Not only Bao Qing and Fan Zhongyan are fighting hard, but Renzong in Bianjing can't sleep either, tomorrow is the deadline, and if he can't find these two million yuan, how to deal with the Liao people? Lu Xiang is right, the Liao people just want my Great Song Dynasty's money and gold silk, satisfy them, and they will be stable.

If Fan Zhongyan, who was fighting hard, heard this, he would definitely vomit blood angrily. Official, these two million are the life-saving money of the victims, how can you just think about the Liao people.

"Your Majesty!" A close eunuch whispered.

"What?" Renzong replied with some annoyance.

"Luzhou Fan's recital!"

"Oh? Hurry up! Renzong's heart tightened, and I am afraid that this piece of music will be the result. So I quickly got dressed and got up.

Renzong anxiously looked at the cantata, and after a while, Renzong suddenly laughed: "Okay! Good! Live up to my expectations! Live up to my expectations! Hurry up, call all Aiqing to discuss the matter! ”

"Your Majesty, there are still two hours to go, now go?" The attendant whispered.

"Yes, I was so happy that I was confused."

……

On the Zichen Hall of the Imperial City of Bianjing.

"No, Your Majesty, there is something wrong with this piece! How could Master Fan write such a concerto? Since it is clear that the case has been solved, why not propose who is guilty and how to deal with it! Since the robbed official silver was seized, why not mention when it will be escorted? And there are some clichés in this recital, how could Master Fan have ever written such a superficial recital? Lu Yijian said.

"That's right, isn't Lord Fan usually the most opposed to people talking big and clichéd in articles? How can you write such a piece of music today? Master Pang also agreed.

"You mean, Fan Aiqing is lying?" Renzong asked.

"I'm afraid it's just to appease Your Majesty in advance, you can go to collect the recovered official silver, and escort it back to Beijing!" Lu Yijian said.

After a night, it seemed that the dust had finally settled.

"Brother Bao!" Dong Yanran saw Bao Qing covered in blood, she couldn't bear it, and asked with concern.

Bao Qing smiled and said, "I'm fine, I don't have my blood on my body!" ”

"My lord, those thieves have retreated! Fortunately, the navy came in time, otherwise we would not be able to withstand it. Jin Wandao said.

"Okay, there's no time to discuss these now, I see that the water level seems to have dropped a lot, let's look everywhere, do you find anything by the riverbed!"

As soon as Bao Qing's words fell, he saw a touch, as if someone had fallen into the water, but Bao Qing was startled.

"Haha, Brother Bao, there is indeed a man-high hole here! It's just that half of it is still drowning! I'll go in and take a look! "It turned out that it was Zhanfei, this kid jumped down.

"Hey, be careful, bring a crossbow!" Bao Qing finished speaking, and Zhanfei had disappeared.

Everyone gathered around the bank of the cave and stared intently at the entrance.

"This kid has been down for so long, why hasn't he come up yet! Check it out next! Bao Qing turned around and said.

"Hey, it's up!" Someone shouted.

Bao Qing also looked at it, Zhan Fei really crawled out of the hole, and grinned at Bao Qing with bared teeth.

"You stinky boy, tell me, have you found something good?" Zhan Qing scolded.

"Haha, that's a lot of money! There were nearly fifty large boxes in it, and I couldn't drag it, so I pried open one of the boxes and saw that they were all copper coins. ”

"Huh? Did you pry it open? Copper coins can't be damp, drag them up, in case the upstream bursts, it's over. ”

"How do I drag it?"

"Yanran, you let the ships of the navy scatter, is there a rope? To Zhanfei, Zhanfei, you go in and tie the rope to the box, be sure to tie it up! Use the boat to tow the box out. Some people came and dug me a slope along the river here, and laid wooden rails to lead directly to the mouth of the cave. Fast! Bao Qing commanded.

It took about four hours to dig a slope along the river leading to the entrance and lay wooden rails.

"Qian Zhutou, you quickly bring some people to bring out the horses in the stables in the yamen, and hire some carriages in the city. After a while, the boxes were dragged out of the hole by boat, and then the boxes were pulled up the slope by horse and loaded onto the wagon! Zhan Daxia, you are responsible for escorting the cash box along the way, and escorting them back to the yamen. Bao Qing commanded.

After some arrangement, everyone started to work in an orderly manner. It was about noon, Bao Qing's stomach was rumbling with hunger, but he still endured it.

"Look, there's a box coming up!" Someone shouted.

Sure enough, a large red wooden box, which looked very heavy, was slowly pulled up from the slope on the shore.

"Open it!" Bao Qing said.

Jin Wandao raised the big knife, cut off the copper lock with one sword, and then opened it directly to take a look.

"Wow! A lot of money" everyone was shocked, so many copper coins, all of them were worn. Bao Qing looked at it, fortunately, the box was sealed and waxed, otherwise it would have corroded long ago.

"Look, there's another box!"

Another box was opened, and it attracted another exclamation from everyone!

About another hour passed, and fifty boxes were pulled up and transported to the yamen one by one.

"Anything else?" Bao Qing asked.

