Volume 2: The Big Lie Chapter 6: Throwing Stones and Asking for Directions
That's three days.
These days, even when staying in the hotel, Qianshu can feel the increasingly heavy atmosphere in the air of Luntai.
It can only be said that it is really not easy to dare to fight the military's idea. In the past three days, the entire Luntai has been sifted by the military and underground forces, both openly and secretly, and I don't know how many times. But the robbers still didn't show a drop of water, making people wonder if they had secretly left the city.
However, when it comes to pressure, the pressure of Qianzhou is probably even greater.
On the one hand, Nanshan Qiu's face is getting uglier and uglier day by day. The power of the third-order transcendent was inadvertently revealed, like a black cloud pressing down on the top, muffled thunder, and every move was enough to make people tremble. The "ladder" already means that the transcendent has begun to say goodbye to the past through the ladder, and is moving towards places beyond the reach of humans.
On the other hand, Qianzhou was also very afraid that one day the "black book" from Jinyiwei would be put on Nanshan Qiu's table.
On the fourth day, Qianzhou was dreaming that he had been captured by the Jinyi Guards and tortured. And An Zhe's fool is next door to him!
"Dong Dong" A hurried knock on the door woke Qianzhou up, and then Pei Xing's voice came: "Qianzhou is coming, someone wanted to sneak out of the city and was caught." β
"Right now. Qianzhou shook his head to dispel his sleepiness and inserted the fragment into his cuff.
Soon Qianzhou and Pei Xing arrived at the barracks.
"Lu Zhi?" Qianzhou looked at the man opposite as he flipped through the file.
"It's a villain. Lu Zhi squeezed out a smile nervously.
To be honest, it was quite inconsistent for a man like him to make this expression.
"Didn't the military already give the order to close the city, why did you dare to go out of the city!" Qianzhou sneered as he looked in the TV series.
"There's no way around it, villain. If it is not shipped again, it will be in default, and the villain will not be able to pay the liquidated damages. You can only take risks. β
"Aren't you a broker, how did you change your career to become a businessman? As he spoke, Qianzhou spread out the file.
According to the file, Lu Zhi has always been an underground broker, matching many gray transactions and earning commissions. Occasionally, he also makes a game to deceive foreign fat sheep.
As for the source of the file, less than half an hour after the military sent out the message, each of the gray forces in Luntai handed over a copy. The content is much the same, and there should be no problem with authenticity.
"It was, it was. Lu Zhi hurriedly explained, "Now the broker's business is not good, and the villain can only sell something to support his family." β
"And what's it for?"
"It's just some uncommon herbs. Your Excellency, you know, there is a shortage of this stuff in the Western Regions. Lu Zhi's tone was a little hesitant.
"I don't know. Qianzhou sneered and motioned for the two soldiers to open the box.
The box was an unknown plant, sun-dried yellow, with a few leaves hanging from its long slender branches.
"Do you recognize Xuan Ce?" Qian Zhou asked Jiang Xuan Ce, who had been making soy sauce, after all, he was a doctor.
Jiang Xuance stepped forward and carefully picked up a plant to observe carefully. Then I scraped some powder off with my fingernails and put it on the tip of my nose and smelled it.
"It seems to be a white mystery. Jiang Xuance came to a conclusion.
Although the name is elegant, the riddle itself is highly hallucinogenic and addictive, and the effect is even worse when purified. It is often used to make some highly addictive banned drugs.
Hearing the conclusion, Jiang Qinghan also sank his face: "This is the goods you sell? Such a big box, you are going to live in prison for the rest of your life!"
"The villain is also confused for a while, and wants to get rich. Lu Zhi hurriedly begged for mercy, "And isn't the villain still sold." According to the "Qin Law", it can only be regarded as storing prohibited medicinal materials, and it will only be sentenced to ten years at most. β
"Yes, come prepared. "Qianzhou is happy," "Qin Law" is familiar enough, and there is no need to invite a lawyer to Dali Temple. β
Lu Zhi could only bow his head and smile.
Jiang Qinghan sighed: "It should just be a ruffian, and it has nothing to do with the sample." β
"No, I don't think so. Qianzhou shook his head.
"What do you say?" Jiang Qinghan's eyes lit up, like a curious cat.
"Bai Mystery sells raw materials directly, how can the finished product be valuable? Even if it is inconvenient to process, is it more convenient to boil it into a paste with water, dry it and grind it into powder, and make it into a semi-finished product? β
"And. Qianzhou walked to the box and rummaged through it with his hands, "There are at least a thousand plants in such a large box." This thousand white riddles can't just come out of nowhere, where does a broker have the ability to get so much. And if you don't get lucky early, you don't luck late, and you just have to ship it when the city is closed. You say yes, Lu Zhi?"
"This is grown by the villain himself. Lu Zhi was still stiff-mouthed.
"I don't want to ask you where you plant, you think about how to make it up first. β
Qianzhou checked the purse on the table with his hand againβit was found from Lu Zhi's body.
In addition to a few banknotes, there are several coins inside the bag.
Qianzhou twisted one, and silver flames emerged from between his fingers. The outer layer of metal on the coin quickly melted, revealing the jade inside.
"This is?" Jiang Qinghan also came over.
"The floating scale carving method is indeed jade money. β
Jade money was not the legal tender of the Qin State, but an intermediate equivalent after being given value by the market.
Jade money could only be produced by the royal family of the Qin State. Its raw material, Longmian jade, has been a royal monopoly since ancient times, and the floating scale carving method is also an unpassed secret of the royal craftsmen.
These two determine that there is almost no possibility of imitation of jade money, and also give jade money great value. In addition, the annual production is limited, the value is stable and easy to carry, and the source is not easy to identify. Therefore, many gray transactions are happy to use jade money as a means of payment.
If converted into Qin currency, a jade coin is worth about 500,000 Qin yuan.
Qianzhou also found two jade coins from it according to the law.
"Tell me how the money came from. Qianzhou still put the three jade coins on the table, "This box of white riddles is not worth this price even if it is all sold, and your life may be even worse." β
"This ...... This ......" Lu Zhi is now in a cold sweat.
"Don't rush to say it yet. Qianzhou interrupted him, "If you want money or death, think it out yourself." I can only tell you that this matter has something to do with the military, and you don't even have a chance to go to Dali Temple. I can kill you right now without a trial. β
"I said, I said!" Lu Zhi was frightened and collapsed, "Someone approached me yesterday and asked me to transport this box of things out of the city, I just wanted to raise a price, but he only took three jade coins. I saw that this box of things was a white mystery, and it was okay if it was checked, so I took it. β
"A box of white riddles is worth three jade coins, don't you have a brain?" Qianzhou said with hatred of iron and steel.
"I didn't think it was right at the time, but ...... But he gave too much!"
Qianzhou asked about the man's characteristics again, but because it was at night, Lu Zhi couldn't say why.
In the end, Qianzhou could only let people take Lu Zhi away and lock him up for a while.
After Lu Zhi was taken down, Jiang Qinghan asked, "What the hell is going on with this matter?"
"Just throw a stone and ask for directions. Qianzhou narrowed his eyes, "This is a substitute ghost that the robbers randomly found to test the military's bait." They also found a box of white riddles out of nowhere, trying to make the bait more realistic. But this also means that they are about to lose their breath. β