Chapter 260: People get stolen goods
To catch a thief is to catch dirty, and to catch a traitor, you must catch a double.
In this world, there are many ways to wronged others, and there are also many excuses for quibbling. However, if people are dirty and caught in bed, then it must be difficult to explain no matter how clever you are.
In the case of the robbery of the official bank for disaster relief in the court, although the court found many clues through various means, the 1.5 million official silver never appeared.
Where exactly is the official bank, this is a question that everyone wants to know.
King Xiao pursued the case by the emperor's holy decree, and the thing he was most concerned about was not who the real culprit was, but where the official money was. The disaster situation in Huguang and other places is getting worse day by day, and the official food distributed by the court in advance has almost been exhausted, and the disaster situation has still not been well controlled. Next, the court could only use the disaster relief silver taels to buy grain from other places and wealthy merchants, in order to wait for the disaster situation to improve. From this point of view, this 1.5 million taels of silver is actually very important to the court. At the very least, it can alleviate the disaster to solve the urgent needs of the court.
King Xiao personally went to Sichuan to investigate the case, and then combined with the fifth line and Dongchang and other sources, the case has become increasingly clear, but many crises have also emerged.
Today's emperor has just ascended to the throne, and the country is not yet stable. So Prince Xiao decided to deal with the case of the official bank with a gentle heart.
King Xiao had already waited for the mysterious news that the official silver that had been robbed of the court would appear in a temple not far outside Chengdu. Xiao Wang Ning believed that he had it, but did not believe that he did not, and secretly arranged everything, only waiting for the official bank to appear.
Sheng Zhiqiang, the eldest prince of the temple, when he was out of the city, accidentally got a mysterious letter, saying that someone was waiting for him in the temple outside the city. It is said to be accidental, but it is not accidental, because it is obviously deliberate.
Sheng Zhiqiang is very much like his father, that is, he is bold, but in terms of carefulness, he is far inferior to his father and younger brother.
Sheng Zhiqiang brought two servants to the City God Temple, but did not see anything unusual. Sheng Zhiqiang's two servant girls were given to him by Xue Qianhe, the head of the Kunlun faction, and they were a pair of very beautiful twin sisters, whose names were Shi Qingchun and Shi Qingtian. These two women were trained by Xue Qianhe, and they already knew some fist and foot kung fu, and now Sheng Zhiqiang taught them martial arts from time to time, so the current martial arts of the two are also good.
"You go in and have a look." Sheng Zhiqiang commanded.
Without hesitation, the two women flew in to take a look, but found nothing. Sheng Zhiqiang didn't believe it at all, so he also came in to take a look, and sure enough, he didn't find anything.
Sheng Zhiqiang was suspicious, could it be that there was a secret pavilion here, so he said again: "Look carefully, see if there is any secret way?" ”
"Yes, Childe." The two servants replied and began to take a closer look at the temple.
"Childe, it seems that there is really a secret way." Sister Shi Qingchun said after turning over a pile of thatch.
"Open, be careful." Sheng Zhiqiang ordered the servant to open the secret passage, and on the other hand, he was secretly on guard.
Rumble!
But before the two servants could open the entrance of the secret passage, the entrance of the secret passage suddenly exploded, and a figure rushed out of the secret passage.
Sheng Zhiqiang's Holy Fist was already ready to be launched, and as soon as the figure flew out, the Holy Fist had already followed and hit straight towards the man's chest.
The man seemed to have good skills, but his body was a little messy, as if he had been seriously injured and had not healed at this time.
Sheng Zhiqiang's holy fist was punched, and the man hurriedly waved his palm to greet him, and the man suddenly snorted, and it seemed that he had already caused internal injuries.
Sheng Zhiqiang fought with this person, only to feel that this person's skills were very strong, but unfortunately he happened to be injured internally, so he could have the upper hand.
"What are you looking for me for?" Sheng Zhiqiang asked.
"I don't recognize you, so why should I look for you?" The answer was a middle-aged man, with a pale face, blank eyes, and purple lips, which seemed to be a sign of poisoning.
"He doesn't seem to be the one looking for me...... Could it be that he is playing dumb? Sheng Zhiqiang's thoughts turned, and he was also a little confused.
But the man paid no attention to him, and turned to flee again.
"No matter what, we can't let him leave alive." Sheng Zhiqiang expected that this person must know some truths, so he was murderous and didn't want to let him go.
The man had just taken a few steps, and suddenly Sheng Zhiqiang punched out again, this time the punch was not small, and it was about to kill the person under the fist.
"Boy, you're so ruthless." However, the middle-aged man seemed to be an old man, and he had already guessed that Sheng Zhiqiang was going to attack him, so he had already prepared.
The man knew that he had internal injuries and could not compete with Sheng Zhiqiang, so when Sheng Zhiqiang punched again, he immediately turned sideways, but his right palm avoided the real and was empty, and he stabbed at Sheng Zhiqiang's waist.
This risky move is really clever, although it is a life-saving technique that loses both, but at this time he concluded that Sheng Zhiqiang would never dare to fight with him, so it could not be regarded as a risk.
Sheng Zhiqiang was really afraid of being injured, so he stopped his move in advance and took a step back.
"What you want, it's on the beams." After the man finished speaking, he took advantage of Sheng Zhiqiang's retreat and fled into the woods.
The sisters of the Shi family were about to pursue, but Sheng Zhiqiang immediately stopped and said, "Don't chase, you are not his opponent." ”
"Childe knows who he is?" Shi Qingtian asked.
"He is using a thunderbolt palm, and in the free gate, there is only one Tianshi Lie who is a master of his age." Sheng Zhiqiang replied.
"And what exactly does he want to do?" Shi Qingchun asked.
"Let's go back and see."
The three of them listened to the mysterious man's words, and then returned to the temple to take a look, and saw that there were many bulging hemp bags hanging on the beams of the house, almost twenty bags.
When the sisters of the Shi family saw it, they all pulled out hidden weapons and shot down the sacks one by one. There was a loud sound of the sack falling to the ground, and there was a faint sound of metal grinding against it.
"Open it and take a look." Sheng Zhiqiang said.
Shi Qingchun had the order, opened a sack first, and was suddenly stunned, only to see that it was full of white silver, and at the bottom of each ingot of silver, there was also an official word engraved on it. Shi Qingtian then opened another bag, but it was also official silver.
When Sheng Zhiqiang saw it, he contacted the identity of the person just now, and he was immediately stunned, and shouted: "Oops! Hit the trick! Come on. ”
The two servants didn't know what was going on, but when they saw that their master had taken the lead in escaping from the temple, the two servants had to follow immediately.
"Thief, where to go."
As soon as Sheng Zhiqiang came to the outside of the temple, suddenly several teams of officers and soldiers came out and surrounded the three of them.
Seeing this, Sheng Zhiqiang knew that he couldn't wash it when he jumped into the Yellow River, so he wanted to fight to the death.
He was planning to do this, but among the officers and soldiers, a few people suddenly came, and several of them he knew.