Or it can be said that it is a strange thing to have robbers in places like Chang'an City. Not to mention the forbidden army, dragon guards and ordinary generals in the imperial city, depending on the people, each ministry yamen has its own official errands, and some of the affairs under the jurisdiction of the yamen even overlapped. For example, if there is a case, if it involves an official's case, Dali Temple and the officials will stand up and fight at the same time; The case involving the common people is the game between the Chang'an Mansion and the Dali Temple. It's hard to say, that is, it is not people involved, and there is also the Yin and Yang Division, who is in charge of strange people. As for the security of the people in the city, there are two yamen in charge of the Chang'an Mansion and the Five Cities Soldiers and Horses.

In addition to this kind of troops, there are two battalions of Yunlu and Guide stationed outside the city, plus the guards and secret guards of countless powerful people's homes, it can be said that Chang'an City is definitely a place where there are more officers and soldiers than ordinary people.

The appearance of robbers in such a place is a strange thing, so as a full-time official of Dali Temple, as soon as this news came out, Qiao Ran felt ridiculous, and the so-called "robbers" on the outskirts of the capital were found to be very strange after nine out of ten cases.

This hundred-year-old case is no exception.

"Who are those robbers?" Sure enough, he mentioned this case, and Zhen Shiyuan could come out.

Like this, a case file from a hundred years ago, Dali Temple, I'm afraid no one else will go to see it except her.

Qiao Ran glanced at the two of them and said, "It's just a group of ordinary robbers who came from Shanxi Road......

Speaking of this, the girl suddenly stopped, and the three of them glanced at each other, and they all saw a strange look on each other's faces.

The topography of Shanxi Road has been a treasure of feng shui for bandits since ancient times! But this feng shui treasure should end there. The soldiers and horses of the imperial court went to reclaim, when the reclamation, there were too many soldiers and horses on the Shanxi Road, and it was not easy for the bandits to survive.

Thinking back to the scene on Shanxi Road, the girl coughed lightly and continued to return to what Fang just said: "In this case, Dali Temple showed great courage and caught the robbers in less than two days, but it was just ...... The girl was already dead. ”

As Dali Temple, it was indeed extremely fast to catch the murderer in less than two days, but two days was indeed enough for the girl to encounter a black hand.

In fact, the responsibility for this matter is not in Dali Temple, but in the escort accompanying the girl, in the Chang'an Mansion and the Wucheng Soldiers and Horses Division who protect the safety of the people in the capital, and in the two camps of Yunlu and Guide that are close at hand outside the city.

However, so many yamen are implicated, and they don't say the law and don't blame the public, even if the Taishi Mansion is unwilling, I'm afraid it can only settle the matter. After all, anyone with a discerning eye can see that this matter is absolutely impossible for ordinary robbers to commit crimes.

Qiao Ran said this, and said to Zhen Shiyuan and Xu Hexiu, who were looking at her and waiting for her to continue, and said, "There is nothing else in the file of Dali Temple, and this case was finally closed by accident." ”

In this situation, Yongchang was mentioned for nine years, and after her desire to speak, Zhen Shiyuan and Xu Hexiu could indeed perceive the strangeness of this case.

However, in such a case, the case that ended in "accident" in Dali Temple, how did she characterize the matter as a "major event", and why did she specifically mention this matter?

Zhen Shi was far from puzzled. However, judging from the experience of dealing with her for such a long time, she is by no means a person who talks about it, and there must be a reason for this.

"I've read a lot of the files in those years," the girl said and took the file that had been pushed aside by Zhen Shiyuan and Xu Hexiu to make it easier to eat her, and then revealed the year outside the file, and said to the stunned looks of the two, "The ones I read today are the last few volumes." ”

As soon as these words came out, Zhen Shiyuan and Xu Hexiu fell silent again.

Even if she knew that she had the ability to remember and remember far more things than ordinary people, you must know that she borrowed these files before she went to Yuanheng Qianzhuang to withdraw money, which means that she didn't know about Yongchang's nine years before. I don't know that Yongchang borrowed the files before and after those years in the ninth year, and there is really only one reason for how you look at it: since she is idle to borrow the files to pass the time, it must start with the most recent ones, after all, the more recent the case is related to what may happen to her now. According to this inference, she has pushed the case files in the treasury of Dali Temple from now for more than 100 years, and has read all the files around the ninth year of Yongchang.

