"Brother, what Xu Lang means is that these weapons will be shipped out before this month." Qin Xiao said softly: "If the weapons are shipped away, there will be no evidence."
Gu Baiyi shook his head and said: "This is not important. This matter has been going on secretly for a long time, and they will not stop here. This time, new inferior weapons will be shipped in soon. The only thing is how to expose this matter
It's not an easy thing to come out." He looked at Qin Xiao and said: "It's a very important matter, so you can't act rashly. You have to wait for the opportunity, and this matter cannot be provoked by you. Your official rank is very low, even if you take this matter.
Even if he is exposed, it won't cause a big stir, and by the time the palace really sends people to investigate the matter thoroughly, they will probably have cleared up all the evidence."
Qin Xiao nodded slightly, knowing that since such a major corruption case involved several people from the yamen, the efficiency would naturally not be low if they had to clean it up.
"When you opened the box, Xu Lang was beside you?" Gu Baiyi asked.
Qin Xiao nodded and said: "Yes, but I warned him not to leak this matter to the outside world." He smiled coldly and said: "But he will never keep it secret. I'm afraid he has already reported the matter to Han Zhou."
Gu Baiyi smiled lightly and said: "You are new here, and you are not from the same group as them. Naturally, it is impossible for him to protect you. Although Xu Lang is just a clerk in the armory, he should have some sweetness, so your guess is not wrong. Han Zhou is
I should have known by now that you had opened the box."
"Now that he knows that I know about the matter, what will he do next?" Qin Xiao asked.
Gu Baiyi thought for a moment and said softly: "Maybe they didn't take you seriously at all and were not worried that you would cause trouble. But Han Zhou would not remain indifferent. For him, there are only two ways to deal with this matter.
There is a way to go.”
"Buy me or kill me and silence me?"
Gu Baiyi smiled faintly and nodded slightly: "But killing people and silencing them must be done as a last resort. Naturally, they would not do this as their first choice. If I am not wrong, when you arrive at the Yamen tomorrow, he will probably try to win you over first and let you
You have to keep your mouth shut, and that's why you choose to kill people and silence them." He smiled softly and said, "You might as well make peace with them before the time comes, but you must not be really implicated by them.
"
Qin Xiao picked up the chopsticks and said with a smile: "Don't worry, brother, now that I know their countermeasures, I know what to do."
Qin Xiao and Gu Baiyi did not guess wrong.
After dark, Xu Lang, the official of the Jiazi Library, went directly to the home of Han Zhou, the head of the Treasury Department. Han Zhou was only the head of the sixth rank. The house was ordinary, and it looked poor from the outside, but inside the study was lit.
When Sandalwood and Xu Lang were led into the study, Han Zhou had just put an ornamental jade butterfly into the cabinet.
He was kicked by the Black Overlord during the day and his back was in great pain. He went to the doctor to apply medicine, but the pain was still vague and he could only sit in a chair and couldn't get up easily.
Xu Lang entered the study, and Han Zhou immediately asked his servants to close the door. Only then did Xu Lang step forward, cupped his hands and said, "Sir!"
"Of course you have something to do when you come to me so late." Han Zhou motioned Xu Lang to come closer and asked in a low voice: "What did the man named Qin say when he went to Jiaku Department today?"
Xu Lang bowed his body, leaned closer and whispered: "Sir, he opened the box."
Han Zhou frowned: "What did you say?"
"As soon as he arrived at Jiaziku, his buttocks were still hot.
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, so we opened the warehouse." Xu Lang whispered: "I originally thought he was just taking a look, but he walked around in a big circle in the warehouse, and... and ran to the southwest corner of the warehouse.
....!"
Han Zhou's expression changed slightly: "You mean he opened the box there?"
"Yes." Cold sweat broke out on Xu Lang's forehead: "Not only did he open the box, he also took two Mo knives from the box, hit each other, and one of them broke into two pieces."
Han Zhou asked anxiously: "What did he say?"
"He didn't say anything else. He just told his subordinates not to reveal a word about what happened in the warehouse to anyone." Xu Lang said softly, "He also said that if anyone knew about it, both he and I would be killed."
Hearing this, Han Zhou frowned and was silent for a moment before sneering: "He is not stupid. He knows that this matter is not simple. If he gets involved, he will risk his life." He stared at Xu Lang and cursed.
Said: "I asked you to guard the warehouse and not allow anyone to approach the goods, but you actually asked him to find out on the first day he took office. Is he too smart, or are you too stupid?"
"Sir, he is an official and the villain's immediate superior." Xu Lang said with a bitter face: "The villain tried to stop me again and again, but he didn't listen to the dissuasion at all."
Han Zhou was even more angry and cursed: "You are really stupid. The more you stop him, the more he feels something is wrong, so naturally he insists on opening it. He is a young official now, but I heard that he was a black feather hand before.
The night crows and black-feathered night crows below have all been commended by saints and have tiger head jade pendants in their hands. These people are so bold that opening the box is nothing." He touched his beard and frowned: "I was still negligent in this matter.
