"Zi Xun, are you saying that these evidences are credible?" After a long silence, Lord Liu spoke.

"The adults have their own decisions." Gu Heng said calmly.

Lord Liu tskated lightly when he heard this, and then said, "Sun Pingzheng is also bold enough. I'm afraid he was very upset if he didn't get what he wanted." After working hard to plan so much, he was just making wedding dresses for others. Anyway, if it were him, he would definitely be so angry that he smashed the house.

Gu Heng refused to comment on this, "Sir, think about how to investigate this case." He said, "Kominzi Village is definitely not the only case."

Upon hearing this, Lord Liu looked at him, "Zi Xun, what do you mean?"

"Sir, there are two secret passages under that farmer." Gu Heng said, "One of them leads to Xiaolinzi Mountain, what about the other one?" The other one leads to the well. Gu Heng had had great doubts about the existence of this secret passage before.

It's okay, why did those people dig another secret passage to lead to the well? At first he thought that the well was the entrance to the secret passage, but afterwards he thought, it was impossible. The well seemed to be just for ordinary water use. If digging the secret passage was just for water use, it would be too much trouble. If it was used to confuse people, it seemed a bit unreasonable.

After all, Princess Anping mentioned the water well before.

Mr. Liu felt that his head was very painful, and it was very painful. Just the matter involved by Guanyin would be troublesome. If other cases were brought up, he would probably be crazy by then.

"You go to Xiaolinzi Village with me to check it out. I want to check it out. What else is there to be tricky there," said Lord Liu.

He had no intention of analyzing anything, so he got up and took Gu Heng to find Lord Lin. Just so happened that the Shaoqing of Dali Temple and the Right Censor of the Censorate also came. Lord Liu didn't say anything, and went to Xiaolinzi Village to call him.

The people from Dali Temple and the Censorate went out of the city with Lord Liu to Xiaolinzi Village, and the matter about Guanyin spread. Many people were shocked by their chins in the mansion, and many people were anxious to issue orders one after another.

When the sixth prince received the news, he was resting in his bedroom. Although he was able to participate in the government affairs, Emperor Jiaxuan did not give him a position, which made him convenient. He was not in a hurry. Anyway, he could go to court with the third prince and others to discuss politics, which was already a very advantageous step.

"Is it sure it was the official silver that was robbed ten years ago?" asked the Sixth Prince.

"It should be, and together with Guanyin, there was also a house that cast weapons." The man replied, "Because it is of great importance, the patrol battalion has surrounded the entire Xiaolinzi village, and his subordinates only knew about it after hearing the local villagers' discussions."

There is actually a shop that casts weapons.

The sixth prince couldn't help but squint his eyes. It was a serious crime to build weapons privately. The emperor also sent people from Dali Temple and the Censorate to investigate this matter. I'm afraid the matter is far more difficult than they thought. "Continue to keep watching. If there is any news, report it at any time."

"yes."

After the man in black left, the sixth prince was still sitting on the couch. At present, natural disasters occurred in the south and northwest of the Yangtze River. Although the handling was carried out in time, there were grain revitalization from the General's Mansion and donations from the officials and wealthy businessmen in the court, the damage caused to Nan Yong could not be recovered overnight. At this time, the official silver from ten years ago suddenly appeared. What does this mean?

If the matter ten years ago had to be investigated again and there were private weapons, the emperor would be even more angry. At this time, no matter who was involved, he would be in trouble. He touched his chin, and I am afraid that the second and third brothers would have to be tightened in this matter.

After receiving the news, the third prince immediately recruited Lord Zheng and others to discuss the matter, and the same was true for the second prince.

Besides, Lord Liu and others who had already gone to Xiaolinzi Village were actually dark when they arrived at Xiaolinzi Village. It was not suitable to investigate the problem of the well at this time, so Lord Liu and others went directly to Xiaolinzi Mountain to check the scene. They also took a quick glance before and did not carefully check and check. How many secrets are there in Xiaolinzi Mountain? They must dig them out.

The next day, Gu Heng came to the farmer who dug up the official silver early. He first walked to the well and looked at it, but when he looked down from the top, there was no difference. If you want to talk about the difference, it should be the shape of this well. The well is in the shape of a funnel, with a width at the bottom and a narrow top. Looking down from the top, you can't see the rock wall of the well below, of course, let alone the exit of the secret passage.

