Chapter 53 When Chen Chu was in turmoil, repetition was a matter of time

The Yamen of the capital finally received a report of theft in the capital.

The people who reported the case were none other than Prime Minister Cai Cheng and Taiwei Xia.

Were these two also stolen by Prince He and Gong Qin?

However, do these two adults have any extra money at home?

Is it worth asking Prince He and Prince Gong to go to such great lengths to steal?

It turned out that when Prince He and Prince Gong committed the crime for the last time, they threw a note at Lord Cai's house.

The note said that the finances of the corrupt officials' homes in the capital had been stolen, and the adults were asked to find out. Prime Minister Cai and Xia Taiwei did not have any greedy money in the mansion, so they were considered to have stolen it.

The prime minister looked at the note and didn't understand.

This is not in keeping with the behavior of a thief.

There was no theft, but they said they had stolen.

I've only heard it, and I denied that I didn't steal it, but there was actually the other way around.

It seems that these thieves are not ordinary thieves.

Stealing money is probably not that simple.

Why did you specifically tell Prime Minister Cai about this?

Prime Minister Cai Cheng has a lot of questions in his mind.

On the second day, Prime Minister Cai Cheng and Xia Taiwei met.

Hurriedly told the note to Captain Xia.

Xia Taiwei looked at this note and wondered, "Prime Minister Cai Cheng is not corrupt in the first place, why should he think that he has already stolen it?" ”

This sentence made Prime Minister Cai Cheng a little stunned, "Mrs. Xia, do you think that if you are a corrupt official, if your family's property is stolen, do you dare to report to the official?" ”

"Unless I'm a fool. It's too late to hide from the emperor, I took the initiative to report to the official, isn't this a clear way to send myself to the emperor's mouth? Speaking of which, Mrs. Xia also seemed to understand, "Prime Minister Cai means that they will not report to the official, but the Prime Minister is different." There is no corruption in the first place, and it doesn't hurt to report to the official. The body is not afraid of shadows. ”

"Maybe that's what this man meant?"

"Is this possible? It's just that even if the prime minister goes to report to the official, what can he do? ”

"The old man guessed that if Lord Taiwei and the official went to report the case together, maybe this matter would be different."

Xia Taiwei and Cai Chengxiang glanced at each other attentively, and everything was speechless.

Mrs. Xia used soldiers to fight, and the meaning of Prime Minister Cai's words naturally understood the meaning.

That's why the two adults went to report to the official.

It's really strange, the yamen, which was originally very quiet, has been reported to the officials by the two adults.

The number of officials who reported the crime also increased.

I'm not afraid that you are greedy, but I'm afraid that you are alone and isolated.

Someone walks together, no matter what is on the road, it will never be too lonely and lonely.

It's really a test of that sentence, people are so bold that they don't be the first to eat crabs.

When they were greedy for money, did bad things, and did some shady things, I didn't see them so humble.

Now he is very humble.

There are many officials involved in this case, and the Beijing government naturally does not dare to take over, after all, there are many high-ranking and powerful people among them.

The government reported the matter to Prime Minister Cai Cheng.

Prime Minister Cai and Taiwei Xia had long expected that there would be today.

It's just that I didn't expect that in this way, the secret that the capital has bothered to hide for so many years will become an open secret.

But it's good that this saves time for choosing a case.

This case is really good, but it depends on what the people behind it think.

Otherwise, there is no excuse for this desire to add to the sin, and where does it come from!

Let these officials panic and panic, and it is not bad to stop for the time being.

Prime Minister Cai and Xia Taiwei began to study the case.

It can't be too much, and it can't be too perfunctory. It is necessary to properly meet the requirements of the emperor, and it is good to play the role of killing chickens and setting an example for monkeys.

However, when these people reported the case, they only said that they had lost a few taels of silver from their family.

The one who lost the most should be the prime minister's family, losing dozens of taels of silver.

I didn't expect the Prime Minister to occupy the top spot, but it was really unexpected by the Prime Minister.

Although they all only said superficially, they lost a few taels of silver.

However, there are a lot of people involved, and this nature is naturally very bad.

These officials are all human beings, and their experience is not focused on doing the right thing, but all of them are used for stealing chickens and dogs.

