The imperial court allocated a thousand taels of gold for disaster relief. When he arrived fifteen miles away from Jiangdu County, he was robbed. The escort officers and soldiers were not alive, and the gold was missing.
The message was sent to Nanjing, Liudu, and then 800 miles of quick reports were sent to the Yingzong Dragon Case.
For a moment, Long Yan was furious and issued an order to solve the case within seven days. Qiao Baichuan, the chief inspector of the Nanjing Three Laws Office, was appointed to solve the case in a dangerous situation.
In the heavy rain, six fast horses galloped on the official road. The leader was Qiao Baichuan. He was holding an iron ruler and hanging a long rope on his waist. Although he was wearing a straw raincoat, his clothes were already wet.
The emperor's life was there, and several people did not dare to delay for a moment and rushed to Jiangdu County at full speed.
When Qiao Baichuan and his group arrived at the crime site, the local constable in Jiangdu was waiting at the crime scene in the rain. Neither he was ignorant of the greetings, the captain Liu Tie bowed to Qiao Baichuan and said, "It has been ten hours since the incident. At the first time, we blocked the scene and checked the doors in the city, but found nothing."
"Where are the deceased brothers?" Qiao Baichuan wiped his face with a worried face and asked this question.
"All of them were placed in the county morgue, and they were injured by musket . After losing the ability to move, they were then finished with the fifteen people. "Liu Tie was a little choked when he said this.
"What places can be hidden in this radius of ten miles outside the city?" Qiao Baichuan thought about it and expected that the criminals would carry so much gold, which was less than ten miles away. He spoke again, wanting to understand the surrounding environment.
"This way to the north is the south gate of Jiangdu, and you cannot hide. Within ten miles west, there is an Yizhuang . On weekdays, there is only one old man guarding it. Ten miles east is Puji Temple, and there are three monks in the temple. Ten miles south is a smooth road, and there are always people coming and going." Liu Tie is worthy of being the head of the county government, and these tasks have not been left behind.
"The old man in the charity village has no power to tie a chicken and has never seen a suspicious person. The three monks in Puji Temple have been in the temple, saying that they have never seen outsiders."
"Is there any horseshoe mark or wheel mark that can be traced at the scene?" Qiao Baichuan's brows frowned into the character "chuan", and the situation became increasingly unoptimistic.
"The rain is too heavy, it is slippery and muddy everywhere, and there is no valuable clue left." Liu Tie looked at Qiao Baichuan with a gray face and could only tell the actual situation truthfully. There was really no way.
There are no witnesses, no clues, and no hiding place to be found. The world is vast, and finding out the bandits who commit the crime is like looking for a needle in a haystack.
Qiao Baichuan raised his head, letting the rain wash his face, and exhale a long breath of stuffiness. The time limit given by the emperor is seven days, and it has been a day since the oral order was issued. Looking at the brothers behind him, he became even more worried.
"Captain Liu, the master asked you and Captain Qiao to rush back to the county government as soon as possible, and there is another murder case." A teenager ran over panting.
This is really The house is leaking and raining all night , "The disaster never comes alone", Liu Tie slapped his forehead and became depressed, helplessly calling Qiao Baichuan and his party back to the county government.
In the study room of the county government office, the magistrate Li Wenqi was also panicked. The teacup in his hand was shaking and almost sprinkled the tea on his robe. Although there was hot tea in front of Qiao Baichuan, he had no intention of moving, and he still frowned and thought about the flaws of the golden robbery.
Cleared his throat, and Li Wenqi coughed, interrupting Qiao Baichuan's thoughts. He was about to speak, but was interrupted by Liu Tie, who was pushing the door and entering again.
"I found out. Both of the deceased were killed in the Pingchang Inn in the city. coroner found two fifty taels of gold ingots on one of them, which was for disaster relief."
Liu Tie said this, Qiao Baichuan stood up suddenly, and his desire for clues made him lose his composure."What else can I find?"
was silent, and the only clue that could be used was that one hundred taels of gold. During the Ming Dynasty, gold silver was not allowed to be circulated among the people, and there were official seals on the gold ingots, so there was no need to guess the source of gold.
Liu Tie scratched his head, sorted out his thoughts, and continued: "One of them had messy clothes, and the gold must have been taken away. At that time, there was a sound of fighting, and the waiter went upstairs to check, and it must have scared the criminals away at that time."
