As soon as the court discussion ended, he personally led hundreds of elite forbidden troops to the Shunde Hou Mansion, and surrounded the entire street where the Qian family was located, which frightened the surrounding people to run out in a hurry, and also surprised Sun Tu and others, who had been guarding in front of the Hou Mansion for half a day.

Things have come to this point, Sun Tu knows that he has no way out, and he can't be negligent in the slightest. Since he confirmed that all the roots were in the Hou Mansion of Shunde, he could not let any of them escape after hearing the news, so after explaining everything to Tong Guan last night and asking for his assistance, he took a group of brothers to guard the outside of the Hou Mansion, always keeping an eye on anyone who came in and out there, whether it was a house slave or a steward, as long as he went out, someone would follow him.

After staying up like this until noon, suddenly a large number of forbidden troops came from all sides and surrounded them with the entire Hou Mansion. It wasn't until he saw Tong Guan who was slowly coming by the horse that Sun Tufang breathed a sigh of relief, and hurriedly raised his hands to meet him: "Sun Tu, the head of the Xiaguan Kaifeng Mansion, see Tong Shuai." ”

After seeing Tong Guan nodding, the officers and soldiers who were blocking the way put away their swords, guns, bows and arrows, and let Sun Tu come to the front. A hint of approval flashed in Tong Guan's eyes, and then he spoke: "Qianli, have you been staying here?" Are you interested in accompanying the old man to meet the Marquis of Shunde? ”

These words made Sun Tu's spirit even more lifted, and he immediately hugged his fists and said: "I don't dare to ask for ears!" ”

"Then come in with me." Tong Guan said that he had turned over neatly and jumped off the horse. Don't look at him when he is over sixty years old, and even his hair is gray, but his movements are still nimble and no worse than when he was in his prime. After landing on the ground, with a shake of his hand, he threw the horsewhip to his relatives, and then under the escort of more than a dozen personal soldiers, he went to the Hou Mansion with the gate closed, and ordered to call the door.

In the Hou Mansion, Hou Qian Mo of Shunde, who had learned earlier that his property had been searched by the Kaifeng Mansion and had found out a lot of accurate news about the abducted women, had already turned pale with fright, covered with cold sweat, and was spinning around in the lobby, with only one sentence left in his mouth: "How is this a good ......?"

The Qian clan has been voting for the whole country since the founding of the Great Song Dynasty shortly after, and then they have been extremely deferential and low-key. Even if there was a sudden death of Qian Yu after returning from the banquet in the Taizong Dynasty, none of these descendants of the Qian family dared to have any complaints and dissatisfaction with the court.

The cowardice of nature, as well as the clarity of his identity, have made the royal children of the dignified Wu Yue Kingdom a group of existences that can only survive. They just want to be a stable and wealthy idle prince, and they have no other ideas. And now, once he knows that his family is actually related to some people in the gang with bad intentions, it scares the head of the family even more, and the prince of the court completely loses his senses.

At this time, after hearing the report from his subordinates that the entire mansion was surrounded by forbidden troops, Qian Mo was even more frightened and stumbled and fell to the ground. Fortunately, the steward on the side was quick to see him, so he helped him up: "Master Hou be careful." Tong Shumi was waiting outside the gate, and asked the Hou Ye to indicate whether to open the door and invite him to come in and speak. ”

"Of course, you quickly represent Ben Hou, no, Ben Hou will personally welcome him in." After Qian Mo calmed down for a while, he quickly broke free from the support and hurriedly ran out.

Soon, he came to the gate, ordered his subordinates to open the door, and bowed respectfully: "I don't know that the prince is coming, the little marquis has not come far to greet him, and I ask for forgiveness." "Hold your posture very low.

In the face of a dignified marquis who greeted him like this, Tong Guan didn't show much panic, but just smiled and arched his hand as a return salute, and then stepped forward to straighten Qian Mo, who had been bending over: "Hou Ye doesn't have to be like this, although this official is here today by order, but you are also a marquis of the court after all, if you are looked at by others, it will not be good for you and me." ”

"Yes, yes, Privy Tong is also invited to speak in the hall." Seeing that the other party's attitude was quite kind, Qian Mo calmed down a little, and quickly welcomed Tong Guan and Sun Tu and the others who were behind him.

Looking at this Marquis of Shunde, who was obviously panicked and couldn't even take care of his humility, Sun Tu could be sure that he should not know the inside story of this matter, because this Qian Hou did not have the courage to do anything to collude with Pink Swallow.

Sure enough, when they came to the lobby and sat down, Tong Guan said what he meant by order to come to accountability, Qian Mo almost knelt down and shouted: "Wronged." Tong Shumi, Xiaohou has always been cautious and low-key in the city of Tokyo, except for operating some industries, he hardly has too much intersection with outsiders, how dare he collude with any thief of Pink Swallow? There must be some misunderstanding in this......"

Tong Guan didn't answer, just turned his head and glanced at Sun Tu who was standing behind him, so of course he brought the other party into the Hou Mansion not just because he admired his approach, but because he wanted to use him.

