Qi Ning laughed and said: "But the ugly words have to be said in front, I will beg the emperor to hand it over to you, but if you mess it up, I will personally dismiss you to the emperor at that time." ”

Yuan Rong asked, "How much silver can the imperial court come up with to prepare for the Haibo Division?" I heard that the imperial court is preparing for the Northern Expedition recently, and we don't have much silver in the household, so can we spare money at this time? ”

"The imperial court will not take a penny of copper coins." Qi Ning leaned back in his chair.

Yuan Rong was stunned for a moment, and then said with a bitter face: "Is Guogong teasing me?" If you don't have money, how can you prepare? ”

"You know a lot of merchants, let them come out with the money first." Qi Ning said: "The imperial court will take out the general dividends, and they can take half of the dividends within three years." I asked people to estimate, including the preparation of the yamen and the first voyage, it will take about three or four hundred thousand taels of silver, and you will raise according to five hundred thousand taels, whoever gives more silver will have more dividends at that time, and the directory of these merchants will be registered in the Haibo Division. The goods that Haipo Division brings back from overseas always have to be sold, and they can sell them on their behalf when the time comes. ”

Yuan Rong thought for a moment before he smiled and said, "Is there such a good thing?" If this is the case, don't say 500,000 taels, 1 million taels can be raised. ”

Qi Ning said: "I know that you are the most suitable person to handle these things. He coughed, and then said: "The Tian family medicine store has my dividends over there, and it will ..... in the future!" ”

Yuan Rong smiled and understood: "Don't worry, this matter will definitely satisfy you..... ”

As soon as he finished speaking, he saw someone outside the hall looking inside, Qi Ning naturally caught a glimpse, coughed, and said, "You drink tea first." He got up and walked outside the hall, but saw Li Tang standing outside the hall with a solemn expression, and when he saw Qi Ning coming out, he hurriedly said: "Guogong!" ”

Qi Ning knew that Li Tang must have something to do when he came over at such a time, so he asked in a low voice, "What's wrong?" ”

Li Tang knelt on the ground and said, "My subordinates ask the country to punish him!" ”

Qi Ning frowned and said, "What happened, explain it first." ”

"Guogong, that man..... The man is gone! Li Tang eyebrows with a look of chagrin: "The two people guarding were hit by the incense, and they are still unconscious. ”

Qi Ning was a little confused when he heard this, pulled up Li Tang, and asked in a low voice, "Who is missing?" ”

Li Tang said: "Zhebu Danba is the lama of the Qinghai-Tibet Ancient Elephant Kingdom who Guogong ordered his subordinates to secretly imprison. ”

Qi Ning was stunned, and finally remembered at this time.

Qi Ning stole the Youhan Pearls in Eastern Qi, but Gong Tashi and other disciples under the throne of the Sun Dharma tried their best to find it, and the ghost did not disperse, and Na Zhebu Danba lurked in the capital, and even used Tian Xuerong to control Qi Ning.

After Qi Ning took Jebdamba that day, he knew that since Jebdamba came to the door, it meant that the group of lamas had already targeted themselves with suspicion.

The other party is in the dark, and he is in the light, he wants to see what other means the group of lamas can use to make Li Tang secretly imprison Jebdamba, firstly, to try more useful information from Jebdampa's mouth, and secondly, to hold this person in his hand to make a card, but after that time, there are many things, and the group of lamas seem to have disappeared, and no one comes to trouble him, so he forgets about it.

Today, Li Tang suddenly mentioned it, but he was a little surprised in his heart, and asked in a low voice: "You mean that Jebdamba was rescued?" ”

Li Tang said: "According to the orders of the national prince, the subordinates imprisoned Jebdamba, and the place was very hidden, and two brothers were sent to guard it day and night. In order for the local lama to escape, not only was he tied with a cow tendon rope, but he was also given medicine, so that he was so weak all day long that he could not even stand up, but it would not hurt his life. The national bus wanted to keep this matter secret, so every few days I would personally bring some food to the two brothers and Jebdamba. ”

Qi Ning nodded slightly, and Li Tang continued: "When I passed today, I found that both brothers had fallen to the ground unconscious, but Jebdamba was nowhere to be found. I checked carefully in the house and found the embers of the incense in the window, which must have been someone who had charmed the two of them with the incense and then rescued Jebdamba. Annoyed: "The subordinates are not doing well, they don't do a good job, and they ask the prince to confess." ”

Qi Ning groaned slightly, and then said, "You wait a minute." Turning around and entering the house, Yuan Rong was a person who was very good at observing words and feelings, and saw that Qi Ning had something to do, and without waiting for Qi Ning to speak, he had already arched his hand and said: "Guogong, don't bother today, I'll go back and write a few letters, find the familiar businessmen, and then discuss the matter of Haibo Division with them, and report to you immediately if there is a result." ”

"Here, I will also ask the emperor to give you an order as soon as possible." Qi Ning said: "After you call them over, if you have time, you can take them to the East China Sea first, investigate on the spot, and familiarize yourself with that side. ”

"Don't worry, as soon as they arrive, we'll set off for the East China Sea." Yuan Rong said: "Then I'll leave first." ”

