The next morning, Zhang Xuan handled the backlog of official duties in the military officials' room as usual. Although he had the power to control the six counties of Jianghuai, in fact, he was sent to Jianghuai to wipe out the Jianghuai bandits, and did not interfere in local government affairs.

Despite this, he still had a lot of military affairs to wait for his signature and approval, such as military armor and rations, training and evaluation, military merit assessment and many other trivial matters.

Zhang Xuan stood in front of the window with his hands behind his back, his eyes thoughtful. He was considering the candidate for the deputy general of the navy. Although Qi Liang is a rare navy general, he was born into a thief after all. While using Qi Liang, Zhang Xuan also considered to have a bridle on him to prevent him from becoming the second-generation Miao Haichao.

At this time, the personal soldiers reported at the door: "Report to General, Miss Zhang has something urgent to ask for a meeting!"

Zhang Xuan was slightly stunned. What would happen if Zhang Chuchen wanted to see him?

"Please come in!"

At this time, Zhang Xuan suddenly remembered the recruitment of female soldiers. If Zhang Chuchen hadn't come to find him, he would have almost forgotten about this matter.

After a moment, Zhang Chuchen quickly walked into Zhang Xuan's official room. Zhang Xuan quickly got up and smiled and said, "What's wrong with Miss Chuchen?"

Zhang Chuchen hesitated for a moment, should she tell Zhang Xuan about what she saw last night, but her hesitation was only a moment, and she immediately said: "I want to tell you about the Dou Family Decoration Store."

"Is it the decoration store you went to two days ago?" Zhang Xuan asked with a smile.

Zhang Chuchen nodded, "I went again last night and saw something you should be interested in."

An hour later, Zhang Xuan took Fang Xuanling to Nanshi together, saying that he wanted to understand the backgrounds of major merchants in Nanshi.

Fang Xuanling was very surprised why Zhang Xuan was so interested in the Guanlong nobles. Logically, they have been in Qingzhou and are far away from the Guanlong nobles. The two sides should not have any intersection. Why did Zhang Xuan pay special attention to the Guanlong nobles?

"The general wants to learn about the situation of the Jiangnan Association!"

“There are both!”

Zhang Xuan smiled and said, "Since I care about the Jiangnan Association and the Guanlong nobles, I just want to know how much power they have in Jiangdu. Is there any other power besides business?"

Fang Xuanling heard something in Zhang Xuan's words, so he asked tentatively: "Are you saying that they are secretly cultivating power in Jiangdu?"

"I got some information, maybe it's possible!"

The two of them walked while talking. Soon they arrived at the street where the Jewelry Store in Nanshi were located. Zhang Xuan saw the shop that his wife mentioned at a glance: Yuhe Gold Shop.

Compared with other decoration shops, this decoration shop is really large in scale and has a bit of a standout.

Of course, Zhang Xuan believed in the information Zhang Chuchen told him. The store contained a large number of weapons. But he was a little confused. What did the Dou family store weapons in Jiangdu? Do they want to launch a mutiny in Jiangdu?

Although there was a mutiny in Jiangdu in history, it was a mutiny caused by the Xiaoguo army, and there was no need for the Dou family to replenish their strength. Moreover, even if the Guanlong nobles occupied Jiangdu, they were too far away from their base, which was really unrealistic.

Zhang Xuan walked into the door, and the shopkeeper immediately rushed to greet him after hearing the news, "Welcome General Zhang to the store!"

Zhang Xuan smiled faintly and said, "I'm here to find Dou Yang, is he here?"

Of course, Manager Wang knew the secret of the store background. Since Mrs. Zhang Xuan knew, Zhang Xuan would know it, but Mr. Yang said that Zhang Xuan had a good relationship with the head of the Dou family, and he should not make things difficult for the store.

"To be honest with the general, my young master rushed to Luoyang yesterday afternoon and is not in Jiangdu now."

"Is it true?"

"The villain dared not deceive the general, and the young master did not let the villain hide it. He was indeed not in Jiangdu."

"Since that's the case, I'll come back another day."

Zhang Xuan turned around and left the shop. Fang Xuanling was even more confused. He left if he was not there. What's the point of calling himself to come?

Zhang Xuan seemed to understand his thoughts and said to him: "Let the military advisor come together. He intends to leave this matter to the military advisor."

Zhang Xuan then whispered to him a few times, Fang Xuanling nodded repeatedly and said with a smile: "General, don't worry, I will handle this matter properly."

The shopkeeper Wang of the decoration shop is a native of Jiangdu, but he worked in the Dou family's industry more than 20 years ago and was loyal for many years. He also won the trust of the Dou family and grasped all the industrial secrets of the Dou family in Jiangdu.

