"Lord Qinglong, there is a person outside the door asking to see you."
Although Qinglong was temporarily dismissed from his post, the Songyang County Magistrate did not show any slights at all. After all, he was the original leader of the Jinyi Guards and a close confidant of the Emperor. Even if he was ineffective in doing things, it was temporary and he would recover sooner or later.
Please see Qinglong, which means that the person coming is not from Jinyiwei.
But not many people knew that Qinglong was here. They wrinkled their left eyebrows and Qinglong said, "Invite him in!"
"Commander Qinglong, I haven't seen you for a long time, but you still look good!"
Before seeing anyone, Qinglong was overjoyed when he heard the voice. The savior was here!
"Master Yang!" Qinglong's figure moved and he galloped to the courtyard, where he saw a young scholar entering the gate.
The wait is finally for Yang Qingyuan!
But then Qinglong became confused, "Master Yang, why are you the only one here?!"
"I came directly from the Yunzhong Protectorate to Yuezhou. The imperial envoy's honor guard and the large group of troops should still be on the way."
As he spoke, Yang Qingyuan took out an imperial edict from his sleeve.
"This is an imperial edict. I have been appointed as the chief minister of Dali Temple and deposed envoy of Yuezhou. I am fully responsible for investigating this case!"
Qinglong was fine, but the Songyang County Magistrate beside him was panicked and immediately bowed and saluted.
"Weak minister, Songyang County Magistrate, Lou Ang, please see our emperor, long live long live!"
Yang Qingyuan helped Magistrate Lou up and said, "There are only a few of us here. Magistrate Lou does not need to perform this grand ceremony. The investigation of the case is most important!"
"Thank you, sir!"
Yang Qingyuan didn't bother to rest and immediately came to the place where the silver box was stored.
"Commander Qinglong, when did you discover that the salary in the silver box was missing!?"
"After arriving in Songyang County, we set up camp at the city defense military academy under the arrangement of the Lou County magistrate. During the process of carrying the silver box, a soldier was caught in the rain and contracted the wind and cold, so he lost strength for a moment, causing the silver box to fall.
When it landed on the ground, the seal was soaked by the rain and broke directly. Only then did we realize that something was wrong. The silver bars in the box had turned into bricks at some point."
Yang Qingyuan walked into the warehouse, where hundreds of silver boxes were piled up.
"Master Yang, please look, this is the fallen silver box."
Qinglong pointed at a silver box in the middle and said, "After it fell, we placed it alone, but it was difficult to see any clues! Mr. Yang, you also know that although we are one of the Six Dark Departments, we only have intelligence skills.
This is my specialty, Jin Yiwei, and I really don’t know how to catch ghosts."
Yang Qingyuan: "..."
Jin Yiwei can't do it, but Dali Temple can do it?!
Yang Qingyuan stepped forward, put on a pair of whale skin gloves, and carefully observed the silver box.
There are many scratches on the left side of the silver box, which may have been caused by impact when it was dropped.
Although there are water stains in other places, they are still very new and should be newly made silver boxes.
Yang Qingyuan looked at the seal on the box again. This seal had been soaked by the rain and had dried over time, but it could be seen that it was not torn off by humans.
When I opened the silver box, I found that it was neatly paved with stone bricks, which were the same size as silver bricks. It was obvious that someone had prepared them in advance.
While Yang Qingyuan was investigating, a big man in plain clothes rushed in.
"Hmm?! Who are you to dare to touch evidence?!"
The visitor was Cheng Lixue, the guerrilla general of the Shenwu Army who had just been dismissed.
"General Cheng must not be rude. This is the newly appointed minister of Dali Temple. He has been deposed as an envoy from Yuezhou and is responsible for the investigation of this case."
When she heard that it was an imperial envoy, Cheng Lixue was immediately frightened, "The guilty general didn't know that Lord Yang was coming, and made such arrogant remarks. Please forgive me, Lord Yang!"
"General Cheng is a veteran at the border, so there is no need to be polite. The most important thing now is to find out the truth."
After speaking, Yang Qingyuan began to check the piled silver boxes again. Although the quality of these silver boxes was not up to standard and there were many cracks, they were indeed in good condition overall. It was impossible to remove the silver inside without opening the boxes.
Yang Qingyuan stood up and asked, "Commander Qinglong, General Cheng, did you ever count the silver ingots when they were packed into boxes?"
Qinglong glanced at Cheng Lixue, "Let me tell you!"
"The loading and counting of the salary silver was completed by the Yincao of the Yuezhou Governor's Mansion, but General Cheng and I were present. We watched with our own eyes as the Yincao of the Yuezhou Governor's Mansion and several assistant officers closed the silver box and affixed it to
It’s sealed! No one has the chance to do anything!”
"Yes!" Cheng Lixue added, "Not only us, but also the captains and many soldiers in the army watched with our own eyes the box filled with silver ingots being closed and sealed!"
Yang Qingyuan nodded slightly when he heard this, and rubbed his fingers gently to think.