Gu Heng narrowed his eyes, then came to the cellar and walked into the secret passage leading to the well. There was actually a sink at the end of the secret passage, which looked very deep and should be used for water diversion. After all, the water level of the well will also change due to different seasons. Now it is rainy season, and the water level of the well rises, so this sink plays a certain role.

When he walked to the exit, Gu Heng first looked at the water level that was almost the same as the exit, and then looked up at the wellhead. However, he saw something strange. There was a hole half a foot away from the wellhead. The hole was about three or four feet wide and high. It was very easy for people to enter, but the hole was opposite to his location. If it was also a secret passage, what method would the people here use to enter the hole? Get off the wellhead? No, this is too difficult, and this family has not built a wall at all. It is easy to be seen if it goes up and down from the wellhead, that is, it is from the secret passage.

Gu Heng looked around the hole again, and there were some grooves on the well wall. These grooves were long strips, which would be fine if placed in a wooden board.

This is also a good thing to see. Gu Heng raised his eyebrows slightly, then left the secret passage and prepared to tell Lord Liu.

"Mr. Gu, have you come here so early?" The Right Censor came over and said, "I wonder if Mr. Gu is present?"

"Master Zhou." Master Gu bowed and said, "It's something."

Master Zhou couldn't help but his eyes lit up when he heard this, "What has Lord Gu seen?"

"Zi Xun, what have you seen?" As Master Zhou's voice sounded, Master Liu's voice was also heard. Lord Liu left Lord Wang and walked over with great strides, "Zi Xun, what have you seen?"

"Sir, there is something wrong with this well." Gu Heng said, "There is a hole in the wall of the water well."

There is also a cave entrance? In other words, there may be another secret passage. Lord Wang and Lord Zhou subconsciously looked at each other. There was such a big secret hidden in a small village, but it was still so close to the capital.’

"Take it seriously?" Lord Liu was very surprised, "Hurry, take me to see."

As he said that, Lord Liu had already walked to the well first, but after looking down, no hole was found. Lord Liu knew that he had to look from the secret passage to see it. At that moment, he walked towards the ladder. The cellar under the farmer was deeper than that of ordinary cellars.

Seeing this, Lord Zhou and his friends hurriedly followed, while Gu Heng ordered the officers and soldiers to find some wooden boards from behind, and then followed.

When they arrived in the secret passage, Lord Liu and the others saw that there was indeed another entrance to the well. They were about to send someone to go down the rope from above, but the soldiers were already coming with wooden boards.

After several adjustments, a newly released wooden ladder appeared in front of him. Lord Liu was amazed and asked someone to go and explore the road first. He took Lord Zhou and the others to follow him. They didn't dare to go up there and there were too many people, but passed one by one. After all, this was underground, and there was well water below, so they were afraid that they would fall.

When everyone had already entered the cave, they realized that there was a different kind of cave. However, when the things piled up in the cave were found, they were not in the mood to sigh. It turned out that there was a large amount of private salt piled up in the cave. The bags of private salt had to fill the center of the cave.

Lord Liu felt his head hurt again. Compared to the shocked Lord Zhou and Lord Wang, he was already numb. In fact, compared to the weapons casting workshop, these private salts looked less shocking. Really, he didn't feel shocked at all, not at all.

Lord Liu covered his face in pain.

When Gu Heng saw these private salts, he knew Princess Anping's initial plan. The official silver that was robbed ten years ago, plus the private salt he looked at was enough to make the emperor angry, and then he investigated it thoroughly. You must know that selling private salt is also a serious crime.

But Princess Anping probably didn't expect that there were not only official silver, private salt, but also weapons casting workshops in Xiaolinzi Mountain, and weapons from other countries were created. Therefore, this incident may have shocked the whole country.

"Mr. Liu, these." Master Zhou only felt that this matter was probably going to be shocked.

"Mr. Wang, Lord Zhou, let's report the situation first." said Mr. Liu, "Come."

"grown ups."

"Go and call someone to come and move the private salt out."

"Yes, sir."

There is really too much private salt here, and it is really troublesome to carry it down. It will be a bit slow if you use fishing, so later, Lord Liu simply asked someone to dig the grooves larger on the original grooves on the well wall, and then put them on thicker wooden boards to ensure the safety of the personnel. Then he worked on the last step to ensure that the officers and soldiers could enter the secret passage more conveniently.

