Chapter 205: Those laborers...rebelled! 】
When Qu Wenmin heard this, his heart trembled violently, and he fell to his knees with a plop.
"Master! Even if I had a hundred guts, I would never dare to touch even a single cent of this gold ingot! Master, please understand!"
This is of course not true.
Faced with such golden gold, no one can remain indifferent.
What's more, apart from the passers-by who were captured to work as laborers and some prisoners, these "bandits" who were responsible for monitoring the guards were all his men.
If he doesn't give them some sweet benefits, how can he make them willingly take charge of mining and alchemy here?
Therefore, he secretly took at least ten thousand taels of the smelted gold, including the part given as rewards to his subordinates.
Of course, this gold would not be transported to his general's mansion, but was hidden in a safe place.
But the words of his 'master' just now clearly showed that he was suspicious of him, so he naturally had to express his loyalty quickly.
It was impossible to discern the expression behind the 'master's' mask. He pondered for a moment, then bent down and helped Qu Wenmin, who was kneeling on the ground, to his feet. He said with a smile, "General Qu, I was just joking. Why did you take it so seriously? Please stand up quickly. A mere 100,000 taels of gold is not something I would take seriously. However, someone dared to act so recklessly under my noses and yours truly disrespects us..."
Qu Wenmin stood up and said, "Master, I will check immediately..."
The Master smiled and said, "Of course we have to investigate. Arrest everyone here and torture them one by one to extract a confession. Let's see what we can find out."
After hearing this, Qu Wenmin quickly agreed, but in his heart he was so angry that he almost cursed his father.
These people are his confidants.
Now that they have been arrested and tortured, shouldn't they confess that they embezzled 10,000 taels in order to save their lives?
However, this may have been the true intention of the 'master'.
After all, Qu Wenmin would not be so naive as to think that all the people here were his. The "master" could trust him so much and hand over such a huge gold mine to him, he must have known that he had embezzled some of it.
If the water is too clear, there will be no fish. If the master takes the lion's share and the subordinates take the smaller share, they can turn a blind eye.
Now that the one hundred thousand taels are missing, he naturally has to take back the small amount he took.
The more Qu Wenmin thought about it, the angrier he became.
So all his hard work for the past two years was in vain...
Asking him to spit out what he has eaten? Not that easy!
What puzzled him the most was how the 100,000 taels of gold ingots disappeared?
Could it be Beirong...
When the "bandits" present heard that they were going to be arrested and tortured, they turned pale with fear. They looked at each other and made up their minds in a flash. They suddenly drew their long swords and rushed towards the masked "master" and Qu Wenmin!
Only by killing them can you survive!
However, before these people could get close to their 'master', a man suddenly appeared from the darkness like a ghost, raised his hand and slashed with his sword, and those people were beheaded!
Even Qu Wenmin couldn't help feeling a chill in his spine.
This man's skills were strange and swift, and he was ruthless and cruel, clearly the methods of a man in the underworld!
Could it be that the 'master' has bribed even the people in the underworld?
After hearing the examples of these few people, the others felt desperate and dared not resist anymore. They all knelt down and cried out that they were wronged.
"Then...what should we do with those laborers..." Qu Wenmin asked.
The Master sneered, showing no sign of the rage that a hundred thousand taels of gold had been stolen. Then he said calmly, "Of course they were all killed. Could it be that they were kept for the New Year?"
As he was speaking, news of the commotion outside finally reached him.
A man rushed in, knelt down and reported: "Oh no! Those laborers... are rebelling!"
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