Kaifeng Mansion's Little Boss

Su Yuan looked at Bai Yutang, Yifan was cold, standing proudly in front of her, with an appearance of 'he is the most reasonable'.

Su Yuan turned around and left, muttering: "I will make Xuexia soup tomorrow morning, but I won't give it to you."

Bai Yutang hurriedly stopped in front of Su Yuan, Su Yuan backed up and turned around, wanting to leave, Bai Yutang simply stretched out his arms, trapping Su Yuan against the wall.

"Why, it doesn't sound good to be called Bai Yuanzi?"

The voice is cold, with a bit of deep magnetism.

This kind of voice is a bit overwhelming even when he swears, not to mention that he asked Su Yuan in a negotiating tone with a hint of coaxing.

Some people are taking advantage of her beauty and committing crimes, thinking that she will give in, but there is no way!

"As long as it is the name you gave it, I can call it anything, I agree." Su Yuan's words sounded very doting.

Bai Yutang raised his eyebrows in surprise, but was very happy to hear Su Yuan talk to him like this.But at the same time, he had a bad premonition in his heart, Su Yuan must have something to say.If she was really happy, why did she treat him with that attitude just now.

"But this is a matter between two people, shouldn't you discuss it with me first, and tell me first?"

Bai Yutang's personality is independent and sharp, which may be a shortcoming in the eyes of most people, but Su Yuan admires Bai Yutang's character very much.His personality can be called lore when facing the best, and no one dares to provoke him casually, saving the time of dealing with cats and dogs, and he is quiet.

It's just that in ordinary life, especially when two people get along, a little adjustment needs to be made.

Bai Yutang narrowed his eyes and thought for a while, then looked at Su Yuan with the meaning of "understand".Su Yuan knew that Bai Yutang would not apologize easily, but she was curious about how Bai Yutang planned to coax her.So she kept pretending to be very angry, didn't even give Bai Yutang a look, and turned her head to look at other places.

"Don't be angry, why don't you touch my face?" Bai Yutang bowed his head and asked Su Yuan's opinion seriously.

He still remembered that Su Yuan touched his face last night, feeling "good to touch".

This thought of apologizing but easily betraying one's own hue is very magical, but useful.

Su Yuan couldn't help but laughed.

"Okay, I'm going back to sleep." Su Yuan nimbly slipped out from under Bai Yutang's arm and slipped away immediately.

Bai Yutang wanted to drag him back again, but stopped when he heard footsteps coming.

Zhan Zhao and Chao Dynasty were planning to go back to their room to rest, the two of them were too tired to talk at the moment, so they walked side by side, walking quietly.

Chao Chao was the first to see Bai Yutang standing by the wall, and was startled.Wang Chao bumped into Zhan Zhao's shoulder, and Zhan Zhao noticed Bai Yutang.

"You don't sleep in the middle of the night, why are you standing here in white clothes?" Zhan Zhao approached Bai Yutang with a lantern.

Bai Yutang didn't wink at him, and left immediately.

Zhan Zhao complained to Wang Chao: "He still calls me Big Brother Zhan during the day, why does he change his face at night?"

"Why do I feel that Fifth Master Bai's face is a little red?" Wang Chao rubbed his chin, regardless of what Zhan Zhao said, and focused entirely on Bai Yutang's face.

"The lantern must have illuminated it." Zhan Zhao immediately glanced at the lantern he was carrying. Something was wrong. What he was carrying was a white paper lantern that wouldn't emit red light.

"Maybe you just finished martial arts training?" Wang Chao guessed.

"Practicing martial arts? Do you think he is a little sweaty?" Zhan Zhao retorted that it was impossible, and asked Wang Chao to analyze it again with his thinking on solving the case.

"Maybe wipe it clean. When did Mr. Zhan see Bai Wuye dirty? When did he clean himself up as if he was descended from the gods, and set off us like mud." Wang Chao complained sourly.

He was already good-looking, but he still had to clean up to be out of the ordinary. If they were compared with him, these rough guys who practiced martial arts would have no way to survive.

"It's you, but not me." Zhan Zhao corrected.

dynasty:"……"

This is so heartbreaking!

