Qin Xuan thought for a moment, then nodded and said, "Master Yang's analysis is quite reasonable!" Regardless of whether the Salt Gang's lair is in Wulinshui or not, those three small islands need to be investigated! ”

Liu Qingshan, who had never spoken, stretched out his hand and persuaded: "My lord, don't be anxious!" Don't forget Qingrui's concerns, Ye Lexing may have aroused Feng Huahui's suspicions. If he went again, he was afraid that Ye Le would be in danger. ”

"The lower officials also think that they should be cautious and not act rashly!" Yang Linqiu nodded slightly and agreed.

Qin Xuan frowned unconsciously, and blurted out: "Then according to the two of you, how can you act to save Ye Le's life and completely uproot the Salt Gang?" ”

Xing Honglin suddenly remembered something, took a step forward, and said, "That's right, my lord!" When I left Yanguan County, Qingrui seemed to mention that Ye Le had gone to the west of Yanguan City to do errands! And Qingrui will also go to the west of the city to investigate! ”

Without waiting for Xing Honglin to finish speaking, Qin Xuan suddenly raised his head, looked at Xing Honglin, and blurted out, "Ye Le is going to the west of the city?" It must have something to do with salt! ”

Yang Linqiu nodded and said, "Yes, the lower officials also think so!" After a slight pause, he proposed: "Since this is the case, it is best not to go to Wulin Water to investigate at the moment, it is better to wait for Qingrui to see if he has gained something!" ”

When Qin Xuan heard this, he directly waved his hand and refused: "No, if Qingrui hasn't heard news for a few days, will it be difficult for this official to sit back and watch Ye Le fall into the quagmire?" ”

"The lower officials don't want the adults to sit idly by! The intention of the lower officials is to wait for a day or two, during which it is good to deploy! Yang Lin Qiu said hurriedly.

"How to set it up? The salt official's nest is in Wulin Water, and it's still our guess! ”

"According to the intention of the lower officials, Honglin can be allowed to go to Yanguan County again. First, to assist Qingrui, and secondly, at a critical juncture, Honglin's martial arts may be able to help Ye Le get out of danger! Then, it is best for adults to go to Qiantang and visit Zhao Siyuan and Zhao Guard. Zhao guards control the soldiers of Hangzhou, and when necessary, they can send troops to Wulin Water to directly surround the three small islands. Yang Linqiu methodically came up with ideas for Qin Xuan.

Qin Xuan nodded slightly, got up and said, "Okay, this matter is decided!" Honglin, early tomorrow morning, you hurry to Yanguan County to assist Qingrui. This official will also go to Qiantang to visit Zhao Guard! ”

The next day, the gate of Yuhang City was opened, and several people left on horseback. One way, Xing Honglin went to Yanguan County, and the other way, naturally, Qin Xuan went to Qiantang County.

After noon, Qin Xuan finally rushed to the Qiantang Mansion (Zhichong Mansion). When Qin Xuan walked to the door, a soldier stepped forward and scolded him. "This is Hangzhou Zhechong Mansion, idle people are waiting to leave quickly!"

Qin Xuan smiled slightly, and bowed his hand and said: "This big brother soldier, please pass on Zhao Siyuan and Zhao Duwei, and say that the old man Qin Pingkang came to pay a visit!" ”

The soldier hesitated for a moment, then said in a deep voice: "Well, I know, you wait a moment!" After speaking, he turned around and walked into the military mansion.

Zhao Siyuan was sitting upright in the inner hall and took out a folding book from his arms. Neither open nor open. After staring at it for a long time, he fell into deep thought: Your Majesty once said that this secret decree was given to Lord Qin Xuan Qin, and said that Lord Qin would definitely come to look for me. But now that I have been in Hangzhou for a long time, why hasn't Lord Qin come yet?

Suddenly, there was a deep voice outside the door. "Captain Zhao, there are people outside the door asking to see you!"

