He had been a state official for a long time, and of course he knew that it was a serious crime to cover up Yan Xiao, but he could not resist the temptation of money transferred by the Du family. He finally agreed to hide his nephew Du Bosheng here. Unexpectedly, he was discovered by the officers and soldiers in the end. He felt regretful. If he could not survive this level tonight, it would probably be the day when the Mei family's disaster was about to come.

Mei Fanghe hoped that Li Daofu or County Magistrate Zhang could come forward and talk about his family. Everyone found a way out, but the local officials never came forward.

After about half an hour, rapid steps came from outside the courtyard wall. Li Fei Shouyu and more than a dozen officers and soldiers came in, carrying Du Boyun's son Du Xi in Li Fei Shouyu's hand.

He swept Du Xi to the ground and handed him a confession to Li Qing'an. Li Qing'an set up a confession and said to Mei Fanghe: "There are confessions from Du Boyun and his son here. They have confessed that you hide Du Bosheng. If you have this confession, I dare to search your house."

Mei Fanghe suddenly saw Du Xi, and he was shocked. Before he could speak, Li Qingan waved his hand and said, "Search it for me!"

The soldiers agreed and went to search everywhere. They were full of momentum and rummaging through Mei's house. From time to time, the screams and begging from the family came. Mei Fanghe's face was pale. Knowing that Du Bosheng would be found sooner or later, he suddenly said: "General, what about us to do a deal?"

Li Qingan glanced at him and sneered: "Did you just think of making a deal with me now? What did you do just now?"

Mei Fanghe walked slowly with his grandson and begged in a low voice: "General, as long as you let my Mei family go this time, I will not only hand Du Posheng over to you, but also Du Posheng's 200,000 ounces of money and all his confidential documents hidden elsewhere, I will hand over to you all, and I can agree to any other conditions."

Li Qingan smiled slightly, "You are serious about this?"

"As long as the general lets my Mei family go this time, I will keep my word."

"Okay, please write me a written guarantee to admit that you hide Duposheng, and I will negotiate with you again."

Mei Fanghe didn't know Li Qing'an's intention, but the officers and soldiers had already searched the inner courtyard. He knew that the situation was very critical, so he had to nod and said, "Okay! I promise you."

Mei Fanghe returned to the lobby to write a guarantee letter, and wrote a cover, handed it over to Li Qing'an, admitting that he was hiding the fugitive Du Bosheng. Li Qing'an received the guarantee letter and immediately ordered: "Stop the search!"

The Tang army stopped the search, Mei Fanghe breathed a sigh of relief, and said to Li Qing'an: "General, please tell me! What conditions do you want."

“I only have two conditions.”

Li Qing'an made two fingers and said, "First, I will secretly hand over Du Posheng to me. No matter who comes to ask you in the future, you can't say that Du Posheng has been caught by me, and naturally I will not admit that you are hiding Du Posheng."

Mei Fanghe was overjoyed. As long as he could get rid of the charge of hiding Du Posheng, he would certainly not admit it. He knew that Li Qing'an wanted to use Du Posheng for his work, but this had nothing to do with him. He immediately said: "General, please don't worry, no matter how stupid I am, I will not take the initiative to admit that I have a criminal in the court, and I will restrain my family who are informed and guarantee that no one will tell you."

"Just you understand this."

Li Qingan smiled and said, "My second condition is that you hand over all the information and property related to Du Posheng, which are these two conditions. I will leave you and Du Posheng clean."

Mei Fanghe agreed almost without hesitation. Even if Li Qingan didn't want it, he would destroy everything. Now as long as he can protect the Mei family, he will not care about anything.

"General, I can agree. I will hand over Du Posheng to you now."

Li Qing'an followed Mei Fanghe to a pavilion in the backyard. The Tang army had just found this place. The Tang army searched very carefully. All the rockery was broken, the walls were dug, and the stables and cellars were not spared. Before the pavilion could be found, it was stopped by Li Qing'an.

Mei Fanghe sighed and pointed at the pavilion with a crutch and said, "The passage is in the pavilion. You can see it by moving the stone table above."

Li Qingan waved his hand and immediately went up to more than a dozen Tang soldiers and moved the stone table away. There was indeed a dark passage below. Someone inside asked in a low voice: "Uncle, is it you?"

Li Qing'an winked at Mei Fanghe, and Mei Fanghe had to go forward and said, "Bosheng, come out! The second and third brothers are here."

After a moment, a middle-aged man emerged from the tunnel with messy hair and a pale face. He was the key figure in the Yangzhou salt case, the Great Salt Owl Du Bosheng.

As soon as he showed up, Tang Jun rushed over, pressed him firmly to the ground, tied him up, and blocked his mouth. Du Bosheng stared at Mei Fanghe with angrily. If his eyes could kill people, Mei Fanghe would have died countless times. Mei Fanghe turned around in shame and did not dare to look at his nephew.
Chapter completed!