Li Maocai was surprised and frightened at the same time. In the past, he lost hundreds of thousands of dollars because of lending money to Queen Mother Yang. Now this happened again. Could it be that he had offended someone in the court and someone wanted to eat him?
With fear in his heart, Li Maocai said: "How is this possible? I run my business in compliance with the law, and the bank is a top priority, so this is even less likely to happen? Is there some misunderstanding among the officials?"
While he was talking, Li Maocai ordered someone to fetch the bank's operating account books and said: "Officials, please take a look at it. Every entry and exit of the bank is recorded, and there are two copies. One is here, and the other is at the bank.
Check it every half month.”
Song Ci took the account book and took a rough look at it, and said: "If we really want to make these account books, what's the difficulty in making 100% copies? It's getting late, so please ask a member of staff to accompany me."
Li Maocai had no choice but to say: "In that case, I will go with the officials to the government office and explain it clearly. I only hope that the officials will handle it impartially."
"It's natural. I study the poems and books of saints and worship under the true envoy. I attach great importance to good reputation. You can rest assured."
Song Ci took Li Maocai away, and at the same time asked Zhang Bao to search Li Maocai's house to see if any evidence of crime could be found.
However, after a night of interrogation and search, Song Ci discovered that Li Maocai knew nothing about shopkeeper Zhao Siyou's alleged affair and had no involvement.
In other words, Zhao Siyou most likely took advantage of his identity as the shopkeeper of the bank to obtain Jiaozi privately, and then used his position to exchange the Jiaozi at the bank for profit.
And now Zhao Siyou has disappeared again, and his whereabouts cannot be found at all, and the case has fallen into a stalemate for a while.
In desperation, Song Ci decided to expand his target and ordered people to carry gold, silver and copper coins to various banks, silk and satin shops, grain shops, and tooth shops, which had relatively large transactions, to look for suspicious contacts.
However, it seems that the mastermind behind the scenes has also increased their vigilance. In these shops, without exception, no suspicious contacts were found, and the case was stalled here.
The Ministry of Household Affairs and Zhen Dexiu once again summoned Li Qin, Wang Chongshi, He Mengcai and Wu Yuankai who were involved in the case.
Zhen Dexiu said to them: "The government has entrusted me to investigate the Jiaozi case. Now I am giving you one last chance. I hope you will cherish it, but do not persist in it and regret it for the rest of your life."
Zhen Dexiu's words made the four of them very unhappy. Wang Chongshi said: "Zhen Dexiu, I have great objection to your words. Are you saying that you are so sure that one of us committed the crime?"
Isn’t it a trick that outsiders took advantage of the loophole that Jiaozi destroyed?”
Li Qin echoed and said: "Yes, according to my opinion, even if it is to be interrogated, you, the real envoy, must be interrogated together, because you are the one who is in charge of the destruction of Jiaozi, and I and the others are just cooperating with you.
, Now we have become like prisoners, but you are sitting on the Diaoyutai, why is this?"
He Mengcai and Wu Yuankai were also obviously angry, and they didn't have a good look towards Zhen Dexiu.
Zhen Dexiu's face was gloomy and he said: "In that case, you don't want to go back today, and you are here to accept my questioning."
Li Qin said angrily: "I am the deputy envoy of the Third Department, and I am equal to you in terms of official position. Why do you judge me?"
Wang Chongshi, He Mengcai, and Wu Yuankai also wanted to defend themselves. Zhen Dexiu slapped his hand on the table and looked at the four of them with sharp eyes like knives.
Zhen Dexiu said solemnly: "I have been ordered by the official family to investigate this matter. If you dare to resist the order and disobey it, do you want to stop the nine clans?"
This sentence only made the four of them tremble in fright. They felt like dark clouds were pressing down on them. They were so panicked that they did not dare to say any more.
Later, Zhen Dexiu sent the four people into four separate rooms, saying that he wanted to interrogate them separately to prevent them from colluding in series.
The four people were detained in a room alone, waiting for Zhen Dexiu's interrogation, and they couldn't help feeling panic.
However, Zhen Dexiu did not interrogate them at this time. Instead, he handled matters in his own room as if nothing happened.
An hour passed like this. Zhen Dexiu counted the time and realized that the four of them must have been waiting impatiently. It was the time when the six gods had no master.
So Zhen Dexiu called Yu Tianxi, the right servant of the Ministry of Revenue, and said to him: "I will enter the room for interrogation later. You wait for a while and then go in. After entering, just say one sentence. You said someone confessed. That's it."
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Yu Tianxi nodded, raised his hand and said, "I understand, please reassure me."
Zhen Dexiu nodded with satisfaction, then stood up and went to see Wang Chongshi first.
Entering the room, Zhen Dexiu said calmly: "Don't be surprised, sir. I just interrogated the three of them and wasted some time."
Wang Chongshi looked anxious and said first: "Your Majesty, this matter has nothing to do with me. Please be clear about it."
Zhen Dexiu looked calm, nodded her hand, and motioned for Wang Chongshi to take a seat.
Zhendexiu said: "This matter is a serious crime of beheading. I don't dare to be careless, let alone trust any of you easily. Please be considerate."
Wang Chongshi was even more panicked, for fear of being implicated, so he complained bitterly to Zhen Dexiu, saying how upright he was. At this time, Yu Tianxi came in and said to Zhen Dexiu: "Your Majesty, someone has confessed."
Zhen Dexiu looked overjoyed and stood up quickly, "Quick, take me with you."
Zhen Dexiu left in a hurry, ignoring Wang Chongshi's shouting from behind.
Then, Zhen Dexiu saw Li Qin, his face still looked indifferent. Seeing this, Li Qin looked calm and said nothing.
Zhen Dexiu said calmly: "Don't blame me, I just asked the three of them and it took a little time."
Li Qin frowned subconsciously, but quickly regained his composure and said nothing.
Zhen Dexiu sat down slowly and said leisurely: "The envoy is the deputy envoy of the Third Division. He has access to more money, food and property than I, the Minister of Household Affairs, do. In fact, I also trust your integrity, but personally
When you are in a temple, you cannot control many things by yourself, and I am fully aware of this."
Zhen Dexiu did not conduct an interrogation, but instead talked about family affairs and complained like an old friend. This was really beyond Li Qin's expectation.
Li Qin made a few perfunctory remarks, and suddenly Yu Tianxi came in and said urgently to Zhen Dexiu: "Your Majesty, someone has confessed."
"Oh, take me with you quickly." Zhen Dexiu was overjoyed. He picked up his skirt and left in a hurry without saying a word.
The corners of Li Qin's mouth twitched a few times, and there was worry and impatience in his eyes.
In this way, Zhen Dexiu met the four people one by one, and showed off his acting skills in front of the four of them, which only lifted the hearts of the four of them.
Two flowers bloomed, one on each side. Just when Zhen Dexiu was deceiving Li Qin and the others, Song Ci was also making arrangements.