Dragon Pattern Roll Set

The theft of tribute gold 22 years ago.

Zhao Zhen suddenly left such a clue and went back to the palace.

There is no record of such a large case in the dragon pattern volume, nor in various historical materials. However, 22 years is not such an unreachable year, which means that the person who was in charge of investigating the theft at that time should still be alive.

Zhan Zhao and the others went back to Kaifeng Mansion first, and asked Mr. Bao about it.

Master Bao thought for a while, and said, "22 years ago... I was not the prefect of Kaifeng at that time. Besides, the tribute should not be reported to the Yamen when the tribute was stolen. This matter has something to do with the military."

Zhao Pu thought for a while, "Do you want to ask the veterans in the army?"

Lord Bao shook his head, "It should be a matter of the Imperial City Army... why don't you ask Pang Ji about it."

Pang Yu was curious, "Ask my father again?"

"The Grand Master used to be in the Imperial City Army, and he has a wide network of contacts. Someone will definitely tell him what happened to the Imperial City Army." Master Bao said, "Instead of asking around like a chicken without a head, it is better to ask him directly. He may be able to answer the question." Tell you who to ask."

Everyone squinted their eyes - the Grand Master was indeed not an ordinary person.

Coincidentally, everyone was preparing to go to the Grand Master's Mansion when the guards outside reported that Grand Master Pang and the Eighth Prince had come together.

Master Bao was stunned for a moment, and said hello, but he couldn't understand why these two came to the door.

After a while, the Grand Master and the Eighth Prince in casual clothes walked in slowly.

Everyone looked at them, and were a little speechless.

The Grand Master is still chubby, holding two exquisite walnuts in his hand, and the Eighth Prince is shaking a small fan. Compared with the people who are busy investigating the case, these two look like they are too busy to have fun. of.

Sure enough, the grand master asked when he entered the door, "Old Bao! Is the competition of the four courts better? The emperor will go to see the previous battle in person today, right?"

"This king just came from the palace, and the emperor seems very satisfied." The Eighth Prince was also curious, "Where are the military flags? Tell me to have a look!"

Everyone thought that the Eighth Prince definitely didn't know about Zhao Zhen's assassination, otherwise he would still be smiling.

The Eighth King also helped Zhao Zhen to pass a message, saying that Master Bao had to come into the palace for something, and the Lord took the people away first, leaving everyone to entertain the two.

Zhao Pu gave everyone a wink, which means - don't let the Eighth Prince know about the attack on the emperor, or he won't be able to sleep again.

Everyone knows.

Pang Yu went over to pull his father, "Dad, you came just in time! I want to ask you something!"

Pang Ji stroked his beard and said, "I say Yu'er!"

Pang Yu blinked.

"Is there any place for you in this four-house competition?"

When the grand master said the words, the little duke turned his face away. What does that mean—your son just got out of the ranks of idiots, and you want me to single out those great talents?How can it be!

All the students of Taixue looked at him gloatingly, and Bao Yan suggested, "Why don't you let him take part in the martial arts test."

The corner of Xiao Hou Ye's mouth twitched.

The grand master looked at his son, then at the crowd, and nodded, "Speaking of which, you are all honest people, and you have taken advantage of so many tricks, why don't you want to fight back?" ? You need to strike first! You can't be too serious, if the other party is raped, you have to play dirty..."

As soon as the grand master finished speaking, he felt the hem of his clothes being pulled... Looking down, the fourth son was holding his hem with his face up.

"Yo." The grand master hurriedly kicked his own son away with a wave of his hand, and squatted down to hug the fourth son, "I said I didn't see you when I entered the door, where did you go?"

The fourth son just went to the stable to look at the pony, and when he returned to the yard, he heard the grand master talking.

So, the fourth son put his arms around the grand master's neck and said seriously, "Little Pangpang, do you have any good ideas?"

The grand master raised his eyebrows, "Is this..."

The fourth son acted like a baby immediately, "Tell me! Little Pangpang is the smartest!"

Taishi is so beautiful that she looks up to the sky and smiles...

Everyone looked at the grand master helplessly, and if they leaned back any more, their necks would be broken.

Yin Hou and Tianzun also went up to listen to Grand Master Pang's opinion, everyone knew that he had a lot of tricks.

Before the Grand Master opened his mouth, Gongsun came over and stuffed the fourth son into the hands of Yin Hou and Tianzun, which means - come in line, ask the case first, and he will belong to you after the case is finished!

