"Hey, this plate was filled with West Lake vinegar fish from the small shop?" Suddenly, the shopkeeper picked up a basin and asked.

"Are you sure?" Lu Sheng asked hurriedly.

"It shouldn't be wrong, the West Lake vinegar fish in the small shop is made with the special vinegar of the small shop, and its sour taste has a unique peculiar aroma, which should not be wrong. ”

"You said that it was Ningyuan Firm that placed the order for you?"

"Yes, it's Ningyuan Firm. ”

"Would you like to sign it?"

took the paper handed by Lu Sheng and quickly glanced at the contents on it. The shopkeeper found that there was nothing unfavorable, took the pen and quickly signed the name, and then pressed the handprint.

"Your Excellency...... The menu of the small shop ...... Any questions?"

"Oh, there's no problem...... Lu Sheng took the paper and blew it, "It's just poisoned hundreds of people." ”

The shopkeeper trembled, and his straight eyes stared straight at Lu Sheng. The corners of the mouth twitched, and then the ......

"Don't worry, it doesn't have much to do with you. It's okay, go back, remember not to talk to the outside world. ”

Lu Sheng waved his hand and sent the shopkeeper away. The shopkeeper's body still trembled even more like a sieve, and the two elephant legs were like soft and collapsed paste. was almost dragged out of the door by Feng Jian. After the shopkeeper left, Lu Sheng plunged into the file.

"Ningyuan Firm, a firm established five years ago, has an auction house under its umbrella. Strangely, there is no other property except the auction house. Obviously this is a shell company. ”

"Shelf? you mean...... This Ningyuan firm is just a signboard made by others, and there are other people behind it?"

"This is obvious, you see, even the Dongzhu Auction House under the Ningyuan firm itself has no commercial collateral. Auctions are held every three months, and almost all of the treasures in the auction are sent by others for auction.

The auction house takes a 15 percent remuneration from the middle. Do you see anything from this that you are tired of?"

"Tired?" Duan Fei stared at his blank eyes, and suddenly smiled after a long time, "Brother Lu, in the future, I think I will talk to you less and think less about the case with you."

After all, you are the main person in charge of tracking down the official bank, and I am just ordered to be dispatched. In the past, when I was marching and fighting, I was also called Xiao Zhuge and Ghost Fox in the army. But now...... I'm like an idiot in front of you.

You said that you are all shoulders against a head, why do you have so many melons in your head...... So many ideas?"

Duan Fei confided his true feelings to Lu Sheng for the first time, and some words were really uncomfortable to hold in his heart. Duan Fei is not a conceited person, rather than being beaten with such a hanging, it is better to admit it happily and then hide for a while.

"People have the same IQ, but they have been trained differently, so the way of thinking is different. Brother Duan, compared to conceit, self-abandonment is even more unacceptable. Besides, who am I going to discuss without discussing with you?

Master He handed over the burden to me like this, patted his ass and ran away, and there was no one else around me. Exploring and complementing each other is conducive to discovering new clues. ”

"Don't! Even the discussion is not as torturous as you, if you find something, just say no. Besides, this burden was not given to you by Lord He, but by King Nanling. ”

"King Nanling?" Lu Sheng asked suspiciously, "King Nanling should be the most mysterious prince of the Dayu Dynasty, right?" ”

"I don't know!" Duan Fei lazily raised his legs and put them on the table.

"You don't know? Hey, you're Fei Lingwei, you're the guards of the Nanling Palace, you don't know? You tell me the truth, why did the King of Nanling give me the case, how did he know about me? Also, why does it have to be me?"

"Why not you?" Seeing Lu Sheng's anxious look, Duan Fei's heart flew up with refreshment.

"I'm just a newcomer who only got into the exam last year, and I've only been in office for nearly a month. If it should be impossible to pay attention to me from the capital, he should pay attention to the champion list of flowers.

To say that after I take office, I am just the head of the Suzhou Criminal Division, and in the eyes of the Nanling Palace, I am just a small official with the size of a sesame mung bean. What am I doing to make King Nanling think of me?"

"Should, maybe...... It has something to do with the people you know in the capital. Don't talk about this, what's wrong with this Dongzhu Auction House?"

"The rake is five points higher than other auction houses. ”

"So what?" Duan Fei asked suspiciously.

"The commission is higher than that of other auction houses, but there is so much business, is it possible that the auctioneers are willing to give more money because their brains are caught in the door? There are only two reasons for this.

Either the people behind Ningyuan's firm are amazing, so many people need to stammer, or this auction house is safer. And if it's the former, why bother with it?

In the Shanghai Mansion, the largest is the Ningguo Marquis Mansion, in other words, the Princess Changling. Princess Changling can be said to cover the sky with one hand in Shanghai, and there is no need to hide it if she wants to collect money.

Therefore, it is good to secretly send money in other prefectures, but there is no need in Shanghai. So, I'm more inclined to the second option. ”

"Safety, but you just said that Ningyuan is just an empty shell, how can it be safe?"

"That is, there is an article on the inside story of the transaction, you look at the regulations of the Dongzhu Auction House. It doesn't matter where the treasure comes from, or who owns it. As long as there is something, it can be auctioned. And the auctioneer does not need to hold an identity, as long as he has money.

