All the officials present looked at Qin Lin in surprise, replacing the silver ingots with tin ingots, and then using the tin plague to turn the tin ingots into ash powder and discharge them into the river.

Qin Lin explained the case in detail: the White Lotus Sect didn't know how to control the two of Shi Jiang and Cui Sicang, or these two people were originally disciples of the White Lotus Sect lurking in the official mansion, so they took advantage of their positions to set up a plan to steal the silver.

Although Cui Sicang is in charge of the treasury of Zhenjiang Prefecture, the treasury silver is only tens of thousands of taels obtained in the autumn when the treasury is at most, which is a drop in the bucket for the rebellion of the White Lotus Sect, so they designed to seize the opportunity of the whole province of Zhejiang and Su, Song, and Chang to concentrate the silver in the Jingshitai warehouse in the whole province and Su, Song, and Chang three prefectures, and pass through Zhenjiang, and use the method of tin ingots to drop the bag to wipe out the 500,000 cao silver in the four provinces of this province!

Compared with silver, tin ingots are very cheap and have no teeth at all.

Using the method of tin plague to make the tin ingots disappear at the bottom of the river is foolproof, because the boat goes to Jingshi, and the further north it goes, the lower the temperature becomes, and one day the conditions for the occurrence of tin plague can be reached, and Shi will always be able to turn the tin ingots into ash powder - how does the White Lotus Sect know that red salt and strong wine can catalyze tin plague? Most of them accidentally discovered it when they were refining the elixir!

The only thing that the White Lotus Sect did not calculate accurately was that this year it was extremely cold in Yangzhou, and the tin ingots began to change color when the fleet walked to Sanwan, and Shi General had to launch it in advance, and he had not had time to stay away from Zhenjiang, which made Qin Lin see through their plot faster and reveal the case to the world.

After Qin Lin finished speaking, everyone was amazed, not only surprised by the cunning and strange of the White Lotus Sect, but also admired Qin Lin's divine eyes.

Cao Bang Tian Qiye knelt in the snow and kowtowed to Qin Lin again and again: "General Xie Qin is clear, General Qin's mirror is hanging high, and his eyes are like electricity!" ”

Since it was Shi Jiangzong and others who used the tin plague to do it, they had nothing to do with the Cao Gang, and he was finally relieved.

Chen Wangmo's expression was a little disapproving, and he didn't pay attention to Tian Qiye, but first arched his hand to Qin Lin, and asked eagerly: "Since General Qin has seen through the White Lotus Sect's plan to exchange tin for silver and Li Dai Taozhuang, then he must know where Cao Yin is?" ”

"I don't know," Qin Lin's face was blank, and three words burst out from between his teeth.

Chen Wangmo was a little angry at first, and then he was dumbfounded, and then he remembered that he seemed to have offended people a lot just now, and no one would have a good face if he changed!

Helplessly, the dignified hereditary earl, the chief military officer of Caoyun, who was in charge of the 100,000 Cao army, blushed and lowered his head, and accompanied him to tell carefully: "The same is to contribute to the Ming court, and the lower officials are confused for a while, so don't take it to heart if you offend General Qin......."

The three brothers and sisters of the Zhang family watched funny next to them, Chen Wang Moping said that no one's face was sold, and he was holding the luck of the gold, and he was a hereditary martial artist who fought with iron, and he was really angry, but he didn't expect to be pinched by Qin Lin, a deputy of Qin Lin, a deputy of the Jinyi Guard, to be round and flat.

"Brine and tofu, one thing and one thing!" Zhang Maoxiu secretly gave Qin Lin a thumbs up.