"The store where did the people stay at that time?"
"The waiter said that only these two people wanted a room, and all the good wine and food were required to be sent into the house. At the time of the incident, the wine and food had not been finished yet."
"Let's go, let's go and ask in person." Qiao Baichuan pushed open the door and took his confidant to go to the Pyeongchang Inn.
In the inn, the murder just happened, and the anger he used to be lost. The shopkeeper stood at the counter and sighed, and the waiter was yawning boredly.
Qiao Baichuan walked to the shopkeeper and took out his own letter to show his letter to the shopkeeper.
When the shopkeeper Zhao Dafu saw that his already fat body suddenly seemed like a sieve. The head of the Six Gates of Nanjing was almost able to stop the waiter from crying at night.
"Sir, please sit first, waiter, bring the tea with you." Zhao Dafu was very nervous and a little incoherent. "Mr. Liu from the yamen just left. I wonder what else you have?"
"The two dead were serious criminals arrested by the court, and they were indeed killed in your store for no reason. Do you know the inside story?" Qiao Baichuan's serious expression looked a little ferocious at this moment.
Zhao Dafu sat on the ground, so scared that he couldn't get up.
"Big, sir, villains operate lawfully and do not dare to participate in any illegal matters. sir, please tell me."
"You get up and talk first." Qiao Baichuan glanced at the shopkeeper with contempt, "Was there anyone else together when he was staying in the hotel? After moving in, have anyone else come to find these two people?" His tone was raised a little further.
"Waiter, come here quickly and tell the adults everything you know. Sir, I really don't know the villain. Waiter knows, please ask him." Zhao Dafu hurriedly waved to the waiter.
What the waiter said is exactly the same as before, and he did not see anyone else contact with the deceased. Only after the body was taken away, I counted a total of five pairs of chopsticks when I cleaned up the room.
"Is there only five criminals in total, and with so much gold, I will definitely not go far. But if there were no other three people committing the crime together, the clue would be broken." Qiao Baichuan thought to himself.
"Let's go, go to the charity village and check the body. Think about any other omissions, and think about going to the county government to find me." Qiao Baichuan called his subordinates and hurried to the charity village.
Because the morgue is full of dead officers and soldiers, the dead criminals have to send them to the charity village.
In the ritual village, the old man was obviously dizzy in his eyes. He saw clearly the official uniforms that Qiao Baichuan and others were wearing, and knelt on the ground with a thud and kowtowed.
"I really don't know anything. I haven't seen anyone in and outside the charity house yesterday." The old man really couldn't see anything. He was too old, so he barely saw the objects inside the charity house.
checked the situation of the two deceased, and they were all pierced by a sword. This means that there were at least four people in the room, and the five pairs of chopsticks could be valid.
is not considered to be nothing. It must be an acquaintance. Is it because of the intention to get rich or the uneven distribution of the spoils? Where is the remaining gold?
"Go, go to the Heisha Gang!" Qiao Baichuan thought about a joint, and then stopped thinking about it and continued to go to the next destination.
Heisha Gang, in Yangzhou Prefecture , is also a local emperor. They have a share of all business that is wrong. The leader of the gang, Sha Lianshan, has been wandering on the streets since he was a child and made a living by stealing.
After a steal, I met Sha Wuyang, the former leader of the Heisha Gang, and was caught. Sha Wuyang saw that he was a piece of material and accepted him as a closed disciple, teaching him all his skills. Later, he simply recognized him as his son and gave him the name Shalianshan.
Sha Wuyang once fought for territory, but was plotted against by the Hongshui Gang and died seriously injured. Sha Lianshan took the lead and led the Heisha Gang to defeat the Hongshui Gang and dominate Yangzhou Prefecture since then.
is such an existence. When he saw Qiao Baichuan, he also gave him a flattering smile.
"Mr. Qiao, what wind has blown you to me? I won't say it in advance. I'll prepare a banquet in advance."
"Don't talk nonsense. Have you had any strange faces in Jiangdu County recently? There should be five people and there are muskets in their hands." Qiao Baichuan dared not say that the gold was lost. This matter is very important. If Shalianshan has other thoughts, it will be even more troublesome.
