One hour later, Maitreya leader Sun Bodhisattva led more than 100 warriors to the quarantine warehouse.

The iron door of the warehouse in the backyard of the Qikuan had been smashed open, and more than a dozen warriors carried out the bodies.

A subordinate came forward to report: "More than 100 boxes of property in the warehouse were plundered. Preliminary statistics show that about 200,000 jin of copper coins, 70,000 taels of silver, and other items such as jewelry and jade were lost."

Bodhisattva Sun's face turned pale. Will the Maitreya Sect be robbed by someone?

This is simply something unimaginable.

She gritted her teeth, who did this?

"The leader, I'm afraid it's our own people doing it!"

"What?"

Bodhisattva Sun widened his eyes, "Why do you say that?"

"Master, the poisonous arrows in them are our poisonous arrows."

The soldier presented three poisonous arrows, and Bodhisattva Sun took the poisonous arrow. She was a little stunned. This was clearly the poisonous arrow equipped by the ghost mother warrior. How could it appear here?

"See me to the end!"

Bodhisattva Sun gritted his teeth and said, "Calculate all the poisonous arrows of the ghost mother warriors. Who has fewer poisonous arrows? Immediately arrest them and interrogate them!"

"Master, I'm afraid there is another trouble." The subordinate whispered again.

"What?"

"The lost 200,000 stag of copper coins is the batch of money stored in the west room."

Bodhisattva Sun was shocked. It turned out to be the money from the Westing House!

She felt panic in her heart. Now it’s a big trouble, that’s tax!

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Five cargo ships arrived at the city gate with their harvested belongings. The soldiers guarding the city ran to report. Soon, the lieutenant on duty rushed over.

"Please show your tax bill!"

Zhong Kui held up the emperor's gold medal, "The court handled the case secretly!"

The captain on duty changed his face and quickly clasped his fists and said, "I'm rude to be a rude!"

He waved his hand and said, "Open the door!"

The iron gate slowly opened, and five large ships sailed out of the city gate one by one.

A soldier whispered to the on-duty lieutenant: "Captain, the waterline is very deep, and there must be heavy objects in the ship!"

"Shut up!"

On duty, the captain glared at the soldier fiercely, "If you want to live longer, don't be so curious. The emperor's gold medal is not something we should ask."

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In the cargo hold of the first large ship, Gongsun Xiaomei held a lantern in her hand and looked at Li Xiu's operation.

She knew the little master’s Taoist technique, which was called ghosts and gods using the power of ghosts and gods to transfer their property to another place.

Unfortunately, there was no gold this time, only 70,000 taels of silver. Li Xiu did not take more. He only opened four large boxes, sucked 20,000 taels of silver into his wallet, and sucked more than a dozen goldwares in them.

The balance of the wallet has become 21,300 trump cards. Fortunately, the wallet has not been upgraded.

The wallet became rich again, and Li Xiu finally felt a sense of satisfaction.

He sighed and said, "I think I am a vampire. I've been trying to make money all day long. In the end, the money is gone and I don't know which god has taken it with a smile."

"All the gold and silver of the young masters exist in Wangwu Mountain?"

Xiaomei remembered that the master told her that this trick was taught by Wangwushan Immortal Dao.

"I don't know where to put it? Xiaomei, the lantern is looking at here."

Li Xiu walked inside, and Xiaomei hurriedly followed with a lantern.

The two Maitreya treasurys of the Maitreya religion had 400,000 stagnant of copper coins, but unfortunately they didn't have enough ships, so they could only move half of them away. This was the limit of the load capacity of five large ships.

All copper coins are sealed in large wooden boxes, with clear ink words on the wooden boxes: Overtax-27.

This means the tax from Yuezhou, the 27th box.

There are such ink words on each large box, from Hangzhou, Hu, Yue, Wu and Muzhou.

Needless to say, Li Xiu has guessed the answer, which is part of the missing tax money.

This should be the reward for Maitreya's participation in the looting of tax ships.

In this way, the salt lord Wang Dongdu, Hangzhou governor Li Yan, and the salt and iron supervisor Jiang Shidu also received a share of tax.

With the clues of stolen money, many doubts can be naturally spread out.

Jiang Shidu was killed most likely because of uneven distribution of spoils. Jiang Shidu held Yuan Zhen's handle in his hand, which threatened Yuan Zhen, which led to Yuan Zhen's murderous intent.

The purpose of destroying Jiang Shidu's family is to prevent the leak of the handle.

So is Jiang Shidu’s handle still there?

Li Xiu felt it was necessary to talk to Pei Yaoqing again to understand Jiang Shidu's situation.

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In the head of the Maitreya Sect, Bodhisattva Sun was walking back and forth uneasy.

She was very clear about the consequences of the tax leak. Once Yuanzhen knew about this, he would never spare himself.

"Have the leader found out the origin of the poisonous arrow?" asked Sun Li, the second uncle of Bodhisattva Sun.

Bodhisattva Sun sighed, "The ghost mother warriors in Yangzhou have counted them one by one, and there are no poisonous arrows leaking. Where did these people get the poisonous arrows?"

