"What about these from the Textile Bureau?" , Liu Ximing has not forgotten what Xun Bowen said, there are people in the Smelting Bureau and the Textile Bureau who have problems.

"The Textile Bureau is simple, after all, they are just country women, and under the sudden promotion, some greed has arisen in their hearts, and their subordinates have found out that the things they stole are mainly cotton yarn, and then sew clothes and bedding by themselves after taking them home, it is estimated that they are afraid, but they have not yet resold it."

"Good, good, good", Liu Xi laughed angrily, these people are really fucking talents, they all say that they are hard to peace, are they not good enough for them, and there are still people who use such methods.

Xun Bowen saw that Liu Ximing's face changed several times, and bowed down to persuade: "Young master doesn't have to be so angry, Sage Yun: When the water is clear, there are no fish, and there are many people in the family, it is inevitable that there will be various ideas, these are the norm." ”

"This is inappropriate", Liu Ximing waved his sleeves and said categorically: "This sentence is from the Book of Rites, and the last sentence is: 'Therefore, the gentleman comes to the people, not to be high, not to be far, Do not blame the people's ability', this is specifically referring to the words of governing the people, but the house supervisors in the family are not the same as the people, to say a big rebellious words, if you compare with the imperial court, how different are the houses and the six departments, how different are these supervisors and officials, the country has fallen to such a field today, it is not related to the collapse of its officials, it is because I think that the officials must seek clear water, otherwise the embankment of thousands of miles will collapse in the anthill, and it will not be able to save it in the future. ”

It was the first time Xun Bowen had heard this kind of rhetoric, and he couldn't help but be a little impressed by Liu Ximing, this master's understanding of the rule of officials was still quite insightful, but it was just ......

"Then what does the young master plan to do with it?"

Liu Ximing took a deep breath and calmed down, turned his head and asked Xun Bowen, "Do you think these people have anything to do with those thieves last night?" ”

"This, there shouldn't be any", Xun Bowen replied with some uncertainty, "During the interrogation last night, these people did not find out that other people were involved. ”

Liu Ximing nodded, "That's okay, don't make a noise about this matter first, and wait until tomorrow to catch the thief and then talk about this matter together." ”

"Yes, the young master has no other orders?" , Xun Bowen got up and asked.

Liu Ximing pondered for a while, and finally asked the question he was most concerned about, "Are the deacons and assistants in the family involved in these things?" ”

Xun Bowen paused for a moment, lowered his head and replied in a deep voice: "The subordinates didn't find out. ”

"Hmm", Liu Ximing nodded thoughtfully, smiled and said to Xun Bowen: "Since this is the case, then let's do this first, it's not early, and you should rest early." ”

"Yes, the subordinates retired."

Xun Bowen turned around and walked out of the door, and heard Liu Ximing say to Zhang Yuanlong from behind: "Yuanlong, the lights are too dim here, you go to the room to get more lamp oil." ”

Thinking of the content of Liu Ximing's question just now, the corners of Xun Bowen's mouth curled slightly, and the speed of his feet accelerated and hurriedly walked out of the Liu family's mansion, and went straight to the Qihang community.

Liujia Village was silent all night, but in the corner of the village that could not be seen, the Long Xiang Regiment was already preparing for the arrest operation the next night.

Mu Jingnan and Li Jingsi took a few Qu Commanders and team officers to take advantage of the night to carefully inspect all the tidal flats on the north and south sides of Liujia Village.

However, for defensive purposes, Liujia Village arranges for people to water the tidal flats on the north and south sides every day to ensure that they are in a muddy state, so there are not many places for ships to land.

Mu Jingnan and the others quickly marked all the four locations where they could land, and a group of people checked the surrounding terrain, trees, and other environments, and then returned to the camp to discuss tactical arrangements.

December 10, Liujia Village.

The people in the village suddenly found that the thieves who were originally tied to the center of the village were all gone, and the guards of the Longxiang Regiment who were originally deployed everywhere in the whole village were also withdrawn, leaving only people at the gate of the city to guard them, and no one was allowed to enter and exit at will.

Although the tense atmosphere in the village has subsided, the curiosity in the hearts of the people has become more intense, but no matter who came to inquire about the news, the directors of the houses in the village were all silent, making everyone a little confused.

