"What happened last night?"

Chong Xiuwen came to the study early in the morning, and his horse face almost startled Xu Hanliang, who was in a fog.

"I don't know."

Xu Hanliang, who had just woken up, wiped his eyes.

Last night's earth-shattering explosion did cover the entire city of Changshu.

According to the location, it should be close to the side of the Qinchuan River.

As for the sound, it seems to be explosives.

Gunpowder in the Song and Song dynasties was already in the process of development, muskets, and early grenades were already available.

It's just that in terms of power, there are still some uncontrollable weapons, which are unknown to the enemy and damage 3,000 themselves.

Yesterday's explosion was most likely gunpowder.

In Xu Hanliang's view, there were a lot of Fang Shi Dao people in the Song Dynasty, maybe those Fang Shi Dao people accidentally blew up the furnace in the physical sense when they were refining pills.

At this moment, a fierce knock on the door suddenly began to sound from the door.

Seeing this, the young lady hurriedly opened the door, only to see a few servants pouring into the gate.

"Xie Yuanlang, my county order, let you go."

After a few errand officers stood still, Xing Zhutou, who was the leader, spoke.

"What's wrong?"

Xu Hanliang was puzzled.

"You don't know what happened last night?"

Xing Zhutou was a little surprised.

"What's the matter?"

This is the second time I have asked myself today, how can Xu Hanliang know so much.

Xing Zhutou frowned, and then he said a sentence: "Cao Yun case." ”

"Wasn't that two years ago? Why is it involved again? ”

Xu Hanliang was a little puzzled.

Under Xing Zhutou's description, Xu Hanliang knew that this Caoyun case was very different from before.

Last night, those boats saw that they were about to cross the Qinchuan River, but who knows, there were suddenly several explosions in the water.

Then came several small boats, all of which were filled with well-trained killers.

actually intercepted those few transport ships, and by the time the box army arrived, those killers had already disappeared.

The million taels of silver on the Cao Yun ship have also disappeared.

But after hearing these things, Xu Hanliang still felt a little strange for the first time.

According to the calculation that one catty is equal to sixteen taels in this era, then one million taels of silver also has tens of thousands of catties.

Tens of thousands of catties of silver are gone, unless those assassins are all Chu overlords, and they can carry the crown.

"Didn't hunt down the bandits?"

Xu Hanliang then asked.

"Now every pass has been deployed with heavy troops, and nothing has been discovered for the time being."

"Because of this, the county magistrate asked me to invite you, the chief arrester of Pingjiang Mansion came to us early in the morning and is investigating the case."

Xing Zhutou didn't say much, and introduced the matter from beginning to end.

After hearing these words, Xu Hanliang understood what had happened.

Even if Cao Yin was robbed here, then the matter must be inseparable from the county order.

You must know that it is a million silver, which can be said to be the largest amount of Cao Yun this year.

If the whereabouts of Tokyo are indeed unknown, then I don't know where to get Tokyo's expenses for the year.

The news had not yet reached Tokyo, otherwise, everyone from the imperial court would have to come over.

Hearing this, Xu Hanliang finally understood why the county order was so anxious.

"Okay, take me to see it."

Although he didn't know the specific situation, Xu Hanliang still decided to visit first.

After Xing Zhutou nodded, he soon took Xu Hanliang to the county office.

At this time, among the county officials, the Cao Yun official, the county order, and the chief catcher of the state capital who escorted Caoyin sat together.

His expression was a little solemn, and he flipped through the news that his subordinates wore back.

However, although there is a lot of information presented here, it is still a small number of people who are useful.

This big case of one million silver taels really made them feel anxious.

This matter itself is within their purview, and if it is not resolved, the black gauze hat on their head will definitely be lost.

And if it is really implicated, it will be at least a crime of dereliction of duty, and it is estimated that he will have to go to Cangzhou to dig potatoes at that time.

It didn't take long for Xu Hanliang to come to the county government under the leadership of the officials.

"You're finally here."

Seeing Xu Hanliang's figure, Jiang Wen walked forward quickly.

"Jiang County Order."

Xu Hanliang bowed his hand slightly.

"It's troublesome for you again this time, mainly because things are a little too tricky."

Jiang Wen looked helpless and looked at Xu Hanliang.

Cao Yunguan and Chief Catcher just glanced at Xu Hanliang and then looked away.

Regarding Jiang County's invitation to Xu Hanliang, Cao Yunguan thought that this was a stupid move to rush to the doctor.

Xu Hanliang is just a scholar, although he heard that he wrote a book of criminal names, he has never entered the officialdom.

Even if he has the ability to solve two small cases, it is basically only on paper.

Can he check? Can't check it, he doesn't have the ability.

The official bank must not have left the city, and for this, they can basically be sure.

After all, the weight of the official silver is there, and there is no way to take it out of the city at one time.

Even if it is taken out separately, it is also unlikely.

This kind of official silver can only be used after it has been melted and cast, otherwise it can be recognized at a glance.

It is even more unlikely that a million silver will be minted in a short period of time.

Therefore, Jiang Wen has already ordered the entire Changshu to be blocked, and the inn is also closed.

For the sake of this million silver, even if the entire Changshu is closed for a month, it will be fine.

It's just that in this era, it's easy to block the traffic arteries, but I can't bear to have someone climb over the mountains.

"Lord Prefectural Order, can you tell me about yesterday's events again?"

Xu Hanliang thought for a moment and spoke again.

Compared with those officials, Jiang Wenna was a real witness, watching what happened.

Jiang Wen nodded, and then said.

Yesterday, Cao Yin arrived in Changshu.

It was about the middle of the day, after a wave of reeds, and then there was an explosion.

Then the bottom of the ship was blown through, and all the silver fell into the water.

Before the Caoyun soldiers could react, a number of Assassins came to restrain them.

It was probably after two sticks of incense that those reinforcements slowly arrived.

And let the tide makers who are good at water, as well as some officers and soldiers who are familiar with water, salvage the silver in the river.

But upon entering the river, only a few thousand taels of scattered silver ingots were found.

Other than that, there is nothing to gain.