Just as two hundred famous samurai warriors were surrounded by more than a thousand troops, Li Xiu led thirty real warriors to surround the temporary headquarter of the Maitreya Cult outside the North City.

The temporary headquarter is close to Caohe and has its own wharf. The external sign is a business, covering an area of ​​about ten acres, consisting of three warehouses and a group of buildings.

This stronghold originally had more than thirty warriors guards, but the warriors were transferred to the Dayun Temple, leaving less than ten warriors, as well as some managers and maids and servants.

The leader, Bodhisattva Sun, should be here too, but she went to the city to find Yuan Zhen to coordinate, and she happened to be not in the temporary stele.

"Breaking open the door!"

With Zi Linfeng's order, more than a dozen warriors rushed towards the gate with their arms and bumped into the wood.

"Dong--"

With a violent muffled sound, the door bolt broke and the door was knocked open. Thirty warriors swung their swords and rushed in.

Pei Yaoqing and several subordinates were also present. He asked Li Xiu in confusion: "How did your highness know that this is the secret stronghold of the Maitreya Cult?"

Li Xiu smiled slightly, "I burned the Maitreya Sect Headquarters in the city before and stared at them. They then transported all the supplies in the headquarters here, including 200,000 taxes that I had not taken away before."

Pei Yaoqing couldn't help but feel excited and said, "If you get the tax, then the evidence will be conclusive!"

"I have notified Li Xun. I guess Yuan Zhen will come, so I will leave the rest to the envoy."

"As long as the evidence is conclusive, he cannot deny it, and he can only sacrifice Maitreya religion."

Faced with the sharp attack of the Jinyi Constables, the ten warriors were defeated in a moment, seven of whom were killed, and the remaining three were kneeling down to surrender.

Soon, Sun Li, a counselor of the Maitreya Cult, was also caught by Constable Jinyi.

The gates of the three warehouses were opened. The main property of the Maitreya religion was copper coins and satin cloth, with little gold and silver. The only 70,000 taels of silver was seized by Li Xiu before.

Li Xiu and Pei Yaoqing arrived at the first warehouse.

The 200,000 guan tax that could not be transported away by the last time the custody warehouse was indeed here.

Pei Yaoqing stroked the boxes of tax money and couldn't help but feel excited, "It's them. These are the tax money from Huzhou, and there should be the tax money from Suzhou. That's the big one, but unfortunately I didn't see it."

"If all this batch of tax money is found, will it be returned to the Ministry of Revenue, or can the emperor get a part of it?"

"Of course the emperor wants to get a share of the pie. The part of Maitreya and Hangzhou Governor Li Yan is estimated to be about one million guan, and the Ministry of Revenue and the inner treasury each get half. If all of them are found, the inner treasury will get one million guan. Your Highness, the emperor is looking forward to this money!"

"I guess I can still find the part of Wang Dongdu. I am not sure of the Yuan family. I may have sent it to Beijing."

"The Yuan family should still be in Jianghuai. The Yuan family will not take it into account for five or six years."

Li Xiu sighed, "Jianghuai is so big, I don't know where it is hidden!"

At this time, Li Xun arrived with several followers.

Li Xun had learned of the agreement between his father and the emperor and he would serve as the Salt and Iron Supervision Order. Of course, he did not want him to only have a false reputation like Master Jiang.

Therefore, he was extremely concerned about the crackdown on private salt. This batch of taxes is evidence that the Maitreya religion participated in robbing the imperial tax money. With evidence, he could do his best to crack down on the Maitreya religion and cut off the foundation of Jianghuai private salt.

Li Xun raised his thumbs up and praised: "No wonder my father valued Thirty-Balang so much. It was indeed not disappointing. He found the tax money so quickly!"

"His Highness Xun is awarded, here is only a small part of the tax money. With the 200,000 guan I paid before, it is only 400,000 guan, which is still far from 3.5 million guan."

"I wonder if there is still a chance to find something else?"

"I should be able to find some of them. I have deployed my subordinates. If I have good luck, I can find the part of Wang Dongdu!"

"Then please ask Your Highness to act as soon as possible to prevent the night from growing and dreaming too many times!"

At this moment, a warrior came to report, "The Yuan Governor is here!"

Everyone walked out of the warehouse and saw Yuan Zhen standing at the gate with a pale face.

............

The battle at Dayun Temple has ended. Although the warriors of Maitreya and the Salt Owl are good at martial arts, their long swords are not as good as spears after all. They are still vulnerable in front of full-body armor and well-trained army.

Although it is also called battle, it is actually one-sided killing. Two hundred and fifty-two warriors, including Wang Quan and Ding Wu, all died under the spears of the army.

When Yuan Zhen returned to the government office, he received this shocking news.

In fact, when he was invited by Pei Yaoqing and Li Xun to the temporary head of the Maitreya Cult outside the city, he realized that something was wrong.

Two hundred and fifty warriors rushed to Dayun Temple, but Li Xiu led his men to appear in the north of Yangzhou City. Isn’t this a trap?

All 250 warriors were killed, including Wang Dongdu's eldest son Wang Quan.

The tax money of Maitreya Cult was captured on the spot, and these bastards didn't change boxes.

