Yan Shiyue thought about it and said, "Zhang Heng was the one who was involved in the Yulin Army case. The person he killed was the younger brother of a soldier in the treasury. You said that the other party must have used silver. So how much silver did he use? Is it a normal income for a soldier in the treasury?"
Qu Sinian's expression also turned serious: "For something like this, it must cost at least two or three hundred taels, right? It's definitely not something a soldier can afford."
The three of them couldn't help but look at each other.
After a long while, Yan Shiyue said, "This matter will not be dealt with in a day or two. If the other party is holding me back, they want to do something, and they have already done it, so there is no need to rush to solve it. So, let's keep our troops in place for now. Anyway, when the national treasury is opened, there will always be some flaws. Let's ask the shadow guards to keep an eye on it first."
Qu Sinian said seriously: "It's best if you think this way, don't rush it!"
"Well," Yan Shiyue said, "Then, Si Nian, you find a chance to look at the files, remember the information of the existing treasury soldiers, and then memorize it and immediately hand it over to the shadow guards, and let them quietly track it down. Xiao Gu, you start promoting the new accounting method from tomorrow, and find a chance to look at the treasury accounts, especially yesterday's income and expenditure accounts."
They both agreed and thought about it.
Then Qu Sinian asked, "Should we tell the emperor about this?"
Yan Shiyue said, "Let's find out first. We don't know anything now, so how can we tell Aye? Besides, there is no danger in this matter. The worst case scenario is just upsetting."
Qu Sinian nodded slowly.
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The three of them have made their plan.
After the morning court session the next day, Lin Fujian stopped Yan Shiyue and asked him about Yan Shitu's injury.
Yan Shiyue acted like he had just lost his temper and realized it was a false alarm. He felt embarrassed and lowered his head a little awkwardly, saying, "Nothing."
She walked away quickly.
Her previous straightforward image was so popular that Lin Fujian really didn't notice anything wrong and breathed a sigh of relief.
Yan Shiyue still went straight home, and Yan Shitu was locked up at home by her and was not allowed to go out until the matter was over.
Yan Shitu didn't know that he had been "failed" this time. When he saw her, he was still laughing and looked silly and heartless.
To be honest, she really didn't know what to do with Yan Shitu.
Yan Shitu is just cheerful and simple, not reckless. He is very smart, but he just doesn't take things seriously.
Yan Shiyue didn't realize that she was worrying about the concerns of a parent, so she just asked the Dragon Guards to teach him Kung Fu to see if he had any talent in martial arts.
She stayed at home for a day, and the next day she went to the Ministry of Revenue to report for work and then went home again. She looked worried about her brother's injuries and had no intention of doing anything else.
At this time, Gu Hengsha had already seen the income and expenditure of that day, and Qu Sinian had also successfully seen the information of the warehouse soldiers, and wrote it down and silently gave it to the shadow guard.
The doctor in charge of the national treasury and the treasury soldiers have always been replaced every three years. Qu Sinian not only took note of this one, but also the previous one. He did not look up any more information for fear of arousing suspicion, and the shadow guards secretly checked the family wealth one by one.
It was not until this time that Yan Shiyue felt that twenty shadow guards were indeed a little too few. He should have asked Ayedo for more.
At this time, the Ministry of Revenue still had twelve shadow guards left, armed with clairvoyance, monitoring the direction of the treasury day and night, while the remaining eight shadow guards slowly investigated the treasury soldiers.
In fact, the management of the national treasury is still very strict.
For example, every time when moving to a new warehouse, regardless of the weather, the warehouse soldiers had to take off all their clothes, walk past the warehouse clerks one by one, and then put on special clothes after entering the warehouse.
After the move was completed, he took off the moving clothes, still naked, and went to the front of the lobby to be inspected again.
During the inspection, the soldiers should stretch their arms straight out, expose their ribs, squat slightly, open their mouths, and loudly imitate the sound of geese to prevent them from bringing in any smuggled items.
It looks seamless.
