Chapter 1811 - 1749: A Crime Deserving Death

Chapter 1811: Chapter 1749: A Crime Deserving Death

As soon as Wufu got on the carriage, his drunken state completely vanished. He opened his eyes, clear and alert, sat up, and furrowed his brow.

"What’s going on?" Ah Jiu asked.

Wufu said, "They’re dealing in military trade."

Ah Jiu was taken aback.

Seeing his confusion and misunderstanding, Wufu rephrased, "It’s, well, munitions trade."

Ah Jiu widened his eyes and grabbed Wufu’s arm: "What did you say?"

Munitions trade, outrageous, Marquis Xuanwu, how dare he!

Wufu winced in pain and patted his hand, saying, "I didn’t have time to hear everything, but from what they implied, it appears that Prince Wei’s Manor is buying from Marquis Xuanwu’s side. Marquis Xuanwu is asking for one million taels, but Prince Wei’s Manor thinks it’s too high."

Ah Jiu’s face darkened.

"We’ll talk when we get back to the inn."

The carriage sped off, and in less than an hour, they arrived at the inn. Wufu got out of the carriage and was about to enter the inn when he stopped.

She looked toward the street corner, where a piece of clothing was visible. Wufu nodded to Chi Wu.

Chi Wu went over and quickly brought back a person.

It was a girl of thirteen or fourteen, dressed in a plain-colored dress, her large eyes timidly looking at Wufu: "Young Master."

Ah Jiu glanced at her and looked at Wufu: "Do you know her?"

Wufu looked at the girl and asked, "Why have you come?"

Wasn’t she the little maid who nearly got assaulted a few days ago on the Marble Boat?

"I..." The little maid knelt down with a thud: "I beg the young master to take in this humble maid, I am willing to serve as cattle and horses for the young master!"

Wufu was stunned for a moment, what’s the situation?

"Send her away." Ah Jiu, occupied with matters of his own, impatiently told Chi Wu, while ushering Wufu inside.

"Young Master, Young Master." The little maid grew anxious, shuffled two steps on her knees.

Wufu then said to Chi Wu: "Take her to Purple Jade’s place first."

Ah Jiu was somewhat surprised; she isn’t one to be easily swayed by emotion, what’s with her today?

But he didn’t ask; after all, she was just a little girl, whether servant or maid, he didn’t care.

Once inside the room, there were guards at the door, while Wufu and Ah Jiu conversed within.

"...How do you handle these munitions? Marquis Xuanwu holds military power; dealing in munitions trade sounds quite established, shouldn’t be his first time doing this," Wufu said.

Ah Jiu clenched his fist: "Northern Region munitions have never had any reported problems, all changes in munitions have been within norms. Supposedly, if he were extracting and selling from within, there’s no way he could cover up any trace."

"Millions in munitions, and they’re weapons, the quantity must be substantial!" Wufu echoed: "If they’re not extracted from the army, where does he source the goods? Could he be bluffing?"

A spark of insight flashed in Ah Jiu’s mind, he said: "No, there’s another possibility."

"What is it?" Wufu was curious, suddenly said: "Are you suggesting he has a weapons factory?"

"A weapons factory?" Ah Jiu nodded and said: "Your theory is quite plausible, if he has a base, no, straight up an iron mine, wouldn’t manufacturing weapons be a simple task?"

Wufu’s eyes widened, tentatively asking: "Hiding iron mine activities privately is a grave offense, isn’t it?"

"It’s a capital offense." Ah Jiu’s voice was cold: "Anyone knowing and covering up an iron mine, without reporting, is deemed a traitor. Furthermore, he’s privately mining and manufacturing weapons to sell, even to foreign countries. This is colluding with the enemy, punishable by exterminating nine clans." Not to mention privately manufacturing a large number of weapons, even hiding them is already a capital offense, let alone manufacturing and selling them to others?

Wufu swallowed, exterminating nine clans, how severe!