Half-ringing, Gu Jian shook his head: "You can't send it like this, this is not in line with the example, the second son is still too young, the salt reform is a major event of the imperial court, and the sentence wants to raise three million taels of silver, what method does he take, right or wrong, it is judged by the imperial court, we are not qualified to make such a judgment, this is to be sent, what will the palace think, the second prince is still inexperienced." ”

"Then it's still the same as before, don't send it?" Gu Kang proposed tentatively.

Gu Jian shook his head: "No, if you use this method, we don't report it, and the palace will blame you." ”

"The old master is dead, we don't have information, so it's reasonable. Gu Kang was a little unimpressed, and his tone wandered.

Gu Jian stared at him, Gu Kang's expression was a little unnatural, Gu Jian snorted lightly: "Don't think about it, the position of chief manager is very important to the son, if you can't get it back, not only the second son's life is in danger, but the women and children in this mansion are afraid that they will not be able to escape." ”

Gu Kang let out a long sigh, Gu Jian turned around and took out the pen and paper from the cabinet, carried the pen like a fly, and quickly wrote it and handed it to Gu Kang.

"Three shots. ”

Gu Kang didn't say much, cut the intelligence into three sections, and then released three birds.

Gu Jian didn't leave, he was still sitting in the room, Gu Kang hesitated and sat beside him.

The two drank water silently, and Gu Kang sighed: "It's really not the right time for the master to be killed." ”

Gu Jian was still silent, staring at the water cup in front of him, Gu Kang glanced at him, and asked coldly: "Is there anything else, it's okay, I'll leave." ”

"It's only the second watch, maybe the son has just gone back, and the little wave of hooves doesn't dare to come out," Gu Jian said calmly, Gu Kang's face changed slightly, and his face showed anger, but after a while, he sighed helplessly.

"Did you kill you, master?" Gu Kang asked abruptly.

"I've told you a few times, no, that isn't mine. Gu Jian's tone was very unhappy, and he was also angry.

Gu Kang was a little afraid of him, so he didn't dare to continue to ask, so he had to drink water in silence, and after a while, Gu Jian seemed to have figured it out, and wrote a letter, but after writing it, he didn't give it to Gu Jian, but put it in his pocket, got up and prepared to go out, and when he arrived at the door, he turned to look at Gu Kang.

"During this time, you have to be careful, the lord who came last time must be secretly investigating in the city, if you have a handle in his hands, you will die. ”

Gu Kang didn't answer, just looked at him coldly, Gu Jian didn't say anything more, turned around and went out.

Gu Jian sat down for a while before getting up and packing up the things on the table, turned around and closed the door and went out.

Gu Jian returned home, the middle-aged woman did not sleep, saw him come back, hurriedly poured water for him, Gu Jian was silent, after a while, took out a small bamboo tube, put the written letter into it, and then sealed the bamboo tube with wax.

The woman came in with water, Gu Jian put the small bamboo tube on the table, the woman wrung out the towel and sent it to Gu Jian, after Gu Jian scrubbed it, he said, "Tomorrow, send this up." ”

The woman hummed softly, picked up the bamboo tube and put it in the shrine on the table, and the man took off his boots and put his feet in the basin.

The woman hesitated and asked in a low voice, "Is Sister Qi okay?"

"I don't know, don't ask what you shouldn't. Gu Jian said lightly: "She left the house that night, and she should have left Yangzhou." ”

The woman breathed lightly, stopped talking, and squatted in front of Gu Jian to wash his feet.

The two of them don't talk much, and occasionally say a few words, which is also a matter of the family, or the house, the man lets the woman sleep first, and he goes next door to meditate and practice.

Fan Cheng was about to fall asleep, and in the past few days, he has set up a stall every day as usual, as if nothing has happened.

Suddenly, he stopped, hesitated, looked at the woman sleeping in the back room, took out a short knife from the corner, turned and opened the door.

"Well, it seems that you are not only God's eyes, but also God's ears. ”

A familiar voice suddenly sounded in his ears, he couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief, and looked up to see Liu Han standing in the dark corner of the courtyard, the whole person dissolved into the darkness, if he didn't deliberately fall into the tracks, he would definitely not be able to find it.

"My lord came overnight, it must be an important matter, and I ask you to give me orders. Fan Cheng didn't say much, and asked directly.

