The warehouse envoys in the prefect's yamen were the officials in charge of the keys to various confidential places in the treasury and other warehouses or archives, and if they wanted to open the door of the warehouse, they either had a strong lockpicking skill or obtained the key from the warehouse envoy.

The soldiers all said that they had not seen the warehouse envoy, nor had they seen anyone else approaching the warehouse.

But for some reason, I fainted and fell asleep, and when I woke up, I found that everything in the warehouse was gone.

Now that the envoy has been arrested, he doesn't know anything under the torture.

This brought the case to a dead end.

The theft of official silver is somewhat different from other theft cases, and it is not possible to simply push the matter to some people even if the case is closed, but also to find out the flow of the stolen official silver.

Even if the prefect wants to return these charges to the officers and soldiers, if they can't find the stolen official money, even the prefect will not be able to escape this crime.

Rong Che bowed, this case is actually exactly the same as in previous years.

The prefect has changed, the soldiers have changed, and the envoys have changed, but things are still the same, which makes people feel incredible.

Rong Che said: "Before the official silver is found, everything that enters and exits from the city must be strictly searched, can you find anything suspicious?"

The official silver was lost at night, and several boxes of silver could not be transported out of the city casually.

He Zhang shook his head and said, "I haven't found any signs of transporting official silver out of the city. ”

Rong Che said: "Keep watching." ”

He Zhang bowed his head and answered yes.

Rong Che's eyes glanced at the officers and soldiers who were locked in the cell, and said, "Give him some medicine, don't kill him, don't kill people until the truth of the matter is found." ”

He Zhang nodded and said, "Your Highness knows, Your Highness can rest assured." ”

Rong Che then walked out of the dungeon.

This case is really tricky, and we can only find out where the official bank is first.

Every year, a lot of official money is lost, and the flow of these official silver has become a mystery, who needs so much money, and it is only the money of the yamen.

Ji Yanning has been teaching pearl perfume for the past two days, and according to the progress of Rong Che's investigation, she wants to find her bones, and she is not in a hurry.

Because that place is still some distance from Qianzhou City, it is in a Miao village.

It will take nearly a day to get from Qianzhou City to Miaozhai Kuaima, Rong Che is now concentrating on investigating the case, and it will be the same if she will look for it again in two days.

Pearl is still quite smart, after studying with Ji Yanning for two days, he has some feelings, Ji Yanning feels a little bored in the yard, so he plans to go out to the city for a walk and understand the local customs.

Rare good weather, the temperature is not considered cold, and it is right to go out for a walk.

However, the theft of official silver in the past two days has made the atmosphere in the city a little tense, after all, now you have to search strictly when you enter and leave the city.

Although it is no longer strange that the official silver was stolen, there are still people who sigh.

Ji Yanning was sitting in the teahouse, and he could hear a lot of people talking about it.

"Every year, the official silver is stolen, maybe the government itself swallowed the silver. ”

"You can't say that, the previous prefects had this incident, some were dismissed, some were degraded, and the end was not good, this knowingly committed it, who is so stupid!"

"That's tens of thousands of taels of silver! It can be used for a lifetime. ”

"Cut, you can use it for a few lifetimes, that's because you are poor, you are from a noble family, how can you not distinguish between career and money. ”

"It's like, you think everyone is as shallow as you are?"

At first, the man was unconvinced: "But I can't catch the thief every year, and I can't find the official money, is it possible that there is a ghost?"

"What the hell is there, go and go!"

Ji Yanning sat in the corner, listening to them talk about this matter, but there was no other expression on his face.

It seems that this is a really tricky matter.

After failing to solve the case for so many years, it is no wonder that Rong Che will say that even if he can't solve the case, it doesn't matter, this is extremely difficult.

However, Ji Yanning was a little curious, who would need so much money.

With so much money, what can be done?

Bao Chang Ji under her name transfers a lot of money every year, but it also takes a lot of money to run the shop and silk village, but in the territory of Qianzhou, there seems to be no special need to use so much money.

Merchants are not so bold as to steal every year.

It seems unlikely that the government will be guarding and stealing from themselves.

Who knows the temperament of that emperor, maybe he will cut down the prefect if he gets angry.

Tens of thousands of taels of silver are thrown away every year, so the thief is quite rich.

Ji Yanning walked out of the teahouse, walked towards the gold and silver jewelry shop in the city, and took a good stroll.

"Miss, these jewels are so good-looking!" Pearl looked at these jewelry, all with some unique characteristics of Miao Jiang, and Chang'an and Jiangnan could see the difference at a glance, Pearl felt novel.

Seeing that Ji Yanning was dressed well, and the accent didn't look like a local, the shopkeeper enthusiastically stepped forward to introduce them one by one.

"These earrings are pretty!" said Pearl, pointing to one of the pairs, "like the moon." ”

Ji Yanning chuckled, and when she saw that she was happy, she said to the shopkeeper: "How do you sell these earrings?"

