Brocade tears

"Young Master, someone is here." This was the voice of a relatively elderly man, with a respectful and humble attitude. The initial judgment should be the pawnbroker who guided the two people upstairs, maybe it was Wu Yuan himself.

Then there was the sound of chairs being moved on the planks, and footsteps.Someone should have stood up from a chair to greet him.The footsteps were relatively light. Compared with the footsteps of the two people walking up the stairs, it could be judged that this person was thinner.This should be the "Young Master" waiting in the house. Judging from this title, it can be judged that it is Zheng Guotai.

"I've seen Little Zheng Gong."

"Little Duke Zheng."

The two visitors greeted each other one by one, the former had a rougher voice, it was the Qianhu, and the latter had a relatively thin voice, it was the official.

"General Wang, Mr. Du, I haven't seen you for a long time, please sit down." Zheng Guotai, the young master, returned the courtesy.

Hearing the title of "General Wang", Meng Kuang was basically sure that this officer of a thousand households was Wang Yi, the commander of a thousand households of Wuxiangwei West Camp.Because the entire Wuxiangwei West Camp has reached the level of a thousand households, and he is the only one whose surname is Wang. "General" is a high-ranking name. An officer at the level of Qianhu is neither big nor small. Calling "Qianhu" is too far-fetched. It is reasonable to call him "General" if he is a little flattering.As for this "Mr. Du", it is not yet clear who he is.

"General Wang, Mr. Du, I don't know if the task entrusted to you a few days ago has been done well?" Little Zheng Gong's voice sounded a little anxious. When the visitor came, he didn't exchange pleasantries, and went straight to the point.

"Oh, I'm ashamed to say it." Mr. Du said, "We really failed the expectations of Little Zheng Gong."

After a moment of silence in the room, Zheng Guotai asked in a deep voice:

"What happened?"

"The ten people who were sent out to arrest the palace man haven't come back so far. I'm afraid something happened to them." Wang Yiweng said in a low voice, his voice sounded displeased, it should be because he felt that he was helping Zheng Guotai on a personal errand. Not worth the manpower.

"Oh... what should we do, let her run away, where can we make up for such a large deficit in military pay?" Zheng Guotai was anxious.

There was a moment of silence in the room.After a while, Mr. Nadu opened his mouth and said:

"Right now, there is one more difficult matter. The salaries that have been converted and returned to the cage some time ago were originally stored in the military treasury, but the treasury was recently stolen."

"What! How much is missing?" Zheng Guotai's voice was high-pitched, and Meng Kuang felt that he was going to pass away.

"It's only 300 taels, maybe more, then the thieves won't be able to take it."

"300 taels is not a small number, why don't you hurry up and find out? General Wang, the arsenal is in your camp, so it must have been stolen by people in your camp." Zheng Guotai said anxiously.

"Investigate? Can you still investigate with great fanfare? This matter is shameful, and you can only swallow your anger if it is stolen." Wang Yi's temper grew, and the loud voice that belonged to the soldier opened up, and the voice was transmitted clearly come out.Meng Kuang vaguely heard the reminder of "Shhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh."

"That also needs to be investigated!" Zheng Guotai stomped his feet anxiously.

"Little Zheng Gong, it was agreed at the beginning. We will exchange your military salary for you, and you will share it with us. Now it is good, you swallowed a big head, and we didn't drink a few sips of soup, and we have to wipe your ass. This matter, Anyway, I have a big loss, and if the time comes to investigate, you can make up for it from your own pocket. Anyway, your Zheng family has a big business, and you can afford the money." Wang Yi said very bluntly.

"You!" Zheng Guotai was so angry that he couldn't speak.

"Oh, let's put out the fire, let's talk about it and solve it." Mr. Du smoothed things over, "Little Zheng Gong, don't be too hasty. We checked, these days, the officers and soldiers in the battalion No one left the camp without permission, and we have checked everyone’s belongings. The 300 taels of silver is by my side, so I can’t hide it, let alone bury it, and I have to be worried that someone will take it away. I didn’t find it , it means that the person who steals the silver should be a foreigner."

"Outsiders? Isn't that worse? How could someone know that there was money in the army treasury, and it happened to be stolen from us?" Zheng Guotai said.

