Just a quarter of an hour ago, Zheng Ping sent someone to inform him that there was an emergency and asked him to come to the military camp immediately.
"Zheng Dutong, what's the emergency?"
As soon as Zhong Huan arrived in front of the big tent, he met Zheng Ping. Zheng Ping pulled him aside and whispered: "Li Xuemin came to surrender to me just now and produced a lot of evidence. It was shocking!"
Zhong Huan was overjoyed that Li Xuemin was a key figure. By providing evidence, he could avoid many detours and basically close the case.
"Why would he think of surrendering?" Zhong Huan asked in confusion.
"He said he knew too much and Wei Tong's men wanted to kill him to silence him."
"Wang Lin?"
"Yes! Even with this name, do you know this person?"
Zhong Huan nodded, "He is the chief culprit behind Meng Wanchun's annihilation of his family, and he is also Wei Tong's confidant. He is responsible for the entire business on Sichuan Road. He was the one who funded and arranged the infiltration of four thousand thieves into Chengdu."
"It's not that simple. The armor and weapons obtained by the thieves were all provided by him. To be precise, they were provided by Wei Tong. A few years ago, when Liu Guangshi rebelled, I didn't have time to seal off the water in Xiazhou. They seized this loophole.
More than 20,000 sets of armor were disguised as goods and transported to Hezhou. Who else but Uncle Wei Guo could have such a big deal to get more than 20,000 sets of armor at once."
Zhong Huan sighed, "The prince also ordered the internal guards to find out the origin of these soldiers. It turned out to be Wei Tong."
Zheng Ping smiled and patted his arm, "Doesn't it feel like you've gone through all the iron shoes and found nowhere, and it took no effort to get there?"
Zhong Huan scratched his head, "I do feel that way!"
Zheng Ping's smile faded and he solemnly said: "Then take action quickly and don't let him escape."
"Zheng Dutong, maybe my troops are not enough."
"A thousand soldiers are not enough?"
Zhong Huan sighed, "I got a list of Wei Tong's properties across Sichuan. There are more than 130 properties. I still can't tell which ones are their own and which are hired locals. The best way is to
We need to arrest them all first, and then screen them one by one."
"Okay, I'll lend you 14,000 people and send 100 people to each point to arrest him. Forget it, you go arrest Wang Lin yourself. Give me the list and I will arrange the arrest. Hurry up.
Go and arrest Wang Lin, he is a key figure, don’t let him escape."
"I'm so humble, let's arrest him right now!"
Zhong Huan got on his horse, ran out of the camp on the horse track, and ran towards the inner guard office.
Zheng Ping looked at his back and nodded, "That brat is pretty good!"
He immediately turned around and shouted: "Give me some troops!"
Yonghe Trading Company, located in the north of the city, was in chaos. Countless people were burning accounts and documents. Many clerks moved large boxes of gold and silver from the underground warehouse and prepared to hide them secretly.
Wang Lin just got the news that Li Xuemin was missing.
When he left Li Xuemin's official residence, he left two of his men to monitor Li Xuemin. Unexpectedly, Li Xuemin went out in a carriage and entered a teahouse but did not come out. His men went into the teahouse to search and found out that Li Xuemin had already left through the back door.
Min did not return home either and her whereabouts are unknown.
Wang Lin immediately realized that something was wrong, and he wanted to move immediately, burn the important documents, and take away the gold and silver.
In fact, Wang Lin had no intention of killing Li Xuemin at all, but just wanted to send him out of Sichuan quickly.
Although Li Xuemin kept testing, it only made Wang Lin realize that Li Xuemin knew too much, and once he was caught by Chen Qing, it would be very detrimental to his master.
But even at this time, Wang Lin still had no idea of killing Li Xuemin, but only decided to send their family away that night. It was true to send Li Xuemin's belongings away on a cargo ship. He was afraid that the long nights and dreams would cause too much time to be wasted because of the belongings.
After all, Li Xuemin was not a businessman who could be slaughtered at will, but one of the few confidants of Empress Dowager Wei. Wang Lin knew very well that if he offended Empress Dowager Wei, he would be left with nothing to eat.
But things in the world are so unpredictable and full of drama. Wherever there is a cause, there must be an effect.
The extermination of Meng Wanchun's family by Wang Lin and the extermination of Li Dan's family had already left a mark on Li Xuemin's heart that he was murderous and ruthless.
