Chapter One Hundred and Thirty-fifth Sensing the Difference
"Who did you buy the drug store from?"
The shopkeeper thought about it and said, "He is a middle-aged man. It turns out that this drug store was a rice and grain store."
"Sir," Xu Qing stood up.
She knows this matter better than the drugstore shopkeeper.
"When the plague first broke out, the owner of the original rice and grain store transferred the store to the Xu family."
Plague outbreak, rice grain store.
Zhao Jin pondered for a while, the original rice and grain store must have been their stronghold.
Miliang can provide food directly from the store to the cottage without attracting attention.
No wonder, no one has noticed the situation in Riliang Mountain.
They had a good idea.
A coldness flashed in Zhao Jin's eyes.
Liang Qian frowned, "Sir, do they have more than one stronghold?"
"This possibility cannot be ruled out."
However, it is unlikely.
Zhao Jin clearly remembered that the news sent back by Seng Fan was that there was only one group of bandits in Riliangshan in Yunzhou City.
He does not need to set up two strongholds, which costs money and effort and is of little use.
Furthermore, these bandit spies in Riliang Mountain have been forced to go down the mountain to rob the road. Even if there are other strongholds, most of them are like this rice and grain store and have been lost due to the plague.
"Put this aside for now." Zhao Jin rubbed his eyebrows. Even if there were other strongholds, the top priority was to deal with these spies first.
"I would also like to ask Mr. Xu to tell you everything he knows about the manager of the rice and grain store."
Xu Qing frowned and thought deeply. After a moment, he shook his head and said helplessly: "Sir, when the Xu family took over this shop, they did not check it carefully. They only knew that the other party's name was Beiming."
For example, when a shop changes hands, most of the time it is just a matter of two parties agreeing and signing a contract in triplicate, with one copy kept at the government office for record and the other two parties each having one copy.
But above the contract, there are only the names of both parties and the details of the transaction.
"Sir." Xu Qing raised his hands and bowed and asked: "For my Xu family, this is an unforeseen disaster after all. Can I..."
Zhao Jin knew what the other party wanted to say, so he interrupted directly: "I will remove the soldiers surrounding Jishi Medicine Hall, but if you find anything abnormal, you must report it immediately."
Hearing this, Xu Qing turned his attention to the medicine shop shopkeeper.
The shopkeeper and the few waiters around him understood each other and immediately said: "The common people must pay close attention. If you find anything wrong, tell the adults immediately!"
"Well, I'm sorry to bother you, please go back." Zhao Jin waved his hand.
Things are busy now, and it is unlikely that Jishi Medicine Hall is also a Beili stronghold. Otherwise, the Xu family's medicine shop would not have needed to help in the first place.
Since the problem is not big, he doesn't have time to bother with them now.
After Xu Qing and others left, Zhao Jinchao and his entourage said to Liang Qian: "Remove the people who are currently in Jishi Medicine Hall and send people to keep an eye on it secretly. If any abnormalities are found, take action immediately."
"Also, get another map of Riliang Mountain!"
Unable to find anything out from these people, Zhao Jin decided to check the topography of Riliang Mountain first.
Qin Heng has been guarding the foot of the mountain and has never seen anyone leave. Thousands of bandits cannot disappear out of thin air, so they must still be hiding in Riliang Mountain!
"yes!"
After they took the map, Zhao Jinzai carefully observed every place on the map, especially the location of the village.
More than half an hour later, Zhao Jin's eyes felt a little sour. He blinked, reached for the teacup at his side, and took a sip of tea, but his eyes never left the map on the table.
Zhao Jin's finger moved slowly on the map, his eyes focused on it.
The slender fingertips crossed a valley and then followed the road out of the valley. However, this road suddenly disappeared in the middle.
"wrong!"
Zhao Jin's eyes narrowed and his eyes fell on the place where the mountain road disappeared. There should be a road here.
The road into the valley is accompanied by a river. The valley is in a lowland. It stands to reason that the river will follow the terrain and flow through the valley. This means that there must be a road where the river flows.
It may be steep or flat, it will never disappear suddenly.
"Someone is coming!"
Liang Qian heard the sound and came, "Sir!"
"Is this the only map of Riliang Mountain? Are there any others?"
"This..." Liang Qian was a little embarrassed, "Sir, this map was found with great difficulty. For some reason, there are very few detailed maps of Riliang Mountain."
Zhao Jin took a long breath and said, "Nothing."
He folded up the map. Since there was no map, he went directly to check it out!
"Let's go! Go to Riliang Mountain!" Zhao Jin picked up the map, stuffed it into his arms, and walked out.
Liang Qian was startled and quickly followed Zhao Jin while asking: "Has your Excellency found any clues?"
"Well, we still need to verify it."
Arriving at Riliang Mountain, Yang Xu and others were still guarding the foot of the mountain.
Seeing Zhao and Jin riding horses, several people came forward to greet them, "Sir."
"Is there anything unusual during this period?"
Yang Xu shook his head, "No."
That means they are still on the mountain.
Zhao Jin held the reins and stared at Riliang Mountain, where new buds were beginning to appear but the vegetation was sparse and still looked desolate.
"I have a guess."
Zhao Jin jumped off the horse and took out the map from his arms.
Because there were no conditions at the foot of the mountain, Zhao Jin did not show any pretense and directly spread the map on the ground.
"Here." The fingertips landed on a valley. It was the valley that had attracted Zhao Jin's attention just now. There was only one way in and out, but it was cut off in the middle.
"But, there is no way to reach here."
Yang Xu expressed the doubts in everyone's mind.
"There can be no road here," Zhao Jin firmly believed in his conjecture and expressed his doubts. "There is something wrong with the map. It is very possible that someone has tampered with it."
Liang Qian thought that they had been unable to find a detailed map of Riliang Mountain. Although the location of Riliang Mountain was not important, and because the vegetation in Riliang Mountain was not strong and there were not many herbs and wild animals, few people went up the mountain.
But it is indeed strange that it is so rare.
Zhao Jin said quietly: "As for whether there is a road here and whether there is something wrong with the map, we will know after exploring it."
As soon as he finished speaking, Qin Heng and Yang Xu said in unison: "Go down!"
Zhao Jin raised his eyebrows in surprise and looked at the two of them.
Qin Heng touched his nose and muttered: "It's really boring to stay down here."
They have been here for too long, but nothing happened, which is inevitably a bit boring.
"Okay, at least one person must be left behind. You can discuss it among yourselves." Zhao Jin did not stop or interfere. Anyway, at least one person must be left behind. As for who will stay, they will discuss among themselves.
Zhao Jin took the map and went to a farther place to figure out, if there was a road here, where he should go and where he would go.
In fact, it is not without reason that Zhao Jin is obsessed with this.
There are so few maps of Riliang Mountain. It is obvious that someone has tampered with it. There is something wrong with this area on the map.
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