Chapter 723: The Old Fox's Arsenal
"Tonight, go and catch black and white impermanence, and tomorrow inquire clearly, as long as the people in the coffin are young people, all the skulls will be examined." The imperial court has the ability to move mountains and reclaim the sea, and as soon as this order was given, everyone immediately got busy.
It was General Cheng and Li Ying who were responsible for catching the black and white impermanence, and it was the Wolf King and Mo Shaoyan who inspected the coffin on the second day, and everyone had a clear division of labor.
This night, General Cheng and Li Ying caught a lot of black and white impermanence, this group of people are all killers bought by Qingping, their martial arts are good, Qingping will give a clear list before they act, let them "kill" how many people in one night.
Every night, black and white impermanence is in action, and there are eight teams of sixteen people who play black and white, each of whom is responsible for killing five people on the list.
On the second day, the soldiers forcibly opened the coffin for an autopsy, which inevitably caused public indignation, that Mo Shaoyan would be reasonable, and people would talk about it, but the wolf king didn't talk about it at all, and found a group of wolves to guard under the Qixia Gate, and there were people who didn't know how to do it and bumped into it.
After the investigation, dozens of young and middle-aged people were saved, and everyone was grateful to the court.
The action here was so great that Qingping could only abandon the stronghold of Wangjianglou and at the same time, the coffin shop was also closed, and when General Cheng and Li Ying found the coffin shop, there were people in every coffin.
This time, it's the dead!
It was the shopkeeper and apprentice in the coffin shop who died, as well as their family members, forty coffins, all of whom were people, which was really a tragic case.
So much so that it alarmed Li Zhongxuan himself, Li Zhongxuan and they were investigating the case on the other side, Qing Gongzi walked out of the Hongyan Gambling House, his face was pale, he was still holding the red lantern in his hand, and his eyes were very empty.
Pei Yan sat in a wheelchair and let people push him closer to Qing Gongzi.
"Childe has been feeling abnormal recently, I can't imagine that the people in this coffin shop are haunted, they have teamed up with someone to plot against my craftsmen in Zhongjing, what clues does Childe know to report."
"That's for sure!" There was a ripple on Qing Gongzi's lips.
Li Zhongxuan approached Qing Gongzi and chatted casually, "Zhongjing has not been peaceful recently, and Gongzi should also pay attention to safety." ”
"No matter how peaceful it is, with the emperor and queen, it will be too peaceful!" Qing Gongzi seemed to be smiling.
"Let's get back to the point, Childe is in the gambling house every day, isn't it possible that he doesn't notice anything abnormal on the other side at all?" Li Zhongxuan looked at Qing Gongzi.
"The grass people think that the coffin shop is unlucky, and they never go over there, and as for what dirty things they do, the grass people don't know anything." Qing Gongzi left himself alone.
Due to the seizure of the coffin shop, many people came to complain one after another, and the content of the complaint was also varied, some said that the owner of the coffin shop was black-hearted, and the price demanded was too high, some said that the coffin shop and Wangjianglou joined forces to harm them, and a group of bitter family members came to Ying Tianfu to tell what happened, hoping that the court could help them find their own family.
After a day of accounting, the head of the household department arrived, handed a piece of paper to Li Zhongxuan, Li Zhongxuan looked at it, "They are very powerful, they actually used this method to get away 600 people, and they went to check quickly." ”
"Yes."
Many people are looking for this matter, General Cheng has been staring at Qing Gongzi recently, and Qing Gongzi has never gone out to do activities again, half a day in the morning in the Hongyan Gambling House, and half a day in the Tsing Yi Building in the evening, no matter how much everyone stares, they have never seen Qing Gongzi's abnormal behavior.
This night, Qing Gongzi chatted with Qiao An, and when he talked about Yao Ying's affairs back then, Qiao An said: "This is a thin life, but if Ah Ying knows that you are so powerful now, she must be very relieved and happy."
