Cao Xiangjun also laughed and said, "Your Highness is very clever. In this way, no matter what little thoughts Kong Wen has, he will have to carefully consider them."
"Huh!" The seventh prince snorted coldly and said dissatisfiedly: "Since he insists on taking care of this matter, he must pay some price."
On that day, Xuanping Guogong Mansion.
Seng Fan, whom he hadn't seen for a long time, rushed back to the Duke's Mansion that morning.
He reined in his horse in front of the house, looked up at the plaque above, and felt a little complicated.
Although he had received news before that the Marquis had been promoted to the title of Duke, the feeling was different from seeing the plaque with his own eyes.
"Sengfan?"
Zhao Jin took a break today and just went to the Ministry of War for some business. As soon as he returned to the mansion, he saw Seng Fan.
Seng Fan suddenly came to his senses, turned around and saw Zhao Jin getting off the horse.
"My lord." Seng Fan quickly dismounted his horse and saluted Zhao Jin with his hands raised.
"Get up, let's talk about it later in the house."
Zhao Jin handed over the horse to the guard at the gate of the mansion, and entered the mansion one after another with Seng Fan.
The two entered the study, sent everyone away and asked, "How is the situation in Guanlong County?"
"The county governor did make salt bait privately, and the quantity was huge." As he spoke, Seng Fan held out five fingers.
"five hundred?"
Seng Fan shook his head, "Five million per year."
Zhao Jin had just sat down when he was shocked by the number and stood up again, "Five million?"
"With so much salt produced privately, can he distribute it all?"
Seng Fan let out a light "tsk" and said, "That's the strange thing. Five million salt baits can be dealt with cleanly every time."
"However, although salt is hugely profitable, just a Guanlong County salt quota of five million cannot solve the problem."
The problem is solved every year.
So, where did all the excess salt go?
Zhao Jin saw the same confusion on Seng Fan's face, presumably because he hadn't found out where the salt was going.
"How is Mr. Kong doing now?" Zhao Jin asked in a deep voice.
The case is important, but rescuing people is equally important.
"It was controlled by the county guard and unable to contact the outside world. We tried several times and only succeeded in contacting him once."
Zhao Jin saw the emotion revealed in Seng Fan's eyes, raised his eyebrows and asked, "What did Mr. Kong say?"
"He asked us to protect his family in Bianzhou. As for him, there is no need to worry about him being in the hands of these people."
Zhao Jin paused for a moment, then shook his head and sighed: "This officialdom is like a big dyeing vat, the good ones are good and the bad ones are bad."
Some people are able to sacrifice themselves just for the sake of the people and for the case to be brought to light.
Some people, for their own selfish reasons, are willing to waste the lives of the people, leaving corpses scattered in the fields, and even destroying the corpses to eliminate traces.
"Where are the other officials in Guanlong County?" Zhao Jin expressed his doubts.
"Kong Wen is under control, and it's impossible for the others to not notice it."
The governor did not show up for many days and did not go to other counties. As time went by, officials of all sizes in Guanlong County would discover problems.
But to this day, if the people around Kong Wen had not escaped to inform him of the matter, and if he had not specially sent people to investigate, I am afraid that Zhao Jin would not have known about what happened in Guanlong County.
Not a bit of news spread from Guanlong County.
Seng Fan continued: "The Duke of Guo and officials from Guanlong County, big and small, are almost all involved in this matter."
Zhao Jin's eyes narrowed slightly, "Most?"
"Well," Seng Fan nodded, "not only the officials of Guanlong County, but also the local gentry are aware of it."
Zhao Jin's face darkened. With this, it's no wonder that there was no news in the entire Guanlong County.
The stronger forces in Guanlong County are all involved in this matter. The entire Guanlong County is a piece of metal. It is too difficult to get the news out from within.
"You can secretly find out which officials are not involved, and who want to pass on the information but have no way."
Zhao Jin narrowed his eyes slightly. If he wanted to break through the situation in Guanlong County, he needed to start from the inside.
Only by disintegrating them from the inside and making cracks appear in the iron barrel can it be better broken from the outside.
"yes!"
At this moment, Chi Yi hurried over.
"My lord!"
After pushing open the door, Chi Yi discovered that Seng Fan was also in the study. He quickly said: "Mr. Seng."
They didn't know how to call Seng Fan, but Seng Fan was the one who trained them. After much deliberation, these young people simply called Seng Fan sir.
Although it doesn't quite fit, it's better than calling him by his first name.
Seng Fan nodded and scolded: "Feng Feng Huo Huo, what's the matter?"
When it came to business, Chi Yi couldn't care less and said quickly: "My lord, the Confucius Mansion has been watched by people. Today we are ambushing around and heard them saying that they will attack the Confucius Mansion tonight."
"It is said that the people above are dissatisfied with Kong Wen's behavior and want to show him some shame."
Zhao Jin patted the table and immediately walked out from behind, "Let Takeda and the others come over, and we will take action tonight to rescue the people!"
After saying this, Zhao Jin looked at Seng Fan, "Have everyone brought them?"
What Zhao Jin was referring to was that he had asked Qin Heng to send some people over, and Seng Fan and others went to Guanlong County to investigate, so they took over the job and brought the people to Bianzhou together.
"We have arrived in Bianzhou." Seng Fan smiled, "My subordinates were worried that too many people would attract attention, so they asked them to secretly enter the Duke's Mansion in batches. They should be almost all here now."
"It'll be good when people come." Zhao Jin breathed a sigh of relief.
If they only rely on a few of them, although they may not be able to rescue people, their identity may be exposed.
As for the nursing home in the Duke's Mansion, they must not be allowed to handle this matter.
Who can guarantee whether they will leak the news?
These people all have household registrations, and their relationship with Zhao Jin is just an employment relationship.
"You guys go down and prepare. Once it gets dark, rescue people immediately!"
"yes!"
Zhao Jin took a few steps back and forth, paused again, and said to Chi: "Let the two of you continue to watch. Once you find that they are making moves, rescue them immediately!"
"Okay." Chi Yi responded and immediately strode outside.
The sun gradually sets towards the west.
Confucius Mansion.
Although Kong Wen was the deputy commander of the Ducha Division and was an official of the second rank, he was honest throughout his life.
The Kong Mansion is just a small house with two rooms. There are only one butler, two maids and two servants, a total of five servants.
Moreover, he and his wife have a deep relationship, and there is no messy backyard. There is only Mrs. Kong, and they have a son and a daughter.
At this moment, they didn't know that Kong Wen had fallen deeply into the control of others.
Mrs. Kong was lowering her head to embroider the embroidery in her hands, and next to her was a pair of children playing.
She looked up at her child from time to time, with a smile on her lips.
Around the Confucius Mansion, three groups of people were lying in ambush, waiting for the sky to darken.
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