Seeing Lu Jin's safe return, Kang Sichuan's face showed a smile of relief, as the prefect, he even stepped forward and helped Lu Zhen from the bow of the boat to the land, and then asked a little eagerly: "How about thinking well, they didn't embarrass you, right?" ”

"Thank you for your concern, those chaotic people don't dare to do anything below." Lu Jin hurriedly thanked him.

"And how did you talk to them?" It seems that Lu Jin's treatment is much better than that of Zhao Keyuan before, so Kang Zhifu will ask this question.

Lu Jin's gaze turned to Zhao Tongjuan's face on the side, and found that the other party seemed to be a little nervous, and he didn't even dare to come over, and his heart suddenly moved: Could it be that among the officials mentioned by Yue Nanxing who colluded with the people in the Cao Gang, there is this Tongju adult?

This concern made him quickly change the words that came to his mouth: "They still insisted on the previous request, otherwise they would not let go." ”

"I really don't know what to do, don't I dare to do anything to them!" Kang Sichuan's eyes narrowed, and he said angrily: "It seems that the only way to do this is to send someone to sneak close to them, so as to rob Gonggong Huo." ”

"Owner, I'm afraid this is a bit difficult, they are wary, and even we don't know where these guys hid Huo Gonggong until now, and a rash sneak attack will only make things worse. Moreover, if we really pushed them into a desperate situation, so we took the risk to poison Gonggong Huo, our guilt is not light. ”

These words really hit the nail on the head, and Kang Sichuan's face also showed embarrassment: "But their requirements ......" Obviously, when Lu Zhen passed, Zhao Keyuan had already carefully said the other party's request, so this prefect would be so embarrassed.

"The government has its own majesty, how can it be at the mercy of these chaotic people!" At this time, Zhao Keyuan also came over and said in a deep voice. If there is a real compromise, then the face of the government will be lost, and what will be used to govern the people in the future?

Seeing Kang Sichuan's hesitation, Lu Zhen also followed the meaning and said: "Dongjia, what Lord Zhao said is reasonable, and we must not be threatened by it and compromise." However, things can be flexible. ”

"What do you mean by that?" Kang Zhifu hurriedly asked. This series of changes has made his mind swollen, and he is a little overwhelmed, so he subconsciously asked.

"The top priority is to calm down the chaos and rescue Gonggong Huo as soon as possible. And to do this, the most important thing is to gain the trust of those who are in turmoil. So I thought that since they wanted to deal with the Cao Gang, we simply obeyed their wishes and took down Li Yanjiu and the others first. ”

"Huh?" Kang Sichuan was stunned, and Zhao Keyuan, who was beside him, frowned, and looked at Lu Zhen in surprise, how could his words sound a little inconsistent.

Lu Zhen hurriedly continued to explain: "The owner, Lord Zhao, means to be false and wronged, giving them the illusion that the government has compromised. As long as we tell them that Li Yanjiu and the others of the Cao Gang have been taken down by us, and the government will definitely make decisions for them, but they still need to go ashore to testify, so once they are deceived ashore, especially their minds, then no matter whether other people and Huo Gonggong can come up or not, everything will be in our hands. ”

"Hmm...... That's a countermeasure. However, this practice would not be a reversal, and I am afraid that it will damage the reputation of the government in the future. Kang Sichuan said with some uncertainty.

Lu Zhen explained with a smile: "Your Excellency doesn't have to worry about this, we only promised to judge them impartially, but we didn't promise that they must be convicted of the Cao Gang." When the time comes to go to court, won't everything still be decided by us? ”

Zhao Keyuan's eyes lit up when he said this, and he couldn't help but give Lu Zhen a thumbs up as if approvingly: "Mr. Lu is really clever, this is indeed the most appropriate way to deal with it at the moment." ”

After a deep groan, Kang Sichuan couldn't help but nod: "Yes, there is only one way to do it right now." ”

"However, this matter has to be temporarily wronged by Li Yanjiu and others, it seems a little inappropriate to say this, so I hope that the two adults can come forward to convince them." Lu Zhen made another request.

"It's nature. Zhao Tongju, this matter will be handed over to you. Kang Sichuan immediately turned his head and instructed Zhao Keyuan, who quickly surrendered his hand. Just looking at his unhesitating appearance, you can see that he has a lot of relationship with the Cao Gang, which makes Lu Zhen even more convinced of his previous judgment.

When Zhao Keyuan left to discuss with Li Yanjiu and the others, Lu Jincai said to Kang Sichuan again: "Boss, there is still one important matter that needs to be dealt with as soon as possible, that is, the Yan family and the White Lotus Sect traitors hiding in the city. I can't let them get out this time. ”

After this reminder, Kang Sichuan suddenly remembered that there were still two enemies in the city, so he immediately waved his hand and called a general of the guard, and whispered a few words to him.