After Yuan Rong left, Qi Ning let Li Tang into the hall and asked, "In addition to the incense, does the other party leave any other clues?" ”

Li Tang shook his head and said, "My subordinates have carefully checked it, and there are no other clues, not even footprints." The incense is also a very common medicine in the rivers and lakes, and it is impossible to judge the origin of the other party from it. He frowned and said, "Guogong, it seems that there are other lamas lurking in the capital." ”

Qi Ning groaned slightly, shook his head, and said, "No, it's not those lamas. ”

Li Tang was puzzled: "If it weren't for Jebdamba's companion, who would have saved him from leaving?" The Ancient Elephant Kingdom has no dealings with our Great Chu, except for those lamas, it is impossible for the capital to have the same party ..... Jebdamba! ”

"You just said that you didn't find any clues other than the embers of the incense?"

"Yes!"

"Rescued a big living person, there were no other clues left at the scene, and the other party must do things cleanly." Qi Ning's eyes flashed: "Not only does things neatly, but also thoughtfully, such a character, why do you think he just missed the embers of the incense and didn't deal with it?" ”

Li Tang thought for a moment before he said: "Even if we don't leave the incense, we can know that the two brothers are fascinated by the incense, and maybe the person who rescued Jebdamba also knows that the incense is very ordinary, and we don't need to deal with it, and we can't find clues through the incense." ”

Qi Ning shook his head and said, "He deliberately left the embers of the incense. ”

"Staying on purpose?"

"If those lamas had rescued Jebdampa, do you think those two brothers would have been safe?" Qi Ning smiled coldly: "Zhebudamba has been imprisoned by us for a long time, and the resentment in his heart has nowhere to vent, if he is rescued by his own people and has freedom, if it is you, will you let the people guarding you unharmed?" ”

Li Tang nodded slightly: "What Guogong said is that if anyone else, even if they don't kill those two brothers, they won't be left unharmed." ”

"Everything at the scene was told by the other party that they didn't mean to hurt anyone, but just stunned our people with incense." Qi Ning said: "And it also tells us that there is no need to track it down, because they have left no clues." ”

Li Tang said: "Yes, if it was really done by the Qinghai-Tibetan Lama, he would never be so polite." He frowned and said, "But if it weren't for those lamas in the Ancient Elephant Kingdom, who would go to great lengths to save Jebdamba?" Could it be that apart from those lamas, Jebdamba had other accomplices in the capital? ”

Qi Ning picked up the teacup, took a sip, and then said: "The other party didn't leave clues, but they still left clues." First of all, the other party's eyeliner is very good, or the ability to find clues is very good, that night Jebdamba was caught by me, and you took someone to secret house arrest, there are only a handful of people who know about this, and they will not spread the news to the outside world, how does the other party know that Jebdamba was arrested? How did they find their captivity? ”

Li Tang said: "The place that the subordinates are looking for is extremely secret, and they were found by someone, and the subordinates were also very surprised. ”

"Second, the other party didn't hurt our people, why is that? Either they are not hostile to us, or they are afraid of us, and they are worried that if someone hurts us, we will find out about it one day, and it will be difficult to explain it at that time. Qi Ning smiled faintly: "After these two clues, it is not difficult to find who rescued Jebdamba." ”

Li Tang thought for a while, and suddenly lost his voice and said, "Guogong, is it ..... Shenhou Mansion? ”

Qi Ning was calm, took a sip of tea, put down the teacup and asked, "Why do you say that?" ”

"In the capital, if you talk about the spirit of eyeliner, there are only two forces." Li Tang said in a low voice: "One is that the beggars help the ghost golden sheep to divide the rudder. The beggars are scattered in the streets and alleys, and the news that others don't know is often clear to them. ”

Qi Ning smiled slightly, and Li Tang continued: "The second is the Shenhou Mansion. The people of the Shenhou Mansion were astonishing, and it was very likely that they had found the place where Jebdamba was imprisoned. ”

Qi Ning knew that after Gu Longzhong became the leader of the beggar gang, although he might not be able to convince all the disciples of the beggar gang, but the group of people in the capital ghost golden sheep rudder definitely supported him, whether it was Elder Vermilion Bird or Bai Shenghao of the ghost golden sheep rudder, they were also obedient to themselves, they had nothing to do with Jebdamba, and it was impossible for them to rescue Jebdamba behind their backs.

"The Shenhou Mansion has the ability to find Jebdamba and even rescue him, but they don't dare to offend our Protectorate Mansion." Li Tang said in a low voice: "If they hurt our people, and we find out when the time comes, and Guogong finds them, they won't be able to explain .....!" After a pause, he showed a suspicious look: "But what reason does the Shenhou Mansion have to save Jebdamba?" What was the purpose of their rescue of Jebdamba? ”

Qi Ning sighed: "If it was really the Shenhou Mansion that did it, I am also curious why they did this. My Great Chu has no intersection with the Ancient Elephant Kingdom, and the eyeliner of the Shenhou Mansion does not seem to have penetrated into the Ancient Elephant Kingdom, why do they have such a great interest in this Jebdamba? Leaning back in his chair, he muttered thoughtfully: "Could it be that Jebdamba sneaked into the capital and was already targeted by the Shenhou Mansion?" ”