It was the third watch of the night, Lu Jing and Daiyu had already fallen asleep, and they were suddenly awakened by a rapid knock on the door.

After Lu Jing comforted Daiyu, he got up in his clothes, opened the door and saw that it was Zijuan, and hurriedly asked, "What's the matter?" ”

"Mrs. Zhang said outside, the chief steward has something important to report to the master!" Zijuan said anxiously, his clothes were a little untidy, and he was obviously woken up in a hurry.

After hearing this, Lu Jing instantly understood, presumably it was Xungui's side that made a move, and he was busy and quickly dressed neatly.

Seeing this, Daiyu also wanted to get up, but Lu Jing hurriedly pressed Daiyu down and let her continue to rest.

After Daiyu lay down, she asked with a somewhat uneasy expression, "Husband, what happened?" ”

Lu Jing said comfortingly: "Madame, don't worry, it may be that something happened to the Zhaoxin Bureau, I'll go and see if I'll go back, you have a good rest, wait for me to come back!" ”

"Well, husband, come back quickly!" Daiyu forcibly concealed her worries and replied softly.

Lu Jing nodded, kissed Daiyu lightly on the forehead, and left in a hurry.

Seeing Lu Jing's figure go away, Lin Daiyu had no intention of sleeping, and kept thinking about what happened in her heart, making her husband who had always been calm so hurried.

Worried, Daiyu sat up in her clothes, lit a silver candle, pushed the window and sat quietly, looking at the bright moon hanging high, sleepless all night.

Lu Jing came to the second gate and saw Lu Zheng, Chen Ji, and Wu Ze waiting outside the hanging flower gate.

When Lu Zheng saw Lu Jing coming out, he hurriedly introduced the people sent by Zhou Kun and said, "Lord Zhou sent someone to find the master, and the villain has prepared the carriage!" ”

Lu Jing nodded, and when he saw that the person who came looked anxious, he said, "Let's talk while walking!" ”

On the way, Lu Jing learned about the specific situation, and at the end of the watch, Zhou Kun found that Han Qi had brought people into Yang's house, so he paid attention, and wanted to wait to see if a few people from Niu Yuan were present, if not, he planned to start the third watch and arrest Han Qi and others.

Unexpectedly, before waiting for Niu Yuan and a few people, he learned from Chen Ke that Jiang An and Liu Zhi had been assassinated one after another.

Zhou Kun suddenly realized that Han Qi was killing people at this time, I am afraid that he was aware of the abnormality, and he wanted to clean up the whole thing, worried that Han Qi and others would destroy the evidence, and while sending someone to inform Lu Jing and Huang Yongzhong, he led people to the Yang Mansion quickly.

Lu Jing walked to Houya Street in Dongcheng and happened to meet Huang Yongzhong and his party who were walking quickly.

As soon as Huang Yongzhong saw Lu Jing, he hurriedly said: "The situation on Lord Zhou's side is very bad, just now he sent someone to ask me for help, we need to support Lord Zhou as soon as possible." ”

Lu Jing hurriedly asked what happened, and Huang Yongzhong briefly told Lu Jing what happened after Zhou Kun arrived at Yang's house.

After Zhou Kun led people to the Yang Mansion, he didn't care about waiting for Lu Jing and a few people to arrive, so he opened the gate with a trick and immediately ordered the arrest of everyone in the mansion.

Han Qi and the others did not sit still, and immediately organized a confrontation, and the personnel on both sides immediately fought.

Zhou Kun came in a hurry, his troops were insufficient, and he was gradually forced out of the door, and the two sides started a fierce battle on Dongshi Street.

The sound of their fighting alarmed the soldiers patrolling nearby, and those soldiers immediately released the signal and summoned men to stop both sides.

When the three parties were entangled, the commander of the Dongcheng Soldiers and Horses Division made Gu Xuan arrive with his troops, immediately surrounded the two sides, and brought everyone back to the Yamen without asking whether they were right or wrong.

Zhou Kun naturally refused, Gu Xuan was the son-in-law of the Zhenguo Mansion, and he would inevitably help Han Qi destroy the evidence, so he identified himself and stated that he was ordered to investigate the case, and no one else retreated.

