Everyone turned their heads to look at the person who spoke, only to see that the person who came was dressed in a half-new but not old, cleanly washed plain blue Songjiang muslin straight jacket, black plain silk belt on both sides, each tied an old rolled blue-edged dark green ingot purse and a small seal of Huangshi in Fangtian, the skin was slightly dark, five short figures, big ears, simple and unpretentious, revealing extraordinarily shrewd and capable, to that station, the posture was calm.

This person walked out with two capable entourages holding account books, stood in the open space, and said loudly to Cui Daoyuan: "Bai Luo's source of money can be proved by Lu. ”

Cui Daoyuan looked at the visitor: "Who are you?" ”

"In the next, Lu Yicheng is the family of Lu's grain store."

Jiayuguan.

A shabby and ordinary carriage walked slowly on the dusty loess road, and the yellow wind and sand rose and fell slowly under the wheels, like a yellow mist covering the back half of the carriage.

On the carriage door, the half-new green cloth curtain is lifted by the wind from time to time, and the oblique sunset shines into the gloomy carriage from the narrow gap in this corner.

"My lord, why did you let Boss Lu testify to Lord Bai?" Hua Qian drove the carriage on one side, following the person who was walking in front of him on a slow horse, and Zhu Wanliang sent to lead the way;

While whispering in confusion, he asked Liu Zhiran, who was half-squinting in the carriage and leaning on the wall of the car in the shaking and bumpy carriage.

"What's wrong with that?" Liu Zhiran didn't answer the question, and there was no trace of sleepiness in his clear and deep voice.

"My lord, don't be angry." Hua Qian licked her lips and said meaninglessly.

"Hmm." Liu Zhiran still half-squinted his eyes and snorted from his nose as an answer.

"My lord, you have arranged four people to ensure the safety of Lord Bai this time, the first way Han Cong is to protect Lord Bai's safety on the road, the second way Lord Cai is to protect Lord Bai's safety in the court, and the emperor's commendation is the third way to overturn the case for Lord Bai. I think that these three arrangements are enough to keep Lord Bai safe for five days, and in the end, the arrangement of the boss of this road is a bit redundant. ”

At the same time that Liu Zhiran sent Han Cong that day, he also sent a good bookkeeper from the Metropolitan Procuratorate to investigate the accounts of corrupt officials and a few skilled craftsmen who verified the evidence to Lu's grain store.

Before Bai Luo arrived in Lanzhou City, these good bookkeepers of the Metropolitan Procuratorate worked day and night, and forged a complete set of accounts of more than 3,000 taels of silver to Bai Luo in the Lu's Grain Bank, a total of eight books.

After the eight accounts were written, they were sent to these skilled craftsmen, and an overnight inkblot paper was used.

I remember that at that time, Master Shi of the courtyard said to Boss Lu like this: "Bai Luo's biggest death hole is not to settle the displaced people without authorization, but that the silver two are unknown and there is a suspicion of greed for ink." ”

"You are the grain merchant who supplied the grain to Bailuo this time to resettle the displaced people, and it is most reasonable for you to come forward to explain the way the silver and the two come from. Moreover, you are the only one who can cooperate with me in falsifying accounts in such a short period of time. ”

"In this trial of Bai Luo, if Cai Weizhou can keep Bai Luo, then you don't need to come forward, if the situation is urgent, then you come forward to explain the two sources of Bai Luoyin and exonerate him."

In fact, Hua Qian felt that it was too much for the adult to arrange for the road boss to testify for Bai Luo, which was really redundant.

With Cui Daoyuan's reckless man, it is impossible to have the ability to withstand Lord Cai's means and force Boss Lu to show up.

However, Hua Qian thought about it again, if Bai Luo's case really reached the point where Boss Lu needed to come forward, then ......

"What do you want to say?" Liu Zhiran relaxed his shoulders and leaned against the wall of the car in a more comfortable position.

