The subordinate took the money in a hurry, and turned to find the two killers who killed a thousand knives. The smoke bomb was released, and after waiting for a while, two Jianghu people appeared, and their subordinates broke out with their previous dissatisfaction, "What's the matter with you?" Kept me waiting so long. ”

Wang Meng yawned indifferently, "What? Do you care about the heavens and the earth, and you have to manage people to shit and fart? What's wrong with my sleep? Didn't you go to kill people late at night? ”

Dai Feng fanned the flames beside him, "That's it." Brother Wang, isn't the money we asked for too little before, otherwise we will ask for a little more.

"You—" his subordinates were furious, "how can you do this?!" ”

"What are we?" Wang Meng yawned and said, "Okay, I won't tease you, have you brought the money, I won't increase the price at all." ”

Only then did the subordinates put their minds at ease, if they let these two people extort a sum of money again, they didn't know how they would be punished by the master when they went back. It seemed that they were just talking, and they didn't mean that, so their men cleared their throats and pulled out the silver, "This is not for you now." Our lord said, why the right to speak has always been on your side, and the lord must see the corpse before he can give money. Otherwise, isn't it a game for you? ”

This made the two brothers a little embarrassed, and Wang scratched his head violently, "You wait." Then he pulled Dai Feng aside, "Brother, you said that we haven't found that person, let alone killed him, where are we going to find a corpse for him?" ”

Dai Feng was very bland, "Brother Wang, isn't it stupid to see so much silver?" There are a few of us who can really die in the rivers and lakes, and most of them die on the way. What do those people do in the end? took a roll of mats and threw them all at the mass grave. We can go pick one up now, it's still early, maybe there's something fresh. ”

As soon as he said this, Wang Meng also put his mind at ease and patted him on the shoulder, "It's still your brain, it's really that I'm thinking too much." How would they know what the man looked like? Even we don't know. ”

The subordinates watched the two of them muttering behind their backs, and said dissatisfiedly, "What are you doing?" Why don't you let me hear it? ”

Wang Meng looked back impatiently and said, "Who are you discussing to kill?" If you are not satisfied, let my sword taste blood on you first. ”

The men stopped talking. In the end, it was determined that Wang Meng would go to find the corpse, Dai Feng looked at his subordinates, and said, "You'd better prepare a sack, and when the time comes, load the corpse for you, and you can take it to whoever you want to show it." Of course, if you want to carry it directly on your shoulder, we don't have a problem. Just figure it out for yourself. ”

Carrying the corpse down the street? His subordinates were a little chilly and hurried to find a bag of marijuana.

Wang Meng carried the corpse of an adult male on one shoulder, as easily as carrying a sandbag, they never cared about the respect of the dead, and threw it to the ground, revealing a bloody face, as if it had been exploded, startling his subordinates.

Wang Meng looked at him with disgust, "Okay, sissy, you can carry it yourself." Give us the money. ”

It's still a bit difficult for the small body under his hand to carry this, but there is no way. He couldn't let these two Jianghu people follow him to the house. What he didn't know was that Xue Rou and Yuan Jun had followed him a long time ago, and Liu Xuan's identity had already been exposed.

Liu Xuan saw the corpse brought back by his subordinates, and the obvious paste marks on his face looked like they had been blown up in a mining accident, and he felt a lot more relieved. looked at his subordinates and their eyes were not so sharp, "Okay, you did a good job in this matter, go back and rest." ”

The only person with the ID card was dead, and he finally relaxed, "Housekeeper, go, find me a singing team." I'm going to listen to the drama today. ”

Here he relaxed, but he didn't know that he had already been exposed.

Xue Rou and Yuan Junfeng knew that Liu Xuan was going to see the real corpse, and they were even more sure that this person must have something to do with the private official silver, and it was very likely that he sent someone to the mine to kill people.

On the other side, Gu Wen knew that Liu Xuan had something to do with it, so he began to investigate Liu Xuan. In the records of the household department, he found something unusual and asked him to call Xue Rou and Yuan Junfeng over.

Gu Wen sighed and said, "Fortunately, I flipped through this information, otherwise I wouldn't know that they are inextricably linked." ”

Xue Rou's slender index finger stroked the text on it, "Liu Xuanxuan? Doesn't this show that you died early? ”

Gu Wen shook his head, "Liu Xuanxuan is Liu Yun'er's mother." And Liu Yun'er is Gu Cai's concubine Liu. ”

Xue Rou was surprised, "There is still such a relationship?" But doesn't this say that she died at the age of 15? ”

Gu Wen said, "I've heard a little bit about this. Liu Xuanxuan and Liu Xuan are just one word apart, in fact, the old lady of the Liu family treats them equally. is even better for Liu Xuanxuan's daughter, so she will be named like this. But Liu Xuanxuan was obedient and rebellious, and when she was 15 years old, she ran away from the marriage contract, making Mrs. Liu angry and not wanting her as a daughter. ”