Li Xun and Pei Yaoqing had a completely consistent attitude. When did the emperor wear a pair of pants with the Regent again?

An army actually appeared in Yangzhou and was dispatched by Li Xiu.

Too many things suddenly appeared, and each thing made him breathless. Without the counselor Xie Yaozong to plan for him, Yuan Zhen was really panicked and at a loss.

When he returned to the government office, Yuan Zhen immediately sent someone to find Sun Bodhisattva and Wang Dongdu, and sent someone to invite Niu Xianke.

Soon, Bodhisattva Sun and Wang Dongdu hurried over.

Both of them were very nervous, especially Wang Dongdu, who did not know his life or death, which really made him very worried.

"Master Sun quickly left Yangzhou, the government is about to issue a wanted order. I may not be able to protect you this time."

Bodhisattva Sun was anxious, and she also hoped that Yuan Zhen would help her rescue her uncle.

"Empress, I have followed you for so many years and have worked for you. You can't just abandon me!"

"Hey! I'm not abandoning you, I'm asking you to leave Yangzhou to avoid the limelight. If I abandon you, I'll hand you over directly."

Yuan Zhen said something reasonable, and Bodhisattva Sun said again: "My uncle was caught by them. Can you please?"

"I'll try my best!"

"What does it mean to try?" Bodhisattva Sun suddenly said dissatisfied.

Yuan Zhen cursed in his heart that these are not easy-to-use lamps and can't fool them.

"I will find a way to protect him from death first, and then find a way to get him out. If it really doesn't work, I will replace him and let him die in prison."

"Then please send me the envoy!"

Bodhisattva Sun said goodbye first and left.

Wang Dongdu asked impatiently: "Eunuch, how about my son?"

Yuan Zhen did not dare to tell the truth to him, so he had to vaguely say: "Most of the people have been arrested, and your son should be among them. Now Li Xiu and the others are attacking Maitreya, and they still don't care about you yet, so Wang Quan has no big problem."

"Can you save him?"

"Don't worry, I will rely on you in the future. I will definitely use all resources to save him."

Wang Dongdu was moved and knelt down on one knee and said, "I am so kind to you, and I will never forget my humble position!"

Yuan Zhen is now anxious to use Wang Dongdu, so he dare not tell the truth to him. Yuan Zhen waved his hand and said, "I have received the exact news. The army that came this time is the Ezhou navy. I am very worried that tax money will be discovered. While they are not stable, I will send ten people to follow you. I want you to lead your subordinates to transfer the tax money to the island without any mistakes!"

"When will the humble vocation go?"

"Time is tight, let's go tonight!"

Wang Dongdu left, and Yuan Zhen was still waiting for news about Niu Xiantong.

At this time, his subordinates came to report, "Encourt, Niu Prime Minister has gone north to return to the capital."

Yuan Zhen was stunned for a moment and asked anxiously: "When did it happen?"

"I left this afternoon!"

Yuan Zhen was so angry that he was itchy. Niu Xiantong, the bastard, ran away immediately when he saw that the situation was not good. Did he think his gold was so easy to take?

............

At the first update, several tightly covered cargo ships sailed out of Wang Dongdu’s fortress, and under the cover of night, they entered the Caohe River silently and headed towards the south city.

When several cargo ships sailed out, a black shadow followed closely on the shore, his movements were agile and keen, and he was not discovered by the defenders even after climbing over the city wall.

Several ships were not blocked, and the water city gate opened and they were released out of the city.

The Yangtze River dozens of miles south of Yangzhou is the Yangtze River. The banks of the Caohe River near the Yangtze River estuary are covered with dense sand ships. These are ships transporting bulk cargo ships, ranging from dozens to hundreds of ships in a fleet.

Some large sand ships can even go out to sea. Instead of sailing towards the Yangtze River, these cargo ships stopped in front of a pier 30 miles away from the Yangtze River. More than a hundred people came out of the cargo ship. The leader was Wang Dongdu.

He immediately ordered: "Prepare ships and supplies immediately and set off at the fifth hour!"

After saying that, he walked into a mansion on the shore to rest. His subordinates began to prepare nervously, and the large sand ships that could go to sea were also connected together with iron chains.

After observing for a moment, the shadow quickly disappeared...

Li Xiu did not fall asleep either. After listening to Pei Min's report, he immediately judged that Wang Dongdu would definitely do a big thing when he went out in person, and that he would definitely get Yuan Zhen's permission to go out of the city at night. It is very likely that Wang Dongdu was doing his business for Yuan Zhen.

Wang Dongdu had more than 200 die-hard subordinates, and more than 100 people were killed in Dayun Temple. Now more than 100 people have emerged, and that is all in full bloom.

This shows that his wealth was not hidden in the fort house, but in another place. Otherwise, he would not have been able to not learn from the lessons of Bodhisattva Sun and make his nest empty.

The cunning rabbit has three holes, and the tall and sturdy house should be just a simple appearance.

"Are you sure they use Thousand Stone Sand Boats?"

"I read that right,

Li Xiu took two steps behind his back. Could it be that Wang Dongdu was attacking the east and west?

But if it is not a strategy, once the opportunity is missed, it cannot be compensated.
Chapter completed!