"By the way, there is one thing I haven't told Master Zhan yet. Someone introduced a girl to Zhao Hu before. The family opened a shop in Wazi to practice martial arts. It is said that the girl looks good and has some kung fu. Originally, the two parties felt that they were suitable for each other, because when the girl came to Kaifeng Mansion with the elder brother to look for Zhao Hu, she caught a glimpse of Bai Wuye's demeanor, and she quit after returning, and the marriage was blown."

Wang Chao whispered to Zhan Zhao that he couldn't tell Zhao Hu about this matter. Zhao Hu only thought that the girl didn't like her, but he didn't know that she changed her mind because she saw Fifth Master Bai.

Zhan Zhao snorted, "Isn't this a good thing?"

"How can this be a good thing?" Wang Chao was puzzled.

"Changing your mind now, isn't it better than getting married and getting into trouble? Unless you blind the girl and lock her at home from seeing outsiders, there's nothing you can do to stop her. Even if you can avoid Bai Yutang this time." , next time there will be Huang Yutang and Zhu Yutang. It’s just that they are not suitable, and they just avoided trouble early, but don’t blame the third person for this.”

However, Zhan Zhao still told the dynasty to keep this matter a secret from Zhao Hu, and wait until some time later.Otherwise, with his reckless temper, he might not be able to slow down right now, and maybe he would really make a fuss.If it was someone else, he could still let him order it, but if it was Bai Yutang, it would be impossible without Xun Fengyu.

Wang Chao nodded again and again, expressing his mind.

……

Su Yuan got up early in the morning. After practicing martial arts, he went back to his room to take a shower and change clothes before knocking on Sun He's door.

After knocking for a long time, no one answered, Su Yuan opened the door and found no one in the room.

The bedding in the room was tidy, and there was no trace of being slept on.It seems that Sun He didn't go back to her room to sleep last night, so I don't know where she went.It is estimated that this girl came up on a whim and went to do something.

Su Yuan planned to go outside to pick hibiscus flowers by himself, and when he turned his head to leave the yard, he saw Bai Yutang handing over a handful of hibiscus flowers with dewdrops hanging on them.

"How did Lord Wu know that I was going to pick this?" Su Yuan took the flowers and found that each flower was very red, very fresh and beautiful.

"Last night you said you were going to make Xuexia Soup, so of course you will use this." Bai Yutang explained.

Su Yuan praised Bai Yutang for his carefulness, "This flower is more beautiful than ordinary hibiscus, it must have been carefully cared for, where did Lord Wu pick it?"

"I don't remember, I just walked around and saw that the tree was just right, so I picked it."

"It's really beautiful!" Su Yuan praised again.

"Then leave two branches in the vase."

That's all for Bai Yutang's suggestion, so he took out two branches and asked Su Yuan to go to the kitchen to work first, and he went to find a vase and put it in and brought it to her room.

Su Yuan nodded his thanks again and again, and now he finally felt the benefits of confirming the relationship.

Before Su Yuan left, Bai Yutang did not forget to ask for confirmation, "Will I have a share of the Xuexia Soup?"

This is still remembering Su Yuan's threat yesterday that he would not eat Xuexia soup.

"Half of the food is given by the fifth master. There is no reason not to share it with the fifth master."

Bai Yutang couldn't help chuckling when he heard Su Yuan's businesslike tone.It's good to have his share, and it's not in vain that he became a "flower picker" early in the morning.

Bai Yutang then went to the Bai family's warehouse to find a jade vase, which was just right for holding hibiscus flowers.

The bright green jade and the layered red hibiscus match very well. When Bai Yutang carried it back to Kaifeng Mansion, it attracted the attention of many passers-by.

When they arrived at Kaifeng Mansion, Zhan Zhaohe Dynasty happened to pass by, and met Bai Yutang again by chance.

"Fifth Master, this is... so much fun early in the morning!" Wang Chao felt inconceivable, why did Bai Yutang suddenly start playing with flower arrangements.

Is this imitating Guanyin Bodhisattva holding a jade bottle and willow branches?He was dressed in white like a god descending to earth, but he still didn't feel like he came from the sky, so today he also put it in a bottle to look more like it?Not to mention, it's really unparalleled in appearance, unlike anything in the world.

