After Qin Lang recovered, Li Xuan ordered him to protect Shen Qiutan's safety at all times.

But on the bright side, the housekeeper of the new Shen Mansion is Qiao Shan, and Shen Qiutan is also expected to bring people to protect the safety of Shen Qiutan, except for Shannai who has become Shen Qiutan's personal maid, Qin Lang has always been hidden in the shadows.

At the beginning of the lanterns, the door was ajar, and Yamanai was vigilantly guarding the door.

"You suddenly appeared, could it be...... What happened to Your Highness? Shen Qiutan hesitated to ask, and his hand unconsciously clenched the armrest of the chair.

Qin Lang nodded and shook his head: "Yes and no, girl, do you remember the two brothers Lin Quan and Lin An?" ”

"Some impressions." When I was in Yangzhou, I saw the Lin family brothers, and Lin Quan temporarily guarded his safety: "What happened to them?" ”

Hearing that it wasn't Li Qian who had an accident, she was slightly relieved.

"Lin An came to the capital to deliver a letter, but he was besieged on the way, and now he only has half his life left."

Shen Qiutan had just let go of his heart, and mentioned it again: "What the hell is going on, you can tell me quickly." ”

"Yes." Qin Lang didn't dare to delay. His Highness commanded that in the future, he would treat the girl as he did to him, and he would know everything and say everything. He said directly: "Back then, His Royal Highness changed his appearance as Lu Zheng and went to Yangzhou, turning the corruption case in Huainan upside down. ”

Shen Qiutan nodded, she knew that King Zhao was convicted for this.

Qin Lang continued: "Then, through the medicine woman, we found the account books in Lichun Courtyard, and also found the hiding place where most of the stolen money was hidden. ”

Shen Qiutan clenched his fists.

At the beginning, Li Xuan thoroughly investigated the corruption case and only found one-third of the stolen money from the local criminal official's house, but King Zhao and Qiu Yuanzhen have been operating in Huainan for nearly ten years, and the tax on salt and iron tea is an astronomical amount.

Could it be ......

Qin Lang nodded in her hesitant eyes: "It's all in the hands of His Highness." This part of the silver taels, His Royal Highness handed over to Lord Wang and the Lin family brothers at their disposal, and they raised troops on the spot. ”

Shen Qiutan gasped, two-thirds of the silver taels were used to raise soldiers?

"How many soldiers? Who is Lord Wang? ”

Qin Lang said respectfully: "About ten thousand." ”

10,000 sounds like not much, but Huainan is rich and has not fought for a long time, and there are not many soldiers in the province, and they are lazy and loose, if something really happens, there are 10,000 elite soldiers who may be able to control the situation in Huainan, and now they are just starting to raise troops, and when it is really time, it should be more than that.

Lingnan, which is further south than Huainan, has only more than 15,000 troops in charge of a five-government envoy.

Ten thousand, that's a lot.

"These people have always been covered by the Lin family brothers and Lord Wang, who is the second son of Wang Chengping, the squire of the military department, Wang Chengzhu."

Shen Qiutan was surprised, she heard it right? Turning around, Wang Chengzhu turned out to be Li Qi's person.

Such a heavy responsibility shows that Wang Chengzhu is very trusted.

"You came here in a hurry, could it be that something happened to Huainan? Lin An came to deliver the letter, what kind of letter did he send? ”

"The subordinate wants to say goodbye to the girl." It stands to reason that since Li Xuan ordered him to protect Shen Qiutan's safety, he should be loyal to his duties, but the situation is a little out of control: "Our people are mostly in the mountains for secrecy, and they are afraid of being caught in the net, so they are scattered to practice, and this time it was one of them who had an accident." When Lin An's people were escorting food supplies, they encountered a group of officers and soldiers, and by coincidence, they were colliding into Lu Qin's hands. ”

Lu Qin is Lu Zheng's cousin, because Lu Zheng ostensibly sacrificed his life for the country, and later the Lu family made up for the Huainan Festival.

