Jinyi Music

Chapter 207 It's hard to defend against day and night

Wan Mingyan paused and said again,

"However, Wuliangniang in Xufu is very famous. It is a tribute wine that was ordered during the Yongle period. It has been offered like this for so many years. Since our family won the management right of Wuliangniang in the north, the homemade wine has been brewed. It is sold in the north, but the ones offered to the palace are transported from Xufu by special vehicles. After being transported to the capital, they need to be stored in our winery for a while. If there is any damage in it, it will be sent to the palace later..."

After finishing speaking, he looked at Mou Biao and said,

"There is a huge wine cellar in the basement of our wine shop, and the tribute wine is stored in a dedicated cellar..."

Mou Biao thought for a while and asked,
"As far as I know, aren't all the offerings exclusively purchased by the palace and transported by special personnel? Why is it different here?"

Wan Mingyan said,

"The little official doesn't know that this kind of wine is no different from others. It is very particular about storage. It may change the quality of the wine when it is sunny or rainy during the transportation. It is also a long journey, and there are too many damages on the way. Ten altars of wine have arrived in the capital. Most likely there are only three or four altars left. In order to prevent the palace from being able to meet the needs, a batch of tribute wine is sent to the capital every other month. First, it is stored in the dedicated wine cellar of our winery until we can inspect it. Only after passing the quality of the wine can I dare to send it to the palace..."

Mu Biao nodded,

"Understood...their uncle and nephew secretly stole the tribute wine while they were working in the wine shop..."

The faces of those two people were very ugly, Wan Mingyan nodded and said,

"At that time when they were buying a house, the little one was also surprised. It was really difficult to buy a house in the capital according to the monthly silver of the two uncles and nephews. At the beginning, we thought it was because they were usually thrifty, so we searched for it. Yes, I didn't expect..."

They actually stole the tribute wine and sold it to save up the money to buy the house. The house thieves who eat inside and outside like this, no matter where they are put, they will be the ones that the boss hates and gnash their teeth!

Mou Biao nodded and thought for a while before asking,
"Do you know where they will sell the wine they stole?"

The two thought for a while and said,

"Gongjiu has a good reputation, so it can't be sold openly outside, it can only be sold to connoisseurs who know the goods, and it's a private transaction..."

The steward thought about it,
"Small one, I know that some experts in the industry want to buy these tribute wines in private..."

Wan Mingyan said,
"But from a small point of view, those connoisseurs who dare to buy tribute wine are all from rich families, and many of them are wealthy businessmen and dignitaries. According to their identities as uncles and nephews, most of them would not know such people. It's..."

Mu Biao nodded,

"Wan Dong's words are right!"

When the question came to this point, it was about Jin Yiwei's business. This kind of private and secret buying and selling of tribute wine was mostly carried out in the black market, and they wanted to find a way to find the person who made the bridge.

Jin Yiwei understands that it is a white way, but in fact, there are people who are both black and white. After Mou Biao sent a message, he found the broker in the black market within three days. Someone came back and reported to Mou Biao.

"My lord, I found him, in Zhizi Hutong in the outer city..."

Mou Biao was overjoyed when he heard the words, jumped up and took the knife from the wall,

"let's go……"

This side came out of the hall and ordered all the men and horses, and went to the outer city to kill.

When we got to the house in the innermost part of Zhizi Hutong, when Jin Yiwei rushed into the gate, there was no one inside, and everyone searched inside and out.

"My lord, there is no one!"

"My lord, there is no one!"

Mou Biao squinted his eyes and looked around. These underworld brokers are doing business in black and white. No matter how much money they earn, their lives are in danger at any time. There will be defenses.

Mou Biao looked around the yard, and had someone call the head of the village over.
"When did this house start?"

The chief thought for a while and said,

"It started three years ago..."

"How long has it been repaired?"

"It's been repaired for about a year!"

Nearly a year?
Mou Biao snorted coldly, such a small courtyard, with only three rooms inside and outside, has been repaired for a year?
He waved his hand to let the chief back down, stepped into the room by himself, turned around in the inner room, suddenly stamped his foot on the ground a few times, and hummed,
"Leave this place up for the young master..."

Everyone obeyed, took the tools and went to the place pointed by Mou Biao, and began to lift the bricks. After the bricks in the inner room were lifted three feet square, an iron plate was exposed inside, and there was a lifting handle on it. groove,

"Pull away!"

Mou Biao gave an order, and the people below opened the iron plate, revealing the dark hole inside, someone lit a torch, and looked down, several figures shook for a while, Mou Biao sneered and shouted at the inside,

"Young Master is Mou Biao, a hundred households in Fusi, Beizhen. Today, I told you to pass me a question. I ordered you to come out immediately. If you don't come out again, you will be considered as disobedient to the government, and you will be shot to death immediately with random arrows!"

After saying that, with a wave of his hand, the man below took out the bow and arrow carried on his back with his backhand, bent the bow and set up the arrow and pointed all the arrows at the head,

"One last time, can you come out?"

