"My lord, those people went to the cloth, silk, tea, porcelain and other shops one after another today. This is the approximate number listed by the Jin Yiwei below. Please take a look at it, my lord."

At night, in the inn, Zhang Wei, a thousand households of Jinyiwei, handed over the list of what they bought to Tie Xuan.

"Although these numbers are not very precise, they are roughly the same, and there will not be much difference. These people are really generous!"

Tie Xuan took it and glanced at it.

Zhang Wei took out the news he had heard from his bosom again, "My lord, this is what I heard sporadically when the humble and subordinate brothers followed them, and they are all here."

When stalking, you can't follow too closely. It is impossible to fully hear what they are saying.

After Tie Xuan took it over and looked at it, he also found the problem, and said, "It seems that they are indeed members of the army. If this batch of goods is transported out of the country, they will definitely make a lot of profits, and it is really worth their risk! "

Then he frowned, and said a little puzzled, "Then you said that if this kind of thing is done by businessmen, it will be much more concealed, after all, they are in this business, and they will not attract attention. business man……"

After thinking about it for a while, I still didn't understand it, so I simply didn't think about it.

Just wait for these people to be caught, and the truth will naturally come to light.

So Tie Xuan ordered Jin Yiwei to follow these people closely and never let them get away, so Zhang Wei naturally accepted the order.

In the early morning of the next day, the shops that those people visited yesterday began to be loaded and transported. The sacks of grain, sincere and sincere, and piles of porcelain were loaded into mule carts.

Then it was transported out of the city and headed north.

Jin Yiwei found out that the destination of their trip was Datong Mansion, so he immediately reported it to Tie Xuan.

From Lingqiu County to Datong Mansion, it took five or six days to travel nearly [-] miles. Needless to say, it was very easy to keep an eye on them during this journey.

There are collapsed houses outside the city of Datong Prefecture.

The collapse of the house here does not mean the glorious and sacred idol in the idol's mind, because of the negative news, the image suddenly collapsed,
The collapsed house, also known as the mansion store, is a place for storing business and travel goods after the Song Dynasty. Merchants, troops, officials, and temples all opened.

Those people stored the goods in the collapsed house, and the others dispersed after receiving the reward money. After working hard for several days, some took the money back to support their families.

Some don’t have that burden, so naturally they have to relax. For porters and soldiers, there are only two places they often go to.

Zhang Wei also sent people to scatter to watch these people, although they might not find any valuable clues, but if they have dates or not, they have to fight three poles, and it is definitely not Jin Yiwei's style to let them go easily!

Especially those soldiers who were born in the army were given special attention.

As for the leader, Old Chen, Zhang Wei led people to watch him personally.

Lao Chen knocked on the back door of a yard, and then stepped in. Zhang Wei was guarding here, and sent someone to the front door to check whose house it was.

"Master, I'm back. All the goods I bought have been sent to the collapsed house. This is the list of purchases this time. Please have a look at it, Master."

In the lobby, Old Chen respectfully saluted a man in his 40s wearing brocade clothes.

"Very well, you have worked hard this trip, don't rush back to the guard, rest at home for a few days first, the position of your small flag should also be moved, I will see if I can raise you to the general flag... ..."

"Thank you, Master Baihu! The master has an order, and I will die for my humble job!"

Although Lao Chen is the general banner of the army, he is willing to be someone else's servant in order to climb up and get promoted. Therefore, he calls this hundred households the master, which means that a servant serves the master.

"Okay, I'm going to be a member of a hundred households soon, so stop yelling at each other."

"In front of outsiders, you are the boss of your subordinates. Your subordinates will naturally know how to address you, and you must not let others see it. But this is at the master's house. No one will know how to address you behind closed doors."

Seeing him like this, Baihu didn't stop him any more. Thinking of this batch of goods, he smiled and said, "You're quick and easy, I don't worry, huh! This time I want to see how that cheap merchant surnamed Wang can still refuse Me! Come, I will serve you with pen and ink!"

……

"I would like to report to Lord Qianhu, the brothers below have already found out that this family is the house of the official group of hundreds of households under the left guard of Datong."