"I'll ask the disciples to go down and find them immediately. Do you always know what they look like?"
" Nonsense, you have to know what you are looking for!"
"Yes, yes, let's arrange it here." Sha Lianshan looked submissive.
"Wang Si, come here quickly and check if there are any crossing river dragons in Jiangdu recently. The faster the better, go quickly." Another face was gone.
Qiao Baichuan looked a little funny, "Let's go, if you have any news, you will hand it to the county government."
"Okay, Lord Qiao, please walk slowly, and you will tell you immediately as soon as you receive the message. Why don't you eat something before leaving?"
Qiao Baichuan turned around and glared at him. Sha Lianshan's next words were stuck in his throat, and he could only "swallow" twice, almost breathing.
At night, the county government office, temporary residence. The rain hit the pavilion, and it sounded rhythmically.
Qiao Baichuan had a few cups of tea on the table, and several confidants and Liu Tie continued to think about the existing clues, but no matter how they deduce, there was still not much clue.
Liu Tie performed quite well in front of this adult from Nanjing, at least doing his duty.
discussed and agreed, and the one who could reach a consensus was that gold was still in Jiangdu, so it would definitely not be transported out in a short period of time. However, the time left for Qiao Baichuan may be shorter.
The next day, the rooster sang dawn, the sun rose to the east, and the sky finally cleared. It's just that four more hours passed.
At the county yamen gate, Wang Si of the Heisha Gang looked inside and peeped in until the yamen runner opened the door and quickly greeted him with a smile on his face.
"Master, please give me a message to Lord Qiao from Nanjing, saying that Wang Si is asking for a meeting if you have something to do."
The yamen runner didn't dare to neglect his desire to find Qiao Baichuan, so he turned around and ran to report the news.
"Mr. Qiao, it's not good for small things. You always have to inquire about things, but you haven't found out." Speaking of this, Qiao Baichuan's face has changed.
Wang Siyan saw something wrong and quickly said, "Master Qiao, listen to me first. I, I found out a strange thing. Yizhuang was haunted last night. One of them died of Pingchang Inn. One of them was cheated. The old man from Yizhuang was also dead. He was scared to death."
Qiao Baichuan was a little interested and knocked on the table: "Tell me in detail."
"Yes, I will say in detail. Today, a foreigner died of illness and sent him to the Yizhuang. He found a dead body crawling more than ten feet from the gate of the Yizhuang. The person who carried the body said that it was one of the two bodies sent yesterday. He was frightened."
"I summoned some people again and entered the charity village and found that the old grandson guarding the charity village was lying on the edge of the coffin, and his hand was hit on the coffin gang with a ferocious expression. He was scared to death."
"This time, everyone was scared out of it, and they all said it was haunted."
Qiao Baichuan was even more interested, and chuckled and took out a silver note and handed it over, "Take it, reward you."
Wang Si's face immediately smiled like a chrysanthemum. He said he didn't dare, and he snatched the silver note in his hand and put it in his arms, and ran away.
"What I'm afraid of is that there is no movement. Now, let's see if there are any clues. Fortunately, everyone was scared away, and the scene should not be destroyed." A smile finally opened on this gloomy face that had been dark for a long time, as if it was light. Outside the Yizhuang Village, the body was still lying on its original place. Liu Tie and a few yamen runners were carefully searching on the muddy ground, wishing they could dig three feet into the ground.
In the Yizhuang, Qiao Baichuan and a few people surrounded Lao Sun's head and the coffin were also staring at each other, not missing any details.
"Sir, I've found it here." A detective picked up a strip of cloth under the coffin board. It seemed that it was hung from the coffin nails. Although
is not big, it can be seen that the materials are very particular.
"Okay, look for it carefully." After Qiao Baichuan said that, he looked at Lao Sun's body, looking at his eyes open, and he was indeed very frightened, and his whole face was distorted and deformed.
"Old Sun should have heard something, come and check it out. Judging from the cloth strip, someone was moving the corpse. Old Sun could not see clearly, and could only see the corpse in front of him moving, but was scared to death." Qiao Baichuan restored the scene from last night in his heart.
is still a little worse, and more clues should be coming to the surface soon and you can find it soon. Qiao Baichuan looked at several busy confidants and clenched his fists to cheer himself up. He must find it before the deadline.
