"It turns out that person is you."

Yuan En felt a burst of regret in his heart, if he had known that the officer was Li Qingan, why had he been running around in the past two years?

He stepped forward, bowed deeply to Li Qing'an, and pleaded: "General Li, that Eye of Light is just a relatively valuable gem to General Li, but it is of great significance to our Shi Kingdom, I beg the general to return the gem to us, I am willing to pay a lot of money to reward General Li." ”

Speaking of which, he's plopped! He knelt down and pleaded with tears on his face, "Pity me for two years, please have mercy on me from General Li!" ”

The other seven also knelt down together and pleaded, "Plead with General Li, let me go back to my hometown!" ”

Li Qing'an pondered for a moment and asked, "Who are you, Princess Julan?" ”

"General Hui, Princess Julan is my half-sister."

Li Qingan sighed softly and said: "Anxi has been farewell, it has been nearly a year, and I don't know how she is doing, but I am thousands of miles away, and I don't know when I can see her again?" That's it, Your Royal Highness the Prince, the last time Chang'an was stolen, that gem is no longer by my side, Your Highness, you don't have to be in Datang for a long time, go back to your hometown first! ”

Yuan En was stunned, what does Li Qingan mean by this? He hurriedly said: "As long as General Li is willing to give me the gem, let General Li make a price." ”

Li Qingan smiled faintly, "What do I want your money for?" I said, this gem is no longer by my side, you don't have to look for it in Datang, go back to your hometown first! ”

Yuan En wanted to say something, but Huo Yanbai, the gentleman behind him, hurriedly touched Prince Yuan En, and said with a smile: "Okay then!" We are returning home, and we look forward to the next time we will meet General Li in Anxi with the princess. ”

Yuan En had no choice but to stand up, and then saluted Li Qing'an: "Thank you General Li for being honest, then let's go back to Shiguo first." ”

"Let's go back first! Say hello to Princess Kulan on my behalf, saying that I have been missing her. ”

Yuan En bowed to Li Qing'an, and then left, Li Qing'an looked at his back and went away, couldn't help but sigh softly, and remembered the beautiful princess of Shiguo in his mind, it has been more than a year since she broke up, I don't know if she still remembers herself?

"General Lee!" Someone was shouting at him from afar, Li Qingan turned around, it was Taishou Lu Jian Pegasus coming.

"Lu Envoy, but you have eyebrows over there?"

"General Li, I want to talk to you alone, okay?"

Li Qingan nodded, pointed to the wine shop next to him and said, "Let's go to the wine shop to talk." ”

"Good! General Lee please. ”

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The two of them came to sit down in the wine shop, and Lu Jian sighed and said, "Don't hide it from General Li, I know where the property is, but I can't go to the door to ask for it, I want to discuss with General Li what to do?" ”

Li Qing'an glanced at him, smiled but did not answer, Lu Jian said again: "The key to today's breakthrough in Yangzhou is that salt lord Du Bosheng, I know that he is now in the hands of General Li, I wonder if General Li is willing to help the prince?" ”

Li Qingan groaned and said: "Since Lu Yuanjun has made his words clear, then I won't hide it from you, the salt lord Du Bosheng is indeed in my hands, but even if I give it to Lu Yuanjun, does Lu Yuanjun think that I can bring down King Qing?" If that's the case, Lu Taishou can't help but think too naïvely, King Qing occupies more than 10,000 acres of fertile land, but has the saint said anything? Lu Yuanjun, with all due respect, as long as King Qing is not involved in rebellion, no matter how big the case is, it will not bring him down, but will lead to fire. ”

Speaking of this, Li Qingan bowed slightly, lowered his voice and said, "I advise Lu Yuanjun to focus on Liu Changyun." ”

Seeing that he had already spoken, Lu Jian hurriedly said: "His Royal Highness the Crown Prince also means this, but I don't know how to start, please General Li teach me." ”

"It is not difficult to impeach Liu Changyuan, Du Bosheng has been trafficking illicit salt for a long time, will there be no acquiescence from him Liu Changyun? I have the evidence, the key is that Lu Yuanjun's book must not mention King Qing, and there should be no problem to bring down Liu Changyun. ”

Saying that, Li Qingan took out a stack of documents from the bag, handed them to Lu Lian and said: "These are all approval documents for water transportation that were found from Du Bosheng, with Liu Changyun's autograph on them, this is iron evidence, and Liu Changyun can be brought down with its confession and Du Bosheng's confession and smuggled account books." ”

Lu Jian was overjoyed, with this, then Liu Changyun would not be able to escape this hurdle, he hurriedly got up and said: "General Li is willing to help the prince, this is the blessing of the prince, I am willing to come forward to introduce the general." ”

Li Qingan smiled slightly, he came to Yangzhou to make such a big turn, isn't it just for this sentence?

