Bodhidharma Mountain, Sacrifice Cliff, Treasure Cave.

"This is the Tomb Beast of the Evil Dragon Town, not the Evil Dragon. You must know that the tomb beast, after all, is loyal to the owner of the tomb. Qin Beiyang looked at the four walls of the cave and said, "I think there are two possibilities, one is that it also wants to restore the country for Emperor Jianwen, and one million silver is a sufficient amount of activity funds." Second, in the past five hundred years, it has eaten too many people, affected by human temperament, and then has become insatiable, especially like the vast majority of Chinese, greedy for silver! It's like lusting over boys and girls. Therefore, it would rather hide a million silver in a cave until the end of the world to satisfy Scrooge's greed. ”

"I think that's the second reason you're talking about."

Ye Kenan made a final conclusion for the evil dragon, and the detective always considers the problem from the perspective of human nature.

Looking at the snowflake silver, Qi Yuanshan ran out of patience: "Don't talk about these useless things, what should I do with this million taels of silver now?" ”

"A million silver!" Qin Beiyang remembered the last conversation with his adoptive father Qiu Desheng in the Tianjin German Concession eight years ago, "This money is equivalent to most of the Dingyuan ship." ”

"Everyone!" Ye Kenan walked to the top of the silver pile and took out a pistol, "I am the inspector of the Beijing Police Department, and I am specially ordered by the chief of internal affairs of the Beiyang government to come south to Damo Mountain to investigate the disappearance of Gengzi ten years ago. The stakes in this case are so important that not only the Ministry of the Interior, but also the Ministry of Finance, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and even the President and Premier of the Republic of China will have to intervene. ”

"Inspector Ye, you mean--you want to hand it over to the Beiyang government?"

Ye Ke looked at everyone present noncommittally: "Or, Haneda Taiki has to negotiate through the Japanese government, after all, this silver was sunk on the Haneda family's steamer." ”

Everyone turned their eyes to Haneda, Ouyang Anna was especially angry, and Qi Yuanshan clenched his fists.

"I'm sorry, please listen to me!" Haneda Taiki was besieged by everyone, unbuttoning his suit and tie, "This million-dollar silver indemnity does not belong to the Haneda family, but the Haneda steamship is carried by the Japanese government." ”

Qin Beiyang nodded: "It's like the goods carried by the darts in the old days." ”

Haneda Taiki wiped his cold sweat and said tremblingly: "According to the Treaty of Xincho, this treasure is the compensation money from the Qing government to Japan. Under international law, it should belong to the Government of Japan. ”

"What international law! What the Japanese government! ”

Qi Yuanshan grabbed Haneda Taishu's collar and was about to beat him, but was stopped by Ye Kenan: "Let him continue." ”

"I promise that I will not divulge this secret, let alone tell the Japanese government. What to do with this treasure is up to everyone. This change was unexpected, and Haneda Taiki's eyes were serious, and he pointed to the sky with both hands, "I swear!" If there is a violation, seppuku will be beheaded! ”

"Why?"

"The Gengzi incident, the boxers attacked the embassy area, although China was at fault, but the eight-nation coalition army broke through Beijing, I don't know how many Chinese were killed, and the "Xinqiao Treaty" wanted to compensate 450 million taels of silver, with nearly one billion taels of silver with interest, which was definitely ill-gotten wealth from invasion and extortion. U.S. Commander Franklin D. Roosevelt has used more than the U.S. losses to fund Chinese students studying in the United States. ”

Ye Ke nodded and said: "Well, Tsinghua School was opened in Beijing in Xinhai Year, which is the preparatory school for studying in the United States with Gengzi's compensation. ”

"I'm ashamed." Haneda Taiki bowed ninety degrees to everyone, "Only the Japanese government insists on full compensation from China." Although at that time, Japan popularized compulsory education, and the Yawata Iron Works, the largest in Asia, were all related to the reparations of the Nisshin War. Japan also used it to buy warships and won the Russo-Japanese War. Today, however, Japan's national power is no longer what it used to be, and it is among the great powers. This million taels of silver is not too important for Japan, but it is a lifesaver for China! ”

"Mr. Haneda, is this what you mean from you?"

For the first time, Qin Beiyang used such a polite word for this Japanese.

"In public and private, in sentiment and reason, they are all sincere. I have been studying Chinese since I was a child, reading "Spring and Autumn", "Historical Records" and "Three Kingdoms", and finished university in Shanghai. "Ten years ago, the insurance company had already paid for the shipwreck. And I arrived at Mount Momo just to find out what happened to my grandfather, and now that the truth has been revealed, I am satisfied. ”

"Good!" Ye Kenan applauded him, "Mr. Haneda will temporarily represent Japan and give up ownership of this reparation. ”

Seeing that everyone breathed a sigh of relief, Qin Beiyang said sharply again: "Inspector Ye! I have never killed anyone in my life. Although you have saved my life four times, if you want to give this million taels of silver to the Beiyang government, I won't do it! ”

Ye Kenan held the muzzle of the black hole hole, stared at Qin Beiyang's face, and suddenly laughed loudly. This change made everyone scratch their heads, and the nine colors also came over, as if they were going to change their form at any time.

"Ladies and gentlemen, it is really a destiny to gather on the turbid East China Sea today, go deep into the tomb and treasure cave of Emperor Jianwen, and witness the dragon slaying in the Beiyang of Qin." Ye Kenan grabbed a piece of silver casually and took a bite to verify, "If this million taels of silver are given to the Beiyang government, do you think it will be used for it?" Relief for victims in Henan and Shaanxi? Build 100 rural primary schools? Starting a hospital and charity? Development of industry to start a factory? Or even send troops to recover Outer Mongolia? ”

"No, it can't be!"

Qi Yuanshan, behind the Beiyang General's Gate, gave an unequivocal answer.

"The Anhui and direct warlords who control the central government of the Republic of China, Duan Qirui, Xu Shuzheng, Feng Guozhang, plus Zhang Zuolin outside the Guan...... There are also civil officials in the Department of Transportation, Cao Rulin, Lu Zongyu, Zhang Zongxiang and others. They are jackals, tigers and leopards in the face of their compatriots, and they have become kittens in the face of the Western and Eastern powers. If they get this million silver, first to pay off their foreign debts, then to pay their own salaries, and then to buy weapons from Japan to fight the civil war and kill their compatriots...... Ye Ke is not talented, the descendant of the six gates of the capital, is also a policeman who kills rape and hoes, but he is not a lackey of warlords and corrupt officials! ”

"Inspector Ye, you mean?"

"From the very beginning, I have secretly made up my mind that if I am lucky enough to find the silver for this Gengzi indemnity, I will never hand it over to the Beiyang government. What you see is the silver of snowflakes, but what I see is the fat and ointment of 45,000,000 people, the flesh and blood of the Chinese who died in the tyrannical conquest. ”

"But isn't this the customs duty silver?"

Haneda Taiki asked a technical question, which Ye Ke answered patiently: "Tariff silver is only a monetary unit recognized by the great powers. The real source of indemnity was the harsh taxes and miscellaneous taxes levied by the imperial court on the provinces, such as land endowments, ding cao fees, grain donations, deed taxes, salt taxes, and cents, which have not changed to this day. ”

Qi Yuanshan asked timidly: "I think, what you said must not be to take them for yourself, right?" ”

"If you were to ask, who among us is the most qualified to be the master of this silver? There is no doubt that it is Qin Beiyang! ”