The first paparazzi in the Red Chamber

Song Xi took a look at it and asked Jia She how to deal with it. He could solve this matter, but Jia She would not want him to help.

It is shameful to steal the same content for profit, but if it is fake and true, and in the name of neighbors' secrets, it is abominable, hateful and damnable.

Jia Amnesty certainly knows the seriousness of the piracy problem.

After thinking about it for a while, he nodded to Song Xi, "Since you are willing to help, why should I bother myself, and I will be disrespectful."

He doesn't need to be hypocritical, the sooner this kind of thing is found out, the better.

Jia Amnesty carefully flipped through the book again. Although the printed content was rough, the mounting process was exquisite and unambiguous, and the pattern on the cover must have taken some time to carve.People who can do this kind of thing, besides being bold, should also have confidence in the secrecy of the workshop.

"I don't think it's necessary to check the small workshops. This book must have been printed from the big workshops."

Song Xi asked Jia She why. After all, the printed content looked rough, as if it was produced in a small workshop.

"The content can be made like this. I guess it should be caused by the use of old clay that was discarded in the big workshop. But look at the mounting, and the pattern that can almost be faked. It is definitely not something that can be produced by ordinary workshops. .” Jia She explained.

Song Xi nodded, naturally agreeing with Jia She's words.

He managed to get a job from Jia She to express himself, and he didn't dare to delay for a moment, so he arranged the matter.

Zhu Mao then introduced that the price of this book on the market is [-] cash, which is a full ten times cheaper than the genuine edition of The Secret Story Next Door.The sales volume is actually good, and there will be some literati who are well-off but not wealthy and are willing to buy it.

Jia Amnesty complied, and made Zhu Mao remember to ask people to always investigate the trend of pirated books, so he sent him away.

Song Xi thought of Lin Ruhai again, and asked Jia Amnesty how he was doing recently.

"It was said that he was going to Beijing to report on his duties. After the official department reported the situation, there was still no news from the emperor." Jia She said.

Song Xi: "You also know that it's the end of the year, and the emperor has a lot of things to do. He's entrusted with grace and the empress dowager for thousands of years, and he has to make sacrifices. Your brother-in-law's affairs will probably not be dealt with until after the year."

Jia Amnesty: "Understood, it is just right for him to stay for a few more days, and then leave when the weather gets warmer."

"I don't know what kind of girl from his family is like, she also has the talent of singing Xu, clever and flexible?"

Jia Amnesty nodded, "They are all better than me."

Song Xi smiled, "Don't be too modest, everyone has slightly different specialties. There is no shortage of people like us who are good at reading in this world, but there are very few talents like you. See the small to know the work, and the original to see the end."

"Don't brag, it's the end of the year, everyone is lazy, and there is no useful news."

Just as Jia She was sighing that it was okay, something happened soon.

Jia She turned around and saw Zhu Mao coming back holding a wooden box, and asked what it was.

Zhu Mao: "The money returned by Yinfang said that they don't want official money, but like broken silver."

Song Xi also looked over.

Jia Amnesty then explained to Song Xi: "I have been hiring some private printing houses to print "Great Zhou Dynasty News". It is almost the end of the year, so I plan to settle part of the bill first."

Song Xi nodded.

Jia Amnesty mobilized various private printing houses to print newspapers in the name of the government, and now Zhu Mao is paying the bills, which naturally represents the imperial court, not private individuals, so it is understandable to use official silver to settle the bill.Although official silver cannot really be circulated in the market, it can only be used by personal cashiers and remelted into broken silver.However, the official silver minted by officials, such as an ingot of ten taels, 20 taels, 50 taels, etc., is clearly measured, sufficient in quantity, sufficient in purity, and has a reputation guarantee. When the money is handed over, it should be the most popular money. Why does Yinfang not like it at this moment.

Jia Amnesty turned to ask what kind of Yinfang Zhumao is, and specifically why.

