The majestic sister-in-law of the Red Chamber

When Lin Tian and Situ Meng hurried back to the Xuzhou Wharf and boarded the dragon boat, there was still some time before dinner.

"Xiaotian, otherwise, after meeting the prefect of Xuzhou tomorrow, we will take the time to go to Yunlong Lake and have a good time! This time, the two of us will go there quickly without bringing other people! Today must be because There are too many people, so everything will go wrong and you will be frustrated everywhere! There will be those damn people jumping out to destroy our date!" Situ Meng said with a bit of resentment.

"Okay, okay, it's all up to you. Anyway, the emperor didn't stipulate a specific itinerary and date. It doesn't matter if we play here in Xuzhou for a few more days, as long as you are happy!" Lin Tian smiled and echoed sincerely.

In fact, she is also itchy. After all, she has lived two lifetimes, and she has never gone out with her boyfriend so openly and confidently. Thinking about it, she feels a little excited.

Compared with the first time the two dated together as a couple, the matter of discovering the clues to the private salt transportation seems not so important!

The two of them chatted side by side in the cabin, and played chess at the same time. They had a great time playing chess. When it was time for dinner, they didn't even finish a game.

So they continued to stick together and enjoyed a very long happy dinner. After all the cups, plates and dishes were removed, Xiaotao said in a low voice: "Master, lord, those three people have already woken up, what will happen now?" My son is clamoring to see the master, how do you think we should deal with it?"

Although Lin Tian and Situ Meng were a little angry because they were interrupted for their first sweet date, after spending this afternoon together, both of them are in a much better mood now.

Thinking of the clues about the private salt transportation in these guys, maybe they can make their investigation progress much faster, Lin Tian didn't want to delay any longer, nodded at Xiaotao, and said: "Take the three of them Come in! I happen to have something I want to ask them!"

"Who are you guys? Why are you arresting us?" As soon as the young man in the lead hadn't opened his mouth, the young man beside him couldn't wait to ask.

"Huh!" Situ Meng snorted coldly, his eyes skipped over the boy, and cast a scrutiny on the young man standing in the middle.

Seeing that Lin Tian and Situ Meng treated him like air, the boy ignored him and became even angrier. He pointed his finger at Situ Meng's nose with burning eyes, and angrily said, "You gangster Cao's lackeys, It was really a good show, it deceived us so badly! Don't think everything will be fine if you catch us!

To tell you the truth, before we came to this city of Xuzhou, people had already informed the new inspector Yu Shilin of the news. If there is something wrong with us, old ghost Cao will not be able to take it easy!Selling and smuggling smuggled salt is a serious crime of ransacking your family, even if you have a relationship with the Zhen family, so what!

After the incident, the Zhen family won't care about you, maybe they will be the first ones to make trouble!Those high-ranking and powerful families don't know a little bit about Jianghu morality, and they are the easiest to turn their faces and deny people.

I advise you to be more sensible, rein in the precipice, and stop cooperating with them. If you are willing to help us get the black account in the hands of old ghost Cao, then we will definitely give you a lot of good words in front of Mr. Lin, and promise to help you get out of here. You dig out the big mud pit that sells private salt! "

"Papa..." Lin Tian applauded the boy with some amusement on his face after hearing what the boy said, and Situ Meng, who was sitting beside him, also looked at the three of them with a half-smile.

"Good eloquence! It's a pity that I completely misunderstood the target!" Lin Tian continued casually: "The old ghost Cao you are talking about should be the old man who led people to chase after the little thief next to you today, right?"

"Xiaocao is not a small thief. We had no choice but to make such a bad move to get back that black account. Please keep your virtue!" The young man couldn't help but interjected.

"Okay, why are you talking so much nonsense! I'm busy with things, but I don't have so much time to write with you here. If you really want to give back your Cao Gang and get rid of that guy who smuggled private salt, then Just tell the whole thing!" Situ Meng interrupted dissatisfied.

