"My lord, this is what Master asked me to give to you, and I don't know what's inside." Wanyan Xiaobai handed a large, thick envelope to Meng Yan.

"Got it, thank you Aunt Sai for me!"

"Retire!"

"By the way, have you returned the private room of the Riverroom Hall?"

"Not yet, my lord, is there a problem?" Wan Yan Xiaobai asked in surprise.

"After a few days, you will return the private room, and then pay to buy the old store in Donglai." Meng Yan commanded.

"Donglai old store, is that Dong Qiankun's territory?"

"Dong Qiankun, isn't it Dong Qianli?" Meng Yan frowned slightly.

"Dong Qianli has a bandit name in the rivers and lakes, called Qianli Qiankun, everyone in the rivers and lakes calls him Dong Qiankun, but outsiders only know that his name is Dong Qianli." Wan Yan Xiaobai explained.

"Can you do it?"

"My lord, when I buy Donglai Laodian, money is not a problem, but I don't have so many people on hand, and Donglai Laodian is running a smuggling business outside the Guan, even if Wanyan takes over, without Dong Qianli's connections, I can't do it?" Wanyan Xiaobai said.

"Is it possible to take Dong Qianli under his command?" Meng Yan asked.

"This ......"

"Does Dong Qianli have a backstage?" Meng Yan asked.

"Yes, but not in the capital, but there is also some relationship in the capital, so, my lord, you should think twice."

"Liaodong?"

"Yes, behind Dong Qianli is the eunuch of Liaodong Town!" Wanyan Xiaobai said, "That's the old man who guarded Liaodong in Emperor Yongle, and even Wang Zhen wants to give him three points." ”

"Is that him?" Meng Yan nodded. If Dong Qianli is behind this person, then it is necessary to think about it.

Yizha is a Haixi Jurchen, and using him to guard Liaodong is also out of the imperial court's policy of restraint against the Jurchens in Liaodong.

As a Jurchen, it was easier for him to understand the contradictions between the Jurchens and the Han people, and to promote the integration of border passes and stabilize them.

In fact, the emperor of the Ming Dynasty did play a certain positive role in doing so, and also stabilized the border passes.

"My lord, do you want to meddle in the smuggling trade outside the border?"

"No, the smuggling trade is for me. Nothing. Moreover, this is against the laws of the imperial court, and it will do me more harm than good. Meng Yan said.

"And what do you want?"

"You can't do smuggling business, but you can still do serious business, and there are a lot of items outside the customs. The demand in Kannai is still very large. There are many precious medicinal herbs outside the gates. For example, ginseng and deer antler velvet are not available in the customs, as long as they can be transported to the customs. That's a multiplier of profits! Meng Yan said.

"If you want to do a medicinal herb business, you might as well cooperate with the medicinal herb merchants outside the customs, which will be smoother, and if the adults can provide them with protection, then Wanyan thinks that these merchants are willing to cooperate with the adults."

"Okay, you can help me choose a few herb dealers that I can cooperate with, and show me." Meng Yan commanded.

"Yes, sir!"

After Yan Xiaobai left, Meng Yan used a knife to pick open the fire paint on the envelope and slowly tore open a breath.

Sure enough, as Meng Yan expected, it was the detailed information of the two brothers He Wendong and He Wenhai, and Sai Xiaoyu's movements were still very fast.

With so much information, she was able to get it within a few days, which is the strength of the Jinyi Wei Public Opinion Department to collect intelligence.

He Wendong and He Wenhai were born on the sixth day of April in the thirteenth year of Yongle, and they are only thirty-three years old this year.

This is a pair of twin brothers, as for who is the elder brother and who is the younger brother, I'm afraid even their father He Gui doesn't know.

He Gui's cousin He Tao has been frail and sick since childhood, although he married a daughter-in-law, but he has no ability to give birth at all, according to the rules of the family, only one of the descendants of the clan came to inherit He Tao's great foundation.

He Gui's family is poor, and he gave birth to two handles, give one, and one in the family can inherit the incense, and maybe when the other inherits the family business of his cousin, he can also help his father and brother.

So He Wenhai was passed on to his cousin He Tao!

He Tao had a hard life, and before he was thirty years old, he died, and He Wenhai became the master of the He family's business.

Of course, if He Wenhai wants to help his biological parents and eldest brother, he has to get his mother's consent.

Although He Wendong has grown up, he has not experienced any education, and when he grows up, he is good at gambling, borrowing money to gamble, losing all his family property, and later making people lame.

Fortunately, He Wenhai made a move, paid off his gambling debts, and sent him to a pawnshop as an apprentice, and after studying for three months, this guy did not change his bad habit of gambling, and stole a valuable object pawned in the pawnshop and sold it.

After being discovered, he escaped overnight.

When he arrived in the capital, he got some money by being abducted and abducted, continued to gamble, borrowed money and couldn't exchange it, and was beaten by the casino, and then met Jiao Hong.

He Wendong began to make a fortune, he worked in a pawnshop, he has a little eyesight, it just so happens that Jiao Hong is in the business of selling stolen goods, and he will definitely not be able to hire that kind of special appraisal master, it can only be He Wendong.

