The entire floor of the vault had been dug into a pulpit and a mess. But all www.biquge.info the silver ingots that had been buried deep in the mud had been taken out, and were now piled up on the side of the storeroom, like a hill.

Governor Ye Tianzu, political envoy Cui Xianhe, prefect Pei Xuan and other officials all stood in the newly turned mud, but they didn't care that the hem of the official robe had been stained by the mud, and a few pairs of eyes just circled around the pile of silver, just like the most greedy landlord.

They can't be blamed for such gaffes, after all, this matter is extraordinary, since the incident, these adults have not slept a single night, and they are full of how to get the money back. Now that they saw the silver, they were really relieved.

Yang Zhen explained to several adults why Jinyiwei came here to excavate, and then talked about some of his own speculations: "This silver vault was rebuilt in February after the former ambassador Lu Zhongming asked for instructions, and judging from the current situation, this matter must be inseparable from him. And he suddenly died of drunkenness in the lake not long ago, which can only show one thing - there is another mastermind in this matter, Lu Zhongming is just a chess piece, and after the matter is completed, he will be killed and killed. ”

"Hmm, Yang Xiaoqi's inference is reasonable, it seems that we have to send someone to bring Lu Zhongming's family for careful interrogation. Moreover, his house must be searched thoroughly to see if any money has fallen into their hands. Governor Ye nodded approvingly, and smiled approvingly at Yang Zhen. If it weren't for this incident, he, as the dignified governor of a province, would never have talked to such a small Jinyi Wei Xiaoqi anyway.

Yang Zhen was not distracted by Governor Ye's praise, and continued his reasoning: "As far as Xia Guan speculates, those silver thieves were brought into the silver vault by Lu Zhongming under the guise of craftsmen, and then took the opportunity of digging up the original floor tiles to take out the silver and hide it......"

"But there is one thing that the official does not understand. Those thieves only took the silver out of the box and buried it in the ground, what did Ann think? Are they only so that we may not find the money, and not to take it? Pei Xuan suddenly asked, which was exactly what the other two officials were thinking.

Yang Zhen glanced at the mountains of silver ingots that were stacked and couldn't count the specific amount for a while, and said, "I'm afraid they should have taken some silver out at that time." Of course, this point can only be concluded after someone has to investigate. As for their intentions in doing this, it was to get the five or six million taels of silver. ”

"Yang Xiaoqi, is it inconsistent with the current situation when you say this? Can they use any more means to enter the treasury and take the money? Governor Ye frowned and asked.

"My lord, please let the subordinate dare to make an assumption. If we can't find the silver this time, and we can't catch anyone, what will we do with this silver treasurer? Yang Zhen suddenly asked a question.

Ye Tianzu groaned slightly, and he already understood the truth: "I see! If this case can't be closed, even if the official can't stand it too much, he will definitely not dare to leave the silver in this treasury again. And when the limelight passes, those men will be able to lift the money out of the ground with ease. It's really a good wishful thinking! ”

"Your Excellency, these thieves are really scheming. But they still had a bad move, I didn't expect us to see through their tricks so quickly! Cui Xianhe was also busy praising two sentences.

"Hey, what kind of wise is this official, the really wise ones are Tang Qianhu and Yang Xiaoqi. If they hadn't seen the problem and found the money, the governor would have been worried at this time. In a good mood, Governor Ye laughed at himself very rarely, and also let out a hearty laugh. But then, he thought of a detail that Yang Zhen mentioned just now: "You just said that some of the silver has been taken away by them?" ”

"Xia Guan thought it was very possible." Yang Zhen was not afraid of blocking a few adults, and said on a case-by-case basis: "Since they have painstakingly set up this plan, of course, not only to keep it for the future, but also to prevent us from finding out the silver, otherwise wouldn't it be a bamboo basket to draw water?"

"In the humble opinion of the lower officials, they will inevitably take out a lot of silver taels under the pretext of carrying away some bricks and mud when repairing the floor of the silver vault. Because there is Lu Zhongming covering from the side, or the caretakers outside are also accomplices, under the collusion between inside and outside, the silver can be brought out smoothly. ”

It is naturally impossible for several officials to fail to think of these truths, but they were too happy just now to think deeply. Now after listening to Yang Zhen's words, the faces of several people really became serious, and they immediately ordered the scribes in the yamen who followed to count the exact amount of silver on the spot.

Although the silver was piled up in a mess and covered with mud, it was not too difficult to calculate the official silver points of fifty taels and one ingots. More than a dozen masters and scribes counted the silver in front of the fire for about two hours, and they had already obtained a correct number: there were four million and eight hundred thousand taels of silver here. Looking at the numbers on the original account book, as soon as the two sides were compared, they were a little anxious, and there were still nearly 670,000 taels of silver missing!

Six hundred and seventy thousand taels of silver, which is not a small amount. Even if most of the treasury silver has been recovered, the stolen silver can still make a few officials unable to eat and walk around.

