Faced with his stern accusation, Zu An was not provoked by him, but turned to Zheng Dan aside.
"Isn't your eldest lady here? Of course she has the final say on such a big matter. If she wants me to be responsible, I will be responsible. If she doesn't want me to be responsible, I won't be responsible. Miss Zheng, what do you think?" Zu An looked at it with a smile.
Hold her.
Zheng Dan's face was slightly red. This guy must have said this deliberately to take advantage of me, but he still replied: "Master Zu, everything is for business, so how can I hold you responsible?"
Zu An laughed: "It would be best if Miss Zheng doesn't need me to be responsible. It seems that our friendship is not bad."
Sang Qian on the side frowned and subconsciously adjusted the helmet on his head. Why did he feel that the hat he wore today was a little uncomfortable.
"Since the young lady has spoken, then come with me." Hou Yun walked in front and motioned to his men to open the hatch.
Sang Qian waved his hand, and his soldiers filed in to search.
Zu An also winked and asked the Chu family to follow him. Now he could no longer trust Sang Hong's people.
Then he was still worried and followed in.
Sang Qian and Zheng Dan exchanged glances and followed them in.
There were piles of sacks in the cabin. The soldiers inspected them very roughly, inserting knives into the sacks and then pulling them out.
Seeing the cotton seeds constantly flowing out of the sack, Hou Yun felt pain in his face and hurriedly started to organize: "Don't make such a mess, I will open it for you to see which bag you want."
Unfortunately, no one paid attention to him, so he had no choice but to run over and say to Zu An: "Uncle Chu, you have been checked now, so you should feel relieved, right?"
Zu An didn't comment, pushed him away, went straight to the bottom, and looked at the dense sacks piled up below.
He wanted to check the bottom one, but unfortunately it was unrealistic unless he found someone to unload all the goods inside.
However, he quickly realized that he was subconsciously thinking about the experience of his previous life. Now is the world of cultivation, and the strength of cultivators is countless times greater than that of ordinary people.
So he took matters into his own hands and began to lift the sacks that were pressed down in the bottom warehouse one by one.
The guards of the Chu family also hurried over to help, and it didn't take long before the three-foot-square pit was cleared.
"Uncle Chu, what are you doing!" Hou Yun was anxious and ran over to stop him, but was stopped by Feng Daniu and others.
Zu An's face was as dark as water, he picked up a few sacks from the bottom and jumped out.
"Why are Butler Hou so anxious?" Zu An threw a few sacks at his feet.
"Am I in a hurry? How can I be in a hurry, hahaha~" Hou Yun hit a few hahaha, but everyone could see the fine sweat on his forehead.
Zu An glanced at Zheng Dan and Sang Qian and smiled secretly when he saw their serious expressions.
He took out a knife and stabbed it into those sacks.
A group of people stretched their necks to see that what came out this time was not cotton seeds.
But what disappoints Zu An is that it is not white salt at all, but yellow sand.
"Why did you pack yellow sand in the cargo?" Zu An's head jumped. The previous ominous premonition finally became a reality, so he was actually not that surprised at this time.
Hou Yun chuckled and said: "My uncle has never touched the Yangchun water with his fingers, so naturally he doesn't know about our hardships. These are used as shipwrecks to avoid strong winds and waves."
Everyone knows that before Zu An became the uncle of the Chu family, he was just a poor man on the street, and Hou Yun seemed to have been living a pampered life these years, so his words were full of ridicule, and everyone could hear it.
Zu An narrowed his eyes slightly, this guy gave me
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Playing the hermaphrodite routine is fine!
He was too lazy to talk nonsense and quickly checked the other sacks. Seeing that most of the stuff that came out was yellow sand, he couldn't help but sneered: "Is it necessary to use so much sand to weigh down the boat?"
Hou Yun took out his handkerchief and wiped the sweat from his forehead: "It's not against the law if we bring more yellow sand on board, right?"
Zu An pointed to the cargo in the warehouse and said, "If nothing else happens, most of the cargo on this ship should be yellow sand, right? Is this how the Zheng family does business?"
When he said the last sentence, he already looked at Zheng Dan.
Zheng Dan frowned slightly, such behavior was indeed suspicious.
"This...this..." Na Hou Yun kept wiping his sweat, obviously unable to think of any explanation at the moment.
"Come here, take him away and interrogate him strictly!" Zu An ordered directly.
Sang Qian stood up: "I'm afraid this is inappropriate. The Chu family does not have the power to enforce the law. In theory, this person should be handed over to us to arrest private individuals."
Zu An said coldly: "It was supposed to be a sure thing today, but when I went to the anti-smuggling operation, the salt smugglers got the news in advance and switched the goods. I'm afraid it's not appropriate to give it to the anti-smuggling company again, right?"
Sang Qian was furious: "You mean I leaked the news?"
The anger value from Sang Qian is +213!
Zu An replied calmly: "I didn't say that General Sang leaked it, it's just that the anti-smuggling agents are too arrogant to ensure that there are smugglers inside, so we have to guard against it."
"Nonsense, you are slandering our hard-working soldiers in the river defense camp!" Sang Qian looked at him fiercely.
The other soldiers in the river defense battalion also had evil eyes and pressed their hands on the hilts of their swords.
Soldier A’s anger value from the river defense camp is +66!
Soldier B from the River Defense Battalion has a rage value of +66!
The anger value of Soldier C from the River Defense Camp is +66!