Zhang Zixuan pursed her lips and smiled: "Qin Lin, this guy, is really unwilling to suffer, and he is eager to take advantage of it!" ”

After all, Chen Wangmo is the earl who holds the real power of Caoyun, Qin Lin is just disgusted with his humble corporal when employing people, and feels that he is arrogant and rude when he uses people, and when he sees him soft, he takes advantage of the situation to close the tent: "What did the uncle say?" Xia Guan is thinking about where Cao Yin goes! I'm afraid I'm already on the East Ocean now, and the lower officials have to find a way to get it back. ”

Before he finished speaking, Chen Wangmo's eyes straightened and his throat was blocked, and when he heard Qin Lin easily say that he wanted to get it back, he swallowed the breath blocked in his throat again, and asked how the White Lotus Sect did it in this case, and how to get the silver back.

"The mountain people have their own tricks, and the heavenly opportunity must not be leaked at this moment," Qin Lin smiled and didn't tell the truth, but pointed at Tian Qiye: "The silver was stolen by the White Lotus Sect in collusion with Cui Sicang and Shi Zong, and it has nothing to do with the Cao Gang, so Uncle can let Tian Zongjia and all the Cao workers go back, right?" ”

Tian Qiye burst into tears when he heard this, and shouted in his heart that the parents who gave birth to me, and General Qin, the one who saved me! When you go back, you must build a shrine for General Qin, and burn incense at four o'clock.

Qin Lin smiled evilly, to maintain Tian Qiye in this way, he took a fancy to the economic strength and transportation capacity of the Cao Gang, so he deliberately enveloped him, and there were several big undertakings to be handed over to him in the future!

Chen Wangmo didn't agree, so he was ready to let Tian Qiye go.

Unexpectedly, Master Bai leaned into the master's ear and whispered: "Dong Weng and leave a way back!" Qin boasted that he could recover Caoyin, if he didn't succeed, how could Dong Weng explain to the imperial court? ”

Chen Wangmo's heart sank, it was true that Qin Lin had solved the case and found out the mystery of Caoyin's mysterious disappearance, and what he said made people undoubted.

But now the most critical problem is that the silver has not been recovered, and since the silver has been on the Oriental Sea, how easy is it to find it? This is not something that can be done with the wisdom to solve the case!

If Qin Lin failed to recover Cao Yin, and Cao Gang Tian Qiye easily let it go, wouldn't it be a failure at both ends?

Chen Wangmo immediately changed his words and said with a smile: "Before the whole case is revealed, the suspicion of the Cao Gang has not been cleared, General Qin, please rest assured, this official will stay in the station for a few days, and he will never be wronged." As for the hundreds of laborers detained by the official barracks, they will be released home immediately. ”

Qin Lin nodded, knowing that Chen Wangmo didn't see a rabbit or an eagle, but this 500,000 silver had to do with his net worth and surname, and it was useless to persuade him, so he smiled at Tian Qiye.

Tian Qiye has long been remembered for five years, although he is the head of the Cao Gang and donates to the official, but the real power of the master, who doesn't treat him as a soft dough and knead it casually? A friend like Qin Lin is so protective, this kindness is extraordinary.

Qin Lin thought about it, left Huo Chonglou, and told Gonggong Huang that he must persuade Chen Wangmo not to extort the Cao Gang.

Zhang Zixuan was very happy to hear this, and looked at Qin Lin's eyes full of appreciation: "Brother Qin is kind-hearted and compassionate, and the little sister is really admired." The hundreds of detained Cao Workers were able to go home to reunite with their wives and children, and the more than 100,000 poor Cao Workers of the Cao Gang no longer worried about being forced to pay compensation by Chen Wangmole, thanks to Brother Qin's efforts. ”

Hearing the words of the little sister, Zhang Jingxiu, who has never said much, was also shocked, and after cleaning up his clothes, he gave Qin Lin a deep look: "My father often said that there are small goodness and great goodness in life, building bridges and paving roads, and fasting monks to help the poor, but it is just a small goodness, and it is the great good to cultivate Qi Zhiping and make the people of the world happy, and what Brother Qin Shi did was the latter!" ”

Even if Qin Lin was extremely thick-skinned, he couldn't help but blush at this time, he didn't expect it so much, he just had the intention of winning over the Cao Gang, but he was so praised by the Zhang family brothers and sisters.

