Shen Chen's eyes deepened, and after reading the confession, he put it on the table and said, "The confession is fine, on the surface, Zhuo Minghe didn't lie, he didn't know about it." How it actually is, it is unknown. ”

Chen Yunhe sat down on his left hand side, knocked on the table with his fingers, and said, "Indeed, so I have sent someone to verify Zhuo Minghe's identity." It stands to reason that if the certification is correct, his words are credible and irrelevant to the case, and he can be released. However, another person involved in this case had an accident. ”

Shen Chen thought for a moment, "That Fang surnamed a rich businessman and died?" ”

Chen Yunhe's expression became a little solemn, and he bowed his head and said, "Not bad." The official of the yamen caught the person who robbed Zhuo Minghe's money bag, and after interrogation, he learned that he was sent by Fang Fushang, who deliberately wanted to snatch Zhuo Minghe's money bag and hand it over to Fang Fushang. Fang Fushang's reason was that Zhuo Minghe let his business fail and held a grudge. ”

"Such a reason is too far-fetched, and there is privately minted silver money in it, so the official messenger immediately reported to me, and I asked the official messenger to bring Fang Fushang back for questioning. But when my men arrived at Fang's house, the rich merchant had hanged himself on the beams of the house, apparently committing suicide. ”

Shen Chenqu pointed at his confession and said, "In this way, it is impossible to determine whether the privately minted silver money belongs to this rich merchant, but it was mixed in by mistake when the deposit was withdrawn, and it was found out afterwards that someone was looking for it to get it back; It's still Zhuo Minghe's, but Zhuo Minghe pushed it on the rich businessman. ”

"If it is the former, a single rich businessman can't do the thing of privately minting silver money, there must be someone behind it, and this person knows that the rich businessman gave the money out by mistake, and is secretly staring at him and Zhuo Minghe. After discovering that Zhuo Minghe met someone from the government, this person knew that he would definitely be discovered by the government, and wanted to strike first and kill people. ”

If it was the latter, Zhuo Minghe would also have killed the rich businessman. After all, minting money privately is a capital offense and cannot be known to more people. He guessed that Xu was the person who ran away from the rich businessman, and he also guessed that the rich businessman was very likely to find out. Or they suspected that the rich businessman had found out before, and he sent someone to do it early. ”

"Can you find someone who has examined the body of a rich merchant?"

Chen Yunhe knew what Shen Chen was going to ask, and said, "It has been examined, and there are no other external injuries on the rich merchant's body, and the strangulation marks and physical appearance around his neck are enough to prove that he did hang himself." The doors and windows at the scene were intact, and there were no signs of fighting. The officials also found a letter on the table, which indicated that he felt bored for the rest of his life and could not think of committing suicide. ”

After speaking, Chen Yunhe sighed.

Because of this, his investigation has reached an impasse.

Now on the surface, it seems that the suicide of this rich businessman has nothing to do with Zhuo Minghe. But his death was really strange. ”

"Did someone search his house?"

"Of course, nothing was found, and no other privately minted coins appeared. Before you came, I sent someone to check the property of the other Fang family to report that there was no abnormality in the Fang family's accounts. It can be said that the only privately minted silver coins we can see at present are those in Zhuo Minghe's money bag. ”

Shen Chen pondered with his eyes, and said after a while: "Let people find out who this rich businessman had a close relationship with during his lifetime, and what officials he had dealings with." ”

Chen Yunhe said strangely: "Why don't you doubt that it is Zhuo Minghe?" ”

The reason why Fang Fushang grabbed the money bag is also reasonable.

At least now in the whole situation, Fang Fushang seems to have dissociated himself from the private coinage, and the suspicion is on Zhuo Minghe.

Shen Chen asked lightly: "Do you think this rich businessman really committed suicide?" ”

Chen Yunhe: "Of course not. ”

"That's it."

Shen Chen leaned back slightly, bent his elbows to support his side face, and rubbed his eyebrows with his fingertips.

"This case of privately minting silver money must be from the court officials. Zhuo Minghe is a peddler, if he really colluded with the officials, and the money privately minted was also on him, then he had been in the yamen for so long, and the people behind him had found out that something had happened to him and had come to deal with him a long time ago. Just like Fang Fushang. ”

But Zhuo Minghe did not, the confession can be self-evident before and after, and there is no contradiction. Although it is messy, it is a normal speech of people in a hurry. If it is the real murderer, he has already made up clear and reasonable words to deal with it. ”

When Chen Yunhe heard this, he said: "You are right, this case is indeed from a court official. It was only yesterday afternoon that I received a secret order from above, urging all counties to privately strictly investigate whether there was any privately minted money. ”

"It's so fast, unless it's an official from above, there is no other possibility. This also shows that there may be high-ranking officials involved in the case. ”

When the words fell, Chen Yunhe couldn't help but look at Shen Chen.

From this angle, he could only see Shen Chen's cold side face, with complete indifference between his eyebrows and eyes.

After being silent for a long time, Chen Yunhe said: "No wonder my grandfather will inform you of the case of private minting of silver coins, please help me." ”

Shen Chen closed his eyes, "I don't understand." As a former classmate, I can give you some clues. And that's all. ”

Chen Yunhe: "You understand. Shen Chen, no one understands better than you. ”

He got up, walked quickly to the desk in front of him, and took a fold back to Shen Chen.

"My grandfather shouldn't have told you about the successive defeats in the border war, right?"

Shen Chen's eyes tightened, staring at the fold in front of him, but did not answer.

Chen Yunhe didn't mind, and said directly: "Don't talk about the north, the generals sent by the imperial court have always been waste, and they rely on the terrain and ...... barely fought a draw with the Hu people outside the Guanwai, and most of them were defeated. But Nanban has been unusual, often provoking our dynasty, and has captured several cities in a row. ”

"The court was useless, and in the end, those people came up with the bad idea of signing an agreement with the Nanban, allowing the two cities to go, and agreeing to the Nanban's mutual negotiation requirements. It was at that time that the coins of the private coins began to appear. ”

Chen Yunhe's voice was heavy: "Nowadays, these privately minted silver coins are rarely circulated among the people, and they basically appear in the military camp of the barracks. Shen Chen, if this matter was made public, Yanmen would have been closed...... It is very likely that this tragedy will happen again, and the people will suffer at that time! ”

Shen Chen's hand grasping the armrest tightened instantly, his thin lips almost pursed into a straight line, and a cold anger appeared in his eyes.

The next moment, the armrest of the chair suddenly turned to powder.

Shen Chen seemed to come back to his senses, and let go of his hand expressionlessly, and those powders fell down with a splash.

Chen Yunhe secretly gasped and said stiffly: "I didn't mean that. I mean, this case is difficult to investigate, and the stakes are high, you ...... With some experience, maybe you can solve this case. ”

"But why do I want to help the court investigate this case?"

Shen Chen's voice was cold.

Chen Yunhe was stunned.

Shen Chen got up, looked directly at Chen Yunhe, and said, "When I was in trouble, did the people believe me?" Has anyone in the court helped me? What do the court and the people have to do with me now? ”

"Shen Chen......"

Chen Yunhe looked guilty and distressed.

Shen Chen closed his eyes vigorously, suppressed the emotions surging in his heart, and said coldly: "My mother and children are still waiting for me, I should go back." ”