Chapter 1100

Luo qingluan, lengli and others came to the imperial storehouse with the queen. The huge storehouse was full of exquisite, luxurious and valuable items. They had everything. They were surprised to see that their eyes were spent.

"I don't know how long Xia Jinglong's rebellious mind has been hidden."

The empress reached out and stroked items, as if recalling: "if he didn't want to usurp the throne, I planned to return the throne to him or his descendants after I abdicated. Now it seems that I am kind."

Shaking his head, Luo qingluan said in a distant voice, "power is the most attractive thing in the world. It's not your Majesty's fault."

If not everyone pursues rights and the royal family can't tolerate betrayal, why does she and her young son embark on the journey of looking for Nalan night?

Meditating, Luo qingluan looked down at the queen and suddenly noticed a white screen in the corner.

Curiously, she stepped forward to observe it carefully, but found that it was an extremely precious white jade screen. The jade is transparent, the carving is exquisite, and the patterns on it are lifelike. It is absolutely the best. But what really surprised her was that the pattern style carved on the screen was clearly a unique pattern of the Western Chu state, which should not have appeared in the Tianxia state!

"It's a rare thing." The empress didn't notice the abnormality of Luo qingluan and handed her a jade pendant, "Miss Luo, you're from outside. Have you ever seen such a jade pendant?"

Huang Ying recognized the jade pendant with sharp eyes and hesitated for a moment before he said to the two people: "this jade pendant... Is the personal jade pendant of the third Lord."

Luo qingluan took the jade pendant and frowned again.

Only looking at the patterns on the edge of the jade pendant, she can tell that the jade pendant is specially made in the style of the Western Chu state, with strong craftsmanship characteristics of the Western Chu craftsmen.

Luo qingluan became more and more interested in Xia Jinglong.

In the Tianxia state without much communication with the outside world, how did he get the objects of the Western Chu state?

She thought for a while and said to the queen, "Your Majesty, I don't know something. Can I ask the Minister of household of the third prince's house something?"

The queen readily agreed and ordered someone to bring the Minister of household. Luo qingluan told the Minister of household the problems she found.

The Minister of household looked at Luo qingluan in surprise and nodded: "according to our investigation, the third Lord did have contacts with some businessmen secretly. It seems that they are from other countries, but the third Lord did it very covertly. We only learned about it after he died and checked his goods and letters."

As she expected!

Luo qingluan listened to his words and saw that these objects of the Western Chu state were obviously not common in the Tianxia state.

No wonder Xia Jinglong dared to plan a rebellion without fear. It seems that he has the power of other countries behind him.

It's not as simple as he seems!

Luo qingluan remembered what she learned when she first came to Tianxia country. Because of geographical problems, although Tianxia country does not often communicate with the outside world, because most of its people live on nomadism, the horse breeds in Tianxia country are excellent.

Dongfang zhidie's father was a horse breed in Xia Guojin!

Luo qingluan's eyes narrowed slightly. Is the Western Chu man who came and went with the third lord the father of Dongfang zhidie?

"Here is a letter."

At this time, lengli frowned, took out a letter from a pile of messy letters and handed it to Luo qingluan. She took the letter over and looked at it. She understood why lengli took out only one letter.

The envelope of this letter still has complete fire paint. The seal on the fire paint is the common seal used by businessmen in the Western Chu state. When communicating with business partners, merchants in the Western Chu Dynasty often use this special seal on the fire paint.

This is a letter that has not been opened. The name of the third Lord Xia Jinglong is clearly written in the column of the recipient.

"The third Lord did have contacts with merchants in the Western Chu!" Luo qingluan was moved and opened the envelope curiously, but found that the content of the letter was far from as simple as she thought.

Many greetings were written on the envelope, and the real intention of the letter was not written until the end. The other party asked the third Lord to send someone to inspect the goods on the hillside in the north of the city with the traded horses and weapons. At that time, they will pay a deposit of 100000 liang of silver.

With such a little content, Luo qingluan's face sank.

It is not surprising that Xia Jinglong had business contacts with businessmen in the Western Chu. Many princes and nobles will run their own businesses to fill the family Treasury. However, the content of Xia Jinglong's transaction is very sensitive.

The other party asked the people in the palace to take horses and weapons to inspect the goods, which means that the goods traded between the two sides are horses and weapons.

Moreover, the deposit paid alone is 100000 liang of silver, which is enough to show that the source of goods is large or sophisticated enough.

No matter in which country, horses and weapons are the foundation of national military, especially weapons, which are prohibited from trading, let alone trading with other countries, which is equivalent to treason!

"Leng Li, look again. Are there any letters with this lacquer seal in his letters?" Luo qingluan asked.

"Yes, many." Lengli took out a stack of letters and handed them to Luo qingluan.

These letters were all opened and the typefaces inside were written by the same person.

Luo qingluan frowned more and more tightly.

It seems that it's not a long time for Xia Jinglong to trade horses and weapons with merchants in Western Chu. It is impossible to imagine how far it has come. Only the parties concerned know.

