The daily life of Dali Siqing

Chapter 500 Investigating the Treasury

Shanyin Mansion, Bank Treasury.

While Yang Qingyuan questioned the Shenwu Army and the people from the Six Doors, Di Zhiyuan also launched an investigation on the bank officials.

"You are the head of the Yuezhou bank, Sun Decheng?!"

"Xiaguan is right!" An honest-looking middle-aged man about 40 years old stood in front of Di Zhiyuan, cautious.

The master book of the Yuezhou Bank, from the eighth grade.

For a petty official who was not born with a reputation, it is already a remarkable thing to be able to work from the eighth rank in his lifetime to join the official ranks of civil servants established by the imperial court.

It is so inspiring that the employees who are equivalent to the contract system have become deputy director-level cadres through their own efforts.

"When did you work in the Yuezhou Bank?"

The chief bookkeeper Sun Decheng said respectfully, "Master Huidi, the next official was in the second year of Yong'an and entered the Yuezhou Bank. Mistakes and omissions. In the ninth year of Yong’an, the original master returned to his hometown when he was old. The next official was recommended by the Yincao of Yuezhou at that time.

Di Zhiyuan nodded. While asking, he was flipping through Sun Decheng's files.

Sun Decheng is considered to be the oldest group of people in the bank of Yuezhou.

I have been working in the treasury for these years, and there are no outstanding achievements, but there are few fallacies.

It should be said that such a person is more suitable for the job in the bank.

"Treasurer Li Da is your boss, what kind of person is he?"

Sun Decheng was silent for a moment and organized his words.

"Li Zhangku is a cautious person, even a little timid. He has worked in the bank for all these years, and he hardly cares about other people's affairs."

"Then is there anything unusual about him recently?!"

"Anomalies?" Sun Decheng didn't understand what Di Zhiyuan was referring to.

"It's a different place than usual!"

Sun Decheng thought hard for a long time, but he still couldn't explain why.

"My lord, you also know that there is no unexpected work in our Yuezhou bank on weekdays. Everything is done step by step, even the work is day after day, let alone anything unusual. If you really want to If there is any difference between Li Zhangku and his usual days, that is, he starts working half a year later, and the next duty is later, and there is nothing else!"

"The next duty is later?!"

Anything unusual will not appear suddenly.

Just now Sun Decheng also said that the work of the bank treasury, day after day, is basically all that.

Of course, it does not mean that when the bank does not work overtime, in case there is any emergency appropriation, the officials of the bank will definitely have to work overtime, but according to the practice of the imperial court, the general appropriation is planned in advance, and it is rare to suddenly transfer the bank Case.

And there must be a reason for Li Da's continuous late arrivals.

"I looked around the bank, and there are still a lot of green plants. Is this the original creation of your Yuezhou bank?!"

"Master Li Da, this is an order from Master Li Da, saying that it is to make the environment of the Yuezhou Bank more peaceful. But in fact, we also know that this is also the selfishness of Master Li Da, because Li Zhangku likes to play with flowers and plants very much. There are some green plants in the bank, when there is nothing to do on weekdays, Mr. Li can also trim a few."

"Are these green plants arranged by Li Da?"

Di Zhiyuan looked at the green plants outside the window and muttered to himself.

"Okay, go down and get busy!"

"Yes!"

Sun Decheng withdrew upon hearing this.

Then Di Zhiyuan questioned the remaining treasury officials, and the answers he got were similar.

Although Li Da is the treasurer of the Yuezhou Bank, he doesn't seem to have any confidantes, and he is not very familiar with the officials of the Yuezhou Bank.

Then there are these green plants.

Why did Li Da suddenly propose to plant these green plants? !Is there something wrong with this? !

After Di Zhiyuan finished his questioning, he came to the bank.

Looking at the green plants planted, Di Zhiyuan really couldn't see any clues. These green plants are not tall, and they can't play a role in hiding his whereabouts. It seems that apart from beautifying the office environment, they really have no other role. It's outrageous.

However, Di Zhiyuan had an even more outrageous guess in his mind.

"Go find some shovels, shovels, and dig up all these green plants."

If there is no reason to plant these green plants for no reason, then it must be a problem. Although the possibility of this conjecture is almost zero, Di Zhiyuan still wants to see if there is any secret passage under the green plants organ.

On the other side, Yang Qingyuan, who had just finished questioning the guards stationed in the Shenwu Army and the six gates, realized that something was wrong as soon as he went out.

