Chapter 209: Ghosts and Gods Steal Gold
Although Xie Bangui was far away in Jiangling, he received three orders, and Xie Bangui took the warrant and said: "The cabinet, the criminal department, and Jinyiwei have also ordered us to be responsible for investigating and dealing with the theft of the treasury of Jiangling Mansion." Literature "Lost in the Dark. How did they come together? β
Li Xiaoxin explained: "The 300,000 taels of gold in the treasury of Jiangling Mansion disappeared mysteriously overnight, and many officials almost lost their veils because of this, so of course the Criminal Department has to interrogate. As for the cabinet, it's not because of Gangneung Province Yoon. Yin Wangdong of Jiangling Mansion is the son and son of Wang Yiran, the assistant of the cabinet, if it weren't for his son, he would have been beheaded a long time ago. But the case can't be found clearly, the gold can't be recovered, and even if he has great ability, he can't keep his head. Can Elder Wang Ge not be in a hurry? β
Lao Qian added: "As for Jinyiwei, not to mention, he must have done a favor in front of the cabinet, since the cabinet asked you to investigate the case, they can't stop it if they want to." It's better to give the cabinet a face-saving warrant. β
Xie Bangui cried and laughed: "So, I can't check it?" Is it really that hard to find out if the vault was stolen? β
"It's hard!" Li Xiaoxin said: "After the vault was stolen, the two factories and one bathroom, six doors, and the secretary all came to see it. No one knew how the gold had mysteriously disappeared from the vault. In the end, all the words 'ghosts and gods committed crimes' were written. β
"his grandpa!" The tall fat man almost choked to death with a sip of tea: "You guys can really talk nonsense, why don't you write about the old crimes of the land?" Can you believe it above? β
"There are a few ingenious second goods that are written like this." Li Xiaoxin looked at the tall fat man's face and forced a smile: "In the end, his ass was opened." β
"It's really wonderful!" The tall fat man served.
Xie Bangui stretched out his finger and tapped on the table, "There is no news about this on the rivers and lakes?" β
"Nope!" Li Xiaoxin said: "After the theft of the vault, the factory guards blocked the entire Jiangling, up to the Jiangyang thieves, down to the thieves, and arrested hundreds of people. No less than 80 people died in prison after being tortured alone, but they did not receive the slightest useful information. β
Xie Bangui nodded and said, "Taking away 300,000 taels of gold at once is not something that ordinary thieves can do." Where is Gangneung Province Yoon? β
Li Xiaoxin said: "The previous term is still locked up in the cell, and the next term has not yet arrived. Gangneung Province was almost paralyzed. β
Xie Bangui nodded and said, "You go and make arrangements, I want to meet Jiangling Mansion Yin, and it is best to find out the treasurer." β
"I'll arrange it!" Li Xiaoxin turned around and went.
Lao Qian looked at his back and said, "Brother Xie, what do you think of Li Xiaoxin?" β
"Bold, careful, ruthless, and do things without leakage. The kung fu is also top-notch. It's a one-of-a-kind talent. Xie Bangui said with some curiosity after the assessment: "What are you asking for?" β
The old money and the old god said: "Haven't you thought about what you should do after you step down as a patrolman?" You don't have any plans to start your own business? If you want to stand on your own, this Li Xiaoxin and his five fingers are a good team! β
Xie Bangui smiled bitterly: "The words are good. But the treatment we can give him will definitely not be higher than that of Dongchang. Do you think you can leave Dongchang and join us? β
The tall fat man came to the spirit: "If you can't buy it, you can force him to join." Aren't you familiar with the traitor? Get some medicine and feed him, no matter how chaste he is, he has to be obedient. β
Xie Bangui pointed at the tall fat man and was stunned for a long time: "You are really lacking in virtue!" β
"The one who is close to the ink is black!" The tall fat man's helpless words made Xie Bangui not catch his breath for a long time.
Half a year ago, Gangneung Province was hit by torrential rain for half a month.
Especially tonight, the rain was so heavy that it was like the dragon king knocked the sky into a hole when he turned over, and the rain could splash puffs of green smoke on the ground. Torches soaked in pine oil can't be lifted up in the rain.
The convoy that carried out on a rainy night could only grope its way forward by the glimmer of light when the lightning crossed the sky, and hundreds of carriages were so steady and strange that they were slowly moving forward in the dark night at first glance, looking like a group of black spirits wandering in the rainy night from a distance.
However, such a secret convoy has not escaped the eyes of those who have a heart, and people who have been doing business all year round can distinguish the value of the goods from the imprint of the wheel. A two-inch rut seeping into the solid soil can only mean that all the cars are pulled is gold, real gold.
Suddenly, a violent lightning bolt streaked across the sky, illuminating a radius of hundreds of miles as bright as day. The friends from the rivers and lakes who were following behind the convoy suddenly saw a group of armor soldiers standing on the periphery of the Jiangling vault like clay sculptures, the spears in their hands flashed into a cold light under the reflection of lightning, and they could feel the murderous aura of the other party from a few miles away. Several people were suddenly frightened, and they didn't even dare to mess around, and one by one they lay in the rain and waited for the convoy to enter the vault before they dared to retreat slowly, for fear that one would be inattentive and be dismembered by those armor soldiers.
Yin Chendong of Gangneung Mansion in the inner courtyard of the vault, although he was wearing an oil-paper umbrella, his whole body still seemed to have been blistered, and he was so uncomfortable.
Treasurer Wang Yu said in a low voice: "My lord, just leave it to the subordinate here, you are still ......"
