boyutpedia Chapter 546 Cui Liang Bribery
Chapter 546 Cui Liang Bribery
"What about Cunxi?"
"He plans to open up the gap directly from the counties that are short of salt, so I have no choice but to come here to take charge."
Wu Yanhao yawned and began to look forward to today's dinner.
He has become accustomed to working separately from Li Cunxi, and he quite enjoys the feeling of taking over Li Cunxi's position and acting in a powerful manner.
Soon the food was served. Wu Yanhao picked up his chopsticks and was about to start eating when he suddenly remembered something. He turned his head and looked at a closed door behind him.
"There is no need for the leader to be so devoted to his duties. I will not be in any danger here."
"I don't think those idiots would dare to sneak onto the ship and cause trouble for me. I should feel more at ease."
The door was opened, and the demon spirit, who looked like an ordinary person, swam out on his back, came to Wu Yanhao's side, and sat down.
"I'm just hungry, so I won't be polite, Wu Shaoyin. These are not enough for me to eat. Ask the kitchen to bring up some more."
The demon spirit reached out and grabbed a duck leg, chewing it in big mouthfuls.
"How long will we be on the boat?"
"About ten days or half a month, or maybe not too long. We are here to give them the illusion that Li Cunxi is on the ship."
As the sky gradually darkened, two figures accompanied by guards came to the outside of the official ship. They did not climb the ladder to board the ship, but bowed from a distance.
Under the moonlight, the leader's face resembled the prince's, which was extremely distracting.
This person was none other than Cui Liang, the governor of Yangzhou, and the person behind him was Wu Wendeng, the chief secretary of Yangzhou.
"He who comes is stopped."
Zhang Huan and Li Lang, the leaders of the Qianniu Guard, stood in front holding iron rods with cold expressions.
Yangzhou Governor Cui Liang bowed and said:
"I am Cui Liang, the governor of Yangzhou, and I, along with my chief secretary Wu Wendeng, have come to pay my respects to His Royal Highness the Duke of Qin."
"We are in Yangzhou and have admired His Royal Highness Duke Qin for a long time. We have not had the chance to meet him, and we feel that this is unfortunate. Today, we want to meet His Royal Highness Duke Qin."
"I hope the general will give me some face and make a suggestion to the governor of Henan Province so that we can see the glory."
Zhang Huan and Li Lang looked at each other, and Li Lang put away the iron rod, turned around, walked up the boarding ladder, stepped onto the deck, and went into the ship's building to report.
However, Li Lang's departure was like a drop in the ocean, and he has not come out for a long time.
The Yangzhou governor Cui Liang and the chief secretary Wu Wendeng were extremely panicked, not knowing what those big shots were trying to do.
In fact, neither of them was willing to come, but they didn't see Li Cunxi or even Wu Yanhao during the day, and only saw Mi Qing, so they felt uneasy.
In the afternoon they went to see Yuan Qi. According to Yuan Qi's suggestion, the two came here just to see Li Cunxi.
Even if he couldn't meet Li Cunxi, as long as he could meet Henan Prefecture Shao Yin Wu Yanhao with a shameless face, that would be enough.
As long as one of these two people is there, it can be guaranteed that both of them will be there.
The reason is, of course, that these two are inseparable, they are good brothers.
As the two were anxiously waiting, Li Lang came back with an iron rod in his hand, staring at Cui Liang with dead fish eyes.
"Several adults have said they don't want to see him."
Cui Liang breathed a sigh of relief and thought that this was indeed Li Cunxi's temper.
But they have heard that Duke Qin and Governor of Henan Li Cunxi only plays with people who are on his side. If someone who is not on his side tries to get close to him, he will be rejected.
This is Long Feng, the deputy leader of the Iron Hand Group. He spent nearly a thousand taels of silver and had someone come all the way from Luozhou to inquire about him.
How could such confidential information be wrong?
Sure enough, this reply was obviously said by Li Cunxi.
Wu Wendeng behind him suddenly took a step forward, as if he would not give up until he saw Li Cunxi.
"General, please..."
"The master has said that he doesn't want to see you, so why are you still clinging here like a dog-skin plaster? Why don't you get out of here right now?"
Li Lang was arrogant and didn't take Wu Wendeng seriously at all.
After all, he was the chief secretary of a state, and he should be angry no matter how badly he was scolded by a mere captain of the Qianniu Guards.
However, Wu Wendeng just looked at Li Lang deeply, then quickly bowed, took out some gold from his sleeves, and stuffed it into the hands of Zhang Huan and Li Lang one by one.
"What are you doing?"
Zhang Huan spoke sternly, his eyes wide open.
Wu Wendeng saw that Zhang Huan had already put the gold in his arms, but he still said this, and he felt a little embarrassed.
"We have traveled extensively with His Royal Highness Duke Qin, and have seen all kinds of scenes. And you are giving us this as a gift?"
Li Lang stood aside and said without hesitation.
Wu Wendeng was stunned for a moment, then he immediately understood what was going on. He quickly took out the remaining gold from his pocket and stuffed it all into Zhang Huan and Li Lang.
Zhang Huan and Li Lang naturally accepted everything, but even after accepting it, they still didn't show any good face to these two corrupt officials.
Cui Liang noticed the expressions of the two military leaders and felt that they had not bribed enough.
After thinking it over again and again, Cui Liang took off the gold rings and jade rings on his fingers, the gold bracelets on his wrists, the gold necklace around his neck, the expensive jade pendant around his waist, and the gold belt around his waist and put them aside.
Wu Wendeng followed suit and took out all the valuables from his body and put them aside.
"Hurry up, you idiots, and put down all the valuables on you!"
"Ah, what are you all doing here? Bring your gifts to the two generals and the soldiers, and buy them some wine."
"Damn you idiots, waiting for me to remind you."
Wu Wendeng reminded the followers who followed them to quickly take off all the valuables on them.
In just a cup of tea, a lot of gold and silver jewelry and valuables were piled up on the open space nearby.
Zhang Huan and Li Lang took a deep look and formed a new impression of these dog officials in Yangzhou.
So fucking rich! If these damn officials don't spend money to honor the military commander, they deserve to be damned.
Even though they were somewhat envious of the wealth, Zhang Huan and Li Lang still retracted their gazes and concealed that hint of greed.
Cui Liang, the governor of Yangzhou, who was facing the two men, caught the greed in Zhang Huan and Li Lang's eyes, stood up straight and bowed to Zhang Huan and Li Lang.
"Two generals, two generals."
"This is just a small gift. Please accept it, Generals."
"I really want to make progress, so I want to meet the respected Duke Qin."
"I would also like to ask the two generals to say a few good words for us in front of His Royal Highness Duke Qin. Regardless of whether I can meet His Royal Highness Duke Qin or not, I will give the two generals a generous thank-you gift."
The greed in Zhang Huan and Li Lang's eyes became more and more intense. They looked at each other and nodded in tacit understanding.
In Cui Liang's view, this action meant that the two had taken the bait.
As he wished, Zhang Huan turned around and said:
"Sir Governor, come here with Sir Chief Secretary tomorrow at 9:00 p.m. We have a way to let Sir Governor meet one of the Lords."
"But we can't guarantee which adult it is."