Zuan laughed heartily: "Red Tears, you are truly my lucky star. You brought such important news so quickly. Come here, give me a kiss."

Qiu Honglei hid behind her and giggled, "Auntie, you'd better hurry up and get ready. Time is of the essence. If you miss it, who knows when the next opportunity will come?"

"That's right!" Zu An smiled on the outside, but in his heart he was full of complaints. This woman had been so eager to throw herself into his arms before, but now she wouldn't let him touch her or even feel her, and she was even playing the role of a chaste and virtuous woman.

Unfortunately, despite the complaints, we still have to get down to business.

He also left Shenxianju in a hurry, but he did not completely believe Qiu Honglei's words and secretly went to the dock for a stroll.

After observing secretly for a while, the dock seemed busier than usual today. Many men were looking around suspiciously while carrying things.

So he hurriedly went back and told Chu Chuyan about it, and Chu Chuyan immediately informed her parents.

Chu Zhongtian was overjoyed to learn of the whereabouts of the smuggled salt and hurriedly gathered his men to prepare to go to the dock.

Qin Wanru, who was standing to the side, said, "Although the Giant Whale Gang doesn't have many experts, it has a large number of members. Our Chu family may not have enough manpower. Why don't we call on Sang Qian's river defense anti-smuggling team? This is their job. Sang Hong used this as a bargaining chip before. We gave them such a large donation, so we can't let them take the money and not do the job."

Although the Chu family had a private army, it was still somewhat taboo to mobilize them within the city without imperial orders.

Chu Yan has been unwell recently, and some of the guards in the manor are responsible for protecting her, so they have to go to the docks to arrest people, and they don't have enough manpower.

Chu Zhongtian thought about it and agreed: "Aunt, you take some men to assist Commander Sang and have him arrest the people."

He decided that the Chu family's guards would not participate this time, and would hand it all over to Sang Qian's anti-smuggling smuggling team. If the other party messed things up, they would have something to say to Sang Hong in the future.

“Okay!” Zu An noticed Chu Chuyan giving him a wink and knew that this was an opportunity she had secured for him, so he readily agreed.

Fearing that Chen Xuan might make a move midway, the Chu family sent more than a dozen guards to accompany them.

As Zu'an hurried toward the river defense camp's office, he couldn't help but wonder if Sang Qian would turn on him on the spot if he found out that he had touched his fiancée's legs all over.

But then again, was Zheng Dan's deliberate approach to me at Sang Qian's behest?

Hmm~

Does Sang Qian have some kind of peculiar hobby?

I want a dozen friends like that!

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I'm not feeling well, so this should be the only chapter for today.

Speaking of which, the thought of owing so many chapters is making me feel quite exhausted. I hope that one day my writing will flow like a river and I can finally pay off the debts. My condition these past few days has been really tough.