"This... still needs to be investigated..."

"Oh, think about it, if someone is watching us and finds out about us, wouldn't the 300 taels taken away be the evidence to denounce us? You must know that there are engraved engravings on those salaries. As for the inscription, in which year, month, and place was it cast, and for what purpose, it can be found out as soon as it is checked. What should we do? Why did something happen before we converted it..."

"Well, this matter is indeed a bit strange. I always feel that someone has specially set up a trick to lure us into the trap. Now there are repeated accidents, one after another." Mr. Du said.

"In short, you guys continue to investigate. Hurry up to find out about this matter and recover the loss. We will not be able to make good for anyone in the future. General Wang, don't think about it. If I can really make up for the shortfall with my own money, I won't be stingy with spending the money. Now, but it is no longer so simple now, I just hope that this matter will not be exposed to the court. And that maid, if you can get it back, do your best to get it back, the treasures she holds in your hands are very important , if we can get it, it will solve our urgent need.”

"Yes, what Little Zheng Gong said is that my old king is also short-tempered, so don't take offense." Now that the matter has come to this, the soldier can only be submissive and say a few nice words.

There is no need to listen to the next conversation.In addition, there were already people walking around in the courtyard, Meng Kuang had to get out as soon as possible to avoid being discovered.Finding a free time, he quietly walked out of the backyard of Ruifeng Pawnshop along the original route he sneaked in, and went to join Guo and Zhou Zhou.

What he just heard made Meng Kuang fall into anxiety and hesitation at this time.Because the whole thing is all about her.Zheng is anxious to do two things right now. One is to recover the stolen 300 taels of silver and find out who the thief is.The second is to retrieve Sui Er who escaped, and torture to find out where the treasure is.Right now, whether it is Sui Er or Pay Yin, the clues are all tied to the Meng family.Sui'er aside, the down payment paid by the officer who claimed to be Wuxiangwei's Xiying officer was engraved with "Ten taels of Fu and Silver in Lintao Prefecture in the tenth year of Wanli". closely related.And the Zheng family was so anxious to make up for the lack of payment, precisely because they knew that the deputy general of Ningxia had a mutiny, and the lack of payment of food and payment was the direct cause.The news of the mutiny has not yet spread in Beijing, but if the imperial court finds out that the Ningxia mutiny was caused by the Zheng family's embezzlement of food and salaries, the Zheng family will definitely be stripped of their skins, and Zheng Guifei and the third son of the emperor will definitely be implicated.At present, the eldest son of the emperor is fighting so fiercely with the third son of the emperor, which may cause turmoil in the court.

This is really a big deal, how to deal with it, Meng Kuang thinks that he is a little Jinyiwei Baihu and can't make a judgment and make a decision.But she didn't want Sui'er to be involved in such a complicated court situation, and she didn't want to report the truth to Guo Dayou.After much deliberation, she still decided to tell Guo Dayou the ins and outs of the matter. She couldn't resist this matter alone, and Guo Dayou might not be able to resist it either, so she had to report to her superiors.But about Sui'er, she has to hide something, and she can't let Guo Dayou know all about it, otherwise her father and brother's affairs will also be involved. At that time, Guo Dayou will become suspicious of their family, and she must hide the matter of her disguise as a man. It is more difficult to live with him.

So after reuniting with Guo and Zhou Zhou, they sat down at a tea stall on the street, and Meng Kuang began to narrate what he had heard.Jinyiwei, especially the Jinyiwei of the patrol station, would carry a pen and ink with them in order to record what they saw and heard.They are all specially made pens and inks. The thin wolf hairs are stored in the storage box. There is a piece of ink hidden in the partition of the box head, which can be melted with a little water, and you can write immediately after touching it.There are many carriers for writing, and the most common is the brochure that you carry with you, which can be pictured and written.Since Meng Kuang was unable to speak, he used the pamphlet to write down some key phrases while gesticulating, trying to convey what she heard to Guo Dayou as accurately and concisely as possible.

