kingly way

Chapter 160 Chapter 160

There are only He Yingluo, Tao Yilan and Xin Nuo in the guest room of Shao Sikou's mansion.

"Did Lan Yi discover anything today?"

Ying Luo poured three cups of tea, one for Tao Yilan and one for Xin Nuo, and he took a cup for himself and put it under his nose to smell it.

Even though Ying Luo now has a servant, he has never been used to instructing the servant, especially when he is with Tao Yilan and Xin Nuo, he is more used to pouring tea by himself.

At first, Tao Yilan and Xin Nuo were still not used to it, but after a few times, they gradually got used to it;

"After Wang Yixuan confessed the whereabouts of the Tibetan copper coins, Jiang Zuoling hurried out. I would not suspect Jiang Zuoling at first, but seeing that his behavior was a bit different from usual, I followed him out." Tao Yilan said;

"I saw him come back after going out for a while." Ying Luo said;
"After Jiang Zuo led out of the interrogation hall, he went back after talking to a military academy, and the military academy left in a hurry."

"The military academy must have taken people to Jia Yuanwai's manor." Ying Luo said with a smile;
"Well, you already know?"

Tao Yilan couldn't help being surprised, hasn't Ying Luo been with Xue Zuohao all the time?How could he know;
"He brought two other people to the manor outside Jiayuan with the sack in a carriage, and then put the sack under the table in the living room." Tao Yilan said;

"You are very smart, I knew you would not be discovered by them." Ying Luo smiled and said;
"I've been following Brother Ying for so long and I haven't learned a lot, so I should learn a little. This is enough. It's not easy to find me. Brother Ying, it seems that Jiang Zuoling is the one who stole the treasury silver? "

Tao Yilan grimaced at Ying Luo and smiled;

"If it's just Jiang Zuoling, it would be easier." Ying Luo frowned,

"You mean there are other people besides Jiang Zuoling?" Tao Yilan asked in surprise;
"Ah."

Yingluo nodded;

"Does it have something to do with Lingjiaomen again? I didn't expect Lingjimen to have the idea of ​​stealing the treasury." Tao Yilan said;

"Whether this case has anything to do with the Lingmen Gate, there is no evidence yet."

"How did you suspect that those noble sons were framed?" Tao Yilan asked;
"When the government officials dug up the stolen goods, I found that those bags were new bags with a fresh smell. It has been a month since the treasury was stolen, and it has been nearly a month since these noble boys were arrested and buried in the soil. There is no way the sacks were so clean and fresh, so I figured they must have been newly buried."

"It is."

Tao Yilan nodded;

"There was a heavy rain a few days ago. If the bag had been buried in the ground before the rain, and there were copper coins inside the sack, there were many gaps, and the mud would definitely seep into the bag, but there was no trace of mud in the gaps of the sack."

"This shows that the sacks were buried after the rain. They are in prison these days, and it is impossible to bury these sacks. This means that there are other people who buried the copper coins, which means that someone is framing them." Tao Yilan suddenly realized;

"In addition, I stepped on the soil that has not been dug. The soil is loose. Why is the soil loose? It is because it is newly dug and not yet firm; and they did not remove the loose soil when they dug the copper coins. Dig up all the soil." Ying Luo said;
"Why do you suspect that there will be spies in Si Kou?" Tao Yilan asked;
"Don't look at those sons and gentlemen who usually look majestic and pompous outside; but in prison, they are disgraced, frustrated, afraid of being punished and confessed to a random place, and the one who can get the first news is naturally Si Kousi's. people."

"How do you know they confessed to a random place?" Tao Yilan asked puzzled;
"It's a feeling of their words and deeds. Their language is confusing, confused, and they don't know why." Ying Luo smiled;

"Indeed, they didn't bury the copper coins, how did they know where they were hidden?"

"And the people who can know the location of the hidden copper coins that were confessed at the first time must be the people in the interrogation hall; after they knew the location of the prisoner's confession, they buried the copper coins before we arrived." Win Luo said;
"So you asked me to rush to the location of the hidden copper coin provided by the prisoner to observe the situation, and then asked me to follow the suspicious person who left the court, why didn't you let me follow the suspicious person who left the court from the very beginning? Woolen cloth?"

