In this manor, there are dozens of cooks, slaves and other miscellaneous servants, all of which are arranged by Chang County, and the sumptuous dinner will soon come up, Zhang Yue and Wen Yuankai will sit opposite each other, and Zong Jingcheng will accompany each other.

"This Chang County Order, I don't know what medicine is sold in the gourd, and the chatter is endless, but I haven't said a word of business, isn't it weird?" Zhang Yue had already seen the clue, raised his head and drank a glass of wine, feeling that the taste was not very good, sour, and couldn't help frowning.

"He has something, and if he wants to say it, he will naturally say it! Anyway, we won't delay tomorrow, unless there is a big ......" Wen Yuankai nodded, remembering the words and deeds of the Chang County Order, he couldn't help laughing.

"Isn't it a big deal that we're going to do this time? Li Yanzhang, the assassin of Tangzhou, doesn't know what the origin is, he is busy training on the road, and he hasn't understood it well, can Wen Yushi talk about it carefully? "It's almost time to get to the place, Zhang Yue decided to cheer up.

"This Li Yanzhang, originally a township tyrant in Shangma County, Tangzhou, and then somehow mixed into the army, and became a defense envoy in Tangzhou during the Kaiyun years. Later, several marshals were transferred, and he always controlled Tangzhou, opened up mineral deposits, and exploited the township, and a local official reported that he suspected that this person sold a large number of armor to the Gao clan in Nanping. ”

"Tangzhou is far away from Jingzhou, with Xiangzhou and Anyuan military territories in between, how can they complete the deal?" Zhang Yue asked suspiciously.

"You know the Han River, there is a tributary that flows from Tangzhou to Xiangyang, and it merges with the Han River, and it is not a problem to transport it to Jingzhou by water."

"No wonder He Dashuai has moved to Xiangyang, but he hasn't come yet, should we wait for him to take office and then investigate, or make a secret visit first?" Zhang Yue asked.

"Of course, it was a secret visit first, after all, it is a state assassin history, and it may even implicate Hou Zhang, the marshal of Wusheng Festival, if there is no evidence, the impact will be too great!"

"That's right...... Since he opened mines and sold armor, there must be a large number of workshops, and the court has issued an order to stop paying tribute, and craftsmen will be used as prisoners, so we can start from here blatantly. ”

"Not bad! I think so too, I can't see that Commander Zhang is young and has extraordinary knowledge! Wen Yuankai laughed.

"Win and win! I'm going to be on my way tomorrow, so I'll rest early! After a full meal and wine, Zhang Yue and Zong Jingcheng said goodbye together.

Early the next morning, as soon as Zhang Yue and Wen Yuankai and others got up, Chang Xian Ling came to the door with two small officials, Wen Yuankai had no choice but to welcome him in, and called Zhang Yue again, and the two sat sullenly, waiting for Chang Xian Ling to speak.

"The county...... A large amount of doghead gold was found in the county market! It is suspected that it is circulated from Tangzhou! After seeing the ceremony, Chang Deben was restless, but as soon as he opened his mouth, he was speechless and endless.

"Doghead gold! Is there a gold mine in Tangzhou? Wen Yuankai asked in surprise.

"Xia Guan has not heard of a gold mine in Tangzhou, and he has not found out the source when he sent people to investigate, so he dare not guarantee it!" Chang Xian Ling wiped the cold sweat on his forehead and said cautiously.

"Haha! The Changxian order is from the Qipin Wuyang County Order, which belongs to Xuzhou, but it is not a lower official! The information you provide is important, if you have more details, please include it! ”

Wen Yuankai laughed, ecstatic in his heart, there is a dog's head gold outflow in Tangzhou, there is no gold mine and there is also a gold mine, if it is reported to the Zhongshu Shilang of the court, Tongping Zhangshi, and Li Gu Li Xianggong, who is also the third judge, knows that the court and the central government are going to be in an uproar, as long as this matter is done well, it will be a great achievement.