"But if Boss Lu really comes forward, the relationship between Boss Lu and the Metropolitan Procuratorate will surface, so Zhu Wanliang may be suspicious of adults, so will this affect our joint this time?" Hua Qian asked suspiciously.

"If Boss Lu really comes forward, Zhu Wanliang will definitely be very wary of me, the young owner of the Lu family's grain store, not to mention that I have deliberately found out so many secrets about them, in this case, we will definitely be wiped out." Liu Zhiran said lightly, as if he didn't take the danger of being wiped out at all.

Hua Qian heard this, and was even more confused.

It seems that the adults in their own family are very aware of the danger of such an arrangement, so why do they have to arrange chess pieces like Boss Lu for Bai Luo just in case?

You must know that in this way, Bai Luo's safety is foolproof, but the adults put their own safety on the tip of the knife, once the boss of the road comes forward to save Bai Luo, then, they are equivalent to exposing their identities.

What awaits them will be a terrible extermination without warning.

Thinking of this, Hua Qian frowned disapprovingly.

"Your Excellency, you are so risky, why?"

In his heart, the safety of Master Yuanshi is above all else.

However, the move of Master Yuan Shi clearly put Bai Luo's safety above himself.

Hua Qian didn't understand why Master Yuan Shi did this, but after not getting an answer from the adult, he closed his mouth in silence.

He had already asked too many questions today, and for a secret guard, obedience was his duty, and he had already transgressed.

The carriage fell silent, only the "creaking" of the wheels echoed along the road.

Liu Zhiran closed his eyes quietly, his long eyelashes covered his cheeks, and after the sharp and indifferent eyes were closed, the wrinkles between his eyebrows were no longer so obvious, which made his face less gloomy and warmer.

Why? Liu Zhiran also asked himself in his heart.

He knew that he had always been self-interested, and apart from his own people, he had never put the interests of those he didn't want to do at heart.

But he and Bai Luo have only been together in Anning County for less than half a month, and even Bai Luo doesn't know his identity and name until now.

With such a shallow friendship, according to his previous principles, Bai Luo can never be called his own person.

But he still disregarded his own safety and arranged for Bai Luo to retreat from the boss of the road.

Even when making the decision to make the road boss's move, he didn't think too much about it and considered it at all, and subconsciously gave the order.

He neatly arranged four rescuers for Bai Luo, until he repeatedly calculated in his heart and was sure that Bai Luo would be safe and sound, then he put down his mind and thought about how he should deal with the changes that might occur in his mission after using the road boss.

In Bai Luo's body, he once again let him go to the front of his thoughts.

As long as it is related to Bai Luo, he always forgets the conspiracy and calculations, and is impulsive like an eighteen-year-old hairy boy.

It seems that every time he makes such an exception, it is because of Bai Luo, a young and beautiful man, but he can be sure that he has no habit of breaking his sleeves.

Liu Zhiran, who has always been calm and rational, was confused, so why is he doing this?

The carriage drove slowly on the desolate and barren loess of the northwest, and finally before the sun set completely, Hua Qian saw a military camp and a city wall in the distance.

According to the guide, it is a very small pass, famous because it is located in Shimiaozi Bay near Jinta County, so the pass is also known as Shimiaozi Bay Pass, which is located on the extension line of Jiayuguan Pass to the north.

Looking from afar, the tall and solid city gate of Shimiaozi Bay is in the throat of the two peaks, the city wall at both ends is connected with the steep mountain wall as a whole, although this pass is not as majestic as the Jiayuguan of "the first pass in Hexi", but it is also considered to be majestic and precipitous.

Before they reached the vicinity of the barracks, a group of light horsemen came up from afar.

The leader shook a black token in his hand in front of the soldiers, and the light cavalry turned around silently, showing them the way.

A group of people and a carriage slowly moved forward in the wind and sand, and gradually disappeared on the long loess official road.

When the sun finally set, the little pass fell into the darkness of the autumn night, and the bright moonlight sprinkled down, casting a gentle veil over the majestic pass.