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"Master Tong, is this the one he sang?" Song Wuya looked at Tong Shuming in confusion.
He couldn't imagine how Tong Shuming came to his place, and even found their place directly.
Although he didn't know what Tong Shuming wanted to do, Song Wuya was not worried about him.On the contrary, he was worried about the waiter. Now that the waiter knows their identities, the deal must be impossible.
Fortunately, Song Wuya had already laid down the hidden line of imperial guards before, and if Lai Mingcang wanted to run away, he would be arrested by them.
"Sir Song, although you are the superior of the subordinate, but at this time, the subordinate can only do routine work." Tong Shuming said calmly, and suddenly his face changed, and his expression became majestic. "Song Wuya, Bai Zhuo. The two of you are officials appointed by the imperial court, and you have been ordered to serve as imperial envoys with the Holy Majesty. But now you are openly colluding with others to build some kind of bodyguard bureau in Yangzhou city. I ask you, where did your money come from?" Where did it come from!"
It turns out that this is the case, Song Wuya understood what happened to Tong Shuming.
"Hmph!" He sneered: "It turns out that Mr. Tong is here for this matter! However, I am afraid that this official's private affairs are beyond your control, Mr. Tong?"
"As an official of the imperial court, I have been favored by the Holy One, and I am even more grateful to him. Now that I see you as a big mouse, how can I let you do anything wrong. Now I exercise my power and press the head on the item. Come on, and you will also be dragged off your horse."
As soon as the words fell, Tong Shuming waved his hand, and the servants beside him immediately stepped forward, intending to subdue Song Wuya and the others.
Seeing this scene, Song Wuya didn't care so much anymore, he coughed, and before the servants could make a move, several guards had already surrounded them, and the swords in their hands had already been placed on them. On his shoulders, it could kill them at any time.
"No one is allowed to touch Master Song and Master Bai!"
The sudden appearance of the imperial guards surprised everyone present.And Tong Shuming didn't expect that Song Wuya would have such a helper.
"Master Tong, you must have not expected this, right?" Song Wuya smiled slightly, and walked towards Tong Shuming.
"Hmph! It seems that you have already made preparations, and you really have a guilty conscience!" Tong Shuming looked at Song Wuya coldly, and said angrily.
Hearing his words, Song Wuya waved his hand, signaling the guards to put down their swords.
"Master Tong, since you and I are colleagues, why are you so violent? I naturally admit what you said, but you don't have to treat me like this. If you investigate me, I and Bai Sir, just follow you, as for the others, I hope Master Tong will not get involved."
Originally, Tong Shuming thought that he would have no chance this time, but he didn't expect Song Wuya to say such a thing.
This made him a little astonished, and the expression on his face became confused.
"Master Song, are you serious?"
He still didn't quite believe Song Wuya, so he asked Song Wuya again.
Song Wuya nodded: "Is it true or not, I will go with you now."
Speaking of Song Wuya, he walked out, that Tong Shuming turned around, seeing that the imperial guards had all retreated, his expression turned serious, and he ordered the yamen servant: "Take those catalogs away."
"Wait!" Upon hearing that Tong Shuming was going to take these catalogs away, Song Wuya stopped in his tracks: "Master Tong, you and I have an appointment, at this time you take this catalog away, just I'm afraid it's not appropriate? After all, we left written evidence."
"Since Mr. Song is already a prisoner, there is no need for Mr. Song to deal with these things." Tong Shuming naturally had his own argument.
But Song Wuya still wouldn't let him take these things away so easily, he said coldly: "Master Tong, could it be that you are not willing to reason with this official? Then this official will not reason with you either. He looked up at the guard beside him: "Anyone who dares to touch these catalogs will be killed!"
As soon as these words came out, the expressions of those yamen servants changed one after another.Especially Zhao Butou, who is the leader, has already seen the problem at this moment.He hastily whispered a few words to Tong Shuming.
Tong Shuming's expression changed immediately, he frowned deeply, hesitated for a moment, and waved his sleeves: "Go back to the yamen!"
This was considered a compromise, Song Wuya looked at Catcher Zhao, smiled slightly, and understood what was going on in his heart.He must have found the guard who had greeted him among these guards.At that time, the guards had shown him his gold medal, so he naturally knew who these guards were.
And Tong Shuming, even if he dared to offend Song Wuya, he would not dare to offend the guards in front of him.
