Zhan Beihan saw the pulleys, hanging baskets and other things on the ground and couldn't help but sneered: "You are well prepared!"
These tools are also often used in the army, especially during battles and sieges.
The city gate is closed, and people outside the city can only come in through the hanging basket.
Therefore, Zhan Beihan was no stranger to these things, and he could tell what they were for at a glance.
The middle-aged man shrank his head: "..."
The young man next to him kicked him hard and said coldly: "You still haven't told me the truth!"
The middle-aged man wailed and knelt down in the mud: "These, these things were stolen from the imperial mausoleum by the official under the order of King Pingyang... They usually hide them near the cliff and deliver them.
It will only be used when needed.”
The middle-aged man's name is Du Jingui, who was originally just a steward of Prince Pingyang's palace.
Because he was favored by his master, King Pingyang, he spent money to smoothen relationships and became a minor official.
King Pingyang himself is also a member of the Zhan clan, but his bloodline is a little more distant, and he is considered a relatively peripheral lineage among the royal family members. He has long been far away from the court, and he does not have much real power in his hands. It is just an empty county prince's palace.
However, King Pingyang himself was not low in seniority. He was only over fifty years old, and Emperor Zhaoming even wanted to call him his uncle.
For the sake of the elders of the royal family, Emperor Zhaoming entrusted him with the errands of the imperial mausoleum and asked him to take charge of all the affairs of the imperial mausoleum.
After King Pingyang took over this job, he transferred his confidant, Du Jingui, to his side. The master and servant could be said to be the overlords of the imperial mausoleum. All matters related to the construction of the imperial mausoleum were decided by them.
Have the final say.
Therefore.
After Zhan Beihan found out that there was something fishy about the imperial mausoleum, he immediately approached the imperial mausoleum guards, revealed his identity, and led his troops to capture the inspector King Pingyang directly!
His confidant Du Jingui was also captured.
Now, the entire imperial mausoleum has been sealed off by the guard legions, and no one is allowed to enter or exit.
While Xiao Lingyue was busy exploring Li's house and tracking down the deceased, the "missing" Zhan Beihan was actually not idle either.
After taking control of the imperial mausoleum, he immediately interrogated King Pingyang and a group of imperial mausoleum officials involved in the case. He used military torture methods to drain almost every inch of their bodies and dig out all the information.
As a result, you won’t know until the first trial, but you will be shocked after the first trial!
The imperial mausoleum was located in a remote location, with the sky high and the emperor far away. Emperor Zhaoming only sent people to inspect it once a year.
The rest of the time, it almost became the rule of a group of party members headed by King Pingyang.
From officials to stewards to foremen below, more than 120 people were involved in the smuggling case, accounting for almost two-thirds of all the staff in charge of the Imperial Tomb!
And other craftsmen, hard laborers, and even the imperial tomb guards were exploited without knowing the inside story.
There are countless more!
In just one day and one night, there is no time to review so many people.
Zhan Beihan refused to do anything else, so he simply asked the guards to control everyone and wait for disposal, one by one.
In addition, Zhan Beihan also found wood and stone materials containing iron ore in a tomb deep in the imperial mausoleum, which was enough to fill an entire large tomb.
unambiguous evidence!
on the other hand.
Regarding the specific matters of the smuggling transaction, only King Pingyang and Du Jingui in the imperial mausoleum know best.
After Zhan Beihan dug out the information from their mouths, in order not to alert the enemy, he asked King Pingyang to send two people to contact the dead men of the caravan according to the plan, so as to obtain the delivery location of the caravan.
This point is exactly as expected by Xiao Lingyue.