1155. Chapter 1155 Injured

The matter of South Vietnam needs to be discussed further.

Merongyi and Murong Ke went to South Vietnam to recover the money they owed. The wealthy families who owed money have been very cooperative and took the initiative to pay back all the money they owed. After a while, they recovered 50 million. Before they came to South Vietnam, At that time, Merongyi thought that this business would be more difficult than in Kyoto. Who knew it would be so smooth, so smooth that they couldn't believe it.

Murong Ke still felt that there was something wrong with it, so he went to the Governor's Mansion to check the taxes over the years, only to find that the money owed by these merchants and wealthy families in South Vietnam was much more than they imagined. What shocked him most was that there were still people in South Vietnam. The profits from official salt smuggling in secret are absolutely unimaginable, not to mention that South Vietnam's ports have access to all over the world. It is not known to what extent these salt merchants have achieved this.

Murong Ke decided to stay and continue to find out the truth. Someone probably saw their intention, and some people started to invite them to dinner to test, and there were a lot of bribes. Only then did Murong Yi realize how generous these people were in bribery. If he was willing, The money he has collected now is estimated to be more than tens of millions of taels.

"Just look at the Pan family and the Feng family back then to see how wealthy South Vietnam's merchants were. Now I'm afraid it's even worse." Murong Ke said in a low voice. He looked at Lu Xiangzhi and Murong Yi, "In addition to wanting Looking into the truth back then, it is now a problem that the wealthy families in South Vietnam collude with the imperial officials. If these wealthy gentry in South Vietnam cannot be fully controlled by the imperial court, this place will be the biggest trouble in the future."

Mo Rongyi nodded heavily, "Sixth brother, Li Jingyao refuses to cooperate. We can't find out how many wealthy families are involved in the private salt business, let alone find out the tax evasion. He is basically shielding those wealthy families. I don’t know how much benefit I received.”

"Then deal with Li Jingyao first." Murong Ke said coldly, "Submit the evidence that Li Jingyao accepted bribes to the court, and replace the governor of South Vietnam. This way, it will be easier for us to investigate."

"The largest wealthy family in South Vietnam today is the Cao family?" Lu Xiangzhi frowned and said, "Cao Xingyu's grandfather used to be the governor of South Vietnam. He was the one who tried the case of the Pan family and the Feng family. Sixth prince, young prince, do you think South Vietnam is like this now? Does this situation have anything to do with the Cao family?"

Murong Ke and Murong Yi looked at each other, and Murong Ke whispered, "The muddy water in South Vietnam... I'm afraid even some members of the clan will be trapped in it."

"Brother Six, what should we do now?" Merongyi did not expect that there would be so much trouble under the calmness of South Vietnam. If he had not come here in person, who would have known that the prosperous South Vietnam would have been covered with moths.

"Let me think about it." Murong Ke closed his eyes and sighed in his heart. He originally planned to help Murong Yi collect the debt and then return to Kyoto to say goodbye to the emperor. Now it seems that he will have to stay in South Vietnam for a while. .

He obviously didn't want to get involved in the court's affairs, so why was he called to Nanyue by Murong Zhan to solve the case? What made him even more unexpected was that the wealthy families in South Vietnam had become a gangrene here. They couldn't get rid of it. If they were allowed to smuggle taxes and sell private salt, the Jin Kingdom would be implicated by these wealthy families, let alone the war with the Beiming Kingdom. .

"Ayi, please send fifty million taels back to Kyoto first and explain the situation here to the emperor in detail. Lu Lingzhi and I will stay here to find evidence of Li Jingyao's crimes. Ignore those wealthy gentry for the time being and get Li Jingyao away first." Murong Ke said.

The wealthy families here in South Vietnam have long been entrenched. Only by gaining their trust can we understand them. This child Ayi is too righteous, and he will definitely not be able to make excuses with those wealthy families. It is better to let him return to Kyoto for the time being. The situation here must be understood by Mo. Rong Zhan knows.

"Brother Six, will it be in danger for you to stay?" Murong Zhan asked in a low voice.

Murong Ke smiled faintly, "Don't you think it's dangerous? You can leave with peace of mind. I can still handle it here."

Lu Xiangzhi said, "Sixth Prince, you said that the members of the clan are related to South Vietnam, will these people... take any action in Kyoto?"

"It's best if they make some noise, but I'm afraid they won't do anything." Murong Ke sneered, "Don't touch the Cao family for the time being. Act according to the situation. None of you are allowed to be impulsive."

Both Mo Rongyi and Lu Xiang responded quietly.

However, just as Merongyi was transporting the silver to leave South Vietnam, someone revealed that in addition to transporting the silver, he also had evidence of collusion between the local wealthy family and Li Jingyao. Merongyi began to encounter assassinations on the road, first on the river. When he went ashore and walked overland, he was ambushed again. If Murong Ke hadn't sent many people to protect him secretly, he would have been dead.

There were many risks along the way, and he was finally about to return to Kyoto. Before he could breathe a sigh of relief, he encountered another ambush on the official road in Kyoto. The other party was obviously determined to kill him, and all the experts were sent to kill him. Fortunately, there was a secret guard station. Someone came to pick him up, otherwise he might not be able to return to Kyoto.

"Eunuch Chang, where is the emperor?" Merongyi didn't see Mo Rongzhan in Qianqing Palace, and he was confused.

"Little prince, the emperor was with Prince Qi at the hunting ground, and Sun Jun has already gone to report it." Eunuch Chang said in a low voice.

Merongyi thought for a while, "Since the emperor brother hasn't gone back yet, then I'll go find the queen's sister-in-law."

"My young prince, the Queen is not in the palace, she is at Chengde Villa." Eunuch Chang stopped him quickly.

"Why did the queen's sister-in-law go to Chengde Villa? Did something happen in the palace?" Merongyi frowned and asked, how could the emperor's brother send the queen's sister-in-law to another place.

Eunuch Chang lowered his head, "There is nothing going on in the palace, young prince."

When Merongyi heard this, he thought it was nonsense and something must have happened.

But now he couldn't find out no matter how he asked, so he had to wait until he left the palace to find someone else to find out.

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When Murong Zhan heard Shen Yi's words, his eyes turned cold. He lowered his voice and asked, "How is the little prince's injury?"

"I injured my shoulder, it's not serious. I have been sent back to the palace and are waiting for you." Shen Yi said.

"Let the young prince rest first, and I will go see him later." Murong Zhan's voice was low, as long as his life was not in danger, "Let's find out who dares to assassinate the young prince in Kyoto."

Shen Yi responded and left.

Zhao Yong, who was at the bottom, looked at Mo Rongzhan's face thoughtfully, guessing that something had happened, but his identity made it difficult for him to ask.

Mo Rongzhan's complexion quickly returned to normal, and he smiled lightly and toasted to Zhao Yong.

"Your Majesty has a good drinker." Zhao Yong saw that Murong Zhan drank several drinks without changing his expression. When he proposed marriage just now, Murong Zhan was obviously very angry, but now he can still drink with him calmly.

Zhao Yong even wanted to marry his daughter to him.

This Mo Rongzhan... cannot be allowed to mature, he must be suppressed before he matures.

However, is there any way to suppress this young and ambitious emperor?