Chapter 128 Zheng Chuan: This, he can find out all this?

iron ore!

This is the real strategic material and foundation of Mianshui County.

Selling illegal salt might be mitigated, but illegally opening an iron mine was a capital crime.

However, there are exceptions. For example, gangs recognized by the imperial court are qualified to mine iron ore.

For example, the two overlords in Mianshui County: the Fishing Gang and the Cao Gang!

They were allowed by the imperial court to mine iron ore, which was a reflection of their superior status. Of course, even if they were allowed to mine, there were certain controls.

They had to hand over a certain percentage to the court every month, and only the rest could be sold privately.

Of course, the sale also has different trading objects. It can only be sold to blacksmiths that make farm tools. Of course, some can also be used within the gang, but they are all controlled.

The White Tiger Hall, as the largest hall of the Fishermen's Gang, has a mining area on the iron ore mountain. This area has independent accounting and does not need to be managed by the headquarters of the Fishermen's Gang.

This was also the content of the agreement reached between Peng Shizhong and Nan Batian back then.

Chen Jie then proposed to check the iron ore. Peng Shizhong frowned and asked, "Do you think there is something wrong with the iron ore?"

After hearing this, Chen Jie said, "That should be the case, because I asked a lot of people, and they all said that the fourth brother was checking the account book of the iron mine on the day of the accident. I suspect that the fourth brother found something in the account book, which led to his murder."

"Hmm? You mean the one who did it was probably one of our insiders?"

Chen Jie said, "I don't know, but all possible situations cannot be ruled out. And godfather, if it were you, what would you do with the iron mine?"

Peng Shizhong said: "Iron is a national treasure. There are many places where it can be tampered with. If there is no evidence, it is not easy to investigate!"

After saying this, Peng Shizhong said, "But if you want to investigate, Jiusi, then do so. I'll leave this matter to you. The Twelve Eagle Guards will assist you in investigating this matter."

Chen Jie said: "Yes."

"Well, you go down first."

Peng Shizhong waved his hand, and Chen Jie left, followed by the Twelve Eagle Guards. Each of these twelve Eagle Guards was a strong man in the Liujin Realm. With their assistance, Chen Jie could do a lot of things.

After leaving Peng Shizhong's room, Zhou Chu was waiting at the door and asked, "How's Jiu Si?"

Chen Jie said: "Father has agreed that we should investigate the iron ore, and he has sent the Twelve Eagle Guards to help us."

Upon hearing this, Zhou Chu bowed to the twelve Eagle Guards behind him, then looked at Chen Jie and said, "Jiu Si, what should we do next?"

"Check the accounts!"

Chen Jie said two words and then went straight to the accounting office in the side yard of Baihu Hall.

When he arrived at the accounting office, he saw many accountants doing the accounting. When he saw Chen Jie coming, one of the accountants immediately stood up and asked, "Fifth Master, why are you here?"

Chen Jie said, "It's okay. Come and take a look at the account book. Bring me the account book of the iron mine."

After hearing this, the accountant said, "Hey, please wait a moment."

Soon a ledger was brought in, and Chen Jie took it and started looking through it.

As he looked at it, Chen Jie pointed to a page and said, "What's going on? How can it still lose money after being smelted into iron?"

After hearing this, the accountant said, "Oh, this is scrap metal."

"Scrap metal?"

Chen Jie looked at the accountant in confusion, and the accountant immediately said, "It's like this. In our Beishan Mine, some places produce iron ore. For some unknown reason, once it is smelted into iron, it becomes very brittle, whether it is used to forge weapons or farm tools. Normally, there is no problem when we see it, but as soon as we use it, especially with a violent collision, it will break at the slightest touch."

“It’s completely useless, so it’s called scrap metal.”

"And this kind of scrap iron, after being smelted, will lose money."

“So there is a loss in this account.”

The accountant spoke.

After hearing this, Chen Jie narrowed his eyes and instinctively felt that these scrap metals could be used to make something useful.

Chen Jie flipped through the books and gradually found that the output of scrap iron was increasing. After he finished reading this one, Chen Jie said, "Do you have last year's account book? The year before last, find them all for me."

After hearing this, the accountant said, "Yes."

"But Master Wu, these old accounts have all been put into the warehouse. Please wait, it will take a while to find them."

Chen Jie said: "It's okay, just look for it."

Chen Jie took a sip of tea. Zhou Chu, who was standing beside him, looked at Chen Jie and asked, "Is there something wrong with this account book?"

