Before Wen Qingzhu could react, Yang Liu hurried over and said, "Sir! The coffin you dug back is not a human being! It's all filled with gold, silver and jewelry!"
"What did you say?!" Wen Qingzhu stood up directly.
Following Yang Liu to the Yamen, surprisingly, Yan Yongzhang was also here.
He stood in front of the coffin, his expression unexpectedly calm.
The footsteps at the door attracted everyone's attention. Seeing that Wen Qingzhu was coming, they immediately made way.
Arriving in front of the coffin, Wen Qingzhu saw that in addition to various gold and silver jewelry, there were four skulls in a corner of the coffin.
Judging from the size of the skull, he is no more than a child of full age.
The first two corners, judging from their loose hair, are the boys in the main corner.
In the last two corners, there are girls with double buns.
"Go and find Shen Yu!" Wen Qingzhu ordered as he stepped forward.
Looking at these jewelry carefully, the styles of some of the hairpins and chains made Wen Qingzhu feel particularly familiar.
Not long after, Shen Yu rushed over.
I was also shocked when I saw the skulls inside these jewelry.
He walked up to Wen Qingzhu, looked at the jewelry back and forth and asked, "Are these jewelry from the previous dynasty?"
"Yes." Wen Qingzhu took out his handkerchief, picked up a gold hairpin through the handkerchief, turned it over to the end, and saw the character Jin.
Shen Yu naturally also saw this word, and was basically certain that this was the thing that went to the previous dynasty.
He was still looking at the skull inside from the corner of his eye, swallowed his saliva and said: "There won't be a tomb under this ground, right?"
This sentence reminded Wen Qingzhu that generally speaking, this kind of jade coffin was not available to ordinary people.
She suddenly thought of the previous dynasty.
At that time, Yunzhou was still the boundary between the Xiongnu and the Central Plains.
The current Dingyuan is where the Great Wall was originally located. It was Taizu Taizu of the Qi Dynasty who moved the territory back more than a hundred miles, and then Dingyuan City came into being.
"Master Yan, is there a map from the previous dynasty here?" Wen Qingzhu turned around and met Yan Yongzhang's gaze.
He was startled when his name was suddenly called, and then nodded: "Yes, yes, yes! I'll go right away."
Watching Yan Yongzhang walk away, Wen Qingzhu felt that something was a little strange about him and whispered to Yang Liu, asking him to send someone to keep an eye on Yan Yongzhang.
Turning back and looking at the jewelry in front of him, Wen Qingzhu thought of the situation over at Shuangfeng Mountain.
The Huns are going to war over there at this time, and it is in an extremely unfavorable situation for the Huns. They insist on going to war, which means that there is no agreement between Tianying City and the Asan tribe.
The tower only needs money, a large amount of money to buy equipment and food. Only in this way can the war begin around the end of the year.
Wen Qingzhu turned around and walked out, and Shen Yu and Yang Liu immediately followed.
"Yang Liu, go to Dingyuan and ask General Lu to borrow 10,000 troops. They must be his elite troops. I will supplement him with 10,000 troops."
"Yes!" Yang Liu took the order and left.
"Shen Yu, go find Tang Qin here and ask him to allocate a team of at least a thousand people to you and station them at the place we originally planned!"
"Yes!" Shen Yu responded and left.
All the way to the government office lobby, Wen Qingzhu saw Yan Yongzhang being stopped by the officers and soldiers at the door.
She asked with a smile: "Master Yan? Didn't I ask you to find the map? Why do you want to leave suddenly?"
Hearing Wen Qingzhu's voice, Yan Yongzhang suddenly slumped, slowly turned his head and whispered: "Sir, I will tell you everything."
He took Yan Yongzhang to the study, and everyone except Beidou stayed outside.
After talking for about an hour, Yan Yongzhang, who was kneeling, raised his head, looked at Wen Qingzhu and said, "Sir, I said everything I needed to say this time, and I didn't hide anything."
