"Evidence is to be found. ”

"How?"

"Find the ledger. ”

“......！”

The two officials of the Ministry of Finance beside Liu Yan immediately frowned.

They finally knew why Liu Yan had rashly risen to see the rain on this Zhenwu Mountain today.

Longtang is an underworld gang, and the underworld gang is not a wealthy family that does business at the same time. People in the business world do business on the basis of credit, while the underworld business only talks about strength and means, so there are often many money exchanges that cannot see the light, or the situation of black eating black. Therefore, in a way, they pay more attention to the distribution of profits than businessmen, and will keep a clear record of every income and expenditure so that the upper leaders can check their accounts every month. This ledger is called a dark ledger. A gang as powerful as Longtang must have a copy of its hall.

Liu Yan didn't come to see the rain today, he was here to see the account!

"Yanzi, you don't want to be hard, do you?" said the old official timidly.

Liu Yan was slightly disdainful: "When did the officers and soldiers use the soft ones to catch thieves?"

"This..."

The young official of the Ministry of Gold was very embarrassed, and hurriedly dissuaded: "Yanzi, the draft of Longtang is very deep. A few years ago, your grandfather also thought about touching the bottom of Longtang's account, but as soon as he had some eyebrows, he was pressed down by the Ministry of Industry and the Ministry of Crime, which shows that the people behind them are all over the sky. Now you're looking for something from them, I'm afraid... I'm afraid I'm going to get into trouble. ”

"Are you afraid?"

"I... I'm not afraid. ”

"Isn't that all there is to it?"

Liu Yan didn't save face for the elders here, as if his superiors reprimanded his subordinates, he reprimanded solemnly: "My grandfather can't do it because he is afraid of implicating you, but it doesn't mean that I can't do it." I am not in the imperial court, I have no officials, no ranks, no duties, and no honors, and I dare to cover up the sky, who am I afraid of? Since I have brought you here today, you have to get things done for me. I don't care if he is the secretary of the military department or the squire of the Ministry of Works, and whoever blames it will be borne by Liu Yan. But I dare to guarantee with the head of the item, Longtang will definitely have a big problem, as long as we get their account books, we can find out the big fish hidden behind them. The credit is yours!"

After shouting, Liu Yan no longer paid attention to the two officials of the Ministry of Finance, turned around sideways, his eyes were solemn, and he glanced at the dozens of officers and soldiers of the Criminal Department standing on both sides of the shore one by one. But seeing that these dozens of people were all strong, with tough expressions, and eyes like tigers and wolves, they had been standing since they stood on their heels, and let the majestic rain beat their bodies, they resolutely did not move, like dozens of hard stone tablets. As soon as you look at this posture, you know that you are one of the best warriors in the army!

Looking at these people, Liu Yan said sharply: "After I go in, I will act neatly, first control the eyes of the account room and the shopkeeper, and if the rebels violently subdue them, and then carefully search all the hidden compartments that may hide books." ”

“......”

Dozens of officers and men of the Criminal Department did not move when they heard this.

Perhaps there was a discrepancy between the reactions of the officers and soldiers and their expectations, Liu Yan added: "Let's act quickly." ”

“......”

However, the officers and soldiers remained unchanged.

The leaders of the officers and soldiers looked at the two officials of the Ministry of Gold beside Liu Yan in embarrassment.

When Liu Yan saw this, he immediately knew what the situation was. Liu Yan planned to get Jin Luan's appreciation for the three orders, but so far the imperial court has not given him an official position, but only sent an official letter with a subtle attitude, acquiescing to his participation in the implementation of the three orders. But after all, if he has no official body, he has no power in his hands, and if it weren't for the officials in the Ministry of Finance who were accommodating to him, he would not be qualified to lead several teams of officers and soldiers through the market all day long. Now he is about to mobilize people and horses to make a move to Longtang, which is even more unqualified.

How smart Liu Yan was, he knew in the blink of an eye that the two officials of the Ministry of Finance who were traveling with him were instigated.

Can his hard nature, where can he be easily compromised?

Liu Yan turned his eyes to the two of them, and asked arrogantly: "What do you mean by the two uncles, are you not trusting the little nephew?"

