After that day's deliberations, everyone felt that the theft of the coffin was likely a prelude to the theft of jewelry, so they paid close attention to some wealthy families.

And when they focused their attention on those rich families, a news suddenly came: Qiantang County, the owner of the rice warehouse Qiongmi, who was engaged in the rice grain business, disappeared.

Mi Cangqiong's disappearance made Su Wuming and the others a little anxious, so they had to give up the search for the coffin first, and instead investigate Mi Cangqiong's disappearance, after all, the disappearance case is a big case in comparison.

When Su Wuming led people to the county office, Li Jingdao was also there, and there was a trace of pride on his face, as if he felt that he finally had a chance to embarrass Su Wuming.

Su Wuming entered the living room and saluted Li Jingdao, Li Jingdao smiled lightly: "How is the investigation of the coffin case?" ”

"There are no clues for the time being, if Master Li is willing to borrow the people he brought, maybe he can hurry up, after all, the ability of these few of us is really limited." Su Wuming knew that Li Jingdao wanted to embarrass himself, so he first said that he would borrow people, people and horses were Li Jingdao's bargaining chips, and he would definitely not be willing to borrow people easily, not to mention that Su Wuming wanted to borrow, and he didn't borrow people, if he wanted to say that Su Wuming was not doing things well, I was afraid he wouldn't be able to open his mouth.

Are there any people who don't help and ask others to hurry up?

The smug look on Li Jingdao's face decreased slightly, and then he waved his hand: "The coffin case is a small case, Master Su doesn't have to worry, take your time, now there is a big case in Qiantang County, Lord Su can't shirk it, and he must solve the case as soon as possible." ”

After Li Jingdao finished speaking, Qian Sheng hurriedly stepped forward, bowed his hand slightly, and said: "Master Su, Mi Cangqiong, who is in the rice grain business, is missing, this missing person case is a big case, and it can't be sloppy!" ”

Su Wuming smiled lightly: "The missing person case is indeed a big case, Lord Qian, as the county magistrate of Qiantang County, can't slack off, otherwise he will be the parent official of Qiantang County in vain, since he is the parent official of the people of Qiantang in vain, then this official is still not good." ”

Su Wuming's sentence has a threatening meaning, the meaning is very clear, the disappearance case occurred in Qiantang County, then Qian Sheng, the county magistrate of Qiantang County, will be fully responsible, if he plays any tricks during the period, or refuses to investigate hard, then he Su Wuming will definitely report to the emperor and cut off his official position.

Qian Sheng originally wanted to entrust all this matter to Su Wuming, but now after hearing Su Wuming's words, his heart suddenly sank, and he said again and again: "What Lord Su said is very true, this official will definitely have the right to supervise this case, and then ask Lord Su to help investigate." ”

"As long as Lord Qian is willing to come out, Lord Ben, as the head of Dali Temple given by the emperor, and patrolling Jianghuai, will naturally not sit idly by."

Su Wuming's words put all the responsibility for investigating the disappearance case on Qian Sheng, even if the disappearance case was not solved as quickly as imagined, this Li Jingdao couldn't talk about him, and then there was, Su Wuming made his identity very clear, he was the director of the Dali Temple who patrolled Jianghuai, and he had the right to be a messenger, and the people here had been in the officialdom for many years, so he naturally understood what the rights of the Qincha were.

Qin Cha can sometimes represent the emperor, so Su Wuming wants to warn Qian Sheng and Li Jingdao not to offend the emperor.

Of course, the reason why Su Wuming said it so vaguely was because he didn't want to force Li Jingdao, Li Jingdao had military power, if he was forced to be urgent, maybe he would be angry and make a secret hand for himself, then he would be difficult to guard against day and night, and he would have to suffer some crimes.

After Su Wuming said this, he glanced at the faces of Qian Sheng and Li Jingdao, although the faces of the two of them were different, Su Wuming could see that they didn't dare to provoke themselves casually.

After sitting down in the living room, Su Wuming looked at Qian Sheng and asked, "How did this Mi Cangqiong disappear?" ”

"Back to Lord Su's words, the officials don't know this, the people from Mifu came with news today, saying that Mi Cangqiong went back to do business and was supposed to return yesterday, but so far he hasn't met, and he sent someone to investigate, but there was no news at all, so the county government who came here reported the case."

Hearing Qian Sheng's words, Su Wuming bowed slightly, and continued to ask, "Did Lord Qian send someone to find it?" ”

"This ......"

"Haven't sent it yet?"

"Xiaguan wanted to wait for Lord Su to come and listen to Lord Su's advice, so he didn't send anyone there."

Su Wuming frowned slightly: "If someone is missing, someone must be sent to investigate, this is the most basic thing, Lord Qian, as the county magistrate of Qiantang County, shouldn't he even know this?" ”

This sentence frightened Qian Sheng, he nodded again and again, and then hurriedly sent someone to look for it, and when Qian Sheng was very frightened to send someone to find Mi Cangqiong, Su Wuming got up and arched his hand to Li Jingdao and said: "Xiaguan wants to go to Mifu, I don't know if Master Li is interested in going with him?" ”

Li Jingdao wanted to see how Su Wuming wanted to investigate this matter, but he really didn't want to waste time going to Lang with him, so he finally shook his head and found an excuse to shirk it.

