"The other world is related to the previous dynasty."
"Capture Ning Xiu and Xue Yun!"
"Leave a blue ghost tattoo!"
"They are all forcing me to participate in this matter."
"Are they doing it for what I have seen in the other world in Sihai City, or are they doing it for the sword behind my back?"
Countless thoughts flashed through Li Danqing's mind.
These appalling inferences are actually just inferences and there is no direct evidence to support them.
But Li Danqing always had an indescribable premonition in his heart - the truth was like this.
"The other world?"
"What is the other world?" Qu Weiyang asked with a frown.
It was obviously the first time she heard such words and she was a little confused.
Li Danqing looked up at her, without saying anything, but stood up and walked towards the tea stall.
Qu Weiyang didn't like Li Danqing's showy attitude. She frowned, followed quickly, and asked, "Where are we going now?"
"Prefect's Mansion." Li Danqing said.
The identities of Li Shizi and Qu Weiyang are quite intimidating to the governors of this mere city.
When the prefect, who was still working hard on his concubine, heard about the arrival of Li Danqing and Qu Weiyang, he had no time to put on his clothes and appeared in front of the two of them.
Li Danqing didn't waste any words. He directly stated that he wanted to check the transaction records of various grain stores over the past few years. He would record in detail any transaction that exceeded a hundred dan. Grain was the foundation of the country. Although Wu Yang Dynasty did not prohibit private transactions.
Rice grain, but the transaction records of each grain store must be reported to the court, so that the court can know the whereabouts and inventory of rice grain flowing on the market.
The prefect did not dare to neglect, and hurriedly sent people to bring out this year's account books, and also recruited a large number of people to find the records he needed for Li Danqing.
Qu Weiyang also came to his senses at this time: "Are you trying to find someone from the Green Ghost Demon Sect through the movement of rice grains?"
"But... why must it be Lu Xicheng and not other places?"
The other world exists near Baihe Village, and only Luxicheng is a hundred miles away from Baihe Village. Such a big city can have a sufficient supply of rice. If you go further out, you have to go to Wuyang City, which is three hundred miles away. Obviously
That realm is not a place that the Green Demon Sect wants to get close to.
Li Danqing thought secretly in his heart, but no words came out of his mouth.
Firstly, the existence of this world is too incredible, and secondly, these are just Li Danqing's speculations, or some strange premonition in his heart.
"Let's take a look first. There are currently no other clues. Let's treat the dead horse as a living horse doctor." Li Danqing thought this way and said to Qu Weiyang.
Qu Weiyang was stunned. She couldn't find a reason to refute Li Danqing, but she still gave Li Danqing a strange look at this moment.
Judging from his excited expression just now and the way he came here quickly with all his heart in mind, Qu Weiyang felt that he didn't just come here with the attitude of giving it a try.
The accounts were handed over quickly. Even though they had been screened, after all, they were old and the accounts that met Li Danqing's requirements were still several books thick.
Li Danqing patiently checked them out one by one. The eunuch beside him couldn't figure out what the two important figures from the capital had in mind, so he could only wait on them cautiously.
More than an hour passed, Li Danqing felt dizzy, and Qu Weiyang on the side also frowned.
"Even if your guess is correct, those people from the Qinggui Demon Sect can use pseudonyms and different names every time they come to buy rice grains, and they are mixed in the accounts, making it difficult to check through the accounts.
You have to understand." Qu Weiyang said.
Li Danqing nodded calmly, knowing that there was nothing wrong with what Qu Weiyang said.
"Is it because I am too eager for quick success?" He couldn't help but think to himself secretly.
Li Danqing put down the accounts in his hands and stood up, feeling a little distressed.
"Don't worry too much, let's see if there are any other clues."
"Perhaps we should change our thinking. Maybe this is really the group of thieves who set up a suspicion formation. If it is really the work of the Green Ghost Demon Sect, they are a serious problem for the imperial court. How can they leave clues for us to find them?"
Qu Weiyang said in relief.
Li Danqing was about to nod, but suddenly turned his head and looked at Qu Weiyang with a strange expression.
"clue!"
"Yes! If they really want to lure me to meet them! They will definitely leave clues for me!" Li Danqing thought like this, and walked quickly to the stacks of account books. He looked up and down with a calm gaze.
After some searching, he took out the account books for the past three months and quickly scanned the account books.
"What's wrong?" Qu Weiyang, who thought she had persuaded Li Danqing, felt strange when she saw Li Danqing sitting back.
But this time, Prince Li ignored Qu Weiyang's inquiry. He lowered his head and rummaged through the account book, and soon found a few pages of what he wanted. He tore off the pages of the account book, and then continued
It took more than an hour to search, from three months to several years. Then he stood up and quickly left the prefect's mansion.
"Where are you going?" Qu Weiyang's heart tightened upon seeing this, and she asked loudly.
"You go back to Wuyang City first, I have some things to deal with!" Li Danqing said without looking back.
Qu Weiyang was stunned for a moment, and when he came back to his senses, Li Danqing had disappeared.
