Jiapingguan Chronicle

Chapter 331 Gunpowder

In the middle of the night, Jiapingguan City was so quiet that even the breathing of the people around could be heard clearly, the bustling market during the day became empty, except for the soldiers of the Shen family army who were patrolling back and forth, there was no one else.

"What happened to make you panic so much?" Shen Haolin looked at Ying Fifteen curiously, "Are those assassins from the Duan family?"

"Yes, they confessed."

"Oh, it's not a hard bone. What can they do? Could it be... a large number of weapons?"

"Marshal, what they committed is much more serious than this. Now that I tell you, you may not believe it." Ying Fifteen sighed heavily, "Don't ask me, you two, when you get to the place, It will be clear naturally."

Shen Haolin and Shen Cha glanced at each other, this matter is really serious, otherwise Fifteen would not have reacted like this.

"Brother, let's go!" Shen Cha grabbed Shen Haolin's arm and ran forward excitedly, "There hasn't been such a thing in Jiapingguan City for so many years, I'm still looking forward to it."

"See it?" Shen Haolin was almost staggered by Shen Cha, and looked at Ying Fifteen helplessly, "Your boss's interest has been completely aroused."

"Yeah, it's rare to see her so interested in one thing." Ying Fifteen was a little worried, "Marshal, this matter is not easy, if it doesn't work... we will have a fight with Duan."

"So serious?" Shen Haolin frowned slightly, "Let's see it before we talk!"

The assassin's lair was in an unremarkable residential building in the north of the city. The people nearby were already asleep, but when they heard the sound of footsteps and armor outside, they got out of the warm blankets.The courageous ones ran out of the house to watch the excitement, while the timid ones watched through the window lattice.Seeing two or three teams of Shen family soldiers in armor running towards the same place in neat steps, everyone who watched the excitement thought it was strange that so many soldiers came to a place like them that few people usually care about. , Could it be that some great case happened?

The people at the border usually have a stronger sense of urgency and are a little more pessimistic than people in other places. When thinking about anything, they will first think in a bad direction. Everyone is extremely nervous, especially when Shen Jiu and Xia Jiu The two people appeared in their line of sight, and this bad feeling became stronger and stronger.

"Why are Lieutenant Shen and Lieutenant Xia here?"

"That's right. Look at the place they surrounded. This family has always been very responsible. Even though they are foreigners, they haven't done anything out of the ordinary."

"Hey, some people look honest on the surface, but they are actually bad down to the bone."

"If it's really not my race, its heart must be different!"

The excitement reached its climax when Shen Haolin and Shen Cha appeared, and the crowd watching went crazy, and those who stood at the door of their house could not wait to wave their small handkerchiefs and shout wildly when they saw them, their joy was beyond words.

Shen Haolin and Shen Cha also felt everyone's enthusiasm, but time was running out, Shen Jiu and Xia Jiu were still waiting for them, so they could only nod slightly towards the common people, and left in a hurry.

Shen Jiu and Xia Jiu had been waiting at the door for a long time, when they saw Shen Haolin and Shen Cha, they walked up to them quickly.

"The last general has met the marshal, and the general!" Shen Jiu and Xia Jiu saluted, "Marshal please, general please!"

Shen Haolin and Shen Cha walked into the small courtyard led by Shen Jiu and Xia Jiu, but they were not in a hurry to see what they found. Instead, they stopped in the courtyard and took a leisurely look at this exotic small courtyard. hospital.

"Marshal, General, this way." Shen Jiu walked beside the two of them, whispering, "Brother, sister, get ready, don't be too surprised."

"What the hell is it that makes you both like this..." Following Shen Jiu and Xia Jiu to the room where those things were temporarily stored, Shen Haolin and Shen Cha saw dozens of porcelain jars and jars placed side by side inside. The lid is already open, and there is a black, fine powder inside.Shen Cha stepped forward, picked up a little bit of black powder, put it on the tip of his nose and sniffed it, suddenly widened his eyes, and turned to look at Shen Haolin, "Brother, it's gunpowder, the kind that is refined well."

