Chapter 55: Sunken River Gold
What is called gold problematic?
Gu Shiwei's heart jumped, she had only been in this Bianjing City for a few days, and there were more dead people on her head than she had lived!
Why don't you spread pancakes one after another, this piece hasn't been eaten yet, and the next piece will be in your mouth?
She thought as she took the ingot of gold and tossed it in her hand, and flipped it in her hand a few more times.
The gold was of excellent fineness, with two ends shaped like axe blades, and a small waist in the middle, flat and flat. Some of the inscriptions on the top have been scratched out, and it is not clear to see, and it is vaguely visible that the twenty-sixth year of Sheng He ...... Yangzhou ...... Six-tael.
"This is official silver", Gu Shiwei said with certainty, her expression changed slightly when she thought about Chu Liangchen's words.
Then he turned the gold ingot in his hand, and went to the torch and examined it carefully, and had a conjecture in his heart.
"In the twenty-sixth year of Shenghe, Yangzhou used official ships to escort tax silver through the canal into Kyoto, and encountered heavy fog on the way, causing two official ships to collide and sink into the river. The water in that area is fast, and it is difficult to salvage. The local officials fished for half a month, but found nothing, so they had to stop it. ”
"The big problem you are talking about is that you think that this gold ingot is the official silver that sank to the bottom of the water at that time?"
Chu Liangchen nodded heavily, his voice was a little hoarse, "It must be the official silver that sank under the water back then." ”
His tone was solemn and determined, "Because in the twenty-sixth year of Sheng He, that is, four years ago, I helped to fish for that official silver on the canal. ”
"At that time, I was well-known on the water, and I was nicknamed Baihe Lao. Before entering the water, the government showed us a picture post, on which the appearance of the batch of official silver was drawn, and the inscription on it was the same. ”
"There are two kinds of gold ingots, one is six taels, and the other is twelve taels and a half."
Gu Shiwei listened thoughtfully, there is indeed a detailed inscription engraved on this official silver, indicating which year, month, where, and why it came from, and what is the weight of an ingot, which is clear and convenient for storage.
"I was the only one who went into the water at the end and saw the wooden boxes containing silver coins tumbling down from the boat. I opened a box and immediately closed it again. ”
Chu Liangchen said, his throat becoming more and more dry.
Even Jing Li, who was standing at the bow of the boat, couldn't help but turn his head to listen to him say the following, he had a hunch that the sky in Bianjing City was about to be poked out of a hole again!
That's it! This day has long since become a sieve!
"There was not a single piece of gold in the cage, and it contained all the big stones. I knew the sky was going to fall, but I was just a fisherman, how dare I go out at will? ”
So I went with the flow and didn't go to the end, and fooled the matter over. So the ingot of gold appeared......"
Gu Shiwei instantly understood Chu Liangchen's horror when he saw the inscription on the gold ingot.
There is so much gold, and Sheng He has been thirty years now, why is the money that he handed over to him to buy his life, it is the official money that happened to him.
Was it really a coincidence that he was chosen to be the executioner?
Could it be that the mastermind behind the exchange of official silver was a temptation of Chu Liangchen?
Even, he didn't have to be tempted at all, he was ready to kill people and kill his mouth, and then he could recover the ingot of gold.
"If they can find me the first time, they can find me a second time! We simply can't leave Bianjing alive. So we discussed with Xiaojing, the most dangerous place is the safest place, and we faked our death and hid under that house. ”
"Wait until the situation calms down, and then sneak away while it is dark. Come here today, I know that Wang Quan's death has been discovered, and if you don't leave, I'm afraid that I will be caught by the government, and I won't be able to leave again. So ......"
Gu Shiwei hummed softly when he heard this.
She expected that Chu Liangchen, who was hiding underground, would leave, and in order to be sure that she could track him, Gu Shiwei also deliberately took the paper money that had been placed in the house for a long time and handed it to Jing Li.
That guy has a nose that is more sensitive than a dog, and Chu Liangchen can track it as soon as he moves.
And the dark waterway is safer, it won't alarm anyone at all, the canal is connected to the Yong'an River at one end, and they are squatting at this junction, and they can also squat to Chu Liangchen who escaped.
Sure enough, everything was as he expected.
Gu Shiwei thought about it and asked a huge doubt in Chu Liangchen's plan, "Why do you still carry this ingot of gold, if this thing is as you say, then it is a life talisman." Not only are the people going to kill you, they're going to take it back. ”
"Even if they learn that you are dead, they will come to your dwelling to search for this gold ingot, and that would not put you in great danger?"
Chu Liangchen can come up with a death escape, and he is not a brainless person.
He couldn't have imagined this!
It can only be said that he thought of it, but he had to do so.
Gu Shiwei thought about the Boring Pill that was comparable to the sky-high price, and sighed lightly, "Because of the Boring Pill? ”
Chu Liangchen smiled a little innocently, "Hmm." I'm afraid I'll never get my next gold ingot back. ”
Wang Jing, who was sitting on the side with sugar in his mouth, couldn't hold back any longer, and cried with a whin, "Sister Gu, I beg you, if you let us leave Bianjing, let's treat it as if we haven't caught Brother Liangchen, okay?" It's up to us, it's up to us to escape death, okay? ”
Gu Shiwei took out a handkerchief from her arms and threw it to Wang Jing, but her eyes kept looking at Chu Liangchen.
"Wipe your tears away. I can take Wang Jing in and treat him. ”
Chu Liangchen was stunned, knelt on the ground with a thud, and kowtowed three times at Gu Shiwei.
"Thank you, my lord, Xiaojing will entrust it to you. Killing pays for life, and Liangchen is willing to die now. ”
As he spoke, he had an extra needle in his hand, and he raised his hand and was about to stab it towards his neck, when the silver needle touched the scabbard and made a crisp metal crashing sound, "It's too cheap to die now." If you help me do something, it will be regarded as my reward for taking Wang Jing in. ”
Chu Liangchen's hand holding the silver needle hung down, and he nodded heavily, "I'll listen to your arrangement." ”
"You killed Wang Quan, according to the law of Dayong, killing people will pay for your life. However, the legislation is strict, and the use of the law is forgiven. Just because you get a death sentence doesn't mean you're going to die. ”
Gu Shiwei said, his eyes burning, "According to the usual cases, those sentenced to death will die one out of ten." If the punishment is too harsh, then there will be those civil servants who advocate the rule of man and scold them for their indiscriminate punishment. ”
"If you go to Kaifeng Mansion and turn yourself in, there is a chance that you will be sentenced to exile. At that time, I will do it for you, and let you go to the penal colony of the Wang Jing family. ”
When Wang Jing heard this, her lips kept trembling, her eyes were red, and she stared at Gu Shiwei desperately, and she was reluctant to blink her eyes, for fear that the golden girl in front of her would disappear in an instant, and then he found that all this was just a dream.
"However, what I want you to do is not to find Wang Jing's relatives. Instead, entrust a man to you, and ask you to take care of him on his way to exile. ”
"That person's name is Chen Shenji, and he is a crossbow craftsman."