In the Yangxin Hall, Emperor Qin took the memorial that the Shangqiu County Governor had sent urgently with a hundred thousand dollars, and a smile appeared on his lips. The Shangqiu County Governor reacted quite quickly.
The Qin Dynasty divided the world by the system of prefectures and counties, and the Emperor of Qin was the lord of the world. In order to facilitate the supervision of the world and not be deceived by villains, special privileges were given to the governors and county magistrates, who had direct access to the Qin Emperor's hearing and hearing, but could not be used easily.
Qin Law stipulates that if the governor or county magistrate conveys something alarming or untrue, he will be dismissed from his post and investigated, or exiled thousands of miles away.
The governor of Shangqiu County was also a daring person. He directly used the "Ladder to Heaven" to send the news of the appearance of the "Yuzhou Cauldron" to Emperor Qin.
Emperor Qin put down the memorial and ordered: "Let Zhao Gao come and see me."
Soon Zhao Gao hurried to the Yangxin Hall and saluted Emperor Qin: "The humble minister Zhao Gao pays homage to Your Majesty."
Emperor Qin signaled Zhao Gao to stand up and said: "Shangqiu County Governor Shi Wan urgently wrote to me, saying that a Yuzhou tripod appeared in Shangqiu. On my behalf, you can take people to bring the Yuzhou tripod back."
Zhao Gao quickly bowed and replied: "I obey the order, I will go and prepare now."
In the afternoon, Zhao Gao took the imperial edict and a group of imperial guards and left Hangu Pass in the east, heading straight for Henan.
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Shangqiu, the Shangqiu County Sheriff and other officials knelt at the door to welcome the imperial edict brought by Zhao Gao.
After Zhao Gao finished reading, Shangqiu County Guard Zhao Gao welcomed him into the government office and said with a smile on his face: "Master Zhao, please come in. You are tired from running around, and your subordinates have already prepared a banquet to welcome you."
Zhao Gao said a faint "Yeah" and walked into the governor's house.
When the governor of Shangqiu County saw Zhao Gao coming with the imperial edict, he knew that he had made the right bet. His Majesty indeed valued Yu Gong Jiuding very much, so he immediately sent Zhao Gao, the close minister, to order him.
When the banquet was in full swing, Zhao Gao suddenly said to the Shangqiu County Sheriff: "Are you ready for Yuzhou Ding?"
The Shangqiu County Sheriff looked stern: "Don't worry, sir. After the Yuzhou Ding was fished out, Xiaguan locked it alone in a warehouse. Except for Xianguan who had the key, no one else could get in. Wait a moment.
The official will open the warehouse door, and you can take it back to Chang'an."
Zhao Gao nodded: "Well, there's no need to wait. I've almost eaten. Now you can take me to the warehouse. I need to take the Yuzhou Ding and report back to Your Majesty as soon as possible."
"I obey," the Shangqiu County Sheriff immediately replied after hearing this, stood up and led the way.
Zhao Gao followed and came to the Shangqiu warehouse. The Shangqiu County Sheriff carefully took out the key from his arms and opened the lock. The two warriors behind him wisely went up and opened the door of the warehouse.
As the door of the warehouse was opened, at first glance, it was empty. There was no Yuzhou tripod.
The Shangqiu County Sheriff collapsed directly to the ground, with a look of despair on his face, and murmured: "It's impossible, I obviously locked it inside."
Zhao Gao's face was gloomy: "You are so courageous. You dare to deceive your majesty with something that does not exist. This is the crime of deceiving the emperor and will destroy the nine tribes."
The Shangqiu County Sheriff looked at Zhao Gao's gloomy face, and immediately rolled up to him and shouted: "Your Excellency, there really is a Yuzhou tripod. It was fished up by a few fishermen from Nanhu. They can testify for me.
, but it disappeared for some reason.”
Then the Shangqiu County Sheriff shouted to a confidant: "Go quickly and bring those fishermen over that day and let them explain clearly to Lord Zhongshu Ling."
The confidant immediately rushed out of the government office with a few people and headed towards the homes of the fishermen that day.
Soon Chen Pan and several other fishermen were taken to the county governor's house. They stood uneasily, not knowing what they had done.
The Shangqiu County Sheriff looked serious and said to them, "Were you the ones who carried the big cauldron to the Sheriff's Mansion that day?"
Chen Pan and others nodded and replied: "It's Xiaomin and the others."
The Shangqiu County Sheriff immediately said happily to Zhao Gao: "Listen, sir, there is indeed some. It was just a few of them who salvaged it. I have not deceived you."
Zhao Gao ignored him. His Majesty asked him to take the Yuzhou tripod back, but he didn't say that he could go back and recover if the tripod was lost. Instead, he stepped forward and asked Chen Pan and others about the situation.
