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Luoyang, Prince Fu's Mansion.

Zhu Yousong, the eldest son of Prince Fu, was waiting in the room for Zhu Qikui, the steward of the outer palace, to come over. Now King Fu has handed over part of the palace's property to Zhu Yousong, which can be regarded as training for him.

Zhu Qikui usually came over in the morning to report on the day's arrangements. Yesterday, he specifically asked the eunuch accompanying him to report that a rare treasure would be presented to him today.

It was already three o'clock in the morning, but the dead slave hadn't come yet. Zhu Yousong was very angry. He immediately sent people to look for him. He found that Zhu Qikui did not return home last night, and neither did the purchasing eunuch Lu Le and the two guards who were working with him. return.

Zhu Yousong quickly sent people to look for him. After searching for a long time, he even searched for the outer house that Zhu Qikui secretly bought, but no trace was found.

After careful investigation, I found out that these guys went to the brothel last night to have a good time, and disappeared after leaving the brothel in the evening.

At this time, Zhu Yousong felt that the situation was not good. These living people had disappeared in his Luoyang city.

But it was getting late at this time, and the missing people were a few stewards and servants. Maybe they drank too much and showed up the next day.

Therefore, Zhu Yousong did not go to the government office immediately to report the news. Instead, he ordered that if he was still missing the next day, he would notify the Henan government office to search for him.

Luoyang, Henan government office.

Luoyang is the administrative seat of Henan Prefecture, so of course the prefect's Yamen is located here.

Kang Mengqi, the prefect of Henan Prefecture, was reviewing documents in the custody room. Sun Chaoshan, the magistrate of the prefecture, hurried in and said: "Master Fu Zun, Prince Fu's Palace sent someone to report that Zhu Qikui, the steward of the outer courtyard of the Palace, and five others were missing in Luoyang City. Prince Fu ordered We will quickly find out the reason."

"People from Prince Fu's Mansion disappeared? When did it happen?" Kang Mengqi asked.

"He said he disappeared the night before yesterday." Sun Chaoshan replied.

"You were missing the day before yesterday. Why are you reporting it now?"

"They, Prince Fu's Mansion, searched for it all day, but they found our government office after they couldn't find it."

"Have you ever learned about your whereabouts before you disappeared?"

"We have already asked. Zhu Qikui and his entourage disappeared after leaving the brothel Shili Chunfeng. Prince Fu's Mansion found out that they did not return home in the morning, so they sent people to search for them. No trace of them was found, so they reported to our Henan Mansion." Chaoshan replied.

"A steward of the palace goes in and out of the brothel all day long, looking for trouble for us. Then order the execution room and the arrest squad to send people to investigate." Kang Mengqi ordered.

"Yes, I will take care of it immediately," Sun Chaoshan said.

In view of the special status of Prince Fu's Mansion in Luoyang, the Henan government office naturally did not dare to neglect, and batches of government officials were dispatched to conduct searches throughout the city of Luoyang.

Of course, a key investigation was conducted on the Shili Chunfeng where Zhu Qikui and others went missing, and then the places where Zhu Qikui and others had been recently were also carefully investigated one by one. Not surprisingly, Li's shop was also inspected, but No suspicion was found, and the yamen officer left quickly.

After searching for a whole day, Sun Chaoshan, the co-prefect, returned to the government office and returned to Kangda Prefect.

"Chaoshan, how is the investigation going today?" Kang Mengqi asked.

"Today we investigated the places where Manager Zhu of Prince Fu's Mansion went these past few days, focusing on Shili Chunfeng. Everyone can testify that Zhu Qikui did leave the brothel that night.

One of the more suspicious aspects is that in Shili Chunfeng, Zhu Qikui had a conflict with a foreign businessman who had just arrived in Luoyang because of the competition for the popular girl in the brothel. However, the businessman had left Luoyang yesterday and was suspected of committing the crime. " Sun Chaoshan replied.

"These palace officials have always been lawless. If they have disputes with others, they may be retaliated against. Have you found out about this foreign merchant?" Magistrate Kang continued to ask. "I only know that he arrived in Luoyang that day and went to Shili Chunfeng in the evening. The merchant first called a popular girl named Shen Zirou. After Zhu Qikui came later, he must also want that Shen Zirou. There was some quarrel between the two parties. The foreign merchant may have taken the photo in The reputation of Prince Fu's Mansion has disappeared." Sun Chaoshan continued to report.