After chatting for a while, Qiao An changed the topic, "By the way, why haven't you seen the second uncle recently, where has the second uncle gone?" ”
"He's busy with business, he's been making farm tools recently, and this farm tool is also making money, it's just not good at all, someone has caught a lot of blacksmiths, these people have mysteriously disappeared, and now their whereabouts are unknown, my second uncle is short of people, and things are not going well."
When Shen Qiaoan heard this, he secretly gritted his teeth, Mo Huaihai, Mo Huaihai, you are really smart, you can grasp it with both hands! On the surface, he is recruiting blacksmiths and letting blacksmiths make agricultural tools for people, but secretly he hides from the world and uses that kind of despicable and dirty means to kidnap craftsmen.
"Where does the second uncle make farm tools, you can also go with me to have a look, how about it?" Joan suddenly became interested.
But this request was not granted, hearing Qiao An say this, he smiled faintly, "That's nothing to look at, a day of tinkling sparks flying, it hurts people, don't go." "Joan naturally can't ask for it strongly.
In the afternoon, Nian'er picked up a stray dog at the door, hugged it to Qiao An, Shen Qiao'an was very happy, ready to make a chain for the stray dog, in the afternoon Nian'er went to a nearby blacksmith shop, and after inquiry, he knew that the iron also needed mining, and the original iron ore was in a place called Xianglugou.
Listen to the name to know that it is a canyon, Nian'er because of the amount of silver given, the boss is also talkative, said a lot of allusions, came back to throw the dog away, draw a map.
"Now, all of my iron ore mines in Zhongjing are around here, Sister Qiao An, you see, which location is most likely to be their den?" Shen Qiaoan held the paper and looked at it.
"Now, any location is very likely to be their point, so," Qiao An leaned closer to Nian'er, "You go to Donghuchun Restaurant today to find Brother Luo, he is more knowledgeable about the affairs of the rivers and lakes than us, so let him investigate this matter." ”
After Luo Huaiyi received the tip, he immediately went to investigate, lest Mo Huaihai would flee from the wind, at this moment Mo Huaihai was investigating in secret, as for General Cheng and Li Ying, etc., it was carried out on the surface, and the court issued a document, and it was easy to investigate these mines.
Investigate one by one, every very likely mine has been investigated, and even the largest supply channel of raw iron has been investigated, but there are no clues at all, and on the other hand, Luo Huaiyi has also used a lot of people, but they have not found clues near Zhongjing.
Luo Huaiyi arrived at the palace this night, Li Zhongxuan was at a loss, he didn't care about what Mo Huaihai was forging, he was concerned about the lives of the five or six hundred craftsmen.
"I've investigated them all, and now I can only conclude that they must have bought iron ore from private individuals at a high price to temper it, and as for their site, it must be ventilated and less crowded, after all, wrought iron ore needs a strong flame."
These words may sound useless at first, but after careful analysis, the taste comes out!
"First of all, it is impossible for them to forge these iron ores near Zhongjing, secondly, they cannot forge them in the basement, and thirdly, they cannot let the people be disturbed! Right, right, or not? ”
"It must still be in the deep mountains and old forests."
Li Zhongxuan posted the emperor's list and asked the hunter and woodcutter to report it, but Shi Shenhai had no news at all, so he was so nervous for three or five days, and suddenly one day the wolf king brought clues.
Everyone poured into the nest, the first product of the national protector general became the vanguard, the left wing is Li Ying, the right wing is the wolf king, the Chinese army is Du Bian Fengyu, the division is straight and strong, and the momentum is like a broken bamboo.
They soon arrived at Qingcheng Mountain, which was far away from Zhongjing, in a corner of the river, in a corner of the mine, after General Cheng and they arrived, they found a lot of suffering blacksmiths and small workers, everyone was busy in a nervous and orderly manner.