Zhang Wei, who was guarding the back door, was listening to Jin Yiwei's report below, and ordered, "Immediately send someone to find out the details of this person, and don't let him go!"

"Yes, your subordinates obey!"

Not long after, a servant in the house went out and came all the way to a big house.

The word "Wang's Mansion" is written on the plaque of the house. It is the house of a merchant, and the invitation handed in by the servant was also invited in.

The owner here is a businessman in his fifties, holding an open invitation in his hand, frowning in worry.

"Father, is that Fang again?!" A young man in his 20s asked.

Seeing that his father didn't speak, it was tantamount to acquiescing, and he couldn't help being filled with righteous indignation, "That Fang man still has face! Last time, he was so angry that he insisted on taking a share of the pie. For His Highness's sake, he was tolerated once." , isn't he satisfied?!"

"Hey, take a look." Wang Xun handed the invitation to his son.

Wang Jie was even more annoyed when he took it over, and threw the invitation on the ground with a slap, "What a thief! He dared to do things without the consent of our Wang family! Dad, doesn't he want to take a share of the pie now? Simple, this is to bite a piece of meat from us!"

"Father, why don't I go and talk to my sister and let her blow the pillow beside His Highness. As long as His Highness speaks, he can completely cut off his thoughts!"

"No!"

Wang Xun interrupted his son's words and stopped him, "Your sister is just a concubine in the palace. How much ability can she have to persuade His Highness? Besides, the surname Fang dedicated his daughter to His Highness. His Highness is now interested in her." Gao Gao, if you do this, it may backfire!"

"Hmph! Fang's surname is really nothing!"

Wang Jie said cursingly, "I heard that in order to train his daughter to serve others, he specially invited the old bustard from Cuihonglou and a few experienced butchers,

All she has learned is some kung fu of pestering people. This is not raising a daughter, it is clearly training a bitch!It's a shame to be willing to let my daughter be a shady concubine! "

Wang Xun shook his head, "Don't worry about him, the problem now is that he has already bought the goods and vowed to help him, so how should we deal with it, do you have the answer in your heart?"

Sister Wang also knew that this was not the time to be angry, so she calmed down and said, "Father, since the old boy bought the goods back, as long as His Highness doesn't stop us, it's useless to talk more...

But now His Highness is being dazzled by that little vixen, and at this time, he will definitely not deliberately cut off Fang's fortune. I think this is likely to happen, and we all have to admit it! "

Wang Xun nodded, very satisfied with his son's performance. He was still angry just now, but now he can figure out the joints, obviously not acting on his will.

"Father, but I'm still not reconciled!"

Although he knew that things were unavoidable, he always felt uncomfortable in his heart, "Back then, his surname Fang punished our house time and time again, catching any mistakes and punishing them to death, which almost caused our family to be ruined.
He extorted a lot of family property, even the house he lives in originally belonged to our family! "

"If it weren't for my younger sister's handsome appearance and being loved by His Highness, Fang would not dare to push her too much, otherwise we would have been dead by now!"

"Hey, who wants us to be cheap merchants..."

Wang Jie said indignantly, "It's only been a few years of comfortable life, and he stuffed his own daughter to His Highness again! Not to mention competing for favor with my sister, he also tried every means to grab meat from our mouths!"

"Father, my son is really not reconciled! My son can't wait to eat him alive, and thinking of giving him money to make him live a happy life, my son feels worse than being stabbed with a knife!"

"Be patient even if you are uncomfortable!"

Wang Xun taught him a lesson, "Now that he has His Highness backing him, he is naturally arrogant and domineering! We can't do anything to him, so we can only tolerate him! Otherwise, what should we do, and we can die together with him!"

"You also said that what he used was just some indecent means. This kind of thing cannot be hidden. If the princess finds out, she will definitely not allow that bitch to enter the house."

"Father, do you think we should let out a little bit of news?"

Wang Xun thought about it for a while, then shook his head and said, "No, His Highness is in high spirits. If he finds out, we will definitely be punished! So we must not make a move. We finally got involved with His Highness. It can't be so easy broken……"

Wang Jie rubbed his scalp with his fist angrily, "Father, just watch that bastard cut our flesh so blatantly? When will it be cut!"

