"The imperial envoy was exhausted, and the officials had prepared a banquet to welcome the adults. Please move to Deyue Tower." Lu Weimin stood up and handed over the imperial edict to a Piaotianwenwen.

"It's a problem for Lord Lu." Zhou Dunran smiled slightly and walked out surrounded by a group of people.[]

Those who can participate in Zhou Dunran's welcome banquet are naturally the leaders of all walks of life in Yangzhou City, such as Han Tian, ​​Bi Shijie, Fang Youde, the president of the Salt Merchants Chamber of Commerce and the president of the Grain Merchants Chamber of Commerce and others.

As for other people, what should I do? Is it so easy for the imperial envoy to meet?

Although Tan Zong was a noble son from the capital, Lu Weimin did not know his identity, so he did not invite him to accompany the banquet in advance. If Tan Zong's power was against the power of the imperial envoy, it would be troublesome.

When Zhou Dunran expressed his kindness to Tan Zong on the dock, Lu Weimin wanted to take the opportunity to invite Tan Zong, but since Zhou Dunran said he wanted to reminisce about the past with Tan Zong, he gave up on this idea.

"Mr. Gu, congratulations, congratulations!" After Lu Weimin, Zhou Dunran and others left, many people at the scene were excited and congratulated Gu Tianyi with a red face.

"You're welcome, you're welcome!" Gu Tianyi kept hunching his hands, and his mouth couldn't close.

There was also a circle of people around Tan Zong. It was lunch time, and everyone hoped to sit in the restaurant with Tan Zong to bring them closer together.

"Everyone, everyone, Mr. Huang has made an appointment with Wang and others to go to Piaoxiangyuan, please forgive me." Just as Tan Zong was a little worried by the warm invitation of everyone, Fatty Wang squeezed in, bowed his hand to the person surrounding Tan Zong, and said loudly.

Hearing this, the eyes of the people around him could not help but show a look of disappointment, and he watched Tan Zong be taken away by Fatty Wang.

Seeing this, Gu Tianyi bowed to the people who congratulated him and quickly chased after him.

Tan Zong had previously said that he would give Gu Tianyi a great wealth, but Gu Tianyi was a little dissatisfied. Today, when Zhou Dunran announced the commendation from the official in public, Gu Tianyi almost fainted without any excitement. This was simply a huge wealth. Gu Tianyi was the one who could win this honor in Yangzhou City.

Of course, Gu Tianyi knew how this wealth came about. What he had to do now was to hold Tan Zong's thick legs tightly, and he might not be able to take charge of the country one day and become the chief official who shook his ancestors.

Piaoxiangyuan.

Tan Zong, Wang Fatty, and Gu Tianyi sat around the table chatting. Under Manluo's command, the maids brought the dishes one after another. Compared with the restaurant, Manluo seemed much quieter.

After the dishes were served, Manluo stood beside Tan Zong and poured him a glass of wine.

Fatty Wang and Gu Tianyi poured wine themselves. Since Tan Zong gave Manluo a redeem, although Tan Zong claimed that Manluo was already free, they knew themselves, so how could they dare to bother Manluo to pour them wine?

Tan Zong picked up the wine glass, stood up and said to Gu Tianyi with a smile, "For this first glass of wine, let's to Brother Gu and celebrate Brother Gu's success."

"Gun Laodi, congratulations!" Fatty Wang stood up with a glass of wine and looked at Gu Tianyi with a smile.

"It's all about Gu's cultivation that Mr. Huang has been cultivated by Brother Huang. Gu must remember it in his heart and will not disappoint the ancient world." How dare Gu Tianyi be proud of Tan Zong in front of Tan Zong. He quickly stood up, held the wine glass in his hands and drank it dry.

Among the Salt Tax Department, the Inspection Department is the largest piece of fat. It holds military power and is responsible for the inspection of official salt and the crackdown on private salt dealers. It has great power and is the target of salt merchants who focus on currying favor with it. It is rich in oil and water. How many people have sharpened their heads and drilled into it.

From the counselor of the criminal prison to the chief of the inspection department, Gu Tianyi was a salty fish who turned over and had a sweet life. Naturally, he could not forget the nobleman Tan Zong.

"I will have more care from now on, Brother Wang." Then, Gu Tianyi picked up the wine pot and poured a glass of wine, took the fat man Wang and drank it all over again.

"Damn!" Tan Zong laughed at this and raised the wine glass in his hand at Fatty Wang. The two of them immediately drank the wine in the glass.

