Chapter 381 Investigating the Theft of Wanjia Bank
Li Guolou had just gotten up in the morning. He broke five eggs and had not yet swallowed them in his stomach. Xie Ma walked into the inner house and said anxiously: "Master, Ai Tuzi is looking for you in a hurry. He said he wants your help with a major case. Is it Bao?" Your Excellency personally invited you,"
"Oh," Li Guolou stood up out of habit and suddenly remembered that he was no longer a police officer. What case had Bao Yiyi been helpless about and wanted to ask him to come forward, "Thank you, Mom, let Captain Ai come in for dinner. I don't pay attention to rules here."
Ai Hai and Gao Yao Wuyun poked their heads into the inner house, exclaiming that they had never seen such a layout of a mansion, neither Chinese nor foreign, a strange pavilion.
Li Guolou stood at the door of the main building and saw Ai Hai and Gao Yaowun still visiting the inner house. He was extremely dissatisfied and shouted: "Hey, you two, Grandma Liu, are visiting the Grand View Garden. This is the residence of the fourth-rank official. Do you understand? Rules,"
"Hey hey hey," Ai Hai and Gao Yao Wuyun's faces were rosy and they quickened their pace. They looked like they were gloating at each other.
"Is there anyone dead?" Li Guolou has long lost his calm style of catching gods and shouted urgently,
"One person died," Gao Yao Wuyun shook his body indifferently and walked into the dining room from Li Guolou, minding his own business. He said with a smile: "Good morning, Miss Xiaofang, and good morning, Second Grandma,"
"It's unreasonable. Are there any of you who handle cases like you? You can still be so sure after someone is dead. Isn't it because no one cares about it now?" Li Guolou frowned angrily, put his hands on his hips and cursed,
"We see dead people every day, why should we feel sorry for them?" Gao Yaowun sat down casually, grabbed a white film and ate it. He ate too quickly and choked.
Ai Hai handed Gao Yao Wuyun a glass of milk, shook his head and said, "Don't worry, Gao Yao. If you can't speak, let me do the talking." After saying that, Ai Hai and Gao Yao Wuyun finished the breakfast on the table in a hurry, and left A major case that happened in the capital was told to Li Guolou.
A shocking crime occurred in the capital yesterday. The bank vault of Wanjia Bank was emptied. The thief dug a huge hole, leading directly to the cellar. He stole 300,000 silver and gold from the vault. A guard guarding the bank vault He was killed by a thief in the tunnel. The Ministry of Punishment, together with Shangshu Bao, sent out all the troops to search the city, but found nothing. They did not find out which gangster committed the crime.
Li Guolou looked at the gloating expressions of Ai Hai and Gao Yao Wuyun, and his expression returned to his usual calmness. He did not want to see the Wanjia bank account fall at this time. He had already thought of who committed the crime, Zheng Laizi's disciples, then I helped people stay dormant all winter, and finally made a big deal. Silver property worth 300,000 taels, which costs more than 40,000 to 50,000 jins. Pulling it in a hole with a cart, one person pulls 100 jins, which costs 40,000 to 50,000 jins. Ten thieves, such a large group of thieves, where would they hide? Zheng Laizi would not know. Will the man who washes his hands in a golden basin be willing to reveal some of his apprentice's secrets? Li Guolou filtered past experiences in his mind, Thinking about the scene when he met Zheng Zizi for the first time, Zheng Zizi got off the carriage on crutches. There was a tall man beside him. The tall man who supported Zheng Zizi was supposed to be one of the masterminds of the theft. One, but so much time has passed that he has forgotten what the tall man looks like.
Zheng Laizi must have gone into hiding after getting the news. Where should he start? Li Guolou wanted to grab the last straw and asked casually: "Second Grandma, does Zheng Laizi still go to Jinfengyin Tower every day?"
