The middle-aged man and Captain Hu Tong looked at each other from afar, and then casually chatted with the laborers beside them as they queued up.
"Whew!" Hu Tong tried his best to remain calm, and then casually looked to the side. Who would have thought that the Black Armoured Corps' Shirasaki Commandant would walk over with a cold face.
"I rarely see this Shirasaki, but he actually popped up today." Hu Tong was very angry, but a smile appeared on his face. He quickly went up to greet him, "Sir, you're not doing morning exercises this morning?"
"Today is the 28th. I know that many laborers are going back to visit their families. Of course, I have to take a look. Hu Tong, watch your men and let them search carefully! "Shirasaki Commandant coldly ordered. Hu Tong bowed and smiled," Yes, Sir. My brothers have done this many times. Don't worry, there won't be any problems. "
"Okay!" Shirasaki Commandant humphed.
Soon after, Lieutenant Bai Qi stood at the side and scrutinized the group of hard laborers who were lined up and being searched one by one. The hard laborers would occasionally glance upwards, but they were so scared that they didn't dare to raise their heads to look at Lieutenant Bai Qi.
These laborers also knew that Shirasaki Commandant was a big shot.
"Search carefully!" Hu Tong shouted from the side.
Shirasaki Commandant casually looked around, occasionally glancing at the miners.
"Gold is heavier. If you smuggle a lot of it, you will lose your life!" If you put a lot of it in your clothes, the clothes will not be neat. The place where you put the gold will drop! " Shirasaki was very clear about this. It was like putting a piece of iron in the pocket of a shirt, the pocket would drop. The clothes on the people would not be neat.
Shirasaki glanced at them.
At first glance, he did not see anything special.
"Hmm?" Shirasaki's heart moved. He glanced at the footprints left by a middle-aged man in the queue. There was a lot of dust in this mining area. Some places had gravel, and some places were full of dust and mud. Footprints would be left when one stepped on it. Of course, there were a lot of people in the queue, so the footprints were messy.
But what was Shirasaki's expression?
He immediately noticed the two footprints left behind by the middle-aged man. Although the two footprints were immediately destroyed by the labourer behind him, the two footprints were still visible to the naked eye. But Shirasaki remembered it clearly.
"One foot deeper, the other shallower!" Shirasaki was shocked.
Carefully observing the middle-aged man, he said, "Hmm, his clothes are neat and tidy. From the looks of it, he doesn't seem to be carrying anything. However, his two legs were not one long and one short, but two very normal legs. There was only one possibility for this step to be slightly deeper than the other. One of its legs should be tied with something heavy like a piece of iron! "
Although Shirasaki was a little narrow-minded, it was undeniable that he was capable of becoming the Commandant.
Since he could understand Nine Spears in the Morning Sun, he was very smart. He immediately noticed the problem from the two footprints that were slightly different from each other.
"Hmph." Shirasaki Commandant immediately stopped looking at the middle-aged man.
The middle-aged man had a guilty conscience. Shirasaki stared at him for a while from afar, causing the middle-aged man to feel nervous. "Could it be that the Lord of the Black Armoured Corps found out? Impossible. He definitely couldn't tell from his appearance. Phew … … he finally stopped staring at me. I reckon that the Lord of the Black Armoured Corps was distracted just now! "
No matter what, the middle-aged man had no way out.
If he succeeded this time, he would be rich for the rest of his life.
"Lord!"
"Lord!" The surrounding people greeted respectfully. Shirasaki turned to look.
He saw Teng Qingshan walking along the mountain path with his Reincarnation Spear in hand. When he saw Shirasaki, he cupped his hands and said, "Lord Commandant is here too?"
"Hmm, Qingshan. Where are you going?" Shirasaki smiled.
"I am going to find Brother Tian Dan for a gathering," Teng Qingshan said.
"Then why aren't you going? These soldiers will be in charge of the body search. "Shirasaki Commandant smiled and said.
Teng Qingshan looked at him and left with a smile. Ever since the challenge, Shirasaki Commandant's attitude towards Teng Qingshan had changed. He didn't even dare to treat Teng Qingshan coldly anymore.
However … …
Teng Qingshan didn't feel very happy. Shirasaki's forbearance made Teng Qingshan more vigilant.
… …
Seeing Teng Qingshan walk over, Shirasaki turned to look at Hu Tong and said, "Hu Tong, speed up the body search."
"Yes, Lord!" Hu Tong was secretly happy.
Originally, he was going to ask one of the people to move away while he did the body search himself so that he could let that person go. But now, Shirasaki's words made things easier for him.
"So slow! How long will it take for two people to search? Now, three people in a batch! The two of you continue, I will search myself! The two of you learn from me! " Hu Tong strode over and at the same time waved to the people in the queue, "The few of you come to my side!"
Immediately, the two teams that were originally lined up side by side immediately split into three teams.
"Take off your coats and do it yourselves." Hu Tong was still shouting.
One by one, the hard workers took off their coats. Hu Tong quickly touched their coats to see if there was anything hard between the coats. Then, he searched their underwear. Then, he carefully touched their pants to see if there was any gold between the pants. After that, he asked the hard workers to untie their belts and pull them down to their knees.
