"Be sure to collect all the leaflets, and make sure to catch the person who distributed them!" Under the surprised gaze of everyone, Li Yuntian ordered Li Manshan with a stern expression.

"Let's do it." Li Manshan arched his hand at Li Yuntian and left in a hurry.

"Master Hou, what's wrong?" After Li Manshan left, Chen Wenren couldn't help but ask, vaguely he had an ominous premonition.

"Lord Chen, look at this." Hearing this, Li Yuntian handed over the piece of paper in his hand with a stern expression.

"This ...... This ......" Chen Wenren took the piece of paper and looked at it, his face suddenly changed greatly, and he looked up at Li Yuntian with a shocked expression, "Master Hou, who is spreading rumors?" ”

"It's still unclear, but what was found on the street outside the Jiangwutang Office this morning, Ben Hou has asked people to collect the scattered leaflets." Li Yuntian shook his head and looked at Chen Wenren expressionlessly, "Lord Chen, what is said above is all Miao Yan, right?" ”

"Of course, how could the Yamen of the Lianghuai Salt Road and the Salt Merchants General Association transport illicit salt, this is a big crime to kill the head." Chen Wenren's eyes flashed with a look of panic, and then he pretended to be calm.

"That's good!" Li Yuntian nodded when he heard this, and said to Chen Wenren after a deep sigh, "Lord Chen, according to Benhou's opinion, it is better for us to suspend the affairs at hand before investigating this matter." ”

"Master Hou, this is purely someone making trouble from it, wanting to confuse the public, this official feels that there is no need to pay attention to this ill-intentioned villain, hiding his head and tail, it is already mid-autumn, once it enters winter, the road will become difficult to walk, and then those salt accumulations may be blocked by the wind and snow."

Chen Wenren's brows furrowed slightly when he heard this, and a look of embarrassment appeared on his face, he was now pointing to Li Yuntian to sign the document for the Caoyun Governor Yamen to let him go, how could he let things drag on like this.

Not to mention that the sooner the matter of illegal salt is resolved, the better, so as not to have many dreams at night, and the most important thing is that once these illegal salt cannot be transported to the destination in time, then there is a great possibility of a salt shortage.

"Lord Chen has a point." Li Yuntian nodded when he heard this, and after thinking about it, he said, "Lord Chen, you see how this is, Ben Hou has posted a notice in the city, if the person who distributed the leaflets does not show up within three days, then Ben Hou will designate him as a wanton trouble-making thug and want it, and at the same time give a letter to the Governor of Caoyun, Yamen, and let them let the boats go." ”

"What Master Hou said is very true." Chen Wenren didn't have any good way, he couldn't force Li Yuntian to sign an official document to the Yamen, the governor of Caoyun, and when he heard this, he bowed his hand to Li Yuntian and said in a deep voice.

"Three adults, today's matter is here for the time being, and I have to bother the three adults to stay in Yangzhou for another three days." Hearing this, Li Yuntian turned to Pan Xingmin, Zhang Tao, and Qin Ke, and said with a smile.

"Hou Ye is serious, I am here to assist Hou Ye this time, why do you say 'tired'." Pan Xingmin knew that something had happened to those private salts, and waved his hand to Li Yuntian with a smile, his eyes flickering a little.

In fact, not only Pan Xingmin, Zhang Tao and Qin Ke also knew that the salt in Chen Wenren's mouth was actually smuggled illegal salt, but this kind of thing can only be understood and not spoken.

Due to the sudden appearance of leaflets, Li Yuntian ended the meeting and asked people to leave the Lianghuai Yandao Yamen with those official documents, Yan Yin, Pan Xingmin, Zhang Tao, and Qin Ke, which made Chen Wenren and Zhang Sheng feel disappointed.

"My lord, what's wrong?" After sending Li Yuntian and the others away, Zhang Shenghu, who returned to the living room, asked Chen Wenren suspiciously, he was very curious about what was written on that piece of paper, which actually made Li Yuntian stop writing to the Yamen, the governor of Caoyun.

Chen Wenren didn't speak, and handed the leaflet in his hand to Zhang Sheng with an expressionless face.

"This ...... How is this possible? Zhang Sheng was taken aback after reading the contents of the leaflet, and looked at Chen Wenren with a shocked expression, "These are confidential matters, and it is impossible for outsiders to know." ”

Zhang Sheng was shocked because the leaflet was related to illicit salt, and it detailed the destinations of the smuggled salt trafficked by the four fleets of the Caoyun Governor, Yamen Kang, as well as the list of salt merchants in charge of the sale of these smuggled salts, as well as the process of extracting, transporting, and selling the smuggled salt.

This is an internal secret of the Salt Merchants' Association, and only the deacons and above know about it, and it is clear that the deacons will not leak these things, otherwise they will be implicated and unlucky.

The two fleets went north along the canal from Yangzhou to the six northern provinces of Daming through the canal and the Yellow River, and the other two fleets went south along the canal from Yangzhou to the seven southern provinces of Daming through the Yangtze River and canals, forming a perfect system.

This was supposed to be a confidential matter of the Salt Merchants Association, but the content of the leaflet clearly exposed the system, which made Zhang Sheng feel a cold air on his back and was extremely frightened.

"Lu Dezhong, it must be Lu Dezhong, only he will leak this secret." Then, a person appeared in front of Zhang Sheng's eyes and said to Chen Wenren urgently.

"Lu Dezhong is not so stupid, he doesn't want to have anything to do with the Salt Merchants Association now, so he won't do this, otherwise it will not be beneficial for him to poke out the matter of Lianghuai Salt Affairs."

