Li Yuntian stayed at the Yamen of Lianghuai Salt Road until nightfall before leaving, and went straight back to the Yangzhou Department of Jiangwutang.

Chen Wenren, Pan Xingmin and others saw him off in front of the Yamen Gate of Lianghuai Salt Road, and the atmosphere at the scene was a little gloomy and depressing.

After Li Yuntian's four-wheeled carriage was gone, Chen Wenren arched his hand to Pan Xingmin and the others, got into his sedan chair and hurried away, now the affairs of Yangzhou have become a mess, and he has a lot of things to deal with.

Pan Xingmin, Zhang Tao and Qin Ke looked at each other quietly, and then said goodbye to Zhang Sheng, and each got into a sedan chair to return to his residence, and after the three left, Zhang Sheng hurriedly chased Chen Wenren in a sedan chair, ready to discuss the next countermeasures with him, and the development of the situation has exceeded his expectations.

"Resurrection, that Wei Deguang is really bold, he dares to collude with Hua Wudang Street to kill people." On the way back to the Yangzhou Division of the Wutang Lecture Hall, Xie Heng, who was sitting opposite Li Yuntian, frowned and said.

Although there is no evidence that Wei Deguang and Hua Wu are related, Wei Deguang's run is enough to explain the problem, it is obvious that Hua Wu, a ruffian, will never attack Zhao Wenju who is being detained by Jinyi Wei for no reason, there must be someone behind the scenes to instruct him, and this person is undoubtedly Wei Deguang.

"Resurrection, this pool of water in the Lianghuai Salt Road is too muddy, let's be careful!"

Hearing this, Han Liang, who was beside Xie Heng, looked at Li Yuntian with concern, Wei Deguang dared to attack Zhao Wen today, so he couldn't guarantee that anyone would hit Li Yuntian with his idea.

"It's just some treacherous villains who are greedy for money and profit, so why be afraid." Li Yuntian knew the worries of the two, and smiled disappreciatively, "Originally, I was still thinking of how to deal with them, but now it's good, they took the initiative to send them to the door." ”

"Revival, Brother Han is right, the two Huai Salt Roads are hugely involved, and those salt merchants will do something crazy in order to protect themselves, and they have to guard against it!" Xie Heng saw that Li Yuntian didn't take the potential danger to heart at all, and couldn't help but remind him with a straight face.

Li Yuntian is not only the chief envoy of the two Huai Salt Road sent by Emperor Xuande, but also the Marquis of Zhenwu who has made great achievements in the Ming Dynasty, and if there is any accident, it will definitely cause a sensation in the government and the opposition.

"Okay, I'll write a letter to the Nanjing garrison when I go back, and ask him to give me the talisman for transferring troops, and transfer the Xiaowu army from Longjiang Shipyard to Yangzhou." Li Yuntian smiled slightly when he heard this, nodded and said.

The army with the strongest combat effectiveness on the border south of the Yangtze River is the 5,000 Xiaowu army stationed at the Longjiang Shipyard, Li Yuntian is now in trouble in Yangzhou City, so he naturally has to transfer his most trusted troops to come, but before that, he must first get the permission of the Nanjing garrison, otherwise it is a big crime to mobilize the army without permission.

Hearing this, Xie Heng and Han Liang immediately breathed a sigh of relief, the safety of Li Yuntian, the escort of the Xiaowu Army, is naturally worry-free, and most importantly, the power of the salt merchants in Yangzhou is intertwined, and the two of them do not believe in the Yangzhou Wei people who are doing things for Li Yuntian now, so it is safer to use the Xiaowu Army.

In the evening, in the hall of the backyard of the Chen Mansion, Chen Wenren, Chen Guangzong, Yang Muen and Zhang Sheng nervously gathered together to discuss countermeasures.

Wei Deguang played a cautious trick when he ran, deliberately creating the illusion that he was kidnapped on the street, and then took advantage of the situation to sneak out of Yangzhou City, preparing to wait for the progress of the Lianghuai Yandao case in secret.

If Li Yuntian didn't make a big move in the Lianghuai Salt Road, then Wei Deguang waited for Li Yuntian to leave before returning to Yangzhou City, if Li Yuntian investigated the case of illegal salt in the Lianghuai Salt Road, Wei Deguang would be ready to get a corpse to fake his death to avoid the government's investigation.

