Fenghou

Now there is a more serious problem, counterfeiting, the [-]-percent ticket has been imitated, and the five-percent and ten-percent Jiaozi will be flooded with fakes.

It can be said that the sudden incident of fraud has seriously affected Chen Qing's Jiaozi plan. If it is not handled properly, his Jiaozi plan will fail again.

Chen Qing attached great importance to this case, and his subordinates worked very hard.

In the early morning of the next day, Zhong Huan and his command envoy Qiu Qing found the businessman in question in the first cabinet. The businessman's name was Yu Hong, from Bianliang. One, it is also one of the best in Lin'an, and now the Yu family also wants to open a store in Jingzhao Land. This time, the Yu family also transferred the money to Xiangyang through Hu Yun's relationship, and then made [-] bills in the Xiangyang cabinet workshop. Come to Jingzhao to withdraw money.

This is very convenient, but something went wrong, which really made Yu Hong extremely frustrated, ah!He didn't sleep all night.

But the counter shop found him early in the morning and agreed to exchange it for him first. Yu Hong was overjoyed and rushed to the counter shop to go through the formalities.

Yu Hong had just withdrawn the money and deposited it in the counter, the [-] yuan had been turned into a counter ticket, and there was also a piece of jade pendant for withdrawing the money, which he could take away at any time, so Yu Hong finally felt relieved.

At this time, the shopkeeper of the cabinet took him into a living room, and saw two men in military uniforms sitting inside, a scribe in charge of recording beside them, and five or six soldiers standing behind them.

The shopkeeper of the cabinet introduced him: "This is General Zhong, the commander of the inner guard, and next to him is General Qiu, the commander of the inner guard!"

Hearing that he was a well-known internal guard general, Yu Hong's heart that had just been let go suddenly became nervous again, and he quickly saluted.

Chong Huan waved his hand very politely and said, "Master Yu, please sit down!"

Yu Hong sat down across from them nervously. Zhong Huan glanced at the scribe who was in charge of recording and saw that he was ready, so he said slowly, "Dongzhu Yu's ticket has been exchanged!"

"Already redeemed, just redeemed!"

"This was specially approved by the king of Yong. Normally, the approval will only be approved after the investigation of the case is completed, but the king of Yong is worried that Yu Dongzhu needs money urgently, so he specially approved it."

"Ah! Thank you so much His Royal Highness King Yong. I really need money urgently. I'm going to buy land in the west of the city this afternoon."

Zhong Huan nodded, "Although His Royal Highness King Yong has specially approved you to buy the land, we still have to do business. Please cooperate with us in investigating the case."

"I will definitely cooperate with all my strength!"

Chong Huan and Qiu Qing exchanged glances, and Qiu Qing began to ask: "The ticket was issued by Dongzhu Yu in Xiangyang Chuanshan Cabinet Workshop, isn't that right?"

"Yes! I handed over [-] guan to Chuanshaan Cabinet, and also [-] guan to the cabinet. They gave me five tickets."

"Then from Xiangyang Cabinet Workshop to Jingzhao Cabinet Workshop, did you show your ticket to anyone, or did you leak your secret seal while drinking?"

Yu Hong shook his head hastily, "I never drink alcohol, and I know the truth of not revealing my wealth. I put these five tickets in a brocade bag, and my wife kept them close to me, and never took them out."

"Are you sure you've never shown it to anyone other than yourself and your wife?"

Yu Hong hesitated for a moment, and Qiu Qing immediately grasped his hesitation, "It seems that you have shown it to others, right?"

"It's not for outsiders to see. When I went through the formalities at the cabinet shop in Xiangyang, I went with my brother-in-law. When the shopkeeper of the cabinet shop was handed over to me, my brother-in-law was also there. He just took a look. He just returned it to me, and he didn't know the secret seal, I wrote it on paper and handed it to the counter shop, and I wrote five seven characters at that time."

"Why did you choose five seven characters?" Qiu Qing asked.

Yu Hong scratched his head and said, "Because my secret seal in Baoji Cabinet Workshop is also five seven characters, I am afraid that I will forget, so I am usually used to writing five sevens."

