Not long after Li Yuntian led people into the small courtyard, just as Li Manshan was directing people to pull the bolt of the attic door with a knife, there was a sudden sound of footsteps in the building, as if someone was going downstairs.

Seeing this, Li Yuntian immediately made a gesture, and everyone quietly ambushed outside the door.

Soon after, the door creaked open, and a handsome man and a handsome woman walked out holding hands and walking out very affectionately.

"Baby, I'll come back tomorrow night......" The two stopped outside the door, and the handsome man smiled and reached out to hook the chin of the delicate woman, and said with a flirtatious face, but before he finished speaking, he was stunned, and saw the guards hiding by the door, and his voice stopped abruptly.

At the same time, several guards rushed up, covering the mouths of the handsome man and the handsome woman, and by the way, they also restrained a maid who followed behind and dragged them into the room.

"Uncles, here is just a poor talent who teaches, uncles spare a little life." In the house, the handsome man thought that Li Yuntian and the others were robbing the robbers, and hurriedly kowtowed and begged for mercy.

"Are you the second lady of the Lu family?" Li Yuntian ignored the handsome man, but turned to the handsome woman with a frightened expression and asked quietly.

"As long as you don't hurt us, I'm willing to give you everything of value." The beautiful woman nodded and said in a panic.

"Is that girl on the third floor still up there?" Li Yuntian saw that the identity of the beautiful woman was confirmed, so he asked in a deep voice.

"You...... How do you know? Miss Lu Er was stunned when she heard this, and she couldn't help but show a panicked look on her face.

From Miss Lu Er's reaction, Li Yuntian knew that Zhao Xinyue was still upstairs, so he breathed a sigh of relief in his heart, and nodded to Lei Ting on the side, so Lei Ting led people to touch the third floor lightly.

"You...... Who are you? Miss Lu Er realized that the group of strangers in front of her was coming to Zhao Xinyue on the third floor, and looked at Li Yuntian with a pale face, she knew Zhao Xinyue's identity, if Zhao Xinyue was rescued from the Lu family, the Lu family would be in great trouble, and the government had almost turned over the entire Lu family collection in order to find Zhao Xinyue not long ago.

"Shut up, or I'll cut you with a knife." Li Yuntian naturally ignored Miss Lu Er, and when Li Manshan heard this, he took out the embroidered spring knife on his waist and gestured in front of her, lest Miss Lu Er make a noise and alarm the guards upstairs.

"Embroidery...... Embroidered spring knife! The handsome man stared at the knife in Li Manshan's hand with a frightened expression, and stammered that he had seen the people of Jinyi Weinan Zhenfu Si wearing embroidered spring knives when he was in Nanjing before, so he recognized this strange-looking knife at a glance.

According to the laws of the Daimyo, only the martial arts hall and the Jinyiwei can use the embroidered spring knife, otherwise they will be punished as conspiracy, and it is obvious that neither the martial arts nor the Jinyiwei are easy to provoke.

"Big ...... Uncle, the little one was just seduced by the second miss of the Lu family to have an affair with her, and has nothing to do with the Lu family, please be aware of it. Then, the handsome man kowtowed to Li Yuntian and begged for mercy with a frightened expression.

Seeing this, Li Yuntian's brows suddenly frowned slightly, the handsome man's move would undoubtedly alarm the people guarding Zhao Xinyue upstairs, Li Manshan naturally knew the current situation, so he flew up and kicked the handsome man's face.

The handsome man suddenly snorted, fell to the ground and fainted, with a clear footprint on his face, and nosebleeds gurgling out, making Miss Lu Er hurriedly step forward and hug him in his arms.

Li Yuntian shook his head helplessly, poor Miss Lu Er was infatuated, but as soon as the handsome man came up, he put the responsibility for adultery on Miss Lu Er's head, which was obviously not a good thing, this kind of little white face who ate soft rice was not allowed to have an affair with many women in private.

Not long after, there was a sound of footsteps upstairs, and Li Yuntian looked up and saw Lei Ting coming down the stairs with Zhao Xinyue, who was wearing her hair loose.

"Brother Li, I thought I wouldn't see you anymore." Seeing Li Yuntian, Zhao Xinyue couldn't help but have red eyes, ignoring everyone at the scene, she rushed forward excitedly and threw herself into Li Yuntian's arms, and then cried loudly.

Li Yuntian stood there with an embarrassed face, wanting to comfort Zhao Xinyue but didn't know how to speak, and finally smiled slightly and reached out to pat Zhao Xinyue's back gently, he knew that Zhao Xinyue had a lot of grievances in his heart, and let him vent his excitement.

It took a while for Zhao Xinyue to stop crying, she seemed to realize that her previous behavior was a little inappropriate, her cheeks were rosy and let go of Li Yuntian, and she stood with Lei Ting with a worried expression, Lei Ting didn't speak but looked at her with a smile, which made her more and more embarrassed.

"Inform Lei Lie, hurry back to Yangzhou City, and let the Yangzhou Wei Commander assist him in arresting the officials of the Lianghuai Salt Road and the salt merchants of the Salt Merchants Association!" Li Yuntian calmed his mind for a moment, and gave an order to Li Manshan in a deep voice, "In addition, seize the officials related to salt affairs in the Nanjing Household Department. ”

Li Manshan immediately summoned two guards and handed over the two official letters that had already been written to the two of them, and the two guards bowed their hands to Li Yuntian and hurriedly left with their respective official documents.

