A Clash of Gods - Chapter 1008

[Chapter 998]

Qi Ning snorted coldly and said, “Qin Yuege, you are so brave, who ordered you to do all this?”

Qin Yuege respectfully said: “Master Hou, I can’t understand for a while.” Looking at Madam Tian again, she said apologetically, “Madam, what an offense, I really have to, please forgive me!”

“Qin Yuege, what the hell are you doing?” Qi Ning frowned, glanced at the shadow over there, and asked, “Who is he?”

“Master Hou, I invite you to go to a place to see something. After seeing it, you will understand everything.” Qin Yuege said solemnly: “I will also tell you the ins and outs of the matter, and report it to Master Ming in detail.”

“Where?”

Qin Yuege pointed to the hole and said, “Enter from here, and all the puzzles will be solved.”

“You let me get into this hole?” Qi Ning said coldly, “Where does this tunnel lead to?”

Qin Yuege said: “I believe that Lord Hou must be interested in what’s inside. Lord Hou already knows that this island is actually a warehouse, and the existence of these people on the island is to guard the warehouse here.” Dongkou said: “This passage took more than two years before and after, that is, it was just opened a few months ago. So far, no one on the island has discovered this secret.”

“You mean this tunnel leads directly to the warehouse?” Qi Ning understood.

Qin Yuege nodded slightly and said, “Exactly!”

Qi Ning was thoughtful, and asked after a moment, “Qin Yuege, there is a lot of mischief on this island, it seems that you already knew it.”

“Master Hou, I have said that this matter is very complicated. Only when Master Hou has seen the goods in the warehouse can I report the cause and effect.” Qin Yuege said: “This matter is very important, and I dare not talk nonsense.”

Qi Ning hesitated for a moment before saying, “Okay, you all go first, I’ll follow.”

Qin Yuege didn’t say a word, put away the knife, bowed his hands to Qi Ning, and even reached the edge of the hole, looked over to the shadow, the two exchanged glances and nodded, Qin Yue Ge even lowered his body and entered the cave, the shadow also came over and glanced at Qi Ning, his eyes were cold and nonsense, and followed Qin Yuege in.

When the two entered, Mrs. Tian whispered: “Master Hou, you have to be careful about them and don’t fall for them, in case there are traps in this tunnel!”

Qi Ning smiled and said, “You don’t have to worry about me, even if they really set a trap, they can’t help me.” She put Mrs. Tian down carefully, sat down against the rock wall, and then said softly, “Madam, what they said That’s right, the matter on this island is indeed of great importance, and it is likely to threaten the imperial court. Since I am here, I have to make clear what is going on. I see that there is no trace of the bandits on the island. You wait for me here, and I’ll be out soon, okay?”

Although Mrs. Tian was worried, she also knew that since it was a major matter related to the imperial court, she could not stop herself, so she could only whisper, “Then you have to be careful!”

Qi Ning nodded slightly, thinking of something, put the cold blade in his hand into his wife’s hand, and whispered: “This place should be very safe, if something really happens, I have this in my hand to resist, this knife is cut like iron, It’s very sharp.” In fact, he knew very well that if Qin Yuege really wanted to be detrimental to Mrs. Tian, he wouldn’t let him find it so easily. Since the entrance to the underground grotto has not been discovered, it proves that it is still very safe.

Whether Qin Yuege is an enemy or a friend is not completely certain at the moment. If he is serious about his ulterior motives, Qi Ning does not have a cold blade in his hand. With his current martial arts, Qin Yuege cannot be an opponent at all.

The cave was pitch-dark, Qi Ning was on guard, bent his body and walked slowly inside. After walking for about tens of meters, the stone road climbed up. After walking for a short while, Qi Ning found that there was a faint fire in front of him. , approaching the past, it has come to the end, at the exit, Qin Yue’s singer was waiting for Qi Ning with a fire handbag. Qi Ning went out of the cave and found a huge rock on the edge of the cave. He looked back at the cave and immediately Understand that this rock is regularly used to seal the opening,

just removed.

He raised his head, but found that he was already in an extremely empty stone room at this time. What he saw in front of him was actually a pile of wooden boxes. The wooden boxes were neatly arranged and stacked. Qi Ning looked around. Look, Qin Yuege and the black shadow are standing in front of him from left to right, all looking at him.

Qi Ning didn’t speak, and walked slowly, Qin Yuege followed Qi Ning with the fire book.

The stone room was extremely wide, and the boxes were as numerous as the hair of a cow. Qi Ning only felt that these boxes cut off the inside like a labyrinth. There are thousands of boxes stored here.