Over the years, Wei Deguang has accumulated a huge amount of wealth, the so-called cunning rabbit three caves, he has already left a way back for himself, and secretly transferred part of his property outside, enough for him to live happily in the second half of his life.

Don't say that his little abacus has been hidden from Li Yuntian, even Chen Wenren can see through his purpose at a glance, but everyone knows it.

"Master, no, I just got the news that Deacon Chen of the Salt Merchants Association bought off the soldiers guarding the city and left the city with his family." Suddenly, the door was pushed open, and the housekeeper hurriedly walked in and said in a deep voice to Chen Wenren.

"What?" Chen Wenren was taken aback when he heard this, he never expected this kind of thing to happen, it was enough for him to have a headache by running away with Wei Deguang, and now Deacon Chen has also absconded, isn't it that there are no three hundred taels of silver here, and the salt that was seized by the Caoyun Yamen in the outside world is illegal salt!

Chen Guangzong, Yang Muen and Zhang Sheng looked at each other, it seemed that Wei Deguang's matter had caused great panic among the salt merchants, and some people were weak in their hearts and began to leave a way back.

"Quick, send someone to catch up, you must stop them, no one can be left." After pondering for a while, Chen Wenren quickly made up his mind, and instructed the housekeeper with a gloomy face, "Remember, if you want to do things, you have the intention of seeing money from bad people!" ”

"Don't worry, master, the little one understands." The butler nodded and walked away quickly.

"Dad, will killing Deacon Chen make people's hearts unstable?" After the housekeeper left, Chen Guangzong asked Chen Wenren with some concern, no matter how to say that Deacon Chen is also an important figure in the Salt Merchants Association, if he dies in vain, it will definitely cause greater panic in the Salt Merchants Association, after all, everyone is not a fool, thinking of the current situation, it is not difficult to guess the cause of Deacon Chen's death.

"He's already scared, and if he keeps it, it's undoubtedly a scourge, so it's better to get rid of it as soon as possible, and he can also make an example." Chen Wenren sneered, and said with a somewhat hideous face, "This official wants to warn those people that betrayers will die!" ”

"What the adults said is very true, now not only the salt merchants will be panicked, but there is also a rumor in the salt road yamen." Zhang Sheng nodded when he heard this, and said worriedly, what happened in the afternoon made the officials of Lianghuai Salt Road tremble.

"This matter should not be delayed for a long time, if the delivery time is missed, it will be a big trouble!" Chen Wenren frowned and pondered for a while, and said expressionlessly, "Zhenwu Hou is not the mastermind behind the scenes who wants to kill Zhao Wenju, then we will give it to him and end this matter as much as possible." ”

"My lord, do you mean to let Deacon Chen take over this case?" Yang Muen suddenly understood when he heard this, and asked.

"Deacon Chen is Zhao Wenju's accomplice in the Salt Merchants Association, and he is afraid that Zhao Wenju will confess to him, and then kill people and kill people, but he doesn't want the matter to be exposed, so he absconded with his family."

Chen Wenren frowned and said coldly, now the top priority is to close the case as much as possible, and let Li Yuntian issue those documents for the private salt to the Yamen of the Governor of Caoyun, so Deacon Chen naturally became an accomplice in Zhao Wenju's case if he escaped like this.

As for Wei Deguang, he is the vice president of the Salt Merchants Association, and he has a high position in the Salt Merchants Association, and if something happens, it will definitely not only involve Zhao Wenju and Deacon Chen, which undoubtedly gives the outside world a handle, so Chen Wenren must control the development of the situation to prevent Wei Deguang from falling into the case.

Yang Muen couldn't help but nodded, Chen Wenren's idea was undoubtedly the best way to deal with it at present, which not only gave Li Yuntian an explanation, but also deterred the people of the Salt Merchants Association so that they did not dare to act rashly.

Chen Wenren would never have thought that the first person to know the news of Deacon Chen's escape with his family was not him but Li Yuntian, Li Yuntian knew about Deacon Chen's family absconding for the first time, and every salt merchant at the level of deacon or above in the Salt Merchants Association was under his strict surveillance, and his every move could not escape his eyes.

