Chapter 442: If You Say There Is, There Is

Several officials suddenly turned out of the pass.

Six or seven officials, one low-caste slave.

The low-caste slave actually appeared at the pass, and this rare scene made the merchants pay attention.

They didn't care about others, and went straight to the front of the Stone Gate caravan and Fushan Yue's team and shouted: "This column, search strictly!"

Second Master Shi Er was shocked, stepped forward and arched his hands: "Masters, what happened?"

"Dagong County Government Office!" The official shook the token in front of them, "Nothing happened, random inspection according to practice, just happened to pick you!"

Second Master Shi Er couldn't help but laugh: "You don't need to bother, we don't have any contraband here."

This official had seen it with his own eyes yesterday, how could he be fooled by him, so his face sank: "Stop talking nonsense, stand aside, don't hinder official business!"

"And you, you!" He stopped the caravan partners who wanted to move, "None of you are allowed to move, otherwise shackles will be served! Alright, search for me, search carefully."

He said this, and other officials separated to search, not letting go of any carriage, whether carrying goods or people.

The search results of the first ten carriages came out, none.

Then continue searching.

The Stone Gate Chamber of Commerce had many carriages and even more goods, so searching was quite time-consuming. Taking advantage of this gap, He Lingchuan and Fushan Yue both rushed over.

Second Master Shi Er was inquiring about the situation: "What's going on? Masters, we are all law-abiding good people!" He pointed to the low-caste slave, "What's going on with this person, why is he standing here?"

The official leader glared: "None of your business!"

"Oh? Could it be that this low-caste slave framed us?" Fushan Yue's gaze made him tremble with fear, "He originally served me, but was beaten by me a few times and held a grudge, so he retaliated wantonly."

Speaking of this, he looked up and sniffed twice, frowning: "This guy even drank alcohol earlier. You actually believed a drunk low-caste slave?!"

As soon as his voice rose, there were more travelers watching the fun around.

The officials thought, is this a dog's nose? He could even smell the wine the low-caste slave drank yesterday? On the surface, he had to reply: "Random inspection according to practice, legal and compliant!"

Fushan Yue smiled: "What if you didn't find anything?"

The cold light in his eyes scared the low-caste slave into trembling.

The official leader didn't care: "Then congratulations on passing the pass."

Fushan Yue gave him a deep stare: "Do you know who I am?"

The official leader bit the bullet: "I don't care who you are, in the territory of Lingxu City, you must abide by the laws here!"

Fushan Yue smiled: "Good, good, impartial law enforcement."

Da Shu and other guards rushed over from the back, eyeing the officials covetously. Fushan Yue waved his hand, letting them all retreat back into the team.

There were too many people here, not a place to use force.

At this time, other officials had finished searching the last carriage, climbed out and said: "None, none!"

Everyone's eyes focused on the low-caste slave.

The official leader was also a bit panicked.

He clearly saw it with his own eyes yesterday, why wasn't it in the carriage?

Could it be that this Young Master Fushan was alert and threw the target away long ago?

Fushan Yue smiled without smiling: "Now, what do you plan to do?"

The official leader asked his subordinates: "Did you really search every corner?"

"Hey, we were afraid of illusions, so we went up to every carriage and checked it with our own hands! None."

This is really... The official leader met Fushan Yue's gloomy gaze and could only swallow: "This, this..."

At this time, several people walked out from behind the pass, and the leader asked: "What's going on here?"

This person's body, limbs, clothing, and posture of holding his head high looked like a human at first glance, but his skin color was cyan, and the parts not covered by clothing were covered with small scales.

His eyes were emerald green, and there were fish-fin-like sharp thorns on his ears. He Lingchuan noticed that there were even inconspicuous membranes between his fingers.

That is... webbed?

What kind of monster is this? As soon as Fushan Yue saw him, his eyes narrowed, revealing a sudden realization: "Zhongsun Mou? So it was you who tripped me up, no wonder!"

"Bold!" A guard behind this person stepped forward and scolded sternly, "How dare you be disrespectful to the Inspector!"

"Inspector?" Fushan Yue was a little surprised, and wanted to take a step, but stopped when he heard this.

"Fushan Yue? Don't measure the gentleman's heart with a villain's measure." Zhongsun Mou turned to the official leader unhurriedly, "You say it, what happened?"

"Routine random inspection."

"Did you find anything?"

"No..."

The official leader just squeaked, when someone suddenly shouted from behind: "Inspector, there is contraband here!"

Everyone was stunned, turned their heads to look, and saw two soldiers standing by a carriage of the Stone Gate caravan, lifting the tarpaulin, pointing to the glass jar underneath and saying: "This is Dragon Scale Cypress, it is strictly forbidden to take it out of the Twilight Plain!"

"How is this possible!" Second Master Shi Er lost his voice, "We have walked this trade route for more than ten years, and have never carried Dragon Scale Cypress!"

He walked the route familiarly, never making mistakes, how could he carry contraband? This Dragon Scale Cypress was a plant unique to the Twilight Swamp, its leaves like dragon scales, and taking it as medicine could make men's male wind flourish. It was conceivable that this kind of thing didn't worry about sales, after all, there were always people who asked for medicine at the medical hall starting with "I have a friend."

