Zhang Bao'er leaned over, found a crumpled piece of wax paper under the table, moved in his heart, pinched it in the palm of his hand, and then said to Xu Xin: "Xu Xiancheng, you go and take care of Master Zheng's affairs first, don't worry about us." ”

After Xu Xin left, Zhang Baoer opened the wax paper and saw the handwriting printed on it, and he let Uncle Hua read it and learned that it said "Defutang Pharmacy", which should be used to pack pills.

Zhang Bao'er asked He Zhi to take it and immediately go to the Defutang Pharmacy.

After a while, He Zhi came back and said, "Lord Qincha, the people of Defutang said that this is the medicine for heart diseases that Zheng Xian Ling customized for them there, but after Na Langzhong smelled the smell, he said that there seemed to be an extra taste of flour in it. ”

Zhang Bao'er was stunned for a moment, then understood, and said: "Zheng County's order was murdered, and there was medicine in the drawer, but it was replaced by a fake pill made of flour. When he had a heart attack, he took fake medicine and naturally died violently. Subsequently, the murderer took away other counterfeit medicines, which should also be the reason why there were no medicines in the study. ”

The people who escorted Guanyin to Bianzhou City every month in Chenliu County were generally selected by Zheng Huaren himself from among the officials, but in February and March, because the officials were all sent on business, Zheng Huaren found a few people from outside. As for who it was, Xu Xin said that he didn't know.

In February, the official silver was sent to the governor's yamen, and March and April were the days when the treasury silver was stolen, and Zheng Huaren was obviously involved in the case. Zhang Baoer felt that this case must have been planned for a long time, so he only needed to find out who often corresponded with Wang Biao and Zheng Huaren, and maybe he could find something.

Not to mention the rich experience in investigating cases, he came to the newspaper the next day, saying that there were three people who often corresponded with Wang Biao and Zheng Huaren, one was Feng Wanshan, one was the shopkeeper of Fu Ji Qianzhuang, and the other was Xu Xin Xu Xiancheng.

Zhang Bao'er groaned: "Feng Wanshan? This man again, the name sounds familiar. ”

He explained: "He is the most famous master stonemason in the whole Bianzhou, and his craftsmanship is incomparable. When the silver treasury was repaired, he was still invited to help. ”

Under the leadership of He Zhi, Zhang Baoer and Uncle Hua came to Feng Wanshan's door. knocked on the door, and a stout old man in his sixties appeared in front of them, presumably Feng Wanshan.

Feng Wanshan looked Zhang Bao'er and the others up and down, and asked coldly, "Who are you?" ”

Zhang Bao'er arched her hand and said: "Excuse me, we have just moved into Chenliu and want to find a house to live in." Passing by here, I feel that this house is so imposing, and I want to ask the old gentleman if it is for sale? ”

Feng Wanshan snorted and said, "Don't sell it!" Then he slammed the door shut.

Zhang Baoer just wanted to meet this person, but once the goal had been achieved, she turned around and left.

When passing by Fu Ji Qian Bank, Zhang Baoer thought about it, walked in, and asked He Zhi to reveal his identity and ask to see the account book of Qian Bank.

Shopkeeper He was very surprised and asked, "My lord, why is this?" The small ones are honest and tax-paying. ”

Seeing this, he shouted: "Lord Qincha wants to investigate, what are you doing, is there something unsightly?" ”

Shopkeeper He had no choice but to take out the account book.

Not to mention arranging for people to check until the time of the lantern, but no problems were found. Zhang Bao'er was about to get up and say goodbye with great interest, but suddenly saw a palm-sized stone gluttony on the table over there.

He couldn't help but step forward curiously, played with it in his hand, and said casually: "What a beautiful thing, I don't know who carved it?" ”

Shopkeeper He said: "It was Feng Wanshan carving in the city who came to give it to me." ”

Zhang Baoer came to the bank to check the accounts, because she was worried that the stolen treasury money would go here to post the accounts, but she did not find anything abnormal. But this gadget is more strange, there is no wealth beast in the money house, but what does it mean to throw such a greedy beast?

Zhang Bao'er looked at it for a while, and found that the lines of the gluttonous abdomen seemed to be different, he pressed it gently, and with a "bang", he jumped out of a small box, and there was a copper coin in it. Zhang Bao'er was stunned, and pressed other lines in turn, there were twelve small boxes hidden in this palm-sized stone carving, Feng Wanshan's craftsmanship was indeed breathtaking.

Back at the residence, Zhang Baoer sat alone in the room, pondered for a full hour, and then opened the door and said to He Zhi: "He Zhutou, you stay in Chenliu, I will set off to return to Bianzhou overnight." ”

After returning to Bianzhou City, Zhang Bao'er rushed to the place where Zhao Cheng lived and said straight to the point: "Zhao Kuguan, I know you're not crazy, you're just running away." You received Feng Wanshan's silver to cure your mother's illness, didn't you? ”

When Zhao Cheng heard Feng Wanshan's name, he was shocked, cried bitterly, and said: "My lord, I have no choice, they threaten me with my mother......"

Zhang Bao'er said: "Treasury Officer Zhao, you say it slowly, as long as the treasury silver is not stolen by you, it is easy to say." ”

Zhao Cheng confessed: "At that time, I was extremely depressed because I couldn't afford medicine, Feng Wanshan took the initiative to find me, saying that I was a filial son, and he would lend me two hundred taels of silver first. But I didn't expect that as soon as my mother got better after taking the medicine, Feng Wanshan came to the door to ask for the borrowed silver, and I naturally couldn't take it out, so Feng Wanshan asked me to turn a blind eye when Chen Liuxian sent the official silver into the treasury in March. I was taken aback at the time, and hurriedly asked him what he wanted to do, Feng Wanshan said that I didn't need to know, and comforted me by saying that the silver vault was heavily guarded, and to open the door, it would take Ni Tingshi and my key to open it, what could he do? Naturally, I didn't believe his words, but when I thought about it, his words did make sense, so I had to agree. Feng Wanshan took out a stone gluttony for me, and said that seeing things is like seeing people. ”

"And then?" Zhang Baoer asked.

"On the 15th of March, Chen Liuxian sent several boxes of official silver, and according to the rules of the silver treasury, 20 guards guarded the gate, the tunnel entrance of the silver treasury and other places, while I checked the accounts and entered the warehouse. When I was about to open the box, Xu Xiancheng, who was escorting the official silver, showed me a stone gluttony. I feared that they had stolen the official money and sent two empty boxes, and that he could not afford the responsibility, so I insisted that they be opened and examined. Xu Xiancheng had no choice but to open it, the box was full of silver, I was about to check it carefully, but Xu Xiancheng threatened me with his mother again, I thought that the money had also been checked, and there would be nothing wrong in the future, so I let them go. ”

"I see!" Zhang Baoer already knew it in her heart.

"Afterwards, the more I thought about it, the more I felt that something was not quite right, why didn't Xu Xiancheng let me investigate it carefully, could it be that there was something strange in this? I wanted to find out, but the other half's key was returned to Ni Tingshi. In April, Xu Xiancheng found me again and asked me to act according to the previous time. At this time, I was already difficult to ride a tiger, so I gritted my teeth and agreed. But what makes me feel strange is that the silver box sent by Chen Liuxian this time turned out to be normal. It wasn't until Ni Tingshi wanted to call the official bank for disaster relief that I realized that the official money in the silver treasury was actually reduced by half, which must have been done by Feng Wanshan and Xu Xiancheng. However, if I confess the truth, my mother will be in danger, and I will have no choice but to kill myself......"