Chapter 12 Ledgers
"It's just a burglary disguised as a case."
Gu Yanbai said confidently, but Mingyuexi seemed to be angry, and she had to argue with him.
"Do you have any evidence for that?"
"Of course there are, and there are quite a few."
Saying that, Gu Yanbai walked to the cabinet in the corner.
"The location of this cabinet is so secret, I think it should be a place for this old man to hide his savings."
Saying that, Gu Yanbai opened the drawer of the cabinet, and sure enough, there were some copper coins scattered inside.
"Then these copper coins have been almost taken, doesn't this mean that the murderer came in to make money?"
"If it's for money, then there's no reason for him to leave this thing behind."
As he spoke, Gu Yanbai closed the drawer, and then his hand reached for the second drawer, and a piece of paper leaked out of the outside of that drawer.
Gu Yanbai grabbed the corner of the paper, and then pulled it all out.
It turned out to be a silver ticket!
Looking at the denomination, it is only about ten taels of silver, but these ten taels of silver is already a huge amount of money for these farmers who farm the land.
"If he really came to steal, then why did he only take some copper plates that he usually used for pocket money and ignore the things that were really valuable?"
"Maybe the thief was bumped into too early and didn't have time to rummage through the cabinets to find it?"
Mingyuexi's words made Gu Yanbai laugh a little: "It's already like this in this room, there's no reason why you can't find the silver ticket in that drawer, right?" ”
At this time, Mingyuexi had been persuaded by Gu Yanbai, and this was indeed the truth, but he was a little dissatisfied with this Gu Yanbai's attitude.
It's just that Mingyuexi didn't have time to speak, but found that Gu Yanbai's eyes were staring straight at him.
"What do you think I'm doing? I have flowers on my face! ”
Mingyuexi pale Gu Yanbai, but Gu Yanbai asked indifferently: "I've been talking about it for so long, can you tell me what you found?" ”
Having said that, Mingyuexi realized that this Gu Yanbai wanted to take this opportunity to mock himself.
Mingyuexi was originally the kind of character who refused to admit defeat, and at this time, Gu Yanbai said this, and he became even more stubborn.
"I ...... Of course I found it! And it's a big discovery! ”
Gu Yanbai: "Oh? Then I'll listen to it. ”
Mingyuexi: "That...... Haven't found it yet, but ......"
Gu Yanbai: "Oh, it turned out to be a dead duck with a hard mouth." ”
Mingyuexi: "Who do you say is a dead duck with a hard mouth, let me tell you that I will find the most crucial evidence right away!" ”
Ming Yuexi said and began to pretend to look for it, he was very curious about how this Gu Yanbai had come to such a conclusion in such a short period of time.
If it comes to observation ability, it is indeed this Gu Yanbai who is superior, and he can only hold on and pretend to take a look now.
"Hurry up, I'm still waiting to hear your opinion."
Gu Yanbai said sneeringly on the side, and Mingyuexi could only wander around the room like a headless fly now.
Walking in the room, he suddenly tripped over the bench that he had fallen on the ground, and this kick directly made him lose his balance and fall on the bed.
However, it was this that made him realize that the bed board seemed to be too thick.
Ordinary bed boards are about a foot thick, but this bed board is a foot and a half.
And when Mingyuexi touched the bed board, she also found that the bed board did not have that thick feeling.
With curiosity, Mingyuexi tapped the bed board with her fingers.
Sure enough, it's empty!
Smiling slightly, it must be very important to be able to hide things in this place, and he has really found a key clue now.
Directly stepped on the edge of this bed board and stepped on a hole in it, and there was indeed a mezzanine in it, and in this mezzanine, Mingyuexi saw that there was a ledger-like thing lying quietly inside.
"Found it!"
Mingyuexi took out the ledger and put it in front of Gu Yanbai to show off: "Look at this is the ledger hidden in this kind of place, if there is nothing greasy in it, it really can't be said!" ”
"Let's see what's in there."
Gu Yanbai didn't have the intention of joking at this time, and Mingyuexi naturally wouldn't mess around with him anymore.
After opening the account book and taking a look, Ming Yuexi immediately took the account book to Gu Yanbai.
"Look, what's written on it?"
After taking the account book, Gu Yanbai realized that the account book was written on a string of contents that he couldn't understand at all
Gu Yanbai looked at it blankly: "Are you sure this thing is an account book?" ”
"What can dress up like this but a ledger?"
Mingyuexi took the account book and flipped through it, but she really couldn't see any clues.
"Could it be that this thing has been encrypted by them in some way?"
Mingyuexi flipped through the ledger and said, because if it is really a ledger, then it is completely acceptable to encrypt some of the main contents.
"I'll take a look!"
Mingyuexi is an astrologer, so he is also very sensitive to things like numbers, and he has also learned some methods of encryption and decryption, and now he can use them.
I saw him spread the ledger on the table and then draw by Bibi, and in the end, he really sorted out a string of numbers.
"Take it!"
Ming Yuexi wrote down what she had summarized on a piece of paper and gave it to Gu Yanbai.
"This thing is probably what this ledger wants to hide."
Taking the piece of paper, Gu Yanbai took a little look at it and determined that this thing was really an account book, and what was recorded on it turned out to be a huge amount of money whose origin and whereabouts were unknown.
"On the 5th of June, three thousand five hundred taels came in, and forty-two taels went out."
"On June 6, thirteen thousand taels in and five hundred and twenty taels out."
"On the seventh day of June, seven thousand taels in and four thousand three hundred taels out."
Looking at the things on this, Gu Yanbai's brows were deeply locked, and he seemed to have sensed something.
"How? Did you find anything. ”
Mingyuexi asked, but Gu Yanbai didn't pay attention to him, just talking to himself there.
"There are not many companies in this area that can carry out such a large amount of cash circulation, just a few days ago, there were nearly 10,000 taels of silver circulating on this ledger, and I haven't heard of any relatively large business ...... them recently."
Thinking about it, Gu Yanbai suddenly pressed Ming Yuexi's shoulder: "You really found something amazing!" ”