In fact, these generals are also quite apprehensive in their hearts. After all, there was such a big mess in Suzhou this time, Yu Qian was attacked and almost fell into the hands of the chaotic people, and Huo Zheng, the eunuch in charge, was robbed by thieves again, if they can't atone for their sins in this matter, I'm afraid that the court will have a heavy responsibility at that time. So after hearing Kang Sichuan's instructions, although the two sides were not actually subordinates of the boss, the general quickly agreed, and then ordered all the men and horses and rushed back to the city in a hurry.

Now that there is a stalemate at the dock, it is difficult for the government to send people to kill people to save people and take people, but those chaotic people have not made any major disturbances. So they could send their forces back to the city to deal with the other rebels.

Watching them hurry away, Lu Zhen breathed a sigh of relief. Although he didn't know where the White Lotus Sect thieves were hiding for the time being, as far as he could tell, the White Lotus Sect must have colluded with the Yan family in this matter, so as long as the Yan family was found, the White Lotus Sect would have nothing to hide.

To be able to make this judgment, in addition to the tacit understanding between the two in this accident, another point is that Lu Zhen has guessed that the illicit salt that the Yan family wanted to transport away before is likely to be from the White Lotus Sect. Because judging from the number of things that Lin Lie and the others have found, it is not something that ordinary rich businessmen can get their hands on, only an existence like the White Lotus Sect, which has been organized and operated for many years, can unknowingly make such a huge amount of private salt.

Although all this is just speculation, the urgency of the situation - once it drags on for a long time, the White Lotus Sect, which is shocked that things have changed, is likely to break out of the shell again-can only gamble on this. Anyway, the Yan family has a big business, and they must not be able to escape, so the officers and soldiers will definitely have a lot of gains when they enter the city.

When Lu Zhen figured out this, and when he looked up again, he saw that Zhao Keyuan had brought someone and directly took down Li Yanjiu and other people from the Cao Gang who had a somewhat strange face.

Obviously, the two sides had made their words clear, so although there were many people in the Cao Gang, and all of them were burly and armed, when faced with a considerable number of government officials, none of them resisted, and they were soon tied up and tied up by ropes.

"The owner, you have to play a full set of acts, let's bring people back to the government first, and then it's not too late to make arrangements. Otherwise, the guys on the river might be suspicious. Lu Zhen proposed again.

After thinking about it, Kang Sichuan also felt that it made sense, so he nodded in response, and then led people over and gave the order to escort people back to the yamen.

In this series of actions, Mu Hong has always just watched coldly, as if everything has nothing to do with him. It wasn't until Kang Sichuan walked away that his eyes fell on Lu Jin: "Is Mr. Lu really just an idea?" ”

"What does Brother Mu mean by this?" Lu Jin's heart jumped suddenly, but his face did not change.

Mu Hong is not a person of many words, seeing that Lu Zhen didn't recognize it, he didn't say anything anymore, just smiled faintly, and then turned around and chased after Kang Sichuan. This reaction made Lu Jin's heart even more uneasy, I don't know if this person will say anything to his master, and judging from his intimacy, it is obvious that he is not as good as Mu Hong.

However, until he returned to the palace, nothing changed anymore, and Kang Sichuan didn't ask Lu Zhen anything, and it seemed that Mu Hong didn't say anything.

At this time, the city had completely settled down, and only a few hundred officers and soldiers rushed straight to the Yan family's mansion, surrounding the extraordinary Yan Mansion, and then without saying hello, someone directly crashed into the locked door, causing a panic among the surrounding people.

But then, it was the turn of the officers and soldiers who didn't know what to do. The entire Yan Jiayuan has long been empty at this time, although some furniture is there, but the gold, silver, soft and other valuable things that are easy to take are gone. Obviously, long before yesterday's incident, the people of the Yan family were ready to flee!

In the end, only some of these officers and soldiers could stay here, and the others returned to the government to report the news.

When he heard this, Lu Zhen was not too surprised. With his understanding of the Yan family, they would indeed make corresponding plans one step earlier. But one thing he is sure of is that the other party should still be in Suzhou City at this time, as long as he searches with all his might, he will definitely be able to find them.

Kang Sichuan also had the same thoughts, and immediately ordered people to continue to search for the whereabouts of the Yan family, and ordered the four gates to strictly inquire and not let any suspicious person leave Suzhou City.

After all this was done, Lu Zhen said to Kang Sichuan: "Owner, I haven't gone home to see it since last night, and I'm really uneasy, so I ......."

"This is an oversight on the part of the official, you really should go back and take a look." Kang Sichuan nodded yes hurriedly. Now people in Suzhou City are still panicking, Lu Jin, the man in charge of the house, is not there, and of course the women in the family are anxious: "Leave the affairs in the yamen to others, you can rest for a while." As for the matter on the canal, Zhao Tong will deal with it. ”

"Thank you for the adult mercy!" Lu Zhen said, bowed his hand, and then withdrew.