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What else can he do now, the only hope is gone, all he can do now is to wait for death.
"Niu Da, you have done us harm!"
The other coolies complained one after another at this moment.After all, if it weren't for the trouble caused by Niu Zhong, they would still be safe and sound.
Who would have known that in just two or three days, such drastic changes had taken place in their bodies.
Niu Zhong also had a look of remorse amidst the scolding of the crowd, but he had nothing to do.
"Since the evidence is gone, let's talk about it as if there is no evidence. Alright, everyone go back." Song Wuya sighed, he didn't expect such a result, originally he thought there would be a turning point.
Everyone left Lao Liu's yard and was about to walk out when suddenly something in the distance flew directly over.
"Master Song, be careful!"
With a loud cry, the imperial guard immediately blocked Song Wuya's face, and another imperial guard flew up, stretching out his hand from the air to catch the flying thing.
"Master Song, it's a rock!" After the guard took the thing down, he glanced at it and said to Song Wuya who was beside him.
The stone was holding a piece of paper, which was also handed to Song Wuya.
"It's this thing! It's it!" Niu Zhong suddenly burst into joy, almost broke free from the hands of the guards, pointed at the thing in Song Wuya's hand and shouted: "Master Song, it's this thing, this is me The evidence mentioned is a secret letter!"
"Secret letter?" Song Wuya, who hadn't had time to see what was in his heart, was taken aback by Niu Zhong's scream just now, and now hearing what he said, his head thumped, and he was immediately overwhelmed with excitement.
He opened the secret letter, and sure enough, he saw some content written on it.
These contents are written about nothing else but about private salt.
"Brother Niu, our family is saved." The sixth child shouted excitedly.
They no longer cared about whether they were alive or dead. As long as they could save their family members, they would be worthy of them.
"My lord, since the evidence has been found, I, Niu Zhong, have fulfilled what I said just now. Can you release my family now?" Niu Zhong happily said to Song Wuya.
Listening to his words, Song Wuya shook his head: "It's too early to play it now!"
"What?" Niu Zhong and the others were shocked when they heard these words, and the expressions on their faces became extremely ugly.In the blink of an eye, they heard them yelling and cursing: "You dog official, you backtracked, you clearly promised us before!"
Song Wuya's face didn't change after being insulted by them like this, and after they finished scolding, he said: "I don't want to break my promise, since you want me to release your family members now, then I will release you." Just do as the official does. However, once you get out of the scope of the official's control, if something goes wrong, for example, those people who trafficked smuggled salt can be proved by your evidence to seek revenge. At that time, your family members Whether it's life or death, it has nothing to do with me!"
After Song Wuya said these words, they were all silent.
Obviously, Song Wuya's considerations were not unreasonable. They made such a big mess of Guanshan Restaurant, so it is impossible not to be angry. It is also reasonable to accommodate their family members when the time comes.
Song Wuya didn't say anything anymore, and after glancing at them, he immediately walked outside.
"This thing was lost and recovered, who sent it back?" Song Wuya wondered in his heart, it was too strange after all.
Obviously this evidence has been taken away, how could it still appear here?
And this stone was obviously thrown by someone, who is the person who threw the stone, and what is his purpose for doing this?
Just as Song Wuya was wondering about this matter, they had already left the village.
"Lord Song! Several corpses were found ahead!" After the guard who went to track down the stone-throwing guard came back, he immediately reported his discovery to Song Wuya.
Hearing this, Song Wuya frowned, and immediately motioned for the guards to take them to check.
Soon, they came to a meadow outside the village.However, in the calf-high grass, there were six corpses lying here and there.
Almost all of these six corpses were fatal in one blow, and there was not even much blood around them.
Looking at the obvious wounds on the necks of the six corpses, Song Wuya frowned, and he had an answer in his heart.
"Boundless Sect!" Song Wuya was very surprised: "They even showed up, and even stopped and killed the people from Guanshan Restaurant, and returned their most important evidence to me."
