Catching Monsters

Chapter 130 I Sent It Out
Chang Pingyuan looked at the night outside the house and felt as if the sky was falling, and his expression was dazed.

These one hundred thousand taels of silver were used to fill the hole in the Ministry of Revenue.

And that's how he was robbed.

Chang Pingyuan took a deep breath and breathed a sigh of relief.

Fortunately, it should be difficult to trace this matter back to me.

No one would have thought that the Minister of Revenue would rob the military pay distributed by the Ministry of Revenue, not to mention that there was not a single piece of evidence.

According to the report, the person who took action did not reveal his identity.

Thinking about it again, Jiang Yun and his group had been detained in the Southern Pacification Office.

He quickly tidied his clothes and said to the housekeeper, "The military pay has been robbed. I have to go to the palace tonight to see the emperor!"

The butler immediately arranged a sedan chair to send Changpingyuan to the palace.

Inside the Imperial Palace, in the magnificent imperial study, Xiao Yuzheng could no longer sleep after hearing the news.

Sitting inside, with a cold face, he looked at the transcript handed to him by Li Wangxin.

In the imperial study, Li Wangxin was standing with his head down, respectfully, while Feng Yu beside him said nothing.

Feng Yu raised his eyes from time to time to take a look at His Majesty's expression.

I was secretly groaning in my heart. His Majesty was really angry at this time.

The room was unusually quiet.

Li Wangxin's heart was also pounding. After all, it was his own Jinyiwei who lost such a large sum of military pay.

Xiao Yuzheng flipped through the transcript several times, then threw it on the table and said calmly, "Usually, the Ministry of Revenue's military pay is sent by Jingzhao Prefecture, or the Ministry of Revenue organizes people to escort it."

"Why are we being escorted by the Royal Guards this time?"

Li Wangxin hurriedly explained, "It was Minister Chang of the Ministry of Revenue who came to me personally and said that the amount of military pay was huge, so for safety reasons, we, the Jinyiwei, should escort it instead."

"Moreover, Minister Chang has specifically assigned that Jiang Yun's team should be sent there."

Xiao Yuzheng was silent for a moment, then asked, "According to the records of the Jinyiwei, do you think the one who attacked was a master in the army?"

"To be able to deal with more than 30 Jinyiwei, this group of people must be quite skilled."

"It's unlikely that the border troops can do this. Near the capital, the only troops that can do this are the Imperial Guards and the Apocalypse Army, right?"

"My army is robbing the military pay I have given out? If people knew about this, wouldn't it be the biggest joke in the world?"

Listening to Xiao Yuzheng's words, cold sweat gradually broke out on Li Wangxin's forehead. He took a deep breath and whispered, "Your Majesty, the Jinyiwei will definitely investigate this matter."

"If you can't find the murderer in three days, you can stop being the commander of the Royal Guards."

"Yes." Li Wangxin hurriedly knelt on the ground and accepted the order.

But I also feel helpless. How can I check this?

In the middle of the night, a group of men in black came out. Even though we knew they were military experts...

The total number of the Imperial Guards and the Apocalypse Army is probably around 80,000 to 100,000.

If it is the imperial guards, the Apocalypse Army has strict discipline and records are kept of everyone entering and leaving the barracks. It would be fine. Just check which people left the barracks in the first half of the night.

But Li Wangxin had been the commander of the imperial guards after all.

It is even clearer that both the Imperial Guards and the Apocalypse Army are guarding the capital.

There were countless people who sneaked out late at night, drank wine, ate meat, listened to music in brothels, and returned to the camp in the late night.

Xiao Yuzheng looked gloomy and turned to look at Feng Yu: "Go, notify Chang Pingyuan to come over."

"Yes." Feng Yu nodded hurriedly. Just as he was about to go out, there was a knock on the door outside the imperial study.

When he opened the door, he saw a young eunuch coming to report: "Your Majesty, Minister Chang from the Ministry of Revenue is here. He said he has something important to discuss with Your Majesty."

Xiao Yuzheng's voice came from inside: "Let him in."

Chang Pingyuan, who was standing outside the imperial study, quickly straightened his official uniform, walked into the study and knelt down.

"Your Majesty! Something terrible has happened. The military pay that our Ministry of Revenue allocated to the northern border troops was robbed."

Chang Pingyuan knelt on the ground with a look of panic on his face, and did not dare to look up at Xiao Yuzheng's gaze.

He kowtowed repeatedly: "I just took office as the Minister of Revenue, and this happened. I beg Your Majesty to dismiss me from my post..."

But there was no movement. Chang Pingyuan slowly raised his head and looked at Xiao Yuzheng.

Xiao Yuzheng's face was calm, and he could not tell whether he was happy or angry. "You came to me just to ask me to dismiss you from your position?"

Chang Pingyuan shuddered and thought to himself that something was not good.

Although the robbery of 100,000 taels of silver was a serious case.

But to be honest, it really has little to do with my Ministry of Revenue.

Normally, Your Majesty shouldn't say something polite like "My dear, please get up quickly. This matter has nothing to do with you."

Xiao Yuzheng asked calmly, "Minister Chang, you suddenly asked the Royal Guards to escort this money, and you also specifically asked Jiang Yun to be one of them."

"Is this happening?"

Chang Pingyuan's heart skipped a beat, and he quickly explained, "Your Majesty, I am considering that Jiang Yun has a close relationship with the Duke of Zhenguo's Mansion, and the Duke of Zhenguo's legitimate son, Xu Xiaogang, is also in that Jinyiwei."

"It would be most appropriate for them to escort the silver."

