The residence of Liu Er, the old boatman who was stabbed to death, is located in the south of the city. It is a dilapidated thatched house with mud walls. The house is very short and you have to bend down to get in. Because there is no bed, the room is very dark. There is only one bed in the whole house.
There was a tattered bed board and a pile of tattered quilts, with straw under the bed board. There was also a table with one leg missing, supported by stones. In addition, there were more than a dozen broken bowls and pots piled in the corner, and there was a table that came from nowhere.
Collected earth stove.
This is all Liu Er's possessions, only one more shabby house than the beggar's.
Li Jinyang, the county magistrate, sighed and said, "There is no need to search. You can tell at a glance that there is nothing."
Wang Hao ignored him. He turned back to the commander Yang Ye and said: "Search!"
Yang Ye is the commander of the Third Battalion of Internal Guards, specializing in the investigation of major and important cases. He has more than fifty people under his command, all of whom are veteran investigators recruited from various states and counties.
Yang Ye waved his hand, and more than twenty of his men began to search inside and outside the house, even the beams.
Just a moment later, a soldier shouted: "Found it!"
A scene that stunned the county magistrate Li Jinyang appeared. The soldier found a very hidden hole in the wall at the head of the bed. It was sealed by mud and could not be seen from the outside. He took out a small cloth bag from the wall hole.
"Wang Tongzhi, how did you know there was a hole in the wall?" Li Jinyang asked puzzledly.
Wang Hao said calmly: "This is the thickest wall in the whole house. If there is a hole, it must be here!"
Li Jinyang scratched his head, "I see, we really didn't expect that."
The soldier handed the cloth bag to Wang Hao. Wang Hao opened the cloth bag and found a stack of brand-new silver coins inside, which were newly minted last year. There were about twenty coins.
"It's actually money!"
Li Jinyang was surprised and said: "How can he, a lonely old man, have any money?"
"Is there any silver money in the Yanzhou market?"
Li Jinyang shook his head, "It is impossible to exist, and the market does not recognize it, because most of them have never seen it. Silver coins are only distributed to officials and the military. When you want to use them, you can take them to a money shop and exchange them for copper coins."
"If I'm not wrong, this is the reward that I should give to Liu Er. Liu Er went to the money shop and asked, and he hid the money in the wall because the money could be exchanged. If it was exchanged for copper coins, it would cost more than a hundred coins, and he didn't have a place yet.
Tibetan."
"Then this internal agent is from the army or an official."
Zhong Huan Fu'er said a few words to Wang Hao. Wang Hao nodded and said to Li Jinyang: "I want to see Liu Er's body. Is it still there?"
"It has been buried, but it should be possible to dig it out. The weather is not too hot yet."
Wang Hao then said to Yang Ye: "Go check the body and check his injuries!"
An hour later, Liu Er's injuries were confirmed. He was killed by a sword that pierced his heart. The opponent's attack was cruel and precise. He was very professional. It must have been done by a general.
Why not Jianghu Rangers and the like? Because Jianghu Rangers usually use scraps of silver instead of silver coins. Only the army and officials have money, and they usually save it.
At this time, Zhong Huan suggested to Wang Hao: "General, you might as well check the situation of renting a ship. Renting a ship usually requires twenty or thirty guan of money as collateral. Liu Er definitely does not have that much money, so he should take it from within."
The money comes out, but the boat shop definitely won’t accept cash.”
"What a good idea!" Before Zhong Huan finished speaking, Yang Ye praised: "If the spy only has silver coins, he will definitely go to the money shop to exchange them for copper coins. We only need to find out who has exchanged silver coins for copper coins in the last ten days.
And a little eyebrow."
The boat was engraved with the name of its owner, Yongdu Boat Shop. The shop owner told Wang Hao that the boat was rented by two people seven days ago, an old man and a man about thirty years old. The old man was responsible for picking the boat, and the young man gave money and mortgage.
The fifty guan of money is still with him, and they have not come over.
Wang Hao perked up and asked quickly: "Have you seen this man in his thirties?"
The shopkeeper of the ship shop shook his head, "He is very tall and strong, he should be a general. He first gave me money, but I didn't accept it, and then he immediately went to exchange the money for copper coins."
This information was so important that Wang Hao immediately asked: "Which money shop?"
The shopkeeper pointed diagonally across the street and said, "It's the Yanzhou Money Shop opposite!"
