The night faded away, ushering in the first rays of dawn.

Feeling the long-lost relaxation of his body, Lin Ruhai let out a long sigh, looking at the pool of red and black blood on the ground, his eyes couldn't help but become a little embarrassed, Jia Chen really didn't lie to him, even though he was not familiar with medical books and medical skills, but he also knew what black blood meant.

On the table, on his left hand side, there was a thick stack of ledgers, which were the accounts of the six major salt merchants in Yangzhou and the officials of Yangzhou City, and he had not closed his eyes all night.

Although he guessed that many officials in Yangzhou City were involved with the local businessmen and wealthy people, he never thought that Yangzhou's officialdom would be eroded to such an extent, and Lu Guangbing, the prefect of Yangzhou, was also involved.

Not long after, the sun shines on the earth, the sky gradually clears, Yangzhou City gradually restores the excitement of the past, but today Yangzhou is destined not to be calm, Yangzhou City's top wealthy, six salt merchants, all died violently at home, the strange thing is that there are no wounds on their bodies, and there are no signs of poisoning, but their eyes are bulging, their pupils are dilated, as if they have seen something extremely terrible, and they are scared to death.

In the morning, the beauty who was held in their arms just felt a little cold, and just wanted to pull some quilts to cover it, but inadvertently looked up and found that scene, which almost scared them crazy.

Isn't it cold to be held by a dead man and sleep all night?

Not long after, the Yangzhou prefect's yamen received a report, Lu Guangbing heard that the six major salt merchants had an accident at the same time, and his heart couldn't help but chill, even if he was stupid, he knew that the death of these six people definitely had an inside story.

He knew that these six salt merchants were widely implicated, and directly affected most of the Yangzhou officialdom, and if there was an accident, I was afraid that the Yangzhou officialdom would be blown up.

"Someone!! Quickly go to the commander of the capital, Lord Yu Baichuan, to come to the mansion! This official has something important to discuss with him!! ”

"In addition, send someone to control the six mansions of Bai Xu, Wang Shi, Zhao and Qian first! It is strictly forbidden for people to enter and exit!! ”

At the same time, the news of the accident of the six major salt merchants spread all over the streets and alleys of Yangzhou City at an incredible speed in just half an hour.

In less than a stick of incense, Yu Baichuan, the commander of the command, came to the prefect's yamen, and before anyone could sit down, Lu Guangbing was like an ant on a hot pot, and said loudly: "Lord Yu, disaster is wrong!" ”

Yu Baichuan waved his hand, signaling him not to be impatient, his commander in Yangzhou held the military power in his hand, no matter how big the matter, he also had the confidence to press it.

"Lord Lu, don't be impatient, it's just that six businessmen have died, it's not worth it!" As long as you and I are of the same heart, who else can turn the world upside down in Yangzhou? ”

When Lu Guangbing heard Yu Baichuan's words, his heart was slightly wider.

Immediately after that, he changed his head and continued: "Brother Yu's words are not bad, but there is one more thing that makes me quite flustered, these six families also have an account book in their hands, which records their personal relations with us!" ”

Yu Baichuan's face turned dark when he heard this, he had never heard of such a thing before.

"Brother Lu, what's going on???"

Hearing that Yu Baichuan was unhappy, Lu Guangbing smiled bitterly, "Brother Yu, not everyone is a fool, these businessmen are even more cunning like foxes, if they don't have a little handle in their hands, how can they willingly give us the silver for nothing?" ”

"Besides, since it's a partnership, how can we not be wary of them, you don't really think that those people can keep the agreement every time, in case they make some small moves in private, we can't know, so not only do they have a share of this thing, but I also have a share here! In order to supervise each other and continue this business for a long time! ”

"The officials recorded in that account book involve most of the officialdom in Yangzhou, and on this cusp, we must not let that thing fall into the hands of others!! Once it is recognized and used, the matter of Yangzhou, I am afraid that I can't suppress it even if I want to!! ”

After listening to Lu Guangbing's words, Yu Baichuan also understood the reason, this matter is not wrong, it is all about knowing the roots, and it is only at ease that they can use it, but they didn't expect these six people to die suddenly.

After thinking about it, Yu Baichuan asked, "Who is that ledger usually placed there??" ”

Lu Guangbing pondered for a moment, "That account book will generally be run by the six families in turn, every two years, and this year it should be in charge of the Bai family!" ”

Yu Baichuan's eyes closed slightly, and he smiled coldly, "This is easy to do, I sent someone to surround the Bai family, saying that I received a report from an informant that the Bai family colluded with the Japanese invaders, and then went to the Bai family to search carefully, as long as I found it, it would be a fire!" ”

Speaking of this, Yu Baichuan turned his head and said coldly: "But Lord Lu, I hope this kind of thing today is the first and last time, if you hide anything from me again, then there is nothing to say between us!" ”

Lu Guangbing smiled awkwardly, "It must be!" Lu can be like a fish in water in Yangzhou, or Brother Lai Yu helps, before Tian thought that he didn't have to bother Brother Yu with these little things, if he had a plan in the future, he would definitely know everything, and he would say everything! ”

When Yu Baichuan heard Lu Guangbing's praise, he felt a lot more comfortable, and he didn't continue to dwell on the matter, but replied coldly, "It's better to be like this!" ”

At this time, Yu Baichuan didn't say much, stood up and said goodbye and left directly, after all, this matter has a lot of dreams at night, and it is better to solve it as soon as possible.

Not long after, the officers and soldiers stationed outside the city entered the city and directly surrounded the Baifu, and then some officers and soldiers rushed straight in, turning over the boxes and cabinets, digging three feet into the ground, and almost turning the Baifu upside down.

After another half an hour like this, Yu Baichuan frowned, his face was gloomy, he turned out a lot of gold and silver in the Bai family, but there was no account book, in a secret room in Bai Feng's bedroom, he found a white jade box, but there was nothing inside.

"Damn!!"

Yu Baichuan realized that something was wrong, ordered someone to temporarily block Baifu, and hurriedly returned to Yangzhou Mansion.

When Lu Guangbing heard Yu Baichuan's words, his face couldn't help but change greatly, for him, those six salt merchants died if they died, but they were just a few more people, and if they wanted to mix up at that time, they could be less good for him, but the account book was different, it was something that could kill him.

"Who the hell could it be?"

Lu Guangbing was pacing back and forth in the study, thinking about the many possibilities of this matter, if the six major salt merchants fell, who would benefit or help the most? ?

Suddenly, a name popped into his mind, "Patrol Salt Imperial History - Lin Ruhai!" ”