Sun Tu's words really stunned a few people. Indeed, they were only anxious to find those Liao spies hiding in Tokyo, and they felt that they had already grasped a lot of clues, so they could immediately go out to arrest them. But now that I think about it carefully, it seems that except for the Fan family store, there are no further clues. Even the Fan family store is probably just a deception, and you will only be disappointed if you go there.
Afterwards, Di Yingyang frowned deeply: "If that's the case, those Liao spies must have already left Tokyo, right?" After all, yesterday's Forbidden Army sent out to capture people everywhere, causing quite a stir, especially at the city gate. With the actions of the Gu family mansion, as long as a thoughtful person can sense that something is wrong at the first moment and want to escape.
Sun Tu said: "If we only intercepted food or a batch of wound medicine this time, it might be what you said, but now that we have a batch of crossbows, it's a different matter."
Di Yingyang quickly understood: "You mean they won't give in?"
Sun Tu smiled, but did not rush to answer: "Let's interrogate the Gu family father and son first." After saying that, the two stooped and shambling people were escorted into the hall. If they had not known their identities earlier, Everyone couldn't believe that they were actually the young and old owners of Gu's Trading Company!
Although it was only one day apart, the energy of Gu Youzhi and Gu Hui and his son had completely declined. They both seemed to be more than ten years older, with panic and uneasiness on their faces. They were taken to Sun Tu followed him, his legs went weak, and he knelt down: "Sun... General Sun, I... My Gu family was deceived because of a moment of confusion, and did such a thing..."
Before Sun Tu could cross-examine him, Gu Youzhi had already confessed his crime. After witnessing Sun Tu's search of the letters from his home, Gu Youzhi's last bit of confidence was gone, leaving only deep self-blame, regret and fear. Because he knew very well that this time it was a crime of colluding with the Liao people to smuggle bows and crossbows, not to mention that his official status was just bought with money, even if he was really a fourth-grade official officially sealed by the imperial court. The outcome will not change.
As for Gu Hui, he was so frightened that he couldn't even speak. He only looked up at Sun Tu with begging and panic. He was already desperate at this point. Those crossbows were from the caravan under his command. It was found in the car.
Sun Tu stared at them for a long time, and then said in a cold voice: "I thought that your Gu family has been protected by the imperial court for many years, but unexpectedly today you did such a thing of colluding with foreign enemies. I want to ask you , don’t you feel any guilt in your heart?”
Gu Youzhiqiang pulled himself together and said in a low voice: "You know what I'm doing, I know it's true that we were deceived by others and blinded by money, so... we did such a treasonous act."
"Really?" Sun Tu responded noncommittally, and then looked at Gu Hui: "As far as I know, you have been in charge of everything in your Gu family business in the past few years. What do you have to say?"
"Villain, the villain was indeed greedy and was taken advantage of. At first, they just bought grain and cloth from my store at a high price and hired my Gu family's caravan to transport it to the north. The villain thought it was profitable and should But I didn’t expect that their needs would get bigger and bigger, and the amount of food they asked for would be even bigger. In desperation, I had no choice but to buy food from elsewhere... It’s just that
Unexpectedly, last year, that man suddenly revealed his identity as a Khitan, and used this as a threat to force my Gu Family Trading Company to continue to provide them with various goods that were in short supply from the north, but it also made me deeper and deeper into trouble. deep… "
Sun Tu listened to his narration expressionlessly, and everyone in the hall frowned. They really didn't expect that the Liao spies would be so patient this time and spend several years planning the layout. No wonder the Gu Family Trading Company fell into trouble. Going in.
And Gu Youzhi felt even more bitter, because he remembered that he had actually noticed in the past two years that his firm's profits were indeed much more than before, but at that time he was also blinded by the profits, and he only felt that Because his son was more capable than himself, he was only happy and didn't notice anything strange, or maybe he didn't want to find anything strange at all.
After feeling the deep gazes of everyone present, Gu Hui felt even more panicked and could only excuse himself: "But the villain really doesn't know that they are bold enough to transport weapons like bows and crossbows through my Gu Family Trading Company. What if? If you know, no matter how much money you give to the villain, I won’t dare agree.”
"So all you know is that you want to transport a batch of medicine to leave Tokyo?" Sun Tu asked immediately.
"Exactly, exactly. After all, there have been many such entrainments in the past, but most of them were salt, wound medicine and other items, but there have never been weapons such as bows and crossbows. I dare not hide it from the Marquis. In fact, every time After the goods are transported out of the city, my people will check them carefully, after all, it is very important."
