Keqing, it’s just cultivating immortality, is it that difficult?

Well, it’s not that you think of yourself as a fool, but you think you are easy to “bully” because you are young, right?

No one knew how much time had passed before Li Zhubu finally ran out of words, and of course, he was tired of talking.

No matter how good he was at talking, his mouth became dry after talking for too long. Li Hua swallowed his saliva and couldn't help muttering in his heart, why was there no movement at all? The general was not here. Logically speaking, the little princess was so young, so wouldn't it be enough for her to just cry and play the victim?

After all, he really didn't know what the so-called Goddess Cult had to do with him.

Li Hua raised his head with dry lips and tongue, and his eyes inadvertently saw the account book in the little princess's hand.

His eyes suddenly widened, and his dry lips trembled slightly, moving up and down.

"It seems that the Master knows what I have in my hand."

"I didn't know that a mere clerk like you could have dealings with so many people. You have 7,000 taels of silver in your home. That's really a lot of money."

Keqing shook her head and spoke slowly.

"On March 18th, Mr. Li presented a pair of deer antlers, three hundred taels of silver, and a land deed of five hundred acres."

"On May 24, Mr. Wang came to offer fifty taels of silver and asked the chief clerk to intervene in the case of his wife being taken away from him."

"On July 14, Ying County Magistrate went to Hengshan to transport 3,000 kilograms of pig iron."

"June 12th..."

Keqing read the numbers in the account book slowly. As she read, Li Zhubu's lips trembled constantly and cold sweat broke out.

How is it possible? Didn't he burn that thing in time? How could it appear in the hands of the little princess?

Moreover, the account book was recorded in doggerel, which had its own rules. How could she understand it?

"Are you surprised that I was able to find the account book you burned? Why can I understand the true information recorded under the poem of the chief accountant?"

Keqing blinked.

"Master Chief Bookkeeper, do you think your secret room is really safe? Is there really only one account book?"

Hearing Keqing say this, Li Hua's face was filled with shock, as if he found it unbelievable.

How is it possible? Could it be that someone copied his account book? Who? The royal family, or Uncle Tian?

Li Hua couldn't help but wipe the cold sweat off his forehead, his heart pounding, but Keqing ignored him.

"This is good evidence. It seems that the scholars really have a lot of thoughts. Some things are recorded stroke by stroke in the book to prevent themselves from forgetting. This saves me from spending more effort."

Keqing pursed her lips and smiled, glanced at Li Hua, and felt very relieved.

"It's just that you didn't hide this thing well. The secret room is too easy to find, and the people around you didn't guard against it. Fortunately, someone knew to turn over a new leaf and sent the account book. Everything that Master Zhubu has experienced is recorded in the book. Otherwise, this princess really wouldn't know that you have done so many things. It's true that although you are a small official, your power is great."

Keqing shook her head.

"I often hear that the smaller the place, the more money people can squeeze from the people. As long as they have a little official position, they can make a living. That's a real treasure trove. Now it seems that it is really as the rumors say, it is really a treasure trove."

"My Lord, I don't know what you are talking about. That is just a collection of poems I received."

Li Hua tried his best to save face, but Keqing would not tolerate him and suddenly closed the account book.

"The chief clerk is in charge of documents, and he must have experienced many unspeakable things. I will give you a chance. Tell me what you know, and you can be exempted from the death penalty."

"My Lord, I..."

Of course, the defense

Before he could finish his words, he saw Keqing looking at him calmly. Her whole temperament suddenly changed. She looked at him with eyes as clear as a spring, as deep and unfathomable as a valley.

"Do you think I'm young and easy to fool? Or do you think I won't kill you?"

Keqing spoke word by word, looking at the chief clerk strangely.

She frowned slightly and closed the account book with a snap.

"I told you I'd give you one chance, and that's the only chance. If you don't tell me, then you can go. I have the account book anyway."

Just as Li Hua was hesitating, someone suddenly walked up quickly and whispered in his ear.

"Princess, Wang Shun has confessed. Look..."

"He did?"

"Well, he said a lot, saying that the iron mine is in Hengshan..."

The voice was not loud, but it was just loud enough for Li Hua to hear. How could it be! The master actually confessed! Wasn't he afraid of death?

Just when Li Hua was still feeling unbelievable, he saw Keqing on the stage nodded, suddenly jumped off the stool and smiled brightly.

"Since he said so, then this person is useless, huh, General Geng said that I couldn't get any useful information from him, but you see, I can do it, right? Let him look down on me."

"Yes, yes! The princess is extremely intelligent, unparalleled in the world."

