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Chapter 418 Fatal Clues

"Yang Wu has made great contributions in this battle, so he should be rewarded. Zhiqiong, what do you think is the appropriate reward?"

"Your Majesty, Chu Xin has become a duke. Let's give up the general of chariot and cavalry to Yang Wu!"

"Okay, it's up to you to make Yang Wu a general of chariots and cavalry."

"Thank you for your kindness, Your Majesty, and thank you Zhiqiong for your support!"



Yang Wu took a sip of halazi and showed a sweet smile in his sleep.

He was promoted again, to the sixth rank.

This gave Xu Zhiqiong a strong sense of crisis and also reminded him of an important thing.

I have saved so many people, should my merits be refined?

He is about to be promoted, why is there no movement from me?

Xu Zhiqiong was wondering when he suddenly heard Meng Shizhen coming to report: "Zhiqiong, there is someone outside the door who wants to see you."

"who?"

"The man refused to reveal his identity and said that you wanted to see him too."

I want to see him too?

The prefect of Fuzhou is here?

Xu Zhiqiong said: "Call that man to the front hall, call Guan Xicheng too, and let him watch in secret."

Not long after, Meng Shizhen brought the man in. He was a man in his sixties, dressed in coarse brown clothes, short and fat, with a round nose, small eyes, and a kind appearance.

Seeing Xu Zhiqiong, the man leaned over and saluted: "Master Xu Hou, I am the steward of Mr. Gao, the prefect of Fuzhou. My name is Gao Fu."

Xu Zhiqiong nodded and said, "How is Gao Zhifu doing lately?"

Gao Fu lowered his head and said: "Master Marquis, please don't ridicule us. We are sorry for your kindness, and we are sorry for the people. We, the prefect, are willing to die to apologize."

Xu Zhiqiong exclaimed: "It's not enough to just be thoughtful, be serious about it and show me how to die!"

Gao Fu saluted again and said: "Master Marquis, we, the prefect, want to see you."

"He wants to see me, what else does he ask you to do? He comes in person?"

"We adults are too scared to come."

Xu Zhiqiong smiled and said: "What are you afraid of? Are you afraid of me? He has harmed more than 20,000 people, and he doesn't know how to be afraid?"

Gao Fu pursed his lips and said, "Master Hou, our Lord has some difficulties. I can't explain exactly what the difficulties are. Twenty miles south of the county, in Baishi Village, there is a Qingzhu Pavilion, which is our Lord's outer residence.

If you can trust us, go and meet us adults alone at noon tomorrow."

Xu Zhiqiong smiled. Isn’t this ridiculous?

"What is your identity? What is your situation? Why should I go to see him alone?"

"Master Marquis, our lord has absolutely no evil intentions. He did this just to protect himself. If you can't trust us, we have no choice but to..."

Xu Zhiqiong interrupted Gao Fu: "No need to say it, you have already said it right. I can't trust you. If your master really wants to see me, tell him to get out of here!"

Seeing Xu Zhiqiong's tough attitude, Gao Fu sighed and said: "Master Marquis, to tell you the truth, if you don't see us this time, I'm afraid you will never see us again in the future."

Xu Zhiqiong sneered: "Why, does this guy want to abscond in fear of crime?"

Gao Fu shook his head: "Master Hou, you say you are guilty, I really have to defend you."

"If you think it makes sense, just defend yourself, but if it's nonsense like following orders, there's no need to say it. I'm tired of hearing it, it's disgusting!" …

"Master Marquis, to tell you the truth, it is not our family that makes the final decision in Fuzhou. The real decision-maker is Tongzhi Ji Gufeng!"

Ji Gufeng?

Guan Xicheng said that Ji Gufeng was the one who led the troops to fight this time, and the prefect Gao Shengchang did not appear among the remaining troops.

"Tell me more, why is it Ji Gufeng who calls the shots?"

