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The leader turned around and grabbed the woman, slapped her a dozen times, and said coldly: "You dare to spoil the wolf lord's important matter, I will feed your cramps to the dogs alive, and I will do what I say!"

The woman was beaten until she was lying on the bed, bleeding from the corner of her mouth, and she was too scared to say a word.

Several subordinates carried the corpse away, Dou Huang got up, grabbed the woman's hair and asked in horror: "Tell me quickly, they... who are they?"

The first thousand and 470 chapters and five despair

In the afternoon, Zhong Huan led a hundred inner guards to Datong City. They did not gallop into the city on horseback, as the noise would be too loud and would alarm Dou Huang.

Everyone went into the city separately and met at the government office. Zhong Huan led his men straight to the cabinet workshop. Judging from his experience, the gold should still be in the cabinet workshop and will not be taken out for the time being.

Seeing that it was the inner guards handling the case, the shopkeeper was startled, and hurriedly invited them to the guest room.

"I don't know what I can do to help the general?"

Zhong Huan cut to the chase and said, "A guest named Wang Tao, he should rent the treasury for about a year. I want to know if his storage is still there?"

"Wait a minute, general, I'll check it out!"

The big shopkeeper went out, and came in after a while and said, "There is such a guest, who indeed rented the treasure house. He came here this morning, and all the things are still there. He only took away a small box."

"Little box?"

Zhong Huan narrowed his eyes, and he vaguely thought of something. Others did not understand the situation, but he knew it well. He personally led the team to assassinate Hushatu. He saw Hushatu test the iron fire mine with his own eyes. Hu Shatu's Iron Fire Thunder was made with reference to the Western Army, and Dou Huang was launched by Hu Shatu. It is very likely that Hu Shatu's Iron Fire Thunder was obtained from Dou Huang, so will Dou Huang still have it?

"Go and open his treasure house!"

The shopkeeper hesitated for a moment, this is absolutely not allowed, Zhong Huan said coldly: "He is Sima Douhuang from Taiyuan, who committed a shocking crime and fled to the Kingdom of Jin with top-secret information. King Yong is trying his best to arrest him, open the door quickly !"

The chief steward didn't dare to hesitate anymore, he quickly ordered the steward to open the treasure house door.

The steward opened the first iron door, but the key to the iron door inside was in the hands of the guests. They had no choice but the inner guards. Ten boxes neatly arranged.

The soldier pried open the lid of the box and looked, and sure enough, it was all gold, a box of a hundred yuan, a piece of ten taels or so, a whole ten boxes.

"Do you have his contact address?" Zhong Huan turned around and asked.

The steward shook his head, "I checked just now, and there is no contact address. He seems to have said that it will be taken away at the beginning of spring."

Chong Huan is really a bit overwhelmed, do we have to wait until the beginning of spring?

At this time, the steward suddenly said: "Maybe there is a clue!"

Zhong Huan turned around abruptly, "What clue?"

"I saw him go in a customer's ox cart. That man often comes to our cabinet shop, and he may be known to his clerk."

"Hurry up and inquire for me!"

The treasure house door was temporarily closed, and everyone came to the lobby. After a while, the steward brought up a clerk, who bowed and said, "That's the shopkeeper of the Yuntong Inn in the north of the city, and the middle-aged man who came with him is a customer of his store. "

Chong Huan was overjoyed, he didn't expect to find out so soon, it's God's will!

……

As night fell, Zhong Huan led a hundred internal guards to surround the Yuntong Inn.

Chong Huan felt a little strange, and immediately ordered a soldier to inquire. After a while, the soldier rushed back and said, "General, they are on the second floor of the inn, and the four rooms on the east side are all theirs. Twenty or so yamen servants are here. Confront them."

"What happened?"

"It seems to be a murder!"

Zhong Huan frowned, the government's meddling would only do bad things.

At this moment, there were several screams in succession, and I saw a group of yamen servants stumbling out, running faster than rabbits one by one, followed by a few men in black with knives, the two men ran a little slower and were caught by them cut down.

As expected, the inner guards raised their crossbows to shoot. The three men in black couldn't dodge and were shot down by the crossbow arrows.

The men in black at the back retreated in fright, only to hear them shout: "It's the inner guard, the inner guard is here!"

Zhong Huan waved his hand, and the internal guards surrounded the inn.

At this time, the shopkeeper was brought up, he was frightened and trembling all over.

"How many people are there?" Zhong Huan asked.

The shopkeeper tremblingly said: "Proprietor Wang and a young woman had ten subordinates in the morning, but now... now there are only six subordinates left."

"Are there any other guests on the second floor?"

"No more, they were all evacuated by the government servants, and they were the only ones left."

At this time, a soldier ran over and said, "They have captured the county captain Wang Di as a hostage!"

