Shen Lian heard the report that Lin Yuan was here, and it was a little strange, why did he have to say it now when it was so late? Inviting Lin Yuan to the study, Shen Lian saw that Lin Yuan's eyes were bright and scary, and asked, "What's the urgency of the Yasukuni Duke so late?" ”

"You can take a look at this first." Lin Yuan handed the letter to Shen Lian, took the letter with some doubts, Shen Lian looked at it carefully, and Lin Yuan sat aside and waited. Shen Lian finished reading the letter, and suddenly laughed: "Haha, it's really like heaven's help." ”

"Lord Shen, can you still sleep right now?" Lin Yuan asked with a smile.

"How are you sleeping, you have to hurry up and plan well, by the way, where did this thing come from?" Shen Lian was a little curious, this list was too detailed, including the time to do things.

"Sent from Yangzhou tonight, the Zhang family said that it was made by someone from the 'photo studio'." Lin Yuan said.

"The Zhang family? Zhang Yao? Shen Lian thought for a while, and seeing Lin Yuan nodding, Shen Lian asked again: "How could the 'photo studio' find you?" ”

"The day before yesterday, someone sneaked up on the stronghold of the 'photo studio' in Yangzhou, with heavy casualties, Liu Qingshui found out that it was related to the Xue family, it seems that the Xue family is going to cut off the disaster, but I don't know which side of the hand moved, and the family can't tolerate him, so naturally I can only look for me." Lin Yuan said.

"The 'photo studio' is a bit troublesome, but they are still needed at the moment, let's talk about this later." Shen Lian thought for a while and said.

"This matter is decided by the emperor, and our top priority now is how to make good use of this list." Lin Yuan reminded.

"It's good to arrest people, what else can I do?" Shen Lian was a little strange, Lin Yuan shook his head when he heard this, and said: "Lord Shen, think about it, how much you can catch according to the list, not to mention how effective you are in doing this, you have such a strong purpose that you can't scare everyone to death?" ”

"So what else can I do?" Shen Lian wondered.

"It's not just the two of us, I still have to find a few people, this fire is too boring to burn in Yangzhou and Zhenjiang alone." Lin Yuan sneered. Shen Lian felt that something was wrong, what was this Yasukuni Gong going to do?

"So what are we going to do right now?" Shen Lian asked.

"Go to Yangzhou, find a few people first." Lin Yuan got up and said, seeing that Lin Yuan meant to rush overnight, Shen Lian didn't dare to think about it, and hurriedly said, "Wait, let's go together." That night, Lin Yuan and Shen Lian rushed to Yangzhou City overnight.

Early the next morning, Liang Gu came to the mansion slowly, and stayed in Chunyuan Tower for one night last night, thinking of last night's events, Liang Gu smiled again.

"Liang catches the head." A voice came from behind Liang Gu, Liang Gu's face instantly pulled down, looked back at the face he didn't want to see the most, and said lightly: "It turned out to be Ling Zhutou, good morning." ”

Zhenjiang Mansion has a total of 120 people arrested by the government, responsible for the security of the five counties of Zhenjiang Mansion, except for the one in front of him, the entire Zhenjiang Mansion is a person arranged by the Xue family, and he is the head of the three head catchers, but this surnamed Ling does not deal with himself, he has always only listened to Shen Lian's words, if it was in the past, this person would have been killed by himself.

After saying hello, Liang Gu was about to leave, but suddenly thought that something was wrong, this Ling Yun had never left Shen Lian's side, why was he here alone today? Turning around, Liang Gu looked at Ling Yun and asked, "What about Lord Shen?" ”

"Oh, Lord Shen has visited Weifu, and he said that it is inconvenient to take me with him. I didn't follow. Ling Yun said.

Liang Gu was puzzled: "Visit? What did you do? ”

"I said I was looking at the resettlement of the victims. Liang Zhutou knows, I have been in charge of this matter, and Lord Shen asked me to avoid suspicion. Ling Yun said with a smile.

Liang Gu looked at Ling Yun's smiling face, snorted coldly and turned to leave, this Shen Lian is really troublesome, he does his best every day, and he doesn't know what Young Master Xue is afraid of him for.

Yangzhou Mansion, Ye Tao and Yin Shidao have been stationed outside the city, and in the evening, they suddenly received news from the city that there was something important to discuss, and the two came to Yang Tai's Mansion together. The two of them had been sitting for two hours now. Glancing at Huang Xuan and Yang Tai opposite, Ye Tao asked, "Lord Yang, why are you in such a hurry, and you have to wait for so long?" ”

Yang Tai smiled bitterly, he also received the news temporarily, Zhenjiang's carrier pigeons came quickly, saying that Jingguo Gong and Shen Lian entered the city tonight, and there was something important to talk about, and a few of them were named.