Zhu Mao said: "Moxiang Yinfang. They said that the official silver was troublesome and had to be remelted, so they asked the younger one if they could exchange it for broken silver to settle the bill. The younger one took it back and prepared to change it."

Moxiang Yinfang can be regarded as one of the best private printing workshops in the capital, and the transaction of money and money is very large, and it doesn't even have a tool to remelt the silver.Moreover, such a large Moxiangyinfang should not be short of broken silver to pay the staff, but they don't want the official silver that the court has clearly measured and stored one by one. Instead, they risk offending people with the reason of 'remelting trouble' It is a bit strange to trouble the officials to exchange for broken silver.

Jia Amnesty asked Zhu Mao to bring the silver to him for a look.

The wooden box was opened, and there were six rows inside, with five silver ingots in each row, judging from the size, each should be twelve taels.

"Who else did you give this money to?" Jia She asked.

Zhu Mao: "Most of them have been accepted, but this one likes to break the money, so they returned it."

Jia She looked at the silver in doubt and frowned.

Song Xi had no intention of doing this, but seeing Jia She's expression was a little strange, he came over and picked up a piece of silver.Song Xi's complexion immediately darkened, and then he looked at the bottom of the silver ingot.

"Where did it come from?"

"Your warehouse." Jia She said.

Song Xi didn't speak, probably remembering which batch of silver in his warehouse might be like this.

Jia She said: "Don't guess, this is from the batch of 10 taels of silver that the emperor gave me."

"The fineness of this silver is not right, it is bigger than normal, but if you don't observe carefully, even I will almost be fooled." Song Xi weighed the silver, took the dagger from Heng Shu, and scratched a few times at the bottom knife.

Jia Amnesty came over to have a look, and found that the part of the bottom cut open by the knife was a bit black.

It was such a coincidence that the batch of silver that fell into his hands was tricky.

Fortunately, the source of the official silver will be marked on the bottom. Jia She confirmed that there is a Gyeonggi official seal on the bottom of the silver, and the forging location is written as Suzhou Prefecture.

Song Xi frowned, "If the official bank is fake, it must be a big case."

"I don't have any great skills, who dares to make a fuss on the official bank, this is a job that will kill your head."

Before Jia She fell down, he was only skeptical. Jia She's level of identification of silver is really not good.He only knew that Moxiangfang's reaction was abnormal, so he suspected that it was Yinzi.Thanks to Song Xi's ability to discern, otherwise he would have to spend some time looking for someone to confirm and help him.

Not long after, Heng Shu came back with a whole piece of silver that had been cut open.

It can be seen that the core of the silver is black and blue, which is far less bright than the white of pure silver, and the core here is much darker than the outer layer.It should be mixed with silver in things like lead and tin, because the black and blue color of silver is too easy to be recognized as bad, so it is covered with a thin layer of normal silver.

"That's right." Song Xi glanced at it, then coldly threw half of the money back.

Jia Amnesty couldn't help but ask him how he could tell that there was something wrong with Yin Zi from his appearance.

"Look at the 'honeycomb' at the bottom. When silver with normal purity is poured, some round holes like honeycombs will naturally form at the bottom, which are relatively deep. The holes are round and bright, full of air, and shiny. Look at this, it's just the opposite. "

Jia Amnesty nodded, learned.He then asked Zhu Mao to find some excuses to get back all the money that had been settled before, and replace it with silver notes or broken silver.

After about an hour, Zhu Mao replaced all the silver that had been sent out before.Song Xi asked someone to check the silver taels again, and sure enough, as expected, all the same items came out of the same box, with black cores.

As for why there are so many Yinfang, only Moxiangfang found the problem.

Jia She guessed that the business in their workshop was big, and they had encountered low-quality silver before, so they would habitually check whether the silver was good or bad, so they noticed the problem.But they were embarrassed to say it bluntly. After all, they were doing business with the government, and if they were not careful, they might lose their heads.

As for other workshops, it is estimated that it is not because they are incapable of discerning, but when they see the official bank, they instinctively choose to believe that there is no problem, so they accept it.

