Chapter 38: Silver Mines
"And what if he's not afraid of death?"
Feng Wu was slightly stunned: "What the princess means is that the murderer is Zhao Ke!" ”
Shen Mingjiao spread her hands: "I didn't say that, but judging from the current situation, he is the most suspicious." ”
"First of all, Lady Lian is his favorite concubine. What Lady Lian did, how could he not know at all? Even if he was controlled by Madame Lian's so-called hypnosis, it was time to figure out to what extent he was controlled. ”
When Feng Wu heard this, he also reacted: "Yes, Cailian, a woman who has never been out of Luodu. How did you know that you were Princess Su? And how did one person carry so much silver?"
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In the end, Feng Lisheng instructed Feng Wu to investigate everything about Zhao Ke. At the same time, he sent Tiezhu Xu Daniu and a few people to secretly stare at the Zhao Mansion.
And he took Shen Mingjiao out of the city.
Shen Mingjiao actually doesn't want to go anywhere, as a woman who is inspired to be a vase, she just wants to stay in the house honestly to eat and drink, as for investigating the case and claiming justice or something, I'm sorry, forgive her for not having such a high ideological consciousness!
However, Feng Lisheng went through the previous events, and this was an extraordinary period for the arrest of the murderer, and he always felt that he was safe only by putting people under his nose.
It's just that... Feng Lisheng glanced at Xiao Xuetuan, who was comfortably nestled in Shen Mingjiao's arms, and frowned with some disgust, not understanding what is so rare about such a weak little thing?
Shen Mingjiao didn't care, she just got such a cute little guy, it was fresh, and she had to hold it wherever she went.
Seeing that the carriage was getting farther and farther away from the city, she couldn't help but ask curiously, "Where are we going?" ”
Feng Lisheng quickly flipped through the accounts in his hand, "Go to an abandoned mine on the outskirts of the city." ”
Shen Mingjiao became a little interested, straightened up and propped up her head and asked, "What did you find?" ”
Feng Lisheng closed the account book,
"Although the city of Los Angeles is rich, there is no shortage of corrupt officials. It stands to reason that the treasury simply cannot store so much silver.
I checked the money that had been handed over to the household department in the past ten years, and found that the amount did not match at all. ”
Shen Mingjiao understood what he meant. In other words, some people have filled their pockets and lost money that should have been handed over to the treasury.
Feng Lisheng continued: "It can be seen according to the book left by the treasury. Previously, there were indeed 20 million taels of silver in the treasury of Luodu City, so where did the extra silver come from, and whose pocket did it end up in? ”
Shen Mingjiao tore a piece of meat and fed it to Xiao Xuetuan, "Obviously, it's impossible for such a big matter for the upper-level officials in Luodu not to know, as long as they are arrested for the first trial, won't it be over?" ”
"After the trial, those people were frightened by the case of the three exterminations, and they said that the silver was mined from a silver mine."
Shen Mingjiao gasped, private mining of silver mines is a capital crime to exterminate the Nine Clans!
Feng Lisheng sneered: "Jia Tongzhi and Xu Tongzhi and the others were afraid that the private silver mining would be exposed in the future, so they deposited the silver in the treasury, planning to say that if something really happened, they could say that the silver had not had time to be handed over. ”
Shen Mingjiao: "And Zhao Ke, as the king of Luodu City, can't be unaware of this." ”
As they spoke, the two reached their destination, and the carriage stopped.
The guards who had come before led the way, and several people turned left and right, and finally came to a mine that had just been excavated, and occasionally saw the scene of a tired absentee returning home with his luggage.
The guards were ordered to stop a miner who was about to turn against his home.