"Idiot!" Chong Huan yelled angrily.

"The inner guard below, listen up!"

The leader of the dead soldiers on the other side shouted: "Retreat immediately, or we will chop off the head of the county lieutenant!"

"Kill him, and you won't survive!"

Zhong Huan saw that they were in the easternmost room.

Zhong Huan shouted: "Dou Huang, if you are sensible, come down and surrender quickly. If you take refuge in the gold thief, your entire family, your children and grandchildren will be unable to lift their heads because of you!"

"Don't dream, he will only die if he surrenders."

In the room, the leader of the dead soldiers stepped on the back of the county lieutenant Wang Di and watched the movement outside the window. Wang Di was lying face down on the ground with his hands and feet tied behind his back.

Of his five men, two stood at the door, and three crouched by the window, holding crossbow arrows.

Dou Huang squatted in the corner, staring desperately at the woman on the ground. The woman told him the truth, but was pierced through the back by the leader's sword, and fell into a pool of blood, breathless and dying.

Dou Huang has already learned from the woman that these ten dead men are the bodyguards of the Emperor of the Kingdom of Jin, and they are all ruthless. It's useless, once the opponent gets the gold and iron fire thunder, it will be his death.

At this time, Dou Huang heard Zhong Huan's shout, and his heart ached. The woman's death finally made him completely sober and restored the reason of the eldest son of the Dou family. He began to realize the greatness he had brought to the family and his wife. shame.

Once he realized this, his heart was engulfed by endless regret.

At this time, he touched the wooden box on the back, which was his room. He put the iron fire thunder in the corner, but the other party did not know that it was the iron fire thunder. He slowly took out the match rope, stood up little by little, He touched the fire sickle from the lamp niche above his head.

Dou Huang gritted his teeth, ignited the scythe, and ignited the fire rope below. The leader turned around and glared at Dou Huang, "What are you doing?"

"Don't you want Iron Fire Thunder? This is it!"

The leader was shocked and rushed forward to snatch it.

Dou Huang took two steps back and laughed miserably, "They are right, I can only atone for my family and descendants by dying!"

……

Zhong Huan was deploying soldiers to attack. At this time, he could no longer care about the life and death of the county lieutenant.

Suddenly, a loud noise came from the second floor, "Boom!"

Flames shot out, thick smoke shot out, and the wooden building collapsed.

"It's Tiehuolei!" The inner guards were experienced, so they recognized it immediately.

"dash forward!"

Zhong Huan yelled, and a hundred inner guard soldiers rushed up, half of the house collapsed, and everyone was under the rubble.

"Dug them out!"

The inner guards lit the torches and hurriedly turned over the broken wood and rotten tiles.

"found one!"

The first to be found was a young woman, already dead.

Soon, they found Dou Huang near the woman, with a big hole in his chest blasted, and he was also dead.

"I found the county lieutenant!"

The soldiers carried the county lieutenant out. He was lying face down on the ground, but he was not hit by the blasted iron sheet, but his leg was broken by the wood, and he passed out.

"He's not dead yet, hurry to the doctor!"

The yamen servants hurriedly carried him away.

Soon, the others were found one by one, and almost all were hit by the splashing iron pieces. Four of the six people died on the spot, and the two guards at the gate were dying, and it seemed that they could not survive.

The first thousand and 470 chapters and six teachings

Two days before the new year, Chen Qinghe's internal affairs hall received an official report from Lu Qingshan, and the case was completely over. Dou Huang and the gold soldiers around him died in Datong. Dou Huang lit an iron fire thunder and The Jin soldiers who threatened him were all killed. Another high-ranking official involved in the case, Zhao Dang, the transshipment envoy of Hedong Road, facilitated the transportation of stolen goods.

In addition, 47 people were found to be involved in the case, 19 of whom disappeared mysteriously, which should be more or less ominous.

Material losses included food, sheepskins, tents, pig iron, and medicinal materials, worth 60 guan, of which the sheepskin alone accounted for half. In the end, 1 taels of gold and 13 guan were seized.

These materials were sent to the Kelie Department in the grassland, and the Kelie Department cooperated with the Jin soldiers to destroy the Mengwu tribe.

Chen Qing threw the report aside and stared out of the window for a long time. Jiang Yanxian said: "We confiscated the proceeds of the three major leather goods dealers. There were 50 guan. In the end, we didn't lose money, and we even made 1 taels of gold!"

Zhou Kuan shook his head, "We can't calculate the account in this way. We calculate the loss according to the cost. If we estimate it according to the market value, the loss of 30 sheepskins alone will reach 150 million. The cheapest old sheepskin costs five pennies apiece."

