Chapter 1396 Abandoning the car to save the handsome man!

Jiangnan, Lin'an

Murong Yuliang was in his governor's office, reviewing a report sent by the Jiangnan Provincial Government on helping the First Army prepare war supplies.

Although it is still unknown whether Ye Mingsheng, who is far away in Yijing, will eventually approve Zhang Meng's battle plan, but because Ye Mingsheng had previously issued an order asking him to assist the First Army's combat readiness work, at Zhang Meng's request, the plan to prepare supplies in Jiangnan and Huainan has never stopped.

Currently, the proportion of firearms in the First Army has exceeded half, and basically two-thirds of the soldiers in the entire army are using firearms such as muskets. Therefore, compared with cold weapons, the First Army is more dependent on logistical support, especially in Yunqian where there is relatively much rain in autumn.

More rain means a greater chance of gunpowder getting damp, and gunpowder cannot be used if it gets damp. This is a problem currently plaguing the Fengwu Army. For this reason, the First Manufacturing General Administration has thought of many solutions and achieved certain results, but has never been able to completely solve this problem.

This problem is also the important reason why the Daqian army has not completely abandoned the use of cold weapons such as swords and spears and replaced them with firearms.

Therefore, in order to prevent the gunpowder from getting damp and affecting the combat effectiveness of the Fengwu Army, the Jiangnan Provincial Administration Office and the Huainan Provincial Administration Office have a lot of work to do. In addition, the Jiangnan Provincial Administration Office also has to prepare umbrellas, straw raincoats and other supplies for the First Army, and organize tens of thousands of civilians. In short, Murong Yuliang is under great pressure now...
But Murong Yuliang had more than one worry. After he came forward and Hu Wenjie invested in Zhao Wanxian, the disturbance caused by the Hu Ming incident could have been reduced to a small matter!
However, things went against their wishes. The Ministry of Justice sent a group of people, including Vice Minister Zhang Mang, to Jiangnan to investigate whether the Hu family was involved in the Hu Ming case.

This matter made Murong Yuliang very confused. In fact, he knew that the Hu family could not have nothing to do with the Hu Ming case without Zhang Mang's investigation.

But he had no choice but to ask for Hu Wenjie's help in carrying out the reforms, so he agreed to help Hu Wenjie. This also involved him, who had originally stayed out of the matter!

Thinking about it now, Murong Yuliang regretted his actions, but unfortunately there is no medicine for regret in this world!

Originally Murong Yuliang was still having a headache about how to respond to Zhang Mang's investigation, but when Zhang Mang arrived and took out Murong Qingwu's handwritten letter and keepsake, Murong Yuliang was extremely surprised!
The Jianghuai Governor of Daqian really did not expect that his daughter had quietly supported a minister over the years. This was truly an unexpected surprise.

After realizing this, Murong Yuliang immediately asked Zhang Mang to calm down the incident and preferably report to the court that the Hu family had nothing to do with the Hu Mingzhi case.

However, in response to Murong Yuliang's request, Zhang Mang said that although he was the Vice Minister of the Ministry of Justice and the person in charge of this investigation, he had only been in this position for a short time and did not have a deep foundation in the Ministry of Justice. Therefore, the several officials who followed him to investigate this time were not his men...
Therefore, in order to prevent these doctors and assistant doctors from reporting to the court, some necessary procedures still had to be followed. Of course, at the end of the conversation with Murong Yuliang, Zhang Mang also gave a guarantee that he would do his best to help the Hu family clear their relationship within the scope of his authority!

In this regard, Murong Yuliang had no choice but to allow Zhang Mang to investigate. Although Zhang Mang gave an assurance, Murong Yuliang was still a little worried about the matter.

After a cup of tea, Murong Yuliang finished reading the work report of the Jiangnan Provincial Administration and gave his reply immediately. He first affirmed the work of the Jiangnan Provincial Administration, and then asked the Jiangnan Provincial Administration to keep up the good work and not slack off, and to do its best to ensure the logistics of the First Army!

At the end of the reply, Murong Yuliang did not forget to paint a big rosy picture for the Jiangnan Provincial Administration, telling them that once His Majesty approved the First Army's battle plan and the First Army won a victory in Yunqian, the Jiangnan Provincial Administration would definitely be rewarded by the court based on meritorious service.

After approving the memorial, Murong Yuliang handed it to his clerk and asked him to copy it to the Jiangnan Provincial Government.