"What are the foreign merchants planning to do when they come to Luoyang? Are there any local merchants accompanying them?"

"There are none, so it is difficult to find out the identity of the foreign merchants. We can only issue sea arrest documents based on the described appearance." Sun Chaoshan said.

"That can only be like this. It seems to be an unexpected conflict. The foreign merchants were unhappy and kidnapped Zhu Qikui and others when they returned." Kang Mengqi guessed.

"The master's guess is very close, and we are also prepared to respond to Prince Fu's mansion in this way."

"What about other places? Are there any clues?"

"In the past few days, Zhu Qikui went to several places where he wanted to seize the shops, but there were no obvious conflicts. At present, the suspicion is not very high." Sun Chaoshan continued to report.

"These bastards know how to make money and have caused so many troubles in our place. Just reply to Prince Fu's Mansion and say that we will do our best to track down that foreign merchant." Kang Mengqi made the final decision.

"Understood!" Sun Chaoshan naturally hopes to close the case as soon as possible. Who wants to have nothing to do?

Luoyang East Street, Zhenming Group Branch.

Li Xiongzhen is also convening everyone to analyze the situation and study the next step.

"Shopkeeper Guo and the others left the city smoothly, and their whereabouts were not discovered, right?" Li Xiongzhen asked.

"Prince Fu's Mansion did not report the crime yesterday, and Luoyang City did not implement any control. Shopkeeper Guo and the others left the city long ago, and they are probably more than two hundred miles away now. Henan Mansion will probably issue a sea arrest document, and as long as they return to Jiazhou, they will be fine. Yes." Tan Ze, the director of Tingfengwei Luoyang Station, replied.

"Today, the Henan government also assigned the Luoyang County government to go to our Li's store to understand the situation. They mainly asked what Zhu Qikui was doing the day before yesterday. We told the truth that he wanted to acquire the store, but I said that I couldn't make the decision and needed to ask the owner for instructions. Fortunately that day We didn't have any conflicts, and the people from Luoyang County were familiar with it, so they said there was nothing suspicious and went back." Shopkeeper Meng Xin continued to report.

"Have all the guards who participated in the operation settled down that night?" Li Xiongzhen asked next.

"We all arranged to follow Fang Tiedan to gather the refugees outside the city. The government office couldn't find anything even if they wanted to check," Fang Xiaolin reported.

"Think about it again, is there anything else that has been missed?" Li Xiongzhen then asked.

"General Manager, from the government's point of view, there should be no doubts. They always talk about evidence when handling cases. However, this is not necessarily the case in Prince Fu's Mansion. As long as there is suspicion, they may take action. We have to prepare early." Li Fei answered.

"It's true, these vassal kings are the most unruly. Moreover, our Li's shop is booming, and sooner or later it will attract their covetous attention. Without Master Zhu, some dog boss will still come to our door.

So we still have to build up our own strength, just as we discussed last time. One is to open another shop and have Deputy Director Li take charge of it to distract attention. Zhenming Group's products can also be wholesaled to local merchants in Luoyang City to achieve bundling of interests. "Li Xiongzhen then arranged.

"Understood! I will open a Lin's store in the east of the city. It will be named after the Governor. I have been looking for a place these two days." Li Fei responded.

"Okay, this is all the work of the deputy chief. The second thing is the deployment of force in the city. Xiaolin, you must control the Ax Gang. The power of more than a hundred people is not small." Li Xiongzhen continued. said.

"Understood! We will continue to expand the scale of the Ax Gang. Now the Ax Gang has occupied the cargo handling business of the river terminal, and also controls several gambling houses and restaurants. It is convenient to hide manpower and can support itself financially." Fang Xiao Lin replied.

"The third step is to control the refugee team outside the city. After Fang Tiedan initially controls a group of people, we will continue to send the backbone to deliver some food to them. This is the most important force and must be firmly grasped." Li Xiongzhen Finally said.

These arrangements of the Luoyang branch were originally made to resist the seizure of shops by Prince Fu's Mansion, and later became the key to seizing Luoyang City. (End of chapter)