"Shilang Jin is so concerned about this matter. Could it be that the five hundred thousand silver coins were really stolen by Shilang Jin?" Zhao Chen did not answer Jin Chun, but asked him instead.
Jin Chun sneered, with a mocking look on his face: "Zhao Shangshu's temptation is too obvious."
"Whether it was done by a lower official, Zhao Shangshu can check it out himself."
"Brother Ma, while you still have one day, you should go back and settle down quickly. After all, this is the last time Brother Ma will go home."
"Ha ha--"
Jin Chun left with a big smile, a look of pride on his face.
Ma Hu looked very ugly.
The whole person looked depressed.
"Master Shangshu, I would like to ask for leave and go home." Ma Hu raised his head and said to Zhao Chen.
Ma Hu knew that if he recovered half a million guan of silver, he would most likely be reprimanded by the emperor.
Then he ended up serving as the right minister of household affairs in this life.
This is pretty good too.
But within one day, they still had no clue if they wanted to recover half a million pounds of silver.
This is completely impossible.
Even if Zhao Chen paid for it himself, he could fill the hole of half a million yuan.
To no avail.
The emperor would know about this sooner or later, and Zhao Chen would use money to pay for it. Not only would Ma Hu die, but Zhao Chen would also be implicated.
Therefore, Ma Hu felt that he had better listen to Jinchun and ask his family to set up the mourning hall in advance to avoid being hasty in the future.
"If you can't find the five hundred thousand guan of silver, do you think your family will be implicated, Shilang Ma?"
"Being sent to Lingnan is worse than simply dying."
"Let's go and take a look at the scene with this officer." Zhao Chen said a few words and went to the scene of the accident.
…
Miss Xue helped Zhao Chen calculate the account books of the household department.
But I also heard that half a million pounds of silver was stolen overnight.
Thinking that if this matter was not handled well, Zhao Chen would definitely be implicated, and Miss Xue had no intention of dealing with the matter at hand.
Put down the account book and come out of the government office.
I happened to meet Zhao Chen who was about to go to the crime scene.
"Mr. Zhao, I'll go with you." Miss Xue and Zhao Chen shouted and trotted over.
"It is impossible to transport five hundred thousand guan of silver out of the household department easily, at least in one day."
"So I think the money must still be in the Hubu Yamen." Miss Xue walked to Zhao Chen and said.
"Miss Xue and I have the same idea." Zhao Chen nodded and smiled.
Five hundred thousand guan of silver is enough to load dozens of oxcarts.
It was impossible for such a big movement not to be noticed by people on the street.
Moreover, there were soldiers on duty at the door of the Ministry of Household Affairs Office yesterday.
They had been at the door but saw nothing, so the money must still be in the government office.
"Master Shangshu, the key is that we have searched through the entire government office, but we haven't found anything."
"Where else can I hide this money?" Ma Hu and Zhao Chen shook their heads.
When they discovered that the money was missing, they turned the entire government office upside down to look for it.
But disappointingly, I saw nothing.
"Just look for it slowly, there is still one day left." Zhao Chen said.
As long as this thing is still in the Household Office, they can always find it if they look for it slowly.
The three of them came to the warehouse.
The government officials from Jingzhao Mansion have already surrounded this place.
It's funny to say that dozens of people are guarding an empty warehouse.
When I opened the warehouse door, there was a musty smell inside.
Even if I come in every day to count the money, there is still a strong rotten smell inside.
In many places, you can even see water stains after decay.
"Master Shangshu, the five hundred thousand silver coins were originally stored here, but now..." Ma Hu pointed to the open space in front of him and said to Zhao Chen.
Ma Hu had no hope at all at the moment.
Although the money was most likely still in the Household Office, they could not find it.
This is no different from having money stolen.
If the emperor found out, he would definitely use Ma Hu's head to rinse the chamber pot.
"There are so many footprints here, are they all made by you?" Miss Xue and Ma Hu asked.
There are countless footprints in the open space.
The footprints are complex, but they all have the same soles.
"I don't know either." Ma Hu shook his head.
"Mr. Zhao, they all have the same sole prints. They should have been done by your own people from the Ministry of Household Affairs."
"Although the steps are complicated, they are only different in size."
"But it's useless. We can't interrogate everyone one by one." Miss Xue family expressed her judgment and shook her head.
The shoe prints are the same, which can only mean that people from the Ministry of Revenue were responsible for theft.
It doesn't help them determine who did it.
Nor could I find the whereabouts of the money.
If they were to interrogate one by one, not only would one day be too late.
It doesn't make any sense either.
Without evidence, the real murderer will not be found.
Seeing Miss Xue's meticulousness, Zhao Chen felt relieved a lot.
He asked Miss Xue to calculate the account books, and of course he hoped that she would do everything in detail.
Now that he saw her observing so carefully, Zhao Chen was still very satisfied.
"I never realized before that Miss Xue has the potential to be a detective." Zhao Chen said with a smile.
"Detective?" Miss Xue was confused.
"that is……"
"Zhao Shangshu, have you discovered anything?" Jin Chun suddenly came out of nowhere, with a sarcastic look on his face.
Zhao Chen felt that his temper might have calmed down a lot recently.
Otherwise, the old guy in front of him would have been kicked out by him long ago.
"Jin Shilang, are you provoking me?" Zhao Chen's eyes turned cold and he asked.
Jin Chun's complexion suddenly changed.
He suddenly remembered that the seemingly harmless guy in front of him was actually the craziest guy in the Tang Dynasty.
If he was annoyed, maybe he would meet the King of Hell before Ma Hu.
"Don't dare. How dare I provoke Zhao Shangshu?"
"I just came here to ask, I don't mean anything else."
"Don't take Zhao Shangshu seriously!" Although he hated Zhao Chen in his heart, Jin Chun didn't dare to offend Zhao Chen anymore.
Otherwise, if he was punched to death by Zhao Chen, he would have lost a lot of money.
"I don't dare to just watch from the sidelines."
"Don't fart in front of me." Zhao Chen said these two words, which made Jin Chun's face turn red.
Miss Xue family curled her lips quietly, secretly thinking that Zhao Chen didn't want to be as aloof as before.
With these arrogant words, he looked like a street gangster.
"Master Ma, go check out other places." Zhao Chen turned around and said to Ma Hu.
He glanced at Miss Xue from the corner of his eye and saw her eyes fixed on him.
Zhao Chen subconsciously thought there was dirt on his face and wiped it with his hands.
Miss Xue's family saw Zhao Chen's actions and knew that she had been staring at Zhao Chen for too long, which made her feel somewhat embarrassed.
He lowered his head and his face suddenly turned red.
The Hubu Yamen Office is actually neither too big nor too small.
In Zhao Chen's opinion, it was only about the size of twenty football fields.
All the officials from the Ministry of Revenue have given up their work. Unless they find the missing 500,000 yuan, they will all have nothing to gain.
Along the way, there were officials from the Ministry of Household Affairs knocking and digging around everywhere.
"Master Shangshu, there is only a lake in front and nothing next to it. Do you want to go and look for it?" After walking for a while, Ma Hu pointed to a fork in the road ahead and asked Zhao Chen.