Chapter 128 His Majesty is very murderous

With the extremely faint sound of the bolt being pulled, Xu Tian's figure flashed and disappeared outside the door.

Captain Wang quietly closed the door again, then went back to the big bunk and lay down again.

However, if someone suddenly came to see him, they would be frightened by Captain Wang's bright eyes.

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In a private house inside the Upper East Gate, a dim light could be seen through the window paper. More than a dozen people dressed in civilian clothes were sitting or standing silently in the not very spacious room.

Suddenly, there were two short and one long knocks on the door.

The two sturdy men guarding the door immediately perked up, and one of them put his hand into his arms as if he had grabbed a sharp weapon.

The other person reached out to open the door, and only moved aside when he saw Xu Tian outside.

Xu Tian immediately slipped into the room, and the person who opened the door carefully looked outside the door, confirming that there was no one following him, and then closed the door again.

After Xu Tian entered the room, he immediately bowed to one of the people in the room and said, "I am Xu Tian, ​​the general flag of the Jinyiwei. I am honored to meet you, the master."

The man was originally sitting on a throne at the top. He looked up when he heard the words. It was Zheng Shiyi, the head of the Embroidered Uniform Guard.

Zheng Shiyi nodded slightly, and then said: "Everyone is here, tell us about your discoveries."

In the room, except for a few formal bodyguards, a total of eight people including Xu Tian immediately stood up and told their discoveries one by one.

"I went undercover in the Fan family and discovered that the Fan family was nominally transporting food and fodder, but in fact, they were hiding a large amount of gunpowder and even armor in the food carts!"

"I am an undercover agent in the Wang family and discovered that the Wang family's caravan is carrying a large amount of medicine for sword and knife injuries!"

"I am an undercover agent of the Tian family and discovered that the Tian family caravan is carrying a large amount of illegal salt and iron materials!"

"I am an undercover agent of the Huang family..."

As one undercover agent after another shared the intelligence they had obtained, it was soon Xu Tian's turn.

"I went undercover in the Liang family and found that the Liang family nominally transported wood, but in fact they hid a large number of arrows in the wood, and even had powerful armor-piercing arrows!"

Zheng Shiyi listened to his subordinates' report expressionlessly until Xu Tian finished speaking, then he snorted coldly and said, "These Shanxi people are so bold that they rushed to the border to sell armor, medicine, arrows, and even armor-piercing heavy arrows. They even dared to sell them to the country for the sake of profit!"

A confidant behind Zheng Siyi leaned down and said, "Master, now that the evidence is solid, can we close the net?"

Zheng Shiyi shook his head, his eyes flashing coldly, "No, if we close the net now, the most we can do is to confiscate their homes and execute them. Isn't that too easy for them?"

"Besides, His Majesty has already issued an order before we left Beijing to catch these Shanxi merchants and the corrupt officials who are in collusion with them at all costs!"

After saying that, Zheng Shiyi looked up at the undercover agents and said, "You should go back and hide carefully immediately. I want to know who is at the checkpoints along the way and who is protecting these traitorous Shanxi merchants!"

"Yes!" Xu Tian and others immediately clasped their fists and accepted the order.

However, no one stood up, only the undercover agent closest to the door stood up.

The two big men guarding the door had already reopened the valve and slipped out of the door, carefully observing the situation on the street.

The undercover agent then walked out of the room and disappeared into the night in just a few flashes.

Then he had the two big men close the door again, and after about half a cup of tea, he opened the door again. Immediately, another undercover stood up and left.

This was repeated eight times before the undercover agents all left the room.

The next morning, when everyone was still asleep, Captain Zhang had already woken up the servants one by one with a whip, urging them to wash their faces and eat.

In just a quarter of an hour, Captain Wang and Xu Tian had already obtained their own swords and followed the caravan towards Liaodong.

The journey was safe and sound, as they travelled during the day and slept at night. They passed through countless checkpoints of varying sizes along the way. However, when the officials in charge of guarding the checkpoints saw that it was Liang Jiabin's caravan, they immediately let it pass without even a routine inspection.

Captain Wang saw all this along the way, and at the same time he secretly memorized the various banknote checkpoints in his mind.

Because the caravan was ostensibly transporting timber, it was also tiring and took a full month to reach Shanhaiguan.

Originally, Captain Wang still had hope, thinking that Shanhaiguan was the first pass in Liaodong, and would definitely not allow people to pass through as blatantly as the other passes he had passed through before.

However, Captain Wang was still disappointed. The garrison commander who was guarding the pass was preparing for inspection with a stern face, but at this moment an official came out from nowhere and scolded the commander harshly.

Under the guard's embarrassed gaze, he waved his hand and let him go.

Although Captain Wang was disappointed, he still silently memorized the official's appearance in his mind.

Combined with the official uniform he is wearing, it is not difficult to tell his rank, so we can ensure that we don't find the wrong person in the future.

However, what Captain Wang did not know was that at this moment, on the gate tower of Shanhaiguan, there were two people sitting by the window, drinking tea and watching the caravan slowly enter the city.

One of them was Yuan Chonghuan, the commander-in-chief of Ji and Liao and stationed in Shanhaiguan.

If the other person were seen by the eight Shanxi merchants, they would surely be shocked and suspicious.

Because this person was Zu Dashou, the vanguard general who was supposed to be stationed in Jinzhou!

Logically speaking, Zu Dashou, as the vanguard commander-in-chief, should not appear in Shanhaiguan, but should be stationed in Jinzhou City, which has not yet been fully repaired.

Of course, it was reasonable for Zu Dashou to come to Shanhaiguan to report military intelligence to Yuan Chonghuan, the commander-in-chief of Ji and Liao. However, the timing was a bit too coincidental.

The eight major Shanxi merchants were able to collude with the Liaodong Jiannu so easily for so many years, so they were naturally suspicious and cautious.

However, Zu Dashou came to Shanhaiguan secretly this time, and the Eight Shanxi Merchants had no chance to know about it.

Looking at the caravan entering the city, Zu Dashou suddenly said, "Since Your Majesty suspects that these Shanxi people are colluding with the Jian Nu, why don't you just let us check the caravan and catch them red-handed?"

Yuan Chonghuan raised his lips slightly and said with a smile: "Fuyu (Zu Dashou's courtesy name is Fuyu) You have never seen our emperor, so it's no wonder you can't understand."

"Before I was reappointed as the governor of Liaodong, I once stayed in the capital for a period of time. I had a conversation with Your Majesty and had a very pleasant conversation with him, so I know him to some extent."

When Yuan Chonghuan said this, he glanced at Zu Dashou and smiled, "Our emperor has a very murderous nature..."

Zu Dashou was stunned and blurted out, "What the governor means is... Your Majesty wants to catch them all in one fell swoop?"

Yuan Chonghuan smiled without saying anything, and Zu Dashou immediately realized that he was right.

I was immediately shocked.

(End of this chapter)