Song Xi immediately ordered his subordinates to take the silver and cut it up and remelt it, to test how much of the twelve taels of silver remained after removing the sundries and melting it into pure silver.

When we parted in the evening, Jia Amnesty let Song Xi know the news and told him as soon as possible.

……

Now it is the end of the new year, and every household has hung up red lanterns, full of the flavor of the new year.

After the Fang Qin incident, "Secrets of the Neighbor" came out two times in a row, both of which were written by Fang Zhenglu, exposing the matter of a few dandies who bully men and women and forced to buy farms at low prices, and it was finally resolved perfectly .

Jia Amnesty has also been busy for a whole year, and he has nothing to do at the end of the year. Just as he complained casually, a big case came up.Tomorrow, it is inevitable to report this matter to the emperor and check the state treasury, which will be a new toss.

After Jia Amnesty returned to Rong Mansion, he ordered someone to prepare hot water. He wanted to take a hot bath, sleep well, and deal with new problems in good spirits tomorrow.

Unexpectedly, as soon as this room took off its coat, there was a woman sent by Jia's mother over there to ask, "Is the old man not back yet?"

When Jia Amnesty heard "return", he probably came to look for it several times.

Dong Sun said apologetically to Jia She: "I think the master is tired. He didn't say anything about it when he brought you tea just now. He was about to open his mouth to say it. Who knew that the old lady's people would come to remind you so soon."

Jia She said "Yes", and put on his coat again.

While serving, Dongsun said, "A distinguished guest came to the mansion today, the old lady is very happy."

Jia Amnesty: "Who?"

"The concubine of the Prince of Beijing's mansion brought the prince of Xiaojun to visit, and even praised the second girl of our family. I heard from the second master of Lian that he and the prince of Beijing also had a very happy chat." Dong Sun said.

Jia Amnesty rubbed his temples, feeling a little dizzy.

Dong Sun: "Besides, the old lady and the second room seem to know that the master used means to buy news in the mansion. The mother-in-law and daughter-in-law whispered for a long time in private, and I don't know if they have said anything bad about the master."

"I didn't know that, it's beyond my expectation." Jia She said calmly with a cold face, and then put on his cloak and left.

Jia Mu and other female relatives are in the side room.Jia Mu was happily lying on the Luohan couch, half of her body was covered with a mink blanket, and there was a stove in hand, holding melon seeds in one hand and kowtow, her eyes were on Baoyu's side.

Baoyu was playing chess with Yingchun, and lost twice. He begged Yingchun to let him have two sons, but Yingchun refused, so he acted like a baby.

Baoyu hurried to ask Jia Mu to make the decision.

Yingchun is not as timid as before, she is also a girl who is favored by her father who is a high-ranking official, and she is also tough when speaking among the sisters, and the old lady now values ​​her very much.So at this moment, she was a little confident that she still had some. She walked over dignifiedly, followed by asking for gifts with Jiamu, and then asked Jiamu to be the master, and Baoyu was not allowed to play tricks.

Baoyu just leaned on Jia Mu's leg and beat Jia Mu's leg with a smile, "Old Ancestor, please help me quickly, my second sister is older than me, so what can I do with my two sons."

After a while, Baoyu whispered, "If you win the golden melon seeds from the second sister, the grandson will share with the ancestors."

Jia Mu said happily, "Well, well, but a filial child."

"Old ancestor, this can't be called filial piety. Don't be partial," Yingchun's gentle mother Jia said, then turned her head and eyes became fiercer, staring at Baoyu, "If you are filial, you should go out to earn money and come back to be filial. That's right, what kind of skill is it to use shameless means to defraud what is in the hands of your own sisters."

Baoyu frowned and pouted displeasedly: "Your words are so ugly."

Yingchun smiled, "That's what my father said about Lian's second brother, and Lian's second brother said he was very educated, otherwise he wouldn't be able to achieve what he is today. If I tell you kindly, I still have a crush on you. Otherwise, you can ask Ask the sisters, is this the truth?"

