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Luo Qingluan, Leng Li and others followed the empress to the imperial treasury, and the huge treasury was full of dazzling items, exquisite and luxurious, priceless, and everything.

"I don't know how long Xia Jinglong's rebellious mind has been hidden."

The Empress reached out and stroked the objects one by one, as if recalling her memories: "If he hadn't wanted to usurp the throne, I would have planned to return the throne to him or his descendants after my abdication, but now it seems that I have been merciful." ”

Shaking his head, Luo Qingluan's voice was far away: "Power is the most tempting thing in the world, and this is not Your Majesty's fault. ”

If everyone is chasing power, and the royal family can't tolerate betrayal, why would she and her young son embark on a journey to find Nalan Ye?

Pondering, Luo Qingluan looked at the empress and suddenly noticed a transparent white screen in the corner.

Curious, she stepped forward to take a closer look, only to find that it was a very precious white jade screen. The jade is transparent, the carving is exquisite, and the patterns on it are lifelike, which is absolutely superb. But what really shocked her was that the pattern style carved on the screen was clearly a unique pattern to the Western Chu Kingdom, and it should not have appeared in the Tianxia Kingdom!

"It's a rarity." The empress didn't notice Luo Qingluan's strange appearance, and handed her a jade pendant casually, "Miss Luo, you are from outside, have you ever seen such a jade pendant?" ”

Huang Ying recognized the jade pendant at a glance, hesitated for a moment, and then said to the two: "This jade pendant...... Yes, it is the personal jade pendant of the three princes. ”

Luo Qingluan took the jade pendant and looked at it, and frowned a little.

Just by looking at the pattern on the edge of the jade pendant, she could tell that the jade pendant was specially made in the style of the Western Chu Kingdom, with strong characteristics of the craftsmanship of the craftsmen of the Western Chu Kingdom.

Luo Qingluan became more and more interested in Xia Jinglong.

In the Tianxia Kingdom, where there was not much communication with the outside world, how did he obtain the objects of the Western Chu Kingdom?

She thought for a while, and said to the empress: "Your Majesty, I have something unclear, I wonder if I can ask the Minister of Household Affairs who raided the Three Princes' Mansion for some things?" ”

The empress readily agreed, and ordered someone to bring the Minister of Households, and Luo Qingluan told the Minister of Household Affairs about the problems she had discovered.

The Minister of the Household Department glanced at Luo Qingluan in surprise, nodded and said: "According to our investigation, the Third Prince did have dealings with some businessmen in secret, and it seems that they are from other countries, but the Third Prince is extremely secretive, and we only learned about it after his death and confiscated his belongings and letters." ”

As she expected!

Luo Qingluan listened to his words, his eyes lit up, these objects of the Western Chu Kingdom were obviously not common in the Tianxia Kingdom.

No wonder Xia Jinglong dared to plot a rebellion without fear, it seems that there are forces of other countries behind him.

It's not as simple as he seems!

Luo Qingluan remembered what she learned when she first arrived in Tianxia Kingdom, because of regional problems, although Tianxia Kingdom did not often interact with the outside world, because most of the people were nomadic herders, the horse breeds in Tianxia Country were excellent.

Dongfang Zhidie's father is a horse breed in Xia Guojin!

Luo Qingluan narrowed his eyes slightly, could it be that the Western Chu people who interacted with the third prince were Dongfang Zhidie's father?

"There's a letter here."

At this moment, Leng Li frowned, took out a letter from the messy pile of letters, and handed it to Luo Qingluan. She took the letter and looked at it, only to understand why Leng Li only took a letter and pulled it out.

The envelope of this letter still has a complete fire paint on it, and the seal on the fire paint is the seal commonly used by the merchants of the Western Chu Kingdom. When Western Chu merchants communicated with their business partners, they often used this special seal to stamp on the fire paint.

This is a letter that has not yet been opened, and the name of the third prince, Xia Jinglong, is clearly written on the recipient's column.

"The third prince really has dealings with the merchants of Xichu!" Luo Qingluan's heart moved, and she opened the envelope curiously, only to find that the content of the letter was far from being as simple as she imagined.

The envelope was full of pleasantries, and it was not until the end that the true intention of the letter was written. The other party asked the third prince to send someone to inspect the goods on the hillside north of the city with the horses and weapons traded, and they would pay a deposit of 100,000 taels of silver at that time.

With just such a little content, Luo Qingluan's face sank.

It is not surprising that Xia Jinglong had business dealings with the merchants of Western Chu. Many princes and nobles will run some of their own businesses to fill the family's treasury, but the content of Xia Jinglong's transactions is very sensitive.

The other party asked the people of the palace to bring horses and weapons to inspect the goods, that is, to show that the items traded between the two parties were horses and weapons.

Moreover, the deposit paid alone is 100,000 taels of silver, which is enough to show that the supply of goods this time is large, or it is good enough.

No matter in which country, horses and weapons are the foundation of the country's military, especially weapons, which are fundamentally forbidden to trade, let alone trade with other countries, which is tantamount to treason!

"Leng Li, look for it again, is there a letter with this kind of fire paint seal in his letter?" Luo Qingluan asked.

"Yes, a lot." Leng Li directly took out a stack of letters and handed them to Luo Qingluan.

The letters have been opened, and the fonts inside are all written by the same person.

The more Luo Qingluan looked at it, the tighter his brows wrinkled.

It seems that Xia Jinglong's trading of horses and weapons with the merchants of Western Chu is not a matter of time and a half. It is impossible to imagine what has come to it, only the parties concerned know.

