***

Princess Huaisu Wang Tongfanghuai was originally going to stay in Zhuyou for about a month, but the little princess was heartbroken by Sikong Chajue, and she was clamoring to go back in less than half a month.

King Huai Su almost became angry on the spot, but Su Sikong said that the puppets just don't want to mess with you, but they can't afford to mess with you, of course, King Huai Su also knows this deeply...... So he didn't make it difficult for Sikong Chake, but he was very arrogant and left with his daughter.

Helplessly, King Huaisu had just left the palace, and several princes and princesses were still in the palace, and Sikong suddenly got a very depressed news from the household department - they lost 20,000 taels of silver.

"Twenty thousand taels of silver?" Sikong was furious: "How did you guard it, and 20,000 taels were stolen under someone's nose?" ”

"Back to the emperor...... Hubu Shangshu knelt on the ground and his voice trembled: "No, it's not stolen, it's been deceived." ”

"Liar? What kind of brains did you have, someone cheated 20,000 taels under your nose?! "I'm embarrassed to clarify, it's an IQ problem, so I'm even more angry, okay!

"The emperor is angry! And listen to the minister's careful explanation...... Three days ago, about a quarter of an hour away from the Sanya, one of the minister's subordinates was on duty, and suddenly a small servant entered the door, with an eager face, saying that King Huaisu, who had come to the court a few days ago, was going to recite scriptures in Weiyang Tower outside the palace that night, and invited some Buddhist scholars to reach the great name, and the scriptures he brought were extremely valuable, so he urgently needed to allocate a sum of 20,000 taels, and he must send it to Di Bin of the Li Fan Yuan before the end of the day. The minister's subordinates reported the matter to the minister, and the minister naturally doubted it, but at this time, the little guy was ......"

"But what?"

"But presented an urgent letter, inside is a letter of the prime minister's letter, the lower official has worked under the prime minister, so he is very familiar with the handwriting of the adult, the lower official carefully look at the official document, tone, handwriting, payment and the adult is no different, even the seal has, immediately hesitated, just when the minister hesitated, suddenly received a flying pigeon to urge this matter, if there is an urgent matter between the officials can not be made clear in time, more to pass the pigeon law to urge, the letter is carefully used in the format of the rigorous, the minister is more and more convinced. At that time, if you want to send it before the time, you must set off immediately, and the minister was afraid of delaying the outside, so he didn't think much about it at the moment, and hurriedly prepared 20,000 taels of silver tickets according to the requirements and sent them to the Li Fan Yuan. ”

"Still demanding?"

The officials of the household department kowtowed again and again: "Say and say that it is because the number is not small, in order to prevent rumors in the streets, they will all ask for small amounts of old tickets." ”

Sikong turned his eyes dark: "All the 20,000 taels of silver are exchanged for small old tickets, aren't you tired?!" ”

The official knelt on the ground and said in a trembling voice: "The lower official and his two subordinates packed and packed three sacks, and it was not until today that the accounts were put on the book and the original official documents were presented to the prime minister, and the ...... was discovered."

Sikong was so angry that he had a headache, and he really wanted to drag the person out and behead him immediately, he rubbed his eyebrows, although there were still many doubts, looking at these fools, he didn't want to say a word, and then the Punishment Department immediately investigated thoroughly.

"How many days will it take to get it back?"

The official of the Criminal Department made a truthful report: "Back to the emperor, the minister conservatively estimated that it would take at least ten days to solve the case, and as for whether the silver taels could be recovered, it was ......."

"Ten days? If the silver two can be chased back, there will be ghosts! Sikong Gui was furious, and the officials of the Household Department of the Criminal Department were so frightened that they knelt on the ground.

"Brother Huang, don't be so atmospheric, 20,000 taels is a little more, you can chase it slowly."