I didn't see them so cautious and cautious when doing business, but this kind of thing is so cautious that Prime Minister Cai Cheng's chest hurts a little.

These officials can go to report the case, but they actually want to follow the government's investigation of the case, come to a praying mantis to catch cicadas, and the yellow finch is behind, and sit and reap the benefits of the fisherman.

Prime Minister Cai and Taiwei Xia naturally won't let them succeed.

Prime Minister Cai Cheng and Xia Taiwei are ready to check all the financial and tax records since the founding of the Si Na Kingdom.

Of course, these can be shown to the emperor and presented to the records of the imperial court, so there is naturally no problem. It has also been modified and modified by masters, and it has been covered up and covered up.

But I still have to check, it's still the same sentence.

Stillness does not change, it is a pool of stagnant water.

Move, in order to pull the whole body.

"Prime Minister Cai, how are you going to do it this time?"

"The emperor has an order, so naturally he must act according to the emperor's requirements."

"This old man naturally knows that I'm talking about the people involved."

"People? After reading these ledgers, it is natural. ”

"I don't see why in these ledgers."

"Naturally, these ledgers can't see why, but they are just pretending to scare them."

"Kill the chickens and make an example of the monkeys. The Prime Minister is really far-sighted and admired. ”

Next, this Cai Cheng Prime Minister and Xia Taiwei also began, piling up in this old gray ledger day and night.

In fact, in the past few days, the two adults have also looked at some recent unfinished cases in the capital.

Find a suitable case from this and put it on these people, and it will be done.

This murder with a knife, coupled with the crime of wanting to add to it, is really the style of the old prime minister.

After three days of hard work, Prime Minister Cai Cheng and Taiwei Xia were also selected, and the candidates who entered the blacklist this time were selected.

On the surface, Prime Minister Cai Cheng and Mrs. Xia were collecting evidence of the theft case and were busy walking around the homes of these officials.

Taking advantage of this opportunity, they not only walked around the homes of the reporting officers.

Among the officials who did not report the case, they also carried out interviews.

Take precautions.

On weekdays, these officials, Prime Minister Cai and Xia Taiwei naturally don't want to go in.

But since the opportunity is also rare, it is not bad to go in and check it out.

Now that the vaults have been stolen, there is nothing to hide.

In this way, it can also be shown to Prime Minister Cai and Mrs. Xia in a bright and bright way.

Look at this empty storehouse, and it can be seen how honest these people are and how clean their homes are.

If you let them pretend on weekdays, it is estimated that they will still be exposed, which is a bit fake.

Now I don't pretend anymore, and my dream has come true.

It's really stolen to be incorruptible, clean, and clean.

Prime Minister Cai and Taiwei Xia are careful people.

Although the storehouse had been cleaned, the chests that had been filled with silver were left empty in the storeroom.

But you see, this dust is everywhere.

Although the materials have been cleaned and the boxes have been wiped over, the fine traces left by this fine layer of ash cannot be erased.

Besides, the cleanliness in the eyes of these people is not the same as that of the lord in this mansion, as well as the meaning of cleanliness in the eyes of Prime Minister Cai Cheng and Taiwei Xia.

This cleaning subordinate can know the secrets of the master in this mansion, those things that can see the light; Do they know the real purpose of Prime Minister Cai and Taiwei Xia's investigation?

So you can't blame them for not cleaning cleanly, blame them for not making it clear.

The contents of the house have now been stolen and the floor has been wiped over.

But there was light shining through the window into the room, and due to reflection, the original mark on the ground also appeared in a circle.

It seems that he is indeed greedy, and now it is a long sight to be stolen.

These officials watched Prime Minister Cai Cheng and Xia Taiwei arrive in the mansion, and naturally received them warmly.

Of course, it is natural to cry about the stolen food expenses for this month.

That's what makes it seem normal.

Prime Minister Cai and Taiwei Xia thought about this, and it was not simple.

Who is so much money, and how can it be stolen without people knowing?

Next, the two adults looked through the recorded case of the big theft.

Seeing that Lord Cai and Mrs. Xia were walking on their scheduled route step by step, it was not in vain that their efforts were not wasted, and they were also much more relieved.

If this is an extraneous branch, I am afraid that it can scare them to death.

There is really a similar case in this big robbery case.