Thinking of this, Song Wuya couldn't help laughing.
"It seems that that sentence is really true! The enemy of the enemy is a friend! The Wuliang Sect wants to take this private salt business from Guanshan Restaurant, but they can't compete with Guanshan Restaurant. So much so today I finally caught this opportunity, so it can be regarded as helping me. This is really a ridiculous thing!"
Song Wuya felt it was funny in his heart, and told the yamen servant to bring these corpses back together.
As the saying goes, the mantis stalks the cicada and the oriole is behind, perhaps the Guanshan Restaurant did not expect this to happen.
After returning to the government office again, King Jin was still waiting here.Zhu Yuanlong and Zhang Wanliang were also sitting beside them.
Seeing the three of them, Song Wuya stepped forward and immediately came to King Jin, ready to report the situation.
"Master Song, have you found any evidence?" Before Zhu Yuanlong could wait for Song Wuya to speak first, he asked Song Wuya coldly.
Song Wuya didn't bother to pay attention to him, and turned to King Jin: "My lord, we did find the evidence that Niu Zhong said in Niu's Village. This is a secret letter, and the content on it can be described as shocking!"
"Oh?" King Jin looked at the secret letter in Song Wuya's hand in surprise, and said very curiously: "Then Master Song, please tell me, what is the content of this secret letter. This king wants to see it." , What is the shocking thing in this letter?"
"Come on, take Zhang Wanliang down for me!" Song Wuya nodded at King Jin, and then called for people to take down Zhang Wanliang, the provincial capital.
Zhang Wanliang was horrified: "Lord Song, what are you doing? Why did you arrest me, what crime did I commit!"
Zhang Wanliang roared in horror. He looked at the guards who had already come to him, and he didn't want to let go of them.He knelt down in front of King Jin with a plop, crying endlessly.
"My lord, you have to decide for the guilty minister! The guilty minister had neglected his duty before, but it has nothing to do with this private salt!"
