Do you know: I am Yuan Wenshao

Chapter 219 Trading
"Haha, I can recognize His Highness at a glance just by listening to the description. It's really amazing."

Yuan Wenshao sneered, cupped his hands at Zhao Ceying and said, "Your Highness, this person is undoubtedly a Xixia spy. How should we deal with him?"

"Master Marquis, please don't slander anyone. I just wanted to gain a title by offering the Dragon Pearl, so why did I become a spy for the Xixia barbarians? On the other hand, Master Marquis, after getting the Dragon Pearl, he kept it secretly for so long. I'm afraid he already has a disobedient heart." ah."

A flash of panic flashed in Jiang Jingming's eyes. At this moment, he didn't know that he was being plotted by Yuan Wenshao.

But he calmed down quickly. He had always said that after getting the Dragon Ball, he wanted to give it to the officials first. As long as his identity as a Xixia spy was not exposed, he would be fine with the contacts he had accumulated over the years.

"At this point, you are still being stubborn. You killed Zheng Shiqian's family, right? You have been looking for the whereabouts of the dragon ball for so many years. I know you want to say that you are looking for the dragon ball to present it to the official family, but this fake dragon ball has never been In exchange for it from Xixia, your people can get Xixia's customs clearance documents as soon as they enter Xixia, and they can travel smoothly in Xixia, how do you explain it?" Yuan Wenshao sneered.

Jiang Jingming argued: "I just cooperated with Xixia merchants to do business. Although I committed the crime of smuggling, what I sold to Xixia was grain and salt, but what I got back was war horses and animal sinews."

"This…"

Zhao Ceying was a little embarrassed when he heard this. During this time, he also slowly learned a lot of secrets.

There is no communication between the three countries. Many things in Liao and Xixia are very scarce in Zhou Dynasty. Among other things, war horses and animal sinews are strategic materials and the army simply does not have enough.

Therefore, as long as merchants did not smuggle weapons, the court would actually turn a blind eye to such things.

Jiang Jingming is a very famous businessman. If there is no real evidence to move him, those smuggling businessmen will be in danger and will not dare to smuggle.

This was not a good thing for Dazhou, who lacked war horses and animal tendons.

Yuan Wenshao naturally knew this. Seeing that Zhao Ceying was hesitant, he whispered: "Your Highness, please take a step to speak."

Zhao Ceying nodded and followed Yuan Wenshao out of the hall.

Jiang Jingming looked at the two people leaving with a gloomy expression. Although no one was looking at him, he did not dare to run.

Putting aside the fact that Yuan Wenshao dared to let him alone here, he must have some back-up plan.

Even if not, even if he escapes from the mansion, there are still inner and outer cities outside.

Once he escapes, it will be confirmed that he is a Xixia spy, and he will be captured if Chengdu cannot escape.

"Erlang, although I think there is indeed something wrong with this person, there is currently no conclusive evidence, so I'm afraid it won't be easy to move on." Zhao Ceying said.

"Your Highness, this person is hiding in Da Zhou to celebrate the New Year. If he was caught with evidence so easily, he would have been exposed long ago. But I know that there must be evidence somewhere." Yuan Wenshao said.

"Where?" Zhao Ceying was stunned when he heard this.

"According to my investigation, he usually lives in a house outside the city, and the security is very tight. At this time, all the entourage who followed him into the house were under control, and the followers outside were not aware of the situation. As long as I lead people to search Evidence can certainly be found in his house outside the city," Yuan Wenshao said.

Zhao Ceying pondered for a while and said, "What if I can't find it?"

After all, Jiang Jingming is not an ordinary businessman and has many connections.

Once no evidence is found and someone impeaches someone, he will be in trouble.

"I am willing to be punished." Yuan Wenshao gritted his teeth and said.

Now he has offended Jiang Jingming to death. Although he has handed over the dragon ball, Jiang Jingming must hate him.

If Jiang Jingming cannot be dealt with directly, there is no telling how Jiang Jingming will retaliate against him later.

Zhao Ceying was silent for a while, then took out a token from his arms and said: "If we need to mobilize troops and horses, we need the permission of the emperor, and the emperor will not agree. This is my token, you can take it to my house." You can mobilize my personal guards."

Yuan Wenshao was stunned and quickly shook his head and said: "Your Highness, I have personal soldiers, and the manpower should be enough."

Zhao Ceying is a prince, and if he mobilizes his own soldiers to do such a thing, it would be easy to find evidence. If not, Zhao Ceying will also be charged.

"Since we are going to do it, we must make it foolproof." Zhao Ceying waved his hand.

Upon hearing this, Yuan Wenshao took the token and bowed: "Your Highness, don't worry, I will definitely find the evidence."

"Well, I can rest assured that you are doing the work." Zhao Ceying patted Yuan Wenshao on the shoulder and said with a smile.

"Your Highness, the minister will lead people to control Jiang Jingming first," Yuan Wenshao said.

"Go." Zhao Ceying nodded.

Yuan Wenshao had already deployed many soldiers near the front hall. Hearing this, he called two of them to enter the front hall with him.

