, lying in the cabin with his eyes closed and thinking about something.

Li Xu finally felt that something was wrong. He took a few steps and ran towards this side. Looking at the cabin that was locked with a large iron rope, a chill ran down his spine. How did he say this? How could he just start taking action?

Someone saw Li Xu coming and hurriedly said hello, "You are familiar with several of my brothers. Please help us find out what made my brother angry."

Li Xuxin said that this was not anger at all. He looked around in panic, leaning against the side of the ship step by step. When had there been so many people standing there?

It's over! The emperor has no intention of letting it go gently. The people in this boat are now meat on someone's chopping block.

Just as I was thinking about it, I heard someone calling someone, "Shun, King of Jiangsu Liangdao——"

Everyone suddenly fell silent.

The little eunuch who called the roll call was young, and his voice still had a high-pitched crispness, "Wang Shun of Jiangsu Liangdao——"

A short man in his forties with a mustache came from the crowd and said, "Jiaguan... I'm here..."

Xiao Luzi lowered his eyelids and imitated Su Peisheng's airs, "Are you Wang Shun of Jiangsu Grain Road?"

"It's the lower official." He wiped his sweat. The two superiors were locked up. He couldn't be the next one, right? Are you afraid? How could you not be afraid? Where are the fools here?

If you don't react, you'd be really stupid.

Xiao Luzi nodded reservedly, "Then come in."

Hong Zhou looked at Xiao Luzi's appearance inside and wished he could curse him, "dead eunuch".

Mr. Wang came in and saw Li, and quickly wiped his sweat and said, "Greetings to the fifth elder brother."

"Get up." Hong Zhou took the master's seat, and Hong Zhu took the pen as the master. This is for recording.

Hongxuan and Hongdun went out, and they had to stay outside to watch the show. Li Wei stood dutifully at the door, listening to the sounds inside.

Hong Zhou asked Wang Shun to get up, "Get up so you can talk."

Wang Shun got up and moved a chair to the middle of the cabin for him to sit on. It was not very comfortable to sit in this kind of seat with no leaning on either side and no table in front of it. He moved uneasily, his buttocks just

He sat on the edge of the stool and looked at Hong Zhou carefully, "I wonder why the fifth elder brother invited me here..."

Hong Zhou leaned on the chair, waved his hand to interrupt the other party's words, and said bluntly: "I don't want to invite you either, Mr. Wang, I really have no choice, someone has invited you. I really won't hide it from you, as early as here

There was someone named Li...Li..." He looked at Hong Zhu and asked, "Who is Li?"

"Li Yutang." Hong Zhu reminded.

"Ah! Yes! It's Li Yutang." Hong Zhou looked like a confused elder brother, a little impatient, "You should be familiar with this person, he is your old boss. He gave you to Shandong

Ordered... Originally, for the sake of the stability of Jiangnan, I didn't think about doing it now. Who would have thought that someone would not be willing to accept it? Things have happened one after another. You said that it has become this big, so can I just ignore it? You

Just talk casually and say what you mean. For example..." He looked at Hong Zhu again as he spoke, "What does Li Yutang's confession say? Read it to our Lord Wang..."

Hong Zhu grabbed the book from the other side, took it out, flipped through a few pages, and started to read, how much money and food was lost in which year, who was handling it, how the money and food was distributed, and who got how much. He clearly remembered it.

As soon as the strips came down, the sweat on Wang Shun's head immediately fell down, drop by drop, and he knelt on the ground with a pop.

Hong Zhu then closed the account book in his hand. Hong Zhou leaned forward and asked, "Do you still want to read it?"

"No! No... I can't..." Wang Shun knocked his head on the ground with a bang, "I dare not cry out for injustice, I... I..."

"You don't have to be afraid!" Hong Zhou smiled, "I really had no choice but to do this. To be honest, Huang Ama is very knowledgeable about Jiangnan's affairs, but why didn't he touch you?

It’s what the court needs, and the other one is that you are all veterans of the late emperor’s reign, and the Emperor Ama really can’t bear it..."

Wang Shun nodded repeatedly, "I am ashamed of your Majesty..."

"Don't shout yet!" Hong Zhou stood up and personally helped Wang Shun up. "Based on your crimes, you should understand what will happen to you."

What will happen?

Let alone save his head, the whole family is afraid that Ning Guta will be sent as a slave to an armored man.

Thinking of this, his face instantly turned pale, "Chen Wan died..."

"You don't have to die." Hong Zhou helped Wang Shun sit back and motioned to Xiaoluzi to bring him a cup of tea to calm him down. "Master Wang, if there is a chance, I can save you from death and your family will not be implicated."

, the most you can do is to live by your ancestral property, what will you do?"

Wang Shun's eyes lit up, "Fifth elder brother! As long as there is a glimmer of hope, as long as my elder brother can save my life, just say what do you want? Money? I can give it to you. Beauty? I will find it for you."

, If it doesn’t work out, I still have an unmarried daughter at home, and I would like to send it to my elder brother to serve as a slave and serve as a maid..."

A cold look flashed across Hong Zhou's eyes. He was willing to pay back the money, but he even gave up his own daughter. Such a person really deserves to die.

But there's no rush now! He turned around and reminded himself over and over again that there was no rush, now was not the time to be in a hurry.