But according to Su Ji, if bone-loosening drugs were used and regular exercise was done, a soldier should be able to carry eight to ten smooth silver ingots weighing more than one hundred taels.
It's really a great profit with no investment!
Yan Shiyue carefully flipped through the shadow guard's records.
The shadow guard wrote down all the actions of these people, whether useful or not.
Before each storage, the dust needs to be sprinkled with clean water. The warehouse soldiers will go in with buckets of water to clean, and then come out after cleaning. Of course, they will also watch the buckets, so it should not be so blatant.
She suddenly frowned and found something was wrong.
The shadow guards recorded that there was a toilet at the entrance of the silver vault. After leaving the vault, the soldiers would always go into the toilet. They could not see what was going on inside, but each of them would spend a quarter of an hour there, or even longer.
So, could this toilet be their "transit station"?
When Yan Shiyue went out the next morning, she said to Huo Qijing, "I will quarrel with you after the court session today."
Huo Qijing looked at her and nodded to show that he understood.
So after the court session, many people saw General Huo chasing the Prime Minister for a few steps, and then the Prime Minister pushed him, kicked him, and left angrily.
Everyone: “…”
When Sima Long entered the Ministry of Revenue, he saw Yan Shiyue sitting inside with some anger still on his face.
Sima Long approached cautiously, "Prime Minister, I know of a good dim sum shop nearby. How about I send someone to buy some for you, Prime Minister?"
Yan Shiyue waved her hand and said nothing. Sima Long couldn't just leave her here and ignore her, so he could only say, "Can I make a pot of tea for you, sir?"
This happened three or four times, and Yan Shiyue got annoyed, so she just left.
She went to the Sidu room and called Bao Zheng out, as if she wanted to find someone to entertain her, and then gestured for him to walk with her.
When there was no one around, Yan Shiyue asked, "May I ask, Mr. Bao, how do you think we should be officials and how should we be human beings?"
Bao Zheng said: "As a man, one should be honest and upright; as an official, one should be upright and dedicated, and dare to take responsibility for the world."
Yan Shiyue looked bored, but his words were very serious: "Okay, I believe you. I have something for you to do."
Bao Zheng didn't seem surprised: "Bao Zheng obeys orders."
Yan Shiyue said: "I saw someone stealing silver from the Ministry of Revenue. Have you heard anything about this?"
Bao Zheng said: "I don't know."
"Just assume you don't know," Yan Shiyue said, "Later, when we get to the treasury, go to the toilet and find a way to quickly check to see if there is anything unusual."
Bao Zheng said: "Yes."
The two of them strolled slowly until they reached the national treasury and faced the treasury guards from a distance.
Yan Shiyue pretended to pat Bao Zheng on the shoulder and whispered, "Mr. Bao, seriously, your water drop humour really looks fake."
Bao Zheng quickly stepped back, and she pointed at him and asked, "Why are you hiding?"
Bao Zheng said anxiously: "I am in a hurry and want to go to the toilet."
Then he ran away in a hurry.
Yan Shiyue put his hands behind his back and walked a few steps towards the national treasury, his face showing that he was in a bad mood.
Then she waved back, and Jia and a few others came over. Yan Shiyue started talking to him, and walked back and forth, pointing at the toilet from time to time and saying a few words, as if she was losing her temper... attracting everyone's attention.
Bao Zheng came out in less than a quarter of an hour, walked up to her and bowed, while whispering quickly: "There is a place where silver is hidden in the toilet. The silver ingots are wrapped in lard and... scattered feces, about two hundred taels."
Yan Shiyue retched again.
But at least it was confirmed that the matter of Gu Dao holding the silver and the "transit station" was all as she had imagined.
Although there is no news yet from the shadow guard's check of the soldiers' financial situation, they still have a lot of things on hand. They can ask Emperor Mingyan for permission and then dispatch the imperial guards to conduct a surprise inventory of the warehouse.
Yan Shiyue frowned and was about to turn around, but he heard a faint noise coming from behind.
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