On the second day, it was dark outside, and the morning star was still high, and Zhu Ping'an had already taken Liu Mu and Liu Dadao to ride out of the Linhuai Marquis Mansion and went straight to the Taicang Silver Treasury.

This time, Zhu Ping'an crossed his backpack and brought another day's food, and the two gourds hanging around his waist were filled with water. In addition, Zhu Ping'an also wore a silk soft armor, which was put on by Li Shu in the morning.

The silk soft armor was specially sent by Li Shu a few days ago to ask his second brother for it, and it was only sent to the capital from the south yesterday. In the morning, Li Shu insisted on letting Zhu Ping'an put on this silk soft armor before letting Zhu Ping'an go out.

This silk soft armor is not as magical as written, but with a special method to process silk, after dozens of processes, so that the silk not only maintains the suppleness but also increases the toughness, and then through hand-weaving, it is very lightweight, wearing it is like not wearing, outsiders can not see, and wearing it in the summer, there is also the effect of cooling down.

Compared with the golden silk soft armor, the silk soft armor is a little less effective against slashing weapons such as knives, but it can also effectively reduce the contact surface of the sword and reduce the damage, so that the general sword splitting sword is not fatal; In addition, compared with the gold silk soft armor, the silk soft armor is effective in preventing bows and arrows.

The principle is similar to that of Genghis Khan, when the Mongol cavalry often wore a silk garment. The reason why the Mongolian soldiers wear a silk coat is not to compare luxury, corruption and degeneration, but to take a fancy to the toughness of silk, wearing silk clothes for self-defense, if he is hit by an arrow, the silk thread will be wrapped around the arrow, and the arrow will be connected with the silk thread into the body, at this time, you only need to gently pull the silk thread to pull out the arrow, effectively reducing the damage of the bow and arrow.

Liu Mu and Liu Dadao also brought their own food and drinking water, in addition to Liu Mu also carried a sword around his waist, Liu Dadao carried a thick-backed scimitar, and each of them had six or seven darts inserted in their belts.

After listening to Zhu Ping'an's reminder yesterday, the two of them took full self-defense today, and they were very vigilant all the way, and they faintly protected Zhu Ping'an in the middle on the way.

But fortunately, the road was safe and sound, and the smooth road to Taicang.

When we arrived in Taicang, the sky was just bright, and the morning light was still brewing below the horizon.

Zhu Ping'an entered Taicang alone and went straight to the room where the accounts were checked.

The people in Dongchang worked in two shifts and stayed outside the room, but they didn't expect Zhu Ping'an to come to check the accounts so early, and they couldn't help but think a little higher about Zhu Ping'an.

Because the sky had not yet dawned, Zhu Ping'an lit an oil lamp in the room and checked the account book by the light.

At yesterday's rate, one day today plus half a day tomorrow, you can probably check the account book.

Judging from the account book, the further this goes, the more false accounts and deficits in the account book, take the first account book checked by Zhu Ping'an today, this one has an average of nearly 200 taels of false accounts and deficits compared with the account book checked the day before yesterday.

After Zhu Ping'an checked an account book, the eastern sky erupted with morning light.

Stepping on the morning light, Zhang Guanku, Jia Lang and others came to Taicang early, an hour earlier than before, thinking of rushing ahead of Zhu Ping'an, stopping Zhu Ping'an at the door, and then talking to Zhu Ping'an about Taicang's "conventions".

"Report to your lord, Inspector Zhu already came to Taicang half an hour ago." The treasury soldiers on duty at the gate of the Taicang Treasury reported truthfully when Zhang Guanku inquired.

"Grass!"

Zhao Langzhong scolded fiercely when he heard this, and slammed the box of tea leaves in his hand to the ground.

Others also have bad faces.

Zhang Guanku glanced at Zhao Langzhong, and said with a calm face, "If you have something to do behind closed doors, what are you crazy about at the door!"

"I'm just angry, this guy surnamed Zhu is still kicking his nose in the face."

Zhao Langzhong shrunk his neck and muttered a sentence in his mouth, but he still honestly followed behind Zhang Guanku and went to Zhang Guanku's office room in Taicang.