Di Zhiyuan, the majestic chancellor of Dali Temple and deputy envoy of Yuezhou Metropolitan Police, is leading a group of elite officers from the Ming Qiu Division to quickly plant green plants there.

This is outrageous!
"What's the matter, Lao Di?! You think the green plants are not good-looking, so you will plant them again after you pull them out?!"

Looking at the crowd sweating profusely, Yang Qingyuan expressed his incomprehension.

"It's nothing. Originally, I just thought that these green plants were planted strangely. I thought that someone would use these green plants to do something wrong. Now it seems that I just thought too much."

Yang Qingyuan affirmed Di Zhiyuan's idea.

"You must be thinking too much. Could it be that they can still play tricks among the green plants and dig a tunnel to the underground of the Yuezhou Bank. This kind of operation can only be written in Jianghu script."

"That's true. After all, this is the Yuezhou bank. If someone can dig a tunnel underground, then the bank will be emptied!"

Yang Qingyuan and Di Zhiyuan said that this kind of operation is almost impossible.

The actual area of ​​the Yuezhou Bank is not large, but the surrounding office rooms and the residences of the garrison make the Yuezhou Bank occupy a huge area.

Moreover, the geology near Yuezhou Yinku is hard and there are many rocks.

If you really want to dig a tunnel directly to the bank of Yuezhou, the engineering and energy you spend will be immeasurable.

Moreover, when designing the security system back then, it was obviously considered that someone would dig a tunnel. On the periphery of the bank defense, at intervals, a large tank buried in the soil would be placed. If someone really wanted to dig it from the outside Tunneling into the silver vault, when passing near the big vat, the sound of its soil work will inevitably be heard by the soldiers of the Shenwu Army stationed and the six-door police.

After Di Zhiyuan and the others restored the green plants to their original state, Yang Qingyuan asked.

"How?! Is there any gain?!"

Di Zhiyuan briefly explained the results of the previous questioning to Yang Qingyuan.

"It seems that there is indeed something wrong with Li Da! By the way, has this man's mansion in Shanyin Prefecture been searched?"

Behind Di Zhiyuan, a head catcher of Ming Qiu Division said.

"My lord, when we discovered the anomaly, we immediately went to his house to find someone. After Li Da was not caught, we also searched there, and found nothing suspicious..."

Yang Qingyuan and Di Zhiyuan looked at each other.

To be on the safe side, it seems that we still have to take a look at Li Da's mansion!

Before it was too late, Yang Qingyuan and Di Zhiyuan came out of the bank vault and rushed to Li Da's mansion.

A courtyard located in the west of Shanyin Prefecture.

After all, Li Da is a treasury from the seventh rank. Although his position is low and the power is light, he is the imperial court's seventh rank official after all. For Li Da, this mansion is still a bit shabby.

At this time, Li Da's mansion has been sealed with the seal of Dali Temple.

"Squeak!" With a sound, the door of Li Da's mansion was opened.

There are strict regulations on the search work of Dali Temple, and they will not make people jump like dogs and dogs like the East and West factories. Therefore, although Li Da's mansion was searched, it still looks relatively tidy.

"Have you searched carefully?! Have you found any property that does not match Li Da's monthly salary?!"

Another policeman stood up and said, "My lord, after careful inspection by our inspector, we did not find that Li Da had a large amount of property of unknown origin, and there was no secret room where the property could be hidden. We also held Dali Si Lingjian went to the Tiandi Bank in Shanyin Prefecture, and there was no large deposit in the account under Li Da's name."

Tiandi Bank is a royal franchise, and Yang Qingyuan is one of the founders and shareholders. In terms of investigation, Tiandi Bank is still very cooperative with Dali Temple.

"Afterwards, I also tracked down the account under the name of Li Da's younger sister, Li Juan. This morning, the Tiandi Bank sent back news that there is 8000 taels of silver under Li Juan's name for some reason?"

8000 taels of silver, taking the monthly salary of Yang Qingyuan, the minister of the Dali Temple, would not be saved in 20 years. How could Li Juan, the wife of a carpenter, have so much money? !

The money probably belonged to Li Da. When Li Xunhuan was investigating corruption before, many officials deposited their stolen money in the names of their relatives. It seems that Li Da really has a problem. At least one of the corrupt officials is Can't run away.

Yang Qingyuan nodded, then put on whale leather gloves with Di Zhiyuan, and began to investigate the items in Li Da's house.

After half an hour, the two came out of the house.

This Li Da's mansion actually looks like the mansions of most of the junior officials of the Great Zhou Dynasty, which is a little poor compared to their identities.

