353 Tang Ziyue shook his head and said, "Boss, you are confused. Can you check these places?"
"Which of these places that have not been investigated is not complicated and connected, and which one does not have a backer? If you rush to investigate like this, won't you offend everyone? Even if you find something by then, you will lose the support of the people, and the loss will outweigh the gain. Moreover, I guess they have already made preparations, and even if you search, you will not find anything."
Nan Batian sat down after hearing this, frowned and said, "Well, I can't accept it, so why are you saying this?"
Tang Ziyue said: "Boss, you can't be impatient to accomplish great things. In fact, if we change our thinking, we can also get useful information."
"for example?"
Tang Ziyue fanned himself with a fan, then took a sip of tea from the table and said, "Why does Zoroastrianism want to make weapons?"
"Support the war in the North!"
Nan Batian said, the northern rebels are fighting fiercely, everyone knows that they are not making weapons to support the war in the north, so are they just for show? This question is really funny!
Tang Ziyue said: "Yes, to support the war in the North. So, Boss, how is the war in the North going now?"
Nan Batian said: "The Zoroastrianism is still quite powerful. They are fighting back and forth with the Mulan people, and now it is a stalemate."
Tang Ziyue said, "Yes, it's a stalemate. Boss, the North is in great need of weapons right now. The weapons made by the Zoroastrians must be used to support the North. They can't afford to delay. If they delay for a month or two, plus the transportation in between, it will take more than half a year for these weapons to reach the North. Then, they will lose their meaning."
"This is something that Zoroastrianism absolutely cannot tolerate. Therefore, I guess that Zoroastrianism should be very anxious now."
"Urgent? They are anxious, but I am more anxious!"
Nan Batian muttered, and Tang Ziyue said, "Boss, now we have to see who can keep their composure, and if they are anxious, there will definitely be loopholes."
"Flaw? What flaw?"
Nan Batian immediately became interested. Tang Ziyue said, "Boss, it's urgent. They need to find a way to transport the weapons out of the city, and they can't delay. They need to transport them out within half a month at least, so that they can catch up with the war in the north and play the role of these weapons. In other words, if they want to take action, they must do so within the next half a month."
Nan Batian nodded after hearing this, and left the city in half a month. Then, due to delays on the way, it took him about one or two months to reach the north, just in time for the large-scale decisive battle between the rebels and the Mulan people.
Tang Ziyue said, "Now the entire Mianshui County is under martial law. The government officials, the Yelu Mansion guards, and all the big and small sects in our city have sent people to the four city gates. With such guards, the Zoroastrians will definitely not be able to force their way in. Moreover, their followers who are transporting goods have also been captured by the Darughachi. In other words, if they want to leave the city, they must ask for help."
"Boss, what forces do you think are capable of transporting large quantities of goods out of this city right now?"
Tang Ziyue asked.
After hearing this, Nan Batian said: "That's a lot, our fishing gang, the shipping gang, Old Sun's Shunfeng Escort Agency, and..."
"Chen Jiusi from the White Tiger Hall!"
Tang Ziyue laughed, and Nan Batian said, "Yes, Chen Jiusi can also be chosen."
Tang Ziyue said, "I have done nothing else these days except investigating one thing. I found that now, no matter if it is our fishing gang or the shipping gang, let alone Old Sun's Shunfeng Escort Agency, everything leaving the city must be unpacked and inspected. No one can be exempted. This means that even if the Zoroastrians find us, it will be difficult to transport the weapons out of the city."
"Yeah, so what's the point of you saying this?"
Tang Ziyue said: "But Boss, there is one person who can do it. No need to check when leaving the city!"
"who?"
Nan Batian frowned. Tang Ziyue slowly said a name: "Chen Jiusi!"
"Chen Jiusi? Why doesn't he need to be checked?"
Nan Batian frowned. What was so special about Chen Jiusi? Why didn't he need to be checked?
Tang Ziyue looked at Nan Batian and frowned slightly. Even after talking to this point, you still don't understand?
Ordinary goods need to be inspected, but there is one thing you cannot inspect!
Tang Ziyue said: "Boss, have you forgotten that Chen Jiusi will have a funeral in three days?"
Nan Batian was stunned and said, "Funeral, I know, what's wrong?"
Tang Ziyue frowned even deeper. Did he have to make everything clear?
As a scholar, he loves to play riddles because it makes him look very classy. It is a little quirk of a scholar.
Nan Batian said: "What do you want to say?"
Tang Ziyue said: "Funeral, coffins, boss, there is no need to check the coffins leaving the city. Chen Jiusi can hide these weapons in the coffins and transport them out of the city!"
