Great Lawyer

Chapter 819

Guo Ao's friend, surnamed Li, named Shuangmao, came to Thang Long six years ago and started doing black market business with his fellow villagers.

He was born tall and big, wearing black bunt clothes, with whiskers, very typical black market clothes.

"I didn't expect to see Mr. Du in Shenglong." Li Shuangmao said excitedly with a smile, "When I went back last year and the year before last, everyone said you were amazing, but I didn't expect to see you here. Mr. Du, Will you write on my hat in a moment?"

"In this way, I will go back with my hat on, and everyone will know that I saw you, Mr. Du."

Du Jiuyan smiled and said, "Okay, I'll write it for you now, what do you want to write?"

"Just write..." Li Shuangmao thought for a while, then said with a frown on the back of his neck, "Brother Shuangmao, you are kind!"

Du Jiuyan laughed out loud, took a pen and wrote eight characters on his hat, and finally signed his own private seal.

"Hey, I'll go back next month and let everyone see, they'll definitely be envious."

"Mr. Du, why did you come to me?" Li Shuangmao asked.

Before Du Jiuyan could speak, Guo Ao kicked him, and said, "Is there something wrong with you after talking for a long time before you realized it?"

"I, am I excited!" Li Shuangmao said, "Mr. Du, I did receive a sum of 100 million silver a few days ago. According to the fifty-five-fifth ratio, I gave the other party a silver note of 50."

Du Jiuyan asked, "What kind of silver is it? Does it have the clan emblem of the Zheng family?"

"Yes!" Li Shuangmao said, "It's all Zheng's money."

Du Jiuyan asked, "Do you know who the other party is?"

Li Shuangmao looked around, and the only one sitting in the banquet room listening to them was King Gui.

"It's Zheng Wenyin!" Li Shuangmao said, "We have to keep this kind of thing a secret for the guests, but today I heard that Zheng Wenyin is missing, and I was just about to go out to avoid the limelight, but I didn't expect that kid Guo Ao to come up."

"Have you talked to him? What was he wearing at the time? Please tell me the exact time." Du Jiuyan said.

Li Shuangmao remembered it very clearly: "On the night of the fifteenth day. I came back from drinking, and when I arrived at the door, someone suddenly stopped me and asked me if I would accept 100 million taels!"

"I have nothing to dare. I immediately said that as long as you have it, I dare to take it."

Then I took a few brothers and followed him to a remote courtyard.

"Is he alone? Where is the yard, you might find it?"

Li Shuangmao nodded: "If you want to go, I will lead you there now."

"Then go and have a look." Du Jiuyan said, "My lord, let's go?"

The prince nodded.

Li Shuangmao secretly looked at King Gui fearfully from the corner of his eye, and King Gui said, "Why, I look like a silver ingot?"

"No, no. The villain..." He hesitated nervously, King Gui gave him a blank look, and said, "Your black market has a lot of capital, and you dare to collect 100 million taels with one hand."

Li Shuangmao said fearfully: "My lord, you don't know, our business is a huge profit, and we don't need to invest much money in it. As long as someone comes to send money, we can turn around."

The biggest investment is to melt silver and cast it by hand.

"It's a good job." King Gui praised.

Li Shuangmao's eyes lit up, and he regained his energy immediately, and said in a low voice: "My lord, do you want to come together, it will definitely be better if you come to the business."

"What nonsense?" Guo Ao coughed.

Li Shuangmao immediately covered his mouth and said: "The villain gets carried away with his complacency for a while, please don't blame me, my lord."

King Gui cast a glance at Guo Ao, unhappy.

It's his turn to talk.His lord is like this, so the lord can't do black market business?
Swallow half of others for 100 million, the money is like a strong wind blowing.

According to him, he can do this business.

Du Jiuyan suppressed his smile, he knew what King Gui was thinking without guessing, although this man didn't say he was interested in money, but he wouldn't feel comfortable if he didn't pick it up.

"It's this small courtyard." Li Shuangmao pointed to a courtyard. The door of the courtyard was closed and locked. "I know this courtyard. Usually, there are no people here. It seems that a man from Zhou came here to buy a house." , occasionally come and stay for a few days before leaving.”

"Go in and have a look." Du Jiuyan said.

Li Shuangmao and Guo Ao looked at each other, and Guo Ao stepped forward, somehow found a thin needle, fiddled with the keyhole twice, and the lock opened.

"Awesome!" Du Jiuyan said.

Guo Ao smiled awkwardly, and pushed open the door: "Before, I had no skills and had to eat, so I studied with a master for a few days."

Open the door, the yard is very clean.

"The money was kept here at that time." Li Shuangmao said, "We brothers counted it here. The money was genuine. If there was no problem, we moved the money back on the spot."

"Yes, our shop is just behind here, and it's not far to move back."

Du Jiuyan looked at the yard and said, "When you said that you would give half and half of 100 million, he didn't bargain?"

"No! He must know our rules, so I made an offer, and he agreed."

King Gui looked at the two steps at the door and asked, "What is the silver used for?"

"The box. He doesn't want the box anymore, so he gave it to us directly." Li Shuangmao said, "The box is in Zheng's bank, and it is used for storing silver for customers."

"How many boxes in total?"

"There are sixteen boxes in total!" Li Shuangmao said.

