While Yang Qingyuan questioned the people of the Shenwu Army and the Six Gates, Di Zhiyuan also launched an investigation into the bank officials.
"You are the chief clerk of Yuezhou Bank, Sun Decheng?!"
"That's right, your official!" An honest-looking middle-aged man about forty years old stood in front of Di Zhiyuan, cautiously.
The master bookkeeper of Yuezhou Bank, from the eighth rank.
For a low-level official who is not from a distinguished background, it is already a great thing to be able to reach the eighth rank and join the official civil servants of the imperial court in his lifetime.
Employees under the contract system have become deputy director-level cadres through their own efforts, which is so inspiring.
"When did you take up a position at Yuezhou Bank?"
Sun Decheng, the chief bookkeeper, said respectfully, "Master Di, I joined Yuezhou Bank in the second year of Yong'an. At that time, my humble position was just an ordinary clerk. I was responsible for rechecking the accounts calculated by the treasurer and the chief bookkeeper to check whether there are any
Written errors and omissions. In the ninth year of Yong'an, the original chief registrar retired and returned to his hometown. He was recommended by the Yuezhou Yincao at that time. He was favorably promoted by the Yuezhou governor and appointed as the chief registrar of the Yuezhou Yinkuo. You have been here for more than twelve years."
Di Zhiyuan nodded. While asking, he was looking through Sun Decheng's files.
Sun Decheng is considered to be the oldest person in Yuezhou Bank.
I have been working in the bank for these years and have no outstanding achievements, but there are also few mistakes.
It should be said that such people are more suitable for jobs in banks.
"Li Da, the treasurer, is your boss. What kind of person is he?"
Sun Decheng was silent for a moment to organize his words.
"Li Zhangkuo is a cautious person, even a little timid. Over the years of working in the bank, he almost doesn't care about other people's affairs."
"Then has there been anything unusual about him recently?!"
"Abnormality?" Sun Decheng was a little confused as to what Di Zhiyuan was referring to.
“It’s just different from usual times!”
Sun Decheng thought hard for a long time, but still couldn't tell the reason.
"Sir, you also know that our Yuezhou Bank does not have unexpected work at all on weekdays. Everything is done step by step. Even the work is done day after day, let alone anything unusual. If we really want to
If there is anything different about Zhangku Li from ordinary days, it is that he starts his shift in the first half of the year, and his shift is relatively late, and nothing else!"
"The shift is later?!"
Anything unusual will not appear suddenly.
Sun Decheng also said just now that the work of the bank is day after day, basically just that every day.
Of course, this does not mean that the bank does not work overtime. If there is any emergency appropriation, the bank officials will definitely have to work overtime. However, according to the court's practice, general appropriations are planned in advance, and it is rare to suddenly allocate bank funds.
Case.
There must be a reason why Li Da has been off duty late continuously.
"I looked around the bank, and there were a lot of green plants. Is this the original creation of your Yuezhou bank?!"
"Sir, this is Master Li Da's order. It is said to make the environment of Yuezhou Bank more peaceful. But in fact, we also know that this is Master Li Da's selfish intention, because Mr. Li likes to play with flowers and plants.
There are some green plants in the bank. Mr. Li can also prune them when there is nothing else to do."
"Did Li Da arrange these green plants?"
Di Zhiyuan looked at the green plants outside the window and murmured to himself.
"Okay, you go down and do your work!"
"yes!"
Sun Decheng retreated after hearing this.
Di Zhiyuan then questioned the remaining bank officials and got similar answers.
Although Li Da was the treasurer of the Yuezhou Bank, he seemed to have no confidants, and he was not very familiar with the officials of the Yuezhou Bank.
Next are these green plants.
Why did Li Da suddenly propose planting these green plants?! Is there something wrong with this?!
After completing the questioning, Di Zhiyuan came to the bank.
Looking at the green plants planted, Di Zhiyuan really couldn't see any clues. These green plants were not tall and could not hide their whereabouts. It seemed that apart from beautifying the office environment, they really had no other purpose.
It's really outrageous.
However, Di Zhiyuan had an even more outrageous conjecture in his mind.
"You go get some shovels and shovels and dig up all these green plants."
If there is no reason to plant these green plants for no reason, then it must be a problem. Although the possibility of this conjecture is almost zero, Di Zhiyuan still wants to see if there is any secret passage under these green plants.
organ.
On the other side, Yang Qingyuan, who had just finished questioning the Shenwu Army and the policemen stationed at the Six Gates, discovered that something was wrong as soon as he went out.