"Fourteenth brother, ...... you" Sikong had a headache, and pulled Sikong to the side and whispered: "Do you think 20,000 taels is less?" Do you know how many taels of silver there are in the treasury? ”

Sikong Returns: ⊙_⊙

"How about three days?"

"Your Majesty, three days will ...... no matter what"

Sikong was depressed for this, and it happened that the afterglow swept to Yan Qianyue, and his younger brother and sister had been mixed with the criminal department before, so he suddenly waved his hand: "I sent Princess Liang to help you." ”

Yan Qianyue: (⊙_⊙)

"Brother and sister, I order you to assist the Criminal Department and solve the case within three days."

"Yes."

"Brother Huang", Sikong Chajue attached to Sikong Yigui's ear: "You are not allowed to pit the moon." ”

"You paid 20,000 taels of silver?"

"I pay for it, I pay for it."

"Then you just wait to take your concubine to drink the northwest wind."

"Why did the accounts from three days ago come into the books today?" Sikong Chajue was trying to prevent his concubine from wading into the troubled waters, but he didn't expect that Lord Du Jian had already begun to interrogate the details.

"Back to the princess, the household department is closed for two days every half month, and the accounts during the period should be entered after two days. Three days ago, when the man came, it was only a quarter of an hour before he was dispersed, and the next day he happened to be sealed, and the time had already passed after the ministers sent the silver taels to the Imperial Court, and they could not be accounted for. ”

"Did you see that person when you went to deliver the silver ticket?"

"Back to the princess, I saw it, but it was a little dark, and I couldn't see it clearly."

Yan Qianyue nodded, "Go to the portrait with me." ”

***

"Aifei, is there any progress?" Yan Qianyue came back from the criminal department and went straight to the study, Sikong Chajue endured it until the evening before daring to look for her, and as soon as he entered, he found that his concubine was holding a lamp and was studying the two letters with a frown.

Seeing him coming, Yan Qianyue raised her eyes slightly:

"I went to the Prime Minister today to write the same letter, and after comparing it, I found that the handwriting is indeed very similar, and it can almost be fake when put together. This person or this group of people can find out the time when the household department was sealed, imitate the prime minister's handwriting, choice of words and even the habit of using seals, and know that officials use flying pigeons to send urgent messages, which should be meticulous and meticulous, and it is indeed difficult to find. ”

"According to you, it's someone from the imperial court?"

"Yes."

"Didn't the adults of Tobe draw a portrait? It should be easy to find. ”

Yan Yanyue chuckled: "It was late that day, the impression of the adults was vague, not to mention whether the portraits described were consistent with the characters, there were not only officials in the court, as long as they could enter and exit the six ministries and the prime minister's mansion and even the palace, even if it was a family member, a coachman, and a palace person, it was not impossible, not to mention whether he was still in the capital It is still unknown. And what the emperor wants is that silver tael, if they sell the stolen goods during this time, it will be troublesome. ”

The little prince frowned: "Why don't I compensate the imperial brother 20,000 taels?" ”

"What does this have to do with you?"

"Brother Huang will give you three days, concubine, haven't you been staying here so sullenly for the past three days? You haven't had time to talk to me yet. 20,000 taels in exchange for you happily accompanying me for three more days, I think it's worth it. ”

Yan Yanyue was helpless, pinching his face: "It's useless." ”

"And said I was useless." The little prince pouted, and immediately smiled again: "Then the king is here to accompany you." ”

"Whatever you want."

Yan Qiyue carefully observed the letter, and always felt that something was wrong.

"Paper ......"

"Huh?"

She touched the paper used in the official letter, compared with the paper of Liangwangfu, the check pattern was slightly thinner, and the paper was slightly thicker, was it an illusion?

"Chajue, if you touch these two pieces of paper, is there any difference?"

Sikong Chajue smiled awkwardly, as if he didn't.

"Yes, there must be."

Although the paper of Liangwangfu is excellent, it is a common precious paper on the market, and the paper used for this letter is only slightly different from the texture, fineness, thickness, check, and size, but it is obviously not a general paper.