The two hit it off, Jiao Hong got things out of the palace, He Wendong helped identify and set a price, there are not many people in the palace who understand, they all bought it with a fraction or even a dozen of the price, and then sold it through He Wendong's hand!

In their business, there is also a specially customized business.

It's like someone wants to get something in the palace, so he finds him, and he is suing Jiao Hong, and Jiao Hong is getting things out of the palace connections.

In this kind of transaction, the money is far more than the object itself.

It didn't take long for He Wendong to return to his hometown!

bought a house in his hometown, bought a land, and married a daughter-in-law, on the other hand, the younger brother of the big family who was passed on hesitantly did not manage well, but he was not as good as this brother who used to be a hanger.

This younger brother He Wenhai finally helped He Wendong, his elder brother, if He Wenhai hadn't helped him calm those creditors and give him money to go out to make a living, this would not be He Wendong's today.

This He Wendong can be regarded as having a conscience and being rich, and he has not forgotten that he helped his brother He Wenhai at the beginning, and took money to help He Wenhai get through the difficulties.

and the He brothers are close!

If it weren't for He Wendong's slightly lame leg. If the brothers of the He family put on the same clothes and stood together, they really couldn't recognize who was the elder brother and who was the younger brother.

He Wendong's stolen goods business is getting bigger and bigger, how can there be a more reliable person than his younger brother, not to mention that his younger brother also helped him in his most difficult moment, so he brought He Wenhai in.

The brothers began to divide the labor, and the money they earned was six or four accounts, and He Wendong was six. He Wenhai IV. He Wendong was responsible for taking the stolen goods from Jiao Hong, and He Wenhai was responsible for distributing the stolen goods.

The reason why this channel of stealing and selling stolen goods has not been discovered, that is, what they have gotten, and they have never sold stolen goods in the capital.

Although there are many rich people in the capital. The market is also large. But they will never trade in the capital. All buying and selling are not in the capital.

This is also to protect their own safety, even if they are found, they can cut off the relationship in an instant.

And the people who buy these things have to expose themselves unless they expose them. Generally, they don't show the stolen goods they bought to outsiders.

Of course, there are some things that are not a big problem, as long as they are not unique to the palace, in general, they are not a big problem.

For so many years, although there have been occasional rumors, they have all been safe, and it is not uncommon for this kind of theft of palace items to be resold, and it is not uncommon for some rumors to break out occasionally.

Second, the people who buy and sell are people with hands and eyes, and even if something happens, they can quickly press it down.

In the investigation report, a record aroused Meng Yan's idea.

That's about Xi'er.

Xi'er was not bought by He Wendong, but was first bought into the mansion by He Wenhai, and stayed in He Wenhai's mansion for half a year.

He Wenhai transferred Xi'er and the deed of sale to He Wendong.

Xi'er lived in He Wendong's house for three months, He Wendong returned from the capital, stayed at home for only three days, returned to the capital, and took Xi'er with him.

In this record, the two brothers He Wendong and He Wenhai did not confess in their confessions, these two lied!

Why would they hide this inconsequential fact?

Xi'er is just an ordinary peasant girl, these are exactly the same as He Wendong's explanation, and there should be no secret background.

Xi'er is a restless girl, otherwise at a young age, she would not have hooked up with Jiao Hong, let alone have a ** relationship with He Wendong.

Wait a minute!

Meng Yan suddenly had a flash of inspiration in her mind, a normal girl, for a man with physical defects, would she instinctively have a sense of rejection?

And He Wendong is a cripple!

Of course, a cripple with a lot of money may not be liked by women, and it is completely okay with Xi'er's greedy and snobbish character.

But Xi'er's first owner is He Wenhai, He Wendong doesn't say it, why doesn't He Wenhai say it?

"Tianxing, inform Lord Niu that I want to see the He brothers!" Meng Yan put away the investigation materials, summoned Lin Tianxing, and gave an order.

"My lord, now?"

"Now, of course." Meng Yan Road.

"But my lord, it's getting late now, and today is the Lantern Festival, and Lord Niu has already gone back." Lin Tianxingdao.

"Lord Niu is back, then forget it, let's just go by ourselves." Meng Yandao, anyway, with Shen Yiping here, it shouldn't be difficult to see the He brothers.

"Yes!"

"Lord Meng is here, why don't you notify the next one in advance?" When Shen Yiping heard that Meng Yan was coming, he hurriedly greeted him in person.

"Knowing you're on duty, I've brought you something to eat, Tianxing." Meng Yan greeted with a smile.

"Then thank you, Lord Meng." Shen Yiping happily took it.

"This official wants to meet the He brothers." Meng Yan Road.

"Lord Meng wants to see He Wendong, or He Wenhai?" Shen Yiping asked.

"He Wenhai." Meng Yan thought for a moment and said slowly.

"Okay, Master Meng, I'll take you over after I sign it and explain it." Shen Yiping said.

"Well, you're busy!"

After a while, Shen Yiping hurriedly ran back: "Lord Meng, please come here!" ”

"Thank you!"

He Wenhai was held in solitary confinement in the East Division's room.

"Master Meng, when you arrive, do you want to mark it for you to open?" Shen Yiping took Meng Yan to He Wenhai's cell.

"No, just give me the key!" Meng Yan Road. (To be continued......)