When the Jinyi Guard commanded Qian Du to come to Yangzhou, no one knew except for a few Jinyi Guards who followed.

Late that night, Qian Du quietly came to a small courtyard.

The owner of this yard, no! It should be said that this courtyard is now inhabited by Jinyi Wei Qianhu Han Xiao.

It's that Qian Du's cronies in Jinyiwei.

At this time, Han Xiao was about to undress and sleep, but he didn't want to hear a slight footstep.

Han Xiao hurriedly extinguished the oil lamp, picked up the embroidered spring knife on the table, and came to the back of the door in a few steps.

At this moment, the door was gently pushed through the outside. Han Xiao's hand holding the embroidered spring knife couldn't help but tighten a little.

When he saw the visitor enter the house, Han Xiao hurriedly drew his knife and slashed at the visitor.

The visitor seemed to sense the danger behind, and rolled on the ground on his knees one night, dodging the almost fatal knife in the back.

"It's me!" Seeing that Han Xiao was about to pick up a knife to cut, the person who came said urgently.

Although the voice was very urgent, it was very light, except for Han Xiao in the room who could hear it clearly, there was not the slightest hearing outside the house.

"Commander?" Hearing the familiar voice, Han Xiao immediately recognized that the person was Qian Du, the commander of the Jinyi Guard.

"My lord, why did you come to Yangzhou?" In the dark, Han Xiao took out the flint from his arms, and then groped for the oil lamp next to the table, before turning to look at Qian Du and asking.

"Of course, I came to Yangzhou to run an errand!" Qian Du smiled lightly and sat down on the stool next to him.

Then, Qian Du poured another cup of herbal tea from the coffee table next to him, poured it into his mouth, and wiped his mouth with his sleeve before asking, "How is your investigation here?" ”

Han Xiao sat on the stool next to Qian Du and said, "The investigation has already been carried out, and the officials of the entire Yangzhou City and the thirteen salt merchants are afraid that they will not be able to get out of it." ”

"Your Excellency came in person, but what did the Holy One command?"

Qian Du nodded and said, "Yes, this official is here on order this time. His Majesty personally said to the official that no matter how big or small the official is, no one can be let go this time, and neither can any of the salt merchants who evade taxes. ”

"But......" Han Xiao's face was full of worry, "But my lord, the matter of salt affairs involves a wide range of things, if you really do what the saint said, I am afraid that in the end, there are not a few clean officials under the ass in Yangzhou City." ”

Qian Du said disapprerovingly: "The more officials involved, the better, otherwise, how can we show the ability of our Jinyiwei?" ”

"What officials are you telling this official now, which officials are involved in the Yangzhou salt matter?"

After thinking about it, Han Xiao said: "Judging from the evidence we have so far, the officials of the Yangzhou Prefect's Yamen, the Salt Division's Yamen, and the Yamen of the Salt Envoy Division, I'm afraid that they are all involved. It's just that when it was found to be the Yamen of the Salt Envoy of the Metropolitan Transport, there was no direct evidence. ”

"I'm not afraid of this, as long as the officials of the Yamen of the Salt Envoy are sent to our Jinyiwei's edict, they can't help but confess." Qian Du waved his hand disappreciably and said.

"But my lord, the transfer of salt envoys and the transfer of Kong Ruyi is from the position of the third grade, if there is no direct evidence, or the holy decree, we can't arrest it." Han Xiao was not as optimistic as Qian Du, and said worriedly.

Qian Du's brows only furrowed slightly, and then he unraveled and said: "Even if there is no direct evidence, as the highest official of the salt affairs yamen, Kong Ruyi is obviously inextricably involved. What you have to do now is to find more evidence that points directly at Kong Ruyi, even if it is fake, and then hand it over directly to Li Guangtai. ”

"Xiaguan knows!" Han Xiao nodded.

"And!" As if he remembered something, Qian Du said to Han Xiao: "Qin Sijie must not be involved in this matter, no matter what method you use, you must choose him from this matter." ”

"Why?" Han Xiao was puzzled.

"Qin Sijie is the nephew of Mrs. Wang Guowei of the Duke of Anguo, why do you say?"

"But Wang Guowei is just holding the title of Duke of the country, and he only has a fictitious position as a commander in the court, why should my lord help Qin Sijie?" Han Xiao was very puzzled.

"An Guogong has no power in the court, and he can't say anything in the court, but you must know that there is still the queen in the harem!" Qian Du explained.

"Although the queen mother is the master of the harem, she has no influence on the government and the opposition, besides, the harem is not allowed to interfere in politics, but it is the ancestral training of my Great Zhou, is it possible that the queen mother can still pester the saint, so that the saint will not be able to treat Qin Sijie lightly?" Han Xiao asked.

Pursing his lips, Qian Du said: "I'm afraid you don't know that just a few days after leaving the capital, this official received the news that the queen mother was pregnant. Once the queen mother gave birth to a dragon son, it must be the future prince of the Great Zhou Dynasty......"

The latter words, no need to say more about Qian Du, Han Xiao can also understand it.

But Han Xiao still had a worried look on his face, and said to Qian Du: "What the adults said is very light, but now among the evidence we have, it points to Qin Sijie the most, but I am afraid that when it comes to Li Yushi, Qin Sijie will not be able to pass." ”

Qian Du waved his hand disapprovingly and said with a smile: "Regardless of whether Qin Sijie can successfully pass the test this time, the evidence must not be found by Jinyiwei, you just need to keep this in mind." Also, at the critical moment, even if you don't hesitate to offend Li Guangtai, you must also say a few good words for Qin Sijie, so that the queen mother and An Guogong can see our Jinyiwei's attitude. ”

"Xiaguan understands!" The worried look on Han Xiao's face disappeared, and he turned into a faint smile.

has already said this, if Han Xiao still doesn't understand, then it can only be said that it is an elm pimple head.

"There's one more thing for you to do!" Qian Du whispered in Han Xiao's ear: "Liu Wenxuan, the former secretary of the household department, was personally pulled off the horse by the official, and he hated the official to the core. And Liu Wenxuan's hometown is in Gaoyou, Yangzhou, and the official hopes that Liu Wenxuan would be better involved in this salt matter. ”

"Xia Guan understands!" Han Xiao admitted.

"Alright, there's nothing else to do, you can rest early!" With that, Qian Du got up and walked out the door.

As soon as he stepped out of the room, Qian Du stopped again, turned to Han Xiao and said, "Also, I don't want anyone else to know about this official's arrival in Yangzhou!" ”

After speaking, Qian Du left here without looking back.

After sending Qian Du away and returning to the house, Han Xiao lay on the bed and couldn't sleep for a long time.

In the same situation as Han Xiao, there are two Dongchang stalls that followed Li Guangtai.

Because they just received the news from Feng Xifeige, the governor of Dongchang, today, that the queen mother of the palace is pregnant.

Therefore, no matter what this time, it is necessary to ensure that Qin Sijie has nothing to do with this case. By the way, I want to send someone to supervise Qian Du's every move in Yangzhou City.

Although Qin Sijie's matter is a little tricky, it doesn't mean that it can't be completed.

For the two stall heads, the only trouble is that so far, they don't know whether Qian Du has reached Yangzhou......