Things have to start from the beginning, Huang Gonggong and Huo Chonglou, as deputy envoys of the Qin Mission, came to Yangzhou to carry out an investigation with great fanfare.

At this time, the two ministers of civil and military affairs in Huai'an, the capital of Kaifu, had already visited Yangzhou, and Li Qiu, the governor of civil and military affairs, was lukewarm to Huang and Huo, while Chen Wangmo, the chief military officer of Pingjiang Bo Caoyun, actively cooperated with "helping to review the case file and interrogate the people involved in the case."

After the incident, the governor of Caoyun, the Yangzhou Prefecture, and the Jinyiwei all conducted a thorough and meticulous investigation, which complemented and corroborated each other, and presented the full picture of the known case: On November 28, the Dongjie fleet set out from Hangzhou, the capital of Xijiang Province, and headed north from the Jiangnan Canal.

On December 1, the fleet was as low as Suzhou, and it was docked overnight, and it was loaded with silver from Suzhou and Songjiang.

On the 4th, he arrived in Changzhou and arrived in Zhenjiang on the 7th, "all of them were berthed as usual" to load the Cao silver of the two prefectures for winter relief, and the total amount of Cao silver had reached 500,000 at this time.

According to the plan, the next stop of the fleet would be Yangzhou, and then continue north, until Jingshi, "to Taicang Jiāo unloading, only to complete this distant journey."

But the fleet failed to reach Yangzhou, because from Zhenjiang north across the Yangtze River, from Guazhou into the Jing Canal, "berthed in Sanwan overnight, a full 500,000 taels of silver disappeared, in the early morning of the same day, a famous escort always inadvertently found that the waterline of the boat carrying the silver was much lower, "the boat floating on the water was a little taller, and was surprised to immediately gather the other three to check the silver box", but was surprised to find that the box that should have been filled was empty.

In addition, the boatmen who drove the boats and the slender men who pulled the boats could be said to be staring at "The strange thing is that no one noticed anything unusual that night, and the silver disappeared without making a sound."

How is that possible? 500,000 pieces of silver, "more than 30,000 catties, just take a strong man to pick" and you have to have one or two hundred big men to move away; As for the boat itself, it is even more impossible to do anything, and the large number of shipwrights and escort soldiers accompanying the ship are not blind or deaf!

Therefore, after hearing the news, the two ministers of civil and military affairs who rushed from Huai'an Mansion in the starry night "unanimously agreed that they had come out of the inner jiān" to "lock up several generals and soldiers in charge of escorting" and even boatmen and slender men, and then issued a fire sign to "use 700 miles to ride along the way to arrest people, and arrest all the officials involved in the case."

There is no doubt that "all the people do not admit that it has anything to do with the theft of Caoyin, and the Cao army and the people blame each other", the four escorts of Jiangbei Zhili and Jiangnan Zhili blame each other, and they are completely clueless, and the official is not even clear about how the White Lotus Sect stole the silver.

A lot of silver was missing, and it was worried that it would be hidden in the water, "Yangzhou Government mobilized manpower to salvage it with rolling hooks and iron claws, and found nothing at the bottom of the canal or in the Yangtze River", only picking up some sludge from the bottom of the river; The Jinyi Wei system is not a dry meal" immediately dispatched forces to secretly investigate, investigate all the Qinglou gambling stalls, and interrogate the original captured White Lotus Sectists, but so far there has been no progress.

The only clue found was extremely absurd: a drunken veteran who "claimed to have seen a carp jumping over the dragon next to the ship carrying the stolen silver in the middle of the night, and he mysteriously told his companions" that "I am afraid that the king of the river dragon has robbed the silver; The companion was afraid that "if this matter is revealed, the old army will be immediately arrested and interrogated", but this person has been drinking all the year round, and his brain is confused, and his words are reversed, and he can't ask a reason at all, and he only said that it was the fish leaping dragon mén and the king of the river dragon who sent the shrimp soldiers and crabs to rob the carp jīng.

Interrogating the officers and soldiers on duty that night, some people said that they saw the fish jump a few times, "some people said they didn't see it", and as for what the Jianglong King was completely empty.

Worried that there was something strange under the water, Chen Wangmo, the chief military officer of Caoyun, sent people to search the bottom of the river inch by inch with a rolling hook and iron claws, but he did not even find the shadow of the silver.

Today, Huang and Huo went to the Cao boat again with Chen Wangmo to inspect it, but of course they did not find any new clues, because every place on the ship "has been inspected by the people of the Caoyun General Military Mansion, Jinyiwei and Yangzhou Mansion like a grate!"