The two officials of the Ministry of Finance both smiled bitterly, and the elder frowned and walked half a step forward to approach Liu Yan, and persuaded in a low voice: "Xiao Yanzi, it's not that my uncle can't trust you." It's just that... It's just that it's a matter of great importance to do it to Longtang, although our Ministry of Finance leads the implementation of the three orders, but... However, if it is not an emergency, we must first ask Lao Si Zheng for instructions, and then Lao Si Zheng will go to the Criminal Department, and we can only do it after the Criminal Department issues an official document. Otherwise... If we act rashly, we will be suspected of overstepping our authority, and when the criminal department presses it down, we won't be able to eat and walk around. ”

"Humph!"

The more Liu Yan listened, the more unpleasant it became.

The old official was obviously making excuses for himself, and he didn't want to get involved in this matter.

Liu Yan heard his deep meaning in the blink of an eye, and when the former finished speaking, he snorted coldly, raised his fists in the sky with both hands, stared at dozens of officers and soldiers of the Criminal Department, and said sharply: "The pressure imposed by the Criminal Department is all borne by me, and it has nothing to do with you." I am the next head of the Jin Ministry appointed by the emperor, a senior member of the official rank of the third grade, and I need to report to the Criminal Department when I mobilize dozens of people? Jin Luan ordered me to supervise the implementation of the three orders, and now it is the time of 100,000 urgent, and I have the right to disobey you!"

"But you're not the head of the gold department yet. ”

Or being shouted and reprimanded by Liu Yan, a little fart for a long time, is really damaging to face, the officers and soldiers of the criminal department led by him couldn't help but be angry, and he replied sonorously: "The two departments of the criminal household jointly handle the case, although you are ordered to participate but have no real power, we can not comply." Besides, according to the laws of the Tang Dynasty, if there is no official document from a higher authority to forcibly arrest civilians, they will be punished with contempt for the emperor*, and they will be sentenced to 50 officials and suspended for three months.

Liu Yan's qi is already small and stubborn, and when he was hit by the officers and soldiers like this, he immediately had no place to put his face.

Liu Yan said coldly: "That's not to give me face?"

"It's not that you don't give. ”

The officers and soldiers at the head did not back down, looked ahead, and replied sonorously: "When you hold the gold department in your hand, we will naturally give you face, but now there is no face to talk about." It's not a rush at the moment, if you want to mobilize the people of the Criminal Department to do things for you, go back first and ask your grandfather to write a seal. ”

"You..."

Liu Yan was choked with anger.

How could he not know the case-handling process that the officers and soldiers said?

It's just that the matter of Longtang is very important, if his grandfather knows that he wants to run Longtang, he will definitely think about it and report it to Shangshutai. Long Tang can develop into an underworld giant in just ten years, and fools know that they are someone in the imperial court. By the time his grandfather presented the official document to Shangshutai, the rumors had already leaked out.

It is precisely because of this that Liu Yan will take the pretext of watching the rain of Zhenwu today, and quietly bring the officers and soldiers of the No. 30 Criminal Department and two uncles here, in order to surprise and sneak attack the entrance of Longtang Hall to obtain an account book, so as to open the door of death of this underworld giant.

Unexpectedly, things have come to the last step, and I thought that everything would be fine with a move of my fingers, but the two uncles who were obedient to him on weekdays suddenly became so cowardly.

Ignoring the officers and soldiers, Liu Yan turned his eyes to look at the two officials of the Ministry of Finance, and said slowly: "I didn't make arrangements to come to the west of the city today, just to take advantage of their unpreparedness and surprise the tiger in Longtang." If we wait for the report to take action before we take action, it will inevitably leak the news, and if Longtang is prepared, we will fall short, this simple truth The two uncles shouldn't understand, right?"

The elder official of the Ministry of Gold had a bitter face: "I understand, but the imperial court enforces the law..."

"If you understand, you'll guarantee me!"

Before the words were finished, Liu Yan broke off with a strong shout.

The officials of the two ministries of finance are in a dilemma, and they are not responding to the voice, nor are they not silent.

And just when Liu Yan and a few people couldn't hold each other, in the majestic rain on the bank of the river in the distance, a figure suddenly walked out...

