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, Kaifu, had already come to 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 and helped to read the case files and interrogate the people involved in the case.

After the incident, the Caoyun Governor Yamen, the Yangzhou Mansion and the Jinyi Wei all conducted a thorough and meticulous investigation, which complemented and corroborated each other, presenting the full picture of the known case:

On 28 November, the winter liberation fleet set out from Hangzhou, the capital of Zhejiang Province, and headed north from the Jiangnan Canal, and in addition to paying tribute to the grain and soil used in the Ouchi, the fleet was also loaded with the most important goods: 320,000 taels of silver that should be exchanged in the Jingshitai warehouse obtained by the province's autumn expedition.

On December 1, the fleet arrived in Suzhou, anchored overnight, and loaded with silver from Suzhou and Songjiang.

The fourth day to Changzhou, the seventh day to Zhenjiang, all as usual, loaded with the two winter solution of the silver silver, at this time the total amount of silver has reached 500,000.

According to the plan, the next stop of the fleet will be Yangzhou, and then continue north, until Jingshi, and unload at the Tai warehouse, so as to complete this distant journey.

However, the fleet could not reach Yangzhou smoothly, because after crossing the Yangtze River from Zhenjiang to the north and entering the Jing Canal from Guazhou, a full 500,000 taels of silver disappeared overnight when it anchored in Sanwan -- in the early morning of the same day, a famous escort inadvertently found that the waterline of the Cao boat carrying the silver was much lower, and the boat floating on the water was a little taller.

In addition, the boatmen who drove the boats and the slender men who pulled the boats could be said to be staring at thousands of pairs of eyes.

How is that possible? 500,000 silver, more than 30,000 catties, take a strong man to pick, and you have to take 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 agreed that they had annihilated the internal annihilation, and locked up several generals and soldiers in charge of escorting, and even boatmen and slender men, and then issued fire signs, and rode seven hundred miles to arrest people along the way, and arrested 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, Caojun and Minfu blame each other, Jiangbei Zhili and Jiangnan Zhili four escorts blame each other, it is completely chaotic and clueless, and the official can't even figure out how the White Lotus Sect stole the silver, and they are even more blind.

A lot of silver was missing, worried that it would be hidden in the water, so the 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 some sludge from the bottom of the river; The Jinyi Guard system is not a dry meal, and immediately dispatched forces to secretly investigate, investigate all the Qinglou gambling stalls, and interrogate the original captured White Lotus Sect, but so far there has been no progress.

The only clue found was extremely absurd: a drunken veteran who woke up at night claimed to have seen a carp jumping over the dragon gate next to the ship carrying the stolen silver in the middle of the night, and he mysteriously told his companions that he was afraid that the king of Jiang Long had robbed Caoyin; The companion was afraid, and the old army was immediately arrested and interrogated, but this person was drunk all the year round, his brain was confused, and his words were reversed, and he couldn't ask a reason at all.

Interrogating the officers and soldiers on duty that night, some people said that they saw the fish jump a few times, some 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 rolling hooks and iron claws, but 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 this ship was inspected inch by inch by the people of the Cao Yun General Military Mansion, Jinyi Guard, 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 drunken veteran may be the key to solving the case, Han Feilian, tell Huang Gonggong 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 to get tens of thousands of catties. ”

Han Feilian nodded: "It's really impossible, because Caoyin is placed in a special cabin, and every night there is a general manager with four personal soldiers guarding the cabin, and the other general manager takes the key to lock the cabin door, 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, and the cabin is 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 was held at once, if there was a window, the silver could be handed out through the window, and the vigil would be very suspicious of the total and personal soldiers.

But Han Feilian immediately shook his head, even he himself was very confused, and said incomprehensibly:

"That's what is strange, the secret cabin for the silver is manned, of course, there must be a ventilated window and a hole for pouring and urine, but the window is covered with iron bars, and the hole also has iron hoops, and the size of the gap is less than three inches, and the silver collar that is just fifty taels cannot pass through - later inspection, the iron bars and hoops are intact, the windows are dusty, and there are even cobwebs in the corners of the windows!

So after being arrested, the chief and his own soldiers didn't have a mouth to cry out for injustice, and also accused the general manager in charge of the key, saying that after they were stunned, he used the key to open the hatch and stole the silver taels, and the two sides argued, and Chen Wangmo didn't ask anything when he moved the punishment. ”

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 could no longer be explained by common sense in the world, and Zhang Zixuan also frowned, which was difficult to explain.

Qin Lin told Han Feilian to send a message to Huang and Huo, paying 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 his expression was quite melancholy.

The officials of the Yangzhou Mansion and the Caoyun General Military Office and even the Jinyi Guards stationed in Yangzhou, no one is a fool, and the three-pronged approach uses a large number of manpower, and there is still no clue, 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 never believed that there was a seamless crime in this world, any criminal behavior would always leave clues, as long as he found a little flaw, he would immediately break the whole situation!

~~~ The group rested all night at the Tongji Inn, and the next morning Qin Lin arranged for everyone to go to errands:

Niu Dali pretended to say that he wanted to hire a boat for the young master to go north, and went to the dock to ask the boatman about the news of Cao Yun, and sometimes in the face of something that the official refused to say, it would 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; You kidnapper is a loach in the market, so he went to various teahouses and restaurants to inquire, and asked merchants about the case in Su Songchang and Hangjiahu in the name of silk business.

Qin Lin himself was accompanied by Jia Fugui and went to Cao Gang for a trip.

"What about me?" Zhang Zixuan pulled Qin Lin's sleeve, "Could it be that in Brother Qin's mind, the little sister 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!" ”

Yes, other people's daughters are 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 rudder of the Cao Gang was not far from Xichun Terrace, and Qin Lin walked over the famous 24th Bridge.

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

Qin Lin was playful for a while, took Zhang Zixuan's little 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 whatever you asked.

"Do you know how to give a?" Qin Lin looked at her pretty little 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, my little sister will blow a few songs for you! ”

(To be continued)