Chen Xiao stood in front of Shen Chongming, and as soon as he saw Xiaoge open, he immediately dodged aside to make way for Shen Chongming. Shen Chongming was not polite, and strode forward to lie on the four doors and looked up.

There was no light in the silver vault of the B number, and nothing could be seen in the dark and winter, so Shen Chongming slightly deflected the beam of the torch in his head and shone it in.

Looking at the scene inside, Shen Chongming smiled slightly, as expected. didn't explain, let go of the place for Chen Xiao to observe.

Chen Xiao stepped forward and looked at the situation inside like Shen Chongming, turned around and smiled at him and nodded, it seemed that the guess of the two of them was not wrong at all.

"Oh, Lord Shen, Lord Chen, you two fell to the ground and found something, quickly tell it and tell this official." Director Xin said a little anxiously, these two people are really, they have to sell a pass.

"Hehe, it's nothing, Xia Guan and Lord Chen just found that the 300,000 taels of tax silver in the silver treasury were not lost together thirteen days ago, but were carried out in batches, and they transported the last batch that night fourteen days ago, so they used the means to stun the silver treasury and lay down a maze." Shen Chongming explained with a smile, and Chen Xiao also nodded behind him.

"Smuggled out in batches? How is this possible, didn't Fang Cai Zhang say that the ambassador and the deputy envoy of the silver treasury should open this little man together to observe when they change shifts every day, if they are smuggled out in batches, it is impossible not to be discovered. Director Xin said with a puzzled face.

"What Lord Xin said is very true, but through the observation of Xia Guan just now, when he opened the small grid, he could only vaguely see the wooden frame near the door, and he couldn't see anything behind it, so when the ambassador and the deputy envoy of the silver treasury checked it, they didn't notice that the silver had been decreasing day by day." Chen Xiao explained.

Director Xin frowned, and couldn't help but step forward and lie on the stone door to check, and as Chen Xiao said, he could only vaguely see the wooden frame near the door!

"Oh, the two adults are so knowledgeable, you can find such a subtle place, it seems that there is hope for solving the case." Director Xin said with excitement on his face, if this case is solved, everyone will have credit!

"Dare to ask the two adults, how did you deduce that the silver in the treasury was carried out in batches?" Li Xijin couldn't help but ask, I didn't see the two of them do anything just now, they just went inside and went around, how could they find such an important suspicion.

"Fang Cai Benguan and Master Chen found different degrees of dust on the six wooden shelves inside, and deduced that there was a gap in the time when the silver inside was lost, and then they thought of this section." Shen Chongming did not hide it.

When everyone heard this, they couldn't help but cast a look of admiration, the master, sure enough, is the master, such a little detail can be discovered by them.

Master Xin couldn't help but sigh with emotion: "The thieves have exhausted their calculations, and they have exposed their feet in this imperceptible place, which can be described as a hundred secrets." ”

"Although what the two adults said is not bad, but the silver vault is heavily guarded, and it is impossible for thieves to smuggle silver taels, so it is impossible not to be detected." Zhang Miaoshui frowned deeply and raised his doubts.

"Hehe, such a large sum of silver can't be carried by one person, it must be a gang, since it is a gang, then all the problems are easy to explain." Chen Xiao looked at Zhang Miaoshui and smiled.

Zhang Miaoshui was startled, and said in a lost voice: "My lord means that the silver treasury guards steal themselves?!" ”

"Yes, no one but them can smuggle the silver out unnoticed, and you have also checked the silver vault, it is all made of solid marble, and it is more difficult to dig a hole and sneak into it than to climb to the sky." Shen Chongming sneered.

"Oh, I finally understood, my family according to the envoy also suspected that the silver treasury guards were stealing, but there are only fifteen people on duty each time, and it must be small to carry out so much silver at one time, there is a garrison outside, and there are towers to monitor the inner courtyard, so there is no reason not to be discovered. Now that they knew that they were shipping the silver out in batches, it all made sense. Li Xijin said to himself.

"That being said, the key to the big iron lock of this B-shaped silver vault has been kept in the Yamen of the Chief Minister, and it is impossible for them to open it." Zhang Miaoshui raised doubts again, and without waiting for everyone to think, he said: "And more than a dozen messengers are all unconscious, even if there are thieves hiding in them to release **, but all the messengers on that day have been searched and checked, and they have found anything suspicious, and there is no residue in the treasury, so where is **?" ”

Chen Xiao smiled, "Since this iron lock is man-made, as long as you have the heart, it is not difficult to make an identical key." As for the ** thing, it is easy to explain, everyone has seen that there is an oil lamp every five steps on both sides of the road, if the official is not mistaken, the thief put the ** in the oil lamp at that time. As he spoke, Chen Xiao reached out and took down the oil lamp hanging on the wall, and as soon as the torch shone on, he saw a layer of white things in the dry oil lamp.