"The court officials are respected, and this county is naturally considered a lower official, this is the quality of the dog's head gold, please take a look at the history of Wen Yushi!" Chang County ordered to play an official tone, Jian Zhen couldn't stand it, but when it came to business, it was quite straightforward, and he immediately took out a gold nugget with a slightly blackened color from his sleeve and handed it over.

Wen Yuankai's eyes lit up, he picked it up and looked at it carefully, put it in his mouth and bit it, his face was even more joyful, and he handed it to Zhang Yue.

"It's not a dog's head gold, it's gold, Chang County Order! You're not done yet, are you? Zhang Yue took it in his hand and looked at it, staring sharply at Chang County's order.

"I really don't know the source of this county......" Chang Xian Ling said squeaky.

"Which people in the county have this kind of dog's head gold, immediately arrest and interrogate them!" Zhang Yue didn't want to procrastinate, so he said categorically.

"If you do this well, if you can't do this well, this official will be a copy of you!" Wen Yuankai helped in a timely manner, as the imperial history, he has this power.

"The lower official will take the person immediately and send it to the manor to be interrogated by the two!" Chang Xian Ling was startled, turned around and walked out of the gate in fear, and his steps immediately became brisk.

When this kind of thing happened, they couldn't leave today, so the two had to wait in the manor, and after a while, the county lieutenant and the official sent dozens of people of all colors, including vendors, shopkeepers, foot merchants, and small manor owners.

Zhang Yue and Wen Yuankai took turns to ask questions, and after comprehensively comparing some of the collected dog-head gold samples one by one, they finally came to a conclusion that there were indeed gold mines in Tangzhou, and the reserves may not be small, but in order to hide people's eyes, Tangzhou officials deliberately smelted dog-headed gold to cover up their deeds and put them into the market for profit.

"We only have one command recruit, although the training these days has a little appearance, but it is unrealistic to want to cut through the mess quickly and rush into Tangzhou to get people, we can only get human and physical evidence first!" Zhang Yue thought for a while and said.

"Judging from the confessions of these people, there are two targets, one is Fangcheng Mountain in the north of Tangzhou, and the other is the area of Sagashan and An'anshan in Ciqiu County, which is adjacent to Yuzhou in the east. Wen Yuankai said as he paced.

"Good! Without further ado! We will set off in the afternoon and return to Wuyang County to meet in ten days. ”

The two quickly made a decision to detain the captured vendors so as not to leak the news. At the same time, Wuyang County Commander Chang Deben was asked to transfer four county officials as guides, and Zhang Yue took Li Deliang, Yang Shouzhen and other ten personal soldiers to Fangcheng County to visit; Wen Yuankai took two servants to Ciqiu County, and Zhang Yue was not worried about his safety, so he sent Zong Jingcheng and Xue Wenqian to accompany him with ten personal soldiers.

There are eighty or ninety miles from Wuyang County to Ciqiu County, most of them are mountain roads, and there are seventy miles to Fangcheng County, although they are closer, but the mountain roads are also very difficult to walk, Zhang Yue and other ten people dressed up as traders, driving two carriages and mountain goods, there are cowhides, salt tea, etc., this can still make some money.

Three days later, in the afternoon, finally entered the county seat of Fangcheng, with a guide, soon found a shop in the east of the city, two carriages of goods pulled into the backyard, the old shopkeeper with a few guys, opened the bags one by one to check, said that he was very dissatisfied, the goods were not in good condition, in short, your goods are worthless in our place.

"This piece of ours is an old cowhide made of nitrate, one hundred and fifty yuan a piece, and we will never bargain again, if you don't want it, pull it down!" Li Deliang was originally a trader, so he didn't understand the mind of the regular cabinet.

Seeing that several people were packing up their bags and driving the carriage to leave, the old shopkeeper's face immediately turned cloudy and clear, and he said that in order to be helpful, he accepted the goods without embarrassment.

"Shopkeeper! Copper coins carry several large bags, it's really inconvenient, can you pay with this? Zhang Yue pulled the old shopkeeper aside, took out a piece of dog's head gold from his arms, handed it to him, and quickly put it away.