Shen Hao's face was ashen as he bowed forward and reported to Tang Qingyuan the results of the preliminary investigation word for word.
Standing next to him was the general surnamed Lin, who came to watch the excitement. He was still smiling at the beginning, but when he heard Shen Hao's words, his smile quickly disappeared, and he even couldn't bear the murderous intention all over his body.
"cancer!"
Not only the lieutenant surnamed Lin gnashed his teeth and cursed in a low voice, but Tang Qingyuan, who was used to seeing darkness, also gritted his teeth and put the word "cancer" on the Wen family with great approval.
After only preliminary investigation, three large boxes of account books were found from the Wen family's warehouse, all of which were Yin and Yang, with "strips of stone" used to replace ordnance. The volume of shipments and purchases was shockingly large. In the first eight months of this year alone, the Wen family took away 3,500 carts of various types of ordnance.
Moreover, it is not only the Jingbei Army that provides supplies to the Wen family, but the Wen family also has an ordnance workshop! Half of the mainstream ordnance among the four major armies can be made by themselves, and the output is not low.
There are many articles here.
First of all, the Jingbei Army is definitely in trouble now, because the ledger contains not only the quantity but also the procedures for the delivery of personnel. It is clear and clear that no one can rely on it.
Secondly, how do the Wen family make their own ordnance? The ordnance in the main battle army is not just a kitchen knife or a hoe on the street. Not everyone can make it, from the material ratio to the internal drawings to the depiction of formation patterns. It's all secret. How did the Wen family get these things?
Finally, the ordnance made by the Wen family and obtained from the Jingbei Army was not digested within the country. The country had stopped fighting in recent years and had no place to consume it. According to the flow of ordnance recorded in these account books, They are the barbarians from the northwest. It is impossible for such a large amount of people to walk through mountain roads, so how do they get through customs?
So the cancer is not limited to the Wen family. There are probably too many grasshoppers on this line.
With the ledger, the Wen family members were no longer "suspects" and had no problem being treated as prisoners, and torture methods were used accordingly.
Not to mention, there are many weaklings in the Wen family, some even worse than Wen Renhai. Even if he cut off two fingers, he would cry and beg for mercy, which made Zhou Guangcai, who was full of hatred, say "It's boring" Son".
The most valuable people are naturally the two Yuan Dan realm monks who are still alive. According to past habits, this kind of people should not try to pry open their mouths, but just wait until the two people's brains are alive before asking questions. It’s obviously unrealistic to think that you can do everything on the White Mountain.
So the first step of investigation is actually mainly about one word: search!
The focus is on the study of the head of the family, Wen Hong, and the three secret rooms on the mountain.
Wen Hong, together with the two elders of the Wen family and several outstanding disciples, were not on Baishan Mountain at this time. They had gone to the Imperial City on the third day of October, and it was not known what happened to them in the Imperial City. Thinking that the higher-ups are trying to destroy the Wen family's lair, Wen Hong and others will definitely not have an easy time.
The first thing found were letters, most of which were correspondence with officials in local government offices.
There is also a box of yellow jade swords. These are the thousand-mile notes that communicate with the monks. The cost of this thing is extremely high, and it can be used repeatedly six to seven times. The threshold is a bit high, and it can only be used at the God-Gathering realm, or it can be used directly with the spirit stone, but the pan-spirit stone cannot be used, because the grade of this thing is just in the category of high-grade magic weapons. The pan spirit stone is out of reach. Therefore, this thing is very expensive. Xuanqing Guard actually has it, but it is rarely used.
However, with these letters and Qianliyin, it will be much easier to trace who has contact with the Wen family.
In addition, there are the Wen family's warehouse and secret room. The contents inside were eye-opening to Shen Hao.
I have seen some wealthy families melt their silver into large balls weighing several hundred kilograms each to prevent theft. This is something that ordinary people have never heard of. But in the Wen family's warehouse, there are not only a few hundred kilograms of money, but also gold balls of almost the same weight! Come out, a dozen of them!
The various rare treasures are also dazzling to see, as well as the bottles and jars in the secret room. There are dozens of kinds of elixirs, and the Xiao Pei Yuan elixir, which most people in the Xuanqing Guard consider to be in short supply, is packed here in a one-foot-square jade box! From low-grade to high-grade, there is enough to fill a big room!
There are also magic weapons. Rare defensive magic weapons that are rarely seen outside are hung on the wall in the Wen family's secret room. There are hundreds of medium and high-grade magic weapons in the box, and low-grade magic weapons are not even qualified to enter the Wen family's secret room.
Such a wealthy man, even though he was a member of Xuanqingwei who was used to seeing his house confiscated, he couldn't help but be a little stunned. At the same time, their own little thoughts cannot be suppressed. Even Shen Hao is no exception.
After learning that there were so many elixirs in the secret room, Shen Haojin didn't dare to go in. He was worried that the black beast tattoo on his chest would suddenly pop out again. What should he do? Still out of sight, out of mind, just looking at the compiled list already made him salivate.
"Fifteen kinds of low-grade elixirs, seventy-five boxes, about thirty-seven thousand pieces."
"Eight kinds of middle-grade elixirs, sixteen boxes, about 8,000 pills."
"Two kinds of high-grade treasure pills, three bottles, about thirty pieces."
"Magic weapon..."
Shen Hao read the list once, then looked at Wang Jian's red eyes in front of him, and said sternly: "I know what you are thinking, but the more times like this, the more difficult it is to reach out, no matter whether it is a pill or a magic weapon, who dares Just cut it off directly."
"General Banner, to be honest with you, I have been thinking about it, but don't worry, no matter how greedy I am, my brothers will not reach out without your words. However, they won't all be handed over in the end, right? This... ..."
Shen Hao interrupted: "Shut up, these are not your concerns. Put everything away and keep an eye on it! No one is allowed to read it without my note!"
"yes!"
Wang Jian was warned, and Shen Hao immediately took the order and went to find Tang Qingyuan. Tang Qingyuan looked at it and found that he was much calmer than Shen Hao. He must have been mentally prepared.
"Everything is divided into ten parts, and five parts are handed over. This is non-negotiable. One part will be given to the Jingnan Army, one part will be kept by ourselves, and the remaining three parts will be given to the Qianhu Office."
"What about the Zhenfu Envoy Yamen?"
"Don't worry about it, that's the matter of Qianhu Office. We are so far away and can't reach it even if we want to hand it over. Just do it."
"Okay sir."
"What about the other things? How did it go?"
"The entire Baishan Mountain has been searched, and a sealing order can be issued. I suggest that we control the three Wen family workshops today. If they escape too late, it will be troublesome."
"Okay, you draw a group here, I will give you half of the personal guards, and let General Lin Lang reinforce 500 sergeants. That should be enough, right?"
"enough."
So Shen Hao took out Zhang Liao's group, accompanied by Tang Qingyuan's personal guards and 500 Jingnan troops, and went down to Baishan Mountain to raid the three private ordnance workshops of the Wen family outside.
On the night of October 12th, Tang Qingyuan issued a ban on Baishan Mountain and handed it over to the custody of the local government.
In the early morning of October 13th, the Jingnan Army retreated and returned non-stop. Tang Qingyuan also led his subordinates to return to Licheng with 521 Wen family members and servants in custody.
