Chapter 124: The Wealth of the He Family

After eating, Zhou Fu went out, and he took people to count the supplies overnight. The three brothers drank tea and chatted casually.

After more than an hour, Zhang Hong walked in. His face flushed, and he said excitedly: "I have found the place where the He family hides gold and silver!" There's so much money out there! Now the bookkeepers are counting. ”

An Dalang stood up and said, "Tell me more about what's going on?" ”

Zhang Hong calmed down for a while and said, "We waterboarded the brothers of the He family, and they all confessed. We found a secret room in a room in the backyard, which contained a mountain of gold and silver treasures, ancient books, calligraphy and paintings, and conservatively estimated that there must be more than 100,000 yuan, and we have made a fortune! ”

The brothers were very happy, but they didn't expect to get a big windfall. An Dalang said eagerly: "Let's go and see, so much money!" ”

Boris and Choi Daoshu also stood up and walked outside with An Dalang. Zhang Hong led the way in front, turned a few corners, and came to the outside of a house. There were a lot of guards gathered here, and everyone was talking about it, looking forward to how much they could gain.

An Dalang laughed loudly and scolded: "You guys who have no interest, get out of the way for me!" When we return to Qishan Island, we will discuss how to distribute the money, and each of you will have a share. Now that we're all on duty, we can't take it lightly, understand? ”

The guards were all gone, and An Dalang said to Zhang Hong: "You must not relax tonight, and you must arrange the personnel on duty for the night." In addition, those who sleep should also wear clothes, and their weapons should be placed by their side, and they will attack immediately if there is a situation, so they can't be careless! ”

Zhang Hong agreed to come down and arrange for the night. When the three brothers entered the room, they saw a large hole in the middle of the floor, and there was light shining from underneath, and there was a voice of speech.

An Dalang walked over eagerly, and saw a ladder on the edge of the pit, so he walked down a few steps. Boris shook his head and said: "He is really anxious, and the money can't run, what is there to see." ”

Cui Daoshu looked at the ladder and slowly climbed down, and Boris followed. Below is a dark room of about thirty square meters, Zhou Fu and others are counting the belongings, many wooden boxes have been opened, and the gold ingots, silver ingots, pearls, and precious stones inside are shining brightly, emitting brilliant light.

An Dalang swallowed his saliva and said with difficulty: "So much money! Their He family has really done a lot of evil, and they have accumulated a huge amount of gold and silver, all of which belong to our brothers! ”

Boris smiled and patted An Dalang on the shoulder, "Look at your useless appearance, you laughed at the guards just now, I don't think you are much better than them." ”

Cui Daoshu carefully looked at some calligraphy and paintings, and kept admiring: "It's all high-quality products!" If these calligraphy and paintings are transported to prosperous places such as Hangzhou and Jinling, they will definitely be sold for a large price. ”

An Dalang asked curiously, "Are these things valuable?" ”

Boris laughed at him again and said: "You are a turtle who does not learn and does not know how to learn, what is the origin of the seventh child?" He said that if it is worth it, he will definitely not be wrong. ”

Cui Daoshu also said: "The price of these calligraphy and paintings is difficult to estimate, but it will definitely not be less than these gold and silver treasures." ”

Zhou Fu came over and said, "Family master, if you want to finish counting these things, it is estimated that it will take two days, and there are too many belongings!" ”

Cui Daoshu nodded, "You have worked hard, everyone will be rewarded when you go back, everyone should do a good job." ”

The bookkeeper and the guys were very happy, cheered up, and carefully counted the belongings. Cui Daoshu said: "Let's go, don't disturb their work." ”

The brothers climbed the ladder and walked outside the room. There were four guards standing in the doorway, standing straight with spears. Seeing the three brothers, the guards all saluted.

An Dalang was very satisfied with their performance, so he asked, "Where is Zhang Hong?" ”

One of the guards replied, "Report to the instructor, Captain Zhang is interrogating the prisoners." ”

An Dalang asked again: "Where are the captives kept?" ”

"In a couple of rooms to the west."

An Dalang said to Cui Daoshu and Boris: "You go back and rest, I'll go and see the interrogation situation, and then go around the circle." ”

Boris said: "You are on duty in the first half of the night, and in the second half of the night you call me up, and I will be in charge of the second half of the night." ”

"Okay, that's it, I'm leaving."

Boris and Choi Daoshu found a place to sleep, and An Dalang walked west. After a while, he faintly heard the sound of screaming. Following the sound, he walked outside a room, where a howl could be heard.

He pushed open the door and saw that several of the guards inside were beating a man, who was tied to a pillar and the guards were whipping him with a leather whip. The man was covered in blood and kept wailing.