Han Feilian introduced the above situation, and everyone was silent, only to feel that the case was confusing, as if it was hidden in a thick fog, and it was impossible to see the direction of solving the case. ,

Qin Lin tapped his fingers on the table: "My intuition tells me that the confession of that alcoholic veteran may be the key to solving the case, Han Feilian, tell Gonggong Huang and Huo Chonglou that they must protect him." ”

Lu Yuanzhi slapped the table: "By the way, did the water ghost steal the silver from under the boat?" "Impossible," Qin Lin shook his head, "How many water ghosts do you need?" Moreover, the silver is heavy, and it is too far-fetched to rely on people to swim tens of thousands of catties of nòng. ”

Han Feilian nodded: "It's really impossible, because Caoyin is placed in the cabin of the special mén, and every night there is a general manager with four personal soldiers to guard the cabin Feng, and the other general manager outside takes the key to lock the cabin mén" At this time, the general manager, the personal soldiers and the silver in the cabin can't get out of the cabin, and even the defecation is solved inside" The cabin was not opened until the next day. ”

Zhang Zixuan reacted very quickly, and immediately asked: "Is there a window in the cabin that communicates with the outside?" ”

Everyone's breath suddenly held their breath, "If there is a window, the silver can be handed out through the window" The vigil is very suspicious of the total and personal soldiers.

But Han Feilian immediately shook his head, even he himself was very confused, and said incomprehensibly: "It's this strange, the secret cabin for carrying silver is manned, of course, there must be a ventilated window and a dòng for pouring niào filth, but the window is added with iron bars, and there are also iron hoops in the dòng, and the gap is less than three inches, and the silver collar that is just called fifty taels cannot be passed, and later checked, the iron bars and hoops are intact, the windows are dusty, and there are even spider webs in the corners of the windows!"

So after being arrested, the chief and his own soldiers didn't have a word to shout grievances, and also accused the general manager in charge of the key, saying that after they fainted, they "used the key to open the cabin and stole the silver two" The two sides argued endlessly. ”

Hearing this, Qin Lin's eyes narrowed, and a cold light flashed away: In this way, the cabin loaded with Cao Yin has become an out-and-out secret room, which can be said to be isolated from the inside and outside, so how did Cao Yin disappear without realizing it?

Could it really be that someone can make the Five Ghosts carry the Method, or that King Jiang Long himself will come out?

Niu Dali and Lu Fatzi both felt that this case was beyond the common sense of the world to explain," Zhang Zixuan also frowned, difficult to explain.

Qin Lin told Han Feilian, "Let him pass the word to Huang and Huo, pay attention to the direction of the investigation, the first is what is the background of the general manager who stayed in the secret cabin and the general manager who is in charge of the key, after all, they are the most direct suspects; The second is that the rhetoric of alcoholic veterans should be taken seriously, and the personnel on duty that night should be interrogated to make the details clear; Finally, Chen Wangmo must be admonished to be calm and not to be in a hurry to make a move, but it is easy to be deceived by false confessions, so that the investigation will go astray.

"What Chief Qin said is that Uncle Pingjiang is so anxious that he jumps to his feet, Huang Gonggong and Huo Sifang, they are simply regarded as life-saving straws by him!" , Han Feilian replied with a smile, but the gods were quite worried.

Yangzhou Mansion Arrest Fast, Caoyun General Military Office officials and even stationed in Yangzhou Jinyi Guard, no one is a fool, three-pronged, using a large number of manpower "There is no clue so far, this case is probably not so simple!"

Qin Lin smiled slightly, for him, "The more complex and difficult the case, the more challenging it is, he has never believed that there is a seamless crime in this world, any criminal behavior will always leave clues, as long as he finds a little flaw, he will immediately break all his eyebrows!"

The group rested all night at the Tongji Inn, and the next morning Qin Lin arranged for everyone to go to work: Niu Dali pretended to hire a boat for the young master to go north, and went to the dock to ask the boatman about the news on Caoyun, "Sometimes in the face of something that the official does not want to say, it will be revealed inadvertently during the chat;

Under the pretext of buying carriages and famous horses for the young master, Lu Fatzi went to the mule and horse market and the car dealer to inquire about the situation, and as long as 500,000 taels of silver were transferred, it was impossible to be silent: the abductor was a loach in the market, so he went to various teahouses and restaurants to inquire, and asked the merchants about the news about the case in Su Songchang and Hangjiahu in the name of silk business.

Qin Lin himself was accompanied by Jia Fugui, "Go to Cao Bang for a trip."

"What about me?" Zhang Zixuan pulled Qin Lin's sleeve, "Could it be that in Brother Qin's mind, Sister Xiǎo is useless?" ”

Qin Lin scratched his head: "Why don't you go find the two Brother Zhang?" Zhang Zixuan grinned: "They are in the open, we are in the dark, let's not meet for the time being!" ”

"Sister Xiǎo is not afraid of other people's criticism, what is Qin Lin afraid of?" Just let her still pretend to be a thin yellow girl to follow.

The general rudder of the Cao Gang was not far from Xi Chūn Terrace, and Qin Lin walked over the famous 24th Bridge.

It was the middle of winter, there was snow on the bridge and in the treetops, and many talented and beautiful people watched the snow on the bridge.

Qin Lin was playful for a while, and took Zhang Zixuan by the hand" and asked with a wicked smile: "Well, this, I suddenly remembered that there was a question" I don't know if I can ask?" Zhang Zixuan blinked, although her face was yellow and her eyebrows were like a brush, her eyes were still starry, and she smiled slightly, meaning that you can ask whatever you want.

"Do you know how to give a?" Qin Lin looked at her beautiful xiǎo mouth, evil, evil.

Zhang Zixuan said puzzledly: "What's so difficult about the?" If Brother Qin likes to listen to it, when I go back, Sister Xiǎo will blow a few songs for you! ”！ ~！