"Did anyone break the seal and open the silver box between the time the seal was affixed and the time when the box was discovered to be turned into stone bricks? And was the silver box ever out of your sight?"
Qinglong and Cheng Lixue shook their heads, and Cheng Lixue denied, "Impossible. Along the way, I was in the clear, and Commander Qinglong and the masters of the Jinyiwei were in the dark. There was no chance to change the silver box during the escort! Even if there was a chance,
Even if some of them are replaced, it is absolutely impossible to replace all the silver boxes!"
There are eight hundred silver boxes of the same style here, each of which can hold ten thousand taels of silver.
It is indeed impossible for human beings to change eight hundred boxes filled with silver in front of everyone.
Cheng Lixue, who was the first to discover it, also said,
"After we found that the silver ingots in the first box turned into stones and sand, I ordered all the silver boxes to be checked. Before opening the boxes, I also asked my soldiers to check the seals. Although the seals were soaked by the rain,
But they are all complete! But when I opened it, all the silver ingots turned into stones and sand."
No wonder even a master of the Cave Mystic Realm like Qinglong thought it was a ghost or god causing trouble!
This is reasonable. After all, it is simply impossible to hide all the silver boxes from the three thousand Shenwu Army during transportation.
Yang Qingyuan carefully checked the seal on the silver box again.
With so many people witnessing the packing, it would be difficult to deceive, indicating that the real problem still occurs during the transportation process after the silver is packed.
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! If it is during transportation, there is another possibility.
Qinglong and Cheng Lixue teamed up to embezzle the eight million taels of silver.
As the minister of Dali Temple, Yang Qingyuan will maintain a certain degree of doubt about every possibility.
After all, this is eight million taels of silver. With their income, they will not be able to earn it in ten lifetimes. It is not impossible for wealth to attract people's hearts.
Not only Yang Qingyuan, but also Emperor Zhou and even all the great scholars were doubting this.
If the Jin Yiwei, the Shenwu Army and the Yuezhou Governor's Office join forces, it is still possible to make such a case!
After all, the idea that Yin soldiers borrowed money is really hard to accept.
If he was really a Yin soldier, what would he do with this worldly silver?! Shouldn't he want paper money?!
During the conversation, Yang Qingyuan was always paying attention to the expressions of Commander Qinglong and Cheng Lixue, but did not notice anything strange.
Maybe it really has nothing to do with them, or maybe their acting skills are too good!
Yang Qingyuan carefully inspected the seal. Although it was soaked in water, the ink and ink pad used and the wax seal could not be fake.
These are items exclusively supplied by the Yuezhou Governor's Office, and the seal should have come from the Yuezhou Governor's Office.
Yang Qingyuan opened the box, took a stone brick and part of the sand from it, and put them into the black evidence bag specially made by Dali Temple. He also took off a seal and put it into the evidence bag as a sample.
Then he stood up and said, "Let's check here today! The large group of people set off earlier than me, and I guess they will arrive soon tomorrow and the day after tomorrow! For the rest, we can continue to investigate after they arrive!"
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In the afternoon of the next day, a large group of people led by Li Xunhuan arrived in Songyang County.
"Qingyuan! You didn't even go to Yuezhou Governor's Mansion. I took people to Shanyin Mansion first, but I was told that you had never been there at all. I knew as soon as I guessed that you must have come to Songyang.
, then came with a large team of people."
The imperial guard of honor was left behind by Li Xunhuan in Shanyin Mansion. Also arriving were the imperial guard consisting of a thousand imperial guards, seven supervisory censors from the Metropolitan Procuratorate, Di Zhiyuan, the head of the Mingqiu Department of Dali Temple, and guest minister Liu Wangshu.
As well as Dali Temple's anti-robbery, Mingqiu, and Chahaosi police officers and field service.
"Brother Yang! You are finally willing to come back!"
As soon as Liu Wangshu saw Yang Qingyuan, he lost his previous aloofness!
"It's not that I won't come back, I'm just waiting for an opportunity. But what I didn't expect is that the opportunity turns out to be such a shocking case!"
In the study at this moment, there are only Yang Qingyuan, Li Xunhuan, Liu Wangshu and Di Zhiyuan. They are all their own people, so they have nothing to worry about.
"I heard that white-haired girl from Zhuang Xiaomeng say before that your injuries are healed! Your martial arts are even better, and now it turns out that's true."
Liu Wangshu said with a serious face. The first time he met Yang Qingyuan, Liu Wangshu's keen spiritual sense and talent for swordsmanship made him feel the sword charm of Yang Qingyuan.
But Yang Qingyuan's facial expression is a bit stiff. I understand the reason, but what the hell is the white-haired girl? Are there still Yang Bailao and Huang Shiren?!
"Looks like I can have some time to compete with Brother Yang again!"
For Liu Wangshu, sword fighting is also a good way to express his emotions.
Naturally, Yang Qingyuan would not refuse. Only by fighting against a swordsman genius like Liu Wangshu could he better improve his swordsmanship and at the same time increase the relationship between the two parties.