Li Yuntian was not surprised by Deacon Chen's escape, this is a typical thief's weak heart, Deacon Chen obviously knew the severity of the consequences of trafficking in illicit salt, and was frightened by Chen Wenju's incident and Wei Deguang's escape, and immediately messed up and fled Yangzhou City in a hot head.

Like Wei Deguang, Deacon Chen's money was enough for him to live the rest of his life, and he didn't want to be cut off.

Li Yuntian was very willing to see this scene, which showed that the salt merchants of the Salt Merchants Association had already messed up with themselves, saving him a lot of trouble, as long as he worked harder, he could gradually break down the psychological defense of those salt merchants.

In fact, compared with the incident of private salt, this kind of waiting before the incident is an extremely depressing torment, and no one knows which step the situation will develop.

Of course, Deacon Chen still has an important role for Li Yuntian, he naturally will not let Wei Deguang kill people lightly, as long as Deacon Chen is saved from the knife sent by Chen Guangren, then Deacon Chen will definitely give Chen Guangren a knife behind his back in the future.

"Big brother, I heard that the deacon of the Salt Merchants Association was killed in the street, is there any inside story here?" In the evening, just as Li Yuntian, Xie Heng, and Han Liang were discussing the next step in the living room, Zhao Xinyue walked in excitedly.

If Zhao Xinyue gets some hidden information from Li Yuntian, she can submit articles to Yangzhou's "Mingxin Daily", and she has a general press card for "Mingxin Daily", so she can submit articles in various branches of "Mingxin Daily".

"What can be the inside story, it's just revenge, businessmen like Zhao Wenju will inevitably offend some people when doing business." Li Yuntian laughed when he heard this, and replied quietly.

"Big brother, now it is rumored outside that Zhao Wenju was killed because of the matter of illegal salt, so you can reveal a little bit, is the salt seized by the Caoyun Yamen illegal salt?" Zhao Xinyue can become a reporter of "Mingxin Daily", so naturally she will not be sent away by Li Yuntian in a few words, so she came to Li Yuntian and asked with a smile.

"Master Hou, President Yang of the Salt Merchants Association just sent someone to report that Deacon Chen of the Salt Merchants Association had bought off the soldiers guarding the city gate not long ago and escaped."

At this time, a guard strode into the room, bowed his hand to Li Yuntian, and reported in a deep voice, "According to President Yang, Deacon Chen and Zhao Wenju have a deep personal grudge over the salt business, and they have a close relationship with Hua Wu. ”

"How can it be!" Li Yuntian immediately sneered in his heart when he heard this, Yang Muen obviously wanted to link Deacon Chen with Zhao Wenju's killing, he didn't break it, and said coldly to the guard, "Go, take down the city gate guards involved in the case and put them in prison, and send Jinyi guards to guard the city gates of the four cities, and no one is allowed to leave the city without Benhou's order!" ”

"Big brother, could it be that Deacon Chen was killed by Zhao Wenju?" After the guard left, Zhao Xinyue looked at Li Yuntian with some excitement, if this news was published, it would definitely cause a sensation.

"This case has not been clarified, how can we make a rash assertion?" Li Yuntian smiled slightly when he heard this, and said to Zhao Xinyue, neither admitting nor denying it.

"Big brother, anyway, Deacon Chen's escape can't be hidden tomorrow, I can publish this news in "Mingxin Daily". Zhao Xinyue's eyes flashed, her long eyelashes blinked, and she looked at Li Yuntian with a sly expression.

"Yes, but don't mention the grievances between Deacon Chen and Zhao Wenju." Li Yuntian pondered for a moment and nodded to Zhao Xinyue, he was also about to publicize the matter.

"Don't worry, big brother, I know how to do it." Zhao Xinyue smiled and walked away easily behind Li Yuntian Yifu.

A smile appeared on the corner of Li Yuntian's mouth, he knew that Zhao Xinyue would never honestly publish the news of Deacon Chen's escape in the "Mingxin Daily", and tomorrow's "Mingxin Daily" would definitely cause an uproar in Yangzhou City, which was exactly what he was looking forward to.