Gao Fu sighed: "Ji Gufeng is the cousin of Cheng Dingsong, the minister of Dali Temple. We, the master, have the handle in the hands of Dali Temple. Ji Gufeng suppressed the matter for us. From then on, Ji Gufeng said everything in Fuzhou.

We adults dare not hide the matter of the flood. On the surface we are indifferent to the victims, but in reality we are burning with anxiety.

But Ji Gufeng said that this matter must be handled according to the wishes of the Ministry of Industry. If we adults do not agree, Ji Gufeng will inform Dali Temple and reveal the previous things. There is no other way, and we adults can only endure it.

Later, Ji Gufeng wanted to lead his troops to fight with you again. Our Lord said that we don’t want to fight with you and we shouldn’t use swords against you. Ji Gufeng went crazy and threatened to kill our Lord.

We adults ran out of the state capital overnight and ran all the way to Luohuai County, just for a chance to make up for our past mistakes. Mr. Marquis, please take pity on us adults and go to Baishi Village. If you don’t go, our master

All the good things belong to Ji Gufeng."

Xu Zhiqiong sneered and said: "If you have any good things, please tell me and let me know."

Gao Fu looked around, lowered his head and said nothing.

Xu Zhiqiong said: "I'm the only one in this room, so you just say it's okay."

Gao Fu lowered his voice and said: "Our master said that he has twenty thousand taels of savings. As long as you go, it will all be yours!"

Xu Zhiqiong smiled indifferently: "Do you think I look like that person who loves money?"

Gao Fu said again: "Twenty thousand taels of silver, maybe you don't like it, but our master also knows the whereabouts of another sum of silver."

"As I said, I don't like money."

"Listen to the amount first. Eighty million taels of silver."

Xu Zhiqiong blinked, looked at Gao Fu and said, "I didn't hear clearly what you just said."

"Master Hou, what I said just now was eighty million taels of silver."

Eighty million?

How come it's such a coincidence?

The treasury lost from the treasury was also 80 million.

Xu Zhiqiong tilted his head and looked at Gao Fu: "Do you know what eighty million taels of silver looks like?"

Gao Fu shook his head and said, "I don't know. I'm just a housekeeper. I've never seen even 80,000 taels of silver. But our adults have said that there are not only 80 million taels of silver, but also 20 million taels of gold."

Xu Zhiqiong remained calm.

Eighty million taels of silver and twenty million taels of gold.

Not to mention whether Gao Shengchang really knew the whereabouts of the gold and silver, but one thing is certain, he knew about the loss of the gold and silver.

Gao Fu lowered his head and said: "Our Lords say, this money can be given to anyone, including Ji Gufeng, Nufujiao, Tunu, and Yu Xianguo. Whoever gives him a way out will be fine."

Give it to anyone."

Amazing.

Every sentence is at the critical point.

Xu Zhiqiong was silent for a moment, nodded and said: "Go back and tell your lords that I will meet him at noon tomorrow, alone." …

Gao Fu nodded and said, "I would like to thank you on behalf of your lord, but I will not go back. Please help me find a place to stay."

Xu Zhiqiong frowned and said, "Didn't I ask you to deliver a letter to your adults?"

Gao Fu shook his head and said: "My master has given you orders. As long as you agree, I don't have to go back tonight. I will stay with you for one night and accompany you to Baishi Village tomorrow."

Xu Zhiqiong smiled and said: "Are you afraid that I will follow you and find your family?"

Gao Fu said: "I dare not doubt the Marquis. These are all orders from our Lord."

Xu Zhiqiong said again: "Aren't you afraid that I will send people to surround Baishi Village now?"

Gao Fu said: "Master Hou, if you want to send someone, of course I can't stop you, but our Lord has said that you will go to Baishi Village alone at noon tomorrow. Our Lord will be in Baishi Village, but there is one more person with you."

Let’s go together, we adults will not be in Baishi Village.”

What a big breath!

"Okay!" Xu Zhiqiong stepped forward, gave the old housekeeper a hand, and called to the lantern holder: "Clean up a room and arrange for the elderly to rest!"

