The Martial Doctor

"Brother, come quickly!"

Fire Qilin excitedly sent a message to Lin Miao.

What’s this kid discovered again, so excited? Could it be that the Xue Family Manor really hides some world-class treasure?

The retreat here is proceeding in an orderly manner, thanks to the Blade Catching Alliance people who attracted the attention of the manor’s guards and the Green Blade Sect people.

The changes happening here have gone completely unnoticed until now.

Yue Mei’Er and Ji Fei’Er arrived at the location first; it’s a massive hidden cave warehouse, very dry inside, clearly well-dehumidified and ventilated.

Many precious treasures have extremely high requirements for storage temperature and humidity; otherwise, they would be ruined.

Lin Miao didn’t believe that Marquis Lingyang would hide his treasures in an out-of-town manor instead of his own Marquis Lingyang’s Mansion.

It’s too risky; if a thief does break in, the loss would be significant, unless his treasures are impossible for ordinary thieves to steal.

For example, they could be incredibly large or heavy, something thieves can’t carry away, but to leave them a thousand miles away, how can he be so at ease?

However, when Lin Miao saw the treasures of Marquis Lingyang’s Mansion, he was astounded.

It turned out to be gold!

But it’s not the refined kind; it’s unrefined dog-head gold, a lot of it, enough to fill a whole room.

Besides that, there are various gemstones and fur products, valuable animal hides are everywhere, pure red fox skins that sell for a thousand silver taels each outside, there are over twenty pieces here, along with antlers, tiger skins, various whips...

Marquis Lingyang rose to power only in the past ten years, where did he get so much wealth?

Moreover, these items don’t seem to be products of Da Li; they look like they’re from Beihu. Could Marquis Lingyang be doing business with Beihu in secret?

Smuggling!

That’s the only possibility.

But what kind of smuggling can earn so much money? If these items were taken out, it would cause an uproar.

"My lord, hurry, there are more over here?"

More?

Lin Miao was shocked; this was already astonishing enough. If there are more, how much more could there be? Lin Miao followed the voice.

Instead of gemstones, gold, and fur, he saw a massive weapons cache, piles of swords and guns, round shields, crossbows, and bundles of arrows, stretching as far as the eye could see.

"This curved blade is used by the people of Beihu." Si Miaoxue drew out a curved blade, glanced at it, and immediately identified it.

"The crafting technique isn’t something Beihu people can accomplish; isn’t Green Blade Sect’s biggest industry weapon forging?"

"Are you saying Green Blade Sect is forging weapons for Beihu?" Lin Miao still couldn’t understand fully, that Marquis Lingyang, in collusion with Green Blade Sect, forged weapons for Beihu and then smuggled them over, exchanging them for dog-head gold, gemstones, and fur specialties in a barter trade.

These items from Beihu definitely can’t appear in large quantities in the market. Marquis Lingyang and Green Blade Sect want to launder them into usable currency, which definitely takes effort...

So, they can only be stored here for now, with Green Blade Sect people watching over this manor, basically guarding these items.

"My lord, what should we do now?" Yue Mei’Er’s eyes burned with desire at these items; it’s a shame not to take such a windfall.

Lin Miao had no such greed; although these items are discovered by him, taking them would bring trouble, and once known later, the inconvenience would be greater.

Furthermore, disposing of these items is also troublesome; those furs and gemstones are relatively easier to handle, transported to Li Hen City, handed over to embroidery houses, and slowly absorbed.

But these dog-head gold, if not smelted into refined gold, are difficult to use directly; keeping them means holding a hot potato.

Refining gold is strictly controlled by the government, small-scale secret smelting isn’t a big deal, but this quantity, the smelting and purification would cause significant disturbance, even stored in Longchuan Canyon, it would be very problematic.

Transporting these dog-head gold is troublesome.

"Enough, stop looking, seal the items to ensure they won’t be discovered again." Lin Miao ordered, "These items don’t belong to us; don’t even consider it."

"My lord, with Blade Catching Alliance taking the blame, why don’t we...?"

"Don’t even think about it, our target is this manor, the items inside don’t belong to us; don’t attract trouble." Lin Miao harshly reprimanded, "We have many ways to earn money, later on, you’ll look down on these things."

"Mei’Er, listen to the lord; even if these items can’t bring down Marquis Lingyang, they are enough to strip him bare." Si Miaoxue, having some sense of the bigger picture, could understand Lin Miao’s thoughts; besides, these things may look like immense wealth at first glance, but upon cooling down, they’re just a hassle.

We can’t ruin the great situation at hand.

"Let’s go, hurry and leave, I estimate that Pei Jian will show up early tomorrow!" Lin Miao said, dawn was not far away.

Everyone withdrew from Xue Family Manor, rapidly retreating.

...

"Young master, that Blood Fiend has escaped; the Blade Catching Alliance couldn’t keep him." Liansuo had been watching the fight between the Blood Fiend and Iron Palm Zhou Qianren.

Witnessing the Blood Fiend injuring the three people and fleeing the Xue Family Manor, looking crazed.

"Ignore him; it’s none of our business." Lin Miao had no animosity with Blood Fiend; no matter how much wrongdoing he’s done, it’s not the time to pick a fight with a madman.