Baoyu looked at Daiyu and the others, and the girls all nodded in agreement with Yingchun's words.

Baoyu was not very happy, "play chess well, and mention these things, good, good, don't give up, don't believe that I will lose you in this game."

Naturally, Yingchun was not afraid of his provocation, and responded repeatedly.

"Master is here."

As soon as the words came in, the room suddenly fell silent, and the girls got up and stood together, all respectful.Baoyu didn't dare to nestle in Jia Mu's arms, and stood aside.The servant girl became even more solemn, with a humble expression on her face, standing in their respective places peacefully.

Mother Jia was restrained by the atmosphere, and her attitude became solemn, and she sat solemnly.

As soon as Jia She entered the door, a gust of cool wind came in, looking at his cold handsome face, it was colder than the cool wind blowing in.

After Jia Amnesty gave Jia Mu a province, these juniors came to pay Jia Amnesty one by one.

Jia Amnesty nodded to Yingchun and the others, and then asked Daiyu how his father was.

"Very good, thank you uncle for your concern. When Doctor Gao came to see me last time, he saw that my father's health was not good, so he also took his pulse. Now he has prescribed a prescription, which is very helpful. The effect is that after taking this medicine, I am very sleepy. After a while, I have already rested." Daiyu replied obediently.

"It's good to raise your spirit. I think your father is also exhausted too much. He must have damaged his body because he used to deal with the endless business in Yangzhou City." Jia Amnesty asked Daiyu again. The general manager of the hospital, Gao Boming, saw how he was doing.

Before Daiyu could open her mouth, Mother Jia laughed and said, "It's very good. She's getting more and more energetic. In the past, she couldn't sleep well at night, felt light, and woke up easily when there was any movement. Now, this problem is gone. One day I think Let’s ask this genius doctor Gao to take a look, maybe he can live for a few more years.”

When everyone heard this, they hurriedly said that Jiamu was very lucky and would surely live a long life.

Jia's mother became more and more cheerful, and immediately asked Jia Amnesty to sit down and discuss things with him.

Seeing that Baoyu was still by Jia Mu's side and getting in the way, Yingchun stepped forward and asked him, "Are you still going? If not, I can go."

"Down, down, I haven't won yet."

Yingchun asked the maid to set up a table in the side room, and they all went there to play.

Jia Amnesty looked at Baoyu, remembered something happened, and stopped him.

"I have a son who is a good friend of mine. He is the same age as you. I have written some articles and want to hear opinions. I wonder if you are free."

When Baoyu heard that it was an article criticizing his peers, he became happy and nodded his head.

"That's fine, you go first, I'll ask someone to deliver the article to your room later." Jia She said.

Baoyu obediently agreed, and then went away with a smile.

Then Jia's mother asked who the close friend Jia Amnesty mentioned was.Jia She then confessed that he was Song Xi's son Song Lu.

"It turned out to be that child, but I heard that he came from an ordinary background, the son of a maidservant, so he was not very favored in his eldest brother's house." Mother Jia sighed.

"But now he is the heir of the fifth house of the Song family. In the future, among the children of the Song family, he may be the most promising." Jia She is very optimistic about Song Lu, who is simply a copy of the little Song Xi, and his success is just around the corner.After thinking about it, it would be great if I had such an upright son.

Mother Jia seemed to hear Jia Amnesty's heart, and mentioned Jia Lian to him.

"This kid is promising. I don't know how you reprimanded him. He has become more and more motivated to be a housekeeper, and he is ten times smarter than before. I heard that the shops in our mansion that were losing money were all profitable after he took over. Now he trusts him For the blessing of your brother-in-law Lin, you picked up the jade wares and heard that you made some money, so you kept 200 taels of silver for yourself, and handed over the rest to Miss Feng, who will take care of it for you."

