Hearing this, Xu Hanliang felt a little surprised.
He subconsciously looked down and found that the person being detained by Han Shizhong was actually the mute girl.
At this moment, some blood seeped out from her waist again, and her face was extremely pale.
It seems that Xu Hanliang and I were right. It seemed that the wound was torn again because of the battle.
When the mute girl saw Xu Hanliang, she was slightly startled for a moment, then quickly turned her head.
"I told you yesterday not to go out, but you still don't obey."
Xu Hanliang frowned, but said without hesitation.
"These people have collected part of the official silver, but the total is only five thousand taels. Presumably the other money has been hidden by them."
Although Han Shizhong was confused as to why Xu Hanliang was familiar with this thief, he still gave him a reminder.
This sentence actually tells Xu Hanliang not to have contact with these thieves with solid evidence, so as not to get into any trouble.
"I said, we only have this amount of money, we don't have much more. You Song people, please don't accuse us unjustly."
Hearing Han Shizhong's words, a big man in the distance said angrily.
"Now that you thieves have been arrested and brought to justice, why don't you hand over the remaining official banknotes quickly, otherwise it will be very difficult for you."
Above the high hall, Jiang Wenzheng clapped his hands and scolded.
"We said there was no robbery, so there was no robbery."
The man said again.
"By the way, Agent Xing, please take me to see those boxes."
Xu Hanliang glanced at Agent Xing and said.
Capt. Xing was a little confused: "But, haven't all these thieves been caught?"
Xu Hanliang shook his head: "Go and have a look."
He actually had a guess in his mind just now. If his guess was indeed correct, then maybe they were not the ones who robbed the officials.
At least, they didn't really grab the official silver.
Xu Hanliang didn't pay too much attention to the situation here.
Soon, under the leadership of Capt. Xing, Xu Hanliang came to the evidence room.
Now the evidence room is already crowded, filled with boxes of all sizes.
Xu Hanliang casually walked to a box and opened it immediately.
After opening another box, he opened several other boxes one after another.
Every time he opened the box, he would stretch out a hand and stroke the bottom of the box.
These boxes are basically salvaged from the water. Because of their light weight, some of them do not even sink into the water, but float on the surface.
Similar materials are basically made of pine wood, so they are lighter in weight.
"Xie Yuanlang, there doesn't seem to be anything wrong with these things."
Although Capt. Xing was watching from the side, he was a little puzzled by what Xu Hanliang did.
"Just like what I thought, the key to solving the case should be these boxes."
Xu Hanliang clapped his hands and continued.
"Are these boxes?"
Xing Baotou became even more confused.
The reason why he followed Xu Hanliang was because he wanted to learn some criminal investigation experience from Xu Hanliang's hands.
"There is some sand and gravel at the bottom of this box, and the bottom and sides are all pitted."
Xu Hanliang expressed his observations.
"Is there anything wrong with this? These boxes are filled with silver, so it makes sense that they are bumpy and bumpy due to the silver. I guess they didn't put the gravel in carefully."
Xing Captou asked.
Xu Hanliang shook his head: "It's different. Official silver is basically cast. The official silver transported this time are long strips. It is impossible to press out such a bumpy shape."
"And the boxes I just picked up are not wet inside or on the surface, which means they should be floating on the water."
"In this case, the sand and gravel inside are very suspicious, unless they were put in during packing, but this is even less likely."
After Xu Hanliang thought for a while, he analyzed it secretly.
"But, what can this mean?"
Mr. Xing seemed to have noticed the abnormality and continued to ask questions.
"I'm not going to be too pretentious. I just heard the salvage crew say that they found a lot of rocks at the bottom of the water."
"So I suspect that the official silver was not robbed, but that what was placed at the beginning was not the official silver, but stones."
Xu Hanliang glanced at Mr. Xing and then said.
"Come on, let's go back and take a look now."
With that said, Xu Hanliang walked back towards the hall first.
Everyone was still questioning these dozen Jurchens, trying to pry something out of their mouths.
However, these Jurchens bit those official silver to death, which had nothing to do with them.
And he also scolded the people of Song Dynasty for being unscrupulous,
Xu Hanliang walked straight to the mute girl and squatted down: "Do you think you guys can go back alive?"
The mute girl who had her head lowered originally lit up slightly when she heard these words: "Song people, are you telling the truth?"
At this moment, the big man in the distance shouted: "Wanqing, don't say more. These Song people just want to accuse us wrongly. We have already said what we need to say."
Xu Hanliang took a look at the big man. He had a standard desert man appearance, with a strong back and a bear's waist.
"Wanqing? What a good name." Then he looked at the mute girl again: "You don't have to believe others, but I know that you have been wronged."
The voice of these words was not quiet, and it instantly attracted the attention of everyone in the courtroom.
"Bold, do you want to protect the prisoner?"
A shouting voice came, Xu Hanliang turned his head and found that the person speaking was actually Dai Yuan.
It seemed that when he just left, Dai Yuan, the magistrate of Hangzhou, also rushed over.
Now that the enemy has met, he is extremely jealous, so Dai Yuan will naturally not miss the opportunity to punish Xu Hanliang.
"Isn't this Mr. Liangxiu Qingfengdai?"
Xu Hanliang snorted coldly, with a hint of ridicule in his words.
After Dai Yuan heard this sentence, his face darkened, and he naturally understood the sarcasm behind his words.
He sneered: "You said they were unjustly accused, isn't this to protect them? I even suspect that you have connections with foreign countries and want to overthrow our Song Dynasty court. County Magistrate Jiang, I suggest that this person be imprisoned immediately!"
"Here, Mr. Dai, why not listen to what Xu Jieyuan has to say."
Jiang Wen smiled bitterly and continued.
He really wanted to hear Xu Hanliang's analysis. Since he said so, he certainly had his reasons.
"Do you believe that we were wronged and useless? But we did rob the official money."
The mute girl lowered her head and muttered quietly.
"If most of the official money is not in your hands, then you are being used. Now that you have spoken out, it is a meritorious service. With your special status, someone will naturally send you back."
Xu Hanliang looked at the many Jurchens and continued.