The person next to him laughed and echoed.

"Yeah! That's it!"

Keqing raised her head proudly and suddenly looked towards Li Hua.

"Since that person has revealed the news, then he is useless. He is a bad guy anyway. Why not... I heard there is a kind of punishment called being cut into pieces. This princess is very curious and has never seen it before."

"Princess, if you want to watch, of course you can. I have great skills in cutting meat, not to mention other things. My ancestors were butchers!"

"Really? Then..." Keqing's eyes lit up and she curled her lips, "Forget it, it's boring for you to take action. Why don't I try it? I've tried skinning and beheading before, but I haven't tried cutting into pieces. It must be fun."

Seeing Keqing eager to try, Li Hua immediately panicked!

I didn't expect this little princess to reveal her true nature so quickly. She looked like the kind of dandy who would take people's lives at will! He knew best how terrifying this kind of noble was! She was a demon!

Falling into the hands of such a person is simply a fate worse than death!

Li Hua was so scared that his heart almost jumped out of his chest when he thought about being cut into pieces by a little girl like a pig being slaughtered. He rushed forward.

"My Lord Princess, I'm telling you, I'm telling you, don't kill me! I'll tell you everything! Don't chop me into pieces!"

Chapter 566 Private Soldiers (4000)

Li Hua was so frightened that he immediately rushed to tell everything he knew.

Seeing Keqing looking at her with a distressed and somewhat disgusted expression, she said, "What can you know? Didn't that person tell everything? Why not let me give it a try and see if Ling Chi is fun?"

As she spoke, she looked at him with interest, "You have taken such good care of yourself, it must be very easy to cut. When the time comes, I will find a better blade to try. I guarantee that the effect will be immediate. Don't worry."

Don't worry! Who can be at ease?

Li Hua was terrified and wanted to bite his tongue to commit suicide. Death would be easier than having a child torture him to death.

However, he had the intention but not the courage. Who would want to die if they could live?

On the contrary, because of this will to survive, he cried more sincerely, and his tears and sobs were so miserable.

"I am already thirty years old, and my meat is old. It is not fresh at all!"

He cried and kowtowed continuously to defend himself. Sometimes he said that his meat was too tough to cut, and sometimes he said that he knew a lot and there were definitely many things that his master didn't know.

He blurted out everything without even waiting for Keqing to ask, fearing that Keqing would torture him to death.

The soldier next to him suddenly said:

"My Lord, why don't you spare his life and listen to what news he has to tell us? Is there anything we don't know..."

"If there really is something valuable, it's not impossible to let him go. This man is crying and his flesh is aging. If he is tortured to death, it will only dirty the princess's hands."

"My Lady, think about it. The human body is not just made of flesh, but also of all kinds of filth. It would be terrible if this person's filthy blood splashed onto your noble body..."

Hearing that person speaking for him, Li Hua nodded repeatedly.

"Yes, yes, if my lowly body pollutes the eyes of the princess, it will be a sin for me!"

"A noble person like the princess should enjoy the finest silks and satins, and should not be disgusted by a villain..."

As if seeing hope, Li Hua hurriedly flattered him, fearing that the person in front of him would really torture him to death.

"Well, you are right. Actually, I don't really want to play, but I am just a little curious. In this case... you can take this man away for interrogation. If there is any new information, that would be great."

At this point, Keqing paused:

"If not... then..."

"There must be, there must be. I will tell you everything I know right now, and it will definitely satisfy the general and the princess!"

Li Hua quickly expressed his opinion, and the soldiers behind him saw Keqing seeing this, and stepped forward to take Liu Hua away, who was full of relief.

At this time, there was no one in the hall. Keqing looked at Qizhou who was disguised as a soldier beside her.

Blinking, "I didn't expect Qi Xiucai to be so good at acting. When he drew his sword and showed his murderous intent just now, he really looked like a butcher."

"Liu Hua was really frightened, but he really thought I was a playboy who played with people's lives. He scared himself."

Keqing shook her head, not knowing what to say.

"I'm afraid they are judging others by their own standards. People like them are used to seeing filth and think that everyone in the world is filthy. The princess convicted Zhang Sheng and beheaded him at the beginning. Li Hua was involved in the scandal and naturally felt guilty."

Qizhou bowed slightly, with a hint of smile in his eyes, and looked at Keqing: "How could this person know such a noble and intelligent person as the princess."

Although it was a compliment, Qizhou also thought so in his heart. The princess was too smart, and her behavior was just like that of a ten-year-old. She was determined and decisive in her actions. She was concerned about the people, but was not bound by them and had a deep understanding of things.

