Chapter 438

"Tell me!"

Su Qiao's expression also grew a few shades heavier.

Suyun hurriedly told Su Qiao about the officials of Fuzhou Prefecture.

As for the officials of Fuzhou Prefecture, Liu Minghe and the faction of the Four Great Families were truly bound by interests, almost reaching the point where they covered for each other.

They had done no small amount of evil; it was just that they were more hidden.

If Suyun hadn't overheard the secret exchanges between Lu Hong and Liu Minghe by chance, she certainly would never have thought of it.

The second faction in Fuzhou Prefecture consisted of Vice Prefect Zhao Hui and Assistant Prefect He Yunyi.

These two did not have as much power as Liu Minghe, after all, Liu Minghe was a Prefect of the Fourth Rank, Senior Grade, and had the backing of the Lu family and the Four Great Families.

They almost occupied more than half of the power in Fuzhou Prefecture.

Zhao Hui and He Yunyi were far behind; even if they united, they could barely hold their own against Liu Minghe.

Moreover, those behind them were all small families with no money, incomparable to the Four Great Families of Fuzhou.

292, take the initiative!

"I didn't expect it; there was such a matter in between. Originally, looking at Liu Minghe with his thick eyebrows and big eyes, this official was thinking that well water does not offend river water, and as long as he didn't commit a major error, I would leave it to Your Majesty's Ministry of Personnel to handle. Now that he dares to be so audacious, he must be dealt with!"

After Suyun finished speaking, Su Qiao murmured to himself.

Hearing Su Qiao's words, Suyun felt like she was on a roller coaster, up one moment and down the next.

She had been worried that Su Qiao would protect Liu Minghe.

Fortunately, in the end, her gamble paid off; Su Qiao, this Imperial Envoy, was not a so-called corrupt official and truly intended to deal with Liu Minghe.

At this moment, Su Qiao fell into deep thought.

He had not spoken wrongly.

He had never intended to deal with Liu Minghe or the local officials before.

At most, if he discovered their corruption and bribery, he would handle it directly according to the situation at that time.

If they were unyielding, he would simply resolve them publicly.

If they were sensible, he would just turn back and inform the Ministry of Personnel and Zhu Youjian over there, and then be done with it and leave.

Who knew that Liu Minghe was hidden so deeply and was actually one with the Lu family and them.

Earlier, Zhu Di had already told Su Qiao.

The Bai Lianjiao was hidden very deeply, and it was not merely hidden in some deep mountains and old forests.

Instead, it was integrated into society; the great hidden ones hide in the court, the medium hidden ones hide in the market, and the small hidden ones hide in the wild!

Basically, they did all three extremely well.

Su Qiao had not noticed Liu Minghe originally.

Lu Hong and the others were themselves remnants of the Bai Lianjiao, an outer organization; there was no guarantee that Liu Minghe was not a person of the Bai Lianjiao.

Su Qiao felt he had been slightly careless and needed to be more vigilant.

"Sun Youxu!"

"Your subordinate is here!"

"Lu Hong and the others will likely move against this official soon. Just right; this official has no interest in playing along with their act. When there is movement in the secret passage later, you will capture them, send a signal, and capture everyone here immediately!"

Su Qiao decided to take the initiative.

One cannot always be passively beaten.

Like the dramas of later generations portray, where the protagonist always falls into the enemy's layers upon layers of traps and dangers, then dawdles exchanging secrets with the villain, then a divine weapon descends from the sky to save him, and then the female lead dies!

This is extremely melodramatic nonsense.

Su Qiao had no interest in dragging out this nonsense!

Dying is fine; if Zhu Yuanzhang chops off his head, that will do.

But being caught and suppressed here, forget it.

Since one possesses absolute momentum, why force oneself to Fall into danger?

The Bai Lianjiao was indeed quite powerful, hidden very deeply, and their power was also quite vast.

But they were, after all, rats that could not see the light; at the very least, they could not confront the government officials head-on.

Otherwise, they would not have hidden themselves.

Furthermore, even if their lineage was the longest, there were always residual remnants leaking out.

But they had never succeeded in rebelling!

What future could such an organization, which always failed even in rebellion, have?

At the very least, Su Qiao was not afraid of them.

"Yes!"

At this moment, Suyun was still standing aside, having said not a single word in between, with no intention of interrupting.

She looked completely obedient, as if the previously cold and sharp older sister persona was about to disappear again.

Su Qiao was truly quite curious about how Suyun changed her face so easily.

When Sun Youxu went out to call the other Embroidered Uniform Guards, Su Qiao turned his head and asked her: "You are whatever nature you originally had; why dress it up like this? Are you worried this official cannot accept it?"

Hearing Su Qiao's words, Suyun's pretty face turned slightly red.

She nodded and said: "Will my lord not hate it? They all say women cannot be strong, and that having no talent is virtue..."

"Enough, those are all words to fool fools; whoever believes them is truly foolish. You stay by this official's side for now; be whatever you are, no need to be specially anything."

Su Qiao explained to Suyun.

Suyun nodded; the previously delicate and charming posture vanished instantly, and the whole person became a few degrees colder.

They say a woman changes her face faster than flipping a book; Su Qiao felt he had truly witnessed it.

It was no less impressive than Sichuan Opera face-changing.

Soon, Sun Youxu outside had also arranged everything according to Su Qiao's plan and personally led men into the room.

They waited patiently for the person sent by Lu Hong to take the bait.

Suyun sat on the bed while Su Qiao sat on a chair, both waiting silently.

"Mr. Su, the watchman has already struck the wooden clapper outside; dawn is almost breaking. Will they still come?"

Seeing that dawn would break in another half-hour outside, Sun Youxu could no longer hold back and asked.

Su Qiao nodded very confidently, saying, "Rest assured, they will definitely come!"

It was no wonder dawn was approaching so quickly.

Earlier, at the Hour of Zi, Lu Hong had staged a fire incident.

As a result, it took more than an hour of commotion.

After that, the matter with Suyun consumed another large portion of an hour.

So now, isn't it about time for dawn?

Just then, a crackling sound suddenly came from the floor in the middle.

The sound was not loud, yet in the quiet room at that moment, it was not small.

Su Qiao and the others exchanged glances and all looked very confidently at the spot on the floor.

The Embroidered Uniform Guard members cautiously drew their Embroidered Spring Swords, took out hand crossbows, and brought out fishing nets, preparing to deal with whoever emerged.

At this moment, Su Qiao made a hand gesture to several members of the Embroidered Uniform Guard.

The meaning of the gesture was naturally for them to hide quietly first.

Their goal was to catch everyone in one net; the secret passage certainly could not allow everyone to jump out at once.

If the people in front encountered an accident, those behind would definitely turn and run.

This would easily lead to flaws.

Sun Youxu and the others understood Su Qiao's meaning and immediately tiptoed to hide to one side.

Additionally, Su Qiao himself quietly returned to the bed.

Two ruddy blushes appeared on Suyun's cold, beautiful face, and she did not stop Su Qiao from getting on the bed.

After waiting for a Yixiao Society, it seemed they were testing whether there was any other movement above and that it was relatively safe; the paused sound started again.

This time it lasted a bit longer.

Immediately after, Su Qiao and the others saw the carpet on the floor in the middle being pushed up.

Then the green bricks were opened by someone, and a pitch-black figure suddenly jumped out.

Su Qiao and Suyun pretended to embrace each other with their eyes closed, sleeping.