"My king?" The young man's eyes lit up suddenly when he heard Situ Meng's self-proclaimed, and he looked at Situ Meng with even more radiance, and asked tentatively: "Could it be that you are the imperial envoy specially appointed by the emperor, loyal and obedient?" Prince?"

"What? Could it be that there is a second loyal prince in this dynasty?" Situ Meng glanced at him and asked coldly, then took out a prince token from his sleeve pocket and waved it in front of the three of them. .

"No, no!" The young man quickly waved his hand and said politely: "I really didn't expect that I could meet the prince in Xuzhou city. It's really lucky for three lives! My Cao Gang!"

"Okay, stop talking so much nonsense! Hurry up and explain the ins and outs of the matter clearly!" Situ Meng frowned and said.

"Yes, my lord!" The young man hesitated for a moment, then glanced at Lin Tian, ​​and said, "This matter is of great importance, so please ask your lord to step back first..."

"Enough!" Situ Meng slapped the table angrily, and said sharply, "This is Mr. Lin, and the person I trust the most! Seeing him is like seeing this king. Anything he says is tantamount to This king's order! There is nothing here that this king can't know! If you want to say it, hurry up, if you don't want to say it, then let someone escort you back to Beijing, and talk slowly in the prison of the Ministry of Criminal Justice!"

"No, no, don't worry, my lord, let me tell you this, my little one!" The young man didn't dare to make a fuss anymore, and told the whole story in detail: "The villain's name is Niu Jianghe, and my father Niu Dayong belongs to the Cao Gang." The current leader.

Although our Cao Gang seems to have a large number of people, it is actually a group formed by some struggling Liba and trackers on the wharf. Now we have some cargo ships of our own and do some water transportation business, but But they are all entrusted by small businessmen, and they can barely make ends meet if they earn money.

After all, whether it is a big merchant or aristocratic family, they all have their own ships and special cargo fleets, and those people are not something our Cao Gang can afford.

Just at the beginning of last year, my father suddenly became seriously ill, and his physical condition became worse and worse. People in the gang were also fluctuating. He spent a lot of money and united with many gang members, ready to move and want to replace him.

Originally, this was nothing, our Cao Gang is not a family that is handed down from father to son, and the position of the leader of the gang has always been elected by everyone.However, before my father received news that Cao Changrong started the business of transporting and selling illicit salt behind his father's back and the gang leaders.

This is strictly prohibited by the Cao Gang’s regulations. Since ancient times, selling private salt has always involved family raids and family extermination. If this matter is exposed, I am afraid that our entire Cao Gang will usher in a catastrophe!

We checked all the cargo ships of the Cao Gang in private, and only then did we know that Cao Changrong secretly started the business of transporting private salt as early as three years ago. The private salt transported was not much, so it was mixed with other goods.

This kind of thing also happens occasionally in the Cao Gang, but because the amount is not large, the father, as the leader of the gang, can only turn a blind eye. After all, the people below also have to support their families, as long as they are not too much , even the gang leader can't say anything.

But as time went by, this Cao Changrong's appetite was getting bigger and bigger. Somehow, he got on the line of Zhen's family. Not only did the whole ship transport private salt, but later, he opened his own shop and started to be blatant. of selling up.

This time we found out that Cao Changrong had come to Xuzhou Mansion to reconcile accounts with the people of the Zhen family, so we followed.I want to steal the black book that records their illicit salt sales, so that I can confess to the new salt patrol censor Lin, and I can completely extract our Cao Gang from this maelstrom!

My father discovered that Cao Changrong was ambitious, so he planted a nail in his side. It was this person who spread the news before, and we knew that the extremely important black book was contained in the package he carried with him.

When we were on the road before, Cao Changrong’s subordinates were inseparable from him. We really couldn’t do anything. We waited until they entered the city and lived in an inn before finally finding a chance to do so. Coincidentally, I ran into the prince on the street! "

"So that's it!" Situ Meng nodded, but his heart was somewhat depressed. If he had known this, he should never have returned the package to the old man.

"Little Red Coat!" Lin Tian said the name with certainty, and everyone was taken aback when they heard it, and then his face became colorful as if he had knocked over a paint bottle.