The leader of the imperial guards stepped forward, looked at Song Wuya and said solemnly: "Master Song, do we really not need us for this matter?"
"Brother Chief, leave this matter to me. If anything happens, you can just explain it to His Royal Highness King Jin." Song Wuya nodded and did not ask these guards to help.
Watched by the imperial guards, Song Wuya and Bai Zhuo just walked in front, while Tong Shuming led the yamen servants behind and headed towards the county yamen.
After going downstairs, such a scene made many people feel confused.After all, they had never seen such a situation before, Tong Shuming and the others knew that he was the magistrate of Yangzhou.But they were even more curious about the identities of Song Wuya and Bai Zhuo. After all, who could have such a great ability and dare to walk in front of Tong Shuming so swaggeringly.
Naturally, Tong Shuming's eyes had been on Song Wuya and Bai Zhuo, which made them very clear that the identities of Song Wuya and Bai Zhuo were definitely not simple.But the situation in front of him was indeed the situation where the officials sent prisoners, but they were so respectful and polite to Song Wuya and Bai Zhuo.
Along the way, under the puzzled eyes of the common people, they came to the government office.
Tong Shuming sat directly on the main hall, ready to open the case for trial.
Seeing his appearance, Song Wuya reminded from below: "Master Tong, from my point of view, it's better not to go to court. Maybe we can clarify this matter in private."
"Lord Song, I'm sorry I can't obey your orders. Now we're doing business, we have to do what we do." Tong Shuming heard Song Wuya say this, but he didn't listen to Song Wuya's opinion. Instead, he agreed with Song Wuya Song Wuya directly sang the opposite tune.
This made Song Wuya a little embarrassed, after all, he really couldn't speak publicly about this matter.After all, he didn't want more people to know about this matter.
But this Tong Shuming just didn't follow his will.
"Master Tong, you'd better think about it carefully. The matter you mentioned involves a lot. If it is leaked out, I'm afraid you won't be able to bear the burden, Mr. Tong!" Song Wuya had no choice but to warn this person again coldly. Tong Shuming.
The gavel fell heavily in Tong Shuming's hand: "Lord Song, in the magistrate's yamen, I have the final say. No matter how much this matter involves, I can take care of it. Even if this head is gone, so what? "
Bai Zhuo was also irritated by his words, so he wanted to continue Tong Shuming's words.
But as soon as he opened his mouth, the words that came out of his mouth were drowned out by the applause and applause of the crowd outside the hall.
Bai Zhuo frowned and looked at the common people behind him, snorted heavily, and looked at Song Wuya beside him.
"Okay! Did you hear that? Just now, the magistrate claimed to be an inferior official in front of these two people. Presumably these two must be high officials of the imperial court, they should be imperial envoys!"
"Master Zhifu is really good! Even if the position is high and powerful, he is not afraid."
"I'm really curious, why do these two imperial envoys look so young! They are even higher in official position than the Chief Prefect."
"You don't want to move now, this must be the son of the court elder, otherwise, how could it be soaring to the sky!"
"Hey! That's not necessarily the case. I've heard that there are two young imperial envoys who have done a lot of good things! They...they...yes, they seem to be named Song and Bai, shouldn't they Could it be these two?"
The common people under the court were talking about everything, and the noisy voices came and went, which made Song Wuya and Bai Zhuo's head loud.
"Silence!" The gavel in Tong Shuming's hand fell heavily, and only then did the shouting outside stop.Seeing that the people outside were no longer talking about anything, Tong Shuming then ordered to the yamen servant at the side: "Look at the seats for the two imperial envoys."
On this point, Tong Shuming did not neglect the two of them, and they had not yet prepared their seats.At least don't let them stand here all the time.
Soon, two chairs were placed behind Song Wuya and Bai Zhuo.The two had no choice but to sit here.
Tong Shuming didn't ask them about the situation immediately, but directly shouted: "Bring the prisoner Lai Mingcang to court!"
As soon as the words fell, the servants watched as the shopkeeper Lai they had seen before brought to the court, and his appearance aroused the curiosity of the people again.
