The crisis that Qiantang County is about to face may have already appeared.

Su Wuming's heart was very heavy, and after a long time, he asked, "The two ladies don't know at all where they got this silver from?" ”

The two nodded: "It's not clear at all." ”

Wen Wan'er frowned slightly, and said, "Xianggong, if this is the case, I am afraid it will not be easy to find out the person who made the fake silver." ”

This matter is indeed not easy, but fake silver is rampant in the market, and if you investigate carefully, it is not impossible at all.

When she left Mi Mansion, the night was a little darker, and on the way, Wen Wan'er said: "Xianggong, judging from the current situation, it is very likely that Mi Cangqiong committed suicide." ”

Su Wuming was a little surprised, looked up at Wen Wan'er, and said with a smile: "Why did the lady say that?" ”

Wen Wan'er smiled lightly: "Didn't Xianggong always have a question that he couldn't figure out?" Mi Cangqiong died, why died in a coffin, the murderer killed, it would definitely not be so much, so, I guess, it may be that Mi Cangqiong found that all the silver he exchanged was fake, he felt that his life was ruined, and when he was disheartened, he thought of committing suicide, but he didn't want to die an undignified death, and he didn't want to die at home to cause trouble for his family, so he thought about dying outside, but if he died outside, no one would bury him, which he couldn't tolerate, and finally had to find a coffin by himself; If he buys a coffin, it will definitely make people suspicious, then someone started to buy a coffin before he died, there is no way, he can only steal a coffin, and then under the pretext of going out to do business, he will kill himself by lying in the coffin. ”

After Wen Wan'er said these words, the rest of the people were surprised, and Nangong Yan cheered again and again: "What my sister said is so right, Su Lang didn't even think of this layer!" As he spoke, he also raised his neck at Su Wuming, and was very proud, as if what Wen Wan'er said just now was what she said.

After Su Wuming listened to Wen Wan'er's words, he nodded again and again, he felt that Wen Wan'er's explanation was indeed impeccable, but before there was no evidence, these could only be regarded as speculation.

Whether Mi Cangqiong's death was killed or committed suicide is not certain for the time being, but one thing is certain, that is, Mi Cangqiong's death must be related to the fake silver, so they must find out the group of people who made the fake silver as soon as possible.

Early the next morning, the sky was cloudy, it seemed to be raining, Su Wuming and the others had breakfast, and hurried to the county office, when they entered the county office, Li Jingdao had already come, Qian Sheng stood aside and trembled, thinking that because of the fake silver, Li Jingdao was very angry.

Seeing Su Wuming coming, Li Jingdao didn't wait for Su Wuming to salute, and immediately asked, "What do you think about someone making fake silver?" ”

Su Wuming bowed his hand slightly and said, "Fake silver is easy to cause panic among the people, so it must be severely punished, and it is not difficult to find them." ”

Seeing that Su Wuming said so easily, the corners of Li Jingdao's mouth twitched slightly, and said, "How to find them?" ”

"There are many people who have been deceived into exchanging copper coins for silver, as long as we find these people, maybe we will be able to follow the vine and find those nests that make fake silver, of course, this move must be done quickly, if those people hear the news, I am afraid that they will escape, so this matter is indispensable for the help of Lord Li and Lord Qian."

Li Jingdao's expression was uncertain, and Su Wuming was very calm, because he wanted to know what decision Li Jingdao would make, if Li Jingdao refused to help in order to embarrass himself, then Su Wuming would have to be more troublesome in this matter, and if Li Jingdao was willing to temporarily forget the grievances between the two of them for the sake of helping the people, then this matter would be much easier, after all, Li Jingdao was strong, and it was not difficult to find someone.

After a long time, Li Jingdao sighed and said, "Okay, this matter is all up to you, and you can handle it as many people as you need." ”

Li Jingdao is an official of the imperial court in the end, and now that this kind of thing has happened in Qiantang County, he can't ignore it, otherwise if the people here panic, it will inevitably cause the people in other places to panic, and if something happens at that time, he Li Jingdao is not fun.

Although he has military power in his hands, this military power must be too far away from the imperial court, and because the Jiangnan region is developing very rapidly, some cities in the south are very rich, and many vassal kings have taken a fancy to his fat and are thinking of finding an opportunity to annex him in Jiangnan, so he must not let the people lie and the people will change in the places under his jurisdiction;

For the sake of the people and for himself, he could only temporarily let go of his hatred with Su Wuming.

