Liu Han looked at the study, this was the second time he came to this room, the furnishings of the room had not changed, Gu Heng was facing the representatives of the palace for the first time, Liu Han's attitude was very peaceful, but the confidence and momentum shown in his gestures made him feel oppressive.

"Do you judge, does the murder of Master Gu have anything to do with the Hundred Workshops, and how big does it matter?"

Liu Han suddenly went straight to the point, the question was straight to the point, the room suddenly fell silent, Liu Han didn't give them time to think, and continued: "Before coming, Gonggong Lin summoned me and told me that all the information related to the Hundred Workshops reported to the palace in Yangzhou over the years has problems, and Lord Gu was killed this time, and after the palace ordered a thorough investigation of the Hundred Workshops, you can tell me, does the murder of Lord Gu have anything to do with the Hundred Workshops?"

Gu Heng didn't know how to answer at all, he looked at Liu Han dumbfounded, and then looked at Gu Jian and Gu Kang, both of them fell into thought, hesitated for a while, Gu Kang replied cautiously: "Back to the adult, the little one doesn't know how to judge, if that woman is a spy of the hundred workshops, this, this hundred workshops is really terrible, what are they going to do?"

Gu Jian also said cautiously: "My lord, the woman is likely to be dead, as for whether the master's death is related to the Hundred Workshops, there is still a lack of evidence, my lord, the investigation of the Hundred Workshops should continue, but whether the master was killed by the Hundred Workshops, the subordinates are not sure." ”

Liu Han nodded slightly, and turned his head to look at Gu Heng: "According to the rules of the internal guard, you have to replace your father and join the internal guard, however, whether your father's position as the head of the internal security in Yangzhou is yours or not, it depends on your performance, to be honest, I am not optimistic about you, so far, you have not shown the ability to meet this position." ”

"The subordinates understand. Gu Heng hurriedly replied, replacing Gu Shuo to join the internal guard, he knew this situation, but whether he could take over as the head of the internal guard in Yangzhou, not only was it not clear, but even Gu Jian and Gu Kang were not clear.

But the palace is very clear, the instructions to Liu Han are very clear, Yangzhou internal guards need to be rebuilt, and everyone in the original Yangzhou internal guards must be reviewed, and what to do is implemented by Liu Han.

"Now, I'll give you a chance," Liu Han said: "Go find out the Hundred Workshops, and in addition, give me the list of Yangzhou internal guards, and the previous file files, also give me." ”

"Yes. Gu Heng said that he was about to take it, and after taking two steps, he hesitated and turned around: "My lord, after these are handed over to you, can I still command the Yangzhou internal guards?"

"What thoughts do you have about the Hundred Workshops?" Liu Han did not answer directly, but asked rhetorically.

"The subordinates have looked through the files of the past years these days, as well as some recent information, and the subordinates believe that the Baigongfang is likely to be in Yangzhou, and the judgment of the palace is not wrong," Gu Heng pondered and replied: "However, the Baigongfang is well hidden, and the few clues reported recently are obviously problematic, and the people below are perfunctory, so far, the subordinates believe that there are no clues to the Baigongfang." ”

Liu Han listened, this Gu Heng is not bad, he is thoughtful, and as soon as he entered the internal guard, he actually found that there was a problem with the clues exposed by the other party.

"What else?" Liu Han looked at him and motioned for him to continue. Gu Heng was encouraged, and then said: "My subordinates think that it is better to start with that woman, and my Gu Mansion will track down that woman, it is natural and righteous, specifically, I can send someone to investigate, in addition, I can also offer a reward, I can offer a reward of five thousand taels of silver." At the same time, release some clues, for example, that she went out of the city, as for whether she entered Changchun Lake, or something else, we can say. ”

Liu Han's brows slowly stretched, this Gu Heng is a talent, this is fake and true, and the clues can be made up, but in this way, the entire Yangzhou will be mobilized, causing a great momentum, and it is possible to force out the clues.

"This plan is very good, the reward can be divided into two kinds, one is to provide clues, as long as the clues are confirmed to be effective, the reward is silver, if the woman is captured, the reward is 1,000 taels of silver, if the woman can be captured to come to the Gu Mansion or the government, the reward is 10,000 silver. ”

Liu Han looked at Gu Heng: "There will be a brave man under the heavy reward, do it like this, is the silver enough?"

More than 10,000 taels of silver, which is a lot of money, the Gu family went through the funeral and split up, whether Gu Heng could still come up with such a large sum of silver, Liu Han was a little skeptical.

"It's ok. Gu Heng gritted his teeth and said, just now he said five thousand taels of silver, just considering the family's economic situation, it is indeed a bit difficult for him to get ten thousand taels of silver.

Liu Han doesn't care about this, if Gu Heng can't even solve this little thing, not only will he not be able to take over as the head of Yangzhou's internal guard, but sooner or later he will die in the task of internal guard.

Gu Heng took out a few dossiers and put them in front of Liu Han, Liu Han frowned and asked, "That's it?"

Gu Jian interjected: "My lord doesn't know, according to the regulations, the files here are only kept for three months, and a batch is destroyed every three months, and our information has been reported to the palace, and there are archives in the palace." ”

Liu Han nodded, motioned for Gu Heng to wrap up the file, tied a knot and carried it on his back.

Gu Heng watched Liu Han put things on his back, and there was a dull pain in his heart, these pieces of paper represent the connection between the Gu family and the palace, and represent the father's decades of struggle, this Liu Han's back is equivalent to half of the door of the Gu family's connection with the palace, which is equal to half of the Gu family's sky falling.