It turns out that there is a reason why this fatal errand fell on Qiao Baichuan.
Qiao Baichuan has outstanding abilities and good character. In the six doors and above the world, when it comes to Qiao Baichuan, who doesn’t give a thumbs up and says, “This is a first-class talent.”
The wood is in the forest, and the wind will destroy it.
His immediate boss Xiao Luoji quits, always feeling that Qiao Baichuan wants to take away his headquarters.
Xiao Luoji relied on his uncle in the Ministry of Justice , so he became the chief constable in the six gates of Nanjing. However, his character is extremely poor, he is jealous of talented people, and not to mention his ability. Lost and trash can also be homophones, but behind their backs, they call him "little trash", which is really worthy of his name.
This trip is a job that will lose your head if you are not careful. It is a matter of Xiaozang's fault for Qiao Baichuan's outstanding ability. It doesn't matter if you lose your head yourself, it won't be possible to implicate these brothers who have been through life and death.
Qiao Baichuan, I was under a lot of pressure, and I just let go of some heart today. All signs indicate that the gold is still there, maybe it is waiting for him somewhere that he has not noticed.
Liu Tie came over with his head hanging down again, finding nothing. In front of Shangguan, he always seemed stupid and couldn't do anything.
Qiao Baichuan patted his shoulder, "It's okay, let's go back and think about what are the missing. Take these two corpses back and take good care of them."
"Yes!" Liu Tie was excited and called on the yamen runners to start moving.
is still in the pavilion, Qiao Baichuan, who is drinking tea, frowns again.
He couldn't understand why he had to spend a lot of effort on the corpse? Whose cloth strip belongs to?
5 people, three of them are left to escape. Although the gold was not lucky, I don’t know where it was. What was missing?
3 people, a flash of inspiration in their minds, shouting Liu Tie: "How many monks do you think there are in that temple?"
Liu Tie was puzzled, why did he talk about the temple again: "That is Puji Temple, there are only three people, it is a small temple, only one main hall and several monks' rooms. After checking, there was nothing."
"Let's go, let's go and have a look." After that, he got up and left.
Hurry horses to Puji Temple. It is indeed a very small temple, with no incense, and it looks like a dilapidated scene. When you enter the mountain gate, you will be the main hall, which enshrines Sakyamuni Buddha.
3 monks saw the constable coming in and walked quickly. They first recited the Buddha's name and asked Liu Tie: "Didn't this donor come to ask me about my monk the day before yesterday? Monks don't lie. My three brothers and sisters are practicing here, and they have never seen anyone suspicious."
Liu Tie pointed to Qiao Baichuan, "My family Shangguan wants to ask the Buddha, ask the Buddha some things, pray for answers, you should do whatever you should do."
This is the saying that several people on the road had thought of.
The three monks looked at each other and had no choice but to say, "Those donors please do whatever you want, Amitabha!"
Qiao Baichuan stepped back from everyone, entered the Main Hall alone, and knelt in front of the Buddha and prayed in a pretentious manner.
In the silent hall, a faint voice suddenly came from the Buddha statue: "You must be careful of the monk."
Qiao Baichuan was worried about listening hallucination , so he held his breath and listened to the Buddha statue. After a while, there was a faint voice, "You must be careful of the monk. "
This time I heard it sincerely, and the sound came from the beam of the hall. I jumped up, jumped onto the Buddha, and said intimately: "Buddha, don't blame him. "He jumped up again and jumped onto the beam of the room.
lies a man lying on the wide room of the room. He looks weak and weak, and he is almost returning to the west.
"Don't make a statement, I'll take you out. "
Qiao Baichuan jumped back to the ground, called a few of his confidants quietly, and whispered, and the few people understood and exited the hall.
After a while, the sound of fighting came from the courtyard. After a few rounds, the confidants walked in with three monks, followed by the ignorant Liu Tie.
"Amitabha, in front of the Buddha, you did such a great disrespectful thing. The Buddha will punish you to enter Avici hell and not be able to reincarnate. "The monk who led the lead said angrily.