"Master, have you forgotten Hou Jin and the others?"

Bodhisattva Sun was shocked. She really ignored Hou Jin. Hou Jin led fifty ghost mother warriors to Jiangnan, and there was no news at all.

Could it be that something happened to Hou Jin? It’s impossible! Hou Jin has fifty subordinates and only a few Li Xiu?

But if it weren't for Hou Jin, where would the poisonous arrow come from?

"The leader, there is another possibility. Hou Jin is still looking for Li Xiu in Jiangnan, but Li Xiu has returned to Yangzhou. He may have some poisonous arrows on his hand."

Bodhisattva Sun shook his head, "Li Xiu had only a few subordinates, but there were not enough men. I think it was probably because of Wang Dongdu. I have been dealing with Wang Dongdu for many years, and it is normal for him to have my poisonous arrow in his hand."

"Wang Dongdu is indeed very suspicious, but it is best to report this matter to Yuan Zhen and let Yuan Zhen uphold justice."

Bodhisattva Sun sighed, "I can't say this in advance. I will report it after I find some clues."

At this moment, a subordinate rushed to report: "Report to the leader, we investigated the Water Gate. One hour ago, five cargo ships full of supplies left Beishui Gate, all of which were 2,000 stone ships. We asked all the way and confirmed that these five cargo ships were sailing out of Beishi City."

Bodhisattva Sun asked anxiously, "Whose big ship is it?"

"It is not clear who is the ship. The only clue is that the other party uses the emperor's gold medal to leave the city."

"Ah!" Bodhisattva Sun was shocked.

It was actually using the emperor's gold medal, was it Li Yan, Pei Yaoqing, Li Xiu, or was there another team lurking in Yangzhou?

Bodhisattva Sun could not sit still, and she would report this to Yuan Zhen early tomorrow morning.

At the same time, Sun Bodhisattva sent more than 100 warriors to find the whereabouts of five large ships.

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The next morning, a batch of vegetable ingredients was carried by three ox carts and sent to the Transportation Mansion from the side door.

Pei Yaoqing's confidant rushed to the kitchen and led a delivery man into the back hall.

Pei Yaoqing looked happy, "When will Your Highness return to Yangzhou?"

The delivery man was Li Xiu. He clasped his fists and bowed: "I just arrived in Yangzhou a few days ago. I want to ask the envoy for advice on some things!"

"Let's sit down and talk!"

The two sat down, and Li Xiu asked first: "How is the situation in Yangzhou during this period?"

Pei Yaoqing shook his head, "After Xie Yaozong was assassinated, it was a turmoil for a while, and then the situation in Yangzhou became surprisingly calm, as if nothing had happened."

“Has private salt sales decreased?”

"How is it possible? The calm I am talking about is the same as before. In short, our arrival has no impact on Yuanzhen. Perhaps the senior officials of Chang'an are negotiating and compromising, and both sides are waiting for news."

"If there is no progress in Yangzhou, will Pei Jun think the Yuan family will compromise in Chang'an?"

Pei Yaoqing sighed, "I am actually very clear about the reason you said, mainly because we don't have the strength to confront Yuan Zhen.

First of all, there are no army, and secondly, there are only a few capable samurai around me, which can only protect my personal safety. King Qing has more than thirty samurai around him, but compared with the strength of the other party, it is still too far behind."

"Have you ever shown that King Qing has? For example, confrontation with Yan Xiao and Maitreya Cult?"

Pei Yaoqing still shook his head, "He came to Yangzhou to compete for the Salt and Iron Supervision Order, but so far, he has only done one thing, that is, wait, and has not communicated with me. I really don't know what he came to Yangzhou to do?"

Pei Yaoqing's tone was filled with strong dissatisfaction, and it was obvious that he could no longer bear the inaction of King Qing Li Yan.

Speaking of this, Pei Yaoqing sighed again, "I am the same as myself. I know what's going on, but I can't start."

Take out a wooden box and hand it over to Pei Yaoqing, "This is the report of the missing tax money case I investigated and some evidence. In addition, I found the tax money of 200,000 yuan in the Maitreya War War. Please ask Pei Jun to hand over the evidence to the emperor for me."

Pei Yaoqing was immediately overjoyed and was very moved. Thirty-Balang gave him part of his contribution!

"Where is the 200,000 guan tax money now?"

"Currently in Gaoyou County."

"I have several trusted subordinates in Runzhou, and I will arrange for them to send the evidence back to Chang'an as soon as possible."

Li Xiu turned the topic to what he came today.

"The next step I plan to investigate Jiang Shidu's case. I want to know more about Jiang Shidu's situation. Please give me a detailed introduction."

Pei Yaoqing shook his head, "Jiang Shidu's case is a trap. They leave a lot of fake evidence. Once you get these so-called evidence, they will expose you when you use these evidences to attack you. This is the bloody lesson left by Li Ji. I suggest you focus on dealing with the Maitreya Cult and temporarily avoid fighting with Yan Xiao."
Chapter completed!