Shen Qiutan thought of Lu Qin who helped Lu Zheng in the downtown area, although he only had one side, he felt that Lu Qin did not look like a scheming person.

"Intentionally or unintentionally?"

Qin Lang's eyes lit up, and he secretly praised Shen Qiutan's keenness: "Back to the girl, Lord Wang also said that there is something strange about things, Lu Qin is brave and unscrupulous, and his mind is rough, I am afraid that this matter has something to do with that envoy He Qian, but time is pressing, he can only lose his pawn to protect the car, so as not to implicate more." ”

"How to lose the pawn and protect the car, and what about the casualties?"

"I lost more than a dozen brothers, and I didn't dare to transport grain into the mountains in the short term. There is no surplus food in the mountains, and even if you see that you eat more in the summer, it is not a long-term solution. ”

Shen Qiutan sighed: "It is a long way from the capital to Xichuan, even if it is a day and night, and the post station changes horses, it will take nearly two months." "When the time comes, I'm afraid that people will have to dig up the roots and bark of trees and eat them, how can they still hide it?

His subordinates understood, but Lord Wang was worried that the army would be exposed, so he took the responsibility himself in a hurry. Now that Lord Wang has been taken into custody, Lin An came to Beijing to deliver a letter, because he encountered an ambush on the road and was seriously injured, so his subordinates thought of going to Xichuan in person. ”

"The man who ambushed him was a man, did he leave a head or tail?"

Qin Lang shook his head.

Soft fingers held on the rose chair of Huanghuali, the joints were slightly white, Shen Qiutan pondered for a long time, and then said firmly: "You don't have to go to Xichuan." ”

Qin Lang raised his head and had a lot of questions.

"Since Lin An is injured, he must have leaked his whereabouts before, I don't know what kind of connection you have through it, but now you must clear his head and tail, if you can find out the person behind it, it's okay, if you can't find it, you can't leak yourself."

Qin Lang's face changed, he didn't know whether he was surprised by Shen Qiutan's decision or frightened by Shen Qiutan's inference, and it took a while to clear his thoughts and say: "We have our own set of means of contact, and our subordinates will not be exposed, and if our subordinates are not exposed, Your Highness will not be exposed." ”

Shen Qiutan nodded: "In this case, pack your bags and go to Huainan with me." ”

What the? Miss Shen went to Huainan? In his eyes, Shen Qiutan saved his life, and he was naturally extremely powerful, but she went to Huainan to ...... What can be done?

Shen Qiutan understood his feelings: "Your Highness said, you are my person, if one day I have a disagreement with His Highness, you have to listen to me, is it possible that His Highness just left, and he won't count?" ”

Qin Lang said: "Yes, the subordinates don't dare, so let's go down and arrange it." ”

"Well, go ahead, prepare for the day tomorrow, and leave early the day after tomorrow." Shen Qiutan nodded, and at the same time exchanged Bai Zhi: "Let's go to the West Market." ”

When she came back from a trip to the West Market, Shen Qiutan not only dispersed firewood, rice, sugar and salt, but also a large amount of arrowroot cloth and hemp materials, and as soon as the things entered the new warehouse, they were transferred by her and collected into the space. Thanks to Bai Zhi's strict mouth, and Qiao Shan has been busy with the wine shop recently, he has not been discovered.

Two days later, Shen Qiutan, who had changed into men's clothes, hurriedly went south.

Because of anxiety, the journey that originally took more than a month was only more than half a month.

Lin Quan greeted him on Wulipo outside Yangzhou City, and Shen Qiutan didn't care about the lack of people and horses, so he followed Lin Quan directly into the mountains.

The sun is on the head, but it can't penetrate the layers of dense forests.

Halfway through, there was no one in sight, and a burly man of about forty or fifty brought two brave boys to meet him.

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