Chapter 7 Thirteen
Chapter 7 Thirteen
“这家伙是什么人啊！怎么和这个案子有关啊？”“是啊！这两位钦差大臣究竟是犯了什么事情，怎么让知府大人如此对待。按照常理来说，这知府大人怕是没有资格审理这两位钦差大人吧？”“这谁知道，咱们还是安安静静的看着吧，想必很快就会有结果了。”赖铭沧被带上公堂，直接跪在了宋无涯和白卓两人的中间。“见过知府大人。”赖铭沧向童书明磕头，缓缓抬起头之时，向身旁的两人看来。当他看到宋无涯和白卓之后，这脸色骤然大变。“两位公子，你们这是什么意思？咱们不是说好做生意的吗？怎么你还把我告上公堂了？我可没骗你们钱财啊！”赖铭沧在这公堂之上，看到了宋无涯和白卓之后，顿时以为他被官府抓来，就是因为他们两人的缘故。听到他的话，童书明手中惊堂木再次落下，冷声向赖铭沧问道：“赖铭沧，本官问你。你刚才说，你与这两人做生意，可是什么生意，他们出了多少银两？”“回禀知府大人，这两位公子与小人商议，要合伙开办一家镖局，他们要出5000两银子作为投资。”赖铭沧以为是宋无涯和白卓要对他不利，这童书明一问，便如实的回答了。宋无涯心中暗想，“这赖铭沧还不知晓我们两人的身份！不过，这童书明是如何知晓这件事情的？莫非是那个店小二举报？客店小二并没有来到此处，好似与此事并不相关一样。”“那你可知道这两位是什么身份吗？”童书明看向赖铭沧，淡然的问道。赖铭沧脸上露出疑惑之色，看了看一旁的两人，皱眉道：“他们两人难道不是有钱的公子吗？”赖铭沧很是疑惑，毕竟他此刻在地上跪着，可是旁边的宋无涯和白卓两人却坐在椅子上。这样的情形，令他完全想不明白这是怎么回事。但是他心里多半也知晓，这两人的身份绝对非常的尊贵。“哼！”童书明冷哼一声，“那你可真是够蠢的，这两位乃是朝廷的钦差大臣！”“什么？”赖铭沧瞬间惊恐，瘫坐在了地上，双眼不住的在宋无涯和白卓的身上扫视。突然知晓了他们两人的身份，好似一个晴天霹雳一般，让赖铭沧无法接受这个事实。“两位公子……你们是……”赖铭沧惊恐的看着宋无涯和白卓，整个面庞都已经扭曲了。“没错，我们两人正是钦差大臣。”宋无涯点了点头，承认了自己的身份。瞬间，赖铭沧的脸色变得无比难看。他眉头紧皱，最终断断续续的说道：“两位……两位大人……钱……我会……还给你们的。”现在，宋无涯才懒得理会那一两千银票，他更关心的是这童书明究竟想要干什么。现在当着全城如此多的百姓，童书明直接要让宋无涯他们的事情暴露在这些百姓的面前，只怕日后会有更多关于他们的流言蜚语。此时此刻，宋无涯已经不需要太多的考虑，他确定这童书明必定就是那观山酒楼的爪牙。“赖铭沧，本官问你，他们两人可是确确实实的给了你银票？”童书明间赖铭沧和宋无涯聊了不少，立刻打断了他，向他再次发问。赖铭沧听到问话，转过头来，认真的点了点头。“好！”童书明大声的一个好字，抬眼看向宋无涯和白卓两人：“两位大人，可否解释一下这银票是从何而来啊？”“童大人，本官是否也要向你解释一下，这官职是从何而来啊？”宋无涯没有正面回答，而是向童书明反问了一句。童书明冷着脸：“这个用不着大人你解释，本官也知晓，两位大人可是圣上钦定的官员。至于方才本官询问的问题，还望两位大人能够给一个交代。”“本官手中的银票，也是圣上所给，倘若童大人不相信的话，大可以向圣上询问一番。”宋无涯淡然的回答着。他的这个回答， 另童书明的脸色顿时就变作了黝黑。这分明就是抬杠，不管宋无涯这话是真是假，他有什么资格前去询问皇帝，这钱是不是他给的。听着这些话，童书明当即冷哼一声：“看来宋大人这是不愿意交代了？”“并非是本官不愿意交代，是本官并没有任何的过错，本官何须交代？童大人虽然与本官以及白大人同为官员，可我们却是各司其职。