Guantao County, Cheng'an Inn.

A woman dressed in a simple Confucian shirt and dressed as a man was waiting anxiously at the dining table on the first floor of the inn. There were not many guests in the inn. Several tables of guests were eating, but she was sitting there alone, which seemed a bit desolate.

After a long time, a group of six or seven people finally came in from outside. The leader was Lu Yu, a Confucian scholar sent by Zhang Yu, the prefect of Shuntian, to contact Zhang Yanling.

"Officer Lu..."

The woman hurriedly got up to ask, but was interrupted by Lu Yu's hand.

Then Lu Yu called the woman upstairs together and arrived at the room where the woman lived. Then he sat at the table to explain the matter. Lu Yu reached out to pour tea, but the woman was full of only things but no desire to drink tea.

The woman is the only daughter of the former imperial physician Lu Hong, Lu Fang.

"Official Lu, have you seen the magistrate of Guantao County?" Lu Fang couldn't help but ask.

Lu Yu sighed lightly: "Of course I have seen him, but this magistrate of Guantao County is a stubborn man who has no interest in oil and salt. He has nothing to say about it, and he has no intention of letting go. It seems that we can only go back to the capital to find Mr. Zhang to report."

Lu Yu said with evasion, and obviously he didn't want to continue to get involved in such a mess.

There are many things he can't say to Lu Fang.

Lu Fang said with grief: "My father was away from Guantao. Logically speaking, no one could know his whereabouts. Why was he found by the government? Isn't it that the court just sent the Jinyiwei to investigate the case? The Jinyiwei's case must have been carried out secretly, so why did the county government in Guantao County go to get people? The Jinyiwei hasn't even come yet."

Many doubts lingered in Lu Fang's heart.

I thought that as long as I could avoid the Jinyiwei, I didn't expect that even the local government would be in trouble, as if my father was already a rat crossing the street.

Seeing Lu Fang sad, Lu Yu couldn't help but stand up and comfort him: "Miss Lu, you should know that the prefect of Dongchang Prefecture is Xu Xu, who once submitted a memorial to ask about the old case of Chenghua Palace. This person is very good at catering to the king, and he has been standing in the officialdom because of this. Now, Deng Bing, the commander of the Nanjing Jinyiwei, is about to arrive in Guantao. If Miss Lu continues to stay in Guantao County, it will be easy to be discovered by the Jinyiwei people. At that time, not only will Miss be in trouble, but even Mr. Zhang may be implicated."

His meaning was to persuade Lu Fang to leave earlier.

Lu Fang gritted her teeth, and seemed unwilling to leave.

"After going back, find Mr. Zhang, you can also make a long-term plan." Lu Yu continued to say the title.

Lu Fang suddenly flashed a glimmer in his eyes, and he looked at Lu Yu and said, "President Lu, have you seen Jianchang Bo before? He is the favored person with the emperor and Gong Zhang has a personal relationship with him. Didn't he also say that he would help him? Our class... won't wait any longer?"

Lu Yu said with disgust: "I'm afraid I can't wait."

"Um?"

Lu Fang looked puzzled.

Lu Yu said: "This man is hard and cunning, and he is a man who cannot get up early without profit. It is not essential for him to help Lingzun. Because I am the one sent by Mr. Zhang, he was perfunctory. Moreover, everyone has been taken down by Guantao County. The Jinyiwei will arrive in two days tomorrow. His car is still two hundred miles away. How could he compete with the Jinyiwei for Lingzun?"

Lu Fang originally had a little hope, but instantly hope turned into disappointment, and the glory in her eyes was gone.

Lu Yu sighed: "Miss Lu, I'll listen. I'll go back to the capital earlier. Mr. Zhang can still uphold justice for you. If even you have an accident, how can Lingzun's medical skills be passed on? At this time, the overall situation should be the first priority."

Lu Fang's face was a bit resolute. She wanted to ask, "My father is gone, would you tell me the overall situation?"

We are just ordinary people, so how can we say the overall situation?

But she was still willing to believe Lu Yu.

Lu Yu also seemed polite and said, "Miss Lu quickly packed up. Before the city gate is closed today, we will leave the city north and cannot stay in Guantao County for a long time."

...

...

Lu Yu came out of the room.

After closing the door, his face calmed down to the room on the corner of the second floor of the inn. At this time, all the six followers who had returned from him stood up to greet him.

"sit down."

Lu Yu waved his hand and signaled that he would not have to be too polite to the people.

Among the six entourages, one was an old man, who was about forties, and had a goatee and a wise face, which was probably equivalent to a military advisor in the team.

"Anping, have you explained the words to Miss Lu?" The old man and Lu Yu were obviously very close. They were both Zhang Yu's disciples, so they directly called the word "大".

Lu Yu had a bad face, but he didn't answer.

The old man said, "That's just not saying it? But I think so, Mr. Zhang just asked us to invite someone back to Shuntian Mansion, but if the person in the middle is really taken by the government, whether it is the Jinyiwei or the local government, we can only get out of here, otherwise we will contact Mr. Zhang in this case..."

What the old man said is actually a very simple truth.

In other words, they did not go to Hang Ji, the magistrate of Guantao County, because once they went, Hang Ji would definitely report that Zhang Yu would be involved in the old case of Chenghua palace, either told Deng Bing, the commander of the Nanjin Yiwei, or directly reported to the court, and it would eventually reach the emperor's ears.

This is not the result Zhang Yu wants to see.

So when they learned that Lu Hong had been taken by the government, they were ready to leave. What they said to Lu Fang were all false lies.

"Can't we find Guantao County and let him release him?" Lu Yu was obviously unwilling to give up.