Zhan Zhao took a look at the hibiscus flower in the bottle, and thought it looked familiar.This hibiscus flower is different from ordinary ones at a glance. The petals are multi-layered, the flower shape is extremely beautiful, and the color is like red clouds.

"morning."

Bai Yutang made a rare response, and left holding the vase.

Zhan Zhao was still thinking about Hua, when suddenly he was startled by Chao Chao's cry.

"There's something wrong! I thought about it with the way I used to solve the case. Last night's blush and this morning's flower bouquet are very wrong!" Chao Chao rubbed his chin, looking at Zhan Zhao with the look of discovering something important.

Zhan Zhao thought for a while, nodded, and agreed with Wang Chao's idea. He was about to confront Wang Chao with his doubts, but Wang Chao spoke first.

"Fifth Bai was fascinated by Miss Furong, the oiran of Tianxianglou! Think about it, he left blushing yesterday, and came back this morning holding flowers, which were still hibiscus flowers. I heard that Xianglou's Oiran, I like to give a bosom friend a hibiscus flower the most. The fifth master just took two, that is double the love, the fifth master is unparalleled in beauty, it is normal to get two, he is worth the price."

The dynasty sighed with emotion, after all, it was the hero who was saddened by the beauty, and Bai Wuye, who was not good at women, fell under the pomegranate skirt of the beauty after all.

Zhan Zhao patted Wang Chao on the shoulder, and took back what he had said.

"Don't talk nonsense about things without evidence."

Because his guess is also something without evidence, since he talked about the dynasty in this way, it is hard for him to tell his own.

Wang Chao verbally agreed to Zhan Zhao, but in his heart he felt that his guess was probably true.He felt that his idea of ​​solving the case was very good, smooth and well-founded.

At this moment, Zhan Zhao suddenly remembered, why did he find that familiar.It was very similar to the tree hibiscus he saw last year when he went to the Grand Master's Mansion with Mr. Bao to socialize.

……

After getting up early in the morning, Grand Master Pang took a sip of Xueyu Jinsi tea, then half-closed his eyes, and let the maids wait for him to change his clothes.

At this moment, Fuwang entered the door in a panic, and when he entered, he tripped over the threshold.

Fuwang simply took advantage of the situation and knelt on the ground, crying and kowtow to Grand Master Pang to admit his mistake: "Damn the little one! Please punish me!"

"What's the matter?" Grand Master Pang half-opened his eyes and looked at Fuwang.

Fuwang choked up: "Master, that auspicious hibiscus plant in the yard—"

Grand Master Pang frowned, and immediately walked quickly to the east window, and saw that the hibiscus trees that were in full bloom facing the east window had been cut to pieces, leaving only four flowers that were about to wilt. Those unopened flower buds have been cut off and scattered on the ground.

This is the Hibiscus hibiscus specially given to him by the imperial concubine. It has the most petals and the most beautiful color. It was a tribute from the Jiangning Mansion last year. There is only one tree like this in the Song Dynasty!

When he first got this hibiscus plant last year, he specially organized a flower appreciation banquet to show off in front of Du Yan, Bao Zheng and others.

Taishi Pang was so angry that he knocked on the window and asked Fuwang what was going on angrily.

"The villain doesn't know what's the matter. The villain knows that the master loves this flower, and he takes care of it every day. Before it got dark yesterday, the villain just watered it and counted the flowers on the tree specially. There are 38 flowers, and there are just 28 flower buds in the unopened ones. The villain was still thinking about announcing the good news to the master this morning, and it happened to be 66 flowers, which is a perfect success. It became like this!"

Fuwang's words made Grand Master Pang even more concerned about the remaining flowers. Why are there only four flowers left?I'm afraid it's not a coincidence, four is death, this is because someone deliberately ruined the flower and cursed him!

Fuwang still explained aggrievedly that he had really been doing his best to take care of this tree hibiscus.He also asked the people guarding the yard last night, as well as the mansion guards who were on duty last night, but no one found anything unusual.

