Chapter 1134 Iron Ore

But the smell of iron that permeated Tong's house was too great. It couldn't be the smell that comes from a dozen soldering irons, but the smell that comes from a lot of burned iron.

"Iron stinks?" Magistrate Shi was not an idiot, but a capable and intelligent person. He immediately understood what he said. He turned to look at Mr. Tong, pointed at him and said, "Arrest Tong Changxing!"

Then he pointed at the guards and said: "No one in the Tong family can resist, otherwise they will be punished as treason and will be killed without mercy!"

Iron was a controlled military asset in Dachu. Anyone who bought iron had to show their household registration and register at the Yamen. And there is a certain number, non-officials are not allowed to own more than one hundred kilograms of iron.

The smell of iron in Tong's house is so strong. I wonder how many kilograms of iron were burned? If the number exceeds the number stipulated by the court, it can be punished as treason.

When Master Tong saw that Magistrate Shi had discovered the secret of his family, his face was as pale as frost, but he was a good man and quickly calmed down after a brief panic. He asked Magistrate Shi with a puzzled look on his face: "Master Magistrate, what are you saying? What do you mean? Why do you want to arrest me? What did I do wrong? "

Seeing that he was still pretending, Magistrate Shi laughed angrily, pointed at him and said, "You protected Tong San and wanted to murder Liu Wenqing first. Now you have a large number of iron tools hidden in your home. You have violated the Dachu criminal law. You dare to say that you don't know about yourself." What did you do wrong? Tong Changxing, Tong Changxing, you are worthy of being the tyrant of Linhe Prefecture. You can still remain calm in times like this, you are considered a figure."

Mr. Tong is indeed a figure in Linhe Mansion. His family has no official status, and before Tong San, there was no one in the family with any fame. However, Tong Changxing was able to make the Tong family become a status equal to that of the official and aristocratic families.

The reason is not only that Tong Changxing is smart and capable of doing business, but also because the Tong family is rich.

I don’t know where the Tong family’s money comes from. Anyway, for decades, everyone has reached a consensus that the Tong family is not short of money. It is a family that can buy backers with money and cannot be easily offended.

But now it seems that the source of the Tong family's money is very doubtful. If there is no shady business, how can they become rich by just doing some restaurants, cloth shops, wine shops, escort agencies, and farming?

"Tong Changxing, don't make any more sophistry. You will be detained honestly. If you are innocent, the government will let you go, but it's too early to cry out for injustice!" Magistrate Shi winked at Squad Leader Huang. The squad leader immediately led people to tie up Mr. Tong.

Upon seeing this, Uncle Tong wanted to take advantage of the chaos and leave quietly, pretending not to know, but he had long been targeted by experienced government officials. Seeing that he was trying to escape, he was immediately caught.

Magistrate Shi frowned and said: "Tie up all the boys of the Tong family and take them to the living room in the front yard. All the government officials were divided into three groups. One group captured the boys of the Tong family; one group guarded the entrances of the Tong family and did not allow the Tong family to go out; and the other group searched The ruins and all the Tong family’s warehouses!”

Since there are iron tools in this warehouse, there will also be iron tools in other warehouses.

"Yes!" The government officials responded and immediately dispersed to work.

Magistrate Shi called to Shen Tongpan again: "Master Shen, you have worked hard. Now rush to the Fucheng garrison camp on the outskirts to find General Zhang and ask him to bring troops to help."

If what happened to the Tong family is true, then the source of the Tong family's money is most likely to be the private sale of iron tools. This is a serious crime of treason, including confiscating the family and exterminating the clan. People from the Fucheng garrison camp must come to suppress the situation. Otherwise, all of them would be in danger if the Tong family jumped over the wall.

"Don't worry, Lord Magistrate, I'll go immediately." Shen Tongpan hurriedly took his master and two guards at home and went straight to the Fucheng garrison camp.

