Qingyuan County is located in the south of Taiyuan City, about fifty miles away from Taiyuan City. The official road was covered with snow and the road was difficult to travel. Zhong Huan led 30 internal guards and walked for a full day before arriving in Qingyuan County.
They did not go to the county seat, but to Hutou Village, Changqu Township, west of the county seat, which is Wu Kang's hometown.
Wu Kang's old house is a large house, covering an area of at least five acres. It has been renovated and gives people a deep feeling of a house.
The inner guard knocked on the door of Wu's house and went straight into the house. As expected, Wu Kang was here. He was frightened and ran out quickly, clasped his hands to Zhong Huan and begged: "My parents are old. Please don't enter the inner house. I
Does everything cooperate with you?"
Zhong Huan looked at him coldly, "I will give you one last chance. Say what you just said again. If you say it wrong, your parents, wife and children will be taken away together, whether you live or die!"
Wu Kang knelt down and slapped himself as hard as he could, "My parents are old and my wife and children are weak. I beg the general not to enter the inner house. I will bear everything!"
"Everyone is like this, thinking that only they are smart and everyone else is stupid. Fool, if we didn't know that you were pretending to divorce your wife, would you have come to Qingyuan County through the ice and snow?"
"The villain is stupid, I will tell you everything!"
Zhong Huan snorted, "Let me ask you first, where is Huang Zhan hiding?"
"I'm here!"
An old man walked out of it. He sighed and said, "General Xiao Zhong is really powerful. Even I know he faked his death."
Wu Kang said anxiously: "Father-in-law and son-in-law will explain everything clearly."
Huang Zhan shook his head, "Although you know about it, you are not involved in the case. I don't want to drag your family down."
Huang Zhan stepped forward and said to Zhong Huan: "I will go back with you, but I'd better make it clear here."
"Tell me first, is the highest person involved in this case Dou Huang, or is there someone else?"
"This case is relatively complicated and involves the Kingdom of Jin and the Klei tribe, but Dou Huang is indeed the highest-ranking person involved in the case in the Yong Kingdom, and there is also Zhao Dang, the deputy envoy of Hedong transit."
Zhong Huan immediately said to Wu Kang: "Prepare a room!"
Wu Kang immediately packed up the outer study room, and Zhong Huan took Huang Zhan for questioning and ordered his men to keep records. Huang Zhan was not only an important person involved in the case, but also a key witness. He handled Dou Huang's money.
"Tell me everything you know, and I will ensure that your daughter and son-in-law are safe!"
Zhong Huan's eyes were sharp, and he saw through Huang Zhan's weakness, which was his daughter and son-in-law.
Huang Zhan nodded, "The reason why I faked my death was to protect my daughter. In fact, the person they killed was an old servant of mine who looked quite similar to me. When I found out that they wanted to get rid of me, I
I asked this old servant to pretend to be me and often go out in my carriage. As a result, the old servant was shot dead with poisonous arrows. The carriage crashed into the moat and pretended to fall into the water and drowned. I was so frightened that I hid in Qingyuan County."
"Is this Dou Huang very powerful?"
"He was rich and powerful. He bought many dead men and killed all those who were unfavorable to him. The biggest mistake I made was that I should not have coveted his 10,000 yuan and underwritten sheepskins for him. But that's the case. I just
You will discover many of his secrets, and you will definitely ask, how did he end up like this, where did his things go, where did his money go, and where did his people go?"
Zhong Huan nodded, "I really want to know, can you answer?"
"Since the general spared my son-in-law and daughter, of course I knew everything. He is the eldest son of the Dou family in Taiyuan, but he worked for the Jin people. The key is a woman. This woman was brought by an old monk from the Jin country."
"Hu Shatu!" Zhong Huan blurted out.
Huang Zhan was surprised and said: "General Zhong actually knows about him. This happened ten years ago."
Zhong Huan felt a little heavy. If Hu Shatu was involved, Iron Fire Thunder might be involved.
"Keep talking!"
