Chapter 36 Prosperity and Decline
Cuiming Mountain.
Inside the main hall of the Heart Sect.
Cheng Zhao sat on the main seat with a calm face, and several elders were full of panic and uneasiness.
"Sect Master, the Yunyan Sect's annihilation tragedy must have been done by Zhenwu Division, except for them, no one will take action at this time."
The gray-haired old man said nervously.
"That's right, it was the Yunyan Sect last night, so tonight may be our Heart Sect. Sect Master, we can't sit still! ”
"Sect Master, let's do it, even if you die, you have to pull a cushion."
"Now that the King of Xin'an County is in Yunyan Mountain, we can still stop them if we make a move at this time!"
Several elders proposed one after another, like ants on a hot pot.
Qin Wei guessed correctly, at this time, everyone thought that the Zhenwu Division was responsible for the Zhenwu Division's tragedy.
Cheng Zhao also had such suspicions, but he still had some different guesses in his heart.
"Wait." He said in a deep voice.
"Sect Master, what are you waiting for? If we don't make a move now, we can only become fish on the chopping board of Zhenwu Division. The white-haired elder said.
Cheng Zhao still shook his head.
"Maybe it wasn't Zhenwu Si who did it, Zhenwu Si has no reason to do it!"
"Zhenwu Division should not use such despicable means."
At this time, he still retained a trace of sobriety in his heart, and he always felt that the Yunyan Sect's tragedy should not be so simple.
Although he was not an official of the imperial court, he was well aware of all the rules of the court.
"Sect Master, Zhenwu Si just wants to use this method to deter us and make me submit."
"It's true that this kind of method is a bit despicable and not in line with the style of the court, but don't forget, the king of Xin'an is not a person who abides by the rules, he is originally an arrogant and domineering person."
The white-haired elder said with a gloomy expression.
Cheng Zhao lowered his head, thinking in his heart.
What the white-haired elder said seemed to be right, judging from Qin Wei's previous ways of doing things, he was not a peaceful person at all.
dared to kill in the Incense Pavilion, which shows how arrogant it is.
Cheng Zhao also began to hesitate.
At this moment, a disciple hurriedly ran into the main hall.
"Sect Master, Elder Fengqingmen Zhou is asking to see you outside the mountain gate." The disciple reported.
Cheng Zhao rubbed his eyebrows with a little headache, "Please ask Elder Zhou to come in." ”
Before he saw Elder Zhou, Cheng Zhao had already guessed his intention.
It must be that Feng Qingmen has the same idea as them, and also thinks that the matter of destroying the Cloud Smoke Sect was done by Zhenwu Division.
Elder Zhou came here at this time, and he definitely wanted to unite them to deal with Zhenwu Division.
As Cheng Zhao expected, as soon as Elder Zhou entered the main hall, he was not polite, and said directly: "Sect Master Cheng, I want to intercept and kill the King of Xin'an County, I don't know if your sect is willing to help us." ”
Cheng Zhao took a deep breath and said in a deep voice: "Do you know that once we kill the King of Xin'an County, there will be no place for me in Kyoto!" ”
"If you don't kill the king of Xin'an, we will have no place in Kyoto!" Elder Zhou said.
Cheng Zhao looked straight at him, and everyone's eyes were all focused on Cheng Zhao.
Everyone was waiting for him to come up with an idea.
For a moment, the hall became extremely silent.
After a long time, Cheng Zhao came back to his senses.
"When are you going to do it?"
He asked.
"The King of Xin'an County is on Yunyan Mountain at this time, and all the disciples of my Fengqing Sect have all been dispatched, so I just need to wait for him to come down the mountain." Elder Zhou didn't hide it.
Cheng Zhao's eyes flashed, "Okay, you go back first, let's prepare, and then lead the disciples down the mountain." ”
When Elder Zhou heard this, a look of joy immediately appeared on his face.
"Thank you Sect Master Cheng for your great help!"
"No need." Cheng Zhao waved his hand.
"Farewell!"
Elder Zhou gave up.
After he left the main hall, the white-haired elder couldn't help but say, "Sect Master, I'm going to gather the disciples. ”
"Wait!" Cheng Zhao stopped him.
"The sect master has other orders."
Cheng Zhao's eyes flashed with a ruthless essence.
"Elder Luo, I need you to go to the Cloud Smoke Sect."
"What does this mean, Sect Master?"
