Early the next morning, Zhang Xuan dealt with the backlog of official affairs in the military office as usual, and although he had the power to control the six counties of Jianghuai, in fact the main task he was assigned to Jianghuai was to exterminate the Jianghuai bandits and not interfere in local government affairs.

Despite this, he still has a large number of military affairs to wait for his signature and approval, such as armor and military rations, training evaluation, military merit evaluation, and a large number of trivial things.

Zhang Xuan stood in front of the window with his hands in his hands, his eyes were thoughtful, he was considering the candidate for the deputy general of the navy, although Qi Liang was a rare general of the navy, but after all, he was born as a water thief, while using Qi Liang, Zhang Xuan also considered that he had to put a halter on him, to prevent him from becoming the second of Miao Haichao.

At this time, the soldiers reported at the door: "General Qiyu, Miss Zhang has something urgent to see!" ”

Zhang Xuan was slightly stunned, what would happen if Zhang Chuchen wanted to see him?

"Please let her in!"

At this time, Zhang Xuan suddenly remembered the recruitment of female soldiers, if it wasn't for Zhang Chuchen coming to him, he would have almost forgotten about it.

After a while, Zhang Chuchen walked into Zhang Xuan's official room quickly, Zhang Xuan quickly got up and smiled: "What's the matter with Miss Chuchen?" ”

Zhang Chuchen hesitated, whether she should tell Zhang Xuan about what she found last night, but her hesitation was only instantaneous, and she immediately said, "I want to tell you about the Dou family's jewelry store." ”

"Is that the jewelry store you went to two days ago?" Zhang Xuan asked with a smile.

Zhang Chuchen nodded, "I went again last night, and I saw something you should be interested in." ”

An hour later, Zhang Xuan took Fang Xuanling to Nanshi together, saying that he wanted to understand the background of the major businesses in Nanshi.

Fang Xuanling was very curious why Zhang Xuan was so interested in the Guanlong nobles, it stands to reason that they have been developing in Qingzhou and are far away from the Guanlong nobles. There shouldn't be any intersection between the two sides, why does Zhang Xuan pay special attention to the Guanlong nobles?

"The general wants to find out about the situation of the Jiangnan Society!"

"Both!"

Zhang Xuan smiled and said: "Since I care about the Jiangnan Society and the Guanlong nobles, I just want to know how much power they have in Jiangdu, and are there any other forces besides commerce?" ”

Fang Xuanling heard something in Zhang Xuan's words. Then he asked tentatively: "Does the general mean that they are secretly cultivating forces in Jiangdu?" ”

"I've got some information, maybe it's possible!"

The two talked and walked, and soon came to the street where the Nanshi jewelry store was located, and Zhang Xuan saw the shop his wife said at a glance: Yuhe Gold Shop.

Compared with other jewelry shops, this jewelry shop is really large-scale, and it feels like it stands out from the crowd.

Of course, Zhang Xuan believed the information that Zhang Chuchen told him, there were a large number of weapons hidden in this store, but he couldn't figure it out, what was the Dou family doing storing weapons in Jiangdu? Do they want to launch a mutiny in Jiangdu?

Although there was a Jiangdu mutiny in history. But it was a mutiny launched by the Xiaoguo army, and there was no need for the Dou family to replenish their strength, and even if the Guanlong nobles occupied Jiangdu, it was too far away from their foundation, which was really a bit unrealistic.

Zhang Xuan walked into the door, and the jewelry shop shopkeeper immediately heard the news and rushed to greet him, "Welcome General Zhang to the shop!" ”

Zhang Xuan smiled faintly: "I'm here to find Dou Yang, is he there?" ”

Of course, the shopkeeper Wang knew that the secret of the store's background could not be hidden. Since Mrs. Jang Hyun knows, of course Jang Hyun will know. However, Yang Gongzi said that Zhang Xuan had a good relationship with the head of the Dou family, and he should not come to embarrass the store.

"Don't hide it from the general, my son-in-law rushed back to Luoyang yesterday afternoon, and he is not in Jiangdu now."

"Is it true?"

The villain didn't dare to deceive the general, and the son didn't let the villain hide it. It's really not in Jiangdu. ”

"In that case, I'll come back another day."

Zhang Xuan turned around and left the store, Fang Xuanling was even more confused, he left when he was not there, so what's the point of calling himself here?

Jang Hyun seemed to understand his thoughts. He said to him: "I asked the military advisor to come together, because I planned to leave this matter to the military advisor to do." ”

Zhang Xuan immediately whispered a few words to him, Fang Xuanling nodded again and again, and said with a smile: "Don't worry, general, I will definitely handle this matter properly." ”

The shopkeeper of the jewelry store Wang is a native of Jiangdu, but he has been working in the Dou family's industry more than 20 years ago, and he has been loyal for many years, and has won the trust of the Dou family, and has all the secrets of the Dou family's industry in Jiangdu.