Even so, it was still wasteful to transport all the private salt from the cave. After all the private salt was moved out, the Sixth Prince brought the Minister of Revenue Shen, and the Minister of Revenue.

Both the second and third princes wanted to interfere in this matter, but in the end it fell on the sixth prince, which was surprising.

And in the General's Mansion, the fact that the private salt was revealed was also spread to the General's Mansion.

In the evening, Mu Lingheng was pushed to Wuyou Pavilion by Wei Ying, and he was also a little shocked by this. Huayuan Town is really not far from Ancheng.

"The emperor sent the sixth prince and Shangshu Shen to Huayuan Town again?" Mu Tinglan was a little surprised. Although the sixth prince did a good job last time, there were still countless floods and casualties in Jiangnan. In this way, the sixth prince had to be held accountable, but it was delayed because of the disaster relief matter.

But unexpectedly, at this time, the emperor would even use the Sixth Prince.

But that's true. The second and third princes will definitely try their best to interfere in this matter and minimize their losses. But they probably didn't expect that in Xiaolinzi Village there are not only official silver, private salt, and weapons casting workshops, but also weapons from the northern border and western Chu.

The emperor knew very well that the people might be involved in this, so no matter who asked him to investigate, he was worried. So the best thing was to let the sixth prince who had nothing to investigate, so that he could ensure fairness and transparency.

As for Shangshu Chen of the Ministry of Revenue, this old man is also a person that the emperor trusts very much. With his help, it is also a insurance policy.

"Well, I guess I've arrived in Huayuan Town now." Mu Lingheng said, "The Sixth Prince is really a blessing in disguise."

Mu Tinglan understood what he meant and nodded in agreement, "This time the matter is serious, and the emperor will not be assured that no one will be sent to you. The Sixth Prince is the best candidate."

"That's right." Mu Lingheng said, "By the way, this is the post from the Duke's Mansion." As he said that, Mu Lingheng took the invitation from Wei Ying and handed it to Mu Tinglan, "The Duke's wife's birthday."

Mu Tinglan raised her eyebrows, "This time?"

Is there really nothing wrong with the Duke's Mansion? It's not impossible to celebrate your birthday at this time, but you must try to be as low-key as possible. After all, the people in the south and northwest are in dire straits. Although the people in the sky are high and the emperor can't see them, the people in the capital still have eyes. The officials in the Censorate have even brighter eyes. Is Duke Xue not afraid of being impeached or punished by the emperor?

"I said I wanted to take the opportunity to mobilize the noble young men to offer money." Mu Lingheng said with a sneer.

This name is good, but there may not be many people who can be raised by then.

Upon hearing this, Mu Tinglan also smiled, "It's a good reputation." This way, not only can the birthday party be held, but it can also gain a good reputation.

However, the General's Mansion and the Duke's Mansion did not have much contact. She had posted to the Duke's Mansion when she was her birthday before, but she did not come. But it was the same as celebrating her birthday, but the Duke's wife is an elder, so she had to give the Duke's Mansion a face no matter how she said that.

"Nannan doesn't have to go," Mu Lingheng said, "The Xue family has nothing to do with our General's Mansion." The most important thing is that he knows that the Duke's Mansion will not be kind, so what should he do if the Duke's Mansion makes things difficult for Nannan at the banquet?

"Brother, don't worry." Mu Tinglan said, "But have the second and third bedrooms completed all the money?" Grandfather sent a message that they would arrive in Ancheng in seven days.

"The third room is more honest, it's almost the same." Mu Lingheng said, "The second room is just Mu Yaoguang who took out some things."

This was also expected. Zheng was able to spit out all the money so happily, so she had to doubt it. As for Mu Yaoguang, such a smart person, he naturally knew what to do was the best.

"There is no hurry. It doesn't matter if they want to wait until their grandfather comes back," Mu Tinglan said.

"I know." Mu Lingheng said. Originally, he had never thought that he would get the money back from Zheng's hands so easily. After all, if this matter was resolved too early, it would not seem so fun. "By the way, Chang Xi sent some wild game today. I have asked the kitchen to deal with it. Eat more later."

