Chapter 86 Who is the mantis and who is the oriole?
Fan Xiaodao left Room Tianzi No. 1 with a look of anger on his face.
Although Yi Zhihua has been helping him a lot, whether it is answering questions or analyzing cases, and is even particularly sad about his headaches, he can't understand why he keeps secret about the deciphering of this information.
Willing to reveal half a word.
Retribution? What retribution?
Lively? Whose lively?
These questions shrouded his mind like clouds of doubt. Fan Xiaodao reorganized Lan Zhili's words in the past two days. Which of the threats from the Northern Zhou embassy and the plan to deal with Xue Yingxiong was true and which was false?
When they arrived at the teahouse where they agreed to meet up with Zhao Xing, Zhao Xing had already made tea, ordered snacks, and tasted them slowly. After a busy day, Fan Xiaodao didn't even have time to drink herbal tea, let alone eat. Seeing him like this
Enjoying it, he stepped forward to pick up the teapot and drank a gulp of it.
Zhao Xingdao: "The best Piaoxue, two taels of silver for a pot, wasted!"
Fan Xiaodao picked up a piece of snack and said dissatisfiedly: "I am busy outside, but you are hiding here to enjoy it secretly. Don't let your life be too easy."
Zhao Xing said: "Everyone has his own destiny. I have always been efficient in doing things. How can I be like you? I work around all day long and fail to grasp the key points."
"Where did you get the money?"
Zhao Xingdao: "Didn't the rich young man from Jiangnan give you an ingot of gold today? Although we reluctantly accepted it for the purpose of collecting evidence, after the evidence collection is over, as gold, it must exert its monetary properties as general equivalents, and of course it must be spent.
Already."
"Where's the rest?"
"They are all external things. They are too heavy, so throw them away."
Fan Xiaodao: "You really know how to live."
After thinking about it, he decided not to take out the golden leaf he had collected in Shuntian Mansion, but he still complained about him for a long time. Zhao Xingdao said: "If you keep chatting like this, I can chat with you until late at night, you don't have to ask.
Is it the result of my going to the Military and Horse Division to investigate the case?"
Fan Xiaodao said angrily: "No need to ask, I must have hit a snag."
Zhao Xing smiled and said, "If I hit a snag, I won't be able to take my time here to eat snacks and drink tea. However, when I asked them to make a register of tung oil in the city, they were unwilling to cooperate at first. It was best that I had to move out.
The identity of the imperial envoy came to suppress him. Lan Zhili was indeed lying." He took out a booklet from his arms and handed it over, "Read it yourself."
Fan Xiaodao opened the book, which recorded the purchase and sales records of major oil shops in the capital over the past few years. Tung oil is controlled in the city. If you want to transport tung oil into the capital, you must apply for a quota from the Wucheng Military and Horse Division. Only after being approved can you
Sales, and each time a purchase is made, the sales list of the last purchase must be used as an application record, so there are traces that can be traced.
Yutai Oil Mill is not the largest oil mill in Beijing, but since this year, their purchases have increased significantly compared with previous years, even surpassing several other large oil mills. The approved inventory of their oil mill is 8,000 kilograms, and the sales cycle is generally three to four.
months, but since January, they have purchased nearly 50,000 jins. The maximum sales volume of other oil mills is only about 10,000 jins. If we estimate based on the sales of previous years and peers, at least 20,000 to 30,000 jins.
The whereabouts of the tung oil that has been written off are unknown.
"Have you told Feng Qianjin?"
Zhao Xingdao: "Although that guy is a idiot, this matter is related to his black hat. He has noticed the problem without me opening my mouth. Now he is mobilizing the officers and soldiers of the Military and Horse Division to verify the movements on the sales list. If it weren't for me,
Stop him, I'm afraid he has already led people to arrest Lan Zhili."
Fan Xiaodao said: "Now it is basically confirmed that Lan Zhili and Li Zhixing are a team, so why do they put on another show for us?"
"It's a good show, of course someone has to watch it. Twenty thousand kilograms of tung oil has disappeared. This is not a small sum. By the way, why did it take you so long to come? What new discoveries have you made?"
Fan Xiaodao told him what happened at Xue Yingxiong's house, and also told him about Li Baniang and Yi Zhihua deciphering the intelligence. Zhao Xing analyzed: "Yi Zhihua deciphered the intelligence but refused to tell it, just waiting to watch the fun.
, there is only one possibility, that is, the target Li Zhixing wants to deal with is most likely his enemy."
Who is Yi Zhihua’s enemy?
Song Jingang, who personally arrested him and imprisoned him, has long since passed away, as well as Xue Yingxiong of the Jinyi Guards. But with Xue Yingxiong's current power, no matter how scheming Li Zhixing is, this place is still someone else's territory after all, and it is not easy to deal with him.
The weather is dry now. If tung oil is used to cheer up, there will probably be quite a stir in the capital. What is their target?
Zhao Xing glanced out the window and said, "Sooner or later, this matter will come to light. Since Lan Zhili has invited us to perform in a play, we should cooperate with his performance. We just have to be careful."
"How should we cooperate?"
“Play it by ear.”
Fan Xiaodao said: "This is not like your style. I remember you said that everything will be done if you are prepared, and if you are not prepared, it will be ruined. You always have a plan in doing things."
