The Yangzhou Sanwan section of the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal, the place where Caoyin disappeared.

Chen Wangmo, the chief military officer of Pingjiang Bo Caoyun, came, Li Qiu, the right deputy governor of the imperial history and the commander of the military affairs Fengyang, and the deputy envoy Huang Gonggong and Huo Chonglou, the secretary of the Dongchang Division, also came, as well as the prefect of Yangzhou, Jiangdu County and other officials.

The head of the Cao Gang, Jiatian Qiye, was also brought, and the scenery was very different from when Qin Lin first saw him, he now had loose hair and a black green on his face, "His clothes were torn, and he was obviously tortured."

As soon as he saw Qin Lin, Tian Qiye knelt down and cried: "General Qin defended for him, he really wronged him" 500,000 silver, how can the Cao Gang afford to pay ......", Qin Lin frowned.

Chen Wangmo was ashamed after all, avoiding Qin Lin's inquiring gaze, and the Bai Master beside him was always expressionless, even in the face of Qin Lin's sharp gaze, he didn't care.

Tian Qiye is obviously wronged, like Chen Wangmo, who deliberately tortured and framed for his own selfish interests, which is Qin Lin's most disgusting behavior" So he walked to Tian Qiye's side and helped him up with his own hands: "This official knows that Cao Yin was not stolen by you, and I will clear your grievances for you after a while." ”

Tian Qiye was grateful, and kowtowed to Qin Lin before standing up.

Master Bai whispered a few words in Chen Wangmo's ear, and this Pingjiang Bo was not happy" and flicked his sleeves towards Qin Lin: "General Qin, you don't come to see it, but call Li Dutang and the official from afar, thinking that you are the case-handling officer of the Jinyi Liu Du Supervision Committee, and the official doesn't care about this etiquette" But if you blindly obstruct the official from chasing the stolen money from the Cao Gang, and favoritism to protect someone in Tian, don't blame the official for turning his face and ruthlessly, "I want to play the revolution to you!" "Why bother, why bother? They all contribute to the court, regardless of each other. Huang Gonggong hurriedly persuaded softly.

With the delay in solving the case, Chen Wangmo's attitude is almost a 180-degree turn, "The first task for him is to recover Caoyin, and everything else can be put aside, and he has an excellent attitude towards Qin Lin in the front, just because he expects him to solve the case and recover Caoyin, but now his attitude has completely changed, and he has lost confidence in recovering the stolen goods."

"Brother Qin!" Zhang Maoxiu's voice rang out, and he waved his hand at Qin Lin enthusiastically, leaving his eldest brother and sister behind him, and walked in a hurry.

"Brother Qin, I haven't seen you for a long time" Is this time going to solve the mystery again? Zhang Maoxiu said as he walked, and said with a smile: "Brother xiǎo can feast your eyes again, these twists and turns and bizarre cases, wait for me to go back to Jinling and talk to Mr. Wang Shizhen Wang, "It's fun to make up a drama for you to sing." Chen Wangmo saw this scene, his heart was surprised, his face changed slightly, as a martial nobleman, he was not very afraid of Zhang Juzheng's power, but now it is different" He lost Cao Yin, and it is expected that there have been countless imperial historians in the Beijing Division who have been impeached, I heard that because it involves a whip law to offset the practice of silver to enrich the property tax, Zhang Juzheng is very dissatisfied, if he offends his cronies again, "It is really a man-made sword, I am a fish!"

The dignified Pingjiang Uncle and the chief military officer of Caoyun actually felt worried, "I regret that I shouldn't have offended Qin Lin just now, and even think about how to make up for it."

Zhang Jingxiu and Zhang Zixuan, brothers and sisters, also came over, and the three of them surrounded Qin Lin in the middle like stars holding the moon, "You and I will speak one sentence at a time."

"Farewell for many days" heard that Brother Qin Shi had a good life in Jinling, and the foolish brothers were envious! "Zhang Jingxiu doesn't say much" said that it was already a very close expression.

