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"Uncle Xue, I also heard that Mao Chenglu, the general of the Lushun guard, and the guerrilla Cui Zuyao are at odds, I wonder if this is really the case?" Han Yue asked Xue Hu eagerly.

"That's true, Cui Zuyao is an old man in Mao Wenlong's period, but Mao Chenglu, as Mao Wenlong's former confidant, is more appreciated than Cui Zuyao, and the rank of the general is also above the guerrilla, so the two of them have always looked at each other wrongly." Xue Hu has made extensive contacts in Dongjiang Town, and these insider stories are naturally known.

Seeing Xue Hu's affirmation, Han Yue was excited: "If we reveal the matter of Cui Zuyao's collusion with Houjin to Mao Chenglu, how likely is it that he will come forward to deal with Cui Zuyao." ”

Xue Hu knew Han Yue's intentions, this may not be a good external force, but he knew that the corruption of the upper echelons of Dongjiang Town and Mao Chenglu's character were a little hesitant: "Mao Chenglu is treacherous and greedy, we may not be so easy to move him with just a letter." ”

"Of course it won't be just a letter, we still have 60,000 taels of silver." Han Yue looked very confident.

"Sixty thousand taels of silver?"

Rao is Xue Hu was calm and cautious, and he was a little surprised to hear Han Yue say this, and Wang Erkui opened his mouth even more, thinking that he had heard it wrong.

"Yes, Uncle Xue has forgotten that batch of goods?"

Xue Hu and Wang Erkui suddenly realized, and after a little contemplation, they felt that if they could really bring down Cui Zuyao and rescue Xiao Siqi, Fenglong Commercial Bank would not hesitate to offer 60,000 taels of silver, even if it was more.

Han Yue's account is indeed very cost-effective, he doesn't have to pay a penny to invite Mao Chenglu to deal with Cui Zuyao, he only needs the fisherman to take advantage of the chaos to smuggle out the gold, silver and jewelry in the secret room, and by the way, he can also rescue Xiao Siqi and Ji Manru. But when he thought of Mao Chenglu's gloomy eyes when he looked at him in Shuangdao, Han Yue felt that he still had to send a reliable person to connect with Mao Chenglu, and this person was none other than Xiao Yishan.

Everything still has to wait for Xiao Yishan and Xue Yan to come back before it can be implemented.

Taking advantage of the waiting, Han Yue, Xue Hu and Wang Erkui scrutinized all aspects of the plan again: let Xiao Yishan give the goods to Mao Chenglu as a temptation after the fact, and drive Mao Chenglu to come forward, and wait for Ji Manru, the fifth lady of Cui Mansion, to send someone to bring the news of Cui Zuyao's shipment, they first went to the southern suburbs manor to rescue Xiao Siqi, and then got the letter as evidence, and at the same time, Xiao Yishan accompanied Mao Chenglu to intercept the goods halfway. It is believed that Mao Chenglu had the means to deal with Cui Zuyao at that time, and Han Yue and others quickly left Lushun City after rescuing Xiao Siqi and Ji Manru.

Of course, there is another link in this plan that Han Yue did not say for the time being: when Mao Chenglu and Cui Zuyao bit each other, he led Xue Hu, Xue Yan, Wang Erkui, and the fifth lady Ji Manru to smuggle out the gold, silver and jewelry in the secret room.

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didn't wait long, the sound of knocking on the door sounded, Wang Erkui opened the door and found that Xiao Yishan had returned, looking at his happy face, Han Yue knew that there must be good news.

Sure enough, Xiao Yishan didn't wait to sit down and reported to Han Yue about the situation he and Xue Yan had investigated.