Su Wuming didn't think as much as Li Jingdao, he was just for the people of Qiantang County, so he felt that Li Jingdao was willing to let him use his men and horses at will, which made him very grateful.

After getting Li Jingdao's help, Su Wuming immediately distributed the people, and asked them to look for people who used fake silver in Qiantang County, or people who had exchanged fake silver, at noon, these people had already arrested a lot of people, in order to prevent some news from being known by the people who made fake silver, they put the interrogation in the internal office.

Many of these people were ordinary people, and the reason why they wanted to use fake silver was because they had been deceived, because they were ignorant, and wanted to transfer the loss to other people, and according to the laws of the Tang Dynasty, these people should be punished with rods.

However, there are too many people, and it is fine if they are willing to cooperate, but if they are not willing to cooperate, they will have to be punished in the end.

I asked a few people, they are all people who have exchanged copper coins for silver, but they don't exchange a lot, only one, two, two or two, because the exchange is small, so the people who exchange for them are just the organization of some idle people, and it is not easy to find out the nest of fake silver through these, and the reason why these people are willing to exchange is because they only need to give a lot of copper coins to exchange for one or two silver.

In other words, the people exchanged copper coins for what they considered to be the equivalent of fake silver. If a thousand copper coins in the market can be exchanged for one tael of silver, then he only needs eight hundred copper coins to exchange one tael of silver from those lawbreakers, of course, this tael of silver is fake.

These people, because they are greedy for a little cheap, fall into the hands of criminals, and after being fooled, they do not solve it through effective means, but want to transfer the loss to others, this behavior is very shameful, but at this time, Su Wuming had no intention of teaching them, and ordered the officials to put these people in prison, and then continued to ask others.

The rest of the people have a few exchanges, and through their interrogation, Su Wuming and they also know more or less about the strongholds of several outlaws, and after knowing these places, Su Wuming did not hesitate and immediately sent people to arrest people.

However, after asking these people, Su Wuming was not satisfied with the clues he had so far, because these people were just talking about the stronghold, but none of them knew who the boss of this gang of outlaws was.

If all of these thieves can't be arrested, this case will not be over, and there is also Mi Cangqiong's case.

Those officials rushed back an hour later, and when they came back, they were holding seven or eight people, and when Qian Sheng saw these people, he immediately showed a smile on his face, and if he was able to catch these people, it meant that the case was expected to be solved.

The seven or eight people knelt on the ground, with a worried look on their faces, and Su Wuming asked: "Now that you have been arrested, it is best to tell everything you know, otherwise, you will feel better." ”

Since these people were arrested, they naturally didn't dare to do too much quibbling, and told them all the things they knew, such as how they deceived people, how they organized, etc., all of them were said, but what they said, Su Wuming already knew, so after they finished speaking, Su Wuming shouted: "This official has come to ask you, who is your leader, where is the place where the silver is smelted, and it is okay to tell the truth, otherwise, let's beat a hundred sticks first." ”

A hundred sticks down, even a tough guy may not be able to live, these people are terrified, knelt down and begged for mercy, and said, "We ...... We really don't know, we're only responsible for exchanging the fake silver into copper coins, and we don't know anything else. ”

Su Wuming snorted coldly: "Nonsense, if you don't know, then who handed over the fake silver to you?" Who will you meet with? ”

Those people hesitated a little, but after a long time, they still spoke: "His name is Lu Qing, and every time he hands over the fake silver to us, and then takes away the copper coins exchanged outside." ”

"Do you know his details?"

"I don't know, we were just street scoundrels before, and then that Lu Qing found us and said that there was a way for us to make a lot of money, but we had to listen to his dispatch, as soon as we heard that there was money to be made, we naturally agreed, and every time we changed copper coins, he gave us fifty copper coins for every two taels of silver, and we also got a lot of money, so I hope this business can continue for a long time."

After listening to the words of these people, he immediately ordered the officials to fight each of these people with twenty boards, and after the fight, he ordered them to describe Lu Qing's appearance, and then ordered people to search for this person everywhere.

In addition to sending officials to search, Su Wuming also ordered someone to offer a reward, and because this Lu Qing was the culprit of the fake money, the people of Qiantang County were very active about this matter.

Two days later, Su Wuming and the others received news from the people of Qiantang County, saying that they had found that someone who looked like Lu Qing appeared in Simo Hutong.

Simo Hutong is a very chaotic place, where most of the ** are street gangsters, prisoners who have just been released from prison, gamblers, etc., in normal times, few people go to that kind of place, and if no major things happen in that place, the officials generally do not go to that place to cause trouble, because there is a rule in that place.