Although these nobles sell weapons, but the rumor is very strict, and only the noble class is used by themselves, the princes and marquis of the Ming Dynasty are limited, and now they are about to marry the same thing, they will not share this way of wealth with outsiders, and even Zhang Sheng, who is not accepted by their class, so he has to work hard to exchange the old guns used by others.

And these nobles are also more cautious, although the objects of the trade are the guards and the border army, but they are all their old subordinates, who fought together in the past, they are considered pro-soldiers. These people can buy at the price of 200 taels of silver for a firearm, on the one hand, it is considered filial piety, on the other hand, the firearms of the Central Ordnance Bureau are indeed well-made and very useful, and the quality of the weapons of the local ordnance bureaus is often poor - and the weapons manufactured by the border guards are under the control of the imperial court, such as the number of firearms such as Tianzi, Weizi, Yingzi, Shengzi, etc., the local ordnance bureau cannot manufacture them at all, and the only thing that can be manufactured is "descending" and they can only make small firearms, which must be played by local officials and approved by local officials. However, if there is no way to approve this approval, it may not be approved for several years.

Especially in the coastal guard posts, the imperial court controls the military weapons, and has to urge them to suppress the Japanese people, which really makes it difficult for the horses to run and the horses not to eat grass, so they really urgently need these firearms produced by the Central Ordnance Bureau.

But when Mr. Ma questioned Mr. Chen's recent arms buyers, he was given five names.

However, at this time, Ji Gang suddenly came to inform him, saying that Zhang Sheng wanted to see him.

When Ma Yun saw Zhang Sheng, he found that this guy could still maintain his consciousness under the torture of Ji Gang, but he looked very miserable, lying on the ground like a dead dog, he heard Ma Yun's voice, and his eyes opened a slit slightly.

When Ma Yun squatted on the ground to look at him, he grabbed his sleeve.

"Father-in-law, he wants you to ask the emperor for a favor," Ji Gang said: "He still refuses to admit the charge of being a widow, and even Zhang Ying has identified him, and he still resists stubbornly." ”

Ma Yun lifted Zhang Sheng's tattered clothes and looked at it, and found that the wound had not yet suppurated, and said: "Master Ji, since he refuses to admit it, then forget it, hand over Zhang Ying's confession to the emperor, why do you have to ask him to admit it personally?"

"Father-in-law," Ji Gang said: "The most important thing in handling a case is that the evidence is conclusive and the confession is true, if it is based on Zhang Ying's confession, how can it be called a confession?"

"How can the confession under Miki be conclusive?" Ma Yun said: "I originally heard that Master Ji's Jinyiwei has no cases that cannot be investigated, if they are all like this, then as long as the Criminal Department and Dali Temple learn the torture methods of Jinyiwei, there will be no unsolved cases and doubtful cases in the world?"

Ma Yun called a doctor to treat Zhang Sheng's wounds, and then hurriedly came out of Jinyiwei, because the emperor wanted to see him, and when he faced the emperor, he detailed the results of the current interrogation, and at the same time mentioned his doubts.

"Zhang Sheng thinks that he got old guns from Tan Guang and equips the ship," Ma Yun said: "He has a number of guards on the ship, and sure enough, they all found half-used guns - most of these people have fought with the Japanese Kou." ”

In this case, Zhang Sheng has a new gun, why don't he equip himself and send it to the Japanese Invaders, if this is not the first time, why hasn't Chen Xuan seen these Japanese Criminals use the "Tianzihao" firearms?

Ma Yun then told him about his most important discovery, and when he heard that the Ordnance Bureau was colluding with Xungui to sell firearms, the emperor's face showed an extremely angry look.

At this time in the East Palace, there was a young eunuch standing in front of Zhang Zhaohua, Zhang Zhaohua naturally knew him, he was a very useful apprentice under Ma Yun, and he was also on duty in the Qianqing Palace.