Chen explained: "There is no problem with the account book. The income and expenditure are balanced, but just because the income and expenditure are balanced does not mean there is no problem."

As he was thinking this, the accountant came rushing over.

He brought a small box with nearly ten account books in it and said, "Fifth Master, these are all the account books for the past ten years. Please have a look."

Chen Jie took it and examined it carefully.

In the first year of Zhizheng: the output of scrap iron was 2,000 kilograms.

In the second year of Zhizheng, the output of scrap iron was 2,500 kilograms.

In the third year of Zhizheng, the output of scrap iron was 2,300 kilograms.
In the fourth year of Zhizheng, the output of scrap iron was 1,800 kilograms.

……

In the seventh year of Zhizheng: the output of scrap iron reached 10,000 jin.

In the eighth year of Zhizheng, the output of scrap iron reached 30,000 jin.

In the ninth year of Zhizheng: that is, only half a year has passed this year, and 20,000 kilograms of scrap iron have been produced.

Looking at the account book, Chen Jie discovered that the output of scrap iron began to increase sharply in the seventh year of Zhizheng, which was the year before last.

Chen Jie carefully checked the scrap iron production in the seventh year of Zhizheng and found that the increase in scrap iron began in the last three months.

Chen Jie also checked the normal iron production in the next three months and found that it had declined a lot.

Chen Jie dipped his hand in the tea and then did some simple math addition and subtraction using Arabic numerals on the table.

It was discovered that the amount of scrap iron added to the amount of normal iron was a constant number, about 80,000 kilograms, with an error of no more than 3,000 kilograms.

In other words, the annual output of this iron mine is 80,000 kilograms of pig iron.

Since there is more scrap iron, there is less normal iron. So, will someone mix normal iron with scrap iron and sell it?

It’s not like the fourth brother was killed because he found out this.

But reselling a little pig iron and enriching oneself would not cost anyone's life.

No, iron, this is iron!

Who would buy pig iron on such a large scale?
And judging from the account book, this reselling has been going on for more than a year. Who is buying pig iron so continuously?

Chen Jie thought about it, then looked at Zhou Chu and said, "Come on, Old Zhou, take the account book, and let's go to Beishan Iron Mine."

"it is good."

Zhou Chu didn't know what Chen Jie had discovered, so he went out with the account book.

At this time, the Twelve Eagle Guards followed and the group went directly to Beishan Iron Mine.

……

"Hmm? Lao Wu went to the accounting office?"

At Feng Xuan’s mansion, Feng Xuan narrowed his eyes after hearing this. Did he discover something?

Zheng Chuan's residence:
"Second Master, Chen Jiusi just came out of the accounting office and is heading to Beishan Iron Mine with the account book."

At this time, a young man with a scar on his face looked at Zheng Chuan and said.

Zheng Chuan looked at the young man and said, "The accountant? Did he find anything?"

The scarred young man said, "Will it affect the Second Master? Should I go and kill him?"

Zheng Chuan looked at the scarred young man and said, "How can it affect me? Haha, I'm not reselling pig iron!"

The young man heard this and said, "Sir, I'd better go to the mining area to see if there are any mistakes."

"Well, okay, go and have a look."

Zheng Chuan nodded, and the young man immediately left and disappeared outside.

He is Zheng Chuan's most loyal subordinate, like his right-hand man, following Zheng Chuan like a shadow and never showing up.

Because he is low-key, few people notice him.

His name is: Xiaodao!

The news that Chen Jie went to Beishan Iron Mine spread quickly and immediately attracted a lot of people.

After Peng Shizhong heard Peng Fu’s report.

He turned around and called the accountant and asked, "What did Lao Wu see in your place?"

The accountant said, "Nothing, Master Wu just asked about the scrap metal situation."

"Scrap metal?"

Just when Peng Shizhong was wondering, a member of the fishing gang suddenly ran in.

"Master, the gang leader has issued an order to summon all the masters to go to the Darughachi Mansion immediately."

"what!"

After hearing this, Peng Shizhong stood up. What happened could have alarmed Darughaci?

Peng Fu looked at Peng Shizhong worriedly and asked, "Master?"

Peng Shizhong raised his hand and said, "No matter what, prepare the horses immediately. Peng Fu, follow me."

"Yes, sir."

Soon the group headed straight for Darughaci's residence.