"It's the meaning of the Yasukuni Gong, thinking that it is time to enter the city." Huang Xuan said, Ye Tao stopped talking after hearing it, although Yangzhou is not far from Zhenjiang, but it will take a day to get there tonight, which means that Lin Yuan set off last night, it is not a big deal, and he will not be in such a hurry.

There was a knock on the door, and Yang Tai's butler walked in to report: "My lord, Yasukuni Gong is here." Sideways to get out of the way, Lin Yuan and Shen Lian walked in, followed by two people. Taking off his cloak, Lin Yuan walked to the brazier and roasted his hands, and said with a smile: "I've been waiting for a long time." ”

Yang Tai looked at the two people who came in, one of whom he knew, was the former Yangzhou Xuezheng Zhang Yao, but the latter one was a little blind.

"It's too cold this day, Yasukuni Gong will speak slowly first." Ye Tao said.

Lin Yuan nodded, motioned for Zhang Yao and Liu Qingshui to come over, pointed to the two and introduced: "Master Zhang, you must all know, I won't talk about it, this is Liu Qingshui Liu's shopkeeper, and he is the coach of the 'photo studio'." ”

Hearing that Liu Qingshui was a person from the 'photo studio', Ye Tao and the others frowned, and Yin Shidao even touched his hand to the hilt of the knife, Lin Yuan saw this, and said with a smile: "Relax, your own people." ”

Liu Qingshui's eyes lit up, and then he saluted Yang Tai and the others, "I've seen all the adults." ”

Motioning for everyone to sit down, Lin Yuan glanced at Shen Lian, saw that the other party nodded, and said with a light cough: "I'm really embarrassed to call a few adults so late, but at the moment, this matter is relatively big, and you need to have an idea." ”

"But it doesn't hurt to say that it's okay, we can understand." Huang Xuan said that he had already received a secret order, and this time the court and the central government of Jiangsu and Zhejiang wanted to cooperate with Lin Yuan, but since Lin Yuan went south, there has been no movement, and he has been staying in Zhenjiang Mansion.

Lin Yuan nodded and said, "Lord Yang, I think I already know that something happened to a Zhuangzi outside Yangzhou City." ”

Yang Tai nodded when he heard this, and Lin Yuan continued: "That is the hand of the Xue family. Yang Tai was stunned and frowned: "What evidence does Yasukuni have for the Duke of Yasukuni?" ”

"The evidence is Shopkeeper Liu, he escaped with great effort." Yang Tai looked at the Liu Qingshui that Lin Yuan said, saw him nodding, and asked again, "For what?" ”

"Because I have done too many things for the Xue family and know more, I naturally want to kill myself." Liu Qingshui smiled bitterly.

"It's the Xue family's old immortal style." Ye Tao sneered.

"Yasukuni Gong is here for this?" Huang Xuan asked.

Lin Yuan shook his head and said, "Shopkeeper Liu handed over the next list, I want to hear your opinions, but there is one point, as long as the people above miss one in the future, don't blame me for being ruthless." ”

Everyone glanced at each other, Ye Tao Yin Shidao and Huang Xuan were nothing, they were originally from the imperial court, it was rare to be Yang Tai, Lin Yuan stared at Yang Tai at this time, seeing that he was a little hesitant, Lin Yuan smiled and said, "Lord Yang, what are you thinking?" ”

Yang Tai knows that this is forcing himself to make a statement, the good man is not so good, he has been torn between the family and the court over the years, saying that it is good to call the left and right, but who can know, both sides wish he died early.

After weighing it, Yang Tai gritted his teeth and said: "Eat the king, be loyal to the king." The lower officials are still officials of the imperial court, not officials of the family. This is a statement, Lin Yuan nodded with satisfaction, without Yang Tai, the governor of Jiangsu and Zhejiang, what he wants to do is always a little unjust. If this is the case, he does not recommend waiting for a few days for the court to change to an obedient one.

Yang Tai didn't know Lin Yuan's plan yet, but he chose the right one depending on the situation. Lin Yuan said with a smile: "Lord Yang is serious. Then he handed the letter to the people and said, "Look at it first, and say what you think." ”

Zhang Yao had already read this list first, and before he came here, Lin Yuan asked him to see it, but it was too scary, and he still had palpitations.

There was a brief silence in the room, and suddenly Huang Xuan slapped it heavily on the table and said angrily: "Is there any royal law, what are they going to do?" Rebellion? ”

The word rebellion made everyone's hearts tremble, and Lin Yuan persuaded: "Lord Huang is angry, sit down slowly." Come on, serve a cup of tea to Lord Huang. ”

"Yasukuni Gong, can you still sit still? Look at what is written on this? Indiscriminately killing court officials, organizing dead soldiers to act, and destroying the fields by breaking embankments. Whichever one is taken out, it is enough to raid the family and exterminate the clan. Huang Xuan said.

