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"The Jinwu Guards are investigating the case!" Su Qinchao ordered his men to disperse the crowd and shouted at those so-called nobles to stop the violence.

He quickly helped the old beggar up, handed him to the palace soldiers, and sent him for treatment.

"Who are you? How dare you interfere with us?" One of the tall and thin men in his 20s looked at Su Qinchao with disdain.

"I am Su Qinchao, a fourth-rank imperial guard general." Su Qinchao answered neither humbly nor arrogantly.

The palace soldier whispered in his ear that this was Cheng Hao, the eldest grandson of Duke Chengguo.

"So you are Su Qinchao? Do you know who this person is?" Cheng Hao looked at him in surprise when he heard his name.

Then he pointed at the boy on the left who had an exceptionally delicate appearance and a vicious face.

"This is Concubine Su's brother! The emperor's uncle!"

"Oh, I'm so disrespectful, but protecting the people is also Su's responsibility. Please forgive me." Su Qin smiled good-temperedly.

It was obvious that these words were of little use, as the people in front of him did not buy it. Uncle Su said nothing, but just swung his fist towards him in the face.

"Is Uncle Su going to beat up the imperial official in the street?" Su Qinchao easily took the fist and clenched it tightly in his palm.

"Let me go!" Seeing that his hand was being pinched and he couldn't pull it free, Su Guojiu finally spoke. This man was really bold, but even a fourth-rank General of the Central Army dared to offend him.

"Okay, I'll let go." Su Qin let go of his hand good-temperedly, still with a smile on his face.

"You wait!" Seeing that he would not get any good results this time, Uncle Su led his people away angrily.

"Didn't I tell you not to offend these nobles?" the soldier said with a sad face.

"I didn't do anything! And I didn't say anything nonsense!" Su Qin blinked innocently.

In fact, he was not afraid of revenge from these people. Although the emperor doted on Concubine Su, he was not a person who would ignore the people for the sake of beauty.

What's more, he has the eldest princess behind him. As long as he is still working for the eldest princess, he doesn't have to be afraid of these people.

What's more, in the eyes of those old foxes, this is just a trivial matter.

Sure enough, until Su Qinchao left Chang'an, there was no movement in these people's homes.

Because these people, including the arrogant Uncle Su, were all being kept at home by their elders.

The children don’t understand, but these old foxes know it very well.

Standing behind this General Su is Princess Yucheng, and in His Majesty's heart, Princess Yucheng is much more prestigious than Concubine Su.

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Their first stop was Guangzhou Prefecture, which had the largest port in the Wu Dynasty and was also where Japanese merchant ships would dock in a few days. They would stay here for about ten days.

During the day, he and Gao Zhili disguised themselves and went to various places to search secretly. At night, he would take advantage of the cover of darkness to do what Princess Yucheng had asked him to do.

Su Qinchao took out a paper tube from his arms, opened it and took a look, confirming that the house at the corner ahead was the place mentioned on the paper, then he climbed over the wall and sneaked in.

This house is extremely small, with only two entrances. It looks very ordinary from the outside, but it is decorated extremely luxuriously inside.

Especially the inner courtyard, not to mention the ten-foot-high rockery and flowing water, and the lotus pond with curling smoke, even the floor is paved with broken white jade.

Now illuminated by the moonlight, the whole yard is bright and shining.

Su Qinchao followed the shadow along the wall and slipped to the corridor. He identified the owner's bedroom by listening to the sound. He took out a small bamboo tube from the wall and blew the smoke into it.

This trick was taught to me by those secret guards when I came back from Henan Road last time.

At that time, people laughed at him for going to Prince Changning's Palace just relying on his bravery, but he ended up attracting pursuers and almost lost his life.

After making sure that there was no snoring in the room, Su Qinchao carefully walked towards the study. He needed to find a list, which was a list of bribes received by the Guangzhou Maritime Customs.

The owner of this house was a money manager under the Guangzhou Chamber of Commerce. He recorded all the money transactions of the Chamber of Commerce, including bribes to the Commissioner of Maritime Customs.

Su Qinchao searched carefully in the study, even on the floor, walls, and secret compartments under the table, but he couldn't find the list he wanted.

Maybe in the master bedroom! Su Qinchao thought.

Such an important thing must be kept close by, why would it be placed so openly in the study?

However, Su Qinchao was wrong this time. While the smoke was still effective, he turned the manager's bedroom, including the bed, upside down but still couldn't find it.

Seeing that there was no hope of finding it today, Su Qinchao had no choice but to put the things back to their original places and sneak back along the same route.

"Hey!" As soon as he climbed down from the courtyard wall, he saw a tall man in black standing at the corner, waving at him and saying hello.

"Who?" Su Qinchao didn't dare to go over rashly and just stayed where he was without moving.

"I found that thing!" The man in black shook the book in his hand towards him. It was indeed the list of bribes accepted by the Commissioner of Maritime Customs that he wanted.

"Who are you? Hand it over!" Su Qinchao slowly drew out the soft sword from his waist.

"I know you work for the princess. I'm pretty much the same. I work for that guy!" The man in black pointed to the sky, his eyes curved.

"I'm mainly worried that you'll waste your time, so I'm telling you that I'm leaving." Then he flashed away into the darkness.

Then you blame the kindhearted one! Su Qinchao complained in his heart, is it really that he doesn't need to care anymore? I didn't expect that I would fail the first time I tried, oh!

Su Qinchao shook his head, feeling very discouraged, but after two days he no longer had time to be discouraged, because every time he took action at night, he would be overtaken by the man in black.

Is this person doing this on purpose? Does he know her? Why does she always have to show off in front of him?

Forget it! If you want to rob, I’ll give it all to you. Later, Su Qinchao simply stopped going.

He said hello to Gao Zhili and went to the port. The Japanese merchant ship would arrive in the next two days, and he wanted to wait here and watch the game.

However, the man in black didn't let him go. After completing the task, he ran to the port and asked him, "Hey! Why don't you go?"

"Hmph!" Su Qinchao turned his head and ignored him.

"Oh! You're still angry!" The man in black didn't bother to argue any further. He just laughed and left.

This person must be an acquaintance, otherwise he wouldn't be like this. Moreover, he is someone who seems a little awkward with me. Who is he?

Su Qinchao thought about everyone he knew one by one, but couldn't find any clues.

The next day, the Japanese ships finally showed up. Su Qinchao stood at the harbor, excitedly watching the merchant ships slowly dock one by one.

His eyes scanned the deck one by one, and finally he saw Guanqi's figure on the last merchant ship.