"Xiao Tian, ​​what are you doing mentioning that kind of book at this time!" Situ Meng's ears turned red, and he didn't know whether he was ashamed or angry.

"I said, the black book you are looking for is probably the book in his package with "Little Red Coat" written on the cover!" Lin Tian said directly.

"What? How come?" Several people looked at Lin Tian in disbelief.

"Why not? I just mentioned the title of the book just now, and each of you reacted like that. If the person who stole the account book was not the one who happened to be illiterate, I'm afraid you would have fallen into Cao Changrong's trick and stole it. A fake account has come back! Besides, your insider may also expose his identity because of this!"

The young man exchanged glances with his servant, then looked at Lin Tian again, and asked seriously, "Why are you so sure that the black book is in the book you mentioned "Little Red Coat"?"

"Nervous, scared!" At this moment, Situ Meng has recovered his usual shrewdness, and said in a deep voice: "After verifying his identity document and Lu Yin, Xiaotian once picked up the book by accident. Very flustered, and almost reckless, he rushed over and snatched the book.

This is completely unreasonable. A man with such a book of erotic pictures on his body, even if someone finds out, it will be a joke at most, not a big deal at all!He doesn't have to be so nervous at all! "

"That's right, the correct answer! It's a pity that we didn't know these things at the time, so we could only let the black accounts we got slip away right under our noses!"

Lin Tian said, feeling a little helpless. Although she discovered some problems at the time, she was not a prophet, and she didn't know that thing was so important to them.

"What's the use of talking about it now! If you hadn't suddenly appeared there, I would have brought my belongings to join the young gang leader, why would there be so many troubles!" Xiaocao interjected angrily.

"Xiaocao, shut up!" Niu Jianghe reprimanded her in a low voice, then cupped his fists at Situ Meng, and said apologetically, "My subordinates are lying, please forgive me, my lord!"

"Okay, don't say these things are useless! Let me ask you, when will Cao Changrong meet with the Zhen family? Where will they meet? Have you checked everything out?" Situ Meng continued to ask.

Niu Jianghe smiled bitterly, and said: "The time for their meeting is today, but only he knows the location, and he has not disclosed it to any of his subordinates. Therefore, even if we find him now, I am afraid that the ledger has already arrived at Zhen's house." It's almost impossible to get it back in the hands of someone else!"

"Is that so? Then can you find out who the Zhen family is connecting with him? You can't do anything about the Zhen family, but that doesn't mean I can't do anything either!" Situ Meng said coldly.

"That's right!" Niu Jianghe's eyes lit up, and he immediately said: "According to the information that should be given to us, the person who came to join the Zhen family should be a butler. The resources of the entire Cao Gang. It’s just the name and appearance of the person who connects, I don’t know at all!”

"Okay, you don't have to worry about this matter, I will ask someone to take responsibility later!" Situ Meng nodded, glanced at Lin Tian, ​​and then asked seemingly inadvertently: "You just said that you have put the previous All the evidence found has been handed over to the new inspector, Lord Censor Lin?"

"This..." Niu Jianghe nodded bravely, and said decisively: "I have explained to my subordinates, if I can't return to the Cao Gang on time, he will send the things to Master Lin! But don't worry, my lord. , my confidants will never peek at the contents in private. As for whether to hand it over to Mr. Lin, the villain will listen to the prince!"

"Well, it's good for you to do this! After you go back, bring your things to find Master Lin! After that, your Cao Gang will fully cooperate with Master Lin. As for what will happen to this Cao Gang in the future, it depends on your performance this time. Already!" Situ Meng said meaningfully.

"Don't worry, my lord, our Cao Gang will definitely do our best to handle this matter well, so that my lord and Mr. Lin can see our determination to fight against this thief!" Niu Jianghe assured, patted his chest.

"Hehe..." Situ Meng chuckled, didn't say anything, just greeted the door, Xiao Chengzi entered in response, and quickly left with Niu Jianghe and the three of them.