This situation lasted until the night, and as the lights gradually went out, Liujia Village fell into silence again.

Liu Ximing was sitting in the square in the center of the village at the moment, surrounded by dozens of guards, there was no fire in the square, and a group of people were motionless in the darkness as if they were enchanted, only he kept rubbing his hands.

"Second brother, they're here."

In the middle of the night, Lu Xia entered the village through the west gate in the dark, and trotted all the way to the square to report it.

Liu Ximing stood up suddenly, and asked with some eagerness: "Which direction?" ”

"Coming from the south, I followed along the river for a while, and found that the boat had lit a small light, and it didn't stop along the way, so it must be the same people."

Lu Xia led the horse and told him what he saw on the road, Liu Ximing had no doubts, and came in the dark in the middle of the night, who else could there be besides those people.

If the thief leader was caught before, he had already confessed that they would join in the south, and Liu Ximing was just in case.

"Let's go, let's go to the south and have a look", the two men and horses of the Long Xiang Regiment had already squatted in the bushes in the south under the leadership of Mu Jingnan, and at this moment, seeing Liu Ximing bring people over, a group of people just nodded and counted as a response.

Hundreds of people waited silently in the dark for about two quarters of an hour, and finally saw a light floating on the river in the distance, Wei Jingguo, who was responsible for luring the enemy, immediately lit the torch in his hand, waved it three times to the left and right as agreed, and then three times to the front and back, and then directly extinguished.

The boat on the river in a moment

It seemed to stop, and there was a "plop" sound in the distance, which should have put down a small boat.

Shao Derong personally led the third song to ambush less than 50 meters from the shore, and they were all wearing hooded cloaks that Liu Ximing called tactical camouflage, the whole was sewn with cyan cloth, and the outside was covered with leaves and other things, even in the daytime, as long as they did not get close and observe carefully, it was difficult for ordinary people to find them.

Hearing the sound of water, Shao Derong pulled the sleeves of the two tun chiefs next to him, tiptoed towards the shore, and all the soldiers in the third song also began to follow forward under the one-on-one drive.

After a while, the small boat that had been laid down on the river docked on the tidal flat, and the two men on board waded through the mud and walked to the shore, and before they could meet, one of the tall men asked in a low voice.

"Did you get it, what about the rest of you?"

"Shhhhhh ”

There were indeed a few lights and shadows dangling on the shore in the distance, and the two of them couldn't help but shrink their necks when they saw it, and slowed down their pace and walked towards Wei Jingguo's side.

"Stuff ......"

"Hands-on"

Shao Derong relied on the lack of lights, and had already led someone to touch Wei Jingguo's side, seeing that the two of them had walked a few feet away, before they could finish asking, he let out a low shout, kicked his feet violently, and pounced towards the tall man who was in front of him.

Seeing this, Wei Jingguo ran forward two steps quickly, and his right hand suddenly stuck the neck of the short man next to him, and took it to the ground.

Before the man could struggle, all the soldiers of the third song pounced, and a group of people covered their mouths and pressed their legs, pressing the two people tightly to the ground and unable to move.

"Hmm, hmm, hmm"

Before the two of them could react, they were attacked by a sneak attack, and they could only keep squeaking and trying to make a sound to warn the boats on the river.

"Smack"

Wei Jingguo smashed a big fist directly into the short man's face, beating him to the point that his eyes were full of stars and his nose was bleeding.

"Be honest", this person was stunned all of a sudden, and Shao Derong immediately did the same, and beat the tall man with a few punches.

At this time, several soldiers of the Longxiang Regiment stepped forward to gag the mouths of the two men with cloth, and at the same time, with the help of others, they took off their clothes and put them on.

The tall man watched the men walk towards the boat on the beach in his own clothes, and he was so anxious that he wanted to make a sound warning, but in the end it only caused a flurry of punches.

"The other ships are ready, right?"

Liu Ximing stayed behind and saw that there was only a black shadow left on the shore, knowing that Shao Derong and Wei Jingguo had caught the thief, he gently exhaled a breath of turbid air in his chest, and began to care about the layout of the dock.