"Does your wife know the secret seal?"

"She knows, I told her."

"Then does your brother-in-law know?"

"This...you probably don't know!"

"should?"

Qiu Qing sneered and said, "Are you sure your wife won't tell him?"

"I don't know, he left yesterday and asked to go back to Lin'an to look at the store. I was also a little worried, so I sent him back to Lin'an to take care of the goods."

Qiu Qing asked Yu Hong to leave first, and Zhong Huan immediately ordered: "His brother-in-law is the number one suspect, immediately go to Lantian Pass or Wuguan to intercept him."

The first thousand and 220 chapters and nine suspects

Yu Hong's brother-in-law is an important clue, and the [-] guan money that was taken away is also an important clue, even more important.

The other investigation team of the inner guard is under the command of the commander Wang Zhi. He is responsible for finding the whereabouts of the ten thousand copper coins. The ten thousand coins are about [-] catties. At least two thousand-stone ships are needed to carry them, or twenty ox carts. Twenty ox carts were used to withdraw [-] yuan this time.

The clerk in charge of moving the money in the cabinet recalled that he was a middle-aged man who looked like a businessman, and the twenty ox carts were all the same, even the driver's clothes were the same color, black and red.

This immediately made Wang Zhi think of the mule and horse shop, only the carts rented out by the mule and horse shop are the same, and the driver's clothes are also the same.

Wang Zhi led his men down to the Liujun Mule and Horse Co., which is not far from the cabinet shop, only two miles away, and the drivers of the mule and horse shop happened to be dressed in black and red.

The steward of the Mule and Horse Company took out a notebook and flipped through two pages: "The day before yesterday I rented out a batch of ox carts, twenty of them, before dawn."

Wang Zhi was overjoyed, he had an idea so soon, he quickly asked: "Is there a coachman from that time in the shop?"

The steward waved to a coachman, "Daniu, come here!"

A well-built young man came over, saluted and said, "The manager is looking for me?"

The steward pointed at Wang Zhi, "This military master wants to ask you two questions."

Wang Zhi smiled and asked, "The morning before yesterday, did you go to the Sichuan-Shaanxi cabinet workshop with twenty bullock carts to withdraw money?"

"That's right!"

"Where did you send the money?"

"Send it to the Caohe River outside Nancheng. There are two big boats moored on the bank. Let's help carry the money onto the boat. The money is packed in boxes, which are very heavy!"

Wang Zhi's heart also became heavy, and it would be difficult to find out if it was transported on a ship. No wonder the other party dared to rent twenty ox carts to move money in a big way. clue.

"Did they say where the ships were going?"

Daniu shook his head, "They didn't say a word from the beginning to the end, just like a group of dumb people, including the businessman who took the money, didn't say a word, the boat went south, and we didn't know where we were going?"

Wang Zhi asked the steward again, "Who rented the carriage!"

The steward looked at the records and said: "A man named Wang Ping paid [-] cents to rent a car for half a day. I don't care where he lives. As long as he pays, he doesn't change the driver, and we don't ask about anything else."

"You should know where the accent is!"

"It's the accent of Jingzhao Mansion. She is young, in her 20s."

Wang Zhi was really disappointed in his heart, the other party was really watertight, and he couldn't find any clues in the link of transportation.

……

Lantian Pass, this is an important pass from Guanzhong to Shangzhou, and it is also the only way from Guanzhong to Xiangyang. At dawn, there are many merchants and passers-by waiting to pass the pass. On the top of the city, Qiu Qing pays attention to the passers-by below the city. , beside him was a young man, the man of the proprietor Yu Hong, who followed the inner guard and rode all the way to intercept Yu Hong's brother-in-law. The inner guard did not know him, but this man was familiar with him.

"No?" Qiu Qing asked.

The man shook his head, "He's actually very recognizable. He's very thin and tall, like a bamboo pole. He can be easily recognized from a distance. Moreover, he likes to wear brightly colored robes, which makes him more conspicuous."

