Lu's concerns soon became a reality.

Under the leadership of Lin Lie and Qinggele, everyone in the government rushed straight to the lower deck of the merchant ship. Although the father and son of the Yan family who saw this scene didn't say anything, anger appeared on their faces, and everything was really targeted by the people of the government.

But after a while, Qinggel returned to the deck with a solemn expression, looked at Lu Zhen and Kang Sichuan and whispered, "My lord, no forbidden things have been found below. ”

Kang Zhifu was stunned when he heard this, and then nodded after glancing at Lu Jin: "This is naturally the best, and then send people to the other ships to search carefully, and no corner must be missed." ”

"Yes!" Everyone hurriedly agreed, quickly dispersed, and ran to the side of the merchant ships with the banner of the Yan family to search carefully.

And the results are naturally mediocre. Although these ships will inevitably have some things that cannot be put on the table, it is naturally impossible for these entrainments to be reported, and these servants are not so confused that they dare to use such a small problem to oppose the Yan family. As long as I don't find a large amount of private salt, I'm afraid it will be empty today.

Lu Zhen looked thoughtfully at the Yan family's father and son, who seemed to be calm, and said with a smile: "Elder Yan, I always don't understand that since there is nothing wrong with the ship, why do you work tirelessly to stay at the dock at this time?" ”

"Mr. Lu, you don't know, this is a habit that the old man has developed over the years, every time there is an important cargo leaving Suzhou, the old man will come to this dock in person to take a look at it before he can rest assured, and by the way, I also invite the brothers below to have a good meal, in order to show my Yan family's heart." Yan Runzhang touched his beard and explained with a smile.

After Lu Zhen said yes softly, he didn't dwell on it any more. However, he also saw a trace of uneasiness in the other party's eyes, especially Yan Yuqi's eyes were full of anger when he looked at him, which he couldn't hide even if he wanted to.

The result was not as Lu Zhen expected, and there were no problems on the other ships related to the Yan family on the side, not to mention the large quantities of illegal salt, and other tricks that might allow the government to take the opportunity to take people were not discovered. This made Kang Sichuan's face become a little embarrassed, and he could only apologize to Yan Runzhang again, and turned his head and blamed the following people again, so that he could be regarded as coping with the past.

Lu Zhen watched from the side, and could only sigh, the other party acted so decisively, it was indeed beyond his expectations, this time it was a complete miss. At this moment, Lin Lie came to his side with a serious expression, and spread his hand lightly: "Look, my lord." ”

Lu Zhen turned his head and swept it by the firelight on the side, and saw that there was a white layer of fine powder on his hand, and his heart suddenly moved: "Is it salt?" Where did you find it? ”

"On the bilge of one of the merchant ships." Lin Lie whispered: "It's indeed salt, in fact, it's the same for all boats, as long as you look carefully, you can always find some clues." ”

Lu Zhen smiled bitterly and shook his head: "These alone are completely not enough to deal with the Yan family, they can come up with many reasons to deny that this is private salt." As long as we can't find the smugglers on his ship, we can't really do anything to them. ”

"But we all saw it the night before, where would they hide the salt? It's only been half a night's work. Lin Lie said quite unwillingly.

"The smuggled salt is actually still near this dock." Lu Zhen exhaled and said.

"Huh? That's tens of thousands of catties of salt, as long as we are willing to search, we will definitely be able to search it out. ”

"I can't find it. No matter how many people we use, that's the result. ”

"How is this possible? Could it be that this salt will not be able to become invisible? Lin Lie didn't believe it.

Lu Zhen took his hand and pointed at the canal water flowing below: "If you go down and get some water to drink now, you will know where all the salt has gone." ”

"What do you mean...... Lin Lie looked incredulous, looked at Lu Zhen and looked down at the river: "They actually poured so much salt into the river." What a lot of courage! ”

"It is indeed a great courage, the Yan family can have today, and it does have its advantages." Lu Zhen exhaled. He knew that even if it was himself, it would not be so easy to make such a decision in such a situation. And this Yan Runzhang, not only did it, but after doing it, he was able to deal with Kang Zhifu like a nobody, and his hardness of heart was indeed very comparable.

"Then let's ...... next" Lin Lie glanced at Yan Runzhang, who was still talking to Kang Sichuan over there, and then asked.

"In vain, I had to go back. And this time I completely offended the Yan family, and I am afraid that the next days will not be too easy. Lu Zhen smiled bitterly and said. I'm still a little too hasty, and if I can make them stable again, I may not expose myself.