So much so that Wang Lin's originally sincere words, 'I find it too dangerous for you to stay in Shu,' were interpreted by Li Xuemin as a death threat.
In the end, Li Xuemin panicked and surrendered to Zheng Ping for help.
"Crack!" A loud noise not far away brought Wang Lin's thoughts back to reality.
He walked over quickly and saw a box falling from the cart and breaking into pieces. The slightly blackened silver ingots inside were scattered all over the floor.
"How do you idiots do things?" Wang Lin pointed at several of his men and yelled angrily.
Several of his subordinates were so frightened that they lowered their heads and did not dare to say a word.
"Why don't you quickly find a new box and put it in it!"
One of his subordinates rushed to find the box, and Wang Lin picked up a silver ingot. It was a horseshoe silver of twenty-five taels per ingot, blackened by time. Wang Lin got it from Li Jinxiao three years ago.
Sichuan has been rich in gold and silver since ancient times. Due to lax mining pipes, many local wealthy families have unscrupulously mined wild mines privately. The Li family in Hechuan is one of them. Their family has accumulated a large amount of gold and silver for decades. As a result, Wei Tong, the uncle of the country, spent 20,000 yuan on it.
Most of the armor was replaced.
These gold and silver are still in Wang Lin's hands and have not had time to transport them back to Lin'an. The 300,000 taels of silver and 30,000 taels of gold in Yonghe Commercial Bank are only a small part of them, and more gold and silver are stored elsewhere.
"Chief steward, here it is!" A subordinate rushed over with a wooden box.
"Hurry up and pack it up and send it away!"
As soon as Wang Lin finished speaking, he heard a loud bang of 'Boom!'. Everyone in the yard was stunned, and Wang Lin was also stunned.
At this moment, one of his men stumbled in and shouted: "Run quickly, the Western Army is coming!"
There was a chaos in the yard. The stewards ran away in all directions. Wang Lin shouted: "The big car leaves through the back door!"
Several guards dragged Wang Lin and ran towards the backyard, "Don't worry about the money, it's important to save your life!"
Behind is the Cao River, with a dedicated dock and a boat moored.
As soon as Wang Lin got on the boat, he saw a dozen small boats pouring out from the alleys in all directions. Hundreds of soldiers raised their crossbows and aimed at Wang Lin. Wang Lin was so frightened that he raised his hands and did not dare to move.
The second imperial examination in Jingzhao has ended, and one hundred Jinshi and three hundred Imperial students have been admitted.
Chao Kun ranked seventh in the examination, and his "Revised Examination of Nanyang Goods and Colonization" won the first place in countermeasures.
His prose "Travel to Nanyang" won first place in literature and third place in calligraphy.
The paper "You will not live long before you die, so you must cultivate your character in time for it, so you must establish your destiny!" won the fifth place.
But he left out twelve characters in his post, so he could have won the first prize, but ended up in seventh place.
But even so, every department offered him the most generous treatment to invite him to join, which was much more impressive than the number one champion, Taiyuan Wang Huanlun.
Chao Kun chose the preparatory team of the Municipal Shipping Administration under the Finance Branch. He had an eager heart and did not want to be restrained. The Municipal Shipping Administration that expanded to the outside world was more suitable for him.
In the morning, Chao Kun, led by his brother Chao Qing, came to the prince's official room.
After two years of experience, Chao Qing has become much more mature. In comparison, his brother Chao Kun still looks young and nervous.
"Brother, why does the prince want me to go east together?"
Chao Qing shook his head, "I don't know, maybe it has something to do with the Municipal Shipping Office. The Municipal Shipping Office must be dealing with the east side, not the west side, right?"
"I see."
Seeing that his brother was a little nervous, Chao Qing smiled and said: "Don't be so nervous. The prince is very easy-going. If you don't get the first place in the exam, he won't blame you. Don't worry! It should be a good thing."
The two brothers walked into the official room. Chao Qing asked his brother to wait at the door. He stepped forward and bowed: "Prince, he is here!"
Chen Qing put down his pen, looked at the young man behind Chao Qing, and said with a smile: "You are Chao Kun!"
Chao Qing gently waved his hand to his brother, and Chao Kun quickly stepped forward to salute, "Chao Kun, who is of humble rank, is here to see the king of the county!"