After Tan Zong sat down, Fatty Wang and Gu Tianyi sat down.

While drinking and chatting, although Tan Zong was just like before, chatting and laughing with Fatty Wang and Gu Tianyi, Manluo still felt keenly that there was a strange thing in the eyes of the two looking at Tan Zong - awe.

That's right, it's awe. When Fatty Wang and Gu Tianyi were drinking here two days ago, there was no look of awe in their eyes, but today they didn't know what was wrong. There was awe in their eyes when they looked at Tan Zong.

From the subtle reaction between Wang Fatty and Gu Tianyi, Manluo realized that something must have happened, otherwise their attitudes would not have changed so much.

Since the imperial envoy was in Yangzhou City, he could summon him at any time, so Tan Zong and Gu Tianyi did not dare to drink too much, and Fatty Wang naturally would not persuade him to drink. The three of them chatted from all over the world.

Sure enough, shortly after the meal, when Tan Zong and the other two were drinking tea, a public official came to communicate with the government office. The imperial envoy asked Tan Zong and Gu Tianyi to rush to the government office prison, preparing to interrogate "Hou Dehai" with him.

Zhou Dunran came to Yangzhou City this time not only read out the imperial edict for commending Yangzhou Prefecture, but his main task was to interrogate "Wu Dehai" and find out his fake imperial mission.

When Tan Zong and Gu Tianyi arrived at the prison, Zhou Dunran, Lu Weimin and others had not arrived yet, so they had to whisper in front of the door.

A prison guard at the gate saw that Gu Tianyi was wearing an official uniform and Tan Zong was wearing a brocade dress, either rich or noble, so he brought two stools out from inside and placed them in a cool place under the tree.

Seeing that the prisoner was so excited, Tan Zong took out a five-tall ingot from his arms and threw it over. The prisoner repeatedly thanked him and put away the silver in the jealous eyes of another prisoner.

Not long after Tan Zong and Gu Tianyi chatted, they saw several male men dragging a man wearing big shorts, disheveled hair, and being beaten to the point of a blue face.

Tan Zong looked at the embarrassed man with some curiosity, thinking that he was a thief, but he didn't care. He continued to chat with Gu Tianyi. The men cursed and dragged the man to the prison.

"Young Master Huang save me, Young Master Huang..." When passing by Tan Zong, the man's eyes suddenly lit up and he shouted at him.

"You are..." Tan Zong felt that the voice sounded familiar, but the other party was beaten like a pig's head, and he couldn't tell it for a while.

"It's me...it's me, and here is Bai Wenxuan, we've seen it at the Datong Casino." Seeing this, the man quickly rolled the hair scattered on his forehead with his hands and reminded Tan Zong loudly.

"Bai Wenxuan?" Tan Zong felt that he had heard this name somewhere. When the man said the Chase Casino, he suddenly reacted, "You are that Bai Siwen!"

"It's just below, it's just below." Seeing that Tan Zong recognized him, Bai Siwen nodded repeatedly and shouted, "Young Master, save me, you two!"

"What's going on?" Gu Tianyi stood up and said in a deep voice to the men.

"Sir, this kid had a private meeting with Mr. Wang's wife. He was taken down on the spot by Mr. Wang and sent to the government office. The government office asked the young men to put him in prison first." Although Gu Tianyi was wearing the official uniform of the Salt Tax Department, he was also an eighth-rank official. The leading official came over and bowed and said.

When Tan Zong heard this, he shook his head. It seemed that Bai Siwen could not control his lower body, but also seemed to be cold and unhappy. He was qualified to be called "Master". So his wife sounded like she would be around forty years old. He was so old that he was interested in seducing her. She was simply a weirdo.

"Young Master Huang saves me. If you go to the prison, Mr. Wang will definitely cause harm to me." Bai Siwen saw Tan Zong shook his head and felt anxious. He broke free from the public. He ran to Tan Zong and knelt down, hugged his legs and cried loudly. "Although I have something wrong, I will not die. If Mr. Wang can treat Mrs. Wang well, how could I take advantage of the situation? Women also need men's care..."

Bai Siwen was nagging there, and Tan Zong was speechless. It was polite to seduce his wife? But then again, Bai Siwen is considered a talented person. His kung fu is perfect in seducing women. If he could take this guy for himself, he might be in unexpected use in the future.

