In the residence where Zhuang Ming originally lived.
I saw four men in well-dressed clothes guarding the perimeter of the backyard.
In the courtyard, there was an old man in his sixties, pacing back and forth, feeling quite restless.
"Mr. Zhao, are you okay?" Suddenly a voice came over and let out a cheerful laugh.
"Bai Qing, you are finally here." Mr. Zhao let out a long breath and hurriedly came up to greet him, saying: "The imperial envoy from the capital is from the Seventh Prince. He is about to investigate Zhuang's Trading Company. I
According to what your young master Zhuang Ming said, he has been delayed, but not for too long. Have you dealt with it well?"
"Currently, the known spies in Zhuangji Trading Company have been captured, a total of sixteen people, including twelve managers." Bai Qing said, "But this is what we know, and there may be others we have not yet discovered.
, Mr. Zhao, please continue to worry more to avoid slipping through the net and complaining to the imperial envoy with forged evidence to slander Zhuang's Trading Company..."
"What evidence did they take?" Mr. Zhao suddenly asked.
"It's nothing more than forged accounts." Bai Qing waved his hand and said, "Either it's a fake account book for tax evasion, or it's a forgery of my Zhuang's Trading Company, secretly involving prohibited items."
"What?" Mr. Zhao was suddenly shocked.
"Don't worry, sir. We, Zhuang's Trading Company, have always been law-abiding. This is all false evidence." Bai Qing said, "But I'm afraid that the imperial envoy is blind and takes falsehoods as true. Even if we prove our innocence in the end, during this period,
The losses suffered by Zhuang's Trading Company are unimaginable."
"The Song family is really ruthless." Mr. Zhao hesitated and said: "You still need to investigate yourself. If there are still fish that slip through the net, if I can't stop them, not only your Zhuang's Trading Company will be in trouble, but I will also be in trouble.
I'm afraid I can't escape the grasshopper's involvement."
"Don't worry, sir. The young master has already given instructions, and Bai Qing has also made arrangements."
After finishing speaking, Bai Qing reached out and handed over a white jade bead, which was crystal clear.
Mr. Zhao weighed it, and his vain heart became much calmer.
"This kind of East China Sea jade bead is priceless and has the effect of calming the mind and calming the mind. Mr. Zhao, please don't be anxious."
Bai Qing waved his hand and said: "Master, there are still some instructions here. Mr. Zhao will take a look first."
Mr. Zhao sighed and took the kit.
Bai Qing said: "Young Master told me to make preparations when we go back."
Master Zhao heard the words and responded without rushing to open it.
Bai Qing bowed and saluted, and said: "Bai Qing still has something to do. He is very busy tonight, so I'll take my leave."
Master Zhao responded, then thought of something, and couldn't help but ask: "I remember that you were assigned by Zhuang Ming to go to Guangfu to escort the goods? That group of thieves was extraordinary, and I heard that this batch of goods was also very important.
Do you still dare to get out?"
When Bai Qing heard this, he laughed and said: "If I personally lead a team to escort the goods, I may not be able to save it if I meet those bandits, but this time it is Lord Qianyang who escorts the goods. With or without me, it is not necessary. Besides, let's talk about it.
, Master Qianyang is not escorting the goods at all..."
Mr. Zhao looked questioning.
Bai Qing whispered: "Aren't you afraid that the bandits will continue to rob our goods? Mr. Qianyang personally took action and wiped out the group of bandits. Killing them all, wouldn't there be no more people to rob? Transporting goods, sixteen people can do it.
Ordinary guards are enough."
Master Zhao was stunned when he heard this.
Bai Qing laughed and walked out.
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Out of the street.
The moonlight is just right.
Bai Qing let out a long breath.
He looked at the eight men around him.
"Are all the prefectures and cities ready?"
"Master Bai, everything has been arranged. Just follow the instructions of the young master and tie up all the tails. Let the seventh prince's imperial envoy find nowhere even if he wants to."
"That's good."
Just as Bai Qing was saying this, suddenly a white dove flew over in the darkness of the night.
His expression changed slightly, he rushed forward, picked up the white pigeon, and picked up the letter, and suddenly he showed a strange look.
The person next to me hurriedly came up and asked, "Master Bai, what's wrong?"
Bai Qing tore up the letter and said in a deep voice: "Something happened over there with my father-in-law."
Yue Ye is Yueyang. He is a person with a high level of martial arts cultivation in Zhuang's trading company. He is even better than the deceased Lu Yang and can compete equally with his senior brother Lu He.
This is also one of the few warriors that Bai Qing can respect.
"Young master has arranged different tasks for each of our guard commanders, but we don't know what the tasks of others are."
Bai Qing said: "This is a letter for help from my father-in-law. He is not making good progress there and is in trouble."
The man next to him hesitated and said, "What does Mr. Bai mean?"
Bai Qing said: "The things we are responsible for are almost arranged, and the situation has been roughly decided. I will take charge here, and you can take people to help my father-in-law."
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The man called Lord-in-law was looking a little solemn at the moment.
He is about forty years old and looks a bit vicissitudes of life.
It is different from Lu He's experience of failing to challenge Qian Yang and being subdued by the young master.
He was injured that year and almost died on the way, but was saved by the young master Zhuang Ming.
"You underestimated Song Tianyuan's ability."
Yue Yang rubbed his eyebrows and said secretly: "Young Master once said that Song Tianyuan used the officialdom to oppress us, and also used the officialdom to oppress the merchants who had transactions with us, so that the merchant families of the Sixteenth Prefecture of Huai'an completely isolated us.
Blockade Zhuang's Trading Company and try to make us collapse on our own."
"But whether it is from the official level or the business level, to be honest, Song Tianyuan's strategy is at least within the scope of the laws of the Dongsheng Dynasty..."
"But Song Tianyuan is a man who does everything to the extreme and cannot be moral. Young Master is sure that he will act outside the law."
"The robbers have set a precedent by taking our property."
"This time, the young master really knows what's going on."
Yue Yang looked at the list in his hand, which became increasingly heavy.
Most of the people on the list above are people from Zhuang's Trading Company. Most of them are managers of Zhuang's Trading Company in various places, or they hold important tasks in other positions.
In addition, there are some people who have business dealings with Zhuang's Trading Company, and they are all extremely important business.
"Song Tianyuan is really wanton and reckless. He actually raised such a group of warriors and wants to directly kill the important people of Zhuang's Trading Company so that Zhuang's Trading Company will collapse due to lack of management and business cooperation?"
Yue Yang took a deep breath, he was a little careless.
Song Tianyuan's background was deeper than he imagined.
This time his mission is to protect the people on the list.
He had been prepared for it, but the other party was able to assemble manpower to assassinate certain people, and he needed a comprehensive defense to protect everyone on the list, but he was still unable to do so.
Now he can only ask Bai Qing to call in manpower, abandon defense and attack them, and annihilate them.
Young Master said before that what Bai Qing will do this time is slightly simpler than what he does here, so after Zi Shi, Bai Qing's side should be able to free up some manpower.