At this time, a guard reported: "Little prince, Liu Zhuan has brought Li Qing'an here." ”

"Ahh Let them in. ”

After a while, Liu Changyun led Li Qingan into the room, and Li Li greeted him with a smile, "General Li, don't come to harm?" ”

Li Qingan smiled and saluted, "I have met a lot of old friends in Jiangnan these days, which makes people feel that the world is actually very small. ”

"Why, General Li has met someone from other capitals?"

"It's nothing, I just met Cui Ping, a former foreigner, in Xuyi County, Sizhou, so I felt a little."

"Come on! Come! General Lee, please be seated. ”

Li Li had already ordered a table full of dishes, he personally poured a glass of wine for Li Qingan, then raised his glass and said with a smile: "This glass of wine is for us to meet in Yangzhou, everyone drinks." ”

"Drink! Drink! Several people raised their glasses and drank them all.

After eating a few bites of food, Li Li asked with concern: "General Li, I heard that you were assassinated and injured when you first came to Yangzhou?" ”

Li Qingan picked up the wine glass and said, "I scratched the skin, I can't talk about any injuries, but I think that assassination is very strange." ”

"What's this strange method?"

"There was no warning before I came, but after it happened, it disappeared and disappeared without a trace, and it has been almost a month now, and nothing has happened, it is like a dream."

Li Li drank all the wine in the cup and said, "General Li, I might as well tell you the truth, we have found out who this assassin is." ”

"Who is it?"

Li Li didn't answer, he smiled slightly, and asked, "Then General Li can tell me, Du Bosheng, have you caught it?" ”

The atmosphere at the table suddenly became tense, and even Yan Kai didn't expect that Li Li would ask so frankly and directly, he and Liu Changyun glanced at each other, and there was a hint of embarrassment on their faces.

Li Qingan was silent with a wine glass, and only after a while did he sigh softly, "The prince is really a powerful person!" ”

Li Li's spirits perked up, and he hurriedly asked, "Could it be that General Li really caught him?" ”

Li Qingan shook his head and said: "Since the words have been said to this point, I don't have any need to hide it, yes, I got the information, Du Bosheng is likely to be hiding in Qu'a County, Runzhou, I went south day and night, and when I arrived in Qu'a County, it was still a step too late, Du Bosheng had already fled first, and his maternal uncle Mei Fanghe flatly denied that he had hidden Du Bosheng, which was extremely regrettable." ”

Li Li stared at Li Qingan for a long time, and couldn't help but become very depressed in his heart, this time he let Du Bosheng run away, and it would be difficult to catch him again.

At this time, Yan Kai suddenly asked, "Since Du Bosheng fled in a hurry, then his belongings and documents should still be there, right?" ”

"That's right! General Li, can you get the Du family's belongings and documents? ”

When Li Li was leaving, he was repeatedly told by his father that no matter how he took back his batch of gold, or those records of illicit salt trafficking, he would also destroy them, these two major events made it difficult for King Li Cong of Qing to sleep.

He looked at Li Qing'an with hope, but Li Qing'an shook his head, "Since I didn't find Du Bosheng, I don't have any evidence to say that the Mei family's Wanguan family wealth is the Du family, don't mention it, I won a big victory in Duliang Mountain, but I returned in Qu'a County." ”

Speaking of this, he took out an inventory, handed it to Li Li, and said: "I have handed over some of the money intercepted by Duliangshan to the Yangzhou government, this is the inventory, please look at it." ”

Li Li hurriedly took it and looked at it carefully, there were gold, silver and jewelry on it, and the writing was very vague, and he couldn't see the words 100,000 taels of gold, he was anxious to ask, but he couldn't say anything about it, so he sighed and said: "Thank you General Li for admitting to me." ”

Li Qingan smiled and asked, "......Who is the person who assassinated me?"

"We deduce that it may be related to the Yangzhou Metropolitan Governor's Mansion."

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In Chang'an, a carriage slowly stopped next to Li Linfu's mansion, and two attendants helped the obese Qingwang Li Cong to get out of the carriage, and Li Linfu, who was already waiting on the steps, greeted him.

"Your Highness is here in person, Weichen can't afford it."

"If you have something to ask for, Xiao Wang will come to the door with a cheeky face."

Li Linfu hurriedly invited Li Cong into the mansion, the two walked into the study, sat down, and the maid brought two cups of fragrant tea.

"Xiangguo, Xiao Wang came to ask Xiangguo for help in Yangzhou."

Li Cong explained his intention straight to the point, and Li Linfu was full of doubts, "Yangzhou? What happened to His Highness in Yangzhou? ”

Li Cong sneered in his heart, but said with a smile on his face: "Xiangguo should know that it is the matter of the big salt lord Du Bosheng, and my son Li Li has gone to Yangzhou." ”

"Oh!" Li Linfu showed a look of sudden realization on his face, and hurriedly said, "Hasn't that incident been calmed down?" Colliers has already approved the saint on behalf of the saint, and the matter has been put on hold for the time being. ”

"Alas! Li Xiangguo may not know that this matter has not subsided, and recently there have been waves again, and Li Qing'an has served as the training envoy of the Jiangdu regiment, which has muddied the water again. ”

"Li Qing'an?" Li Linfu snorted heavily, "I am very disgusted by this person, but he is a small four-rank lieutenant general, with the support of Gaolis, he turned the clouds and rain in the capital, the last Chinese New Year's Eve fire in Dongshi, I was responsible for patrolling the camp, and suggested that the Holy Lord remove him, but he held a grudge, several times in front of Gaolishi said bad things about me, I don't know the depth of officialdom, now he is actually restless in Yangzhou, it seems that it is not good to give him a little bitterness, he does not know how to behave in the world!" ”

Li Cong himself also dislikes Li Qing'an, but first recommended by his staff Yan Kai, and then his son Li Li's kind words, he was also a little shaken, hovering between receiving and not receiving, if Li Linfu praised Li Qing'an for being young and promising, maybe he would have decided to include Li Qing'an in his camp, but Li Linfu was gloomy and angrily scolded Li Qing'an for not knowing what to do, this is undoubtedly adding a heavy chip to Li Cong's peace, offending Li Linfu in order to collect Li Qing'an, this is a deal to lose money, at this moment, He slammed the door on Li Qingan in his heart.