Soon Peng Shizhong arrived here and found that not only he came, but also Nan Batian, Qin Ying, Tang Ziyue, Liu Laoguai, Bai Mosheng, and Gu Qingfeng.

The core figures of the two major gangs have basically arrived.

Everyone was waiting in the side hall, and soon Qimugege came out with a unhappy look on his face.

He glanced at everyone and said, "Everyone, the reason I called you here so urgently is because something happened, a very bad thing!"

"Our master is very angry."

Qimuge first emphasized Darughaci's attitude. After hearing this, everyone was shocked. What on earth could have made Darughaci so angry?

Seeing that everyone's attitude was serious, Qimuge said, "Someone is secretly selling ironware to Zoroastrianism!"

what!
After hearing this, everyone's eyes widened. This was a huge matter.

Sell ​​ironware to Zoroastrians.

What is Zoroastrianism? It is the number one evil cult in the world, a rebellious cult!

They were a rebel force that was rampant in the north and had fought several battles with the Daqian army.

How dare someone sell ironware to them?
It's tantamount to rebellion, and all nine generations of your clan will be killed!
At this moment everyone was secretly shocked. Who on earth did this? It was so cruel.

Everyone listened to this and looked at Qimugege, wanting to know what Lord Darughachi meant by this matter.

Seeing everyone like this, Qimuge said, "In this matter, the adults said that only the culprit should be investigated. In our Mianshui County, only your fishing gang and the shipping gang can mine iron ore, so this matter must be caused by you."

"Commander, we really don't know!"

Everyone complained, Qimuge said: "I know this matter, but you probably don't know it. For such a small amount of money, the Thirteen Guardians would not wade into this muddy water, but what about your men?"

"I give you three days. After three days, whoever finds the person must bring him here."

"At the same time, my Darughachi Mansion will also send people to investigate. If anyone is found to be covering up, the adults have said that we will deal with them together."

"Alright everyone, hand over the person in three days and the matter will be settled. Everyone go back."

Having said that, Qimugege turned and left.

Watching Qimugege leave, everyone looked at each other and realized the difficulty of the matter.

Qimugege meant that their Darughachi Mansion would investigate, and you should also investigate when you go back, and then compare the two. If the Darughachi Mansion has found something and you haven't, then Lord Darughachi will deal with them and their gang agents as well.

Everyone looked at each other and wondered who was colluding with Zoroastrianism.

Secretly sold ironware to Zoroastrianism.

This is a deal that could result in the execution of nine generations of an entire clan. Who would be so bold as to do this?

Everyone was suspicious of each other, but Peng Shizhong felt a pang in his heart. Combined with the problems found by Chen Jiusi when checking the accounts, he felt that this audacious person was in Baihu Hall!

The big guys looked at each other.

Old Monster Liu said, "Brother Batian, this collusion with the Zoroastrianism, it wasn't you who did it, was it?"

"Haha, I don't have such courage, but Brother Liu, your Cao Gang is in charge of the canal transportation, this matter can't have anything to do with you."

"It has nothing to do with us. We in the Cao Gang have always been law-abiding and would never do anything so dangerous. But your Yu Gang is a mixed bag, so it's hard to say."

Nan Batian said: "My fishing gang will never do that."

The two of them argued with each other, then turned around and left with their people.

No one suspected Peng Shizhong, after all, Peng Shizhong has always been very honest.

Out of the Darughachi Mansion.

Old Monster Liu looked at Bai Mosheng and said, "Mr. Bai, this wasn't done by us, was it?"

Bai Mosheng said, "Don't worry, boss. I keep a close eye on the iron in our mine. Those who buy privately are our regular customers, and there are definitely no Zoroastrians."

"Well, then I'm relieved. It's not good to be involved with Zoroastrianism these days."

Immediately afterwards, Old Monster Liu rode away on his horse.

The same thing happened to Nan Batian. As soon as he went out, he asked about his white paper fan, Tang Ziyue.

"Is everything alright at the iron mine?"

Tang Ziyue said: "Don't worry, it's definitely not what our Fishing Gang disciples said. I keep an eye on the mine every day, and there is absolutely no situation of selling it to the Zoroastrianism."

"Well, we need to be more careful. By the way, we have stopped supplying the black market. We need to stay out of the spotlight."

"Hey."

Tang Ziyue nodded in agreement.

At this time, Qin Ying said, "Boss, if it's not us, and it's not the Cao Gang, who could it be?"

Nan Batian was stunned and looked at Peng Shizhong who was lagging behind.

