"So that person is you."

Yuanen felt regretful. If he had known that officer was Li Qing'an, why would he have been running around in the past two years?

He stepped forward, bowed deeply to Li Qing'an, and begged: "General Li, that eye of light is just a valuable gem to General Li, but it means a lot to our Shi Kingdom. I beg the general to return the gem to us. I am willing to pay a lot of money to General Li."

Speaking of this, he knelt down, folded his hands with tears on his face and begged, "I have been running around for two years. Please give me mercy on General Li!"

The other seven people also knelt down together and begged: "Please General Li, let me go back to my hometown!"

Li Qing'an pondered for a moment and asked, "Who is Princess Ju Lan?"

"Report to the general, Princess Julan is my mother and sister."

Li Qing'an sighed softly and said, "After Anxi's farewell, it has been nearly a year since then. I don't know how she is doing now, but I don't know when and when will I see her again? Well, Your Highness, the last time Chang'an was stolen, that gem was no longer by my side. Your Highness, you won't have to be in the Tang Dynasty for a long time, so go back to your hometown first!"

Yuanen was stunned. What does Li Qing'an mean? He hurriedly said: "As long as General Li is willing to give me the gems, let General Li offer the price."

Li Qingan smiled faintly, "What do I want you to do for money? I said, this gem is no longer by my side. You don't have to search hard in the Tang Dynasty, go back to your hometown first!"

Yuanen wanted to say something, but the gentleman behind him, Huo Yanbai, quickly touched Prince Yuanen and laughed: "Okay then! Let's go home here, and look forward to the next time we will take the princess to meet General Li in Anxi."

Yuanen had no choice but to stand up and salute Li Qing'an: "Thank you General Li for your honest advice, so let's go back to Shiguo first."

"Go back first! Say hello to Princess Kulan on my behalf, saying that I have been missing her."

Yuanen bowed to Li Qing'an and said goodbye. Li Qing'an looked at his back and walked away. He couldn't help but sigh softly, and thought of the beautiful Princess of Shi Kingdom in his mind. It has been more than a year since he broke up. I wonder if she still remembers herself?

"General Li!" Someone was calling him from afar. Li Qing'an turned around and it was the prefect Lu Huan who came over.

"Envoy Lu, but do you have any eyebrows over there?"

"General Li, I want to talk to you alone, okay?"

Li Qing'an nodded, pointed to the wine shop next to him and said, "Let's go to the wine shop to talk."

"Okay! General Li, please."

The two of them came to the restaurant to sit down, and Lu Huan sighed and said, "I'm not hiding General Li, I know where that batch of property is, but I can't come to ask for it. I want to discuss with General Li what to do?"

Li Qingan glanced at him, smiled but didn't answer, and Lu Huan said again: "The key to breaking the situation in Yangzhou today is the salt owl Du Bosheng. I know that he is now in General Li's hands. I wonder if General Li is willing to help the prince?"

Li Qing'an pondered for a moment and said, "Since the envoy Lu has made it clear, I won't hide it from you. The salt owl Du Bosheng is indeed in my hands. However, even if I give it to the envoy Lu, will the envoy Lu think that he can defeat King Qing? If that is the case, the prefect Lu would be too naive. King Qing occupied more than ten thousand acres of land, but has the emperor said anything? Envoy Lu, please forgive me for being frank, as long as King Qing does not involve treason, no matter how big the case is, it will cause trouble instead."

Speaking of this, Li Qing'an bowed slightly and lowered his voice and said, "I advise Envoy Lu to focus on Liu Changyun."

Seeing that he had already spoken, Lu Huan hurriedly said, "Your Highness the Crown Prince also means this, but I don't know how to start, please ask General Li to teach me."

"It is not difficult to impeach Liu Changyuan. Will Du Bosheng have no acquiescence of his or her stingy salt trafficking in the long run? I have evidence, the key is that Lu Enjun must not mention King Qing in his book. There should be no problem in overthrowing Liu Changyun."

As he said that, Li Qing'an took out a stack of documents from the bag and handed them to Lu Huan, "These are all approvals for the water transportation routes found from Du Bosheng, with Liu Changyun's handwritten signature on it. This is iron evidence. With its confession and smuggling account books, Liu Changyun can be defeated."

Lu Huan was overjoyed. With this, Liu Changyun could not escape this hurriedly. He quickly stood up and bowed: "General Li is willing to help the prince. This is the blessing of the prince. I am willing to come forward to recommend it to the general."

Li Qingan smiled slightly. He had made such a big turn in Yangzhou. Isn’t it just for this sentence?

He also stood up and said sincerely: "Qing'an dreams of being able to serve the prince. Thank you for your recommendation."

Lu Huan finally convinced Li Qing'an. He couldn't help but feel overjoyed and hurriedly said, "What should I do if this batch of robbed property? I am worried that I will turn against King Qing when I come to ask for it, but I don't want it, and I can't explain it to the court."