He also got up and said sincerely: "Being able to serve the prince is what Qing'an dreams of, thank you Lu Envoy for your recommendation." ”

Lu Jian finally persuaded Li Qing'an, he couldn't help but be overjoyed, and hurriedly said: "Then what should I do with this batch of robbed property?" I'm worried that if I ask for it, I will turn against King Qing, but I don't want to, and I can't explain it to the court. ”

Li Qingan said with a smile: "This money was originally the salt profit left by King Qing in the Du family, and it is normal for Li Li to snatch them, I persuade Lu Yuanjun not to pursue it anymore, so as not to tear his face, the saint will know it, as for explaining to the imperial court, when I was in Qu'a County, I found out that the Du family had hidden another batch of money in advance, which was hidden in the Mei family's farm in Qu'a County, which was worth about 200,000 yuan, and Lu Yuanjun could hand over this money to the imperial court." ”

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A quarter of an hour later, Li Qing'an gave up the search and led the army back to the barracks, and Lu Jian also ordered everything to return to normal, no longer pursue the loss of money and property, as soon as the sky was bright, he led more than 100 officials to Qu'a County, Li Qing'an also personally led 200 cavalry to assist him to capture the salt lord Du Bosheng.

In the courtyard of King Qing, before dawn, Li Li paced back and forth restlessly in the room, the news of the large-scale search in Jiangdu City had reached his mansion, he even faintly heard the rapid horse's hooves galloping on the street, someone was shouting loudly, although he had not yet searched his mansion, but he was always a little uneasy in his heart, the nearly 100 cages were currently in the basement of his mansion, which could be easily searched, and he also knew that Lu Jian would not easily come to his mansion to search, but once Lu Lian was ruthless, the matter would be troublesome.

Li Li also knew that he had decided this matter in a hurry, but if he couldn't recover his father's 100,000 taels of gold, he couldn't explain it when he went back, although he didn't get the gold he wanted in this batch of property, but at least he grabbed more than 100,000 yuan, and he could explain it to his father.

At this time, the sound of footsteps running sounded outside the door, and Li Li's heart suddenly tightened, did you check the door?

"Little prince, the capital is urgent!"

Li Li's heart was put down, and a warrior ran in with three red pigeon letters, which were urgent letters from his father, and he slowly unfolded the first roll of extremely thin silk, with a line of small words on it: Yangzhou affairs hand over to Yan Kai, and you will return quickly with money.

Li Li's brows were tightly locked, there were still thousands of threads in Yangzhou that had not been sorted out, why did his father call him back? He unfolded the second scroll of silk, and there were only five words on it: No need for Li Qing'an.

This is the last reply of the father, before leaving, the father said that he did not like Li Qing'an, and did not plan to use him, and then Yan Kai sent a letter again to confirm, and the father finally gave a clear answer, no need for Li Qing'an, Li Li couldn't help sighing, in this way, Yangzhou's initiative will be taken by Lu Lian, but he also knows his father's temper, and he will not answer three times in everything, if he asks again, his father will be angry.

Li Li had no choice but to open the third letter, but he was stunned for a moment, only to see that it was written: Du Bosheng's matter has reached a compromise with Li Xiang, and it will not affect his father, so he can let go.

"I see!" Only then did Li Li understand that his father had reached a compromise with Li Xiangguo, and Li Xiangguo was willing to cover up the matter for his father, if this was the case, there was indeed nothing to worry about in Yangzhou, thinking of this, he immediately ordered: "Invite Mr. Yan to come quickly!" ”

After a while, Yan Kai hurriedly walked in, and when he entered the door, he said, "Little prince, the search in the city has stopped, and Li Qingan has retired and returned to the barracks." ”

"What about Lu Lian?"

"He is still investigating, but the momentum has weakened significantly, and it is estimated that it will die down soon."

Li Li breathed a sigh of relief and said with a smile: "Mr. Yan, I plan to return to Chang'an the day after tomorrow, and my father ordered me to transport all the money and goods from Yangzhou back to Chang'an as soon as possible. ”

Yan Kai was stunned, "What about Du Bosheng!" Do you want to stop there? ”

"Du Bosheng!"

Li Li snorted disdainfully, "I might as well tell you the truth, my father has reached a compromise with Li Xiangguo, and this matter will never affect my father, and that Li Qing'an is Gao Lishi's person, Gao Lishi is biased towards the prince, you say, will Li Qing'an hand Du Bosheng over to us?" ”

"But Li Qingan can also fight for it...."

Without waiting for Yan Kai to finish speaking, Li Li waved his hand and said, "No need, my father has made it clear that he doesn't like this Li Qing'an, and he will never use him, so Mr. Yan doesn't have to worry about it." ”

Perhaps feeling that his tone was too heavy, Li Li softened his tone and said: "Mr. Yan, I guess my father is worried that he will offend Xiangguo by accepting Li Qing'an, so he said that he doesn't need him, we should understand my father's situation and consider the overall situation." ”

Yan Kai nodded, he could understand, and asked again, "Then what should we do now?" ”

Li Li pondered for a moment, and then said: "My affairs in Yangzhou have ended, but there are still two things to be handed over to Mr. Yan to continue to complete, one is that Li Qingan has a gem on his body, and his father is very interested, and the second is that Du Bosheng has 100,000 taels of gold missing, please Mr. Yan must find it." ”

Yan Kai was stunned, 100,000 taels of gold, how could this matter come out again? He had never heard of it.

"Little prince, can you tell me more about what is going on with 100,000 taels of gold?"

"One hundred thousand taels of gold is the salt profit of my father for many years, and the Du family is willing to help my father exchange it for gold, so this money has been stored with him, but I didn't expect the Du family to suddenly have an accident, and the whereabouts of this batch of gold are unknown, Mr. Yan, do you understand?"

Yan Kai's heart was very chaotic, Li Li quickly cut through the mess, and got out by himself, but he pushed this bunch of troubles to himself, 100,000 taels of gold, without any clues, how could he investigate?

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(To be continued)