Jia Amnesty also heard about Jia Lian taking the initiative to hand over the money to Wang Xifeng.I really don't know how many percent, but there must be an element of performance.Jia Lian is now looking forward to getting a real job as an official, so he is naturally full of enthusiasm.

From this incident, it can be seen that this child is capable of doing things, and can also take responsibility like a man.But I just don't know what will happen to Jia Lian if the temptation of interests is removed.Don't give up on yourself again, and return to the degenerate appearance of not being motivated.

Jia Amnesty is now worried that Jia Lian is a child who is willing to leave after a whip. When he is left alone in the Rong Mansion, no one will take care of this child. Whether he can control himself and be really independent is really hard to say.Therefore, Jia Amnesty felt that Jia Lian should be further inspected and guided.

As for Wang Xifeng, since she learned the lesson, she really has a lot of responsibilities, and Jia Lian is so confident that she knows how to earn money as a housekeeper, so she is not as uneasy as before.Apart from housekeeping, she serves her husband.At least for now, the couple are living happily together and beautifully.

"After the new year arrives in February, Yuanchun will be able to discuss marriage. You can ask how the Wei family's situation is, but you can check it out. Don't make any trouble again. In the past two months, I have seen the secrets of the neighbor's family. I wrote that. Oops, I'm worried, I'm really afraid that the girl in my family will find the wrong one and ruin her life." Mother Jia said with a distressed expression.

Jia Amnesty: "It's their blessing that you worry more about your children. Men are better off. Once a girl marries, it's a lifetime. It doesn't matter if you don't care a little bit, but when it comes to marriage, you must be cautious. .”

Mother Jia nodded to show that she understood that she had indeed neglected these things before, and always felt that the girl's family should just find a similar family, and there was no need to worry about it.Thinking about it now, this kind of muddled thinking is really bad.

"Wei Qingdong just replied to me. I guess he asked some people in private. He said that he still needs to meet people, and his mother will come to discuss this matter in a few years." Jia She said.

Mother Jia looked at Jia Amnesty with wide eyes: "When did this happen? I asked you to tell me."

"Just these two days, I was too busy, so I forgot to mention it."

"Look at you, if you're busy, you can send someone to tell us. From now on, don't keep silent about the news, so that we girls have to stretch our necks and wait every day." Jia Mu cast a dissatisfied glance at Jia She, He must remember.He also said that she can ignore other small matters in this mansion and turn a blind eye to them, but when it comes to big issues, she still needs to know to be the master.

Jia Amnesty heard Jia Mu's insinuation that he had previously developed a small news website in the mansion to buy news, so he explained carefully to Jia Mu: "I have nothing to shame people, there are too many people in our mansion. Uneasy life. As the successor of the Rong family, I have the duty to supervise everyone. I wish it was some trivial matter, which would not hinder me. I don’t have to worry about it. But the fact is not like this. Come on me. Just like King Qi's selection of concubine, if I don't stop it earlier, how can I say the result?"

"I know, I know, you have contributed the most to this family, but you have to take it easy and give Erfang some face."

Mother Jia sighed helplessly, and couldn't help sighing in her heart once again the two completely different transformations of the first room and the second room in the past year.

Now there is a problem with the relationship between the second wife and the second wife. It seems that it is not good. The second child looks down on Wang, and Wang also has grievances in his heart and blames the second.Although the two were able to put on a good show in front of her, Mother Jia could feel that the relationship between them seemed to be alienated.

Jia Amnesty asked Jia Mu if there was anything else, he was a little tired.

"Just hold on, I've been busy all day, it's not easy for me to see you once, so it's better to say everything that needs to be said." Mother Jia continued, "Now your siblings are useless, and your daughter-in-law is too young. I have no experience in major matters, so I can't handle it. After all, our family is short of a housekeeper and mistress, and the second girl needs to be raised by a mother. You see, when the day comes after this year, don't you..."

"No." Jia Amnesty frowned.

"Why not? Boss, don't tell me that you still miss any old love. I can see clearly how you and the Xing family have been in these years, and you can't fool me. Alas, I was planning to spend years Then send someone to your room."

