Hiring a killer requires a lot of money.
If it is a silver ticket, just trace the ticket number of the bank to find the traces of the people in Piaoping Pavilion.
It's even more convenient if it's cash, since so much money will leave traces whether it's being shipped or hidden.
This is what Meng Qi wants to ask first, because this is the easiest way to track down Piaoping Pavilion.
"What did you give?"
Meng Qi asked the accountant of the leading club, the latter's eyes were dull and algae hung on his forehead. Whenever he tried to swim ashore, he would be pulled back by an invisible air current.
Du Dart, who was beside the accountant, was even more miserable. He tried to escape, but his nose was blue and his face was swollen. Now he was floating on the water in a dizzy state.
"Gold, a lot of gold," said the accountant, trembling.
"How much is a lot?"
"Six... six hundred taels."
Meng Qi raised his eyebrows unexpectedly, this is not a small amount.
Although the book of words is often a reward of a thousand taels of gold, it is the habit of storytellers to talk about the ancients. The gold mentioned in the past is actually brass, but teahouse storytellers are used to talking about romances. If they don’t use gold when they talk about the story of Jianghu, they will be very downcast, and the tea guests will not cheer.
To put it bluntly, the Four Gangs and Twelve Clubs are just four or five first-rate figures in the arena. There is money. After all, there are many ways for local snakes to get money. But once I took out a lot of money, I was reluctant, because the money of the Jianghu Gang came and went quickly.
"Where did you get so much gold?"
Even silver is scarce among the people. Many people only have copper coins and pieces of silver in their homes, and they can't get a whole ingot of silver at all. Even if the family is rich, the boxes in the family are all copper when they are opened, and a large part of the industry is shops and farms. Only when the family is defeated will they be discounted. The silver is still like this, and the gold is even less. Except for the ancestors who were officials and the Yangzhou salt merchants, the others who took out so much gold directly told everyone that the gold came from the wrong way.
The Changxin gang leader's eyes widened, he couldn't care about hiding, he choked the accountant's neck and said angrily, "Where will the money come from the dragon head? Depending on how much other people gave, it can't add up to one hundred taels of gold, and the rest was collected by your wife?"
Meng Qi found it more interesting.
The lead people have always made more money and paid less, like the Dragon Head Club, who posted more than 500 taels of gold at a time, which is simply a legend.
"Doctor, we seem to have encountered something unusual." Meng Qi joked.
Ink carp: "… "
Six hundred taels of gold with unknown origin and whereabouts, plus a mysterious killer organization and evil. The holy lotus altar, such a bizarre plot, is really the way that the legend of the Tang Dynasty loved.
"In this way, a slender and beautiful woman should appear right away." Mo Li thought for a while, and added after Meng Qi's words, "She has magical skills, or Yu Jian kills people. , or it can make a person the size of a soybean, or it can appear thousands of miles away through a mirror.”
"Uh."
Meng Qi paused and asked in a low voice, "Doctor, how many legend books did you read when you were in the capital?"
"Not too many, the more famous ones." Mo Li also replied in a low voice, "It is placed in a dark compartment on the south wall of the second floor of Wenyuan Pavilion, in the same direction as the shelf of the county annals. It is very interesting to write about local customs.”
"That's what I hid back then."
Meng Qi blurted out subconsciously, and then he coughed dryly and said solemnly: "No, doctor, that's not the case. It's all because Scholar Deng is stubborn, and everyone has no entertainment, so I went to find some text books to pass the time."
The ink carp is thoughtful, no wonder there are many monsters who are different.
"Actually..." Meng Qi hesitated, and switched to voice transmission, "doesn't the doctor think that we are also in line with the strange novels?"
Mo Li shook his head flatly and said, "No, then we should be a mountain god or a so-and-so true monarch who was bestowed by the Jade Emperor of the Heavenly Court. We usually play tricks on the woodcutter and hunters. When the emperor sacrifices to the sky, he finds that the emperor doesn't respect the gods enough, so we incarnate. Troubled, and finally got the offering and floated away."
"In the legend of the Tang Dynasty, it is not necessarily true, and the dragon will also be killed." Meng Qi was very concerned.
"… "
Wake up, there are no dragons to kill, only gerbils!
Mo Li simply stepped aside and rescued the accountant who was about to be strangled to death by the Changxin gang leader.
Guild Master Changxin was breathing heavily, and it took him a long time to calm down. He has been on Yuzhou Road for half his life, and he has experienced a lot of things, big and small. He has never been so frightened. In the world, there may be people who take money without a word, but it is definitely not a leader.
Jianghu gangs like them rely on doing business on the road and make a living by taking advantage of the favorable location. Opening a martial arts guard bureau is a serious business. Everyone is all the way, who can’t know who? Where did the faucet get so much gold
"I personally handled this money, and it's really like six hundred taels of gold." The accountant also knew that this was no small matter, and he was even more reluctant to get into trouble. Although he would eat at the faucet, there were not one or two people who knew about it. The gold was so heavy that he packed five suitcases. Originally thought it was silver, but when I moved it, it accidentally fell away... The golden piece was seen by everyone who came to the warehouse that night.
"What's the mark on the gold?"
Most of the silver ingots and gold ingots have emblems at the bottom, including official silver and privately cast ones.
"Originally there was, but it was worn away." The accountant replied.
Meng Qi is not surprised. If you want to hide the origin of a sum of gold and silver, it is inevitable to wear off the emblem.
"How's the color?"
"… excellent."
Gold and silver cast in different periods have different fineness. Insufficient silver to be paid to the imperial court will be punished. On the contrary, if it is a batch of excellent quality silver, it can be higher than the weight of gold and silver itself when buying things. One tael of silver can be used for one, two or three coins at most, because the silver ingots that are recast after melting are almost the same weight.
