"Ah...... What do you mean by that? Hearing Lu Jin's words, Xiao Wentong's expression changed slightly, and he had a faint understanding in his heart, it should be that the other party had found out what the problem was.

Lu Zhen smiled indifferently: "As the official said before, the frequent incidents at sea since last year were caused by someone, not by some ghost, god and dragon king. Many things in this world seem to be the work of gods, but in fact, someone is completely pretending to be a ghost, and the more it seems that it is not man-made, the more it is a conspiracy of some people. ”

"This ...... Have you really found out the truth? Looking at Lu Jin's determined smile, Xiao Wentong was even more surprised, but he still believed a little bit in what he said, after all, the identity of the other party was here, and it was impossible to talk nonsense about such things at will.

And Lu Zhen nodded slowly: "When a few of you Yamen Dasuo were in the city, the brothers under this official were also doing something......

It turned out that Lu Jin's previous decision to forcibly let the officials and governments in Suzhou City search for the White Lotus Sect traitors had two thoughts. First, it is natural to be able to find out the remnants of the White Lotus Sect hidden in the city. However, he didn't have much hope for this result, the White Lotus Sect has been going on for hundreds of years, and they have long been accustomed to hiding their whereabouts as enemies of those in power, how can they find out with such fanfare?

Therefore, Lu Zhen also had a second thought, that is, to use this trick to knock on the mountain and shock the tiger to force the people of the White Lotus Sect who were hiding to move. In particular, he wanted to let those White Lotus Cultists hiding in the government mansion show their feet - if such an existence really existed, at such a critical juncture, they would definitely find a way to pass on the news, and as long as they took action, they would be discovered by the people of the Jinyi Guard.

Because when the yamen moved, the people of the Jinyi Guard had also been ordered to move. However, he did not participate in the search and arrest operation, but kept an eye on the important people of the various yamen, and came to catch the cicada and yellow finch with a hand.

After listening to Lu Jin's explanation, Xiao Wentong suddenly changed color, and he was both frightened and a little resentful. What he complained about was that Lu Zhen was still on guard against himself and others, and he was so hard working for the officials in Suzhou City, but he fell into the other party's calculations at all. At the same time, he was a little afraid, if he slacked off in this action, he was afraid that he would be regarded as an accomplice of the White Lotus Sect by Lord Lu.

After a long while, Governor Xiao's mood calmed down: "Then I don't know if the adult can catch the suspect?" Which member of the yamen actually became the internal response of the White Lotus Sect's traitors? "I quickly thought about it in my heart, as if I didn't see anything wrong with my government, it seems that the problem is not on my side. This made his mood settle down a lot, and his expression looked better.

Lu Zhen shook his head lightly: "You are wrong, in the past few days, whether it is the government office, the city department, or the officials of other yamen, there is actually no problem." ”

"Huh? Is that still inconclusive? Xiao Wentong asked in surprise.

"No, have you forgotten what I just said? In fact, the White Lotus Sect traitors have always been by our side. ”

"How is this possible? Could it be some miscellaneous servant in each yamen? But how can they know the exact time and route of the merchant ship's voyage? Governor Xiao fell into confusion again.

"I've never said what kind of handyman it's coming from. If you think about it again, since you are not an official, who else has easy access to the relevant documents, and it is easy for you and me to ignore them? Lu Zhen said, picked up the teacup and took a sip of water to moisten his throat.

"Are the people around us those servants...... No, they can hardly touch such important documents, so there is only ......" Suddenly, Xiao Wentong's face changed, and his body shook suddenly.

Lu Zhen glanced at him: "You thought of it?" ”

"This ...... How is this possible? Xiao Wentong muttered, but the tone was not resolute.

Lu Zhen laughed: "Sure enough, this time the White Lotus Sect's methods are indeed extremely clever, even if you know the answer now, you still can't believe it, let alone when you didn't see the problem before." Although these people are also in the yamen, they are naturally ignored by you, and even everyone does not think that they still exist in the yamen. That's why when they have acted repeatedly, you have also neglected the past. The wives and concubines around the officials are the root cause of the problem. ”

It turned out that when the people below reported that the officials of the various yamen were nothing unusual, Lu Zhen suddenly thought of what he still had omissions. Maybe the official himself is fine, but what about his family? You must know that these people also live in the yamen because of the imperial court system, although they are in the backyard, it is not difficult for them to enter the front yamen with their identity, and they are not noticeable.