"Xiangguo, I don't like Li Qing'an, and I don't talk about him, Xiangguo, the matter of Yangzhou is indeed related to me, my son Li Li is not more troublesome, he was used by the salt lord Du Bosheng, and sold several illegal salts, this time the Yangzhou salt case broke out, I am afraid that my son will be implicated, maybe even I will be involved, so I have come to beg Xiangguo, can you hide it from the saint for me."

Saying that, Li Cong dragged up his fat body and was about to get up to salute, Li Linfu hurriedly supported him, "Your Highness is serious, please sit down!" ”

Li Cong saw that Li Linfu was silent, so he took out a handkerchief, wiped the corners of his eyes and said: "Pity me for this one son, he doesn't do anything more, so that he has caused a big disaster, I implore Xiangguo to look at Xiao Wang's thin face and give my son a chance to reform himself." ”

Li Linfu sighed and said: "Your Highness, of course Weichen is willing to help His Highness, but Du Bosheng, the salt lord of Yangzhou, trafficked illicit salt and evaded 200,000 yuan in salt tax, the amount is too huge, and this case must find a culprit, so that Weichen can exonerate His Highness." ”

"Lee Sang-kook means ......"

"Long-term trafficking of illicit salt, all transshipment makes Liu Changyunyan able to be alone? To get rid of His Highness's responsibility, he can only let this person take the blame. ”

Li Cong bowed his head and was silent, Liu Changyun was his confidant, bringing him rolling benefits, and he had a close relationship with him, so he couldn't be ruthless.

Li Linfu glanced at him and said lightly: "If Your Highness is embarrassed, I won't say anything tonight." ”

"Alright then!"

Li Cong let out a long sigh, "Just do what Li Xiangguo wants." ”

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Yangzhou is only separated by a river from Runzhou, after crossing the river is the boundary of Runzhou, two days later, what happened in Pingdu Town and Qu'a County was reported to Yangzhou, and the Du Bosheng case, which had been silent for several months, made a little wave, but the whereabouts of the salt lord Du Bosheng were still unknown, making the case confusing.

Li Qing'an's Duliangshan bandits and Qu'a's pursuit were not carried out in secret, as time went by, many details of what happened in the middle emerged, whether it was Li Li or Lu Lian, they unanimously deduced that Li Qing'an was very likely to have caught Du Bosheng according to all kinds of clues, but there was no evidence, Li Qing'an himself denied it, and not long after, he led the army out to train again, and left the two factions in the air, his ambiguous attitude really made Li Li and Lu Lian anxious.

Although the situation in Yangzhou is still calm, under this calm, there is already an undercurrent, and the two factions are gearing up, waiting for the last fight with each other.

Late at night, the moon did not come out, the night was extraordinarily deep, the mist of early spring shrouded the streets of Jiangdu, and there were no pedestrians more than a dozen steps away, the warehouse of the state capital was about a hundred steps away from the state yamen, located in an alley, and there were four officials on duty every night to patrol the safety of the warehouse, but in the past two days, because the warehouse had placed a huge amount of property of the Du family, the state government sent more people to increase the patrol of the officials to twenty people.

At the time of the third watch, the streets of Jiangdu were silent.

'Bang! Bangbang! The weather is dry, beware of the candles. ’

Only the voice of the husband echoed in the street, and suddenly, a few dark shadows appeared dozens of paces away from the warehouse, and they observed the movement of the warehouse door.

In the middle of the night, someone threw a stone to this side, indicating that there was no one at the gate of the warehouse, and a tall black shadow beckoned, and nearly a hundred black shadows rushed not far away.

"Listen, the thing is in the No. 3 warehouse of A, that is, the innermost room on the left after entering the gate, you have to be quick and ruthless, if someone blocks it, you will be killed, and everyone will evacuate quickly after getting the things."

At this moment, a low dog bark came from the warehouse, which was a signal, "Up! ”

At the sound of an order, nearly a hundred black shadows rushed towards the warehouse, all of them were vigorous and fast, and they rushed to the front of the warehouse gate in a moment, and the gate was locked from the inside, and they did not enter the door, and immediately set up seven or eight human ladders and climbed over the wall to enter.

Suddenly there was a shout from the courtyard, "There are thieves! There are thieves -- ah! ”

The shouting turned into a scream, and then stopped, followed by the sound of fighting, shouting loudly, "Come on, there are thieves robbing the official warehouse!" ”

The twenty servants were far from being the opponents of the men in black, they fought and retreated, and were forced into a large warehouse, but they were locked in by the men in black.

The treasury where the Du family's money and belongings were placed was smashed open, and it was filled with large and small boxes, all of which were affixed with official seals, "Quick!" Hurry up and carry them away. ”

Nearly 100 black shadows moved very quickly, they moved boxes and cages, and in less than a cup of tea, they moved most of the materials in the warehouse.

The door opened, and as the footsteps faded away, more than a hundred black shadows quickly disappeared into the deep night.

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(To be continued)