Chapter 105 A Strange Combination
"Brother Lu Li, you've come at the right time! Quickly load the medicinal herbs onto the cart! Is my uncle on his way to rescue Uncle Yang?"
Yun Zhao waved happily to Lu Li.
"When I went out of the city gate, I saw that Lord Zhu and Young Master Xu were leading a large group of people out of the city, and my father was among them."
Lu Li glanced at Wei Jingchen and explained.
"That's perfect! Brother Lu Li, you take that person back to the city with you, and I'll take Hua Hua to help!"
Yun Zhao pointed behind the big tree and said.
"people?"
Lu Li went around to the back of the tree and discovered that there was a person tied up and thrown there behind the thick tree.
"who is he?"
Lu Li dragged the person out and asked in confusion.
Wei Jingchen also looked down at her. She hadn't mentioned that there was someone behind the tree, and that person was unconscious, so he hadn't noticed.
Yun Zhao glanced at the officials carrying the goods, then craned his neck to get closer to Wei Jingchen.
Wei Jingchen turned his head slightly to cooperate with her.
"The Fifth Imperial Uncle conspired with the Prefect of Yangling Prefecture to smuggle medicinal herbs, contraband salt, and iron ore, among other things."
He was sent to Yanbei for a transaction; those people called him Doctor Yu. He knew the ledger hadn't been hidden away in time.
So they set fire to us, hoping to burn us alive! Luckily, some chivalrous heroes happened to pass by and saved us!
Yun Zhao deliberately brought up Luo Xiran to observe his attitude.
Unexpectedly, Wei Jingchen merely frowned and said somewhat angrily, "They are incredibly audacious! Luckily, you met good people!"
"Yes, there are still more good people than bad in this world..."
Yun Zhao couldn't figure out what his attitude meant at first, so he could only suppress his doubts.
"Then, Brother Jingchen, you should take them back~ Zhaozhao will go help Uncle Yang!"
Go ahead, but be careful!
Wei Jingchen put her back on the tiger's back and watched her leave.
After Yun Zhao left, Lu Li walked to Wei Jingchen's side.
"Young Master, what should we do with this person?"
While the officers were busy moving goods, Wei Jingchen lowered his voice and said, "Take him back immediately and wake him up. I want to interrogate him alone before they return."
"yes!"
Lu Li turned around, hoisted the person onto his shoulder, and led them down the mountain.
Wei Jingchen personally led people to move the medicinal herbs and escorted the people down the mountain.
Upon reaching the city gate, the people craned their necks in curiosity.
Two groups of people had just rushed out, and seeing their hurried and flustered appearance, everyone was very worried.
When the people saw Wei Jingchen leading a group of people pushing a cart down the mountain, which was piled with many sacks, they became even more curious.
"Young Master Wei, what are all these?"
"These are all medicinal herbs that Lord Yang brought back."
These words caused an uproar throughout the camp.
"Finally, we have medicine!"
"Thank God, we're finally saved!"
For two consecutive days without medicine, many people had to endure the pain.
Some who were seriously ill or in poor health even died before receiving their medicine.
Upon hearing that the medicinal herbs had arrived, Pei Jishi immediately led his apprentices to greet them.
"Is there any medicine now?"
"Elder Pei, I'll leave the medicinal herbs to you. Jingchen has other matters to attend to and needs to enter the city first."
"Alright, you all go ahead and get busy. With me here, things won't get chaotic!"
Wei Jingchen nodded to the officials and quickly ran into the city.
Upon returning to the county government office, Wei Jingchen went straight to the prison.
"father."
Wei Jingchen was somewhat surprised when he saw Wei Mingde.
Why is his dad here too?
"Well, let's hear what happened from this young man."
Wei Jingchen then noticed that standing next to Wei Mingde was the official who had returned to ask for help.
The officers who were taken out were all Yang Jingyan's confidants, and he naturally knew that Yang Jingyan would tell Wei Mingde what had happened when he returned.
But with Lu Li present, he hesitated.