Jiang Yanxian retorted: "But we also recovered 20 sheepskins from the furrier's warehouse, why don't you count them?"

"Okay! Stop arguing."

Chen Qing stopped their argument, and said calmly: "Tomorrow is New Year's Eve, let's not discuss these unpleasant things, don't worry! The Ministry of Cree took our supplies, and I will make them double the compensation. Filled up."

King Yong's murderous intent had already started, and Jiang Yanxian and Zhou Kuan were silent. At this moment, Chen Qing took a copy from the table and handed it to the two of them, "This is an urgent report from Li Cheng, the governor of Dunhuang. The Khan Dynasty has been destroyed by the Xiliao army. The Xiliao army continued to advance eastward, and a fierce battle broke out with the Xizhou Uighurs. Restoring the homeland of the Liao Kingdom, if this is the case, the Hexi Corridor and Lingxia Road will be in danger."

Jiang Yanxian and Zhou Kuan looked at each other, and they worried, "Will this affect our plan to destroy money?"

"I don't know. It depends on how long the Xizhou Uighurs can resist? I have sent someone to Li Cheng to send a letter. If Xizhou asks for help, he can send troops to help. Try to buy time for us."

Zhou Kuan sighed, "Unfortunately, it's winter now!"

"Do winter things in winter. What we have to do now is to be diligent and thrifty, accumulate materials and wealth, and prepare for our reconstruction of the great achievements of the Han and Tang Dynasties!"

That night, Chen Qing issued an order from King Yong to remove Zhao Dang, the transfer envoy of Hedong, from all duties, and sent him to Jingzhao for interrogation. In addition, Huang Zhan testified and prosecuted him, and he was granted a special pardon!

……

New Year's Eve is the bathing day of the year. On this day, every household has to boil water to take a bath, cleanse the filth and get rid of the old, and welcome the New Year.

There is a natural hot spring in the Yongwang Palace. A lotus palace, also known as the hot spring palace, was specially built. It is a large lotus soup pool, which is steaming all day long. It is also the favorite place for Chen Qing's wives and daughters. They will go there every day or two. Take a bath and soak in soup.

Today the whole family soaked naked in the lotus soup pool, except for the son Chen Ji, who has grown up and is inconvenient.

Chen Qing squinted his eyes to enjoy the comfort of the boiling hot spring, while Yu Ying sat behind him and washed his hair carefully.

Chen Qing also dreamed that all his wives and concubines would have sex together and enjoy the happiness of being equal to each other, but it was actually impossible. With so many children around, he was more disciplined than ever.

Lu Xiu sat beside him and smiled, "Husband, is it good for the pain in the leg after soaking in the hot spring?"

Chen Qing nodded with a smile, "Don't tell me, my lady, I haven't noticed it yet. It seems that I haven't had any pain since the beginning of winter this year. Maybe it has something to do with soaking in hot springs."

"That's why I suggest that after my husband comes back every day, soak for half an hour, and after a winter, the pain will not recur!"

"Okay! Soak for half an hour every day from now on." Chen Qing readily agreed.

Chen Qing remembered something again, and said with a smile: "Did the lady give out the annual reward this year?"

"Why not? I sent it in the morning."

Lu Xiu smiled and said: "The five hundred court ladies each receive ten guan, the same goes for the eunuchs, and then the female guards and wet nurses receive fifty guan, and the soldiers and manor stewards each receive [-] guan."

"Speaking of the manor, we can go to the manor for two days after the spring. We promised to take you to Quanzhou, but now we can only go to the manor to make up for it."

Everyone was silent, Chen Qingxiao asked: "What's the matter, don't you want to go to the manor?"

Lu Xiu smiled and said: "The main reason is that the compensation given by my husband is too insincere. If I can't go to Fujian Road, I will go to the manor for two days. This compensation is not worthy!"

"Okay! I promise everyone that next autumn, we will take a boat to Jiangnan Road. By then, the Danba Waterway should be opened. We can go directly to Xiangyang by boat, and then change to a larger boat."

There was a burst of cheers in the soup pool.

Chen Qing smiled wryly. Although he made a promise, he didn't know whether he could keep it.

……

There was nothing to do in the afternoon of New Year's Eve. Every family was preparing New Year's Eve dinner. Almost all the shops were closed, and there was no one on the street.

It was rare for Chen Qing to be so free. He sat in the study and asked his eldest son Chen Ji about his studies.

Chen Ji has been studying at Taixue Agricultural College for more than a month, and his identity is well concealed. Because his surname is Lu, many people speculate that he is a child of the Lu family, and Chen Ji does not deny it. However, the Taixue students are all young and do not understand the world He didn't care about the children of officials and eunuchs, and Chen Ji also had two classmates in Taixue.

"What's their name? Where are they from? What do their parents do?"