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Ever since Xiao Feng had been scolded and mocked by Liu Ye Qing in the temple, he had gained a deeper understanding of the Sublime Flow Pavilion.

When he found out that there was a branch of the Sublime Flow Pavilion in the Dragon Travelling County, he immediately rushed there.

He wanted to know everything about the Cloud Mountain Escort Office as soon as possible.

Disciples who had already returned to inform Yang Lei that Pavilion Master Xiao had found him and was rushing over to this place.

Yang Lei didn't dare to be slow and personally went to the lobby to wait. The moment Xiao Feng entered, he saw Du Yun'er and the two maids. Yang Lei stepped forward and bowed, "Subordinate Yang Lei greets Pavilion Master Xiao."

Xiao Feng raised his hand and said, "There's no need to stand on ceremony. Let's talk inside."

A servant had already arranged for tea and snacks to be served, so Xiao Feng naturally sat at the head of the table. Du Yun'er sat on the left, with Lin Ru and Li Qing behind her.

Yang Lei only stood in the hall.

Xiao Feng took a sip of tea and asked Yang Lei, "How much do you know about the Cloud Mountain Escort Office?"

Hearing this, Yang Lei replied, "Master Wu ordered me to open a branch here, and told me many times to pay attention to the Cloud Mountain Escort Office's dart boat. Your subordinate did not fail in his mission and gathered a lot of information regarding the Cloud Mountain Escort Company. "

After Yang Lei finished speaking, he gave a few of his personal disciples a glance. Not long after, the disciple returned with a stack of sallow text. Yang Lei took the text, looked at the cover, and said, "There is information on all the escort ships that the Cloud Mountain Escort Office has sent to and from Shu in these past three years, as well as the number of goods they have been shipping."

After Yang Lei finished speaking, he stepped forward and handed the text in his hand to Xiao Feng, "Please take a look, Pavilion Master."

The first page began with the words, "Nine years of Pure Blessing. The chief escort of the Cloud Mountain Escort Office, Mo Yunshan, and six other escort ships from Chi Prefecture entered Shu, all the way to Dragon Travelling Pier. They were tasked to escort Shu's embroidered cloth to the imperial government. One hundred and twenty escort escorts …"

Three years had passed since the beginning of the text, recording the Yunshan Escort Office dart Boat's eleven times to and fro in Sichuan, all of which were nominally sent by the imperial court to the capital to be embroidered. However, there was one paragraph that caught Xiao Feng's attention.

That is, ChunYou's Ten Years of Spring. On the way back, the Cloud Mountain Escort Office's dartboard ship prepared to stop at Jiang Ling to rest, but it was ambushed by a group of bandits. Furthermore, the bandits' voices were loud. They all took the fast boat and approached the escort boat, killing many of the Cloud Mountain Escort Office's escort team. They even concentrated their attacks on the other escort ship.

If it wasn't for Mo Yunshan's timely reaction and the formation of his escort, which gathered the forces to counterattack and kill off the bandits, he would have been able to save the other five escort ships.

Even so, the escort ship had suffered heavy losses this time.

Mo Yunshan knew that losing so many pieces of embroidered cloth was his responsibility. If the imperial government were to blame him, it was definitely not something that he, a head of an escort company, could handle.

But for some reason, the imperial government did not care about the attack on the escort ship. There was also no action to penalize the Cloud Mountain Escort Office.

Only after hearing from the Supreme Ocean Pavilion that Mo Yunshan had hidden the truth in order to not let the imperial government punish him, did they learn that he had been willing to be a lackey while secretly befriending Jia Ruidao, who held great power in the capital. Jia Ruidao helped the Cloud Mountain Escort Office to conceal the truth about the shipwreck, hiding it from the world.

As a result, without the knowledge of the imperial government, there was no need to blame them.

All these details were recorded in this small book by the people of the Supreme Ocean Pavilion.

When Xiao Feng saw this, he couldn't help but gasp. He thought to himself that this Cloud Mountain Escort Office had great courage. They actually lied about such a huge matter and colluded with the imperial government. If this matter were to be investigated by the imperial government, the crime of deceiving the monarch would involve the execution of the head, or even the extermination of nine clans.

However, the Cloud Mountain Escort Office would naturally not let this news leak out. In order to prevent the news from leaking, Mo Yunshan was even more determined. The escort ship returned to Chi Prefecture headquarters. The next day, it killed all the escort team members who were escorting darts.

If there was no one left, he could try again. However, if the news were to leak out, the Cloud Mountain Escort Office would not fall, and Mo Yunshan's good days as an escort would naturally come to an end.

