"Governor, let General Lu and General Yin go to stop the enemy."

Fu Zonglong, the patrol supervisor, arched his hand and said: "Next, we will set up a garrison along the river, completely block the area of Shuixi, and wait for the arrival of reinforcements from the imperial court.

"Fu Jianjun, although this plan is good, but we have suppressed the rebellion for more than half a year now, but we have hardly achieved an inch, I am afraid that the imperial court will condemn it."

Hearing Fu Zonglong's suggestion, Cai Fuyi sighed, if it was any other time, this was indeed a good strategy, now their troops are not superior to An Bangyan, if they fight now, there is still suspense about the outcome of the battle.

However, there are still a large number of soldiers and horses in all parts of the Ming Dynasty, as long as the soldiers and horses from all over the country arrive, they will encircle and suppress with several times the troops, and they only need to fight steadily, and only one An Bangyan is not enough to trouble, but now that the court is fighting so fiercely, it is difficult for him to stay out of the matter, and it will inevitably be implicated if it is ineffective for a long time.

Hearing this, the other generals also looked gloomy, now the civilian officials are in power, the eunuchs supervise the army, these generals have neither the right to lead the army, nor the right to govern the army, except for leading the troops into battle, they do not have any right to speak, and they have to be impeached by the civilian officials from time to time.

………

On the other side, after Su Hao and the eight people left Jinan Mansion, because of Zhao Xiaoer, everyone did not ride horses, but took a boat, boarded the boat from the Daqing River, and after merging into the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal, they went straight down the river to the Yangtze River when they arrived in Yangzhou Mansion, and finally went upriver along the Yangtze River.

After showing the token of Jinyi Wei Qianhu, Su Hao took Zhao Xiaoer and others to meet Xue Zhen, the governor of Huguang, unimpeded.

"Governor Xue, the lower official came to investigate the robbery of the tax silver on the order of Father-in-law Wei, and I hope that Governor Xue can make it convenient for the lower officials."

After a few polite words, Su Hao entered the topic, for this eucalyptus, he is holding that if it can be done, if it can't be done, he won't force it, if it's too dangerous, then he will be ready to run away, although if it can't be completed, he will definitely lose points in Wei Zhongxian's heart, but he doesn't care much, with Fang Haichuan here, his position as a thousand households is still very stable.

"Su Qianhu, the person in charge of escorting the tax money into Beijing is Du Hui, the Tongzhi of Wuchang Mansion, and I will have someone call him over."

Hearing Su Hao's words, Xue Zhen hurriedly said, now he is about to be forced to a dead end, the tax and silver were robbed, bribing officials, no matter which of the two eucalyptus pieces is enough for him to go to prison, the two together, the light is exile, and the heavy is a trip to the vegetable market, and now the Donglin Party and the Eunuch Party are fighting so hard, the latter may not be small.

It didn't take long for a middle-aged scholar with a face full of vicissitudes to walk in, and it could be seen from his thick dark circles that he had not rested at all recently, and was even in a state of fear all the time.

"Du Tongzhi, this is Su Qianhu who was specially invited by this official from Jinan Mansion to track down the tax silver, what Su Qianhu asks, you must explain it carefully and clearly!"

Seeing Du Hui come in, Xue Zhen said with a serious expression.

"Rest assured, the governor will explain everything clearly."

Hearing this, Du Hui hurriedly assured that he only felt relieved about Su Hao's arrival, for more than a month, he had been driven crazy by Xue Zhen, but Xue Zhen didn't let him tell anyone, but kept urging him to find the robbed tax money as soon as possible, if Su Hao didn't come again, he might not be able to think of committing suicide in a few days. ….

"Du Tongzhi, I don't know where the tax money you escorted was robbed?"

Seeing that the two had talked, Su Hao asked directly.

"The tax money we escorted was looted near the chestnut pass."

Hearing Su Hao's question, Du Hui hurriedly said.

"Du Tongzhi, can you tell us about the specific situation?"

Su Hao's eyes narrowed slightly, it is not an easy thing to rob the 600,000 taels of tax silver, such as grains and other taxes with low value and large quantities, basically they can take the waterway, but the precious taxes such as silver and copper coins are generally taken by land.

Because the risk of taking the waterway is too great, once the ship sinks or is robbed by the water bandits, the loss will be great, and it is difficult to salvage and trace in the rolling Yangtze River

It was silver, and a large part of it was copper money, which was robbed on the land road, and it was difficult for the other party to run, 600,000 taels of silver, at least two or three hundred carriages were required to pull it, and more than 1,000 soldiers escorted it.

