Chapter 42: The Hundred Workshops
The assassination on the night of Shangyuan shook the imperial capital, and the emperor was furious, and ordered a joint investigation team composed of the internal guards, Tingwei and Jingzhaofu, and ordered the murderer to be found within half a month.
Chen Xuan and Mu Gonggong met in the palace, and the internal guard Lin Gonggong, the world's gold medal head-catcher Liu Tie and Jingzhao Mansion Chief Arrester Mi An formed a trio to investigate the case, and then above were Mu Gonggong and Jingzhao Yin Chen Xuan.
The internal guard Jingzhao Mansion captured all the masters of the court and began to investigate the corpses left at the scene, the internal guards were all over the world, wide-eyed search for the immovable mountain, the capture of the fast and the tiger Benwei flew to Shanyang County, and when they arrived, the home of the immovable mountain Shan Jun had been burned to the ground, leaving dozens of charred corpses at the scene.
The emperor ordered the dismissal of the county guard of Shanyang County and the county soldiers of the county, arrested and sent to Beijing for interrogation.
Peng Zhu kept his promise, but privately reported to the emperor that he was rescued by a mysterious master that night, but the mysterious master did not want to be named, and after saving him, he left, and the emperor was grateful and had a lot of emotion.
However, the theory of the mysterious person is secretly circulating in the imperial capital, and the rivers and lakes are even more shocked, and the immovable mountain Shan Jun has broken through to the ninth rank of the martial artist, and has seen the threshold of the grandmaster, but such a person can only flee in the wilderness.
Everyone in the imperial capital is secretly investigating, who is this grandmaster, when did the imperial capital come to such a master of the grandmaster realm.
Everything could be hidden, but Qiugorufan couldn't hide it, and the two guards reported it to them the next day, and both of them ordered their guards at the same time that this matter must be kept tight-lipped and must not be revealed to the outside world, not even at home.
Xiao Yu returned to the imperial capital after the Shangyuan Festival, and immediately came to find Liu Han, and when they met, he asked if the mysterious person was him, Liu Han looked at him left and right, and Xiao Yu stopped asking.
His estimation of Liu Han's cultivation was already very high, but he didn't expect it to be higher than his estimate, at least it was not so easy for him to clean up the immovable mountain, although he also stepped into the realm of the grandmaster.
"Didn't you say that there would be a war after the festival, why would this return to the imperial capital" Liu Han was a little puzzled, the main force of Fengyulou had secretly left Beijing, and Liu Han was also preparing to leave Beijing.
"It's been postponed," Xiao Yu smiled and said, "Now the wind is very tight, the main force of the Cao Gang has been withdrawn, and it is estimated that it will be done after the beginning of spring." ”
"What about the Fallen Horse Water Village"
"It was already evacuated," Xiao Yu said: "Now it's coming back one after another, the Yellow River is about to thaw, and the waterway is open, hehe." ”
Liu Han was very strange, Xiao Yu looked very relaxed, as if he was looking forward to the arrival of this war, and it seemed that he was holding the victory.
When the noise of the Shangyuan Festival dissipated in the gradually coming spring breeze, and the willow branches began to bloom green buds, Liu Han began to prepare to go down to the south of the Yangtze River.
The Yellow River thawed, in late March, the cargo ship from the south docked at the Changqing wharf, some cold wharves began to be lively, the porters were busy at the wharf, and the beauties of the imperial capital who had nested in the courtyard of the deep house for a winter went out to step on the spring one after another, and the Taoist temple incense in the imperial capital city was flourishing.
After the Shangyuan Night, Liu Han was more diligent in his cultivation, and he had to absorb the fire marble stone in the quiet room every night, and after the realm was raised, Liu Han found that the speed of absorbing energy increased, and this improvement was not very obvious, but he could feel that the emptiness in the meridians gradually disappeared.
On the night of Shangyuan, Liu Han broke the door with one punch, and when he hit this punch, he temporarily made up his mind and used the internal qi in the middle of the body, which made him slightly shocked, and the opponent was almost vulnerable, and the strength of this internal qi was beyond his expectations.