Xie Xiuzhu rolled her eyes and said: "Xiaolou, have you forgotten? Zheng Zizi went to Siam in person to look for large pieces of jadeite for your career. He has been walking for several months." How smart she is. Treasures Xuan's burrow was still vivid in his mind, and he could already guess what Li Guolou was thinking. His partner "Zheng Laizi" was already a man, so why did he drag him into trouble? As long as Zheng Laizi was caught by the government, he would immediately Being judged as the main culprit in the Wanjia bank account theft case, wouldn't it make people criticize their "Golden Phoenix and Silver Building" for harboring filth and evil and being a den of thieves collecting stolen goods?
"Oh..." Li Guolou remained unmoved and did not let Ai Hai and Gao Yaowun see that he was guilty. Karma was the retribution. He was the one who planted the consequences of the Wanjia bank account theft case. Ai Tuzi should have thought After understanding the mystery, he went to ask him to come out. The treacherous villain "Ai Tuzi" found him as the culprit without revealing anything. Then Master Bao should also know about the "cave" of Zhenbaoxuan, but he should How to deal with it? Is it to put the blame on others or to face the difficulties head on?
Li Guolou stood up and said: "Captain Ai, I will give you a task to investigate all the corner goods shops, carriage shops, and carbon delivery workshops in the capital. Those who deliver water must also be investigated. If there are more than twenty people, Check, the stolen goods must still be in the city, we have to dig three feet to find them,"
"Boss, don't forget the 1% reward. Don't sell favors to Wan Shou Lu when the time comes. So many of our brothers are looking forward to issuing a ticket." Gao Yao Wuyun believes that Li Guolou is willing to come out and the Wanjia ticket number theft case will be over. Get to the bottom of things,
Li Guolou said angrily: "Since you knew I was in the city, you should have looked for me yesterday. In one day, grass grew up where the gold and silver was buried." After speaking, Li Guolou ran upstairs to get it. His backpack was used for solving crimes. I felt so happy, feeling that I had regained the fun of being a policeman.
Li Guolou was wearing a suit, a top hat, and a black leather bag slung across his back. He left the Li Mansion neatly dressed.
The man who drove the carriage was "horse cake" Ma Dequan. Li Guolou gave his good brother in the past an opportunity to let Ma Dequan and his second son Ma Liang come to him to be his servants. Ma Dequan's seat in the Yamen of the Ministry of Justice was left to him. His eldest son Ma Ming,
Ai Hai smiled and said: "Ma Bing, where is your son?"
"Hey, Captain Ai, aren't you taking care of my son?" Ma Dequan's eldest son Ma Ming is still underage, but he has already begun to bear the burden of supporting the family.
Ai Hai laughed loudly, mounted the yellow gelding, waved his riding whip, and said with a smile: "Horse cake, have a drink when you have time, I'm leaving." After saying that, Ai Hai bowed to Li Guolou and Ma Dequan, and left first,
Accompanied by Gao Yaowun, Li Guolou came to a teahouse across the street from Dongtangzi, Wanjiapiaohao. This is where the thieves dug holes. The nearby streets have long been closed.
Li Guolou jumped off the carriage, smiled at the government officials standing guard, and asked: "Gao Yao, how long is the hole in the ground?"
Gao Yao Wuyun replied: "I measured it and it's three hundred meters."
"Well," Li Guolou walked into Chunlai Teahouse, and Bao and Bao sat inside to drink tea. They were old acquaintances. There were twenty single-wheel carts placed in the teahouse. These were the vehicles left by thieves to transport silver. Li Guolou Lou squatted down and carefully inspected the twenty crudely handmade carts. They should have been made by the thieves themselves, but the wheels were ready-made. Let’s start with this.
"Mr. Bao, please disassemble this wheel and send someone to the car repair shop quickly to find out which car repair shop made it."
Bao Yitong patted his thigh and shouted: "Master Li, your idea is brilliant. Captain Yao, I'll leave this matter to you."
Yao Cuo lowered his head in shame and said: "Zha, my subordinates will do it right now." After saying that, Yao Cuo glanced at Li Guolou and saw that he was inferior to others. He couldn't accept it.
"Master Bao, who did that dead ticket clerk Ji Rong usually hang out with?" Li Guolou didn't stop for a moment, looking at a corpse on a wooden board. The deceased Ji Rong was strangled to death. This It's the end result of being an internal agent. I naively thought that if I drank the sworn wine with my enemy, I would be brothers for life.