He narrowed his eyes and said, "Haha, if that's the case, it would be interesting."

Thinking about it, he took a step slower and said, "Senior Brother."

"Well, what do you want, boss?"

"It's okay. I just asked, there's no problem with my mine. Is there any problem with your mine?"

Peng Shizhong heard this and said, "No problem."

Nan Batian said: "That's good. If there is a problem, we must find it out. Anyone can be deceived, but Daruhachi cannot be deceived. Brother, take care of yourself!"

Peng Shizhong narrowed his eyes and said, "Junior brother, are you sure it's me?"

Nan Batian said: "Of course I can't be sure, but if you are sure, that's a good thing. However, if you don't find it out in time, your White Tiger Hall will be in trouble."

"But if we dig deeper, I think it would be hard to do this without the involvement of Senior Brother's adopted son. Poor Senior Brother, one adopted son just died, and who knows if another one will die!"

"you!"

Peng Shizhong frowned when he heard this.

Nan Batian said: "Brother, you must check yourself carefully. The higher-ups are watching, and I am watching too. You must not let this implicate our fishing gang."

After saying this, Nan Batian said, "Senior Brother, goodbye."

He waved his hand and left with his men.

Peng Shizhong's face turned dark!
It couldn’t really be done by my adopted son.

"Cough cough cough..."

Thinking of this, he suddenly started coughing violently. The drastic change in his emotions caused his injuries to worsen, and blood oozed out of his mouth as he coughed.

"Master, master."

Peng Fu hurried forward, but Peng Shizhong raised his hand to stop him, saying, "Go back to the mansion and call the eldest, second, and third brothers to discuss this matter immediately!"

"Yes!"

Peng Fu immediately responded after hearing this, and said to the ordinary guards following behind him: "Go and invite the first master, the second master, and the third master."

Upon hearing this, the guard immediately quickened his pace and left to invite Feng Xuan and the other two.

"Cough cough cough..."

Looking at the guards leaving, Peng Shizhong coughed even louder.

At this time, Peng Fu said, "Master, do you want to send a message to Master Wu?"

Peng Shizhong coughed and waved his hands, saying, "No need, just let him check normally."

As he spoke, Peng Shizhong wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth, walked forward with a slightly hunched back, and suddenly seemed to have aged several years.

He already had a guess in his mind that the one who could make such a big noise in the White Tiger Hall without being discovered must be the eldest or second in command.

He didn't care that they were secretly colluding with the Zoroastrians and selling pig iron to them.

He didn't care even if it was a capital crime, but they actually killed the fourth brother, their own brothers, for their own benefit. This was what Peng Shizhong didn't want to see.

"Haha... Jianghu, this is Jianghu!"

Peng Shizhong recalled that he and Nan Batian were brothers in the past, and they later fought to the death for the position of gang leader.

But deep down, he still cared about brotherhood, so when he adopted his son, he always hoped that the brothers could live in harmony and help each other.

But now it seems that my education was a failure and they are following the same old path as me.

Brothers fight each other, life and death, this is fate!

This is God's punishment for themselves. They killed their brothers for profit!
Thinking of this, Peng Shizhong felt as if his heart was burning with pain.

The coughing got worse.

……

Beishan Iron Mine!

“Is this the Beishan Iron Mine?”

Chen Jie looked at the bare mountain in front of him and asked the Eagle Guard beside him. The Eagle Guard leader Big Eagle replied: "Yes, this is the Beishan Iron Mine. Our mining area is the one in the south."

"Where are these?"

Chen Jie pointed somewhere else.

"Nan Batian and others."

Chen Jie nodded, and walked for a while before arriving at the Baihutang mining area of ​​Beishan Iron Mine.

When he got here, Qian Shun, the mine manager who had just returned from drinking a sip of tea, heard the report and stood up immediately.

"What, Master Wu is here?"

The younger brother below said: "Yes, it is Master Wu."

After hearing this, Qian Shun immediately said, "Hurry up, follow me to welcome him."

Qian Shun ran over quickly, and when he saw Chen Jie, he smiled and said, "Fifth Master, why are you here?"

Chen Jie dismounted, handed the horse to the Eagle Guard beside him and said, "Haha, Manager Qian, from what you said, you mean you don't welcome me?"

"How could that be possible? Welcome, a warm welcome."

As he spoke, Qian Shun said, "Come on, Master Wu, it's dusty here, let's go to the work shed and talk."

