The historian can't write

There were not many people on the street in the early morning, so the wild monkey stuffed a small bundle into his arms, checked that there was no one around, and sneaked out through the back door of the post house.He found a secluded alley, changed into a beggar's clothes, painted his face black, untied his hair belt, brushed his messy hair, and then limped towards the post house.

The guard at the post house stopped him, "What are you doing?"

The wild monkey squinted at him, "I'm here to find Mr. Meng."

The guard looked at each other, "Who are you?"

"Master Meng once said that if you have any clues about the official banker, you can come to him and say that you will reward me a lot. Why? Such a big official still reneges on his debt?"

The guard said: "Master Meng is not here. I will take you to the yamen."

Now that he went to the Yamen, he might be put to death in prison. The wild monkey was lying on the ground and rolling, "The official is repudiated, the official is repudiated! I'm going to be arrested and beaten!"

People living on the street pushed open their windows to watch.

The guard couldn't get off the tiger, and said with a stiff face, "Get up first, go to the yamen and wait for Lord Meng to come over."

"I don't care! I don't care! The official said he is here! Don't try to lie to me."

If the beggar continued to quarrel, Master Cui was woken up, and two guards walked over a few steps to arrest him.

Cui Jingxing pushed open the window upstairs and saw the wild monkey playing a rascal, shook his head and smiled, and then said loudly: "What's wrong?"

The guard raised his head and saluted, "It's a beggar."

The wild monkey retorted: "It's for a reward! Master Meng asked me to come here."

Cui Jingxing seemed to be thinking, and said after a while: "Let him come up."

The guards looked at each other, "Yes." One guard sent the wild monkey upstairs, and the other ran to the yamen to call for someone.

Ye Hou'er went upstairs and saluted Cui Jingxing, then looked at him greedily and said, "Master Meng is not here, you decide?"

Cui Jingxing said: "Tell me, if the clue you said is true, I will reward you for Master Meng."

"You are an official, you can't renege on your debt!"

Cui Jingxing looked a little impatient, "Master Meng is not here now, you can talk about it or not."

The guard kicked the wild monkey, "You can answer whatever Master Cui asks."

Ye Hou'er shrugged his shoulders, "Last night in the middle of the night, I saw a group of people carrying a few boxes to the blacksmith's shop in the west of the city, and most of them carried silver."

"Why are you wandering around in the street in the middle of the night?" There was a shout from the door, Zhao Butou came in with a knife, and saluted Cui Jingxing.

The wild monkey flinched a bit, shrunk his neck, and complained in a low voice: "It's easy to say, can you find me a house to live in?"

Cui Jingxing said: "There are a few big boxes being carried around in the middle of the night, even if they don't contain official money, it's still very suspicious. Catcher Zhao, go and check."

"Yes." Zhao Butou turned around and was about to leave.

Cui Jingxing called him to stop, "It's about officials and bankers, I'll go with you."

Catcher Zhao hesitated and said, "It's hot outside..."

"It's okay." Cui Jingxing got up, pulled the cloak on his body, and pulled down the cap of the cloak to cover the flowers and plants that were almost exposed.

Cui En wanted to go forward to help Cui Jingxing tidy his clothes, but Cui Jingxing raised his hand to block him, "Let's go."

Zhao Zhen heard the movement at the door, and followed him quietly.

A group of people walked towards the blacksmith's shop, and as soon as they reached the door of the blacksmith's shop, Zhao Butou gave an order, "Search for me!"

The clerk in the blacksmith's shop wanted to ask questions, but was pushed away by the yamen servants, and the people outside slowly gathered.

Zhao Butou whispered: "Sir, with such a big fanfare, if there is no official bank in it, I'm afraid it will be difficult to explain to the people."

Cui Jingxing threw the pot back calmly and said, "You gave the order too fast, I haven't had time to speak yet."

"..."

Zhao Zhen suddenly interjected: "I've searched everything, my cousin is too cautious in doing things."

"..."

The blacksmith's shop was not small, but it only took half an hour to search inside and out. Except for the newly purchased materials, there was no other abnormality at all.

Cui Jingxing glanced at the wild monkey.

Wild Monkey swore, "I'm absolutely right!"

Cui Jingxing didn't say anything. If he couldn't find any clues today, he would have no credibility if he wanted to continue the investigation in the future, and it would be even more difficult.He lifted the hem of his clothes and walked in, walked around the blacksmith's shop, feeling around from time to time.

The owner of the blacksmith shop followed behind him, constantly thinking, "My lord, this villain is an honest man who keeps his own place..."

Cui Jingxing stopped suddenly, he stopped in front of a shelf, the shelf fell to the ground, and several axes stood on the ground against the shelf.

"My lord, this was newly typed out yesterday, and someone will come to pick it up soon."

