When parting, Qin Lin promised to persuade Chen Wangmo and Li Qiu to release Yuan Gu's Cao Gong as soon as possible, Tian Qiye immediately breathed a sigh of relief and thanked him a thousand times.

Tian Qiye personally sent Qin Lin and his party out, and the two sides still said loudly about the silk trade and the northern transportation of porcelain, so as not to leak the news.

Saying goodbye to Tian Qiye, the three of them went back to the main gate of the Cao Gang from the alley, Zhang Zixuan pulled Qin Lin, stopped and stood on the side of the street, she looked at the family members of the Cao workers who were crying for the sky and the land, and her face was worried.

Jia Fugui has always wanted to please this prime minister's daughter, but he couldn't find anything to say, so when he saw this, he nodded and said: "Miss Zhang really has a blue heart and a bodhisattva heart, but Chief Qin has promised to intercede on his behalf, and Chief Qin is like a god in judging the case, and the truth will be revealed within a few days, and those unlucky Cao workers will be released for family reunion, Miss Zhang doesn't seem to have to worry too much." ”

As soon as the words fell, a person who looked like a guest came out of the gate of the Bobang, and said to the families of the Cao Gong with a high chest and a shy stomach, to the effect that Tian Qiye would intercede for the brothers in front of the two Cao Yun ministers, and it was expected that they would be released back in the near future.

"The merit of greed for heaven is your own." Zhang Zixuan snorted disdainfully.

The official titles of the two ministers of Caoyun in civil and military affairs, one is the right deputy capital Yushi, the governor Caoyun and the commander of the military affairs Fengyang and other places, and the other is the chief military officer of Pingjiang Bo and Caoyun.

Huang Gonggong relied on the identity of the eunuch of the inner court and the deputy envoy of the Qin Mission, and Qin Lin took the notebook of the prince Liu Shou, the prince of the left capital governor of the Jinyi guard, to handle the case, so that he could still hand over the words in front of the two ministers; Tian Qiye, the head of the Cao Gang and the title of the secretary of the cabinet of the prison students, also dared to say that he would intercede, but he was afraid that he would break his head, and people would not even pinch him!

But the family members of those cao workers didn't know the inside story, so they all thanked Tian Qiye for his kindness with a handful of snot and tears, and then helped the old and the young to gradually disperse and then go.

Zhang Zixuan frowned deeply, and there was no sense of relief, she lowered her head and thought for a moment, and suddenly asked, "Boss Jia, what was the scene in the Cao Gang Helm just now?" ”

"Tut, carved paintings, strange flowers and stones, the paintings hanging in Tian Qiye's study are the authentic works of Wu Daozi of the previous dynasty, worth thousands of taels of silver!" Jia Fugui looked envious, jealous and hateful, and did not understand Zhang Zixuan's true meaning.

"Separated by a door, the rich and the poor are separated." Qin Lin shook his head and sighed: "Tian Qiye is a rich businessman and a wealthy man, so how magnificent is the Cao Gang Helmsman?" And the families of these workers live in poverty, although they have cotton clothes on their bodies, they are patches and patches.

What a disparity between the rich and the poor. The way of heaven is more than enough to make up for the shortage, and the imperial court should have levied taxes on rich merchants and magnates to reduce the burden on the poor and small people. But now Tian Qiye can arbitrarily evade taxes by donating an official, but the Ding Yin (poll tax) of these poor workers is

A big son can't get rid of it, and people really don't know what to say. ”

Zhang Zixuan looked at Qin Lin with great appreciation, and her bright eyes flashed with brilliance: "My father is worried all the time, that is, the private family is getting rich, the office is getting poor, the country is poor and the people are poor, what Brother Qin just said, isn't it the same as what the hero sees?" (Here the private refers to the wealthy merchants and dignitaries)

Qin Lin scratched his head embarrassedly, his old face turned red, and he said continuously: "Awards, awards." ”

Jia Fugui listened from behind, and fell to the ground with a stumble--Mom, Zhang Juzheng's daughter actually said that Qin Lin and her father "see the same thing as heroes"? That's Yuanfu Young Master Zhang Taiyue! What position will Chief Qin be able to do in the future, Jin Yiwei will be in command of affairs, command Tongzhi, or command envoy?