Chen Jie nodded and followed Qian Shun into the shed. Qian Shun said, "Hurry up, make a pot of my good tea for Master Wu, and change the tea set and wash it several times."

"Money is in charge, there's no need to be so troublesome."

Chen Jie said to Qian Shun: "I won't drink tea anymore. Take me to the mining area."

"Master Wu, that's so dirty, what are you doing there?"

Qian Shun said to Chen Jie.

"Oh, could it be that Manager Qian has hidden a beautiful lady in the mining area and we are not allowed to see her?"

"Fifth Master, you are wronging me. What kind of beautiful lady can I hide here? Fine, since Fifth Master wants to see her, then let me see her."

Manager Qian said this and led Chen Jie directly to the mining area.

"Sir, look, this is the mining area. There are eighty miners in total."

When Chen Jie looked over, he saw a group of miners hammering the dark red iron ore.

"Master, beyond this area is our smelting area. The collected iron ore will be forged into iron embryos and stored here."

"Master, this is the storage area. All the iron blocks that have been smelted are placed here." Qian Shun said. Chen Jie looked at it and said, "Well, where do you store the unqualified scrap iron here?"

Ah!
Qian Shun was stunned when he heard this, but he quickly smiled and said, "Oh, those scrap metals are stored separately."

Chen Jie said: "Take me to see it."

"What's so good about this?"

Qian Shun smiled reluctantly. Chen Jie stared at him and said, "Is there any scrap metal left?"

"How is that possible? No one wants that thing. Come here, sir."

Qian Shun immediately led Chen Jie to the other side, where there was a small storage room. When Chen Jie came in, he saw a pile of iron bars placed alone on the ground.

"Master Wu, this is scrap metal."

Chen Jie came over and found that the appearance of these scrap irons was no different from normal iron blanks. He asked curiously, "There is no difference between this and normal iron. Why is it called scrap iron?"

Qian Shun said: "Master Wu, just try two pieces and you will know."

After hearing this, Chen Jie went over and picked up two iron bars made of scrap iron. He felt that there was no difference in the feel, they were just ordinary iron.

Snapped!
Unable to see any problem, Chen Jie knocked the two iron bars against each other. The next moment, there was a loud bang, and the two iron bars shattered to the ground.

"So crisp?!"

Chen Jie was also stunned. How could this be iron? It looked just like the props used by martial arts masters in previous lives to deceive people.

Thinking of this, Chen Jie picked up another one from the ground, punched it, dang dang...

The iron was broken into pieces all over the ground.

Looking at such brittle iron, Chen Jie finally understood why it was called scrap iron.

Chen Jie looked at Qian Shun and asked, "Why is this iron so brittle?"

After hearing this, Qian Shun said: "I don't know. Mining and smelting are all a set of procedures. It's just that some iron is so brittle, and I don't know why."

Chen Jie said: "Hmm, so that's how it is. By the way, has this scrap metal always been piled up here?"

"Yeah, no one wants to be here either!"

“Have you been here for the past few years?”

Chen Jie asked again, and after hearing this, Qian Shun said, “Well, they are all here!”

"That's not right."

Chen Jie stretched out his hand and said, "The account book."

At this time, Zhou Chu brought the account book over and Chen Jie said, "Manager Qian, according to the records in this account book, there were 30,000 kilograms of scrap iron last year alone, and 20,000 kilograms of scrap iron so far this year. Do you have 50,000 kilograms of scrap iron?"

goooo...

Hearing Chen Jie's questioning, Qian Shun swallowed his saliva and immediately smiled and said, "Haha, Master Wu, we have dealt with all the scrap metal from before."

“What year will the case be handled?”

Chen Jie didn't wait for him to catch his breath and asked directly.

"Two years ago, no, no, last year?"

Chen Jie said: "Oh, that means the scrap iron here is all this year's new iron. Someone, go find a blacksmith and ask him if this iron is this year's new iron."

"Yes."

Upon hearing this, the Eagle Guard immediately replied, then picked up a piece of iron and prepared to go out.

"and many more!"

At this time, Qian Shun said, "Master Wu, please come over here, let's talk for a moment."

Chen Jie said, "No, I see, Eagle Guard, I am here to investigate on the orders of the Hall Master. If you don't tell the truth, you will have to bear the consequences yourself."

Gulp, Qian Shun swallowed his saliva again.

Chen Jie continued to press: "You just said that you were asked to deal with the iron? How did you deal with it?"

