So after pondering for a while, Li Hao said, "What my uncle said is that the promotion and deployment of officials is not something I can control.

What's the use of saying this to me, I have to go and talk to the officials of the ministry."

Seeing Li Hao's pushing, with Sheng Hong's temperament, he should not have asked any more questions, but I don't know what benefits Kang Haifeng promised.

This time, Sheng Hong was quite positive, and said, "Of course, the matter of this election official is naturally deployed by the officials, but they are now in the Salt and Iron Division.

If there is really a matter of deployment, your attitude as the chief officer is also very important, so they want to ask about your attitude."

After hearing this, Li Hao continued to detour: "Uncle's words are strange, I have no grudge against the father and son of the Kang family, how can I hinder their future.

If the officials really want to let them enter Beijing, I will never stop them, uncle, don't worry."

When Sheng Hong heard this, he hurriedly replied, "Of course, the virtuous nephew is magnanimous and elegant, so naturally he won't do this.

The two of them just want to communicate with you clearly in advance, after all, he intends to come forward to the Wang family this time, and he doesn't want the virtuous nephew to misunderstand."

Hearing this, Li Hao was really surprised, Kang Haifeng had already imprisoned the Kang Wang family, and then he was counting on the Wang family to help him.

So he blurted out and asked, "In this situation, the Wang family is still willing to come forward."

As a result, as soon as he finished speaking, Li Hao suddenly thought of Sheng Shulan and Sun Xiucai, this era is not modern after all, and marrying a husband has a legal basis at this time.

And the Kang family is not comparable to the Sun family, it is really Kang Haifeng who wants to control the Kang Wang family, and the Wang family has nothing to say in it.

I really want to know what happened here, with Mrs. Wang's spoiled daughter's temperament, maybe she will really help operate.

Moreover, in the mind of Mrs. Wang, they really want to go back, which is also good for the Kang Wang family.

After all, under his own nose, Kang Haifeng can always be a little more restrained in doing things, so that he will not be as unscrupulous as outside.

The explanation given by Sheng Hong later also confirmed that Li Hao's idea was not wrong.

Li Hao was naturally reluctant to this result, after all, King Kang is a madman, and the devil knows what she will do after she returns to Beijing.

Although Li Hao is not worried that she dares to go to her house to mess around, as long as she runs to Gu's house to make trouble, or does something to poison Mrs. Sheng.

It will definitely alarm Weishi, and it is estimated that he will have to face things up by then, which is too tiring.

So I thought that I would settle the affairs of King Kang's family in this far away place of Emperor Gao, of course, after I left here.

Anyway, whether the Kang family father and son can return to Beijing later is none of Li Hao's business.

Of course, Li Hao would not say this to Sheng Hong, but said, "Although I think that the eldest lady of his family is really bad, I will not care about the affairs of the two of them for this.

You reassure them that as long as the officials have the papers, I will never stop them."

Seeing that Li Hao replied clearly, Sheng Hong's task was completed, and his heart relaxed.

Later, Li Hao received a letter, saying that the Cao Gang had heard about the location of the White Lotus Sect, so Li Hao hurried back to Kuizhou City to find them to reply in person.

….

Originally, Li Hao was still very happy, after all, as long as he dealt with them, he would be able to rush back to the capital, so that he could see his first child earlier.

But after some inquiry, Li Hao couldn't be happy, because according to the information they found, it was very different from the news reported by the local government.

According to the information detected, it is true that the White Lotus Sect has missionaries in Chengdu Prefecture, Zizhou, Lizhou and Kuizhou, but because of the intentional guidance of the imperial court, a large number of temples have been built to worship the character gods.

Coupled with the rejection of traditional local religious beliefs, the White Lotus Sect does have a large number of followers here, but the situation is far less serious than that of the local government.

This time

Zi Li Hao is a little muddy, I don't know where the problem is.

Of course, from the bottom of his heart, the news that Li Hao is more biased towards the Cao Gang is true, after all, these people were brought by themselves.

Originally, he didn't have much to do with Shudi, so there was no need to deceive himself.

But if it's a matter of the officials, it's because they've been deceived, or if it's deliberate.

It's fine if you're deceived, but if it's done on purpose, then it's a big problem.

And now that I think about it, I and the British Duke left Beijing one after another, and this time interval is too coincidental.

This can't help but make Li Hao wonder if someone is in the next big flag, but this is not right.

If you want to talk about the officials in Sichuan, it is possible for someone to make them obey orders, but it is impossible for the Xixia people to cooperate so obediently.

