A bunch of clear and messy footsteps extended to one side of the courtyard wall, and Li Xuan was standing in front of the courtyard wall at this moment.
Come to Jingye, come to Sui, Hu Yu and others looked at the wall in front of them with ugly expressions.
Behind everyone, Ku Cao joined the army and reported softly: "According to statistics, a total of eight thousand copper coins were stolen, and two months' salary and military pay were all gone."
"Only eight thousand strings." Lai Jingye and Lai Sui's expressions relaxed a little.
Although this is a lot of money, I can still afford it.
"Fortunately, the ones on it are all copper coins. If it were silver, I'm afraid the eight thousand taels of silver that were taken away would be eight thousand taels of silver." Li Xuan couldn't help but let out a sigh.
Nowadays, although the imperial court does not use gold and silver as its main currency, copper coins, silk, and grain can all be used as daily transactions and even as salaries.
In the prosperous place of Hangzhou, copper coins have long been used for tax transactions, but the taxes paid to the Ministry of Household Affairs are all in silver.
"The copper coins are very heavy and they can't run far with them." Lai Jingye clenched his fist tightly and said bitterly, "Even if we leave, we have to leave traces."
"Yes!" Li Xuan nodded and looked at the courtyard wall in front of him. Wen Xu and his party completely disappeared when they reached here.
The courtyard wall of the Governor's Mansion was ten feet high, and everyone subconsciously looked up at the top of the wall.
I just don’t know why, but there are no signs of climbing on this courtyard wall.
"Did they use ropes to lift the box out?" Laisui asked subconsciously.
Li Xuan smiled softly, and then saw him directly reaching out and pressing on the courtyard wall. In the surprised eyes of everyone, his strength suddenly increased.
With a "boom", the courtyard wall in front of me suddenly collapsed, leaving a piece of space in the middle.
Everyone around them retreated subconsciously, while looking at the collapsed wall in front of them with astonishment. It was empty. This...
"This is a fake wall, the best method of Tianyin Sect." Li Xuan turned around, looked at Lai Jingye and others, and said softly: "Uncle Shi, this is where they stole the salary."
Lai Jingye's face was very ugly. He turned to look at Chang Shi Hu Yu and said in a deep voice: "Check, check the entire governor's office."
"Here!" Hu Yu immediately turned around and left without any hesitation.
Li Xuan smiled slightly, nodded to Hu Yu, then turned around and entered the hole in the wall.
What appeared in front of Li Xuan was a dark and narrow alley.
One side of the alley is the backyard of the Governor's Mansion, and the other side is the backyard of another mansion.
The courtyard is two meters high, and there is a small gate not far ahead.
The governor's mansion does not have a back door for security reasons, but this mansion has a backyard.
Vehicles carrying excrement usually go here, and there are two deep ruts on the ground.
"Let's go, chase!" When Lai Sui saw these two tracks, he immediately wanted to catch up with many officers. However, at this time, he found that everyone did not move, and most of them were looking at Li Xuan. .
Li Xuan stood there, looking at the mansion opposite, frowning slightly, as if there was some unsolvable mystery.
"Twenty-seventh Lang, what are you looking at?" Lai Sui waved his hands to the police officers, and then came behind Li Xuan.
Li Xuan pointed to the small door of the mansion not far away and said softly: "At other times, everything is normal, but with this fake wall, everything seems very wrong.
"What's wrong?" Laisui asked subconsciously.
Li Xuan pointed to the false wall on the side and said softly: "Captain Yuan is an extremely cautious person. He rarely went out when he was in the Governor's Mansion. So who on earth could do such a thing under the nose of such a shrewd person like him?" How about your hands and feet without being discovered?"
"A neighbor?" Lai Jingye immediately understood the meaning of Li Xuan's words, raised his head and stared at the house opposite.
Li Xuan nodded and continued: "Although Dongxingfang is where the Governor's Mansion is located, the gate is still closed every day, making it difficult for outsiders to enter and exit. At night, the defense of the Governor's Mansion will not weaken, but
Because of the darkness, loopholes can appear, especially late at night. "
Li Xuan's words did not explain, but everyone still had a scene in everyone's mind where someone quietly and carefully chiseled on the wall of the backyard of the Governor's Mansion in the dead of night, and finally directly chiseled out a fake wall.
Lai Jingye immediately turned to one side and said coldly: "Captain Xu, go knock on the door!"
"Here!" Capt. Xu immediately led his men to the backyard door of the mansion. The backyard door was locked with a thick iron lock.
Knock on the door. The governor said it was polite to knock on the door. Did they knock on the door?
The most important thing is that in the eyes of these detectives, they do not remember that the owner of this mansion is a great person.
With a "bang" sound, the long knife struck the door lock fiercely, and the next moment, the door lock was cut open.
Xu Captou was about to kick the door open immediately, but at this moment, the door suddenly opened from the inside.
A housekeeper in his fifties, with a stocky build, wearing a black hat, a short beard, and a gray robe, appeared in front of the door. He looked at Xu Captou with a cold look on his face, who raised his foot to kick the door. , shouted coldly and unceremoniously: "Who are you? What do you want to do? Do you know where this place is? How dare you do this?"
Capt. Xu looked at the housekeeper in front of him, with a sneer in front of him. He stepped forward unceremoniously, rushed in, and shouted loudly: "Capt. Capt., investigate the counter-case..."
