Chapter Seventy-Three: Yangzhou Matters

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After reading Lao Huang's secret letter, Liu Han frowned and thought about it, the court is difficult enough, but this is a matter of the court and has nothing to do with him.

It's the matter of Yangzhou, the matter of the Hundred Workshops, I don't know if the palace is satisfied, Liu Huo sent someone to retrieve something from Changtang, it was a report made by the man in white about the Hundred Workshops, this guy is quite interesting, and helped him draft a report.

After reading this report, he couldn't help but be happy, intuitively, this report is at least sixty percent true, the report has the location of the nest of the hundred workshops, the name of the shopkeeper: Zhang Qu, including Zhang Qu's hometown, the position of the helmsman of the hundred workshops, the number of people in the manor, and so on.

But the most critical thing was hidden, Zhang Qu couldn't help the white gloves in front, and there was still no use for the silver in the hundred workshops.

But these things are enough to explain to the palace, and if there is more detail, the palace is afraid that the palace will be suspicious again, wondering how he got these things.

Liu Han put the report into the storage ring, thought for a while, and told Liu Huo that if the silver was not enough, he would go to Tonghui Bank to borrow money, as much as he wanted.

The construction of the dock fort is a huge project in this era, the reason why the dock fort is rarely sold, is because it is not easy to build, in addition to the capital, there is also the construction technology of this era is very backward, the dock fort is such a huge project, it generally takes a few years to work, some of the family's dock fort, it takes several generations, and the dock fort can even be said to be a small city.

Coming out of Liu Huo, Liu Han did not go to Yangzhou City, but to the southeast of the city, where Niu Fu and Sister-in-law Song were still hidden.

More than a month has passed, there is no news of Liu Han, Niu Fu and Sister-in-law Song are uneasy, the two of them want to run but don't dare, they can only secretly inquire about the news, as long as there is bad news about Liu Han, the two of them immediately run away, Sister-in-law Song even wondered if to take her two daughters to Lingnan.

Lingnan is a place where the Great Jin Dynasty developed relatively late, in the eyes of the Jin people, it is a wild land, it is a place where the army is distributed, the smoke is rampant, and the people who go die for a lifetime, and the average person will not take this road until the last resort.

Both of them were very frightened, Sister-in-law Song took precautions, let Zhen Niang stay in the distance with her sister, and pretended to be husband and wife with Niu Fu every day, the two of them wandered on the lake, but they didn't find anything for more than a month, and they were very discouraged.

In a panic, Liu Han came, and Zhen Niang passed the news to the two of them, and the two hurried back home to report to Liu Han.

After more than a month of searching, there are a lot fewer people in the rivers and lakes in Changchun Lake, most of them have left, Gu Fu did not send out new clues, but there were a few troubles, several Jianghu men took clues to Gu Mansion to ask for silver, but were vetoed by Gu Mansion, Jianghu men were dissatisfied, shouted in front of the mansion, and clashed with Gu Mansion's family, and were beaten by Gu Mansion and fled.

Fang Zhen's death shook the entire Jiangnan, and the Cao Gang issued a long river order, offering a reward to track down the murderer, gangs and Haoqiang in various places, and many gate lords and clans sent people to mourn.

Two days later, the Cao Gang was going to hold a meeting to jointly promote a new gang leader, and most of the people in the rivers and lakes concluded that it was Fang Jie. โ€

After listening to the report of the two, Liu Han was slightly calm, and then asked the two: "What do you think yourself?"

Niu Fu was slightly stunned, and was about to speak, but Sister-in-law Song reacted more sensitively, and asked tentatively: "What do you mean by ......?"

"Yes, that's what it means," Liu Han nodded and said: "Yangzhou internal guards have been infiltrated, and your identities have been exposed, so it is not suitable to stay in Yangzhou anymore, so if you want to go there, if you want to quit internal guards, I also agree." โ€

Liu Han originally thought that Niu Fu and Sister-in-law Song would be ecstatic, but they didn't think about it, although the two of them were very happy, they were at a loss, obviously they didn't know how to deal with it.

"What's wrong?" Liu Han looked at the two of them in surprise.

After hesitating, Sister-in-law Song spoke: "The kindness of the adult, we should be grateful, but the adult doesn't know, although this internal guard is terrible, but we can't do without it, alas, we actually don't know what to do,...."

Liu Han understood, it seems that they are suffering from gains and losses, and they have a siege mentality, they want to go out, but they are afraid to go out, so he no longer dwells on this and asked.

"If you are willing to stay in the inner guard, you must leave Yangzhou, are you willing?"

"At your disposal. The two of them bowed their hands in gratitude.

Liu Han nodded: "Okay, I will arrange it for you, you can also mention it yourself, during this time, you can have a good rest." โ€

"Yes, sir. When the two of them arrived, Sister-in-law Song hesitated and asked, "My lord, do you still check the matter of the hundred workshops?"

"I have my own opinions," Liu Han sighed, "I estimate that your portrait is already in the hands of the Hundred Workshops, and your first priority now is to ensure your own safety." โ€

After a little hesitation, Liu Han said again: "That's it, Sister-in-law Song, you go to Jiankang and check, these three people, Niu Fu, you go to Wu County, check these five people, especially these two." โ€

Liu Han handed over a list to each of them, these are all internal guards, and the two people specially pointed out have already infiltrated the Yanyun Mansion of Wu Guogong.