"No way!" Chen Dong refused without hesitation: "The imperial court tax cannot afford to be missed, do not watch the gold enter the warehouse, lock the treasury door with your own hands, and the official can't let go." β
"Yes!" Wang Yu no longer insisted, and followed Chen Dong to count boxes of gold.
The moment they locked the door, a bolt of lightning fell from the sky, as if it flashed around them, illuminating the figures of the night in the dark. The two of them saw a figure sitting on the chest of the vault, the man holding the lid of the box with his hand, half-leaning over like a water-soaked head hanging straight in front of his face, and the drops of water crackled and dripped on the ground along his tips. What's even more terrifying is that he has two human hands stretched out in his trousers hanging in front of the box!
"Ahh Wang Yu was so frightened by this figure that he couldn't help but cry out, but when he looked closely, the box became empty. The vault also went dark, and nothing could be seen in the dark treasury except for a bunch of boxy black shadows. But Wang Yu always felt that there was someone standing behind the box staring coldly at him and his colleagues around him.
Wang Yu stroked his chest and looked at the chief officer beside him, but saw that Chen Dong's face was as white as paper, the latter opened his mouth as if he wanted to say something, but in the end he didn't speak, waved his hand to signal Wang Yu to lock the library door, and hurried away with his subordinates.
After Chen Dong returned to the wing, he became silent, pacing around the house until the Jinyi Guard, who was responsible for receiving the gold, arrived, and did not speak, and finally even handed over the matter of opening the warehouse to his subordinates, and ran back to the mansion first.
Before he could change his clothes, he was frightened by the news that "the vault was stolen and 300,000 taels of gold were missing".
For more than half a month after that, in addition to frantically arresting the bandits, Chen Dong just sat in the house. Kept muttering, "How could it be...... How so? β
"Maybe it's really a ghost stealing gold like the rumors outside, the lord is still ......"
As soon as Mrs. Fu Yin said a word, Chen Dong jumped up angrily: "Nonsense, what does a woman's family know?" β
Not to be outdone, Mrs. Chen said, "It's not the ghosts and gods who steal the gold, who can get the gold away under the noses of thousands of you?" You don't believe it yourself, but your subordinates are convinced that Wang Yu has already found a Taoist priest to go to the vault to worship the ghosts and gods. β
"Bastard thing!" Chen Dong didn't know who he was scolding, so he summoned his entourage and hurried to the vault.
On the side ......of the vault, several Taoist priests have set up the altar, lit the golden lamp, and illuminated the entire vault brightly. The elder is as anxious as the law...... Where is the demon currently ......"
A golden light suddenly burst out from the top of the peachwood sword, which came out of the man's palm, floating in the air and pointing to the north wall of the storehouse.
Two rows of blood-colored handprints suddenly appeared on the gray wall, and from the direction of the handprints, it looked like someone had climbed down from the roof, and after turning around in the warehouse, they climbed back down the wall.
What's even more strange is that the handprints on the wall, which seem to be crossing, appear to be small in front and large in the back, as if the soles of the human feet have been replaced by slightly larger human hands, crawling on the wall with four hands.
Everyone's eyes all looked at the top of the wall along the upward handprint.
A figure with limbs in the shape of "earth" and head down, lying flat on the wall, like a floating corpse emerging from the water, slowly but clearly emerged.
"Ahh......h Hurry up and do ......"
"Oh! Ah, ah" The Taoist priest was also frightened enough, and tremblingly grabbed the spirit talisman and put it on the candle, but he couldn't reach the candle's fire, and he didn't light half a piece of paper for a long time.
At this time, the figure on the wall suddenly raised his head, and the people in the room, no matter what direction they were in, no matter what angle their faces were twisted, they all saw a black shadow like a head floating in front of them.
Immediately afterwards, a cold and cold aura suddenly approached his face, and Wang Yu, who was holding his head in both hands, only felt that something was standing in front of him, opening a pair of white Sensen's teeth, twisting his neck from side to side, as if looking for a place to lower his mouth.
"Don't eat meβ" Wang Yu shrank into a ball in fright, but he couldn't escape the feeling of being on his back, as if the thing was crouching in front of him, staring only at his face from the gap between the arms that protected his head and face.
Wang Yu took a look at it boldly, but only saw two shining golden lights. He was sure that what he had just seen was definitely not an eye, but a pair of golden balls. That's right, it's a golden ball, a round golden ball. The human eye definitely does not have that metallic luster.
"What are you doing!" Chen Dong was extremely angry and drank violently, but it was like a life-saving sound. Wang Yu climbed over in a few steps: "My lord, there are ghosts, there are ghosts!" β
"Nonsense!" Wang Yu said angrily: "In broad daylight, Lang Lang Qiankun, where are the ghosts and gods? β
"Your Excellency, you must believe it! There really are ghosts and gods! Wang Yu cried: "My lord, think about it, if it weren't for the ghosts and gods stealing gold, who would have made more than 300,000 taels of gold disappear without a trace overnight." I don't even know where the chest of gold is gone! β
"And just now, all of us saw ghosts!" Wang Yu said: "My lord, please, believe us once!" Kneel down and worship the ghosts, maybe the ghosts and gods feel the sincerity of the adults, and they can send the gold back? β
Chen Dong said angrily: "Where are the ghosts and gods? Why didn't the official see it? β
"That's the majesty of the adults, and the righteousness has scattered the ghosts." The Taoist priest said: "We ...... just now"
Chen Dong shouted angrily: "Come on, take down this demon who is deceiving the public, and this bastard who is taking the lead." β
"Your Excellency, you must believe me!" Wang Yu struggled and shouted, "Over there, over there, under the wall over there, someone is watching us...... I kid you not......"