Shen Haolin also came over, looked carefully, and said seriously, "These things can't be kept in the house, they should be moved to the yard outside."

"Yes!" Shen Jiu and Xia Jiu responded, and ordered the soldiers guarding the gunpowder, "Move out, be careful."

All the soldiers responded in unison, and waited for Shen Haolin and Shen Cha to leave before they began to move the pots out.

"This kind of fine gunpowder..." Shen Haolin looked at those pots with a serious expression, "Don't talk about Jiaping Pass City, I have never seen any border pass in Daxia. Where did the Duan's gang get it?" He Looking at Shen Jiu, then at Ying Fifteen, "Are you really sure that it's not faked by someone else?"

"Return to Marshal, it is absolutely true."

"Continue the interrogation, we must ask them what they came to Jiaping Pass for. And..." Shen Haolin instructed Ying Shiwu, "Send people to all border passes, especially Yongning Pass, and let them strictly investigate the Duan family in the city. Spy, search their houses."

"Yes, Marshal!"

"With gunpowder of such high quality at home, they won't be afraid of blowing themselves up if they're not careful?" Shen Cha walked around the jars three times, picked up a jar and shook it a few times, scaring everyone People came over to grab what she had in her hands, so she waved her hand towards them and ordered the soldiers to spread toilet paper on the ground, "Pour out everything in the jar!"

Although they didn't understand why Shen Cha did this, the soldiers still did so, pouring out the contents of each jar on the ground, only to find out that the jars were full of gold. Only a thick layer of gunpowder was poured on the mouth of the can to conceal people's eyes and ears.

"Gold?" Shen Jiu and Xia Jiu stared dumbfounded at the gold on the ground, they glanced at each other, and rushed over to pick up one of them, "This...this...why does it look so familiar? It seems Yes……"

"Of course it looks familiar." Shen Cha handed the gold in his hand to Shen Haolin, "Do you still remember that about eight years ago, there was a robbery twenty miles outside the city, and the gold sent to Xijing by the Feng Family Gold Shop He was robbed by a group of masked robbers. None of the clerks and shopkeepers of the Feng Family Gold Shop, the head of the bodyguard and bodyguard responsible for escorting the gold survived. Such a big case provoked the anger of His Majesty and ordered the Shen family army to solve the case, but... this The group of robbers seemed to have disappeared from the world. After robbing the money, they disappeared without a trace. It is precisely because these robbers were not caught that the old Duke and Lord Hou were held accountable by His Majesty , depressed for a while. Unexpectedly..."

"I didn't expect this group of robbers to hide in the city, in this inconspicuous dwelling, for so many years." Shen Haolin sighed, "Put the gold and gunpowder in separate categories, and send them to Go to the Duke's mansion."

"Yes, Marshal!"

Shen Haolin sighed softly, turned around and walked out of the courtyard with Shen Cha.

"Fifteen, is the Feng family gold shop still there?" Shen Cha turned back to look at the gold being boxed, "Can you find them?"

"The subordinates will do their best."

"Not only do we need to find people from the Feng family, but we also need to send someone to inform His Majesty." Shen Haolin said in a low voice, "If there is no one in the Feng family, His Majesty will decide what to do with this batch of gold."

"What brother said is that I will send someone to Beijing to report to His Majesty."

Shen Cha gave Ying Fifteen a wink, Ying Fifteen nodded slightly, and disappeared in the blink of an eye.

"Brother, wait a minute!" Shen Cha tugged at Shen Haolin's arm, turned around to Shen Jiu and Xia Jiu who were staring at the soldiers packing boxes, and urged, "Yelunan is still in the city, so the matter of gold must be kept secret. , don’t allow any rumors to leak out, understand?”

"Sister, don't worry, brother, don't worry, this matter is on our shoulders, make sure all the brothers keep their mouths shut!"

(End of this chapter)