"Tang Qianhu, Yang Xiaoqi, next to find out the thief, the matter of recovering the silver two has to rely on you Jinyi Wei." Several adults spoke, and at the same time bowed to them, which was already a very heavy etiquette.

Tang Feng hurriedly pulled Yang Zhen to evade it slightly, and then arched his hand and said: "If the lower official dares to disobey his orders, he will definitely go all out to track down the whereabouts of the Yin Lianghe people." "Just now he intended to promote and cultivate Yang Zhen, so he went to talk to a few adults, and now he took over the errand by himself.

"Okay, as long as this can be done, this official will definitely try his best to protect you to the imperial court." Governor Ye knew the way of employing people, so he first set out the conditions: "And this governor can also be the master and reward 100,000 taels of silver to the meritorious person who solved this silver theft case." ”

"Then the lower official will thank you here first. Without further ado, the next official will arrange for people to continue to investigate the clues of the case! Tang Feng asked for these wishes, and he hurriedly thanked him again, and then led people out of the silver vault. Naturally, there were several major yamen and guards here.

When Yang Zhen and the others returned, someone had already brought back Lu Zhongming's wife and children, who were a woman in her forties who looked very timid, and two boys in their teens. With them came tens of thousands of taels of official silver in three camphor wood boxes.

After seeing Tang Feng's bearing, which was completely different from that of ordinary brocade guards, the woman quickly knelt down and cried: "My lord, where is the people's woman wronged...... The woman and the two children really didn't know anything, they didn't know that Lu Zhongming had the audacity to do such a thing......

Tang Feng ignored the woman, and just said to the box, "What's going on?" "He knew very well why he had only found this box of official silver now. If the people in the yamen had turned out when they were in Dasuo City, I am afraid that they would not have to waste so much time.

"Back to Qianhu, because the investigation was not careful enough, the brothers in the yamen only cared about finding the cellar and other places where hundreds of thousands or millions of silver could be placed, and they missed a dark room in his house. Just now, when we went to get people, we accidentally found the dark room and found these three boxes. The reply was that the new Jinyi Guard Captain who had joined Tang Feng's subordinates was much more energetic than before because of his meritorious service.

"Well, yes, I'm careful, I'll give you a credit." Tang Feng nodded with satisfaction, and after sending the man down, he turned his head to look at the three mother and son who were hugging each other and still crying: "The box and the silver were all found from your house, and your husband Lu Zhongming is indeed very involved in this case of stealing the treasury silver, do you dare to cry out in front of this official?" Is it true that our Jinyiwei's torture equipment is vegetarian? ”

The woman's body trembled visibly when she heard the name of the brocade guard. She originally thought that it was just an ordinary person in the yamen who arrested her, but she didn't expect it to be a brocade guard who everyone talked about the tiger's discoloration, and now she didn't even have the courage to cry and cry out for injustice, so she just sobbed in a low voice: "The folk woman is just teaching her husband and children at home, I really don't know what Lu Zhongming did outside, and I ask the adults to spare their lives." ”

"Don't you even know that there is so much money in your house all of a sudden?" Yang Zhen suddenly asked.

This sentence hit the other party's vital point, and Lu's wife was stunned for a while, and only kowtowed after a while: "When Lu Zhongming came back with the box, the woman still knew." But I don't know what it contains......"

"What a clever mouth, really good at sophistry. People say that there is no better person to know each other than husband and wife, what kind of thoughts does your husband have, can he really hide it from you, the person who sleeps with you? Tang Feng sneered: "I see that you don't shed tears when you don't see the coffin, come here, hang her and these two boys for me, and prepare torture tools!" ”

Seeing several brocade-clothed guards walking towards him and his two sons with a cruel smile, Lu's wife was even more panicked, and kowtowed again like pounding garlic and cried: "My lord, the woman really doesn't know what he has done in the past two years. Although I am husband and wife with Na Lu Zhongming, the relationship between husband and wife has weakened a lot in recent years. A few months before his death, he was always out drinking and drinking, and he was not at home at night, and the women really didn't know what he had done wrong! As she spoke, her forehead was torn and blood was pouring down.

And the two children, who were only ten years old, were so frightened that they could only shiver there, and could not say anything.

"Is that true?" Yang Zhen didn't look like a fake when he looked at her.

"It's true. But there is a lie, the folk woman is willing to suffer the punishment of five thunders! Lu's wife swore a curse.

"Then how did you know he had a woman out there? And it's not that you have a foreign house, but you go to spend a lot of time drinking? Yang Zhen seems to be somewhat interested. The causal relationship between a husband who used to be pretty good to suddenly change his sex in the past two years, and then do things that he didn't dare to do before, is really interesting.

"This ...... That kind of thing between husband and wife is always easy to notice......" Even in this case, Lu's wife still blushed when she mentioned this matter, which made Yang Zhen laugh. But her subsequent sentence made people laugh: "And I secretly followed him once this year, watching him get on a boat of a West Lake boat girl, called 'Lan Guifang'." ”

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