Zhao Xingdao: "Everything has its own meaning. Let's go and dress up first."
"Do you still want to dress up?"
Zhao Xing pointed at the two of them: "You have to put on a full set for a show. Even if Lan Zhili sincerely lies to us, we can't trade with him wearing this, right?"
Both of them are now wearing six-door uniforms. Zhao Xing is the head catcher in green, and Fan Xiaodao is the catcher in gray. It is really inappropriate to meet people like this. Fan Xiaodao said: "With our looks and your temperament, how can you dress up?"
, doesn’t look like a buddy either?”
Zhao Xing smiled and said: "As the old saying goes, a man relies on his clothes and a horse relies on his saddle. If we change our outfits, we will be different immediately."
With that said, he stopped two guys of similar size in the teahouse and said, "You two come in."
The two waiters were confused, "Master, what are your orders?"
"Take off your clothes!"
A waiter said: "Sir, the shop only sells tea, not your body."
Another person said: "Yes, the two of us are relatively normal. We are not as good as your government officials."
Zhao Xing looked disgusted and slapped the table with his long knife: "With your dignity, are you qualified to sell yourself? If you are told to take it off, take it off!"
The two of them didn't know why, so they took off their coats cautiously. After Fan and Zhao put them on, they frowned and asked, "How long has it been since you washed them?"
The waiter said: "Our shopkeeper is stingy and only gives us one set of clothes. If you take them away, what will we do?"
Zhao Xingdao: "We bought these two sets of clothes. You wear our clothes first. After all, they are also Liumen's official uniforms. This will give you a chance to show off." He looked at Fan Xiaodao again and said, "Why are you still standing there?
, you still haven’t paid for it?”
"Why did I pay?"
Zhao Xing said nonsense. My money has been thrown away. Who will pay if you don’t pay for it?
Fan Xiaodao asked again, "Then why do you conclude that I have money?"
Zhao Xing rolled his eyes at him, "When you first came in, I saw you taking something out of your arms. With my observant eyes, how could I not know that?"
"Then maybe I'm tickling?"
Zhao Xingdao: "You said it yourself, you just came back from Shuntian Mansion. Sun Zhaohai, that snake oil, is very good at getting things done. He can compete with Ding Yi. Normally, people from six doors will not leave empty-handed when they go to work.
Now that you have become an imperial envoy, if he lets you go out empty-handed, won't it look like you don't know how to do things?"
"you are vicious!"
Fan Xiaodao took out the gold leaf and handed it to the two of them, "I'll reward you."
Zhao Xing was stunned, "That's a bit much!"
Fan Xiaodao said: "I'm happy!"
Now the two guys were very happy. Not only did they get a one-day experience with the policeman, but they also got a gold leaf in their account. This kind of good thing could not be found even with a lantern. The two of them switched to the policeman.
After taking it quickly, I suddenly looked much more majestic.
"Captain Zhang!"
"The king catches the head!"
"Nice to meet you!"
The two of them were not polite, Zhao Xing cursed, "Stop your anger and get out of here!"
The two of them left the teahouse in succession. Fan Xiaodao suddenly asked, "Is this how we give them our clothes?"
Zhao Xingdao: "Why, do you still want to take it with you?"
"But these clothes are registered with the government. How can we deal with Mr. Yang?"
Zhao Xing said with a smile: "If these two people are honest, they will get along well. However, looking at their virtues, it will not take long before they go out and cause trouble. If you wear official clothes privately, you will get a slap in the face, even if you don't
A beating will inevitably result in a fine of silver. When the time comes, the official uniform will be sent back to the Yamen."
"You are really damaged."
"Didn't I give them a gold leaf?"
The two of them left the teahouse and went to meet Lan Zhili.
Fan Xiaodao couldn't understand why Lan Zhili deliberately jumped out and lied to them about receiving threats from the Northern Zhou people when he could do nothing. Then he told them that Li Zhixing was going to deal with Xue Yingxiong? Based on Li Baniang's description of him,
He is not a brainless person, and is very scheming. Is it just to prove his innocence so that he can escape if problems arise in the future?
"If Li Zhixing shows up, should we arrest him?"
Zhao Xingdao: "How could the Jinyiwei people who have not been caught for more than ten years be caught by us so easily? They took the initiative to expose their tails in this transaction and lured us into the bait. As for what kind of medicine was sold in the gourd, I don't know.
I can’t figure it out, but the other parties are all desperadoes. If they really take action, we may not be able to take advantage, so it’s better to be cautious.”
Fan Xiaodao said: "I know you won't fight an unprepared battle. By the way, how many of our people are ambushing you at the oil mill?"
Zhao Xingdao: "Not one."
"What?"
"If you don't enter the tiger's den, you won't get the cub. Since we promised to do a full set, if we don't evacuate all the people, they will be on guard. By then, our next move will be frustrated."
"Next step?"
"Step by step."
In any case, this is an opportunity for them to take the initiative. Rather than looking for a needle in a haystack, it is better to use the trick to catch the cicada and the oriole behind. However, they do not know who will be the winner in this upcoming game.
Mantis, who is the oriole.
Chapter completed!