He Xiao sighed: "To be honest, this time it will be a draw at most, as for who will kill this deer, you are not qualified to see it!"

When the words fell, there was a wisp of black blood at the corner of Chang Xu's mouth, and his body fell to the ground crookedly, but Chang Xu's face was calm, and there was a touch of sarcasm in his eyes when he looked at He Xiao. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

Chang Xu died, his eyes began to drift, looking at Chang Xu's corpse, He Xiao sighed, shook his head, left his subordinates to deal with the aftermath, and walked back to He Yuan alone, in fact, such a result He Xiao had already expected, he bet that Chang Xu escaped, if Chang Xu escaped, then it would be easy to find some clues along Chang Xu's line, and even Chang Xu's snobbery might be wiped out. However, the facts did not develop in the direction He Xiao wanted to see.

As for that glass of wine, it seems to be in danger, but in fact, there is no danger at all, Chang Xu has already shown that he is ready to sacrifice, so in order to calm down the incident, he will not completely anger the secret guard, and naturally he will not poison himself, if the commander of the secret guard of a state city is killed, then the entire state city will inevitably be turned upside down by the secret guard, this is not the result that Chang Xu wants to see, and since he has chosen to sacrifice, then he will naturally not poison himself stupidly.

But the problem is that this time must be solved before the year, and then go to the capital to play truthfully in person, if this is the result, it will definitely not satisfy the above, and a punishment is inevitable, and if you don't know that your hat as the commander of the secret guard will be taken off.

He Xiao picked up the wine glass irritably, raised his head and drank it all, and at this time, the deputy commander Bu Jinglei came back: "Commander Qiyu, conduct a thorough inventory of the state government, confiscate more than 37,000 taels of silver, more than 5,000 taels of gold, and seven large boxes of antique calligraphy and paintings, and conduct a detailed investigation of the state government, and no trace of the enemy's spies has been found!"

He Xiao pondered slightly, and after a while, said lightly: "That Chang Dahai is Yu Chang's brother-in-law, let's focus on greeting, and the Pinglan Inn is also thoroughly investigated!"

"Commander, Chang Dahai is the object of our key greeting, he can't stand the torture, he has gone crazy, and the Pinglan Inn has been seized, and only a small amount of silver money has been found, which is the account book found in the inn. ”

After Bu Jinglei finished speaking, he bowed down and sent the account book to He Xiao, He Xiao opened the account book and looked at it unhurriedly, but although He Xiao's face did not change, he was suddenly shocked in his heart, this is last month's account, and last month's income reached more than 34,000 taels, that is to say, I am afraid that there are three or four hundred thousand taels of silver in a year, and this is only the income of Pinglan Inn, if you count the others, then Chang Xu's silver greed for ink a year is at least 500,000 taels, or even one million taels.

Then the problem came again, the state government and the Pinglan Inn only checked tens of thousands of taels of silver, where did the silver go, and where was it used, which made He Xiao not frightened.

"Have you found out where the money went?"

"Not yet, but my subordinates think that Chang Xu's dog thief has been in office for sixteen years, and he must be a secret channel, and since such a huge sum of silver can hide from our eyes, then this silver must not be in Pinglanzhou. ”

He Xiao nodded silently, he had already thought of this, hundreds of thousands of taels of silver a year, millions of taels for more than ten years, and even tens of millions of taels of silver, such a large amount of silver taels circulated on the market, there will definitely be clues, thinking of Chang Xu's dying words, He Xiao was awe-inspiring, it seems that it is really difficult to say who will kill this deer.

The war between the two countries is imminent, and if this backyard catches fire, this will undoubtedly be a huge variable for the Great Xia Kingdom, and there is even a risk of destroying the country.

He Xiao's face became more and more ugly, such a large amount of silver is not in Pinglanzhou, where will it be, thinking of this order, He Xiao's body was shocked.

"Get the map!"

Bu Jinglei didn't dare to slack off, and hurriedly went to get the map, and after a while, He Xiao looked at the grain and grass transit routes on the map, and his heart suddenly tightened.