After Zhan Fei came up, he scratched his head and replied: "It should be gone, the passage is very deep, these boxes are all gathered together, I don't think it's gone!" ”

Bao Qing thought for a while and said, "Go back to the yamen first!" ”

When Bao Qing returned to the yamen, he sent someone to inform Fan Zhongyan and Ouyang Xiu, who were guarding the embankment.

"Brother Bao, it's not good!" This is Bao Liuwen's scream, Bao Qing was in a little happy just now, and when she heard Bao Liuwen's shout, she suddenly realized something, afraid that something had happened in the cell.

"What's so bad! Don't panic! Bao Qing was a little dissatisfied.

I saw that Bao Liuwen was like a child who had done something wrong, bowed her head and said, "Li Jiujin committed suicide!" ”

"What?" Bao Qing didn't hear clearly, "Li Jiujin? Why did you suddenly commit suicide? ”

At this time, Bao Qing suddenly remembered and asked sharply, "What's the matter?" Did any of you tell him the news that the official money had been recovered? ”

Bao Liuwen couldn't hold back any longer, and actually cried all over her face, making it look like Bao Qing was bullying her. Sure enough, Dong Yanran suddenly came, only to see Dong Yanran walk next to Bao Liuwen, glared at Bao Qing, and said coldly: "There is really a newcomer, forget the old!" Xiaowen followed you when you were at your worst, how could you bully her like this! It all made her cry! ”

"Don't blame Brother Bao! It was my fault. At that time, when I heard that Brother Bao had recovered the robbed money, I excitedly ran to my father and told him that maybe it was because the jailers heard it and talked about it everywhere, so that Li Jiujin could hear it. By the time I went, he had already killed himself by biting his tongue. ”

Bao Qing was shocked when he heard this, a person chose to bite his tongue and commit suicide, how much courage does it take? Even if he died innocently, Bao Qing still felt admired for his courage. Now that Li Jiujin is dead, can Li Hai, the waiter of the Ministry of Works, still be able to pull him into the water? And the other secrets of this Li Jiujin, did they enter the grave with him?

"Xiaowen, don't cry! It's me who is a little heavier! What did you ask for during the interrogation? Bao Qing asked.

Bao Liuwen wiped her tears and replied, "Yes! Brother Bao, didn't you confess three questions? I asked, but I just don't know how many are credible. ”

"You say? I'll listen to it! ”

"First of all, where is this money hidden, this is a bookkeeper Mr. recruited, it turns out that except for the money found by the dynasty Ma Han, all the money is hidden in a secret room in the rockery in the backyard of the Li family. And who is the Li family doing things for, most of them say that they are doing things for Li Hai, the waiter of the Ministry of Works, but there is a housekeeper who says that they are doing things for the Plum Blossom Gang. Bao Liuwen said slowly.

Bao Qing was stunned when he heard this, doing things for the Plum Blossom Gang? That seems to be the other way around, right? The employer of the Plum Blossom Gang should be this Li Jiujin, collect Li Jiujin's money, and do the murder and overselling for Li Jiujin.

"Then why did you hide your money in that passage and not take it? Did you ask this question? ”

"I asked, and it's a water ghost, and he also knows about the fact that we found floating corpses on the banks of the Nanqi River. By the way, he also played the role of a water ghost scary, and later one of his companions was shot dead with a crossbow arrow. ”

"What?" Bao Qing was a little surprised when he heard it, isn't this what Zhanfei is talking about? That day, in his mansion in the east of the city, Zhanfei shot a water ghost with Zhu Xiong's modified crossbow arrows, and let the other one escape.

"And what else did he say?" Bao Qing continued to ask.

"He said that the money was too heavy to be transported, and there were many boats on the Nanqi River, so they really couldn't transport it." Bao Liuwen replied.

Bao Qing nodded when he heard this, it was indeed difficult to transport away the dozens of boxes of money. Besides, there are Bao Hong and Ma Patrol to watch, which is really difficult to do.

"Yanran, can you go and call Zhanfang?"

That Dong Yanran looked resentful, stared at Bao Qing without moving, and spit out words in her mouth: "You hate me so much? Miss Zhan is with you every day, morning and evening, and you will let me call her for a while! ”

Bao Qing was stunned when she heard this, where did this woman go, it seems that she really cares a lot, Dong Yanran doesn't care enough. So he hurriedly explained: "No, where did you think of it?" If you want, you can come to sleep with me tonight, and I can't wait to sleep with beautiful women at night. ”

"You, how do you talk and talk about it, you don't have seriousness! People are not so casual! Dong Yanran's face turned red when she heard this, full of shame.

"Sister Yanran doesn't want to, I'm willing! Brother Bao, can I sleep with you tonight? Bao Liuwen said anxiously.

"Xiaowen, how can you do this? How can a woman speak like this to a man? Dong Yanran scolded.

"Why not? I heard Miss Zhan say this to Brother Bao, and I heard it clearly. Bao Liuwen said, and deliberately learned Zhanfang's voice and demeanor to say, "People just want you to sleep, come to me!" ”

After Bao Qing listened, he was enlightened like thunder, and he was immediately blindfolded, daring to love this dead girl who didn't sleep at night and hid outside her room to eavesdrop. It's over, and I don't know how many embarrassing words I've been heard.

"What a decent, shameless pervert! That Zhanfang is not a good thing! Dong Yanran ran ran out after speaking.