The meeting at Songluo Tea Club ended successfully. Hao Fang had been preparing for this scene for a long time, just to give an explanation to the man behind Mr. Li.
From the end of the plague in Guangzhou to now, he has spent almost 40,000 to 50,000 silver from Shi Weng in more than a year, and the assistants he sent one after another were paid by Shi Weng. However, he did not produce many decent results. No matter how loyal I am, Shi Weng, who is far away in Nanjing, will probably not forgive me easily.
He knew that Shi Weng was not the only chess piece in Guangzhou Mansion. If Shi Weng felt that he was not worth using, his own life would be fine, and the pregnant concubine and the son he had never met might also be in trouble. Escape hand.
Thinking of this, his neck felt vaguely cold.
Fortunately, the personnel sent were very capable. In less than half a year, they were able to make fake silver coins that could be used perfunctorily, and the business of making treasure banknotes was also started. This made him somewhat gratified. His great cause of rebelling against Kun could continue - -You can also get a lot of oil and water.
He didn't know what the purpose of counterfeit silver dollars and counterfeit banknotes was. In fact, up to now, he didn't even know where Li Fugui and the others were doing the counterfeiting. In the entire counterfeiting network, he served as a mediator and liaison.
Li Fugui and others delivered the counterfeit coins to him, and another unknown team also delivered the refined medicinal silver to him. Shi Weng's people sent the activity funds and Shi Weng's latest instructions; Boss He came to pick up the goods and spent the counterfeit money...
Speaking of which, he knows nothing, but he knows everything. If the thieves catch him, he can only give out some names. This stone man is tall, really tall!
Of course, Mr. Hao will never let the Kun thief catch him. Not only has he planned his escape route through Wang DaNiao's "Gutter Map", but he also carries poison with him at all times as a precaution - - He has long heard about the methods of the Kun thief.
Everything was running smoothly and orderly. But a recent incident made him uneasy. Not long ago, the pick for delivering medicine was inexplicably missing one ingot.
The person who delivered the medicine money insisted that it had been lost or stolen on the road. After searching his whole body, there was no trace of the medicine money.
To be cautious, he asked Hao Ping to kill the person and throw the body into the Liumai Canal. But this incident became a problem for him.
Regardless of whether the silver was lost, stolen, or was hidden and used by this person, it will inevitably flow into the market. Even though the medicinal silver looks very realistic, there is still a high possibility that it will be discovered if it falls into the hands of the money exchanger. It's a clue. If it's just Yingouzi who sees it, that's it. If it alerts the thief, it will be troublesome.
The silver ingot stamped by Sanjiang Mao was lost at the scene when Wang Daniao and Wang Xiuzhu were disposed of. Later, the thieves must have taken it away. Later, I heard that the thieves asked about the origin of the stamp at various dumping shops. Fortunately, the thieves , there was no medicinal silver on the market at that time, and the wizards and Taoists did not use this stamp when refining silver. The thief probably had not yet connected the two.
"Second Master, Monk Walrus is here."
"Invite him in," Hao Fang said.
This monk with a pockmarked face was always a dragon that never came to an end. Every time he came to his place, he would make a secret connection somewhere in the Liumai Canal, and then send someone to row a boat to his secret house - obviously, back then,
He also got Wang DaNiao's ditch map.
Hao Fang didn't know the origin of this person, but this person was very important. Every time he walked on the road, he would bring him some very important information.
However, when Hao Ping brought the monk in front of him, Mr. Hao was surprised. This man was not wearing a monk's robe, but he was dressed like an Australian.
"Mage...what are you..."
"Nowadays, monks can no longer live freely in Guangzhou." Master Walrus said with emotion, "Nowadays, even tourists who place orders have to apply for household registration. I can't stay in Guangzhou city any longer.
"Kun Thief's surveillance becomes more and more intense day by day. This is as it should be." Hao Fang said with a bitter smile, "Fortunately, I got all the stoves out! Otherwise, I would probably be in Kun Thief's prison right now.
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"Haha, it's okay not to tell such a joke." Master Walrus said, "I came here to tell you something important."
"Speaking."
"Don't use this Sanjiangmao poke again." Master Walrus said, "There is something wrong."
"What's up?"
"Someone came to Guangzhou with five ingots of Sanjiangmao's silver, and was spotted by our brothers at the dock. We thought this person had stolen the medicine and silver, so we planned to kidnap him... Unexpectedly, we got into a fight on the way.
I was hit with a stick by someone else for no reason, I passed out on the road, and I didn't get him back, so this was the root of disaster!" Mage Walrus sighed deeply.
"So?!" Hao Fang couldn't close her mouth, and her heart was pounding.
"That's right, it's Lao Yin Ding." Master Walrus nodded, "It just so happens that this person is now the guest of the thief. The thief has already paid attention and is tracing the origin of Sanjiang Mao."
Hao Fang took a breath of air and said after a long time: "I understand, thank you Master for your guidance!"
