Liu Han walked out of the Gu Mansion from the side door, and last night's venting made him feel more comfortable, to be honest, since receiving this order, he was very unhappy, so that the Cao Gang could not go north, this task was something he was happy to accept, but he could bring down Sheng Huai,... , you can't do it in the palace, let me be a newcomer in Yangzhou, Sheng Huai's nest to do it, when Sheng Huai is paper paste!

Overthrowing an official like Sheng Huai is nothing more than starting from two aspects, corruption and political mistakes; Gu Wei is starting from the former, but it has no effect, Liu Han judged that Gu Wei must have real evidence in his hands, even he can't bring down Sheng Huai, can others still do it?

As for the second one, political error, Sheng Huai sent 100,000 taels of silver to Pan Lian, Pan Lian is currently in power, with him in the court, politically, Sheng Huai is already right.

If neither of these works, what else can be done?

Liu Han couldn't think of it.

Walking on the street blankly, he didn't know that Gu Heng had already arranged a fragrant comfort nest for him in the Gu Mansion.

It was still early, Liu Han walked around, ran to the tea shop on the edge of the dock to drink tea, watched the porter get on and off the goods, and only left Shi Shiran in the afternoon, turned around and sat outside the Thorn Shi Yamen for two hours, looking at the people who came in and out of the Thorn Shi Yamen, naturally there was nothing to find.

In the next three days, he drank tea and wine in the teahouse tavern opposite the yamen, looking at the scene inside the yamen, in these three days, he did not go to the Gu Mansion again, but rented another courtyard, wandered around the city for half a day every day, and went to the teahouse or tavern outside the yamen to drink tea and drink wine in the afternoon, and soon got to know the guy or shopkeeper here.

A woman with gray hair walked towards the yamen with a basket, and Liu Han noticed that this woman came every day and carried a basket to the yamen every day.

"Alas!"

Behind him, there was the sigh of the tavern owner, there were many taverns in this area, which was convenient for those who came to the yamen to do business.

"What did that woman do?" Liu Han felt something wrong, and asked casually, when he saw the woman two days ago, he thought she was here to deliver food, but now, he felt that something was wrong.

"Alas, pitiful!" the shopkeeper sighed, and did not answer.

"Poor, what's wrong? Shopkeeper, don't say half of what you say. Liu Han said with a smile, today, he was a guest in this small hotel, asked for two dishes and a pot of wine, and sat by the window looking at the street outside.

The shopkeeper hesitated, and when he saw that there was no one in the store, he lowered his voice and said: "This woman's surname is Han, and she belongs to the Han family in Tianshui Hutong in the north of the city, and she is delivering food to his son." ”

The shopkeeper sighed bitterly and didn't speak, Liu Han smiled slightly hesitantly: "Shopkeeper, take another pot of wine, cut a plate of sauce beef, it's okay today, let's have a good chat." ”

"Done. The shopkeeper took the pot of wine, quickly cut the beef with sauce, and brought a plate of boiled peanuts.

"Your peanuts are good," Liu Han grabbed two and peeled them and ate them, he had eaten this thing in the killer camp, this thing had brought him hope, because he learned by chance in his previous life that peanuts were not native to China, and they were introduced to China relatively late, since there are peanuts here, it means .....

He used to frantically flip through the books in Sanguitang, but in the end he found a few sentences in the "Chronicles of Strange Things", saying that peanuts were brought into the Central Plains by seafarers hundreds of years ago, and there was no other content.

"That's, it's my unique skill. The shopkeeper boasted with a smile, Liu Han smiled slightly, he once added five-spice powder in the Western Regions, and the boiled peanuts made Tianna and them crazy to rob them, but this boss just added something similar.

"Good stuff. Liu Han praised, the shopkeeper smiled and poured Liu Han a glass of wine, and was about to drink, when there was a scolding sound outside, the two of them turned their heads to look, and a servant was scolding the woman, and the woman cowered and hid on the side, not daring to argue.

"Tell me, what's wrong with this Han clan?" asked Liu Han.

The shopkeeper took a sip of wine and sighed heavily: "The guest officer wants to ask others, I'm afraid I really don't know, ask me is a question, this Han family woman, alas, it's a long story, this Han family is originally in Sweet Water Hutong, the family is diligent and thrifty, the old Han head...."

Slowly, Liu Han understood that the Han family was a Shu clan in Yangzhou City, and there was a son in the family who studied at Anping Academy outside Yangzhou City, which was a small academy, and compared with Yangzhou's Zizhu Academy and Yangzhou Academy, it was far behind.

