Luo's "but" made Hou Shilu, who had just felt a little relaxed, nervous again, but this nervous look was only a momentary thing, Hou Shilu immediately returned to his calm and breezy appearance, and then asked, "I wonder if Lord Luo has found any clues from the account book of Wang Dengku?" ”

Luo Yangxing continued to reply, "General Hou, I can't hide it, that profiteer Wang Dengku is really cunning, and it is not my credit that I can get his account books this time, but that Wang Dengku took the initiative to submit it as if Tianliang found it." Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ”

"Oh? And what's going on? Hou Shilu asked in surprise, of course, this surprise was not deliberately pretended, because he couldn't understand Wang Dengku's performance, and he couldn't figure out the intention of Wang Dengku's move.

"Yes, General Hou, it was that Wang Dengku who took the initiative to hand over his account books, so that we wouldn't find nothing, and the account books handed over by Wang Dengku don't look like fake, and no obvious loopholes have been found at present, but the more this is the case, the more worried I become, for fear that Wang Dengku is engaging in some conspiracy and tricks, trying to cover up some other crimes." Luo Yangxing still said with a sad face.

Listening to Luo Yangxing's words, Hou Shilu also frowned, as if he was also thinking about whether Wang Dengku had any conspiracy, but in fact he was not thinking about this matter, in fact, Hou Shilu's mind at this time was at war between heaven and man, and he was making a decision with great difficulty.

Luo Yangxing didn't disturb Hou Shilu's thinking, but pretended that nothing was the same, and also put on a posture of serious thinking - from the perspective of uninformed people, Luo Yangxing and Hou Shilu must be thinking about whether Wang Dengku was playing any tricks, but this is not the case, neither of them is thinking about this issue.

Finally, without letting Luo Yangxing wait too long, Hou Shilu spoke, "Lord Luo, there will be a method to verify the authenticity of Wang Dengku's account book. ”

"Oh? What is General Hou's good plan? When Luo Yangxing heard Hou Shilu's words, his eyes suddenly lit up, and he asked in a tone like "Oh, you really helped a lot", very eager to know Hou Shilu's method of distinguishing the authenticity.

"Hey, I'm ashamed to say this, here's the thing......" Hou Shilu finally made up his mind and said to Luo Yangxing.

Hou Shilu wanted to say that Luo Yangxing had already prepared in his heart, in fact, at the very beginning, when Hou Shilu said that he had important things to discuss with him, and sent Hou Gongji and Yang Tao out, he had already guessed what Hou Shilu's purpose was, after all, in the past two days, he had doubted more than once that Hou Shilu, the chief soldier of Xuanfu, had accepted bribes from Wang Dengku, and judging from Hou Shilu's performance just now, nine times out of ten he had accepted bribes from Wang Dengku and other businessmen, otherwise there was no need for him to be so nervous. There is no need to talk to yourself.

Soon Hou Shilu's statement confirmed Luo Yangxing's conjecture, it turned out that Hou Shilu had long known that the merchants in Zhangjiakou did not all abide by the law of the country, and there were many businessmen who were quietly selling strategic materials such as grain and iron tools to the Mongols, but because the relationship between the Ming Dynasty and the Mongols of the Chahar Department in recent years was not bad, the Mongols had almost no large-scale invasion of the territory, and even dealt with Jiannu together with the imperial court, so Hou Shilu, who knew this situation, did not "care", after all, this is a common situation, The guards of the entire Xuanfu are almost unknown to everyone from top to bottom, and everyone basically has a default attitude towards this.

After all, selling these materials to the Mongols will not bring much threat to the Ming Dynasty, and the merchants can also "honor" a lot of guards at all levels after making money, which is also an important source of income for the generals, Hou Shilu will certainly not make a fuss about this kind of thing, and cut off the financial route of all the generals under him, after all, he is also a person who leads troops, and knows that the cost of leading troops is high, especially the henchmen of each general, and they are eager to be armed to the teeth, and they have to spend a lot of silver every day.

After all, in a sense, this is a win-win situation that is beneficial to everyone, and it can even be said to be a "three-win" and "four-win" thing - the Mongols have received much-needed materials, their lives have been greatly improved, and their strength has also been enhanced; The merchants worked hard to buy goods, and worked hard to transport and sell goods, and finally made a lot of profits; The guards of the Xuanfu at all levels were honored by the merchants, and they had money other than the imperial salary to arm their elite families.

In fact, in a sense, even the Ming court seems to be able to get indirect benefits from this forbidden trade, after all, with the help of these forbidden merchants, the strength of the Mongols has also been enhanced, and they can better fight against Jiannu and help the Ming court contain some of the Jiannu forces.

Therefore, until Fan Yongdou, Wang Dengku and others began to do business with Jiannu, such a "win-win" model has been running smoothly, and all parties have profited from it, and Hou Shilu will certainly not go against the trend - or to make his subordinates feel at ease, or to get money to raise soldiers, or it may be under the combined effect of two reasons, he also accepted the filial piety of those merchants, although he did not have a deep relationship with the merchants, and accepted the routine "regular silver", but as the chief soldier of Xuanfu, The amount of money he received was naturally not too small.

However, what made Hou Shilu the most angry was that Fan Yongdou and Wang Dengku were so greedy that they were already full of money, but they were not satisfied, but they became more and more bold, and even started a business with Jiannu, and now the East Window incident not only destroyed the "four wins" situation that has always been ruin, but also made Hou Shilu, the generals who had received their "filial piety", instantly fell into a very passive situation - it is obvious that Hou Shilu, as a military general, can not imagine at all, What a madness the merchants can go in the face of great profits.

What Hou Shilu said is almost exactly the same as Luo Yangxing's previous speculation.

"Wang Dengku has sent me money three times in total, the most recent one was a year ago, about the twenty-second day of the lunar month, then Wang Dengku sent me money once, it should be a thousand taels of silver, Lord Luo can look back and see if there is any record in Wang Dengku's account books." Hou Shilu finished talking about all the things that should be said, and finally mentioned the situation of his receipt of silver, which can be regarded as providing a reference for Luo Yangxing to verify the authenticity of Wang Dengku's account books.