The shopkeeper was delighted: "Five taels of silver." ”

Ji Yanning stretched out his hand and picked up the earrings, looked at them carefully, and said with a smile: "Shopkeeper, you can't bully me because I am a foreigner because I don't understand the market, this earring, two taels of silver." ”

The shopkeeper was slightly stunned, but he didn't expect this little girl to bargain quite well.

He shook his head and said, "Girl, this price is not good, if you really want to buy it, four taels of silver." ”

Ji Yanning shook his head and said to Pearl: "That's it, we just came, maybe other stores are better." ”

As he spoke, he wanted to turn around and leave.

The shopkeeper immediately stopped Ji Yanning and said, "Girl, we can still discuss, but the price you gave is too low." ”

Ji Yanning said: "At this price, if you don't sell it, there is nothing to say." ”

Seeing that she was so resolute, the shopkeeper gritted his teeth and said, "Two taels is two taels." ”

A smile flashed in pearl's eyes, but I didn't expect the eldest lady to understand this market quite well.

Ji Yanning looked at the pearl with a smile in his eyes.

"I've been in business for so long, but I've never seen a young lady so bargaining like you. The shopkeeper said.

Ji Yanning chuckled and said, "Maybe it's because they don't care about money." Shopkeeper, I want to ask, I don't know which lady in this Qianzhou city has always been the most generous in buying things?"

The shopkeeper saw that Ji Yan Ningsheng was beautiful, and he was talkative, not holding the shelf of an eldest lady, so he was willing to say a few more words to her.

He said: "The most generous is not necessarily Miss Gaomen, but there are also some ordinary girls who are very generous." Last year, a girl came over and asked for a lot of jewelry, but she didn't even make a counteroffer, and she didn't blink an eye for a few hundred taels of silver!"

The shopkeeper said extremely exaggeratedly, with a look of nostalgia for the girl who bought things at the beginning.

Pearl on the side couldn't help but cover her mouth and chuckle.

The eldest lady of her own family spent hundreds of taels or even thousands of taels of silver without blinking.

Ji Yanning said: "Where is the girl so generous?"

The shopkeeper shook his head and said, "It doesn't look like it's from the city, it should be from the small town on the side." ”

Ji Yanning's eyes moved slightly, but he nodded.

Buying earrings for pearls, the two walked out of the jewelry shop, and the cries on the street continued, but it was very lively.

There were quite a few officers and soldiers searching the streets, looking for suspicious people.

The official silver was stolen, and no clues could be found from other places, so the city could only be searched again and again, which was the most practical method at present.

"Stop!" the officer and soldier shouted, and then reached out to stop an old man pushing a wooden cart.

The old man's cart was loaded with several barrels, and he looked at the officers and soldiers with some puzzlement, and asked, "Official, what's wrong?"

The officers and soldiers had a cold face and said, "What is in this bucket, we have to check!"

"It's all swill!" said the old man, "it stinks, and if the officials don't dislike it, check it out." ”

The old man struggled to stop the cart.

Pearl pulled Ji Yanning aside and said, "Miss, let's stay away, the swill smells very stinky." ”

The officers and soldiers stepped forward and opened one of the buckets, and sure enough, they smelled a disgusting smell, and immediately it was all swill.

The officers and soldiers frowned, but they still opened each one and looked at it, and then said, "Let's go!"

"Thank you, sir!" the old man smiled and pushed the cart forward again.

Ji Yanning's eyes were slightly downcast, and a silver needle fell from his fingertips, and when the old man walked slowly, he waved the silver needle of his finger.

"Ahh

Everyone only heard a "clang", and the two handrails of the cart fell to the ground, shaking the buckets of swill.

Although the voice was very small, Ji Yanning still heard it.

The sound of silver clashing.

So...... And the silver was hidden under the swill.

The officers and soldiers didn't notice it at all, and when they saw the old man suddenly take off his hand, he stepped forward and said lightly: "Be careful!"

"Yes, yes!" the old man was shocked, and then he grabbed the handrail again, wanting to push it away quickly.

Ji Yanning's eyes were cold, and he said, "Jinhe." ”

Jinhe stepped forward from the crowd: "Miss." ”

Ji Yanning said: "Go to the yamen to inform the prince and go to the city gate to arrest people." ”

Jinhe bowed slightly, looked at the old man just now, and then retreated into the crowd.

Pearl looked at Ji Yanning puzzled, Ji Yanning turned around and chuckled, and said, "Let's go, let's see what else is fun and delicious on the street." ”

"The slave knows that there is something very delicious!" said Pearl, "the slave and the maid will take the young lady!"

Ji Yanning bowed his head and walked in the completely opposite direction with the old man.

She felt that something was wrong, as if someone had been staring at her, and she turned her head to look, but she didn't find anything suspicious.