Zhang Zixuan looked at Qin Lin with a smile, the distance was so close, "You can even smell the fragrance of nv on her body: "Brother Qin, the mystery of the disappearance of the silver two, Xiǎo sister can't figure it out, today Brother Qin is going to show his skills, so that Xiǎo sister can open her eyes!" ”

Qin Lin smiled and said naturally, "I don't dare to guarantee anything else, the methods used by the White Lotus Sect are definitely unheard of by you." ”

Chen Wangmo, Li Qiu and others were very surprised, Qin Lin did not have the slightest flattery when he spoke, it seems that he is not the status of Zhang Juzheng's henchman, but on an equal footing with the son of the Xiangfu, Sister Xiǎo! Even, the three members of the Zhang family have a lot of admiration for him!

Maybe this Qin Deputy Qianhu is really a bit of a mén Dao, and everyone thinks so.

Seeing that the people had arrived, Qin Lin clapped his palms: "Niu Dali, fish out the bottom of the river downstream of the big boat loaded with silver!" ”

I pour! The officials' eyes fell to the ground and shattered.

Since Cao Yin's disappearance, the first thing people suspect is that the White Lotus Sect used some unknown method to bring the silver to the bottom of the river, so it has been salvaged many times with what rolling hooks, iron claws, and thin bamboo claw fences, and it can be said that the bottom of the river has been turned over, and Chen Wangmo, who is the most responsible, even paid a lot of money to the coast to invite water ghosts to touch the bottom of the river, but found nothing. ,

Now Qin Lin wants to fish the bottom of the river again, isn't it extremely stupid?

Master Bai pouted, "In a voice that everyone can hear, he said to Chen Wangmo: "Dong Weng forgives the ignorance of students" This bottom of the river has been fished countless times, what can General Qin fish out this time? In the student's humble opinion, it is better to go back and interrogate someone in Jiatian, the head of the Cao Gang, and chase the account money as soon as possible, so as to give the imperial court a jiāo generation. ”

"Yes, what Bai Fuzi said makes sense", "Li Qiu, the governor of Caoyun, also nodded in agreement, his responsibility is better than that of Chen Wangmo, but if he can return the money with the Cao Gang, this great disaster will be over, and the officialdom will be safe and sound."

Tian Qiye cried with a sad face, although the Cao Gang was rich, but 500,000 taels of silver was already the balance of the Ming Dynasty's treasury for more than half a year, afraid that he would not empty out the family funds of all the merchants of the Cao Gang, or apportioned them to all the Cao Workers? Besides, the silver is easy to compensate, "who will confess the crime?" Raid your house and kill your head!

Qin Lin was still so determined, and smiled at everyone: "Don't be impatient, there will be results in a while." The ox rowed vigorously, and the xiǎo boat came to the position a little downstream of the big boat, and tied the iron claws to the long bamboo pole, "Stretch into the river, dig and dig, dig hard, dig out, uh, a lump of silt?!"

Poof, Master Bai smiled and said, "Arch his hand towards Chen Wangmo:" The student is foolish, Dong Weng can now go back to Yangzhou City. ”

"It stinks, it stinks!" Zhang Maoxiu fanned straight under his nose with his hand.

Zhang Zixuan opened her big eyes, her long eyelashes flickered, and she asked puzzledly: "Third brother, what are you fanning?" ”

Zhang Maoxiu squeezed his eyebrows and made a disgusting look, and pointed at Master Bai: "Someone farted just now!" Doesn't it stink terribly? ”

Zhang Zixuan covered her mouth and giggled.

Master Bai was blushing when he arrived, Chen Wangmo didn't say that he was leaving, and the other people wanted to laugh at Qin Lin, so they quickly swallowed the words that were about to be exported back into their stomachs.