On the one hand, Han Qi accused Zhou Kun of breaking into a private house with a weapon, causing a conflict, and on the other hand, he asked Zhou Kun to show the holy decree.

Zhou Kun has no holy decree, he can only say that he is acting in accordance with the holy commandment.

Gu Xuan saw that Zhou Kun couldn't get the holy decree, and he was more confident, so he asked both sides to disarm and return to the yamen with him, waiting for tomorrow to be enlightened before making a decision.

Zhou Kun refused to do so, and while sending people to Huang Yongzhong for help, he used words to delay time.

After hearing this, Lu Jing knew that the other party had obviously been prepared, and now the best time has passed, and the longer it drags on, the more unfavorable it will be for his side, I am afraid that the evidence in it has been destroyed at this moment, if the key evidence cannot be found, not only will this operation be in vain, but it will also be difficult to explain tonight's behavior, and he will face the reproach of the other party, and he will be a little worried for a while.

After thinking for a while, Lu Jing said, "Xiaguan has a plan or a try. ”

Huang Yongzhong also knew that the situation in front of him was unfavorable to his side, and he was anxious, and when he heard this, he hurriedly asked what to do.

Lu Jing said in a deep voice: "At the moment, we only have two ways to divide the troops, the adult will bring people to support Lord Zhou, and make a fuss to attract the attention of the other party, and the lower official will lead people to attack from the back door and take the opportunity to search for evidence." ”

Huang Yongzhong thought for a moment and agreed, and instructed with a solemn expression: "Don't worry, this official will buy you enough time." ”

After speaking, let Guo Shun pick the best ten people to follow Lu Jing, and let Guo Shun obey Lu Jing's orders.

Lu Jing took people to make a detour to Dongzhao Street, and after quietly solving the patrol soldiers scattered around, he did not approach the back door, but sent Wu Ze to check the situation.

After a while, Wu Ze returned and said: "The back door of the house is closed, there are five people in the household department guarding there, and there are guards in the wall who rely on bows and crossbows to defend, and those few people in the household department are not strong enough to attack at all, and there are seven patrol soldiers guarding there to prevent them from acting." ”

After Lu Jing heard this, he immediately ordered Guo Shun to take a few people to get rid of those soldiers.

Guo Shun took the five people to get close quietly, and while the patrol soldiers were unprepared, he quietly eliminated a few people.

Lu Jing instructed the five people of the household department: "You continue to attack and attract the attention of the enemy inside the wall. ”

After the five people received the order, they immediately approached the back door, during which they deliberately made some noises, only to hear the sound of bows and arrows swishing inside and outside the wall, shooting at the five people, and the five people flexibly dodged, gritting their teeth and continuing to advance.

Lu Jing instructed Wu Ze, Chen Ji, and Guo Shun to choose an opportunity to infiltrate and eliminate the guards inside the wall.

About half an hour, the sound of bows and arrows stopped, the door quietly opened, and Lu Jing hurriedly led people to the back door.

Wu Ze leaned over and whispered: "My lord, there are six people in total, and all of them have been solved!" ”

Lu Jing immediately ordered the five people of the household department to continue to guard the door, and then quietly sneaked in with the others.

After entering the backyard and eliminating the patrol officers, Lu Jing did not rush forward, but sent Wu Ze, Chen Ji, and Guo Shun to find out the enemy's situation.

After a while, the three of them returned in turn, and reported the situation in three directions, and now most of the people left behind in the inner house are some maids and craftsmen, all concentrated in the Jimo Hall in the inner courtyard, and Yang Hong is destroying the printing machine there.

Lu Jing immediately set off with his people, constantly eliminated the inspectors all the way, quietly rushed there, and then suddenly launched a surprise attack.

Yang Hong was unprepared, coupled with a lack of manpower, it was difficult to resist, and he was taken down by Guo Shun and others in a moment.

Lu Jing had all the inconsequential people knocked unconscious, and then began to search for evidence, during which he found a large area of ashes, knew that the fake treasury bond had been burned, and now needed to find the engraved copper plate and those seals.

After several fruitless searches, Lu Jing was a little anxious, now that time was pressing, a few of his people went deep behind enemy lines, and they could be discovered at any time, so they couldn't search like this, so they asked people to take off the cloth plug in Yang Hong's mouth and interrogate him.