Qiu Qing reckoned that he was still a step late. Since the other party was riding a horse, he must have passed the pass yesterday. He immediately ordered: "Go to Wuguan!"

He turned around and was about to leave when the waiter suddenly said, "Wait a minute!"

Qiu Qing turned around abruptly, and the assistant pointed to a man on horseback running in the distance and said, "That seems to be it!"

Qiu Qing hurriedly took a closer look, and saw the rider gradually approaching in the distance. It turned out to be a very thin and tall man, really like a bamboo pole, wearing a yellow and red robe, which looked very conspicuous.

Qiu Qing immediately gave an order to his opponent: "Catch this person as soon as you enter the customs!"

The tall, thin man on the horse is the brother-in-law of businessman Yu Hong, named Cao Guo. Income is higher than that of a senior manager.

Cao Guo has no ability, his eyes are high and his hands are low, and his role is not as good as that of a buddy, but his income is ten times that of a buddy. It really makes everyone dissatisfied, and no one likes him.

At this time, the gates of the city were opened, and merchants and roads began to pass through the customs in an orderly manner. There were no inspections and tax inspections at the pass, and the traffic was unimpeded, which was very convenient for merchants.

As soon as Cao Guo passed the pass, a large net was suddenly thrown over his head, covering him in an instant. Before he could yell out, the soldiers dragged him from his horse and knocked him to the ground.

The people around didn't know what happened, so they moved away in fright, "Who are you? Help! There are bandits!" Cao Guo shouted in fright.

The soldier slapped him twice, then gagged his mouth with a rag, covered his eyes, and took him to the barracks not far away, as well as his salute and two boxes.

At this time, a soldier said to Qiu Qing: "General Qi, this Cao Guo box contains 200 taels of silver, ten taels to an ingot, a total of twenty ingots."

Qiu Qing nodded, "I'll interrogate him!"

He asked Yu Hong before, and Yu Hong gave him ten taels of silver as an interrogation. Where did the 200 taels of silver come from now?The suspicion of this Cao Guo is even bigger.

Not long after, Cao Guo was pushed up, his hands were tied behind his back, and he was pressed to sit on a small stool. The blindfold was removed, and the rags from his mouth were also ripped off. The big man in the middle of the table sat a general in military uniform.

"We are internal guards, and we were ordered to investigate the case. Are you Cao Guo?"

When Cao Guo heard that it was the inner guard, he lowered his head in fright and said guiltily, "The villain is right!"

"A ticket made by your brother-in-law Yu Hong was forged, did you know about it?"

Cao Guo nodded, "I know, the villain was right there at the time."

As soon as Qiu Qing waved, the soldier handed over the leather box, Qiu Qing opened the leather box, and inside was twenty ingots and ten taels of silver.

"Who gave you the 200 taels of silver, tell me!"

Cao Guo was so frightened that his whole body trembled, and he stammered: "This is... this is given to me by my brother-in-law."

"Hmph! Your brother-in-law told me that he only gave you a total of ten taels of silver as an interrogation. Your sister also said that he didn't give you a penny. So where did the money come from?"

"This is... this is the money I won from gambling in the casino."

Qiu Qing walked up to him, lightly pinched his shoulder, and Cao Guo screamed in pain.

"I haven't tried hard yet! It hurts like this. I'll give you one last chance. Who gave you the money?"

"I...my money is none of your business!"

Qiu Qing began to exert force with his fingers, and Cao Guo immediately felt the pain go to the marrow of his bones, screaming loudly, and suddenly there was a 'click', and his upper arm bone was crushed abruptly.

"what!"

Cao Guo fell to the ground and curled up into a ball, screaming.

Qiu Qing stepped on Cao Guo's right ankle with a leather boot, and gradually increased the pressure. Cao Guo convulsed in pain and couldn't take it anymore, and shouted: "It was given to me by Mr. Ma."

Qiu Qing relaxed her feet a little, and said coldly: "Speak!"

Cao Guo burst into tears, "I'm sorry brother-in-law, I caused him harm, I told Mr. Ma his ticket number and secret seal!"

"Start from the beginning!"