The Changxin gang leader was stunned and wondered if the leaders of the Longtou Club had any unknown identities.
Speaking of which, the Changxin gang leader has completely disbelieved that the money was used to eradicate the Yuzhou branch of the Holy Lotus Altar.
- Enough to buy a murderer to assassinate the God-given King.
and many more!
The face of the Changxin gang leader seemed to have knocked over the dye shop, and it turned blue and red for a while, and finally turned into pitch black.
He, an old Jianghu, can understand things, but can Meng Guoshi, who has seen a lot of power and conspiracy, know
"What's going on?" Mo Li asked slowly.
"The quality is very good and the value is far more than six hundred taels of gold. A Yuzhou gang hides the sky and pays it to Piaoping Pavilion in the name of expelling the Yuzhou branch of the Holy Lotus Altar. What can you think of?" Meng Qi is the kind of person who can only say a few words. A person who almost speculates on the cause and effect of the whole thing.
No matter how bizarre it is, if you ask a few more questions, you can see the context.
Just to confirm.
"Most of the gold and silver in good condition come from official families. The private sector will not cast such gold and silver privately. It is not cost-effective."
This is obvious, you don't need to guess to know, Mo Li frowned and said: "The six hundred taels of gold is another business to be taken over by the Piaoping Pavilion, just a pretense, the dragon head is not the real employer, they It's entrusted to you."
Meng Qi laughed when he heard the words, looked at the three people in the pond who were getting more and more panic, and said in front of them without shyness: "The price of six hundred taels of gold is too little to kill the emperor, and it is too much to do anything else. If you go to kill the enemy , this enemy may be the top player in the arena, oh, I think I fit in very well."
Ink carp: "… "
Du Datou, who was kidnapped together, asked dryly, "I haven't asked the senior's name yet."
The Changxin gang leader pricked up his ears when he heard the words. He counted the masters in Jianghu in his stomach, but he couldn't find anyone who could match Meng Qi's number. How could such a strong martial arts, such an appearance, be unknown
"It seems that the rumors in the capital and the rivers and lakes in Yongzhou haven't arrived here yet." Meng Qi smiled half-smiling.
Mo Li shook his head silently, thinking that even if they had heard the rumors of the former national teacher, it would be impossible for them to contact the person in front of them.
According to the rumors, that person is probably an old fairy with a childlike appearance, which is not right.
"Brother Meng, don't be joking, what kind of enemy do you have that can afford six hundred taels of gold."
"...Actually a lot." Meng Qi said seriously, "It's just that they are all dead."
The corners of Du Dartou's mouth twitched, and the other two were horrified. Saying that their enemy was dead on the rivers and lakes was no different from directly saying that they were murderers without blinking an eye.
Mo Li rubbed his forehead, revealed this section indifferently, and continued: "Old Ancestor Qingwu is dead, other than him, no one has any conflict with the government. If you really want 600 taels of gold to buy a human head, that's not enough. Only the King of Heaven and the Three Kings of Chu Chu are qualified. However, Jiangnan is uncertain. After the death of the three kings, the three kings still have children. Even if their entire family is completely wiped out and the descendants of the Chu Dynasty are completely eradicated, there will be Chu officials the next day. Holding a baby and calling him an imperial descendant is not very useful at all. Similarly, if Chu Chen actually took power in order to help the puppet to ascend to the throne, he does not need to go to the killer organization on the rivers and lakes, six hundred taels of gold is enough to buy the palace people to poison Now. This goal can only be the king bestowed by heaven."
"The doctor can see clearly." Meng Qi smiled.
"How about Brother Meng?"
Du Biaotou couldn't wait for the two of them to praise each other, and hurriedly said: "Why can't the assassination target be Emperor Qi?"
"I'll ask the Longtouhui." Meng Qi turned to look at the Longtouhui's account.
The accountant was busy arguing that he did not know.
The leader of the Changxin gang raised his fist to press him, and Meng Qi said calmly, "How many people in the Dragon Head Club know about the six hundred taels of gold?"
"This... at least a dozen or so."
The accountant was sweating on his forehead, and he was deliberately perfunctory, but the other party's martial arts were extremely high, and it was not impossible to kill himself and then go to the accountant of the leading club to ask questions. Their gang is not small, there are four or five accountants! It was just unfortunate that he happened to be doing errands in front of the middle warehouse, and was caught.
"You have not secretly guessed the origin of the money, and why did you give so much gold to Piaoping Pavilion?"
The accountant smiled wryly, isn't it of course? It's not a secret how much money each of the Four Gangs and Twelve Guilds gave, but it suddenly turned into gold.
"The dragon head will have strict rules. This... We just think about it, don't dare to ask, let alone know the inside story."
As soon as the accountant's voice fell, Meng Qi directly exposed him: "I don't dare to cause trouble."
Everyone thought, is this not obvious
"Look, you also know that this is a disaster, but those of you who know the inside story are still alive and safe, and no one will come to kill you. I think their attitude is casual and not cautious enough. The employer and the target of such a big deal are very impressive, and they are not afraid of leaking it at all?"
Meng Qi looked at the figures slowly appearing outside the walls of the abandoned temple, smiled and said loudly, "There may be many reasons, such as the faucet's unreliable work, or they deliberately let out the wind, of course, the most likely is that no matter the employer The murderer is still the target, and they can't control the land of Yuzhou, and it is difficult to spread the secrets of the gang here."
Mo Li turned around and looked at the old man who was walking slowly into the temple.
The old man was dressed in a brocade robe with rich and auspicious patterns, holding two iron gallbladders in his hands, and the roots of his beards stood up like iron bristles.
Du Datou's expression changed slightly, and the leader of Changxin whispered: "This is the master of the leading club, Mr. Cai."