However, with so many pieces of embroidered cloth suddenly missing, the imperial government would definitely suspect something. As for the matters of the court, they were naturally left to Jia Ruidao to handle.

Jia Ruidao was made a imperial concubine by virtue of his elder sister being doted upon by Song Lizhong. It could be said that he had achieved his own path, and his whole family had risen to the heavens. Jia Ruidao, who was transferred to Beijing Lake, had temporary authority over the imperial court. He secretly took control of the Ministry of Revenue, the fat water department. It was a simple thing for him to tell a lie about the decline in the harvest of the embroidered cloth under the influence of the Mongol invasion.

Anyhow, the Chuan Shu of today was still under the jurisdiction of the Song Dynasty on the surface. But in reality, the control of the Song Dynasty over Chuan Shu had already reached a point where it was powerless to do anything.

Mongol troops are just on the line of Kwangguan and Tongguan, eyeing the land of Sichuan Shu covetously. As long as Dali fell, anyone with a brain would be able to predict that Mongolia's next target would be a dying Song Dynasty.

At that time, if Dali failed, then there would be no barrier to the west of Sichuan Shu. If the Mongol army attacked from all sides, then the Sichuan Shu could be broken at any time.

This was no exaggeration.

For several years ago, Mongolia had attacked Sichuan three times. All down to the cities. Without Dali's presence, Sichuan would have become a Mongolian threshing ground.

Back to the main topic, let's talk about the Cloud Mountain Escort Office.

After that, the Yunshan Escort Office continued to send the imperial court to transport Shu cloth embroidery. From then on, at least twenty to thirty percent of all the embroidered cloths destined for the capital were seized by the Cloud Mountain Escort Office and handed over to the merchants for their money, all of which were offered to Jia Ruidao.

Jia Ruidao was still manipulating the situation to cover up the truth for the Cloud Mountain Escort Office. Both sides had taken advantage of each other, colluding with each other to deceive the other.

"..."

Xiao Feng slammed his fist on the table, giving everyone a fright. His face was filled with rage as he said, "The Yunshan Escort Office colluded with the treacherous officials of the imperial court to steal the treasury for themselves. They deserve to die! And this Jia Ruidao, as an important official of the imperial court, he held great power and did not do things for the people. Instead, he was amassing money to harm others. It really is the Great Nation! "

Du Yun'er looked at Xiao Feng in a daze. Although she did not read the text, she heard Xiao Feng's anger and couldn't help but say, "Xiao Lang, do not be angry. The matters of the imperial government will be dealt with by the imperial government itself. We are commoners, so how could we dare to carelessly question the officials of the imperial government? Be careful not to let others listen in, it's not good. "

Du Yun'er was right. The matters of the imperial government are naturally not something you can discuss with a single person. Especially since he had "insulted" the court officials without permission. That was a capital offense.

Although this sounded a bit 'womanly'.

"That Jia Ruidao relied on his own sister's status as the Imperial Consort to be doted on by the current Emperor, to be highly regarded and to have great authority in the imperial court. "He used the Cloud Mountain Escort Office to amass wealth. This really makes people resentful …" Yang Lei said in indignation.

He had naturally read through all the things recorded in the book. He also picked up some important information and passed it all to the Chengdu headquarters.

Xiao Feng quickly read through the information recorded in the report. Most of it was about the escort the Cloud Mountain Escort Office sent to and from Sichuan. And this time, the Taihang Pavilion had yet to compile the records.

"Pavilion Master." According to the information gathered from his subordinates, the Cloud Mountain Escort Office was responsible for escorting the embroidery of Mount Shu to the capital, and it was the daughter of Mo Yunshan, Mo Xianqing. There were still five bodyguards accompanying them. There were about a hundred of them. Yang Lei opened his mouth and said, "That Mo Yunshan's wife is called Zhong Ru Yi, and she is also known as' Zhong Mei Niang '. This person was a daughter of Miao Zhen. She had learned the bewitching poison technique since she was young. And this Mo Wanqing, seemed to have inherited her mother's way of doing things as well. He also knew the bewitching art of the Gu poison … "This is all the information this subordinate has gathered about this Cloud Mountain Escort Office."

When Xiao Feng heard this, he put away the text in his hand and said, "Did this person harm me three years ago? I met him at the docks earlier today. Even Mo Yu from the Linglong Villa and Miss Li from the Solitary Summit are all here. "

Xiao Feng laughed coldly when he spoke until this point, "First of all, I only believe that there is some private grudge between me and this Cloud Mountain Escort Office …" However, right now, it seems that it is no longer merely a personal grudge. "