Chapter 230 Accident

Cao Guo was born in a merchant family and was the only son. He had two older sisters. He was spoiled and pampered since he was a child. The money in the family can make him live well. However, the Jingkang Rebellion destroyed his family's business, and his father also Died in Bianliang, his mother took him and fled to Lin'an, living on a few hundred taels of silver. Fortunately, his brother-in-law Yu Hong often helped them.

His mother couldn't control Cao Guo, he was idle and lazy all day long, his mother died of illness three years ago, and he followed his brother-in-law Yu Hong to do business, Yu Hong treated him well and gave him thirty guan a month, but the money was too much. He has developed a bad habit of eating, drinking, whoring and gambling.

Before coming to Jingzhao, Cao Guo had already owed a lot of debts and mortgaged his house to others. His house was worth several thousand guan, but he only owed [-] guan in debt. Of course Cao Guo quit. After paying off the debts and redeeming the house, he tried every means to make money along the way.

"It was already evening when we came to Xiangyang. My brother-in-law asked me to check the situation of the cabinet workshop. I found that the cabinet workshop was closed. I knew a man at the gate of the cabinet workshop. He told me that it was too bad to exchange money to the cabinet workshop. The taels of silver are only exchanged for five guan coins, if it is exchanged to him, he can give more guan coins, and 500 taels of silver can earn [-] guan coins, I think this is an opportunity to make money.”

"and then?"

"Then Yaren saw that I was a little tempted, so he took me to see Mr. Ma. It is said that he is in Xiangyang who specializes in silver exchange black market business. I gave him 50 taels of silver, and Mr. Ma happily gave me [-] taels." As soon as the money changed hands, I made fifty dollars.

Then I went back and told my brother-in-law that I exchanged 50 taels of silver and 250 taels of money at the cabinet shop. I knew that my brother-in-law had 1000 taels of silver with me, so I asked him to give it all to me. It is said that it is too troublesome to bring money, but it is more convenient to bring silver. "

"But it has nothing to do with fifty thousand coins!"

"It didn't matter at the time. The [-] guan coins were shipped directly to the cabinet without passing through us. Later, it mattered."

"go on!"

"I went to find Mr. Ma again at night, and said there was no other way. My brother-in-law refused to exchange it, so I told him not to prepare any money. When Mr. Ma heard that my brother-in-law wanted to deposit [-] yuan, he told me that there was another way To make money, he asked me to find a way to get the number and seal of the ticket, and he gave me [-]% of the benefits.

At that time, I accompanied my brother-in-law to make tickets, so I memorized a set of numbers, and then I heard my sister complain about my brother-in-law, saying that his secret seal is always the same, so I knew it, his secret seal must be five sevens, I have withdrawn money for him at Baoji Cabinet, and he has always used five sevens as a secret seal. "

"So you told Mr. Ma!"

"Yes! He said that there is a loophole in this kind of ticket making. After we withdraw the money in Jingzhao, but Xiangyang has not heard of it, then he can withdraw the money again in Xiangyang."

Qiu Qing thought about it, and it was really a loophole. There was at least a two-day time difference between the information of the two parties. It is true that you can withdraw money in Jingzhao and Xiangyang, but this Ma Sanye did not withdraw money in Xiangyang, but came to Jingzhao first. , Take away [-] guan in Jingzhao, what is the reason for this?

"The 200 taels of silver was given to you by Mr. Ma?"

"Yes! He said that after the matter is completed, he will give me two thousand coins."

"Where did you get the silver? There is only one thousand coins in it." Qiu Qing found some clues in it.

"At the Dacheng Inn outside Jingzhaonan City, I found a man named Jiuye. I found him yesterday, and he gave me this suitcase, 200 taels of silver. The other half went to Xiangyang to find Ma Sanye, and he gave it to me in Xiangyang. "

"So you just found an excuse to rush back to Lin'an, but you actually went to Xiangyang to ask for money, right?"

Cao Guo nodded, "That's right!"

Qiu Qing sneered and said, "But you never thought that sending you to Xiangyang is actually to kill you!"