The wooden boxes containing the balms were put in a long line resembling a dragon, four or five ships hid in the dark night waiting for them, appearing even more spectacular than the merchant ships that carried fresh aquatic products and seafood docked next to them.

If a single scented balm could be used for eight to ten years, why would anyone buy this much?

Not to mention the small size of the Dong Ying islands, even the entire mass of Great Liang could not necessarily be able to use up the number of balms on these ships.

The guards on the dock were soaked with tears, holding a handkerchief to their noses, desperately urging the boatmen to hurry away with the cargo boxes. There was originally a dog that assisted the inspection, but it had soon been rendered useless by the too strong scent, lying motionlessly on the side.

Chang Geng whispered: "Might I ask Master, the dog next to the guards, what is it used for?"

"That is the 'inspection dog'," he said: "Ziliujin has a faint scent of metallic bitterness, people can't detect it, but dogs are very sensitive. Ziliujin is a matter of great importance. Back when Emperor Wu was strictly taking care of the Ziliujin black markets, inspection dogs had made great contributions and are still of use until today."

The cheap scented balms had caused the dog's eyes to turn white. Right now, it could not even sense meat and bones, let alone Ziliujin.

Chang Geng: "The Master suspects that this team of Dong Ying merchants has an ulterior purpose; thus, you have led my yifu here to investigate?"

However, before he even had time to nod, Chang Geng immediately asked: "So dare I ask the master, how do you know that my family's Marquis will come in person? And this matter should be taken care of by the local Ying Tian Manor in charge and the garrison troops of Jiangnan. He abandoned his duty to get here, how do you know that he will definitely intervene?"

"Why didn't you go find the governor or the inspectors? Why must you skip the nearby solution to reach out to the one further away and go through many troubles to bring him here from the Northwest?"

Liao Ran: "..."

He used to think that as the boy went out alone for the first time, running into such a grand conspiracy like this — when in a state of shock, it was easy to overlook many things — but he did not expect that Chang Geng was not at all shocked. From beginning to end, he only frowned once. Moreover, he even insisted on getting to the bottom of the matter.