Chapter 267 Grassland Pearl

"Bang, bang..."

A rapid thapping sound woke Zhu Lian, the governor of Yangzhou, from his sleep. He didn't wait for his anger, and his family had rushed to check it.

Then he heard a burst of rapid footsteps running towards Zhu Lian's bedroom.

"Your Majesty sent someone here"

Hearing this sound, Zhu Lianshang's confused head suddenly woke up, hurriedly grabbed a dress and put it on his body, and quickly greeted him out.

"Where is it?"

There is only one old family in the yard, with the shadow of the emperor's envoy.

The old family quickly handed over something like the will and said, "Someone gave me this and left."

Zhu Lian suppressed the doubts in his heart and quickly took it on. He looked at the light in his old family's hand. After only a few glances, Zhu Lian's hair stood up.

The will is issued by the emperor, and there is the emperor's mark on it. It told him that the Lu family was suspected of smuggling raw iron outside the customs, and asked him to send someone to seal up the Lu family's warehouse immediately.

Although he is sure that this is the emperor's will, and he also knows that the emperor is on his way to Yangzhou, why did the emperor give him an order in this way at this time?

The Zhu family was very smart. With the emperor's will, they soon understood that the emperor was testing him.

The Zhu family is also a local hope family in the south of the Yangtze River, but because of their proximity to the emperor, they have gradually become farther and farther away from Zhang, Gu, Lu and other scholars.

As a parent official in Yangzhou, Zhu Lian also vaguely heard about some things about the Lu family, but because of various staggered relationships and no real evidence, he did not delve into this matter.

Now that the emperor has not arrived, he sent him such a thing first. Obviously, the emperor has known something, and the emperor did not use the army, but asked him to seal up the Lu family warehouse. This is Zhu Lian's attitude.

Zhu Lian has a deep understanding of the emperor's methods.

At the same time, he ordered people to call three lavishers, and at the same time sent people to find Yangzhou General Bao Hu, who was also a member of Lu Qiang's personal hand and was ordered to sit in Yangzhou.

The Lu family is a rich family, with thousands of slaves and thousands of guards. With just a few government officials, they want to break into the Lu family, which is no different from dreaming, so there must be an army.

After Zhu Lian sent the people out, he didn't wait to go out. Suddenly, he heard the sound of fire fighting in the street and sent someone to inquire about it. It turned out that an inn suddenly caught fire for some reason.

Why did everything come together?

At this time, Zhu Lian could no longer take care of fighting the fire. She dressed and rushed to the government office. Before she could enter the gate of the government office, another family hurried over.

"Sir, it's not a big deal. Obviously, someone deliberately set fire to the inn. It seems that even the shopkeeper didn't run out. I heard that no more than 100 people died."

Is there such a thing?

Zhu Lian suddenly stopped and turned around and intuitively told him that the fire started when the emperor's decree was first issued, and I'm afraid it was not a simple arson case.

"Let's go to the scene first"

Zhu Lian can't say what his mood is now. He always feels that he will tell him something at the scene of the fire.

Lu Qiang stood not far from the scene of the fire at this time. In fact, after the person who followed Li Hui reported Li Hui's movements, he changed his residence.

As expected, in the middle of the night, a group of people in black surrounded the inn, but before they could take action, Lu Qiang's bodyguards took them all down, and then threw them into the inn. After driving the inn to a nearby yard, a fire was lit. Inn.

The captured mouth has confessed. They are the warriors raised in captivity of the Lu family, but they don't know who they are going to kill this time.

Lu Qiang is no longer angry. Just as Zhu Lian thought, he wanted to see Zhu Lian's reaction in this matter. In fact, not only Zhu Lian, but also Bao Bu also received a similar order.

They are the highest civil and military officers stationed in Yangzhou. If they all have problems, Lu Qiang has to mobilize his own army.

The actual situation is obviously not so bad. Zhu Lian rushed to the scene of the fire, and Bao Hu immediately led troops to block all the warehouses of the Lu family, but unexpectedly, no contraband was found in the Lu family's warehouse at all.

As the sky gets brighter, Yangzhou, which has been noisy all night, ushered in a new day.

For ordinary people, this is a new day, but for the Lu family, it seems that the end of the world is coming.

For the sudden seizure of their warehouse by the army, the Lu family shouted that they wanted to go to the government to judge, but in fact, they hurriedly gathered together to study countermeasures.

"Brother, we have to go. To tell you the truth, Sima Dezong is in Yangzhou. If we don't leave, I'm afraid it will be too late."

Lu Wenlong stared at his second brother Lu Wensong and said, "Did you send someone to order the inn fire last night?"

At this time, Lu Wensong did not deny it. He spread his hands and said, "As soon as the faint king dies, our Lu family can rest assured. Now those people have not come back. I guess they have fallen into the hands of the faint king, but those are dead men and will not easily confess our family, but we should indeed leave. If you don't leave, I But I have to go first"

Although they had guessed that it was his brother's work, Lu Wenyu and Lu Wenyu were still surprised, and what surprised them most was that the emperor had already arrived in Yangzhou.