Liu Han left, Gu Heng looked out of the door blankly, the night was getting thicker and the night breeze was refreshing.

"Childe. Gu Kang stepped forward, walked behind Gu Heng, and persuaded in a low voice: "That's it, let's take care of the master's affairs first, everyone in the palace is like this." ”

"Have you seen anyone in the palace before?" Gu Heng asked.

"I've seen you. Gu Kang replied: "There have been people in the palace before, and they are all so arrogant, hmph, we have to do things ourselves." ”

"Yes, Childe, this may be a good thing," Gu Jian also interjected: "Gu Kang is right, first do the master's affairs well, and if you do this well, maybe you can take over the master's position." ”

"That's the reason," Gu Kang said: "This envoy didn't say anything to death, if we make progress in the matter of the Hundred Workshops, there should be hope for the son to take over the master's position." ”

Gu Heng nodded, the head of internal security, it looks inconspicuous, but this identity is revealed, not only the history of Yangzhou Thorn, even the king of Huainan has three points of face in front of him, besides, with this position, in business, there are indescribable benefits, if nothing else, just talk about the cooperation of Hanhai Commercial Company, there is hope.

The next day, the people of Yangzhou City suddenly found that the streets and alleys, inside and outside the city, were full of notices of the Gu family, and the Gu family offered a heavy reward to arrest a woman named Xu, even if they did not get a living person, they provided clues and had a hundred taels of silver, and if they caught someone according to the clues, they would be rewarded with another 1,000 taels, and if they were caught, they would be sent to the government or the Gu family and rewarded with 10,000 taels.

As soon as this hanging red was posted, Yangzhou was full of sensations, it was not that there was no such hanging red before, but there was no such heavy reward, a few years ago, the Lu family opened the hanging red was only a thousand taels, at that time, the whole Yangzhou ground Jianghu friends ran around, but three months to do things.

Now Gu Fu is hanging red 10,000 taels, and even providing clues has 100 taels, this news quickly spread all over Yangzhou Siye, friends from all over the country have taken action, in just three days, there are hundreds of clues gathered to the Gu family, Gu Heng sorted out the clues, let Gu Jian Gu Kang staff officer.

Gu Jian laid out the clues one by one, and couldn't help but shake his head when he looked at them, most of these so-called clues were hearsay, and they couldn't stand scrutiny at all.

"Childe, is this trick effective?" Gu Kang also sighed, Gu Heng was silent, this matter has begun, but what should I do next?

He didn't know either.

The three of them were thinking about it, the door opened, and Liu Han Shi Ran came in from outside, he was still masked.

"My lord," the three of them bowed, Liu Han came over, glanced at the clues on the table, and said with a smile: "Hehe, the harvest is not small." ”

"It's useless, it's all fake. Gu Heng said dejectedly, Liu Han smiled and said: "Of course it's fake, we all know that this woman is probably dead, and our purpose is to borrow this wind." ”

After speaking, Liu Han put a piece of paper on the table lightly, then turned around and left, and when Gu Heng and the others reacted, Liu Han had already disappeared.

Gu Kang picked it up, looked at the note and said: "Recently, with the help of friends from all sides, Gu Fu got a clue, in the morning of the same day, someone saw this woman on a small boat, the boat is an old man, white hair and white beard, wearing a robe, driving a boat into Changchun Lake, and then I don't know where to go. ”

"This is?" Gu Jian looked up at Gu Heng in confusion, Gu Heng thought for a while: "Let's do it, find someone, and reward one hundred taels of silver in public." ”

The next day, Gu Heng was at the gate of the mansion and rewarded one hundred taels in front of everyone, and the one hundred taels of silver made the people present excited.

"Hehe, this Gu Heng is still a little interesting. Ju Yi looked at Gu Heng at the door of Gu Mansion with a smile holding a hundred taels of silver, and handed the silver to an old man in front of him, the old man had dark skin and a wrinkled face.

Gu Wei stared at Gu Heng thoughtfully, not paying attention to what Ju Yi said, Ju Yi glanced at him, smiled, drank two sips of tea, and the two of them sat in the small tea shop opposite Gu's house, the small tea shop was not big, there were four or five tables in the house, and there were two tables outside, the two of them did not sit in the house, but sat on the table on the street outside, and the two guards sat on the table on the side, vigilantly staring at the flow of people on the street.

"Is there no news about the arrest of Yangzhou Mansion soon?" Gu Wei asked in wonder, Ju Yi shook his head slightly, and said with a reserved smile: "I said Brother Gu, what's the matter, this is not something we can manage, by the way, I heard about it, the emperor is still hesitating, this Liangzhou war is together, the imperial court is in a hurry, this Yangzhou matter, I'm afraid it won't be over." ”

Gu Wei impeached the military and political officials of Yangzhou, shook the officialdom of Yangzhou, and shook the court, but he never expected that Tubo suddenly committed a border, and the court urged the payment of Jiangnan grain and salary, and this matter was delayed, and the emperor would stay in the middle.

Juyi was very worried about Gu Wei, but Gu Wei didn't care at all, and a few days ago, he went to the second note, still impeaching Yangzhou Assassin Shi and Yangzhou County Shou, this time the crime is even greater, impeaching them for sabotaging Yangzhou's salt policy reform.

This time, even the sentence was also dissuading him, but Gu Wei still insisted, however, the sentence was also a little dissatisfied with the Yangzhou officialdom, the salt policy reform to the present, the key is how to implement the new salt tax, according to the design of the salt policy innovation, only one tax is needed, but it can really be implemented, the two of them found that there are many resistances, compared with the salt field auction some time ago, it is not a matter at all, and the two of them have a sense that it is difficult to move an inch.