After Mother Jia finished nagging, she took a special look at the glass.She knew that Jia Amnesty dismissed all the concubines before, purely to annoy her, Jia's mother was indeed happy that his room was clean afterwards.But now that Jia She is a senior official, Jia's mother sees that Jia She is busy with prestige and prestige all by herself every day, without caring about his family, so she unconsciously starts worrying about finding a woman for him.

Jia She looked at Jia Mu indifferently, a little speechless.

Seeing this, Jia's mother became anxious, "You don't want to? Don't tell me you are going to live the life of an old man from this age and never marry again?"

Jia She nodded, "It is true that there is no intention of continuing. Now that I have both sons and daughters, it is enough. Mother should not force me. I am already old, so why bother to harm young girls for nothing."

Mother Jia looked at Jia Amnesty incredulously, "What age is it? I think you are just right. The older you guys are, the more girls like you. What's more, what status are you? Seeing your demeanor, the rich lady of the official family is probably willing to marry in."

When Mother Jia said that Miss Qianjin could also be worthy of Jia Amnesty, it was a bit of an exaggeration.But Jia's mother also desperately tried to make Jia Amnesty tempted.At this moment, seeing that Jia Amnesty still vetoed it, Jia's mother was very unwilling.He specially asked Glass to come over and serve tea to Jia She.

Jia Shen didn't even lift his eyelids.

Seeing this, Jia's mother felt even colder.She had noticed that Jia She had looked at Glass a few times, thinking that Glass was a good maid, she was pretty, and Jia She had liked her.

Jia's mother thought about it before, and made a lot of determination before she had the plan to give the glass to Jia Amnesty.He never thought that he was being overwhelmed. Now that she has hinted twice, the boss is unmoved by it, and is not interested in this girl at all.

For the first time, Jia's mother was worried about her eldest son's embarrassment.

"Boss, what's the matter with you?" Jia Mu suddenly thought of King Qi, and her heart skipped a beat, "Boss, there must be something wrong with your body... If you really have any illness, you have to tell me, I am Your mother, you don't need to hide it."

After Jiamu finished speaking, tears came down.

Jia Amnesty felt a little helpless towards Jia's mother who had gradually changed her attitude towards him.Since there are some issues that need to be discussed later if not discussed now, it is better to talk about them early and be quiet.

"You really want me to tell the truth?" Jia She frowned and asked.

Mother Jia nodded, and then looked at the people in the room. Although she trusted them, he was afraid that Jia Amnesty would not trust him, so he sent them away.

"I like men." Jia Amnesty said bluntly, without dragging his feet.

The room was silent, without any sound.

Jia's mother kept a staring expression, her whole body was frozen, and her body and expression remained motionless for a long time.

"You...what did you say, say it again." Mother Jia opened her mouth with great difficulty, looking at Jia Amnesty in fear with a frightened look on her face.

Jia Amnesty: "You have heard it clearly, haven't you?"

"Damn it, what did you say you didn't learn well? Learn these bastard things from your son." After Jia's mother came to her senses, she didn't show any more surprise. He said, "If you like it, you can like it. You are not the only man in the world. Don't pretend that I don't know when I am old. Those dudes outside often do this kind of thing. You can just play around on a whim." , but don’t delay your continuation.”

"Delay, I belong to the kind of delay." Jia She said.

Mother Jia returned to her shocked look, looked at Jia Amnesty, opened her mouth, and was speechless.

"you……"

After a long while she pointed at Jia She, but she couldn't say anything, after a while, she asked Jia She if he already had someone he liked, that's why she made such a decision.

Jia Amnesty nodded.

"But you can't marry this man and come home, why do you do this for him!" Jia Mu stood up and stared at Jia She in puzzlement. Taking a breath, he became stubborn and insisted on asking Jia She who this person was.

Jia Amnesty looked at Jia Mu.