The Ministry of Finance directly appointed him as the commander. Our Treasury Department only has a vacancy for the Jia Ziku command official, so we can only let him fill it first. Originally, I was thinking about finding a reason to exchange him with the Dziku command official in a few days.
, I didn’t expect that before I could transfer him, he discovered the clues on the first day he took office.”
Xu Lang said nervously: "Sir, after he left, I re-checked and found that there was a small fragment of the broken knife. I searched for a long time but could not find the fragment. If nothing else, the fragment had been removed.
Qin Xiao took him out."
"Does he really want to cause trouble?" Han Zhou sneered, "Do you think that by taking away a piece of the fragment, you will be able to catch us?"
"The villain is just worried that after he goes out with the fragment, he will cause trouble because of the fragment." Xu Lang approached the table and whispered: "Anyone who knows a little about weapons can tell at a glance that the material of the fragment is inferior.
Forging is sloppy, if...!"
Han Zhou sneered and said: "Even if he has that fragment, what can he do? Does he really dare to bring this matter to the court? A seventh-grade sesame official is not even qualified to submit a book. How can he bring it up? He just came here.
Kyoto, I don’t have any connections in Kyoto. As far as I know, the only person who has contact with him is a small eighth-grade clerk in Kyoto Prefecture. He is like an ant and has no qualifications for winning. Qin Xiao wants to use this
If you want to report the matter, you must first report it to my officer, and let me see how he reports it?"
"What your Excellency said is absolutely true." Xu Lang was a little relieved: "Qin Xiao only discovered that there was something wrong with the weapon and didn't know anything else. Except for the fragment, there was no evidence in his hand."
Han Zhou said calmly: "Don't worry too much about this matter. I will transfer him to other warehouses in the next two days. You should also keep an eye on him. If you find something to do with him, just expel him from the Treasury Department."
"
Xu Lang cupped his hands, but thought of something and stopped talking.
"What else?"
"My lord, do you still remember that there were rumors in Kyoto that General Black Feather and the Great Dragon Scale Guard
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Commander Tantai Xuanye is a sworn brother." Xu Lang whispered: "Although Heiyu is much older than Commander Tantai, it is said that the two have similar temperaments. After a drink, they became sworn brothers to Jinlan, and the officials in the DPRK and the Central Government became sworn brothers.
Although it happened in private, no one has ever made it public, except for the fact that these two people were sworn brothers and spread throughout the capital, and no saint ever issued an edict to reprimand them."
"You mean...?"
Xu Lang showed a worried look on his eyebrows and said: "Sir, you also said that Qin Xiao used to be a night crow under Hei Yu. Hei Yu and the commander of Tantai were sworn brothers. Qin Xiao had no other way.
Will you ever take the path of being the commander-in-chief of Tantai?"
Han Zhou's face was slightly cold. Seeing that Han Zhou's face was not good, Xu Lang did not dare to say anything more, but Han Zhou said: "Go on."
"The commander-in-chief of Tantai guards the imperial city and has won the respect and trust of the saints." Xu Lang said: "It is said that there are very few civil and military officials in the dynasty who can see the saints at any time, but the commander-in-chief of Tantai has the right to meet the saints at any time. If Qin Xiao will
The matter of Jiaziku was reported to Tantai, and Tantai reported it to the saint, then...!"
"Do you think Tantai will help Qin Xiao pass the message?" Han Zhou frowned slightly, thoughtfully, and was silent for a long time before shaking his head and saying: "Tantai Xuanye never participated in court affairs, and Heiyu was killed in Xiling, from the beginning to the end
Wei Wei did not see him come forward. If he really regarded Heiyu as a brother and Heiyu was killed, he should ask the saint to send troops out of the pass and go to Xiling to quell the rebellion, but I have not heard any such news
.To send troops to quell the rebellion, Beiyuan and our Ministry of War are the first to know the news, but no one from the Ministry of War has mentioned sending troops to Xiling until now."
Xu Lang said: "It would be best if Tantai Xuanye doesn't care about this matter. This subordinate... I'm just worried about what happens...!"
"If Tantai Xuanye really intervenes in this matter, he is asking for trouble." Han Zhou sneered and said: "If he knew who the person behind the scenes was, he wouldn't dare to move if he was given three courages. Even Qin
Xiaozhen used Tantai Xuanye to bring this matter to the saint, and the person behind the scenes is as stable as a mountain, and the saint will never punish him."
"Sir, although I don't know who you are talking about, just because the saint doesn't touch him doesn't mean he won't touch us." Xu Lang said in a low voice: "Everyone knows that things are really going to go wrong, and neither does the court.
I will sit back and do nothing. Xiling is lost, and Fan...Fan Wenzheng has become the scapegoat. If this case is exposed, it is inevitable that the scapegoat will be found...!"
When Han Zhou heard this, his body trembled and he lost his voice: "Are you saying that if the incident really comes to light, we will be dragged out and used as scapegoats?"
"I'm just worried." Xu Lang said with a grimace: "So I feel that Qin Xiao cannot ignore it. Fan Wenzheng was taken to the food market and had his head chopped off. The person who started the fire was the official!"
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