"That's enough! Stop pretending in front of the prince!" Song Wuya said coldly: "This evidence is enough to explain everything!"
Song Wuya unfolded the secret letter in front of Zhang Wanliang, and the content on it was immediately clear at a glance.
"What else do you have to say now! Regardless of whether the content on it is true or not, but you will not deny this big seal, right?" Song Wuya pointed to the official seal on the secret letter and questioned Zhang Wanliang.
But facing the evidence in front of him, Zhang Wanliang refused to admit it to the death!
Chapter 659 Unlocking the Veil
Chapter 659 Unlocking the Veil
这样的罪名，认了那就不是一个简单的死罪可以作罢的，他哪里敢认。“宋大人，不妨将其上的内容念出，本王也听听看，究竟这密信上说了什么。”宋无涯点头，随即拿起了手中的密信，面向众人大声的将其上的内容读了出来。“张万良大人，敬上。你所予以我观山酒楼之托，今以完成。不日那名女子便将成为你之妻妾，还望大人遵守你我诺言。盐运之事，将由我观山酒楼接手，至于盐运衙门，自有安排之处。若是你愿与我达成协议，还请今日前来取回你所押之物。还望大人在这之后，将此信销毁。”其上的内容已经尽数念出，在这之下记着观山酒楼之名，另外整张密信之上，正盖着省府大人官印。可见，为了办成此事，省府大人将自己的官印作为了抵押。“满口胡言！这怎么可能！”张万良愤怒的辩驳着：“既然信上所写，让本官销毁，那为何会在此人的手中？”如今面对着密信上的内容，张万良已经没办法反驳了。此刻他只能从这份信上来找机会，他质问此信的来由。一个官印就几乎可以说明一切了，可现在张万良抵死不认，他还反驳此信乃是诬赖。宋无涯也不说话，面向牛忠。“牛忠，这就要看你如何解释了。”牛忠点点头，回答了这个原因。“我之所以获得这份信件，乃是机缘巧合。以往我等便是为官府所用，每每官府盐运，便都是我们装船。那是一个寒冷的冬日，省府大人与人街头之后便上了盐船。而当时负责押运的盐运官兵，招呼我去船舱内点燃火炉。当时我便照做，可是一时半会那炉火并没有燃起来。我便去重新再找一些木屑，想要将火炉点燃。回来之后，便在火炉之中看到了这封密信。当时我差一点便准备将其点燃，用来引燃木屑。好在我还识字，看出了其中的端倪，这才保存下来。”牛忠将这一切说明之后，这便算是有了证明。可即便是有了这么一个证明，张万良依旧不承认此事。看着张万良抵死不认的样子，宋无涯微微一笑，他并不担心这一点，因为有的是办法证明这些。“王爷，这全都是这个贱民胡盐，我张万良对朝廷那可是忠心耿耿，如何会做出这等丧尽天良之事。您不也亲自前往盐运衙门查验了吗？往年的账目那可都是清清楚楚，没有丝毫的差错啊！”张万良将一切的向全都寄托在了晋王的身上，可是晋王此刻冷着脸，压根不想搭理他。宋无涯的目光还注意着祝元龙脸上的表情。虽然其脸上波澜不惊，可是他的眼神却出卖了他。先前曾对祝元龙有过怀疑，现在宋无涯心里的想法更加的复杂，他在想莫非这个祝元龙也是如张万良一样，成为了观山酒楼的爪牙？“带下去！”宋无涯再次发出一声历喝，禁卫们立刻上前，将张万良拖了下去。“看着点他，可不要让他死了！”这个张万良如今才是最重要的人证，从他的嘴里，或许能知晓不少的事情。“立刻前往城内，查封观山酒楼！”宋无涯再一次的下达了命令，此刻他带着禁卫，立刻向着观山酒楼而去。出了衙门之后，宋无涯带着禁卫分作两队，一队直奔观山酒楼之内，而他亲自带着另外一队，来到了观山酒楼旁的那条巷子处。禁卫们纷纷翻越墙壁，在巷子另外一端，找到了密道的入口。从那个衙役头子的口中得知这个地方之后，宋无涯一直没敢贸然前来，毕竟他没有任何的把柄来指证观山酒楼，贸然来到这里，只会给自己惹上麻烦。进入密道之后，里边空空荡荡。正如那衙役头子所说，这里不过是一个交换信息的地方。“大人，抓到一人！”先头进入密道的禁卫，立刻带着一人从密道内出来了。“哦？