Well, coupled with the fact that I will never forget it, this is really a "living dossier" of Dali Temple that spans a hundred years!

"In those years, there was no big transfer of personnel in Dali Temple, especially important officials such as Dali Temple Qing have not changed at all, so there are changes, and the entire Dali Temple has not changed much." The girl just shrugged her shoulders at the eyes of the two of them, didn't pay too much attention, and then said, "At least the files of the case files I saw were nothing to title, and the officials who handled the case in Dali Temple at that time were not mediocre, and their skills were not bad, and they also cracked many big cases." ”

That is to say, the case-handling officials of Dali Temple have no title, but they have written a file full of loopholes, so that they, a hundred years later, will know that there is a file that can be titled at a glance.

The big case that looked like a "murder" was an accident, which naturally became a big deal in her eyes. You must know that the accident was the daughter of the Taishi Mansion, a young lady who is usually quite favored, but she refused to speak out when something happened. Of course, not being quiet is not necessarily "murder", Qiao Ran has considered this possibility, for example, if the people in the Taishi Mansion are pedantic and feel that the young lady is humiliated like this, it is difficult to talk about it. In this regard, although Qiao Ran did not dare to agree with such an idea, she also knew that there was such a possibility. But in that case, the body of that young lady should not have been touched, and the results of such a detailed autopsy were given. Therefore, this is an inconsistency thing, and Qiao Ran feels that this is unlikely.

This case is indeed a little weird as she said, Xu Hexiu listened to it for a while, and couldn't help but say it: "What does this case you said have to do with the ninth year of Yongchang?" ”

The girl glanced at him and said silently: "You should be able to say that this case I am talking about, what does it have to do with the official bank of Yongchang for nine years." ”

Even though she knew that she wouldn't say anything, she dared to say such a thing as soon as she opened her mouth, and directly linked this case with Guan Yin, which really startled Zhen Shiyuan and Xu Hexiu, and then didn't interrupt her next words again.

"This case is put aside, not long after this case happened, the flooding of Jinling Jiangnan Road, the imperial court for disaster relief, and allocated a batch of official silver for disaster relief, and the result was ...... on Shanxi Road."

When the word "Shanxi Road" was mentioned again, Qiao Ran paused again, and then continued casually: "The disaster relief silver was robbed by the bandits. ”

The robbers on this Shanxi Road are really everywhere.

"The court was furious, so it sent troops to suppress it." The girl said, "Anyway, the disaster relief money has been recovered, and it is said that the bandit leader has been arrested, and the bandit is eliminated." Of course, it's a joke to look at this now, because a few months after the court left, there were bandits again. ”

At that time, Shanxi Road was really a "treasure land of feng shui" for bandits, and after walking stubble, wildfires could not be burned and the spring breeze blew and reborn.

"The amount of silver that can be found in the village does not match the disaster relief money." The girl smiled at this, and said to everyone, "You might as well guess what happened." ”

Looking at her eyes, Pei Qingqing, who didn't know how much she had listened to while eating, raised her hand happily and shouted, "I know, I know." Is it less? And then found out that it was coveted or used by the bandits? That's what it's written in the book. ”

Zhen Shiyuan and Xu Hexiu did not interrupt Pei Qingqing's words out of voice, in fact, the two of them also had such a guess in their hearts.

But the girl's reaction was a little strange, she gave them a faint look, and then slowly said: "Wrong, I guessed the same as you before, but this time it was really wrong." ”

"There is no shortage of silver taels, not only that, but more." Qiao Ran said.

I'll it! Zhen Shiyuan blurted out and cursed: "How can it be too much?" It's not a cornucopia, can it still rob the money? ”

"It's just a lot." The girl reaffirmed this, "There are nearly eight thousand taels of official silver, and the file says that it is all last year's official silver, so it should be ......" Saying this, she raised her hand and took out an official silver from the wooden box, and shook the bottom in front of Zhen Shiyuan and Xu Hexiu, "The official silver of the ninth year of Yongchang." ”

So, is this matter related to this official bank? Pei Qingqing raised her eyebrows, and glanced at Xu Hexiu, who had questioned before, with some pride, knowing that Miss Qiao gave her the most face, and she wouldn't talk nonsense.

"But I still can't figure it out, what does the matter of the daughter of the Taishi Mansion you said at the beginning have to do with the official silver of the ninth year of Yongchang?" Xu Hexiu was puzzled. The robbery of disaster relief funds is indeed undoubtedly involved in the official bank of Yongchang for nine years, which he does not deny, but what does this have to do with what she said at the beginning?

