"My name is Lin Geng, and I am one of the thirty officials in charge of guarding the silver vault, and this batch of tax silver placed in Shuntong Qian Zhuang was supposed to be transported to the capital by water in three days. You ask why it is not in the treasury, but in Shuntong Bank? We have been doing this, we don't have our own sea boats, if we want to transport silver to the capital quickly, except for dry roads, it is water transportation.

If you take the dry road, it will take a month all the way, but it only takes three or five days to go by sea and land, and we have been walking by sea.

We borrowed their ships to go with us and were responsible for guarding along the way, while Shuntong Money made room for us on the silver ships and sent us to the capital together. We have saved time and travel expenses, and the money bank has saved the cost of hiring guards, and we have been mutually beneficial for more than 30 years, and nothing has ever gone wrong. ”

"My name is Yang Feng, I am the head catcher who led the team, and I was the one who found out that the tax money was stolen. This is this morning, isn't it going to be loaded into the ship in three days, I thought about counting the tax money again before I set off, and when I went in, I found that the silver was gone. ”

"My name is Deng Xuan, the big boss of Shuntong Qianzhuang, our Qianzhuang has a history of more than 100 years, and I dare not say it in other places, we are definitely the number one in Fuzhou. You don't have to scare me, 100,000 taels of silver, it's just a drizzle for us, it's a good thing to be able to find it, and we can't find compensation, but this matter must be a big thing and a small thing, and it must not affect our business.

"My name is Guo Wei, I was in charge of the night duty yesterday, I sat on the roof, and I didn't sleep all night, but I really didn't hear anything. You ask me about my cultivation, I am a first-class master, the best thing is the secret weapon, the eyesight and ear power are absolutely enough, a hundred steps away someone whispered, I can hear clearly. ”

"My name is Yao Shun, and I am a servant on duty during the day, yes, I usually like to play two tricks, and I owe some money outside. Hey, what do you mean, you don't think I stole the tax silver, haha, if I had the guts, I would have been promoted and made a fortune a long time ago, how could I still be a little servant. ”

"My lord, I didn't steal the money, I don't know anything, I'm a guy from the money village, I usually deliver food to you, run errands, and I have never been close to the money vault at all...... Woooooooo ”

The thirty state officials who guarded Qianzhuang and the two guys of Qianzhuang were all interrogated by Jinyiwei.

After all, whether it is a day shift or a night shift, each shift is composed of fifteen people.

These people were drawn from various positions by the state government, and many of them did not know each other at all, let alone have the possibility of complicity.

Otherwise, one or two people may be able to hide it, and more than a dozen people, there is no reason why all of them are actors.

However, in the review of Jinyiwei, it was found that although some of these people were weak-minded, they were stained in other aspects, and had nothing to do with the silver loss case, and they didn't look like prison guards stealing themselves.

"This is not either, that is not either, it is not possible to fly by yourself with 100,000 taels of silver!"

Wang Xu put his hands behind his back, looked at the silver vault in front of him, and said, "Open it." ”

Click...

The lock fell, and the two brocade guards pushed open the iron door of the silver vault with all their strength.

Wang Xu walked in without permission, only to see that on the shelves in the silver vault, only the red cloth spread under the silver two was left, and the silver two had long since disappeared.

After turning around inside, Wang Xu stepped lightly on the ground, the ground was thick and silent, and the thieves who stole the silver taels did not steal the hole and enter.

"Strange!"

Wang Xu looked left and right, and asked without looking back: "When you searched before, did you find any clues?" ”

"My lord, does a rat hole count?" A brocade guard couldn't help but speak, and shrunk his neck as soon as he said this, thinking that this answer was too silly.

"Rat hole?"

Wang Xu's eyes froze, and he quickly locked on a black rat hole under the corner of the north wall.

Looking at the mouse hole, Wang Xu touched his chin and asked, "What other clues are there besides this?" ”

"My lord, no." The people of the Jinyi Guard shook their heads one after another, and if there were clues, they would not be helpless.

"Didn't you?"

Wang Xu muttered, then put his eyes on the mouse hole and narrowed his eyes slightly.