Sun Tu nodded in agreement, then glanced at Di Yingyang and the others: "It seems that they are deliberately planning and spending a lot of time and money to make friends with your Gu family. In fact, their ultimate goal is to get these crossbows to be shipped out of Tokyo. ”
"That's what I thought." After all, Gu Hui was a smart man, he knew everything right, and he felt great regret. He knew that he had actually fallen into the other party's plan early on, and he thought he had made a lot of money and was complacent.
Di Yingyang also understood - whether it was food, salt, wound medicine or cloth, although the goods of the Song Dynasty were indeed much better than those produced by the Liao people, they did not have to pay high prices to buy them. Because there was actually a sales market between the Liao and Song Dynasties, and most of these goods could be circulated through regular channels, so why bother and spend more money
Only military weapons such as crossbows are completely impossible to obtain through normal channels, especially these new crossbows that have just been developed. They are top secrets in the military and cannot be leaked. But this was the place where the Liao people were most afraid of the Song Dynasty army, so they did not hesitate to make plans and spend a lot of effort to secretly obtain it and smuggle it back to the Liao Kingdom.
And this also confirmed Sun Tu's speculation just now, that they would never be willing to leave like this. Unexpectedly, despite spending a lot of money, time and energy, it failed at this last critical point, and not a single bow or crossbow was delivered to the Liao Kingdom. So even if things have reached this point, those Liao craftsmen will still try every means to try to send the crossbows out of the city.
Sun Tu did not dwell on this matter for too long, but quickly changed the subject: "Let me ask you, didn't you take precautions and track their location during the transaction with them?"
The person he asked was Gu Hui. Although this person was greedy, he should have some savvy since he had been in the mall for many years. Especially after being threatened, he would definitely not make the slightest effort to find out. The whereabouts of these people are. Especially since Tokyo was still his own territory, he would be better able to track those people.
Sure enough, Gu Hui was stunned for a moment and smiled bitterly: "Master Hou is indeed wise, but..."
"As long as you can help me catch these guys, I will definitely advise the emperor to appropriately reduce your guilt, or at least protect your Gu family's bloodline!" Sun Tu quickly interrupted: "This is your last... It’s also the only chance.”
"I, I said." At this point, Gu Hui had no other better choice. He could only believe what Sun Tu said and immediately told everything he knew.
After listening to his story, Sun Tu's lips curled up slightly: "You are really very scheming. No wonder he was entrusted with the important task of going deep into our Bianjing city to steal important military information." At this point , he looked at Gu Youzhi again: "Okay, now it's up to you, Boss Gu, to answer a few questions for me. Your Gu family has really developed smoothly over the years, but after what happened this time, it actually happened again. Being able to attract many officials to stand up for you, I think there must be some secret in this, right? Tell me, who are the backers behind you, and do they know what kind of business you do on a daily basis? "
As soon as these words came out, not only Gu Youzhi, but also Qin Hui and other people listening changed their expressions and seemed a little nervous. What was Sun Tu going to do? He was planning to make a big deal out of this matter and implicate it in the future. Will more officials come
But Sun Tu didn't give the other party any time to think. He walked up to Gu Youzhi, who looked troubled, and said solemnly: "At this time, do you think those supporters in the past will still protect you? No, no. If it were me, it would be too late for them to protect themselves now. They would only think about how to cut off the connection between you and them. Even if they have a chance, they would like to silence you. So the only one who can help you now is me. , you no longer need to keep any secrets, tell all the officials who are closely related to you. Also, in addition to the Yan family grain shop, you should have purchased a lot of grain from other places, and also tell these shops Tell the truth! Of course, you can also choose not to tell, but in that case, I will have to hand you over to the Criminal Department for interrogation. And once you are out of my hands, your life and death, and the life and death of your family, will not be guaranteed. "
This is the threat of Chi Guoguo, but the effect is extremely outstanding. Because they have already explained a lot of things before, they don't care to reveal more. Anyway, the Gu family is completely finished after this incident, so even if it offends those officials in the DPRK, it will no longer have any impact.
After a moment of silence, they finally spoke: "I said, in addition to the Yan family, there are also the Li family, the Huang family, the Zhen family... More than ten of their shops have sold grain and rice to us. As for the backers..." The two father and son looked at each other. After a quick glance, he finally said a name that was familiar to everyone: "Yushitai Wang Zhongcheng owns 10% of the stocks in my store..."
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General Sun said that if you don't hand over your tickets, you will be arrested as Liao spies and all of you will be slapped with a blackboard. . . . .