But Dragon Scale Cypress had been over-exploited in the past, and now the stock was scarce, and it had become a controlled medicinal material, not allowed to be picked and transported privately by civilians.

Once discovered, heavy punishment! Second Master Shi Er saw that such a large jar of Dragon Scale Cypress actually appeared in his own car, and it was a life-threatening one, so all his blood rushed to his brain.

This was out of anger.

Which caravan smuggling valuables would be stupid enough to use a glass bottle that was clear at a glance? Private individuals couldn't mine it, so this must be official stuff.

The other party framed the Stone Gate caravan to the point of having no bottom line and no shame!

He Lingchuan also watched the whole thing from the side, and asked Fushan Yue quietly: "What's the relationship between this guy and you?"

"Opponent." Fushan Yue said in a mosquito-like voice, "He wants me dead."

"What did you do to him?"

"His grandfather was killed by my father."

"..."

Fushan Yue touched his nose again: "His younger brother's death also has a little relationship with me."

"..." Okay. Is it a billion points of relationship?

So Zhongsun Mou had every reason to hate Fushan Yue, and hate the house and its crow? Sure enough, Zhongsun Mou's gaze swept over, and his hatred for He Lingchuan didn't diminish, as if enjoying the same treatment as Fushan Yue.

At this time, kick Fushan Yue away, and then shout "I'm not familiar with him", I wonder if it's too late? "Privately carrying Dragon Scale Cypress, attempting to pass the pass and cross the border—" Zhongsun Mou dragged his tone, "How is it usually punished?"

After all, he wasn't a professional at this.

There was a small official running over from behind the pass: "Dragon Scale Cypress, more than two jin—"

He looked at the jar, let alone two jin, there were seven or eight jin here.

"Huge quantity, can be fined ten times, which is... three thousand taels of silver."

"Three thousand taels..." Second Master Shi Er sweated on his forehead, and had a heart attack when he heard this number. After paying this huge fine, how much money could he keep for himself after finishing this business trip? "My lord, you are too heavy."

He was too lazy to argue about the origin of the Dragon Scale Cypress. The people didn't fight with the officials. If others wanted to frame him, they would definitely succeed.

But he still wanted to reduce losses.

The small official said "can" be fined ten times, didn't say it must be, so the penalty had flexibility.

At this time, the caravan had been forcibly dragged away from the pass to avoid blocking the teams behind.

Zhongsun Mou looked at Fushan Yue, laughing easily and comfortably: "If Young Master Fushan is willing to plead for you, I will still give this face."

Fushan Yue's face twitched.

This guy is so vicious! He definitely couldn't do it if he had to lower his face to beg Zhongsun Mou.

However, He Lingchuan and the Stone Gate caravan would be made difficult.

"Zhongsun Mou, you are playing with fire." He warned Zhongsun Mou, "If you do too many guilty things, it's best to grow an eye on your back."

The guard behind him shouted: "How dare you threaten the Lingxu City official!"

Zhongsun Mou laughed: "Young Master Fushan refused, you have to blame him if you want to blame someone."

Fushan Yue bared his teeth, and said to He Lingchuan in a low voice: "Let Shi Er pay the fine, I will make it up to him when I go back."

He Ling

They had traveled together for a while and had developed some mutual understanding. Although the Second Master of the Shi family was furious, he had been doing business for many years and firmly believed that harmony was the most precious thing, so he swallowed his anger and paid the three-thousand-tael fine.

"My lord, can we go now?" Another ten zhang forward was the territory of the Chi Yan Kingdom, yet they were unable to cross.

"What's the rush?" Zhongsun Mou asked the official in a leisurely manner, "Has this team been fully inspected yet?"

The minor official was very tactful: "No, not yet, we've only checked half of it!"

"Then what are you still standing there for? Don't delay Young Master Fushan's time!"

"Yes." The minor official turned around and waved at the bailiffs, "What are you dazed for? Move everything down, inspect it thoroughly!"

Fushan Yue stared at him, smiling yet not smiling: "You have quite the imposing manner."

The minor official met his fierce gaze and subconsciously shrank his neck. But the order had already been issued, and with one or two thousand officials and civilians at the checkpoint watching, the bailiffs immediately took action, truly moving all the cargo from the carts onto the ground to inspect them one by one.

They even drew their blades to stab and poke into the bundles of materials; if anyone had been hidden inside, fresh blood would likely have already flowed all over the ground.

The Second Master of the Shi family watched with his heart in his throat; he had originally truly intended to hide Little Taozi in the pile of materials.

The cargo of the Shi Gate caravan was numerous and miscellaneous. The head bailiff saw that the team members were all watching from the sidelines, while only he and his subordinates were exhausted, so he said in a rough voice: "What are you looking at? All of you, come down and help move!"

The caravan members all had ugly expressions; this guy was making things difficult for them to death, and still wanted them to work hard? He Lingchuan spoke up at the right moment: "They require money as soon as they start working, so we'll have to trouble you officers."

The head bailiff saw him smiling, yet the words he said were so biting, so he pointed at his nose and said: "Kid, don't act tough here, or you'll have a bitter taste to swallow!"

"You see that I have nothing on me, not even a carriage." He Lingchuan patted his ribs, "It wouldn't be very easy to frame me by planting some dragon-scale scroll cypress or something, would it?"

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