After hearing this, Grand Master Pang grabbed the teacup and threw it on the ground, "Isn't the scariest thing about 'no abnormality'?"

Grand Master Pang blew his beard angrily, and pointed to the destroyed tree hibiscus, "It's right beside the old man's couch, the flowers have been destroyed in such a state that no one noticed it! If this thief came to fetch Wouldn't it be as easy for the old man to get his head up like chopping vegetables!"

Taishi Pang severely punished the servants guarding the courtyard and all the guards on duty last night, and ordered people to spend a lot of money to recruit martial arts masters to strengthen the defense of the Taishi Mansion.

After going to court, Grand Master Pang still felt upset, and walked with a bit of anger.

All the officials greeted him, but he ignored them all and walked away.

When Bao Zheng saw this, he sighed with other officials: "It's rare to see him so angry. In the past, he was surrounded by people who were sycophants and flatterers, and everything went according to his wishes, which only made him smile all over his face."

Du Yan lowered his voice and echoed Bao Zheng half-jokingly: "I don't know who dared to disobey him today, but I don't know if this 'chivalry' has a life or not?"

At this time, Jiang Shilang, the Ministry of Rites, felt a bit of abdominal pain, so he said goodbye to everyone first.

"I was greedy this morning, I ate fried food, my stomach can't stand it."

Bao Zheng thought of the Xuexia soup he ate this morning, it was soft, tender, fragrant and delicious, and he immediately smiled like a spring breeze.It's because of the craftsmanship of the little master in Kaifeng Mansion, after eating the breakfast she cooked, his stomach felt comfortable, which gave him a hundred times more energy to come to court.

"This dish made with tofu and hibiscus is so delicious?" After Du Yan heard about it, he sighed and asked his own chef to try it. "Now it's the season when hibiscus is in full bloom. It's fitting."

Bao Zheng nodded in agreement again and again. He used to think that it was enough to have enough food and not to pursue too much.Now he feels that people depend on food, and only when they eat well can they feel happy and have better mental strength to do a good job in government affairs for a whole day.

After Du Yan returned home, he really kept thinking about the Xuexia Soup.

After he told his wife Xiangli, Xiangli smiled and told the cook to do it.

Xiangli hesitated for a moment, and said to Du Yan: "The fourth child is about the same age, even if he needs to be [-] to get married, at this moment it is time to make a selection and make a marriage arrangement first."

Du Yan agreed to let Xiangli choose the candidate first, and then he will see if it is suitable.Regardless of the family background, the point of marrying a wife must be followed.

"It's fine to ask him what he thinks." Du Yan considered himself an enlightened person.

"I asked first, and then I mentioned it to the master." Xiangli asked Du Yan tentatively, "The so-called master's family background doesn't matter, how low can it be?"

Du Yan felt that there was something in Xiangli's words, and stared at her with a frown: "Could it be that the fourth child has a favorite candidate?"

Seeing that Du Yan had guessed it, Xiangli sighed and nodded, "I was asking him yesterday about his choice of wife, so he just said it."

"Which girl? How did they meet? Could there be-"

"No, master don't think too much, master doesn't know the character of the fourth child? The most important thing is self-restraint and courtesy." Xiangli explained, "But this girl doesn't know which family she belongs to. She has no family. Five There are no relatives in the uniform, and she is an orphan."

Du Yan's eyes widened slightly. He had expected a low family background, such as the daughter of a junior official, but never thought that she was an orphan with no family, no father and no mother.

That's a little too low.

Even though he reluctantly agreed, and Xiangli reluctantly endured it because he doted on his son, it was absolutely impossible for his grandparents to be willing.Du Yi is the precious phoenix egg that the two elders love, so he must not be able to bear this.

The situation in Du Yan's home is different from other places. He was brutally abused by his two elder brothers when he was young, and his mother and stepfather refused to take him in. It was his father-in-law and mother-in-law who took him in and took care of him, so that he could study well.Therefore, Du Yan has always kept in mind the kindness towards his father-in-law and his mother-in-law, treating them more filially than his biological parents.

