After the banquet, Yang Zhi, Liang Xun, Shi Mojie, Hu Tanglao, and Yao Shunming went to Yang Zhi's office alone, and Shi Mojie found out that the nobleman who built the special prison in Kaifeng County was originally Han Gonglian, a system official; Han Gonglian presided over the production of the water transport instrument elephant platform and a fake celestial instrument at the request of Su Song, the secretary of the ministry, during the Yuan You period.

Shi Mojie said: "The water transport instrument elephant platform is a high-rise building that combines the armillary sphere, the armillary elephant and the time signaling device, and the whole instrument is proppelled by water power; the diameter of the celestial sphere of the false celestial sphere is one person high, the structure is bamboo, and the silk paper is pasted, and the position of the stars in the sky is chiseled one by one on the sphere, and people can see a little light in it, just like the stars in the night sky, and when the sphere rotates, you can vividly see the infestation and operation of the stars. ”

"It's not very useful. Hu Tang Lao said disappreciably: "I have seen Han Gonglian, a very good person, usually does not show mountains and waters, and no one thinks it is strange that he did not appear later." However, there is no record in the imperial court, and Han Gonglian cannot be arbitrarily identified as the lonely king. ”

Shi Mojie smiled and said: "Han Gonglian's identity in officialdom is one thing, he also has an identity in the rivers and lakes, we only found out that Han Gonglian is the master of the jade arm craftsman Jin Dajian." ”

Jade arm craftsman Jin Dajian is the most famous skilled craftsman in the past ten years, once known as the world's first, but no one has ever known Jin Dajian's origin; Yao Shunming asked Shi Mojie suspiciously: "Is there any evidence?"

Shi Mojie nodded and said: "The evidence left by Lord Yang Jian, Lord Yang Jian was going to meet with the Lonely King that day, and hid the information in advance, this time we went to the Yang Mansion to search, thanks to the Jin people who robbed once, we found a hollow brick mezzanine in the study in Yang Jian's Mansion, and there were some files in it, including about the Lonely King." I guess that it was precisely because of this handle that the Lonely King agreed to meet with Lord Yang Jian, and it was this handle that made Lord Yang die. ”

Yang Zhi asked, "Where is Jin Dajian now?"

"Nobody knows. Shi Mojie said calmly: "But the lonely king must be in Bianliang, but I am worried that our actions will cause a sense of crisis among the princes and princes, and if the four of them do it at the same time, it will not be something we can eat." ”

Yang Zhi waved his hand and said: "You can't look at it like this, it's good that the monk can know the information about the street of Dye Xiangzhai, which means that the news has been leaked out, plus we have been checking for so long, everyone who should know already knows, and those who want to do it are probably ready to do it." So we are ready to send it, and this matter must be investigated to the end. ”

Yang Zhi wanted to check the strange snake, naturally he couldn't say it to the four people, but fortunately, Yang Zhi was in his current position and had enough authority to hide his true attitude. Shi Mojie naturally has no opinion, he has been checking for a long time, if the other party is really strong, he must have become the target of the other party now, what else can he hesitate about, the five of them discussed the details before they dispersed, and it was already late at night when Yang Zhi returned to the back.

Che Dongxing was still waiting for Yang Zhi, sitting on a rattan chair looking at the stars in the sky, seeing Yang Zhi coming, Che Dongxing stood up and saluted and said: "Hebei Hedong urgent report, Wan Yan Gao is not sick, but was assassinated in the barracks, it is said that the assassins are two people, and they killed more than 20 masters around Yan Gao in a row, and retreated after injuring Yan Gao. But none of our masters have been dispatched, could it be King Kang's men?"

Yang Zhi shook his head, he wouldn't believe that Zhao Gou had such a move, if it was really Zhao Gou's people who assassinated Yan Gao, they would have been publicized all over the world and invited merit in Runzhou; Yang Zhi could only be regarded as two hermits to assassinate Yan Gao, so he said to Che Dongxing: "Send a letter to Hedong Hebei, no matter who assassinated him, all the guards must be strengthened to prevent Jin Ren from getting face back." ”

However, the joy of victory was short-lived, and the next day Lu Yihao came to talk about the problem of food, but the military food was tight, although Zhao Yingluo and the Shenxiao faction helped a lot, but according to the estimation of Yin Liangxun of Kaifeng Mansion, the food support was less than a month. Cao Qianli's old people who were originally in Caoyun have been cleaned up, and the Caoyun department is even more on the grounds that Caoyun is not working now, and the Salt and Tea Division cannot sell salt every day.

Lu Yihao was a little worried: "Now there are more than two months before the autumn harvest, we must find a way to let Jiangnan continue to transport grain, and when Zhao Gou arrives in Yingtianfu, it will be more difficult for Cao Yun." ”

Yang Zhi sneered: "Dispose of Dye Xiangzhai and Qinhuai Qianzhuang." ”

The assets of Dye Xiangzhai and Qinhuai Qianzhuang in Bianliang have long been seized, and the money and account books of Qinhuai Qianzhuang have also been sealed, and several major shareholders of Qianzhuang have entrusted many people, and they have also found Liang Xun, Lu Yihao, and Li Gang, and repeatedly stated that they don't know who the dead shopkeeper Ming Bogeng is, Ming Bogeng is just a worker, and the accident has nothing to do with Qianzhuang. Lu Yihao looked at Yang Zhi and said: "Isn't it too fierce, half of the shareholders of Qianzhuang are clans, and most of the rest are famous ministers, and there is only one real businessman, that is, Fan Qinhuai, but Fan Qinhuai alone accounts for sixty percent of the shares." ”

"Withdraw all Fan Qinhuai's money first, continue to seal the rest, and then confiscate the dyeing incense Zhai, auction all the business and real estate, how much money can be squeezed out, and then use this money to buy food. Yang Zhi groaned and said: "I will give Runzhou another concert, I am willing to pay a little more, and the grain is transported north from the Wuwei Army." ”

Since Yang Zhi made the decision, Lu Yihao and Liang Xun immediately took action, and Fan Qinhuai's assets were all used as military salaries, which caused a sensation in Bianliang for a while; Dyeing Xiangzhai also has a shareholder Gao Yaofu, and the Gao family still has an industry and a house in Kaifeng, but when the auction of Dyeing Xiangzhai, the people of the Gao family did not show up, and they did not even say a word.

On the contrary, it was Qinhuai Qianzhuang, after learning that Yang Zhi took away Fan Qinhuai's assets, he returned the Qianzhuang to those shareholders, and the shareholders were furious one by one, and there was no way to do business with this money. When Song Qinzong raised money for the Jinren, he moved the gold of the bank, such a big hole was originally teased by Fan Qinhuai, and the shareholders just took less money, but now, this hole is smashed in their hands.

The problem is that the money was requisitioned by the government, and under the impetus of Chen Dong, several shareholders whimsically approached the Kaifeng Mansion to ask for an explanation, but Liang Xun made a concert and sent it to Runzhou, asking the ministers who participated at that time to come forward to explain the matter clearly, and to pursue Zhang Bangchang's bad gains from the pseudo-Chu; Liang Xun made a very long list, including not only Wang Shiyong, Xu Bingzhe, Wu Kaiquan, Mo Li, Li Hui and others who were pseudo-Chu, but also Hu Tanglao, Yao Shunming and others who are now handled according to Song Qinzong.