Chen Wenren shook his head, frowned and said, "Besides, some things on the salt business have changed after Lu Dezhong left, and he can't know these details, but the leaflet is clearly written. ”

"My lord, do you mean that someone from within the Salt Merchants' Association did this?" Zhang Sheng hadn't come to Yangzhou when Lu Dezhong left, so he didn't know what was going on at that time, and asked in surprise after listening to Chen Wenren's words.

"There is another possibility, that is, someone has secretly kept an eye on the two Huai Salt Roads and found out the matter of our salt transportation." Chen Wenren paced back and forth in the room a few times, and looked at Zhang Sheng with a stern expression, "If that's the case, we'll be in big trouble!" ”

"Who would do that?" Zhang Sheng was slightly stunned, he didn't expect this, his face was full of stunned looks, it was not an overnight thing to figure out how the salt merchant association operated, it would take a lot of manpower and time.

"There are a lot of people in the two Huai Salt Road, and everyone has this possibility!" Chen Wenren smiled bitterly when he heard this, and said helplessly.

"My lord, what shall we do now?" Zhang Sheng's Adam's apple moved, he was lonely all his life, swallowed a mouthful of saliva hard, and asked with a frightened expression, this kind of enemy hidden in the shadows was the most terrifying, he seemed to have seen a pair of greedy eyes looking at him in the dark.

"Send all your men and make sure to find the person who wrote this leaflet." Chen Wenren's face turned cold, and he coldly instructed, "Remember, no matter what, you can't let him appear in front of Zhenwu Hou!" ”

"Xia Guan understands!" Zhang Sheng understood what Chen Wenren meant from Chen Wenren's murderous tone, and nodded solemnly, he was now in the same boat as Chen Wenren, of course he didn't want the boat to capsize, then he would destroy whoever stood in their way.

"Xianggong, your trick is really good at scaring the snakes, I'm afraid they will have trouble sleeping and eating in the past three days." On the way back to the Yangzhou Division of Wutang, in the four-wheeled carriage, Lei Ting smiled and said to Li Yuntian that Li Yuntian had sounded the horn of attack, and Chen Wenren, Zhang Sheng and others would have a more difficult time in the future.

"These guys are greedy for so much tax money in the two Huai Salt Roads, and letting them not sleep well for three days is just a little interest in advance for their crimes." Li Yuntian smiled slightly, he was ready to take action step by step, step by step to force Chen Wenren, Zhang Sheng and others to a dead end, and at the same time make the outside world have the illusion that he had to do it as a last resort, so as to solve the case of embezzlement of ink in Lianghuai Yandao.

"Xianggong, how are we going to pass the time in the past three days?" Lei Ting smiled when she heard this, Li Yuntian had been weaving the net for so long, and now it was finally time to close the net, and then asked.

"I heard that the fish in Slender West Lake are fresh and delicious, and tomorrow Xianggong is going to go to West Lake to fish, which can be regarded as stealing half a day of leisure." Li Yuntian had already made arrangements, and after smiling, he replied in an orderly manner, he deliberately wanted to show the outside world that he didn't care about the private salt case.

Who would have thought that Li Yuntian, who seemed to have nothing to do, had already arranged a qiē, just waiting for Chen Wenren and Zhang Sheng and his party to crash into the trap he designed.

"Fishing?" Lei Ting suddenly laughed when she heard this, Li Yuntian This is Jiang Taigong's fishing wisher to take the bait, but Jiang Taigong used a fishing rod and Li Yuntian used a fishing net, and then asked with a smile, "Xianggong, where is the slender West Lake, the concubine body is asking people to prepare relevant matters." ”

"It's Baoyang Lake!" Li Yuntian couldn't help but pat his forehead when he heard this, and explained to Lei Ting with a smile that the name of Slender West Lake at this time was still Baoyang Lake.

"Baoyang Lake! Skinny West Lake? Xiang Gong is really a poetic person. Lei Ting felt a little surprised, and then smiled, she almost forgot that the dignified Zhenwu Marquis was a Jinshi from an orthodox class, and his literary talent was naturally outstanding.

At the beginning, Slender West Lake was a wide river outside Yangzhou City, formerly known as Baoyang Lake, which was the moat relics of Tang Luo City and Song Dacheng, starting from Beicheng River in the south and reaching the foot of Shugang in the north.

During the Ming and Qing dynasties, many famous businessmen who were rich in the world were on both sides of the river, sparing no expense to hire famous gardeners to paint and operate, and build water gardens, especially salt merchants.

In the heyday of Slender West Lake, there were 24 scenic landscapes along the lake, namely: Rolling Stone Cave Heaven, Xiyuan Qushui, Hongqiao Lansheng, Yechun Poetry Society, Long Causeway Spring Willow, Hepu Xunfeng, Jasper Exchange, Four Bridges Smoke and Rain, Spring Terrace Bright Moon, White Pagoda Clear Clouds, Three Flowing Streams, Shugang Evening Shine, Wansong Stacked Cui, Huayu Shuangquan, Shuangfeng Cloud Stack, Mountain Pavilion Wild View, Linshui Hongxia, Green Rice Xianglai, Zhushi Xiaolou, Pinggang Yanxue, Lvyang Chengkuo, Xianghai Ciyun, Meiling Chunsheng and Shuiyun Shengxuan.

These landscapes were praised by the literati and writers as "two embankments of flowers and willows all follow the water, all the way to the mountain", the Qing Dynasty's Kangxi and Qianlong emperors both visited here six times to the south, and the scenery of the Slender West Lake was highly appreciated.

Although it is already mid-autumn, the scenery of Slender West Lake seems a little withered, but it is quiet and silent, which is a place to concentrate and recuperate, and at the same time, it can also avoid the troubles and disturbances in Yangzhou City.