"Persuade him, he's not too young, but he can't be self-willed." After taking two sips of tea, Du Yan said in a flat tone, "If it's not possible, let's keep that girl as a concubine."

"It is impossible for her to be a concubine, and my son will definitely not let her be a concubine. I have wronged her!" Du Yi suddenly rushed out from the room, retorting Du Yan.

Du Yan was stunned for a moment, looked at Xiang Xiangli, then glared at Du Yi, "Okay, you two!"

Xiangli hurriedly asked Du Yi if he gave up now, "I said your father would not agree, but you didn't believe me, and you said that as long as I agree, it's fine, your father is easy to lobby."

Du Yi asked Du Yan back: "Do you know who the girl I'm talking about is?"

"No one can do it. It's not your father. I have a family background, but the facts always have to be considered. You say that you are born, marrying an orphan girl who doesn't know etiquette, even if you can protect her for a while, and you can cover everything every day. Follow her and protect her everything?

In the future, whether it is managing the affairs of the mansion, getting along with sisters-in-law, or socializing outside, it will be a difficult task for her, and she will suffer many ridicules and jokes.Even if you are outside, you will be pointed at by others, and your friendship will not last long before it will fall apart because of these trivial matters.

I stop you like this now, not for your own good, but for the good of that girl.You, the son of a prime minister, are not satisfied with your first marriage, and it will not delay you if you marry again.She is different, her whole life will be ruined because of this, do you know? "

Xiangli echoed Du Yan's words again and again, and advised Du Yi not to be willful again.

"Don't say anything about her not marrying, okay?" Xiang Li discussed.

Du Yi has always been gentle, filial and sensible, but this time he heard Du Yan's words, but he frowned and said angrily: "She is not the kind of woman my father said. And studious, my father even praised her as a heroine! I am worthy of her, but I am afraid that she is not good enough, there is absolutely no reason why she is not good enough for me!"

When Xiangli heard his son belittled him like this, he put his hands on his forehead and felt a headache.

Du Yan understood the main point of Du Yi's words, "Have I ever praised her? Could it be that I have seen her?"

Du Yi promised to inform Du Yan of Su Yuan's identity, and also told Du Yan how he was attracted by Su Yuan's courage and wit when he met Su Yuan several times.

Xiangli thought about it in a daze, and finally remembered, and sighed, "it was her".But I thought in my heart that this girl has been wandering around in the Kaifeng mansion, often contacting corpses to investigate cases, and showing her face outside like a man, how could she be suitable to marry into the Xiang's mansion as a daughter-in-law.

"Oh—so it's her!" Du Yan drew a long voice, hesitated for a moment, looked at his youngest son for a while, and praised, "You have some discernment."

"Master?" Seeing Du Yan's intention to agree, Xiangli stared in surprise and signaled Du Yan with his eyes.

Du Yan waved his hand, telling Xiangli to stop talking for the time being, and said to Du Yi: "Recently, I have always heard Bao Zheng praise her. From her hands."

Xiangli agreed, "The people from a small family are forced by life, so it's not unusual for them to be good at cooking."

"Your Majesty has praised her before. I heard that the Qian Jian inspected the accounts recently, and she had an idea. If she can find out something, it will be a great contribution." Du Yan said, "With this talent, I will help you a little bit. It may be possible to ask for a decree from the Queen Mother, but this can avoid the difference of family status."

Xiangli raised his eyebrows, and praised superficially: "This girl is so powerful? That's because a woman in a deep house like me has shallow knowledge."

"Father agreed?" Du Yi asked happily.

He immediately swears that if he can marry the person he likes, he will study hard so that he can get honors in the exam and honor his parents.

When Xiangli saw this, he couldn't help sighing with emotion, this son has grown up thinking of a daughter-in-law, and he has never seen him swear for his parents like this before.

After Du Yi left, Xiangli hurriedly asked Du Yan: "Master, do you really agree?"

"If it's really a good marriage, so what if I agree?" Du Yan's face was very thoughtful, as if he had considered it carefully.

