The 176th Disaster Relief Silver That Disappeared

"Childe," Mo Ai suddenly shouted from there, "Come and see here." Pen ~ Fun ~ Pavilion www.biquge.info"

Long Jing and the others hurriedly ran over.

Mo Ai pointed to a path up the mountain: "Childe, you see, the grass leaves on both sides of this road have been scratched a lot. ”

Long Jing took a closer look, and sure enough, it was like this all the way, there was a forest on the mountain, and the traces stopped here. He looked up at Moai, "What do you think?"

"The thief must have gone up the mountain from this road, but ......" Mo Ai frowned: "Can such a large sum of silver be hidden on this mountain?"

Ding Jue said: "If you search this forest, you will definitely find something." ”

Long Jing smiled: "It's useless, this forest is so big, there is no trace of turning the soil on the ground, how can you hide things." Let's go, let's go back first. I'll go and see if I can find the officers and soldiers who escorted the silver to find out what was going on. ”

Everyone returned to Jiaxing City, Long Jing and Mo Ai came to the county yamen, Mo Ai stepped forward and said: "Which big brother is annoying, saying that my son-in-law has something urgent and wants to see Lord Futai." ”

Seeing Long Jing's luxurious clothes and extraordinary temperament, the government officials guarding the door did not dare to slack off, so they hurriedly ran in to report.

After a while, he came out and said, "My lord said, please let my son in." As he spoke, he led the people to a hall.

There was a person sitting on the Taishi chair in the hall, it was Liao Zuxian, the master of Jiaxing Mansion.

Long Jing bowed his hand and gave a salute: "Lord Liao, Xiaosheng is polite." ”

Liao Zuxian was a little unhappy when he saw that Long Jing did not kneel down and salute, but seeing that he had an extraordinary temperament and was polite, it was inconvenient to get angry, so he had to say lightly: "Who is standing down? What is the matter to ask to see this official?"

"Xiaosheng Lu Longjing," Long Jing said, "Because I heard that the silver taels for disaster relief were robbed, I want to ask if I can help." ”

Liao Zuxian said lightly: "This is a matter of the government, you are a scholar, what do you ask?"

"Such an important matter," Long Jing said with a smile: "It is more important to let the whole people know that there is a lot of strength in order to find the robbers." Xiao Sheng asked, he had no other intentions, he just wanted to catch the robbers as soon as possible, take back the disaster silver, and reassure the people. ”

Liao Zuxian thought for a while and said, "So, do you have any clues?"

"Unfortunately, no. Long Jing shook his head, "Xiao Sheng wants to know who escorts the disaster silver?"

"Now they are all in prison, and we will talk about it when the emperor's decree comes. ”

"Did the adults ask them about the situation at that time?" Long Jing asked again.

"The official has already asked," Liao Zuxian said: "There are many thieves who come, and the martial arts are good, and the officers and soldiers who escort them are all restrained." ”

"Can Xiaosheng meet these people?"

"No," Liao Zuxian said: "These criminals are very important, and no one is allowed to see them until the emperor's decree comes down." ”

Long Jing saw that it was useless to say more, so he took his leave.

Long Jing stayed in an inn and visited everywhere every day, waiting for someone sent by the capital to come.

On this day, I heard that the emperor sent a lord to investigate the matter, and he lived in the yamen. So he left Mo Bao to take care of the three children, and Mai Xiaobao and Ding Jue were determined to quarrel with him, so they took the two of them to the yamen to ask to see Lord Qincha.

After the official sent the report, he came out and said, "Lord Qincha invites Master Lu." ”

The three of them came to a hall, and at the head of the hall sat an adult about 50 years old, dressed in official clothes and wearing an official hat, accompanied by the prime minister.

Needless to say, that man must be Lord Chincha.

As soon as Long Jing and the others entered the hall door, Lord Qincha hurriedly got up and greeted him and said, "Champion Gong, it's been a long time. ”

Long Jing hurriedly greeted the salute and said strangely: "How can adults recognize Xiaosheng?"

"Don't you remember?" Lord Qincha reminded him: "Xiaguan Gong Jinbi, work under the Prime Minister of Nangong." ”

"Oh," Long Jing suddenly remembered that when he won the top prize in the Jinke that day, this palace lord also went to congratulate him, so he smiled and said: "It turned out to be the palace lord, forgive Xiaosheng's eyes, and he didn't recognize it for a while." ”

"The champion smiled," Gong Jinbi said: "The lower official introduced a person to the champion prince." As he spoke, he pointed to Liao Zuxian, who had already come up: "This is Lord Liao of Futai." ”

"We've seen it. Long Jing said with a smile.

Liao Zuxian hurriedly stepped forward and gave a big salute: "The lower official's eyes are bent, I don't know that the son is the champion of Jinke, and he is offended, and the princess of Wanwang looks at the palace lord to open up on the Internet......"

Long Jing didn't wait for him to finish: "Lord Liao is serious. He also introduced the two Maidines.

Liao Zuxian gave in for a while, and the three of them sat down separately, Gong Jinbi sat on the upper seat, Long Jing on the left, Mai Xiaobao, Ding Jue, and Liao Zuxian on the right.

Long Jing said: "Two adults, Xiaosheng came here just to know a little news. Lord Gong, what does the emperor say about this matter?"

When the emperor heard this, he was furious. Gong Jinbi said: "Order the lower officials to investigate this matter." So the lower officials rushed over non-stop, and there weren't many clues, what did the champion think?"

"In the past few days," Long Jing said, "Xiaosheng has searched many places, and he has not gained much, but one thing is certain, the silver is still near Jiaxing." ”

"Really?" Liao Zuxian hurriedly said, "Where is it?"

"Xiao Sheng has checked, and no big car has left Jiaxing in the past few days. 300,000 taels of silver had to be loaded in several carts. ”

"Well," Gong Jinbi pondered for a while and said, "But Jiaxing is so big, how to find it." ”

"According to Xiaosheng's opinion," Long Jing analyzed: "This thing is not done by ordinary small characters, ordinary bandits are not easy to rob, they want to rob the silver for disaster relief, and they are also afraid of death." Xiao Sheng wants to personally ask the officers and soldiers who escorted the silver taels, I don't know if Lord Gong allows it?"

"The champion is both intelligent and intelligent," Gong Jinbi said with a smile: "I am willing to help investigate this matter, and the lower officials are grateful." He stood up: "Let's go to the cell, and Master Laurio will lead the way." ”

Liao Zuxian led the way to the county jail. stopped outside the doorrail of a small cell: "He is Li Jiaxing who escorted the silver two." ”

Long Jing looked out of the iron bar: there was a person locked up in the prison, his hands and feet were shackled, his hair was very messy, his face was mostly covered by messy hair, and he lowered his head, couldn't see his face clearly, and sat there still.

Liao Zuxian scolded loudly: "Li Jiaxing, raise your head, Lord Qincha and Zhuangyuan Gong want to ask you." ”

The man slowly raised his head, and there were some strands of hair on his face, but he could still see that his facial features were upright, and he was about thirty-six years old. When he raised his eyes and saw Long Jing, he hurriedly lowered his eyelashes again.

Long Jing sighed lightly and said slowly: "Lord Li, Xiaosheng has a few questions, and I ask Lord Li to tell me the truth." ”

Li Jiaxing said: "The criminal minister has the emperor's dragon grace, lost the silver tael, and has no slackness in his responsibility, and the criminal minister is guilty, and he does not dare to be called so by the adult." Ask the adults to interrogate. ”

"When and where did you escort the silver taels, and what was the situation at that time, you came along one by one. ”