According to reason, if those dead men confessed their Lu family, the army would have killed early at this time, but there was no movement outside. Obviously, the emperor could not be sure that what happened last night was done by their Lu family.

But this kind of thing obviously can't be hidden for too long, so as Lu Wensong said, it's time for them to leave.

Lu Wenyu couldn't help saying, "The unification of the world is just around the corner. Can we escape there?"

Lu Wensong smiled and said, "Have you forgotten that there is still a noble female guest here? No matter how powerful Sima Dezong is, he may not be able to beat the State of Wei, right?

Lu Wenlong sighed and said, "That's it. It's useless to say more. Let's go down and prepare!" The girl ran out every day and quickly sent someone to find her."

Of course, Lu Qiang will not let them go of such a big case. Only after finding what he is looking for will he order to arrest them.

The people of Yangzhou themselves have resistance to the government. If they search for local rich families for no reason, it is bound to make the people who do not know the truth even more resent the government.

So Lu Qiang wants people to be dirty and get it.

Dai Qianqiu, who was far away in Luoyang, has rushed to Yangzhou without stopping after receiving the biography of Lu Qiang.

After Li Hui was taken down, he had been handed over to the Black Panther's own military government for strict examination. For his final disposal, Lu Qiang decided to let Dai Qianqiu carry out it out. After all, this is a problem within Zhifeng Hall.

With the opening of the city gate, more and more people came and went, and Yangzhou returned to the bustle of the past, as if nothing had happened.

Bao Bu and Zhu Lian are both confused, because Lu Qiang hasn't seen them yet.

At this moment, Lu Qiang has been walking on the streets of Yangzhou again. He is still waiting for the result of interrogation of Li Hui. Only when he finds conclusive evidence of the Lu family's trafficking in contraband can he be regarded as a great success.

"Hey! Big man"

Lu Qiang was walking, and a crisp and delicate voice came from the shop next to the street.

Lu Qiang turned his head and looked, but saw that it was the girl surnamed Huang who saw in the restaurant yesterday. Facing the girl's bright and slightly shy eyes, Lu Qiang's heart couldn't help moving slightly.

Knowing that she was shouting herself, she deliberately looked left and right, and then said, "Is the girl calling me?"

Actually, the girl did not understand why she called this man she had only met once. Her real name was Tuoba Mingzhu, the daughter of the late General Tuoba Qian of the State of Wei. Tuoba Kuai felt her father's credit and accepted her as a righteous daughter. Although she was not a real princess, Tuoba Kuai's love for her was not weak at all. Yu's biological daughter.

The Lu family has been secretly dealing with the State of Wei and has long been full of infinite yearning for the Central Plains. After seeking Tuoba Hui, they came to Yangzhou with the team that came to the Central Plains to purchase grassland necessities.

There are other people doing business. This Miss Mingzhu can't stand the prosperity** of Yangzhou and wanders around the streets every day. Not long after I came out today, I met Lu Qiang, who was wandering around.

Tuoba Mingzhu is only 16 or 17 years old and has been automatically classified as a little girl by Lu Qiang.

Although the grassland girl is relatively cheerful, after all, she is facing a mature and touching man. Tuoba Mingzhu listened to Lu Qiang's question and was a little speechless for a moment.

The little blushed, and after a moment, he bit his lip and said, "Yesterday you didn't eat well. How about I treat you today?"

Lu Qiang is trying to ask something from her. Of course, he can't ask for an active invitation to her.

smiled and said, "Now? Isn't it too early? That's it! This is also the first time I've been to Yangzhou. How about we get together?

The maid next to Tuoba Mingzhu gently pulled her sleeves. Obviously, she didn't want her to agree to Lu Qiang's invitation, but she didn't expect Tuoba Mingzhu to react faster and had already agreed.

"Good! I'm also worried about not having company! Big man, what's your name?

Fasion on such a naive little girl, Lu Qiang felt as if he was committing a crime. Smiling and saying, "Other people call me Brother Qiang, and you can also call me that."

Tuoba Mingzhu said softly, "Are you so cunning that you take advantage of others when you meet them? Why should I call you brother? I'm not screaming! Forget it if you don't say it, hum! I won't tell you what my name is"

The little girl's anger immediately made Lu Qiang feel better. She looked left and right and smiled, "Where's your flower protector? Won't you hide there and jump out and beat me up later?"

Listening to Lu Qiang's interesting words, Tuoba Mingzhu couldn't help laughing and then said, "Let's go quickly, or that annoying person will follow and can't get rid of it."

Hearing that the girl hates the benevolent brother, Lu Qiang really wants to defend the benevolence. In addition to being annoying, the boy is still good-faced and should be regarded as a white face.

In this way, Lu Qiang and Tuoba Mingzhu were in front of them, followed by 120 reluctant maids. In addition, dozens of bodyguards on both sides were hidden in the dark, and the group followed the crowd to the depths of the street...