If it weren't for the approaching of the comer, it would be difficult to detect its presence in such a majestic rain. Vaguely, I saw that the person who came was ordinary-looking, tall and tall, without an umbrella or a coat, and hurriedly trotted towards Liu Yan in the heavy rain. Seeing the people, the faces of the two officials of the Ministry of Finance and the officers and soldiers of the Criminal Department became strange, as if they were sad rather than sad, as if they were happy or unhappy, and they were also a little embarrassed. Liu Yan seemed to realize something, silently stopped the words in his mouth, turned sideways and looked at the comer in a daze.

"Da Da Da..."

Braving the heavy rain, the comer trotted to Liu Yan and the others.

He bowed to the officials, officers and soldiers with their fists in front of them: "The grass people have seen your officials. The officials remained silent, but watched fixedly. Finally, the visitor saluted Liu Yan with a fist and asked, "This must be the young master of Liu Sizheng's family, right?"

Liu Yan contemptuously skimmed the talker, and replied proudly: "Yes." ”

The person who came didn't care about Liu Yan's rudeness, and said with a smile: "Young Master Liu's three orders to govern Chang'an are amazing, and his literary style is even more worthy of the country, and my master has admired it for a long time." On today's trip, I happened to meet Young Master Liu crossing the lake by boat and the heavy rain was majestic, and the owner was afraid that Young Master Liu would catch a cold, so he ordered someone to prepare ginger soup and wine, and invited the young master to the cold house to get together, and by the way to avoid the rain. ”

"Oh?"

In fact, from the moment he saw someone running towards this side, Liu Yan had already guessed the path of the visitor in his heart, but at this time, he still pretended not to know and asked casually, "Who is the master of your family?"

The person who came paddled his fists and replied: "The master of the West Branch of Chang'an Longtang City, the people in the rivers and lakes call the razor-Tian Bo." ”

"Tian Bo?"

“......”

Whether it was a group of officers and soldiers of the Criminal Department or two officials of the Ministry of Finance, they all seemed to have predicted the identity of the person who came, just like Liu Yan, so they were not moved when they heard the name. Wei Liuyan pretended to be surprised, and a dark smile floated: "Heh, the water in Longtang is really deep enough." I've only been ashore for a short time, and I can't stand on my feet, and any cat or dog can know my movements. Terrible... Awesome...", Liu Yan turned sideways as if he had a deep meaning, looked deeply at the two officials of the Ministry of Finance beside him, and then said gloomily: "Sure enough, the hands and eyes are up to the sky." ”

Liu Yan suddenly said such a sentence to the two of them, obviously insinuating something, the officials of the two financial departments looked a little flustered, and the elder said hurriedly: "Yanzi... Don't be cranky, I'm afraid there is some misunderstanding..."

"Heh..."

Still didn't finish the words, Liu Yan sneered extremely sarcastically.

Turning around again, he asked, "What if I don't go?"

Young Master Liu smiled. ”

The visitor did not dare to be rude, bowed humbly, and said with the same smile: "Young Master Liu is talented, and he is the successor of the Jinbu Division appointed by the Holy Lord today, how dare my master offend? Moreover, when I came, my master said that Young Master Liu is a visionary and will definitely be an adult. ”

This is a profound statement...

The speaker is telling Liu Yan that your actions have long been seen through. Now is the most sensitive time in Chang'an City, the Manchu Dynasty is cautious, if you rampage and damage the interests of others, even if we dare not touch you, others will touch you. If you're interested, sit down and talk.

How did Liu Yan not know that there was a knife hidden in his smile?

"So, I have to go?"

“......”

The visitor smiled but did not answer, and directly raised his hand towards the bank of the river in the distance, making a gesture of please.

This action is actually the answer of the comer, there is a treat, if you don't come, you will ride the rain and go home.

Liu Yan thought clearly, but he was also very simple, and he didn't say anything more if he had a plan in his heart. He casually took the umbrella from the officers and soldiers of the Criminal Department beside him, and walked out with his head held high.

The two officials of the Ministry of Finance had something to say to Liu Yan in private, but now they have no chance.

Helplessly, they glanced at each other, and then led a group of officers and soldiers of the Criminal Department to follow...