"One more thing." Master Walrus whispered, "Two-thirds of next month's silver dollar production will be sent to..." He whispered something, and then ordered, "Such a large shipment requires
Be careful not to reveal anything."
The former Ming Dynasty Metropolitan Procuratorate Guangdong Inspector Censor Yamen is now the Political Security Bureau of Guangdong Region.
In an office converted from a public hall, Yang Cao took a sip of coffee and put the cup back on his desk, saying, "It's weak." The clerk next to him immediately took away the coffee pot and walked to the tea room.
Yang Cao looked at the information in the hinge folder carefully, and after a while he stood up again and walked to the wooden blackboard at the end of the office. He stared at the relationship diagram outlined in chalk on it for a long time without saying anything.
Various notes and photos on the blackboard are scattered everywhere with wooden handles and steel-headed pins, and they are connected with each other by chalk arrows. Some of the arrows have some notes written on them, making it look messy and disorderly.
Yang Cao's eyes wandered among the confusing clues, and finally settled on a black and white photo of Liang Cunhou. The successful detection of the witchcraft case brought great honor to the Political Security Bureau and Yang Cao personally, but in the end,
It is indeed a pity to be imperfect under this light. The dormant local anti-Song forces made it more difficult to identify hostile elements. From the available information, it seems that there are at least two clues in the witchcraft case that converge on Liang Cunhou.
, one is that Taoist Mu Shi seemed to have contacted and received help from important local gentry when committing the crime and before escaping, and Liang Cunhou was highly suspected; the other was that Liang Cunhou collected and analyzed an unusually large amount of Senate materials.
During the political review of the admitted candidates after the first civil service examination in Guangzhou, it was found that a man named Wu Yi had participated in the Yuyuan Society run by Liang Cunhou. The Political Security Bureau obtained a lot of inside information about Yuyuan Society by passing Wu Ji's review.
, and the purpose of the Yuyuan Society was to study and learn from the so-called Kun Studies and to explore the loopholes and weaknesses of the current Senate's ruling structure. A large number of people in the society have the characteristics of potential anti-Song elements. The results of the combined analysis of the two clues are inconsistent.
It goes without saying that within the Guangzhou Municipal Government, Liang Cunhou has already been placed in a separate category, and the investigation and monitoring of his person have been strengthened.
However, an important part of the investigation is missing, and that is the evidence, whether physical evidence or witness, which is cut off silently every time when the line is about to be closed. Yang Cao is never afraid of crazy enemies, and frequent movements represent mistakes and mistakes.
The clues and the madness of the action represent the enemy's despair and helplessness. A fish always struggles the most fiercely on the chopping board. But this time the opponent is very cautious, never reacts to stress, adopts creeping tactics, and resists slowly.
And weak, but firm and never stopping.
The clerk outside the door brought espresso coffee and whispered: "Comrade Regional Deputy Commander, your coffee!" Seeing that she had no other reaction, he reported: "The Regional Finance and Taxation Bureau has sent the latest investigation report on the counterfeit currency investigation.
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Yang Cao paused and said, "Is there any official document?"
The clerk said: "There is a written document. It is in the name of the State Administration of Finance and Taxation. It was sent to the State Administration of Political Science and Security and then transferred to Guangzhou. Deputy Director Zhao has already approved it and the message is being copied."
Yang Cao said: "This matter is now the responsibility of the police. Give them whatever information they ask us to provide. We don't need to give us anything we haven't mentioned."
"Yes, Comrade Regional Deputy Commander!"
"Go and ask the comrade in charge of the Investigation Section to come over."
Not long after, Xu Tong, the head of the Investigation Section, came to Yang Cao's office. Yang Cao's style was still blunt and direct: "What progress has been made in monitoring the Liang Mansion recently?"
Xu Tong had just sat down, and before he could adjust his posture, he quickly replied: "Peripheral investigators have never been able to penetrate into the inner house to obtain exact information, but based on the recent situation and the reaction of relevant parties in the Liang Mansion, it should be related to the aftermath of the recent tax audit.
, the analysis should be to deal with various problematic accounts and avoid blows. Three days ago, Liang Cunhou visited Director Zheng of the Commercial Department and Miss Pei of Ziming Building, and the next day he visited Gao Ju."
Yang Cao asked: "See you?" As he said that, he took out a cigarette from the cigarette case.
Xu Tong flipped through his notepad and said: "Director Zheng declined on the grounds of participating in industrial and commercial activities. Miss Pei met with him, but did not involve any substantive issues, because Liang Cunhou is a key monitoring target of the bureau and Guangzhou City. Therefore, the Commercial Office and Ziming Building compiled the reception records and sent them over, and all relevant gifts were registered and turned in. Because Gao Ji is a private person and has no direct contact with us, there is no relevant feedback."
He looked at the female cadre in front of him who came from a humble background but was famous in the system. She had countless halos of honor and was known for her ruthlessness. However, she graduated from the upper elementary class of Fangcaodi National School and was trained in political security. Xu Tong, who had received two years of specialized education in school, was not very optimistic about her business abilities.