竟然还能抓到一个人，也不知道这是条大鱼还是小鱼。”宋无涯笑着走了过去。密道之中昏暗不已，眼前这人的模样也看的不太真切。宋无涯交代了禁卫们在这暗道之中搜查了一番后，再也没有其他的发现，这才带着那人来到了外边。“大人，当时他藏匿在黑暗之中，险些没有发现他。另外，还在里边发现了这张纸条。”禁卫说明了当时里边的情况后，一并拿出了一张纸条来。宋无涯展开纸条，看到其上的内容，微微一笑：“无量教所为！写得还真是够简单的啊！看这纸条上留下的这个鱼形印记，你应该就是那个鲫鱼吧？”关于鲫鱼，也是从那个衙役头子口中知晓的。他的一切信息，全都会在这个密道之内，转交给这个叫做鲫鱼的人。宋无涯问出了话之后，那人并不回答，面色平静的站在那里。一旁的禁卫顿时一声立刻，抬起一脚便踢在了他的腿弯处。“回答宋大人的问题！”那黑衣人噗通一声跪在地上，嘴角微微上扬，依旧一句话也不说。这家伙还真是一个硬骨头，看来想要啃他，还需要费不少的力气呢。“先带回去再说！”宋无涯没工夫在这里理会此人，他交代了一句之后，立刻进入了观山酒楼。此刻整个观山酒楼乱做了一团，里边传来不少叫嚷的声音，其中还不乏一些女子的尖叫声。“你们要干什么？”酒楼内还有不少的客人，此刻看着涌入进来的禁卫，一个个慌张的问着。禁卫们根本不回答他们，只是将他们控制了起来。宋无涯看着这些人，继续向二楼走去。同样的在二楼也全都是一些食客。“大人，这观山酒楼后边别有洞天。”禁卫们显然已经查到了原本宋无涯想要知晓的事情。在禁卫的带领下，宋无涯等人穿过了一条走廊，来到了另外一处地方。此地正堂便是一张张的赌桌，桌上放着不少的银两，而围坐在这些赌桌旁的男子们，身旁全都陪伴着一个妖艳的女子。宋无涯看着这里，转了一圈，却见这地方也并没有多大，不过容纳下百人还是不成问题的。尤其令人吃惊的是那些赌桌上的赌资，除了银两之外，可是还有不少的好东西，全都被拿了出来。从楼上还有不少衣衫不整的男女，一边整理着衣衫，一边惊慌的被禁卫驱赶到楼下。“你是什么人？”这些人被禁卫围住，扰了他们的雅兴不说，现在还不知晓眼前的人究竟要对他们做什么呢。其中的一人，直面宋无涯，厉声的喝问起来。听着此人的话，宋无涯微微一笑：“不知道！”“我告诉你，老子的舅舅可是当朝的二品大员。你要是……”这年轻男子，嚣张的指着宋无涯自爆着自己的底细。听着这话，宋无涯也不等他说完，向一旁的禁卫吩咐道：“拉出去打一顿，替他那个二品大员的舅舅，教训教训他这个没出息的外甥。”“你要干什么？你敢打我，有种你告诉老子你叫什么！看老子不找你算账！”那人一听宋无涯要打他，更是愤怒不已。听着这话，宋无涯微微一笑：“本官名叫宋无涯，你大可以让你的舅舅来找我。”“好！你给老子等着！有种你就打死老子！”那人嚣张的喊叫起来。听着这话，宋无涯点了点头：“既然他这么说了，那就打死他吧。”扔下这么一句话，宋无涯便不再理会那家伙。而周围其他的人，全都等着看热闹呢。毕竟一个二品大员，那可是身份无比尊贵的存在，他的外甥那自然也是人人尊敬，毕竟谁也不想因此得罪一个二品大员。可是令他们没想到的是，宋无涯原本想要打那个家伙一顿，现在竟然直接改口要让人打死他。如此的决议，不禁让眼前这些人瞠目结舌。“哈哈！当真是笑话！看他这个年纪，不过是个毛头小子罢了！也难怪他敢带人来抄观山酒楼了。只怕一会，张万良就会带着人过来了！”人群中又有一人大笑着说道，在他看来这省府最大的官员便是省府大人张万良。而且他显然也很清楚观山酒楼的背景，以为宋无涯不能把观山酒楼怎么样。此刻，刚刚那嚣张不已的家伙，已经是哭喊连连了。他哪里受得了这般毒打。“别打了，别打了，我认怂，我给您赔不是！”那家伙没挨几下打，便已经开始求饶了。要说真把他打死，宋无涯并非不敢，只是这样做未免有些滥用职权了。毕竟他最多也就算是冲撞了自己，没必要非得弄死他。不过宋无涯并没有着急，而是看着刚刚说话那人。“看来你在这观山酒楼待得有些日子了！”“那是，本公子有的是钱，吃喝玩乐全都在这里，已经有半月之久了。”他以为宋无涯这话是称赞他呢，使得他自得的炫耀起自己来了。
6 Chapter sixty seized
?6 Sixty chapters seized
Song Wuya sneered coldly: "I'm afraid you won't be able to see Zhang Wanliang! If you want to see him, I can help you! After all, it is quite easy for me to send a person to prison. .”
Song Wuya's words suddenly made waves several times.
"What? He sent the governor to prison?"
"How is this possible? That's the governor!"