The two of them accepted the task very calmly, Liu Han gave another one hundred taels of silver tickets, the two of them were slightly surprised, and they accepted it with a little excitement, in the internal guard, the task was sent by the superiors, and the operation funds were very small, and an action like this was given at most twenty taels.

"My lord, I, can I go alone?" Sister-in-law Song asked hesitantly, Liu Han said lightly: "Of course, I only want the results, but the investigation must be strict and accurate, I advocate not wronging a person, nor letting a person go." โ€

Speaking of this, he sighed: "The internal guard must have been infiltrated, so, these people stop moving, in addition, they have to evacuate all, but before evacuating, they are responsible for bringing in replacements, do you understand?"

Sister-in-law Song and Niu Fu were shocked, the identity of the internal guard was absolutely secret, the identity was exposed, the good thing was to gradually evacuate, and the bad one died inexplicably.

The two of them thought almost at the same time that if such a large-scale internal guard was exposed, there could only be one explanation, and the list was obtained, then the problem must be in the center, to put it simply, it was the Gu Mansion.

Rebuilding Yangzhou's internal guard is not a huge project, but it is a long process, Liu Han judged that the Baigongfang did not rebel against the people below, but directly entered the center, entered the Gu Mansion, and gradually let Gu Jian occupy the core position, from what he heard that night, the information and orders that Gu Shuo had sent to the palace over the years were all issued by Gu Jian.

Therefore, Gu Jian is very clear about the operation and reconnaissance direction of the internal guard, and as long as he moves it slightly, there will be a huge deviation in the entire system.

But the problem is that the list of Yangzhou internal guards has been mastered by Baigongfang, so these people must gradually withdraw, but before withdrawing, they must find good replacements.

Liu Han assigned another task to Zhenniang, and her current task is to make this place a safe house. Safe house, this concept, Song Sister-in-law and Niu Fu obviously did not know, but they soon understood.

Liu Han also gave Zhenniang a sum of silver, and then left the village, taking advantage of the fact that the city gate was not closed, and entered the city through the south gate.

When he arrived in the city, he found a secret place and changed his outfit, and now that he has a storage ring, he has more things on his body, and it is more convenient, and a few sets of clothes are nothing at all.

After changing his clothes, the person has also changed, and he walked around the knife, and the knife told him that he still hadn't found Mo Kun, and it was estimated that Mo Kun had escaped from the Yangzhou border, either to Xuzhou or to Jingzhou.

"Why did he run?" Liu Han felt very puzzled, he didn't do anything to him, but he ran away? This is not normal, it stands to reason, Mo Kun's suspicion has been basically ruled out, so Mo Kun still has a secret, at that time, he was still too soft-hearted, and his methods were not spicy enough.

Liu Han asked the knife to keep an eye on the Cao Gang, but don't make any moves, the most important thing is to see that those people are operating in the Cao Gang.

came out of the knife and went to Lin Huai's small tea shop to drink tea and eat, Lin Huai reported to him Lu Zhou's movements, a simple sentence, no action, a very regular stall every day, during this time, there was no outing, no guests visited, but Gu Jian's wife came to eat noodles twice.

"It seems that they have been given new directives. Liu Han's expression was very calm, and he was very interested in wanting to know what Gu Jian wanted to do now.

In addition, he also wanted to know that in addition to Gu Jian and Gu Wei, the Baigongfang also arranged those people in the Gu family.

He made an appointment with Zhong Nan to meet in the teahouse opposite Gu's house, and when he arrived, Zhong Nan had already booked a private room, which happened to be facing Gu's mansion.

"Where's your people?" asked Liu Han as soon as he sat down.

Zhong Nan was slightly stunned, the order he received before did not let him assemble the tiger group, he looked at Liu Han, Liu Han did not look at him, but stared at the Gu Mansion opposite.

"It's still there, do you want to call for action?" Zhong Nan asked tentatively.

"Assemble immediately, if you want to act, wait for me to inform. Liu Han said.

Zhong Nan was slightly startled and immediately agreed: "Yes, I will order immediately." โ€

Liu Han nodded, Zhong Nan got up and was about to go out, but Liu Han stopped him again: "Don't ask what action to take?"

"No matter what the action, as long as the order is given, we must complete it. Zhong Nan replied.

Liu Han nodded: "In the evening, let's go to Cao Gang for a trip." โ€

Zhong Nan was slightly stunned, the helmsman of the Cao Gang is now heavily guarded, and there are many masters from all over the south of the Yangtze River.

But since Liu Han had decided, he didn't dare to object, turned around and went out, Liu Han sat in front of the window, looking at the Gu Mansion opposite, from here, you can clearly see the front yard of the Gu Mansion, but you can't see the atrium and the back yard.

"What did Gu Shuo do in Yangzhou. Liu Han wondered in his heart, this teahouse could actually see Gu Mansion, and the teahouse was not under Gu Shuo's control, it was really incomprehensible.

The gate of Gu's mansion is closed, the house is very quiet, a few subordinates are cleaning the yard, occasionally a servant woman passes through the front yard, there is a group of family members practicing martial arts in the east courtyard, and there are a few subordinates in the courtyard in the west doing things in the courtyard.

Liu Han suddenly felt that there was probably a problem with this teahouse, and he could see half of the Gu Mansion at a glance by sitting here, if he knew that this Gu Mansion was the head of internal security, and if he took down this teahouse, half of the Gu Mansion would be under their surveillance.

Seeing that night was approaching, Liu Han put down a piece of broken silver and left the teahouse, there are still a lot of things to do tonight.

(End of chapter)

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