Seeing An Dalang come in, the guards stopped beating. An Dalang asked, "Who is he?" ”

"Report to the instructor, this man used to be a big thief and committed several murders. Later, he fled here and was taken in by the He family. He has done a lot of bad things over the years, helped the He family kill many people, and was exposed by other thugs. Now we are asking for a confession, and he is very hard-mouthed, he just doesn't confess. ”

An Dalang said sharply: "Hit this beast hard!" Go ahead, as long as you don't kill you, you can toss as much as you want. ”

The guards agreed, and continued to whip the man. An Dalang went out of the room, looked for a few places, and found Zhang Hong.

He was interrogating He Dequan, stripped the kid naked, tied his back to the stool, covered his face with several layers of thick paper, and kept pouring water on the paper.

He Dequan struggled desperately, and his hands and feet were strangled with ropes.

An Dalang asked, "Zhang Hong, has this kid been recruited?" Did you find anything? ”

Zhang Hong put down the kettle and said with a smile: "This kid is a bad breed, and he has already confessed." His two older brothers were a little tougher than him, but they couldn't resist waterboarding. I now asked him about the whereabouts of the third child, and some thugs said that the third child went outside to sell illicit salt, and he should have gone to the Jinghu area. I'm torturing this kid. ”

An Dalang sat down with a golden knife, "You go ahead and ask, I want to see how long this kid can last." ”

Zhang Hong continued to toss He Dequan, and after repeating it several times, He Dequan begged: "Don't torture, I confess, I confessed!" ”

Zhang Hongpi said with a smile: "Say it, otherwise you will be worse than dead!" ”

He Dequan breathed for a while, lowered his head and said: "My third brother took the caravan to Jinghu to sell salt more than ten days ago, and it is expected that if it goes well, he will come back in more than a month." ”

"How can I find him?"

"My He family has a shop in Jinling, mainly selling cloth, which is the transit point for my family to the upper reaches of the river, and I have to pass through this shop to deliver news."

"What is the address and name of the shop?"

"The shop is in the east of Jinling City, and it is called 'He's Cloth Shop'."

Zhang Hong asked a few more questions, but when he couldn't ask anything more, he asked people to drag him away.

An Dalang thought about it and said: "This is a troublesome matter, we have no power in the Tang Kingdom, so we can't copy that shop." Well, tomorrow I'll go and discuss with the head of the house to see what to do. ”

Nothing was said all night, nothing happened. Zhou Fu took the account office and his men to fight all night, counting the He family's money and materials.

When I got up in the morning, the three brothers went to breakfast together, and An Dalang said He Dequan's confession. Cui Daoshu thought for a while and said slowly: "It seems that I am going to Jinling for a trip." ”

Boris asked: "For this little thing, is it a bit of a fuss for you to go to Jinling?" ”

Cui Daoshu took a sip of porridge, "I have long wanted to go to Jinling, where there is an acquaintance of mine, Cao Deshun, a merchant who bought the mirror at auction. He was a wealthy merchant in Jinling, with great wealth and power, and colluded with many officials of the Tang State. I want to talk to him, and if he is interested, I can give him some of the business of Haiyan, so that we can open up the market of Haiyan in the Tang Kingdom. ”

Boris was very happy, "The He family sells illicit salt, that shop will definitely sell salt secretly, if Cao Deshun wants to sell salt, he will definitely find a way to deal with the He family's shop, this is a good way!" ”

An Dalang also said: "Then I will go with you, and then I can catch the third child of the He family." ”

Cui Daoshu said with a smile: "You don't need to follow, I'll just bring some guards, you better do the promising profession of patrol first." ”

An Dalang said eagerly: "No, I must go, I was scolded by the boss last time you were poisoned." This time you're going to go so far away, what if you're in danger? ”

"It's not that serious, Jinling is still very safe. Besides, Cao Deshun will protect me, and there should be no danger. ”

An Dalang just didn't agree, and argued with Cui Daoshu. Boris hurriedly interrupted, "You don't have to argue, let's discuss it when we get back." Now we have to deal with the affairs here as soon as possible and return to Qishan Island as soon as possible, otherwise the brothers should be in a hurry. ”

Cui Daoshu nodded, "Send a ship back today to report the news, let Qishan Island send some more ships over, the He family's supplies are too much, we have to transport them back as soon as possible." ”

Everyone discussed for a while, quickly finished breakfast, and went to work.

An Dalang asked Gao Sheng to take two squads to escort the three brothers of the He family to parade through the streets, and preached that the He family had committed a capital crime, and asked those who had enmity with the He family to go to the county government to complain.

Gao Sheng agreed, gathered the personnel, and escorted the He brothers away. Cui Dao recounted that when he went to check the inventory of supplies, Boris went to the camp of the homeless camp, and he had to inform Guo Jintao, who was staying at the beach, to send a boat back to Qishan Island.

After a busy day, after dark, the three brothers gathered in the main hall of the He family to talk about their progress.

Cui Daoshu said first: "The He family's gold and silver treasures have been counted, and they are converted into copper coins of about 124,000 yuan. And that's not even counting the calligraphy, paintings, and antiques that are hard to value. If you count all of these, there should be more than 200,000 yuan. ”