"What did Grandpa Ma say?" asked Zhang Zhaohua.

The little eunuch opened his mouth and began to spit words out of his mouth, and Zhang Zhaohua's expression gradually changed.

Because this little eunuch was actually reciting the confessions of Zhang Ying, Zhang Sheng, the steward, and even the people involved in the Ordnance Bureau word by word, he was so fast that there was no mistake in the slightest, and he couldn't help but ask Zhang Zhaohua to look at him. The little eunuch finished reciting, and the smugness in his eyes flashed, and he said, "I don't dare to copy it, let alone take it into the palace." The ancestor knew that the slave had a good memory, so he asked the slave and the maid to memorize all the torture confessions. ”

Zhang Zhaohua heard it clearly, she knew the source of the firearms, but she didn't know the specific mastermind of the framing - but the little eunuch whispered again: "Lord Zhang pulled the sleeve of the ancestor in prison and wrote the word 'Yuan'. ”

Zhang Zhaohua was like a thunderbolt, holding his breath in his chest, unable to vomit and swallow, his throat only "gurgled", and it took a long time before he gritted his teeth and said: "It's hard to run for you, thank Ma Gonggong for me." When she said this, Han Dong came up and led him down, and gave him a small birthday word wishful bag.

The man took the bag, pinched his fingers lightly, and found that it was a thin piece of paper as light as a cicada's wing, and his smile couldn't help but deepen.

"Niangniang," Hanshuang walked over: "Yuan-who is it?"

"Who else," Zhang Zhaohua smashed the teacup in his hand on the ground: "You know a few people surnamed Yuan!"

Ma Yun got the names of five people who had recently purchased weapons from him from Chen Zhiliang, but he was not sure whether the real mastermind was among these five people, and it was not until Zhang Sheng pulled his sleeve and wrote the word "Yuan" in blood under his sleeve, and this "Yuan" was among these five people, Ma Yun was determined.

Yuan Rong, the Marquis of Guangping and the Commander of the Horses, who is also a partner in Zhang Sheng's business, actually plotted against Zhang Sheng - Zhang Sheng quickly remembered the origin of Zheng Steward in prison, he had been in Qingyuan for ten years, and he also gained Zhang Sheng's trust, but this person was actually the manager of Yuan Rong's mansion, and Yuan Rong recommended him to enter the Qingyuan to do things.

Zhang Sheng's business gradually became bigger, he and Yuan Rong, Li Rang had a lot of conflicts because of interests, these two were not satisfied with the status quo, they seemed to want to share greater interests, and why was this - they only bought shares at the beginning, and all the goods were bought by Zhang Sheng and handed over to them to operate, and Zhang Sheng lost a lot of money due to poor management, and Zhang Sheng didn't count them all. In this way, Zhang Sheng thinks that he has done his best, but he still underestimates the shortcomings of human nature.

Yuan Rong only thought that after such a false accusation, Zhang Sheng would be crippled at least and executed at worst - so the Qingyuan was his, but the emperor did not seem to be satisfied with the growth of the Qingyuan, and Yong'an and Yongping got such information. And without Zhang Sheng's Qingyuan, he is actually facing the dilemma of falling apart, which is also what Yuan Rong never expected.

Ma Yun was able to send someone over today, which actually means that he can only do this, and he will not tell the emperor about Yuan Rong. He actually did a very good job, and found out from the emperor that the nobles were selling firearms, and the whole case was investigated by Ji Gang, so the nobles could only settle the accounts on Ji Gang's head. This is already Ma Yun's limit, it is impossible for him to offend the two princesses again, how the outer court is the outer court, the inner court, he has to walk on thin ice, this is also his consistent criterion.

Zhang Zhaohua sent someone to Zhang's mansion overnight, and the news he brought back was that Wang Du had gone to eastern Zhejiang three days ago, and he left Zhang Zhaohua a note that said-Only in Chen Xuan.