No matter how I look at it, it looks like a form of money laundering. Just like this auction, the handwritten painting of the prefect of the year away, the auction price is 50,000 taels. Who is Nian Yao? Which Danqing is everyone? His paintings are worth 50,000 taels?"

"You mean...... The prefect is also corrupt?"

"Three years of Qing Governor's Mansion, 100,000 snowflakes of silver. If you want to say that there are corrupt officials from top to bottom, I don't believe it. But if you want to cut off the heads one by one, there will definitely be leaks. The prefect is almost sixty years old, and there is no chance of promotion. After another three or two years, it's almost time to return to your hometown. ”

"Hmph! This old bastard, I used to have the impression that he was still a poor and good official, but I didn't expect that he was also a corrupt official. When this case is over, I will check on him, an old miscellaneous hair, who has been greedy for ink all these years, and I want him to spit it all out. ”

"Brother Duan, when the water is clear, there are no fish, and I am not speaking for corrupt officials. Nian Zhiyao has been working in Shanghai Mansion for more than ten years, and the fact that he has saved only 50,000 taels of silver shows that he is not greedy for ink.

In recent years, there has been no chaos in the Shanghai government, but the people's living standards have increased more than a dozen times compared with 20 years ago, which is a real political achievement. To see whether an official is a good official, the main thing is not to see whether he is greedy or not, but whether the people are doing well.

A clean official with clean sleeves may not be a blessing for the people. Especially in Shanghai, the government mainly relies on commerce and trade, and being an official here requires more talent.

Compared to those wicked people who should be cut with a thousand cuts, the distance of years makes me feel kind and amiable. But...... It also made me realize that this Dongzhu auction house should be a money laundering institution. Can make some illegal money legitimate, Brother Duan, what do you think about it to do with the case we investigated?"

"You mean...... After the robbers have seized the official silver, will they legalize the official silver through the auction house? However, hasn't the official silver yet been transported to Shanghai?

"Nian Zhiyao said that if he didn't enter the Shanghai Mansion, there would be no more? I am not optimistic about the search of the checkpoint. They died during the checkpoint search, but the people were alive. Believe it or not, if I were a robber, I would have no less than five ways to get this batch of official silver into Shanghai. ”

"Then aren't we all useless to look for it? The checkpoints in Shanghai Mansion are fictitious, so isn't it the same for other prefectures?"

"But Shanghai Mansion is the only place where they can stay. Lu Sheng gently tapped the Shanghai Mansion on the map, "In addition to the Shanghai Mansion, any government with an extra three million taels will not be silent."

Once there is a little ripple, it is a situation of comprehensive investigation. To silently digest these official banks, it can only be the Shanghai government. And, look at this message. ”

Lu Sheng picked up the scroll on the table and handed it to Duan Fei, "The Ningyuan Merchant had an ocean-going caravan and three ships sailed out of the port of Shanghai three months ago.

At that time, although martial law was imposed, only the ships that came in were searched, but not the ships that went out. After the boat went out, it never came back. Of course, it is normal for an ocean trade to be as short as half a year or as long as several years. However, the Ningyuan Merchant had never had a merchant ship before. ”

"What does Brother Lu mean...... These three ships went to Yanluo Island? But it's not necessary that they didn't come back for three months just after they went to Yanluo Island, right?"

"I don't know, but it's certain that there is something wrong with Ningyuan's firm. However, this is just a shell company, and the mastermind behind it is unknown, and it is inconvenient to act rashly. Someone!"

The voice landed, and the door was pushed open again.

"Lord Lu, please command. ”

"Quietly inquire about when Dongzhu Auction House will hold another auction, secretly investigate the Ningyuan firm and the behind-the-scenes boss of Dongzhu Auction House, and all the information related to it, the more detailed the better. ”

Fei Lingwei's intelligence ability is really strong, they are both soldiers and agents. After Lu Sheng's order, only half a day later, the relevant information of Lu Sheng's order had already accumulated on Lu Sheng's desk.

"Three days later, the auction will start at Dongzhu Auction House? ”

"Brother Lu, do you think they will wash off this money in three days? But, that's three million taels! If such a big deal is really completed, I'm afraid it will set off turbulent waves, right?"

"They don't go long! once is too eye-catching, just a few more times. Once every three months, you can always digest the silver in a year, right?

But I never expected that the backstage of Ning Yuan's firm ...... It really could be him!"

"Who?" Duan Fei snatched the information from Lu Sheng's hand, stared at it for a long time and didn't see anything, "Is it written in the information?"

"No!" Lu Sheng rolled his eyes, "If he can find out so directly, then he doesn't need to borrow a shell."

But did you see it, in May of the previous year, pirates ravaged the East China Sea, and Ning Guohou was ordered to throw the Shanghai Navy Division to exterminate the pirates. Asking major firms to raise donations, Ningyuan firms donated 100,000 taels, which is more than other firms combined.

Last August, the same was true. What does this Ning Yuan firm have to do with Ning Guohou? Is it worth him to smash the pot and sell iron like this?"

"Didn't you say that because Ning Yuan's relatives died in a pirate kidnap two years ago?" Duan Fei asked suspiciously, "It is reasonable to avenge your relatives!"

"Yes, but it doesn't make so much sense to think of the background of Ning Yuan's firm and this official bank hijacking. Think about it again, this time Lord He was ordered to exterminate the pirates, why did he transfer the Qiantang Naval Division from Jeju instead of the Shanghai Naval Division?"

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