The people below knew their whereabouts, saw the arrows glowing with cold light one by one, dared not hide anymore and tremblingly climbed up the ladder,

"Officer...official lord, the young one...the young one is a good citizen, you didn't...didn't do something that violated the king's law!"

A man with a sharp mouth and monkey cheeks came up first, followed by three young women. Mou Biao looked at them coldly,

"I didn't break the king's law. What are you hiding here? I know what you are doing. If you have anything to say, follow me back to the yamen!"

The broker was quite happy when he arrived at the Fusi yamen in Beizhen, he said something, and went to see the body of the uncle and nephew of the Yi family, and recognized the person at that time.

"This...these two people know each other..."

"What business did you get them?"

said the broker,

"The two of them want to privately sell tribute wine, and the younger one introduced a few guests to them..."

"There are some people, tell them one by one..."

The broker told the guests he introduced to the uncle and nephew one by one, the shopkeeper of a restaurant, the steward of the prince's mansion, the owner of a winery, and a scholar who was addicted to alcohol.

When Mou Biao saw the words "Second Prince's Mansion Zhang Guanshi" written by Secretary Wen on the paper, the veins on his forehead couldn't help but twitch.
"I'm afraid I have to report this to my father!"

Jin Yiwei, who is next to him, can check, but the steward of the Second Prince's Mansion, if Jin Yiwei wants to interrogate someone, he needs the commander to nod. , that must be announced to His Majesty the Emperor.

Mou Biao took the confessions from all parties, went to see Mou Bin, and reported all the things he had done today. Mou Bin frowned.

"Gongjiu? Second Prince's Mansion?"

Mu Bin really deserved to be Old Jiang who had been in court for many years, and immediately smelled an unusual smell from it,

"I'm afraid this matter is strange!"

After thinking about it,

"Have you checked the tribute wine in Jucheng Winery?"

Mou Biao shook his head and said,

"My son only paid attention to the murder case, but he didn't go to check on the tribute wine..."

"Check it out!"

It was already dark at this time, Mou Biao led the people and invited Nie Shisan to go out, and they rushed to Jucheng Winery, the owner of the winery, Wan Mingyan, saw a group of Jinyi guards approaching murderously, he couldn't help being frightened jumped,
"Little official, little official, the little one has nothing to do with the death of the Yi family uncle and nephew, I have said everything I need to say, you...you are..."

Mou Biao waved his hand and said,
"Master Wanfang, I'm afraid there is something wrong with this matter. We need to check your winery, especially the place where the tribute wine is stored..."

Wan Mingyan's face turned pale with fright, he looked around, and said in a trembling voice,
"This... this is the place where the tribute wine is stored, the little official... even if you kill him, you don't dare to let so many people in!"

Mu Biao nodded,

"I understand your difficulty..."

He thought for a while and said,
"We don't bring too many people in, just four people..."

Wan Mingyan breathed a sigh of relief.

"Then...then please come in!"

The wine cellar of Jucheng Distillery was dug in the ground, in terms of area, it was larger than the house above, and the tribute wine was hidden in the deepest place. Wan Mingyan led Jin Yiwei and four people in, and walked through a long road The passage passes through a cellar full of wine jars, and the heavy wooden door is opened every time a cellar is passed, until the deepest part is opened, revealing a huge cellar hole inside,
"Little official, look... this is where the little man's wine shop puts tribute wine..."

After finishing speaking, he led the four of them in and walked about ten steps. When they came to a wine rack, Wan Mingyan turned his head and motioned for someone to come up to help. Wan Mingyan pointed to the entrance of the cave angrily and said,

"My lord, after I returned to the winery yesterday, I called all the people in the winery to go down to the cellar to look around. I didn't expect to find this hole. The small guy at the hole has already let the thin guy go out and have a look. Yes, this hole can lead directly to the yard where the guys live outside..."

The clerks in this winery work in shifts of twelve hours, because Yi Youyin is a big clerk, and there is a separate room to rest outside, unexpectedly...

"The little one didn't expect that those uncles and nephews had bad intentions at all. They entered our winery with a premeditated plan... This hole leads directly to the bed in his bedroom..."

The room where the fellows in the outer courtyard sleep is twenty feet away. According to Yi Youyin, he works five hours a day and sleeps and eats. A year's work!

Mou Biao went to the entrance of the cave to have a look, and saw that the soil inside the cave was smooth and smooth. It seemed that the uncle and nephew had practiced the skill of digging holes. He squinted his eyes and stood up, looking around. take a look,
"Wan Dong's family, how much wine do you have in this cellar?"

Wan Mingyan thought for a while and said,
"Originally, there were about a hundred jars of wine in storage, but because of the grand prince's wedding, two batches of wine were sent in one after another, and two batches were sent out later. Now there are more than [-] jars of wine left in the cellar..."

(End of this chapter)