Detective Di Renjie's legend of Wu Dynasty

Chapter 744 Gold and Silver
Di Renjie smiled and said: "Now this question has been answered again. Of course it is not a coincidence. Think about it again. When you searched the Shanjin Bureau, what did you say when the superintendent Shar Khan mentioned Tiele..."

Zeng Tai recalled: "Shar Khan said that Tiele was a Turkic man, he was less than five feet tall, and his body was not big. If you asked him if he was a short and thin man, Shar Khan said he was."

Di Renjie asked Wang Mang and Li Yuanfang again: "Do you still remember that day Shar Khan told me how Tie Le became the back alley manager of the Shanjin Bureau?"

Wang Mang replied: "After Tie Le returned, he was left in the Shanjin Bureau because he was familiar with the method of making gold and silverware. However, a few years ago, Fan Zhuzhong made a mistake, and his hands were scalded and disabled by the gold water flowing out of Fan Zhu's furnace. That's why I became the master of the back alley."

Di Renjie smiled with satisfaction: "How about it, do you understand?"

Li Yuanfang blurted out in surprise: "My lord, are you saying that the mysterious employer with disabled hands is Tie Le!"

Zeng Tai was also surprised: "What, it's him?!"

Wang Mang nodded: "Now it seems that he is indeed very suspicious."

Di Renjie followed the guidance: "Think about it, Le Shi described the employer as having sunken eye sockets and protruding cheekbones, like a barbarian, but Tie Le is a Turkic man.

The employer was a short man who was less than five feet tall, and Tiele was only five feet tall.

The employer's hands are disabled, and so is Tiele.

In addition, both cases are related to gold and silver wares. Think about it, just like what Jing Yang said, can there really be so many coincidences in this world? "

Wang Mang, Li Yuanfang and Zeng Tai admired Di Renjie very much: "My lord's horizontal comparison is indeed very reasonable."

Di Renjie said sternly: "At present, everything is still in the deduction stage, and there is no definite evidence. However, once this hypothesis is established, it will prove that the disappearance of the silversmith is closely related to the Turkic prince He Lu's entry into Beijing and the car theft from the Shanjin Bureau." related."

Wang Mang, Li Yuanfang and Zeng Tai nodded repeatedly.

Di Renjie took a deep breath: "I have an ominous premonition...

This case reminds me of the bee case that happened in Huzhou many years ago. Remember, it started from seemingly inconspicuous civil disputes, and eventually turned into a shocking case of framing the prince, and we almost died in it ... If Jing Yang hadn't been there at that time, the consequences would have been disastrous! "

Li Yuanfang and Zeng Tai looked at each other and nodded, Zeng Tai said: "I remember, of course I remember. At that time, my mentor said that this case is like a bottomless black hole, and everyone will be involved..."

Di Renjie sighed with lingering fear: "Yes, sometimes in my dreams, I would suddenly wake up.

Also, although it is impossible to know what this employer has concentrated so many silversmiths for.

But one thing is very clear, that is, the situation of silversmiths is not good.Therefore, we must act now. "

Zeng Tai wondered: "Master, there are neither obvious clues nor definite targets at present, and Tie Le has also lost track. Where should we start?"

At this time, Wang Mang's eyes suddenly lit up.

Di Renjie smiled and said, "It seems that Jing Yang has already made up his mind."

Wang Mang nodded: "My lord, before we investigate, we need to make sure that the silversmiths are in Luoyang City."

Zeng Tai asked: "Jing Yang, the servants of the Governor's Mansion have searched all the gold and silver workshops in the city, and no one has hired those silversmiths."

Wang Mang shook his head: "This doesn't explain the problem. These silversmiths are also very likely to be brought into the homes of princes, ministers or wealthy businessmen to do work."

Zeng Tai asked in embarrassment: "But, how do you investigate this? There is no evidence, so you can't be searched by the government!"

At this time, Di Renjie smiled: "Of course it is impossible. But if you think about it, would it be a small job that requires 23 silversmiths to complete?"

Zeng Tai shook his head: "What they want to do must be a big deal."

Di Renjie inspired again: "Then think about it, what do they need?"

Zeng Tai replied: "To make gold and silverware, you first need a lot of gold and silver."

Di Renjie clapped his hands and praised: "That's right. Gold and silver are extremely valuable and extremely heavy. It is impossible to transport them over long distances. It would be unsafe and time-consuming.

Therefore, if the silversmiths were working in Luoyang City, they would definitely use nearby materials. "

Zeng Tai said: "Not bad, not bad!"

Di Renjie told Zeng Tai: "Zeng Tai, tomorrow you will personally supervise and lead your subordinates to search all the gold and silver shops and flying cash cabinets in the city to see if there are any princes, relatives, rich merchants and great merchants in the city who have bought a large amount of gold and silver."

Zeng Tai said: "Yes!"

Di Renjie asked again: "Think again, what else do they need..."

Wang Mang said: "Charcoal! To make gold and silverware, you first need to put the gold and silver materials into the furnace and melt them into water, which requires a lot of charcoal."

Zeng Tai patted his forehead and said: "That's right! Teacher, the students understand, and tomorrow we will send another group of yamen servants to search the surrounding charcoal fields to see which one has bought a large amount of charcoal."

Di Renjie said with a smile: "Well, a child can be taught by analogy."

Zeng Tai smiled.

Di Renjie ordered again: "Yuan Fang, Jing Yang, tomorrow we will visit Lord Sha, the general supervisor, and ask about Tie Le's situation in detail."

Wang Mang and Li Yuanfang looked at each other, they nodded and said, "Yes."

A smile appeared on Di Renjie's face.

……

Suzaku Street is located in the center of Luoyang, the capital of the gods. It is the widest, most majestic, and most prosperous street.Row upon row of gold and silver shops and cabinets lined the wide streets, and there was an endless stream of merchants.

At the time of the day, the two official sedan chairs of Luozhou Governor's Mansion came down to the door of a bank surrounded by guards, and Chang Shi and Sima stepped down from the sedan chairs.

The bankers, cabinet shopkeepers, and bosses who had been waiting in front of the door rushed forward and knelt down.

Chang Shi and Sima led their staff to check the accounts of various banks and cabinets, and asked if there were any big money lords recently.

Zeng Tai personally led people to sit in the charcoal field.

The huge charcoal field was surrounded by the Yamen servants of the Governor's Mansion.

Governor Zeng Tai sat in the accounting room, checking the accounts in detail, while the owner of the charcoal yard stood by.

Zeng Tai closed the account book in his hand, took another volume, and asked the boss, "In the past two months, has any prince's mansion in Luoyang City purchased a large amount of charcoal?"

The boss said: "Returning to my lord, it's winter now, and all the houses use a lot of charcoal for heating."

Zeng Tai asked while flipping through the ledger: "Under normal circumstances, how much charcoal does Prince Zhidi spend for heating every month?"

The boss said, "About eight hundred catties."

Zeng Tai nodded: "Then, is there any mansion with a monthly charcoal intake of more than [-] catties?"

The boss thought about it carefully: "Then there is only Shanjin Bureau."

Zeng Tai raised his head and asked, "What is the monthly charcoal income of Shanjin Bureau?"

(End of this chapter)