Jia Mu also looked at Jia Amnesty.

After the mother and son looked at each other for a while, Jia's mother suddenly had an epiphany.

The boss has been busy outside these days, and the few people he interacts with are limited, and she basically knows about it.Except for those few servants, it was those people in Chaoli.There is probably no one else who can make Ling resolutely not to remarry, except for Song Xi who has been uncharacteristically close to the boss in recent months.Song Xi's preference has been revealed in "Secrets of Neighbors", and the boss has also said it himself.

Immediately, Song Xi's handsome face, which is rare in the world, flashed in Jia Mu's mind, and the anger in her heart was inexplicably reduced by half.It's no wonder that the eldest of her family fell into it, that Song Xi is really... talented and learned, and his family background is not to be chosen... Sigh!

Mother Jia thought about it again, and suddenly felt that her son had earned it.She's so good, if she really doesn't deserve anything, it's because her boss doesn't deserve it.

But this kind of thing, after all, is beyond the ordinary, and if it spreads out, I'm afraid it won't be accepted by others.

"You... If you're joking, just hang out in private. Why do you have to make each other guard yourselves, and don't even marry a daughter-in-law." Jiamu stuttered, and then she still tried to comfort her with a guilty conscience. Jia amnesty.

"We're not together yet." Jia Amnesty looked at Jia's mother, "Without him, I would never marry a wife again in this life, and I hope my mother will make it happen."

Jia Mu was silent.

Until Jia Amnesty left, Jia's mother remained silent and said nothing.

On the second day, Jia Amnesty came to pay his respects to Jia's mother, and saw that Jia's mother seemed to be in a peaceful mood except that she looked at her with complicated eyes.

Jia Amnesty was worried, worried that the old man would not be able to stand the stimulation after holding on, so before leaving, he asked someone to invite a doctor to stay at home.

After coming down to court, Jia Amnesty and Song Xi reported the adulteration of official silver to the emperor in the Hall of Supreme Harmony.

The emperor was very shocked, and asked Song Xi: "How much silver is in question in the treasury? Has it ever circulated on the market?"

Song Xi then replied: "No, the silver from Suzhou Mansion is placed in the deepest part of the treasury, because there will be new tax money to be filled in this autumn. Except for the 10 taels of silver that the emperor rewarded Master Jia, there are three boxes of 3000 taels from Suzhou Mansion. , the others have never been touched. Thanks to Mr. Jia’s insight, he found out the clues from the excuses for refunding the money. If those shops got the money from the government, they mistakenly thought it was for other reasons, and they were dumb and didn’t say anything. I am afraid that I will still be kept in the dark.

The minister had asked someone to melt the silver, and weighed it after removing the sundries. Out of the ten taels of silver, only six taels of pure silver could be yielded.In other words, out of the 300 million taels handed over by the Suzhou government last year, 120 million taels were missing. "

120 million taels huge!

This is exactly four times the amount of money that King Jin rebelled against and embezzled Momo!

No matter who it is, it will be a big disaster for the court if it is greedy for so much money.

The emperor gritted his teeth when he heard this, he never thought that in this peaceful and prosperous age, under his own efforts to govern, there are still officials who would dare to do such a thing that would risk the disgrace of the world.

The culprit must be executed promptly.

The emperor planned to immediately order imperial envoys to go to Suzhou to investigate.

"Your Majesty, I guess the prefect of Suzhou is also kept in the dark and doesn't know about it. If you send an imperial envoy rashly to startle the snake, it will be even more difficult to catch the mastermind of this matter." Jia She suggested.

"Why do you say that?" asked the emperor.

"This batch of silver was paid by the Suzhou government last autumn. The money entered Beijing through the canal to the treasury in the spring. After all, this is official silver, which will be used by the court sooner or later, and will eventually flow back to the market. When using silver personally The silver was bound to be melted, and the secret would not be hidden. Therefore, I felt that those involved at the time must have prepared to flee when the official bank was successfully handed over.