A few years later, Jia Fugui chatted with his children and grandchildren, and laughed at how wrong his guess was back then......

Qin Lin and the three returned to the Tongji Inn, and when they waited until the evening, the subordinates who went out to inquire about the news came back.

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 on the boatman, but he didn't get anything useful from the boatman's mouth, and asked what was unusual, and everyone only said that this year was very cold, and his nose was red from the cold, and if it weren't for the fact that the canal water was flowing, it would have froze long ago.

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, but he was almost arrested as an accomplice in the silver theft case.

In the name of the silk business, he asked the merchants about the case in Su Songchang and Hangjiahu, and heard that from Zhenjiang to Hangzhou, the local government was extremely nervous -- even though it was in Yangzhou

The incident in Sanwan, including Zhenjiang and the government along the way before, does not have much responsibility, but if the court is angry and a holy decree is issued, who can still benefit from it? ,

The people in various places are even more discussing, and the White Lotus Sect's method of stealing silver has been rumored to be miraculous, and there are also rumors that if the silver cannot be recovered, the government will re-assign it to make up for the original amount, so people are panicking.

"How can it be!" Zhang Zixuan frowned, and a trace of anger flashed in her eyes: "If I lose Caoyin, I have to levy it from the people again, there has never been a precedent!" Chen Wangmo and Li Qiu, who has the courage to "not be afraid of provoking a popular uprising?" ”

You Kidnapper was taken aback, but he didn't expect Zhang Zixuan to be such a beautiful person, and he was even more imposing than the hundreds and thousands of brocade clothes he had seen.

Zhang Zixuan quickly realized the gaffe, and smiled apologetically at the kidnapper, "It must be a rumor of boring people, Chen Wangmo and Li Qiu will not do such nonsense." ”

Seeing that the daughter of the Prime Minister's Mansion was so humble, You Kidnapper was immediately moved.

At this time, Han Feilian also came back from Huang Gonggong and Huo Chonglou, they did not find any useful clues, it is said that Pingjiang Bo Chen Wangmo was a little unbreathable.

Qin Lin also told the eldest partner about the news he heard today, and everyone brainstormed.

Lu Fatzi rubbed his face and said while thinking: "Since the Cao Gang said that Zhenjiang Mansion Kuding took more time than other places, could it be that they did it?" For example, the silver was exchanged for lead bars or something, and then thrown out of the lagoon cave in Sanwan. ”

Zhang Zixuan shook her head, "No, the bottom of the Sanwan River has been fished with iron claws and hooks more than once, and if there were lead bars, they would have been discovered a long time ago." ”

Syllable! Lu Yuanzhi clapped his hands: "That's the ice, the ice turns into water, and you can't find it if you pour it into the river!" ”

Zhang Zixuan still gave a denial: "It's freezing and you can't make a fire in the cabin, how can you melt the ice?" And doing so will always wet the cabin, and it will be easy to be discovered. ”

"Uh," Qin Lin touched his chin and suddenly asked, "I remember that Han Baihu said yesterday that the silver box should be checked every morning on the Cao boat, right?" ”

Han Feilian nodded: "I asked carefully today, and the escort who took over the shift will open the box and take a look, and then check the total number of silver boxes." ”

Lu Yuanzhi laughed embarrassedly, since he wanted to choose a box to open and see, then it was impossible for the ice cubes or lead bars to drop the bag, unless the generals were complicit in cheating-in that case, the White Lotus Sect would simply hijack the entire ship, why bother stealing it secretly?

Zhang Zixuan admired Qin Lin's unique talent in solving the case, she was still thinking about whether the ice and lead could be thrown out of the secret cabin, and whether they could be thrown into the river and not be found.

"However, what the secret investigation has obtained is not completely unhelpful in solving the case," Qin Lin smiled and told everyone: "Regarding this theft case, I have sketched the basic outline, so tomorrow I should go to the standard camp of the chief military officer of Caoyun to interrogate those involved in the case." ”

Everyone couldn't help but be taken aback when they heard this, their minds were still in a mess, and they couldn't figure it out at all, Qin Lin actually said that he already knew the outline of the case? This is too god-like, isn't it?