After Hong Jiang, Lian Gongzi and others left completely, a crisp sound came from deep in the small building, and then the entire small building collapsed, with smoke and dust flying in all directions.
Zhao Rang quickly helped Yuan Mingkong exit the courtyard, and asked the deputy shopkeeper to completely seal the area across the courtyard, and no one was allowed to enter or exit.
There should be secret passages to other places built by Shen Liushu secretly in the small building, but now they have collapsed and are all buried underneath. People like Hong Jiang and Lian Gongzi would not leave Zhao an opportunity for them to take advantage of.
After returning to the previous room, Yuan Mingkong's condition eased a bit, the pain was not as strong as before, he could overcome it with his willpower, and his speech became much smoother.
He sat on a chair, closed his eyes and adjusted his breath for a moment. After regaining some energy, he said to Zhao Rang:
"You'll know when you come and take a look!"
Then Yuan Mingkong took Zhao Rang out of a side door of the main hall, passed through an extremely secret open-air dark alley, and came to the door of an independent house.
This house is completely independent of the surroundings and has no connection with anyone. It can only be reached by the dark alley that Zhao Rang walked through just now.
Zhao Rang looked back and realized that if he didn't know there was a house inside, he probably wouldn't have gotten in. He suddenly became very interested in the purpose of this house.
"Chen Liushu repaired it. The deputy shopkeeper was responsible for arranging the masons during the repair, but he didn't know what it would be used for after the repair. He said that Shen Liushu often came here in the middle of the night by himself, and didn't light the lamp."
Yuan Mingkong explained.
Zhao Rang nodded thoughtfully.
Shen Liushu has been operating here for a long time, so it is normal for him to do some weird things. What Zhao Rang didn't understand was why Yuan Mingkong brought him here.
"Come on, you'll find out when you go in!"
There are no windows in this house, only a door made of fine steel. Zhao Rang looked at the material and found that it was very similar to the coffin shop built by Shadow Guard in the shack area. Shen Liushu seemed to have spent a lot of money on this house!
Yuan Mingkong opened the door with both hands. Zhao Rang went in and saw that the room was full of fifty or sixty people. There is a small table in front of everyone. There is a pile of neatly cut paper on the table, and they are writing quickly.
Only a few people looked up after hearing the movements of Zhao Rang and Yuan Mingkong. Most people were engrossed in recording and turned a deaf ear to the others.
Such a quiet and solemn atmosphere made Zhao Rang even breathe softly and calmly involuntarily. He tiptoed to the side of a person and saw that what he was writing was actually the account book that Shen Liushu had handed over in the coffin!
"this……"
Zhao Rang couldn't help but exclaimed!
Yuan Mingkong quickly waved to him to go out and talk.
The two walked outside the house and closed the stainless steel door again, and then Zhao Rang asked:
"How did they know? Could it be that they showed up?"
Yuan Mingkong smiled and nodded.
It is not an exaggeration to say that these account books of Shen Liushu are his lifeblood. The things recorded in it can not only prove his crime of liaising with the Western Regions, but in turn can also expose the other party's secrets, which is why Hong Jiang is so cautious.
Even if they listened to Ye Sanniang's advice and gave up their murderous intentions towards the four of them, they still had to take away the account books. Otherwise, if these things fall into Zhao Rang's hands, sooner or later they will be able to thoroughly study what they want to do.
Know yourself and the enemy, and you can fight a hundred battles without danger. As long as you understand their purpose, you can anticipate the enemy's opportunities and take the initiative. Something had just happened in the small building where Shen Liushu was under house arrest. When Zhao Rang and Ye Sanniang went to investigate, Yuan Mingkong had a bad feeling and felt that no matter what happened, it must be because of the ledger.
So he quickly called the deputy shopkeeper and asked him to call as many clerks as there were in the semicolon, put down all the work at hand, and come over immediately.
In less than a cup of tea, all the dozens of waiters had assembled. These clerks are all proficient in bank affairs, and they are no stranger to recording and checking ledgers. There are even some people who are naturally sensitive to numbers and never miss an account!
Yuan Mingkong organized these people and divided the ledgers in the coffin. About three people had one ledger, and asked them to memorize them all as quickly as possible!
Remember it, write it down in a moment, and if it is correct, you will be rewarded with three thousand taels of cash. If you don’t remember it, or if you wrote it down in a while and you made a mistake, and you can’t check it, chop off two of your fingers!
This method of combining grace and power, with both financial stimulation and bloody threats, shocked these guys! After coming back to his senses, he immediately took the account book and started to memorize it like crazy.
"Brother, you don't know what happened at that time!"
As Yuan Mingkong spoke, he couldn't hold back his smile and started laughing.
"That bastard Chen Liushu uses poems, songs, and poems with numbers to keep accounts... Those dozens of people are piled in the house to memorize ledgers. It sounds like an academy! It really made me laugh to death, hahahaha !”
Zhao Rang also laughed.
Especially Yuan Mingkong mentioned the academy.
