10 million taels, Qian Du actually concealed more than 10 million taels of silver.

Whether it was Chen Yiming or Li Guangtai, they didn't expect that Qian Du would have such a big courage and dare to be greedy for so much silver.

And more importantly, Qian Du has died in Jinyi Wei Prison.

It was because of Li Guangtai's impeachment that Qian Du was imprisoned.

Now that Qian Du is dead, it means that the 10 million taels of silver are gone.

No!

There should still be a fall.

Li Guangtai immediately ordered: "Come on, go and arrest Qian Du's family immediately!" ”

In Li Guangtai's opinion, since Qian Du is dead, there is a good chance that the more than 10 million taels of silver will be concealed by Qian Du's family.

"Wait!" Chen Yiming stopped Li Guangtai and said, "Lord Li, the Holy Lord has ordered Qian Du's house to be raided once, but I'm afraid that if I want to arrest Qian Du's family again, I'm afraid it will be in vain." ”

"Besides, judging by the old man, Qian Du would not have deposited such a large sum of silver in his own home at all, he must have stored the silver elsewhere!"

"What Chen Shangshu said is extremely true!" Jiang Fang, the secretary of Dali Temple, echoed and said: "According to one of the salt merchants, he once saw Qian Du in Yangzhou with his own eyes, and went to the branch of the HSBC ticket number in Yangzhou many times. ”

Hearing this, Chen Yiming's spirit was shocked, and he hurriedly stared at Jiang Fang and asked, "Is this true?" ”

"I'm afraid that nine times out of ten it will be true!" Jiang Fang said, "Why didn't Chen Shangshu order someone to invite the owner of the HSBC ticket number to interrogate?" Come to think of it, he didn't dare to hide it! ”

"What Master Jiang said is reasonable!" Chen Yiming nodded, and then ordered: "Come on, quickly invite the owner of the HSBC ticket number to come to the Criminal Department!" ”

In the HSBC ticket number, the owner listened to the summons of the criminal department, did not dare to delay, and packed up and wanted to go out, but was stopped by the shopkeeper Zhou.

Shopkeeper Zhou said: "When Feng Xi came before, the villain said that the owner was not in the capital, if you suddenly appeared at this time, it would definitely cause Feng Xi's vigilance, so it was better for the villain to go to the criminal department instead of the owner!" ”

"Then it's bothering Shopkeeper Zhou!" The proprietor thought that this was indeed the case, and after saying a word, he retreated again.

Half an hour later, Shopkeeper Zhou came to the lobby of the criminal department with the summoned officials.

After meeting Chen Yiming and the others, the shopkeeper Zhou asked: "The villain is the shopkeeper of the Beijing branch of the HSBC ticket number, and our owner is not in the capital, I don't know what happened to the villain owner summoned by the adults?" The villain must know everything! ”

Chen Yiming asked: "Shopkeeper Zhou, this official asked you, the former commander of Jinyiwei Qian Du once deposited a sum of money in your HSBC ticket number Yangzhou Branch, do you know about this matter?" ”

When Shopkeeper Zhou heard this, he said: "Qi Yu several adults, the villain does know about this matter. ”

"How much money did you deposit in your HSBC ticket number?" Seeing that Shopkeeper Zhou was informed, Li Guangtai hurriedly asked.

Shopkeeper Zhou replied: "Qian Du has a total of 10 million taels of silver in our HSBC ticket number. ”

"Oh?" Hearing this, Chen Yiming was not as excited as Li Guangtai, but his eyes were full of doubts, "How do you know this matter in such detail?" ”

Shopkeeper Zhou smiled bitterly and said, "I can't help the villain not know." Originally, the villain only knew that Qian Du had deposited a sum of silver in the HSBC ticket number, but the villain did not know the specific amount of silver.

But a few days ago, after Qian Du was suddenly imprisoned, Feng Gonggong, the governor of Dongchang, took a bill of 10 million taels to find the villain, and wanted to take out the 10 million taels of silver from our HSBC ticket number.

Although there is no shortage of silver in our HSBC ticket number, we can't get so much silver at once with the Beijing branch number, right?

So the villain borrowed from other ticket numbers, and only then did he borrow two million taels of silver to Gonggong Feng.

But Father-in-law Feng did not give up, and threatened to raise the remaining 8 million taels of silver within a month for our HSBC ticket number.

You said that it was freezing and snowing heavily, and the roads leading to the capital were muddy, so how could the villain be able to borrow so much silver in a short period of time?

Now, the villain has already burned his brows, how can he not know what this is about? ”

Seeing Shopkeeper Zhou explain this, Chen Yiming let go of the doubts in his heart and asked, "So, the original Qian Du's bill is now in Feng Xi's hands?" ”

"Indeed!" Shopkeeper Zhou nodded and said, "How dare a villain lie about such a big thing?" ”

"Well, the official already knows about it! You go back and stay in Ansheng, and don't leave the capital during this time, so that the official can bring you over for questioning at any time. If not, the official will sentence you to the crime of covering up your HSBC ticket number! Chen Yiming threatened, and then let the shopkeeper Zhou leave the criminal department.

After the shopkeeper Zhou left, Li Guangtai's face was gloomy and terrifying, and he looked at Chen Yiming and said, "Chen Shangshu, the old man wants to enter the palace to meet the saint, I don't know if you can go with me?" ”

Chen Yiming smiled bitterly and said, "Master Li, I'm afraid that there is another hidden truth in this matter, let's go to Donghua Pavilion and discuss with Elder Zhang Ge before entering the palace, I don't know what you think?" ”

Hearing this, Li Guangtai nodded noncommittally and acquiesced.

In Donghua Pavilion, when Li Guangtai told the things one by one, Zhang Zhiyuan couldn't close his mouth in surprise, looked at Chen Yiming and asked, "Is this matter true?" ”

Chen Yiming nodded with a wry smile, and then hesitated for a moment before saying, "And the lower officials suspect that this is simply what the Holy Commander ordered Feng Xi to do!" ”

Seeing that everyone was looking at him, Chen Yiming explained: "Feng Xicai has been the governor of Dongchang for more than half a year, even if he has the courage to swallow this 10 million taels of silver alone?"

Didn't they forget that on the day of Qian Du's death, the saint personally went to the Imperial Prison to visit Qian Du once. Moreover, on that day, Feng Xi took a small box from the Jinyi Guard and commanded the Yamen to go over......"

There is no need for Chen Yiming to say the words after that, the rest of the people have already understood.

This 10 million taels of silver, the saint clearly wants to swallow it into his own pocket.

"What about now?" Everyone looked at Zhang Zhiyuan, who was the first of them, and wanted to ask him to pay attention.

After all, this matter is about the face of the Son of Heaven, and even Li Guangtai is not good at publicly saying that the Son of Heaven is not.

Otherwise, the face of the Son of Heaven will not exist, and it may be normal for him to be afraid of moving his head when he is angry.

After bowing his head and pondering for a long time, Zhang Zhiyuan spoke: "It's better to be like this, tomorrow, Chen Shangshu, Zhou Shangshu, and Zheng Shangshu will enter the palace with the old man to meet the saint on the grounds of the Ming Salt Affairs Case!" ”

"Elder Zhang Ge, then the official ......" Seeing that there was no one among the people who entered the palace, Li Guangtai hurriedly got up and asked.

As soon as Li Guangtai spoke, he was stopped by Zhang Zhiyuan raising his hand: "Master Li, with your temperament, I'm afraid that in the end, I will make the saint angry, and at that time, I'm afraid that the 10 million taels of silver will not come back if we want to!" ”

Hearing this, Li Guangtai had no choice but to give up!