Consort Zhanzhao

"So, now there are two clues to investigate? The one with the mole on his hand is the murderer, and the silver... is the mastermind behind the scenes."

Zhao Bijia and Zhan Zhao visited the Imperial Garden together, they just talked and went to the case.

Zhan Zhao admired the young prince's keenness, he nodded, "Lord Bao came to the palace today to ask His Majesty to go through all the eunuchs in the palace to see who has moles on their hands; Mr. Gongsun went to Huitong Qian Zhuang, go to see their account book."

Zhao Bijia was thoughtful and silent for a moment, "There are more than 200 eunuchs in the palace. If you check them all, you can't do anything. But Huitong Bank..." She hesitated.

"Is there a problem with Huitong Bank?" Zhan Zhao asked, still a little anxious.

Zhao Bijia shook his head, "It's not a problem. If you want to be a guard, you know that the bank ... no matter how big or small, there are more or less royal people behind it."

Zhan Zhao nodded, and said, "When I went out this morning, Master Bao also specially instructed Mr. Gongsun to play by ear."

"I'm afraid you're going to return for nothing." Zhao Bijia continued: "But the palace... can come up with such a small amount of 1 taels of cash all at once, including me..."

Zhao Bijia stretched out her fingers one by one, and Zhan Zhao couldn't help looking at them, only to feel that the ten fingers were slender, like green onions, with pinkish-white belly, round and cute, and the nails were even trimmed without any burrs...

Well, think too much.

Zhan Zhao quickly regained his composure, and heard Zhao Bijia say, "No more than ten people."

"Please make it clear, my little prince."

Zhao Bijia smiled, "The first one is naturally my father."

Zhao Bijia smiled playfully, but Zhan Zhao smiled wryly, "The little prince is just joking with Zhan."

"The second is my concubine mother, Concubine Zhang Guifei."

Hearing this sentence, Zhan Zhao couldn't help being distracted. He had been friends with the young prince for the past two days, and he also paid attention to the young prince's life experience. He heard that the only prince was indeed born to Concubine Zhang Gui. When he was so distracted, Zhao Bijia had already said the third.

"The queen empress naturally has this strength, as well as Concubine Pang, Master Bao killed her younger brother, but Grand Master Pang is still there, and the family property that has been accumulated for so many years cannot be easily used up."

"There is also Concubine Miao, who is the daughter of my father's nanny, and has also received a lot of good things."

"By the way, there is also Concubine Jing..."

Zhan Zhao heard Zhao Bijia count the big and small giants in the palace one by one. Speaking of these people, Mr. Bao also seemed to have mentioned them, and most of what he said to Zhao Bijia was right.

After being said that again, Zhan Zhao felt a little complicated.

The little prince is so simple, he can say everything... is it really okay?

Zhan Zhao looked at Zhao Bijia with pity in his eyes, and then he heard Zhao Bijia say another person, "I still have myself, I have a fief and food, and my father, mother and concubine have rewards, so I am also It can be taken out."

Anyway, I still want to thank the little prince, Zhan Zhao smiled and said: "The weather is hot, let's go and sit in the small pavilion."

Zhao Bijia looked at Zhan Zhao, who is a master of martial arts, and knew that he was being considerate of her, so he was not polite, pointing to the gazebo by the pool, "Let's go there."

In the Hall of Qinzheng, Lord Bao is reporting the case of the past two days to the emperor.

Hearing that the eunuch had a mole on his hand, the emperor directly asked Wu Chengye to do it, and then Bao Zheng continued to say that a huge amount of silver was found in the two eunuchs' rooms.

The emperor's face darkened when he heard this, and said: "It must be Concubine Jing! Her father resigned at the beginning of the year and returned to his hometown. He sold the house in the capital and the fields outside the city..."

The emperor squinted his eyes, his face was full of anger, "I want to let their father and daughter meet again before they leave, after all, according to Guo Huai's age... I'm afraid it's—" The emperor stopped speaking and said sharply: " That's how she repays me, using the money my old father left her to do this kind of thing!"

Although this is considered a possibility, Bao Zheng's intuition was wrong, "I think this matter needs to be investigated again."

The emperor always listened to Bao Zheng's words, and said, "Naturally." Even so, the emperor also felt in his heart that further investigation would prove more convincing.

The eunuch who identified the princess was from Concubine Jing's palace, and now he has this money...

The emperor waved his hand with disgust on his face, as if he didn't want to bring up this matter again. "I see, you go down. The case should be closed sooner."