Cui Jingxing bent down to pick up an axe, which was so heavy that it almost missed his waist.He leaned on his waist and put the ax back calmly, then picked up the second one.

The blade of grass stuck to his chest, shook it, laughed at Cui Jingxing's lack of strength, and then emitted a green light onto Cui Jingxing's arm.

When Cui Jingxing picked up the ax again, he immediately felt much more relaxed. He casually patted his clothes on his chest, and picked up the third one in turn.When he picked up the fourth one, the ax suddenly stopped moving, as if it had grown on the ground.

Cui Jingxing turned his head to look at Catcher Zhao, "Pick it up."

Zhao Butou had already sent people to disperse the surrounding people. He walked slowly, holding the handle of the ax without lifting it, and holding it with both hands without moving it.

Cui Jingxing looked at the boss.

Perhaps it was too hot in the shop, and the boss's forehead was steamed with a thin layer of sweat. He wiped his forehead with his hands from time to time, blinked and said, "Well, this ax is not used by ordinary people, so it is a bit heavier. .”

Cao Zizi turned her head in disdain, and crawled along Cui Jingxing's clothes to his cuffs, sticking to his wrist.

Cui Jingxing noticed the movement of the grass leaf, and cooperated with it to get the ax again. This time he picked it up, but only pulled up the handle of the axe. The handle of the axe was connected to an iron chain. The axe was hollow, and the chain was hidden in the axe until it was buried. into the bluestone slab underground.

Holding the handle of the axe, Cui Jingxing slowly pulled out the chain, only to hear the rumbling sound from the ground not far away, and after a while, a cellar was exposed there.

"This..." Zhao Zhen walked over in a few steps. There were four large boxes in the cellar. He jumped down awkwardly and opened the boxes, revealing the snow-white official silver inside.

Cui Jingxing glanced at the boss whose legs were already weak, "I'm not talented, I have a little bit of trickery. Carry these boxes back to the post house, and send the ledgers of Linhe County to the post house together. The people in the blacksmith's shop are temporarily detained. "

"My lord!" Zhao Zhen hurriedly crawled out of the cellar, "The owner of this blacksmith's shop is Zhang Yuan's brother-in-law of He Quling, and Zhang Yuan must have something to do with this matter!"

Cui Jingxing nodded and said: "I will investigate one by one in detail." After finishing speaking, Cui Jingxing didn't give others a chance to speak, turned around and went back to the post.

After two hours, the ledger and the official bank were sent to the post house together.Cui En and Zhao Zhen took the scales and weighed the silver one by one, carefully checking the amount.Cui Jingxing looked through the ledger to check the loss of the official bank.

There is a lot of money, and there are more ledgers, and the three of them didn't finish all of them until midnight.

Cui Jingxing closed the ledger and rubbed his sore eyes.

Zhao Zhen firmly held a piece of official silver, gritted his teeth and said, "It's because of these things that so many people have been harmed, Zhang Yuan really deserves to die!"

Cui Jingxing suddenly said: "Wrong."

Zhao Zhen looked at him, his eyes were red and he said, "Master, don't you think Zhang Yuan deserves to die?"

"He is governed by the law of the country." Cui Jingxing looked at the account book and said, "But he is not the only one who should be ruled. The amount of these official banks does not match the account book. According to the account book, there should be twice as many official banks missing. "So Zhang Yuan should not be the only one involved in corruption.

Cui En was slightly startled and said, "Could it be that the account books were falsified?"

Cui Jingxing said: "Falsifying the account book will only reduce the deficit, not increase it. Go to the jail to interrogate the blacksmith shop owner."

"But it's too cold outside in the middle of the night." Cui En disagreed with Cui Jingxing running out in the middle of the night.

Cui Jingxing said: "The night is long and there are many dreams. There is no guarantee that someone will kill someone to silence them. If you have a quick battle, you may be caught off guard."

Cui En had no choice but to put on some more clothes for Cui Jingxing and put on his knee pads, "If your leg hurts, the young master must tell you."

Cui Jingxing nodded.

Even the interrogation of prisoners has its own regulations. It is really against the rules for a sudden visit like Cui Jingxing's in the middle of the night, but he is a big official, and these little jailers dare not do anything if he plays the role of official power.They had no choice but to let Cui Jingxing in, and then went to inform the adults in the yamen.

A jailer led Cui Jingxing to the boss' cell.

Cui Jingxing followed unhurriedly, looking at the scene in the cell, "The death row is here too?"

The jailer laughed and said, "Of course the death row prisoners can't be locked up with them. But if the adults want to see the death row prisoners, they really have to go to the yamen to ask for documents. We really can't make up our minds about this."

Cui Jingxing said: "Lead the way well."

"Yes."