However, the son of the Han family is very talented in reading, and when he was seventeen or eighteen years old, he became famous in Yangzhou for his poetry and paintings, and he was born handsome, so he was very favored by the Qinglou girl.

At that time, the most popular girl in Yangzhou was the Qiulu girl of Tianxianglou, the Qiulu girl was very fond of the Han family's son, and the Han family's son also liked her, but he didn't want to redeem her, even if the silver was not enough to enter the Qinglou, fortunately, he painted very well, and often went to the Qinglou to paint for the girls, so there was a chance to meet.

Miss Qiulu was the Oiran of the year, and naturally there were countless people who admired her, including many sons of the gate lord clan, including Lu Kang, the second son of the Lu family.

Lu Kang relied on his family background to forcibly charter the autumn dew girl, the autumn dew girl was unwilling, but her arms couldn't reach her thighs, so the two of them made an appointment to elope, but the autumn dew girl failed to get out of Tianxiang Building, and the Han family's son had no choice but to accept his fate.

Lu Kang forcibly occupied the autumn dew, but still did not forgive, in the autumn of that year, the son of the Han family entered the product with poetry and painting, Lu Kang bought through the middle grade official, and listed the son of the Han family as the next grade, which caused a big uproar among the scholars who participated in the tasting, but Du Ye, the middle grade official, still insisted.

Han Cheng, the son of the Han family, knew what the reason was, so he didn't discuss it with the Zhongpin official, studied hard at home, and planned to study in God, but just before leaving, something happened.

Miss Qiulu died, and now in addition to her things, there is also Han Cheng's handkerchief and a piece of torn clothes, and the government concluded that it was Han Cheng's clothes after investigation, so Han Cheng was arrested and put in prison.

"It's been a few years since this happened, and the Han family made the silver, but Han Cheng still hasn't released it. "Since there is already evidence, why don't you report the case?" Liu Han was very puzzled.

"First, Han Cheng refused to admit it, no matter how he was tortured, Han Cheng didn't admit it," the shopkeeper sighed: "Actually, it was killed by Han Cheng, and everyone in Yangzhou City knows that it was Lu Kang who killed him, you haven't seen that Han Cheng, just like him, he still kills!"

Liu Han frowned slightly, this matter is easy to explain, but... He asked again: "As long as the evidence is sufficient, the case can also be finalized and reported." ”

According to the system of this era, the death penalty must be reported to the Imperial Governor's Office, which will approve it, and then report it to the emperor, and the emperor will approve it before the death penalty can be carried out.

Of course, there are special cases, Peng Zhu was like Chen Guo, with the emperor's authorization, and he could cut it first and then play.

Sheng Huai obviously did not have such an order.

"Yes, but Han Cheng's classmates jointly asked for a retrial, and the most important thing is that several of Han Cheng's classmates are very energetic, contacting several imperial histories of the imperial court, and also mobilizing the scholars of Yangzhou Academy and Zizhu Academy to jointly ask for their lives. ”

"Then Lu Kang doesn't care?" asked Liu Han curiously.

"Why is it useless, Master Sheng doesn't know how much silver he used, but in the court, he still asked for a retrial, and the matter was delayed like this. ”

The shopkeeper sighed heavily, Liu Han showed a smile, and the shopkeeper sighed again: "This matter was very fierce back then, and Lord Wen, who was in charge of investigating the case, was in a dilemma, and it happened that his mother died of illness, so he sued Ding Wei and went home." ”

So, this matter dragged on, Han's mother delivered meals every day, the Han family was completely defeated, Han's father died of illness last year, and the family left Han's mother and Han Cheng's younger siblings.

Liu Han lowered his head and thought for a while, looked up at the window, and sighed softly: "Actually, this case is not difficult to investigate, but unfortunately there is no clean official." ”

The two of them sighed for a long time, and after drinking a drink, Liu Han came out of the bill, and he went straight to Li Yan's residence, Li Yan was not at home, and Liu Han waited in his room for half a night before waiting for him to come back.

"Your Excellency. Li Yan was surprised when he saw Liu Han when he entered the house, Liu Han was still waiting for him at this night, which means that there is something important and urgent.

"Do you know who else is in Sheng Huai's family?" asked Liu Han.