Seeing that Li Jingdao didn't go, Su Wuming had no choice but to take the others with him, because Qian Sheng was the county magistrate of Qiantang County, so even if Su Wuming didn't ask him, he would follow.

Mi Cangqiong seems to be very good at business, so their mansion is very large, but at this time, the huge mansion seems to be a little chaotic, there are people running everywhere, and there are shouts and cheers everywhere, after Su Wuming and others entered the mansion, Mi Cangqiong's two ladies greeted them, they looked flustered, and after saluting Su Wuming and others, they welcomed them into the living room again and again.

Su Wuming and the others sat down in the living room, looked at Mi Cangqiong's two ladies and asked, "Boss Mi went out to do business, but he brought a lot of money?" ”

"Exactly, because copper coins are not easy to carry, so before leaving, the master exchanged copper coins for a lot of silver, and this is not too ostentatious."

"How much money did you change?"

"There are probably more than a thousand taels, but I didn't finish it, I only took a few hundred taels!"

"How long ago was this?"

"Half a month ago, the master always said that everything is wasted if it is not prepared, so half a month ago he began to exchange copper coins for silver."

"The silver is not very widely circulated in the market, where did the rice boss get this lot of silver?"

"This slave family doesn't know, I only know that after the master went out with the family's copper coins, the copper coins turned into silver after coming back at night, and the slave family once asked the master how to change it, he said that he knew a few friends who had quite a lot of money, where did he get it from his friends, in addition, no matter how much the master refused to say."

Su Wuming asked about this, Qian Sheng was a little impatient, and suddenly asked: "Wherever your husband goes to do business, he takes that road, can he be accompanied, and who knows that he is going to do business?" ”

Qian Sheng asked several questions in a row, and his questions were quite standard, so Su Wuming didn't interject, just waiting for Mrs. Mi's answer.

Mrs. Mi seemed to be a little unresponsive to Qian Sheng's question, and only after a long time did she speak: "Husband, he is going to Hangzhou to buy a batch of grain, and the roads he often takes are official roads, and he was originally accompanied by someone, but this time he didn't, as for who knows that he is going to do business, everyone in the house knows." ”

After Mrs. Mi finished answering, Qian Sheng asked again: "Your husband has a lot of money on him, and he goes alone, if someone knows about it, he will have to do something to make money and kill him, you send someone to check the top and bottom of the house, and see if anyone is missing or leaving his post without permission." ”

After Qian Sheng said this, Su Wuming smiled lightly, he felt that this Qian Sheng was not stupid, if he could serve the people wholeheartedly, he might be able to be a good official.

In this world, there are many kinds of officials, one is willing to do things for the people, the other is unwilling to do things for the people, and those who are willing to do things for the people are divided into many kinds, one is capable, the other is incapable, if there is no ability, then his good intentions will often do the wrong thing; There are two kinds of people who refuse to do things for the people, but they have always had the ability, and one is incompetent, and people like Qian Sheng should belong to officials who have the ability but are unwilling to do things for the people.

This kind of official is very smart, they know what to do and what not to do, so their career is often smoother.

Now that Qian Sheng asked these questions, it shows that he is a capable person, but he has not shown it before.

Mrs. Mi sent a housekeeper to check on the people in the house, and after half a pillar of incense, she rushed over, shook her head, and said that no one in their house was missing, and no one left her post without permission.

Qian Sheng was suddenly a little lost, his idea had no evidence to support, which meant that his idea was wrong.

Qian Sheng glanced at Su Wuming a little helplessly, Su Wuming smiled lightly, and said, "Since you know the road that Boss Mi is taking, it is better to send someone to find out on that road first." ”

Qian Sheng nodded again and again, and then ordered, and at this time, Su Wuming continued to ask Mrs. Mi: "What enemies does Boss Mi have, do you recognize his friends?" ”

"The master has no enemies, and his friends don't know each other."

Su Wuming shrugged, now that they are in this Mi Mansion, I am afraid they can't ask anything.

After leaving Mifu, Su Wuming and others have been waiting for news, about in the evening, a government official came to report, saying that they walked the official road all over, and did not find a trace of suspiciousness, and some of them went to Hangzhou City to ask those merchants who often cooperate with Mi Cangqiong, they have not seen Mi Cangqiong in the past few days, and Mi Cangqiong did not go to Hangzhou City at all.

The words of the official were beyond everyone's expectations, it stands to reason that Mi Cangqiong went out to do business, how could he not take the official road and not go to Hangzhou City?

If he hadn't gone to Hangzhou, where would he go?

Could it be that he didn't leave Qiantang County at all?

Thinking of this, Su Wuming immediately instructed those officials: "All of them are withdrawn, and the search is focused on the city of Qiantang County, then Mi Cangqiong may not have left the city at all." ”