King Gui raised his eyebrows and looked at Du Jiuyan. Du Jiuyan had already said, "Even if divided into sixteen boxes, the weight of each box is not light." She looked at Li Shuangmao, "How tall is he, does he look very strong? ?”

"Zheng Wenyin is a bit fat. I heard that he practiced martial arts in his early years, so he should have some knowledge in martial arts." Li Shuangmao said, suddenly thought of something, and said, "You mean, he can't lift so many boxes by himself?"

Du Jiuyan nodded: "How did you move away?"

"Two people carry it."

Guo Ao let out a cry, and said, "So, Zheng Wenyin can't do it alone, he must have helpers!"

"But I didn't see his helper." Li Shuangmo said.

When the group came out of the yard, Du Jiuyan and King Gui said, "What is certain now is that Zheng Wenyin is not alone, he has at least one assistant."

"Mashi?" King Gui asked.

"If this is the case, then it can be explained why Mrs. Ma also disappeared together." Du Jiuyan stopped and looked at King Gui, "Tell me, why didn't he ask his son for help? A tall man, It must be more powerful than Ma Shi."

"Li Shuangmao." Du Jiuyan said, Li Shuangmao trotted to follow, and said, "Here!"

Du Jiuyan asked: "Did you guys talk about other things in the yard besides talking about money?"

"Other things? He may have a guilty conscience, so he didn't speak the whole time." Li Shuangmao recalled, "Oh, yes! When he was standing next to the box, he hiccupped, and I smelled garlic in his mouth. Like When steaming some dish, I cut up a bunch of garlic and ate it."

There are a lot of seafood here in Thang Long, and there are various cooking methods. This kind of garlic steaming is very common.

"Except for these, there is nothing."

Du Jiuyan nodded, and said to Guo Au, "Help me find out the origin of the owner of this house."

"You don't need to check, the villain knows it." Guo Ao said, "The owner of this house is from Guangxi, and he does private salt business. He comes here three times a year, and stays for three to five days each time. He always gets salt from the Liang family. , have nothing to do with Zheng's side."

Du Jiuyan didn't ask any more questions, and after thanking Li Shuangmao, he returned to the palace.

In the evening, Gu Qingshan came back and replied: "I have inquired along the way, because Mrs. Ma is sitting in a sedan chair, so no one has seen it."

"However, a neighbor of her family can prove that Mashi got off the sedan chair at the gate of the courtyard that day, and they had a few words in the alley."

On the fifteenth day, Mrs. Ma went to her mother's house to sit for a while, and then went home.

"Is the neighbor sure?" Du Jiuyan asked.

Gu Qingshan nodded: "The neighbor said yes, not only she saw it, but also his children and men."

"This case sounds so strange." Lu Nianzong said, lying on the table with drooping eyes, "Yanyan, are you sure there is nothing wrong with that Guan Fan?"

Du Jiuyan said: "It's not him. Only a small part of his 80 taels bears the clan emblem of the Zheng clan. Apart from Zheng clan's, there are several silver ingots from other clans. He didn't say it was because of his money. The way is unknown, and it has nothing to do with Zheng Wenyin."

"But it's too coincidental, he met Zheng Wenyin and picked up his bracelet." Lu Nianzong muttered.

Du Jiuyan said: "It's easy to find out where he got the money." After a pause, He Guo Ao ordered, "You send someone to follow Guan Fan's most capable subordinate and see what he has been doing these two days."

Guo Au should be.

"If it wasn't for Guan Fan, did Zheng Wenyin flee with the money or was he robbed?" Lu Nianzong said, "Yanyan, do you want me to accompany you to investigate? I'm very good."

Du Jiuyan said: "I dare not bother you, you can study in the academy with peace of mind."

"I'll just draw."

Lu Nianzong walked out with drooping shoulders, then suddenly turned around and asked, "When are you going to play in Wangcheng?"

"I'll go in a few days." Du Jiuyan said.

Lu Nianzong was very satisfied, and left with a smile on his face.

There are beautiful girls in Wangcheng, and it is more interesting to see beautiful girls.

On the second day, Du Jiuyan walked through the two city gates of Shenglong.

If Zheng Wenyin fled privately with the money, the only possibility is to transit to Dazhou. Only going to Dazhou is the safest.

"Go to Yinzhuang to have a look." Du Jiuyan said.

The shopkeeper of Yinzhuang is surnamed Zheng, and he is also a member of the Zheng clan. He has been the shopkeeper here since he was very young.

Du Jiuyan's case against Guan Fan had spread all over Shenglong early this morning, so he was not surprised at all that Du Jiuyan came.

"...The prince and the princess are here, do they want to ask about the third master?"

Du Jiuyan nodded: "Are you familiar with him?"

"Familiar, we are brothers of our own family, we often drink together." Shopkeeper Zheng said, "He is also nice to people."

"To be honest, we don't believe it. He would flee with the money. It is very likely that he was threatened."

Du Jiuyan asked: "When he came to pick up the money that day, you did it yourself, did you talk to him?"

"That's not true. That day my grandson was playing at the door and broke his head. I went home very early to accompany the doctor." Zheng shopkeeper said.

"Otherwise, I would definitely ask him how to exchange money at Shenglong, which is too troublesome. But at that time, it was a clerk who was doing things, and he didn't dare to ask more when he saw the third master, so he gave the money."

As Du Jiuyan listened, his heart skipped a beat.

(End of this chapter)