Di Zhiyuan, the dignified Prime Minister of Dali Temple and deputy envoy of the Yuezhou Governor, was leading a group of elite agents from the Ming Qiu Division to plant green plants there.
This is outrageous!
"What's the matter, Lao Di?! You think the green plants planted by others don't look good, so why not plant them again after you pull them out?!"
Looking at the people sweating profusely, Yang Qingyuan expressed his confusion.
"It's nothing. At first, I just thought these green plants were strangely planted, and I thought someone would use these green plants to do something wrong. Now it seems that I am just overthinking."
Yang Qingyuan expressed his affirmation of Di Zhiyuan's idea.
"You must be overthinking it. Could it be that they can manipulate the greenery and dig a tunnel to the underground of the Yuezhou Bank? This kind of operation can only be written in a Jianghu script."
"That's true. After all, this is the Yuezhou Bank. If we can get someone to dig a tunnel underground, the bank will be emptied immediately!"
Yang Qingyuan and Di Zhiyuan said that this operation is almost impossible.
The actual area of the Yuezhou Bank is not large, but the surrounding office rooms and garrison residences make the Yuezhou Bank occupy a very large area.
Moreover, the geology near Yuezhou Yinku is hard and there are many rocks.
If you really want to dig a tunnel directly to the Yuezhou Bank, then the engineering and energy spent will be immeasurable.
And when the security system was designed, it was obviously considered that someone would dig tunnels. On the outside of the bank's defense, a large tank buried in the soil would be placed at regular intervals. If someone really wanted to dig tunnels from the outside,
When the tunnel reaches the bank and passes near the large vat, the sound of the earthworks will inevitably be heard by the Shenwu soldiers stationed there and the six-door policemen.
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! After Di Zhiyuan and others restored the green plants to their original state, Yang Qingyuan asked.
"How is it?! Is there anything gained?!"
Di Zhiyuan briefly explained the results of the previous inquiry to Yang Qingyuan.
"It seems that there is indeed something wrong with this Li Da! By the way, has this person's mansion in Shanyin City been searched?"
Behind Di Zhiyuan, a headman from Ming Qiusi spoke up.
"Sir, when we discovered something unusual, we immediately went to his home to look for someone. After we failed to catch Li Da, we also launched a search there and found nothing suspicious..."
Yang Qingyuan and Di Zhiyuan looked at each other.
To be on the safe side, it seems that we still have to take a look at Li Da’s mansion!
While it was still dark, Yang Qingyuan and Di Zhiyuan came out of the bank and rushed to Li Da's mansion.
A courtyard located in the west of Shanyin Prefecture.
After all, Li Da was a seventh-rank treasurer. Although his position was low and he had little power, he was still the seventh-rank official of the imperial court. This mansion was still a bit shabby for Li Da.
At this time, Li Da's residence had been sealed by Dali Temple.
"Squeak!" With a sound, the door of Li Da's mansion was opened.
The search work of Dali Temple has strict regulations, and it will not cause people to panic like the East and West factories. Therefore, although Li Da's residence was searched, it still looked relatively tidy.
"Have you conducted a careful search?! Have you found any property that is inconsistent with Li Dayue's salary?!"
Another police officer stood up and said, "Sir, after careful inspection by our Treasures Department, we did not find that Li Da had a large amount of property of unknown origin, and there was no secret room where the property could be hidden. We also held the Dali principle.
The temple ordered the arrow to go to the Tiandi Bank in Shanyin Mansion. There is no large deposit in the account under Li Da's name."
Tiandi Bank is a royal franchise, and Yang Qingyuan is one of the founders and shareholders. Tiandi Bank is very cooperative with Dali Temple in investigating cases.
"After that, I also traced the account under the name of Li Da's sister Li Juan. This morning, the news came back from Tiandi Bank. I don't know why there was eight thousand taels of silver in Li Juan's name?"
Eight thousand taels of silver, based on the monthly salary of Yang Qingyuan, the official of Dali Temple, could not be saved in twenty years. How could Li Juan, a carpenter's wife, have so much money?!
This money probably belongs to Li Da. When Li Xunhuan was investigating corruption, many officials deposited their stolen money in the names of their relatives. It seems that there is indeed something wrong with Li Da. At least one of the corrupt officials is
Can't run away.
Yang Qingyuan nodded, and then he and Di Zhiyuan put on whale skin gloves and began to investigate the items in Li Da's house.
Half an hour later, the two came out of the house.
This Li Da's residence actually looks like the residences of most of the lower-level officials of the Great Zhou Dynasty. Compared with their status, it looks a little poor.
