Chapter 80: The Light of Fire in the Night Sky
Lilac, thumb-sized grains of salt are displayed in the eyes of everyone.
"This ...... Be...... What? The old man asked in a trembling voice.
Di Qing's eyes narrowed, looking at the old man, did he pretend to be stupid to the end? It's up to you to play whatever tricks you want.
"You'll know if you've tasted it." Di Qing asked the coarse salt to be sent to the old man.
When he got closer, the old man saw clearly what it was, and his heart suddenly set off a storm!
This...... This is official salt! Why is it mixed in with the goods? The old man stared at the pile of salt in disbelief, and his scalp began to tingle!
The old man still couldn't believe it, but when he dipped his fingers in a little, his face suddenly turned like ashes.
It's really official salt!
"Do you know what this is?" Seeing the old man's dejected appearance, Di Qing snorted lightly, in his opinion, the old man gave up the struggle in front of him with ironclad evidence.
"Someone will move all the official salt out!"
Tang Bing received the order and began to move all the salt out and pile it in a spacious courtyard.
Seeing the accumulation of more and more official salt, the old man's face revealed a thick despair.
Finally, the old man begged: "Official, official! This salt is not our own! The Su family has no intention of rebelling! ”
"Clever tongue! If this is ironclad, how can we explain it? Di Qing's voice was full of majesty, this was the first time Ye Huan had seen him like this.
That's a daunting tone!
"This ...... This ...... "For a while, the old man was at a loss, and he also wanted to know why there was so much official salt.
But then, the old man immediately thought of it, and hurriedly picked up the sack and observed.
Each caravan has its own special style, and in order to avoid confusion between the goods of the same caravan, different goods have different markings.
As the supreme manager of the Su family caravan in Lanzhou City, the old man was naturally familiar with all kinds of signs, except for some special items, it was no exaggeration to say that he could tell all the news about the goods in it through each specific sign.
Privately storing and smuggling official salt is already a big crime, let alone such a large quantity?
The old man understood in despair that the Su family was probably going to end!
Although he is not a member of the Su family, he is valued by the Su family, and he is grateful for his kindness, and now he is relieved to hand over the business of a city to him...... The old man made a decision almost instantly, he wanted to protect the Su family, at least ...... Avoid being beheaded all over the house!
"Why? Why? The old man was in a trance at this time, and the conspicuous sign on the sack in his hand was now so dazzling!
It's like pouring a basin of ice water on his head, and the old man even feels cold!
Alas......
Ye Huan sighed, walked up, picked up a sack casually, and asked the rest of the Su clan caravan about the logo in his hand.
"What is this logo?"
"This ...... This ...... "The people who saw this sign all changed their faces drastically, and they were as silent as cicadas!"
Under Ye Huan's inquiry, someone finally explained.
"That's the Su family's special logo!" The man said with some frustration, "This sign can only be brought by the young patriarch, or the goods specially approved by the patriarch!" ”
"This kind of goods is a Class A commodity, and we, not even the general manager, have the right to inspect it!"
"In other words, is the goods of the highest grade approved by them?" Ye Huan roughly understood, "Even so, it can also be understood that the transportation of official salt is inseparable from the Su family!" ”
No wonder the old man is so desperate!
"Nope! No! The patriarch would never do anything to destroy the Su family! "The old man went from despair to madness.
"It must have been designed by a traitor! Yes, that's right! ”
Di Qing shook his head in disappointment and asked the old man: "Such an important mark, is your patriarch a pig?" How easy is it to stamp this stamp on an item? ”
"Someone! Bring everyone back! If you resist, don't hesitate! Di Qing no longer listened to the old man's defense, and with a wave of his hand, Tang Bing took everyone down.
Then, Di Qing came to Ye Huan's side and asked Ye Huan: "Now you have a thorough understanding!" ”
Di Qing breathed a long sigh of relief.
Ye Huan shook his head.
"It's too early to say that! Brother Di can search the entire Lanzhou City? Can you capture the people of the Mo tribe? ”
Di Qing shook his head: "Lanzhou City is so big, and I have only searched half of the area non-stop, and I have prioritized the search according to the location where the official salt and Mo people are most likely to be hidden!" ”
"Could it be that the Mo people are no longer in the group of people they just captured?" Di Qing was taken aback, and he planned to test it one by one.
Ye Huan shook his head.
"Brother Di doesn't know, according to my experience with the Mo people, that group of people will never be people who will be caught in their hands! If there were, they would have erupted long ago, and they would rather die! ”
Speaking of this, Ye Huan had a little headache, if it weren't for this, he wouldn't have been able to catch a living one after so many fights.
It seems that the search for the Mo clan will have to continue!
Ye Huan frowned, looking at the official salt that was still being carried out, it was not easy: "The top priority is to ask where the goods come from from their mouths!" ”
For the sake of today's plan, there is only a two-pronged approach, racing against time, and the search cannot be stopped, while asking the source of goods from the Su caravan......
"There's no time to wait!"
"Good!"
Next, Ye Huan still cooperated with Di Qing, Ye Huan was responsible for interrogating the people of the Su family's caravan, and Di Qing was responsible for continuing the search.
To Ye Huan's surprise, the interrogation went very smoothly, and the calm old man directly told Ye Huan everything he knew, including where the source of goods came from.
During the questioning, the old man was obviously deeply shocked, but he still repeatedly emphasized to Ye Huan that there must be a traitor who designed to harm the Su family!
Ye Huan ended the inquiry with a half-believing attitude, and when he sent someone to convey the source of the goods to Di Qing, the matter exceeded everyone's expectations, and it became more and more uncontrollable!
It's like a wild horse!
When counting the official salt searched by the Su caravan, the amount of official salt was only half of the estimated amount of salt in the court!
In other words, half of the official salt is unknown!
Ye Huan and Di Qing, who knew the stakes well, were silent for a long time when they learned the news, and after a short pause, Ye Huan also joined the search queue, and in a blink of an eye, two days flew by.
On the third day, night fell.
After several days and nights of overloaded searching, the soldiers and horses were already exhausted, the people were sleepy and tired, and the atmosphere was very gloomy.
Di Qing noticed this, and also asked everyone to stop and rest for a while.
Not long ago, another wave of scouts dispersed, and while the scouts brought back the news, Ye Huan took a bite of dry and hard, and the military rations that had been successfully made. Ye Huan was inspired by modern compressed biscuits and used that as a prototype to make military rations.
There were both meat and beans in the military rations, and Ye Huan only nibbled on a small piece of water, and he felt full.
"This thing is an artifact!" Ye Huan had to admire his intelligence, especially at this time, how rare Ye Huan's special military rations were!
Easy to carry, long shelf life, and nutritious, it is a must-have artifact for soldiers!
During the short break, Ye Huan looked up at the night sky, only to realize that it was a full moon.
Suddenly, all kinds of emotions came to his heart, Ye Huan's eyes were bright, and he muttered: "Have you been in this world for two and a half months?" ”
Ye Huan, who was immersed in emotion, was finally interrupted by Di Qing's command.
"Found it!" There was exhaustion in the scout's voice, but more relief in his voice.
"Finally found it!"
"You have to exterminate all those thieves to vent the hatred in your heart!"
……
Causing a group of people to look for so long, everyone is angry.
A group of people did not hide it, and they were full of momentum, Ye Huan withdrew his gaze from the full moon nostalgically, and was about to follow.
At this moment, Ye Huan suddenly saw a strange thing in the night sky.
"That's ...... Firelight? ”