Are all those old scholars in Dawei Academy mysterious people? Two words, noble! Four words of self-confidence, words without money! Tongbao Bank, as Dawei's largest bank, actually has an academy in it. If those old scholars heard this, they would blow their beards and glare, and they might even get angry!
"You're still smart enough to come up with such a trick!"
All joking aside, these guys are top-notch in accounting speed. Even if some people make small mistakes, as long as others are mostly correct, the mistakes can be corrected through post-accounting, and all the account books can be restored perfectly.
"What's the most important one? It's the one Yunli Fei Siqian took out. The cover is stained with blood!"
Zhao Rang suddenly asked.
This account book is a must-have for Hong Jiang, and it is also what Shen Liushu values the most. Zhao Rang and the others also discovered the whereabouts of the 500,000 arrows they were looking for, as well as the amount of gold and silver lost by the Taoist priests of Baihe Mountain.
Yuan Mingkong pointed to his head and replied:
"Don't worry, they're all here!"
Seeing that the account books could be properly restored, Zhao Rang was completely relieved. However, he saw that Yuan Mingkong did not look happy and couldn't help asking:
"Is there anything else in those account books?"
Yuan Mingkong sighed solemnly, took out an envelope from his lapel and handed it to Zhao Rang, saying:
"See for yourself."
The envelope is made of oil paper, very thick, but has no seal. There are three pieces of letter paper inside, but only two and a half pages are filled with writing. There is no letterhead or signature.
"Is this from the account books?"
Zhao Rang didn't have time to check the coffin carefully at that time, knowing that he would definitely miss something.
"Not from the coffin, but from the blood-stained account book!"
Zhao Rang asked:
"In the account book?"
He looked through the account book with his own hands and found no inclusions.
If such a thick envelope was hidden in the account book, Zhao Ran would not be able to find it.
"Do you remember that the other account books in the coffin were all bound with thread, but this one stained with blood was bound with paste?"
After being reminded by Yuan Mingkong, Zhao Rang had some impression.
"This envelope was rolled into a very thin volume and hidden in the spine of the account book. When I was reading and reciting it over and over, I accidentally exerted too much force and broke the glue on the spine, and this letter was revealed. fall out."
Zhao Rang took out the letter paper from the envelope and read it in one breath, and then the previous excitement was gone.
This is Shen Liushu's personal letter.
Although it is a letter, the content is more like a diary.
Because the account book was stained with blood in many places, the handwriting was a bit blurry and could not be read clearly, but it was still possible to roughly understand what Shen Liushu wrote.
On the first piece of paper, one thing was mentioned repeatedly, called "Tongtian Pill".
According to Chen Liushu's account, he and Hong Jiang did meet in a brothel, but at that time he did not know Hong Jiang's true identity. She was the protector of the ruined divine sect and held a high position. Later, under Hong Jiang's coaxing, Shen Liushu took the "Tongtian Pill", the most precious medicine refined by the so-called ruined divine sect.
At the beginning, every time after eating, Shen Liushu felt refreshed and relaxed, and then fell into a sweet dream. For the first time, he slept for three days and three nights and had many bizarre dreams. When he woke up, he felt that his whole body was floating, as if he could really "reach the sky".
This feeling of comfort lasted for more than half a month, and then Shen Liushu gradually realized that something was wrong.
Every time after the effect of "Tongtian Pill" wears off, he feels extremely depressed, and then his whole body becomes weak and his eyes become blind. No matter how simple things are, it takes a long time to react, and almost half of the ability is lost. Later, the situation became more and more serious. Shen Liushu not only had hallucinations, but also felt pain and itching all over his body, hot and cold, and no part of him felt comfortable...
It was only then that Hong Jiang showed his true face, confessed his identity to him, and told Chen Liushu that "Tongtian Pill" was not a panacea to heavenly bliss at all, but a contract to betray himself.
"Tongtian Pill" turned out to be a mysterious stone discovered by the ruined sect in the sea of gold and silver. Grind this stone into powder, make it into pills, and give it to someone. Within half a month, the person will do anything to get the "Tongtian Pill". Even if he is asked to kill his own mother, he will not frown!
It can make people live with overwhelming happiness, but once you experience this kind of happiness, you will know that the price of this kind of happiness can only be ended by death.
It's a pity that he knew it too late... At this time, Shen Liushu could not do without this "Tongtian Pill" at all, and from the beginning of one pill a day, he needed five or six pills a day to ensure that he was always in the best condition. A state of comfort.
On the last page, Shen Liushu recorded the origin of "Tongtian Pill" in detail. It seems to be a warning to those who are lucky enough to see this letter, and it also seems to be atonement.
Seeing the end, Zhao Rang was also in tears... He didn't expect that Shen Liushu was controlled by a small pill and was worse than death.
"Let me tell you, he deserves it!"
Ximen Dazhuang came over at some point and spat out a mouthful of thick phlegm, as if he felt sick when he mentioned the words Shen Liushu.