After checking around, I didn't find much substantial results.
"How?! Is there any reward in knowing far away?!"
Yang Qingyuan asked.
"Looking at Sir, it seems that you have gained something?"
"A small gain."
Di Zhiyuan also smiled, "I just happened to have gained something, why don't we write our answers on paper?"
Yang Qingyuan smiled disdainfully, it's the same thing again, what kind of hobby is this for the poor and rotten scholars? If you find anything, can you just say no?!
Although he was disdainful, Yang Qingyuan still honestly picked up a piece of paper and started writing.
After watching Di Zhiyuan finish writing, Yang Qingyuan felt slightly excited. No wonder literati like to play this trick. It is quite interesting.
Afterwards, the two exchanged notes.
According to the normal plot, both parties should see that the other party's writing is consistent with theirs, then laugh out loud and become confidants.
But now there seems to be a little problem.
The answers they wrote were somewhat different...
Yang Qingyuan's paper was written "Huaben", but Di Zhiyuan's paper was written "Flowers and Trees".
The two of them looked up in surprise. It seemed that what they found was different.
"Zhiyuan, you go ahead and tell me!"
"Yes! In fact, this courtyard is not much different from ordinary houses. The biggest difference is that there are no green plants and flowers."
Di Zhiyuan looked around and continued, "According to our inquiry just now, his colleagues all gave Li Da a personality of 'loving green plants', so he planted green plants in the bank."
Yang Qingyuan recalled the transcript of the inquiry just now, and it was indeed recorded in this way.
In this way, Yang Qingyuan understood what Di Zhiyuan meant. A person who likes green plants does not have any green plants at home?! Is this reasonable?!
"From this point of view, there are only two possibilities. One, the so-called love for green plants is just an excuse for Li Da. He has some unknown secrets in planting green plants. The other is, the chief clerk just now is lying!"
Di Zhiyuan's analysis was correct. Li Da's home decoration was too inconsistent with his personality of liking flowers and trees. Not only the flowers and trees he planted, but also the corresponding tools were not available.
"Then what does the word 'huaben' written by the adults mean?!"
Di Zhiyuan asked, holding the paper written by Yang Qingyuan.
"I discovered this when I was looking through Li Da's books in his study. This Li Da was not only the treasurer of Yuezhou Bank in the Great Zhou Dynasty, but also a writer of Jianghu stories."
"Jiang... Jianghu's storybook?!"
"Yes!" Yang Qingyuan took out several volumes of storybooks from his sleeves, including "The Domineering Master Falls in Love with Me", "The Song of Two Dragons Chasing Beauty", "The Romance of the Young Swordsman", and "I Fall in Love with the Reincarnation of My Dead Wife"
…
Di Zhiyuan looked at these Jianghu scripts, and his brain was a little shut down. They were all mysterious things.
"This last part is only half written. I also found Li Da's manuscript paper. I think these words should have been written by him." Yang Qingyuan took out a stack of manuscript paper and said.
"What does this mean?"
Di Zhiyuan didn't understand. Maybe this was Li Da's personal hobby!?
"Zhiyuan, you don't understand. For people who write Jianghu stories, some people do it for their own hobbies, and some people rely on it to make a living. Of course, there are also people who do both, but you see what Li Da said
The content I wrote is obviously intended to make money through this.”
Di Zhiyuan somewhat understood the meaning of Yang Qingyuan's words.
Yang Qingyuan continued to explain, "Of course, it is also possible that Li Da used this method to launder the money he gained from corruption. The Metropolitan Procuratorate had previously investigated a county guard who liked to write dramas for others. Whenever he
Theaters will pay high prices for the plays they write, but in fact those plays are mediocre. This is just an alternative method of bribery purchased by local wealthy businessmen through the theater. After receiving bribes in this way, the corrupt can freely
Use it, after all, this is what they get for polishing their pens.”
Di Zhiyuan is mainly responsible for the criminal investigation cases in Dali Temple, and his cooperation with the Metropolitan Procuratorate is not very close. He did not expect that there are so many twists and turns in accepting and giving bribes.
"However, this should not be a script used by Li Da to clean up his reputation. He should be really making money from this. Because I have never heard of these Jianghu dialects, and Li Da's pen name is not very famous.
I guess it’s just hard-earned money.”
Di Zhiyuan did not refute. Seeing this shabby man entering the courtyard, Di Zhiyuan was sure that Li Da did not use this to wash away his dirty money, otherwise the family would not be so poor.