"You stay in there for a few days first and reflect on your mistakes. If you continue to be ridiculous like this, you will die sooner or later on the woman's belly." After being hugged by a man who was almost naked, he cried so hard that he felt a chill. After coughing, he looked at Bai Siwen with a serious expression, "You won't be so lucky to meet this young master every time."

"Thank you, young master, thank you." Bai Siwen, who was crying bitterly, was stunned at first when he heard this, then let go of Tan Zong and kowtowed at him.

Although Tan Zong did not explicitly say that he would help Bai Siwen, his words had already revealed the intention of saving him. Bai Siwen finally let go of his heart. After thanking Tan Zong for a long time, he followed the men to the prison.

"Is this the guy who specializes in eating soft rice for women?" When Bai Siwen and others got into prison, Gu Tianyi asked Tan Zong with a smile. He heard Tan Zong talk about the Datong Casino and knew that it was the guy in front of him who deceived Xie Ying to the casino. If it weren't for being slutted by Hei Ge, Xie Ying would probably have been tempted by him.

"This guy is really thick-skinned. I haven't settled the score with him for the last time. This time he actually asked me for help." Tan Zong nodded first, then shook his head at Gu Tianyi helplessly.

"This shows that Brother Huang is famous in Yangzhou City, and even this person can be impressed by his reputation." Gu Tianyi smiled and flattered Tan Zong.

"Give this to the prison chief, don't let that person suffer in the wrongdoing in it just now." Tan Zong smiled, waved his hand to attract the prison guard who had moved the stool, took out a silver note of ten taels of silver and handed it to him.

The jailer followed the silver bill and trotted into the prison.

"Gu Counselor, no, Gu Sizheng, I don't know that Lord Gu came here and was in a hurry to welcome him, and I hope to atone for his sins." After a while, the fat black prisoner who had been strangled for a hundred years walked out with a smile. He first urged Gu Tianyi, and then bowed to Tan Zong, "I am the manager of the Yangzhou Prefecture Prison, Tong Shiqing, who is in charge of the prince's surname, does not know the name of this young master."

Although the prison guard in front of the door did not know Gu Tianyi, Tong Shiqing had dealt with Gu Tianyi, and even heard about what happened this morning. He knew that Gu Tianyi was promoted by the official family, so his attitude was naturally extremely enthusiastic.

As for Tan Zong, this was the first time Tong Shiqing met, but when he saw that Gu Tianyi had a relatively close relationship with this person, a person immediately appeared in his heart.

"I am Huang Han." Tan Zong smiled slightly and bowed to Tong Shiqing.

It was him! Tong Shiqing's eyes lit up when he heard this. This was the unrequited noble prince in the capital. Even the imperial envoy seemed polite to him. If he could get this noble man, he would not have to stay in the dark prison. I think that Tong Shiqing had been through ten years of hard work, but he was not lucky enough to pass the imperial examination and could only waste his life in this prison.

"It turns out it's Mr. Huang, I'm so respectful." Tong Shiqing's smile on his face became even brighter. After bowing to Tan Zong, he took out the silver note of ten taels of silver from his body and handed it to Tan Zong with both hands, "It's Tong's honor to be able to do things for the master. How can I accept the money from the master?"

"Main-in-chief, how can I break the rules in the prison?" Tan Zong knew the thoughts of these lower-level officials climbing up the branches, so he smiled and said to Tong Shiqing, "It's up to be a good idea to buy wine for the brothers."

"Then I thank Mr. Huang for your brothers." Tong Shiqing stopped insisting when he heard this. He smiled and took back the silver note, and sat on the stone beside him, seizing this rare opportunity to chat with Tan Zong and Gu Tianyi.

Because the government office blocked the news about "Hou Dehai", Tan Zong was not aware of the current situation of "Hou Dehai" and did not send anyone to inquire, because "Hou Dehai" was not his mission to Yangzhou, and someone would handle it.

Since Tan Zong and Gu Tianyi were ordered by the imperial envoy to come to the jury, Tong Shiqing didn't mind revealing some details about "Hou Dehai" to them first:

Because "Hou Dehai" was extremely stubborn in Piaoxiangyuan, in order to prevent him from biting his tongue and committing suicide, Tong Shiqing had to put a special small round bamboo tube into his mouth, pressing his upper and lower teeth, and crushing the food every day through the small round bamboo tube into his throat.

Lu Weimin once came to prison to interrogate "Hou Dehai" twice, but no matter how soft and hard he used, "Hou Dehai" kept his eyes closed and ignored him and looked determined to die.
Chapter completed!