"Chief Protector, how about the wine here?" While Wu Ma was taking the account books, Zhou Ling and An Dafang started drinking happily.
"Not bad, really good." An Dafang looked intoxicated, but also showed a hint of worry: "Master Zhou, you said that I am having so much fun in this music studio, it would be bad if Ning Shi knew about it."
"My Chief An, you, you really think too much." Zhou Ling burst out laughing: "A real man earns merit and fame, and travels everywhere. Such situations are inevitable. , Ning, Ning Shi, how can you blame Miss Ning?"
"Haha, that's true." An Dafang nodded and took another sip of the wine Bi'er brought: "Listening to your words is better than ten years of reading. I feel at ease now."
"You two, this is the account book of Wujian Lefang." After a while, Wu Ma came in again and handed the account book in her hand to Zhou Ling.
Zhou Ling glanced at An Dafang and saw him nodding, so he flipped through the pages: "In the past month, Li and Li Shu rewarded silver as follows: Xiaocui eight, eight taels, Feng , Fengwan twelve taels, Misu three, thirty taels, Yanran one hundred and fifty, fifty taels."
"Pfft!" An Dafang heard Zhou Ling's report and almost spit out a mouthful of wine: "Well, you Li Shu, you can reward two hundred taels in one month, which is more than the salary of my guard for one year. many."
"Wu, Wu Ma, who is this Yan, Yanran girl?" Zhou Ling looked at the account book and hit the nail on the head: "Is she familiar with Li and Li Shu?"
"The one on the stage tonight is Miss Yanran." Wu Ma said with added jealousy, "I don't know if I'm familiar with her, but this Li Shu seems to be obsessed with Miss Yanran."
"Bah! It's just like a flower stuck in cow dung. He Li Shu doesn't take care of his dignity." An Dafang cursed angrily.
"Wu, Wu Ma, this Li, Li Shu rewarded so many silver coins, sir, you can't use the silver coins, right?" Zhou Ling and Tong Bo thought of it together.
"Of course there are banknotes. I remember they were from Sanshun Bank." Wu Ma added, "It's the largest bank in the country."
"Next, it's time for An and Anhu and I to enjoy the time together." Zhou Ling smiled.
"Then I'll take my leave." Wu Ma slowly retreated.
"Miss Liu, you asked me to come to Hubu even though it was so late." Ghost Face didn't even wear a mask, so he and Liu Ningshi, who was wearing a court guard uniform, came to the door of Hubu.
"How can Ningshi conduct an undercover investigation without the help of Brother Ren?" Liu Ningshi tightly held Guimian's arm.
"Miss Liu, please let go first." Ghost Face touched Liu Ningshi's arm as if it was electrocuted: "My arm is about to break."
"Ah! I'm sorry, Brother Ren." Liu Ningshi also felt that she had lost her composure and quickly let go of her right hand that was exerting too much force.
"Didn't we agree that each would handle his own case? Why did Miss Liu get involved in the fake tax collector's case?" Ghost asked with a puzzled face.
"Because these fake tax collectors killed the children Ningshi adopted in the west of the city." Liu Ningshi's eyes gradually became moist: "They were only seven or eight years old."
"Really?" There was a sneer on the corner of Ghost Face's mouth: "These fake tax collectors are so heartless. I also want to see what they can do to the Holy Spirit? Go in."
"Thank you, Brother Ren." Liu Ningshi nodded.
"Dong dong dong!" The door of the household department opened with a "squeak" amidst the heavy knocking of the ghost face. A man dressed as a servant asked: "Who is knocking on the door so late?"
"The Tingwei Mansion is ordered to investigate the case!" Ghost Face raised the token and shouted sternly at the officer: "If it is a major event that delays the imperial court, can you afford it?"
"It turns out that Mr. Ghost Face is from Tingwei Mansion?" The servant rubbed his eyes, looked at the token again and immediately changed his face to an attentive one: "Sir Ghost Face, please come in. Mr. Zhu is on duty today. I will go and invite him now." .”
In the lobby of the Household Department, Guimian and Liu Ningshi had just sat down when they saw a man wearing a white underwear, yawning profusely and staggering when walking lazily walking in.
"Who wants to see me?" This man was Zhu Danian, the right minister of the Ministry of Revenue, who was scolded by Li Chongde, the Minister of the Ministry of Revenue, in the hall that day and did not dare to raise his head.
"I have met Mr. Zhu in the humble position of Tingwei Mansion Eagle Catching Ghost." The ghost bowed to Zhu Danian and nodded to Liu Ningshi at the same time.
"I'm sorry for my humble position, Mr. Zhu." Liu Ningshi also followed behind Ghost Face and bowed.
"Did I say that all the people in Tingwei Mansion are night owls? You can't investigate cases during the day, so you have to come at this hour." Zhu Danian stretched out and waved impatiently to the officer who just opened the door: "Li Chuan, It’s up to you to greet the two of you on my behalf, and if you need anything, please cooperate and satisfy them as much as possible.”
"I obey my orders." Zhu Danian ignored Ghost Face and Liu Ningshi and walked straight out of the lobby. It seemed that he had gone back to the duty room to sleep.
"I don't know what you need, sir, why don't you just talk to me?" Li Chuan received Zhu Danian's order and waited at Guimian's side attentively.
"We want to take a look at your uniforms and account books, is that okay?" Ghost Face smiled and patted Li Chuan on the shoulder.
