When he came to the teahouse, Zhao Ning found that the signboard of "Yipinlou" had disappeared, and was replaced by a new flag sign: "Mingxiang Teahouse", if it wasn't for Su Yeqing poking his head out from the second floor, Zhao Ning might have wondered if the other party had moved his nest.

"The second sister said that we have expanded our scale now, and if each stronghold is marked with the signboard of Yipinlou, it will be too eye-catching, so the eldest brother decided to only use the brand of Yipinlou in the general rudder. ”

Su Yeqing's little head had just disappeared from the window, and two people stood in front of Zhao Ning after two breaths, their white and tender faces flushed, like two freshly ripe apples.

"That's exactly how it should be. Zhao Ning followed the other party into the door. The teahouse was empty in the middle of the night, quiet and peaceful, and a mouse chirped twice out of nowhere, and when he heard the movement of someone stepping on the stairs, he rumbled and ran away.

Wei Wuxian yawned heavily, and then violently covered his open mouth of blood, and looked around weakly, for fear that his ugly appearance would be seen by Hu Honglian, and his reaction was quite similar to that of the mouse.

After taking a seat in the private room, Zhao Ning went straight to the topic and asked about the progress of Yipinlou's investigation and collection of Liu's crimes.

"The second sister and the third brother are presiding over this matter together, and hundreds of elites have been dispatched one after another these days, and more than 70 available crimes have been found. But in Yanping City, most of them are just trivial matters, the clansmen forcibly occupy shops, kill slaves, etc., because there was a white glove of the White Yihui before, and there were no important murders in the hands of the Liu family. Su Yeqing sat upright and replied.

Zhao Ning bowed slightly. These circumstances were expected by him, even if the Liu family wanted to grab wealth, they would not do anything wrong at the feet of the Son of Heaven, at least they needed the white clothes to cover it up, and the clansmen forcibly seized shops and killed slaves, which may be troublesome to others, but for the Liu family, this kind of crime is too small to shake the foundation of the family.

"So we focused on the outside of Yanping City, the Baiyi Society has no stronghold in Gyeonggi, and the Liu family has to come forward to do everything outside, and it is easy to fall into the handle. ”

Su Yeqing continued, "These days, the second sister and the third brother have gained a lot in the two counties of Lantian and Shimen under the jurisdiction of Jingzhao Mansion. According to the latest news transmitted yesterday, they have found out that in the past few years, the Liu clan has forcibly bought land and caused death and injury, lending, debt collection and death and injury, robbing people and women, improper mining and mine collapse causing death and injury, and so on!

"When these murders occurred, it was not that no one went to the government to beat the drum and voice their grievances, but the Liu family used power to suppress it, and many people had no way to ask for help because their homes were ruined, and finally died of depression, and some people could only take a negligible compensation to endure humiliation and steal their lives.

"In particular, in the case of improper mining of ore, it is rumored that more than 100 people were buried! The families of the victims failed to express their grievances in Shimen County, so they gathered more than a dozen young men and women to go to Beijing to file a lawsuit, but those people disappeared halfway and never appeared again! The second sister has already gone to visit the families of those victims, if they can find evidence and bring people back to Yanping City, this case alone will be enough to make the Liu family pay a huge price!"

Speaking of this, Su Yeqing clenched his fists, feeling very angry at Liu's crime.

Zhao Ning was not too angry, after all, he was born in a family, and he was more mentally prepared for the dark behavior of some powerful people than Su Yeqing, so he just meditated at this time.

Jingzhao Mansion not only governs Yanping City, but also includes the three counties of Lantian, Shimen, and Tianshui, which is different from the Duwei Mansion, it is also in charge of civil affairs, which is also the reason why Jingzhao Yin is a fourth-grade official, and Duwei is only a fifth-grade official.

The Liu family is also a big family for hundreds of years, and the people are prosperous, so it is impossible for them to all nest in the mansion in the capital, and the fields in the clan and various industries outside Yanping City also need to be taken care of by manpower. These people have to be a little cautious in Yanping City, but when they are outside the city, they will no longer have so many scruples in acting.

Today's Great Qi, to the peaceful and prosperous era, just like other dynasties, has also ushered in a great trend of land annexation, not to mention that the family, even if it is a small landlord, always do everything possible to buy more acres, and regard it as the foundation for the benefit of future generations.

As for usury, because the profits are extremely high, most rich people want to do it.

The amethyst mine in Lantian Mountain in Lantian County is one of the core foundations of the Liu family. Amethyst ore is the basic material for making runes, widely used in swords, guns, swords and halberds and other blades, high-quality amethyst is one of the necessities for the production of high-level runes, Emperor Song Zhi gave Zhao Ning the condor bow, there is the best amethyst.

However, the mining of amethyst ore is not easy, the burial is very deep, the tunnels need to go at least several miles into the ground, and special equipment is required for preservation. In such a situation, if the mining work is not rigorous, there is a high risk of accidents.

"Send a message to Hu Erniang, telling them to be careful and not to attract the attention of the Liu family...... That's it, the amethyst mine has been found, and it is impossible for Liu to not notice it. My Zhao family also has a medicine field in Lantian County, and when I go back tonight, I will ask my family to send a master to Lantian County, escort medicinal materials in the open, and secretly support Hu Erniang. ”

Zhao Ning made up his mind, and the matter was discussed. He then asked, "How's the surveillance of the Flying Snow Tower going?"