Miss Qu stamped her feet heavily at that time, her face looking annoyed.
…
Li Danqing passed through several bustling streets in Luxi City along the way. After asking passers-by several times, he finally found his destination in an alley - Litong Grain Store.
"A very strange name." Li Danqing muttered, but still opened the door and walked in.
The grain store was not big. Inside, there was only a shopkeeper who was probably over fifty years old, sitting in front of the counter and thinking about his calculations. Beside him, a young man in his twenties was dozing against the wall.
Li Danqing pushed the door open and walked in. The old door made a muffled creaking sound. The boy was sleeping soundly. He curled his lips and seemed a little dissatisfied. He turned his head and continued to sleep soundly.
The old man who was doing the accounting raised his head and glanced at Li Danqing. He lowered his head and continued to calculate, and said: "But I'm late. Today's rice grains are sold out. There is a grain store on Jinxiu Street where you can turn left when you go out. Customers can
Go there and try your luck."
After saying this, the old man lowered his head again.
In the grain store, there was only the sound of abacuses being hammered away.
"I'm here to find your boss." Li Danqing's voice sounded again.
The old man's hand moving the beads paused, and the room suddenly became quiet.
He raised his head and glanced at Li Danqing. A strange color flashed in his eyes, but he soon regained his composure. He smiled and said, "What does the guest mean by this? I am the boss. If the guest has any problem, just come to me."
"You can't solve my problem." Li Danqing narrowed his eyes.
"What does the guest mean?" the old shopkeeper asked.
"Where are the disciples who were kidnapped at Prisoner of Dragon Mountain?" Li Danqing asked.
The old shopkeeper frowned: "I don't understand what the customer is saying."
"Then let's put it in a way that the old gentleman can understand." Li Danqing said with a smile.
Li placed a large stack of accounts in front of the old man.
"This is the expenditure of Guiliang Bank in recent years. It doesn't seem to be a big problem. But for so many years, your accounts have remained at sales of between 4,000 and 6,000 dan per month. In total, it is seven
A month’s worth of food for eight thousand people.”
"Hmm...it's not much different from the number of remnants of the Blue Demon Sect estimated by the imperial court."
"What a demon sect! This guest, our grain store is doing serious business. Isn't it inappropriate to slander him like this?" The old shopkeeper frowned and looked unkind.
"Of course there is no problem. Over the past few years, the transaction volume of Guiliang Store has been stable, which can only show that the old man is well-run, but the people who come to buy these grains every month have different names. Tianqi County is the capital of the king, and grain
There is plenty of food, and most of the people who buy so much food are shipped to other areas of Wuyang Dynasty for commercial use. In recent years, the largest food business in Wuyang Dynasty occurred a few months ago. After the collapse of Yangshan Mountain, the food in Yingshui County
Prices have skyrocketed and demand is huge. From a few months ago, the amount of grain sold in various grain stores has increased, and the prices have also fluctuated slightly. Only the old man's grain store has still maintained the previous sales volume, and even the price has not changed at all.
!”
"What? The old gentleman opened this grain store to do business, not to make money? Don't you want a lot of money?"
"They also say that this grain store is just a place to hide from others, and the so-called trading is only superficial. The real purpose is to supply grain to some shady places?" Li Danqing said with a frown.
The old man's face suddenly turned ugly at that moment, and he shouted loudly: "You are spitting blood!"
"Get out of here! I won't do business with you!"
"It doesn't matter whether I do this business or not, but as long as I report to the court that Gui Liang is suspected of hoarding grain and driving up prices, someone from the political department will come to supervise and investigate where the grain is going.
There’s no way to transport the food to where it’s supposed to go.”
"Then some people who cannot buy food will have to find a way to buy food in Tianqi County when they are hungry. Naturally, some flaws will be exposed, and then it will be really difficult to recover." Li Danqing said with squinted eyes.
The old man's face was ashen and he couldn't think of anything right for a moment, and the panic in his eyes was beyond words.
Just when she was almost unable to argue, a voice suddenly came from the side.
"Your Excellency should be Li Danqing, Prince Li, right?" Li Danqing looked aside in surprise, but the young man who had just been sleeping soundly stood up at some point and was staring at Li Danqing with a smile.
Li Danqing also narrowed his eyes and nodded.
"You came to our door two days earlier than we expected," the boy said.
"I've always been much smarter than others think." Li Danqing shrugged and said.
"Then please invite me. There is an old friend who has been waiting for the Crown Prince for a long time." The young man said this.
After saying that, he turned around and walked towards the back room.
Li Danqing frowned, hesitated for a while, and then quickly followed him.
After passing through several curtains, Li Danqing followed the young man to a dark door. In the distance, he saw a figure sitting there, raising a cup and drinking tea.
Li Danqing tried hard to see the other party's appearance clearly, but the room was too dark. After all, Li Danqing could not see clearly. He could only vaguely see from the other party's figure that it was a woman.
At that time, the boy next to him walked aside, lit a candlestick, and placed the candlestick in front of the man. Under the candlelight, Prince Li finally saw the man's appearance clearly.