Coming out of the quiet room, I saw Liu Tie, during the Shangyuan Festival, Liu Tie came back from the manor outside the city, after the incident of Shangyuan Night, Liu Tie resolutely stayed, readjusted the defense in the house, and secretly added a lot of organs.
Liu Tie suggested to Liu Han for the first time that the green bamboo be disposed of, this woman staying in the mansion is a big hidden danger, and it is difficult to hide the deployment in the mansion from her, if her master wants to take action against the Liu Mansion, then the Liu Mansion will be very dangerous.
After thinking about it, Liu Han decided that he still couldn't, because the master behind Luzhu hadn't found out yet, the owner of the gouache shop was very clean, and he had been in the imperial capital for more than ten years, the shopkeeper had a family and children, and the range of activities was not large, and his rouge gouache was made by himself, and the materials were all imported from a shop outside the city.
However, after a comprehensive analysis of the situation of this store, Liu Han firmly believed that there was a problem with this store, at least there was a problem with Luzhu to this store.
First of all, this store is not a good place, Luzhu is not from the imperial capital, she has been in Chang'an before, she shouldn't know about this store, Tianna told him that she and Meiji didn't pay attention to this store, in other words, it was Luzhu who took them to this store, and Luzhu took them over, the reason is very simple, every time Luzhu goes out, at least two of the three of them will follow together, and they are inseparable along the way, so she has to take them there, so the question arises, how did Luzhu know about this store
There are only a thousand days to be a thief, and there is no thousand days to prevent thieves; Liu Han doesn't know who is behind her and why he is interested in Liu Mansion
Originally, Liu Han thought that Luzhu was a person who was an internal guard, and originally wanted to be placed in the Xifeng Mansion, but by mistake, she arrived at the Liufu Mansion, but why didn't she leave This made Liu Han puzzled.
Liu Han felt that this game was very fun, and he still wanted to play this game.
Liu Tie was very helpless, but since Liu Han had made a decision, he had always obeyed unconditionally.
After cultivating in the manor for a period of time, the threshold of the grandmaster was already in front of him, but Liu Tie didn't try to take that step, he always felt that something was almost something, so he didn't dare to take that step, after Liu Han asked him about the situation, he thought that his feeling was very right, and now he lacked an opportunity to help him break through.
There is no way to help him, no matter how many pills he takes, it requires his own understanding.
Xu Yuan hurriedly came in and handed Liu Han an invitation, Liu Han opened it and looked at it, and was a little puzzled, this invitation was sent by a person called Baigongfang.
"Baigongfang intends to hold an auction on the Yishui River on the night of March 20, and respectfully invites Mr. Liu Hanliu, the owner of Hanhai Trading Company, to come. ”
There is also a detailed route to participate in the auction below, but there is no description of the items to be auctioned.
"What is this hundred workshops" Liu Han was puzzled, he had never heard of this hundred workshops, and it was so mysterious.
"I've inquired," Xu Yuan's expression was a little strange, as if he was a little happy and a little worried: "This hundred workshops are a bit like our trading company, but he is not responsible for specific production, but only gives design drawings and then divides them, so this auction is actually just an auction of production rights." ”
Liu Han wondered, how did this sound so much like the patent authorization in the previous life, but this authorization was given in the form of auction.
"If it's a share, why do you have to auction it?"
Xu Yuan nodded: "This is exactly what puzzles me. However, I inquired, and the reputation of this hundred workshops is quite good, and I never ask for more. ”
Liu Han frowned slightly, Xia Jiangnan is about to go, if you want to participate in this auction, you will have to postpone your trip.
Xu Yuan also sighed and didn't speak, this is a difficult decision to make, after receiving this invitation, he didn't immediately hand it over to Liu Han, but went to his peers to inquire about the situation of the Hundred Workshops, according to the news he heard, the products of the Hundred Workshops are very good, and each product can make a lot of money.
Baigongfang is not a random invitation to merchants, they have to conduct a detailed investigation before making an invitation, only those with good reputation, strong financial resources, and well-made merchants can receive the invitation of Baigongfang.
Those fellow merchants were very envious of the invitation letter he could receive from the Hundred Workshops, which meant that he had an annual income of about a thousand taels of silver, which was a huge income.
