Jianghu Rebellion

The Tang Mansion is indeed home to merchants. This mansion is even more luxurious than the official residence in the center of the imperial city. After entering the mansion, a flower pond was built in the center of the main courtyard. The water lilies in it have already bloomed, with purple and white varieties occupying their respective areas. On one side, there are Pixiu animal heads on the four corners of the flower pond, with water spitting out of its mouth and flowing to a small pond below.

From the right corner, there is a huge garden. There is a small lake in the center of the garden. There are pavilions and waterside pavilions on the lake, and a two-story small watchtower is built in the distance.

Tang Lan led Shen Jinyu and Qi Yue to the living room and asked them to take a seat. After taking their seats, Tang Lan respectfully asked: "I wonder why the Marquis came to Xianghu on the orders of the Holy One? "

"It's a small matter. Recently, a spy from Dongtao has appeared in the imperial city. The emperor is on guard everywhere. Recently, the Jianghu rebels who are colluding with Dongtao and intending to rebel have entered Xianghu. So I ordered my people to come and arrest them. "Shen Jinyu took the tea handed over by Tang Lan, but didn't drink it. She just put it on the low table aside.

"The gangsters?" Tang Lan looked at Liu Yaoyang's father, Liu Zonglin, and asked, "But the Double Knife Bride, the most famous female killer in the world?"

The corners of Qi Yue's mouth twitched.

Shen Jinyu shook her head, "The bride with two swords is just a knife to help others kill people. The person behind her is the one we want to arrest this time, Duan Mufeng, the son of Duan Cang, the former leader of Changlin Village."

As soon as the three words "Duan Mufeng" came out, Tang Shan and Liu Yaoyang's faces turned pale.

Shen Jinyu had a panoramic view of the two of them, and a faint smile appeared at the corner of her mouth, "According to the clues I have, Duan Mufeng has frequent contact with the little prince Dongtao, and I will lead people to investigate After arriving at his lair, I found that his entourage had already fled into Xianghu Lake. I want to ask Tang Shan and Liu Yaoyang. You and Duan Mufeng were quite close when you were in Changlin. Now that he has fled here, Have you been contacted?"

Tang Shan and Liu Yaoyang, who were called by Shen Jinyu, had pale faces and erratic eyes. Tang Lan, who was sitting down, turned around and glared at his son after hearing this, and said sternly: "What is the Marquis asking you? Hurry up and say it."

"Me," Tang Shan clenched his fists. After thinking for a long time, he suddenly remembered that Shen Jinyu was Jinyun Hou now, and he could no longer talk to him like this, so he forced himself to use etiquette in his heart.

"Back to Lord Marquis, after our long farewell four years ago, Xiaomin has never contacted Senior Brother Duan again."

Liu Yaoyang also followed suit: "Back to the Marquis, Xiaomin has never contacted him."

Tang Lan explained with a smile, "The Marquis doesn't know something. Quanzi has a reckless temperament and is loyal to others. He likes to treat others as brothers. The common people sent him to Changlin and he didn't learn anything when he came back. He just made a bunch of friends. Duan Mufeng is a disciple of Changlin, and young people are always opportunistic, but since returning home, I have not been in contact with the people there."

Shen Jinyu smiled meaningfully, and nodded as if he agreed with Tang Lan's words, "You are a loyal person, but it seems you still don't know your son well enough."

Tang Lan was a little confused, "What do you mean by these words?"

"It's nothing, I just said it casually," Shen Jinyu didn't explain clearly, leaving Tang Lan with a confused look on his face and Tang Shan with a worried look on his face.

He and Liu Yaoyang buttoned their sleeves nervously, and they exchanged glances. They were both afraid of each other. Could it be that Shen Jinyu wanted to take this opportunity to tell them about the things they had done to humiliate him before? He was now But Jinyun Hou, who is inferior to one person but superior to ten thousand people, could finish the game for the two of them with just one accusation.

"Master Hou, since the gang of rebels fled into Xianghu Lake, has Master Hou found out where they are hiding now?" Tang Lan asked.

Shen Jinyu nodded, "I have an idea," he clapped his hands, and Yin Baiyi, who was standing there, stepped forward and handed over a note, "My secret guard handed over the news, saying that they were in a place called Yunshui Yun Shui Yuan has disappeared from his house, have you ever heard of Yunshui Yuan?"

Liu Zonglin nodded and said: "This Yunshui Courtyard is a famous lakeside courtyard in Xianghu, and the prices it sells are first-class and expensive."

Zhao Zhao, who had disappeared after following them into the house, came in from outside the door at this moment. Tang Lan, Liu Zonglin and others looked at Zhao Zhao who suddenly came in inexplicably. Zhao Zhao walked in and ran straight to Shen Jinyu, holding a hug in his hand. got a box.

When Tang Shan saw the box, his heart almost burst into his throat. He poked Liu Yaoyang's hand and murmured desperately, "It's over, it's over, it's completely over,"

Liu Yaoyang didn't understand what was going on and looked confused, "Why did it end so suddenly?"

Before Tang Shan could explain, Shen Jinyu held the box, opened it, and took out the house deed signed with Tang Shan and Liu Zonglin's calligraphy and painting. The house deed was for Yunshuiyuan, which they bought together. .

However, Tang Lan also understood what Shen Jinyu meant at this moment. He smiled forcefully, "What do you mean, Mr. Hou? This..."

"This is the house deed found from Tang Shan's bedroom. Yunshuiyuan was purchased. The location is the best on the Yunshui Lake. And those gangsters finally disappeared in this place. You said, this is a coincidence. What? Or..."

"Coincidence, this is definitely a coincidence!" Tang Lan panicked, "Master Hou, although my son Tang Shan is incompetent, he would never dare to do such a treacherous thing! Please investigate clearly, Master Hou!"

"It turns out that you also know what is treacherous and unethical. Who doesn't know who has the final say in Xianghu? Even the prefect is just a decoration here. Who are you? You don't even look down on the officials. When the common people have something to do, the government doesn't come to see you? Your aspirations are greater than those of the emperor!" Shen Jinyu said coldly and sternly.

As soon as these words came out, Tang Lan's eyebrows twitched, his eyes narrowed slightly, and the cruelty in his eyes was not concealed at all, "What do you mean, Mr. Hou? Did you believe some rumors?"

"Rumor?" Shen Jinyu smiled and shook his head, clapped his hands, and half of the people sitting behind Tang Lan stood up and walked behind Shen Jinyu. One of them took out a large stack of thick The account book was handed over, and Shen Jinyu took it and flipped through it casually.

"Why is the account book taken out from your accounting room different from the account book you handed over to the government? Your business transactions with Shuobei are supported by the imperial court, and the money gained from trade is also taxed, but The account books you submit to the government every year are different from the ones I have, why is that?"

Tang Lan's face turned green. He finally understood. It turned out that these people were here to help Shen Jinyu find flaws in him from the beginning. They were here to catch them, not just to track down the gangsters.

"Master Hou is such a generous person. I asked how there were so many businessmen in Xianghu in the past two years. I thought they wanted to get a share of the pie just to see how much we made. But I never thought that they were all people sent by Master Hou! "
Chapter completed!