While speaking, the other ships had thoroughly ascertained that there was no problem, and then Yan Runzhang and his son sent Kang Sichuan off the ship. After returning to the land, Kang Sichuan took the initiative to bend down and surrender his hand: "I have offended a lot this time, and I hope that Yan Lao Mo will blame him." ”

Yan Runzhang's face was full of smiles at this time, and he couldn't see the slightest anger and pain from the loss of a large amount of salt, so he returned the salute: "My lord's words are serious, you are also doing this for the sake of the imperial court." However, Xiaomin still has to say the last sentence, as my Suzhou parents, the adult has a heavy responsibility, and he must not be instigated by some villains to do things that disturb the hearts of my people in Suzhou. When he said this, his gaze continued to sweep to Lu Zhen on the side, intentionally or unintentionally, and the meaning of his words was naturally obvious.

Kang Sichuan pretended to be stupid and smiled: "This is natural, this official should learn today's lesson." Then he turned around and walked away.

It wasn't until after leaving the dock that he exhaled a long breath: "This Yan Runzhang is really powerful, he can actually make such a determination, it is hundreds of thousands of taels of silver." Of course, he quickly understood the clue, but he was still extremely shocked by the Yan family's reaction.

"It's because the subordinates are not careful enough, which is why the adults are affected." Lu Jin hurriedly said to himself.

Don't look at what Yan Runzhang said politely just now, it seems that today's matter can be revealed so easily. In fact, everyone knows that things can't end like this. The Yan family also has some backers in the court, plus the people from the Caoyun Yamen - this time the prefect's yamen came to search, but it was too shameless for them to give them face, and in the absence of any incriminating evidence, they naturally had to react.

"That's it, you are also out of a public spirit, and this trouble can be regarded as an eradication of a disaster, which cannot be regarded as a complete failure for this official." Kang Sichuan comforted Lu Jin, but his face was not so good-looking, obviously what he thought in his heart was not so easy.

Behind them, on the side of the merchant ship on the dock, Yan Yuqi stared hatefully at the group of people who had long since disappeared into the night: "Dad, we must not just forget this tone." That's a cargo of hundreds of thousands of taels of silver! ”

"What else can be done? Compared with the safety of my Yan family, not to mention hundreds of thousands of taels, even millions of taels of silver can be discarded. Yan Runzhang said heavily. Even the Yan family, once they are burdened with these hundreds of thousands of taels of silver, they are afraid that they will have to shed their skin.

"Dad, it's better for us to ......" Yan Yuqi was trying to persuade his father to fight back, when he suddenly found that the situation of the father next to him was not right, and the old man's body was actually shaking for a while, and then he was about to fall. He quickly reached out and hugged his father: "Dad, what's wrong with you?" ”

When he looked at his father again while asking, he was startled, because Yan Runzhang's face was already blue at this time, and his eyes were closed, so he fainted.

Yan Runzhang has been ill for a long time, and this time he just forced himself to come out to see what was going on at home. And the matter of private salt has already aroused his anger, and just now it was an urgent treatment, not only did he reluctantly abandon hundreds of thousands of taels of silver of private salt, but he also had to fight his spirit and talk to Kang Sichuan. After such a hard work, his body naturally couldn't support it, and once he confirmed that there was no longer a threat, he fainted as soon as he loosened his breath.

"Quick, come on!" Yan Yuqi immediately shouted loudly.

After these people on the dock were stunned for a while, they finally came back to their senses, and hurriedly stepped forward to carry Yan Runzhang and walked out. Suddenly, the entire canal docks were in chaos again......

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Although it was night at the time of the incident, the incident on the dock was quickly known by some well-intentioned people. For example, those businessmen who also make a living by trafficking goods, and those who call themselves Xu Qinglian who are most concerned about the affairs of the Yan family.

This is a handsome and personable son. However, after hearing the news brought back by his subordinates, his handsome face suddenly distorted: "How can this be? Didn't the Yan family open up black and white in Suzhou City? This kind of thing can happen! ”

"It was done by someone from the government, and I heard that a master of the government had a grudge against the Yan family, which led to this scene."

"Master? But the one named Lu Jin? Xu Qinglian was stunned and hurriedly asked.

"That's him!"

"Huh......" Xu Qinglian exhaled deeply, and turned her head to look at the scholar who had been sitting next to her and didn't talk much: "I really let you talk." This Lu Zhen is really my natural nemesis, not to mention the good things that ruined you in Hangzhou, this time he came to Suzhou and ruined such a large amount of salt for us! ”

This scholar, who has not been silent, is the White Lotus Sect Protector Bai Lian, who wanted to put Lu Zhen to death several times in Hangzhou before but never succeeded. Hearing this at this moment, a trace of hatred flashed on his face, but soon, he laughed again: "But judging from the current situation, his disturbance may not be a bad thing for my Holy Sect. We just took this opportunity to ask the Yan family to help us do that more important thing! As he spoke, there was a glint in his eyes.