"Okay." Mu Tinglan agreed very simply, but when it comes to wild game, Mu Tinglan remembered Dahua. Dahua was encountered when she was escaping from the brothel to deal with the person behind her in her previous life. She was still a cub. Now, I guess Dahua has no face and she still has to go out.

The two siblings sat in the hall and talked. Suddenly, their faces changed and they looked out the door at the same time. Mo Xiang and Wei Ying also noticed the abnormality and immediately took a defensive posture to protect Mu Lingheng and Mu Tinglan behind them.

Soon, some men in black appeared in Wuyou Pavilion, and the people came to say nothing. Seeing Mu Tinglan and the others were there, they rushed over and took action. Wuyou Pavilion had increased its defense because of the last incident. When they heard the movement, the guards quickly surrounded him. Suddenly, there were another sword and sword shadow in Wuyou Pavilion.

Mu Tinglan and Mu Lingheng sat there calmly watching the fight outside, and began to guess in their hearts who sent these people.

At this moment, someone came to assassinate them. I have to say that the other party is really just like Chu Mo'er, and they are so stupid.

The General's Mansion had just donated 500,000 taels of silver and tens of thousands of kilograms of food, but someone came to assassinate him in a blink of an eye. If this matter was spread, the people of Ancheng would not let this matter go, and the emperor would definitely not make a big deal. So sending people to assassinate him at this time is really the best choice. If it were Mu Tinglan, she would not have done anything like this if she was not sure enough.

However, this time the assassin's martial arts were also good. Soon someone broke through the appearance of the guards and Mo Xiang and rushed into the room. Mu Tinglan wanted to move his muscles and bones. Mu Lingheng had already taken action unexpectedly. When the two killers were not shocked, they directly killed them. Before they died, the two of them were still full of disbelief.

Mu Tinglan saw Mu Linghenglu's move, and anger flashed in her eyes, "It's really my brother, so amazing." She deserved to be a flash across the battlefield. Her technique was clean and neat, and she solved the person in just a few strokes.

Seeing the admiration in his sister's eyes, Mu Lingheng smiled faintly, "Nannan is also very powerful." Moreover, his martial arts have not yet recovered to its peak.

Mu Tinglan pouted, "How could my three-legged cat be better than my brother? I must practice martial arts well after today." Although she has made progress and has been much better than her previous martial arts skills, she is still not enough to watch compared to Mu Lingheng.

Seeing this, Mu Lingheng chuckled again, walked over and touched her head with a doting look, "Nannan is already very good, she is better than many ladies. They may not even be able to hold the knife."

Well, although it feels a bit good to say that, "Brother, what I want is better than many people, regardless of men or women." She doesn't want to be a first-class expert, but she definitely doesn't want to have no ability to protect herself at critical moments.

"You, you don't have to have such high requirements for yourself." Mu Lingheng did not persuade her, because he knew it was useless. Nannan had her own ideas and was very strong and ambition, so she would definitely not be satisfied with the status quo.

Mu Tinglan smiled and said, "It's not very tall, I don't want to be a first-class expert." That is the greatest ideal.

While speaking, Mo Xiang and the others had already controlled the people. There were eight of these assassins, five died, and three were left. Mu Tinglan and Mu Lingheng walked over and stopped in front of the three.

"Tell me, who sent you?"

…

Xiaolinzi Village not only found the official silver lost ten years ago, but also a large amount of private salt. In addition, a large number of weapons from Western Chu and the northern border were also found. When the Sixth Prince and his group returned from Xiaolinzi Village, the news spread throughout Ancheng. The officials in the court finally knew the reason why Emperor Jiaxuan's breath was low in the past two days.

Compared with official silver and private salt, those weapons are the ones that make Emperor Jiaxuan the most angry.

When the Sixth Prince and others came back, they brought more than these three things.

At this time, Mu Tinglan also took Mo Xiang to the Duke's Mansion to attend the Duke's wife's birthday.

"Oh, this is Miss Mu Er." When Mu Tinglan followed the people into the backyard of the Duke's Mansion, she heard a very sharp voice. She looked up and said that she was a lady wearing a red lotus dress. Mu Tinglan recognized this person who looked at her very unkindly. Isn't she the second wife's family? Zheng Qiulian is the second daughter of Lord Zheng.

However, the name Zheng Qiulian is really interesting.

"Miss Zheng Er." Mu Tinglan nodded with a smile.
To be continued...