For a moment, Li Hao felt that there seemed to be a fog in front of him, making it impossible to see the road ahead.

So Li Hao didn't plan to do it for the time being, but continued to carefully investigate the details, and then think about what to do next.

So next, Li Hao plans to check the bottom of these officials in Sichuan to see what role they play in this matter.

As for the people of the Cao Gang, they will keep an eye on the people of the White Lotus Sect first, and they will also have to send someone to rush back to Bianjing, tell Ouyang Xiu about the matter here, and let him also investigate the matter in Bianjing.

Of course, Li Hao has not forgotten the affairs of his family, after all, counting the days, it is not many days before Zhang Guifen gives birth.

It is estimated that when the people sent by Li Hao return to Beijing, the child should have been born, and it is just time to go to the house to see if it is a boy or a girl.

As for Gu Tingye and Yang Wenyuan, they also need to bring a letter to ask about their situation.

After arranging everything, Li Hao did not plan to rush back to Chengdu Mansion, but socialized with local officials in Kuizhou nearby.

Of course, Li Hao didn't show much enthusiasm at the first time, so as to avoid making people feel abrupt.

Instead, they looked for an opportunity to slowly blend in and discover the attitude they embodied in the White Lotus Sect.

And in this way, Li Hao really found some problems, it turned out that the content of the note sent by Kuizhou was not actually discovered by himself.

At first, the news came from Chengdu Prefecture, and then after the Kuizhou transfer envoy received the report, he was sent by the Kuizhou Road Prison Department to investigate.

But in fact, the early investigation of the Criminal Prison Department was not smooth, and the clues given by the Chengdu Mansion later, and then the big problem was discovered, which led to the matter of the court later.

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In the eyes of local officials in Kuizhou, this operation is naturally no problem, and this matter originally came out of Chengdu Mansion, and it is normal for them to have more clues.

But under Li Hao's suspicious scrutiny, he felt that there was something wrong with it, and it was obvious that among the officials of Chengdu Prefecture, there might be people with bad intentions.

So Li Hao planned to go back to Chengdu Mansion at this time, go to Zhao Luan, and ask him to investigate the matter.

As for why Li Hao fell out with Zhao Luan, he still had to go to him to do something.

That's naturally because these two people themselves can pretend, of course, their original intention is just to confuse the White Lotus Sect and those bewitched officials, so that they can relax their vigilance.

And in fact, it is indeed effective, otherwise the people of the Cao Gang would not be so easy to find out the exact news.

However, Li Hao is not optimistic about the situation on Zhao Luan's side.

Originally, both of them thought that in the government, the people who were implicated were some low-level officials or officials, after all, which *** was a good official and willing to go with a gang of bandits.

Didn't you see someone like Song Jiang, bent on being recruited?

Therefore, taking advantage of the slackness of the White Lotus Sect, they directly relied on the power of the government to conduct a thorough investigation from top to bottom to find a breakthrough.

But if Li Hao's conjecture is true, then this time Zhao Luan is afraid that he will return empty-handed.

But it's not so easy to go back to Chengdu Mansion, after all, Li Hao

I don't want to mess with this teaser yet, so I have to think of an excuse before I can go back.

Just when Li Hao was thinking of an excuse, a ready-made reason popped up on its own.

On this day, Li Hao was in the barracks and received a letter from Gu Tingye, which stated what had happened in the days when Li Hao left Beijing.

Including Zhao Zhen's serious illness, as well as what Zhao Zongquan and Empress Cao did, they also inevitably helped Li Hao's family to report safety.

At the end of the letter, Gu Tingye asked how the affairs of Shudi were handled now, and asked Li Hao to return to Beijing as soon as possible.

After reading this letter, Li Hao's originally unhurried mood suddenly became anxious.

Although Li Hao had been mentally prepared for the changes in Bianjing City in advance, Li Hao did not expect that this would happen so quickly.

So Li Hao planned to speed up the pace, solve the matter as soon as possible, and then return to Beijing as soon as possible.

It was precisely because the messenger went to Chengdu Mansion first, and then came to Kuizhou, so he was delayed a little on the way.

As a result, almost at the same time, the news of Zhao Zhen's serious illness has also spread through other channels.

Rushing back to Chengdu Mansion at this time will definitely not make people doubt Li Hao's purpose.

Therefore, Li Hao left his men and horses to continue to station, and he rushed to Chengdu Mansion with a group of personal guards.

After arriving, Li Hao didn't have time to return to the barracks, so he rushed directly to the embassy and met Zhao Luan.