"Just, just..."

"Bury it, refine it, or sell it?"

"Buried? Where? Refined? Where's the slag? Sold? Who did you sell it to? Tell me!"

"This, this, Master Wu, spare my life!"

Qian Shun fell to his knees with a thud, and then kowtowed like crazy. Chen Jie looked at him and said, "It's not about whether I will spare your life or not, it's about whether you want to live or not."

"I want to live!"

"Okay, then tell me, where did you deal with all this scrap metal?"

Chen Jie looked at Qian Shun. After hearing this, Qian Shun swallowed his saliva again and said, "Sell it, sell it."

"Sold to whom?"

Chen Jie continued to ask questions.

Hearing this, Qian Shun said with an ugly face: "I don't know him either. I just come here regularly to buy things. I give them iron and they give me silver."

"Who asked you to do this?"

Chen Jie asked. After hearing this, Qian Shun's face turned the color of pig liver and he kowtowed and said, "Fifth Master, Fifth Master, please forgive me. I can't tell you. If I tell you, I will die."

"You'll die if you don't tell me."

Chen Jie shouted sternly.

Qian Shun was obviously frightened. Chen Jie said in a gentle voice, "Of course, just tell me and I will report to the hall master and I will keep you safe."

"Really, really?"

"real."

Chen Jie said with certainty.

Upon hearing this, Qian Shun opened his mouth and said, as if he had made up his mind: "Yes..."

call out!
Chen Jie was startled by the sound of a crossbow arrow breaking through the air. He turned around and made a defensive gesture, but the next moment the crossbow arrow shot directly through Qian Shun's throat!

Forehead!
Qian Shun's throat was shot through. He covered his throat with his hands, his eyes wide open, a look of disbelief on his face.

"who!"

Chen Jie shouted angrily, and then he saw a thin figure among a group of miners not far away. He put away his crossbow, turned around and ran with a bamboo basket on his back.

Seeing this scene, Chen Jie said, "Don't run."

They took the Eagle Guards to chase after him, but the thin figure was very familiar with the terrain here. He turned around and disappeared!
……

White Tiger Hall!
Peng Shizhong sat in the main seat with a sullen face, and his three adopted sons sat below him.

Feng Xuan, Zheng Chuan, Lu Rong.

At this time, Uncle Fu was responsible for keeping guard around.

No one is allowed to approach within a hundred steps of the entire hall.

Feng Xuan and the other two were stunned to see Peng Shizhong so serious. They didn't understand why the matter today was so serious.

Peng Shizhong said: "Okay, they are all here."

"You have seen that no one has come within a hundred steps of the White Tiger Hall today. We can talk about our innermost feelings."

"Who among you killed the fourth brother?"

boom!
After hearing this, the three of them were all confused.

Then Qi Qi looked at Peng Shizhong and said, "Godfather, are you saying that we killed Lao Si?"

Peng Shizhong said expressionlessly, "Today, the Darughachi Mansion summoned me and said that someone was secretly selling ironware to the Zoroastrian rebels for personal gain, which is tantamount to treason."

"Let our two major gangs conduct a self-examination. Nan Batian and Old Monster Liu both said that there was absolutely no such thing in their mining area."

"They must be lying!"

After hearing this, Lu Rong spoke.

Peng Shizhong glanced at him and said, "Old Third, what do you want to say?"

"Nan Batian and Old Monster Liu both want to annex our White Tiger Hall. How could they tell the truth? I think they are just lying."

"Do you have proof?"

"no!"

"sit down!"

Peng Shizhong was furious and shouted at Lu Rong, who sat down.

At this time, Peng Shizhong said, "You stupid guy, I will continue to talk. Although I don't know if they are lying, I think there is a problem within us."

"Who killed Lao Si? I initially thought it was the Beggars' Sect, but it wasn't. Lao Wu's investigation revealed that Lao Si was investigating the iron mine before he died."

"Someone secretly sold ironware to the Zoroastrians, and the fourth brother died while investigating iron mines. Is there such a coincidence in the world?"

"Boss, tell me."

Peng Shizhong looked at Feng Xuan.

Feng Xuan heard this and said, "Father, you are right. There is no such coincidence in this world. There must be something wrong. But father, you have always been in charge of this iron mine, and there is no problem with the income and expenditure of the accounts. Where did the other party get this iron from?"

……

"Jiu Si, you mean that this traitor mixed good iron with scrap iron and sold them as scrap iron?"

