To catch a thief, you need to catch the dirty person, and to catch a traitor, you need to catch the double.
In this world, there are many ways to wrong others, and there are also many excuses to make excuses. However, if someone is caught in the act and caught in bed, it will be difficult to explain it no matter how eloquent you are.
Although the court found many clues through various methods regarding the robbery of official silver for disaster relief in Chaoting, the 1.5 million official silver never showed up.
Where exactly is Guanyin? This is a question that everyone wants to know.
Prince Xiao followed the emperor's imperial decree to pursue the case. What he was most concerned about was not who the real murderer was, but where the official bank was. The disasters in Huguang and other places are becoming increasingly severe. The official rations distributed by the court in advance have almost been exhausted, and the disasters are still not well controlled. Next, the court could only use the disaster relief money to buy food from other places and wealthy businessmen, waiting for the disaster situation to improve. From this point of view, this 1.5 million taels of official silver is actually very important to the court. At the very least, it can alleviate the disaster and solve the court's urgent needs.
Prince Xiao went to central Sichuan to investigate the case in person, and based on information from the Fifth Bank and Dongchang, the case became increasingly clear, but many crises also emerged.
The current emperor has just ascended the throne, and his country is not yet stable. So Prince Xiao decided to handle the official bank case with a tender heart.
King Xiao has been waiting for the mysterious news that the official silver that was robbed from the court will appear in a temple not far outside Chengdu. Xiao Wang rather believed that he had it than that he didn't have it. He arranged everything secretly, just waiting for Guan Yin to show up.
Sheng Zhiqiang, the eldest son of the temple, accidentally received a mysterious letter when he was leaving the city, saying that someone was waiting for him in the temple outside the city. Although it is said to be accidental, it is actually not accidental, because it was obviously done intentionally.
Sheng Zhiqiang is very much like his father in one thing, that is, he is bold, but he is far less careful than his father and younger brother.
Sheng Zhiqiang came to the Chenghuang Temple with two maids, but did not see anything unusual. Sheng Zhiqiang's two maids were given to him by Xue Qianhe, the leader of the Kunlun Sect, and they were a pair of very beautiful twin sisters named Shi Qingchun and Shi Qingtian respectively. These two women were trained by Xue Qianhe and already knew some boxing and kicking skills. Now Sheng Zhiqiang teaches them martial arts from time to time, so both of them are now good at martial arts.
"You guys go in and take a look." Sheng Zhiqiang ordered.
The two women flew in without hesitation and took a look, but found nothing. Sheng Zhiqiang didn't believe it at all, so he followed in and took a look, and found nothing.
Sheng Zhiqiang was suspicious, could there be a secret pavilion here, so he added, "Look carefully to see if there is any secret passage?"
"Yes, sir." The two maids responded and began to inspect the City God's Temple carefully.
"Sir, it seems there is a secret way." Sister Shi Qingchun said after turning over a pile of thatch.
"Open it, be careful." Sheng Zhiqiang ordered his maid to open the secret passage, while secretly using his skills to be on guard.
boom!
But before the two maids had time to open the entrance to the secret passage, there was a sudden explosion, and a figure jumped out of the secret passage.
Sheng Zhiqiang's Holy Fist was ready to strike. As soon as the figure flew out, the Holy Fist followed and hit the man's chest.
The man seemed to have good skills, but his movements were a bit messy, as if he had been seriously injured and had not yet recovered.
Sheng Zhiqiang's Holy Fist came out, and the man hurriedly waved his palms to meet him. The man's fists and palms met, and the man immediately let out a muffled groan, which seemed to have caused internal injuries.
Sheng Zhiqiang fought with this person and realized that this person was very powerful. Unfortunately, he happened to be injured internally, so he could gain the upper hand.
"What are you looking for me for?" Sheng Zhiqiang asked.
"I don't recognize you, so why am I looking for you?" The person who answered was a middle-aged man with a pale face, dull eyes, and purple lips, which seemed to be a sign of poisoning.
"He doesn't seem to be the one looking for me... Could he be pretending to be stupid?" Sheng Zhiqiang was thinking and looking a little confused.
The man ignored him and turned around to run away.
"No matter what, we can't let him leave alive." Sheng Zhiqiang concluded that this man must know the truth, so he had a murderous intention and did not want to let him leave.
The man had just taken a few steps when suddenly Sheng Zhiqiang punched him again. This time the punch was very powerful and was bound to kill him.
"Boy, you are so ruthless." However, the middle-aged man seemed to be an old man. He had already guessed that Sheng Zhiqiang was going to sneak attack on him, so he was well prepared.
The man knew that he had internal injuries and could not stand up to Sheng Zhiqiang, so when Sheng Zhiqiang attacked with another punch, he immediately turned sideways, but his right palm avoided the impact and stabbed Sheng Zhiqiang's waist diagonally.
This dangerous move was really clever. Although it was a life-threatening technique that would hurt both sides, he concluded at this time that Sheng Zhiqiang would never dare to fight him, so it could not be considered a risk.
As expected, Sheng Zhiqiang was afraid of being injured, so he stopped his moves in advance and took a step back.
"What you want is on the rafters." After the man said that, he took advantage of Sheng Zhiqiang's retreat and fled into the woods.
The master sisters were about to pursue him, but Sheng Zhiqiang immediately stopped him and said, "Stop chasing him. You are no match for him."
"Young master, do you know who he is?" Shi Qingtian asked.
"He uses the Thunder Palm. Among the Xiaoyao Sect, there is only one master of his age, Tian Shi Lie." Sheng Zhiqiang replied.
"Then what exactly does he want to do?" Shi Qingchun asked.
"We'll find out when we go back and take a look."
After listening to the mysterious man's words, the three of them returned to the temple and saw many bulging hemp bags hanging on the beams, almost twenty bags.
The master sisters looked at it, drew out their hidden weapons, and shot down the sacks one by one. The sound of the sack falling to the ground was loud, and there was also a faint sound of metal friction and collision.
"Open it and take a look." Sheng Zhiqiang said.
The teacher was so pure that he opened a sack first, and was immediately stunned. He saw that it was full of white silver, and the bottom of each ingot of silver was engraved with an official character. Shi Qingtian then opened another bag, but it also contained official silver.
When Sheng Zhiqiang saw it and contacted the identity of the man just now, he was stunned and shouted: "Oops! I've been tricked! Let's go quickly."
The two maids didn't know what was going on, but they saw that their master had escaped from the temple first. The two maids felt that something was fishy, so they had to follow him immediately.
"Thief, where are you going?"
As soon as Sheng Zhiqiang arrived outside the temple, several groups of officers and soldiers suddenly rushed out and surrounded the three of them.
When Sheng Zhiqiang saw this, he knew that he would not be able to escape even if he jumped into the Yellow River, so he wanted to make a desperate fight.
Just as he was planning this, several people suddenly appeared among the officers and soldiers, many of whom he knew.
