"Shansi, are you serious? Is there really a huge amount of illicit salt hidden on the merchant ship of the Yan family at the dock? After listening to Lu Jin's story, Kang Zhifu at this time was completely sleepy, his expression became extremely solemn, and he stared at Lu Jin's face for a moment.

And Lu Jin's expression in front of him was also quite serious: "My lord, no matter how bold you are, you don't dare to frame the Yan family with such a big crime." These are all things that my two brothers have ventured to find out during this period of time, and now there is some chaos on the dock, I am afraid that there is a disagreement within the Yan family! In addition, just now outside the government gate, there were still people who wanted to arrest them, and the people of the Cao Gang led by them were still being detained. If you don't believe me, you can ask him about it. ”

"No need, I believe you." Kang Sichuan waved his hand, Lu Zhen suddenly came here this night, obviously he had enough evidence. In fact, he had also heard of the Yan family's smuggling in the past, but because of the other party's power in the city, as well as the relationship between the Cao Yun Yamen and the Cao Gang, he had always turned a blind eye. Unexpectedly, the Yan family actually intensified so much that they even dared to traffic in illicit salt, and once they were lucky, it was even more huge, which was completely indifferent to the government and their own prefect.

Just as Kang Sichuan gritted his teeth, Lu Zhen spoke again: "My lord, in fact, I didn't want to make all this public, after all, the Yan family has an extraordinary status in the city and has backers, so it is likely to cause some trouble." But after thinking about it, I felt that it was inappropriate, if his family's boat was found to be trafficking in illicit salt outside Suzhou, then not only the Yan family would be convicted of a felony, but I am afraid that the responsibility of the adult will not be light. ”

This sentence really hit the point, and Kang Sichuan's face sank suddenly. Yes, I must not be affected by the Yan family, this matter must be controlled as soon as possible!

Thinking of this, he stood up suddenly: "Let's go, you will go to the dock with this officer." Mu Hong—"

As soon as he greeted him, Mu Hong, who was guarding the door, immediately pushed open the door and looked in. Kang Sichuan immediately ordered: "Call up all the people who stayed in the yamen, and go to the dock with this official to take Yan's family and others, there must be no mistake!" ”

Mu Hong had already heard everything in his ears at the door, and at this time, he only glanced at Lu Zhen with some strange eyes, then bowed his head and agreed, and then hurriedly ran to the front to call someone.

By the time Lu Zhen and Kang Sichuan came to the front yard, more than a dozen government officials had already rushed over, but their clothes were still a little messy, and they had obviously just been woken up from their beds. As soon as they saw the menacing Kang Sichuan and Lu Jin, they looked at the inquiring gaze.

Seeing this, Lu Zhen hurriedly spoke on behalf of the prefect of Kang: "There is news from the wharf that someone has the audacity to hoard illicit salt and try to transport it from my Suzhou to other places to sell it. Your Excellency, you're going to lead us to arrest us! ”

"Huh? Is there such a thing? These officers suddenly changed their faces, but they no longer dared to slack off, and immediately clenched the weapons in their hands. The sale of illicit salt that can alarm the prefect must not be a trivial fight, and such illicit salt dealers are not easy to deal with, so they must be treated with caution.

To the astonishment of the people, a number of errands came out one after another, and in a short time there were about thirty men. Kang Sichuan didn't wait any longer, just raised his hand, and ordered: "Let's rush to the dock!" ”

Suddenly, under the leadership of him and Lu Jin, a team of more than 30 people rushed towards the canal wharf located in the south of the city. Along the way, I also met a lot of people from the Cao Gang who searched around with torches, but when they met them under the banner of the government, these people no longer had the previous tyranny and arrogance, and they immediately dispersed.

Kang Sichuan was naturally extremely dissatisfied with these guys who came out to mess around at night, but at this time, he couldn't care about dealing with them, so he just kept his heart and continued to lead people on the road.

After the second watch, they finally came to the vicinity of the pier. At this time, the dock was still brightly lit and full of people, which further confirmed Lu Jin's previous report. If it weren't for something important here, there wouldn't be anyone here at this point.

As they continued to walk inside, a group of men with sticks soon met and blocked the way: "Who are you?" How dare you approach the canal pier at this time! ”

"This official is Kang Sichuan, the prefect of Suzhou, who are you?" Kang Zhifu snorted, shook the sleeves of his robe and walked up. The vermilion official robe of the prefect on his body looked particularly bright and dazzling under the reflection of the firelight.

As soon as these men saw his outfit and saw the outfits of the servants behind him, they immediately panicked, put down their sticks one after another, and knelt on the ground to salute: "I don't know that the prefect is coming, and I hope that the lord will forgive me." ”

"Hmph......" Kang Sichuan didn't bother to say anything to them at all, just snorted, and led people directly into the dock boundary. And their direct intrusion quickly alarmed the other people inside, and those Cao Gang leaders saw the Kang Zhifu in the lead, and their hearts were slammed, and several people in the official mansion could only come out after a period of entanglement.

