On the Suzhou wharf of the canal, at this time, there was already a lot of people, and many Cao Gang members were urgently dispatched and rushed towards the city, while more people scattered and looked for the guy named Lu Le.

On the deck of the merchant ship, Yan Runzhang's face had become quite ugly when he saw this scene. Years of experience in the mall have made him feel that danger is coming, and there must be something wrong with this disappeared Lu Le. And now the ships here are full of things that kill people...... You can't just sit back like that!

The resolute gaze of the two broken boats quickly rose in Yan Runzhang's eyes, and after complaining to these friends at the banquet, he immediately beckoned his son.

At this time, Yan Yuqi was also a little flustered, although he had also dealt with a lot of big and small affairs in the past few years, but it was the first time that such an accident had happened today. The worry on his face was that he couldn't cover it, so as soon as he came to his father's side, he hurriedly asked, "Dad, what should I do next?" If the disappeared man is really hidden in a house in Suzhou, even the government may not be able to find out where he came from. ”

Yes, the population of Suzhou is more than 100,000, and trying to find someone among these many people is tantamount to looking for a needle in a haystack. Yan Runzhang was also silent for a while, and then raised his head suddenly, lowered his voice and spoke carefully to his son.

When Yan Yuqi heard this, his body suddenly shook: "Dad, how does this make it, that's a ......"

"At this point, this is the most appropriate and stable way, otherwise my Yan family is very likely to fall because of this. Compared to it, the hundreds of thousands of taels of silver are nothing. Go ahead and remember to use our own people before things get completely worse. Yan Runzhang instructed with a serious face, and there was no room for negotiation.

Yan Yuqi had no choice but to nod his head and accept the order, and then hurriedly went down the deck to prepare. And watching his son go down, Yan Runzhang's body shook for a while, and a series of heart-rending coughs were snatched out of his mouth, as if he was going to cough out all his internal organs.

The docks were crowded with people, and those who had been on the Yan family's merchant ships were not so strict, and at this moment, one of them began to move slowly, carefully hiding himself in the dark where the lights could not shine.

After looking around for a while, and making sure that no one was paying attention to him, he immediately rushed outside under the cover of various objects on the dock. Although he moved a little strangely when he ran, and his body was always one high and one low, he was extremely fast, and in a moment, he had disappeared into the night.

This person is naturally Lin Lie.

Seeing the movements of the Cao Gang, he knew that things had changed. So he didn't dare to stay longer, so he immediately took advantage of the chaos to leave, and then brought the news back to Lu Jin.

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After opening the door and letting Lin Lie into the house, Lu Jincai asked, "What happened on the dock?" ”

Lin Lie hurriedly told the incident that happened at the dock just now, and finally said: "My lord, things have changed, it seems that the Yan family may change their minds." ”

"Is this the case?" Lu Jinmo rubbed his chin, and after a little contemplation, he came to a judgment: "It seems that there should be another hidden reason for the sale of illicit salt this time, otherwise the Yan family would not have made such a flustered move." They did this clearly because they were worried that the news would leak out. ”

"So what do we do?" Qingler hurriedly stepped forward and asked.

"I had intended to do so the day after tomorrow before their ships were to leave, but now it seems that I could not wait for that time. If you and Brother Lin leave, it will inevitably alarm the people of the Yan family, maybe they will do whatever it takes to protect themselves! Lu Jin's gaze landed fixedly in one place and said.

"What do you mean?" Qingle quickly understood, and with a look of disbelief: "The value of those private salts is not low. ”

"What is hundreds of thousands of taels of silver compared to the safety of the entire Yan family? If I were Yan Runzhang, I would only be able to break my wrist in this case. Lu Zhen raised his head sharply as he spoke: "Go, follow me to the prefect's yamen, we must get all the evidence before they have a move!" ”

The three of them went out quickly like a gust of wind, and then out of the courtyard again, heading straight out. And this movement naturally alarmed Yun Yan's master and servant in the room on the other side again.

The two women looked at the three men who left in a hurry with some surprise and worry, and were speechless for a long time. In the end, Qingwu said softly: "This Lu Gongzi is really busy, he has to be busy doing things even in the middle of the night." ”

"Because he is a person who does great things...... "Although Yun Yan said this, there was a little pantothenic acid in her heart. Bing Xue was smart, and she had already seen from Lu Jin's previous actions and words who he was targeting recently, and the reason why he did it was naturally the young lady of the Chu family.

If only he could be so attentive to me...... Yun Yan couldn't help but think about it, and she didn't feel a little stupid.

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"Who? Hold it! ”

After avoiding a few groups of guys searching all over the city, when Lu Zhen and the others came to the vicinity of the mansion, they were touched by several people from the Cao Gang who lit torches. Lu Jin didn't want to meet them, so he turned around and walked to the other side, but the other party immediately chased after him.

