The head of the deputy council turned his head and bowed, and the bookkeepers hurried to the next door, and removed the wooden shelves against the wall, and they used chisels to lift the planks off the wall, revealing the secret room inside, and four or five large chests were placed on the ground.

"Lift it out!"

The boxes were carried to the center of the ledger, and when the lid of the boxes was opened, there were stacks of ledgers. Xiao Hua squinted his eyes and paced to the box, grabbed one of the books and flipped through a few pages before nodding with satisfaction: "Yes, this is the real account book." ”

He ordered the people of the Chamber of Commerce to clear the false accounts, and Yuan Zai sat cross-legged on the ground with the account book in his left hand, and the abacus in his right hand carefully checked, and the head of the vice president simply stood aside with his hands down, ready to answer questions at any time.

He dipped his thumb in his mouth, turned the account book page by page, his brows were always stretched and the corners of his mouth were smiling, and when he saw the key point, he pointed to the account book for others to see: "This is the profit of your Chamber of Commerce in March last year, of which 150,000 yuan was transported to Tingzhou, and 100,000 yuan was sent to Wuwei City." Whose hands did all this money end up in? ”

The deputy head of the meeting stood on the ground with his hands stabbed, his eyes and nose and his heart were silent.

"Don't say? Still don't dare to say? He smiled indifferently: "I'll just say, who else in the world has the ability to pave the trade road post station to India?" Even if you don't say it, when you finally arrive at the Zichen Hall of Daming Palace, the saint's heart is clear. ”

He lowered his head and read it carefully, and then curled the corners of his mouth in ridicule: "Yo, this is the money given to the Quy Nhon army of Xiao Bolu, this is the silk silk allocated to the lord of the secret country, this is the payment of money, right?" I didn't expect you to buy the entire Western Regions, and it was really a big deal, a big deal! ”

Yuan Zai's eyebrows suddenly condensed together, the hand holding the account book trembled involuntarily, he walked a few steps quickly to Xiao Hua's side, pointed to one of the entries and whispered: "60,000 taels of gold for 5,000 taels, and it will be transported to the Jinjuan Yuan to send Cao Anding to the Jinxiu Huating of Kaihuafang." ”

He held the account book and widened his eyes: "What is the place of the Splendid Garden?" ”

Yuan Zai leaned into his ear and whispered, "The mansion of the Yang family's Lady of the Kingdom of Yu." ”

The corners of Xiao Hua's eyes drooped, and he hesitated for a long time while holding the spine of the account book in his palm, and then said slowly: "Fold this page first, and talk about it later." ”

From the moment he saw this bad account book entry, Xiao Langzhong's brows never stretched, he sometimes looked up at the vice president of the Chamber of Commerce who was standing on the side with a gradually arrogant expression, and sometimes lowered his head and shook his head lightly with his fingers, the account book was full of shocking content, making his eyes seem to be burning hot, and his heart seemed to be set off by a storm.

"Tianbao eleven years, Yuan Zheng, send forty catties of pepper and one stone of sandalwood to Yang Guozhong's mansion in Kaihuafang."

"On the fifth day of the first month, send five buckets of pepper, and a few sandalwood cases to the Sixteenth Wang's Mansion Yongwangfu."

……

Next, there are Li Jue, the king of Yan, Li Qi, the king of Sheng, Li Huan, the king of Ji, and Li Yao, the king of letters...... The sons of Xuanzong sent all those who were alive, and the most hateful thing was that they didn't even miss the crown prince, and the prince of Shuofang Lingwu City transported a total of 30,000 pieces in two times. The three sisters of the Yang family can get three taels of dipterocarp in spring and summer, and its price is 430 yuan per dollar in the East Market, and its total price is 20,000 yuan.

The last straw that crushed him was Tianbao's twelfth year of June to now, every month more than 600 catties of rosewood have been sent to Huichang Huaqing Palace for the construction of concubine sandalwood soup, and from Tianbao 12th September, a large number of sandalwood has been sent to the Jiaotai Hall of Xingqing Palace in Chang'an City.

No wonder they had no fear, it turned out that the entire superstructure of Chang'an City was kidnapped by a little pepper.

