Chapter 334

And these officials had all more or less participated in the tax silver corruption incident.

"Hey, have you heard?"

"I heard that among those corrupt officials, quite a few are from the Confucian School."

A rough man drinking small wine sat by the wine table and said to his companion.

These people, all their lives, could not stand those scholars.

On weekdays, they were arrogant and looked down on these people.

Now it seems they have angered His Majesty, and finally, they can properly kill their prestige.

"Brother, did you hear wrong? Confucian School?"

The companion on the side seemed to ask somewhat incredulously.

These few brothers seemed to be here specifically to drink in the tavern, and there were two plates of side dishes on the table.

Taking a bite of the side dish, the expression on his face simply could not be hidden.

Excitement and pride hung on the face of the person before.

15 "How could I lie to you, brother?"

"You don't know."

"I heard that their Confucian School is good at using that set of talk to fool people."

"This time, among the several corrupt officials killed, all are students who joined the Confucian School."

A look of pride appeared on that person's face.

"Where did this villain come from, talking nonsense here."

A person dressed as a scholar seemed to pass by the tavern, heard this person's words, walked in directly, and scolded him.

This table of people were all ordinary people struggling at the bottom of life.

Scholars naturally had a higher status than them; when these people saw the scholar come in, awkward expressions appeared on their faces.

But the disdain and arrogance in the scholar's eyes seemed to sting the eyes of one of them.

"Did I say wrong?"

"I heard that among those killed recently, quite a few are disciples of your Confucian School."

"My Dawei Escort Agency has traveled north and south for so many years; what kind of ways haven't I heard?"

That person stood up directly, his barbaric temperament released, making the scholar involuntarily step back.

"Stop talking nonsense."

"The Confucian School does things according to its own plans."

A tide of red color slowly appeared on the scholar's face, seeming to be angered by the big man's tone.

"Pah!"

"I haven't read that many books, but I also know what things should be taken and what things should not be taken."

"That silver was specifically sent for those people to use."

The big man directly spat with disdain.

The noise here seemed to attract the attention of some people around, and some people gathered around one after another.

"It's just groundless news."

"His Majesty hasn't spoken yet, how do you know the truth of this news?"

A flash of firm light flashed in the scholar's eyes.

As long as this matter had not been certified by His Majesty, everything was false news.

"Is this person stupid? The news has long spread throughout the entire Xianyang City."

The people at the wine table looked at each other, and immediately mocking expressions appeared on their faces.

And the scholar obviously also saw the expressions on everyone's faces, and his entire face was immediately flushed red.

"Barbaric person, I won't lower myself to your level."

After speaking, he flicked his robe and turned directly out of the tavern.

But as he left, the rumor that Confucian disciples were unreasonable immediately spread out.

By the time this matter reached Fu Nian's ears, the entire Xianyang City had long spread it.

When Fu Nian learned this news, his complexion changed greatly immediately.

A flash of incredulity flashed in his eyes.

He simply had not let anyone touch this disaster relief silver.

Ever since His Majesty raised this silver, he had already realized that this silver was the top priority.

When the silver was sent over, he even told those people not to touch this matter.

How could most of the corrupt officials be people from their Confucian School.

"Someone, call Zhang Liang over for me."

Fu Nian immediately raised his head and said to the servant beside him.

Because Zhang Liang was unwell, he had been recuperating in his room during this time.

When the servant walked into the room, Zhang Liang was practicing calligraphy.

"Young Master, the Master invites you."

Zhang Liang stopped the pen in his hand, and the ink dripped on the paper, and a good masterpiece was ruined.

But he did not even look at the words he wrote, but put down the pen and turned to walk outside.

"Senior Brother, has something major happened?"

Generally, for some small things, Fu Nian would come over personally.

This time Fu Nian was so hurried, calling him over, obviously something major had happened.

"Do you know that in the Northwest, many of our disciples have been implicated."

Fu Nian had a heavy expression on his face.

"How did this happen?"

A flash of incredulity also appeared on Zhang Liang's face.

He clearly remembered that the Senior Brother had already reminded those people not to touch this silver.

Why would such a thing still happen?

"This is the key to why I called you here."

"For these people, others I dare not be sure, but Wang Chongming I can still be sure of."

"He would absolutely not touch this silver."

"But now Wang Chongming's name has also appeared on the list; this matter obviously has something strange."

Fu Nian furrowed his brows and said.

A serious expression also appeared on Zhang Liang's face.

"Zhang Han will not easily let go of those corrupt officials."

"I remember Wang Chongming was assigned to Longxi County; have other officials in Longxi County appeared on it?"

Zhang Liang furrowed his brows and asked.

"Did not appear."

Long before hearing the rumors, Fu Nian immediately had people probe this list.

Having obtained the answer, Zhang Liang fell into silence.

The whole matter looked exceptionally weird.

"Senior Brother, I am prepared to go to the Northwest personally to find out the truth."

"This matter can be big or small, and it has already implicated the reputation of our entire Confucian School."

"If this matter continues to ferment, I am afraid more things will happen later."

Zhang Liang furrowed his brows and said.

He had felt a feeling of a storm coming before.

But that was just a shallow feeling; now his feeling deepened suddenly.

It was like a large net appearing above his head.

He felt that he was wrapped in it by someone.

"Even if you can find out the truth, so what?"

"Since Wang Chongming's name has already appeared on the list, then Zhang Han must not have let him go."