After arriving at Zhang Guanku's office room, several people closed the door and started another round of "conspiracy discussion" against Zhu Ping'an.

It was discussed for a long time, but no results were discussed.

However, although Zhu Ping'an was suddenly so concerned about checking the accounts, they still believed that Zhu Ping'an could not find out the problem with the account books made by the top account offices in the capital such as "Ghost Hand Zhang".

Treasurer Liu, who has always been timid and afraid, was also persuaded by everyone, he was worried about whether Zhu Ping'an found out the problem, more because of his personality, after everyone listed Zhu Ping'an could not abacus, check the accounts and draw toads and other ironclad facts, Treasurer Liu also believed that Zhu Ping'an could not find out the problem from the account.

Zhang Guanku also instructed Jia Langzhong, Zhao Langzhong and other well-connected people to prepare generous gifts to visit important officials such as the household department to dredge the relationship; Then he ordered Zhang Si Kuan and others to take care of the treasury soldiers and treasury officials one by one, knowing the benefits, everyone is a grasshopper on the same boat, if anyone dares to harm everyone without a door, then don't blame everyone for harming him first.

The effect was outstanding, and many officials such as the household department secretly nodded; Taicang has also become an iron plate, unanimously to the outside world - Zhu Ping'an, they all eat from the pot of Taicang, and their interests are the same, so they naturally work together to deal with Zhu Ping'an, a person who does not act according to "convention".

When the people of Taicang unified their thinking, and under the leadership of Zhang Guanku and others, Zhu Ping'an has been engrossed in checking the accounts, except for a few inexplicable sneezes in the middle, it can be said that he does not listen to things outside the window and only checks the accounts in his hands.

Like yesterday, Zhu Ping'an checked the accounts until sunset and the night was hazy, and then he put away the account book and brush in his hand.

There was only a box and a third of the ledger left behind him.

It's a little faster than expected, and I'll be able to check it out early tomorrow morning.

Unlike yesterday, when Zhu Ping'an went out of the courtyard, there were no Zhang Guanku, Jia Lang and others outside the courtyard.

I thought they would pull themselves like yesterday and tell themselves about "routines" or something, but I didn't expect them to give up so quickly. Well, it's good, the provincial ones checked their accounts for a day, and they were exhausted and had to deal with them in good spirits.

The moon sets, the sun rises, and it's another day.

As Zhu Ping'an expected, early on the morning of the third day, Zhu Ping'an rearranged all the account books of Taicang in the past three years with a double-entry accounting table.

Fake accounts and deficits are simply amazing! far beyond Zhu Ping'an's imagination.

Rat, rat, rat, pass away!

After checking the accounts, Zhu Ping'an hid the double-entry accounting table and the final statistics all close to him, and handed over all the account books of Taicang in the past three years to Dongchang Dripping Blood Sword and others, who escorted them to Xiyuan and sealed the files.

After Zhu Ping'an and Dongchang's people left, Zhang Guanku and the others couldn't wait to enter the room where the accounts were checked.

The room was empty, and only a piece of rice paper was left on the table.

Familiar, yet unfamiliar.

said that they were familiar because they had seen this piece of rice paper, and they remembered the lotus leaf toad on it very deeply, and it was precisely because of this lotus leaf *** that they privately ridiculed Zhu Ping'an as the toad inspector.

said that it is not familiar because on this rice paper, there was originally only one sentence "Sitting alone in the pond like a tiger, and raising the spirit under the green shade tree", but now there are two more poems below this sentence, which completes this poem.

Seven Ancient Frogs

Sitting alone in the pond is like a tiger, and the spirit is nourished under the green shade trees.

If I don't speak first in the spring, which insect dares to make a sound.

"If I don't speak first in the spring, which insect dares to make a sound......" Zhang Guanku read it silently, and the whole person suddenly felt a cold back, and his heart was like a thorn.

When Treasurer Liu and the others read this poem, their faces couldn't help but change, and their hearts were shocked, how could a toad be so domineering and heroic?!

We say he's a toad inspector, is he sarcastic that we're bugs?!

Treasurer Liu, who was relieved, was inexplicably uneasy in his heart.