…

When Xiao Sui saw that Magistrate Shi had discovered the secret of the Tong family and sent Shen Tongpan to move reinforcements outside the city, he yawned. When Team Leader Song and the others were released and Dr. Lian came to see Liu Wenqing, he took advantage of the opportunity. Before the soldiers from the camp arrived, they hurriedly withdrew and went back to meet Gu Jinan and tell him about the Tong family.

After hearing this, Gu Jinan smiled and said, "Well done."

Then he asked: "How is Liu Wenqing?"

Xiao Sui said: "I was given medicine by Mr. Tong, and I am a little confused. However, Dr. Lian is very powerful. He said that he can be cured, but he was hit hard by what happened tonight."

Liu Wenqing suffered this calamity because he had suffered enough from the hard life and wanted to find Master Tong San as his backer so that he could make a fortune through Tong San. But he was not Liu Wenqing. He couldn't see clearly the true nature of Tong San and couldn't protect himself. He was almost destroyed by Tong San.

After hearing this, Gu Jinan nodded: "As long as it can be cured. As for the blow, people always need to be hit before they can grow up."

Xiao Sui didn't like hearing these docile words. He was born as a beggar and loved gossip. He came over and asked Gu Jinan: "Master Gu, will the matter between Liu Wenqing and Tong San be spread to everyone?"

Gu Jinan shook his head: "No, the Tong family's secret is too big. This secret is enough for Magistrate Shi to be promoted. Magistrate Shi is happy to be a good person and preserve Liu Wenqing's reputation as a miserable master."

The matter between Tong San and Liu Wenqing is a scandal. Mr. Shi has already told it to Magistrate Shi. Magistrate Shi had no intention of taking care of it in the first place. After Mr. Liu reported it to the official overnight, Magistrate Shi was afraid that this matter would affect his coming to Beijing. Officer, this is what I accepted.

Now that he has discovered the secret of the Tong family and has made great achievements, he will not care about the affairs of Liu Wenqing and Tong San anymore. He will only suppress it and not let this scandal overshadow his discovery of the Tong family's private possession of iron tools. Son.

After all, storytelling is prevalent in Linhe Prefecture, and the people are more gossipy than the people in He'an Prefecture, and they like to hear some weird and bloody affairs.

Xiao Sui was a little disappointed, but he felt that Liu Wenqing was quite pitiful. Even if he didn't make a fuss, he would still be able to live a good life in the future. Once exposed, Liu Wenqing would have to change his name and live in a country where no one else knew him.

Gu Jinan looked at his disappointed look and smiled. Sure enough, he was still a young man who loved gossip: "The soldiers from the Fucheng garrison camp should have entered the city. There will be a lot of martial law in the city. You can sleep on the soft couch and leave tomorrow. , so as not to run into the soldiers of the camp."

"Hey." Xiao Sui and Gu Jinan were also familiar with each other. He happily took off his shoes and lay down on the soft couch, sleeping soundly.

Gu Jinan waited all night and was too sleepy, so he went back to the back room to sleep.

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When I woke up the next day, the entire Linhe Mansion was reduced to a pot of porridge, and everyone was talking about the Tong family hiding iron tools.

"I heard that the government army and the government officials found iron tools from four basements at Tong's house last night. Those iron tools were all weapons, and there were even machetes!"

"What? There are even scimitars. Could it be that the Tong family sells the iron weapons to the Da Rong people? Oh my god, this is a serious crime against the nine clans. No matter how many relatives the Tong family has, they won't be able to die!"

As soon as news came back that the Da Rong army had captured Longshan Mansion and looted Longshan Mansion, something happened to the Tong family. If the emperor was furious, all the six relatives of the Tong family would be in ruins.

"That's right. The relatives of the Tong family are also pitiful to have such relatives." The people in Fucheng sympathized with the relatives of the Tong family and talked about another rumor.

"I heard that the Tong family became rich again thirty years ago because Mr. Tong discovered an iron mine and made money by selling iron tools privately. This made him prosperous again."