It is recorded in the case that 6 years ago, there was a man named Niu Tou who had committed a similar case in Yizhou.

At that time, he unknowingly stole the gold, silver and jewelry of all the big families in Yizhou.

And it only took half a month.

The government has been investigating for several months, but has not found even a single clue.

Not to mention the modus operandi of this person, it is even more of a mystery.

This man has become a mystery within a mystery.

The bull head is also just a code name, for the convenience of communication.

This case is quite similar to the case in Yizhou.

Could it be that this person has started committing crimes again?

If this is the case, the two adults are a little embarrassed.

If this person can be caught, the stolen money will go back to the treasury.

Can't catch this person, such a huge amount of money.

Coupled with the stolen wealth in Yizhou, it is enough to turn the world upside down.

It seems that this matter must be investigated in depth and cannot be sloppily closed as it seems.

"I don't know where this bull head came from?" Xia Taiwei was curious.

"The origin of this bull head is indeed unknown. After committing a crime in Yizhou six years ago, he disappeared. I had not heard of this man's evil deeds anywhere before. It's like it appeared out of nowhere. After all these years, it came out again? It's a little weird. Prime Minister Cai was also very puzzled, and said with a serious analysis.

"yes. It's gone. It's hard to say whether there is such a person or not. ”

"There is no detailed record of this bull's case six years ago. That is, an official's house happened to draw a bull's head on the ground, and it got this code name. None of the silver or articles registered in the register appeared on the market. ”

"Prime Minister, did you think it would be that they guarded and stole themselves, and then pretended to be stolen, and acted like this?"

If so, it is possible. But why did they steal themselves and act like this? If this is the case in Yizhou, so is this capital, which is a little unreasonable. It's counterintuitive to use the same method twice without any clues. ”

"Then it seems that this man named Bull Head committed the crime?"

"I just don't know what the purpose behind this thief is, which makes the old man puzzled. Since ancient times, thieves have been in it for money. Why is that? Tao and not use. ”

"I don't know."

The two adults looked at each other with some concern.

It's not for money, it's about making great things.

What kind of big deal is it?

When the emperor returns to Beijing, tell the emperor in detail.

At present, it is better to understand the case in a superficial and superficial manner, and it is better to deal with some officials.

Prime Minister Shui is not here, how can these officials in the capital have any power to fight back.

Mu Qing was in the capital, watching all this.

And what happened in the capital was told to the water lord through the way of flying pigeons.

Mu Qing is not greedy, and naturally there is no extra money at home, so let Prince He and Gong Qin steal it.

Besides, even if he was greedy, the money would not be in his house.

With Mu Qing's feelings for Prime Minister Shui, he naturally wants to pay all his filial piety to Prime Minister Shui.

Those officials who were corrupt and bent the law naturally would not tell Mu Qing these things beforehand.

Mu Qing is a close confidant of Lord Shui, and telling Mu Qing is equivalent to telling Prime Minister Shui.

Isn't this a slap in the face!

Therefore, it took Mu Qing a lot of effort to learn about these things.

Prince He and Prince Gong have been observing, and they are relieved to see that it is going so smoothly.

Finally, the effort was not in vain.

A bull's head was pulled out in the middle, which made Prince He very curious.

"Master Gong said that there was a Jiangyang thief before, and this method was used. How did Lord Gong get to know this Jiangyang thief? "Prince He feels that the relationship between Lord Gong and this Jiangyang thief is not simple.

Prince Gong did not take care of the prince.

Seeing that there was no response, Prince He continued, "Lord Gong, what's going on with this bull's head?" ”

and the prince are stalking to the death, but they are very good.

Although the sentence with the prince is a question sentence, it is obvious that there is not a simple relationship here.

It's not easy to hide this matter anymore, so Lord Gong can only tell Prince He.

Six years ago, Master Gong had already worked as a waiter in the Yanyu Building.

It stands to reason that Lord Gong doesn't care about the guests of this Yanyu Building.

This is indeed the case, so this Jiangyang thief's theft method must not have been learned by Gong Qin in the Yanyu Building.

That night, after getting off work, Master Gong was preparing to quietly return home.

But at the back door of the house, I found a person lying down.

The man was wounded and covered in blood.

Lord Gong didn't want to die or save him, so he quietly took him to his room.

