Detective Di Renjie's legend of Wu Dynasty

Chapter 747

Wang Mang leaned out from behind the tree, and in front of him was a wall with a moon gate in the middle, which was tightly closed.

Wang Mang jumped onto a big tree beside him and looked into the fence.

Inside the wall is a large courtyard. In the center of the courtyard is a hall with six rows of brackets, and the door of the hall is closed.

There were five carriages lined up in front of the door, and a dozen carpenters were busy around the carriages.

The short man had disappeared.

Wang Mang pondered for a moment, then jumped up, trampled on the willow tree outside the courtyard and sneaked into the courtyard without anyone noticing. He jumped up to the roof, hooked his feet to the cornice, hung his body upside down, pierced the window paper, and looked into the hall.

The space in the hall is very large, and a large amount of charcoal is piled up under the east gable, which seems to be as much as tens of thousands of catties.

There are piles of red soil piled under the west gable.

The short man was talking to another man who looked like a housekeeper with his back to the window.

The short man asked, "Are you done?"

The butler nodded: "There are still a few seats left, but it will be completed after dark. The master has just come to see it."

The short man urged: "Hurry up, work will start tonight."

The butler nodded: "Don't worry, no problem."

The short man turned around and walked out of the hall.

Wang Mang turned over and jumped down from the eaves, tiptoed to the left gable of the lobby, peeked out his head and looked in front of the gate.

I saw the carpenters still busy around the five carriages.

The short man came out of the hall, closed the hall door with his hand back, walked to the carriage, and pointed and said something.

Wang Mang looked intently at the carriages, and saw that the models of these five carriages were very strange. The walls of the carriages were double-layered, and there was a gap of nearly an inch between the two layers.

Wang Mang took a deep breath, turned and left.

In the main hall, Di Renjie was still listening to Shar Khan saying, "That's about all I know about my humble job."

Di Renjie smiled and said, "Master Lausha."

Shar Khan apologized and said with a smile: "Where does the old man come from, this is what a humble official should do. Such a scum has appeared in the Shanjin Bureau, and the humble official is really ashamed!"

Di Renjie pretended to be relieved and said: "Oh, it's normal for a hectare of seedlings to have mixed good and bad. Master Sha doesn't need to blame himself."

Shar Khan cupped his hands and said, "Thank you, Mr. Guo, for your forgiveness."

Di Renjie seemed to think of something and asked: "Oh, by the way, there is one more thing I want to ask Lord Sha."

Shar Khan hurriedly said: "Don't dare, please tell me, Elder Guo."

Di Renjie said with a smile: "A few days ago, I saw sea beasts playing with gold plates in Guanfeng Temple. It is really amazing. This also made me very interested in the method of making gold and silver utensils. Can Mr. Sha tell me about this?" The method of fan casting."

Shar Khan said rather proudly: "Fan casting method is actually very simple. First, build a furnace according to the needs of the shape of the vessel, with a built-in charcoal fire, and then use copper spoons to put gold and silver in the furnace and burn it until it becomes water.

Afterwards, the gold and silver water is slowly poured into the bronze mold. After the gold and silver water solidifies, the vessel is completed. "

Di Renjie asked: "I don't know how much coal it takes to melt a furnace of gold and silver water?"

Shar Khan talked eloquently: "That depends on the amount of melted gold and silver. Generally speaking, it takes five catties of charcoal to melt 100 taels of silver into water. One hundred taels of gold requires three catties of charcoal."

Di Renjie nodded: "Oh, that's right."

Shar Khan laughed and said, "Why, the old man wants to make gold and silver wares by himself?"

Di Renjie laughed and said, "This old man is just Mr. Ye who loves dragons and is just curious."

The two laughed.

Shar Khan looked out the door and said, "Hey, why hasn't the prince come back?"

Before the words finished, footsteps sounded, Wang Mang walked in quickly and said with a smile, "Oh, Master Sha, I'm sorry, I lost my way and came back here after many detours."

Shar Khan was a little surprised and said, "Why, the servant didn't lead the general?"

Wang Mang hurriedly said, "I told him to go back first."

Shar Khan said: "Oh, I said so. So it is."

Di Renjie raised his head: "Master Sha, thank you very much. Then the three of you will leave."

Shar Khan said: "Why, are we leaving now?"

Di Renjie cupped his hands and said, "Come here rashly, I'm already uneasy, and I don't dare to disturb you any more."

Shar Khan said, "Where did the elder come from?"

Di Renjie stood up and said, "Jing Yang, Yuan Fang, let's go."

Wang Mang and Li Yuanfang nodded.

Shar Khan also got up together and said, "I'll send you three."

Wang Mang, Di Renjie and Li Yuanfang walked out of the gate of the Sha Mansion. Di Renjie looked back and whispered to Wang Mang beside him, "What do you gain?"

Wang Mang leaned into Di Renjie's ear and said something softly.

Di Renjie stopped abruptly and said, "Oh?"

Wang Mang said: "That man is less than five feet tall and has a thin body."

Di Renjie took a deep breath: "Did you see his face?"

Wang Mang shook his head: "He kept his back to me, and he didn't see his face clearly."

Di Renjie nodded, looked behind him and said, "Let's go!"

The butler said "get up the sedan chair!", and a group of horses and horses left the square.

Di Renjie opened the sedan chair curtain and waved to Wang Mang and Li Yuanfang, who rode their horses to the sedan chair.

Di Renjie asked, "What happened next?"

Wang Mang said: "I followed all the way, the man walked into a hidden courtyard in the willow forest, and entered a hall."

"Oh, what's in the hall?"

Wang Mang said: "A large amount of charcoal is piled up under the east wall, as Brother Zeng said, it looks like it weighs tens of thousands of catties. There are piles of red soil piled up under the west wall."

"Red soil?"

Wang Mang nodded: "Exactly. I don't know what it is for."

Di Renjie took out the piece of red clay from his sleeve, handed it to Wang Mang and said, "Look, is it this kind of clay?"

Wang Mang took it and carefully identified it: "It seems to be. My lord, where did you get it?"

Di Renjie took the clay and said, "It's sticking to Shar Khan's feet... Ah, go ahead."

Wang Mang said: "Outside the lobby, there are five carriages lined up, and a dozen carpenters are busy."

Di Renjie murmured in a low voice: "Carriage... carpenter?"

Wang Mang continued: "Yes. The carriage is quite strange. The walls of the carriage are double-layered, with an inch-thick gap in the middle."

Di Renjie was still thinking to himself: "The carriage, the carpenter... are there any clues related to the silversmith?"

Wang Mang shook his head: "I observed it specially, but there really isn't one. That dwarf is very suspicious. Tell me, could he be Tie Le?"

Di Renjie shook his head: "There are many people who are less than five feet tall, and it is impossible to determine the identity of this person just by his size."

Wang Mang nodded: "That's true."

At this time, Li Yuanfang who was on the side said: "This Shafu is really not simple!"

Wang Mang smiled: "Brother Yuanfang, this Lord Sha is not easy! Oh, by the way, what have you gained?"

Di Renjie pondered and said: "I just asked Shar Khan that melting 100 taels of silver costs five catties of charcoal. In this way, 100 catties of charcoal can melt more than one million taels of silver. This is indeed suspicious. Why does his family use Store such a large amount of charcoal?"

Li Yuanfang glanced at Wang Mang, nodded and said, "Yes, yes."

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