Niu Dali took the silt and returned to the shore, "Qin Lin asked Lu Fatzi to bring out the prepared iron pot, spatula, butterfly charcoal and other things", dug a hole in the ground, put the silt in the pot, and lit a fire to boil.

Master Bai's god changed a few times, his lips moved slightly, he wanted to say something, but he didn't say it after all.

Other people were in awe of the power of the Zhang family, but Li Qiu, the governor of Caoyun, was an opponent of Wanli's new policy, and he didn't mind the attitude of Sister Xiǎo, the son of the Zhang family, and sneered: "Could it be that Chief Qin still wants to fry silver out of the sludge?" It's not that the official boasts, but he has also read a lot of books, "I have never seen a way to turn silver into mud!" Unless the White Lotus Sect can really send gods to exorcise ghosts", the mud will not be interrupted to refine silver. ”

What Li Qiu said was indeed reasonable, but it was a pity that no one dared to take the risk of offending Zhang Juzheng to echo him.

There is a lot of water in the silt, a fire is lit under the iron pot, Lu Fatzi adds firewood, Niu vigorously fans the wind, it is the middle of winter, and the water vapor in the pot is steaming, and it gradually boils dry into a pot of dry sand mud.

Qin Lin picked up the spatula and went up to fry it, flipped it for a while, his face was so hot that his face was red and sweat beads were rising, he simply opened the flying fish suit, and looked at Zhang Zixuan staring at the pot, this guy sang shamelessly: "One is fried, and the river sand is fragrant" Second, it is noisy, and the girl sees the god, and the third is fried, it turns out to be a slanderous sister "staring at my brother's Guihuā chestnut ......"

Zhang Zixuan's face turned red, and she pouted, glaring at Qin Lin fiercely and not looking at him.

Zhang Maoxiu made a gesture of contempt for Qin Lin, and was about to help his sister scold Qin Lin a few words, when he suddenly looked at him in surprise and shouted: "Oh my God, right? Silver is stirred up in the river sand! ”

The officials could no longer care about the prestige of the imperial court officials, and the swarm of bees rushed forward driven by curiosity, "Stretched out their necks to look at Qin Lin's pot."

I saw that in the dry sand and mud that had lost its moisture and turned gray, some silver shiny and shiny metal particles were rolling around, at first there were only a few scattered pieces, the more Qin Lin fried, the more they fryed, and after a while, the melted metal particles formed a piece as big as a finger.

Could this be the lost silver?

Qin Lin extinguished the fire and clamped the metal block with fire tongs.

Chen Wangmo was overjoyed, and rushed up to grab it and take a look," Qin Lin turned the tongs and didn't let him get them.

"You!" Chen Wangmo was so anxious that his eyes were red.

"Uncle is not afraid of hot hands?" , Qin Lin said jokingly, soaked the metal block into the snowdrift next to him, and stabbed the mist up, "Then handed it to Chen Wangmo."

Unable to care about it, Chen Wangmo took the white and shiny thing into his mouth and bit it, and then his smile froze, and he was stunned and "frightened" inexplicably.

"This is not silver," Qin Lin easily retrieved the metal block from the stunned Chen Wangmo, "In fact, this is just tin, and it is too cheap compared to silver." ”

Zhang Zixuan didn't care about Qin Linkou's huāhuā anymore, her eyebrows frowned slightly, and her eyes were shining: "Brother Qin, so it means that the White Lotus Sect replaced the silver with tin, and then threw the tin at the bottom of the river here?" "Add 10 points for the correct answer!" Qin Lin snapped his fingers.

The four of them will always open the box to check the silver ingots and will not bite one by one, and they are not even allowed to touch them, but they just open the box and take a cursory look, and the light of the secret cabin where the silver is shipped is very dim, and the tin and silver have a silver-white lustre.

But the large xiǎo of the tin ingot is the same as the silver ingot, otherwise it is easy to be spotted when opening the box and looking at it, so how did it leave the secret cabin through the dòng or porthole? And why did it melt into the silt at the bottom of the river?