Liu Han nodded slightly: "The Gu family's affairs have been investigated almost, hmph, this Gu Shuo should have died a long time ago." ”

Fan Cheng didn't speak, just listened quietly, Liu Han nodded slightly: "Tomorrow, you go to follow a person, Gu Jian's woman, the head of the Gu Mansion, she wants to go out of the mansion to deliver a letter, you stare at her, see where it is delivered, and then continue to stare to see who will pick it up, pay attention, don't alarm them." ”

"Yes, sir. Fan Cheng nodded.

After Liu Han finished speaking, his figure disappeared, and it seemed that he didn't appear here at all, Fan Cheng secretly admired in his heart, it seems that this Shangguan is still quite interested, such a thing was actually found out in such a short time.

The next day, Fan Cheng did not set up a stall, and hung a sign on the door, which said that he was going out to run errands.

He dressed up as an old peasant with a basket on his back, and stood guard outside Gu's mansion, and when it was almost noon, he saw a middle-aged woman come out, of course he recognized it, this woman was Gu Jian's woman.

Gu Jian's woman didn't notice that there was someone behind, she walked through a few streets, went to a grocery store, bought something, and then continued to walk forward, turned the corner, ate a bowl of noodles under a small noodle stall, and then got up and went to the incense and candle shop opposite to buy some incense candles.

Carrying incense and candles, she went to the Taoist temple to burn incense, Fan Cheng did not continue to follow, and gave up tracking very simply, but changed his outfit in front of him, turning into a down-and-out middle-aged man, swallowing saliva in front of the noodle stall, and squatting on the street corner, similar to the homeless people who mixed into the city.

Fan Cheng took out a dried vegetable dumpling and ate it, which is a common food for displaced people outside the city.

There are not many people eating noodles, the boss is shouting most of the time, Fan Cheng squinted at the noodle stall, after a while, he got up and left, went to the alley to change his clothes again, and changed his hairstyle, becoming a middle-aged merchant, this kind of merchant is very common on the streets of Yangzhou.

He walked into the tea shop opposite the small noodle stall, and drank tea there leisurely, and not long after, a middle-aged man came from the front, and this person arrived at the tea shop.

"Brother Wang is so leisurely, and he still has time to drink tea here. The middle-aged man smiled at Fan Cheng.

"Brother Xu, hehe, how is it?

"Alas, it's difficult!" Liu Han sighed, even more satisfied with Fan Cheng, this guy recognized him at a glance, and his answer was not bad at all.

"Still no way, I said Brother Wang, what about you?"

Fan Cheng also admired Liu Han very much, not only his appearance changed, but even his accent changed to a Jingzhou accent.

"Fluke, fluke. Fan Cheng was slightly proud.

The two of them cooperated appropriately, chatting a few words, Liu Han forced Fan Cheng to leave, Fan Cheng half-pushed and half-pushed, and the two of them pulled and pulled away.

Out of the street, the two of them let go of their hands, walked slowly along the street, turned into an alley, Liu Han stopped, Fan Cheng looked around, this is a very secluded alley, there are no pedestrians around.

Suddenly, he laughed to himself, who could follow and eavesdrop behind the Grandmaster.

"That person's name is Lu Zhou, and the Qi clan who escaped from the Gu Mansion was killed by him, and the body was in the canal behind his house. ”

"So, that's a point of contact for them. Fan Cheng said.

Liu Han nodded, and Fan Cheng looked at Liu Han strangely: "The adult has been following me?"

Liu Han nodded again.

"Your Excellency doesn't believe me. ”

Liu Han shook his head lightly: "It's not that I don't believe you, I don't trust anyone." There is such a big thing in Yangzhou, I can't trust a person who has not been vetted, congratulations, your vetting has passed. ”

Fan Cheng smiled bitterly and deliberately asked, "What if I just did it on purpose?"

"Whether it was intentional or not, I have my own judgment. Liu Han said lightly: "Go back, it's still the same as before, what you should do." ”

Fan Cheng took a deep look at him, turned around and left, and when he got out of the alley, he had already recovered his original appearance, and turned back into the tea shop owner, an old man in a mediocre Yangzhou alley.

Liu Han didn't stay long, turned around and walked in the opposite direction.

This Lu Zhou seems to be very important, but he doesn't have the idea of arresting this person, the Gu family is the head of Yangzhou's internal security, since that person put this person here, there is absolutely no problem in terms of loyalty, and if you want to find out the nest of this hundred workshops, you need to find another way.

On the night of the full moon, it seems that there is only time to wait.

The reeds on the shore are yellow, there are fewer birds in the sky, and the wind on the lake has become cold.

