Daming: The system rejected my request for salted fish

Chapter 1392

After listening to Mai Zhide's description, Wei Wu and Mao Xiang exchanged a glance, their eyes filled with helplessness.

It turns out that not only the Ministry of Works was taken over, but the Bureau of Printing and Minting was also infiltrated like a sieve. Where can we find justice in this?

The key is that those people in the shadows were very accurate in their manipulation; they managed to take down the people who were specifically responsible for micro-engraving seals and secret marks.

As for the design of the banknotes, since the older ones were no longer suitable, they directly targeted the younger ones, taking down the son of the chief craftsman.

It should be noted that this chief craftsman was a master craftsman who had participated in the issuance of paper money during the Ming Dynasty, making him highly experienced.

Furthermore, the craftsman's skills were family traditions, meaning his son must have inherited these skills as well.

With the patterns, engravings, and hidden marks all done, plus the help of Mai Zhide and Qian Jinguang, it's no wonder they succeeded.

While silently pondering this, Wei Wu looked at Mai Zhide again and asked:

"So, the chief craftsman wasn't involved in the money exchange case, but his son was, right?"

"Yes!"

Mai Zhide nodded in response, and then Wei Wu was about to speak again when a question suddenly flashed through his mind.

"Wait a minute, since you've had contact with both of those people, does that mean the others also know about this?"

As soon as Wei Wu finished speaking, Mai Zhide looked puzzled, and then replied:

"That's beyond doubt, because it was those people who arranged for these two to contact me."

"not good!"

As soon as Mai Zhide finished speaking, Wei Wu exclaimed in surprise, then quickly turned to look at Mao Xiang and said:

"Old Mao, when your men arrested Mai Zhide and brought him back to the imperial prison, was it a covert operation or a large-scale operation?"

Seeing Wei Wu's tone suddenly become so urgent, Mao Xiang responded with a puzzled look on his face.

"It's the latter, why?"

"The latter? That's troublesome. Quickly, send people to find these two people, or the trail might go cold!"

At this point, Wei Wu paused suddenly, and then added a sentence.

"Once you find them, don't act rashly. Just protect them secretly. Protect them well, and absolutely no mistakes can be made!"

The reason Wei Wu added this extra sentence was because he was worried that the Embroidered Uniform Guard would bring the person back directly after they went there.

After all, once the people are brought back to the headquarters of the Embroidered Uniform Guard, no one in the capital will be able to threaten their safety.

But Wei Wu suddenly remembered that Zhu was also looking for people, and bringing the two back now might alert the enemy.

The key point is that Mai Zhide is also here, so Wei Wu can't say it outright, otherwise this guy might guess something.

Even though Mak Chi-tak has now decided to come out, let's maintain this situation and not cause any further complications.

On the other hand, Mao Xiang didn't understand what Wei Wu meant for a moment, but since Wei Wu had spoken, he wouldn't delay or hesitate.

He immediately summoned a member of the Imperial Guard from outside, gave instructions, and then returned to the prison.

At this point, Mao Xiang had also realized why Wei Wu had suddenly made this arrangement.

He also didn't want to say this in front of Mai Zhide, so he responded in the same way as Wei Wu:

"Are you worried that those two people will also be silenced by those rats hiding in the shadows, just like Qian Jingguang?"

As he spoke, Mao Xiang subtly reached into his pocket and pressed two buttons on the walkie-talkie.

Although Wei Wu had already put away the walkie-talkie, he knew from Mao Xiang's action that the other party understood his meaning.

The two sides completed their exchange in secret, and then Wei Wu brought the topic back.

"That's right!"

"Qian Jingguang was silenced, so naturally those people wouldn't let Mai Zhide go either, so they must know that he was arrested and imprisoned."

"Everyone knows how the Embroidered Uniform Guard is. They must be worried that Mai Zhide will not be able to withstand the torture and will confess everything."