he was stimulating during this period, so I didn't ask much and said, "The brothers' experience this month is terrifying and dead." There were several times when I almost thought I wouldn't see you. I'll be able to come back alive this time, and I have to give you a good drink."

Jiangnan Road, have you killed a few Japanese pirates when you came back from Songjiang Prefecture? I heard that in the Battle of Chongming, General Yu and General Zhang swept the Japanese pirates. Have you seen them with your own eyes? I said that it was not only seen them, but also fought with Japanese pirates. So I told everyone about destroying the pirate ship.

Jiangnan screamed and wanted to go on the battlefield to kill the Japanese pirates in person. The woman leaned against Zhang Youqian and listened with relish. When she talked about the critical situation, she covered her mouth with her hands, and her expression was just right. I could see that the woman followed Zhang Youqian everywhere and took care of his face. She performed just right in front of his friends, and would not make people feel bored or rude.

Li Muge looked absent-minded. Now he is a favorite student of Xie Shiting, the leader of Jiangnan literary world. He was planning to go north with Xie Shiting recently to prepare for the autumn examination, but he was trapped in Jinling City due to Japanese turmoil.

Several people talked about the recent incident in Jinling City. After the Japanese pirates retreated, the refugees outside the city were reluctant to disperse. These days also made the prefect Song Dynasty so worried.

Although the Japanese pirates did not get involved in Jinling, they were greatly affected. The prices were bizarrely expensive. A stone of rice was sold for three taels of silver, almost five times more. This made some people miserable. The people at the yamen continued to protest. The matter of pacifying refugees, the prefect and the garrisons of Jinling played football with each other, and no one was willing to stand up.

The world of Jinling City is not peaceful. Half a month ago, Li Mingxiu issued the order of the leader of the alliance, announcing the ten sins of the Netherworld Divine Sect, and even pushed the disappearance of the girl from Jinling some time ago to the head of the Netherworld Divine Sect, calling on the famous and upright sects in the world to chase Xu Ruonan.

Zhang Youqian said that no matter what, you finally came back. You don’t know that there are so many cases in recent times that make me want to die.

I said you have so many cases and you go to the city gate to serve porridge. You are such a great charity.

Zhang Youqian sighed, I have never had to worry about food and clothing since I was a child, and everyone followed my wishes. I felt that life was extremely boring. There were so many refugees outside the city these days, and the government was not enough porridge, so I wanted to do my best. Only at this time did I feel like I was needed.

I did not comment on his young master's illness, so I asked about the case at hand recently.

Zhang Youqian rolled his eyes and said, "Can we not talk about work during the period of duty? This is boring. However, I encountered a weathered case two days ago, which was quite interesting. There was a Pang family in the south of Jinling City. Not long ago, Mr. Pang's main house came to report the case and said that Mr. Pang was missing. She suspected that the Pang family's concubine had an affair with the accountant, but was met by Mr. Pang, and the two secretly killed him."

I wonder, the Pang family you mentioned is Feng Linggan's nephew of Jiangnan Weaving Bureau? Pang Tiande's Pang family, which relies on silk and melon wealth in the south of the city?

Zhang Youqian said who else would be wrong?

Pang Tiande is a relatively famous invisible rich man in Jinling City.

Jiangsu and Zhejiang are major silk provinces, and Jiangnan weaving is also an imperial merchant. They manage the silk business in Jiangnan for the royal family. They pay tribute to the palace or export to foreign countries every year, obtain a lot of money, and the income obtained is handed over to the inner treasury, which is the emperor's private property. However, Pang Tiande's reputation is not obvious, and his reputation in Jiangnan is far less than that of the Wang family and Xie family in Jinling. I also learned that there was this family after entering the Six Gates.

Jiangnan weaving was independent of the military and political system and reported directly to the emperor that such a yamen was extremely powerful and even had the ability to supervise the army during the war. Not long ago, Hu Zongxian accepted 500,000 taels of silver from Feng Shaojian, but in less than two days, Hu Zongxian arrested him. If he had to say that this matter had nothing to do with him, he would believe it.

I continued to ask, could Pang Tiande be found?

Zhang Youqian smiled bitterly and said, if it could be found, things would not be so difficult. The main house insisted that the concubine and the accountant assassinated Pang Tiande, stole the account book, and swallowed up the Pang family's 500,000 taels of silver, but the two of them refused to admit it. This case involved Jiangnan weaving, and Zhuge Shaobing was unwilling to take care of it, so they pushed it to our Jianghu Department.

Five hundred thousand taels of silver?

A few days ago, Feng Linggan went to the army to supervise and said that he borrowed 500,000 taels of silver from more than 100 households in the name of Hu Zongxian. Is these two sums of money related? I was suspicious that the account book in my hand that day was drawn on the Tianlang that day, with strange symbols on it, which was the same as the one lost by the Pang family?

This account book was in Hu Zongxian's hands that day, and I had a backup in my arms. I had studied it not long ago, but no clues were found. Hu Zongxian said that the account book recorded clues about the affair between the major farmers in Jiangnan and Japanese pirates. Now he has been imprisoned, and has not written a letter to apologize or argue. He is so sure that this account book might be his trump card.

If it is announced, it is very likely to cause an earthquake in the officialdom in Jiangnan.

Thinking of this, several doubts in my heart gradually formed a vague line.

Hu Zongxian was promoted by Yanshan Gao Yan Ge Lao. After Yan Ge Lao retired, he defected to Yan's decent disciple. Now he assisted Yang Ge Lao. I heard that the cabinet and Yang and Xu are fighting openly and secretly. After you finished singing, we will appear on the stage. The Eight Immortals cross the sea, each showing their magical powers, attacking each other, and using everything to the extreme. The struggle is almost intensified.

This kind of political struggle, fighting each other, without right and wrong, everything aims to defeat opponents. Taking advantage of Zhu Runze's journey south to Jiangnan, he led the war to the Jiangnan officialdom, and Hu Zongxian is very likely to be the key point of this struggle.

I am not interested in politics, but although Hu Zongxian is a man with a filthy character, he is a capable minister who does practical things and fights against Japanese pirates. Thinking of this, I decided to find a way to help him. Of course, I still have selfish intentions in doing this. I want to wait for him to come out safely and return the five words he gave me to him.

I told Zhang Youqian that I would transfer the Pang family’s files to check tomorrow, maybe I can help.

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