Updated: 2012-09-25

Lin Daier thought for a while and shook her head, "Father has never said how to contact the Taoist sect." Suddenly, she thought of something, frowned and said, "But... my father left something behind."

Lu Tianyou's eyes lit up and he said, "Is it related to Taoist sect?"

"I don't know either." Lin Daier shook her head and said, "My father has never mentioned it."

"What is it?" Lu Tianyou asked.

Lin Daier said: "It's a stone."

"Stone?"

"Yes!" Lin Daier nodded and said, "The red stone is a bit strange. My father handed it to me before he went there, so that I could keep it well and not fall into the hands of others. I have always been by my side, but I can't see what's strange about the stone."

Lu Tianyou said strangely: "Red stone? This is really strange. I'm afraid it's really involved with the Taoist Sect. Maybe the way to find the Taoist Sect is hidden on the stone." He asked: "Can the stone be on your body now?"

Lin Daier lowered her head, quickly raised her head, shook her head and said, "Now...is no longer here."

Lu Tianyou frowned and said, "Are you there?"

"Last time we were going to kidnap Qiao Mingtang's wife in Jinghe, and exchange her for you and your second uncle, but they finally escaped." Lin Daier's eyes were a little annoyed, "At that time, I was determined to rescue you, but I didn't pay attention to the stone. That night I found that the stone was gone, but I didn't know when it would be lost." Then he blamed himself: "That was what my father gave me before he went there, and told me to collect it well, but I accidentally lost it. I... I'm sorry for my father."

Lu Tianyou sighed and comforted: "Since you lost it, it's impossible, don't think too much."

Lin Daier thought about it and suddenly said, "But I always suspected that I was being taken away by someone."

"Oh?" Lu Tianyou said: "Who is it?"

Lin Daier pondered slightly and shook her head and said, "Maybe I guessed wrong." However, Chu Huan's appearance appeared in her heart. After discovering that the stone was lost, Lin Daier also searched Chu Huan, but no stone was found.

But then I thought about it, I was cautious in my daily life and kept the stone close to my body. The only possibility of losing it was that when I was entangled with Chu Huan in the river, the guy even pulled off his bellyband. She couldn't be sure whether the red stone was taken away by Chu Huan or fell into the river.

She felt that the stone was ordinary and others might not be able to take it away, and Chu Huan might not have taken it away. It was probably because it fell into the river, but she was not completely sure that Chu Huan had not taken it away.

In fact, Chu Huan was entangled with her body in Jiangzhong. Although she was not young, she had never been touched by a man like that. When she thought about it occasionally, she was a little blushed and her heartbeat.

Seeing that the only clue was gone, Lu Tianyou smiled bitterly and said, "It seems that it is a huge difficulty to find the Taoist sect. There are many masters in the government, so they must also be looking for traces of the Taoist sect on Xishan Road. They are numerous and powerful, and even if there is an official, they cannot find the traces of the Taoist sect. We two have no clue, so it is even more difficult to find them."

Lin Daier shook her head and said, "That may not be!"

Seeing Lin Daier thinking, Lu Tianyou asked, "Daier, have you thought of anything?"

Lin Daier said: "Brother Tianyou, do you think the Town Valley Isidal Garden is under the jurisdiction of the government?"

Lu Tianyou was stunned.

"The Machiya Isolate Farm is in Chen County." Lin Daier said slowly: "Although it is located in a remote location, the government will never know that there is a stone yard there. Before Heishui Mountain was besieged, Hou Muxin received news early on, telling the movements of our Imperial Guards. But as far as I know, the Imperial Guards sent troops to siege Heishui Mountain, which was extremely secret. How did Hou Muxin know?"

Lu Tianyou obviously felt that there was doubt in the middle.

"Hou Muxin can know, maybe it was a notice from the Taoist sect, and the Taoist sect can know the movements of the Imperial Guards. I suspect that there are people from the Taoist sect in the government even in the Imperial Guards." Lin Daier looked serious, "Hou Muxin not only told the enemy about the besieging Heishui Mountain in advance, but even made the evacuation route very clear. We retreated to the Town Valley Ishiba Ishiba, which was also the location indicated by Hou Muxin. Moreover, before Qiu Ruxue appeared, we were always safe in the Town Valley Ishiba Ishiba, and no one in the government even came to investigate."

Lu Tianyou felt something and asked, "Dai'er, do you mean that there are people from Taoism in the Tongzhou government?"

"Hou Muxin once said that the disciples of Tianmen Taoism are everywhere and all over the world, and anyone who is in the Taoist sect may be a disciple of Taoism." Lin Daier said: "Which said this is certainly showing off the omnipotence of Tianmen Taoism, it also shows that the people of Tianmen Taoism are not gathered in one place, but are scattered in every corner, with identity concealment. People in official uniforms are also humans, so they are not without Taoist disciples."

"You are right." Lu Tianyou clapped his hands and said, "You are hiding in the Town Valley Ishiba Ishiba, but there is no government investigation. It can only be said that someone in the government has saved you, and that person's identity is definitely not low. At least he can have the means to hide the figure of the Town Valley Ishiba Ishiba." Asked, "Dai'er, do you think... is the county magistrate of Chen County a disciple of the Taoist sect?"

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The Chen County Magistrate was kneeling at Wei Tianqing's feet, kowtowed repeatedly, and said in a trembling voice: "Mr. Commander, the lower officials are guilty. The records on this are not all the stone fields, some... some are not recorded on it."