Just as Murong Yuliang finished this task, it was already noon. Thinking about having lunch, Murong Yuliang was about to leave his classroom when someone came to report:
"Minister Zhang is here to visit!"

Although he was a little hungry, Murong Yuliang knew that Zhang Mang must have something important to tell him, so he still patiently stayed to meet Zhang Mang...

A moment later, Zhang Mang arrived in front of Murong Yuliang. After greeting the Minister of Justice of Daqian, he did not bother to say any polite words and went straight to the point:

"Master Murong, may I ask how much contact do you have with Hu Wenjie?"

Murong Yuliang was a little surprised to hear Zhang Mang speak so bluntly, and then narrowed his eyes and asked back:
"What do you mean by this, Minister Zhang?"

Zhang Mang said directly without beating around the bush:

"Lord Murong, according to my investigation, the Hu family is deeply involved in the Hu Ming case, especially the head of the Hu family, Hu Wenjie. This person has very close contacts with Hu Ming, and Hu Wenjie is involved in many of the cases that Hu Ming is suspected of!"

Although Murong Yuliang had expected what Zhang Mang said, he still felt helpless when he heard it from Zhang Mang. He pondered for a moment and said:
"Minister Zhang, I just want to ask you one question!"

"Master Murong, please speak!"

"Can Hu Wenjie still be saved?"

Hearing Murong Yuliang's words, Zhang Mang seemed to realize something and immediately fell into deep thought. Murong Yuliang did not interrupt him, giving Zhang Mang enough time to think. After thinking for a whole cup of tea, Zhang Mang raised his head and said to Murong Yuliang very seriously:
"It's hard!"

Murong Yuliang felt relieved. After all, even if it was difficult, at least it was possible. He immediately said:
"What needs to be done?"

“The Hu family definitely cannot completely deny the relationship this time. If they want Hu Wenjie to deny the relationship, they have to find a way to let other members of the Hu family prove that they did it without telling Hu Wenjie and that Hu Wenjie was not aware of it. Only in this way will Hu Wenjie have a chance to deny the relationship…”

After saying this, Zhang Mang seemed to be hesitant to speak. Seeing this, Murong Yuliang said directly:

"Minister Zhang, we are family, you can say whatever you want!"

Zhang Mang heard this and said in a deep voice:

"We need some money to give to those doctors and officials!"

Murong Yuliang immediately understood Zhang Mang's meaning after hearing this. He hesitated for a moment and said:
"I will ask Sun Wenheng, the owner of Wanfu Commercial House, to come find you tonight. He will give you the silver!"

Zhang Mang nodded when he heard this. He also knew that Murong Yuliang was busy with official duties, so he did not waste Murong Yuliang's time and immediately said goodbye and left. After Zhang Mang left, Murong Yuliang sat in deep thought for a long time and couldn't help but sighed.

The Daqian Jianghuai Governor is increasingly regretting getting involved in this matter, but as the saying goes, there is no medicine for regret in this world!
In order to make up for a mistake, Murong Yuliang had to continue making more mistakes!

Murong Yuliang had previously written to Ye Mingsheng to plead for the Hu family, telling Ye Mingsheng that the Hu family had little to do with the Hu Ming case.

The current situation is already the worst for Murong Yuliang. It is inevitable that the Hu family will be involved. As the governor of Jianghuai who once wrote a letter to plead for the Hu family, he will inevitably be criticized and embarrassed!
But in order to prevent the situation from getting worse, Murong Yuliang must protect Hu Wenjie and not let Hu Wenjie be arrested!

Hu Wenjie is the head of the Hu family. If he is arrested, the entire Hu family will be finished. Everything Murong Yuliang has done before will be meaningless, and he may even be impeached by the censor for pleading for the Hu family.

Secondly, as part of the last ZZ exchange, Hu Wenjie is currently fully supporting Murong Yuliang's reform cause. Therefore, if Hu Wenjie is arrested at this time, it will inevitably affect the entire reform plan and may even cause the reform to collapse midway!
This is also the reason why Murong Yuliang must do his best to protect Hu Wenjie. Although the Hu family will inevitably suffer heavy losses this time, as long as Hu Wenjie, the backbone, is still there, the Hu family will not collapse completely...

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September 11, Yijing
At night, the door of a farmhouse in the western suburbs was knocked rhythmically.

"Da! Dada! Da!"