"Let's go, let's go to sleep."

"Huh?" That's sleeping?

"Something has progressed."

***

"Is it paper that has not been circulated among the people?" Early the next morning, Yan Qianyue went directly to the Criminal Department.

"It should be the paper used in the six departments, and the lower officials will check it immediately."

"Where's the portrait, have you posted it?"

"It's a sticker, but it's ......," the official of the Criminal Department smiled a little embarrassedly, "Helped solve a lot of other cases." ”

Yan Qianyue also smiled, it seems that this portrait is useless.

After some comparison, it was determined that it was used by many small organizations under the six ministries, but even if some information was sifted out, it was still very difficult to find.

On the evening of the second day, the little prince came to the study again to see his beloved concubine, uh, how wilted: "The moon ......"

Yan Qiyue straightened up, and her tone was a little tired: "Lord Wang." ”

"If you can't find it, don't check it."

Yan Qiyue stared at Sikong Chajue weakly.

"Ah, Aifei, I don't doubt you, you are the smartest!" The little prince couldn't help but sigh, how can this, this concubine be like a child, of course he is very willing to coax it.

Yan Qianyue's gaze returned to the official document, and she read through it: "Lord Wang, do you think there is anything strange about this ticket?" ”

Ask this king again? Sikong Chajue looked at it for a while, and asked blankly, "What's strange?" ”

"Next to this one, there is a small dot." It's like a pen that is about to be put down, but stopped in time.

"This ...... I guess I accidentally clicked on the ink. ”

Yan Qianyue thought the same thing, but it seemed that she had seen a very similar way of writing somewhere, she thought about it carefully, and suddenly got up.

"Where are you going?"

"Siyizhuang."

"Ben, this king will go with you."

Siyizhuang is a villa bought by Sikong Chajue in the suburbs, and when Yan Qianyue first married Zhuyou, he always came here to avoid Sikong Chajue under the pretext of checking accounts.

"Why is the princess here?"

"Sister Su, do you know anyone who will add a point to the word 'ticket'?"

"I don't know." Sister Su shook her head.

"Please bring me all the account books of Yizhuang for the past three years."

Of course, Sikong Chajue knew that it was impossible for Yan Qianyue to come to check the accounts at this time, he remembered the word "ticket" just now, and asked, "Are there any words like that that if you want to find?" ”

"Hmm."

The eldest sister surnamed Su brought a few subordinates to transfer out the account books within three years and handed them to Yan Qianyue: "Princess." ”

Yan Qianyue flipped through the pages for nearly an hour, and found three "tickets" with a small note in the accounts of a certain month.

"Who did this month's account?"

"Back to the princess, you didn't get married two years ago, when Mr. Ledger went back to his hometown to visit relatives, please leave a temporary ledger for a month."

"Can you still find that person?"

Sister Su nodded: "I know that he is in charge of the accounts of a certain money bank near here, and I will take you and the prince to find it." ”

"I'm sorry."

Sister Su took the two of them to find the account room, and Yan Qianyue got straight to the point: "May I ask if the word 'ticket' is written like this, is there any special method?" ”

The account room raised his eyes and looked: "Back to the princess, the little one used to help keep accounts in the degree branch, which was the common way to write the accounts in the past in the degree branch, and people who are a little older occasionally write like this, but now there are very few." ”

"The ...... of the branch" Yan Qianyue glanced at Sikong Chajue a little helplessly: "The household department's own people, that Shangshu can't even recognize it." ”

"If you don't pay attention to the concubine of our Liangwang Mansion, you may not be able to recognize it, it's normal......"

"Hmm."

"What are you going to do now?"

"Go and ask for a search warrant." Yan Qianyue's feet were fast, and he almost didn't use light work.

"Can the 20,000 taels of silver tickets be recovered?" Sikong Chajue followed breathlessly.

"I don't know."