"You have said so, can I still not believe you? But I am very curious. It is impossible for ordinary people to cover a tomb with a town! Then did the people over at Liuguang say whose tomb it is? ?”
Yan Yongzhang shook his head repeatedly: "They didn't say, but I think Liu Guang and the others must know."
After sizing up Yan Yongzhang, Wen Qingzhu stood up and walked to him. While helping him up, he said, "I believe you. After all, you are in my hands now. But if I find out that you are hiding something in the future, , when the time comes, it will not be to atone for one’s sins, but to add one more level of sin.”
"Yes, yes." Yan Yongzhang lowered his head and his voice became softer.
After sending someone to see Yan Yongzhang away, Wen Qingzhu went to Tang Qin's place to wait for him.
Soon Tang Qin arrived and was shocked when he saw Wen Qingzhu here. He pointed at himself and said, "My lord, you are waiting for me."
Wen Qingzhu put down the map in his hand and waved him over.
Stopping at the table, Tang Qin saw two maps.
One map is obviously the current map of Yunzhou, and the other map is very similar to Yunzhou in outline, but it is different in many places.
"These are all maps of Yunzhou?" Tang Qin looked up.
Wen Qingzhu pointed to the old map on the left and said: "This is Yunzhou during the previous dynasty. Look at the North City Gate. It's quite different from before, right?"
According to where she pointed, Tang Qin observed carefully and then nodded: "The current city gate has been retracted by about twenty feet."
He raised his head and looked south: "But the distance beyond the south city gate has expanded to nearly a mile."
"That's right! Look at this." Wen Qingzhu took a booklet from his hand.
The album is open, and one thing is recorded on it.
About a hundred years ago, when the South City Gate was being repaired, a landslide occurred.
Based on the craftsmen's suggestions, the government expanded the distance by one mile outward, while at the same time shrinking the distance from the north gate a little further inward.
In the next hundred years, Yunzhou never encountered another landslide.
Wen Qingzhu pointed to the position behind Tang Qin: "Let's do it first. We may talk for a long time."
After thanking him, Tang Qin sat down.
Thinking that before he came here, Shen Yu came to see him, maybe it was related to this matter.
So Tang Qinhui reported: "Shen Yu told me all the discoveries made by the Lord, and I mobilized two thousand people to give him."
Isn't this the original number of troops stationed in Yunzhou City
"Then you only have the Yamen servants left here?"
Tang Qin was very moved: "Thank you for your concern, sir. In my previous proposal, there was a plan to expand the garrison. At present, more than 500 people have been recruited, and the recruitment is still going on."
"Is there enough money?" Wen Qingzhu remembered that Yunzhou Yamen didn't have much money.
Tang Qin was very surprised and said: "Don't you know, sir? Master Yan said that there is a lot of money in the yamen's warehouse. I went to count it myself and the amount is not small."
"how many?"
"One hundred and thirty thousand taels."
Wen Qingzhu pondered for a moment: "Is this from the Yamen? Isn't it saved by Yan Yongzhang himself?"
Tang Qin was also very surprised by this: "I'm sure this money belongs to the Yamen. It has been in the warehouse for several years and has never been misappropriated. I have seen the source of the account and it is said that it was an unexpected windfall discovered by the Yamen during inspection."
Windfall
It feels wrong!
Wen Qingzhu suddenly remembered that Yan Yongzhang had just said that the Yamen had already discovered such a coffin of jewelry.
For some special reasons, it was exchanged for silver.
Thinking of this, Wen Qingzhu was almost certain: "Yan Yongzhang actually hid so many things! And he has so much money! He actually refused to use the money during the last snowstorm!"
Mentioning the last snowstorm, Tang Qin said hesitantly: "Yan Yongzhang's ability to do things is average, especially compared to Mr. Tang, he can be regarded as a confused official. He only realized that the snowstorm was serious.