In order to look better on face, he lied that Liu Xuanxuan died of illness. She eloped with the guards and went for several years without any news. Everyone also thought that she was dead, but who knew that she would come back a few years later, but instead of following the guards, she followed another official and became his concubine. Her relationship with her mother's family was not close in the first place, and how could a person who had been dead on paper for several years suddenly come back to life? Therefore, they have been hiding their blood relationship from the outside. ”

Gu Wen sighed, "But what is certain is that Liu Xuan is the uncle of the Liu family, the one who is related by blood." This kind of connection between them makes me have to suspect that the matter of privately creating official silver was done by Gu Cai and Liu Xuan. ”

This is a further inference that makes all three of them a little excited. But after the excitement, Xue Rou was a little embarrassed, "But what to do?" Although our reasoning is good, there is no evidence. The only one who found Xiao Jiu couldn't speak and write, which was too difficult. ”

Yuan Junfeng had been silent and didn't speak, and Xue Rou kicked him with her foot, "Brother Yuan, why don't you talk all the time." Thinking about something? ”

Yuan Junfeng suddenly came back to his senses, "I'm thinking, maybe they built more than one mine, maybe we can find other evidence, don't be too pessimistic." ”

"What?" Xue Rou was surprised, "Could it be that they have such a big appetite?" One is enough to fill the pot. ”

Yuan Junfeng's fingers fell on her palm slightly, "Rou'er, I'm just suspicious." And do you really believe that people who make official silver privately by beautiful women will have a lot of appetite? ”

Xue Rou had nothing to say.

Gu Wen asked, "What do you mean, Brother Yuan?" ”

Yuan Junfeng said with certainty, "First check the official silver circulating in the market." There is a definite amount of official silver produced by the Supervision Department every year, and it is absolutely impossible to fluctuate too much. We can guess whether there are other mines from this floating number, after all, how much silver can be produced in a mine, we have also been to the field, and there is a certain number in our hearts. ”

Gu Wen nodded, "Brother Yuan, I'll listen to you." I'm going to look it up. ”

Yuan Junfeng held Xue Rou's hand and stood up, "Rou'er, let's go and have a look." The circulation of silver money is related to the national economy and people's livelihood, and the people behind it must be dug out as soon as possible. ”

The three of them were divided into two parts to investigate the official silver circulating in the market, Gu Wen went directly to the Supervision Department, and took out the edict and token given to him by the emperor, that is, he was specifically investigating the private creation of official silver, and he needed to check the project book and circulation direction records of the past production of official silver by the Supervision Department.

Naturally, the director of the Supervision Department respectfully invited him in and showed him all the account books of the past few years. After Gu Wen read it once, he had a number in his heart.

On the other hand, Yuan Junfeng and Xue Rou went directly to the supervising business department who was in charge of the circulating silver in the market. Ordinary people have no way to hold a large amount of official silver in their hands, and it is impossible for people from official families to use such a large amount of silver in normal use, except for special purchases. Therefore, there is a special department of the Superintendent of Commerce that can exchange money, and the large amount is exchanged for a small amount, or vice versa, all of which must go through the hands of the Superintendent.

In addition, the Department of Supervision and Commerce needs to constantly monitor the fluctuations of the market, and cannot allow a monopoly on the market business, which is not conducive to economic development.

When the Supervisor saw Yuan Junfeng, he was not only respectful, but even a little frightened, and naturally knew everything. Soon, Yuan Junfeng and Xue Rou also had a number in their hearts.

The three of them gathered in Gu Wen's mansion again, all holding the data they had recorded, sitting together and comparing them, Xue Rou said in surprise, "How can this be?" How many times is the amount of official money circulating in the market than the number of the Supervision Department? ”

You must know that the official silver produced by the Supervision Department is the amount of the whole country in a year. And the circulation in the market is several times higher, which means that the official silver that has only been privately minted by the hands of a few officials is already much higher than that of the whole country. It's shocking.

Yuan Junfeng could understand, "Sure enough, they must have more than one mine. ”

Xue Rou said, "I'll go into the palace now to meet Your Majesty, and I must let them show their feet first." Throwing bricks to attract jade, although they are not jade, but this brick must be thrown by His Majesty to have an effect. ”

Yuan Junfeng stood up, "I'll go with you." ”

The two of them entered the palace to meet the little emperor, and Xue Rou said directly, "Your Majesty, we have found the people who made the official silver privately, but we haven't arrested all the people yet, and there is no corresponding evidence, I'm afraid they won't admit their guilt easily." I mean, His Majesty announced in the court that he had found someone, and he had taken him to prison, so that they could let their guard down first, so that it would be easy to show their feet. ”

"On top of that, we suspect that more than one mine is operating. Now it's important to find other caves so that there is evidence. ”

After hearing this, the little emperor pondered for a few seconds, "Just do as you say." ”

So the next day, above the court, the little emperor directly announced the matter, "You Aiqing also heard about the fact that someone made official silver privately a few days ago." I asked people to check, and now it has been found out, it turns out that someone dug a mine hole and made official silver privately, but all the people inside have died in the mining disaster, and none of them are alive. The people involved have been imprisoned, and you don't have to tremble like a frightened bird anymore. ”