"Even if you can get the Queen Mother's will to praise her, it's just superficially plausible and fools outsiders. But this low-born thing can't be erased after all. After entering the door, I asked me to look at her like that every day. I..." Xiang Lishi suddenly He paused, and continued, "And she investigates the case, playing with those corpses—"

"You forgot, I have also done some prison work, and I have seen many corpses. Could it be that you also disliked me at that time?" Du Yan asked back.

"How can it be the same, the master is a man, and he is determined to serve the court and plead for the people. She is, she is..."

When Xiangli said this, he saw Du Yan staring at him.

"Daughters should stay at home and take care of their husbands and children, and serve their parents-in-law well."

Xiangli still insisted on finishing his thoughts in a low voice, and gave an example that if Du Yan hadn't been at home as a good housekeeper back then, so that Du Yan could study with peace of mind, how could Du Yan have the achievements he has today.

"I don't care about other families. In short, the daughter-in-law of our Xiangfu should be a husband and wife, and there is absolutely no reason to show her face outside."

Xiangli originally thought that he didn't have to be a bad person and say bad things, and that Du Yan, the prime minister's father, could just reason with Du Yixiao, but he never expected that Du Yan would change his mind.

She looked at that woman named Su Yuan differently, and she also expressed her admiration for her courage in Kaifeng Mansion.But such a daughter-in-law can be admired by her, but it is absolutely impossible for her to marry into the prime minister's mansion to be her daughter-in-law. She cannot accept such an 'extraordinary' daughter-in-law.

"Didn't you promise the fourth child, I agree and you agree?" Du Yan asked back.

Xiangli choked: "I—"

"As a parent, there is no reason to backtrack on promises." Du Yan scolded Xiang Lishi.

Xiangli could only say nothing, hanging his head and sulking.

Du Yan felt that the matter was not in a hurry, and waited until the case of Qian Jian from the Ministry of Household Affairs was settled.If there is really a big problem with the accounts on the Qianjian side, Su Yuan will definitely make a contribution.Today's Empress Dowager is a broad-minded woman with Lu Wuzhi's talent. Coincidentally, she is also born as an orphan. I am afraid that I would cherish the family of a daughter like Su Yuan the most. Talking to her will definitely be fruitful.Wait until then to mention it, the time is just right.

After Du Yan weighed the matter well, he tasted the Xuexia soup from the kitchen with satisfaction. Although the taste was good, he always felt that the taste was not as good as Bao Zheng described.

But Du Yan thought about it again, after a few days, the marriage between the fourth son and Su Yuan was finalized, and in the future he would show off to Bao Zheng what good food he ate.Suddenly, I felt in a good mood, and ate another bowl of Xuexia Soup.

……

On the sixth day after checking the accounts of the money supervisor of the household department, a problem was discovered.

A year and a half ago, the Qiandong Institute undertook a batch of remelting of official silver.This batch of official silver will not be circulated in the market, but for the convenience of treasury storage, remelting gold of different sizes into uniform specifications.

This batch of gold is still stored in the treasury of the Ministry of Households. When it was taken out for re-examination and verification, it was found that the gold nuggets of the same weight were twelve taels, but this batch was made a little larger than the others.

The color of the fine surface is also slightly different. Although it is also golden yellow, it looks golden, but the luster seems to be a little bit worse, so it is suspected that copper may be mixed in these gold nuggets.

After taking part of the problematic gold nuggets and refining them again, it was finally found that about 95 taels of gold could be extracted from a hundred taels of gold.In other words, these gold nuggets are mixed with copper according to the ratio of "five out of a hundred".

At that time, there were 20 taels of gold remelted by the household department, and nearly 1 taels of gold disappeared.

At that time, Wang Shuisheng was mainly responsible for the remelting of this batch of gold at Zhuqiandong Institute.

After investigation, it was found that this batch of gold remelting work was done at night.The craftsmen put gold nuggets into the furnace according to Wang Shuisheng's request. The scattered gold nuggets and copper nuggets were all yellow. Although there were differences in color, the light was limited at night. I won't pay special attention until the finished gold nuggets come out, because there are no other gold nuggets for comparison, and I don't know where the difference is.

Not to mention that these craftsmen couldn't tell the difference, even though the officials from the Ministry of Household Inspection and Acceptance came, they didn't notice the abnormality of the gold. They just weighed it and confirmed that there was no problem with the weight of the gold, so it was put into the treasury.

