Chapter 44: Interrogation
"Lead the way ahead!" Hearing that there was a secret room, Xu Hao and Qin Tian couldn't help but get excited, maybe there were some good things hidden.
Qiu Fatzi and the monkey were still intercepting and killing the fish that had slipped through the net in the city, so only Xu Hao and Qin Tian followed the people who came to report the news.
The storehouse with the secret room was only about twenty meters away, and the three of them soon came to this storeroom. There are also a dozen or so Sunset Mountain tribesmen in the warehouse who are counting supplies.
The three of them walked to a corner in the deepest part of the storeroom, and there was nothing unusual with a rough eye, some materials were piled up in a mess, but in the corner that had been cleared, they saw that half of the iron door was exposed, and there was a large lock.
I think this chamber was built in a mezzanine of two walls.
Qin Tian asked someone to clean out all these materials, and a complete iron door appeared in front of Xu Hao and them.
Qin Tian stepped forward, and with a slight force in his hand, he unscrewed the big lock.
With a "bang", as the iron door was opened, Xu Hao and Qin Tian stood in front of the door all of a sudden.
The scene in front of them made Xu Hao and Qin Tian a little unable to believe their eyes, a room full of gold, silver and jewelry appeared in front of Xu Hao and Qin Tian's eyes, the whole secret room is not small, five zhang long, two zhang wide, and about four zhang high, but now a huge secret room has been filled with gold and silver and all kinds of jewelry that exudes brilliance.
Xu Hao adjusted his breathing and said to Qin Tian next to him: "Uncle Qin, we are really rich this time!"
"En!" Qin Tian nodded and swallowed a mouthful of saliva.
The two walked into the secret room, the bright light of the two couldn't open their eyes, in addition to a large amount of gold and silver, the most is made of gold and silver, it is obvious that these things are the people's fat and people's ointment looted by Zhou Jun in Xuancheng, I don't know why it has not been transported away so far.
"Uncle Qin, although this batch of gold and silver is a lot, its actual effect is not as good as the materials in those warehouses, you see how to deal with this batch of gold and silver. Xu Hao asked.
"At present, it is true that gold and silver are not needed in the Daxing realm, but in Dazhou and Xiliang, we can do a lot of things! In this way, we will first transport these gold and silver back to Rishan Mountain, and it will always be useful in the future!"
Xu Hao nodded in agreement.
"Huh!" Just as the two of them turned around and were about to leave the secret room, Xu Hao was suddenly blinded by a dark object in the corner of the secret room.
Xu Hao walked over quickly, bent down to check, and it turned out to be a box made of unknown materials, black and smooth.
The box was not heavy, Xu Hao easily picked it up, but the strange thing was that the whole box was like one, and there was not a single gap, let alone the lock.
But this is clearly a box, and you can feel something swaying in the box when you shake it slightly.
Qin Tian on the side also became interested, and held the box in his hand to check it carefully, but the result was the same as Xu Hao, and he didn't see any clues.
"Young Master Hao, this thing is weird, let's take it back first, and then slowly explore it later!"
After Xu Hao and Qin Tian got out of the secret room, they immediately sent additional people to guard this warehouse strictly.
At this time, the sky is already dawning, although it has been tossed all night, but now is not the time to rest, a mishandled, the Zhou army in front will immediately find out about the changes in Xuancheng.
Before dawn, what Xu Hao had to do was to immediately interrogate the four Qian Zong who were captured alive, and make arrangements in advance, the people and horses of the major cottages had already entered Xuancheng under Xu Hao's instructions, and the first was to continue to besiege and kill the remnants of the Zhou army. The second is to help maintain order in Xuancheng after dawn.
At this time, the city lord's mansion in Xuancheng was brightly lit, and there were many gold, silver and jewelry found from the mansion in the center of the hall, which illuminated the entire hall. And Qiu Fatzi sat in the first wide chair with a big grin, and was directing everyone to raid the city lord's mansion. Seeing Xu Hao and Qin Tian pushing the door and entering, hurriedly lifting their buttocks from the seats, Xu Hao saw it and hurriedly raised his hand to stop it, and scolded with a smile: "Fatty, you sit like a dog! How about giving you a city lord in the future?"
Qiu Fatzi walked down from the seat with a shy face, "Brother Xu, you are making fun of me again! As long as you can let me follow Brother Xu all the time in the future, it is not uncommon for me to be an emperor!"
Then Qiu Fatzi walked up to Xu Hao and Qin Tian again, pointed to the gold and silver on the ground and said, "Brother Xu, look! This time we are rich again!"
Xu Hao and Qin Tian looked at each other and smiled.
"Little family is angry, this little thing is called making a fortune?" Qin Tian said to Qiu Fatzi with a smile.
At this time, Qiu Fatzi found the box in Xu Hao's hand, and asked, "Brother Xu, what kind of treasure is in your black box!"
Xu Hao threw the box to Qiu Fatzi, "If you can open this box, how about all the gold and silver on the ground belong to you?"
