In the main hall of the Yamen of the City Division, Lu Zhen sat in the top position while sipping a cup of fragrant tea, while his eyes were swept on the faces of several officials at hand, and many officials who came down from Tao Yong were beating drums in their hearts, and they even began to lower their eyes and dare not look at them with their eyes.

This Uncle Lu's name is already very big, and with such a disturbance in Suzhou City just now, a person who can even be ruthless to his own family is naturally even more unsettling.

Just when several officials felt the pressure was getting bigger and bigger, and they were about to be unable to support it, Lu Zhen put the cup on the coffee table and opened his mouth: "After this official's investigation in the past few days, what has happened at sea since last year should be another mystery, I am afraid that it is caused by people who are familiar with the time and route of my ship going to sea leaking relevant information." ”

Although the "Adult ......" was a little nervous in his heart, the stakes were very high, and Tao Yong could only speak hard: "In fact, the lower officials and others have already checked themselves after the incident, and even fired many relevant people because of this. But the result still did not stop. Moreover, judging from the clues currently held by the lower officials and others, it is very likely that the ghosts and gods are responsible for this matter...... Otherwise, I really can't explain why only the merchant ships of our government have suffered in these many accidents......"

"Do you mean that the Dragon King of the Sea is deliberately targeting my official merchant ships of the Ming Dynasty?" Lu Jin simply opened his words.

"Positive...... Precisely. Tao Yong nodded in response, and several other people also echoed: "Other than that, there is really no more reasonable explanation." What's more, the clues that Li Tiezhu brought us are also ghosts and monsters, he will never lie and deceive the lower officials and others at this time, right? ”

Lu Jinhe smiled for a moment, and then said, "It seems that you and the people are convinced of this?" The official asked you, there is really a dragon king, why does he want to do this, and he always can't get along with the merchant ships of my government? Is it because you don't respect ghosts and gods, or is there something else? ”

"This ......" The people looked at each other a few times, but they couldn't give a reasonable answer. Originally, the theory of ghosts and gods was illusory, so how could there be any reasonable explanation?

"And as far as this official knows, in the more than half a year since last year, it is not only the merchant ships of my Suzhou or Jiangnan government that have had accidents at sea, but even the ships sent by the government in Shandong and other places have also been robbed and will never return, so according to your meaning, it is my Ming court that has angered the Dragon King?" Lu Zhen then asked a sentence that made it more difficult for them to answer.

In this regard, these officials did not dare to nod their heads and admit it. Because as far as the current common sense is concerned, this is almost referring to the disaster caused by the immorality of the Son of Heaven. After all, Confucianism has always paid attention to the induction of heaven and man, no matter the earthquake or any other natural change, people will be forcibly linked to the words and deeds of the Son of Heaven, and if it is said that the dragon king of the sea is angry and specifically deals with official merchant ships, it will naturally make people take the initiative to associate it with the emperor.

This kind of slander and criticism of the Son of Heaven is not something that these local officials dare to do, so they can only remain silent and say nothing more.

Lu Zhen didn't mean to persecute too much, so he continued: "As far as this official knows, you suspected that there were bandits on the sea at first, and even sent officials and soldiers to suppress it, but they returned in vain, but this is the case? ”

"Indeed...... Indeed it is. Tao Yong nodded and said, "It is precisely because of this that the lower officials and others have to believe the statement of the Dragon King." Because at that time, we pretended to be a merchant ship and sent people out to sea, but in the end, we did not encounter any obstacles along the way, let alone pirates and bandits, and even wind and waves...... Only the dragon king who knows everything has such ability. ”

"Then have you ever thought about it, if the Dragon King really wants to attack my official ships of the Ming Dynasty, why didn't he overturn them along with the ships that those officials and soldiers were riding? Aren't they people in the government? Why do you always pick merchant ships that can't protect themselves, is it true that even the dragon king is so bullying the weak and afraid of the hard? Lu Zhen suddenly asked solemnly.

This really stopped a few people present, they had never thought about it, and they hesitated slightly, and they couldn't say a reason for a long time.

Lu Zhen continued: "So if you want me to say, I'm afraid that it is because someone reported to the sea thieves that such a result will occur. And the person who delivered the news should be in the yamen of this city. At this, his gaze swept over the faces of several officials again, and they were all a little pale with horror.

"My lord......" Tao Yong's expression suddenly froze, and his tone became a little tough: "Although there is some truth in what you said, please forgive the lower officials for not agreeing." As Xia Guan has just said, when the accident at sea first started, he had thoroughly investigated the people in the yamen, and even eliminated all the suspicious people from here. The people who can still stay in the city are all people who are loyal to the court and can be trusted. They will never do anything to communicate with foreign enemies, and the subordinate officials can even use the black veil on their heads to protect them! After speaking, he looked directly at Lu Jin, and did not avoid it at all.