"Capital arrest?" The housekeeper took a step forward and pressed one hand directly on the threshold. His strong arm collided with Xu's chest fiercely. The next moment, it was surprising. Yes, Xu Captou was hit by this blow and was knocked back several steps.
The housekeeper blocked the door again and glanced at Li Xuan, Lai Jingye and others with a frown.
Finally, he looked at the people outside the door warily and said coldly: "Old slave, no matter who you are or what case you want to come in to investigate, no matter what you do, you have to wait for my master to come back."
"Who is your master?" Xu Captou rubbed his chest, held the handle of the knife, and stared at the housekeeper.
"Aren't you the head of the state government arrest? Why don't you even know who my master is?" The housekeeper sneered, then raised his head and said proudly: "My master is the nephew of the Minister of Punishment, and the Fa Cao of the Governor of Hangzhou joined the army. Yes, that's right. Your Majesty."
Xue Zhongzhang, at this moment, not only Xu Captou and many other officers present were stunned, but also Li Xuan and Lai Jingye were stunned.
This is actually Xue Zhongzhang's residence. Didn't he just come to Hangzhou for a few days? How could he buy such a house so quickly?
Lai Jingye turned to look at Xu Captou, and waved his hand vigorously. Xu Captou immediately led the people forward and was about to rush in.
"What are you doing?" The housekeeper suddenly grabbed the door and pulled out a long knife. At the same time, he looked at the people outside the door with a vigilant face and shouted unceremoniously: "This is the house where your Fa Cao joined the army. , he is also the nephew-in-law of the Minister of Punishment, are you crazy?"
Hu Yu was about to step forward immediately, but at this time, Li Xuan grabbed Hu Yu, looked at Lai Jingye and said, "Uncle, no matter what, we always have to take care of Pei Shangshu's face. After all, we can't do it casually." Just label Pei Shangshu’s nephew and our own colleague as a traitor to the party. If anything happens, it won’t happen at this moment.”
Lai Jingye nodded slightly and looked at Hu Yu on one side.
Hu Yu understood immediately, turned to look at the housekeeper, and shouted solemnly: "Why don't you hurry up and inform your master? We won't be able to wait long?"
The steward's mouth twitched slightly, but he raised his head and said, "Just wait, I've already sent someone to inform my master."
Li Xuan frowned slightly, looked at the housekeeper and asked, "Is your master not at home?"
With Li Xuan's words, everyone present immediately looked at the housekeeper.
The housekeeper took a half step back, holding the long knife in his hand. He was a little uneasy, but he still said uncompromisingly: "Whether my master is here or not, you are not allowed to come in."
Li Xuan turned to look at Changshi Hu Yu and asked in a low voice: "Hu Changshi, I haven't seen him all night.
Have you ever been to Xue Canjun? "
"No." Hu Yu shook his head and said after thinking for a while: "Xue Canjun was not notified of tonight's incident. After the official went off duty yesterday, he saw Xue Canjun and Guan Canjun and went out together. No one knows where they went. where?"
Li Xuan nodded, then looked at Lai Jingye and said, "Xue Canjun will probably not be able to come back tonight."
"So!" Lai Jingye narrowed his eyes slightly.
"Uncle Shi, there's no need." Li Xuan quickly stopped him and showed his respect.
It can be seen that Jingye wants to work hard, but Pei Yan's name has been mentioned today. Li Xuan and Lai Jingye don't care, but the others, including Chang Shi Hu Yu, Xu Captou, and a group of police officers, have expressions on their faces. Feeling uneasy.
"Uncle Shi, we have other methods." Li Xuan nodded to Lai Jingye, then looked at the people in front and behind him, and shouted in a low voice: "Everyone spread out along the walls on both sides, and then knocked on the wall with the handle of the knife. .”
"Nephew, you mean there is also a fake wall here?" Lai Jingye was the first to react, and the others suddenly understood.
Li Xuan glanced at the butler at the door, nodded and said, "Actually, my nephew doesn't believe it if Xue Canjun has hooked up with the King of East China Sea. After all, he has Pei Shangshu behind him, and his future will be even brighter, unless there is something wrong with him. Otherwise, he would have no need to seek refuge with the King of East China Sea, so it is most likely that he was kept in the dark about everything."
"Well, not bad." Lai Jingye finally breathed a sigh of relief. Xue Zhongzhang was taken advantage of because of his confusion. That was Xue Zhongzhang's business and had nothing to do with Pei Yan. At most, Pei Yan just didn't know people well.
With a look from Lai Jingye, many policemen and police officers present immediately turned away to both sides.
Listening to the "bang bang bang" knocking sound in his ears, the housekeeper stood at the door and wanted to shout to stop the knocking, but for some reason he never spoke.
Li Xuan glanced sideways at the housekeeper, shook her head, lowered her body, and used the torch to carefully look at the ruts under her feet.
"How?" Laisui asked curiously.
"Although there are new tracks in the ruts, they are not deep, and are even a little too shallow. Maybe they drove on empty." Li Xuan just finished speaking, and Lai Sui immediately understood: "They still want to confuse us, and the salary money will be returned. it's here."
Li Xuan nodded slightly. At this moment, a sound of "empty" came clearly from the front.
In an instant, everyone present looked in that direction.
