In the narration of Lanqin mixed with a few sobs, Yang Zhen and Luo Yueying finally understood the ins and outs of the matter-

However, it was said that the people who secretly tracked Luo Yueying's convoy that day found that the car was not the target itself after she was transferred away a day after she used the golden cicada to get out of the shell, so she no longer continued to follow, which allowed Lanqin and the others to return to Hangzhou safely. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

Two days later, Zhou Zhenying, who was injured, also rushed back, but did not return directly to the Cao Gang stronghold, but secretly connected with Luo Chengzhang, who was already worried about his daughter's safety.

When he learned that there might be spies around him, almost causing his daughter to be taken captive, Luo Chengzhang began to check the people around him, and at the same time acted more carefully, for fear of being taken advantage of. It was precisely because of his concerns in all aspects that after he was sure that his daughter was safe under Yang Zhen's protection, he did not rush to send someone to Zhuji, for fear that Luo Yueying's whereabouts would be exposed and cause trouble again.

But even if Luo Chengzhang investigated several times, this spy hidden by his side has not been able to find out, and even He Wei and Cao Hua have not moved much recently, as if Luo Yueying's attack on returning to Shaoxing has nothing to do with them.

Since he couldn't get the exact evidence for a while, Luo Chengzhang had no choice but to continue to forbear and investigate secretly, although he was the deputy leader of the Cao Gang, but he did not have the power to punish without teaching. And this wait, even for half a month, he didn't know that a conspiracy had enveloped him.

On the seventh day of the first month of June, that is, on the morning of the same day that Yang Chen showed his might in the county government, cracked the murder case, and brought down Xuanchuang Fight, a group of officers and soldiers from the Caoyun Yamen came up at the Hangzhou Canal Wharf.

In the past, these soldiers who only ate and left everything to the people of the Cao Gang rarely came here, let alone such a hot summer. This surprised the people of the Cao Gang who were working on the dock, and then hurriedly stepped forward to ask.

One of the generals who didn't want to bring troops this time didn't even talk about his friendship with the Cao Gang, and with a wave of his hand, he ordered people to go up to the boats to search. When he was asked anxiously, he said with a dark face: "It's the meaning of the yamen above, they got a secret report that someone here is carrying private goods." The others didn't say a word.

Now, it makes the Cao Gang even more confused. You must know that the Cao Gang is willing to do this hard work for the Caoyun Yamen, precisely because of the convenience of bringing some private goods from Caoyun. Otherwise, with the tens of thousands of taels of silver allocated by the yamen every year, it would not be enough to summon thousands of Cao Gang members to work day and night.

This is an unspoken rule that everyone knows by heart, why has it become an excuse for the yamen to come and search the ships today? The person in charge of the wharf saw that things were not fair, so he had to send someone to report to Luo Chengzhang and ask the Luo gang leader to persuade people to leave through officialdom channels, otherwise it would not be good to delay the shipment of goods from the wharf.

But before Luo Chengzhang could go out and find an adult, there was a big problem on the dock. In fact, if it is an ordinary southern specialty, it is nothing, and the Cao Gang has always done this. Unexpectedly, this time, in addition to these special products that can only be transported to the north to make a lot of profits, tens of thousands of catties of salt and more than 2,000 catties of iron were found and hidden in several boats.

This time, the matter is serious.

Since the beginning of the Han Dynasty, the imperial court has explicitly prohibited the private sale of salt, iron and other goods. Salt is table salt, which is an extremely important source of tax revenue in the imperial court, so it has always been strictly controlled, and for this reason, salt quotations have been created to better control the sale of salt in various places. But even so, there are still illegal salt dealers among the people, seeking profits at a price far cheaper than that of the imperial court.

Whether it was the Han or the Song, the Tang or the Ming, the imperial court severely punished the smugglers of salt, but because the huge profits were too great, it was still difficult to stop. On the contrary, because they were caught selling smuggled salt, they would inevitably be sentenced heavily, and these smuggling salt dealers became organized and used strong force to confront the imperial court. Among them, Zhang Shicheng, who competed with Zhu Yuanzhang, the Taizu of the Ming Dynasty, at the end of the Yuan Dynasty was the leader.

Even if the Ming Dynasty has explicitly ordered that anyone who sells more than 50 catties of salt will be sentenced to death, such a heavy punishment, illegal salt still cannot be prohibited. But it is extremely rare to find nearly 10,000 catties of illicit salt at once like today.

However, this is not too serious, after all, the status of the Cao Gang is also very important, related to the entire canal, the smooth passage of the north and south arteries of the Ming Dynasty, this bit of private salt may be quite a lot for others, but it is still not enough to convict the Cao Gang on this. The key is on those thousands of catties of iron.

This iron can be used to forge weapons, and the grassland tribes that have always been enemies of the Central Plains Dynasty are most lacking in iron tools, in order to combat these enemies, the Central Plains Dynasty will naturally not let iron outflow, just like few countries in later generations will let the people sell guns casually. And the Ming Dynasty was even more strict in this regard, as long as someone was found to be smuggling iron to the north, he would be punished for the crime of rebellion.