Manager Wang’s home is in Zuo Shanghe River near Nanshi. It is a small house covering an area of ​​three acres. There are old father, wife and two sons in the family. In addition, he bought two little maids. Because Manager Wang’s income is high, the family lives a relatively wealthy life.

The next evening, the tired shopkeeper Wang arrived at home. Dou Yang gave him a lot of extra work these days, which made him so busy that he was overwhelmed. Finally, he finished the deal, but he was exhausted.

As soon as he walked into the house, his wife came up and smiled and said, "Have Erlang gone to help you do things?"

Erlang is the second son of Manager Wang. He is only sixteen years old and is studying in the county school. He is at home on holidays these days. Manager Wang is stunned, "No! When will he come to see me?"

His wife was also a little stunned, "Didn't you send someone to call me?"

"When will I send someone to find him?"

Manager Wang suddenly became anxious, "Who is it? When did it happen?"

"It was at noon today, someone came and said it was your friend. If you asked Erlang to go to the store to help, Erlang happily followed him. Husband, isn't you the one you sent?"

"I didn't send anyone!"

"Husband, what happened?"

Manager Wang's wife panicked and held his hand and shouted, "Who will take him away?"

Manager Wang forced himself to calm down and comforted his wife, "Maybe Erlang wanted to go out to play with his friends, so he should come tonight."

Manager Wang also comforted himself that he had always been honest and had no enemies, so no one should have wanted to harm his son.

But even though he said that, at night, his son still had no news. Manager Wang was a little anxious. He finally realized that something might have happened to his son.

Just as Manager Wang put on his shoes and was about to go out to find his son, a maid ran to report, "Master, someone is looking for him outside!"

"Who is it? Who is coming to me at this time!"

Manager Wang was both angry and anxious, and finally couldn't help but yell. The little maid was so scared that she had never seen the master look so angry.

"Master, he said he was here to talk about Erlang." The little maid lowered her head in fear and said.

"ah!"

Manager Wang was stunned for a moment. He suddenly realized that he rushed to the door like a gust of wind. He saw four people standing outside the door, three followers surrounded by a young scholar. The scholar had a smile on his face and looked familiar.

"You are"

"We met yesterday in Xiafang Xuanling, Manager Wang."

Manager Wang suddenly remembered, wasn’t the person who came to the store with Zhang Xuan yesterday the young scholar?

He finally understood a little. Could it be that his son's disappearance had something to do with Zhang Xuan?

Manager Wang suddenly remembered something, and his head was covered in cold sweat and his legs began to tremble. Fang Xuanling could see clearly and smiled and said, "Manager Wang, this is not a place to speak."

"I know, please come with me by Mr. Fang."

Manager Wang wiped the cold sweat from his forehead and hurriedly took Fang Xuanling into his room. Fang Xuanling's three followers stood at the door with their hands crossed, and even Manager Wang's wife was not allowed to approach.

"Where is my son?" Manager Wang asked anxiously.

"Don't worry, the son-in-law is safe now. As long as we have a happy conversation, the son-in-law will soon be home."

Fang Xuanling’s implication, if the conversation is unpleasant

Manager Wang suddenly felt angry and sat down, and after a while he was weak: "What do you want? I told your general that Mr. Dou did not lie to come to Beijing."

"Of course we know Dou Yangjing. He was a boatman, so we are not interested in him."

"Then do you want it?" Manager Wang asked tentatively.

"Actually, Manager Wang knew what we wanted, so I'll just say it! What are the weapons you hide in the cellar for? "

Manager Wang whined in his heart. It was indeed for this matter. He had told the young master that there were too many people who knew it, and sooner or later it would be impossible to keep the fire.

"There is indeed a little weapon"

"How many specific?" Fang Xuanling asked without ambiguity after breaking through Manager Wang's defense.

"About six thousand battle knives, four thousand spears, and one thousand two hundred pairs of armor."

Fang Xuanling nodded secretly. The number of soldiers and armor was much more than he estimated, and it was enough to arm an army.

"What are these soldiers and armors used for?" Fang Xuanling began to ask the core questions.

Manager Wang's lips trembled and instinctively said: "I don't know either. I only know that there are these things, just in the store."

Fang Xuanling looked at him for a while, turned around and left, leaving a sentence, "Since you don't know, then prepare to collect the body of your son!"

Manager Wang was so scared that he shouted, "Sir, go slowly, I know! I know!"

Fang Xuanling stopped and looked at him coldly. He really didn't see the coffin and shed tears. He said it was right at all.

Manager Wang was even lowered and whispered for a while: "Those weapons are ready to be sold to the Jiangnan Association."

Fang Xuanling was stunned, but he did not expect that the Guanlong nobles would actually collude with Jiangnan.

(To be continued.)
Chapter completed!