This is also the reason why he doesn't want to touch this eucalyptus, to be able to rob the tax silver from several first-class warriors and more than a thousand soldiers, his strength can be imagined, with his current strength to touch this eucalyptus, the risk is not small, although he used to act alone, but the premise is that the risk is controllable, at least he can get out at any time, but this time the risk is not within his control.

After thinking for a while, Du Hui said, "After we escorted the tax money to leave Fucheng, the road was calm at first, but when we were about to reach Lizi Pass, it suddenly rained heavily, the road became muddy and difficult to walk, and the carriage carrying the tax silver was heavy, which delayed the original trip and could not find a place to stay."

"Later, I found a deserted temple nearby, and after a few of us discussed it, we decided to spend the night in the deserted temple, and then go on the road the next day.

Speaking of this, Du Hui's face also became ugly: "But who knows, when I woke up the next day, it was almost noon, and the people I arranged for the night vigil had already fallen asleep, and the carriage and silver were gone."

"Is that so?"

After listening to Du Hui's story, Su Hao's fingers lightly tapped the handrail, the situation was a little better than he guessed, the other party used a trick to rob the tax silver, indicating that the other party's strength was not enough to rob.

Of course, it is also possible that the other party does not want to make too much of a fuss, but this may not be big, because robbing the tax bank is a sky-breaking thing, and it is impossible to keep a low profile.

After thinking for a moment, Su Hao asked again, "Du Tongzhi, you have been tracking down this eucalyptus for more than a month, what have you gained?"

"After discovering that the tax money was missing, I immediately asked the others to divide into several teams and chase them down the main road."

Du Hui said with a bitter face: "But until we chased to Lizi Pass, we didn't find the convoy loaded with tax silver, as if the more than 300 carriages disappeared out of thin air, and then I asked people to set up checkpoints on all the roads near Lizi Pass, and I also sent people to look around to inquire, but nothing was found."

"In other words, should this tax money still be somewhere in Chestnut Pass?"

Su Hao fell into contemplation, although there are spells in this world, such as the five ghosts to carry spells, but there are very few things that can be carried, at most only a few catties and more than ten catties of things, and the distance to carry is also short, at most a distance of a few miles and ten miles, and the mana consumed is also a lot, otherwise the capital would not have to rely on the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal for blood transfusion. ….

Du Hui and the others did not find a carriage transporting tax silver, indicating that the other party just hid the carriage somewhere, the Liziguan side is in the Dabie Mountains, there are only a few official roads, a carriage including tax silver weighs at least two or three thousand catties, except for the official road, there is no road to walk so many carriages.

"It should still be over there."

Du Hui said bitterly: "But I led people to almost rummag through the dozens of miles around the lost tax silver, but I didn't find any trace at all."

After listening to Du Hui's words, Su Hao pondered for a moment before asking, "Du Tongzhi, have you made up your mind?"

"This... This ......"

Du Hui opened his mouth, but he didn't say anything for a long time, so he could only bow his head helplessly.

Seeing this scene, Su Hao shook his head imperceptibly, but he didn't say anything, now Da Ming has already rotted from the roots, and there are so many civil officials in the world, there are not many people who can stick to their hearts.

Perhaps many people did have a heart when they were young, and they set up a heart of self-cultivation when they were studying, and wanted to be honest and honest and dedicated to the people, but after stepping into the court, in the face of the princes of the Manchu Dynasty, everyone took filial piety, and everyone accepted the norm, how many people can be like Hai Rui, with the same heart and become an outlier in the officialdom.

There may be some people with a solid family background who want to become Hai Rui, but in life, who has no relatives and friends, who does not have few friends, and the interests are intertwined, and in the end it is inevitable to be with the light.

There are also many people who have established the heart of governing the country, but the party in the court is like a storm and waves, and when they enter the court, even if they are enthusiastic about governing the country, how much room is there to play.

Besides, having a heart does not mean that he has the ability to govern the country, and for a hundred years, there is only one Zhang Juzheng.

Du Hui, as a fellow intellectual, must have been born in the imperial examination, and he may not have had no heart when he was young, but after so many years of officialdom, he has already smoothed out his edges and corners.

"Maybe the thief who robbed the tax money used illusion to confuse Du Tongzhi you."

After pondering for a moment, Su Hao said, "Governor Xue, I wonder if you have invited a Taoist master or a left Taoist warlock who is good at tracking down the tax silver?"