Among them, she only modified the purpose of Zheng and Wu Xiangwei to catch Sui'er, and fabricated that Sui'er happened to eavesdrop from Zheng Guifei in the palace and learned the secret of Zheng's embezzlement of military pay, so she was joined by Zheng and Wu Xiangwei After chasing him, he had to escape from the palace, so that he wanted to escape from the capital.

After listening to Meng Kuang's narration, Zhou Jin was in a dazed state, unable to realize for a while that he actually participated in the investigation of such a big case.And Guo Dayou thought for a while while touching his stubble-covered chin, and said:

"This matter... has to be reported, but there is no rush. Thirteen, let's go to your house first. I want to meet that woman and ask her something."

Meng Kuang suddenly felt nervous, because she had concealed Sui'er's affairs from Guo Dayou, and she had not made a confession with Sui'er beforehand.If Guo Dayou suddenly went to ask Sui Er at this time, if Sui Er did not agree with her, wouldn't it be true that she concealed the truth?But right now, she can't think of any other excuses to refuse Guo Dayou's request, and if she refuses, it will arouse his suspicion.For the current plan, the only way is to trust Sui Er's judgment, and it is best for them to have a tacit understanding, otherwise they can only confess everything to Guo Dayou.

On the face of Meng Kuang, he agreed calmly, but in fact, he was very confused and really had no idea.On the way back to Meng's house with Guo Tuesday and the others, they were thinking about the countermeasures in case of revealing their secrets all the way, so that they didn't listen to Guo Tuesday's discussion at all.Fortunately, she was taciturn, and the two did not intend to lead her into the conversation.

"Guo Tou, what's going on here? I'm really at a loss. Why did you suddenly go to investigate the Wuxiangwei West Camp today, and it's such a coincidence that you really ran into something?" Zhou Jintong asked.

"Let me tell you, you are tight-lipped, that's why I asked you to help out today. And it won't be long before everyone knows about it. Didn't Thirteen and I go to the Northwest some time ago?" ? Do you know what we're going to do?"

Zhou Jintong shook his head, and Guo Dayou lowered his voice and said: "In January, Jinyiwei received a secret report from Marquis Yu who was planted in Ningxia Town, saying that the atmosphere in Ningxia Town has been chilling in recent days, because a batch of military salaries that should have been paid in January have not been released, triggering Public anger. A large number of troops are gathering for no reason. Some people continue to instigate rebellion. It seems that something big will happen. After reporting to His Majesty, His Majesty is very concerned about this matter, so he sent Thirteen and I to inspect Ningxia to do Pioneer scouts, investigate the real situation in Ningxia and report back. On February [-]th, Thirteen and I encountered a rebellion in Ningxia by the deputy general of Ningxia. The evening before yesterday, we were stopped by heavy snow in the Miaofeng Mountain area not far from the capital, and had no choice but to go up the mountain to avoid the snow. The strange thing was that we met a woman who also went up the mountain to avoid the snow during the snowy night..." Then I will describe what happened that night in detail with Zhou Jintong said it, including the information that he interrogated that the identity of the men in black was the sergeant of Wu Xiang Wei Xiying.After hearing this, Zhou Jintong couldn't help but said in surprise:

"In this way, isn't the Ningxia rebellion related to Zheng's embezzlement of salary?"

"Exactly!"

"This is a big deal, we have to report it to the top! Besides, Meng Baihu's family is involved in this matter. If we don't find out in time, we won't be able to get rid of it. The most terrible thing is that this matter has nothing to do with it. The faction of the third son of the emperor has a lot to do with each other, and when the time comes for the officials to make use of the problem, there will be endless troubles." Zhou Jintong felt his scalp tingle when he thought about it.

"No hurry, take your time. After the investigation, there is conclusive evidence, and it is not too late to report." Guo Dayou was very calm, but there were some unknown thoughts hidden in his experienced eyes.

You heard it with your own ears, so what evidence are you looking for?Zhou Jintong scratched his head, but seeing that his boss was not in a hurry, he was also in a hurry.

Not long after, the gate of the school where the Meng family is located has arrived.The three of them led the horses, and as soon as they walked three zhang away from the main gate of Meng's house, they saw the gate was open and there was a lot of noise inside.

"What happened?" Guo Dayou asked suspiciously.

When he asked this question, Meng Kuang had already rushed into the house quickly.