"Really?" the fat man's eyes lit up instantly.
"Cut! You think my brother is as petty as you!"
But the fat man tried his best to eat milk but still couldn't open the box, and finally had to reluctantly return the box to Xu Hao.
"Okay, let's get down to business, fat man!
"Three of them were caught, and one of them was slaughtered by the brothers!" replied the fat man.
"Well, bring them up, I have something to ask!"
"Okay!"
After a while, Qiu Fatzi escorted three dejected officer-looking people to the hall.
"It's all for Lao Tzu to stand up, my young master has something to ask you!" the fat man glared at the three of them viciously.
The three thousand presidents were hunched up, their eyes were full of fear, and they looked at Xu Hao timidly.
Things have developed to this day, these three people are still in a dream, last night only heard the sentry of the black-clothed army, I thought that with the strength of the black-clothed army, the incident would be quickly calmed down, so I didn't take it to heart. But I never thought that it didn't take long for this group of red-eyed devils to appear in front of the barracks of the four defenders out of thin air, and without saying a word, they slaughtered the defenders. There was no way to get out of the city. I thought that this time it would be impossible to escape, but I didn't expect this group of people to kill them.
Xu Hao glanced at the three trembling Qian Zong in front of him, and said coldly: "Before dawn, only one of the three of you can live, and those who have bones can kill themselves now!
Xu Hao's voice fell, and the three of them all knelt on the ground with a "poof, poof, poof", but one of them was still a little hesitant, half a beat slower than the other two Qianzong.
"Fatty, pull him out and slaughter him!" Xu Hao pointed to the Qian Zong who knelt half a beat slowly.
"Don't! Childe, beg Childe to spare his next life!" The Qianzong face turned pale in an instant, and he kept waving his hands to beg Xu Hao for mercy.
"Soft bones!" the fat man scolded contemptuously, dragging the Qian Zong out the door.
But Xu Hao didn't even blink his eyelids.
Along the way, Mr. Qian still begged for mercy without giving up, and his voice was not miserable.
Soon the voice stopped abruptly, and the fat man pushed the door again.
At this time, the two Qian Zong who were kneeling on the ground were all pale. Cold sweat was dripping on his forehead, and he didn't dare to raise his hand to wipe it.
"It's dead, the probability of you two being alive is great, but the probability of dying is also great!" was still Xu Hao's cold voice.
The two thousand always kowtowed like pounding garlic.
"Okay, the next few questions can be answered, at least he won't die before dawn, and the other one is not so lucky, I heard it clearly, I'm going to start asking questions!"
The two thousand presidents who were kneeling on the ground instantly raised their heads, pricked up their ears, and stared at Xu Hao with a focused expression, lest they miss a word.
"First of all, where do the materials in the dock warehouse come from, where are they going, and how many docks will be docked along the way!
"I know!"
"I know!"
The two thousand always replied almost in unison.
"Shut up! I'll answer when I'm done asking, and whoever interrupts my question will be pulled out and cut it directly!"
For a while, the two thousand presidents were silent.
Qin Tian, who was on the side, secretly cocked his thumb and had seen many interrogators, but it was the first time he had seen a prisoner rush to answer questions like Xu Hao.
"Furthermore, how do you usually connect with the outside world, and how do the black-clothed soldiers contact the outside world. Xu Hao glanced at the two of them and saw that neither of them had any mood swings, presumably these two questions were not difficult for them.
"Finally, what's going on with the secret room in the dock storeroom, and what's going on with this box?" Xu Hao picked up the box in his hand and showed it to the two of them.
When Xu Hao asked about the box, one Qian was obviously excited, while the other was as dead as ashes. And all this fell into Xu Hao's eyes.
Just as the two were about to answer the question, Xu Hao waved his hand to stop them.
"Fatty, you take one out first, I'll let them answer these questions one by one, if there are more than two questions with different answers, then I don't think there's any need to keep you, right!" After speaking, Xu Hao glanced at the two Qian Zong who were kneeling on the ground.
The two people on the ground nodded or shook their heads, so they had to kowtow as if they were stubborn.
After the fat man walked out of the hall with a thousand presidents, before Xu Hao could ask questions, the thousand presidents who stayed in the hall answered all the questions about pouring beans from bamboo tubes.
The result of the other person's inquiry was almost the same as the previous one, except for the question of the box, the other answers were basically the same.
At the same time, Xu Hao learned in the Q&A with the two that if he wanted to stay in Xuancheng temporarily, the cooperation of these two thousand presidents was indispensable. At the moment, even if it is only for this large amount of materials, Xu Hao will not be able to give up Xuancheng and return to Rishan immediately, so these two thousand presidents can't be killed. Besides, with the cooperation of these two thousand presidents, they may be able to make some fuss on the East River.
Xu Hao looked at the backs of the two Qian presidents who were taken away, and the corners of his mouth twitched slightly.