It doesn't matter how you look at it!

"If there is more silver, it is natural to check," Qiao Ran was not in a hurry, only smiled and continued, "After all, it is impossible for the official silver to be conjured up by itself, or where does this official silver come from." ”

Speaking of this, she sighed "It's a pity": "It's a pity that there is nothing suspicious about this matter, and after catching the bandit leader, it was directly handed over to the Criminal Department without going through my Dali Temple, and then it was ......" The girl spread her hands and made a regretful expression.

Xu Hexiu's expression was a little complicated: "Didn't survive and died?" ”

Almost every day, there are people in the criminal department who have not survived the punishment and died, which is not a strange thing.

Qiao Ran nodded and said "Yes" and then said: "At that time, several officials who handled the case were still a little worried, after all, they had seen more cases with more silver and less, and it was the first time they encountered more silver, and finally these officials who were afraid of His Majesty's condemnation found His Royal Highness the Crown Prince at that time, that is, the Son of Heaven with the age name Mingchang after Emperor Yongchang." ”

Compared with his father, Emperor Yongchang, this Emperor Mingchang can still leave a mark on the history books. For example, treating floods, relieving victims, promoting talents, repelling the Xiongnu, etc., during his seven years of reign, the Ming Chang Emperor can be said to have made great achievements.

Yes, after only seven years of reign, the Ming Chang Emperor died before he was thirty. In this regard, even the historians who have always prided themselves on being "fair" and do not mix their personal views are not without emotion: He is really jealous of talent, if this Emperor Mingchang lives longer, today's Great Chu may be more prosperous.

This monarch, who was praised by many later historians as quite virtuous, was also a benevolent person, and when he heard the words, he persuaded his father, that is, the Yongchang Emperor, and said: "The extra official silver will be blessed by God, and the father's birthday is imminent, which should be a gift from God to his father's birthday." Then it is said that Emperor Yongchang heard that Longyan was happy, adopted the prince's opinion, and took the extra nearly 8,000 taels of silver to hold a simple birthday banquet.

It's just a matter of not bringing this kind of thing out, after all, there are a lot of weird and interesting things in the history books, but after bringing it out, looking at the words of the wise monarch who has made great achievements since childhood, it is simply a little unworthy of his identity.

Sure enough, hearing her say this, Zhen Shiyuan couldn't help but snort: "This Emperor Mingchang is said to be extremely smart, just to coax Emperor Yongchang, it is not appropriate to say such a thing, it is simply not worthy of the word 'smart'." ”

The official bank will have an extra time, and it can only be that the bandit leader may have other lawsuits and cases on him, how can it be a blessing from God? He Lao Tzu is a mediocre person, and he will not be struck by lightning, and naturally he will not be blessed by God. Did Emperor Yongchang do any good deeds that would be blessed by God? He didn't count it in his own mind? Of course, these words can only be thought about in his heart, Zhen Shiyuan pursed his lips, a little disdainful.

In short, the matter could not be resolved because of the prince's persuasion.

Qiao Ran smiled and continued, "Now, because of this incident, a new character has been introduced-the crown prince, and it is common for the prince to deal with national affairs for the Son of Heaven, not to mention that whether it is from the views of the civil and military officials at that time or the things he did after succeeding to the throne, this prince is indeed really a virtuous king. ”

"Do you know which yamen the prince was working in at that time?" There are various ways to train the prince, some listen directly to the competition of officials in the court, and some go to various ministries to follow the books of each ministry to go through the experience.

His Royal Highness the Crown Prince obviously prefers the latter, and judging from his series of decrees after succeeding to the throne, he is also a monarch who likes to do practical things.

Without waiting for Zhen Shiyuan and Xu Hexiu to speak, Qiao Ran continued to talk to herself: "At that time, the prince worked under the Shangshu of the Criminal Department, and last year, that is, in the ninth year of Yongchang, His Royal Highness the Prince worked in the household department. Isn't that interesting, you say? ”

Funny hell! With the interested expression on the girl's face, Zhen Shiyuan scolded secretly, and his face became solemn: The prince lost Yongchang's nine-year official silver when he was working in the household department in charge of money; Working in the Criminal Department, the arrested bandit leader did not survive the punishment and died.

Could this be a coincidence?