【435】Theft
Xiangyang Prefecture.
Originally the Southern Dynasty Palace and the Treasure Pavilion.
The sky-sky fire completely swallowed this elegantly designed and meticulous building. As a secret place for the Southern Dynasty to preserve precious objects, its status has declined as the Southern Dynasty moved its capital to Luodu.
The treasures originally treasured in this building have been moved to Luodu, and most of them have returned to Luodu.
For example, the most precious item is the "Beast Picture" obtained from the Southern Barbarians.
However, there are still some items that are not so important, and even the things that its owner has forgotten are still here and have not had time to move away.
Hou Deyi, the eunuch in charge of this place, looked pale and paced back and forth, waiting for the subordinate officials to report the losses.
A little eunuch was sweating profusely and hurriedly ran over, "Eunuch Hou, Eunuch Hou..."
Such a misconduct would have been a slander earlier, but today it was a big deal. Manager Hou had no time to scold him and asked: "How is it? Are the losses counted? What treasures have been destroyed?"
If the Zhenbao Pavilion is destroyed, it will be a consequence of losing your head, and he will not be afraid.
The little eunuch gasped for a while, took out a notebook and said, "Grandpa Hou, I'm so lucky. I happened to see a batch of precious treasures just sent away this morning, and all I left were incomparable things..."
After hearing this, Eunuch Hou immediately breathed a sigh of relief.
"That's good, that's good. Has the cause of the fire been found?"
"It is said that the guard in charge of transport knocked over the lamp oil and didn't have time to clean it up. Later, the weather was dry and became a source of fire..."
"Did you hurt someone?"
"Three palace maids and eunuchs died, and there are also...
"what else?"
"There are two other masters from the Secret Pavilion who died inside..."
Eunuch Hou was shocked and said, "How could there be any masters from the Secret Pavilion die inside? If they were to walk through water normally, they would be able to escape!"
The little eunuch scratched his head and said, "It may be that these two people were neglecting their duties and stole two drinks."
"Fart! Which master of the Secret Pavilion dares to drink while on duty?" Eunuch Hou was furious when he heard this, and his eyebrows were almost squeezed into one.
"Give me a list of damaged items quickly and read it!"
After all, it was cultivated by An Zhongxin, the chief eunuch at that time, and he had an accurate judgment on such important matters.
The little eunuch hurriedly handed over the book, and Eunuch Hou immediately examined it carefully nervously.
The little eunuch was still comforting: "Eunuch Hou, there are really no treasures here. There are only a few things that Long Live Master used back then, and they are reluctant to throw them away. There are also items used by those sworn brothers... just keeping them for a thought."
Eunuch Hou swept up and down several times. As the little eunuch said, there was nothing worth stealing, but why was he still a little up and down?
If the most valuable thing here is the "Tianji" sword box that Ye Qiye used back then and several unqualified swords, they would not be able to see the importance except for leaving a thought, so they would be left in the last batch to move away. Even the treasure zither in the sword box had been transported away, so they really couldn't see anything wrong.
"Oh, forget it... let's report the losses as it should." Eunuch Hou finally sighed and continued to explain.
As for what kind of punishment you receive, just wait for the will.
The little eunuch took the record book again and looked it up and down. The items lost this time were not worth a lot, but the names of the swords inside were quite good-
Blue fall, blue sky, blue spring, blue clouds...
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The kettle beside the tea table made a gurgling sound, but when he heard the sound, Ye Qingxuan knew that it was a shrimp-eyed bubble, half apart from the water of the crab-eyed eye.
On the ground three feet away, Mi Jiang knelt down and crawled on the ground, his forehead against the ground, and he didn't dare to move. The sweat from the back of his neck condensed into beads and slowly rolled down.
Wang Dong and Li Hao stood quietly at the door like a wooden sculpture.
"You have found all the people from the five major gangs in Luzhou?" Ye Qingxuan asked indifferently.
Mi Jiang kowtowed heavily and said in a deep voice: "Reply to Mr. Ye, according to your instructions, we have notified them one by one. If anyone finds Li Daotian's traces, he will report them immediately and will never dare to hide them."
Ye Qingxuan snorted coldly and said lightly: "Mi Dadang has put his heart into it. But I would like to remind you that the court supports legal gang transactions. As long as it is recorded and tax paid, it is still protected... But don't think about using the court's name to collect all the gangs and businesses here. You must know that some of the transactions here are absolutely not allowed by the court. You must dare to use my name to threaten and induce and expand your power. Once I know it, I will never give up."
Speaking of the last sentence, Ye Qingxuan used some of the skills of "Six Consciousnesses Can Cut Maha's Intrinsic Wisdom Sutra" that influenced his mind, which immediately shocked Mi Jiang's mind. He was so scared that he kowtowed repeatedly, and directly admitted: "Only Master Ye is forgiven. It's really Lei Li's reckless behavior, mixed with some words that shouldn't have. Xiaoke will punish him when he goes back. He will never dare to do evil under your old name!"
Ye Qingxuan sighed and said, "Okay, it's just a trivial matter. After all, the other gangs in Luzhou are not loyal to you. As long as they agree, they will be incorporated, and you can't be in vain. But I still say the same thing, don't do anything illegal! You know that I'm talking about that thing..."
Mijiang kowtowed repeatedly, but he didn't dare to do anything.
Of course he knew that Ye Qingxuan was talking about that thing. The most profitable business in Luzhou City and even the whole world has always been human flesh business.
Slave trafficking, plundering people, killing people and robbing goods, forcing good people to become prostitutes...
This human flesh transaction has been the most profitable business in the unintentional business since ancient times.
Seeing that Jian Zhengming offended Ye Qingxuan, he was so scared that he didn't dare to leave the house for several days and nights. Mi Jiang and others did have some idea of his business, but they just discussed it once, but they didn't expect to be reminded by Ye Qingxuan the next day. Mi Jiang was so scared that he stopped thinking and never dared to interfere in this business again.
After saying a lot of guaranteed words, Ye Qingxuan didn't take it to heart at all.
Twisting a few unfried new tea leaves at his fingertips, Ye Qingxuan thought for a while and said, "Mi Dazhu, there is one more thing you need to do."
"Mr. Ye told me."
"Contact several gangs that really defect to the court and organize their subordinates. In the past, no one cared about the city defense here, but from today on, people would have to organize patrols day and night to guard against the thieves from the White Lotus Sect's indiscriminate plots."
Mi Jiang was shocked when he heard this and thought to himself: Could the imperial army be going to war with the White Lotus Sect here?
Once the army arrives, if these gangs in the world do not surrender, they are afraid that they will disappear completely at this time.
"I understand, understand... I'm here, uh, I'll do it now!"
Mi Jiang wisely recognized himself as his subordinates and confirmed his identity as a court, for fear that Ye Qingxuan would not accept them.
Mi Jiang hurried away, and Ye Qingxuan shook the letter paper in his hand, which said that the gangs in the Jianghuai region that were doing business with the White Lotus Sect, including large quantities of food, weapons, ores, slaves, etc., had detailed records.
Gurgling...
The bubbles of the kettle swell the lid.
Chapter completed!