These people have been searching the city for a while, and they have searched some dilapidated temples and empty houses, and even those poor houses have let them break in and search, but they still find nothing. So when you see someone coming out at night, you naturally have to find out.

Seeing this, Lu Zhen didn't plan to hide anymore, anyway, there was the prefect's yamen not far in front of him, and these guys didn't have the courage to go straight to the yamen, so they gave Lin Lie and the two of them a look.

The two of them understood, and immediately stopped and turned around sharply, and greeted the guys who were following them.

A few Cao Gang men with torches were stunned when they saw each other walking in the opposite direction. Immediately, one of them pointed at Qinggele and shouted: "It's him, he's Lu Le!" ”

"Hey, isn't this Lin Lie? Wasn't he at the docks just now, why is he here now? The other person also recognized Lin Lielai, and he was surprised and cried out.

"It doesn't matter what the reason is, take people down first!" The leader of the Cao Gang was overjoyed when he heard this, and this time he was considered to have made a meritorious service, so he immediately ordered.

Only then did the men wake up like a dream, and rushed forward, wanting to take down the people. But this time, they were in big trouble, and just when they were about to pounce, Lin Lie and the others on the opposite side rushed up one step earlier. They lunged as if they had hit the muzzle of a gun, and they were hit head-on with punches and kicks with momentum.

There were a few muffled thuds, followed by the cries of pain from a group of people.

These Cao Gang members are not all practitioners as described in later literary and artistic works, they are just a group of coolies with physical strength, and at most they have practiced some superficial styles. How could such a person be the opponent of Lin Lie and Qinggele, just one face, they were all put to the ground, and they couldn't even show the ability to parry.

Then the two of them quickly pounced, and the leader of the Cao Gang was caught in the middle. Only then did the man show a look of horror: "You ...... You ......" I didn't know what to say for a while.

Lu Zhen didn't want to say much to him, but just turned his mouth to the closed door of the mansion: "Let's go, enter the yamen and talk about other things." "Although it is very easy for Lin Lie and them to deal with five or six Cao Gang men, it will also be a trouble if they attract more guys around, so it is only right to go to the government and take the initiative in their own hands.

The two of them understood, and immediately brought the leader of the Cao gang to the front of the mansion, and then slammed the heavy door hard.

The sound of tom knocking on the door was particularly harsh at night, and soon there was a response from inside the door: "Who?" In the middle of the night, I actually rushed in front of the prefect's yamen! "This is a handyman who keeps vigil at the yamen, and he has also received news before that he knows that the Cao Gang and the Yan family will make some moves tonight, so he locked the door early.

But now, someone actually rushed to photograph the gate of the mansion, and he naturally couldn't pretend to hear it because of his duties, so he could only open the door a crack with some reluctance. Looking out, the first thing he saw was Lin Lie and a few of them, which made his face sink: "You guys, you guys, you dare to make trouble in the mansion, it's really bold!" "But they are regarded as the Cao Gang who are now searching the city.

At this moment, Lu Jin, who was standing in front of the door, spoke: "Lao Cao, it's me, Lu Jin, open the door quickly." ”

"Huh? Oh, it turned out to be Mr. Lu, Mr. is not strange! As soon as Lao Cao heard Lu Jin's name report, his attitude suddenly changed, and he quickly opened half of the door, and after seeing Lu Zhen in front of the door, he nodded and said, "Mr. Lu, why did you think of coming to Yamen this big night?" But what's the matter? ”

Because Lu Zhen solved the case of Zhuang Qiang's murder before, his reputation in the government office has increased, and these miscellaneous servants are naturally easy to get by. However, at this time, he didn't have time to entangle with him more, so he just asked, "Your Excellency can be in the yamen tonight?" ”

"Yes, but he's already rested." Lao Cao said with some embarrassment.

But Lu Zhen didn't care about it so much, and he didn't say anything to him, so he immediately walked inside and went straight to the backyard of the mansion.

As soon as a few people arrived at the door of the backyard, a figure had quickly rushed out, blocking their way, and stared at them vigilantly: "Who is it?" ”

"Brother Mu, it's me, Lu Jin." Lu Zhen hurriedly stepped forward, hugged his fists and said, "I have something important to find an adult, and I hope you will go and report it." ”

"It's so late, why don't you wait for tomorrow?" Mu Hong is still the same cold appearance, and there is no change in Lu Jin's current status.

"It's urgent, I'm afraid I can't wait for tomorrow." Lu Jin immediately raised his voice and shouted inside: "My lord, Lu Jin has something important to see!" ”

After a while, a somewhat tired voice sounded: "Mu Hong, let him come in and talk!" ”