In previous years, at this time, there were fewer tourists on the lake, and the boats were mostly fishermen, but this year was different, there were many more pleasure boats on the lake, these pleasure boats shuttled on various islands, and groups of down-and-out Jianghu people wandered around the islands, and when they saw a woman, they took out the portrait in their arms to compare.

Most of the people in the rivers and lakes are outlaws, and the depression of Changchun Lake also makes them a little more tyrannical, so there is news of robbery and rape on some islands, and some people are even killed.

Yangzhou Mansion has received many reports, Sha Hao really doesn't want to care, but there are more and more reports below, and many victims kneel and knock at the door of the government office, crying and screaming all day long.

"Damn!" Xu Hu scolded in his heart, it was the high reward of the Gu family that allowed those Jianghu people to enter Hudong on a large scale, and then so many cases occurred.

Look up at the small island that is gradually moving away, there is a robbery on this small island, three people robbed the islanders' things, the value of the things is not high, however, the islanders are very poor, not much property, but for these islanders, it is already an important property of the family.

For such cases, the yamen generally has nothing to do, these people in the rivers and lakes are floating, they are here today, and they don't know if they are there tomorrow.

The boat walked for a while, Xu Hu turned his head to look at the slender figure on the side of the boat, his expression was very helpless, the woman heard that there was a rape case in the lake, so she followed, just now on the island, she did not investigate the scene, but walked around the island, chatted with the people on the island, and stood on the side of the boat without saying a word.

After thinking about it, Xu Hu slowly walked to her side, Ye Xiu turned his head to look at him, and then turned his head to still look at the fishing boat in the distance.

"Did you find anything on the island?"

"Nope. Ye Xiu replied very calmly: "The people in the rivers and lakes did it, it is difficult to investigate." ”

Xu Hu smiled bitterly, her words had always been so simple and direct, but they were enough.

"What's next?"

Xu Hu sighed and said angrily: "Dongshan Island, you are interested, rape case." ”

Ye Xiu nodded, took out a map, on the map, Dongshan Island is the largest island in the east of the lake, and it is also the only island with a restaurant inn in this area, there are thousands of people on the island, all of them make a living from fishing, there are fields on the island, but there are not many fields, however, the scenery of this island is very good, every spring and summer, there are many Yangzhou people to play.

"What is this island called?" Ye Xiu pointed to an island and asked, Xu Hu looked at it: "Zhudao, that didn't report the case." ”

Ye Xiu thought about it and said: "I've seen the reports, these islands have been reported, either robbery and rape, or stealing, but this island is not, is there no one on it?"

"How come," Xu Hu said, "but there are very few, only seven or eight families, all fishermen." ”

"Bamboo Island, in the name of bamboo, there should be a lot of bamboo on the island," Ye Xiu thought about it.

"There are a lot of bamboos on the island, and this place is close to Zizhu Mountain, so it is estimated that it floated from Zizhu Mountain. Xu Hu said: "This island has always been very quiet, and I haven't heard of anyone haunting. ”

Ye Xiu didn't say anything more, still looking down at the map silently, Xu Hu felt a little bored, and was about to leave, Ye Xiu pointed to a small island next to Bamboo Island and asked, "What is this island called?

Xu Hu looked at it: "This is Baiwei Island, there are more than 30 households on the island, and there is no case." ”

Ye Xiu asked a few more islands, but fortunately, Xu Hu knew this area very well, and answered them one by one, there are many islands on Changchun Lake, and there may not be many people, and those who report crimes account for thirty percent of these islands.

Xu Hu waited for a while, and when he saw that Ye Xiu didn't ask again, he felt a little bored, turned around and paced to the other side, and there were a few catchers next to him who were secretly happy, Xu Hu glared at them, and a few catchers laughed even more happily.

Apparently, they misunderstood!

Xu Hu walked to the other side of the boat, looked at the vast lake, took a deep breath, every time he entered the lake, he felt a kind of relaxation, wanting to look up to the sky and roar!

Just thinking about whether to roar, a gust of fragrant wind mixed with the sound of silk and bamboo came, turned his head to look, a painting boat came from behind, he sighed softly, and ignored it.

The person who can afford to hire such a painting boat will definitely not be the perpetrator.

The speed of the painting boat was very fast, and after a while it caught up, and soon overtook it, and vaguely, there were several beautiful women in the cabin who were drinking and laughing around a man in white, and there was a beautiful woman playing the pipa on the side.

"These noble sons!" Xu Hu scolded in his heart, he dared to come to Hudong at this time, he really didn't know how thick the sky was!

(End of chapter)