At that time, the price of food nearby skyrocketed, and there was no market for it. It happened that a group of people came from Dezhou and transported Yunzhou's food reserves. "
"I know this. The reason for asking for support from the city is." Wen Qingzhu doesn't understand now. Yan Yongzhang is just a superficial chess piece.
Regarding the snow disaster, the Tang family distributed a lot of relief food, which could be regarded as seeing with their own eyes how the people were forced to death step by step.
The two were silent for a while, and Wen Qingzhu cheered up and talked about what Yan Yongzhang had just told her.
"The coffin just dug out of the city has been confirmed to be a burial object. The treasures of the deceased have been confirmed to have been left behind by the previous dynasty.
This kind of coffin was not originally discovered outside the city. When a family in the city was building a house and wanted to build a larger cellar, they discovered a tomb underground.
When Yan Yongzhang took office in Yunzhou, Liu Guang and others had already determined the location of the tomb, but they had not been able to enter. According to my speculation, Tang Xiao must also know about this. "
Hearing this, Tang Qin became nervous: "So Uncle Tang's death is actually related to the tomb underneath?"
Wen Qingzhu looked into his eyes with a heavy heart: "It's really not the case this time. Yan Yongzhang just confessed that the people who killed you Tang Xiao should be the Huns."
"Huns! How come the Huns appeared in Yunzhou!" Tang Qin's voice suddenly rose.
Suddenly, he stopped again.
The Huns did sneak into Yunzhou, and now they still have a base in Dezhou.
Seeing that he had calmed down, Wen Qingzhu took out a case file and handed it to Tang Qin: "Yan Yongzhang opened a case about Mr. Tang's death, but for some reason, the case was not investigated. The report of his death in the line of duty was sent to the capital."
"Yan Yongzhang opened a case?" Tang Qin was very reluctant to believe it. No one knew better than him what kind of person he was.
Seeing him like this, Wen Qingzhu didn't know how to comfort him.
Before Tang Qin came, she had been thinking about something.
When she was in Xiongnu before, she discovered a batch of torture instruments from the previous dynasty in Tianying City.
Now here in Yunzhou, we learned that there is a tomb underground.
There happens to be a batch of treasures on the other side of Twin Peaks Mountain.
Nowadays, the coffins dug out from under Yunzhou also contain treasures.
None of this is a coincidence.
It is related to the previous dynasty and to the Xiongnu.
Wen Qingzhu could only think of one person - the marriage princess of the previous dynasty.
She once returned a fortune and returned. This news was learned by Wen Qingzhu from the high priest of the Yue Kingdom. He now changed his name to Liu Liu and was doing business in Kangcheng.
This treasure was the responsibility of the former imperial merchant Yunxiao family, which is now the Jia family!
Wen Qingzhu's eyes narrowed slightly: "Tang Qin, I want to ask you something, what is the power of the Jia family here in Yunzhou?"
"The richest man in Yunzhou City, and he is involved in a wide range of industries. They were the ones who actively mobilized money and efforts to help the people in the city tide over the difficulties."
From Tang Qin's tone, he spoke highly of the Jia family.
This made Wen Qingzhu more certain of one thing.
The Jia family never thought of giving up Yunzhou City, even if Kangcheng retained most of the people in Yunzhou.
The economy here is in recession and it is not suitable for doing business no matter how you look at it.
The Jia family is still the richest person in Yunzhou City.
"What about number two?"
Tang Qin failed to notice her intention and said after careful consideration: "It used to be our Tang family, but now it should be Tao Wanwan."
Wen Qingzhu's lips curved: "Then how about I give you the Tang family a chance to replace the Jia family and become the richest man in Yunzhou?"
Seeing the danger revealed in her eyes, Tang Qin became increasingly vigilant: "Isn't Shen Yu in charge of the business side?"
"Shen Yu can't cover all industries, but your Tang family can, and it's only within Yunzhou City. It should be okay, right?"
The surroundings suddenly became quiet, and Tang Qin felt frustrated for the first time because he had no idea what Wen Qingzhu wanted to do.
After thinking for a while, he finally nodded in agreement.