Time Travel: I am the idle king Li Shen and Li Shimin in the Tang Dynasty

While the two were discussing, the two interrogators also came back.

"Sir, Manager Wang, we have found both of them.

They are the guards in the workshop, actually they are just thugs.

It is a guard team formed privately by Wang Wencheng.

They were hunting down Ma Wenchang because he had stolen the most important account book in the workshop.

Not only the account books, but also the specific details of the money they distributed to the shopkeepers below.

Including stewards, foremen, shopkeepers and so on.

There are also details of the workshop's false accounts and records of the specific amount of money taken by Wang Wencheng."

The guard who interrogated the leader came back to report.

“My report is similar, but the details are not very clear, and he said that there is more than one team chasing Ma Wenchang.

There are other teams, about 20 to 30 people. "

Another guard added.

"It seems that what Ma Wenchang said is probably true."

The guard squad leader looked at Wang Hongfu and said.

"Well, we shouldn't be exposed now, so we should leave this place as soon as possible."

Wang Hongfu suggested.

"Okay, someone come and clean up the scene, we are ready to leave here."

The guard squad leader quickly gave the order.

"Squad leader, what should we do with these two people?"

When the guard squad leader was about to give an order after hearing this, Wang Hongfu said,

"Bring them here."

After that, he walked up to Ma Wenchang and said to him:

"Ma Wenchang, do you hate them very much? I'll give you a chance to take revenge. Go ahead."

The guard squad leader kicked a knife that the group had just dropped in front of Ma Wenchang.

The leader and another person were brought over, their faces filled with fear.

"Please spare us, sir. Please spare us. We are really the guards of Prince Ji's mansion."

"Humph, are you worthy enough to be the guards of my Ji Wang Mansion? You have committed many evil deeds, and have done so many evil things in the name of my Ji Wang Mansion.

Today is the day you die."

The captain of the guards snorted coldly. These people were bringing discredit to Prince Ji's Mansion. This was intolerable.

Ma Wenchang picked up the knife on the ground and limped towards the leader.

He was not cowardly, nor was he unwilling to bear it. All he had was hatred and madness in his eyes.

"You...what are you doing, spare me, spare me, ah~~~"

Ma Wenchang stabbed the evil man in front of him in the chest without any hesitation.

When he was a child, he slaughtered sheep for others and also did it with one knife.

He drew out his knife and looked at the leader, who was now frightened silly.

Killing others and being killed by others feel different.

He was about to beg for mercy, but Ma Wenchang didn't give him the chance. He slashed his throat with his machete, and a gurgling sound kept coming out of his mouth.

He fell to the ground, spitting blood.

Without the pleasure of killing or the joy of revenge, Ma Wenchang displayed a calmness that was not in line with his age.

"Thank you for letting me kill my enemy."

He turned around and handed the knife over respectfully.

Wang Hongfu did not take it, but the guard squad leader next to him took it.

"Everyone, clean up this place immediately, bury the bodies, and evacuate quickly."

At the command, the guards began to clean up the traces and bury the bodies.

After working for a while and finishing the rough deal, he took the two horses left by the other party and left quickly.

They knew that the deaths of these five people would be discovered soon.

They buried the bodies just to buy time.

Ma Wenchang rode an enemy horse and left with Wang Hongfu and the others.

"Wenchang, where is the account book you mentioned?"

The place is filled with yellow sand and is completely barren. It is buried in the soil and not even a tree can be seen.

“My lord, there is a sand city not far ahead, but it has been abandoned for a long time, with only some dilapidated buildings.

I buried the ledger there."

Ma Wenchang replied.

"Well, let's go get the account book first, then go around to the east and wait for reinforcements there."

They rode very fast and did not meet anyone looking for Ma Wenchang along the way.

After an hour, they arrived at a hill where they could vaguely see that it was a city.

However, after hundreds of years of erosion, it has been ruined, leaving only broken walls.

Occasionally there are some buildings that have not collapsed, telling the world that they were once inhabited by people.

Wang Hongfu asked two guards to follow Ma Wenchang to get the account book, and they got it back in a short time.

Ma Wenchang handed the account book to Wang Hongfu, who opened it, took a look, and then put it in his bag.

This is not a place to stay for long.

"Manager Wang, if we walk straight from here, it will take about two hours to get to the east side of the workshop.

But there are many people sent by Tang nobles to grow cotton there."

Ma Wenchang pointed to a road and said.

He was familiar with the place, so Wang Hongfu asked him to show him the way.

"Okay, you lead the way."

The group followed Ma Wenchang and hurried along the way.

Along the way, Wang Hongfu looked around and couldn't help but sigh. This place is really magical.

Just now it was a barren land, with yellow sand all over the sky and no green at all.

But after walking for a while, the scenery changed. Although there was still some yellow sand, there were more green plants.

Further ahead, there were large tracts of green grass and some vegetation he had never seen before.

When it was getting dark, the group finally arrived at their destination. Although there was a spontaneously built market here,

But Wang Hongfu and others did not go in.

They didn't want to cause any trouble as Wang Hongfu was too famous.

Many businessmen knew Wang Hongfu, and many stewards of aristocratic families also knew Wang Hongfu.

Now is the buying season, so there should be quite a few merchants coming.

We found a place sheltered from the wind in a valley and set up camp.

The winters here are very cold, so we made a bonfire, set up a tent, and brought a quilt.

Hot soup was cooking and steamed buns were baking on the campfire.

Only at this time did Wang Hongfu have time to take out the two account books.

One of them is the workshop's account book, which records the time, quantity and price of purchases and shipments, as well as how much was delivered back to Prince Ji's Palace.

This one was similar to what he had seen, the only difference being the purchase price and the quantity shipped.

This is the real account book. The price is 50% of the quoted price, and the goods sent back to Prince Ji’s Mansion are only 60% of the goods shipped.

Not only did they falsely report the purchase price, but they also embezzled finished goods.

After finishing this book, Wang Hongfu started reading another one.

What is recorded here is the dividends in the textile workshop, including how much Wang Wencheng took away and how much dividends were given to the small managers, big managers and foremen.

The amount of dividends given to the tribal leaders was clearly written and easy to see at a glance.

Wang Hongfu's hands were shaking as he watched. So many people from just one textile workshop joined Wang Wencheng's team.

What about other workshops?

"This is outrageous, this is really outrageous. These people are really bold, aren't they afraid of being punished by Prince Ji's Mansion?

Or maybe they think that Prince Ji's Mansion won't find out, so they dare to be so arrogant and do whatever they want.

Aren’t they afraid of death?”