Bao Yiyi said in a deep voice: "There are still no clues. The deceased Ji Rong is also from Shanxi. He rarely leaves the Wanjia bank account. As for who he went out to meet, I asked the people in the ticket office and no one knew, not even the neighbors. People remember doing Jirong’s business,”
Li Guolou did not get angry, but his tone was no longer so kind, and he said: "Where are the painters, where are Wan Nianqing and his apprentices, Zhang Haojie, go and ask some of the painters to draw the portraits of the deceased. Ji Rong must be having a romantic affair outside." Happy, it’s not close here, it’s a little further away. Don’t you even understand this truth? Rabbits don’t eat grass beside their nests.” After speaking, Li Guolou glared ferociously at Xing Yunfeng next to him, claiming to be the “fourth child” in the sky. I can't even tell what's going on in the underworld, so what's the point of talking about the capital taking both black and white?
Xing Yunfeng was scolded by Li Guolou and was embarrassed to stay in the teahouse. He was so anxious that he wisely said: "Master Bao, I will ask a photographer to take photos to provide evidence. It is the most accurate."
"Then why don't you go quickly?" Bao Yiyi saw that Li Guolou had been well directed as soon as he arrived and found several clues to solve the case. He hurriedly asked for advice: "Master Li, is there any other place where we can start first?"
"Sacks, Mr. Bao, the thieves have stolen so many silver and gold ingots, so they must be shipped in sacks. The forty sacks must have been bought from nearby. Anyone who buys more than forty sacks at one time will have serious consequences." Suspect, shops will also have an impression of such a person," Li Guolou drew inferences and thought of a loophole of the thieves.
"Thank you, Mr. Li," Bao Yiyi's expression improved a lot. Every clue brought new hope. He quickly arranged manpower to look for new clues.
Without saying any polite words, he walked directly to the cave. "Mr. Bao, do you have any clues?" Li Guolou held an oil lamp and walked into the cave with his waist bent.
"Hey, there was a sudden fire in the west of the city the night before yesterday. All the people in the Yamen were transferred to Youfang Hutong to put out the fire. Now that I think about it, the thieves deliberately diverted the patrolling Yamen. Mr. Li, I am ashamed to say that I haven't found anything valuable yet. "Clues," Bao Yi walked with his head lowered. Fortunately, it was dark in the cave and his ugly face could not be seen. His subordinates were scolded by him so that they could not find Bei.
There were marks of wheels in the cave. The thieves had a huge project. Li Guolou walked at the front with a portable oil lamp. Looking at the large cave, he asked as he walked: "Master Bao, how is the Wanjia ticket number? Has anything happened to other semicolons?" run,”
Bao Yiyi said something in his words: "Master Li, it's only been a day, and most people don't know it yet, but Wandong's family has already fainted several times, ah hum."
Li Guolou touched his nose and did not look back. He was secretly angry. Bao Yiyi also knew his old background clearly and knew that Xie Yunfang was once his fiancee.
After walking three hundred meters in the cave, we came to a secret room. No matter how strong the secret room is, if there is a traitor to help, it will always be opened. This is the cellar where Wanjia's banknotes are stored. The shelves in the huge cellar where gold and silver are stored are empty. Not even a copper coin was visible, only a few oil lamps emitted the smell of kerosene.
Lin Qingxie, the staff member, ducked out of the cave and sighed: "Master Bao, this case is even more shocking than the case of self-theft by the Ministry of Household Supervision. It has a great impact on Wanjia Bank."
"Well," Bao Yiyi glanced at Li Guolou and gloated. Wanjia Bank was in trouble this time. It would be even more difficult to turn around. Please come in. The bank has lost its biggest competitor. It was Li Guolou who said that next year The principal amount of the shares brought into the bank will at least double, and possibly three or four times. This goal is becoming more and more possible. It is a God-given opportunity. The largest bank in the Qing Dynasty is about to collapse. Even if Wanshoulu has the ability to bring down Wanjia Bank, If it continues, it will not pose a threat to the bank that invites people to come in.