"Don't be impatient."

Wang Xun comforted, "Don't worry, it won't take too long... Your Highness just eats something fresh, so there's no reason to love her all the time!

No matter how delicious things are, there will be times when you get tired of eating them, and no matter how many tricks you have, there will be an end to them. Just wait, when His Highness gets tired, it will not be too late to settle accounts with Fang! "

"Hey! My child understands!"

Seeing that his son didn't bother about this anymore, Wang Xun also breathed a sigh of relief, and said, "I won't go for a drink, you tell him, let him go to His Highness, as long as the above approves, we will accept his goods."

"Yes, the child obeys!"

……

"Is your lord still asleep?"

Inside the inn in Datong Mansion, Zhang Wei walked into Tie Xuan's room and asked politely.

"Do you have any clues?" Tie Xuan pointed to the chair next to him and told him to sit down and talk, "There are no outsiders here, just speak up."

After taking his seat, Zhang Wei reported, "My lord, there seems to be some clues. The person who bought the goods in Lingqiu County was a hundred households named Fang Qun in Datong Prefecture. The people below parked the goods in the collapsed house.

After that, Fang Qun sent out an invitation card, which should be to invite Wang Xun, the head of the Wang family, a local businessman. Wang Xun runs a wide variety of businesses such as cloth, grain, and silk. "

Tie Xuan put his hands on his forehead and said, "No, if these things are sold to the Wang family in order to profit from them, it is simply impossible and unprofitable.

If he wanted to sell it at such a high price and extort it, why would he have to go through such a big effort!It's better to just buy it at Wang's house, and then frame them for moldy food, and let them pay the compensation according to the price directly and quickly! "

Zhang Weidao, "I haven't found out the specific reasons for this, but I have found some of the grievances between these two families."

"Originally, although the Wang family did some business, because they had no power, they were repeatedly forced by Fang Qun and gave up a lot of money. At one point, they were at the end of their rope. This matter is no secret in Datong City.
It was only later that the Wang family turned around. When Dai Wang first came to Datong Mansion and became a vassal, their family donated some money for a gamble. Their daughter also became a concubine of His Royal Highness Dai Wang. dare not retaliate..."

Even if a merchant with a humble background donated money, what his daughter would get would be the humble position of a concubine.

There are countless concubines in the palace, even if they are favored, they are nothing at all, they don't even have a title!
Like this, it can't bring any great help to the natal family, so even if the Wang family has a daughter in the palace, there is nothing they can do about it.

"My lord, this Fang Qun hasn't provoked the Wang family in the past few years. This time, and last time, it is obvious that he is eating in the Wang family's pot..."

Tie Xuan looked at him and understood the meaning of these words, "You mean that Baihu named Fang Qun has also gained power, so he is no longer afraid of the Wang family?"

Zhang Wei recounted what he had heard about Fang Qun's daughter, and finally said, "After he let his daughter be trained by those picky women, there was no news about her, and now there is no one in Fang Qun's house." trace……"

Tie Xuan nodded, he knew that the Fang family must have clinged to someone by means of inferior means, so he had the confidence to dare to offend the Wang family blatantly.

"Don't worry about him, the key to the problem now is whether Fang Qun has hooked up with the Tatars and secretly smuggled them"

"And this Wang family... Send more people to watch them!" Tie Xuan ordered.

"Yes, I obey!"

Zhang Wei took the order and left, Tie Xuan picked up the tea cup on the table and took a sip, only feeling some discomfort in his throat, and something seemed to be pressing in his heart.

That night, Tie Xuan couldn't fall asleep no matter how much he tried, and his head was abnormally clear.

But this situation made him feel very irritable!

He really didn't feel sleepy, and even felt upset while lying down, so Tie Xuan simply got up, opened the window, looked up at the bright moon in the sky,
A thought lingers in my mind...

Tie Xuan quickly shook his head, as if he wanted to get rid of this idea, but no matter how hard he tried, this idea still lingered in his mind.

"Ugh……"

Tie Xuan sighed heavily, he really didn't dare to follow this line of thinking, the picture...

If a family of merchants really smuggled, how did they get out of the border under the nose of the Ming border army?

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