Chapter 53: Murder in a Rainy Night(1/2)
When He Yuansheng was catching Li Hu, a man dressed in a military officer was running fast on the small path not far away.
As the man ran, he stopped involuntarily because several horse-dressed horsemen appeared in front of him.
It felt that it was dark now and the other party might not be able to see his appearance clearly, so the military officer wanted to turn around and go back.
But as soon as he turned around, he saw several Jinyiwei appearing behind him and walking towards him with a sneer.
The military officer's face suddenly looked ugly. Just when he was about to say something, the Jinyiwei took action and tied up the man directly.
The next morning, the Jinyiwei of Tianjin Hundred Houses Institute began to take action. With the cooperation of the silver guardian officers and soldiers, they investigated all the carriages that had been coming and going to the city in the past few days.
"Sir, what are we going to do!"
Almost everyone took action, but Lao Zhou was puzzled by the Jinyi Tiqi brought by He Yuansheng and the twenty people from Tianjin Hundred Houses.
"You ask the people from Baihu Institute to lead our people and explore all the workshops around Tianjin that can smel silver ingots!"
"Sir, you mean?"
Old Zhou immediately reacted and his expression suddenly lit up.
"There are official seals on this batch of silver, so you can't use them directly!"
On the way to Tianjin again, He Yuansheng already had this idea. After all, the marks on the official silver must be dealt with, and the easiest way is to melt them from now on.
As for Li Hu's way of finding a carriage, although it is OK, it is a little worse.
"Sir, why bother letting others mess around!" Old Zhou smiled bitterly, but he didn't expect He Yuansheng's real killer to be here.
"They are trying hard on the surface, so it won't be convenient for us to do things!"
If we look for a smelting workshop directly, Cao Jie's side would definitely find ways to set up obstacles, and at least transfer the money again. So He Yuansheng came to build a plank road openly and secretly went to Chen Cang.
"Sir, you're too cautious!"
"The other party can think of the transfer plan of salt for silver, and arrange for people to sink the official ship so that there is no trace. This method is very clever, so we must not underestimate the enemy!"
He Yuansheng was so cautious because the layout was very clever. Although he still couldn't figure out how the money was dropped from the guard's mansion, the exposed methods were already quite good.
Old Zhou became solemn when he heard this. Thinking that if He Yuansheng had not found the salt on the silver ingot this time, he might have been in Tongzhou to investigate the silver protectors.
"By the way, did Ma Liang do it?"
Ma Liang is a hundred households of silver guardians. When he arrested Li Hu yesterday, he wanted to leave secretly, but was caught by He Yuansheng's people.
"Not yet, he just said he wanted to go and make some convenience!"
"Hmph! If you don't speak, just give me a big punishment!"
This escaped Ma Liang must be the one who sinks the official ship. Although he is a chess piece, he is also a certification.
After all, He Yuansheng has not considered how to settle the case in the end. Then all the personal and physical evidence must be held in his hands so that he can take the initiative.
"Don't worry, sir, he will speak soon!"
He Yuansheng just clicked,
Then he signaled that Lao Zhou could go out and arrange it.
After the old man walked away, some sadness suddenly appeared on He Yuansheng's face.
Li Hu's appearance in Tianjin already represents Lu Bingxun's attitude.
Thinking of the commander of the Jinyiwei and not wanting to solve the case, He Yuansheng felt a headache.
Now it is a dilemma. If the case is solved, Lu Bingxun will definitely wear He Yuansheng's shoes in the future, and the people around the prince will also take revenge. You can imagine the future.
If the case is not solved and all the civil and military officials in the court are staring at it, He Yuansheng will definitely become a scapegoat.
What's more, Lu Bingxun sent He Yuansheng to investigate the case, which is probably the same, otherwise he would not have sent a newcomer and let Li Hu drag him down.
When He Yuansheng was worried, a small eunuch in the garrison house reported to Cao Jie: "Godfather, Jinyiwei, is investigating the recent carriages coming and going to Tianjin!"
"Bang!"
Cao Jie threw a cup when he heard this, and a ferocious look appeared on his face.
"Godfather, you're going to have an idea. What can the Jinyiwei find? Is it going to be troublesome?"
"Wait!"
He said viciously, and Cao Jie immediately walked towards the inner house.
In the inner house, the beautiful woman in green who made He Yuansheng feel moved was looking at a book. The name of the book was Thirty-Six Strategies. If someone else knew that a woman in the inner house would read such a book, she didn't know what she thought.