"This woman may be very powerful in sexual intercourse and charmed Dou Huang. At that time, Dou Huang was still the county lieutenant of Yangqu County, so he became the woman's slave. This incident was still spread at the time, but it didn't make much difference.
The impact has been forgotten. This was two years ago when Dou Huang told me personally when he was drunk that he regretted it but could no longer get off the pirate ship."
"Everything is sold, tell me, where is the money?"
Huang Zhan sneered and said, "General, do you think everything has been sold?"
"Isn't it?"
Huang Zhan shook his head, "Only the sheepskins were sold because he needed money to support the dead soldiers and bribe officials. All other supplies were sent to the grassland and given to the Klei tribe!"
"How could he do it?"
"Because he was rich, he gave Zhao Dang, the Hedong transshipment envoy, 100,000 guan. Zhao Dang was the deputy envoy at the time. He was able to issue a pass and sent these military supplies to the grassland and the Klie tribe in the form of border trade.
From this, he became stronger and cooperated with the Jin army to defeat the Mengwu tribe."
"Did the Kingdom of Jin assign him to be sent to the Kelie tribe?"
"should be!"
"Let me ask you finally, where is Dou Huang hiding? If you can help us find him, even if you are guilty, I would like to intercede with King Yong and spare you the death penalty!"
No one wants to die. Even though Huang Zhan is over sixty years old, he doesn't want to die either. Hearing that he can survive, he became excited. He pondered for a moment and said: "Actually, I have also thought about where he will escape to? He must be there."
He fled to the Kingdom of Jin. According to the information I got, he was ordered by the court to transport 400,000 sheepskins to Yanshan Road. Knowing that the matter was about to be exposed, he destroyed the documents and fled, but it was impossible for him to go to Yanshan Road.
He is fleeing in no particular direction, but towards Datong Mansion!"
"Why?"
"Because there is no cabinet on Yanshan Road, but there is one in Datong Prefecture. His 10,000 taels of gold are stored in Datong Prefecture. He will definitely take the gold and flee towards Linhuang Prefecture, but there is a problem!"
"what is the problem?"
"He fled around November 22nd. He fled to Datong Prefecture in early December, but the grassland had already been snowed and the roads were blocked, making it difficult to move. He had to wait until spring!"
Zhong Huan understood, "You mean he is still hiding in Datong Mansion?"
"There must be his 10,000 taels of gold in Datong Mansion!"
What's his name at Datong Cabinet Shop?
"Wang Tao, this is the name I gave him. All cabinet shops have this name, but his 10,000 taels of gold are hidden in the cabinet shop's treasure house. Does the cabinet shop not know what it is?"
Zhong Huan nodded, "If Dou Huang can be caught, I will plead for you!"
"Thank you, General Zhong. There is a very charming woman beside him, as well as eight dead Jurchen soldiers. I have always suspected that these eight dead soldiers were sent by the Emperor of the Jin Kingdom. They are very skilled in martial arts. You should be careful!"
Zhong Huan suddenly remembered something and asked again: "Do you know that Dou Huang is involved in Tie Huolei?"
Huang Zhan shook his head, "I don't know!"
"Also, what evidence is there for Zhao Dang to be involved in the case?"
"Zhao Dang has 100,000 kilograms of money in the No. 1 Sichuan-Shaanxi Cabinet Shop in Taiyuan, and the name is his son, Zhao Xuefeng. In addition, in early February this year, Dou Huang secretly transported 80,000 kilograms of pig iron to the Klei tribe.
The transportation order issued by the Secretary is for 80,000 catties of grain, destined for Datong Prefecture, but this record cannot be found in Datong Prefecture."
"Thank you very much!"
After writing the confession, Zhong Huan asked Huang Zhan to stamp it with his fingerprints and said to him: "I won't arrest you anymore. You just stay here. I will intercede with you and see if your highness can make you acquit yourself!"
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"Thank you, General!"
Zhong Huan then returned to Taiyuan City with his men like a gust of wind. He first wanted to look for evidence involving the Hedong transshipment envoy Zhao Dang.