"Yes! The coffin! That's right. Who would check someone else's coffin, especially the coffin of the hero of the White Tiger Hall? It was also the coffin that Lord Yelu personally instructed and agreed to hold the funeral. If it was checked, wouldn't it be a mortal enemy with Chen Jiusi and a slap in Lord Yelu's face? Who would be so stupid as to check Chen Jiusi's coffin?"
"If that's the case, we can really use coffins to carry weapons, and then we can conceal them from the world and smuggle them out of the city!"
Thinking of this, Nan Batian said: "Well, you Chen Jiusi, you are so bold as to help Zoroastrianism transport military equipment. This time, I don't think you will die!"
Nan Batian stood up and said, "Someone come here."
Seeing this, Tang Ziyue immediately asked, "Boss, what are you going to do?"
"Gather the troops and search the White Tiger Hall. I will definitely catch him in the act this time!"
Tang Ziyue said, "Boss, how can you capture him like this? Besides, there are still three days before the funeral, and there are many variables in between. Chen Jiusi is so cunning that he probably won't hide the weapons in the White Tiger Hall. If we capture him now, we will most likely alert the enemy and gain nothing, so we can't do that."
Nan Batian frowned upon hearing this and said, "That won't do. Are we just going to watch Chen Jiusi transport the weapons out of the city, and then we'll be blamed and punished by Yelu?"
Tang Ziyue said: "Of course we can't do that, Gang Leader, if we want to be most certain, we need to be fair and aboveboard so that he won't be able to defend himself."
"So I think that the gang leader needs to do two things now. First, report this matter to Yelu. Second, maintain the intensity of the street search to prevent Chen Jiusi from getting suspicious. Third, intercept him at the city gate on the day of the funeral and open the coffin in public so that his despicable behavior will have nowhere to hide. In this way, he must die!"
After hearing this, Nan Batian fell silent. Did he have to tell Darughachi?
"Are you sure about this news?"
Nan Batian looked at Tang Ziyue and asked the question that concerned him most, which was, is this news accurate?
Don't let him report to Lord Yelu, and then, after checking, find out that Chen Jiusi is innocent. This would make him look so incompetent!
Tang Ziyue looked at Nan Batian and said, "Boss, there is no such thing as foolproof information in this world. But Boss, I have investigated this matter for two days and can basically confirm that Chen Jiusi has the opportunity to transport the weapons without inspection within these fifteen days."
"And only Chen Jiusi has the ability to transport this batch of weapons."
Nan Batian frowned and said, "He is really so bold as to collude with Zoroastrianism. If Yelu knew about this, his life might be in danger!"
Tang Ziyue asked: "Boss, you have been in contact with him for such a long time, do you find that he is a coward?"
"He went from being a nobody in Xiantao Village to Mianshui County. He first broke into Yihonglou and rescued his sister by himself. Then he fought against Feng San of the Beggar Gang, killed Zheng Chuan, and defeated Feng Xuan. In just one year, he went from having nothing to becoming the third most important gang figure in Mianshui County. Do you think he is a coward?"
"Fortune and honor are sought through risk, and Chen Jiusi never lacks the courage to take a gamble."
"And his behavior is also very abnormal. Those 28 guards were loyal to him, but he made such a big fuss about his funeral, as if he was afraid that others wouldn't know about it. What is this? This is called being in the dark under the lamp. No one would have thought that he would transport the military equipment that was strictly under the imperial court's control out of the city under such a high-profile environment, right?"
"Also, I checked the batch of coffins he asked the coffin shop to make. The internal space of the coffin is very large. If it is filled with weapons, it can hold a lot. Normal coffins don't need to be so deep."
"And did you discover his route?"
"Start from the West City, go around the city halfway, exit from the East Gate, and then enter Qingshankou. Where is it after passing Qingshankou?"
Tang Ziyue asked Nan Batian, who was stunned when he heard it and said, "Xiantao Village, Xiantao Village Ferry?"
Hearing this, Tang Ziyue nodded vigorously and said, "These weapons can be transported directly to Xiantao Ferry, and then directly transported north along the Mianshui River. Moreover, Xiantao Ferry is the White Tiger Hall's lair. Gang leader, take another look at this!"
Tang Ziyue handed Nan Batian a piece of paper. Nan Batian looked at it and frowned, "What is this?"
Tang Ziyue said: "These days, the number of boats at Xiantao Ferry has doubled compared to usual. Although their dispatch schedule is very secretive, they can't hide it from me. The number of boats has doubled!"