Soon Cao Jie walked in and saw the woman reading a book. He said anxiously: "Qingxuan, my good wife, you still have the heart to read a book!"
At this time, Cao Jie was not as cold as last night. He looked like a woman in green was like a heart-wrenching person.
"What's wrong with the master? Why are you so anxious!"
The beautiful woman in green smiled, but her smile was not enough to reach her eyes.
"Hey! The Jinyiwei began to investigate the carriages that had recently traveled to the city. If they found clues, wouldn't the money be exposed!"
The beautiful girl in green whispered: "What's the difficulty? The people from the Jinyiwei don't know the specific goal. There are so many carriages in Tianjin, and there are hundreds of carriages of all sizes. As long as the master is quick and he silences the person in advance, it's all over!"
"Are you killed all thirty coachmen?"
"If they don't die, the place where they can be found is likely to be found, and the master will not be safe!"
Although the woman's voice was beautiful, the cruelty in her words made people creepy, as if it was not more than thirty lives, but more than thirty ants.
Even Cao Jie frowned, and after a while, he said viciously: "That's it!"
After saying that, Cao Jie turned around and left, but he didn't notice that the beauty in green looked at him with a hint of hatred.
"Miss, why did you give me advice and let him kill someone..."
As soon as Cao Jie left, the little girl Huan'er appeared, spoke very angry and pouted.
"Huan'er, now we can only rely on him. If he dies, our fate may be even worse!"
Huan'er was stunned when she heard this, and then said sadly: "Miss's fate is really miserable. I thought I could have a good support, but who knew that these eunuchs were all this kind of virtue..."
"Be careful!"
The beauty in green immediately became nervous and blocked Huan'er's mouth, preventing her from continuing to speak.
Huan'er also knew that she had lost her words, but her face was still filled with sorrow.
"Why!"
After letting go of the hand that blocked Huan'er's mouth, the beauty in green sighed, and her eyes also showed some sadness.
The Su family car dealership is one of the many car dealers in Tianjin, and it is leaning against the nearby canal to make a living.
In the car shop, there were more than twenty carriages and more than thirty people who were begging for food by carriages.
As night fell, it was raining a little in the sky. After dinner, people who were seeking life gathered together to chat.
"Bo head, have you heard that there is a Jinyiwei today, asking where the carriages in the city have been and what kind of goods are transported!"
A man in his thirties asked a man in his forties with a vicissitudes of expression.
"Why do you care about so much? Whatever you like to investigate, it has nothing to do with us ordinary people!"
He looked like he was not attentive and was hanging high. While talking, he took out a dry tobacco and took a sip, which showed that he was living a good life.
"These Jinyiwei seem to be looking for something, or bulk goods, so there will be no trouble!"
The man who spoke first continued, with a little worried tone in his tone.
"We can't find any trouble. We are all ordinary people and have never done anything illegal or illegal!"
"You forgot, you've transported a large number of goods to the garrison a few days ago?"
"I'm worried about eating salty radish. The guards are like Jinyiwei, and they are all government offices. Can there be any problems?"
This is also the idea of ordinary people in ancient times. After all, their knowledge is limited, so who would have thought that there would be problems with the goods in the government.
"But, but this batch of goods was shipped out of the city early, or shipped to Huojiazhuang!"
A man in his thirties is a little shrewd and already feels something is wrong.
He hesitated for a moment and continued to speak, "And the things we ship are heavy, I feel like they are boxes of silver."
Although the people in ancient times had limited knowledge, they were also clever, especially the profession of coachmen, who often transported goods and their eyes were naturally very terrifying.
As soon as the man finished speaking, someone immediately echoed: "It seems to be really silver, I feel that the weight is about the same..."
I was stunned for a moment, and carefully recalled the transported things, and was also a little hesitant.
I have been a coachman for many years, so I naturally have good eyesight. I just didn't want to think too much before, but now I feel the problem.
But the common people didn't want to be too troubled and didn't know the seriousness of the matter, so they spoke, "Okay, don't worry about so many things. If the Jinyiwei finds us, just say the truth!"
As soon as he finished speaking, footsteps sounded, and then thirty or forty soldiers guarding the palace appeared in the Su family car shop.
He saw the person coming and immediately met him: "Mr. Li, why are you here?"
The officers and soldiers named Lord Li said with a smile: "Of course I'm looking for you. There are still some things you need to do when guarding the palace!"
"That's the honor of the grass-roots!"
To be continued...