The disgraced official I took care of was actually Zhu Houcong's childhood friend.

Chapter 373

Do you have a plan for the arrest?

Chen Zhao looked at Yun Jin with a respectful expression.

In fact, Yun Jin had already sent five hundred Xuanwu soldiers to secretly search for Zhou Chu's whereabouts. However, Zhou Chu disappeared from Yuyao, so even if they were to search, they would focus on Yuyao and search the surrounding area.

In fact, it wasn't just the Xuanwu Army; immediately after Zhang Cong was appointed, he dispatched a large number of troops to search for Zhou Chu's whereabouts.

However, the search for Zhou Chu could only be carried out in secret, because Zhou Chu's fate was uncertain. Even if he was not dead, according to the students who witnessed the incident, the commander of the Embroidered Uniform Guard was seriously injured.

Both Zhang Cong and Yun Jin were well aware that it wasn't just their people searching for Zhou Chu; the gentry of Jiangnan all wished Zhou Chu dead and would naturally send people to search for his whereabouts in secret.

Once they find Zhou Chu's whereabouts, they will probably target the seriously injured Zhou Chu immediately.

That's why Yun Jin acted so conspicuously, in order to attract everyone's attention and keep them from having time to look for Zhou Chu. Yun Jin knew very well that as long as Zhou Chu caught his breath, everything would be fine.

What Yun Jin needs to do is buy Zhou Chu some time to catch his breath.

"In the past year or so at sea, I have met many fishermen from the Ming Dynasty. I asked them about some fishing techniques. Fishermen usually set up a net in one place and then make a lot of noise in other places to drive all the fish in the vicinity to the net."

Yun Jin seemed to be giving an irrelevant answer.

But Chen Zhao, being a commander of the Embroidered Uniform Guard, was quick to understand and immediately grasped Yun Jin's meaning.

"You mean to conduct a large-scale search in Chongming County and Shanghai County to alert Li Xian, so that he will think about escaping, most likely by illegally crossing the sea. We only need to secretly deploy defenses along the coast of Chongming County to catch Li Xian off guard."

Upon hearing this, Yun Jin looked at Chen Zhao with some surprise.

"You are a talent."

Upon hearing this, Chen Zhao smiled somewhat embarrassedly.

"Lord Zhou praised me in the same way before."

"Go and set it up."

Yun Jin's expression turned serious.

"Yes!"

Chen Zhao accepted the order and left.

These days, Li Xian is hiding in Chongming County, where he owns a brothel. After disguising himself, Li Xian sneaks inside, and apart from the madam and his henchmen, no one knows him.

Li Xian trusted the madam quite a bit. She had been adopted by the Li family since childhood and was originally supposed to work in the sex trade, but the young Li Xian stopped her and made her a madam instead. As a result, the madam was extremely grateful to Li Xian.

"Sir, the situation outside is not good. There are soldiers everywhere, and we don't know who they are searching for."

The madam entered Li Xian's room, her face full of worry.

Li Xian naturally wouldn't tell the madam about his assassination attempt on Zhou Chu. He simply told her that he had offended the Embroidered Uniform Guard and was hiding there for a while. The madam didn't suspect anything and kept an eye on things outside for Li Xian.

Now, smuggling gangs are conducting large-scale searches throughout Chongming County, and the madam naturally couldn't sit still, so she immediately informed Li Xian.

Upon hearing this, Li Xian felt a chill run down his spine. He hadn't expected that someone would guess his hiding place so quickly.

Is this the case throughout Suzhou Prefecture, or only in Chongming County?

Li Xian asked.

He needed to confirm whether the officers and soldiers had locked onto Chongming County before deciding whether to flee. If they had already locked onto Chongming County, then finding him was only a matter of time, and he should set off as soon as possible.

"It seems that only Chongming County has too many officials and soldiers. There are Jinyiwei (Imperial Guards) and soldiers. If the whole Suzhou Prefecture is like this, how many Jinyiwei would there be?"

The madam thought for a moment and then said...

Upon hearing this, Li Xian's eyes narrowed, realizing the seriousness of the matter.