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As the saying goes, you can hide for a while, but you can't hide forever.

Sun Li, however, scoffed.

"Does that navy think they can hide at sea forever?!"

"They will eventually run out of food and have to come ashore one day!"

"Alright, what's the point of saying all this now?"

Sister-in-law Gu then said,

"Let's hurry back to the hotel,"

"Let's head to Dengyun Mountain immediately afterward!"

.....

After Sister-in-law Gu and the others returned to their hotel,

First, he gathered all the workers together.

Those willing to leave with Sister-in-law Gu and the others...

So they walked together.

Those who didn't want to leave,

Sister-in-law Gu then took out the silver coins.

Let them go home.

After everything is arranged,

Sister-in-law Gu and Sun Xin looked at the hotel their family had been running for several years.

After sighing,

They used torches.

They set the hotel on fire!

As the hotel burned fiercely,

Sister-in-law Gu and the others drove the carriage.

Heading towards Dengyun Mountain!

.....

Early the next morning,

The jailers in the prison, who had been drugged with sleeping pills, gradually regained consciousness.

quickly,

Then someone discovered that Le He and the prisoner Jie Zhen were not necessarily together.

And that Bao Jieji whose skull had already been split open with a stone!

Dengzhou Prefecture was not a large city to begin with.

The news quickly spread throughout the city.

In hotels everywhere,

Everyone was talking about the prison escape.

And Shi Xiu,

They also obtained the inn from the Liangshan scouts.

I've learned about this!

"Jie Zhen, Jie Bao, Sun Xin, Sun Li, and Le He..."

The workaholic recited several names.

"By the way, do you know how Xie Zhen ended up in prison?"

"This is a bit strange,"

The part-time spy's accomplice replied,

"Jie Zhen and Jie Bao were originally two hunters from outside Dengzhou City,"

"I don't know how I offended that local tycoon, landlord Mao Taigong,"

"He was even used by her to become the son-in-law of a clerk in the government office,"

"Not only will Jie Zhen be handed over to the authorities,"

"They were sent directly to that death row without trial."

“Sun Xin, Sun Li, and Le He are all related to the Xie brothers, Xie Zhen and Xie Bao,”

"That's why I took action and rescued Xie Zhen."

"Looking at it this way, something does seem a bit off,"

Shi Xiu pondered for a moment,

"Why would Old Master Mao go to such lengths for a mere hunter?"

"Leader,"

The waiter said in a low voice,

"Among the wealthy families who have been making unusual moves recently is that old man Mao..."

Chapter 941 Night Visit to Old Master Mao

"A villager from Maojiazhuang said that in the past few days,"

The waiter reported,

"The courtyard of Grandpa Mao's house was often brightly lit all night long,"

"I wonder what they're still busy with so late at night..."

"Grandpa Mao..."

Shi Xiu pondered,

He was acting on Zhao Yuan's orders.

They arrived in Dengzhou first.

An investigation revealed that the Liangshan Salt Village had been breached.

The village had tens of thousands of dan (a unit of weight) of coarse salt stolen.

Over the past few days

Although Shi Xiu has not yet found the culprit behind the scenes,

But it has already been clearly discovered that

Something's not right with the wealthy and powerful families around Dengzhou Prefecture.

盐，

It is something essential to the human body.

If a person goes without salt for several days in a row,

Then one will feel weak all over.

It's impossible for them to work.

Therefore,

These were the wealthy and powerful families who were always stingy and miserly towards their tenants.

They would also usually make sure their tenants had enough salt.

otherwise,

Where would they get the strength to work for them?

The tenants under these wealthy and powerful families,

The fewest are dozens,

Some have hundreds,

In addition to the wealthy family's own family,

The amount of salt consumed daily.

That's not a small amount either.

But according to Shi Xiu's inquiries,

Since more than half a month ago,

After the Liangshan Salt Village was captured,

That Dengzhou obtained the salt market,

Suddenly, he became listless.

Besides ordinary people

Aside from occasionally buying some salt for daily use,

Those local gentry and wealthy families in Dengzhou,

During this long month,

They didn't buy a single grain of coarse salt!

Such a thing,

If it were in the past,

There's nothing strange about that.

But now that Liangshan Salt Village has been breached,

In the case of the loss of tens of thousands of dan (a unit of weight) of salt,

Everything began to seem suspicious.

Shi Xiu followed immediately,

He then sent spies to keep an eye on the movements of these landlords and gentry in Dengzhou.

It was soon learned that,

In the past two days,

These landlords and wealthy families

They all acted somewhat strangely.

There are those who undertake large-scale construction projects deep in the mountains.

With the help of boats,

Delivering goods continuously,

And then there are families like Mao Taigong's.

They're working non-stop late into the night!

Shi Xiu originally intended to investigate thoroughly.

What exactly were these wealthy and powerful families doing?

Now that we know that this Mr. Mao also has problems...

His home is next to Dengzhou.

That night,

Shi Xiu then led a dozen or so Liangshan scouts,