"The reason for Kou Zhemao's murder?" Luo Si was suddenly a little stunned, he didn't expect to get such an answer from Ren Tianxiang at all.

But as smart as he was, he quickly understood what Ren Tianxiang meant.

For Ren Tianxiang, he has never been able to understand why Zou Chang would hire a killer to kill Kou Zhemao, which did not do him any good, and even exposed him because of it.

And people like Zou Chang don't do anything stupid casually, so there must be some reason for his behavior.

What they guessed before was that Zou Chang sent someone to kill Kou Zhemao to deter Hu Yaoyu and the others, so that they would not dare to continue to investigate, but after they really met Zou Chang, this idea was self-defeating.

And most importantly, if they had guessed, the imperial court's reaction would have been the opposite of what Zou Chang had predicted – but Zou Chang's performance in front of them was indeed the exact opposite of what they had guessed.

Zou Chang didn't care about Ren Tianxiang's investigation now, and even cooperated with their investigation very much. It's just that it is true that as Zou Chang said, Ren Tianxiang did not find Zou Chang's problem.

And now, Ren Tianxiang has returned to the starting point of the whole thing - the assassination of Kou Zhemao, and is ready to sort out the whole thing from scratch.

"Zou often hired murderers to assassinate Kou Zhemao, if it wasn't to deter Hu Yaoyu and others, then for what?"

Ren Tianxiang's problem is basically a problem that they urgently need to figure out now, and only by figuring out this problem can they continue to investigate.

"Assuming that the reaction of the imperial court is also expected by Zou Chang......" Luo Si held his chin with his fingers, and began to think with Ren Tianxiang.

"Is it possible that he is trying to hide something?" Ren Tianqing, who had been listening to Ren Tianxiang and Luo Si on the side before, leaned his head closer at this time and put forward his own opinion.

Luo and Ren Tianxiang's eyes were fixed on her, which made her a little flattered, but she still insisted on saying what she thought:

"Brother, look, after Kou Zhemao died, didn't Captain Hu Yaoyu and the others temporarily put aside their investigation tasks and all returned to Jincheng? Is it possible that Zou Chang still had some problems that had not been dealt with at that time, and he took care of all the things before we came?"

Hearing Ren Tianqing's thoughts, Ren Tianxiang's eyes lit up, and he immediately considered such a possibility.

I only heard him say: "Eliminate the time we have been delayed because of the military parade...... If according to Hu Yaoyu, as soon as their news was transmitted back to Star City, His Majesty would react and send someone to investigate. It will take a week for the inspector personally appointed by His Majesty to arrive in Linshi City. ”

"A week? This can do a lot of things. ”

"In fact, a week isn't enough time to do much. Ren Tianxiang looked at Luo Si and Ren Tianqing, his eyes lit up, as if he had really found something wrong, "If you want to change the report, it will be difficult to be foolproof in a week, if this is the case, Zou Chang will not be so confident."

Most likely, in fact, this week's time is often used by Zou to do capital turnover, and only this few possibilities can be completed within a week. ”

"Cash flow?"

"Yes, if this idea is to be believed, it is very likely that Zou Chang used the funds of the City Lord's Mansion at some time before, and then took advantage of the spare time to kill Kou Zhemao to make up for this part of the funds. And because it was used by him personally, there was no record on the report we checked. ”

"So you mean to say that we can investigate in this direction next?"

"Needless to say in this direction. Ren Tianxiang slowly stood up and prepared to walk outside the room.

Feeling that the dream in the whole room was lifted by Ren Tianxiang, Luo and Ren Tianqing still couldn't keep up with Ren Tianxiang's rhythm.

When Ren Tianxiang missed from his side, Ren Tianqing grabbed his arm and hurriedly asked, "Brother, where are we going next?"

"Go to the City Lord's Mansion. The corners of Ren Tianxiang's mouth hooked up a smile, and a confident expression appeared on his face, "If there is no problem with our guess, the financial office of the City Lord's Mansion in Linshi City should have a corresponding record." ”

After speaking, Ren Tianxiang prepared to continue leaving the room.

Los looked at his back and suddenly asked, "Tianxiang, what if...... What if things aren't as simple as you think?"

“...... Then I'll check it out. ”

"I'm sure you'll do it, but I want to remind you that if one path doesn't work, you can consider other directions. ”

“...... Okay, I remember. ”

......

"My lord, the documents of the Linshi City Lord's Mansion that we got from Jincheng Jinpu show that there has been no large amount of money flowing in the special account of the Linshi City Lord's Mansion in recent days. ”

Hu Yaoyu stood in front of Ren Tianxiang and honestly reported the question that Ren Tianxiang asked him just now.

After returning to the City Lord's Mansion in Linshi City, Ren Tianxiang did not go to the Finance Department of the City Lord's Mansion for the first time, but returned to Hu Yaoyu's office and asked Hu Yaoyu to check the series of documents that An Youqing brought back from the Jincheng Gold Shop.

After getting a satisfactory answer, Ren Tianxiang nodded, and then walked out of the room with Luo and Ren Tianqing.

"Captain Hu, you can continue to do your own thing, I'll go back as soon as I go. ”

Then Ren Tianxiang didn't delay for a moment, and immediately went to the financial office of the City Lord's Mansion.

As soon as he entered the finance department, Ren Tianxiang asked loudly, "Who is the director of the finance department?" ”

Hearing Ren Tianxiang's inquiry, a middle-aged man stood up, walked up to Ren Tianxiang, and asked, "Lord Ren, do you have any orders?"

"Do you have any cash on hand in your treasury?"

According to Ren Tianxiang's consideration, since the Linshi City City Lord's Mansion would deposit most of its self-production in Jincheng's gold shop, it would inevitably leave enough cash in the treasury office for their temporary use.

"Ah, yes, of course. ”

"Take me to see it. Ren Tianxiang didn't talk nonsense to the director of the finance department, and walked in directly.

"Your Excellency, please. ”

The head of the finance department took out a bunch of keys and explained to Ren Tianxiang: "My lord, our cash in hand is not used under normal circumstances, so the vault has not been opened for nearly two months. Ah, here it is, please wait. ”

As he spoke, the head of the finance department opened the safe in front of him.

The golden gold coins were displayed in front of Ren Tianxiang's eyes, and the gold coins in it were almost full, according to Ren Tianxiang's estimate of the size of the safe, the gold coins in it should be able to reach the appearance of thirty or forty thousand gold coins.

Picking up a gold coin at random, there is nothing out of the ordinary.

However, Ren Tianxiang went deep into the safe and took out a gold coin stored inside.

Sure enough, as he expected, the gold coin had dust on it.

"Who else can open this safe?"

"Except for me, only the lord of the castle has the key. And because it is the safe of the city lord's mansion, the safe is specially set up with a magic circle, and ordinary people cannot open it. ”

"Okay, I see, you close it. Ren Tianxiang nodded, and then turned around and left the finance office directly.

Well, then he finally has a direction to investigate.

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