Since ancient times, wars have been fought on grain and grass, and the production of grain and grass in Daxia is insufficient, and most of them need to be purchased from neighboring countries, and once faced with war, the supply line of grain and grass is the top priority.

Over the years, there have been frequent disputes with the Baori Empire, and there have been hundreds of small-scale conflicts, and there is a tendency to intensify, especially the five states in the east of Great Xia, which are the focus of defense, and in the past two years, they have frequently recruited troops to garrison, and now the strength of the five states has reached 750,000 people, which is almost half of the strength of the Great Xia country.

The three northwestern states of Wanpingzhou, Quanzhou, and Bazhou have been sweating for two years, and the dealer has no harvest, which is undoubtedly worse for the Great Xia Kingdom.

Nowadays, the food supply of the Great Xia Kingdom originates from the neighboring Gale Country, from Tianque Fort to Hezhou Tianping Mansion to Jingshi, and then sent by Jingshi to Zhanbu Wuzhou, which is one of the grain and grass supply lines, and the other grain and grass supply line is from Bazhou Tianping Mansion directly to Yunzhou, from Yunzhou to Longping Prefecture of Zhanbu Wuzhou.

If it is said that once the two countries go to war in an all-out way, the grain and grass supply lines can directly affect the war situation, and the two transit lines, no matter which one goes wrong, will undoubtedly be a disaster for the Great Xia Kingdom.

In more than ten years, tens of millions of taels of silver have disappeared, and they have disappeared inexplicably and have no clue.

Coupled with the sixteen-year layout, and why is the Baori Empire frequently harassing, but there is still no official declaration of war, I am afraid that what I am waiting for is at the most suitable time, the other party is the island country of the East China Sea, and the two countries have been fighting against each other so far, and the sea power of the Great Xia Kingdom has almost been uprooted, and the other party is not worried about the problem of materials, grain and grass at all.

Then it is obvious that what the other party is waiting for is to be able to have enough strength to cut off the supply line of the Great Xia Kingdom, so that it will have an absolute advantage over the Great Xia.

The more He Xiao thought about it, the more frightened he became, and he had to admit that this Baori Empire was really ruthless enough, and the poisonous plan was really poisonous enough.

Wrote down the accounts and his own analysis, sealed it with fire paint, and sent it to the capital overnight to hand it over to the commander, this matter is really too big, if in the end, once He Xiao expected, Great Xia will fall into an extremely dangerous situation.

And himself, I'm afraid the end will be even worse, ten heads are not enough to cut off, and if it doesn't work, it will be the fate of the nine clans, so even if he falls into the responsibility of negligence, he will never dare to hide it, as for what the result is, it is no longer something he can think about, he can only say that he can take one step at a time.

Pinglanzhou has basically stabilized, and the rumors of Chang Xu taking poison and committing suicide in Zhizhou reached Wanshan County the next day, but Shen Mufeng didn't feel anything about it, he died when he died, and he had something to do with himself.

But Shen Mufeng thought about it and became depressed again, don't say it doesn't matter, at the beginning, he gave away 10,000 taels of silver with a hot face and a cold ass, but now that he thinks about it, he really lost it, and 10,000 taels of silver really didn't play a big role.

However, to Shen Mufeng's surprise, it was the legendary secret guard that caused Chang Xu's death, and it was obvious that Shen Mufeng's interest in the dark guard was far greater than Chang Xu's death.

On the twenty-eighth day of the Lunar New Year, the documents of the state capital arrived in Wanshan County, and the person who sent the documents was an old acquaintance, Wang Qilong, who had been in Wanshan County for a while, although Shen Mufeng was the head of a county, but Shen Mufeng did not have any shelf, and after the business was done, the two chatted about the cause of Chang Xu's death.

Wang Qilong said with a colorful voice, of course, these are just folk gossip, no one knows what the specific reason is, except for the people of the secret guard, it is estimated that everyone who knows has already burped.

But Shen Mufeng thought deeper, it was the Zhizhou of Sanpin, how could the secret guard dare to act easily without evidence, that is to say, that Chang Xu must have committed a heinous crime, otherwise it would be impossible to dispatch the secret guard to directly capture or kill the Zhizhou of this state.