His unwillingness comes from the failure to accomplish, but he doesn't seem to care about how to deal with Zhang Yu. Obviously, he still cares about Lu Fang.

The old man shook his head and said with regret: "The magistrate of Guantao is a serious Jinshi. Will he ruin his career prospects for an irrelevant person? Even if we turn around and take the person away, the Jinyiwei asked, dare he not explain it truthfully? Do you want Mr. Zhang to fall deeper and deeper? Anping, it's time to stop."

"well!"

Lu Yu sighed heavily, as if he had given up himself.

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...

The group quickly cleaned up. More than 20 of the people sent by Zhang Yu had left the city early.

Lu Yu returned to the city just to take Lu Fang away. In fact, this has violated Zhang Yu's original idea. In Zhang Yu's opinion, if the real thing is to have to be a Jinyiwei, then it would be better for Lu Fang to find an opportunity to let him go and let him be found by Jinyiwei, so that Zhang Yu can have nothing to do with this matter.

But Lu Yu obviously wanted to bring Lu Fang back to the capital.

Just as they were waiting for dusk in the inn, there was a sudden noise downstairs of the inn. It was a mess when they came up from the building.

Lu Yu quickly came out of the room. Seeing that Lu Fang was also walking out of the room where he lived, he quickly walked over and reached out to stop Lu Fang from taking further action.

"Let's go and have a look. With your current outfit, the government will not be able to find out your identity. Even if you are investigated, you must not be involved with Mr. Zhang, otherwise Mr. Zhang will not be able to help you again." Lu Yu must warn Lu Fang in advance.

"Um."

After hearing this, Lu Fang still felt that it made sense.

In her opinion, the last helper was Zhang Yu. If she even sold Zhang Yu, she would be ruthless and ungrateful to repay her family with no hope. She would not do such a thing.

Lu Fang returned to the room.

Lu Yuze went downstairs to face the inquiries of the people in the government.

But when he came down, he felt cold when he found out that the other party was an Jinyiwei.

"Where is the store owner? Can you tell what the crime is hiding the imperial criminals?" The Jinyiwei, who took the lead, was still threatening the store owner.

The Jinyiwei did not go upstairs to investigate, as if he had to wait for the criminal to fall into the trap.

After Lu Yu saw that it was the Jinyiwei, he was about to turn back to the upper floor. His governor was beyond his control.

At this moment, the Jinyiwei, who was leading the way, suddenly said, "Young Master Lu, why did you come down to meet and go back again?"

Lu Yu felt a chill in his heart. It turned out that even his identity was known to the other party.

While sighing in his heart about the great power of the Jinyiwei, he turned around and returned to the downstairs and saluted him: "How many people are here to investigate the case? I wonder if there are any criminals you are looking for here?"

The leader of the Jinyiwei said, "It's just for you."

"I'm looking for it? I'm just a Wenru. I've been obedient to the public and law all my life. What's the crime?" Lu Yu naturally refused to leave with the Jinyiwei. His face was very calm, but his hands began to tremble.

If I implicate myself in the prison of Zhao in order to help Lu Fang...

It doesn't matter if you think about it.

The leader of the Jinyiwei was quite polite: "It's Jianchang Bo who invited me."

Lu Yu was stunned.

He immediately thought of a question. Although these were also Jinyiwei, they might not be the Jinyiwei who was leading Deng Bing to investigate the case. They might also be the Jinyiwei who accompanied Zhang Yanling to escort Zhang Yanling. They were both Jinyiwei, but their significance to him was a world of difference. One was to harm him, and the other might help him.

"Where are the Jianchang Bo people?" Even if he knew that this group of people might have been sent by Zhang Yanling, he would not leave with this group of people easily.

At this moment, a man walked in from outside, even yawning, saying, "Young Master Lu, it's really hard to invite me. You have to come here in person, so you are willing to give me a favor, right? Where can I be? After hearing about the case here, I went to Guantao County day and night, and didn't even sleep well. It seems that you don't appreciate it."

"you……"

Lu Yu actually wanted to ask.

How did you arrive at Guantao County almost at the same time as us? And how did you know I am here?

Zhang Yanling sat at the guest table on the first floor, sat down, raised his legs on the table, and said arrogantly: "Since we have found you, we won't say anything extra, let's get the one."

"Boe Jianchang, can you... go upstairs to talk? This..."

When Lu Yu saw that there were shops and diners around him staring at him, it was Guantao County, the enemy's territory. How could he talk about secret cases involving the court in such a broad daylight environment?

Nan Laise came out from behind Zhang Yanling again and said sternly: "My master wants someone to you, do you have to talk to my master? What are you talking about? Is it okay to hand over the person and you don't understand?"

Lu Yu glared at Nan Laise, but he knew that the words of this person were obviously what Zhang Yanling said. When he met last time, Yan Yuese seemed to be a kind comrade in his arms, and he was about to be an enemy in a blink of an eye. Could it be that Zhang Yanling had betrayed the alliance and joined the enemy's camp?

Lu Yu's heart sank: "I should have thought of it long ago. Maybe this guy is investigating this case? I went to see him that day, wouldn't he fall into the trap?"

Seeing that Lu Yu had not expressed his opinion for a long time, Zhang Yanling said impatiently: "Did you hear me asking for someone? I will continue to go south and go back to find your Shuntian Prefecture. You can complete your mission and get in office earlier. Why can't I understand? I have to make my lord move. This is not very good-looking, right?"

"Jianchang Bo, who do you want? I don't know what you are talking about..." Lu Yu could only pretend to be confused.
To be continued...