"My lord is finally back!"
After Yang Qingyuan and Liu Wangshu talked, Di Zhiyuan spoke.
During the absence of Yang Qingyuan, Dali Temple had no backing. Although Di Zhiyuan and Song Huifu tried their best to maintain the operation of Dali Temple, due to the difficulties of the prince, Dali Temple still showed signs of decline. Sometimes, in the face of the powerful
With layer upon layer of pressure, without Yang Qingyuan, Dali Temple would not be able to hold on.
"Yes! Not only did he come back! He also became the chief minister of Dali Temple!"
Originally, Yang Qingyuan was just a young minister of Dali Temple who was in charge of Dali Temple, but now Yang Qingyuan is the real person in charge of Dali Temple.
"There must be some people in the court who are very unhappy!"
Not only the prince's party, but also some people who had suffered losses at the hands of Yang Qingyuan, did not want Yang Qingyuan to come back.
Although Song Huifu and Di Zhiyuan were also capable, without Yang Qingyuan's political connections, they could not reach the level of Yang Qingyuan.
Li Xunhuan on the side said, "Not only is he unhappy, I heard that His Highness the Crown Prince also smashed seven Ru kiln vases in the East Palace."
Although Yang Qingyuan looks down on the prince, these words clearly indicate that someone hired a navy to attack the prince.
Someone smashed seven Ru kiln vases and still let you all know that it was probably the work of the King of Chu.
"But after all, he is His Highness the Crown Prince, born to the late Queen. He has the support of several wealthy families. He is also supported by Li Hongyi, the Grand Scholar of Jianji Palace, and numerous officials in the court."
Di Zhiyuan's ability to infer and analyze is full, but because he has no experience in governing, he is far behind in politics and is seriously biased. However, the current situation between the DPRK and China is still clear.
Although the King of Chu could compete with the prince, he did not have the strength to fight in a separate court.
"Zhiyuan is right. In terms of strength and etiquette, the prince is the most promising person to reach the top."
When Yang Qingyuan said this, his tone was understatement and he didn't care.
Liu Wangshu on the side was even more disapproving, "So what?! A dead man cannot be the emperor!"
"..."
"!!"
Di Zhiyuan and Li Xunhuan looked at the shocked look on Liu Wangshu's face, these words were too arrogant!
For Liu Wangshu, since he can't think of a way to solve the problem, then solve the problem!
"Wang Shu can't do this! What we have to do is to revitalize Dali Temple, amend the laws, live our own lives well, and by the way... pull him out of that position!"
Li Xunhuan and Di Zhiyuan on the side didn't think anything happened at first, but when Yang Qingyuan said the last half of the sentence, they suddenly raised their heads.
When did Yang Qingyuan become so sharp?
Looking at the wide-eyed Li Xunhuan and Di Zhiyuan, Yang Qingyuan smiled and said, "Just kidding, to lighten the somewhat heavy atmosphere."
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! But a strange color flashed in Liu Wangshu's eyes, Brother Yang was definitely not joking.
"Back to the main topic, let's talk about this case!" Yang Qingyuan stopped discussing the sensitive topic, turned around and asked, "Brother Li, have you ever observed the Yuezhou Bank before coming here."
Li Xunhuan shook his head, "I came in a hurry and didn't have time to investigate carefully. Moreover, you are the deposed envoy of Yuezhou. Only you are qualified to order the opening of Yuezhou's bank vault!"
"Sir, could it be that someone bribed the defenders of the Yuezhou Bank and did something in the bank?"
The Shenwu Army responsible for escorting was randomly selected, and no one knew it in advance, so the most likely possibility was that they were being manipulated in the warehouse!
But as soon as Di Zhiyuan proposed, he was opposed by Li Xunhuan, "Di Sicheng didn't know something. The soldiers and horses guarding Yuezhou's treasury did not belong to Yuezhou, but belonged to various departments of the Shenwu Army. Every three
By the end of the month, the defenders of the bank will have to change their defenses. Even if they want to bribe the soldiers and horses that corrode the bank, they will not have time to do so!"
Li Xunhuan had served as the governor of Hebei Province and was very familiar with the management and operation of the bank.
"Before you arrived, I briefly interviewed several people involved in the case, but there were no good results!"
Yang Qingyuan explained, "When the silver was taken out of the warehouse, it was not sealed. Instead, the box was opened and exposed to the eyes of the army. Many people saw the silver ingots in the box. Later, the Jinyi Guards, Shenwu Army, and Yuezhou Governor's Mansion
Under witness, seal the box and seal it.”
Di Zhiyuan nodded, "In that case, there is no problem with payment before being escorted."
"But not necessarily! There is another possibility here!"
Yang Qingyuan said, "I asked you to check the files of Fang Zhiyuan, the governor of Yuezhou, Qinglong, the commander of Jinyiweidong Town Fusi, and Cheng Lixue, the guerrilla general of the Shenwu Army! How are you doing!?"