"It's going well, nothing special, and there's nothing big about the Flying Snow Building lately. We've tracked a lot of people, from high rollers to vegetable sellers, and we haven't found much yet. These people seem to be very responsible, and it doesn't seem like there is a problem. ”

Because there has been no gain, Su Yeqing was a little puzzled by Zhao Ning's intention to ask them to monitor Feixue Tower, but she knew that she shouldn't ask, and she was a restrained character, so she didn't think too much, just did her own thing seriously.

"No gain at all?" Zhao Ning was a little strange, and secretly pondered for a while, it may be that after the last time, Xiao Yan decided to reduce his activities recently out of caution, and when he thought of this, he was relieved.

"Continue to monitor, don't be lazy, and don't be careless. ”

Zhao Ning instructed, and then asked, "The matter of Yipinlou receiving the forces of the White Coat Society and the Goshawk Gang should have been completed, right? Have you checked their roster, and how many cultivators have been leaked?"

Su Yeqing was obviously very serious in his usual work, and at this time, he recited like a stream: "There are 321 cultivators in the White Clothes Society, not counting the Yuan Shen Realm, 98 people in the Imperial Qi Realm, 63 people killed in battle, and 18 missing, and 202 people in the Forging Body Realm, 120 people killed in battle, 22 missing, and the rest are all let us take them in." ”

After Su Yeqing finished talking about the situation of the Goshawk Gang, Zhao Ning's eyes became a little more solemn. Seventy percent of the Qi Realm cultivators of these two gangs are missing! Comparatively speaking, the proportion of missing in the Forging Body Realm is smaller, but the absolute number is quite large.

"Missing cultivators, have you traced your whereabouts?" Zhao Ning asked.

Su Yeqing shook his head, also a little puzzled, "These people have all been in contact with us before, and some have already accepted the incorporation, but they disappeared inexplicably at night, and they have never shown up again. ”

In this way, most of these people have come under Zhao Yujie's command, and if it weren't for her people's cover, they wouldn't have disappeared so cleanly. But I'm very strange, with the current power of Yipinlou in the capital, it is easy to find people, it is not difficult for them to disappear out of thin air, but if they are not found, it will not be simple. Even if these outlaws don't have families and are a little slower to find, they should always have a place to stay, right?" Wei Wuxian interjected.

Zhao Ning thought for a while, "Obviously, the place where they are hiding is a place where the gangs of the rivers and lakes will not set foot, or even cannot set foot in. ”

Wei Wuxian's eyes lit up: "The mansions and shops of the great families, high-ranking officials and dignitaries, or other spheres of influence, is there such a person who has taken them in?"

Zhao Ning said: "It should be said that Zhao Yujie has entered the door of the noble family again, and he also has a certain amount of power!"

Wei Wuxian was dumbfounded: "This ...... It's only been a few days since the Daizhou incident, how did she do it?"

Zhao Ning: "The point is, who is this wealthy family!"

"Who could it be?"

"There are so many possibilities. We don't know why the other party took her in, we don't know her identity, the reason why we took her in was because she was confused by beauty, or did we have a common position with her that was opposed to the Zhao family?"

"How do you dig her out?"

"If the line of the family is not good, you can only investigate her Jianghu power!"

Zhao Ning looked at Su Yeqing, "From now on, Yipinlou will clean up the large and small rivers and lakes in Yanping City, whether it is annexed or exterminated, no one will be missed!"

Without waiting for Su Yeqing to agree, Wei Wuxian nodded: "If the fire burns the forest, all the birds will appear! Even if you can't catch her, at least you can make her power go up in smoke!"

Zhao Ning said to Su Yeqing again: "Yipinlou has just dominated Yanping City, and there are already a lot of big and small affairs, and now I have given you so many errands, it is not easy to do, and it is even more difficult to be thoughtful about everything." If you have a request, just speak, work hard for a while, survive this time, and then it will be fine. ”

Su Yeqing first nodded in agreement, then quickly shook his head, saying that he was not hard, and finally nodded again and again, agreeing with Zhao Ning's summary.

Wei Wuxian only saw that Su Yeqing was shaking his head and nodding in a short period of time, and his little head was about to become a rattle, but he didn't know what the other party was trying to say, and he was confused.

Zhao Ning could fully understand Su Yeqing's thoughts, and smiled warmly, the other party's appearance was indeed a little silly, and he couldn't help but smile when he saw it, "Finally, you have to start contacting the various industries of the Liu family, and prepare to embezzle them in the future." ”

After finishing the established topic, Zhao Ning secretly exhaled and asked Su Yeqing, "Is there anything you want to ask?"

Su Yeqing lowered her head and hesitated, and thought about it seriously, should she ask this question, can she ask it, and finally took a deep breath, as if she had mustered up her courage fiercely, and then raised her head and looked at Zhao Ning cautiously.

Just when Zhao Ning thought that Su Yeqing was going to follow his previous words and make any requests, he saw Su Yeqing's face slightly deviated, his eyes dodged, and he whispered with little confidence: "That...... Who is that Zhao Yujie?"