"Master, you have violated the precept of anger. "Qiao Baichuan just smiled and didn't take what the monk said to heart, "Look at who this is? Do you know each other? "
" Someone came and brought the person on the beam of the house. "A few good people moved the person above.
was carried down. This person was seriously injured when he saw this person. The monk suddenly felt cold, but he really didn't know who he was.
"Today, Qiao asked you in front of the Buddha to see if you have any sins and what kind of hell should you go to. "
km0km0km I knew it was doomed today, so I told the whole story.
km0km0km the man on the beam of the house was a thief, named Li San, and a member of the Heisha Gang. When he was stealing on the road that day, he targeted two people and used his skills to steal two gold ingots.
km0km was so happy that he saved some money and had to spend decades of money. He didn't have to hang out in the Heisha Gang anymore.
km0km all greedy. He thought if there would be more stolen two ingots, and he didn't want to call other gang members. He followed them alone.
km0km0km after the two stayed at the Pyeongchang Inn, he wanted to steal at night while the two were asleep. Just waiting patiently outside the window. While waiting, I heard someone coming again. I was watching secretly, there were three bald men wearing night clothes .
Five people were whispering to discuss something while eating the banquet, but they couldn't hear what they were saying. Later, I didn't know why the argument started, and I heard the words "Gold", "Hidden where" and "Don't Live".
Five people were obviously in an internal strife. As they were arguing, the three bald men drew their swords and pierced their throats while the two of them were not careful.
confirmed that the two had died and began to fumble on one person, but there was nothing. They didn't know that gold had already been Li San was led away by the sheep.
was about to search for the second person, but the waiter heard the fighting and started knocking on the door. The three of them panicked and opened the window and were about to run.
As a result, as soon as the window was opened, Li San was slid by the window. Li San was so scared that he jumped out and started running.
Three bald heads were witnessed by the murder process. How could Li San run away? They began to chase after him.
Li San relied on his familiarity with the streets. The three of them relied on the large crowds. When they chased, they imprinted on Li San's back heart, which made him squirt blood and almost fainted.
Fortunately, they survived, and with the power of a palm, they went straight into the corner In the river, there was no sign of people after a few strokes.
3 bald men had no choice but to return to the temple in disappointment.
Li San was not at a loss, and continued to follow them secretly to the temple, hiding on the beam of the house. Who knew that these three monks never went out since they came back.
Li San was there without eating or drinking, staying there, most importantly, seriously injured, and was highly nervous, which immediately aggravated his injury.
If Qiao Baichuan had not come here today, Li San would not have been able to survive, so he insisted on reminding Qiao Baichuan to be careful of monks.
what the three monks explained were even more surprising.
The mastermind was the magistrate Li Wenqi, which was beyond the expectations of everyone present.
Li Wenqi failed to manage the water well and drowned land. He knew that he was doomed this time. When he learned that the court had allocated a thousand taels of gold for disaster relief, he made up his mind and summoned these three desperadoes.
Musket gun was taken by the military Curry, and it was taken back to Curry after it was used up, without any knowledge.
These three people killed the monks who practiced the Puji Temple and lurked here with makeup.
The two dead are hidden masters, and they completed the whereabouts of the journey and the hiding of gold.
Who knew that the two of them would increase their share ratio afterwards, and the three of them refused to do it and killed someone in anger.
Now, no one knows the place where the gold is hiding. Li Wenqi just guessed that he was near the temple, so the three of them continued to search everywhere every night.
Li Wenqi was lucky enough to search for clues to the two of them, and wanted to steal the body, but he scared the innocent Lao Sun to death. When I was dragging a body out, I happened to meet a team of people who died of illness in the charity village.
had no choice but to throw it away at the gate of the charity village and ran back to the government office by himself.
"The net of heaven is vast and unlimited. Everyone who commits a sin should be punished."
Qiao Baichuan looked at the Buddha statue and recited silently in his heart.
ended. The constables returned to the county government and easily subdued Li Wenqi. The guilty people were arrested and sent to prison, waiting for the verdict.
is not over yet, where is the gold!
gold in the Buddha statue. When Qiao Baichuan was looking for Li San, he found that the left ear of the Buddha statue was slightly different, as if it was a mechanism. After the dust settled, he led the officers and soldiers back to the temple.
As expected, the left ear was turned, and the back of the Buddha statue slowly opened. Except for a few gold ingots that had been found, the others were neatly placed together.
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