"It's clear below, but if you scold them here, they can be caught obediently?" Lin Yuan said, "So we have to think about it in the long run." ”

"If you want me to say that the army has entered the city, it has spread its net and caught it." Yin Shidao suggested.

"By no means, Jiangsu and Zhejiang must not be chaotic." Yang Tai said hurriedly. Seeing that Lin Yuan didn't squeak, Yang Tai's heart sank, this wouldn't be what he was going to do.

At this time, Lin Yuan said: "This is not good, Lord Yang is right, Jiangsu and Zhejiang cannot be chaotic, and you can ensure that there are no people from each family in the garrisons of other state capitals?" ”

Yang Tai breathed a sigh of relief, it seemed that Lin Yuan was still sensible, Yang Tai thought for a while and asked, "What does Yasukuni Gong mean?" ”

Lin Yuan saw that these people didn't have any good opinions, so he motioned to Shen Lian to say, everyone looked at Shen Lian, and only heard Shen Lian say: "I discussed it with the Duke of Yasukuni on the way, and now I will tell you to take a closer look and see if there is anything missing." ”

This is a plan that has been set, Yang Tai said: "Lord Shen will talk about it in detail first. ”

Shen Lian nodded and said: "The plan is divided into three steps, in order to avoid alarming these people, our net should be spread very large, so that they have the illusion that it is not aimed at them, first of all, Lord Yang summoned the officials of the yamen of various state capitals to come to Yangzhou, and ordered a half-month anti-evil operation, announcing to the outside world to rectify the problem of chaos after the disaster, let Lord Hou Huang take the lead in investigating the corrupt officials and corrupt officials in various provinces, remember that the crackdown should be widespread, according to the meaning of the Jingguo Gong, this time by the way, we must rectify the rule of officials in Jiangsu and Zhejiang, and clean up the people who have been inserted in each family, so as to pave the way for future actions." ”

Yang Taitong nodded with Huang Xuan, this matter sounds difficult, but fortunately, it is all under his control. Seeing that the two had no opinions, Shen Lian continued: "As for Shopkeeper Liu, he will assign a part of people to help the two of them collect evidence, so that the evidence is conclusive, and they will not wronged one person or let one person go." ”

"Rest assured, the two adults will do their best in making up your mind." Liu Qingshui said.

Shen Lian looked at Ye Tao and Yin Shi and said: "The matter of the two adults is a bit risky, the shopkeeper Liu will provide information, so that the two can screen the shadows in the army, the time is relatively tight, there are only seven days, Yasukuni Gong is worried about chaos in the army, I don't know if the two of them are sure." ”

Ye Tao frowned and thought for a while: "No problem, I'll do my best." ”

Shen Lian nodded, and then said: "After mastering the army, under the guidance of Shopkeeper Liu, you will start to clear the 'dead guards' of each province, but you can't just hit this place, for example, you can't let go of any bandits, river thieves and the like, you can't cause a resurgence of suspicion among the families, and it's okay to let go of a few places if necessary." ”

"So troublesome?" Yin Shidao said with a frown.

"There's no way, it's too much involved, we're worried that we'll surprise the people on the list, so we can only eat it step by step, which is the safest." Shen Lian said.

"If it's simple, I'll do it today, you look at how many are involved on the list, that is, there are six in Yangzhou alone, you tell me how to do it?" Lin Yuan looked at Yin Shidao and said.

"Subordinates obey." Yin Shidao didn't say anything more.

Shen Lian paused and said, "The Xue family is the main one, and the Yasukuni Guild and I will stabilize him in Zhenjiang." ”

"Do you have any people around?" Yang Tai asked. The Xue family is powerful in Zhenjiang Mansion, and he is worried that Shen Lian and Yasukuni Gong will have some accidents.

"You don't have to worry about this, Yasukuni is prepared. You just need to do your own thing, after the action begins, we can't come to Yangzhou, everything is sent by Lord Yang, do you understand? Shen Lian said.

"Understood." Seeing that everyone had no objections, Shen Lian breathed a sigh of relief, and Lin Yuan said: "Then get here first, I and Lord Shen have to rush back, just tell Liu Qingshui about something." After speaking, he turned around and went out, and Shen Lian said goodbye to everyone and walked out.

Looking at the two people who left, Yang Tai exhaled, looked at the other people, and said: "Starting tomorrow, I will start to act, I am tired of your cooperation, if this matter is done, Jiangsu and Zhejiang will change the scene of the past, and I hope that you will think about it for the sake of Jiangsu and Zhejiang, and do not let down the painstaking efforts of the imperial court." ”

Everyone knows that from tomorrow, the sky in Jiangsu and Zhejiang will change. The people on the list are destined to be swept into the garbage heap of history, the Great Zhou is not the Southern Liang, and the current saint is not the Emperor of Liang.