"Because at that time I was not quite sure that my deduction was correct." Ying Luo replied;

"If they are really people from Lingjimen, then the case of stealing the treasury will be more complicated." Tao Yilan said;

"Well, so we have to change from passive to active." Ying Luo said;
"Is this the next step you're going to take?"

"Yeah." Ying Luo smiled slightly.

Qianyuan Hall;
"This initial handling of the case demonstrates Mr. Ying's talent. Mr. Ying may have already guessed the purpose of my summoning you into the palace in the middle of the night, right?"

Liu Haoyi smiled and said;

"The king called me into the palace in the middle of the night, and he didn't just want to know about the case, did he?"

Ying Luo salutes;
"The widow wants you to explain the case to the widow first."

"The king should have known that they were framed."

Yingluo smiled slightly;
Liu Haoyi didn't answer, he looked at Yingluo and smiled slightly,
"go on."

Liu Haoyi smiled and waved his hands;

"I also found out that they were framed."

"Oh, Mr. Ying said they were framed, do you have evidence?" Liu Haoyi looked at Ying Luo and asked;
"Those copper coins were buried not long ago, which is unreasonable." Ying Luo smiled;

"En." Liu Haoyi nodded with a smile;

"After they called out the place where the copper coins were buried, I went to the place where the copper coins were buried with Mr. Xue, and found that the copper coins had just been buried."

"Just buried? What evidence do you have?"

Liu Haoyi looked at Ying Luo and asked;
"Your Majesty, how long has it been since the thief was caught?" Ying Luo asked;
"It's been almost a month. Master Xue has been investigating and verifying their various criminal facts this month."

Liu Haoyi smiled and said;
"Does Your Majesty know how many times it rained this month?"

"It's raining, haha, this widow doesn't remember, does it have something to do with the case?"

Liu Haoyi looked at Yingluo and asked puzzledly;
"It does matter. There has been a light rain and a heavy rain this month."

"The widow and Mr. Ying are talking about the case, why are they talking about rain?"

"Because the rain is related to the evidence that they were framed."

"Oh, what's going on here?" Liu Haoyi asked puzzled;
"The yamen officer dug up the copper coins, and the minister saw that the sack containing the copper coins was new, and no mud had penetrated into the sack, nor would it be mixed with the soil."

"What does this explain?" Liu Haoyi asked;
"This shows that the copper coins were buried recently. If the sack was buried in the ground before the rain, and the sack contained copper coins with many gaps, the mud would inevitably seep into the bag when it rained heavily. The sack did not have these traces, so I judged that the sack containing the copper coins was buried after the rain."

"Master Ying is right." Liu Haoyi nodded;

"I smelled the sack again, and the sack still had an aroma. If the sack has been buried in the soil for a long time, it must have a strong earthy smell. Only the sacks that have been buried for a long time have this aroma." Ying Luo said with a smile;
"Well, that makes sense."

Liu Haoyi nodded with a smile;

"Prisoners are in prison, so naturally they can't come out to bury copper coins. Even if there are accomplices outside, they don't know after burying the stolen goods. This means that someone is framing them and planting them."

Yingluo said;

"Haha, that's right, the accomplices will definitely not ask someone to go to the prison to tell them where the money is buried after they finish burying the stolen goods, and it is impossible to run into the prison and tell them about it."

Liu Haoyi smiled and said;
"I also found that the soil next to the undug hole is loose, indicating that the hole where the copper coins were buried was just dug." Ying Luo said;
"Well, Mr. Ying is very smart and careful, have you found out who instigated this matter?" Liu Haoyi asked;
"Since the prisoner can be tampered with immediately after he reveals the place where the copper coins are buried in the courtroom, then this person must be in the courtroom, so I told Miss Tao to quietly observe suspicious people in the courtroom and follow him. "

"Well, did Miss Tao find anyone?" Liu Haoyi asked;
"Jiang Zuoling."

Yingluo replied;
"Jiang Zuoling?"

Liu Haoyi asked in surprise;

"Jiang Zuoling left the court in a hurry after the prisoner revealed the location of the hidden copper coins, and told the military academy to handle the matter. This is the result of Miss Tao's tracking." Ying Luo said;
"So, this Jiang Zuoling is a thief who stole the treasury?" Liu Haoyi looked at Ying Luo and asked;
(End of this chapter)