"His Royal Highness Prince Xiang, there is one more thing. Please tell Mr. Shen that Zhong Ronggui is willing to cooperate with the government and cooperate internally and externally. If there is any change in the caravan, he will send a message to the government officials and ask Mr. Shen to pay more attention."
Xiao Lingyue said: "Most of the people in the caravan were dragged into the water and do not know the real smuggling business of the caravan. After Zhong Ronggui, there is only one accountant named Mr. Yan, who needs special attention.
There is also a Nanyan dead soldier beside him, so be careful not to let anyone escape."
Prince Xiang nodded solemnly: "I know this and will tell the truth to Minister Shen."
"The transaction is tonight, and there will probably be a tough battle."
Xiao Lingyue rubbed the center of her brows, "I have to take a break first to recuperate my energy, and then go to the trading mountains in advance to check on the situation."
King Xiang frowned and said, "Are you going alone? Don't wait until the third brother meets up?"
Xiao Lingyue curled her lips: "What's the point of meeting? He might have gone to the mountain long ago."
King Xiang: “??”
"What's the meaning?"
Xiao Lingyue said with unclear meaning: "Your Highness, business is done by both parties. Someone sells and someone buys. The one who secretly bought the iron ore was the Nanyan caravan, so guess who is the one who secretly sold the iron ore?"
Prince Xiang was startled, and his face turned slightly ugly: "The person in charge of the imperial mausoleum?"
"That's right."
Xiao Lingyue said: "The Nanyan caravan is nominally engaged in the wood and stone business. The largest and most frequent wood and stone transportation near Yuanmu Town is only for the imperial mausoleum that is under construction. What's more, in the capital, His Royal Highness found someone from the Ministry of Works stealing The iron ore was contained in the raw materials of wood and stone, and these raw materials were transported by the army and sent to the imperial tomb.
In this way, it will be obvious who is reselling these smuggled iron ores!"
The imperial mausoleum is under construction.
This was the largest and most important construction in the emperor's life.
With the full support of the imperial court, a large number of logs and stones were continuously sent to the imperial mausoleum.
Even if only one tenth is mixed with private goods, the accumulation of smuggled iron ore over time is still an eye-popping figure.
Someone from the Ministry of Industry smuggled it out.
Someone must be responsible for receiving the imperial tomb, and it must not be discovered by others.
You must know that although the location of the imperial mausoleum is remote, there are many people involved, including thousands of craftsmen, hard laborers, cooks and servants, and even troops are stationed for protection.
He wants to remove the wood and stones that secretly hide the iron ore and sell them to the Nanyan caravan.
Ordinary craftsmen and hard laborers are not so capable.
There are only two kinds of people possible.
One is the inspector responsible for the construction of the imperial tomb, that is, the general person in charge.
The second is the guard general who stationed the army.
However, the general is a military position and is only responsible for protecting the safety of the imperial mausoleum and is not involved in the construction of the imperial mausoleum.
In other words, there is little access to those wood and stone raw materials.
Moreover, the military affairs of Northern Qin were all under the control of Zhan Beihan. Xiao Lingyue didn't think anyone would dare to act like a monster under his nose, or even secretly sell iron ore.
The most likely person is the inspector of the imperial mausoleum.
Prince Xiang's face turned ugly: "I remember that the person responsible for supervising the imperial mausoleum for my father was a distant uncle of the royal family named..."
Xiao Lingyue shook her head: "It doesn't matter who it is, Zhan Beihan should have guessed it. When I went to Li's house last night, he specially asked a guard to wait for me near Li's house and said that he would hand over Li's house to me. But he didn't know where he was going.
I stare at Li Zhai, where else can he go?
Naturally, I went to the imperial mausoleum to find someone to settle the score!"
Xiao Lingyue had already guessed this when she saw the guard last night.