"Please come with the younger one! We have a total of thirty tax collectors in our household department, either in groups of two or three. Each person will hold a tax tag to prove their identity." Li Chuan waited. Ghost Face and Liu Ningshi asked questions and then started talking.
"Then how are your account books distributed?" Liu Ningshi, who was behind Ghost Face, waved the jade pendant on her wrist in front of Li Chuan's eyes intentionally or unintentionally.
"One group of people has one account book, and the tax collection documents and account books are distributed in the same way." But Li Chuan, as if he had not noticed it, just continued to introduce: "The Ministry of Accounts usually prepares them in groups of two.
Account books and official documents, that is to say, usually the errand room will have 30 tax tags, 30 errand uniforms, 15 account books, and 15 official documents. "
"Didn't you just mention that there might be a group of three? If it were a group of three, wouldn't there be free account books and official documents." Ghost Face pointed out the problem.
"There are two groups of three people, and the other twenty-four people are all in groups of two." Li Chuan nodded and said, "There is an account book and an official document as spare parts."
The three of them were talking and unknowingly arrived at the door of the mission room. Li Chuan took out the key from his waist and turned it against the keyhole. There was a soft "click" and the door lock fell off the door.
"You two, please come in." Li Chuan pushed open the door of the mission room and bowed in a gesture of invitation.
"Don't look at this person as just a servant. He is diligent, courteous and good at dancing. No wonder Zhu Danian will entrust him with the errand of receiving us." The ghost face glanced at Li Chuan with a smile and stepped into the room.
In the mission room, there are rows of wooden cabinets standing from the south wall to the north wall. There is an iron lock on the cabinet door just like the one on the door. The center of the house is made up of two large rectangular tables, with the long tables placed around them. There are four long benches.
"Sir, these wooden cabinets are numbered from south to north. The first twelve cabinets contain two official uniforms, two tax tags, an account book, and an official document; the last two cabinets contain three official uniforms. , three tax tags, an account book, and an official document." Li Chuan walked from the south wall to the north wall and introduced the cabinets one by one.
"Where are the remaining spare parts, official documents and account books stored?" Liu Ningshi calculated quickly in her mind and immediately remembered what Li Chuan had just said.
"The big wooden cabinet in the center stores the keys and spare parts of other cabinets, official documents, and account books." Li Chuan pointed to the big wooden cabinet in the center of the west wall: "The rules of the Ministry of Accounts state that any tax difference must be settled Return uniforms, tax tags and other items back to the service room.”
"Can these cabinets be opened for us to take a look at?" Ghost Face listened to Li Chuan's introduction and walked around from south to north, thinking in his mind: "The management of this poor house is quite strict."
"Of course." Li Chuan first took the key of the middle cabinet from his waist and opened it, then took out a bunch of keys from the middle cabinet and opened all the other wooden cabinets from south to north.
Liu Ningshi walked to a cabinet and picked up a tax plate and looked at it carefully. The plate was made of brass, but the word "tax" engraved on the front was made by first digging out the brass on the surface and then pouring it into the groove. It is made of red copper, but there is no pattern on the reverse side. It looks like an ordinary brass base plate.
Ghost Face also picked up an account book, flipped through a few pages, and twirled the paper with his fingers: "The account book is made of rice paper donated by Xuancheng, and it is extremely difficult for the private sector to imitate it."
"The tax tags, account books, uniforms and official documents here are all specially made by shops designated by the Ministry of Accounts. It is extremely difficult to imitate them." Li Chuan opened the mezzanine between the spare account books and official documents and pointed: " And it’s impossible to steal these items from here.”
Liu Ningshi and Gui Mian counted the number of items and nodded to each other: "Brother is right, those fake tax collectors will not use high imitation goods to defraud."
"High imitations can only fool some small shops, but shops with strong background and power will carefully check tax tags and official documents." Li Chuan talked eloquently, appearing extremely sophisticated: "It is said that this time it is not just the Su family, but also the Su family.
Some shops under the name of Prince Murong have been targeted, which shows that these fake tax collectors are by no means high imitations. "
"Kawako, why don't you go to rest at such a late hour? What are you doing here?" A green-robed official entered the mission room.
"I have met Master Sha." When Li Chuan saw this person, he quickly bowed and said, "Master Qi, these two are sent by Tingwei Mansion to investigate the case; Master Zhu ordered me to take them with me. Come and have a look at the mission room."
"Oh? Really?" This official is Sherpa, another minister of the Ministry of Revenue: "If you want to investigate the case, you have to check the time. It's almost the third update, so I'm afraid it's not good."
"My lord is teaching me that I will definitely make up my mind in the future." Li Chuan replied without hesitation: "But Master Zhu is in charge of the mission. As long as he agrees, I will not dare to disobey!"
"Humph! Still so sharp-tongued." Salba sneered in his heart: "These are extraordinary times. Mr. Li asked me to work with Mr. Zhu to not only bring these fake tax collectors to justice, but also the safety of the police officers is a top priority. Heavy."
"Yes! I understand the humble position." Li Chuan stopped as soon as he was satisfied. He didn't want to offend the left minister of the household department too much.
"As long as you understand." Sabal finished his official tone and immediately changed the topic: "Those shops have newly made ten sets of uniforms and tax tags. You can come to my warehouse tomorrow to hand over them."
"Yes! Sir."
"Well!" After Sabal said these words, he walked towards the outer door; but his eyes glanced at the jade pendant on Liu Ningshi's wrist intentionally or unintentionally, and the expression on his face was also very playful.