Li Qing'an smiled and said, "This money was originally the salt profit left by King Qing in the Du family. It was normal for Li Qiu to snatch them away. I advised Lu to stop pursuing them, so as not to tear the face. The emperor would know it very well. As for explaining to the court, when I was in Qua County, I found that the Du family had hidden another batch of money in advance, and it was hidden in the farm of Mei family in Qua County. It was worth about 200,000 yuan. Lu could hand over the money to the court."

A quarter of an hour later, Li Qing'an gave up the search and led his army back to the barracks. Lu Huan also ordered everything to return to normal and no longer pursue the lost money and property. As soon as it dawn, he led more than 100 yamen runners to Qu'a County. Li Qing'an also personally led 200 cavalrymen to assist him in capturing the salt lord Du Bosheng.

In the Qingwang Villa, before dawn, Li Qiu paved back and forth in the room anxiously. The wind of the large-scale search in Jiangdu City had already reached his mansion. He even faintly heard the rapid horse hooves flying past the streets, and someone was shouting loudly. Although his mansion had not been found, he was always a little uneasy. The nearly a hundred cages were currently in the basement of his mansion, and could be easily searched. He also knew that Lu Huan would not come to his mansion to search easily, but once Lu Huan made up his mind, things would be in trouble.

Li Qiu also knew that he had made a little hasty decision on this matter, but if he couldn't catch the 100,000 taels of gold from his father, he would not be able to explain it when he went back. Although he did not get the gold he wanted from this batch of property, he had at least 100,000 coins and could explain it to his father.

At this time, the sound of footsteps and running sounded outside the door, and Li Qiu's heart suddenly became tight. Did he check the door?

"Little Prince, the capital is urgent!"

Li Qiu was relieved, and a warrior ran in with three red pigeon letters. This was an emergency letter sent to him by his father. He slowly unfolded the first volume of extremely thin silk with a line of small words on it: Yan Kai, the matter in Yangzhou is handed over to Yan Kai, and you bet the money and return quickly.

Li Qiu frowned. There were still thousands of threads in Yangzhou. Why did the father ask himself to go back? He unfolded the second volume of silk, with only five words on it: Li Qing'an is not needed.

This was the last reply from the father. Before leaving, the father expressed his dislike of Li Qing'an and did not intend to use him. Later, Yan Kai sent another letter to confirm, and the father finally gave a clear reply, without Li Qing'an. Li Qiu couldn't help but sigh. In this way, the initiative in Yangzhou would be taken by Lu Huan, but he also knew his father's temper and would not answer anything three times. If he asked again, the father would be angry.

Li Qiu had no choice but to open the third letter, but was stunned. He saw that it said: Du Bosheng's affairs have reached a compromise with Li Xiang, and will not affect his father, so he can let go.

"So that's it!" Li Qiu realized that his father had reached a compromise with Li Xiangguo. Li Xiangguo was willing to cover up the matter for his father. If so, there was really nothing to worry about in Yangzhou. Thinking of this, he immediately ordered: "Please invite Mr. Yan!"

After a moment, Yan Kai hurried in and said, "Little Prince, the search in the city has stopped. Li Qing'an retreated and returned to the military camp."

"What about Lu Huan?"

"He is still investigating, but the momentum is obviously weaker, and it is probably going to come to an end soon."

Li Qiu breathed a little relieved and said with a smile: "Mr. Yan, I plan to return to Chang'an the day after tomorrow. My father ordered me to transport all the money and goods from Yangzhou back to Chang'an as soon as possible. You can arrange this matter!"

Yan Kai was stunned, "What about Du Bosheng's affairs! Have you stopped there?"

"Duposheng!"

Li Qiu snorted disdainfully, "I might as well tell you the truth. My father has reached a compromise with Li Xiangguo. This matter will never affect my father. Moreover, Li Qing'an is Gao Lishi's person, and Gao Lishi is biased towards the prince. Do you think Li Qing'an will hand over Du Bosheng to us?"

"But Li Qing'an can also fight for it."

Before Yan Kai finished speaking, Li Qi waved his hand and said, "No, my father has already said clearly that he doesn't like Li Qing'an and will never use him. Mr. Yan doesn't have to worry about this."

Perhaps feeling that his tone was too heavy, Li Qiu relaxed again and said, "Mr. Yan, I guess the father was worried about taking Li Qing'an and offending the prime minister, so he said he didn't need him. We should understand the father's situation and consider the overall situation."

Yan Kai nodded, he could understand, and asked again: "What should we do now?"

Li Qiu pondered for a moment and said, "My affairs in Yangzhou are over, but there are two things to be left to Mr. Yan to continue to complete. One is that Li Qing'an has a gem on his body, and his father is very interested. Secondly, Du Bosheng has 100,000 taels of gold and is unknown. Please make sure to find it."

Yan Kai was stunned. Why did this happen again after 100,000 taels of gold? He had never heard of it.

"Little Prince, can you tell me in detail what happened to 100,000 taels of gold?"

"One hundred thousand taels of gold are the salt profit of the father's father for many years. The Du family is willing to exchange it for gold for his father, so the money has been stored there. Unexpectedly, something happened to the Du family and the whereabouts of this batch of gold are unknown. Mr. Yan, do you understand?"
Chapter completed!