Six days later in the evening, they received the news that He Bi and his party had arrived at an inn in Yangzhou. Su Xiaolou led his horse to meet He Bi and his party alone, leaving a group of wounded people recuperating in the inn. The place where He Bi stayed was really stupid. It was hard to find. The inn was small and dilapidated, which made it difficult for Su Xiaolou to find it. If he hadn't heard the innkeeper speak Yangzhou dialect, Su Xiaolou would have thought he had left Yangzhou!
Zhen Dexiu, who is highly skilled in martial arts, heard the footsteps going upstairs and came to check. When he opened the door, he found that it was Su Xiaolou.
"Hey! Xiu'er, you're here too! If I hadn't known you, I would have thought you were here to rob the tomb. You can't leave the good Qingyun Division alone, but stay in this shabby little inn that is haunted at night." Su Xiao He patted Jin Dexiu on the shoulder and teased before going upstairs.
Zhen Dexiu gave Su Xiaolou a roll of his eyes.
Su Xiaolou said with a playful smile: "I have a question? Why should you be a bodyguard if you are a royal guard? Or should you just follow whoever is the imperial envoy?"
He heard Su Xiaolou's voice and came over: "Don't talk nonsense, they are the real hundred households I recommended to the emperor! After all, there are not many in Jinyiwei who can withstand the bombardment." Su Xiaolou suddenly remembered the last time At the Tuen Mun Chin Tak Show, I was bombarded so hard that my whole body turned black! I held my stomach and laughed like a goose!
Zhen Dexiu said seriously: "Mr. Su, we are not familiar with each other. From now on, please call me by my full name, or my official title of Zhen Baihu!"
"Okay, Xiu'er!" Su Xiaolou followed He Bi into the house and saw a figure sitting in the darkness of the light. His whole person exuded the aura of keeping strangers away: "Hey! That stern-faced person inside is Who is it! Why bother? Do you owe someone money? Your face turns dark when you see how angry I am. Please pay it back as soon as possible!"
"You can't even recognize him? Su Xiaolou! You are so ruthless! They just helped you clear your name two days before the arrest, otherwise you would still be squatting in the jail!" Why do you have to look so mean? Whoosh expression.
"It turns out that he is the fastest man in the world. As soon as I was released from prison, I heard that the people from the Punishment Department had left. I had no chance to see him! But why are the people from the Salt and Punishment Department here this time?"
"The Ministry of Punishment provided a list of officials suspected of embezzling salt affairs, and people from the Ministry of Punishment naturally followed. So our mission this time is to verify the evidence and bring peace to the people of Yangzhou." Su Xiaolou took a deep breath, This is a day where there will be no peace in the future, and I will have to sleep with my eyes open from now on.
Why bother walking up to Bao Bao Bao: "Bao Bao Bao, since you have never met, I will introduce you to you. This is Su Xiaolou from Nanjing Jinyiwei Yamen. Mr. Su Qi is the one you checked last time. For his case, come with us to patrol the salt this time.”
Seeing that Mr. Bao saved his life, Su Xiaolou took the initiative to express his gratitude: "Su thanks Brother Bao for rescuing me. If there is any use for Su in the future, please feel free to ask Mr. Bao."
Bao Baotou stood up and cupped his hands and said, "I don't dare take it seriously. I was just following orders! No need to thank me."
Su Xiaolou noticed that when Bao Baotou was speaking, except for the movement of his mouth and jaw, the muscles on his face did not change at all. It looked like a fake face.
"Bao Bao, your disguise technique is very realistic! Can you teach me?"
After Su Xiaolou finished speaking, there was a moment of embarrassment on the court, and Bao Baotou's already fair face turned even darker.
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The carriage from Beijing to Yangzhou usually takes more than ten days to arrive, and the eight-hundred-mile express trip takes about six days. After chatting, Su Xiaolou realized why it was necessary to set off in advance. He worked hard day and night and arrived seven days ahead of schedule. The purpose was If you want to catch them off guard, if the officials in Yangzhou guess the time of the imperial envoy's arrival, wouldn't it give them time to prepare, and then go to the Clearing and Transportation Department with great fanfare? Wouldn't it be equivalent to waving a flag and shouting: I want to investigate You guys!
Su Xiaolou agreed with He Bi's plan. Apart from being a bit useless, there was nothing wrong with it! If you're in such a hurry, even the hemorrhoids you've had for more than ten years will wear out on you! Why must he be a ruthless person?
Rumors of officials bullying the people frequently spread from various salt fields in the south of the Yangtze River, and they have even reached the capital. Why bother to be considerate of the people's livelihood? When the officials in Yangzhou don't know that the imperial envoy has arrived in Yangzhou, why bother to go to the two largest salt fields in the south of the Yangtze River tomorrow? Take a look at the Huai Salt Farm.
Both Bao Baotou and He Bi have an upright temperament. Such a combination should not be allowed to kill indiscriminately in Yangzhou City. God has revealed it to you. Su Xiaolou finally understood why the emperor wanted him to accompany him on the salt patrol.
It was already late at night when Su Xiaolou returned to the inn. Everyone must have fallen asleep by this time. Su Xiaolou opened the door and the moonlight poured into the room, vaguely illuminating a strange figure. Su Xiaolou jumped. He quickly drew out the divine fire gun from his waist and aimed it at the black figure.
"It's me!" Su Xiaolou heard a familiar voice. The black figure limped out of the darkness. The shadow slowly receded on the face of the person who came. It turned out to be Lu Datong.
"Why did you come to my room when you didn't sleep at night?" Su Xiaolou breathed a sigh of relief, put the gun back to his waist, and lit the candle on the table. He thought it was an assassin who was here to assassinate me.
"I don't know what I can do. The imperial envoy came to see you overnight. There must be something urgent. I will see if there is anything I can do. I will wait here for you to come back at any time."
Lu Datong's realization suddenly lifted him from the Mariana Trench to Mount Everest. Su Xiaolou was still a little uncomfortable with it. He looked at Lu Datong. Although his injuries had improved a lot after so many days of training, he still had some inconvenience in his legs and feet.
"Tomorrow I will go with the imperial envoy to inspect the salt field. This trip is going in secret. We can't alert others. The fewer people there, the better. So I plan to go by myself. You all should stay well in the inn and keep a low profile so as not to reveal your identity. "
"Take me with you! My injury is almost healed." Lu Datong looked at Su Xiaolou firmly. He wanted to save his father, and the salt farm must be an important place.
Going to the salt farm tomorrow should clear away the bustling clouds of Jiangnan and see how people at the bottom of society survive. There is nothing wrong with letting this young man who has been pampered since childhood see the most real side of the world.
"Okay! Get up early tomorrow! Don't run around when you go to the salt field."
Lu Datong's eyes lit up, and he nodded repeatedly with great joy: "Thank you, Mr. General Banner!"
Lu Datong limped back to his room and went to sleep.