Zhou Chu looked at Chen Jie, who examined Qian Shun's body and nodded in affirmation.

White Tiger Hall, Feng Xuan continued: "Second, even if they can find a way to get the iron, how can they transport it out? This iron ore area is guarded by your foster father himself."

"Jiu Si, you mean that man bribed Qian Shun with money, and then Qian Shun bribed these guards with money to make them turn a blind eye?"

At this time, Chen Jie took out a silver note from Qian Shun's arms, on which was written: One thousand taels.

"Money can make things happen."

Chen Jie shook the banknote.

Feng Xuan continued, "Third, if this traitor had been trading with Zoroastrianism for a long time, why was he only exposed today?"

"So this requires the use of what you said, Jiusi, the white gloves?"

"That's right. Find a middleman to do this for him. He won't show up from beginning to end, so it will be difficult for him to be discovered."

Chen Jie said this to Zhou Chu, and then Chen Jie touched Qian Shun's pocket again and found a note inside, which read: Two thousand kilograms of iron.

"All he had to do during the whole process was pass a note."

Chen explained, then took the note and looked at it and said, "Hey, there is a seal, Tongyuan Bank."

"Old Zhou, take someone to check this same source line!"

"Hey, good."

Zhou Chu immediately stood up and went to check the line with the same origin.

It sounds like the name of a business.

At this time, inside the White Tiger Hall.

"So godfather, it's really hard to accomplish something like this. I don't think it's necessarily something that we brothers could do."

"And godfather, you have taught us brothers to live in harmony since we were young. In fact, you said that we could sell ironware to Zoroastrianism privately, and we might do it, but we would not kill the fourth brother. If so, we would be no different from animals, right, second brother?"

Zheng Chuan heard this and said, "Big brother is right, godfather, I guarantee with my life that we brothers did not do this. Just like what the eldest brother said, we can sell private iron, but we will never kill the fourth brother. Otherwise, wouldn't we be beasts?"

"Third brother, what do you think?"

Zheng Chuan looked at Lu Rong, and Lu Rong said, "Yes, godfather, the four of us brothers will never kill each other!"

Peng Shizhong did not comment upon hearing this. He just looked at them and said, "Well, what you said makes sense, but I want to tell you that this matter is not just my responsibility to investigate. The Darughachi Mansion has also intervened. The murderer must be handed over within three days."

"I don't know if there are any crazy people among you, but I know that if a son is not well educated, it is the fault of his father. If you stand up and turn yourself in now, your father will protect your lives even if it means risking his own life. I will plead for you with Darughachi, and I will also spare your life within the gang!"

"So, do any of you want to come forward and turn yourself in?"

After hearing this, the three of them looked at each other and no one took any action.

After waiting for a while, no one came forward, so Peng Shizhong waved his hand weakly and said, "Then everyone, leave."

"Cough cough..."

Peng Shizhong coughed desperately.

Seeing Peng Shizhong like this, the three of them looked at each other again and turned away.

Peng Shizhong looked at the backs of the three people, his eyes filled with disappointment.

The three of them left the White Tiger Hall. Feng Xuan looked at Zheng Chuan and said, "Second Brother, you did this, didn't you?"

Zheng Chuan looked at Feng Xuan and said, "Why do I feel like this is your doing?"

Feng Xuan said: "I am not a beast enough to kill the fourth brother."

"Can I kill the fourth one?"

Zheng Chuan was also angry.

"Okay, okay, two brothers, I feel like this must be a misunderstanding."

Lu Rong advised.

Feng Xuan and Zheng Chuan separated, and Zheng Chuan sneered, "Boss, stop pretending. The Darughachi government has sent people to investigate, and you can't run away."

Feng Xuan laughed and said, "Yeah, you can't run away!"

The two looked at each other and separated.

Lu Rong scratched his head, wondering how such a good relationship had ended up like this.

Zheng Chuan returned to the mansion and saw Xiaodao waiting for him.

"What happened? Something happened in the mine?"

Xiao Dao nodded and said, "Qian Shun, that wimp, almost confessed. I shot him before he could open his mouth."

Zheng Chuan frowned and said, "Chen Jiusi, you are really good. You can find the mining area just by looking at the account book."

Xiaodao asked, "Do you want me to kill him?"

Zheng Chuan said: "You can't kill him!"

"People always have flaws. I can definitely kill him!"

Zheng Chuan said: "We don't have time to wait for him to reveal his flaws. You have to do something for me right now."