General Cheng gave an order, the three armies immediately surrounded the factory, this time they went to the crowd, strangled 400 people to rebel against the party, rescued countless people and blacksmiths, General Cheng went to their treasury to see, it was full of new bows and arrows and knives.
"Come on, carry it back."
The soldiers found a carriage and carried them for three days in succession before they brought these knives back, and on the same day, Li Zhongxuan sent a small and exquisite knife to Qing Gongzi.
This dagger is engraved with the word "Qing" on one side, and engraved with the words "Zangfeng Collecting" on the other, which is naturally used to humiliate Qing Gongzi, Qing Gongzi was angry and asked his subordinates: "How did you do it?" Can it be exposed so hidden? ”
"Concealment is concealment, but the power used by the imperial court is too huge, and it is exposed, and the second uncle has been hiding, but what should I do?"
Qing Gongzi got up and smiled, and patted the man's shoulder: "This matter is a good clue, I just need to report it to the imperial court, five thousand taels of gold is indispensable, hahaha." ”
When the man heard this, he shook his hand in horror and grabbed Qing Gongzi's hand, "Master Gongzi, how can you not save you when you see death at this juncture?" Can you take advantage of the fire to rob? ”
"Go back and ask Mo Huaihai, he still wants to be my second uncle, and he will send five thousand taels of gold tomorrow, I pulled him, tomorrow is still this time, see you or leave." Qing Gongzi sat down idly and drank tea.
"Master! Could it be less? ”
"Five thousand five!" When this man heard this, his face turned pale with fright, "Master, it's only five thousand taels, and our uncle can't take it out if there are more!" ”
"Six thousand!"
The man didn't dare to speak, and left in fear.
Since Mo Huaihai's arsenal was seized, he fled to the neighboring Yeqin country, which is a small square country, Yeqin country is rich, but I only do not produce iron, and Zhongjing is different, Zhongjing is the land of Zhong Lingyu's beautiful treasures, and iron ore abounds.
Ye Qinguo needs to go to Zhongjing every year to buy equipment, farm tools and knives, etc., all need to submit documents, Li Zhongxuan has maintained this layer of trade for many years, every year they are given a lot of farm tools, but there are few knives, the purpose is self-evident.
Although Ye Qinguo did not dare to have too big wolf ambitions, after all, he also hoped to have more knives to ensure national security, and suddenly one day, Mo Huaihai heard the news, and he persuaded Sun Ying, the monarch of Ye Qinguo, that he would forge the special craftsmanship of knives.
and promised to send it in batches, and the price was cheaper than that of buying from the imperial court, so Sun Ying was moved. In fact, the Mo Huai pirate is not dead, and the greater purpose of opening this arsenal is for himself and not for Sun Ying.
And Sun Ying's demand is not very large, but Mo Huaihai has inexplicably supported him. Umbrella, at this moment, the east window incident happened, and the arsenal was suddenly banned by the imperial court, which made Sun Ying feel like a pins and needles.
In this way, the flow of knives will inevitably be investigated by Li Zhongxuan, and when Li Zhongxuan investigates, they will be in danger.
Don't say that he is shielding Mo Huaihai, he has a sense of being difficult to protect at this moment.
He also seemed to know that everything must be Mo Huaihai's deception, otherwise why would even the emperor be alarmed, "Come on!" Find that Qingping and see what's going on? ”
Sun Ying's beard was trembling, and the guards next to him immediately went to find Mo Huaihai, but since the factory was sealed, Mo Huaihai's whereabouts are unknown.
"What? Missing? "If Mo Huaihai can no longer be found, the most direct and terrifying result of this matter is that Sun Ying, the monarch of Ye Qinguo, hired Mo Huaihai to forge iron in a small fishing village.
His small country pays tribute to Zhongjing every year, and Zhongjing also treats each other with courtesy, but what is the result of this trouble in the end? Thinking of this, Sun Ying broke out in a cold sweat.
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