"Where is Your Highness?" Jiang Jingming asked with a change of expression when he saw Yuan Wenshao coming in with two soldiers but not Zhao Ceying.

Yuan Wenshao lazily talked nonsense with him, waved his hand, and the two soldiers behind him rushed over and directly held Jiang Jingming down.

"Your Highness, I want to see Your Highness!"

Jiang Jingming shouted while struggling.

"Noisy!" Yuan Wenshao snorted coldly and said, "Gag his mouth and take him down and keep him under strict supervision."

"Yes."

The guard responded. Seeing that Jiang Jingming was still yelling, he hit him in the face with an elbow. He tore a piece of cloth from his clothes and roughly stuffed it into Jiang Jingming's mouth.

"woooo~"

Seeing Jiang Jingming being dragged away, Yuan Wenshao went to talk to Zhao Ceying, and then left through the back door with Zhang An and a group of soldiers.

After leaving the door, Yuan Wenshao whispered a few instructions to Zhang An, and Zhang An left with a personal guard.

Yuan Wenshao came all the way to Prince Huan's Mansion. After showing his token, he mobilized [-] personal guards and headed out of the city.

When they were approaching the city gate, Zhang An rushed over to join Yuan Wenshao.

When Yuan Wenshao saw Zhang An nodded towards him, he felt confident.

Arriving at Jiang Jingming's house and looking at the closed door, Yuan Wenshao motioned to Zhang An to knock on the door.

After a while, the door was opened. When the concierge saw so many soldiers outside, his expression changed and he was about to close the door.

"boom!"

Seeing this, Zhang An kicked the door open fiercely.

"Anyone who resists will be killed without mercy!" Yuan Wenshao said coldly.

Hearing this, the soldiers behind Yuan Wenshao bypassed Yuan Wenshao on both sides and rushed in.

As soon as the soldiers rushed in, they heard shouts of death and the sound of weapons clashing inside.

Yuan Wenshao walked in with a spear in hand.

"My lord, this house is like an urn city. There is only one small door directly between the outer courtyard and the middle courtyard, which is very convenient for defense." Zhang An said with a solemn expression.

Yuan Wenshao took a look and said, "I left some outside to monitor. You can lead some people to attack from the back door."

"Yes!"

Yuan Wenshao frowned as he looked at the situation in the courtyard.

Although those guards don't have armor protection like the personal guards, they have the advantage of the courtyard wall.

Zhao Ceying's personal guards were just personal guards. They had no siege equipment and could not break through the courtyard walls. Even their bows and arrows were limited.

Yuan Wenshao knew that he couldn't delay it for too long. There was no way anyone could hide such a big news here. Jiang Jingming had been in business for many years and had bribed many officials.

Once these officials get the news, they will definitely find ways to stop it.

So he had to find evidence before those people got the news.

Thinking of this, Yuan Wenshao joined the battlefield with a spear.

……

Imperial City, Political Affairs Hall.Han Zhang rubbed his sore neck, took a sip of tea, and continued to process official documents.

At this moment, the office door was pushed open.

Han Zhang frowned slightly, looked at the anxious Xue Qi, and said displeasedly: "What happened to make you so panicked?"

Xue Qi was the governor of Kaifeng before. When Emperor Renzong asked King Yong to serve as the governor of Kaifeng, he transferred him to Zhongshu Province and served as the minister of Zhongshu Province.

Xue Qi closed the door and whispered: "Master, I just received news that Yuan Wenshao led His Royal Highness King Huan's personal guards out of the city and went to the south of the city."

Han Zhang wondered: "What does this have to do with me?"

"My eldest husband, Jiang Jingming went to Yuan Wenshao's house early this morning. He hasn't come out yet, but Yuan Wenshao took people to the south of the city. Jiang Jingming's home is over there." Xue Qi said anxiously.

"Are these related to...are you secretly connected with him?" Han Zhang suddenly reacted and said with an ugly expression.

He knew that there was something wrong with Jiang Jingming's identity. His previous cooperation with Jiang Jingming was just for mutual use.

At that time, he was very careful and asked himself not to leave any clues to Jiang Jingming.

He had already told Mr. Xue Qi to contact Jiang Jingming, but seeing how anxious Xue Qi was, it was obvious that he didn't listen to him at all.

Xue Qi said humbly: "No, after the Grand Prime Minister told me, I cut off contact with him. Aren't I afraid that he might have something to say about us?"

"Hmph!" Han Zhang knew from the look on his face that Xue Qi was not telling the truth, and snorted coldly: "If so, what are you worried about?"

Xue Qi broke into a cold sweat when he heard this and said: "Master, please help me. I'm not that traitorous son of Xiaguan. He owed a lot of money due to gambling. Xianguan really can't afford to pay it back, so he can only accept some benefits from Jiang Jingming."

"Are you crazy? How many times have I reminded you that Jiang Jingming is probably from Xixia. Is his money so easy to collect? Tell me, what have you done for him?" Han Zhang said with an ugly face.