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The guards of the Chu family gathered around tightly, looking nervously at the soldiers around them.
Zu An, however, was not worried. That guy Sang Hong came up with such a plan to target the Chu family. It looked like he was not a forced master.
Now countless people know that I have come to the dock, and there are so many Chu family guards accompanying me. If something happens, it will be a big deal.
Seeing that the situation was tense and on the verge of breaking out, Zheng Dan took a step forward and stood between the two parties: "Azu, when you say this, you suspect that our Zheng family is involved in smuggling."
"That's not what I meant, but it's possible that some people below are deceiving the superiors and smuggling illegal salt. You are also the victims. You must also want to find out all this, right?" Zu An replied.
"We naturally want to find out all this, but if people know that our Zheng family housekeeper has been arrested, what will everyone think? They will definitely doubt the Zheng family first, causing irreparable damage to our family's reputation." Zheng Dan said.
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"What is pure will become pure by itself, and what is turbid will become turbid by itself. Why should Miss Zheng worry about this?" Zu An smiled slightly, but still refused to give in.
There was no way Sang Qian would let him take the person away, and there was a stalemate for a while.
At this moment, there was a burst of neat footsteps, and then a loud laugh came back: "In that case, how about leaving it to us?"
Zu An looked back and found that he was an old acquaintance. County Lieutenant Pang Chun came over with a team of government officials.
Sang Qian said coldly: "At this time, is it within the scope of our powers to arrest private individuals? Isn't the county captain a little overstepping his authority?"
Pang Chun was not annoyed and smiled slightly: "Commander Sang is serious. I see that neither of you want the suspect to be taken away by the other party. Wouldn't it be better to find me, a third-party neutral person, to interrogate him?"
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Sang Qian thought that you were nothing but neutral.
At this moment, Pang Chun added: "Commander Sang is related by marriage to the Zheng family, and the person who got into trouble this time is a member of the Zheng family. Shouldn't we avoid suspicion?"
Sang Qian was horrified. He knew that he would definitely not be able to take the person away under the current situation. In this case, it was better to hand the person over to Pang Chun than to the Chu family.
There was no objection from Zu An. Pang Chun was a member of City Lord Xie. In a sense, City Lord Xie was not from the same lineage as the Chu family, but he was also not from the same lineage as Sang Hong, and the Xie family and the Chu family
The relationship needs to be closer.
Pang Chun quickly took the person away and also sealed many witnesses and evidence at the scene.
Zu An also hurried back to inform the Chu family of what happened.
After the two parties left, Sang Qian called Zheng Dan to a secret corner and looked at her dissatisfied: "Why did you leave Hou Yun behind? Why are those bags full of yellow sand in the cabin? Who can do this if there are so many flaws?"
You can see the problem just by looking at it.”
Zheng Dan replied: "It was too late when we received the news. Even if you and I delayed it repeatedly, it was still too late. Where could we find so many cottonseed goods in a hurry? Being able to use yellow sand instead is already the best result.
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"As for Hou Yun, if you want to complete these things in a short time, there must be someone here to coordinate the arrangements, and he is the best candidate."
Sang Qian knew that she was telling the truth, but when he thought about Hou Yun being taken away, he couldn't help but worry: "But Hou Yun was taken away by Pang Chun's people. If he says something that he shouldn't say, there will be trouble."
Big!"
Zheng Dan smiled slightly: "Don't worry, Uncle Hou is an old man in the family and can be trusted. Moreover, after decades of turmoil, some small fights will not scare him at all. Besides, there is no definite evidence for any of this today."
Sang Qian sneered: "Many times we don't need any evidence to handle cases. I'm afraid you don't know how severe the punishments in the yamen are. The heroes in the drama who can endure severe torture are really rare. I think Hou Yun looks pampered."
If he falls into my hands, I will keep him in my custody for three days and reveal everything I know."
Zheng Dan sighed: "So we have to rescue him as soon as possible to avoid long nights and dreams."
"Everyone has fallen into Pang Chun's hands, and the Chu family is also watching. How can it be so easy to rescue him?" Sang Qian said dissatisfied.
Zheng Dan's face remained calm: "Don't worry, I have already thought of a way from the moment I received the notice, and I have also talked to Uncle Hou. He is also mentally prepared for being caught."
"What can I do?" Sang Qian asked hurriedly.
"You will know tomorrow. Of course, Master Sang will need your cooperation then," Zheng Dan replied.
Seeing that she was pretending to be mysterious, Sang Qian didn't bother to ask further questions, as that would make him look stupid, so he asked another concerned question: "By the way, where are those secret friends from before?"
"We were in a hurry, so of course we dumped it into the river, otherwise our Zheng family would be doomed if they were found out." Zheng Dan sighed, with pity on his brows.
"How much money have we lost due to this stupid Zu'an!" Hearing this answer, Sang Qian was so angry that he cursed.
The anger value from Sang Qian is +999!
Zheng Dan on the side still had that perfect lady's smile on his face, but he was secretly sighing in his heart. His fiancé usually looked quite majestic, but when something happened, he would panic like this, and he would only be incompetent and furious. In this regard,
Far worse than his father.
In comparison, although that guy Zu An is carefree on weekdays, at critical moments he is terrifyingly calm and difficult to deal with.
Thinking of the things she had done with Zu An before, she suddenly felt her heart beating faster, and a faint blush spread unknowingly on her fair face.
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These are the three chapters for today, and I will add more every day~~!
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