Chapter 4 of the Silver Ticket Volume
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Su Zhuo heard that Qin Lei actually complained about other people's funerals, and couldn't help but smile bitterly, and said, "Qin Zhutou, you say this, be careful to be heard!" He laughed on his lips, but he also felt a little strange in his heart, and couldn't help but look in the direction where the funeral procession came, only to see a house at the end of the street not far away hanging a couplet. Although it is separated from Zhu Gui's mansion by a street, it is far less luxurious than Zhu's mansion, and it seems that this mourning team came out of that house.
Qin Lei looked at him with a strange expression, followed his gaze, and also saw the mansion, and couldn't help but wonder: "Isn't this the mansion of the shopkeeper of Wei?
"Shopkeeper Wei?" asked Su Zhuo casually.
"Shopkeeper Wei is also a big businessman, and he is Zhu Gui's right-hand man, specializing in taking care of the world's money for him!" Qin Lei replied.
Su Zhuo let out an "oh" and frowned. Qin Lei didn't care, pulled Su Zhuo up and left, and said: "Let's go, find a restaurant to drink!" I've always heard that you are dead, but I didn't expect you to be still alive and still here. Tell me about the situation!"
Su Zhuo turned around and glanced at the mansion of the shopkeeper Wei in the distance, and was finally pulled away by Qin Lei. Neither of them was rich, so they had to find a tavern to sit down. Qin Lei directly called two jars of wine, and one jar for each person with Su Zhuo. He took the lead in pouring a bowl, Su Zhuo, and said, "I heard that you had an accident in the capital three years ago, and I can't wait to rush there immediately." Who knew I would see you again today!"
Su Zhuo knew that when he mentioned this, he must be endless, and hurriedly said: "Qin Zhutou, you went to Zhu Gui's mansion to handle the case, right?"
Qin Lei was stunned for a moment, and then smiled and said, "Oh, I'm just going to mourn the dead, where is the case?"
Su Zhuo smiled faintly and said, "Qin Zhutou is as jealous as hatred, and he is upright. And Zhu Gui is a small force, as long as there is interest, any means can be used. With such a person, how could Qin Zhutou mourn for him? Moreover, Qin Zhutou and that Li Hong Zhutou were both wearing official uniforms. What's even more ridiculous is that Qin Zhutou entered the gate of the Zhu family, and he didn't burn a pillar of incense, and he didn't do a single salute, so he came out. You said that you were going to mourn, but you were afraid that the ghosts would not believe you. Therefore, I can conclude that Qin Zhutou must have gone to the Zhu Mansion for official business!"
Qin Lei laughed and said, "I knew I couldn't hide it from you! Today, you and my brother meet and don't talk about business, just drink!"
Su Zhuo refused to serve the bowl, and sneered: "Qin Zhutou, why do you deliberately hide it?
Qin Lei was stunned for a moment, his face was embarrassed, he raised his head, drank all the wine in the bowl, and said, "Brother Su, it's not that I can't trust you." I know your skills very well. This matter must be helped by you! However, this matter is very important...... "He gritted his teeth, looked left and right, and was sure that no one was eavesdropping, so he lowered his voice and said: "I can't hide it, I am indeed secretly investigating a big case! And this case has a lot to do with Zhu Gui!"
Su Zhuo nodded, his mind was spinning, but his face was silent, waiting for Qin Lei to continue. Qin Lei drank another bowl of wine, and the conversation began to increase. He took out a silver ticket from his arms, handed it to Su Zhuo, and said, "Look at what this is!"
Su Zhuo looked at his mysterious appearance, and couldn't help but feel a little strange, looking down at the silver ticket, but his heart was shocked. I saw that this silver ticket was exactly the same as the one he got from Zhu Gui, and it was printed with the words "Tianxia Qianzhuang", and the amount was huge, it was also 10,000 taels! He remained silent and asked, "What's so strange about this silver ticket?"
Qin Lei sighed and said, "There is nothing strange about this silver ticket, but now it gives me a headache!"
"Oh, how can a silver ticket give you a headache?" asked Sue clumsily.