Listening to the voice, Zhao Siyuan knew that the person who spoke was Sui Yunping, who came with him from the capital. got up, walked to the door, and said casually: "Yunping, who is asking to see?" Suddenly remembering that Hangzhou officials often came, he added: "Is it still the officials of the Assassin Mansion?" ”

When he opened the door, he saw Sui Yunping standing at the doorstep, bowing slightly, and said, "No! It's not an official of the Assassin's Mansion, someone who came called himself Qin Pingkang, saying that he was your old man! ”

Zhao Siyuan frowned, thought to himself for a moment, and the corners of his mouth showed a rare smile. "Yes, that's good! Qin Pingkang is the old man of this official, please hurry up! ”

Not long after, Qin Xuan was led to the inner hall by Sui Yunping. Seeing Zhao Siyuan, Qin Xuan said with a smile: "Captain Zhao, don't come unharmed!" ”

Zhao Siyuan stretched out his hand and said to Sui Yunping: "Yunping, you go down first, the official and his friends will reunite, and I want to have a good chat!" ”

Sui Yunping bowed respectfully and said, "Obey orders!" Then he turned and left.

Seeing Sui Yunping leaving, Zhao Siyuan turned around and stretched out his hand to signal: "Come in, please come in quickly, talk in the house!" ”

Seeing Zhao Siyuan so cautious, Qin Xuan couldn't help but feel a little disappointed in his heart, and said secretly: It seems that Zhao Siyuan is not having a good time, and I don't know if I will gain anything from coming here today......

Walking into the house, Zhao Siyuan closed the door. The two of them sat down, and Qin Xuan gave up his hand and said: "There is a lot of inconvenience in Fang Cai, so I lied about Qin Pingkang, and I hope that Zhao Duwei will not be surprised!" ”

Zhao Siyuan waved his hand slightly and said, "Lord Qin is cautious, how can he be angry when he is lowly?" ”

Qin Xuan couldn't help but be a little puzzled, and said: "Zhao Duwei is now a fourth-rank captain, and the lower official is a seventh-rank county commander, a lowly title, and the lower official will never dare to be a lieutenant!" ”

When Zhao Siyuan heard this, he directly took out the folding book from his arms, handed it to Qin Xuan, and explained: "Lord Qin will understand after reading the folding book!" ”

Qin Xuan stretched out his hand to take the folding book, and asked casually, "Captain Zhao, who wrote this folding book?" ”

"This is Your Majesty's secret decree, when you leave Beijing, Your Majesty once said that according to Lord Qin's character, he will definitely come to find a humble position, so let the humble position be handed over to Lord Qin!"

Qin Xuan took the folded book, and when he heard that the folded book was a secret decree, he was slightly stunned, and then asked, "How could Your Majesty know that the lower officials will definitely come?" ”

"I don't know about this matter!" Zhao Siyuan didn't like to smile, and his face returned to his usual seriousness.

Zhao Siyuan opened his mouth and closed his mouth to humble his duties, which made Qin Xuan even more puzzled, and with puzzlement, he opened it and took a look, and wrote: "Qin Xuan, I think about it, you must be worried about the salt tax in Hangzhou at this moment." The matter of the salt tax in Hangzhou is very important to the imperial court and to me. Minister of the DPRK and China, I am worried that someone will have an affair with the officials of Hangzhou, so I will entrust this matter to you! I hope you will check and share your worries for me! I knew that your county order was not enough to investigate and deal with the Hangzhou Assassin Mansion, so I transferred Zhao Siyuan to Hangzhou to serve as the commander of the Zhichong Prefecture......"

After reading it, Qin Xuan couldn't help but be a little stunned, and secretly said in his heart: Li Shimin is really powerful, and he actually made arrangements a few months ago...... Qin Xuan was in a trance, Zhao Siyuan knelt down on one knee and arched his hand: "I have seen Lord Qin, Lord Qin should understand at this moment!" ”

Qin Xuan suddenly heard the sound and hurriedly stepped forward to help Zhao Siyuan. "Captain Zhao, cry and get up, you don't need to be so polite!" Helping Zhao Siyuan up, Qin Xuan couldn't help but be a little puzzled, and asked, "Captain Zhao, have you also seen this secret decree?" ”

When Zhao Siyuan heard this, he hurriedly bowed his head and said: "This is a secret order, how dare you look at it in vain!" ”

"Oh? Then why did Zhao Duwei know His Majesty's intentions? ”

"When the lowly post left Beijing, His Majesty also had a decree to order the lowly post to come to Hangzhou to rectify the military government, waiting for Lord Qin to send it!"