If the prefect of Suzhou knew about it, how dare he have the courage to survive until now?

It has been nearly a year since the money entered the national treasury, and the person involved may have already fled far away and disappeared without a trace.

Considering the melting of official silver in various local governments, Yincao is responsible for all of them.The whole matter could be kept in the dark by anyone, except Yincao.So one of the people involved must have a banker. "Jia Amnesty analyzed.

The emperor nodded, feeling that what Jia She said was reasonable, "Then, can you investigate the matter of Yincao?"

Song Xi submitted the case file, "Last winter, the official casting workshop in Suzhou City was met by bandits. , there were not many witnesses, and the corpses were all burned beyond recognition, so the list of the dead is still vague and uncertain.

Because the official silver had already been minted and stored in the warehouse at that time, after the Suzhou government reported the case, it failed to attract the attention of the court, but only urged the Suzhou government to understand the case as soon as possible.Later, it was said that two bandits were caught and admitted the case, and they were sentenced to death, and the matter was over. "

"The massacre of this workshop must be silenced. How could two wild men commit such a big crime. It seems that the Suzhou government couldn't find out the truth and found a scapegoat to settle the case perfunctorily.

This matter must have been planned for a long time. The 120 million taels of silver is very heavy. It must be noticed when it is transported at one time, but it will take a long time to complete it if it is to be concealed. "Jia Amnesty pondered.

The emperor frowned and listened to the analysis of the two of them, and his brain became bigger.

"If it's true what the two lovers said, the prefect of Suzhou didn't know about it, everything was planned by Yincao, and this person has already run away, so what else can be investigated now." The emperor was furious.

Song Xi: "Yin Cao is just the manipulator of the whole case, but the manipulator may not be him, there must be someone behind him. Otherwise, a small official would risk doing something with 120 million taels of silver, and a few tens of thousands of taels would be enough for his whole life." it took."

The emperor had a headache, rubbed his head, and asked the two how to investigate this case.

"Fortunately, the matter that the emperor bestowed Mr. Jia with 10 taels of silver was done in secret, and others did not know about it. In other words, the manipulator most likely thought that the fake official silver was not exposed. This is It can make him relax his vigilance, and it will be easier for us to find his revealing feet." Song Xi said.

The emperor nodded straight.

The three discussed and discussed, and finally agreed that this matter should be kept secret for the time being, so as not to startle the snake.

The emperor handed over the full power of the case to Jia She, Song Xi, and Song Xi, who were in charge of the secret investigation, and also lowered the sword of Shangfang, so it was expedient to execute the right to kill first and play later.

Immediately, Song Xi and Jia She came out from the Hall of Supreme Harmony.

Song Xi listened to Jia She's recounting the conversation between him and Jia's mother last night, and said with a smile: "Your old lady is well-informed, so you don't have to worry."

Jia Amnesty did not expect Song Xi to be quite confident in Jia's mother, "If you say something unfilial, she is more difficult than you imagine."

Song Xi groaned and smiled, "I think she's more perfunctory than you think."

Jia Amnesty was stunned for a moment, and then laughed, "It would be great if you have this ability, and I will save a lot of energy in the future."

Song Xi was attracted by the bright and refreshing smile on Jia She's face, and couldn't move his eyes away.Taking advantage of the fact that no one was around, he grabbed Jia She's hand, forced him to lean against the palace wall, tilted his head slightly, and the tip of his nose was very close to Jia She's face.The moment Jia She avoided his gaze and lowered his eyes, Song Xi kissed Jia She's lips fiercely, from simple rubbing and rubbing to a little bit of sucking, getting deeper and deeper, a little hard to extricate himself from.

Jia She snorted softly, then pushed Song Xi away in embarrassment, and glared at him with a blushing face, "I praised you for nothing yesterday."

"The case between Wang Ziteng and Dali Siqing has not been settled yet, and here comes another fraudulent official bank case. The burden on you and me is getting heavier and heavier, and you also realize the importance of having fun in time."