This time, Li Hao was not polite at all, and directly let the guards take over the guards in the main hall and drove everyone else out.

It's just that Zhao Luan is also a person who has gone through a big scene, and this move can't scare him.

Moreover, there are many well-informed people in Chengdu Mansion, so Zhao Zhen already knows the news of Zhao Zhen's serious illness.

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At this time, Zhao Luan thought that Li Hao came over this time to discuss what impact Zhao Luan's illness would have on this errand.

However, when Zhao Luan asked, "Did you also hear the news of Bianjing and know that the official family is seriously ill, so you came to me to discuss?"

And Li Hao said at this time: "I already know the news, but I didn't come today to discuss this matter."

Zhao Luan was a little surprised after hearing this, and he didn't understand what else could make Li Hao so excited besides this matter.

Seeing Zhao Luan's doubts, Li Hao explained: "Now that we are in Shudi, it takes one or two people to hear the news of Bianjing, which is really beyond the reach of the whip.

So the most important thing now is to settle the matter at hand, so that maybe I can return to Beijing as soon as possible."

After explaining, Li Hao asked, "After I left Chengdu Mansion, did you find any useful information here?"

After hearing this, Zhao Pan replied, "This is really not there, it is really strange to say, how can this White Lotus Chaos Party hide so deeply."

Hearing this expected answer, Li Hao took it

talked about his discovery in Kuizhou, of course, among them, Li Hao hid to the people of the Cao Gang, and only said that he also discovered it by accident.

After finishing speaking, he concluded: "There may be some problems in our original thoughts, and the Shu officials involved in this matter may not be the people below, but the people standing at the top.

In addition, according to various circumstances, the problem should lie in Chengdu Prefecture."

After listening to Li Hao's words, Zhao Luan also began to recall a series of things that happened after he came to Chengdu Mansion.

In the end, Zhao Luan had to admit that it was very likely that what Li Hao said was right, he had been deceived for so long, but he didn't notice the problem at all.

However, Zhao Luan thought about it according to this line of thought, and a person who was very likely to participate in it appeared in his heart, that is, the general judge of Chengdu Mansion.

And this is also the candidate Li Hao suspects in his heart, he originally thought that this guy fell into his own plan and became an excuse for Li Hao and Zhao Luan to fall out.

But now that I think about it carefully, is his motive for doing this so simple, it was just that Li Hao and Zhao Luan didn't associate it in this regard.

So when

When Zhao Luan said it, Li Hao immediately agreed with the answer.

So, Zhao Luan saw that the two of them had the same opinion, so he said, "Since you have come back this time, you will make a high-profile appearance in Chengdu Mansion to attract the attention of others.

Then I'll figure out how to get to the bottom of these people and see who is involved."

Li Hao didn't have any opinions on Zhao Luan's arrangement, after all, Li Hao had also heard Ouyang Xiu talk about his ability.

This time it's just a preconceived idea, and it's just a matter of being played with by someone again, as long as you find a specific direction.

Li Hao believes that it won't take much time, and Zhao Luan will definitely be able to find out the problem, but in order to speed up the progress, Li Hao still plans to do both.

As long as Zhao Luan's side makes a big move, Li Hao believes that the White Lotus Sect and these colluded officials will definitely get in touch.

Then you can try to use the line of the White Lotus Sect to find out which officials are involved in this matter.

So after discussing with Zhao Luan, Li Hao took his guards back to the camp outside the city.

Then he ordered someone to call the people of the Cao Gang and asked them to adjust the direction of their surveillance and focus their attention on those who were connected with the White Lotus Sect.

After dealing with these things, Li Hao found Zhang Bangyan and asked if anything had happened in the camp after he went to Kuizhou.

Zhang Bangyan replied: "During this time, nothing happened in the camp, that is, some people saw that things had not progressed, so they complained a little.

However, recently, the Chengdu government sent someone to send a lot of wine and food, and after verifying that there was no problem, the deputy commander ordered someone to collect it.

Anyway, since then, there have been a lot less complaints in the army."

Although it is not allowed for officials to sacrifice their troops privately, sometimes it is really impossible to do so.

After all, the army is stationed outside the city, and the local officials are also afraid that something will happen here, especially the forbidden army of the Fourth Army led by Li Hao.

Many of them are from noble backgrounds, and local officials are not easy to offend, so they want to use wine and meat to appease, and Li Hao can understand this.

However, Li Hao still asked casually at this time: "Who sent these things in?"

Then Zhang Bangyan's answer made Li Hao's eyes light up.

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