The next day, Li Yuntian got up early, and after putting on his official robe under Lei Ting's service, he summoned Xie Heng, Han Liang and Li Manshan, and once again clarified their respective tasks to the three of them.

For Li Yuntian, whether he can solve the matter of the two Huai Salt Roads smoothly lies in today's contest with Chen Wenren, as long as he can win this contest, then the accumulated shortcomings of the two Huai Salt Roads will be completely eliminated by him.

"Are you watching?" Li Yuntian was most relieved that the salt merchants above the deacon level of the Salt Merchants Association asked Li Manshan in a deep voice, these people were all involved in the operation of illegal salt, so they were the focus of arrest, and they could not let one go.

"They all have to go to the guild hall today to wait for news, and none of them can escape." Li Manshan bowed slightly to Li Yuntian and replied in a deep voice, he had already sent people to follow those salt merchants at the rank of deacon and above around the clock.

It is worth mentioning that several salt merchants secretly let their families leave Yangzhou City, it seems that they want to take precautions to leave a way out for their families, just in case.

Naturally, the whereabouts of those who left their families were under Li Manshan's control, and as long as Li Yuntian gave an order, they could be brought to justice at any time.

"Brother Xie, Brother Han, this time it can be said that God helped me to wait, but I didn't expect the second brother of the Zhao family to give them a counterattack, and it also saves us from doing it again." Then, Li Yuntian smiled and looked at Xie Heng and Han Liang, who looked a little nervous.

After all, the case of Lianghuai Yandao this time is too serious, the interests involved are complex, and the wide range of people involved can be compared with the "Hu Lan case" of Emperor Hongwu, so Xie Heng and Han Liang are inevitably a little apprehensive in their hearts, this kind of case has never happened in the Jianwen Dynasty, Yongle Dynasty and Hongxi Dynasty, as for the nature of the cases of Fang Xiaoru and others in the time of Emperor Yongle, the two cannot be compared.

Moreover, only Li Yuntian, Lei Ting and Li Manshan knew about Zhao Dengyu's affairs, and none of them, including Xie Heng and Han Liang, knew the hidden secrets, so Li Yuntian used the words "God helps me and wait".

If Zhao Dengyu can't be found, Li Yuntian will find a way to win over Zhao Wenju and make a deal with Zhao Wenju, so that Zhao Wenju can report the illegal salt trade of the Salt Merchants Association.

In fact, after all these years of covert investigation, Li Yuntian has long mastered the process of trafficking illicit salt by the Salt Merchants Association, and Zhao Wenju is just a target that he pushed out to attract the attention of the outside world.

With Zhao Dengyu being found, Li Yuntian changed his previous plan and let Zhao Dengyu act as the target, compared with Zhao Wenju, it is obvious that Zhao Dengyu is more suitable to do this, which seems logical and will not arouse the suspicion of the outside world.

"Resurrection, this matter is a matter of importance, whether to write a letter to tell the teacher." Xie Heng was worried that Li Yuntian would not be able to withstand the pressure from the Sixth Department at that time, so he hesitated for a moment and said, the mentor in his mouth naturally refers to Yang Shiqi, the first assistant of the cabinet.

"The interests involved in the Lianghuai Yandao case are complicated, so when handling the case, we should pay attention to the word 'fast', and it is not appropriate to bother the teacher and others for the stability of the court." Li Yuntian glanced at Xie Heng when he heard this, then looked at Han Liang, smiled and waved his hand and said.

Although Han Liang is a friend of Li Yuntian, he is also a member of the Sixth Division's camp, if Xie Heng writes a letter to Yang Shiqi, then he will inevitably write a letter to those officials of the Sixth Division, so that there will definitely be chaos in the capital, and Han Liang and Xie Heng are on opposite sides.

Therefore, in Li Yuntian's opinion, when dealing with the case of Lianghuai Yandao, he must be vigorous and resolute, and when the people in the capital learn of this matter, he has already found out about it, so that there will be less interference from the outside world, and at the same time, it will avoid making it difficult for Han Liang to be caught in the middle.

