As the New Year was approaching, Li Longji issued an edict to allow the two cities to open for the night, and the Fangmen was closed at three o'clock in the morning, and the trade volume between the eastern and western cities was significantly expanded, especially on the Tianbaoqu wharf outside the Chunming Gate, which was even more lively, and the boats from all over the country were crowded with the river, and the official ships were full of all kinds of bulk goods, such as tea, rice, salt, oil, and so on.

The private ship is mainly for local specialties, Yangzhou brocade, mirror, bronze, seafood; Runzhou's Jingkou silk shirt and silk embroidery; Hangzhou's bronze, Luo, Wu Aya, and silk yarn; tortoiseshell turtles in Guangzhou, pearls, ivory, agarwood; Hongzhou's famous porcelain, wine vessels, tea kettles, tea bells, tea bowls; Xuanzhou's empty bluestone, pen and paper, Coptis chinensis; As well as Suzhou's Sanpo glutinous rice, Fang Wenya, etc., etc., cargo ships from dozens of states gathered in the capital, shouting day and night, and the lights were endless.

The wharf was full of people, men from major shops ordering goods, laborers carrying goods, and horse-drawn carriages carrying goods, a steaming scene.

At this time, a group of ships from Yangzhou slowly docked, the ship was full of fine tea, and from the canopy of the second ship came out of the canopy, he was about forty years old, wearing a blue robe, dark skin, and a strong physique, he looked at the dark Chang'an city wall in the distance, and could not help but sigh softly, his eyes were full of worry.

The boat gently hit the dock and began to dock, and the middle-aged man entered the cabin to pick up his package and went ashore worriedly.

It was obviously not the first time he had come to Chang'an, and he found the car rental office with ease, and a guy greeted him warmly, "Guest officer, do you want to rent a carriage?" ”

"I'll rent a carriage."

Although the middle-aged man spoke official dialect, he obviously had an accent from Yangzhou, and the guy immediately waved his hand, and a carriage drove over, and the middle-aged man got into the carriage and ordered, "Go to Dongshi!" ”

The carriage started and headed towards Chunming Gate.

Half an hour later, the middle-aged man got off the carriage in the East Market, he entered the East Market, and soon came to the copperware shop, at this moment there are not many customers, all the shops are busy preparing New Year's goods, the middle-aged man slowly walked to a copperware shop, and whispered to the busy shopkeeper: "Second brother!" ”

The shopkeeper was stunned, and when he turned around and saw the middle-aged man, he was taken aback, "Third brother, why are you here?" ”

"Hey! It's hard to put into words. ”

The shopkeeper looked to both sides, pulled him into the shop, and heard him ask in a low voice from a distance: "I heard that the government is looking for your proprietor, why?" ”

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In front of King Qing's Mansion in Yongfu Fang, several horses galloped from a distance, and in the night, several men in black jumped off their horses and galloped up the steps, and a leader arched his hand and said: "Please report to King Qing, there is urgent information in Yangzhou." ”

The porter didn't dare to slack off, and immediately rushed in to report, and after a while, the door opened, and a housekeeper went out and said to several black-clothed people: "Your Highness asked you to go to the study immediately." ”

Several black-clothed men entered the side door in a flash, and the door creaked and closed again, and at this moment, a pigeon flew up from a roof not far away, circled, and quickly flew in the direction of the East Inner Garden.

In the study, as soon as King Qing Li Cong saw the leader of the men in black, he asked impatiently, "Is there any news about the salt merchant?" ”

"Your Highness, after the salt merchant Du Bosheng escaped from prison, everyone went around to find out his whereabouts, Yangzhou has just sent the latest information, he has sent someone to bring a letter into Beijing, this person is very likely to be his original steward Yuan Kai."

"What!" Li Cong was furious, he slapped the table heavily and said, "You stupid! What am I raising you for, a small salt merchant can't catch it, and he actually let his people enter Beijing. ”

The man in black was so frightened that he kowtowed again and again, "Your Highness is angry, the affairs of Yangzhou are not in charge of the subordinates, and the subordinates will definitely do their best to catch the people sent by Du Bosheng in the capital." ”

"Humph! I'll give you three days, and if you can't catch someone, I'll ask for your heads, get out! ”

The man in black kowtowed and ran down with a rolling belt, Li Cong was very irritable in his heart, and slammed his fist on the table.

Twenty days ago, Lu Lian got a report, the salt lord Du Bosheng appeared in a green building in Jiangdu County, he immediately sent nearly 100 officials to arrest the salt lord, and the people were caught, because the amount of illegal salt sold was huge, the salt lord Du Bosheng was sentenced to death, and was ready to be beheaded after the approval of the Criminal Department, Du Bosheng confessed several major smuggling cases of King Qing in order to survive, Lu Bosheng saw that the matter was serious, and he was ready to escort Du Bosheng into Beijing.

Unexpectedly, the news leaked, and Liu Changyun, the Jianghuai transshipment envoy of the Qingwang family, immediately claimed that Du Bosheng was using a boat to sell smuggled salt, and the culprit should be dealt with by them.

Just halfway through the salt lord Du Bosheng was escorted into Beijing, Liu Changyun sent people to intercept him, but in the process of robbing the criminals, Du Bosheng was rescued by a group of mysterious people, and his whereabouts are unknown.

Lu Jian and Liu Changyun wrote to impeach each other almost at the same time, and there is no conclusion to this matter, and there are some signs of inconclusiveness.