In the eyes of outsiders, the 20 taels of gold may be a huge amount, but in the eyes of the money supervisor and those who manage the national treasury all the year round, it is just an ordinary inspection work.In addition, everyone thought that the money supervision was strict. After all, all the officials and craftsmen had to take off their clothes for inspection when they left the money prison every day, and they couldn't take a single needle out.

"Then where did the 1 taels of silver go? Is the money still in the Qianjian?" After hearing about the case, the Minister of the Household Department was stunned. Lou Zi as big as gold.

A few days ago, when Bao Zheng insisted on checking the money supervisor of the account department, he argued red-faced and scolded Bao Zheng for suspecting their account department without evidence.This time he was completely ashamed, and he was so ashamed that he just wanted to get into the mouse hole.

"Master Jin, take a look at what the money supervisor in charge of you looks like? 1 taels of gold!"

Jin Decai was so frightened that he couldn't bear the shit, "This subordinate really didn't expect such a thing to happen. This, this is too bold and reckless! This subordinate has always been conscientious in his work in Qianjian. When he found out that a few taels of silver were missing, his subordinate deliberately Report to Kaifeng Mansion."

"Fart, what are those few taels of silver? You didn't even notice such a big mistake. It's not because of your dereliction of duty!" The Minister of the Household Department was so angry that he didn't even want to be gentle, and directly scolded Jin Decai.

Jin Decai apologized again and again. The apology was his own negligence, so he must apologize.

"Now is not the time to pursue responsibility. The first thing to investigate is the 1 taels of gold that disappeared. Where is it? Can it be recovered? Who are Wang Shuisheng's accomplices? Is the murderer his? Partner?" Bao Zheng said.

"It's been more than a year since this happened, and the money should have been shipped out. Otherwise, Wang Shuisheng wouldn't suddenly want to quit his job and move out of Tokyo."

Hubu Shangshu didn't want to speculate like this, but the fact is here, he can't do otherwise.

The most important thing now is to control all the Wang family, and search the Wang family thoroughly again, not to let go of every plant and tree, and dig three feet to find the hidden gold.

"The money supervisor is strictly guarded and supervised. All people who go out have to take off their clothes for inspection. Except for tricks like 'Gu Dao Zangyin', it is impossible for the people inside to take the money out. I don't think the 1 taels of gold may be outside, maybe Still in the Qian prison." Zhan Zhao expressed his speculation.

"That's hard to say. If it's remelted and made into thin strips, it's really possible for a few people to spend a whole year with the method of 'gold storage in the valley road'."

Gongsun Ce suggested another possibility.

"Who would not want to take the money out after being greedy? Since the Qianjian has already used this method to hide money, there may be other people who have used this method before, and it is very likely that they will quit their jobs after finishing their work. So recently Over the past few years, those who resigned from Supervisor Qian are all suspects and have to be re-examined."

"But if he had taken the gold out long ago, why did Wang Shuisheng resign now?" Su Yuan asked.

Zhan Zhao: "Perhaps they were afraid of resigning together and causing suspicion, so they dispersed?"

"If they retreated in batches, they would be safe and sound, and no one would suspect them. Why did the murderer go so far as to kill Wang Shuisheng and draw the attention of the Kaifeng Mansion?" Bai Yutang felt that the explanation of this suspicious point was not clear, and the truth of the case was It's hard to get to the bottom of it.

"It's so messy, I can't figure it out at all!" Hubu Shangshu was shocked.He really admired Bao Zheng and other investigators who were able to grasp the truth from these unclear clues, and finally captured the criminal.

Bao Zheng immediately assigned people and divided Zhan Zhao, Su Yuan, Bai Yutang and Chao Chao into three teams to investigate.

"The first team, first find out whether the resigned craftsmen are related to the gold loss case. The second team searched the homes of these craftsmen and Wang Shuisheng to see if there was gold hidden. The third team found out who might have killed the gold. Wang Shuisheng's suspect."

