"Why did he want to rob food and grass? As the ninth elder of Yimu Palace, he should not be short of money." Zhuang Qiyang asked puzzledly.
"I don't know this, you can ask him." Medicine Master Yun shook his head.
"That's not right. You are also an inner sect elder. Even if he is the ninth elder, he is not much more powerful than you. Why should you listen to him?" Tang Wen asked.
"Well, the Presbyterian Council is generally composed of seven elders, and the ninth elder is not qualified to join the Presbyterian Council of Yimu Palace. He is indeed not much more powerful than you, why do you listen to him?" Zhuang Qiyang was shocked and glanced at Tang Wen.
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"He is better than me. He is in charge of Hushan Hall. My whole family lives on the mountain. How dare I disobey him?" Yaoshi Yun said quickly.
However, Tang Wen discovered that this popular villain was chattering.
Moreover, another shadow actually appeared in the popularity. It was definitely not Ding Kui, but someone else.
"You are not honest." Tang Wen said.
"I didn't, I really didn't." Yaoshi Yun shouted quickly.
"There must be other reasons. Are you worried about Ding Kui's backer?" Tang Wen said.
"What kind of backer does he have?" Medicine Master Yun shook his head hurriedly.
"That's the second elder!" Tang Wen suddenly roared like a lion.
"No!" Yaoshi Yun blurted out.
Seeing everyone staring at him, Yaoshi Yun finally reacted and immediately lowered his head.
"If it's not the second elder, who is that person? Tell me, tell it carefully. Otherwise, your whole family will go to hell." Zhuang Qiyang was also shocked, and looked at Tang Wen again before asking.
"Third Elder Sun Long, Sun Long has been protecting him, how could I dare to resist?" Yaoshi Yun said.
"Take it down and apply the medicine." Zhuang Qiyang waved his hand after Pharmacist Yun signed.
Next, Sun Hongqing and a dozen of his cronies were escorted onto the stage.
After seeing Yaoshi Yun's confession and the torture tools nearby, a dozen pleasure-seeking guys poured beans into bamboo tubes and were all ready.
"Who gave the medicine to the officers and soldiers on the ship?" Tang Wen asked.
"The medicine was given by Pharmacist Yun. It was the medicine that Yang Xiao and I took aboard the boat." Sun Hongqing said with a look of despair.
"Why not poison him all at once?" Tang Wen asked.
"I don't know, but it was pharmacist Yun who told me that there was no need to poison him, otherwise the impact would be too great," Sun Hongqing said.
I sent someone to check with Medicine Master Yun again, and Medicine Master Yun confessed that it was ‘Ding Mei’ who told me.
"It's normal to have such an explanation. Otherwise, all the officers and soldiers will be poisoned to death by you, and our six gates will definitely investigate the case." Zhuang Qiyang said.
"I'm afraid there is something hidden." Tang Wen said.
"How do you say that?" Zhuang Qiyang asked.
"Because their target was Wang Binfeng, the grain inspector at the time." Tang Wen sneered.
"What a joke, how powerful is a little grain inspector like the Chief Secretary?
A seventh-grade petty official with low martial arts skills, why would Yimu Palace target him?
If you really want to target him, just send someone at random to solve it.
Stealing the government's food and fodder is a big deal, and it will kill the nine tribes." Zhuang Qiyang snorted.
"That's because Wang Binfeng is Lord Tang's brother-in-law." Feng Jiuxue said at the side.
"Is he targeting you, Sir?" Zhuang Qiyang was stunned.
"Indeed." Tang Wen nodded.
"Haha, what grudges do you have with Yimu Palace?
Even if you are like me, Sir, there is no need for Yimu Palace to plot against your brother-in-law by robbing food. What do they want?
Why not attack you directly?
Do you still have the strength to resist?" Zhuang Qi raised his eyebrows and asked with a slightly contemptuous smile.
"Deputy Commander Zhuang, please don't underestimate me. He is the owner of three islands.
He has more than 10,000 men under his command.
He does big business, spends a lot of money, and has second-level subordinates, and even this Liangzizhai was conquered by him." Feng Jiuxue said sarcastically.
"Haha, to compete with Yimu Palace on this point is just an egg against a stone." Zhuang Qiyang said with a smile.