"I know," Li Yan was a little surprised, so late, after waiting for so long, he frowned and replied: "Sheng Huai is in Lu Guoying County, Yuzhou, his wife and mother are in Ying County, and he is accompanied by five concubines and two sons in Yangzhou, he originally had three children, two daughters and one son, and his family is rich." ”

Liu Han nodded: "Okay, you immediately take someone to Ying County, and you must remember the following words." ”

Li Yan's heart froze, looking at him with a serious expression, Liu Han lowered his voice and said: "After you arrive in Yingxian, find an opportunity to kill Sheng Huai's mother, but you must remember that you must be like you have died of illness." ”

Li Yan's expression was solemn, he lowered his head and thought for a while, and looked up at Liu Han: "My subordinates know." ”

"Sheng Huai is now an obstacle to the reform of Yangzhou's salt tax, Gu Wei and Lord Gu are impeached, but Pan Lian has saved him, the palace has an order, let us assist Lord Gu to bring him down, but after thinking about it, if Lord Gu can't bring him down, I'm afraid it will be difficult, but think about it the other way, don't bring down Sheng Huai, just let Sheng Huai leave and leave Yangzhou, you can move away the obstacle for Lord Gu, if Sheng Huai's mother dies at this time, Sheng Huai will have to worry about Ding for three years, and this Yangzhou assassin history will have to be replaced. ”

Li Yan immediately understood, and immediately showed a smile, Liu Han added: "But this thing has to be done cleanly, and there must be no blood, and it has to make her look like she is dead normally." ”

"My subordinates understand," Li Yan completely understood now, nodded again and again, and Liu Han reminded him again: "Except for you knowing, you can't leak a word about this matter, this is going to leak out, even the palace can't protect us." ”

"The subordinates understand," Li Yan hesitated and said, "If this is the case, then the subordinates don't need to bring the Tiger Group over, just the subordinates themselves over." ”

"This Sheng has money and power, there must be bodyguards at home, can you deal with it?"

Li Yan thought for a while: "You can't see blood in this matter, so you can't use force, you have to find an opportunity, you have to bring more people, it's useless, it's easy to leak secrets, it's better for me to go alone, if I can do it, I'll do it, if it doesn't work, I won't do it." ”

Liu Han shook his head: "It's not that if it doesn't work, it won't be done, but it must be done, which is the method with the least cost and risk." ”

Li Yan lowered his head and thought for a while, looked up at Liu Han, and said solemnly: "Yes, my subordinates will definitely do it." ”

"Good. Liu Han nodded and clasped his fists at him: "Please." ”

After Liu Han finished speaking, he turned around and left, Li Yan looked at his back, thought for a while, blew out the light, and waited for a while, he changed into black clothes, opened the door, and quietly closed it.

Silently passing through several streets, he hurried to the outside of a large house, hesitated slightly, looked around and found no movement, and jumped into the courtyard.

Soon after he entered, Liu Han jumped down in the corner of the house more than ten zhang away, looked into the distance, turned around and left after a little thought, and soon disappeared into the quiet street.

Walking in the quiet alley, he was in a very happy mood, this action was killing two birds with one stone, in the afternoon, he thought about it, just now he told Li Yan that once it leaked, the palace would not be able to protect them, but in fact, only Li Yan was sacrificed in the end, and he could not be implicated at all.

In addition to this, it was also finalized who the real master of Li Yan was, and that person had a stronghold in Yangzhou.

As he walked, he suddenly found a problem in his heart, if the real master of this Li Yan did not agree with him to do this, then his plan would not be in vain.

Finding out Li Yan's master is only one purpose of the plan, and getting Sheng Huai away is another purpose, but if Li Yan doesn't do it, then this purpose will be in vain.

Standing in the alley and thinking for a long time, Liu Han had an idea in his heart, and he immediately rushed to Lin Huai's residence, Lin Huai lived in the alley near the small tea shop, and his house was very simple and traditional.

Quietly entering Lin Huai's room, Lin Huai didn't notice it at all, he was still sleeping, Liu Han stood in front of him, didn't alarm him, turned around and sat on the chair outside.

The sky was slightly bright, Lin Huai habitually opened his eyes, habitually let the internal breath circulate in his body for a while, and then got up.

As soon as the curtain was lifted, he saw Liu Han sitting on a chair looking at him with a smile, Lin Huai couldn't help but be startled, and hurriedly stepped forward.

"My lord, what's wrong?"

"Do you know Han Cheng?" asked Liu Han directly.

Lin Huai nodded: "I know, this case was quite big at the beginning, and no one in Yangzhou didn't know about it." ”

Liu Han nodded: "You managed to find out this case, can you do it?"

Lin Huai nodded without the slightest hesitation: "Okay." ”

Liu Han nodded: "How long will it take?"

"It's not good to say this," Lin Huai replied after a little thought: "If it's fast, ten days, if it's slow, it's a month." ”

Liu Han thought for a while: "Ten days, the slowest should not exceed fifteen days." ”

Lin Huai nodded and agreed, this case is not complicated, but it is not so easy to investigate clearly and come up with convincing evidence from all parties.