Sun Tu understood, so he gave a salute and said: "Master Hou forgives the sin, as far as the official investigated before, the group of thieves in Pink Swallow does have a lot to do with the Hou Mansion in Shunde." Not only are most of the thieves of the Pink Swallow from the Jiangnan and Zhejiang clans, but the lower officials also got a carriage with the seal of the Hou Mansion from them. In addition, according to the several thieves who were captured before, they did follow the orders of someone in the Hou Mansion. Finally, last night, we found several captive women from the Miaoyue Pavilion under the name of the Hou Mansion, all of which proves that this matter is closely related to the Hou Mansion of Shunde. ”

To be honest, Sun Tu really admired the scheming of the people behind the scenes. He actually set up one of the most important dens in such a crowded green building, and he really knows that the more dangerous the place, the safer it is.

No wonder he led people to search everywhere but failed to find out the courtyard where Jin Yi and the abducted woman mentioned that they were hidden, it turned out that the place had always been under his nose. Some time ago, in order to find clues, Sun Tudu sent several groups of people to Miaoyue Pavilion to inquire. It's no wonder that Jin Yi and the others always mentioned that they could vaguely hear the sound of silk and bamboo before, I'm afraid it should be from the Qinglou on the side, or even from the Miaoyue Pavilion itself.

And these words fell into Qian Mo's ears, and every word made his face pale, and his body trembled slightly: "How is this possible? Then Miaoyue Pavilion is under the control of Qian Cong, how could he let people hide people in it? As he spoke, his gaze fell on the steward beside him, who had been lowering his eyebrows, full of doubts.

And Sun Tu and Tong Guan also stared at the man with suspicion. This is a man in his thirties who looks very ordinary. But after feeling the gaze of the three people rushing towards him, he suddenly straightened up his slightly bent waist, and at the same time, the spirit of the whole person suddenly changed, from an inconspicuous house slave to a dangerous person who exuded a powerful aura.

He didn't flinch in the slightest to look directly at Tong Guan and Sun Tu's eyes, and said loudly: "Yes, the leader of the Pink Swallow you have been looking for is my Qian Cong." It is precisely by relying on the Shunde Marquis Mansion that I can gather many depressed or dissatisfied people in the rivers and lakes in this Tokyo city to form the Pink Swallow!

"But the Hou Ye didn't know all this, and no one in the entire Hou Mansion knew my true identity. If you want to make a difference, do it, and I can tell you everything! ”

"This ...... Qian Cong, how could you ......" Qian Mo's face was full of surprise and disbelief. The confidant steward who has been trusted by his side for decades actually did such a big thing behind his back, which is too unexpected, and it also makes the fear in his heart more and more intense.

Qian Cong glanced at his master with some guilt, then knelt down, and kowtowed vigorously: "Master Hou, Qian Cong is forced to do all this out of desperation." Do you know that as early as more than ten years ago, our Hou Mansion was already unable to make ends meet, if it weren't for the small reckless risk to let the people of the Pink Swallow kidnap women and children to sell, I am afraid that the property in the name of the Hou Mansion will go bankrupt. ”

"What? This...... How is this possible? Qian Mo's face was full of surprise, obviously unable to accept such a fact.

"What kind of business in Tokyo doesn't need to be up and down, and you don't need to have a strong backer? Although our Shunde Hou Mansion is called the Hou Mansion by outsiders, how many officials actually put us in their eyes? Whether it is the Street Division or Kaifeng Mansion, there will be people who come to the door to ask for benefits under various names every month? If we don't feed these people, our shops will be in constant trouble, let alone open their doors to do business. Qian Cong said with a look of resentment: "The little ones who don't dare to let you know about such things, Master Hou, and they can't find the Yamen in Beijing to administer justice, so they can only think of other ways and go some side ways." ”

"So you're ...... Just create pink swallows in the capital and earn ill-gotten gains through them? Qian Mo stared at the steward in front of him and said in a trembling voice.

Qian Cong nodded: "The little one has been hiding from the Hou Ye, and he really shouldn't have done a lot of illegal things in order to get more benefits." As he spoke, he turned his head to Tong Guan again: "Tong Shumi, all this is a small thing, and it has nothing to do with my marquis, and he doesn't even know about it." If you want to settle the case, just take me down and hand me over, and you won't complain about killing me or cutting me......"

Qian Mo's eyes were full of sadness, but he was speechless. He was already cowardly, and now the case is so big that he doesn't dare to open his mouth to intercede for his housekeeper.

Tong Guan stared at Qian Cong for a while before he spoke: "I really can't imagine that the head of the Pink Swallow that makes the people of the capital talk about it is actually an inconspicuous slave of the Hou Mansion like you, which really opened the old man's eyes." Someone ...... coming."

Just as he was about to give the order to take someone, Sun Tu behind him suddenly put his head to his ear and whispered something. After listening to the words, Tong Guan's face sank again: "Qian Cong, you still have to hide it, saying, who else do you want to cover?" If you don't recruit from the truth, it will only harm the entire Shunde Hou Mansion! ”