In fact, Han Liang played a role as a lubricant in this case, when Li Yuntian found out the case of Lianghuai Yandao, how to deal with those involved in the case and whether more people were implicated, the people of the Six Camps would definitely use Han Liang to negotiate with him.

Xie Heng nodded solemnly when he heard this, although he still felt uneasy in his heart, but there was no way out of the matter at this point, only to follow Li Yuntian all the way through.

Han Liang's face also showed a hint of relief, at this moment his situation is the most embarrassing, the best way is to quickly find out the case of the Lianghuai Salt Road as Li Yuntian said, so that the officials of the cabinet and the six ministries have no chance to intervene, and it also saves him a dilemma and a dilemma.

When Li Yuntian, Xie Heng, and Han Liang took a four-wheeled carriage to the street where the Lianghuai Salt Road Yamen was located, they found that the street had been under martial law by the soldiers of the Lianghuai Salt Road Yamen, with three steps, one post, five steps and one sentry, prohibiting the people from approaching.

Tong Guò glanced at the soldiers outside who were carrying swords and guns, as if they were facing a great enemy, and a trace of disdain flashed at the corner of Li Yuntian's mouth, it seemed that Chen Wenren's heart was weak, otherwise he would not have made such a big battle.

Chen Wenren, Zhang Sheng, and others greeted Li Yuntian at the gate of the Yamen of Lianghuai Salt Road, and then surrounded him into the Yamen of Lianghuai Salt Road.

"Master Hou, three days have passed, I wonder if the villains who distributed leaflets have been found?" After taking a seat in the back hall, Chen Wenren quietly asked Li Yuntian, reminding him that he should sign an official document for the release of the governor of Caoyun.

"No news." Li Yuntian shook his head quietly when he heard this, how could he not know Chen Wenren's intentions, and then said, "Since this person is a person who hides his head and tail, then what he wrote must be malicious rumors, and this official has decided to ignore it." ”

"What do you think, three adults?" Saying that, Li Yuntian looked at Pan Xingmin, Zhang Tao and Qin Ke who were sitting on the side, and he naturally had to drag the Nanjing Three Law Division into the water to release the salt accumulation, so that he would not take responsibility for it.

"Xia Guan thinks that what Hou Ye said is very true, since Hou Ye has posted a notice in the whole city and he has not appeared, then what he wrote must be untrue." Hearing this, Pan Xingmin groaned and said, he just followed Li Yuntian's intentions and said that he had no attitude of his own at all.

Zhang Tao and Qin Ke then also echoed the voice, fully agreeing with Li Yuntian's decision, who is full of food to provoke the matter of Lianghuai Yandao.

"In that case, then this official will send a letter to the Governor of Caoyun, Yamen, and let them let the ships that have been overloaded." Seeing that Pan Xingmin and the three of them had no objections, Li Yuntian then said in a deep voice, and ordered someone to bring pen, ink, paper, and inkstone, and write an official document to Xue Lu, the governor of Caoyun and the Marquis of Yangwu, on the spot.

Chen Wenren's face was immediately overjoyed when he saw this, and an irrepressible excitement surged in his heart, as long as this official document was issued, everything would be fine, and the matter of private salt would be satisfactorily resolved.

"My lords, if there is nothing wrong with what this official has written, please sign and seal it." After writing the official document, Li Yuntian blew the ink on it, asked people to hand it to Chen Wenren, and said to Chen Wenren and Zhang Sheng with a smile.

Since the private salt involved the Yamen of the Lianghuai Salt Road and the household department of Nanjing, Chen Wenren and Zhang Sheng had to sign and seal the official documents to prove that the private salt was accumulated salt.

Chen Wenren and Zhang Sheng looked at the official document and signed their names on it one after another, and stamped their respective seals, so that the smuggled salt smuggled by the salt merchants of the Salt Merchants Association also became the accumulated salt handled by the Nanjing Household Department and the Lianghuai Salt Road Yamen.

After the two signed and sealed, Li Yuntian took back the official document under the gaze of everyone and wrote his name with a pen.