After checking around, there wasn't much substantial gain.

"How?! Can Zhiyuan gain anything?!"

Yang Qingyuan asked.

"Looking at the appearance of your lord, it seems that you have gained something?"

"Small gain."

Di Zhiyuan also smiled, "I just happened to gain something, why don't we write our respective answers on paper?"

Yang Qingyuan smiled disdainfully, this is the same thing again, what kind of poor and corrupt hobby is this, can you just say it if you find something? !

Although he was disdainful in his heart, Yang Qingyuan still picked up a piece of paper and wrote on it honestly.

After watching Di Zhiyuan finish writing, Yang Qingyuan was slightly excited. No wonder literati like to play this trick, which is quite interesting.

Afterwards, the two exchanged notes.

According to the normal plot, the two parties should see that the other party's writing is consistent with their own, and then laugh and become confidantes.

But now there seems to be a little problem.

The answers written by the two of them are somewhat different...

On Yang Qingyuan's paper, it says "Huaben", but on Di Zhiyuan's paper, it says "Hua Mu".

The two looked up in surprise, and it seemed that their discoveries were different.

"Zhiyuan, tell me first!"

"Yes! In fact, this courtyard is not much different from ordinary houses. The biggest difference is that it has no green plants."

Di Zhiyuan looked around and continued, "According to our inquiry just now, his colleagues gave Li Da a personality of 'loving green plants', so he planted green plants in the bank."

Yang Qingyuan recalled the transcript of the interrogation just now, and it was indeed recorded in this way.

In this way, Yang Qingyuan understood Di Zhiyuan's meaning. A person who likes green plants doesn't have any green plants in his home? !Is this reasonable? !

"From this point of view, there are only two possibilities. First, the so-called preference for green plants is just an excuse for Li Da. He has some unknown secrets in planting green plants. Second, the director just now is lying!"

Di Zhiyuan's analysis was all right. Li Da's home layout was too inconsistent with his liking of flowers and trees, not only the flowers and trees to be planted, but also the corresponding tools.

"Then what is the meaning of the word 'Huaben' written by the adults?!"

Di Zhiyuan asked while holding the note written by Yang Qingyuan.

"This is what I discovered when I was looking through his books in Li Da's study. This Li Da is not only the treasurer of the Yuezhou Bank of the Great Zhou Dynasty, but also the writer of Jianghu tales."

"Jiang... Jianghu story book?!"

"Yes!" Yang Qingyuan took out several volumes of story books from his sleeve, "The Domineering Master Falls in Love with Me", "Double Dragons Chasing Beauty", "The Way of the Young Swordsman", "I Fall in Love with the Reincarnation of My Dead Wife" ...

Di Zhiyuan looked at these rivers and lakes scripts, and his brain froze a bit. These are all mysterious things.

"This last one is only half written. I also found Li Da's manuscript paper. I think he should have written these words." Yang Qingyuan took out a stack of manuscript paper and said.

"What does this mean?!"

Di Zhiyuan didn't understand, maybe this was Li Da's personal hobby! ?
"Zhiyuan, you don't understand. For those who write Jianghu story books, some do it for their own hobbies, and some do it for their own livelihood. Of course, there are both. But you see what Li Da said. The content of the writing is obviously to rely on this to make money."

Di Zhiyuan somewhat understood the meaning of Yang Qingyuan's words.

Yang Qingyuan continued to explain, "Of course it's also possible. Li Da used this method to launder the money he obtained from corruption. The Metropolitan Procuratorate had investigated a county guard before. He liked to write some dramas for people. Anyone who The dramas written will be bought by theaters at high prices, but in fact those dramas are written in general. This is just an alternative way of bribery bought by local wealthy businessmen and tycoons through the theater. In this way, the bribes get money, and the embezzlers can freely Take it, after all, this is what they got from embellishing their pens."

Di Zhiyuan is mainly responsible for the criminal investigation cases in Dali Temple and the cooperation with the Metropolitan Procuratorate is not very close. I did not expect that there are so many twists and turns in accepting and offering bribes.

"However, this should not be Li Da's script for whitewashing. He should really rely on it to make money. Because I haven't heard much about these Jianghu stories, and Li Da's pen name is not very famous. It’s probably a hard-earned money.”

Di Zhiyuan didn't refute. Seeing this shabby man entering the courtyard, Di Zhiyuan was sure that Li Da didn't use this to clean up the dirty silver, otherwise the family wouldn't be so poor.

(End of this chapter)