Zhan Zhao asked Su Yuan to choose first, and asked her if she wanted to be the third team to find the suspect.Because according to his thinking, Su Yuan is so smart, she can always be the best in case investigation, so she should choose what she is best at to express herself.

Su Yuan: "So I can choose, then I will choose the first team."

The first team had the easiest job. They only needed to interrogate the craftsmen who resigned clearly. They didn't need to investigate like the third team, nor did they need to work as hard as the second team.

When Wang Chao heard this, he immediately said: "Then let's choose the second team. The third team is really not my job."

"Don't you think you have a good idea to solve the case this morning?" Zhan Zhao immediately asked Wang Chao.

Wang Chao hurriedly sneered at Zhan Zhao: "It's just bragging, but when it comes time to really think about it, it has to be Lord Zhan, and Bai—"

"I'll choose a team." Bai Yutang said.

Zhan Zhao: "???"

The distribution of personnel seems to be a bit uneven.

The first team consisted of two people, the second team consisted of four people including Dynasty, and the third team consisted of only him, but obviously the third team was the most difficult.

"Being the big brother is hard work." Bai Yutang added lightly.

Zhan Zhao, who was about to ask for reinforcements, choked on the words.

It turns out that the responsibility of being a big brother is so heavy, so let's shoulder it!

Without saying a word, Zhan Zhao immediately took people to investigate.

Su Yuan and Bai Yutang quickly finished interrogating the situation of all the artisans who resigned and returned home in the past year.These craftsmen all have a common characteristic, they are really timid.Most of them resigned because they were frightened by the rumors of ghosts. Some heard ghosts with their own ears, and some saw ghosts.Other than that, there are no other doubts or abnormalities.

Su Yuan had heard ghosts screaming, but was curious about what the ghosts they saw looked like for those craftsmen who had witnessed ghosts.

Because these craftsmen were too panicked at the time, and they saw ghosts when the light was not clear at night. They only remembered that the ghost had a pale face, long fangs, and disheveled hair. In short, it was very scary.

"Fifth Lord thinks this ghost is real or not?" Su Yuan asked Bai Yutang.

"You'll know if you catch it!" Sun He suddenly appeared, excitedly showing her treasure to Su Yuan and Bai Yutang.

This is another important magic weapon for catching ghosts that she rode back to Chenliu overnight - the soul arresting net.

From Su Yuan and Bai Yutang's point of view, it was a few pieces of talisman paper with strange patterns pasted on the fishing net.

"This thing is a magic tool for catching ghosts made by a Taoist priest with extremely high morals in the previous dynasty. He soaked the fishing net with his own blood. No matter how powerful the ghost is, he will not be afraid!"

At night, Su Yuan, Bai Yutang and Sun He came to Zhuqian Dongsuo again, squatting and waiting for ghosts.

When it was late at night, Su Yuan's stomach was growling, and he wanted to eat spring rolls according to his taste, so Bai Yutang really went to buy them.

Sun He rested his chin in both hands, looking enviously at the back of Bai Yutang going to buy supper in a chic way.

"Boss is really lucky!"

"He also has moments of anger." Su Yuan said.

"Really? Tell me quickly, isn't Fifth Master Bai also very handsome when he is angry?" Sun He asked excitedly.

Su Yuan immediately gave Sun He a supercilious look.

"I died a terrible death—"

The ghost cry suddenly sounded.

Sun He immediately became vigilant, and when she stretched her neck to determine the direction of the voice, she saw Su Yuan heading straight to the east with the soul arresting net.

To say that the speed of her family's boss flying over eaves and walls, I'm afraid it's faster than a bird.When Sun He caught up with Su Yuan out of breath, he heard ghost screams clearly.

"I died a terrible death, I died a terrible death, I died a terrible death..."

"Boss, have you successfully caught the ghost?" Sun He asked excitedly, then looked around at the net in Su Yuan's hand, at first glance it looked empty, but suddenly found something moving inside, to be precise, it was flopping.

"The ghost you want." Su Yuan stuffed the fishing net into Sun He's arms.

Sun He hugged it dumbfoundedly, and stared at a completely black starling across the net.

Starling turned his head and looked at Sun He with its black eyes: "I died a terrible death!"