The Grand Master and the Eighth Prince sat down at the table, and the rest of the people also sat at the same table, drinking tea, and asked about the case of the theft of tribute gold more than 20 years ago.

"Oh!" The grand master stroked his beard, "This old man knows."

The Eighth Prince also nodded, "I lost 10 taels of gold. At that time, the matter could not be spread to the outside world. Most people didn't know about it. It was time for this king to find out!"

The Grand Master also nodded, "Yes!"

"Why did you send so much tribute into the palace all of a sudden?" Zhan Zhao was puzzled, "And the tribute was escorted by the army, who could snatch it away?"

"This batch of stolen gold is indeed as much as 10 taels." The grand master looked around and saw that there were no outsiders, and said in a low voice, "But that batch of gold is not tax money, nor is it a tribute from any place, just afraid of the news. In case it is leaked and causes more trouble, it will be falsely claimed to be Gong Jin."

Everyone frowned.

Zhao Pu was puzzled, "It's not taxes, it's not tribute. How could there be so much 10 taels of gold all at once? What kind of money is it?"

The Eighth Prince smiled, "It's black gold!"

Everyone was surprised - black gold?Could it be some kind of unhealthy and shady gold?

"That's a long story!" said the grand master, "20 years ago, when the border was not peaceful, the first emperor wanted to secretly allocate a batch of military funds to secretly train a team. In fact, this was also the earliest prototype of the Zhao family army."

Zhao Pu nodded. He led soldiers out at the age of 16. He was indeed a little surprised that there were so many soldiers and horses... In fact, the most important thing is not people, but horses, weapons and armor. But they are all good things!Otherwise, no matter how powerful he was, he would not be able to easily win the battle.Moreover, the shrewdness of the first emperor was that he did it silently, and the enemy army did not expect that Song Dynasty had hidden so many troops.

"At that time, there were so many fine works in every province and every ministry!" The Eighth King smiled, "The former emperor was worried, how could he raise so much money? I still can't find out the source."

Everyone nodded, it is indeed difficult

"What a coincidence, at that time the Governor of Hangzhou sent a secret memorial." Eight Kings said, "It is said that a group of very powerful liars came out of the rich and prosperous area around Suhang Lake!"

"Liar?" Zhan Zhao frowned.

"These people should be from the rivers and lakes, and they may belong to a certain sect. Most of them cheat in crowded places such as temples, gambling houses, and clinics. The methods of cheating are similar. Some pretend to be doctors, and others Prescribers, fortune-tellers, pretending to be monks...they have everything, and they have deceived many people."

The grand master said, "Well, I really couldn't find out about this, but there are too many people who were deceived later! Think about it, the yamen would receive a hundred cases of deception a year, but this year suddenly Isn't it strange that there are five hundred?"

Zhan Zhao nodded, "Indeed, and if [-] cases were reported, there would actually be [-] cases. Many people didn't know they were cheated, or some people simply didn't report to the authorities because they were afraid of trouble."

The grand master nodded and nodded, "The prefect of Hangzhou is a sensible person." He said, and asked Lin Xiao, "You should know that you are from Hangzhou, the prefect of Pei from the past."

Lin Xiao seemed to have some impressions, "It seems that I resigned before I was born? I heard Master Chen talking about it."

The grand master nodded, "He resigned after finishing the investigation of that case! I don't know how the current situation is."

"The emperor asked the governor of Hangzhou to secretly arrest those crooks. Is the 10 taels of gold the money they cheated?" Zhan Zhao asked.

The grand master shook his finger slightly, "It's not 10 taels, it's 20 taels of gold in total!"

Everyone was taken aback.

Bai Yutang frowned, "So much?"

Zhan Zhao couldn't help but smile at him—you even had a day when you lamented how much money you had!

Gongsun calculated, "How many people do you have to deceive? Have these scammers been committing crimes for a long time?"

"This is the problem." The Eighth Prince shook his head and said, "It took a long time for the governor of Hangzhou to catch all those people. When I went to the old nest, I didn't expect to find so much gold. Fu Yin sent the emperor into the palace in two batches, unexpectedly, one batch was robbed on the way, and the other arrived safely."

Everyone frowned - that's why.

"Did the emperor not announce the theft of the tribute, and then secretly used another batch as military expenses?" Zhan Zhao asked, "Did you not compensate those who were cheated?"

The Eighth Prince shook his head and said, "There is no need to worry about this. The emperor has allocated additional funds to the local area in the name of flood control and dam building, and then the prefect of Hangzhou will make unified arrangements for those who have reported the crime to be cheated. in compensation."

