readx(); Not many people knew about the theft in Prince Sheng's mansion. The Eighth Prince had always believed that it was his own servants who stole the property and that there were spies in the mansion who were killing people one after another. "
Xuan Tianmo felt that what the staff said made sense, and immediately thought that those people must be unwilling to hand over their property, so they used such a trick on him. However, he couldn't act too hastily at the moment, and he needed to observe the matter for a few more days. After all, the things lost in Prince Sheng's mansion were strange, and the method of action was the same as what those officials had experienced. He could kill all the servants in the mansion to eliminate future troubles, but he couldn't kill so many ministers at once.
The Eighth Prince was hesitant and deliberate. The officials whose homes had lost things did not dare to report it to the police for the time being. Instead, they told the Eighth Prince about it first, and the answer they got was to wait and see.
On the other hand, Feng Yuheng did not stop, and for three consecutive days, he went out of the house every night in his night clothes to commit crimes. At the reminder of the Eighth Prince, those who had not been robbed yet had their own warehouses strictly protected, and some officials even did not sleep, moved a chair and sat in the warehouse, watching with their own eyes!
This way it won't get lost again, right?
Unfortunately, it was useless. Feng Yuheng used the space to get to the warehouse silently, and appeared behind the defender like a ghost. He chopped off the back of the official's neck with a knife, and watched the official faint on the chair like a dead pig. The treasures in the warehouse were taken away by Feng Yuheng again.
In three days, she robbed all the officials, wealthy businessmen, and banks of the Eighth Prince's faction. However, she only took the silver bills and the money from the banks, and did not touch other properties of the banks. She felt that doing so was very moral.
Three days later, although the Eighth Prince Xuan Tianmo still wanted to suppress the matter and solve it himself, someone could not sit still and filed a complaint with Jingzhao Yin Xu Jingyuan. Some people who originally planned to follow the Eighth Prince's arrangements were no longer determined, because there were rumors that all this was actually done by the Eighth Prince, who was worried that they would not pay the silver, so he came to buy at the bottom.
People angrily reported the loss of their family's orifice to the government office, clamoring for Xu Jingyuan to give them justice and to find the "Jueying thief" who had sneaked into the capital.
Xu Jingyuan was also very concerned about this matter. He also felt strange. How could so many houses be robbed without anyone noticing? And the entire warehouse was emptied. How could one person carry it away? At least a team of dozens of people would be needed to get out of the cave? But he was also puzzled. Others' houses were fine, but these officials and wealthy businessmen were robbed. Do you think he is stupid? These people are all members of the Eighth Prince's faction. Some of them made things difficult for Princess Ji'an at the New Year's Palace Banquet, forcing the princess to close Baicaotang. They are also preparing to leave Kyoto for their fiefdoms in the next few days.
What does this mean? Maybe the princess arranged this. If such a case is brought to him, he will have to try it in a different way.
Xu Jingyuan made up his mind, and with a fox-like smile on his face, he went to court on the spot. The court was shocked. The rich businessman did not ask any questions, but first asked the officials, "Did you lose money? How much money was lost? Falsifying the amount will be punished."
The officials were confused. "What do you mean by false report? We really did lose so much money. How could this be a false report?"
Xu Jingyuan nodded slowly: "Oh, it's not a false report, that is to say, do you really have so much money?"
"Isn't this nonsense?" Someone was impatient to begin with, and on top of being so angry, he immediately said, "If you don't have that much money, what can you throw away?"
"In this case, my lords, please go back and bring your account books here. I will review the case myself." Xu Jingyuan's face was stern, and a slight sneer appeared at the corner of his lips.
"What do you want our account books for?" People were confused. "We lost money, gold, silver, jewelry, and banknotes. What does it have to do with account books?"
"Yes! We are running a legitimate business."
People were talking one after another, and none of them understood why Xu Jingyuan mentioned the account book. After waiting for these people to calm down for a while, Xu Jingyuan said to an official who liked to bluff the most: "Sir Zhao, as far as I know, your family only runs two cloth shops, which are not considered to be the upper-class cloth shops in the capital. The cloth shops are also located in the northeast of the capital, and the people living there are just middle-class people. How much money can the two cloth shops make in a year? How much is your salary as a fourth-rank official? I'm afraid it will take you ten years to make back what you lost? And your cloth shop has only been open for three years! I just want to ask, where did the money you lost come from?"
"This..." Lord Zhao was speechless. Where did it come from? Anyway, it was not from the right way. It's not that there are no account books that cannot be shown to others. Every family doing business has two account books, one bright and one dark. But he and all the people who came to complain finally understood a fact: Xu Jingyuan is the Seventh Prince's man! Since he was determined to check the account books, how could he not find any clues? And once the problem is found, the source of the money must be traced. He also helped to sell a small official of the sixth rank last year. Can such a thing be exposed?
In an instant, the officials lost their spirits and backed off one by one. Some even laughed and said they would go back and investigate further, saying that maybe the wife had moved the money to another place, and it was impossible for so much money to be taken away all at once!
Others said: "Perhaps the banknotes sent to the bank were spent by his family. He should go home and ask about it."
After a few words, all the officials who had been clamoring before found excuses to leave, and only the wealthy businessmen remained in the court.
These wealthy businessmen are not stupid. They are not afraid that the officials' gray income will affect their careers. They are purely engaged in business. No matter how much money their families have, the government has no control over it. So someone said, "Then Lord Xu, you have to take care of the theft cases of us, right? We don't eat the court salary!"
Xu Jingyuan nodded, "Well, your case needs to be investigated carefully. OK, go back and wait, I will inform you after I have found out the truth." He sent them away with just a few words, and those wealthy businessmen had not figured out what was going on until they returned home.
Xu Jingyuan snorted coldly, cursing those wealthy businessmen in his heart for being brainless. They were just businessmen. In Dashun, there were four classes of people: scholars, farmers, merchants and artisans. Businessmen were ranked last. It might take him some time to deal with some officials, but it would be too easy to deal with a few businessmen. Wait, this case will take at least one or two years to investigate. If you are anxious, just come every day and accompany me.
When the news reached the Princess's Mansion, Wang Chuan became suspicious and asked Feng Yuheng carefully, "I heard that those adults lost all their belongings. Miss, did you do it?"
Feng Yuheng ate snacks while sitting on the swing in the yard, shaking his head and denying it, "No, no, you see, I'm with you guys every day, how could I have ever gone out?"
Wang Chuan twitched his lips: "You always sleep alone at night."
"Even if I go out at night, at least Ban Zou will find me!" Feng Yuheng argued and refused to admit it.
Huang Quan was standing behind her, pushing the swing. After hearing such a rebuttal, she felt that she could not hold back any more words, so she said, "But when I went into the room to help you fold the quilt this morning, I found that the bed was cold. You did not sleep all night at all."
Feng Yuheng stroked his forehead, "Do you have to be so careful?" You want to take the civil service exam? You can even judge a case.
"With a master like this, how can we not be careful?" The sound of Ban Zou suddenly came from the space, and then a black shadow suddenly appeared in front of several people.
Feng Yuheng pointed at Ban Zou's outfit and said, "Black is indeed nice at night, but in broad daylight, it's really too conspicuous."
Ban Zou ignored her and asked dully, "You said you didn't do it? Then may I ask, where did those extra things in the underground warehouse come from?"
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