——Tingwei Mansion——
After retiring from the court, Li Qingyan, the court official, immediately summoned Xu Yan: "He Changlin was originally in charge of the Zhen family salt case."
"After He Changlin's resignation, you will succeed He Changlin. Do you know the best about the salt case?"
Xu Yan was shocked when he heard this: "Isn't the salt case already concluded? Zhen's meritorious service in offering salt was rewarded with the title of Marquis."
"The conclusion cannot be overturned?" Li Qingyan waved his sleeves and chuckled, saying: "There is news from Hedong that the method of making salt has been spread among the thieves. It is possible that the Zhen family leaked the news."
"Go and prepare the dossier confirming Zhen's mastery of the salt-making method, and use this to control Zhen first."
Xu Yan's heart was shaken and he quickly leaned over: "Mr. Li, although we can confirm that Zhen has mastered the salt-making method, there is no evidence whether it was leaked to the thieves in Hedong."
"By the time we get the evidence, Ms. Zhen will have already left." Li Qingyan's tone became stern: "Such a money-grubbing businessman has many eyes and ears in the court, so we must first control him!"
Xu Yan did not dare to say anything and stepped back.
After returning to the Zuo Supervisory Department, he immediately wrote a handwritten letter and gave it to his accompanying family members: "Take this letter home first, and give it to the housekeeper to open when you get home. You don't have to worry about the rest."
"yes!"
The confidant didn't say much, put the letter away and went out.
Two pairs of cold eyes stood on the tall building beside the road and watched.
Jin Hu touched his plump chin: "At this critical moment, a little Xu Yan still dares to side with the Sixth Prince?"
"Don't you dare? Mr. Jin will tell you if he sends someone up to take a look?" Li Qingyan said.
Jin Hu chuckled, waved his hand behind him, and several figures left quickly.
Not long after, the person who delivered the message was dragged over.
After some torture, everyone took out a letter from his chest and handed it to him.
"Mr. Li really has a clever plan!"
Jin Hu grinned. After opening the letter, his face froze: "This..."
"Um!?"
Li Qingyan glanced around and saw a line written on the letter: There are many things to do, so I won't go home for dinner tonight.
Does this kind of nonsense require a special message? !
"Secret word!?"
Jin Hu turned over and over again but couldn't find the bright hall, so he pulled the person who delivered the letter over: "Tell me! Who did Xu Yan want you to send this letter to?"
"To the steward of the family..."
"You fart!"
Jin Hu called out with a slap: "Did he ask you to give it to the housekeeper first and then transfer it to Zhen? What does the language in this letter mean?"
"No, the villain doesn't know anything about it."
Despite being beaten, the person just shook his head.
Jin Hu was angry, turned left and right, pulled out the saber of the person accompanying him, spat on the handle of the knife, with an evil look on his face: "If you don't recruit me truthfully, I will use this thing to shoot you." Open the back door!”
The messenger's face dropped as soon as he heard this: "Please forgive me, I really don't know!"
"You have such a tough mouth!" Jin Hu sneered and handed the knife to the person next to him: "Drag him down and let him have a good time!"
"That's it!"
Li Qingyan's frown finally relaxed: "No need to embarrass him, we may have been tricked."
Jin Hu was stunned: "You mean?"
"Go find Xu Yan!"
When Li Qingyan rushed to the Zuojian Hall, Xu Yan was nowhere to be seen. He immediately asked the officer on duty: "Where is Xu Zuojian?"
The officer at the door replied: "Master Zuojian went to the archives."
Li Qingyan's eyes turned cold: "Lead the way!"
"yes!"
After a while, they arrived at the archives library again.
But seeing that the warehouse door was closed, there were two guards standing at the door: "Master Xu said that you ordered him to retrieve the secret files and drive us all out."
boom!
The door that was locked from the inside was kicked open, and an open window appeared in front of the two people.
Xu Yan's official hat and robe are still left in the window.
Xu Yan, a dignified fourth-grade man, jumped out of the window and left.
Looking at the footprints outside the window, Li Qingyan snorted: "He is really decisive!"
After thinking for a while, he casually pulled out a file, opened it, looked at it, and burned it with fire: "Xu Yan is a life official, but he stole the file. Catch him immediately!"
"yes!"
After Xu Yan left Tingwei Mansion, he walked through the streets and alleys and went straight to the casino.
The old beggar moved a chair and slumped at the door to bask in the sun. Seeing Xu Yan's appearance, he was immediately shocked: "Master Xu! How come you are worse than me?"
"I don't have time to talk nonsense with you." Xu Yan panted and pointed inside: "Go and tell Nie Tingfeng to send a message to the Zhen family, saying that the Tingwei Mansion is going to attack him and let him respond early!"
After the explanation, Xu Yan did not stop, turned around and left the place, heading towards his home.
Halfway through, he was stopped by Li Qingyan.
Xu Yan adjusted his clothes slightly and pretended to be surprised: "Why did Mr. Li come here?"
"I should ask you this." Li Qingyan looked coldly: "As a life officer, why do you not know your dignity and take off your crown and robe to escape through the window?"
"Oh, that's right." Xu Yan slapped his forehead and said with a smile: "I suddenly remembered that I had made some notes about Zhen and stored them at home, so I got anxious and picked them up myself."
"I was afraid of losing the court's face, so I took off my official hat and robe in advance."
Li Qingyan was stunned for a moment, then nodded and said: "He is quick to lie and thick-skinned. He is a good candidate for an official. It's a pity that he has found the wrong backer."
Xu Yan apologized and smiled: "What are you talking about? Everything the official said is true..."
"Important files have been lost in the warehouse, and you behaved strangely. I suspect that you stole them!"
Li Qingyan's face turned completely cold, and he waved his hand: "Take it away!"
"yes!"
After Xu Yan was dragged away, Jin Hu walked out from around the corner, cupped his hands and said, "Li Gong has a brilliant plan."
Li Qingyan looked coldly: "I will arrange for someone to ban the Zhen family."
Jin Hu's eyes lit up: "I understand."