And seeing that their bosses had done this, several other subordinate officials also looked at Lu Zhen one after another: "My lord, although the lower officials and others are not talented, they also know that they are loyal to the country, how can they collude with some thieves at sea as a minister and cause the court to suffer losses?" I hope that the adults will see it! ”

Lu Zhen looked at the solemn appearance of these people, but he also hesitated. In fact, during this period of time, when everyone in Suzhou City was paying attention to the trial and outcome of the Lu family case, he, as a party, focused on the incident at sea.

For this reason, Lu Zhen even found the local Jinyi guards in Suzhou, and asked them if there were any problems with the relevant officials of these city departments, and even the people they came into contact with on weekdays. But as a result, there is still nothing, and there is really no problem with the officials of the city shipping department who have come down from Tao Yong, even if they also have some shady deeds, such as fake public help, let the slaves at home sell the goods overseas by ship, but this can prove their innocence even more, after all, in this way, their losses are not small when the merchant ships go to sea and go wrong.

After a secret investigation but nothing was achieved after all, Lu Zhen decided to come here and try these officials with this means of knocking on the mountain and shaking the tiger. As long as they have a weak heart and show a little flaw, they will be able to find out the truth of the case in a smooth way.

But now it seems that his plan has also failed, and the attitude shown by Tao Yong and other officials is so resolute, it is not at all like there is a ghost in his heart.

Could it be that he thought about it wrongly, and there really is no mole in this city? But in this way, things have become more and more confusing, except for the officials of the city shipping department, who else can accurately grasp the specific time and route of the official merchant ship to go to sea, and let people prepare for raids at sea in advance? Could it really be as they say, that all this is the Dragon King of the Sea taking revenge on the Ming Dynasty?

Lu Zhen quickly shook his head again and denied this unrealistic idea. Not to mention that there can't be a dragon king in this world, even if there is, the fact he just raised is the problem, the dragon king will let go of the attack on them because he is afraid of the official army. Those who can do such strategies as avoiding the real and attacking the virtual can only be people!

However, the problem has come back to square one, and it is still impossible to know where the root cause of everything is.

The atmosphere in the hall became a little depressing, and looking at Lu Jin's contemplative face, these officials did not dare to disturb him. In fact, they had no choice but to attribute everything to the ridiculous statement of the Dragon King, but now it seems that it is obvious that this Uncle Lu, who came by order, cannot accept such a result. How good is that?

After a long silence, Lu Zhen finally spoke: "In this way, this official has decided to test again." ”

"What do you mean?" Tao Yong hurriedly asked.

"You make two preparations, first send a boatload of soldiers and horses out to sea, I want to see if the so-called dragon king will avoid his edge. If this is still the case, then you will carry another shipload out to sea and test again. Lu Zhen commanded.

"This ...... If something happens again, the loss is not small. Tao Yong said with some concern.

"If we can't solve the mystery of this matter and keep dragging it out like this, the loss of the imperial court will only be greater. Long pain is better than short pain, it's better to fight. Lu Zhen insisted: "What's more, I still firmly believe that it is someone who colludes inside and outside to cause this change, and only in this way can the people behind the scenes be forced to act." ”

Since Lord Lu said so, Tao Yong and the others could not object again. Otherwise, if he thinks that he is a thief, it will not be good. So after groaning, Tao Yong responded: "The lower officials obey the order, and I will let people make the corresponding preparations." ”

"Well, that's it. How did you arrange things step by step before, and this time you will do the same. I'd like to see what the dragon king hiding in the shadows will do! ”

After that, several people discussed it a little more, and Lu Zhen said goodbye and left. Several officials hurriedly got up and sent him outside the gate before returning to his errand.

And Lu Jin, surrounded by Yao Gan and other subordinates, rode a horse along the long street and walked slowly towards Chu's house.

At this time, among the people who had retreated to the side to make a gesture, there was a pair of eyes staring at his movements, and in his lowered sleeves, a cold light flashed.

It's a pity that along the way, the guards of the brocade guards around Lu Jin were extremely strict and cautious, and almost no flaws were revealed, which made this person finally have to watch Lu Jin gradually move away, and retreated in vain.

"But it doesn't matter, as long as you are still in Suzhou, I will definitely find a chance!" When this person retreated, he glanced at the back of Lu Jin, who was far away, and said secretly in his heart.