But Lin Huai agreed, and he was very confident.

In the next two days, Liu Han didn't go out, nor did he go back to the ghosts, but stayed in the courtyard rented by Liu Huo outside the city, meditated and practiced every day, and didn't let Liu Huo transfer someone to serve, and did everything himself.

Two days later, in the evening, he came to the edge of the reeds called Wild Duck Wai by the Changchun Lake, the sun was setting, the golden sunlight was sprinkled on the reeds, and on the lake, a few small boats walked slowly in the sunset.

"I'm sorry, I'm late, don't blame Brother Liu. ”

There was a laugh from the willow forest next to him, Liu Han turned around and looked, Xuantian Shi Shiran came from the forest, Xuantian was wearing a sackcloth robe, the bun on his head was slightly scattered, and a few strands of hair flew with the wind, looking very free.

Liu Han smiled slightly, as soon as Xuantian appeared, he was detected by his divine sense, and he also noticed that there were still a few people in the forest, they were hidden everywhere, monitoring all the roads around them.

"Brother Xuan can come, I am very grateful, very grateful. Liu Han smiled and hugged his fists in thanks and bowed deeply.

Xuantian didn't talk nonsense, and asked directly: "I don't know what is important about Brother Liu's call?"

"It's very simple, I want you to go and intercept the luck. Liu Han was not polite and said directly.

Xuantian was slightly stunned, looked Liu Han up and down, frowned and asked, "Why?"

"Don't be busy, I'll talk about my requirements first," Liu Han said: "First, it must be in Yangzhou, not out of Yangzhou; second, it must be the ship of the Cao Gang; third, the sooner the better, if necessary, I can help you, but you must keep it secret, only you know what I am involved in." ”

Xuantian came over silently, stopped three steps away from Liu Han, looked at the boat on the lake with his back hand, and was silent for a while before asking, "Why?"

"It's very simple, I want to bring down Yangzhou Assassin Shi Shenghuai, second, after Fang Zhen's death, the Cao Gang has a tendency to go north, I don't want them to go north, so I need the Cao Gang to have an accident. Liu Han is not shy about it at all.

"What's in it for us?" asked Xuantian rhetorically.

"Your association is known as the world brotherhood, all the people in the world look at brothers, for the people of the world to seek happiness, look around Yangzhou, the homeless people wail, if you can get a batch of food, it is bound to expand the momentum of your association, and inspire the confidence of your association. ”

The two wild ducks landed in the reed pond, puffed in the reeds, and made a quacking sound, Xuantian watched silently, and sighed for a long time: "Brother Liu, as an official of the imperial court, colluded with me, a person who is regarded as a thorn in the side of the imperial court, is this a private betrayal?"

Liu Han couldn't help laughing, and the laughter alarmed the wild duck in the reeds, and the wild duck fluttered and flew up, shaking its wings in panic.

"The Brotherhood is famous for rebelling against the imperial court, and it is actually worried about whether the owner is coming behind the master, hehe, whether the master has worried about it, as for Liu, Liu does things, and never thinks about what others say. ”

Xuantian turned his head to look at him, Liu Han also looked at him, for a long time, the two of them smiled almost at the same time, Xuantian nodded: "We have considered robbing the Cao grain, but the Cao Gang is too powerful, we were originally pursued by the imperial court, and if there is a dispute with the Cao Gang, the pressure on me will be even greater." ”

Liu Han shook his head slightly: "The master's words have the meaning of prevarication, the court, the family, the rivers and lakes, there are a few families who do not regard your association as a revenge, I remember a few years ago, there was a case in Jiankang, the Cao Gang Jiankang branch helmsman died in the hands of the brotherhood, and your Guihui and the Cao Gang have long become enemies. ”

Xuantian was slightly stunned, a few years ago, the Brotherhood organized an ambush in Jiankang, and he personally took action to ambush the helmsman of the Cao Gang Jiankang and several guests of the Lu family.

This incident once caused a shock in Jiangnan, the government and the major families and the Cao Gang have made a big claim to Jiangnan, and the imperial court internal guards and tiger guards also sent masters to the south, which was a sensation.

Xuantian couldn't help but smile when he heard this, with a little contempt in his smile: "The Cao Gang looks strong, but in fact, it is false, Fang Zhen Xiaolan, one death and one rebellion, if Fang Jie still wants to go north, I am afraid that even the Yangzhou base will be taken away by Brother Liu." ”

Saying that, he smiled at Liu Han, Liu Han knew that he must have checked himself, and it was very convenient to check himself if Fan was in the imperial capital.

"In that case, what other concerns does Brother Xuan have?" asked Liu Han.

(End of chapter)