Yanzhou Money Shop is a government-run money shop. There is a money shop in almost every state. It is affiliated to the Finance and Taxation Department. Its functions are similar to those of a bank. It deposits money, withdraws money, remits money, and exchanges money. The Western Army issues military personnel and
Officials' salaries were all in silver coins, and a silver coin was almost the same amount of money. Then it was not distributed to individuals, but to money shops. Soldiers and officials received it with their military and official badges. Everyone had a password.
The shopkeeper quickly found the records. Seven days ago, someone did exchange fifty pieces of silver coins for fifty coins. Then he continued to trace the money withdrawal records. It was more common for soldiers to withdraw a few coins, but more than seventy coins were withdrawn at once.
Money is by no means a common thing.
No need to check, a clerk said: "It's the commander, General Zhou. He withdrew one hundred silver coins ten days ago. He is the only one who has withdrawn more than ten coins in the past few months. I remember it very clearly."
"What's Zhou?"
"It's called Zhou Jin!"
Li Jinyang, the county magistrate who followed them to investigate the case, was dumbfounded. He didn't expect that they would be unable to find anything despite their hard work. They searched for several days without any results, and the internal security personnel found the suspect after only half a day of searching.
Man, command envoy Zhou Jin.
Wang Hao led his men to the military camp at lightning speed. General Wang Zhen told them that because of his father's death, Zhou Jin had asked for leave to return to his hometown to attend his father's funeral.
It's good news, but disappointing. The good news is that they found the spy, but he actually escaped.
"Wang Tongzhi, are you sure he did it?" Wang Zhen was really surprised. He never thought that Nai Ying would be his subordinate.
"We won't find this Zhou Jin for no reason. The general can check. Where was Zhou Jin on the night when the kerosene was robbed?"
Wang Zhen immediately called for the Military Affairs Sima and asked, "Let's check with the commander, General Zhou Jin. Is he in the military camp on the night of March 27th?"
The Military Affairs Sima rushed away and came back a moment later: "General Zhou asked for leave on March 26th to go back to his hometown to attend the funeral, and left the city that day."
Wang Zhen was stunned for a long time and said: "It seems that it is really him. This guy is usually a boring gourd, but he is very serious about his work. I didn't expect that he turned out to be a spy of the Jin people."
Wang Hao was about to arrive at Zhou Jin's hometown, Gaoling County, Jingzhao Prefecture. He solemnly said to Wang Zhen: "I hope the general will be mentally prepared, because he doesn't know if he has any accomplices in the army, so the prince is likely to transfer the garrison away from Yan."
Prefecture, I hope that before the army is transferred, the general will do a good job in city defense, especially not to let Zhou Jin's men be responsible for patrolling the city wall to prevent the Jin soldiers from joining forces to seize the city."
Wang Zhen looked sad and nodded, "I will definitely take good defense!"
Wang Hao added: "I will rush back to Jingzhao immediately to report to the county king. In addition, I will hand over twenty of my subordinates to the general. You can place them into Zhou Jin's army. My subordinates will pay attention to observe. "
"I see!"
Wang Hao then handed over twenty capable internal guard soldiers to Wang Zhen, and ordered Yang Ye and Zhong Huan to continue searching for clues in Fushi City. This Zhou Jin may not necessarily return to his hometown. Since returning to his hometown to attend a funeral is just an excuse, then he It is very possible that he is still hiding in the county town.
Wang Hao immediately led a hundred of his men to leave Fushi County and rushed towards Guanzhong.
Inside the tent, Yang Ye worriedly said to Zhong Huan, "Brother, do you think this Zhou Jin is still in Fushi County?"
Zhong Huan smiled slightly and said, "I'm not sure he's in Fushi County, but I'm sure he's still in Yanzhou."
"Why?"
"It was so easy for Jin Bing to bribe a general. How could he let him run away so easily? He must use various means to keep him. He is just asking for leave because of the kerosene robbery. It is not because there is really something wrong with his family. In case Jin Bing Are the soldiers still looking for him?"
"My brother is right. If Jin Bing comes to look for him again and he runs away, it will definitely not work."
"So he can neither run away nor stay in Fushi County and be encountered by his colleagues. I guess he is hiding elsewhere in Yanzhou."
"Then how can we find him?"
"There must be an accomplice in Fushi County to deliver the news for him. It is inconvenient for soldiers to leave the military camp, and businessmen are the most likely. Then the court sent people to investigate. Zhou Jin must also be very concerned. I think he is staring at Liu Er's broken house. , there may be unexpected gains.”
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