Xiao Hua was angry, his eyes were dark in an instant, and he hurriedly held the case table with his hand. The vice president of the Chamber of Commerce pretended to walk to his side and hold him up, sighed and said, "I said not to let the envoy see it, you want to see it, but now I can't stand it." Now that there is still a chance to remedy it, I will act as if the two envoys did not see it, and re-seal these books behind the walls of the dark room, as if nothing had happened. ”

"Shut up!" Xiao Hua gasped and said angrily: "Wait for the treachery! Bribing the court and officials with huge profits, thinking that this will be able to deter me? Tomorrow, I will load these account books into a truck, and transport them back to Chang'an under the starry night, I will beat the drum, carry the coffin to the temple and tell Your Majesty that I will uproot the tumor of pepper trade in the Western Regions Chamber of Commerce! ”

A dark and gloomy voice came from the stairs: "You say that it is a tumor, it grows in the body and is inseparable from the five internal organs, people may be able to live for a long time if they don't pick it, but once they want to take it off, they will inevitably open the intestines and break the stomach, and when the time comes, not only will the tumor be removed, but also kill people." Then you are a quack, and you are the culprit of the trouble. ”

"Who's talking!" Xiao Hua and Yuan Zai stood up from the desk and turned to look this way.

But I saw a man wearing a silver mask and a dark robe coming down the stairs, he stood still in the corridor, and the aura of not being angry and arrogant spread far away, and the deputy head and gentlemen who stood in the corridor and the account room bowed to him like sunflowers.

Xiao Hua had already guessed the identity of the person who came, but he still put his hands on his chest and asked, "What is your identity, dare to talk to the imperial court officials like this." ”

The other party crossed his hands in front of his chest, and a laugh came out from behind the mask: "In Xia Dai Wang, Liangzhou Hucao joined the army and is also the president of the Western Regions Chamber of Commerce. ”

"It turned out to be Dr. Li's good fortune boy, why don't you dare to show your true face?"

Dai Wang was not angry when he heard this, and smiled calmly: "Xiao Langzhong, do you still remember what you said last night in the Muzhuang Pavilion of the Chuiyue Fang in Dunhuang City, you have no blood, you want to serve the saint, and you have to go to the temple to die, although the sword and axe are added together, you will not change your will." And now you only have two choices, either take these account books and send them to Chang'an, and show Yang Guozhong and An Lushan who they want to investigate. Either you will pretend that you have not read these account books, and I will give you fake account books and scapegoats, and you will be able to make meritorious contributions and be rewarded after you return to Chang'an. The former is related to your net worth and life, and the latter is related to your official future. ”

Yuan Zai felt that the hairs on his back stood on end, and his limbs were cold and cold, this was simply a choice between the entrance to hell and the human world. He looked at Xiao Hua worriedly, afraid that he would have an impulse because of the dignity of the Qing official and poke a hole in the sky. Finding out the truth will not only not get any reward, but will also offend the whole court, and these account books are not just hot potatoes, but real flood beasts.

Taking advantage of this tense juncture, Yuan Zai opened his mouth and said with a smile: "These are clearly fake account books, and the ones just now are the real account books, please take the real account books, and we will go back to pay the difference after detailed inspection." ”

"Wonjae!" Xiao Hua shouted angrily: "How can what happened be as if it didn't happen? I can't hide my ears and steal the bell, and I can't make a fool of myself! I will transport these account books to Chang'an to meet Your Majesty Cheng and count the sins of the Western Regions Chamber of Commerce. Inform the sage that these people behind him have evil intentions and are trying to control the court with their money! ”

Yuan Zai persuaded bitterly: "You can't enter Chang'an with these account books, and you can't see Your Majesty when you enter Chang'an, will Yang Guozhong give up?" Will His Royal Highness the Crown Prince and the kings be willing? Even His Majesty and the noble concubine Niangniang...... They prefer sandalwood, not you, a shrill-talking loyal. ”

"I've made up my mind, and I'll persuade you again." Xiao Hua cast his gaze coldly at Dai Wang: "I just want to teach you to know that there is no shortage of loyal people in my Tang Dynasty." ”

Dai Wang crossed his hand at Xiao Hua again: "Although your loyalty is not used in the right place, Dai Wang is still deeply admired. ”

Xiao Langzhong trembled and bit his teeth, and spat out a voice from between his teeth: "Load all the account books for me!" ”