"Huh?"

Li Jian's gaze swept over the place where everyone was standing, and his eyes were suddenly shaken by something, and he couldn't help but have some doubts in his heart.

Li Jian set off and walked towards the light, and after a while, he pulled out a slender silver bar from the ground, which shone in the sunlight and emitted a charming brilliance.

Li Jian glanced back at the signboard of Huitong Bank, an ominous premonition emerged in his heart, and he quickly got up and explained to his colleagues in Guangzhou behind him, turned over and went straight to the yamen of the political envoy.

"Phew, dog minion, what are you!"

When passing by a kind of wealthy merchant on foot, everyone recognized it as the arrogant Jinyi Wei just now, and they all sent it off in their own way.

At this time, in the back garden of the Yamen of the Political Envoy Division, the imperial banquet had already ended, and Zhu Qizhen was drinking tea and chatting with a group of ministers.

"I had long expected that I would first want to escape back to Warat by water, and lay in ambush at the only bridge within a radius of several miles in advance, and the army left behind me pursued all the way to the predetermined location.

When the pursuers of our army arrived on the bridge first, I gave an order and led the army to surround the bridge first.

That's also a man first, seeing that there is no way to escape, he wants to compete with me, when have we been afraid of Tartar?

It's just a group of lost dogs that we drove back to Mobei! In just one round, I will also be beheaded under the horse first, and I will personally kill the fly swatter that harasses the north of the Ming Dynasty. Zhu Qizhen said brightly.

"The Emperor's Posture!" The listeners burst into applause.

Just as Zhu Qizhen had a smug look on his face, Xiang Wenyao lost no time in getting up and asked: "Your Majesty, I heard that later Wara asked for peace and wanted to pay tribute to thousands of good horses in exchange for a living, but you not only did not agree but also fiercely refuted the envoy?" ”

"The Legend of the Fairy Tree"

Zhu Qizhen smiled disdainfully and said, "What a thousand horses, when did I care about this thing?"

At that time, I said: If you ask for peace, I will pay a tribute of 10,000 good horses every year, and I will let you women and children of Warat have a way to live, otherwise I will conquer Mobei again and completely wipe them out.

I almost scared these Tartars to death, but before I could make a move, I agreed to my terms in fright.

Genghis Khan's descendants are just a group of lost dogs in front of me, which is really an insult to the ancestors. ”

"The emperor is mighty! Naturally, these Tartars are not comparable! Xiang Wenyao slapped his ass again.

The entire back garden was suddenly surrounded by compliments and laughter, and at this time, Jin Qi came over with a bowl of soup and medicine and respectfully handed it to Zhu Qizhen.

Zhu Qizhen took a drink and was about to continue to tell his glorious history, but was interrupted by Jin Qi.

"Your Majesty, Imperial Doctor Xiong said that you have to rest after taking the medicine, otherwise it is easy to fall ill." Jin Qi persuaded.

"I know, all Aiqing, when you finish the matter of raising Huang Xiao, our monarchs and ministers will reunite, and then I will have a good drink with all the secretaries." Zhu Qizhen saw off guests.

Knowing that the emperor was not feeling well, all the ministers were very sensible and immediately retired.

"I hope that the emperor's dragon body will recover as soon as possible, this is the blessing of my Ming billions of people, and the ministers will retire."

"Retire!"

As the ministers left one after another, the originally lively back garden was visibly deserted, and the excitement on Zhu Qizhen's face disappeared, and he was replaced with a cold face.

"Let's go back." Zhu Qizhen said, and then was helped back to the room by Jin Qi, Zhu Qizhen, who hadn't had a good rest for two days, was almost asleep as soon as he got into bed.

And not far from Zhu Qizhen's palace, in the room that was requisitioned by Guo Mao as the temporary official office of Jinyiwei, Guo Mao was holding the silver bar, his wrist flipped, and his brows were furrowed.

"You say, this thing was found in the crack in the floor tiles in front of Huitong Bank?" Guo Mao asked.

Li Jian stood in front of him, and he didn't dare to take a breath, and when he heard Li Mao's question, he hurriedly nodded and said, "Yes, commander." ”

"Tell me what you think." Guo Mao put the silver bar on the table and asked.

Li Jian didn't expect Guo Mao to test himself, but after he was only slightly stunned, he said a little faster:

"The subordinates feel that this should be accidentally left behind when Huitong Bank transferred the stolen money, otherwise it would not be buried on the surface, and it would not have been exposed to any wind and rain."

"Why isn't it something else?" Guo Mao asked again.

"There is only one money village within a radius of a few miles, and judging from the current circulation of silver among the people, the subordinates think that ordinary people, even those big households, can be rich enough to lose such a large piece of silver and are not in a hurry, and the entire Guangzhou City will not be rare.

Furthermore, please see it, adult.

”

Li Jian said, picked up the silver bars, pointed to the corners and continued: "These shear marks can obviously be seen to be left from large pieces of silver and silver nuggets, and they should be specially used for exchange.

That's why my subordinates concluded that this silver was left by Huitong, and if there is something wrong, please correct it! ”

"That's right, in that case, when do you think the silver was transported from Huitong? Was it before or after the lockdown? Guo Mao asked again.

This time, Li Jian thought about it for a little longer before saying: "Back to the adult's words, my subordinates think that if it was before, there would definitely be no such omission.

It must have been the people of Qian Zhuang who noticed that we were watching, and only then did they find a chance to transport them away, and even their subordinates could boldly guess that they took advantage of the chaos last night. ”

"And what do you think of it now?"

"The subordinates think that even if it is possible to take advantage of the chaos, then Dong Dudu has blocked the exits last night, and the other party should still be in the city now, and he only needs to investigate from house to house, and he will definitely be able to gain something."

Guo Mao nodded approvingly, and a smile appeared on his cold face, which had not changed for thousands of years.

was also in Kaifeng before, Zhu Qizhen had a good impression of this Li Jian, and Guo Mao wanted to take the opportunity to test him to see if he was a good material worth cultivating.

After some investigation, he did not insult the emperor's vision.

It's just that......

"It's basically the same as my judgment." Guo Mao first affirmed Li Jian's reasoning.

Li Jian was overjoyed and said: "It's all a blind guess, it's good that I didn't cause you trouble." ”

Guo Mao's tone turned and said, "However, you ignored one point. ”

"What? Please make it clear! Li Jian was stunned for a moment, and quickly bowed his head to ask for advice.

"Since the other party can take advantage of the chaos to transport the money out of the bank, it is very likely that the person has already left the city through other means.

At this time, it is also necessary to see if there are people who take advantage of the chaos or leave after the lockdown, and they can also take this opportunity to check the officers and soldiers of the side guards.

In this way, it is necessary to determine what the identities of these people are, what accomplices they are, and then find out what their purposes are. ”

Li Jian nodded suddenly, he only cared about considering the existing conditions, but forgot about the possible accidents, these places that were subconsciously ignored often hid the information they needed most in their line of work.