Everyone nodded. The first emperor didn't mean that he was short of money or military expenses, but that he needed a huge sum of money that no one could find out and no one knew about to secretly raise armaments. Western Xia.

"Hangzhou Fu Yin deserves a lot of credit for this." Zhao Pu was a little puzzled, "Why didn't he get promoted? With his ability to handle affairs, he may be the prime minister by now."

"The late emperor did want to promote him back then, but he resigned at a young age." The grand master said, "The late emperor also thinks it's a pity."

Everyone felt puzzled-is there any connection between several things?

"Who is it that snatched the gold?" Gongsun was curious, "Is it the remnants of the gang of crooks from before?"

"That's the same speculation at the time, but then those people disappeared with the gold." The Grand Master shook his head, "It was true that I was nervous for a while at first, but nothing happened afterwards, so let it go."

"It's not easy to secretly transport 10 taels of gold from Hangzhou to Kaifeng." Bai Yutang asked, "Is it by water?"

"That's right!" Grand Master nodded, "Those thieves stole the gold by robbing the ship. Even the people and the ship disappeared!"

Zhan Zhao looked at Bai Yutang, saw that he was frowning, and asked, "Did you think of something?"

Bai Yutang said, "To load 10 taels of gold requires a fleet of large ships. They may be official ships or merchant ships. In short, they must be equipped with officers and soldiers. The route from Hangzhou to Kaifeng is on the inland river, not the open sea. To let such a large fleet How easy is it for a fleet to disappear? Unless..."

"Unless what?" Everyone asked.

Bai Yutang looked at the crowd, "Unless there are big water gangs and shipyards to assist!"

Everyone looked at each other.

"You mean..." Zhao Pu asked, "hijack those ships and hide them in a large dock?"

"The people on board can be killed, and the gold can be taken away, but what should we do with such a big ship?" Bai Yutang asked, "So put it in the dock, renovate it, wait for the limelight to pass, and use it openly, or simply sell it. , without anyone noticing."

"Maybe those ships are still in use now," Zhan Zhao said.

"It should still be in use, or it may have been scrapped." Bai Yutang nodded.

"That's easy." Zhan Zhao clapped his hands, "Master Wen Feng!"

Everyone nodded—is the rumor of the omniscient one spreading?

Jiuniang helped to run a leg, and Yaoyao came back early the next morning with Jiuniang and Feng Chuanfeng on her back.

Feng Chuanfeng got off Yaoyao's back, patted Yaoyao's back and praised, "This baby is suitable for someone like me who has bad legs and knows too many secrets!"

It's been a while since everyone has seen this all-hands-on-the-world, let him sit for a while, and then asked him about his business of buying and selling boats back then.

Rumor has it that everything is in order, so he said, "Twenty years ago, there was indeed a rich family in Yanzhou who sold several boats at a cheap price. It is said that the quality of the boats is quite good. Anyone with a discerning eye can tell that they are official boats. It was remodeled, so I bought it and shipped it outside.”

"Yuzhou Prefecture?" Zhan Zhao frowned, "Which wealthy household?"

"The Yan family." Feng Chuanfeng thought for a while, "Hmm...it should be the Yan family."

Everyone was stunned when they heard this.

Bai Yutang frowned, "The Yan family? The boss Yan who sells rice?"

"Yes." Feng Chuanfeng nodded.

Everyone frowned.

"Boss Yan!" Zhao Lan also remembered, "Oh, isn't the young master of the Jin family betrothed to the third lady of the Yan family?"

"Boss Yan and Mr. Jin are friends." Zhao Pu thought for a while, "The Jin family is in the gold business. There is such a big golden Buddha hidden in the back mountain, and there are so many fake gold hidden under the house. And Boss Yan is the same as back then. That robbery case has something to do with it... Could it be that the so-called haunted case is actually black people?"

"Does that golden Buddha have 10 taels of gold?" Zhan Zhao asked suddenly.

Both Bai Yutang and Pang Yu thought about it, and the grand master nodded, "Well, almost...if there is a little space inside, it's just right."

Everyone looked at the grand master - he could calculate faster than the fifth master!

Pang Yu looked up at the sky, all gold and silver would be known as soon as his father passed his hands!His father doesn't even need to count the stack of bank notes, he just needs to touch them to know how many there are.

Everyone nodded silently—corrupt officials...

The grand master shook his head, "Oh! I said no!"