Although Taoist priests are in the minority compared to Zuo Dao warlocks, with Xue Zhen's status, it is not difficult to find a few Taoist masters or left Dao warlocks to help trace the tax silver.

"Found."

Du Hui sighed and said: "After I couldn't find any trace of the carriage, I asked several famous Taoist masters here to help, but in the end I found nothing, and then I also found two famous goddesses in the city and asked each other to go to Yin, but there were no clues."

"Du Tongzhi will take my people to the place where the tax money was lost."

Hearing this, Su Hao could only say helplessly, now the hope of recovering the tax silver is much smaller, other Taoist masters and left Taoist warlocks can't find clues, he wants to find it with the paper figure tracing technique, and there is not much hope.

"Okay."

Hearing this, Du Hui nodded.

"Su Qianhu, aren't you going with you?" ….

Hearing Su Hao's words, Xue Zhen hurriedly said, now Su Hao is his only life-saving straw, if Su Hao is unwilling to do his best, then he will be finished.

Su Hao shook his head and said, "Governor Xue, the lower officials have other things to investigate."

The situation of this eucalyptus is unknown, he doesn't want to take risks, although Wei Zhongxian did promise him two spells, but for him now, the two spells are just icing on the cake, and they can't make a qualitative change in his strength, if Wei Zhongxian can give him the Taoist foundation building method and cultivation method, he doesn't mind taking a risk, but unfortunately this hope is not great.

He had also seen the exchange price of the foundation building method in the Jinyi Wei General Office before, and it was a full four hundred great achievements, and there was no guarantee that he would be able to successfully build the foundation, no matter how Wei Zhongxian was, he would not give him this kind of thing.

Hearing Su Hao's words, Xue Zhen's face turned pale instantly, he had been in officialdom for most of his life, how could he not hear the perfunctory meaning of Su Hao's words.

After being silent for a while, Xue Zhen gritted his teeth: "Su Qianhu wait a minute."

After finishing speaking, Xue Zhen got up and walked into the back hall, and after a long while, Xue Zhen walked out of the back hall.

"Su Qianhu, this is a silver ticket of 30,000 taels of silver, I hope that Qianhu can do more dedication, if Qianhu can get the tax silver back, Xue will still be grateful."

Xue Zhen smiled and handed a stack of silver tickets to Su Hao, with a hint of pain in his eyes, although he is now the governor of Huguang, but 30,000 taels of silver is not a small amount.

"The lower officials will do their best."

Seeing the silver ticket in front of him, Su Hao took it with a smile, he was entrusted by Wei Zhongxian to come over, the benefits given for nothing, if you don't take it for nothing, if you find it, you will be happy, if you can't find it, Xue Zhen will not be able to involve him if she is unlucky.

"Then I'll leave everything to Su Qianhu."

Hearing this, Xue Zhen hurriedly said, now the news of the robbery of the tax silver is still crushed by him, the people who know are all over Liziguan, even Du Hui came back secretly, and he didn't dare to use any of the officials on Huguang's side, because once the news spread, before he could find those tax silver, the holy decree of the imperial court to condemn the crime would arrive, so if Su Hao was unwilling to pay attention, he had no other way.

Several people walked out of the lobby, at this time, Su Hao suddenly took a step behind Du Hui, and a small paper figure in his hand flew to the sole of Du Hui's shoe, and then stuck tightly to the shoe, and then Su Hao walked a step faster as if nothing happened.

"Tang Baihu, the five of you will go to the deserted temple with Du Tongzhi to have a look."

When they arrived at the gate, Su Hao said to Tang Xiangjin and the others, "Try to take a look

Are there any clues left?"

"Yes!"

Tang Xiangjin and the others gave up.

Looking at the figures of Tang Xiangjin and Du Hui leaving, Zhao Xiaoer was puzzled, "Master, are you suspecting Du Hui of guarding and stealing?"

"Not really, it's just prepared."

Su Hao shook his head, Du Hui, as a fellow governor of Wuchang Mansion, has a common practice of four or five thousand taels a year, although 600,000 taels of tax silver is a large amount, but it is not enough to let Du Hui take risks, besides, if he loses the tax silver, Xue Zhen, the governor of Huguang, must be mainly responsible, Du Hui can't escape, it is inevitable to lose his official position, without his official body, Du Hui can't keep any amount of wealth, and it will even lead to the disaster of annihilation, Du Hui has no need to take this risk.

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