When Chen Pan and others heard the question from the "big man", they naturally told everything they knew and explained clearly all the circumstances of the big cauldron that day.
Zhao Gao saw that what they said was coherent and did not look like they were lying, so he nodded and asked them to leave.
After a few people left, Zhao Gao said to the Shangqiu County Supervisor with a cold face: "I will trust you for the time being and give you three more days. If you can't find him back, prepare for the whole family to go to hell.
"
After speaking, he turned and left, leaving the Shangqiu County Sheriff in tears.
When Zhao Gao left, the governor of Shangqiu County said to his subordinates with a ferocious expression: "I will investigate them all. You must find out who stole the Yuzhou tripod. Whoever finds it, I will not only reward you heavily, but also give you a huge reward."
From now on, he will be my brother. If he cannot be found, I will die and my family will be destroyed, and none of you will survive."
At the end of the sentence, he almost yelled: "Why don't you let me find it?"
The officials of Shangqiu County, big and small, and the county governor's confidants all ran out of the house, fearing that they would be angered by the angry county governor if they walked too slowly.
As a large number of officials from the government were dispatched to search suspicious locations, the entire Shangqiu County became turbulent, and all the trees and grass were in a state of war.
However, until the evening, the Shangqiu County Sheriff had not received any news about Yuzhou Ding.
The Shangqiu County Sheriff was restless and pacing back and forth after the incident.
Until night, a masked man in black suddenly appeared in front of him and said, "Master Sheriff, what troubles have you encountered?"
The Shangqiu County Sheriff was shocked when he heard this. He felt that the aura of the man in black was stronger than his own, and he asked fearfully: "Who are you? Why do you come to see me?"
The man in black "Jie Jie" laughed a few times and said, "Who am I? Don't ask, Lord Sheriff. I know where the thing you are looking for is."
The Shangqiu County Sheriff hurriedly asked: "Where is it?" Suddenly he suddenly realized: "Did you steal the thing? Tell me, what do you want to do before you return it to me?"
The man in black snorted coldly: "Master Sheriff, please don't slander me. I didn't steal the thing, but I know where it is. Do you want to know?"
The Shangqiu County Sheriff didn't believe it at all. You didn't steal it. How do you know where it is? But now is not the time to dwell on this matter, so he asked patiently: "What do you want?"
The man in black laughed "haha": "I want nothing more than wealth and martial arts resources. As long as you give me two hundred thousand gold and ten earthly treasures, I will tell you where the things are?"
The Shangqiu County Sheriff said in a deep voice: "It's not too much to ask for so much, but how can I know that what you say is true?"
The man in black said coldly: "Either wait for death, or choose to believe me for once. You have no other choice."
Shangqiu County Sheriff shook his head: "That's not necessarily the case. I may be able to use this money to smoothen the relationship and maybe save my life. Of course, I don't want to argue with you. In this way, I will pay 10% as a deposit first. After I find the item,
, and then I’ll give you the rest.”
The man in black sneered: "My lord, it's a good idea. I want to know the whereabouts of the things once I'm done. But I'm not an unreasonable person. My lord can give you half of it first."
Seeing that the Shangqiu County Sheriff still wanted to bargain, the man in black continued: "If your Excellency does not agree, I will leave right now, and your life or death will be left to God."
The Shangqiu County Sheriff was silent for a while, pondering for a long time, and suddenly gritted his teeth and said: "I have one hundred thousand gold tickets, but I don't have that much stock of treasures at the moment, so I can't give them to you. If you think it's okay, I'll give it to you right away."
The man in black immediately replied: "Deal."
"Follow me," the Shangqiu County Sheriff took the man in black to a rockery, smashed a stone, took out a box, handed it to the man in black with a pained look on his face, and said, "Here is one hundred thousand gold for you."
The man in black opened it and saw that it was indeed a shiny golden ticket, and put it in his arms.
The Shangqiu County Sheriff snorted coldly: "You can talk now."
The man in black nodded: "Actually, you should be able to guess that in the entire Shangqiu, there is only one family with enough strength to take things away from you without your knowledge."
The Shangqiu County Sheriff's face changed drastically: "You are talking nonsense, how could it be the Wei family?"
"How is it impossible? As far as I know, the adult happened to be present when the things were fished out. Maybe he was tempted at that time?"
The man in black sneered "hehe" and whispered the place into the ear of Shangqiu County Sheriff, and then said: "The things are just there. You will know when you check them. I just don't know if you have the courage to take them away."
return."
After saying that, he jumped up and disappeared. Another sentence came from a distance: "Your Excellency, you need to make a decision as soon as possible. I heard that the Zhongshu Order only left you three days, and now you only have one day, hehe."
The Shangqiu County Sheriff was left standing there with a gloomy expression.