The list of stone yards in Lord Lin's hand was already burning, and he threw them in front of Chen Chong, just looking at Chen Chong very calmly without saying anything.

The list burned, and the fire shone on Chen Chong's face, making his face pale.

He immediately understood that the Fucheng sent people to investigate the stone yard. It seemed that the stone yard's favoritism and fraud had already been revealed. When he saw Wei Tianqing looking at him coldly, he confessed: "The Wei commander is also forced to do nothing. The lower officials are humble. The upper officials are not afraid to ask about the matters of the superiors."

"What do you mean by the boss?" Wei Tianqing said slowly: "Chen Chong, you come here as it is. I may plead for you to the Governor, but if you still want to hide it, even if the King of Heaven can't save you. You can choose whether you die or live."

Chen Chong immediately said, "If the officials know, they will never dare to hide it." He pointed to the list of stone yards and said, "Two sirs, this list is a list of officials, and it is a list to report to the Governor and the court. In fact, there are more than twenty-seven stone yards in Chen County. How many are there? The officials... the officials are actually not sure."

"You are the master of a county. Don't you know about Chen County?" Wei Tianqing sneered.

Chen Chong had already sweated coldly on his forehead and back: "The mob in Chen County is in haunted, and Xiaguan... Xiaguan has not been in good health this year, so he rarely goes out. Many of the affairs are handled by the county magistrate. Xiaguan knows that although there are several stone yards in Chen County are being mined, they are not recorded in the copy, and they have not reported to the court."

Wei Tianqing frowned and said, "You guys start mines privately?"

"If you are not a low-ranking official, you will never have the courage." Chen Chong waved his hand and said, "Although the low-ranking official is the county magistrate of Chen County, he never dared to interfere in the affairs of the stone yard. The Shimin Office has always been responsible for the finance of the stone yard, while the Tongzhou Ministry of Revenue Department sends people to manage the affairs of the stone yard, the mining and management of the stone yard, and the sales to the outside. They are all managed by the Ministry of Revenue Department, and the people of the Ministry of Revenue Department only inspect occasionally.

"You mean, those stone mines that were mined privately were the joint efforts of the Stone Mine Department and the Ministry of Revenue Department?" Wei Tianqing's face was cold.

Chen Chong came to this point and didn't care about anything else. He knew that if he really had concealed it, there was a possibility that he would lose his head. He replied: "The officials are not sure that they were the ones who were doing it, but... but they are always inseparable from them. Someone from the Ministry of Revenue Department once came to warn Xiaguan that the private quarry and the county government should not be recorded in the copywriting. The details of the stone farms of the three yamen of the County Government, the Ministry of Revenue Department and the Shimin Bureau of the County Government must be unified. If something goes wrong, the officials will be the first to move." Seeing that Wei Tianqing was still looking at him coldly, he hurriedly said: "The officials are humble in their identities, so how dare they disobey? Moreover... and every month, the Ministry of Revenue Department will send a sum of silver to the officials, and every time it is seventy or eighty taels of silver. Xiaguan... The officials are obsessed with money, and... the second is that they dare not oppose the Ministry of Revenue Department and the Shimin Bureau of the So... the officials are not afraid to continue.

Lord Lin finally said lightly: "You can get seventy or eighty taels of silver in a month. In their eyes, even a fraction of them is not even considered. In a year, this fraction of silver is not considered nearly a thousand taels of silver. The profits in a private quarry are unknown how huge it is."

Wei Tianqing clenched his fist and said, "The Stone Mine Bureau is a special yamen set up by the imperial court to supervise the local government. It was originally intended to prevent local mining and committing personal fraud. Unexpectedly, they themselves rolled into muddy waters..." He looked solemn and looked very angry.

"As long as it is a cat, it is difficult to resist the temptation of fishy fish." Lord Lin said lightly: "It's just a case of a private quarry. Looking back, Governor Qiao sent someone to investigate thoroughly. What we need to do is not to investigate the case of a private quarry."

When Chen Chong heard this, he was stunned.

These two adults are clearly investigating the case of a private quarry, but why they do not admit it?

Wei Tianqing said: "Chen Chong, I have a group of criminals in my hands. I will lend it to your county jail for use first."

Chen Chong hurriedly said, "The official is in charge." He thought to himself, "There is a group of criminals? Did the two adults have already taken action and arrested the people who mined the private mine?"

After Wei Tianqing ordered, he asked, "Do you know the situation of the Machiya Ishiba?"

Chen Chong shook his head and said, "Shuguan doesn't know much, but Shiguan knows that the town of Mount Chung will mine sooner or later. He still guesses it is an official mine or a private mine. Even now, Xiaguan doesn't know that the stone yard has been opened in Mount Chung. If it is an official mine, the Ministry of Revenue Department will notify the county government office to complete some procedures. Since the mine has been opened without notice, it must be a private mine mined above. The private mine recruits miners, and the official mine has always been responsible for the people. The official mine recruits people, but sometimes we ask our county government office to help."

Wei Tianqing nodded, looked at Lord Lin, and said, "The rebellion in the Machiya Ishiba seems to be related to the Ministry of Revenue Department."

Chen Chong was secretly surprised and thought to himself: "How did the mining party start to be a riot?" He was even more frightened. If he was involved in a private mine, he would be dismissed from office and dismissed from office. He would take out his savings and he could not say that his life could be saved, but if he was involved in a riot, he would definitely die.

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