Bao Zheng stood up and saluted, and came out of the Palace of Qinzheng.

Zhao Bijia had already sent eunuchs to guard at the gate of Qinzheng Hall. Seeing Lord Bao's figure, the eunuch hurried forward and said that Lord Bao should stay with him for a while, and the Zhan guards would arrive in a while.

Zhao Bijia knew that it had been long enough since this day came out, so she smiled at Zhan Zhao, "So, I won't go with you to the vestibule, and he will guide you." Zhao Bijia pointed at the eunuch, and Zhan Zhao nodded.

Seeing Lord Bao, Zhan Zhao said: "I have already told the young prince, he sent his eunuchs to inquire about the news."

Bao Zheng nodded and said: "This manor has already told His Majesty that someone will go to investigate the eunuchs, so let's go back to Kaifeng mansion and wait for the news."

Zhan Zhao thought for a while, and decided not to say what the little prince said about "returning with feathers" for the time being.

The two returned to Kaifeng Mansion all the way, and not long after, Gongsun Ce, Zhang Long and Zhao Hu came back.

Just by looking at his face, he knew that things were not going well.

"Master Bao." Gongsun Ce took out a stack of papers from his cuffs with a guilty expression on his face, "When the students went, they heard that it was the Kaifeng Mansion, so they immediately took out the account book for the students to read, and prepared paper and pens. , for students to copy."

This sounds good, Bao Zheng raised his eyebrows, and heard Gongsun Ce continue: "It's just that the students copied it and found that this account book should have been tampered with."

"How do you say that!" Bao Zheng became much more energetic.

"The students want to withdraw more than 5000 taels of silver at a time," Gongsun Ce said while recalling, "The shopkeeper said it was a coincidence that not many people could withdraw so much silver at one time, and it happened to be in one ledger."

"Students were secretly delighted at the time, thinking that it would save a lot of effort."

"However, there is something wrong with copying this account book."

Gongsun Ce talked about his doubts one by one.

"This year is an account, and last year was also an account. The students read this year's account first, but there was no one related to the palace on it, so the students read last year's account again."

"But looking at it this way, the student found a flaw."

Gongsun Ce deserved to be the number one master of Kaifeng Mansion, these few words have already attracted everyone's ideas, they sat around him and listened to what he said.

"There are the date and name of the two on the ledger, but the most important thing is the handprint. The students flipped through the original ledger and can clearly find that the color of the handprint is getting lighter and lighter. The color of the handprint in January last year has obviously faded a lot. And there are traces of ink oozing around."

Bao Zheng opened his round eyes wide, "You mean..."

Gongsun Ce nodded, "However, half of this year is said to have passed. It is impossible for all the handprints in the original account book to be of the same color, so this account book must have been tampered with!"

"Are you sure?" Bao Zheng asked again solemnly.

Gongsun Ce nodded heavily, "The students also compared this year's account book with last year's account book. The handprints of this year's first month and last year's twelfth month...the color difference is more than a star and a half."

Bao Zheng frowned, "If I go directly to them... I'm afraid it's—"

"Master Bao is afraid of the people behind the bank""

After waiting for a while, Zhan Zhao broke the silence.

Bao Zheng shook his head, "Our investigation this time will take no more than half a day..." Bao Zheng spoke slowly, thinking as he said: "Half a day...is not enough for them to make a fake account book."

"That means it was prepared in advance." Gongsun Ce continued, "If this is the case, it will take a while to find... the real account book."

Bao Zheng was silent, remembering the emperor's deep hatred for Concubine Jing, and before he left, Mr. Guo asked him to take care of Concubine Jing who had been deposed as a queen.

"...I don't ask for anything, I just hope that she can save her life, don't let me, a white-haired person, send a black-haired person away..."

Bao Zheng sighed, if the investigation speed is too slow, what if the emperor loses patience and puts this matter on Concubine Jing?

At this time, Zhan Zhao, who hadn't spoken for a long time, suddenly spoke.

"Little lord."

Both Bao Zheng and Gongsun Ce looked at him.

"The little prince also has contacts with Huitong Bank." Zhan Zhao said with a hint of excitement in his tone, "Besides, the little prince said that he can get the money out. If so, if the little prince goes to Huitong Bank, they will take it out and use it." The account book that came to record must be true!"

Bao Zheng narrowed his eyes and said, "Wait a little longer."

"My lord, do you want to wait for news from the palace?" Gongsun Ce asked tentatively.

Bao Zheng nodded, "That's right, Director Wu went to check on the eunuch with a mole on his hand, and there must be news coming soon."