"What, did you find anything?" The empress was checking the account books of the Three Princes' Mansion, and saw that the atmosphere on Luo Qingluan's side was not right, which was a little strange.

"Your Majesty, is it customary for Tianxia to trade horses and weapons with merchants from other countries?" Luo Qingluan hesitated for a while, but still asked.

As the prince, Xia Jinglong has been trading horses and weapons with Western Chu merchants for so long, it is impossible for the empress not to know anything about it, right?

It seemed that Luo Qingluan's question was a bit abrupt, the empress frowned, but still replied: "My Tianxia country is rich in good horses, but there are no good craftsmen who make weapons, so I often exchange some good horses for weapons made by other countries, but they are only used for defense."

She didn't have the heart to attack other countries.

"In other words, we will sell good horses to other countries, but we will not sell weapons?" Luo Qingluan confirmed again and again.

"Yes."

Luo Qingluan handed over a stack of letters in his hand: "Then Xia Jinglong has been selling horses and weapons to the merchants of Western Chu, do you know?"

"Although the Tianxia Kingdom does not prevent the people from selling their horses to other countries, it is limited to a small number of horses, more than 20 horses, and they must be filed with the local government for inspection. Xia Jinglong's horse sales have always been secretive, although I know some of them, but I have no evidence, so he has been doing it for so many years. ”

After reading those letters, the empress's face gradually became solemn: "But where did he get the weapons to sell to the merchants of Western Chu?" ”

Luo Qingluan also fell into deep thought.

Up to now, it has been determined that the merchants who frequently traded with Xia Jinglong were none other than the people of Western Chu. Could that be Dongfang Zhidie's father?

Luo Qingluan's mind was very messy, if it was really Dongfang Zhidie's father, then what did he want to do?

Also, where did the weapons Xia Jinglong sell come from?

The empress was keenly aware of the change in Luo Qingluan's mood, and asked bluntly, "Do you know something?"

Luo Qingluan shook his head, there are some things that he can't tell the empress now.

Selling weapons was a grave crime, and she couldn't put the big hat on anyone's head until there was any definite evidence of it. What's more, that was Dongfang Zhidie's father, and the matter also involved Xichu.

Forcibly suppressing the thoughts that were flying in his mind, Luo Qingluan said, "Isn't Your Majesty wondering where the weapons of the Third Prince came from, and why they sold weapons to the merchants of Western Chu?"

"Naturally weird. My Tianxia Kingdom is still in short supply of weapons, how can there be a surplus to sell to people from other countries? For a while, the empress couldn't figure it out.

"There are a lot of letters from the third prince, and the empress can send someone to check whether he has any dealings with people from other countries, or search the whole country to see if there are any workshops that make weapons hidden in the shadows." Luo Qingluan prompted.

The empress's eyes lit up, why didn't she think of it!

Since Xia Jinglong has the ability to get so many weapons to sell, if she can use the source of his weapons for her, wouldn't Xia Guo have another source of weapons that day?

"Okay, I'll send someone to investigate!" The Empress left in high spirits and ordered someone to do it.

Looking at the back of the empress leaving, Luo Qingluan sighed again.

"Is it really the father of the Oriental girl?" Leng Li wondered.

"yes...... Selling weapons, this is not a simple matter, if it is really related to the Oriental Horse Farm, I am afraid that there will be trouble again. Luo Qingluan stood up and patted the non-existent dust on her skirt: "For today's sake, I want to confirm the identity of the merchant who traded with Xia Jinglong."

"Yuyan, help me imitate this handwriting, reply to the other party with a letter, and say that we will arrive at the agreed place on time with the goods." Luo Qingluan gently spread out the paper and handed a brush to Liang Yuyan.

Liang Yuyan subconsciously took the pen, but she was still confused: "Imitating the handwriting of the third prince? But all day long, everyone in the Xia Kingdom knew that the third prince had been beheaded? ”

Luo Qingluan smiled lightly, it turned out to be thousands of graces: "It's not simple, tell them that the beheaded person is just a stand-in, and when the other party looks at it, he naturally understands the reason."

Liang Yuyan suddenly, after carefully observing Xia Jinglong's handwritten letter for a while, in less than a quarter of an hour, he wrote a letter in his handwriting. The handwriting and tone of the letter are ten percent similar to the letter written by Xia Jinglong himself.

In the evening, the messenger came back, and the other party was really fooled, and replied that he wanted Xia Jinglong to go to the transaction in person, and the time was set for tomorrow.

On the second day, Leng Li changed his appearance into the appearance of the third prince and came to the slope of the north of the city.

It was early in the morning, the air was extremely dewy, and Leng Li walked around impatiently with the two little guys, and from time to time he had to pat his clothes with a look of disgust.

This was explained by Luo Qingluan before leaving, because Xia Jinglong was short-tempered and pampered since he was a child, so he would definitely have some bad problems.

I am afraid that the people sent by the other party this time have all had contact with Xia Jinglong, but if the slightest flaw is revealed, it will arouse their suspicion.

At the appointed time, two figures appeared in the distance of the hillside, looking sneaky and vigilant.

The other party sent two men, and it was indeed as Luo Qingluan said, who had dealt with Xia Jinglong. Seeing Leng Li's impatient appearance, the suspicion in his heart was reduced a little.

The two stood in the distance for a while, pointing at Leng Li and muttering for a long time, before they stepped forward: "Third prince, our master thought you were gone." It was a surprise that you suddenly wrote back to us. ”

Leng Li pretended to show a strong expression of anger, and said coldly: "Didn't this king say it? The one who was beheaded was a stand-in. ”