Master Gong fetched hot water, brought his own clean clothes, and prepared to clean his wounds and change into clean clothes.

After taking off his clothes, Master Gong realized that this person was actually a woman.

Gong Qin was so frightened that he took three steps back.

With a big beard, a man's hair ornament, and a man's clothes, how could she become a woman?

After Master Gong calmed down, he stepped forward and tried to touch and pull her beard.

It turned out that this beard was glued on.

Gong Qin was also very calm.

Quickly combed her with women's makeup and changed into women's clothes.

Then, in a hurry, he knocked on the door of the pharmacy on the street, and dragged the doctor to his home.

The doctor was curious, "How did this girl get hurt?" ”

"He is my distant cousin, who came from the countryside to the capital today to look for me. I didn't want to meet the robbers halfway and get hurt. "Gong Qin's ability to make up stories is also first-class, and he can do it easily.

Distant relatives are easy to do.

Lord Gong's personality is still well-known in the capital, and his reputation is very good.

Naturally, whatever Gong Qin says is what it is.

"Fortunately, it didn't hurt the vital point, but it just bleeded over. Just grab two pills. The medicine for this wound should be changed daily. By the way, there may be a fever during this period. I'll prescribe two more pairs of fever-reducing pills. If you have a fever, just grab the medicine and decoction it. ”

"Good. Thank you, doctor. ”

After that, Gong Qin followed the doctor back to the pharmacy to grab medicine.

Gong Qin, who returned home after catching the medicine, also personally decocted and fed him medicine.

After a long night, Gong Qin kept watch over her by the bedside all night.

After the woman sobers up, she depends on Gong Qin for life and death.

What is said about the innocence of the body, it was defiled by Gong Qin, and Gong Qin must be responsible for her.

Gong Qin is very wronged.

I kept telling her the ins and outs of the matter and explaining to her all the time.

He also vowed to never tell anyone else.

However, this girl is stalking and has been relying on Gong Qin.

Gong Qin was also helpless, so he could only come up with a killer idea, "Why does the girl want to look at people in men's clothes and be so seriously injured?" ”

This is really a killer feature, listen to this. The girl was silent and did not speak again.

He told Gong Qin about his stealing to the officials in Yizhou.

That bull head is just what the scholar said in the book, leaving a code name.

But I really didn't have the talent to draw, so I never painted again.

Gong Qin asked him why he stole the silver of these officials, how he stole it, and what he stole it for?

This girl is also very upright.

She stole the money just because she couldn't get used to the style of these officials.

The method is also the method used by Prince Gong and Prince He, this time.

Gong Qin asked her again why she didn't report to the official.

But she replied that she was the housekeeper, how could she report to the official.

This made Gong Qin stunned.

Gong Qin was about to ask again, but he didn't expect to be told. This is the limit, and as for the rest, even if you die, you won't say. Nor can it be said.

Since this is the case, Gong Qin will no longer ask.

The next day, Gong Qin came back from the court, but found that she was no longer there.

Only a letter was left on the table in the house.

The letter said that she was very grateful to Gong Qin for saving her, and she was very happy during this time, and she was very grateful to Gong Qin.

Now it's time for him to go home, and she still has a way to go.

The last is to let Gong Qin not worry.

After listening to this, Prince He asked in a somewhat provocative and gossipy tone from the melon-eating crowd, "Is that girl beautiful?" ”

"How so? If it is compared with the girl in Yanyulou, it naturally does not count. "Gong Qin is also very honest.

"Lord Gong's meaning, it obviously means that she is beautiful." and the prince looked like they had eaten bitter gourd.

"Sort of."

"Did you still get in touch with each other?"

"No more. There has been no contact since. ”

"It's really unkind, carrying this king behind his back to hide Jiao. Master Gong, you can. ”

"Don't talk nonsense. It's just this one-time fate. ”

"Really?"

"Of course."

Shopkeeper Xie passed the book to Cai Xiaoxiao.

Cai drew a thumbs up and two ingots of silver.

It means to praise them, and add silver this month.

However, Cai Xiaoxiao is still a little worried.

Wan Libei can be regarded as lucky, it just so happens that these things in the capital have nothing to do with him.

In this way, it turns out that their wave of people has also escaped this catastrophe.

But how many more days can the fish that has been caught live in the owner's tank?