"Well, the Yangzhou prefect sent someone to report that someone went to the Yangzhou government to surrender and admit that he had distributed a leaflet three days ago, and there were important things about the salt accumulation that was overwhelmed by the governor of Caoyun!"

Just when Li Yuntian took over the seal of the Imperial History of the Imperial Court from Lei Ting and was about to fall below the name on the official document, Li Manshan suddenly walked in quickly, and said in a deep voice after arching his hand at him.

"Oh?" Hearing this, Li Yuntian pretended to be surprised and looked at Li Manshan, and the hand that was about to be printed on the official document stopped in mid-air.

Everyone at the scene was also taken aback, and couldn't help but look at each other, no one expected that the person who distributed the leaflets would rush to the government to turn himself in.

Chen Wenren's face changed a few times uncertainly, and he frowned tightly, seeing that the matter was about to end successfully, who would want to kill Cheng Cheng halfway, and he didn't need to guess that the person who surrendered was Zhao Dengyu, but he didn't expect that he would go to Yangzhou Mansion to surrender, instead of Lianghuai Yandao Yamen.

"Lord Chen, what do you think of this matter?" After groaning for a while, Li Yuntian put down the seal in his hand and looked at Chen Wenren quietly, invisibly pushing the pressure on Chen Wenren.

Obviously, because it was about the illegal salt that was seized by the Yamen of the Governor of Caoyun, it was impossible for Li Yuntian to sit idly by and ignore Zhao Dengyu, who had surrendered, and if Zhao Dengyu stabbed this matter into the capital, he would be implicated.

Therefore, Li Yuntian wanted to force Chen Wenren to personally say that he would examine Zhao Dengyu, which could be regarded as distancing himself from this matter, so that after the lid on the dirty things in the Lianghuai Salt Road was lifted, the responsibility would undoubtedly fall on Chen Wenren.

"Master Hou, since this person dares to appear, then this official thinks it is better to investigate, so as not to spread rumors everywhere."

Of course, Chen Wenren hoped that Li Yuntian would ignore Zhao Dengyu, but he knew that this was unrealistic, because Li Yuntian had no responsibility and obligation to bear the risk of the affairs of the Lianghuai Salt Road, so instead of making Li Yuntian embarrassed, it was better to go through Zhao Dengyu and end the matter here, so he thought about it and said to Li Yuntian in a deep voice.

"That's fine." Li Yuntian bowed his head slightly when he heard this, and a subtle smile flashed at the corner of his mouth, he was going to force Chen Wenren to a desperate situation step by step.

"You take someone to the Yangzhou Mansion and bring the person who turned himself in." Subsequently, Li Yuntian gave an order to Li Manshan, so that Zhao Dengyu could also come to the Yamen of Lianghuai Salt Road.

The Salt Merchants' Association.

Chen Guangzong, Yang Muen, Wei Deguang and other salt merchants above the deacon level of the Salt Merchants Association gathered together, anxiously waiting for the news from the Yamen of the Lianghuai Salt Road.

Although the situation was urgent, Chen Guangzong and Yang Muen were calm, and the two set up a chessboard to play in the reception hall, surrounded by a circle of nervous and absent-minded salt merchants, who was still in the mood to watch the chess game at this time.

"The eldest son, Zhao Dengyu surrendered himself in the Yangzhou Mansion, and Li Qianhu of Jinyiwei has already taken him to the Yamen of Lianghuai Salt Road." Suddenly, a subordinate hurriedly ran in and said to Chen Guangzong out of breath.

"What?" Chen Guangzong was holding a chess piece in his hand and was about to land on the chessboard, when he heard this, his body couldn't help but be shocked, and he looked at the person who reported the news in surprise, he never thought that Zhao Dengyu would use such a way to enter the Yamen of the Lianghuai Salt Road.

Yang Muen, Wei Deguang and others were shocked when they heard this, and their faces turned pale in an instant, if Zhao Dengyu was allowed to poke out the inside story of the Lianghuai Salt Road, then the Lianghuai Salt Road would undoubtedly set off a bloody storm.