"I have no other selfish motives."

Xiao Yuzheng closed his eyes slightly and said in a deep voice: "Feng Yu, the oral record said that the maid that Jiang Yun brought seemed to have gotten lost because of wandering around?"

"Find her out."

"Li Wangxin, solve the case within three days."

"Minister Chang, please go back first."

The three of them responded quickly.

Xiao Yuzheng's calmness made Feng Yu feel a little uneasy. His Majesty was really angry.

After Chang Pingyuan left the palace, he sat in the sedan chair and felt a little relieved. He kept reviewing the situation in his mind, thinking about whether there would be any evidence or loopholes.

As he thought about it carefully, a smile slowly appeared on his face.

No matter how you investigate this case, you won't be able to find anything to do with me.

The sky gradually brightened, and Chang Pingyuan's sedan returned to the door of the mansion. Inside the door, the housekeeper was already waiting anxiously.

The housekeeper hurried forward, supported Chang Pingyuan's hand, and stepped down from the sedan chair...

"What's wrong? Why are you so flustered?" Chang Pingyuan saw that the housekeeper had a dry mouth, a pale face, and was at a loss.

"Master, please follow me to the backyard..."

"Ok?"

When he arrived at the backyard, Chang Pingyuan was stunned.

Boxes were piled up like a hill in the backyard.

And these boxes were sealed with seals from the Ministry of Households.

"Is this the lost silver?" Chang Pingyuan trembled all over and almost fell to the ground. He looked around in panic: "Who, who, who put the silver that these robbers robbed in my yard."

"Quick, get someone to take it away!"

"No, no, we can't have someone else to transport it."

There are more than 200 boxes of silver, and each box would probably require two people to carry.

It is simply impossible to transport it away in a short period of time without being noticed.

Now that such a huge robbery has just happened, batches of silver are being transported out of the residence of the Minister of Revenue.

Do you still want your head?
But if it is not transported away, leaving so much silver here, once it is discovered by someone, it will be a capital crime.

The housekeeper stood nearby with an unpleasant look on his face, not knowing what to do.

"No one can come to this yard." Chang Pingyuan paced back and forth, already panicking.

"Master, what should I do?"

Chang Pingyuan took a deep breath and looked at the boxes piled up like a mountain, feeling completely desperate.

……

Inside the prison of the Southern Pacification Office.

Jiang Yun, Xu Xiaogang and others were detained here. From time to time, Chen Yi, a captain from the Southern Pacification Office, would come over and question them to see if there were any new clues.

Jiang Yun and Xu Xiaogang were sitting in the cell at this time.

Jiang Yun also frowned, thinking about how to get out of this situation.

He was basically certain in his heart that this matter was most likely related to Chang Pingyuan.

But there is no evidence...

Soon, Chen Yi came back again, holding a list in his hand. He took a look and said in a deep voice, "According to a detailed investigation, some of you can temporarily leave the Southern Pacification Office."

"Xu Xiaogang, Fan Jinqu, Wen Ming, the three of you can leave for now."

These three people were all children of powerful officials in the capital, and their families had asked someone to say hello to Li Wangxin.

Xu Xiaogang realized something when he heard this, and he quickly stood up and said, "I have to take Jiang Yun out with me."

Chen Yi frowned, shook his head and said in a deep voice: "Xu Xiaogang, before this matter is investigated, no one can leave without the special approval of Commander Li."

"Then I won't go out either."

Xu Xiaogang sat down again and leaned against the wall to rest.

Chen Yi frowned when he saw this. Li Wangxin had specifically instructed him to comfort Xu Xiaogang.

This matter involves the military pay of the army led by the Zhenguo Gongsuo.

This batch of military pay has been in arrears for a long time, and the border troops are probably complaining a lot.

It is really unacceptable that they are still detaining someone else's son here.

"Xu Xiaogang, you..." Chen Yi said, "Wait, I'll go ask Commander Li for instructions."

Chen Yi turned and left.

Jiang Yun said to Xu Xiaogang: "Why don't you go back first? There's nothing important for me to do here."

"No, that won't work. If I go back empty-handed and leave you alone in jail, my sister will beat me." Xu Xiaogang glared at Jiang Yun.

Soon, Chen Yi came back again, and obviously received instructions from Li Wangxin. He said in a deep voice: "Jiang Yun, you come out too."

"But you cannot leave the capital. If there is anything we need to ask you, you must return to the Southern Pacification Division immediately to be interrogated."

"Understand?"

The cell was opened and Jiang Yun and Xu Xiaogang walked out.

Jiang Yun couldn't help but look back and saw Wei Huaian in the next cell with his head lowered.

"Don't worry, Lord Wei, the truth will come out soon." Jiang Yun comforted him and walked out of the South Pacification Office with Xu Xiaogang.

After exiting the gate of the Southern Pacification Office, Jiang Yun hurriedly looked around and then breathed a sigh of relief.

At the door of a dessert shop in the distance, Linglong was sitting outside the shop, eating dessert, and looking towards the Southern Pacification Office from time to time.

Seeing the two of them coming out, Linglong put down the dessert and ran over quickly with a happy smile on her face: "Mr. Jiang, are you okay?"

After she came to Jiang Yun, she lowered her voice and whispered in Jiang Yun's ear: "I gave away the silver."

Jiang Yun was stunned and looked at her in surprise. That was a full 100,000 taels of silver.

How could she be so generous?

"It was sent to the home of Minister Chang of the Ministry of Revenue."

　After dinner, I continued to write the second chapter. There will still be more chapters today.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)