"Ahem, two Brother Zhang, who will go with the younger brother, or, what token of the Prime Minister's Mansion will lend me something?" Qin Lin asked.

The three brothers and sisters of the Zhang family were all puzzled.

Some things were originally planned, and Qin Lin was not prepared to hide them from them, so he told them all the clues such as the mysterious sea ship during the Battle of Yanziji, the ukiyo-e hanging in the room of the Golden Cherry Blossom Ji, the footprints of the night walker who appeared in Wang Bengu's house and separated the other four toes, and finally whispered to them:

This time, because of the unprecedented cold in Yangzhou Mansion, for the White Lotus Sect's plan, Shi General was actually forced to launch it in advance - if the tin plague occurred and the tin ingots changed color, they would be seen through by the other three generals who were routinely inspected, so he had to start in advance in Sanwan, which was not far from Zhenjiang.

As soon as it was discovered that the silver was stolen, the government immediately used 700 miles of flying cavalry to send troops to blockade Yangzhou and Zhenjiang, and 500,000 yuan of silver was not a small amount, weighing more than 30,000 catties, and it was impossible to take it away in his arms; At the same time, the official silver released to the Jingshitai warehouse has a unique shape, with a special stamp on the bottom, and it cannot be exchanged arbitrarily on the market, but must be re-smelted, and obviously they do not have the time to smelt silver ingots and disperse them on the spot.

Then there is only one way left for the White Lotus Sect: collude with the pirates led by Jin Yingji, and immediately ship the silver ingots out to sea after replacing the silver ingots with tin ingots in Zhenjiang Mansion.

As long as it reaches the boundless Oriental sea, it is beyond the reach of the Ming Empire, and the 500,000 silver is safely put into the pocket, and the 500,000 taels of silver are smelted into small pieces of ingots and filament ingots without urgency, and the work of money laundering can be taken back to the imperial court for use in a generous way, and it is very convenient to buy officials, raise grain and grass, and purchase weapons and armor.

From this point of view, the robbed silver is still in the hands of Jin Yingji and her gang, and now it's how to make her spit it out.

Zhang Zixuan's heart was racing, and she broke the joint in one sentence: "Back then, Wang Zhi was ensnared and killed for asking the imperial court to open the sea ban, and Brother Qin expected that the other party had the same thoughts, so he wanted to win the trust of others in the name of his father, right?" ”

Qin Lin nodded yes, and said in his heart that this girl has a seven-trick heart, and she really can't hide anything from her.

"Then Jin Sakurahime was born bewitching and moving?" Zhang Zixuan looked at Qin Lin with a smile, smiling and looking forward to it.

Qin Lin never knew that it was poor Miss Xu who replaced Jin Yingji that night, he had a ghost in his heart, and said hesitantly: "Eh, this, how can you say it?" Haha......"

"Then, little sister will go with Brother Qin!" Zhang Zixuan pursed her lips and smiled lightly, and gathered the green silk that was blown by the north wind, which was already full of charm.

"No!" Zhang Jingxiu shouted fiercely.

"Never!" Zhang Maoxiu simply grabbed his sister's shoulder, "I'll go." ”

"Okay, two brothers, I heard that it was the famous concubine on the Qinhuai River, so you were tempted? Beware that my two sisters-in-law won't spare you when you go back! Zhang Zixuan blinked narrowly, and pulled Qin Lin's arm again:

"The 500,000 silver is related to the well-being of more than 100,000 workers, and it is also the balance accumulated by my father, the officials of the Manchu Dynasty, and the people of the Ming Dynasty for more than half a year, and it has become the target of pedantic people to attack a whip method...... Brother Qin, you said that back then, Wang Zhiyi was a maritime businessman, and he was willing to risk his life to go to Ningbo to negotiate in order to lead his subordinates to return to the imperial court and open the sea ban, couldn't the little sister go to Zhenjiang and meet the charming and charming Miss Jin for a while? ”

(To be continued)