"You...... Are you the Marquis of Zhenwu? After witnessing the scene in front of her, Miss Lu Er's face turned pale, and it was obvious that there was no one else in Yangzhou who dared to attack the Lianghuai Salt Road, Nanjing Hubu and the Salt Merchants Association except Li Yuntian.

"Ben Hou once issued a notice, the harborer and the kidnapper are guilty of the same crime, why are you obsessed, you have to be lucky!" Li Yuntian saw that Miss Lu Er recognized herself, so she did not deny her guess, and said lightly.

"Master Hou, my father is purely forced to do this, if we don't agree to them, we will ......" Miss Lu Er was immediately anxious when she heard this, and hurriedly opened her mouth to defend herself.

"Ben Hou doesn't want to hear the reason." However, Miss Lu Er's words were interrupted by Li Yuntian, Li Yuntian looked at her expressionlessly, "The road was walked out by himself, Ben Hou believes that your father has two choices after seeing the notice, but unfortunately he chose a wrong path, and he must pay punishment for it!" ”

"However, Ben Hou can give you a chance, if you can keep the news that Ben Hou is here, then Ben Hou can atone for your sins at that time." As he spoke, Li Yuntian turned around and said with a stern expression.

Lei Lie will not be able to rush back to Yangzhou City until tonight at the earliest, so before Lei Lie arrives in Yangzhou City, Li Yuntian's news in Lujiaji must be kept secret, otherwise the people from the Lianghuai Salt Road and the Salt Merchants Association will definitely abscond, which requires the help of Miss Lu Er.

Moreover, this is also the meaning of Miss Lu Er's personal maid Erya, Er Ya and Miss Lu Er's master and servant have a deep relationship, Zhao Xinyue promised that Er Ya would help Miss Lu Er get rid of her crimes, so Li Yuntian gave Miss Lu Er a chance.

"Xie Hou Ye, Xie Hou Ye." Miss Lu Er breathed a sigh of relief when she heard this, since Li Yuntian didn't say anything to death, it showed that there was still a chance for things to maneuver.

Under the cover of Miss Lu Er, the affairs of Li Yuntian and the others in the small courtyard were concealed, and the day was spent peacefully.

Li Yuntian interrogated the two big men who were guarding Miss Lu Er, and at first the two of them were still stubborn, but after Li Manshan let the two of them taste the punishment of Jinyi Weiben Zhenfusi, the two obediently told what they knew.

As Li Yuntian expected, these two big men were Chen Wenren's henchmen, who were responsible for secretly transporting Zhao Xinyue from Yangzhou City to Lujiaji, and the guys who kidnapped Zhao Xinyue in Bufang hid in a salt factory in Lianghuai Salt Road.

These two big men thought that no one knew about their hiding in Lujiaji, after all, even Chen Guangzong didn't know Zhao Xinyue's whereabouts, and they didn't expect to be captured by Li Yuntian's people in their sleep anyway.

To be honest, Chen Wenren and Miss Lu Er's father were actually not familiar with each other, but he did not dare to disobey Chen Wenren's intentions, so as not to be retaliated against by Chen Wenren, which made it difficult for Li Yuntian to guess that Zhao Xinyue was hiding here.

In the early morning of the next day, Li Yuntian and his entourage quietly left from the back door of the Lu house, rode the horses that had been waiting there at the entrance of the town, and galloped towards Yangzhou City.

Lujiaji was only fifteen miles away from Yangzhou City, and Li Yuntian and his party rushed to Yangzhou City after half an hour, and Lei Lie led several important military attaches to wait for him in a pavilion outside the south gate of Yangzhou City.

Lei Lie led the army to Yangzhou City last night, and he had already let his Xiaowu army guard the four gates of Yangzhou City, as long as the city gate was opened at dawn, he would control the city gate and implement martial law in Yangzhou City, so as to prevent the people of the Lianghuai Salt Road and the Salt Merchants Association from escaping from the city.

Li Yuntian stood on a hill outside the south gate and stared at the silent Yangzhou City under the night, behind him were Lei Ting and others, and the sullen breath that he had been calculated by Chen Wenren these days could finally be spit out.

"Master Hou, is our movement a little too big?" Lei Lie was a little worried about tomorrow's actions, and couldn't help but step forward and ask, since the Sui and Tang dynasties, there has never been a matter of uprooting the Yandao Yamen, and the consequences will be strict and the impact will be great.

"If it is not broken or standed, the two Huai salt roads have been corroded by the wind of corruption from top to bottom, and the only way to completely eliminate them is to eliminate them." The corners of Li Yuntian's mouth showed a sneer, he was still looking for an excuse to attack the two Huaiyan Dao before, but he didn't expect Chen Wenren to take the initiative to come to death, so don't blame him for being heavy-handed.

"Xianggong, should you reply to the military pavilion with an official letter, it seems that we may all have to stay in Yangzhou before the year." Lei Ting remembered something and stepped forward to remind in a low voice.

Li Yuntian now wants to start rectifying the Lianghuai Salt Road, so naturally he will not be able to return to the capital, the Lianghuai Salt Road is an important source of tax and silver for the Ming Dynasty, and the importance to the Ming Dynasty is not comparable to Duoyan Sanwei, so the military pavilion can only wait for Li Yuntian to deal with the matter on the salt road before mentioning the matter of the Northern Expedition to Duoyan Sanwei.

"Take pen and ink, and the prime minister will reply to the military cabinet to explain the affairs of Yangzhou." Li Yuntian nodded when he heard this, he was ready to take the initiative to ask the military pavilion to go to the battle to recruit Duoyan Sanwei, but the premise was to let the Xiaowu army expand its army, so that it had enough troops to fight against Duoyan Sanwei.