"Master Wang..." Hong Zhou turned his face with a bit of laughter, "What a beauty..." He glanced down at his body, "If you want to use it, you won't be able to use it for the time being, so don't worry about it. But this

Money..."

"Say it!" Wang Shun's back straightened for a moment, and he listened quietly to Hong Zhou's words.

"Between sacrificing life and wealth, you have to sacrifice both." Hong Zhou said this to Wang Shun's ear. Then he stood up straight, pointed at the people outside, and then pointed at Hong Ju

The account book was placed in front of him, "If the amount of money you give matches the confession and the account book, it will be considered sincere. Once the money arrives, you can leave. It's that simple."

Wang Shun looked bitter, "There is a gap between this account and what was actually obtained."

Of course I know there is a gap. You eat meat but you also have to drink soup. What you get will be smaller than the actual amount of corruption. This is for sure. But don’t forget, which official doesn’t have a few in a month?

A door-to-door bribe? The total amount of money alone is not a small amount. Therefore, he will definitely be able to make up for the gap in the account book.

Hong Zhou sneered, "Then Mr. Wang will do it!"

I really don’t dare to do that! At this time, the sky and the earth are not functioning properly.

Just when I was thinking about how to say this, I heard the fifth elder brother's voice coming clearly, with a bit of laziness, as if he was talking to the eldest elder brother of Master Jiu's family, "You said there are fish in this lake?"

Shrimp, will there be a tortoise?"

"Yes." Hong Zhu responded, although he didn't know why Hong Zhou said this.

As a result, Hong Zhou chuckled and said with a bit of curiosity, "I've always heard people say that they throw people into the river to feed the bastard. This bastard eats human flesh."

Hong Zhu smiled secretly in his heart: "It's time to eat."

Xiaoluzi glanced at Wang Shun and said: "My elder brother, I dare not disobey you. Please don't make fun of me. I am timid and can't stand being scared."

Hong Zhou kicked him over, "Go away! I don't care about your status. The fish in this lake will eat the flesh of people with status..."

Wang Shun was shocked, and based on the account book, he was more than worthy of death. If he was thrown into the lake by this evil demon king, how could Long live his own son be punished?

Just when I was scared, I heard the news about the little eunuch's business again, "My Lord, these are all high officials of the imperial court, they don't dare to play around..."

"The damn officials of the imperial court are all a bunch of worms who have searched for the wealth of the people. Just feeding the bastards can be regarded as eliminating harm for the common people in the world." Hong Zhou said with righteous indignation, he really thought so in his heart.

Wang Shun heard it. What this elder brother said was true! He really wanted to use these people to feed the bastards. "Fifth elder brother!" He quickly shouted and knelt on the ground again.

Hong Zhou looked up indifferently, "Hey! Think about it clearly, are you planning to give up your wealth or your life?"

Wang Shun hurriedly said: "Give up your wealth! Give up your wealth!"

Hong Zhou chuckled softly, "It would have been nice to have done this earlier." He walked over affectionately, helped the person up like a relative, and wiped the person's sweat with a handkerchief, "Then what...where is your wealth?

If you are in your hometown...if you want to leave, I guess..."

"No, no!" Wang Shun said hurriedly, "There are too many people in our old family, and too many people will cause bad things."

"Oh!" Hong Zhou nodded understandingly, "If things go wrong, the clan will still want to get a piece of the pie, right? It's human nature." He looked very understanding, "This Yamen can't let go. Let me guess,

Where did you put it? In the secret room of a private house or in the village..."

"None of them!" Wang Shun smiled reluctantly, "The younger one had two concubines who disappeared. They served them very well when they were alive, so the younger brother buried them lavishly. They didn't have a son or a half left.

The younger one built a nunnery for them outside the city... The younger one's daughter became a widower and now lives in the nunnery..."

Understood in seconds!

This guy hid his money in this nunnery. What a wonderful place! Most people would never think of it.

Hong Zhou gave a thumbs up, "High! Really high!"

It’s impossible not to admire it!

He raised his head and glanced in the direction of Li Wei. Li Wei understood and immediately arranged for people to leave in a small boat.

Hong Zhou then patted Wang Shun, who seemed to have lost his muscles and bones, "Don't be like this, your life has been preserved after all, right? Let's go like this! You don't have to say anything, don't have to do anything, wait.

I’m sure I’ve received the money, so I’ll leave as soon as possible.”

Wang Shun nodded and bowed and retreated.

As soon as I turned around and saw Li Xu surrounded by people, I wished I could pounce on him and bite him to death.

Everyone saw this look and immediately seemed to understand something. The people surrounding Li Xu retreated instantly, and the deck instantly became quiet.

Li Xu frowned, cupped his fists and saluted Wang Shun, "Master Wang, have you offended me in any way?"

Wang Shun smiled but said, "I'm offended! How dare you! I have to congratulate Mr. Li. Mr. Li is expected to be promoted, what? Should he be promoted to governor or governor?"

This is not a joke. Promotion is not a promotion method.

Besides, the late emperor didn’t even give him a promotion, so how can he rely on the present? Isn’t this just trying to make a fool of himself?

But since Wang Shun said this, there must be a reason. Thinking of the governor and chief envoy who were imprisoned for no reason, and then thinking of Li Xu calling Hong Zhu to talk, and then Hong Zhu came over and said something to the fifth elder brother,
To be continued...