我们所做的事情，童大人并不了解，所以童大人你还是最好不要过问这些事情。尤其，本官所做的事情，有些可是绝密的事情。难道童大人也会将自己每日所作的事情，都向百姓们说明吗？”“本官行的端做的正，自然可以。”童书明倒是不惧宋无涯这话，坦然的说道。这让宋无涯很是气恼，毕竟这事情他说出来的话，必定会造成百姓的恐慌。可是眼前这童书明，却一再的逼迫自己将这些事情说明。“那好！既然你说可以。那本官问你，今年朝廷向扬州下拨了什么银两？扬州境内，向朝廷每年缴纳多少盐税？而盐商所买的盐多少钱，和卖给百姓的相差多少？”在这个时候，宋无涯已经管不了那么多了。这门外的百姓已经开始议论宋无涯他们为何又这么多的银票了，而且还在议论他们为什么不愿意说。事到如今，他想要保住自己的秘密，也就只能将这马蜂窝扔给这个捅了马蜂窝的童书明了。他的问题一出，童书明的脸色顿时就变了。显然，这些问题在这里，他是没办法向这些百姓说明的。这可不是一件小事情，倘若他将这些朝廷的事情，对百姓说了的话，只怕他这个官也是做到头了。“知府大人，你倒是说啊！这究竟是怎么情况？”“是啊！方才知府大人不是说，行得正坐得端，可以说的吗？”“说吧！知府大人，这两位钦差大臣也就会说了。”……百姓一下子就沸腾了，他们都看到了童书明脸上那难堪的神情，知道这里边一定有不少的问题。倘若童书明能够将这些问题给他们解答了，那他们心里自然就痛快了。可童书明怎么能回答这个问题，他实在是没办法回答。“诸位乡亲，这些问题可是关系朝廷机密，本官没有权利向诸位说明。”童书明最终还是屈服了，即便他是观山酒楼的人，那他也不敢将这些说出去。倘若这些东西说出去，引起了百姓对朝廷的仇视，从而引发其他的事情，那可就真的麻烦了。搞不好他可是要被杀头的。说完这话，下边顿时传来一阵唏嘘。童书明愤怒的看向宋无涯，冷冷说道：“宋大人，这好似和你那些银票没什么关系吧？”“当然有关系。本官都已经说过了，这些银票乃是圣上给我的，目的就是为了让本官行事之时能够有一些便宜手段。毕竟本官与童大人不同，童大人在这扬州城内，好吃好喝还有住的地方。可本官每去一个地方，都要花上不少的银子吃饭和住宿。”宋无涯听着他的话，继续解释着。“宋大人，即便如此。那这银票你说是圣上给你的，那圣上自然是给你用来公事的。可你如今拿了这笔钱，却干了这等勾当。不知道宋大人对这件事情还有什么样的解释啊？”童书明步步紧逼，显然想要在这件事情让，让宋无涯无法反驳。事情也正如他所料的一样，宋无涯在这个问题上可谓是没有办法回避。即便是回避的话，那显然也不合适。毕竟他身为官员，拿着朝廷的钱财去做这种事情，实在是不太合理。“那是自然，本官之所以这样做，那完全是有原因的。毕竟这些钱财，虽然说是出自圣上手中，可每一分每一厘都是百姓们所缴纳的税赋。本官即便是一名贪官，也不会如此堂而皇之的去话这些钱的。这些钱，本官之所以用来给这位赖掌柜，并非是想要做什么生意。而是出于另外一个案子。”宋无涯看着童书明，冷冷的说道。他的话说到了这里，没有继续说下去。可是童书明显然不会就此作罢，而是继续紧逼着宋无涯，让他将话说清楚。“宋大人，那究竟是什么样的案子呢？”童书明微微一笑，看向宋无涯又道：“既然你自己也都已经说明了，这些钱财全都是来自百姓的赋税。眼下这公堂之外，聚集了不少的百姓，或许你所花的这些银子，正是来自他们的手中。难道你觉得他们也没有权利知道这件事情吗？”听着这话，宋无涯快要抓狂，这事情他是真的不能说出去。堂而皇之的将事情公布出去，难道让所有人都将目光聚集在那玉石印章之上吗？如果是那样的对话，只怕会有更多的人想要得到其上的线索。一瞬间，宋无涯的脑海中不断的思索着如何回答这个问题。
Chapter 7: King Jin Arrives