In the foot shop, after Fan Jian scratched his head, he picked up the cup on the table, took a sip, and pretended to be casual: "Don't ask me, the three of us have been monitoring that guy for so long, of course we have gained a lot, but hasn't Mr. Zhong come yet? I have told you all our gains now, shall we tell you again when Mr. Zhong comes?"

Zhong Langjun is the leader of this group of people.

But Fan Jian and Su Liuyue all felt that this Zhong was most likely just a fictitious surname.

Fan Jian was not clear about the backgrounds of the other men, but he was clear about the two men who partnered with him. One of them was just an ordinary farmer. Because his two sons were forcibly conscripted and died on the battlefield, he blamed the hatred for the loss of his sons on the new dynasty and thought that the royal family of Daqing was the murderer of his two sons.

The other one used to work in Jingzhao Prefecture. Because he colluded with Kang Shaoyin, the then Shaoyin of Jingzhao Prefecture, and did many things to oppress the people and bully others, Zhou Yunke carried out a major purge after taking over Jingzhao Prefecture and directly kicked him out. Therefore, he hated the Xin Dynasty very much, and hated the Crown Prince of the Xin Dynasty who kicked him out even more.

Among these three people, Fan Jian had the highest official position and was the most knowledgeable and intelligent. Therefore, unknowingly, Fan Jian became the leader of their three-person team.

Seeing that Fan Jian was unwilling to reveal the results of their surveillance in advance, the other two people also responded in succession: "Mr. Fan is right, it is better to wait until Mr. Zhong comes to tell us."

"Well, don't worry anyway. With the intelligence we have, it's easy to burn the Xu family to death just like the Xiao family! They say that Jingzhao Prefecture has become more and more capable after being taken over by that damn prince, and has solved several major cases in succession. Bah! We still fooled them!
"After the Xiao family was burned to death, what did they do? I'm afraid they are still running around like headless flies!"

The steward in Zhou Yunke's mansion was named Xu, and the one who spoke was the former yamen runner who was kicked out of Jingzhao Prefecture, named Wu.

Fan Jian glanced at him and pretended to be casual: "Indeed, do you know what happened? I heard someone say earlier that the people in Jingzhao Prefecture actually thought that the recent cases of scholars being burned to death and the case of the Xiao family being burned to death were committed by the same murderer. It's really ridiculous!"

Everyone was startled, and immediately a man burst out laughing. Then, perhaps because he thought it was too ridiculous, he couldn't help but slap the table and laughed, saying: "These dog officials are really incompetent! Why should we burn those poor scholars to death? Although it is despicable that they rush to serve those dog thieves who usurp the country, we are not the kind of people who make trouble for no reason. Every grievance has its perpetrator, and the one who should die is the Zhou family!"

"That's right, if they keep investigating like this, they will never find out who the murderer is even if they spend their whole life investigating!"

Fan Jian showed a disdainful expression and said calmly: "Yes, don't you think they are a bunch of idiots? We always do things openly and honestly, and we never pretend to have an accident. We just want to let those villains know that we are deliberately looking for trouble with you, just to make them fear and panic!
That coward who burned the scholars to death is not the same as us!"

The case of this series of scholars being burned to death has been a hot topic recently. Many people know some details. Moreover, because the murderer had previously misled the people of Jingzhao Prefecture, making them think that it was an accident, they are even more happy to use this incident to despise and insult Jingzhao Prefecture.

"Yes! Haha, Brother Fan is absolutely right!"

Immediately, a man slapped his thigh and said, "Although that guy fooled the people of Jingzhao Prefecture, which made people feel very happy, but such cowardly behavior of sneaking around and pretending to be a ghost is not something we would do!"

Someone on the side said, "But I am quite curious, why did the murderer burn those scholars to death? Does he have any grudge against those scholars?"

Fan Jian raised his hand nonchalantly, "Who knows? Maybe he's just jealous of them. After all, those scholars can't carry anything, but they can study. Maybe the murderer is a fool and is jealous of their intelligence? I mean, not everyone can pass the imperial examination. Some people can't pass it even after studying their whole lives. For most people, it still depends on their brains."

Fan Jian is an experienced person, so his words are particularly convincing when spoken by him.

Few of the people sitting here have ever passed the imperial examination. After all, this is not a high-quality reactionary gang, and Fan Jian is considered a leader among them.

Everyone couldn't help feeling a little jealous, and some people tried hard to look disdainful, but when they looked at Fan Jian's eyes, they couldn't help but feel a bit jealous.

Fan Jian and the other two were the focus. After this round of discussion, almost everyone present focused their attention on Fan Jian.

Therefore, when some people behave strangely at this time, they will be... particularly conspicuous. Lu Lu, who was lying next to Su Liuyue, suddenly tightened his voice and whispered, "Young Master Su, the man sitting in the left corner seems a little strange!"

Su Liuyue had already noticed it without him saying anything.

But he was a tall and thin man wearing fine clothes. He did not join the discussion of the group of people next to him, but just sat there drinking tea silently.

However, the expression on his face gradually changed subtly. At first, his expression was relatively calm, but soon, his facial features began to become ferocious. Even at such a long distance, Su Liuyue seemed to be able to see the blue veins bursting on his forehead and the back of his hands, and seemed to hear the slight clacking sound of his teeth clenching.

The script that Fan Jian was going to perform tonight was given to him by her.

She could probably guess what the man had heard that caused him to lose control of his emotions, and even his eyes were filled with uncontrollable murderous intent.

However, no matter how angry he was, he remained motionless, as if his butt was nailed to the chair.

Even when someone turned to look at him, he would immediately lower his head, as if he didn't want others to see the strangeness on his face.

Su Liuyue couldn't help but sneered and said sarcastically: "He is indeed a coward."

Only a person like this would run into a fire to watch those poor scholars being burned to death and cover his face tightly, for fear of being seen by anyone.

Even if that was a person who was about to be burned to death.

When Lu Lu saw Su Liuyue's reaction, he immediately understood clearly and whispered, "It must be him, right? Once the leader arrives, His Highness's people will probably take action. By then, I will have people keep a close eye on him."

They just need to keep an eye on him.

The others are their highness's prey.

At this moment, there was a faint commotion coming from the foot shop, and Su Liuyue and the other yamen runners immediately tightened their eyes.

I saw a tall man wearing a veil on his head, surrounded by several people, slowly walking into the foot shop.

That must be the leader of this gang, Zhong Langjun that Fan Jian mentioned!

Now that Zhong Langjun has appeared, Zhou Yunke should take action soon.

Su Liuyue was just estimating when Zhou Yunke would make his move when a young man suddenly ran out from the forest, stumbling forward and shouting, "There's... there's an ambush! Everyone, run! It's an ambush by the government!"

Su Liuyue's heart tightened at that moment!
Their people were discovered?! (End of this chapter)