After thinking of this, Lu Zhen asked the families of several officials closely related to the matter of going to sea to conduct a secret investigation, and under this investigation, a flaw quickly appeared-

Lu Zhen looked at Xiao Wentong's hesitant look, and then said, "Governor Xiao, I heard that your wife died in her hometown a few years ago?" And you are an official in Suzhou, and you must always have someone around you to take care of your daily life, so you asked someone to find a woman of a young age to make a continuation, but is there such a thing? ”

"Positive...... Exactly. Unexpectedly, Jin Yiwei had even found out his own private affairs, which made Xiao Wentong feel like he had been stripped naked, which was very uncomfortable. But the words still had to be returned, and at the same time, the uneasiness in my heart became more and more intense.

"Then do you know that in addition to you, in fact, Tao Tiju of the City Division, as well as the two deputy lifters, as well as some other officials of the Yamen, have also had some more desirable women around them in the past two years. They either meet by chance in a happy scene, and then they have their own intentions, or they are like you who ask someone to find a good girl...... Anyway, in the past two years, you have one more confidante by your side. In this romantic place of Suzhou, to have such a period of children's love, in your opinion, it should be regarded as a romantic story, right? ”

As he spoke, the smile on Lu Jin's face gradually faded: "But have you ever thought about how there are so many people who fall in love at first sight in this world, how can such a good-looking and gentle woman be bumped into the room by you?" ”

"This ...... This ......" Xiao Wentong really wanted to argue that his wife has always been dignified and virtuous, how could she do such a thing? But he couldn't say this for a long time, because even in his heart, he began to doubt it.

Yes, there is no free meal in the world, let alone a cute girl who can easily get it. If it was just one or two people, but now listening to Lord Lu's meaning, it seems that officials in several important positions in Suzhou City have such confidants by their side, which is quite strange.

Lu Zhen glanced at him, and continued: "After knowing that there are such strange things, the official also asked people to check their origins, but the results are nothing unusual, they are all as they said before, there are no flaws. ”

Xiao Wentong suddenly perked up, but then he thought of something, so he didn't rush to speak. And Lu Zhen really said: "So I changed the direction to check on them, only to check their behavior in the past two years." Guess what I found? ”

"What...... What the? Xiao Zhifu suddenly found that because of the tense relationship, his voice became hoarse.

"This official found that since last year, these women have gone out every time for a while, and during that time, there will be government merchant ships leaving Suzhou. What does this mean, I guess I don't need to say it clearly, right? Lu Zhen told the mystery.

In the face of such direct evidence, Xiao Wentong was completely stunned: "There is such a thing? In his heart, he tried to remember his wife's behavior a few days ago, but unfortunately he had no clue at all. As Lu Zhen said, these women are completely ignored by them, even when they go out, and when they are busy with official business, they don't know about it as husbands.

"In fact, when we find this step, the questions that have plagued us for a long time before will be solved. The reason why the thieves who robbed at sea were able to find their target every time was because someone gave them a message. Moreover, they only followed the news reported by the ladies, and ignored all other news. Therefore, when the government sent troops and horses to pretend to be merchant ships to lure the enemy several times, it did not work at all. Lu Zhen said, and slowly exhaled: "These people's minds are really meticulous, and they are not greedy, so the government has not been able to find out their whereabouts." ”

Speaking of which, Xiao Wentong had already believed Lu Jin's words, and his face became very pale: "How can this be?" If this is the case, the guilt on his own body is still not light, after all, those women started to find out the relevant secrets from themselves.

After a while, he thought of another key question: "So where did they get the news?" That's the White Lotus Sect's stronghold, right? ”

"Not bad. We have made another mistake of negligence, although we have searched all the inns and inns in the city before, but we have let go of this place where people can live temporarily, that is, the outer place. ”

"Temples and Taoist temples?" Governor Xiao immediately understood.

"Every time a woman goes out to incense, she goes to a place in the city called Shingetsu Nunnery. Who would have thought that such a nunnery was the dojo of the White Lotus Sect? Lu Zhen shook his head, not knowing whether he was dissatisfied with himself or the sluggishness of the Suzhou officials.

Xiao Wentong was completely stunned, and it was only then that he remembered that his wife had really mentioned that she was going to Xinyue Nunnery one day, but she didn't go to her heart. I didn't know until now that the answer was already in front of me.

Lu Zhen put the teacup aside: "Now, my subordinates should have already done something to Xinyue Nunnery!" As he spoke, his eyes flashed.