Zhang Xinjian, who was standing behind the door, heard the agreed knock on the door and let down his guard. He immediately opened the door and two cloaked figures walked into the room. They closed the door immediately and took off their cloaks.

Zhang Xinjian glanced at Zhao Yuan in front of him, and his eyes were fixed on the stranger behind him. Seeing this, Zhao Yuan took the initiative to introduce:
"Let me introduce you to Yang Tao, the helper I found!"

After saying this, Zhao Yuan also introduced to Yang Tao:

"He is Zhang Xinjian!"

Yang Tao nodded slightly when he heard this. In fact, he had already recognized Zhang Xinjian without Zhao Yuan introducing him.

Although according to the clues currently available to the Yijing government office, Zhang Xinjian is not the murderer in the Yang’s Brick Factory case, because Zhang Xinjian is suspected of several missing cases, the Yijing government office has also launched an investigation into Zhang Xinjian and made a portrait of Zhang Xinjian based on the description of the workers at the Yang’s Brick Factory.

The original purpose of drawing Zhang Xinjian's portrait was to issue a wanted order. Although the wanted order against Zhang Xinjian was not issued for various reasons, Yang Tao still remembered Zhang Xinjian's appearance.

Therefore, when Yang Tao saw Zhang Xinjian for the first time, he recognized him!

When he saw Zhang Xinjian, Yang Tao was secretly shocked. He never thought that Zhao Yuan and Zhang Xinjian were actually in collusion...
Because of the Yang's Brick Factory case, Yijing prefect Liu Ning expressed his support to the Ministry of Justice, so Li Jian also asked the doctor Zhao Yuan to be in charge of the case.

After Zhao Yuan took over the case, he proposed to Liu Ning the idea of ​​seconding Yang Tao for joint investigation. Liu Ning naturally had no reason to refuse Zhao Yuan's normal request. So Yang Tao, the chief constable of Yijing Prefecture, was now temporarily under Zhao Yuan's command.

An hour ago, Zhao Yuan suddenly found Yang Tao and said that he would take him to a secret investigation. Although Zhao Yuan did not say what the secret investigation was, Yang Tao still followed him out of trust in Zhao Yuan.

Although he was aware that Zhao Yuan's secret investigation might be unconventional, Yang Tao never expected that a doctor in the Ministry of Justice would secretly collude with a murderer and become friends with him.

Just when Yang Tao was secretly shocked, Zhang Xinjian seemed to have heard something from Zhao Yuan, and said to Yang Tao with his eyes slightly lowered:

"Brother Yang, have you heard of me?"

When Yang Tao was thinking about how to respond, Zhao Yuan said:
"Brother Yang is the chief constable of the Yijing government office, so he must have heard of your great name, Brother Zhang!"

Hearing Zhao Yuan say that Yang Tao was the head of the Yijing government office, Zhang Xinjian looked a little surprised. He looked at Yang Tao carefully but didn't say anything...

Seeing that neither of them had any objections, Zhao Yuan spoke up:
"According to my investigation and inference, our target Liu Dashan committed the Yang's Brick Factory tragedy in a mad way in order to lure out Brother Zhang and seek revenge on him!"

"So our plan is very simple, which is to sit back and wait. I have released the news through some channels in the past few days. I believe Liu Dashan has received the news now. In the next two or three days, he is likely to show up!"

Hearing that Zhao Dashan would appear here, Yang Tao was shocked and hesitated for a moment before saying:
"Master Zhao, since we know Liu Dashan will appear here, why don't we mobilize the musket team?"

Zhao Yuan explained:
"Brother Yang, listen to me explain!"

"First, although Brother Zhang is not wanted at the moment, his identity cannot be made public!"

"Second, Liu Dashan is very alert. If we mobilize more people to set up an ambush here, it will be difficult for him to fail to notice us. Then he will flee far away, and it will be difficult for us to find him next time!"

"So my idea is that if we want to get rid of Liu Dashan, we have to do it with the three of us!"

After hearing Zhao Yuan's explanation, Yang Tao thought about it carefully and felt that it made sense. He then nodded to indicate that he had no problem.

Seeing this, Zhao Yuan earnestly warned:
"What I want to say is that although the three of us have all learned martial arts for many years and have some skills, Liu Dashan's martial arts skills are far superior to ours one-on-one!"

“It will take the three of us working together to possibly take him down. So if you meet Liu Dashan, don’t fight him head-on. Just hold him back and wait for support…”