Chapter 149 Someone From the Supervisory Department Is Involved

"Where is the place where you refine your gold?"

Ning Chen asked in a deep voice.

"In Li Ji's blacksmith shop in the south of the city, the shopkeeper is a distant relative of mine."

Ning Chen sneered, "Refining gold in a blacksmith shop is really good at hiding it from others."

"Master Zhang, is there anything else you want to tell me?"

Zhang Yuancang said: "I have an account book, which clearly records the gold and silver given to the left prime minister over the years, as well as which officials in Lingzhou were involved. They are all recorded in the book."

He knew that he was completely screwed, and now only by telling the truth could he have a chance to save his family.

Ning Chen stood up and said: "Old Pan, you continue the investigation, remember to send someone to find the account book... I will take someone to copy Li Ji's blacksmith shop."

Pan Yucheng nodded.

Following Zhang Yuancang's scream, Ning Chen pulled out his dagger, quickly came outside, led more than 20 soldiers, and headed straight to the south of the city.

Li Ji's blacksmith shop has closed.

Ning Chen asked people to guard the front and back doors, and then led people to rush in.

Everyone was captured and the resisters were killed on the spot.

Finally, Ning Chen discovered a place for refining gold in the yard behind the blacksmith shop.

And the carriage in the yard already contained five large boxes of gold... Fortunately, Ning Chen arrived in time, otherwise the gold would have been transported away tonight.

In addition, there is unrefined gold ore.

Ning Chen thought for a while, called a soldier, and said: "Hurry up and go to the Yamen of Yang'an County and ask Feng Qizheng and Chen Chong to come to Lingzhou overnight to meet me... Also, ask Qi Yuanzhong and Yuan Long to bring Yang Relevant people from Anxian County Government and others later brought them to Lingzhou."

"yes!"

Ning Chen looked at the people being controlled in the blacksmith shop and fell into deep thought.

With only Ma Kaicheng, I am afraid that I will not be able to move to the left prime minister.

Now that he has military affairs and the border issues have not been resolved, he cannot return to Beijing without authorization... If he returns to Beijing without authorization, it will be tantamount to treason.

He didn't care, but Pan Yucheng and others would definitely be implicated.

Ning Chen's eyes accidentally fell on the blacksmith shop owner, his eyes flickering slightly.

"Keep your head up."

The latter raised his head with a look of horror.

Ning Chen stared at him for a while, "Are you related to Zhang Yuancang?"

"Far, distant cousin."

Ning Chen smiled, "No wonder they look alike. It's good."

"Where will you send this gold?"

"Send it to the inn outside the city."

Ning Chen frowned slightly, but he didn't expect that the gold would go through the official route... That's right, no one would usually check the things transported on the pipeline.

"When will it be delivered to the inn?"

"Yinshi."

Yinshi is around four o'clock in the morning, so there's enough time.

Ning Chen ordered people to take these people back first and temporarily imprison them in the government prison.

He moved a chair, sat in the yard, and began to plan what would happen next.

With the evidence he has now, it will not be easy to overthrow the left prime minister. He needs more evidence.

The key is that he can't return to Beijing now and is beyond his reach, so his previous plan to use Ma Kaicheng as the left prime minister will not work.

He just had a new idea.

That is to collect as much evidence as possible, and then add military merit, so that it is possible to compete with the leftist.

Therefore, Zhang Yuancang, Jin Wu, and Li Ji cannot die yet, but they will not be sent back to the capital.

Let’s not talk about whether they can be sent to the capital. Even if they are sent to the capital, I am afraid that these people will be silenced by people sent by the left prime minister before they open their mouths.

Even the prison of the Inspectorate is not safe... The Inspectorate is not monolithic, and everyone has weaknesses. It is too easy for the left prime minister to win over a few people from the Inspectorate.

Ning Chen couldn't help but doze off as he thought about it.

Since arriving in Lingzhou, he has never closed his eyes, and he has not even been able to eat. He has been running between Yang'an County and Lingzhou, and he is tired and hungry.

Ning Chen simply asked someone to fetch well water and washed his face, and then he managed to regain some energy.

At the fourth watch, which was close to three o'clock in the morning, the soldiers sent out came back with Feng Qizheng and Chen Chong.

"Ning Chen, why don't you take a rest? It's too much for your body to continue like this."

Feng Qizheng was a little worried, while Ning Chen looked tired.

They can still sit and rest for a while, or take a nap... Ning Chen has been running around.

Ning Chen waved his hand and said, "Let's rest after you finish your work!"

He pointed to the carriage next to him, "These five boxes of gold will be delivered to the post station outside the city in Yinshi... Each time it is transported, the number of people cannot exceed five, so I can only call you back."

Chen Chong said: "You mean to let us send the gold to the post station outside the city and then capture the person who took over?"

Ning Chen nodded, "Old Chen, you have a good idea, you can make it right with just a few clicks!"

"That's necessary. I don't dare to compare with others... But with Lao Feng, I am absolutely responsible for my IQ."

Chen Chong's face was full of arrogance, and Feng Qizheng kicked him.

Ning Chen smiled and said: "Stop making trouble, time is not in a hurry, you can leave immediately... How did you bring this gold, and how do you bring it back."

Feng Qizheng and Chen Chong nodded.

"Don't worry, leave it to us!"

"Thank you for your hard work! When you return to the capital, I will invite you to go to Jiaofangsi to drink and listen to music and sleep with women."

Chen Chong grinned and said, "Okay!"

Feng Qizheng, Chen Chong, and three soldiers put on the tattered cotton-padded jackets found in the blacksmith shop and set off.

Ning Chen was really tired.

He asked the soldiers to take turns to rest, while he found a random room and slept in his clothes.

When Ning Chen woke up, it was already dawn.

He got up and hurried outside and saw the carriage in the yard.

He walked over and opened it. It was full of gold cakes.

It seemed that Feng Qizheng and Chen Chong had returned a long time ago and went smoothly.

Ning Chen looked at the soldiers next to him, "Where are they?"

The soldier pointed to a room.

Ning Chen walked over, opened the door gently, and stepped in with one foot. Chen Chong suddenly sat up and grabbed the saber next to him in his hand.

When he saw that it was Ning Chen, he relaxed and yawned...then he patted Feng Qizheng to wake him up.

"When did you come back?"

Chen Chong rubbed his eyes, "It's probably the fifth watch... I wanted to let you rest for a while, so I didn't bother you."

Ning Chen hurriedly asked: "How did things go?"

Chen Chong said: "There were also five people who responded, all masters...killed three and captured two."

Chen Chong said, touched his arms, and then threw a token to Ning Chen, "Look at this?"

Ning Chen stretched out his hand to catch it, his eyes contracted sharply, "This is my waist badge of the Supervision Department."

Chen Chong nodded, "What was found from them is that they relied on the badge of the Supervision Department to have an unimpeded journey."

Ning Chen's face was gloomy, "Can you find out whose waistband this is?"

"Yes! The waistbands of the Supervision Department are all specially made. The patterns on each one may seem the same, but in fact there are differences... The patterns of these waistbands are recorded in a book, and only those with gold medals and above have the right to consult them."

Ning Chen nodded slightly, but he didn't expect someone from the Supervision Department to be involved.

"Have you interrogated the two people you captured?"