Detective Di Renjie's legend of Wu Dynasty

Chapter 761 Carpenter
Di Renjie, Zeng Tai, and Wang Xiaojie led the army to wait anxiously outside Shar Khan's mansion for news of Wang Mang and Li Yuanfang.

Suddenly, a rocket soared into the sky, and the ear-piercing "squeak" sound spread far away in the quiet night.

Di Renjie stood up abruptly and said, "Jing Yang and Yuan Fang have succeeded! Zeng Tai and Xiao Jie, order the troops to rush into Shar Khan's mansion!"

Zhong, Tucker and the others stared dumbfounded at the loud arrows in the sky.

Tucker exclaimed: "No, someone broke into the back garden, hurry up!"

Before the words were finished, there was a loud sound of killing outside the mansion, Zeng Tai and Wang Xiaojie led the Yamen arresters and forbidden troops to rush into the Sha mansion, and in a blink of an eye, they surrounded the back garden.

Tucker took a few steps back in shock, leaning against the wall trembling.

Zhong Shi was even more at a loss looking at what happened around him.

Di Renjie, Zeng Tai, and Wang Xiaojie appeared in front of everyone. Zhong didn't expect Di Renjie to be here at this time, and she shouted in panic, "Mr. Di, it's you!"

Di Renjie said: "The uninvited guest disturbed Madam, please forgive me!"

Zhong was still in shock, and asked, "Old man, what's going on..."

Di Renjie said: "I will explain to Madam later."

Zhong Shi nodded.

Di Renjie turned to Tucker and said, "You are Tucker, right?"

Tucker's face was ashen, nodded and said: "Exactly, exactly."

Di Renjie ordered: "Open the gate of the back garden."

Tucker smiled and slowly closed his eyes.

Di Renjie sneered, and said to Zeng Tai, "Slam the door open!"

The yamen servants rushed forward, smashed open the moon gate, and rushed in.

Cold sweat ran down Tucker's cheeks.

Di Renjie said to the sergeant beside him, "Take care of this man!"

All the troops thundered like a promise, and Di Renjie strode into the back garden.

The door of the back hall burst open, Di Renjie, Zeng Tai, and Wang Xiaojie led people to rush in, and Zhong Shi also walked into the back garden with everyone.

Wang Mang stepped forward and said, "My lord!"

Di Renjie asked, "How is it, Jing Yang?"

Wang Mang said: "Yuan Fang and I found the missing silversmith and silver melting furnace in the secret room underground!"

Di Renjie said in surprise: "Really!"

Wang Mang nodded excitedly: "Not only that, all the silver melting furnaces in the secret room have been lit, and the silversmiths are still working."

Di Renjie smiled: "Okay, well done! Let's go!"

Li Yuanfang was guarding the entrance of the stairs with a steel knife in his hand. The craftsmen looked at him with fear on their faces.

Di Renjie walked in with Wang Mang and the others, Li Yuanfang went up to meet him and said, "My lord!"

Di Renjie patted him on the shoulder: "Okay, Yuan Fang, well done!"

As he spoke, he looked into the secret room.

There are five metallurgical furnaces made of laterite built in the secret room, and charcoal fire is still burning in the furnace.

Di Renjie walked quickly to the casting platform, looked intently into the mold, and immediately took a deep breath. The liquid metal in the mold was not gold or silver, but copper.

Di Renjie checked the casting molds one by one, and the molds were filled with copper water.

Di Renjie looked at Wang Mang and Li Yuanfang and said, "You, have you found the silversmiths?"

Li Yuanfang pointed at the craftsmen huddled in the corner and said, "That's them! When we came in just now, these people were casting with gold and silver water!"

Di Renjie looked at the people around him, and said softly: "The mold is made of copper water, not gold and silver."

Wang Mang and Li Yuanfang looked at each other, and they were stunned: "What, copper, copper water..."

Wang Mang hurried up to a craftsman and said, "Are you silversmiths?"

The craftsman shook his head and said, "No, we are all carpenters."

Everyone was dumbfounded.

Wang Mang looked at Li Yuanfang.

Li Yuanfang walked up to the craftsman and said, "You, are you carpenters?"

The craftsman stammered: "Exactly, exactly."

Li Yuanfang shouted sharply: "Carpenters don't use adzes, chisels, axes and saws, why do they use silversmiths' furnaces, and why do they need fan casting?"

The craftsman tremblingly said: "My lord, we are making copper ornaments on the carriage. These are the jobs of our carpenters."

Li Yuanfang was at a loss for words.

Wang Mang took a few steps forward and looked at the shape of the bronze vessel in the mold. It was indeed the bronze ornaments on the carriage body.

He walked up to the craftsman and said, "How did you get here?"

The craftsman said, "People from Shafu invited us here."

Zhong said, "Take invited you here, right?"

The craftsman said, "Exactly."

At this moment, Wang Mang then asked, "Where does your family live?"

The craftsman said, "No. [-], Liufang, West City, Luoyang."

Wang Mang asked, "How much is the salary?"

The craftsman said: "Take care of food and lodging, three times a day."

Wang Mang took a deep breath, frowned and did not speak.

Di Renjie at the side took a deep breath and glanced at Wang Mang and Li Yuanfang. At this moment, Li Yuanfang's face turned red with embarrassment.

Wang Mang sighed.

Di Renjie coughed lightly and said, "Let's go out!"

Di Renjie strode ahead, followed by Wang Mang, Li Yuanfang, Zhong Shi, Zeng Tai, and Wang Xiaojie.

Suddenly, Di Renjie stopped in his tracks and whispered to Zeng Tai, "Order the yamen servants to search carefully, not to let a single grass or brick go."

Zeng Tai said, "Yes."

Di Renjie pointed to the five carriages in front of the hall and said to Zhong: "Madam, the night before yesterday, the carriages you saw being built were these five, right?"

Zhong stepped forward to make a little identification, and replied: "Exactly."

Di Renjie walked to the carriage and observed carefully.

I saw that the five carriages only had one more layer of boards than normal carriages, and there was an inch of gap between the two layers of boards.

Di Renjie took the lantern and shone a light into the gap. It was filled with some dark stuff, I don't know what it was.

Di Renjie put down the lantern and said to his wife in a low voice: "We have received news that the gold and silver robbed from the Shanjin Bureau and the missing silversmith are all hidden in the secret passage in the back hall."

Zhong was taken aback: "Oh?"

Di Renjie said: "It seems that the news is wrong. I hope Madam Haihan."

Zhong Shi nodded: "I understand."

As soon as the words fell, Tucker's voice came from outside the gate of the back garden: "I want to see your leader, take me to see your leader!"

Di Renjie frowned, and rushed outside, "Bring him here!"

The guard escorted Tucker and walked quickly.

Di Renjie glanced at him and said, "What do you have to say?"

Tucker sneered: "You were wearing an official uniform and broke into a private house, but you asked me what I wanted to say!"

Zhong sternly reprimanded: "You are presumptuous, say who broke into a private house, I invited Mr. Di Guo!"

Tucker was stunned for a long time, then he sneered and said, "Brother made a rule before his death that no one in the back garden is allowed to enter without permission.

Now, his bones are still cold, and his sister-in-law not only violated the old master's order, but also brought outsiders here, hmph, what a wicked person! "

　Preview of the next chapter: What will Wang Mang and Di Renjie do in the face of such a result?Stay tuned!
　　
　
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