"I've seen the prefect, why did you suddenly come here late at night?" After a presiding official of the Caoyun Yamen stepped forward to salute, he had the courage to ask. He had actually secretly realized that something was wrong, but at this time, he could only come forward, who said that he had already received the benefits of the Yan family just now?

In fact, Yan Runzhang's actions just now have made him see some clues. But he has long been accustomed to all kinds of cats, and after taking the money, he didn't take it seriously. But now, seeing that Kang Zhifu actually leaked in person, he realized that the matter seemed to be much more serious than he imagined.

Kang Sichuan only glanced at him, and said, "What about the people of the Yan family, where are they?" ”

"They...... On the ship over there, it seems that there are some problems with the goods that are going to be shipped out of Suzhou. In the face of the powerful official authority of the Kang Governor's Mansion, this official couldn't resist at all, and immediately got out of the way, and pointed to one of the big ships behind him at the same time.

"Master Ding, you should also go over with this official to testify." Kang Sichuan did not delay, and after seeing Lu Zhen nodding, he grabbed the hand of the official in front of him, and then walked towards the Yan family's merchant ship over there.

At this time, the eyes of dozens or hundreds of people around converged, but Governor Kang didn't care about these at all, and just walked forward. And his magnificence really suppressed the people around him, so that no one dared to step forward and obstruct him again.

When he drove straight to the merchant ship leaning on the shore like entering a no-man's land, a voice sounded from above: "Xiaomin Yan Runzhang has seen the prefect, I don't know what is the important thing for the lord to come at night?" ”

Seeing that even Yan Runzhang was here, Kang Sichuan was even more convinced that what Lu Zhen said was true, but at the same time, an uneasy thought also arose, I am afraid that things have changed. But now that the arrow is on the string, there is no way to turn back, so he stepped on the pedal connecting the ship and the land without hesitation, and said as he moved forward: "I didn't expect that Elder Yan was also here, but it made the official lose some hands and feet." The official had just received the news that some of the ships on the dock were carrying a large number of prohibited items, so he hurriedly brought someone to check on it. The Yan family, as the leader of my Suzhou freight forwarding, also hopes that you can lead by example, and don't make it difficult for this official. ”

Yan Runzhang's eyes immediately flashed with a hint of essence: such fast movements, such ruthless methods. Sure enough, the other party had already calculated, and even the prefect moved over.

Thinking in his heart, he said in his mouth: "My lord's words are serious, my Yan family wants to come to serve the law and abide by the law, and I definitely don't dare to do anything with it." This can be testified by the people on this wharf, as well as the relevant yamen. ”

"Really? In that case, why did Elder Yan appear here tonight? At this time, Lu Zhen had also walked out, looked at him with a smile and asked.

Being confronted so head-on, and not being an official, made Yan Runzhang feel annoyed. Fortunately, his city is not shallow, and he soon smiled: "Who is this?" ”

"In Xia Lu Jin, Xi is a staff member next to the prefect." Lu Zhen bowed his hand slightly.

Is he Lu Jin? Yan Runzhang couldn't help but carefully look at the young man in front of him a few times, and at the same time, a thought came to him, I am afraid that this change is inseparable from this person. This made him look at Lu Jin's eyes, and suddenly there was a little more resentment and anger.

However, Lu Zhen was not frightened by his threatening gaze at all, and still had that disapproving smile, but his eyes gradually became sharper, staring at Yan Runzhang: "Master Yan, you haven't replied yet, why are you here?" ”

"Hmph, there is something wrong on my ship, and the old man naturally wants to come and take a look." Yan Runzhang could only use anger to cover up the weakness in his heart.

"In that case, then please Master Yan, get out of the way and let the people from my government go in first to search." Lu Zhen spoke again.

After being said so aggressively by him, Yan Runzhang was a little overwhelmed. Although there are far more people on the ship who listen to his orders than the people from the government office, unless he can cover the sky with one hand and control the entire Suzhou, or even the entire Nanzhili territory, he will definitely not dare to clash with the government head-on.

So even if he was unwilling, he could only get out of the way in the end, and at the same time ordered: "Let everyone obey the orders of these poor masters, and don't let them find any mistakes and omissions to blame our Yan family." ”

"Yes!" Although the people on the boat were angry, they could only agree to come down, and led the people of the government who were already eager to try and went to the boat.

Seeing this, Lu Jin, who was still full of confidence, frowned slightly, the Yan family was so obedient, could it be that they had already prepared a countermeasure?

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