Qin Xuan nodded slightly, and said, "En, I understand!" In order to get closer to Zhao Siyuan, Qin Xuan changed his self-title to Zaixia. As he spoke, he stretched out his hand and signaled: "Zhao Duwei sit down quickly, I really have something to discuss with you when I come here today!" ”

The two of them sat down, and Qin Xuan slowly spoke: "Recently, I am secretly investigating the matter of the salt tax in Hangzhou, and now it is already certain that officials at all levels in Hangzhou have an affair with the so-called salt dealer gang, and it has been roughly determined that the lair of the salt gang should be on the island in the middle of the martial arts water!" ”

Zhao Siyuan thought for a moment and said, "Lord Qin's intention is to lead his troops to Wulin Water to search?" ”

Qin Xuan stretched out his hand and waved his hand, shook his head and said, "No, no, no, I came here today just to learn about the situation of Zhao Duwei, so that I can arrange the investigation, evidence collection, and capture in the future as appropriate!" ”

Zhao Siyuan nodded when he heard this. "The Hangzhou Military Government, with a total of 1,200 standing guards, has been reorganized, co-opted, and replaced, and all of them are already convincing!"

Qin Xuan couldn't help frowning, and secretly thought to himself: How come there are only 1,200 people, listening to Ye Le, there should be hundreds of diehards in the Salt Gang, plus officials at all levels, I'm afraid it's a little difficult!

Zhao Siyuan saw Qin Xuan frowning, and after thinking for a while, he guessed Qin Xuan's thoughts, and said: "Lord Qin must not understand the military system, 1,200 people are standing guards, and another 3,000 registered government soldiers can be recruited at any time!" ”

Hearing this, Qin Xuan couldn't help but frown, and said in a lost voice: "There are still three thousand?" ”

Zhao Siyuan nodded slightly.

However, he said that Li Qingrui, after inquiry, learned that there are only two salt-making villages in the west of Yanguancheng, Nanjia Village and Beiqing Village. Considering that Ye Leshang didn't know whether there was any danger, he hurriedly went to investigate.

The hard work paid off, and when it was almost noon, Li Qingrui finally got acquainted with Nanjia Village Zhengjia Yidao.

At Jia Yidao's house, Li Qingrui said with a smile: "Don't hide it from Jia Cunzheng, he is a salt seller in Xia, and I heard that there are many people who make salt in our Nanjia Village, so I came to ...... uninvited."

When Jia Yidao heard this, he smiled and said, "You're a step late!" ”

"Huh? Why? ”

"Someone came to order the salt of the whole village yesterday!"

When Li Qingrui heard this, he knew that what Jia Yidao was referring to should be Ye Le. "Jia Cunzheng, see if you can tell Zai Xia, who ordered it, and go to find him in Xia!"

"I'll tell you the truth, that person is a member of the Hangzhou Salt Gang, as for where the Salt Gang is, Xiao Lao'er doesn't know!" Jia Yidao said slowly.

Li Qingrui couldn't help but feel a little disappointed, and he wanted to say more, only to see Jia Yidao and said again: "By the way, yesterday that person said that no one was woken up by the bell, in the eyes of the little old man, there should be a temple near the Yan Gang!" ”

After greeting Jia Yidao for a while, Li Qingrui hurried back to the Pingyue Inn non-stop, preparing to pack up his things and return to Yuhang to inform Qin Xuan.

returned to the Pingyue Inn, but unexpectedly saw Xing Honglin. Li Qingrui directly pulled Xing Honglin to the room. The two sat down, and Li Qingrui spoke: "Honglin, you have to go back to Yuhang again, today I went to the west of the city to investigate, and I learned that Ye Le had mentioned to Nanjia Village that there was a temple near the Yan Gang......"

After Li Qingrui explained, Xing Honglin did not hesitate, and blurted out: "Then I will go back to Yuhang!" ”

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