Chapter 40: Striking the Grass and Startling the Snake
This person is the secret guard of the Cai family, and he will inevitably return to the Cai family, and the secret guard of every big family cannot stay outside for too long.
"This person's left arm was injured by me, although the wound is not deep, but when I go to Cai's house, I can find this person out." Yue Fei handed the Pu Dao to a catcher and said with a smile.
Su Lin didn't see clearly when Yue Fei injured the secret guard, in his eyes, Yue Fei was just an advance and retreat, as if he had failed.
"It seems a little inappropriate to catch a wealthy secret guard, and to come to the door in person." Zhang Yi asked the catchers to clean up the mess, quite worried.
Hearing this, Su Lin stared at Lu Ren's corpse and fell into deep thought.
There are not many forces that can cultivate secret guards, and they are generally some Dashi clan gate lords, and the ones who often listen to them are the emperor's masters, and these people are all loyal to the master's family and only obey certain specific people. , responsible for covert protection and assassination.
Because of the discord between Cai Jing's father and son, Cai An has been established as the next head of the Cai family, and it is normal to be able to mobilize some secret guards, but it is too difficult to get through this secret guard.
Not to mention whether the rest of the Cai family knows, even if they do, they will not hand over Cai An, and they will deny it, even if Cai An's father is the acting head of the family, I am afraid that it is not as effective as what Cai An said in the Cai family.
Yue Fei and Su Lin came to Liu Yan with a depressed mood, in fact, Liu Yan also knew that if he wanted to move Cai An, it was a little unlikely.
If Cai An is moved, it will inevitably make Cai Jing's side move, and Liu Yan suddenly found that the whole thing seemed to have become a little complicated.
Tang Yin and Qin Hui lowered their heads, not knowing what they were thinking, and the three of Su Lin looked at each other, and they all saw the anxiety in each other's eyes.
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Cai's house in the north of the city, Cai's house.
Yangzhou is not big or big, it is not small or small, the Cai family has settled in the north of the city since its origin, especially Cai Jing, the homestead has been expanding, and the final scale is not much different from the Dingnan Mansion in Jiangning.
From a distance, it is a small city.
The north of the city market is second only to the Yangqinhuai River, the Guanhe area is prosperous, here by Caifu, the Cai Mansion up and down the food, drink and Lasa rely on this market to provide, Caifu's people do not dare to go far when they are free, and can only walk around the north of the city.
Under a ginkgo tree, the young scholar had a gloomy face, and in front of him, there was a person kneeling, if Su Lin was here, they would be able to recognize that this was the person who killed Lu Ren.
"You're saying that Surin didn't die?" The young man's face was gloomy and terrifying, staring at the teacup on the table, not knowing what he was thinking.
The dark guard nodded and said, "Childe, I have seen it with my own eyes, and there will be no mistake, but since Lu Ren is dead, there is no direct evidence and witnesses who can prove that it was instigated by you, Childe." β
After speaking, he took out a contract, but what was written on it was the names of Cai An and Lu Ren.
Cai An took the piece of paper, glanced at it, and found a fire fold on the dark guard, opened it, blew it, and lit it.
A small flame swayed slowly in the early autumn breeze and was quickly consumed.
If he is caught directly, he may not be in danger, but it is impossible to be an official in the future, even Cai Jing cannot change this.
But all this has become another situation, even if it is one-sided, I am afraid that Su Lin will have nothing to do with himself......
"You're hurt?" Burning the contract, Cai An suddenly found that the dark guard's left arm was a little uncomfortable, and a faint smell of blood came from there, frowned, and asked.
The dark guard nodded, but there was no change on his face, and said coldly: "It was Yue Fei who was injured." β
Cai An's eyes narrowed, and a trace of anger appeared on his delicate face, this Yue Fei has liked to go against him since he was a child, and Tang Bohu, in his opinion, none of the four talents are good people.
But he forgot whether they were good people or not, and as for who was the bad person, it was not so important to know that it was not so important, and the one who stood on the opposite side of him was not a good person.
"I didn't expect Yue Fei to be involved." Cai An's face returned to flatness and took a deep breath, "That is the case, the four great talents have always worn a pair of pants since childhood, and they want to come...... Tang Yin and Qin Hui were also among them. β
In fact, in Cai An's opinion, Yue Fei and others, and even Su Lin, are just clowns who jump off the beam, otherwise they would not have bought people to plot against Su Lin regardless of Wang Fa, although their literary talents are not as good as them, but their power is one of the best in Yangzhou City.
The only thing that bothered him was Liu Yan and some other officials.
"Cai Jiu, go to the account room to pay a thousand taels of silver, you go to Suzhou to avoid it first, with that Liu Yan's character, I'm afraid it will be thoroughly investigated." After thinking about it, Cai An still felt that it was safe to be safe, and ordered, "In order to avoid hearing and seeing, you will go to Suzhou Zhizhou, and I will write you a letter at that time to explain the reason." β
Jiangning Mansion, the Zhizhou of Suzhou, was recommended by Cai Jing, and he was also Cai Jing's protΓ©gΓ©, and the secret guard avoided the limelight in the past, and he would definitely accept it.
Suzhou and Yangzhou have been competing for political results for the past two years, and there is obviously some partisan struggle involved.
However, under Liu Yan's rule, there were only 12 homicides a year in Yangzhou, three of which were fatal, and this crime rate was the lowest among the 36 prefectures of the Great Song Dynasty.
But Cai An is doing things here, Suzhou Zhizhou is more expectant of this, helping Cai An, and being praised and promoted by Cai Jing, isn't it happy.
Under the joy of hearing this, he was naturally very happy to help the Cai family hide an injured person.
Cai An has been in Cai Jing's place for two years, and some things are still learned because of the influence of his ears and eyes, and his usual smuggling is normal, but ...... When he is serious, I am afraid that people like Yue Fei are really not his opponents.
The dark guard took a deep breath, lowered his gaze, nodded, and disappeared in a few jumps.
Seeing that the dark guard was gone, Cai An stared at the contract that had been burned to black ash on the ground, kicked it away gently, and the black ash drifted away with the wind, and then walked into the house.
Walking all the way in, when you reach the deepest point, a room is locked, open it, and stride in.
A figure appeared in the field of vision, she sat on a stool staring at the teacup in a daze, her eyes blank.
Cai An looked at this person, also sighed, shook his head, walked over, looked at the motionless meal on the table, couldn't help but show a trace of admiration, and at the same time his nose was sour. It actually gave rise to a point of jealousy.
"There is a popular saying among the people, people are iron and rice are steel, although it is vulgar, but it is realistic." Cai An sat opposite the woman, poured himself a cup of tea, and then drank it, staring at her intently, "Miss Su'er, why are you so troubled?" β