Several elders looked at Cheng Zhao suspiciously.
"Sell your favor to the king of Xin'an County and get a chance to escape." Cheng Zhaodao.
……
On the Smoky Mountain.
Iron Hand has already led people to survey the entire Yunyan Sect.
"Your Highness!"
The iron hand came to Qin Wei.
"How? Did you find any clues? Qin Wei asked.
Tetsu said: "Judging from the scene of the crime, the number of murderers should be about 100 people, and they all use knives, are well-trained, and cooperate tacitly. ”
"The more than 300 disciples of the Yunyan Sect are almost unable to resist, and the lower officials guess that their cultivation should be above the fifth grade."
"In addition, the sect master and elder of the Yunyan Sect were all killed by a sword master, and all of them were killed with a single sword, this sword master must be a nine-rank martial artist."
After Qin Wei listened, he fell into thought.
The Jiupin warriors are not cabbage, and there are about fifty or sixty Jiupin warriors in Kyoto, and most of them are generals in the army.
"Wait back and check it out, and see if there are those nine-rank martial artists who are good at using kendo in Kyoto."
"Whoa!" Iron Hand answered.
The martial arts masters in Kyoto and the Imperial Castle Division have detailed information, and it should not be difficult to find out which kendo masters are among them.
However, Qin Wei couldn't be sure if the person who shot this time was a nine-rank martial artist in Kyoto.
If not, then it's troublesome.
"Anything else?" Qin Wei asked.
"Yes, Your Highness, this is what we took from Dali Temple." Tie Shou handed a book to Qin Wei.
Qin Wei opened the book and glanced at it.
After he finished reading, he not only showed a sneer.
"This Jiangyuan is really bold!"
"Your Highness! Can you show it to the lower officials? Lu Tong was a little curious about the contents of the book.
Qin Wei threw the book to Lu Tong.
After Lu Tong finished reading it, his face suddenly became extremely calm.
"Damn, Jiang Yuan, a person who steals his name and deserves death!"
He scolded angrily.
In fact, Jiang Yuan's reputation in the court is still very good, and many people think that he is a clean official.
Even Lu Tong used to think that Jiang Yuan was a good official.
And the content of this book is about the transfer of benefits of Yunyan Sect to Dali Temple over the years.
Qin Wei didn't make a detailed calculation, but roughly estimated that in five years, Yunyan Sect would probably send 800,000 taels of silver to Dali Temple. Most of them were given to Jiang Yuan.
Jiang Yuan took the money from the Yunyan Sect and naturally wanted to do things for the Yunyan Sect, which was a typical corruption bending the law.
"No wonder this Jiangyuan wants to stop us from going up the mountain!" Lu Tong said in a low voice.
Qin Wei shook his head slightly and said, "This matter will definitely not be so simple. ”
"Are there any other books?"
Qin Wei asked Iron Hand.
"No other books found!" Iron Hand replied.
"What about the legacy of the Yunyan Sect?" Qin Wei asked again.
"Found some, but only less than 300,000 taels of silver!" Teccrate.
Qin Wei had a sarcastic smile on his face.
"An incense pavilion can find two million taels of silver, but this Yunyan Sect only has three hundred thousand taels, Lord Lu, where do you think all this silver has gone?"
Although the Incense Pavilion has to share a lot of forces, the Yunyan Sect, as one of the three major sects that dominate the Incense Pavilion, is definitely not a small amount of silver money earned from the Incense Pavilion.
According to the account books that Zhenwu Si obtained from the Incense Pavilion before, the annual profit of more than a dozen green buildings in the Incense Pavilion should be more than four million taels of silver, and even if the Yunyan Sect only takes one percent, it will be more than 400,000 taels.
After so many years of accumulation, the Yunyan Sect actually only had less than 300,000 taels of silver left.
Where did all the rest of the money go?
Lu Tong sighed lightly and was silent.
Shall the money go?
It must have entered the pockets of the courtiers.
Qin Wei threw the book to Tie Shou and said, "Put it away, and send it to the palace when you go back." ”
Prosperity must decline!
Dali has been strong since thirty years ago, and now that Emperor Lihuang is old, the court has begun to decay.
Eunuchs, nobles, and royalty are all making a lot of money.
And their means of accumulating wealth is to collude with the martial arts forces.
However, these are not things that Qin Wei is thinking about for the time being, what he has to do now is to find out the mastermind behind the destruction of the Yunyan Sect.