This made Qizhou somewhat suspicious as to whether the princess was really a lucky star as the legend said, which was why she was like this.

But after thinking about it, the methods those soldiers described might... even if it's not exactly the same, it's almost the same.

"How's the account book? Did you find anything?"

"No... The account books in the county government are all well-made. The backs of the accounts are all very even, and there are no amounts of unknown origin."

Qizhou shook his head. This was something Keqing took for granted. After all, who would really write down what they did in public?

Zhang Sheng was like this, and the legal advisor surnamed Wang was also tight-lipped. If Keqing had not investigated and intercepted some remnants of account books from the secret room, and found out that this Li Zhubu was a cautious and cowardly person, there would be no need for her to cheat him.

Of course, it seems that this method is really effective now. After this incident, Li Hua's psychological defenses have long been broken, and I'm afraid that a lot of useful things can be pried out of his mouth.

Keqing didn't ask for much. She just needed to know the whereabouts of the food and the origins of the iron ore in the ruins. Then she could use the information she had obtained to spy on Wang Shun. By then, she would be able to get some clues from the information.

Keqing didn't plan to stay in Hengshan for long. She had already learned that Zhang Sheng had sent someone to deliver a letter to Song Zhi. She didn't know what kind of person Song Zhi was, but it was certain that he would alert the enemy. He might transfer some things and hide his backup plan.

Then you have to strike first.

As Li Hua revealed the news he had done for Zhang Sheng one by one, he did the same thing again and pried open Wang Shun's mouth. After verifying the two, Keqing indeed got some important information from them.

Zhang Sheng did participate in the transportation of pig iron, but the source of the pig iron came from a caravan delivery. They did not know the specific source of the pig iron, but they did not learn where the iron mine that produced the pig iron was located and where it came from.

But from the confessions, Keqing learned that the caravan was large and consisted of tall and strong men, with dozens of escort agency guards on each trip, who were agile and seemed to be related to the prefect Song Zhi.

"It seems that this caravan is not an ordinary caravan. I guess these men must be Song Zhi's men, not temporary hired thugs from the escort agency."

Geng Hu said in a deep voice, expressing his own judgment, and Keqing also agreed with his judgment.

"Indeed, since the Weiwu Escort Agency is so strict in its delivery, they must know what the cargo is. And Song Zhi, as a member of the Goddess Cult, will definitely not let outsiders know that he is privately mining iron ore, so... this guard must be his man, just like the bandit."

"So, Song Zhi is indeed secretly raising private soldiers?"

Geng Hu was surprised.

"Then why hasn't the Goddess Cult occupied this place yet, but instead attacked the neighboring prefecture? Isn't this putting the cart before the horse?"

They have their own people stationed there, and they also raise private soldiers and have enough weapons. Logically speaking, if the inside and outside are united, then Tongzhou Prefecture will be easier to fight than the neighboring Qitian Prefecture!

Why didn't the goddess come here and go to Tongzhou Prefecture?

Keqing was also confused about this, but after thinking about it carefully, there was another possibility in her mind.

"Since he has been able to ascend to the position of prefect and has not been discovered until now, this Prefect Song seems to be very capable."

"Yes, they have concealed the natural disaster for such a long time, and it has not been discovered. It is obvious that most of the county magistrates under their jurisdiction are in cahoots with them."

"Then, such a person must be very ambitious. How could such an ambitious person be willing to be inferior to others?"

As soon as these words came out, Geng Hu quickly understood the key point and could not hide his surprise, "You mean, these private soldiers are Song Zhi's private soldiers, not the private soldiers of the Goddess Cult!"

He suddenly realized, "This explains why the Goddess Cult didn't attack us. I'm afraid no one else knows about Song Zhi raising private soldiers except him. Even the Goddess Cult doesn't know?"

So under Song Zhi's misleading, Qitian Prefecture was easier to deal with? Or was the commander of Tongzhou Prefecture stronger?

"I don't know, but that doesn't stop us from taking the initiative. As long as we find his iron ore, we can trace the source and find his backer based on the clues and catch him in one fell swoop!"

"But we don't know the location of their iron mine yet..."

"Food, General Geng, do you remember the food that was transferred? Who do you think will be given priority in the supply of food at this time?"

"You mean... follow the trail of this grain to investigate..." Geng Hu quickly understood what the princess meant. This grain was definitely not taken away for hoarding, but for

What needs to be consumed, what needs to be consumed in large quantities of food, except for the refugees.