Xue Qi wiped the sweat from his forehead and said: "Grand Prime Minister, now is not the time to talk about this. If Yuan Wenshao finds evidence and is demoted, it will be in trouble. The subordinate was promoted by the Grand Prime Minister, and Jiang Jingming also met through the Grand Prime Minister. , Grand Prime Minister can’t ignore his subordinates.”

"you…"

Han Zhang couldn't hear the threat in Xue Qi's words, and he wanted to strangle Xue Qi to death.

"Whoo~"

Han Zhang took a deep breath, suppressed the anger in his heart, and said coldly: "Just this once."

When Xue Qi heard this, he said excitedly: "Thank you so much, Grand Prime Minister. I will definitely obey the Grand Prime Minister's words after I get down."

"Humph!"

Han Zhang snorted coldly, stood up and left the office.

……

Zhao Zongquan looked at the dragon ball in his hand, dazzled.

There is always a sense of unreality that a small regimental trainer of his actually became the emperor.

This also caused him to become very suspicious. In addition, he was not completely in power and always felt insecure.

He had never heard the legend about the Dragon Ball before. After Yuan Wenshao presented the Dragon Ball to him, he specially asked someone to check the news about the Dragon Ball.

If it were Zhao Zongquan before, he would definitely not believe this, but now the appearance of the Dragon Ball makes Zhao Zongquan, who is insecure, feel that he is the son of destiny. Otherwise, divine objects such as the Dragon Ball have disappeared for so many years, but he appeared not long after he ascended the throne.

"Officials."

At this moment, a eunuch came over and saluted: "Mr. Han is asking for an audience outside the palace."

Upon hearing this, Zhao Zongquan put away the dragon ball and said, "Let him come in."

"Yes."

The eunuch responded and retreated. After a while, he led Han Zhang in.

"I pay my respects to Your Majesty." Han Zhang saluted.

Zhao Zongquan waved his hand and said with a smile: "Master, you don't need to be polite, please sit down!"

"Thank you, Your Majesty. I am here this time because I have something urgent to report to Your Majesty." Han Zhang said.

"Oh? I wonder what happened to make the Grand Prime Minister so anxious?" Zhao Zongquan asked.

"Your Majesty, I have just received news that Marquis Zhongyong has mobilized Prince Huan's personal bodyguards to leave the city. Whether they are Lords or royal guards, their duty is only to protect them. How can they be mobilized privately? Your Majesty, please hold Prince Huan and Marquis Zhongyong accountable for their crimes." Han Zhang said.

Zhao Zongquan said calmly: "I know this, I asked them to do this."

Yuan Wenshao mobilized Zhao Ceying's guards out of the city, and he received the news.

Although he was a little annoyed, he didn't stop him.

Han Zhang's expression changed when he heard this, and he said: "Your Majesty, this matter is unreasonable. No matter what the matter is, there is no reason to send the prince's personal soldiers to deal with it."

Zhao Zongquan looked at Han Zhang with a strange look in his eyes.

It's indeed against the rules to do this, but it's not a big deal.
Han Zhang, a great minister, came to him for such a trivial matter, which seemed a bit wrong.

Zhao Zongquan thought for a moment and said with a smile: "I want to reorganize the western suburbs camp. What does the Grand Prime Minister think?"

Han Zhang was stunned when he heard this, and quickly reacted, saying: "In the previous rebellion against the king, with the blood edict of the late emperor, very few attached the edict. The western suburbs camp does have quite a problem, and I support the restructuring. "

Zhao Zongquan got the reply he wanted and said with a smile: "The actions of King Huan and Marquis Zhongyong are indeed unreasonable. I will reprimand them. Grand Prime Minister, please go back first."

"I retire!"

Han Zhang bowed, took a few steps back, turned around and left the hall.

"Ugh!"

After leaving the hall, Han Zhang sighed. Only then did he realize that he had underestimated Zhao Zongquan.

He always felt that Zhao Zongquan had been staying in a small place like Yuzhou and lacked ability.

But because he was anxious, Zhao Zongquan noticed something was wrong and took the opportunity to put forward conditions.

Zhao Zongquan asked him about his views on the restructuring of the western suburbs camp, which was actually a hint to him that as long as he supported the restructuring of the western suburbs camp, Zhao Zongquan would suppress the matter.

Han Zhang knew that his behavior had aroused Zhao Zongquan's suspicion. If he did not agree, Zhao Zongquan would definitely investigate the matter.

Once something is found out, he will be in trouble.

Han Zhang had no choice but to agree.

……

"My lord has found the secret room!" Zhang An said excitedly.

"where?"

Yuan Wenshao stood up immediately after hearing this.

Under Zhang An's front and rear attacks, Jiang Jingming's house was quickly breached.

However, after searching for a long time, I didn't find anything useful.

Yuan Wenshao ordered people to torture the captured servants alive, but did not get any useful information.

In desperation, Yuan Wenshao had no choice but to have people search carefully.

He didn't believe that Jiang Jingming's house was so tightly guarded that nothing useful could be found.

(End of this chapter)