"This ** is called soul chasing incense, which is dissolved in water, colorless and tasteless, and will become a faint smoke when heated, and it will not be noticed at all if you don't look carefully. The thief took advantage of this to sprinkle ** into the oil lamp, and used the heat of the oil lamp to turn into smoke to stun the errand on duty that day, and then neatly placed it on both sides of the aisle to spread out a maze. Chen Xiao explained with a smile.

"Even so, but this ** can't tell the enemy from me, the person who drugged will definitely be hit, how did he put the fainting servants in order?" Zhang Miaoshui is a good classmate, and he always asks what he doesn't know.

"Zhang Zhutou, there is another thing in this world called the antidote." Without waiting for Chen Xiao to explain, Shen Chongming said with a smile.

Zhang Miaoshui's old face turned red and laughed.

"Hehehe, since the matter has come to an eyebrow, according to the official's opinion, there is no further ado, let's go to the prison now to interrogate the detained treasury officer, and we must find out this spy." Director Xin proposed, and everyone did not object, and they ran to the Hangzhou Mansion Prison not far from the silver treasury.

The Hangzhou Mansion Prison is also an important place, and the silver treasury is also an important place, and there are soldiers stationed in both places, so close to each other can be said to have achieved the purpose of echoing each other, which can be regarded as the optimization of human resources.

The court was set up on the spot, Xin was in charge of the trial, Shen Chongming and Chen Xiao were judged, and the officials of the treasury were brought out one after another.

Shen Chong is known for his kindness, and the last thing he wants to see is torture to extract confessions. There is no way, I originally planned to use some means Xin to launch a policy offensive, confess leniency and resist strictly, as long as I confess to be an accomplice, I can be exempted from punishment!

But the effect is self-evident, since few people will take the initiative to confess when they commit crimes, they all don't know what happened, and they only say that they are unconscious and don't know what happened.

"Lord Shen, why don't we use the punishment, otherwise we won't be able to ask at all." Director Xin said with an embarrassed face.

"Lord Xin, this is not good. After all, the thieves are only a minority, and it would be unfair to torture them all, even if the matter is finally investigated, it is not easy to explain to the innocent. Shen Chongming was also very embarrassed, turned his head to Chen Xiao and said, "Master Chen, you can think of a way to see if you can start from somewhere else." ”

Chen Xiao pondered for a while and said with a smile: "If you want to quietly transport 300,000 taels of silver out of the silver treasury in a short period of time, you can't do it alone, so they must have accomplices." And some of them should have positions, and only then can they dismiss the servants who are not accomplices, and then instruct their own men to carry the money out. ”

"Yes, that makes sense. Hehe, one of you should be the leader of the thieves! Shen Chongming's face changed, and he said viciously to Hou Baofeng and Guo Lin who were standing in front of him.

Hou Baofeng was startled, fell to his knees with a pop, and said hurriedly: "My lord clearly sees that Xia Guan has been on an errand in the silver treasury for nearly ten years, and it is impossible to do such a thing in such a foolish way." ”

Shen Chongming ignored him, looked at Guo Lin with a nervous face and sneered: "Since it's not Ambassador Hou, it must be you." ”

Guo Lin was stunned, clenched his fists and said with his head held high: "Those who are clear are self-purifying!" ”

"Presumptuous, come here, beat the official, and beat until the two of them confess!" Master Xin shouted loudly, and as he spoke, he stretched out his hand to the arrow in front of him.

"My lord, I can't beat him, this Guo Lin is the nephew of Guo Buzheng's envoy!" As soon as Li Xijin saw that Director Xin was about to fight, he hurriedly stepped forward and said in his ear.

Director Xin paused, took out half of the arrow and put it back, these years, just pull out a small official with a deep background, how can you live in the future.

"Ahem, I'll be imprisoned for the time being, and I'll be tried another day." Director Xin said helplessly, since this Guo Lin can't be punished, there is no reason to beat Hou Baofeng alone.

Seeing that a group of treasury officials were escorted down, Director Xin couldn't help but sigh, and finally had a little eyebrows, and now because of Guo Lin's background, he could only find another way out.

"Two adults, hurry up and think of another way, let's strike while the iron is hot." Director Xin said a little anxiously, since it was an insider who committed the crime, there must be more than these little minions, there must be people with bigger official positions above, if they get the news, they will definitely do everything possible to destroy the evidence!