Wang's shopkeeper's home is in the left upper river near Nanshi, is a small house covering an area of three acres, the family has an old father, wife and two sons, and also bought two little maids, because the Wang shopkeeper's income is higher, the family's life is relatively rich.

The next evening, the tired shopkeeper Wang returned home, and in the past few days, Dou Yang gave him a lot of extra things, which made him anxious, and finally dealt with it, but he was also tired and exhausted.

As soon as he walked into the house, his wife greeted him and said with a smile: "Did Erlang go to help you do something?" ”

Erlang is the second son of the shopkeeper Wang, only sixteen years old, studying in the county school, these days at home during the holidays, the shopkeeper Wang couldn't help but be stunned, "No!" When will he come to me? ”

His wife was also a little stunned, "Didn't you send someone to call you?" ”

"When will I send someone to him?"

Shopkeeper Wang suddenly became anxious, "Who is it, and when is it?" ”

"It's noon today, a person came, saying that it was your buddy, you asked Erlang to help in the store, and Erlang happily left with him, husband, wasn't it the person you sent?"

"I didn't send anyone!"

"Husband, what's going on?"

The king's wife, who was in charge, panicked, took him by the hand and shouted, "Who will take him away?" ”

Shopkeeper Wang forced himself to calm down and comforted his wife: "Maybe Erlang wants to go out to play with his friends and makes an excuse, he should come back in the evening." ”

The shopkeeper also comforted himself that he had always been honest and had no enemies, and no one should want to harm his son.

But having said that, in the evening, there was still no news about his son, and the shopkeeper Wang suddenly became a little anxious, and he finally realized that his son was probably in an accident.

Just when the shopkeeper put on his shoes and was about to go out to look for his son, a maid came to report, "Master, someone is looking for you outside!" ”

"Who is it? Whoever comes to me at this time! ”

The shopkeeper Wang was angry and anxious, and finally couldn't help roaring, and the little maid was so frightened that she was stunned, she had never seen the old man look so angry and corrupt.

"Master, he said he was here to talk about Erlang." The little maid bowed her head in fear.

"Ahh

The shopkeeper was stunned for a moment, he suddenly reacted, and rushed to the door like a gust of wind, only to see four people standing outside the door, and three attendants surrounded a young scribe, the scribe was full of smiles, vaguely familiar.

"You are—"

"In the lower room Xuanling, shopkeeper Wang, we met yesterday."

Shopkeeper Wang suddenly remembered, wasn't the person who came to the store with Zhang Xuan yesterday this young scribe?

He finally understood a little, did his son's disappearance have anything to do with Zhang Xuan?

Shopkeeper Wang suddenly remembered something, his head was suddenly covered with cold sweat, and his legs began to tremble, Fang Xuanling could see it clearly, and said with a smile: "Shopkeeper Wang, this is not a place to talk. ”

"I know, please come with me, Mr. Fang."

Shopkeeper Wang wiped the cold sweat on his forehead, and hurriedly took Fang Xuanling into his room, Fang Xuanling's three entourages stood at the door, and even Shopkeeper Wang's wife was not allowed to approach.

"Where's my son?" Shopkeeper Wang asked impatiently.

"Shopkeeper Wang rest assured, Ling Lang is safe now, as long as we have a good conversation, Ling Lang will go home soon."

Fang Xuanling's implication was that if the conversation was unpleasant

The shopkeeper Wang was suddenly deflated, sat down, and said weakly for a while: "What do you want?" I told you generals that Dou Gongzi did not deceive people when he entered Beijing. ”

"Of course we know that Dou Yang has returned to Beijing, he returned to Beijing by boat, and we are not interested in him."

"And what do you want?" Shopkeeper Wang asked tentatively.

"Actually, the shopkeeper knows what we want, so I'll just say it! What are the weapons you keep in the cellar for? ”

The shopkeeper Wang sighed in his heart, and sure enough, he came for this matter, he had already told his son that there were too many people who knew, and paper would not be able to contain the fire sooner or later.

"There is indeed a bit of weaponry"

"How many exactly?" After breaking through the defense line of the shopkeeper Wang, Fang Xuanling asked unequivocally.

"About 6,000 swords, 4,000 spears, and 1,200 pairs of armor."

Fang Xuanling nodded secretly, the number of armor was much more than he estimated, enough to arm an army.

"What are these armors for?" Fang Xuanling began to ask the core question.

Shopkeeper Wang's lips trembled, and he said instinctively: "I don't know, I only know that there are these things, and they are in the store." ”

Fang Xuanling stared at him for a long time, then turned around and left, dropping a sentence, "Since you don't know, then prepare to collect your son's body!" ”

The shopkeeper Wang shouted in fright, "Sir, go slowly, I know!" I know! ”

Fang Xuanling stopped, looked back at him coldly, he really didn't cry when he saw the coffin, and he was not bad at all.

Shopkeeper Wang lowered, and after a while, he whispered: "Those weapons are ready to be sold to the Jiangnan Society." ”

Fang Xuanling was stunned, but he didn't expect that the nobles of Guanlong would collude with Jiangnan

(To be continued.) )