In order to remove this hidden danger, King Qing spared no effort to send his warriors to arrest Du Bosheng, but the people did not catch them, and Du Bosheng sent people into Beijing.

Needless to say, there must be some evidence against him in the hands of the person who came, once it fell into the East Palace, his efforts in the past few years would be in vain.

Li Cong's heart was restless, pacing back and forth in the study with his hands behind his back, at this time, a young man in white walked into the study, he bowed down and said, "Father, I heard that there is news of Yangzhou?" ”

When Li Cong saw the young man, he hurriedly waved his hand and said, "Yu'er, you came just in time, my father is looking for you." ”

The young man's name is Li Li, the only son of King Qing, he was originally the eldest son of the former prince Li Ying, and after Li Ying was killed in the twenty-fifth year of the Kaiyuan Dynasty, he passed on to Li Cong, who had no children under his knees.

Li Yu is twenty years old this year, although he is young, but he is shrewd and capable, quite strategic, and has always been deeply valued by King Qing, he heard that there was news in Yangzhou, so he hurried over.

Li Cong sat down and sighed: "I just got the news from Yangzhou, Du Bosheng sent someone to Beijing." ”

Li Li was stunned, "Did Du Bosheng catch it?" ”

"I didn't catch it, but I heard that he sent his henchmen into Beijing, I was very worried that he would be unfavorable to me, I had just put Zhao Yuanling in charge of this matter, but I was afraid that he would not be able to do it."

Li Li immediately stood up and said, "Father, let me be responsible!" I'm going to catch this guy. ”

Li Cong nodded, "That's what I mean, you come to arrest this matter, I will ask Mr. Yan to help you, you must catch this person as soon as possible, and you must not let him come into contact with the people of the East Palace." ”

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In the East Inner Garden, Li Qing'an was sitting under the lamp reading a roll of pigeon letters, in the Tang Dynasty, the pigeon was also called Feinu, which has been used to deliver letters, since Li Linfu asked him to pay close attention to King Qing, he arranged a special team to collect information about King Qing, including closely monitoring his mansion, he just got the information, tonight there are mysterious people in black entering and leaving King Qing's mansion, and faintly heard 'Yangzhou emergency!' ’

Li Qing'an burned the pigeon letter on the lamp, and now the top priority is to understand what happened in Yangzhou?

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In the past few days, Yang Zhao's stick injury has gradually improved, although he was demoted to the county order of Wannian, but he worked tirelessly, and the conscientious trial director every day seemed to be a different person, and won the praise of Jingzhao Yin Xiaojiong, and expressed his political achievements to the emperor several times.

All this comes from his new staff, his staff is called Ling Hufei, and he is a fellow villager, born in the Ming Economic Branch, but because of his short stature, ugly appearance and was selected by the Ministry of Officials, did not be able to enter the office, half a month ago, he got Yang Zhao's old friend, Shuzhong rich man Xian Yu Zhongtong's recommendation, came to Beijing to be his staff, although he entered Beijing not long ago, but Ling Hufei is well aware of the power structure of Chang'an, he persuaded Yang Zhao Taoguang to keep obscure, say less and do more, so that the saint can see his ability.

Yang Zhao thought so, so he washed his gentlemanly style, the gambling hall was gone, the flower wine was gone, and the twin sisters that Li Qingan took away were not wanted, and he was busy with government affairs all day long.

Seeing that it is coming to the New Year, Yang Zhao is also busier, but his mood is not very good these days, the reason is that there is another nine-gate patrol battalion on his territory, and it stands to reason that the nine-gate patrol camp helps him maintain law and order and curb Jin Wuwei's flying and domineering, which should be a good thing, but the problem is that this nine-gate patrol envoy turned out to be Li Qing'an, although Li Qing'an is not his sworn enemy, but it also makes him extremely unhappy, damn, dare to rob his woman!

Early in the morning, Yang Zhao was dizzily reading the case book in the county office, and the things in the case were nothing more than the loss of Aunt Zhang's chicken, and the indecent treatment of Aunt Li when she went to the thatched house, it was really not a big deal, at this time, his staff Ling Hufei walked in with a stack of case books.

"Yang County Order, have you heard that there are several Hui people in Pingkangfang who molested the folk girls on the street, and they were beaten by each of the patrol battalions with a hundred sticks, and one person was killed on the spot."

"Humph! It has nothing to do with me to kill them all, let Li Qingan collect the body by himself. ”

"Yang County Ling seems to have a deep prejudice against Li Qingan?"

Ling Hufei put down the case book and smiled: "Aren't they just two women?" Why should Yang County order make enemies for this little thing. ”

Yang Zhao sighed and said: "I'm not for the two women, to be honest, even if the two women are returned to me, I won't be able to take them home, it's just that this kid has only been in Chang'an for a month, and he is so in the limelight, I feel unhappy!" ”

Ling Hufei smiled slightly, "Mu Xiu is in the forest, the wind will destroy it, don't look at his current scenery, but his foundation is not deep, once he gets carried away, it will be his time to be unlucky, so Yang County Ling doesn't have to take him to heart." ”

Yang Zhao nodded lightly, "I think so too, I hope he will plant a big fight." ”

At this time, a government official hurriedly ran in and reported: "The county order, the secretary and supervisor are visiting with the regular officer." ”

Yang Zhao was stunned, 'secretary, supervisor and regular member', who could this be?

Ling Hufei said with a smile: "It's Li Li, the son of King Qing." ”

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(To be continued)