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Xiao Siheng and several of his men speculated that if they pretended not to know that the account books had been tampered with and the gold had been stolen, the perpetrators would continue to commit crimes.

So for the time being, they pretended to be completely unaware. In fact, they were already investigating secretly.

There was a high probability that there was an insider involved in this matter, so apart from a few close confidants, no one else was informed of the matter.

At the same time, Xiao Siheng also had secret guards under his command, and he asked his secret guards to participate in the investigation.

After five days, his subordinates found some clues during the investigation. These clues all pointed to the two assistant ministers of the Ministry of Revenue. On the surface, these two people had nothing to do with each other and even often opposed each other. In fact, they were in the same group.

One of them was responsible for keeping the account books and the other for counting and transferring the silver in the treasury. It was easy for the two of them to work together and use their respective confidants to steal the gold from the treasury.

They seemed to be planning a bigger conspiracy. Because with only the power of the two families, they probably wouldn't dare to do such a big case.

Because if the matter was exposed, both families would be guilty of the serious crime of exterminating their entire clan. Left Prime Minister Xiao Siheng must have made perfect preparations before he dared to steal money from the Ministry of Revenue so blatantly.

Therefore, in addition to finding out the whereabouts of this batch of silver, we also need to check whether the legitimate sons and daughters of the two assistant ministers of the Ministry of Revenue are still in the mansion?

They guessed that the two assistant ministers of the Ministry of Revenue would be ready to retreat. But if everyone in the family left, their theft would be exposed.

Therefore, they could only temporarily send their legitimate sons and daughters to a safe place. Their families also made preparations for escape in advance. If the matter was exposed, their families would evacuate quickly.

These things need to be investigated secretly before action can be taken.

Xiao Siheng's secret guards encountered a bottleneck in the process of investigating the case, so Xiao Siheng went to his daughter Xiao Yunyan for help.

Xiao Yunyan decided to investigate the case herself, but was stopped by her father. Xiao Siheng only borrowed four secret guards from her.

Three days later, the secret guards of both sides worked together and found out the whereabouts of the gold.

In an inconspicuous farm 200 miles outside the capital, the secret guards discovered a farm under the name of Minister Zhang's concubine.

The village is not big, but it is next to a rolling mountain range.

There is nothing special about Zhuangzi on the surface, but there are many hidden secrets inside. All the warehouses for storing valuables are built very secretly, and are all underground.

The secret guard did not enter the warehouse, but he saw with his own eyes that a lot of the property of Minister Zhang's family had been transferred to this farm.

Therefore, the secret guard eavesdropped on the conversation between the head of the village and the accountant at night, and learned that Minister Zhang had received 5,000 taels of gold and had stored it in the village's warehouse.

In addition, there was another minister named Zhao. He hid the stolen gold in a farm owned by his wife, which was more than 150 miles away from the capital and backed by a large forest.

Minister Zhao also hid the gold in an underground warehouse.

Now that we have found the place where the other party transferred the property, we should send someone to keep an eye on it to prevent the property from being transferred to other places.

Xiao Yunyan and Li Mohan decided that when the matter was investigated thoroughly and the arrest was carried out, they would split up into two places to confiscate all the public funds that the two had embezzled and the properties that had been transferred.

At the same time, Wu Zheng is also stepping up the training of his soldiers to prepare for the possible crisis. Although the surface of the capital is calm, there are turbulent waves in secret.

Because it involves investigating a case, Xiao Shiheng's staff is a little short of manpower. He must use reliable people with outstanding abilities.

Xiao Siheng asked Wu Zheng to send a few capable assistants to help him continue to investigate the forces behind the two ministers. At the same time, he also wanted to find out where the two ministers' legitimate sons and daughters who had been transferred were now living.

Perhaps because they feel guilty, Minister Zhang and Minister Zhao have been behaving a little cautiously recently.

They were like frightened birds, always afraid that the matter would be exposed. But after observing for a while, the two found that there was no sign of trouble. It seemed that the gold they embezzled and the account books they tampered with had not been discovered.

The two men started to think again. They knew that this would not last long. Once exposed, they would have no chance to steal the gold again.

So the two of them repeated their old tricks and tried to continue stealing gold from the national treasury.

Although silver is also very valuable, gold is ten times more valuable than silver. Therefore, stealing gold is easier during transportation. After all, it is in the capital. The guards at the city gates are very serious and responsible. If a large amount of gold and silver is transported, it will definitely be discovered.

So the two ministers first set their sights on gold. They decided to go all out and teamed up to steal gold from the national treasury.

The two chose to tamper with the account books instead of stealing the gold directly because only if the account books were flawless could their theft last longer and they could transfer more of the treasury's sperm out. Based on this consideration, they would rather go through a little more trouble.