A lantern-carrying man took Gao Fu down to rest, and Xu Zhiqiong pinched the cloth in his hand.

This piece of cloth was torn from Gao Fu's clothes.

After Gao Fu left, Xu Zhiqiong called Guan Xicheng, who stayed behind the screen and took a few sneak peeks when Gao Fu wasn't paying attention.

Xu Zhiqiong asked: "Do you recognize that person?"

Guan Xicheng nodded and said: "I recognize him. He is indeed the housekeeper of Gaozhifu. I used to think that he was quite stable, but I didn't expect that he would say such outrageous things."

"What nonsense?"

"What did he say about 80 million silver? Eighty million silver is comparable to the financial strength of a country! How dare you talk about such things?"

Guan Xicheng has not read this book in vain, and he has a clear understanding of a country's financial resources.

Xu Zhiqiong asked: "What does Gao Shengchang look like?"

Guan Xicheng thought for a moment and said: "Long face, very long, thin and long, the face shape is like the sole of a shoe, big eyes, flat nose, nothing else special."

Xu Zhiqiong clutched the rag, returned to the bedroom, blocked the door with a magic circle, and got into the small dark room.

Except for Guan Xicheng's description, Xu Zhiqiong knew nothing about Gao Shengchang, the prefect of Fuzhou. Clutching the rag, Xu Zhiqiong didn't know how to trace Shuo.

Eighty million, eighty million...

Starting from this clue, imagine what Gao Fu looked like when he heard about 80 million.

He must have been very shocked, but it's hard to say. Maybe he had some understanding of what Kozhifu was doing.

Xu Zhiqiong tightened his grip on the rag and continued to increase the power of his imagery. After nearly a hundred breaths, Xu Zhiqiong finally saw the scene of Mo Lake.

"Tell him, I know the whereabouts of a sum of money, totaling 80 million taels."

The speaker is Gao Shengchang.

His features are too obvious. His face is long, very long. Judging from the lines, his cheekbones have obvious inflection points, which are somewhat similar to the soles of his shoes.

"Sir, you said 80 million, which is a bit..."

Xu Zhiqiong heard Gao Fu's voice.

No wonder it took so long to see the scene. Xu Zhiqiong misunderstood Gao Fu's emotions.

Gao Fu was not surprised, he just didn’t want to believe it, and he also felt that Gao Shengchang was talking nonsense. …

"Everything I say is true. I don't have this money, but I know its whereabouts. In addition to the eighty million silver, there are also twenty million taels of gold. Tell Xu Zhiqiong, if he doesn't believe me, I will give you the money."

And give it to others."

The power of imagery was excessively exhausted. Xu Zhiqiong quickly retracted his thoughts and jumped out of the small dark room.

Where did Gao Shengchang receive the news?

What would be the consequences if he spread the news?

If he really knows the whereabouts of the 80 million silver and 20 million gold, if he really tells the clues to Tu Nu or the Nufu Sect, Daxuan will face disaster.

Even if he didn't know the whereabouts of the money, as long as he released the news, it would be equivalent to announcing that Daxuan's treasury had been stolen, and it would be equivalent to announcing that Daxuan's pockets were empty.

If Tunu raises his troops to fight back at this moment, and the Nufu Sect provides support within the territory, and then catches up with the famine caused by lack of food in various places, Daxuan will be severely damaged, and may even be dismembered by the Nufu Sect, or the country will be destroyed by Tunu.

Xu Zhiqiong sat on the couch, his cheeks trembling.

Gao Shengchang, that bastard, must have set up an ambush in Baishi Village when he asked me to go to the meeting alone.

Even though I knew he had set a trap for me, I still had to get in.

There is an invisible clue behind him. This clue involves many people, including Emperor Zhaoxing, the Nufu Sect, and maybe even Canglong Ba Dao and Xuanwu Ming Dao.

I have to hold on to this thread.

I can go to the meeting, but I can't do it alone. I have to find a reliable helper.


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