After the rebirth, the queen took the Meiqiang tragedy script

Chapter 154 Chamber of Commerce
Ye Qinghuai took a deep breath.

It was as if someone had pinched her internal organs together.

If what Tao Yuan said was true, then the seriousness of the matter far exceeded her expectations.

"Are you sure?" Ye Qinghuai asked.

Tao Yuan didn't answer her, but took a booklet from the side and handed it to her.

"This is the grain storage situation in the granary on the plateau." Tao Yuan said.

There are 170 round bins on the plateau, which are divided into six groups. The booklet records what type of grain is stored in each bin, how many stones there are, and whether it is adulterated.

"Where did you get this?" Ye Qinghuai asked.

Such a detailed account book must only be available to the internal staff of the warehouse.

"During the investigation of Yuanshang Granary by my subordinates, a fire broke out in the warehouse, burning six warehouses and killing more than a dozen people. My subordinates went to investigate the matter and found that among the dead was a warehouse master named Wang Yunzhong. Two days before his death, he had a fierce dispute with the warehouse governor, Xue Song."

"The subordinates felt that Wang Yunzhong's death was strange, so they went to investigate the matter. His son Chunwei failed this year, so he wanted to promote Xiaolian. At first, he cleared up the relationship through the Governor of Cangchang and won a spot. Later, for some reason, this spot No more. Wang Yunzhong went to Xue Song to argue, and there were several disputes."

Tao Yuan looked at the booklet in Ye Qinghuai's hand, and said, "The subordinate went to investigate the place where the fire broke out, and there were obvious traces of arson. The subordinate deduced that he should have used this account book to blackmail Xue Song, and then he did it." It brought about a fatal disaster."

Ye Qinghuai didn't speak anymore, she flipped through the account book in her hand page by page.

"It's hard for you, I can get this." After looking through it, Ye Qinghuai said to Tao Yuan, "There is one more thing. A military servant named Nie Zhuochen died on the plateau last winter. Go and find out what happened to him. dead."

Tao Yuan didn't take the order, he paused, and said: "This person's subordinates know. He should have offended the Yueyue Pavilion, so he lost his life."

"What is Moonlight Pavilion?" Ye Qinghuai frowned.She didn't expect Tao Yuan to come up with an answer so quickly.

"Xianyue Pavilion is the largest chamber of commerce in Shengjing. A year and a half ago, when their subordinates were unemployed, they approached me and asked me to help get rid of this Nie Zhuochen."

Seeing Ye Qinghuai's surprised gaze, he explained: "Besides Tao Yuan, the subordinates have several other identities. What they are looking for is the identity of the subordinate's killer."

Ye Qinghuai nodded, and asked, "Isn't this Yueyue Pavilion a chamber of commerce? How could it hire a killer?"

Tao Yuan's peach blossom eyes narrowed slightly, and a warm smile appeared on the corner of his mouth, and he said: "The merchants will be robbed, and the merchants will be blackmailed. We must deal with these. Generally speaking, if you want to start a business, you need You must be able to eat both black and white."

This is indeed Ye Qinghuai's knowledge blind spot.

She doesn't know much about businessmen, she only knows that businessmen value profit over righteousness, but in her impression, most businessmen are still law-abiding.

But from what Tao Yuan said, the chamber of commerce has a close relationship with the gangsters who rob houses.

"The subordinate didn't take the order, but after a while, I still heard that he died on the plateau. It seems that the Yueyue Pavilion found someone else." Tao Yuan said.

"Why did the Moon Pavilion hire someone to kill Nie Zhuochen?" Ye Qinghuai asked.

Tao Yuan shrugged, and said: "The killer should not know about the buyer. But the Chamber of Commerce's actions are mostly because this person blocked the money path of the Yueyue Pavilion."

Ye Qinghuai frowned.

According to what He Qingchang said, Nie Zhuochen's insistence on asking the warehouse to open the warehouse for inspection was at most blocking the income from the Ministry of Accounts. What does it have to do with this Yueyue Pavilion?
Ye Qinghuai thought for a while and asked: "Who is the boss of the Moon Pavilion, do you know?"

Tao Yuan shook his head, and said: "This subordinate doesn't have much contact with Xianyue Pavilion. I only heard that the owner of the pavilion is a young woman who started out as an antique dealer. Now she can do everything, especially the Xianyue Bank. It is said to be the ticket number with the best reputation and the most branches in Dajing.”

"Woman?" Ye Qinghuai couldn't help being a little surprised.

Although the status of women in the Dajing Dynasty has been improved, the imperial examinations are open to women, and the literary schools also recruit women, but generally speaking, most women still embark on the road of husbands and children, and it is very rare for them to come out to show their faces in politics and business.

Not to mention, he is also the boss of the largest chamber of commerce in Shengjing.

Tao Yuan looked calm, and said: "There are many rumors about her in Beijing, but not many people have actually met her."

Ye Qinghuai nodded thoughtfully, and said, "Tao Yuan, go and find out why the Yueyue Pavilion got rid of Nie Zhuochen back then."

Tao Yuan responded.

"Why are there so many people in the front hall today? Are they all here to pawn?" After finishing the business, Ye Qinghuai started chatting with him.

"Recently, prices in Beijing and China have risen, and some families have difficulties, so they have to come to pawn some things to survive this period of time."

"So many people every day?"

Tao Yuan nodded and said, "It's been five or six days."

Ye Qinghuai thought of the anxious faces of the guests he saw in the front hall.

Her complexion sank, and she asked, "How many of the things normally brought in here can be redeemed in the future?"

"About [-]%. I know the exact number."

Ye Qinghuai was silent, and sighed: "People's livelihood is difficult."

She suddenly thought of the dying victims in the dark alley next to Baiweiju.

Seeing her gloomy expression, Tao Yuan persuaded: "My lord, don't worry too much. Although it is difficult, it is far from being unbearable. After all, there are still things that can be pawned. Compared with those years when years of battles were not enough to eat, you can It’s a blessing to be alive today.”

Ye Qinghuai raised her eyes to look at Tao Yuan, she didn't expect him to say such a thing.

He was wearing a simple black cloth robe, with leggings wrapped around his calves, wrist guards tied around his wrists, and a gray cloth belt tied around his thin waist. He looked like a coolie on the street.

It's just such an ordinary man who can't be found when he blends into the crowd, but he may be the best killer in the world, and he holds the largest intelligence network in Shengjing.

Ye Qinghuai suddenly became interested in him.

"Where is Commander Tao from? Why did he become the Eagle Guard?"

Tao Yuan paused for a moment, then put on that impeccable smile again, and said, "My lord, there is an unwritten rule in the Eagle Guard."

He paused, restrained his smile, his expression was unfathomable, and said: "Don't ask about the past, don't be afraid of the future."

Ye Qinghuai was taken aback for a moment, she didn't know that Yingwei still had such a saying.

While she was in a daze, Tao Yuan raised the corners of his mouth again, the dangerous aura in his eyes dissipated, and he felt warm all over.

He said to Ye Qinghuai: "However, if the young master wants to ask...the subordinate is from Qizhou."

(End of this chapter)