CHAPTER XX
Out of the bad office, Cao Er went straight back to the mansion. After a tired day, Yuan Da went to bed early. Cao Erduan sat behind the table and looked at Ding Hao's account book. Each time the input is more than hundreds of thousands of dollars, and the less is eight or nine thousand dollars. The more he looked back, the more frightened Cao Er became. In front there are still some salt and iron tools, but in the back are grain and weapons.
During the period of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, because of the needs of the war with the Xiongnu, Liu Che accepted Sang Hongyang's suggestion and implemented the state autocratic system of salt, iron and wine, and the government monopolized salt and iron. During the reign of Emperor Zhao of the Han Dynasty, Emperor Zhao of the Han Dynasty abolished the liquor system and abolished part of the salt and iron system. Although the private sector is allowed to buy and sell salt and iron, it is still a minority. Due to the high demand, the sale of illicit salt became a lucrative business.
The nomads need salt, and Ding Hao has the goods, so the business will naturally become. Although it is a crime to sell illicit salt and iron tools, compared with grain and weapons, this is obviously a small thing.
Through the account book, Cao Er found that the grain sold from Youzhou to Saiwai every year reached hundreds of thousands of quintals. Cao Er was a little angry, how much grain does Youzhou only produce in a year. Selling weapons to these tribes of foreign nationalities, arming their armies, and dealing with the Han army in turn is undoubtedly digging their own corners and collaborating with the enemy for treason.
Looking at the record of dividends in the account book, every name made Cao Er's heart frightened, these people were all officials in important positions in the court. Seeing this, Cao Er also understood why Ding Hao, a small tun chief, had been able to run rampant in Youzhou for so many years. It turns out that there are people in the DPRK who are good officials!
Cao Er took out an oil lamp, took the oil canister and added some lamp oil to the oil lamp. The oil is blue, and even the flame is blue when the oil lamp is lit. Cao Er put the oil lamp on the platform outside the window. The wind was blowing, and the blue flames were just dancing with the wind, but contrary to common sense, under the action of the wind, the more they burned.
Not long after, someone knocked on the window.
"Come in!" Cao Er put down the ledger in his hand and said to the window.
A man in black turned over and entered the house, knelt on the ground, and saluted Cao Er, "Subordinate Black Eagle to see the lord!" ”
"Get up!" Cao Er leaned against the backrest and rubbed his swollen temples.
"Whoa!" Black Hawk stood up and stood respectfully in place.
"Pick some strong and rob Ding Hao tomorrow!" Cao Er said in a low voice, his face full of exhaustion.
Black Eagle did not hesitate to accept Cao Er's orders, and for Cao Er's orders, the night detectives carried out all of them, whether they were right or wrong.
Cao Er waved his hand, "Stand down!" ”
"Whoa!" Black Eagle put the oil lamp in his hand on the table in front of Cao Er, and then left the room and disappeared into the vast darkness.
Early in the morning, the bad guy prepared a rich breakfast for Ding Hao and asked him to eat his last meal. Looking at the sumptuous breakfast in front of him, Ding Hao didn't have any appetite, just looked out the window and looked in the direction of Xuchang.
"Take Ding Hao!" The unscrupulous lieutenant in charge of the dungeon shouted.
The two bad guys took Ding Hao out of the cell, and when they passed through the cell where Ding Hao's family was being held, there were bursts of crying. Ding Hao scolded sharply, "What are you crying about!" Lao Tzu is not dead yet! After listening to Ding Hao's scolding, Ding Hao's family held back their crying, sobbing and choking.
One of the bad guys sneered, "These are all people who are going to die, and what about it?" ”
"This is much worse than what Ding Tun used to be!" Another bad guy scoffed.
Although Ding Hao was only a small tun chief before, because of his deep background, hard waist, and arrogance, no one paid attention to him. Even the same can be said for the bad guys.
Out of the dungeon, looking at the prisoner car in front of him, Ding Hao sighed heavily.
Cao Er, who had a hippie smile, greeted him and arched his hand, "Chief Ding Tun, please!" ”
"I'll go explore the way for you first, I'll be waiting for you there!" At this time, Ding Hao had a faint smile on his face, and his mouth was still very hard.
The prisoner cart started slowly, Cao Er turned over and got on the horse, and sneered coldly, "See if you can still laugh for a while?" ”
On the streets, the prisoner van was in the middle of the line, and the bad guys were at the front to clear the way. Cao Er, as a prison officer, rode behind the prisoner cart, and the soldiers of the New Army followed at the end of the line.
Caiye kept flying towards the prisoner cart and hit Ding Hao in the prisoner cart. Ding Hao, who was in the prisoner car, closed his eyes tightly and was beaten mercilessly by the people of Jixian County. Countless vegetable leaves affected Cao Er, who was following behind the prisoner car.
"What a lot of public outrage this has aroused!" Cao Er plucked the vegetable leaves off his face and muttered to himself. Cao Er also wanted to kill Ding Hao in his heart, but it was not the time yet. Looking at the blue cloth strip hanging on the signboard not far away, Cao Er knew that Black Eagle was about to make a move.
A shrill whistle sounded, and an ox cart full of dead grass rushed out, blocking the procession. More than a dozen black-clothed people rushed out of the streets and alleys on both sides and went straight to Ding Hao.
"Not good! Someone hijacked a prisoner car! The leading delinquent lieutenant drew his saber and led the delinquent pawn to meet the man in black.
The people fled in a hurry, and the scene was chaotic. The black-clothed man in the lead did not tremble with the bad guys and new sergeants, and went straight to Ding Hao past everyone.
Looking at the man in black who was coming towards him, Ding Hao was full of surprise, and shouted loudly, like crazy, "Save me!" Come and save me! ”
The leading man in black did not cut the wooden stake of the prisoner car, but stabbed Ding Hao in the heart with a saber. Ding Hao secretly screamed badly, and his twisted body dodged the saber of the man in black. The steel knife deviated from Ding Hao's heart and stabbed into Ding Hao's body, and bright red blood flowed out as the steel knife was pulled out.
"Shoot the arrows!" Cao Er saw that the situation was not good, and hurriedly gave the order to release the arrow.
The man in black who led the way gave up Ding Hao, turned over and got out of the prisoner car, and used the steel knife in his hand to resist the flying arrows. Cao Er shook his head at the leader in black, and the leader in black understood it. The shrill whistle sounded again, and the men in black broke free from the grapples of the bad guys, jumped onto the roofs and fled.
The bad guy Du Wei beckoned his subordinates to chase him, only to hear Cao Er shouting loudly, "Poor Kou Mo chase, return to the bad department, and execute on a certain day." ”
Ding Hao, who was in a daze, heard Cao Er's words, and a smile appeared on his pale face.
The team changed direction and headed towards the Bad Department. Ding Hao was taken back to the cell, and several doctors hurried over to treat Ding Hao's injuries.
The prisoners in the cell were all lying on the cell door, looking at Ding Hao's cell from afar. They were all very curious, and the people who were taken out of the dungeon of the bad department never came back alive. Today, somehow, Ding Hao, who is usually arrogant and domineering, went and returned.
"How?" Cao Er stood with his hands in his hands, looking at the sun hidden by dark clouds.
The bad guy in charge of the cell respectfully reported, "The injuries are under control, but they are a little weak!" ”
Cao Er waved his hand, and then left, "If you can't die, it's okay!" ”
"Whoa!"