Not to mention the rich experience in investigating cases, he came to the newspaper the next day, saying that there were three people who often corresponded with Wang Biao and Zheng Huaren, one was Feng Wanshan, one was the shopkeeper of Fu Ji Qianzhuang, and the other was Xu Xin Xu Xiancheng.

Li Tao groaned: "Feng Wanshan? This man again, the name sounds familiar. ”

He explained: "He is the most famous master stonemason in the whole Bianzhou, and his craftsmanship is incomparable. When the treasury was repaired, he was still invited to help. ”

Under the leadership of He Zhi, Li Tao and Pei Yue came to Feng Wanshan's doorstep. knocked on the door, and a stout old man in his sixties appeared in front of them, presumably Feng Wanshan.

Feng Wanshan looked Li Tao and the others up and down, and asked coldly, "Who are you?" ”

Li Tao arched his hand and said, "I'm sorry." We are new to Chenliu and are looking for a house to live in. Passing by here, I feel that this house is so imposing, and I want to ask the old gentleman if it is for sale? ”

Feng Wanshan snorted and said, "Don't sell it!" Then he slammed the door shut.

Li Tao originally just wanted to meet this person, but now that his goal had been achieved, he turned around and left.

When passing by Fu Ji Qian Zhuang, Li Tao thought about it, walked in, revealed his identity, and asked to see the account book of the Qian Bank.

Shopkeeper He was very surprised and asked, "My lord, why is this?" The small ones are honest and tax-paying. ”

Seeing this, He Zhi on the side shouted: "Lord Qincha wants to investigate, what are you doing, could it be that there is something unsightly?" ”

Shopkeeper He had no choice but to take out the account book. Li Tao checked until the time when he held the lamp, and then he was ready to get up and say goodbye. But suddenly I saw a palm-sized stone gluttony on the table over there.

He couldn't help but step forward curiously, played with it in his hand, and said casually, "What a beautiful thing." I don't know who carved it? ”

Shopkeeper He said: "It was Feng Wanshan carving in the city who came to give it to me." ”

Li Tao came to the bank to check the accounts, because he was worried that the stolen treasury money would go here to post the accounts, but he did not find anything abnormal. But this gadget is more strange, there is no wealth beast in the money house, but what does it mean to throw such a greedy beast?

Li Tao looked at it for a while and found that the lines on the abdomen of the gluttonous seemed to be different. He pressed it lightly, and with a "bang", a small box jumped out. There was a copper coin inside. Li Tao was stunned, and then pressed other lines in turn, there were twelve small boxes hidden in this palm-sized stone carving, Feng Wanshan's craftsmanship was indeed breathtaking.

Return to your accommodation. Li Tao sat alone in the room. After thinking deeply for an hour, he opened the door and said to He Zhi: "He Zhutou, you stay in Chenliu, and I will set off to return to Bianzhou overnight." ”

After returning to Bianzhou City, Li Tao rushed to the place where Zhao Cheng lived, and said straight to the point: "Zhao Kuguan, I know that you are not crazy, you are just running away." Thou hast healed thy mother's sickness. Received Feng Wanshan's money, didn't he? ”

Zhao Cheng heard Feng Wanshan's name. There was a sudden shock, and he cried bitterly, and said, "My lord, I can't help it, they threaten me with my mother......"

Li Tao said: "Treasurer Zhao, you say slowly, as long as you don't steal the treasury money, it's easy to say." ”

Zhao Cheng confessed: "At that time, I was extremely depressed because I couldn't afford medicine, Feng Wanshan took the initiative to find me, saying that I was a filial son, so I would borrow 200 yuan first." But I didn't expect that as soon as my mother got better after taking the medicine, Feng Wanshan came to the door to ask for the money I borrowed, and I naturally couldn't take it out, so Feng Wanshan asked me to turn a blind eye when Chen Liuxian sent the official silver into the treasury in March. I was taken aback at the time, and hurriedly asked him what he wanted to do, Feng Wanshan said that I didn't need to know, and comforted me by saying that the silver vault was heavily guarded, and to open the door, it would take Ni Tingshi and my key to open it, what could he do? Naturally, I didn't believe his words, but when I thought about it, his words did make sense, so I had to agree. Feng Wanshan took out a stone gluttony for me, and said that seeing things is like seeing people. ”

"And then?" Li Tao asked.

"On March 15, Chen Liuxian sent several boxes of official money, and according to the rules of the treasury, 20 guards guarded the gate and the tunnel entrance of the treasury, while I checked the accounts and entered the treasury. When I was about to open the box, Xu Xiancheng, who was escorting the official money, showed me a stone gluttony. I was worried that they had stolen the official money and sent two empty boxes, and that he could not afford the responsibility, so I insisted that they be opened and inspected. Xu Xiancheng had no choice but to open it, the box was full of string money, I was about to check it carefully, but Xu Xiancheng threatened me with his mother again, I thought the money had also been checked, and there would be nothing wrong in the future, so I let them go. ”

"I see!" Li Tao already knew it in his heart.

"Afterwards, the more I thought about it, the more I felt that something was not quite right, why didn't Xu Xiancheng let me investigate it carefully, could it be that there was something strange in this? I wanted to find out, but the other half's key was returned to Ni Tingshi. In April, Xu Xiancheng found me again and asked me to act according to the previous time. At this time, I was already difficult to ride a tiger, so I gritted my teeth and agreed. But what makes me feel strange is that the cash box sent by Chen Liuxian this time turned out to be normal. It wasn't until Ni Jianshi wanted to use official money for disaster relief that I realized that the official money in the treasury was actually half missing, which must have been done by Feng Wanshan and Xu Xiancheng. However, if I confess the truth, my mother will be in danger, and I will have no choice but to kill myself......"

The next day, Li Tao gave an order to He Zhi who was left in Chen, asking him to invite Xu Xin, Feng Wanshan, He Shopkeeper and Wang Quan to the Assassin Shi Yamen.

That night, he brought them with him.

Li Tao led everyone to the silver vault, pointed to the empty silver boxes and said, "The 100,000 Guan Guan money in the Bianzhou Treasury has disappeared mysteriously, you must have heard of this matter, right?" ”

Feng Wanshan said puzzledly: "My lord, the money vault was stolen, why did you bring the four of us here?" ”

Li Tao laughed and said, "Gluttonous greed is unparalleled in the world." ”

Feng Wanshan's face changed and he stopped talking.

Li Tao said: "This case seems to be extremely bizarre: the first strange thing is that the treasury is heavily guarded, how did the official money be lost? The second surprise is that there is a corpse in the cash box. The third wonder is why the thieves only stole half of the silver taels? Feng Wanshan, Xu Xin, Shopkeeper He, Wang Quan, the four of you are incomprehensible. Five years ago, the Bianzhou treasury was repaired, and Feng Wanshan was invited to go, at that time, Feng Wanshan left a flaw in the treasury, and after five years, you began to do it, first buying Zheng Huaren, the commander of Chenliu County, and Zhao Cheng, the prefect and treasurer. On March 15, the money boxes escorted from Chenliu County to the treasury had a mezzanine, the upper layer containing official money, and the lower layer containing Feng Wanshan himself, food, and water. The weight of the cash drawer has been carefully weighed and is in line with the accounts. Therefore, although Zhao Cheng suspected that you were cheating, he did not see the flaw. (To be continued......)