Xiao Yishan and Xue Yan took advantage of the night to come to the wharf, and saw that several merchant ships of the Fenglong Commercial Bank were still moored on the shore, and there were special soldiers on guard, Xue Yan secretly approached a soldier, and then knocked him unconscious and dragged him to an abandoned warehouse, and after a little questioning, he asked the desired result: The goods of the Fenglong Commercial Bank were indeed seized by Liu Renji, the commander of the guerrilla battalion under Cui Zuyao, and had been smuggled away, as for where it was transported, the soldiers did not know, Xue Yan simply broke the soldier's neck and threw it into the sea in order to prevent being discovered.

Seeing Xue Yan kill in front of him, Xiao Yishan was a little uncomfortable, but at this time, he pretended that Xiao Siqi's safety was all in his heart, and there was no resistance.

Then Xue Yan and Xiao Yishan checked on a few roads on the side of the dock, and sure enough, they found that there were many traces of newly appeared carriages on one of the roads, and they followed these ruts until they reached a manor in the southern suburbs, and after finding that they were heavily guarded, Xue Yan asked Xiao Yishan to wait outside, he sneaked into the manor to investigate, and it didn't take long for him to come out and bring the news of finding Xiao Siqi.

Xiao Yishan was overjoyed and was about to rush in to save people, but was stopped by Xue Yan and reminded him that it was impossible to rescue people with the strength of the two of them, and maybe they would fold inside, although Xiao Yishan was a little unwilling, but he also knew that it was true, he begged Xue Yan to stay and lurk in the manor to secretly protect Xiao Siqi, Xue Yan thought about it and agreed.

So Xiao Yishan rushed back alone to report the news.

"Did Steward Xiao see Cui Zuyao when he was in the manor?" Han Yue remembered that Ji Manru said that Cui Zuyao was woken up by the housekeeper in the middle of the night and left the house in a hurry, so he should have gone to the manor.

"See, when I was waiting for Brother Xue outside, I heard a group of people coming from outside the gate of the manor, and when the report was announced, it was Cui Zuyao's name, but after a while, another fast horse arrived, and Cui Zuyao left in a hurry before he entered the manor." The reason why Xiao Yishan is a little relaxed now is because Xue Yan sneaked into the manor to secretly protect Xiao Siqi, and on the other hand, because Cui Zuyao left in a hurry before he entered the manor, he believed that as long as Cui Zuyao was not in the manor, Xiao Siqi would not be in danger of life and personal danger for the time being.

Han Yuexin shouted that it was dangerous, but fortunately he came out of the secret room of the study in time, if Cui Zuyao suddenly killed a horse pistol, he might be blocked.

But what made Cui Zuyao leave in a hurry?

Seeing that Xiao Siqi's whereabouts were found and there was no danger for the time being, Han Yue's heart was also a little calm, in fact, if Xiao Yishan didn't come back after waiting for a while, Han Yue was also going to explore the southern suburbs manor with Xue Hu, after all, time was pressing.

As soon as Han Yue told Xiao Yishan about the plan he had just discussed, Xiao Yishan naturally would not object, saying that he could make the decision and use the goods as a reward to move Mao Chenglu to come forward, but he reminded Han Yue not to wait too long, because Xiao Siqi was still locked up in the manor and was in danger at all times.

Han Yue's intuition told him that Cui Zuyao must have encountered something big when he left in a hurry before entering the manor, and it was likely that the person who wrote the letter had sent news again, since it was so urgent, then the shipment time of that batch of goods should be tomorrow.

He asked Xiao Yishan to rush to Shuangdao immediately to see Mao Chenglu, Xiao Yishan agreed, and did not sit down to relieve his breath and immediately spent a high price to let the shopkeeper of Wanghailou prepare a fast horse, although the city gate has been closed now, but he has been engaged in smuggling trade for many years, he naturally has a way to bribe the dock guards to let him go to sea overnight, and it only takes a few hours to come and go to Shuangdao by boat.

After Xiao Yishan left, he arranged for Wang Erkui to continue to wait for news in Wanghailou, and Han Yue and Xue Hu also quickly rushed to the southern suburbs of the manor.