After hearing this, Nan Batian said, "What a meticulous plan. Using the coffin as a cover, we can transport the weapons to Qingshankou, then take a boat to Xiantao Ferry and head directly north."
"Chen Jiusi is really insidious!"
Nan Batian felt that this matter was almost certain and the plan was quite meticulous. If Tang Ziyue hadn't pointed it out, he would never have dreamed that Chen Jie would actually think of using coffins to transport military equipment.
He would not think that Chen Jie would use such a grand funeral to plan such a big plan. He would only think that Chen Jie held such a grand funeral for the purpose of humiliating him. Yes, to humiliate him.
Although Chen Jiusi did not kill the 28 people who died this time, he could not escape the responsibility and could be considered as an indirect killer. Chen Jie wanted to hold such a grand funeral and made it very lively. Nan Batian instinctively felt that he was embarrassing himself.
But who could have imagined that he was repairing the plank road here in the open while secretly marching through Chencang?
On the surface, they held a funeral, but secretly, they used 28 coffins of the dead to smuggle the weapons out of the city in a way that concealed the truth. If you think about it carefully, everyone's attention was attracted by these 28 large golden nanmu coffins that day. They watched the coffins paraded through the streets and finally carried out of the city in a swagger.
If this plan succeeds, you, Chen Jiusi, will be so complacent. He has concealed it from everyone in the entire Mianshui County. He has made a fool of himself and Yelu!
hateful!
He was so insidious, so cunning that I almost fell into his trap. Fortunately, I had Zi Yue as my military advisor, who could see through his despicable schemes and prevent his plans from being realized.
Besides, this is also a chance for me. Chen Jiusi is not easy to deal with!
He is deeply bound to Yelu, and if anyone wants to deal with him, Yelu will come out to get in the way.
But if things go well this time, he will be dead. For colluding with the Zoroastrian evildoers, just for this reason, how many heads does Chen Jiusi have to chop off?
Moreover, Yelu could tolerate many things, but he would never tolerate collusion with Zoroastrianism.
By then, Chen Jiusi will be disgraced, and I can kill him calmly to relieve the hatred in my heart!
Thinking of this, Nan Batian looked at Tang Ziyue and said, "Ziyue, what do you say about me going to the Darughachi Mansion now and exposing Chen Jiusi?"
Tang Ziyue said: "Okay, but Darughachi may not believe it."
"Um?"
Nan Batian looked at Tang Ziyue in confusion. Tang Ziyue said, "Our previous thoughts were all speculations, and Chen Jiusi is a person that Lord Yelu values. If there is no real evidence, Lord Yelu will not agree to touch Chen Jiusi. So whether you expose it now or three days later, the effect will be the same."
Nan Batian narrowed his eyes and said, "I understand. To catch someone in bed is to catch him dirty!"
Tang Ziyue said: "That's exactly the truth."
Nan Batian said: "But I can't help but want to inform Darughachi. Do you think if I go, will it alert the enemy?"
Tang Ziyue said, "You are worrying too much, Boss. Although it is just speculation, our reasoning is perfect. Lord Yelu wants the Zoroastrian thieves and weapons, so he will not alert them and will just watch from the sidelines. When the time comes, Boss, you can arrest the man and the culprits! It will also be more in line with Yelu's wishes."
Nan Batian said: "Okay, if that's the case, then I will go find Yelu. This time, Chen Jiusi must be disgraced and die without a burial place, only then can I relieve the hatred in my heart!"
After saying this, Nan Batian ordered his men to prepare fast horses and go to Yelu Mansion to report.
Tang Ziyue watched Nan Batian leave in a hurry, so he tidied up the account book he had given to Nan Batian, his eyes full of provocation, "Chen Jiusi, our war has begun again."
That's right, last time, he had a fight with Chen Jie in the woods, and ended up having his underwear seen through by Chen Jiusi.
He was even exposed by Chen Jiusi on the spot, which hit him hard.
As a strategist, he enjoys a battle of wits. Every time he crushes his opponent in terms of IQ, he reaches an indescribable climax. The pleasure of watching the enemy being vulnerable to his wisdom is something that cannot be achieved by force.
He has always believed in the idea that the brain controls the hands and feet.
Even though Nan Batian seems to be invincible and the best in Mianyang River, many of his policies were formulated by Tang Ziyue, and Tang Ziyue was indispensable in his planning.
Tang Ziyue is his think tank.
And Tang Ziyue always thought that he was the one commanding Nan Batian.
He is the number one think tank in Mianyang River. When it comes to wisdom, he is afraid of no one.