"I have nothing to do with Yimu Palace. That's because of Linghai Academy." Tang Wen shook his head and said.
"Linghai Academy, what does an academy have to do with you?" Zhuang Qiyang seemed to be interested.
"This is a long story. Some time ago, I went to Linghai Academy..." Tang Wen simply didn't hide anything and poured it all out.
"According to what you said, Linghai Academy was behind the scenes and ordered Ding Kui, the Ninth Chief of Yimu Palace, to do it.
And when Wang Binfeng fell, they targeted your sister Tang Yiyi again.
That's why you pretended to be crazy and whipped your sister.
According to your explanation, this matter will also involve Deputy Dusi Kang." Zhuang Qiyang said.
"80% so! Therefore, Ding Kui must be arrested. Moreover, regardless of the grudge between Linghai Academy and me, he is at least the mastermind of the food robbery." Tang Wen said.
"Okay, I'm very interested, so let's go to Yimu Palace." Zhuang Qiyang patted the table and said.
In the afternoon, we reported from the front that we had found food and fodder, which was actually hidden in a cave not far from Jiudaoliangziwan.
That cave is on the bank of the Red River, but it's quite strange.
From a distance, the entrance of the cave is only about one meter high from the river, and it is covered with vines, so it is impossible to find it.
Once people bend down and go in, the inside will be wide open.
Sun Hongqing and his group laid the boat on the water and bent down to pass the food and grass in.
In this way, without anyone noticing, all the food was hidden in the cave in just a few hours.
The vines are put down, and the ghosts and ghosts are unpredictable.
Therefore, the officers and soldiers searched for a long time, but they did not expect that the food was right under their noses.
According to statistics, basically all the 600,000 to 700,000 taels of grain are still there, with only a small part lost.
In order to avoid disturbing the public, Zhuang Qiyang did not touch the food at first and asked people to guard it secretly.
Early the next morning, a group of people set off and headed straight to Yimu Palace.
Yimu Palace is one of the ten largest sects within Haisheng, with strong strength and more than 10,000 disciples.
The sect is stationed in "Zangshan" a hundred miles away from Honghe City.
At ten o'clock in the morning, Tang Wen and his party arrived at Zangshan.
Zangshan Mountain is not high, only about five to six hundred meters. From a distance, it is an endless stretch of mountains, tens of miles long from east to west.
There are green trees everywhere, and Yimu Palace is stationed on the highest mountain.
As they went up the mountain, they also built a mountain path about two feet wide.
It is also paved with a combination of gravel, hard mud, glutinous rice, lime, and clay. The hardness is pretty good and the dust is much less.
If you take a shortcut up the mountain, you have to take the stone steps, which can shorten the distance by half.
When he was approaching Yimu Palace, he was stopped by the disciples guarding the mountain. Zhuang Qiyang showed his token, and the disciples guarding the mountain quickly went inside to report.
Soon, the mountain gate opened, and Zhuang Qiyang rode up with his troops.
Dangdangdang...
The summoning bell sounded in Yimu Palace, and when Tang Wen and his party arrived, thousands of majestic warriors were standing outside the palace.
Some carry swords and others carry firecrackers.
It is divided into two rows and continues for a mile.
Standing in front of the palace gate was a tall and thin man, wearing a wide black cloak fluttering in the wind. He was Zhang Li, the general manager of Yimu Palace.
"Hahaha, Deputy Commander Zhuang is here, and the walls of Yimu Palace are shining brightly." Zhang Li said hello with a smile from afar.
"Zhuang needs to visit the palace master. Is he there?" Zhuang Qiyang said.
"No! The palace master hasn't returned from his long trip, but the great elder is here. Please come inside." Zhang Li stretched out his hand and led Zhuang Qiyang towards the main hall.
"You guys wait outside, Tang Wen and Feng Jiuxue will come in with me." Zhuang Qiyang said.
Naturally, Tang Wen and Feng Jiuxue followed closely behind and entered the palace.
As for Zhang Li, he didn't care about Tang Wen at all. Although he was wearing a knight's hat, it was not surprising that there were disciples with knighthoods in the six gates.
Entering the main hall, the floor is paved with bluestone, and the four walls are inlaid with flowers and plants.
Even the wall at the front and back of the main hall was inlaid with a strange tree. Tang Wen didn't know what this tree was, but it was quite strange.