Sherlock Holmes once said that if all impossibilities are eliminated, the remaining one is the truth, even if it is unbelievable.

He had already seen it, and there was no trace of damage to the stone lion outside the silver vault and the ranking of the door gods enshrined on the door frame.

In addition, it is not artificial, and I really can't think of any other possibility than this rat hole.

"Rat spirit? No, it can't be a rat spirit, if it's a rat spirit, the door god won't let it steal. What is that, a big rat with a spirit that has been specially trained to steal things? "If it's just a pure mouse, neither the door god nor the stone lion will attack it, and it is really possible that it will steal the silver taels.

Talking about the world, there are countless strange people and strange things, and there may not be no animal tamers who are proficient in animal taming and have bad intentions.

Wang Xu walked to the door of the mouse hole, pondered for a moment, and said, "Go and inquire if there are any people in Fuzhou City who are proficient in animal taming." ”

"Yes, sir."

Jinyiwei took the order and left, finding someone is their forte, as long as there is this person, they will definitely be able to find out.

After a while, the Jinyi guards went and returned, and replied: "My lord, there is a monkey opera family in Fuzhou City, and their ancestors have been monkey puppeteers for generations, and it is said that they can not only play monkeys, snakes, dogs, rats, cats, and birds. ”

"Let's take a look!" Wang Xu turned around and left, regardless of whether there were dates or not, let's hit two shots first.

A group of people left the money house, turned over their horses, and headed for the house of the animal trainer surnamed Zhang.

Zhang is a minority surname, and there are no top 100 surnames in the hundred families, and when it comes to the monkey opera Zhang family, it is famous in Fuzhou City.

Whether the Zhang family is a local or not, there are different opinions, some say yes, some say no.

In the local county annals, the earliest records can be traced back to 150 years ago, recording that in the city of Fuzhou, there are people who are good at taming animals, known as Mr. Zhang, who walks the streets and alleys to be known for their beasts.

In this way, the Zhang family can be regarded as a century-old family, and their ancestors have been doing it for generations, which is not common.

"My lord, this is it."

Under the leadership of Jin Yiwei, Wang Xu stood in front of a family.

This family looks like it used to be a big family, although the house is a little older, but it is a big house with three entrances and three exits, which is not common in ordinary people's homes.

"Knock on the door!"

Wang Xu glanced at the brocade guards beside him, and suddenly two people stepped forward and slapped at the door.

After slapping for a while, an impatient voice came from inside, and shouted, "Don't knock, who?" ”

Crunch...

The wooden door opened, and a young man in his twenties, with a somewhat pale face, poked his head out of the door.

Seeing that the people standing outside were all brocade guards wearing flying fish suits and swords at their waists, the young man hurriedly changed his smile: "Ladies and gentlemen, what are your orders?" ”

"Your name is Zhang Deming, right?"

"It's me, it's me..."

Hearing the young man's answer, the questioning Jinyiwei said again: "What about your father?" ”

The smile on Zhang Deming's face froze, and he sighed: "My father died of illness half a year ago, and now I am the only one in the family." ”

"That's you."

Jin Yiwei pushed Zhang Deming away, waved his hand, and said, "Brothers, go in and search!" ”

"Hey, what are you doing?" Zhang Deming tried to stop it, but was pushed to the ground.

Before he could get up from the ground, Zhang Deming looked up and saw a pair of black boots and an elegant voice: "You are Zhang Deming, what happened to you, do you know?" ”

Zhang Deming got up with his hands and feet, with a humble smile on his face, "My lord, I don't understand what you're talking about." ”

Wang Xu had a sneer on his face, he wasn't sure before, but after seeing Zhang Deming's reaction, he knew that this matter was not far from ten, and this guy did it.

You know, pupils don't deceive, the first time he saw Jin Yiwei, Zhang Deming's pupils contracted, and subconsciously, he wanted to close the door.

Although this action was soon suppressed by him, he couldn't deceive Wang Xu's eyes, if there was no ghost in his heart, how could he be so afraid of Jinyiwei.