Qin Lei said: "The silver ticket has only appeared in recent years. If it is stable today, the people of Wufu are abundant. There were frequent business exchanges between the north and the south, and it was very inconvenient for merchants to bring a lot of gold and silver with them. As a result, some money banks began to print silver stamps for the use of merchants. As long as there is a silver ticket, the silver deposited in the local area can also be exchanged in other places. Over time, more and more silver tickets were printed by various banks, which caused confusion. Later, the imperial court began to standardize the printing of silver tickets, and handed over the printing rights of silver tickets to two big money banks. One of them is Zhu Gui's World Money Bank!"
Su Zhuo frowned and said, "I have also heard about this. Is there something wrong with this silver ticket?"
Qin Lei nodded and said, "Your guess is right! Just half a month ago, the household department discovered that the money banks in the whole country suddenly lost hundreds of thousands of taels of silver. However, the household department repeatedly calculated, and did not find that anyone was corrupt and perverted the law, embezzled and embezzled. Then some people thought that maybe there was something wrong with the silver ticket. However, judging from the exchanged silver tickets collected by the national money banks, all the exchanged silver tickets are not forged, and they are all genuine!"
Su Zhuo understood and said, "Therefore, you think that it may be that the two major money banks responsible for the printing of silver tickets are out of trouble!"
Qin Lei said: "That's right! There are strict regulations on the number of silver tickets printed. If someone prints more, they are stealing the people's money in secret! However, this case cannot be openly investigated. If the people find out, it will definitely cause a riot!"
Su Zhuo finally realized that the situation was not simple, and he was silent. Qin Lei said again: "Another money bank is in Luoyang, and I am responsible for the secret investigation of the Tianxia money bank. It's a pity that after more than 10 days, there is still no clue to be found! What is even more strange is that somehow this incident seems to have leaked out of the news. Within a few days, the number of silver tickets in the market dropped sharply. The newly printed silver tickets are almost impossible to find!"
Su Zhuo frowned, and said, "Shouldn't this matter be clear to the court official in charge of supervising the seal?"
Qin Lei said: "Don't I know? I have already found the official in charge of supervising the printing of the household department, but they say that there is no problem with the printing of the silver ticket at all. He also took out a stack of files and records for me to look through and verify. You know, I'm a rough person, and when I see a few big accounts, I get a headache. I heard that Zhu Gui was going out a while ago, and I wanted to wait for him to come back and find out the situation. Who knew that he died suddenly, and I really don't know what to do!" he sighed heavily and drank again.
Su Zhuo nodded, but suddenly remembered the funeral procession he saw in front of the Zhu Mansion. His heart moved, and he said, "Qin Zhutou, I think this matter is going to fall on the shopkeeper of Wei!"
"Shopkeeper Wei?" Qin Lei drank the wine and didn't understand for a while.
Su Zhuo said: "That's right, it's the big shopkeeper under Zhu Gui! Didn't you just say that Shopkeeper Wei specializes in taking care of the world's money village for Zhu Gui? If there is a problem with the world's money bank, the shopkeeper Wei must know it very well!"
Qin Lei shook his palm, and said dejectedly: "Do you think I haven't checked him?" But don't forget, this matter can only be investigated in secret, and you can't just arrest people and come back for questioning, nor can you rush into the money village to check their accounts. So I checked and searched, but I didn't find anything useful!"
Su Zhuo chuckled lightly and said, "Have you forgotten that the shopkeeper Wei is dead!"
Qin Lei said "hi" and said, "He's dead, isn't it even more clueless?!" He looked at Su Zhouli's unfathomable smile, and suddenly his heart moved, and asked, "You mean, there may be something strange about this Wei Zhouli's death?"
Su Zhuo said: "It's not possible, but there must be a problem! You think, not long after Zhu Gui died, this Wei Zhouli also died." How could there be such a coincidence? And from the fact that you don't know about Wei Zhouli's death, it can be seen that he should have just died. But isn't it a problem that Wei Zhouli's family hurriedly sent the funeral and buried them today?"
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