"what's up?"

"Same origin line."

"Do you want to kill people to silence them?"

"It's suicide."

"Yes."

Xiaodao responded immediately.

Zheng Chuan narrowed his eyes at this time, a general's success is the result of the sacrifice of thousands of soldiers.

Fourth brother, eldest brother, don’t blame me!

At this time, Feng Xuanfu.

Feng Xuan was standing beside the pond, holding fish food in his hand and scattering the food into the pond.

A handful of fish food was thrown in, and immediately half of the fish in the pond started to stir. Looking at the fish pond that were thrashing about, Feng Xuan said, "The world is bustling with people, all for profit. The world is bustling with people, all for profit. It's interesting, interesting."

Feng Xuan scattered fish food into the pond, and at this moment a man rushed in from outside.

It was Feng Xuan's right-hand man, Si Xi.

Si Xi handed a bamboo tube to Feng Xuan.

Feng Xuan took the bamboo tube and took a look at it, then said, "It's bitten."

Then he tore the note open and said, "According to the plan."

"Yes."

Si Xi hurried away, and another person appeared behind Feng Xuan.

"Do you need me to take action?"

Feng Xuan said: "No, we are the victims."

As he spoke, he continued to sprinkle fish food into the pond.

The man stepped aside without saying a word. This was Feng Xuan's other arm, Fa Cai.

Si Xi is a civil servant and Fa Cai is a killer. One is a scholar and the other is a military officer. They are Feng Xuanzhi's right-hand men.

at this time!

Zhou Chu was leading people to search for Tongyuan Bank everywhere, but after asking around, they found nothing. Just when he was at a loss, suddenly two acquaintances of Zhou Chu came from a distance. They were both on duty at Baihu Hall.

"Hey, Master Liu, what are you doing?"

Zhou Chu said: "Hey, you two, it's okay, I'm just going to the street to find a business."

"Business? What business?"

"Same origin line."

"Same origin?"

The two of them were stunned and looked at each other.

Zhou Chu said: "Do you know?"

"Sixth Master, if you didn't ask us today, you wouldn't be able to find it even if you ran yourself ragged."

"Oh, what do you say?"

Zhou Chu became more alert, and the two said, "Because it has long been renamed, it is called Tongtai Commercial House, that's it!"

When Zhou Chu looked up, he saw a huge business name with the words "Tongtai" written on it.

He just walked past here, I didn't expect it to be right in front of me.

Thinking of this, Zhou Chu looked at the two and asked, "How did you know that?"

"This, this is our uncle's property."

"My eldest brother? Feng Xuan?"

"Yes, it was called Tongyuanhang before, and later changed its name to Tongtai. We used to work for the old man and had done things for Tongyuanhang, so we naturally know it."

The two said.

At this time, Zhou Chu's eyes widened: "It turned out to be my eldest brother!"

"By the way, brothers, do you know who is the owner of this Tongyuan Bank?"

"His surname is Wang. He lives in Heping Street, the fourth household. His name is Wang Dafa."

"Okay, brothers. Thank you very much."

Zhou Chu clasped his fists and then rushed back in a hurry. He had to pass the news to Chen Jie as soon as possible. It turned out that Tongyuanhang was Feng Xuan's business. Feng Xuan colluded with Qian Shun to sell ironware privately. After being discovered by Deng Guangming, he killed them.

This beast, even his sworn brother has the guts to kill him!

Zhou Chu ran back in a hurry. Everything was investigated clearly and the mastermind behind it was Feng Xuan.

However, he was not in a hurry to find Wang Dafa, as Jiu Si still needed to make the decision on everything.

Watching Zhou Chu leave in a hurry, the two people who had just shared information with Zhou Chu looked at each other, turned around and walked to a corner.

There was a stall selling cloth shoes there. The two men went there, squatted down, and fiddled with the cloth shoes in front of them casually.

"Butler, it's done."

After hearing this, the shoe seller said, "Well, let's go."

"Hey."

With that, the two of them stood up and left. At this time, the shoe seller raised his head, revealing a fairly handsome face. It was the Si Xi that Chen Jie knew.

Soon two more people came and said, "Xiaodao has already left, Wang Dafa will be home in half an hour."

"Half an hour? Well, just in time, Master Wu will come over just in time."

Si Xi showed a harmless smile!

　I wish all the candidates success in the exam and a bright future. Best wishes~

　　
　
(End of this chapter)