The Shenwu Guards searched house to house for anyone who had escaped, and strictly checked anyone who was not a local.

Mo Yunting and Su Qingli pretended to be an ordinary couple. Their identity documents were prepared early in the morning, and their appearance was also changed so that no one could recognize them.

Yin Ze looked at the people who were captured, with a hint of doubt in his eyes. Only the people from the Hangzhou Shen family could not be found. He sent someone to the Hangzhou Shen family, but found that the second son of the Hangzhou Shen family had not gone far away at all!

"General, this is the only person we haven't found."

"It doesn't matter if we haven't found him. This person is not important. What's important is the people of the Lu family. None of them can escape." Yin Ze's expression was cold. What he cared about was the person behind the Lu family.

Although the Lu family was a prominent family, they had no one to back them up and would never dare to mine private salt. They even sold private salt openly. The Tianyuan Dynasty had clear laws that stipulated that no one was allowed to mine salt or sell private salt privately. Once discovered, they would be executed immediately.

"General Yin, you have to make the decision for me!" Marquis Yongyi burst into Yin Ze's office, crying. "That Lu Zhen is not a human being. He goes around abducting beautiful women and training them into skinny horses for entertainment. I just can't stand it, but Lu Zhen is going to kill him to silence him."

Yin Ze's head was buzzing with anger from the loud shouting of Marquis Yongyi. "Marquis Yongyi, I will definitely get to the bottom of this matter and will never let the evildoers go unpunished."

"General Yin, Lu Zhen not only abducted two women, he also mined and sold illegal salt. At the auction, he sold a year's worth of illegal salt mining rights for one million taels of silver!"

"One million?" Yin Ze gasped, "Who bought it?"

"I don't know. That person is right next to the private room where I am. They are a master and servant." Marquis Yongyi thought about it carefully, but he couldn't remember when the master and servant left.

"Why would Marquis Yongyi go to the Lu family's auction house?" Yin Ze was very curious. The Lu family's auction was strictly reviewed. Although Marquis Yongyi was a marquis and his family had a small fortune, he would definitely not be in the eyes of the Lu family.

"Someone sent me an invitation, telling me that I could find them if I went to the auction house..." At this point, Marquis Yongyi immediately changed his words, not wanting anyone to know that his granddaughter had also been arrested. "That damn Lu Zhen is truly a beast. Those children were so young, how could he have the heart to kill them?"

While comforting Lu Zhen, Yin Ze continued to ask, "Do you know who gave you the invitation?"

"I don't know. When I woke up this morning, the invitation was in my room."

Yin Ze had Marquis Yongyi sent away. The Lu family was indeed very bold, but they were not stupid. How did they manage to capture Marquis Yongyi's granddaughter by such a coincidence?

"Go check and see if the Lu family has any enemies."

"General, the person who sent the message back to the capital has not yet received any news."

"Don't worry, His Majesty has received my report." Yin Ze said slowly. He sent a total of twelve people to deliver the report. So far, only two of the twelve people have delivered it, and the remaining ten have been killed.

He dared to mobilize the Shenwu Guards and cover up for the Lu family of Ruyang. This person really has connections. He blocked the news by holding the people down, but the news still got out in the capital. Now it depends on who will protect the Lu family.

"Open the city gates tomorrow. Ruyang is a major trading center, after all. How can we keep it closed forever?" Yin Ze said with a cruel smile. "The Lu family has been busy in Ruyang for hundreds of years. They must have a trick up their sleeve. Let's see what extraordinary abilities the person behind this has."

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