Qi Ning walked to the edge of a box, turned around suddenly, and pulled out the knife from Qin Yuege’s waist. Qin Yuege was extremely calm, Qi Ning pulled out the knife, inserted the blade into the edge of the box lid, and ordered the order. The wooden box was pried open. At this time, the shadow had already followed. He picked up the box cover with both hands and carefully placed it on the side. The box was filled with things, and the top layer was covered with yellow grass. Peeling it open, looking closely, there was a look of horror on his face.

In this wooden box, it turned out to be a box full of blades.

He immediately looked at Qin Yuege, Qin Yuege just nodded, Qi Ning then pried open two boxes in a row, both of which were filled with knives, and in each box there were at least twenty or thirty brand new blades.

“Master Hou, all the boxes here are filled with weapons.” Qin Yuege said in a low voice, “It’s mainly big swords, and there are also short swords and spears.” He raised his hand and pointed to the northwest corner of the township: “The one over there In the box, there are long bows and arrows. I have estimated that there are at least 20,000 large knives and spears here, and there are nearly 1,000 long bows. The number of arrows is not many, including crossbows. Hundreds!”

After the establishment of the state of Chu, the court immediately issued a saber hunting order.

The most important part of the saber hunting order is that all instruments that can be used as weapons are strictly prohibited from private ownership. Weapons such as swords, long bows, sharp arrows and spears can only be owned by the government, while the farming instruments used by the people, such as sickles and axes A class of implements close to weapons are strictly managed by local officials. What kind of farming implements each household owns, the local yamen must keep accounts. to be severely punished.

The world is uncertain, and the strong enemy in the north is eyeing the tiger.

According to the usual practice, the Donghai Jiang family is only a merchant, and naturally they are also not allowed to possess weapons. However, due to the special circumstances, the Donghai Jiang family’s caravan has been trading with Nanyang. In order to cope with the sea bandits and even for the safety of the Nanyang, the imperial court granted Donghaijiang a license. The family formed a marine escort team to protect the smooth flow of merchant ships, but even so, the officials on the East China Sea side would strictly check the number of weapons the Donghai Jiang family had.

Even if the Jiang family wants to add an extra knife, they must report it to the local government, otherwise, they will violate the laws of the court and be punished as conspiracy.

At present, in this underground warehouse, there are such a large number of weapons, and the intention of rebellion is already obvious.

After Qi Ning knew that the goods were stored on the island, he actually kept thinking about what kind of goods it would be, but he never thought that it would be a weapon.

The imperial forging weapons belonged to the Ministry of Industry, and the Ministry of Industry had a dedicated forging field responsible for forging weapons for the imperial court. The type and number of weapons must strictly abide by the documents provided by the Ministry of War.

Moreover, every weapon from the forge must be strictly inspected, not only the quality of the weapons, but also the quantity of the weapons. There is a special yamen responsible for counting the number of weapons on the field. This set of procedures is extremely standardized and strict. There is no sloppiness in the slightest, and after the appearance, the whereabouts of each weapon must be registered, and the weapon will never be kept from the supervision of the imperial court.

The procedures for forging weapons in the imperial court were so strict, not to mention the people.

Whenever people find that someone has forged weapons privately, they are directly punished with the crime of treason. The crime is several times more serious than the private possession of weapons. Once convicted, the three clans will be directly implicated.

If the Jiang family wants to buy weapons from Nanyang and ship them back to the East China Sea, then of course there is a great risk. As long as the news is leaked a little, the consequences will be disastrous. Therefore, no matter how stupid the Jiang family is, it is impossible to purchase so many weapons from Nanyang. weapon.

Qi Ning had just observed the style of the knives. This is obviously the way the people in the Central Plains forged weapons. Qi Ning even doubted whether Nanyang had such advanced forging technology. .

Qi Ning didn’t think of one of the most important reasons in this warehouse, that it was difficult for him to imagine where these weapons came from?

Of course, the Jiang family in the East China Sea is not stupid enough to collect weapons from the East China Sea and transport them to this island. The court has always been wary of the Jiang family, so the Jiang family has always been under surveillance in the East China Sea. Whenever a box of these goods is found, The court will never show mercy to the Jiang family.

Therefore, these weapons, of course, cannot be transported from the shore. If so, where did they come from?

“Master Hou, these weapons are only a temporary number.” Qin Yuege said with a serious expression, “Every year, two batches of weapons are sent here, adding up to at least a thousand pieces.”

The Xuanwu battalion has the largest number of battalions in the capital guarding the capital, but it has only 15,000 soldiers and horses. Once the weapons here are used, they are enough to supply tens of thousands of people. Once they appear in the East China Sea. Ten thousand rebels, the consequences can be imagined.

Qi Ning handed back the big knife in his hand to Qin Yuege, Qin Yuege put the knife in its sheath, Qi Ning had already stared into his eyes and asked, “Qin Facao, since you have been staring at this matter for a long time, you naturally know this. Who is the mastermind behind it, Ben Hou asks you, who is the mastermind behind this island?” (https:)