He checked if there was any gold hidden in their private parts. Finally, he checked their shoes and hair.
Hu Tong was indeed fast when he searched.
"Next!" Hu Tong shouted.
In a row, Hu Tong checked three people. These three people also did not smuggle gold.
"Next!" Hu Tong shouted.
Immediately, the middle-aged man came to the front of the alley. His coat had long been taken off. There was only a tattered undershirt inside. It was obvious that he did not hide anything. Hu Tong carefully searched according to the procedure. Coat, pants, shoes, hair, insides, etc. He searched them all, but there was nothing.
"Next!" Hu Tong said.
The middle-aged man immediately put on his clothes and shoes and walked down the mountain path.
"Humph." Shirasaki Commandant glanced at the middle-aged man and secretly sneered, "It seems that Hu Tong has been bribed. He actually wants to bribe Hu Tong … to smuggle gold? Impossible. Even if he smuggled ten Jin of gold, it is only worth ten thousand taels of silver. It is not worth bribing a City Guard Captain. Then, did he smuggle Purple Gold? "
Shirasaki Commandant was puzzled, "How did he smuggle Purple Gold? The laborers in the Purple Gold Mine and Gold Mine cannot be found at all. Could it be that I guessed wrong? That middle-aged man did not smuggle gold? "
At this moment —
"Did you see that? Just do what I did. Hurry up. You search. "Hu Tong walked to the side and ordered a soldier to search for him.
Shirasaki glanced and thought, "Eh? From start to finish, Hu Tong had searched a total of four people, and the fourth person was the middle-aged man. When he was halfway through the search, he stopped to rest. Humph, it seems that he was really bribed! "Immediately, Shirasaki walked down the mountain.
"Sir." Hu Tong smiled and walked over.
"I am going down the mountain for a walk. Why are you following me?" Shirasaki shouted.
Hu Tong was stunned and retreated.
Only then did Bai Qi take large strides, as if he was taking a stroll down the mountain. Bai Qi was an inner strength expert. How could he lose track of a farmer?
"If I guessed correctly, this man must have stolen a lot of money! There is at least a fifty percent chance that he smuggled Purple Gold! "Shirasaki was tempted. According to the rules of the Gui Yuan Sect, the Purple Gold excavated every day was recorded. Even if he was the Commandant, he could not fill his own pockets.
Humans are greedy.
Even in Teng Qingshan's previous world, some high-ranking officials were greedy for money. From this, one could imagine Shirasaki.
Although he was a Commandant of the Black Armoured Corps and had a high monthly salary, it was nothing compared to some wealthy businessmen. Humans have desires. Shirasaki also wanted to buy beautiful maids and servants to make his life more comfortable. He even wanted to buy good materials to forge good weapons. All of these were shiny silver and glittering gold.
"Humph, this money is mine! The sect doesn't know anyway. "Shirasaki was greedy.
He would kill the middle-aged man and take the money.
If he killed the wrong person, the middle-aged man could only blame his bad luck.
…
At the foot of Tielian Mountain, there were five war horses on the official road. There were people beside each horse.
Among them, there was a small and skinny man with a height of seven feet. It was Dong Yan. The other three people were surrounding him. Among these three people, two of them had tall statures and were relatively fat. The other one was a silver-haired middle-aged man.
"Big Brother! You said that Li Laosan brought down the Purple Gold? I don't understand. The Purple Gold Mining Area and the Gold Mining Area are separated. Li Laosan entered the Gold Mining Area as a laborer. How did he get the Purple Gold? " One of the two fat men asked, "Big Brother, can you tell me this secret now?"
"Erpang, I'll tell you." Dong Yan sneered, "The Purple Gold Mining Area and the Gold Mining Area are connected by a secret tunnel!"
"What?" The two fat men were shocked. The silver-haired middle-aged man was very calm.
"Actually, one of my brothers accidentally dug too deep when he was mining at the Purple Gold Mining Area. Unexpectedly, it was connected to a small tunnel in the Gold Mining Area. He hastily sealed the mine. There aren't many people who know this secret. "Dong Yan said with a faint smile," In the past year, Brother Wang has collected about ten Jin of Purple Gold! He hid it in the secret tunnel and brought it to Li Laosan. When Li Laosan brings out the Purple Gold, we will be rich! "
To Dong Yan, the three people beside him were the three people he trusted the most. They had been through life and death situations with him.
Previously, he didn't tell Da Pang and Erpang because he was worried that the two fat men's careless personality would leak it out.
"Ten Jin!" Da Pang and Erpang were shocked. Erpang muttered, "Ten Jin of Purple Gold. That's a thousand Jin of gold! That's a million taels of silver. A hundred taels of silver … We are rich! "
A million taels of silver. This was a huge sum of money.
Even for a wealthy salt merchant, having a million taels of silver was not bad.
"Ten Jin of Purple Gold! Humph, compared to the Purple Gold that the Gui Yuan Sect excavates in a year, it's nothing. But with this money, we don't need to hide in this small Huafeng City. "Dong Yan laughed. Suddenly, he glanced into the distance," Hmm, look, a laborer is coming down the mountain! I reckon that Li Laosan will be here soon! "
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