And now, on the ship to the north, there are thousands of catties of iron, and the government is no longer afraid, and it doesn't want anything to happen to the Cao Gang, so it can't ignore it. So he detained everyone near the wharf and took him to Caoyun Yamen for strict interrogation.

Luo Chengzhang was also shocked when he heard that he had found salt and iron and other forbidden items from the ship, and he knew that something was wrong. But the development of the matter was even more beyond his judgment, and soon after, the people from the governor's yamen also came to the door, and they named him to take Luo Chengzhang.

Luo Chengzhang was surprised and hurriedly asked, only then did he know that several of the people who were taken to the Caoyun Yamen insisted that these forbidden items were transported to the north by him, the deputy gang leader. Because the matter was too big and he didn't want to completely offend the Cao Gang, so that he could not cooperate in the future, the Cao Yun Yamen threw this hot potato to the governor's yamen.

And the governor Yamen didn't have much friendship with the Cao Gang, and he felt that this case was a good political achievement, so he sent someone to take Luo Chengzhang without saying a word. After listening to their story, Luo Chengzhang was silent, in front of human and physical evidence, let him be full of mouths, he could speak wildly, I am afraid that it is impossible to clear up the relationship.

Although many people around him said that he was wronged, and some even impulsively wanted to fight with the soldiers of the governor yamen who came to get people, Luo Chengzhang quickly persuaded his subordinates to stop their uncalm behavior, and decided to arrest him and go to the governor yamen to speak. Because he knew very well that someone was deliberately calculating him, and if he really did it with the officers and soldiers of the governor's yamen, it would be in the hands of the other party. Because in this way, he Luo Chengzhang is really guilty of the felony of smuggling salt and iron, and the final outcome is only a dead end.

And after Luo Chengzhang was taken away by the government, the forces of He Wei and Cao Hua took the opportunity to take action and drove some of his subordinates loyal to him from their original positions and replaced them with their people. In just one day, the Cao Gang has changed.

Seeing such a shocking change happening around him, even the old man was taken to prison, Lanqin suddenly didn't know what to do. In the end, she thought of the old man telling her that the young lady was hiding in the Zhuji County Ya, and thought that the young lady had always been resourceful and might be able to rehabilitate the old man, so she hurried all the way from Hangzhou.

After listening to Lan Qin's words, Luo Yueying, who was regarded as her last savior, was also stunned for a long time, and then stood up even more eagerly, and said, "I'll go back to Hangzhou to save my father." Without hesitation, he rushed out the door.

Yang Zhen had already discovered her inappropriateness on the side, and when he saw her like this, he quickly grabbed Luo Yueying's wrist and said, "Miss Luo, don't be impulsive!" When he spoke, he only felt that the thing he was holding in his hand was soft and delicate, and he didn't feel a wave in his heart.

Luo Yueying was grabbed by the man's wrist, but she didn't feel as shy as before, but waved vigorously: "Yang Gongzi let go of me, I'm going to save Daddy!" But she has a little strength, how can she break free from Yang Zhen's hands.

Yang Zhen used his skill to make his hand swing with Luo Yueying's movements, so as not to hurt her, and said loudly: "Miss Luo, you calm down first, at this time, you just sent the sheep into the tiger's mouth." ”

"Calm down? You told me to calm down? My father was designed to be trapped in a cage, how can I, as a daughter, still say anything calm here, let go of me! I don't want Luo Yueying to be confused at the moment, when I saw Yang Zhen continuing to hold his hand and refused to let go, and he couldn't get rid of it, his eyebrows were raised, and his face turned red - this is not a shame, but a manifestation of anger.

Yang Zhen saw that in the past, the clouds were always light and light, even when he was attacked, Luo Yueying, who was still calm and calm in danger, was so impatient, and his brows couldn't help frowning.

He could see that the father-daughter relationship between Luo Yueying and her father was extremely deep, which may have something to do with the fact that she had no mother since she was a child. But no matter what, she wouldn't be so anxious. When he looked at Luo Yueying's eyes again, Yang Zhen found that her eyes were full of bloodshot at the moment, and when he looked carefully, he found that she was much more haggard than before.

At this time, Yang Zhen figured out what was going on.

These days, Luo Yueying has been worried about Luo Chengzhang's safety in Hangzhou, and she has not rested well. In addition, I was frightened before, although I couldn't see the problem at the time, it actually had an impact. Now that Lanqin has arrived, she first had hope, and then it was such bad news, and the emotional impact of this big ups and downs finally made Luo Yueying's heart flutter, and she would have some hysterical performance at the moment.

Thinking of this, Yang Zhen suddenly let go of his hand and said, "Okay, I'll let you go!" ”

This time, it was obviously a little unexpected for Luo Yueying, and she was stunned. At this time, Yang Zhen's right hand had already turned his fingers into a knife, and the ground was cut at the back of her neck.

Luo Yueying didn't know martial arts, and his mind was in turmoil, so he naturally didn't have the slightest vigilance, and with a sigh, he fell soft. Yang Zhen hurriedly stretched out his hand and took her soft body into his arms, only to feel a faint fragrance coming......