The Time Traveling Anchor and Her Eight Hundred Fence-Sitters

Chapter 185: Concealing the truth

The two talked in the study for a while, until the moon was at its zenith. Then Xie Chen received Xiao Haizhou's instructions and continued to go to the Ministry of War to gather intelligence.

However, when Xie Chen turned around to leave, something suddenly fell out of his pocket.

The thing fell to the ground with a thud, and then in silence, it rolled to Xiao Haizhou's feet.

It turned out to be the pearl that Xie Chen stole from Zhao Mianmian's yard!!

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When Xiao Haizhou saw the bead, he didn't say anything, nor did he reach out to pick it up. Instead, he raised his eyelids and glanced at Xie Chen lightly.

Xie Chen was immediately frightened out of his wits and quickly explained:

"I picked it up! I picked up this bead!"

Xiao Haizhou looked suspicious: "Picked it up?"

Xie Chen nodded and quickly explained the origin of the bead:

"When I went to investigate the He family earlier, I took a shortcut and found it in a yard. The yard was dark and I didn't know who lived there."

Hearing Xie Chen's words, Xiao Haizhou narrowed his eyes thoughtfully.

He picked up the bead on the ground and held it up to the candlelight.

Under the candlelight, the fingernail-sized beads are delicate, round and sparkling.

Judging from the color and texture, it is actually a very rare South Pearl!

This kind of South Pearl is rarely seen in the market, and is usually offered as tribute to the palace. Even the Earl's Mansion can hardly get one, let alone ordinary people.

But Xie Chen said that the South Pearl was picked up in the He family's yard, which made people think of a person, a short-sighted, money-hungry little girl, Zhao Mianmian.

In other words, Xie Chen not only searched Zhao Mianmian's yard in the middle of the night, but also took away her pearls from her yard? ?

Ah.

If that little girl knew about this, she would be so angry that she would scream and curse at me a thousand times in her heart? ?

Xiao Haizhou imagined in his mind the scene where Zhao Mianmian was so angry that she wanted to cry, but dared not to because of her face, and he couldn't help but curl the corners of his mouth.

However, there was something wrong with the corners of his mouth curled up.

The man standing by the window suddenly looked stern, then turned around quickly and walked quickly to the inner room of the study.

Xie Chen had no idea what was going on, so he could only follow closely.

"grown ups??"

Xiao Haizhou ignored Xie Chen and directly took out the tiger talisman for mobilizing 300,000 Qingping troops from the secret box. He studied it carefully in the candlelight in the room.

Then, while Xie Chen was bewildered, he asked a very treasonous question:

"How long does it take to find someone to make a fake one?"

Xie Chen: “???”

fake?

What's fake?

Fake tiger talisman???

!!!

Xie Chen was stunned.

The reason why the tiger talisman is used as a military talisman is because it is made entirely of gold and copper and is extremely difficult to cast.

Putting aside the craftsmanship, even if I could make a fake one in a short period of time, it would not be able to withstand the verification before the troops were deployed.

Once Prince Ning found out that the tiger talisman was fake, he would immediately let everyone know about it and use it as an excuse to skin the Xiao family? ?

Is the Grand Tutor so angry at the 800-mile rush that he is ready to dig a hole for himself? ? ?

However, even though he was complaining in his heart, Xie Chen did not dare to show his doubts on his face.

He paused, and went through the available craftsmen in the dark building in his mind, and finally replied solemnly:

"If we want to build it exactly the same, it will probably take a whole day. If we only want it to be 70% or 80% similar, we can finish it before dawn."

"However, no matter if it is exactly the same or only 70% or 80% similar, there is no guarantee that it will match the one in the Northwest Camp. Once people find out that the tiger talisman we sent to the northwest is a fake, I'm afraid..."

Xie Chen did not finish the rest of his words. He believed that Lord Xiao should understand the interests involved.

Unexpectedly, after hearing his words, Xiao Haizhou not only did not change his mind, but with a smile on his face, he placed the bead he had picked up from the He family neatly on the desk in front of them.

"You picked up this bead from the He family. Looking at its size and quality, who did you think of first?"

Xie Chen didn't understand what was going on. He followed Xiao Haizhou's words and looked at Nanzhu twice again.

Originally the color was dark, but he didn't care. But when Xiao Haizhou picked it up, he took a closer look and found that the quality of the beads was excellent, just like the batch that had been distributed from the palace before.

He family, tribute, South Pearls.

Putting these factors together, the first thing that comes to mind is Zhao Mianmian, the cousin of the He family who was brought back from the countryside in Xuchuan.

So Xie Chen blurted out without thinking:

"Zhao Mianmian."

Xiao Haizhou asked again:

"Since you took the bead back when Zhao Mianmian wasn't paying attention, would you go back and confirm with her whether the bead was lost by her?"

Xie Chen was startled, as if struck by lightning.

The next moment, a shocking idea began to become clear in his mind little by little as Xiao Haizhou said.

A South Pearl, because it was brought from the He family, makes people think of Zhao Mianmian.

Since he stole the pearl first and was in the wrong later, he would not risk being criticized by others and then confirm the owner of the pearl.

If this is the case with South Pearls, what about the Tiger Tally?

If we stage a play in which the tiger talisman in the hands of the Xiao family goes through numerous hardships before reaching the Northwest Camp, then will the person who finally gets the tiger talisman question its authenticity?

Even if we take a step back and look at the casting technology of Anlou, even if Liang Yuanjing really had doubts, he would not have any conclusive evidence to prove that the tiger talisman sent by the Xiao family to the northwest was fake until the moment he sent troops to check the talisman.

Could it be that in order to confirm the authenticity of the tiger talisman, Liang Yuanjing really colluded with the Northern Di and staged a drama where the enemy was on the verge of breaking out in front of everyone?

What’s even more outrageous is that as long as Liang Yuanjing dared to accept this “tiger talisman”, it would be equivalent to shitting in his own crotch.

After all, the tiger talisman has been given to us.

As for whether it was due to improper storage or improper use, it has nothing to do with the Xiao family at all.

Not only did it have nothing to do with the Xiao family, but when the truth came out, they could also watch a good show, to see how Liang Yuanjing, the prince of Ning who claimed to be the son of destiny, slapped himself in the face! !

I have to say, it’s really… a good trick to deceive the world!!

Thinking of this, Xie Chen seemed to be energized. Without Xiao Haizhou's instructions, he went to the secret building of Xuanlin Guard excitedly.

When he came out of the dark building, it was already evening of the second day.

The setting sun melts gold, and the dusk clouds merge together.

After a day and a night of twists and turns, the matter of the 800-mile express journey was settled.

Outside the Xuanwu Gate, a group of hundreds of people from the Amulet Protection Department filed out, wearing flags and sounding bells, fully armed, and disappeared in a cloud of dust amid the shock and amazement of the people...