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When Mu Yunyao returned home, she instructed Jin Lan to place the jewelry box given by King Yue into the storage room. She probably wouldn't be able to wear these things for the rest of her life. In the following days, Mu Yunyao would occasionally come to the embroidery garden to discuss with King Yue about the salt and the handling of the Jiangnan Salt Merchants. Their expressions were normal, and their relationship seemed to return back to how it was before.
Faces would eventually leave behind some traces. Yangzhou City, Li Yuan looked at the salt transport ship and a smile flashed across his eyes. He originally thought that when he came to Jiangnan to inspect the salt tax, he would at most pretend to be a good person and accept some bribes.
He wanted to play tricks on the salt regime in this situation, so he had taken advantage of the situation. The salt merchants also heaved a heavy sigh of relief. Although things had gone smoothly, they had at least gotten over it. They had also sold Li Yuan as a benefit, making the First Prince owe them a favor. In the future, perhaps this would be of great use.
Come back.
Just as they were feeling proud for a few days, a shocking piece of news directly shocked Li Yuan and the salt merchants of Jiangnan. After the investigation, the salt that was supposed to be transported to the north changed when they passed by Riverside City. The salt ship sank into the water, and all the salt was gone!
When Li Yuan first heard the news, he almost fell to the ground, "What's going on? Didn't they already send additional people to make them extra careful? "Why did something happen?"
The guard who came to report the news knelt on the ground, trembling without a sound."At that time, a fog rose up over the Mausoleum City. The fog was so thick that the sky could not see clearly. Someone was digging a boat from the water. By the time I reacted, the hole was too big, there was no hope of saving it ..." Li Yuan was like an ant on a hot pan as he paced back and forth on the spot, "Quickly send a message, pass a message to Prime Minister Li, no, pass a message, tell him the whole story, and let him make the decision." This time's incident was too big. He alone was not enough. He had to let Li Qingzhou take it ...
Ideas. First of all, Li Yuan wanted to suppress the news and wait for Li Qingzhou's reply. Unfortunately, because of the salt case, all the other forces had been paying attention to this batch of salt, and now the news spread like wildfire throughout the capital. Before the letter even reached the capital, the emperor had already done it.
Message.
The Emperor was furious, and the officials were as silent as cicadas in winter. Just as the Emperor gave the order to investigate, another piece of news was quickly spread.
The salt tax case in Yangzhou was caused from beginning to end by collusion between the salt merchants and the officials. First, the salt merchants had secretly ordered the officials to buy salt in exchange for the hole in the salt tax, and later they had falsely claimed that the salt had sunk on the Xijiang River in exchange for the salt boat carrying sediment. After the matter was almost exposed, the salt merchants bribed Li Yuan, the governor of the two rivers who had checked the salt tax, and framed the salt envoy and the salt envoy of Yangzhou City. They said that they were the ones who had secretly exchanged the salt and were caught by Li Yuan, but in reality, the salt merchants themselves had handed the hidden salt to Li Yuan Yi, otherwise they wouldn't have been able to hide it.
Li Yuan did not know how to calculate, so why did he directly go to Yang Zhou city's old wharf to check out that batch of salt?
After that, in order to gain merits, Li Yuan made up a fake to deceive the saints and allowed the officials who bought salt and the yamen runners to bear the blame, protecting the various salt merchants in Jiangnan. They also heard that the salt merchants had given them gifts after the event, and the exact amount of silver was unknown.
As soon as the news spread, Prime Minister Li Qingzhou hurriedly entered the palace, but after kneeling outside the palace for a long time, the Emperor didn't see him. The First Prince hurriedly entered the palace to plead as well, and the Emperor avoided him as well.
The salt merchants, who had originally thought that they could sleep peacefully, were now completely flustered. They did not expect that the matter had been resolved satisfactorily. Now, there was actually someone who had exposed all of their secrets.
In Wu Min's residence, the salt merchants in the main hall were flustered."Chief Wu, you have to think of something. If this goes on, how are we going to survive?"
Wu Min's expression was dispirited as her relaxed and gentle aura had already disappeared without a trace."You don't have to make a ruckus here. If you have the time, why don't you go home and take care of your affairs?"
The salt merchants were all dumbfounded, their faces all pale."Arrange the aftermath?"
"Are we really hopeless?"
"We have the evidence! Didn't we get someone to send all the evidence into the capital? When we present the evidence, are we not sure that we can get lenient treatment? "
"That's right, Leader Wu, we can't delay any longer. No matter who wants to get rid of us, we can't just sit there and wait for death. We have to find a way to survive!" Wu Min Zhi slowly raised his head, "Alright, since all of you want to do this, why don't we go down a few times before we die? This matter has developed to this point in time. It doesn't matter whether the First Prince has turned hostile or has been set up by someone else."
We can't find the real mastermind behind this, so we can only think of a way to implicate the First Prince into this. If we have him on top of us, our crimes might be a little less serious."
"This is the only way ...."
In the embroidery garden, Mu Yunyao's eyebrows were furrowed tightly, and her fingers and sleeves were covered in blood: "Master Four, please endure it. Although I used a silver needle to seal my blood, the arrow is very deep, and it will still hurt to pull it out."
Yue Yang took off his clothes on his shoulder, revealing his smooth muscles on one shoulder. The arrow on his back was embedded deeply into his shoulder blade, and blood kept flowing out.
"No worries, go ahead." Yue Yang frowned slightly, beads of sweat forming on his forehead. However, his eyes remained calm and collected, and only occasionally flashed with a hint of coldness.
Mu Yunyao washed the dagger with alcohol, then placed it on fire and roasted the blade once more. She held the exposed half of the arrow firmly in her hand and with her other hand, she quickly cut open some of the wound on the back of the Titan King, then decisively pulled out the arrow.
Mu Yunyao wasn't in a hurry to help the King stop bleeding. Instead, she continuously squeezed the wound to the side, causing the black blood to flow a little more. Only when the blood that flowed out turned a bright red did she begin to bandage the wound.
Steward Qin, who was standing by the side, looked on worriedly."Lady Mu, how are Prince's injuries?" Mu Yunyao bandaged the wound before letting out a sigh of relief, "The arrow was poisoned. Fortunately, the poison wasn't strong enough, so after taking the soup medicine for a few days, the poison would be completely eliminated. It's just that the wound is too close to the heart.
"Rest, do your best to not move your left arm, so as to avoid dragging the wound." King Yue looked at Mu Yunyao and shook his head slightly."Tomorrow, I will set off to the west of Cantonese City."
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