Hearing this sentence, not only the mute girl, but also other Jurchens' eyes lit up.
"Don't listen to him, don't stop."
But the strong man kept struggling and trying to persuade other Jurchens.
"Pull him out."
Xu Hanliang waved his hand vigorously without any hesitation.
The existence of such a person will definitely affect other people's crimes, so naturally he should be sent out first.
Sure enough, after the strong man went out, the originally noisy Jurchens had calmed down.
"Just tell me, believe me."
Xu Hanliang lowered his body, looked at the mute girl in front of him, and said sincerely.
If it were another person, Wanyan Wanqing might not have spoken at all.
In her opinion, the people of the Song Dynasty were all treacherous. They had just forced them so hard and didn't even believe what they said.
But when she thought of Xu Hanliang's actions in treating her a few days ago.
Even if she is able to lend a helping hand to a stranger, she believes that such a person is not a bad person.
In full view of everyone, she spoke slowly.
They came to Changshu this time to rob official banknotes.
According to her, Daliao has always been constantly exploiting the Jurchens, which led to serious internal oppression of the Jurchens.
Sometimes, if you cannot pay enough taxes, you will be robbed by Daliao.
Because of this, they thought about whether they could rob some money to make up for the Jurchens' taxes by entering the prosperous Song Dynasty.
And their leader, the one who was screaming just now, got a piece of news.
The Song Dynasty has millions of silver coins that are being transported to the capital, and there are people from the Song Dynasty who want to cooperate with them and rob the silver coins together.
After learning such news, the leader didn't even think much and directly agreed to the Song man.
The gunpowder before was naturally not owned by the Jurchens, but provided by the Song people.
At the beginning of that day, everything went very smoothly. They rushed out immediately after the gunpowder explosion.
They successfully delayed the canal transport troops and launched into the water to seize part of the canal silver.
They retreated successfully before other officers and soldiers arrived.
According to the Song man's secret letter, they will also salvage the subsequent silver one after another, and then give them a share to let them pass to Hangzhou first.
Naturally, they didn't think too much, so they took the money from the robbery and headed for Hangzhou through the small road.
After hearing these words, everyone's expressions showed a trace of confusion.
"Do you know the identity of that Song man?"
Xu Hanliang looked at the mute girl and asked.
"I don't know. He has always had people send secret messages and has not had direct contact with us."
The mute girl shook her head and continued.
"It seems that someone really wants to use you as a scapegoat. As long as this Song person is found, the suspicion on you will be cleared."
Xu Hanliang nodded and considered it secretly.
"Anyway, regardless of whether what he said is true or not, we have sealed off all of Changshu, and it is impossible for the other side to transport the money out."
The water transport officer on the side suddenly interrupted.
"If the Cao Yin was really lost in Changshu, that would be the case. But if the Cao Yin was not lost in Changshu, so what?"
Xu Hanliang looked at the water transport officer and continued.
"What does this mean?"
Outside the door, Mr. Fan and Mr. Han who came hand in hand happened to hear this and asked in confusion.
"The box was not filled with silver at the beginning, but with stones. It was just covered with a layer of silver. As for the real silver, I'm afraid it was lost long ago."
Xu Hanliang analyzed.
Then, he told what he found in the box.
"What you said is just an inference. It will be useless if there is no way to find the real culprit."
"Nothing else is important. The most important thing is where are the millions of silver coins? This is the lifeblood of tens of thousands of officials in the capital."
Mr. Fan continued.
"If I remember correctly, these water transport ships should have arrived today, but suddenly someone changed their mind and changed it to yesterday."
"The news these Jurchens received was that the water transport ship arrived yesterday. This has already proved that there must be an insider, and the insider's status is not low."
Xu Hanliang continued his analysis.
No matter which aspect you look at, Xu Hanliang's analysis is completely consistent.
Finally, Xu Hanliang made a summary: "Someone had already exchanged Caoyin at the beginning or halfway, and then used these Jurchens to rob Cao Ying. The purpose was not to rob, but to sacrifice these women.
Real person, concealing the robbery of Caoyin."
"The direction of the next investigation may not be Changshu, but whether there were any accidents on the way here."
Xu Hanliang's eyes were already fixed on the water transport officer.
"Do you think this is what I did? Don't make trouble here."
The water transportation officer banged the table and said loudly.
"Sir, I didn't say this, but this matter most likely has something to do with you."
"With your status, I believe you wouldn't have the guts to get involved."
"However, you should think carefully about whether you encountered anything strange while on the road, or accepted bribes that you shouldn't have accepted."
Xu Hanliang looked at the water transport officer and continued.
Hearing Xu Hanliang's words, a possibility suddenly appeared in Cao Yunguan's mind, and his pupils suddenly enlarged.
"I know, that's..."
The shipping officer immediately spoke, as if he wanted to say something.
Just halfway through saying this, he seemed to have thought of some terrible possibility.
His body began to tremble slightly, and he finally choked out those words alive.
"I don't know, but this matter really has something to do with me."
The shipping officer gritted his teeth and spoke slowly.
Everyone present was a human being, and anyone with eyes knew that something was wrong with this water transport officer.
He may have realized something was wrong just now, but he swallowed it alive.
You must know that if the money cannot be recovered, he will bear the greatest responsibility.
Whether this life can be saved is still unknown.
Being able to overcome the fear of death and swallow what he knows shows the depth of this disaster.
"No, sir, that Jurchen is dead."
Outside the door, a burst of exclamations came out.
"Dead?"
Upon hearing this, everyone's expressions changed.
"Why did you die?"
Jiang Wen asked in panic.
"He was hit with a hidden weapon in his chest. He suddenly fell to the ground and vomited blood."
The yamen servant said with a trembling voice.
The sudden death of a key witness is definitely not an accident.