A colleague who participated in the auction of the 100 workshops quietly told him that the 100 workshops not only have strong financial resources, but also have strong force, and once there was a merchant in Jiangnan who tried to repay the debts after winning the right to produce at the auction, but was found out by the 100 workshops, and the merchants were then brutally attacked by the 100 workshops, and the entire business was first crushed, and then destroyed.
Liu Han's brows furrowed even tighter, the rules of Hanhai Trading Company are that they do not accept people of unknown origin and do not cooperate with merchants of unknown origin.
Hundred Workshops, apparently belonging to the latter.
Liu Han was about to tell Xu Yuan to let him participate, but he just went to observe and didn't need to participate in the auction.
The family members outside came in to inform Xiao Yu that he was coming, and as he was talking, Xiao Yu hurriedly came in.
Liu Han didn't let Xu Yuan and Liu Tie avoid it, and Xiao Yu told him when he saw this, he had just received a letter from the dodo in Luoma Shuizhai, and the allies of Luoma Shuizhai, the Changkong Dart Bureau, were raided and more than a dozen dart masters and executioners died.
"Didn't you say that the main force of the Cao Gang had already retreated," Liu Han asked with a frown.
Xiao Yu sighed: "We were fooled, the Cao Gang planned carefully this time and made a gesture of retreat, in fact, some of the elites were hidden in Dangshan Mountain in Xiayi County. ”
Liu Han smiled bitterly, this time it is really impossible to go.
"What about the main force of your Wind and Rain Building," Liu Han asked.
Xiao Yu smiled bitterly: "We have also withdrawn, now the wind is too tight, Fang Zhen, a madman, actually did it at this time." ”
Liu Han thought for a while and said: "There are only two possibilities, Fang Zhen already knew that the imperial court was going to target them, so he simply made a move at this time to disrupt the deployment of the imperial court, and the other reason was that the disaster was leading to the east, and some people artificially diverted the attention of the imperial court and encouraged Fang Zhen to do it at this time." ”
"Fang Zhen is so stupid," Xiao Yu didn't believe it.
Liu Han thought about it, and felt that his judgment lacked evidence to support it, and although he didn't have much interaction with Fang Zhen, he had the impression that he was cunning and cunning, and he shouldn't have made such a stupid decision.
"What about the Falling Horse Water Village" Liu Han asked, Xiao Yu shook his head, and Liu Han asked again: "Has the Fallen Horse Water Village suffered any losses?"
Xiao Yu shook his head and said, "No, there is no loss, however, Shuizhai should be on full alert now." ”
"Then what are you going to do," Liu Han asked again.
"I want to bring people over. Xiao Yu said that he was a little worried, and several of his generals were not around for the time being, so he could only bring a small number of people over.
He told Liu Han about the situation, Liu Han thought about it, turned his head and said to Liu Tie: "You go with Lord Xiao, but use your second identity." ”
Liu Tie frowned slightly and asked in a deep voice, "What about the house?"
"I will naturally arrange it in the house, you don't have to worry," Liu Han said: "What you need now is this kind of actual combat, see if I can give you some understanding." ”
Liu Tie nodded calmly, Liu Han turned his head to Xiao Yu and said: "Lord Xiao, Liu Tie goes with you, don't leak his true identity, I suggest you take the land route, not the water route, the power of the Cao Gang is mostly on the water." ”
Xiao Yu nodded: "Okay, what about you?"
"I'll go too. Liu Han said: "I estimate that the Cao Gang has already known that Fengyulou and Luoma Shuizhai have joined forces, but my identity as a Hanhai trading company has not been exposed, so I am in the dark, and we will be bright and dark." ”
Xiao Yu thought about it, and felt a little uncomfortable in his heart, Liu Han's current position was very favorable, he could advance and retreat freely, Fengyulou and Luoma Shuizhai were fully trapped in front, but Liu Han was hiding in the dark.
"Lord Xiao, don't worry, my brother has a good cultivation and rich experience in actual combat, by the way, do you have any contact with the palace, has this situation been reported to the palace?" asked Liu Han.
Xiao Yu sighed and nodded, which means that it has been reported, but the result is not good.
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