Yang Hong sneered: "The old man doesn't understand what you are talking about, you should let go of the old man quickly, otherwise no matter what position you are in or who is behind it, the old man will definitely let you go around without eating." ”

Regarding Yang Hong's threat, Lu Jing laughed at it, stared at his eyes tightly and said, "I guess you didn't destroy those copperplate seals, otherwise you wouldn't have risked stopping us and not letting us come in and search!" ”

Yang Hong's eyes shrank when he heard this, and he said sharply: "Joke, you broke into the old man's house for no reason, why did the old man let you search." ”

Although Yang Hong concealed it well, the change in his eyes at that moment did not escape Lu Jing's eyes.

Lu Jing's heart suddenly felt relaxed, as long as it wasn't destroyed, so he continued to play psychological warfare, and said with a smile: "Let me continue to guess, where did you hide the copperplate seal, should it be thrown into the well in the backyard?" ”

After finishing speaking, seeing that Yang Hong's expression remained unchanged, and he even disdained to take care of himself, Lu Jing smiled and said: "It seems that it is not there, that is, it is dug and buried?" ”

Seeing that Yang Hong just snorted coldly, Lu Jing shook his head and smiled: "It seems that I guessed wrong again, but don't worry, we are all a little patient, since it is not these two places, which secret compartment is hidden in the room?" ”

Guo Shun saw Lu Jing and Yang Hongduan talking nonsense, and was secretly anxious in his heart, the current situation was critical, and he should be interrogated with heavy punishment as soon as possible, and he opened his mouth several times to take the initiative to ask for his life and interrogate Yang Hong in person, but thinking of Huang Yongzhong's order, he did not interrupt Lu Jing in the end.

Yang Hong secretly despised Lu Jing when he saw that Lu Jing wanted to get the answer from himself, but he was happy to cooperate with Lu Jing to delay time, so that Han Qi and the others could notice the situation in the backyard and rescue himself and the others.

After Lu Jing guessed more than a dozen places in a row, he saw that Yang Hong's face gradually showed a look of contempt, and suddenly smiled: "I guess those few things are no longer in this mansion." ”

Yang Hong's expression changed instantly after hearing this, although he immediately returned to normal, but it did not escape Lu Jing's eyes.

Yang Hong secretly said badly, trying to cover it up: "Hmph, don't waste your time here with the old man, the old man won't say anything, don't think about anything, the old man has remembered your appearance, this matter will not be closed so easily, the old man will definitely make you pay." ”

Lu Jing looked at Yang Hong's fierce appearance, and a smile suddenly appeared on his face, making sure that those copper plates were no longer in the mansion, so it was on Han Qi's people, and after casually asking a few questions, while Yang Hong was unprepared, he suddenly asked, "Is it on Han Qi?" ”

After Yang Hong heard this, his pupils suddenly shrank, and he looked at Lu Jing in horror, trying to bite his tongue and commit suicide.

Chen Ji's eyes were quick, and he immediately removed Yang Hong's chin.

Yang Hong attempted suicide, his mouth kept squeaking and roaring, his heart was both panicked and hateful, and he kept scolding Han Qi for being arrogant, when Zhou Kun suddenly killed, Han Qi was worried that it would be too late to destroy, so he privately decided to take those things away by him and lead people to kill them, if they were handed over to himself earlier, those things would have been destroyed long ago.

Lu Jing saw Yang Hong looking at him pleadingly, and said something indistinctly, so he asked, "What is he talking about?" ”

"He said to kill the old man quickly, let us kill him quickly!" Guo Shun hurriedly replied, looking at Lu Jing with a complicated expression, today is an eye-opener, I didn't expect that there is such a bloodless interrogation method, I feel that Lu Jing is too terrible, killing people without a knife at all, all with a tongue can make people want to kill themselves, and secretly decided in his heart to talk to those literati as little as possible in the future.

Lu Jing shook his head after hearing this, it was not so easy to die, and now that he had got a definite answer, he asked Guo Shun to knock Yang Hong unconscious, take him and those craftsmen away, and withdraw from the mansion.