"It's alright, they're one of our own."
Wei Jingchen explained.
"Two days ago, Lord Yang led us to Yangling Prefecture, but the city gates were tightly closed."
We had to find the merchant's warehouse ourselves; the owner of the merchant's name was Chen Ba.
Their attitude was extremely arrogant, and the adults, worried that the people wouldn't be able to withstand it, led us to force our way through.
I didn't expect them to have so many thugs; we were no match for them at all.
Fortunately, the young princess rushed out with the tiger at that moment, allowing us to take the opportunity to go in and move the goods.
After only a portion was moved, Doctor Yu arrived with his men and set the warehouse on fire.
They said there were some account books in the warehouse that hadn't been hidden in time, which the young princess had found when she escaped.
I only managed to bring out a few books; half of them are with the adults, who instructed me to bring back these few.
They said it had to be handed over to Lord Wei, and that Prefect Yang was willing to go to any lengths to hunt us down, probably all for these account books.
The official handed the account book to Wei Mingde.
Remembering what Yun Zhao had said, Wei Jingchen immediately looked at the account book in Wei Mingde's hand.
The first page shows last month's medicinal herb transactions.
Wei Jingchen lowered his voice and said, "Zhaozhao said that these are the transactions between the Fifth Prince and Yanbei."
"What?!"
Wei Mingde's expression immediately changed, and his look as he stared at the ledger became solemn.
"Could this Misty Rain Pavilion be the Misty Rain Pavilion in the capital?"
It is said that it was a merchant firm run by wealthy merchants from Jiangnan, with branches throughout the entire Great Zhou Dynasty.
Wei Jingchen glanced at it and couldn't help but frown.
"They are probably using Yanyu Tower as a cover, disguising their clandestine transactions under the guise of Yanyu Tower's goods."
No wonder his men never came to report this.
"He did it so discreetly that if we hadn't known he was involved, we probably would have been fooled by these people too."
No wonder they dared to murder a high-ranking official; it turns out they were up to the scorched earth, committing a crime punishable by the execution of their entire family!
Wei Mingde handed the account book to Wei Jingchen and looked at the official.
"You've worked hard, go and rest now."
"Your subordinate takes his leave."
The officials, unsuspecting, bowed to the two men and withdrew.
"Ah Li, go out and keep watch, don't let anyone in."
Wei Jingchen gave the instructions.
After Lu Li left, Wei Jingchen picked up a glass of ice water and poured it directly on Yu Qing.
"Ahh!"
The biting cold startled Yu Qing awake.
Who are you?
Upon waking up, Yu Qing wanted to unleash a furious tirade, but after glancing around and realizing he was in a prison cell, he quickly suppressed the murderous intent in his eyes.
"I'm just a doctor, why have you arrested me?"
He shrank back, looking like a frail scholar.
"A doctor? A doctor who has colluded with the enemy and betrayed the country, this is the first time I've ever seen one."
Wei Jingchen opened the ledger, and Yu Qing's pupils shrank. He hadn't expected that the fire would fail to burn the ledger to ashes!
"These are just some business transactions between the merchants. Don't try to pin all the blame on us!"
Yu Qing vehemently denied it.
"I'm not interested in the King of Yue's affairs. What I am curious about is whether the trade in Yanbei can be more profitable than that in the Great Zhou?"
Wei Jingchen squatted down casually, grinning like a greedy young man.
I don't know what you're talking about!
"Have you heard of Tingyu Pavilion? Yanyu Tower has some dealings with us."
If it's really that profitable, how about we talk about a new collaboration?
Wei Jingchen smiled and took out a short flute from his sleeve, on which was carved a blood lotus.
These are items from Tingyu Pavilion.
Yu Qing sized up the three people in front of him. The boy squatting in front of him had the face of a cunning businessman.
The older man, however, was very refined. The boy standing next to him carried a bow and arrows on his back, and the ruthlessness in his eyes was even greater than that of Chen Laoba!
This strange combination made Yu Qing uneasy.
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