"What, did you find anything?" The empress is checking the account book of the third prince's residence. She sees that the atmosphere here is wrong and strange.

"Your Majesty, is it customary to trade horses and weapons with merchants from other countries in summer?" Luo qingluan hesitated for a moment and asked.

As a prince, Xia Jinglong has been trading horses and weapons with merchants in Western Chu for so long that the queen can't be unaware of it?

It seemed that Luo qingluan's question was a little abrupt. The queen frowned and replied, "our Tianxia country is rich in good horses, but there are no good craftsmen to make weapons, so we often use some good horses to exchange for weapons made by other countries, but only for defense."

She was not in the mood to attack other countries.

"In other words, will sell good horses to other countries, but will not sell weapons?" Luo qingluan confirmed again and again.

"Yes."

Luo qingluan handed over a stack of letters in his hand: "do you know that Xia Jinglong has been selling horses and weapons to merchants in Western Chu?"

"Although the kingdom of Tianxia does not prevent people from selling their horses to other countries, it is limited to a small number. More than 20 horses must be filed with the local government for inspection. Xia Jinglong has always been secretive in selling horses. Although I know some, I have no evidence, so he has done it for so many years."

After reading the letters, the Queen's face gradually became dignified: "but where did he sell the weapons to the merchants of Western Chu?"

Luo qingluan also fell into meditation.

So far, it has been determined that the merchants who frequently deal with Xia Jinglong are from the Western Chu Dynasty. Could that be the father of Dongfang zhidie?

Luo qingluan's mind is very chaotic. If he is really the father of Dongfang zhidie, what does he want to do?

Also, where did Xia Jinglong sell weapons?

The empress keenly noticed the change of Luo qingluan's mood and asked directly, "do you know anything?"

Luo qingluan shook her head. There are some things she can't tell the queen now.

Selling weapons is a great crime. She can't put this big hat on anyone's head until she has definite evidence. What's more, it was the father of Dongfang zhidie, and the matter also involved Xichu.

When Luo qingluan forcibly pressed down the flying thoughts in his mind, he said, "Your Majesty doesn't wonder where the three kings' weapons come from and why they sell weapons to merchants in the Western Chu state?"

"It's strange. Our Tianxia country is still short of weapons. How can there be surplus to sell to people in other countries?" For a moment, the queen couldn't understand this.

"There are a lot of letters from the third Lord. The queen can send someone to check whether he has contacts with people from other countries, or search the whole country for weapons manufacturing workshops hidden in the dark." Luo qingluan suggested.

As soon as the Queen's eyes lit up, why didn't she think of it!

Since Xia Jinglong has the ability to sell so many weapons, if she can use the origin of his weapons, wouldn't Xia have another source of weapons that day?

"OK, I'll send someone to check it now!" The queen left excitedly and ordered people to do it.

Looking at the back of the queen leaving, Luo qingluan sighed again.

"Is it really the father of the oriental girl?" Lengli wondered.

"Yes... Selling weapons is not a simple matter. If it is really related to the Oriental horse farm, I'm afraid there will be another accident." Luo qingluan stood up and patted the dust that didn't exist on his skirt: "for today's sake, I want to confirm the identity of the businessman who traded with Xia Jinglong."

"Yuyan, help me imitate this handwriting and write back a letter to the other party, saying that we will take the goods to the agreed place on time." Luo qingluan gently spread out the paper and handed a brush to Liang Yuyan.

Liang Yuyan subconsciously took over the pen, but she was still confused: "imitate the handwriting of the third Lord? But people all over Xia know that the third Lord has been beheaded?"

Luo qingluan smiled softly and said, "it's not simple. Tell them that they were cut off only as doubles. When the other party saw it, they naturally understood the reason."

Liang Yuyan suddenly and carefully observed Xia Jinglong's handwritten letter for a while. In less than a quarter of an hour, she wrote a letter in his font. The strokes and tone of the letter are 10% similar to the letter written by Xia Jinglong himself.

In the evening, the messenger came back, and the other party was fooled. He replied that Xia Jinglong would go to the transaction in person, and the time was set for tomorrow.

The next day, lengli Yirong looked like the third Lord and came to the hillside in the north of the city.

It was early in the morning. The dew in the air was very heavy. Lengli walked around with two boys impatiently. He had to take a pat on his clothes from time to time. He looked disgusted.

This was explained by Luo qingluan before leaving. Because Xia Jinglong has a hot temper and has been treated with dignity since childhood, he must have some bad problems.

This time, the people sent by the other party are afraid to have had contact with Xia Jinglong. If there is any flaw, it will arouse their suspicion.

At the appointed time, two figures appeared in the distant part of the hillside, a sneaky and vigilant look.

The other party sent two men. Indeed, as Luo qingluan said, they had dealt with Xia Jinglong. Seeing Leng Li's impatience, the doubt in his heart decreased a bit.

They stood in the distance for a while, pointing to lengli and muttering for a long time. Then they came forward: "third Lord, our master thought you were gone. You suddenly wrote back to us. What a surprise."

Leng Li pretended to suppress his anger and said coldly, "didn't I say? The one who was cut off is a double."