Zhan Zhao thought for a while, then patted Bai Yutang, "Rongzhou Mansion is not far away, why don't we go for a stroll?"

As soon as Zhan Zhao finished speaking, a group of people raised their hands, which means - they also want to go together!

Zhan Zhao is helpless.

Bai Yutang looked at Tianzun and a group of old ladies in the Devil's Palace with disgust—these are really...

Zhan Zhao suddenly remembered something, and asked the Grand Master, "Grand Master, you said that the surname of the Governor of Hangzhou is Pei? Does he have any children or brothers and sisters?"

The grand master touched his chin and said, "I don't know about this."

Zhan Zhao nodded, thoughtfully.

Bai Yutang asked, "What?"

"Hmm... Do you still remember the dead Pei Qin?" Zhan Zhao asked.

Everyone nodded. Pei Qin's surname is also Pei, and her origin is unknown. Is there any relationship between the two?

Zhao Pu sent Hei Ying and Bai Ying to Hangzhou Mansion to find out where the former Prefect Pei is now.

Everyone was preparing for the next move when Ge Qing came.

Ge Qing came to pick up Zhao Lan. Zhao Zhen said that if Zhao Lan refused to go back, he could stay in Kaifeng Mansion for a while, but Ge Qing would stay with him in Kaifeng Mansion.

Little Geqing saw that Pang Yu and Bao Yan were discussing where to eat for a while, so he asked, "Are you really not nervous at all?"

Everyone was taken aback, "Why are you nervous?"

Ge Qing blinked, "Students from those academies are all practicing kung fu. They all said that this competition is a once-in-a-lifetime competition. Even if you can't win the literary test, you should take this opportunity to beat up the Taixue students in the military test."

Everyone opened their mouths.

The young master covered his stomach, "Oh, my stomach hurts! I still need to take sick leave during the competition..."

Just about to slip away, Bao Yan caught him, "If you can't run away, think of a countermeasure!"

"If it's really impossible." Bai Yutang dragged Tianzun who was happily ready to go out, and pushed him in front of the group of Taixue students, "Let the martial sage teach you the unique skills passed down from generation to generation!"

Tianzun opened his mouth wide.

The eyes of all the students of Taixue are bright, "Really?"

"Uh..." Tianzun took a step back, and grabbed Yin Hou who was about to run away.

Yin Hou wanted to leave, but Tianzun didn't let him go. In the end, the two of them looked at each other and thought it would be better to slip together... But before they could leave, they were grabbed by the hem of the clothes on both sides.

The fourth son looked at the two of them and said, "Well...the competition of the fourth courtyard is more important, we will go to Rongzhou Mansion next time to play, and we will start making up martial arts lessons for Taixue tomorrow!"

Tianzun and Yin Hou took a breath - isn't it...

Chunhua saw that the situation was not good, and wanted to slip away, but Ouyang Shaozheng grabbed his neck and brought him back like a chicken, pointing to Zou Liang, Long Qiaoguang, Zhao Pu and himself behind him, that means, " Choose one of these uncles and teach you personally."

Chunhua frowned, and finally took a look at Zou Liang.

Zou Liang smiled, walked over, and pulled him away from Ouyang Shaozheng, "Very good, let's go."

Chunhua was startled, "Where are you going?"

"Learning kung fu is about practicality, find a few hooligans to practice." After Zou Liang finished speaking, Chunhua hugged his uncle's thigh with a mournful face, "I don't want it...he is a scholar!"

The corner of Huo Qilin's mouth twitched—this is promising!

At this time, Lin Yehuo came over and picked Chunhua up, and gave everyone a blank look, and kicked Xiao Liangzi in front of the students of Taixue, "Kill a chicken with a sledgehammer, let Xiao Liangzi teach the basic skills or not! "

All the students looked at Xiao Liangzi bitterly.

Xiao Liang crossed his arms and looked at these scholars, then turned his face, "Weak chicken!"

As a result, Tianzun and Yin Hou couldn't go, and they had to stay to teach martial arts, and a group of old ladies in the Demon Palace couldn't go after they were introduced to a few shops by Pang Yu. Go, finally... Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang spread rumors, Wu Yifu, who was idle and had nothing to do, and Hong Jiuniang who kicked him over, euphemistically called "bring tea and boil medicine for idols to make cows and horses" The right general, Long Qiaoguang, and the five of them set out on the road together, going to the Yanzhou capital to investigate this mysterious, Boss Yan.