That evening at Xupai time, a burly man in a royal guard uniform came to Luo Mansion carrying a heavy cloth bag, stood outside the study, and knocked on the door.
Luo Sigong said: "Come in!"
The man pushed open the door and said, "Sir, I'm back."
Luo Sigong asked: "Is the matter done?"
The man said: "It's all done, and the gold ingots are all here." He put the cloth bag next to the table.
Luo Sigong said: "Thank you for your hard work. I have something else I want to leave to you."
The man said: "My lord, please give me your instructions."
Two days later, Mou Rongtian and Shi Yi returned to the capital and went directly to the Dalai Lai Bank. They saw that the bank was boarded up and the door was not open. It was noon, and Mou Rongtian thought to himself: "Why is the door not open?" He had a feeling.
With an ominous premonition, he said: "Swallow, let's go to the back door."
The two came to the back door of the bank, Shi Yi knocked on the door knocker, but no one answered for a long time. Mou Rongtian said: "No, something may have happened. Let's go in and have a look."
The two people climbed over the wall and entered. There was no one in the courtyard. There were several wing rooms on the east and west sides. Shi Yi called out: "Is there anyone there?"
Mou Rongtian saw a pool of blood in front of the door of the east wing and said, "Sure enough, something happened." When he pushed the door open, a strong smell of blood hit his face. Seeing the blood stains in the room, he thought: "Master Luo, how could you do this?"
in this way?"
Shi Yi covered his nose and said: "It seems that a lot of people died. Could it be that everyone in the bank was killed?"
Mou Rongtian said: "It's hard to say."
The two of them left the house and Shi Yi said, "If these people died, where would their bodies go?"
Mou Rongtian said: "It should have been taken away by the Shuntian government office."
The two found the accounting room and found that it was also stained with blood. There were several ledgers on the table. Mou Rongtian looked through them one by one, trying to find out the records of the three thousand taels of gold, but the ledgers were all from three months ago, and the most recent three were not found.
Mou Rongtian guessed: "The latest account book must have been taken away by the murderer."
The two of them walked out of Dalai Bank and walked into the silk and satin shop next door. The shopkeeper knew Mou Rongtian and came over from behind the counter with a smile and said: "Is this the fragrant wind that blew Mr. Mou to the shop?
Sir, if you want to buy some materials, I will give you half the discount."
Mou Rongtian smiled slightly and said, "I'm not here to buy ingredients."
The shopkeeper asked, "What's that?"
Mou Rongtian said: "Shopkeeper, did something happen to the Dai Lai Bank next door?"
The shopkeeper said: "Master Mou, you don't know yet? Something happened, something big happened, someone died. All the people who came to the bank were killed overnight."
Mou Rongtian asked: "What night did this happen?"
The shopkeeper said: "Just the one in front."
Mou Rongtian thought to himself: "It must be that guy who did it again. It's a pity that we are only two days away. It would be nice if I could come back two days earlier."
He thanked the shopkeeper, and he and Shi Yi left the silk and satin shop and walked south. Shi Yi said, "Fu Si is in the north. Brother Tian, why are you going south?"
Mou Rongtian said: "If we don't go back to Fusi yet, let's go to Shuntianfu Yamen."
The two men led their horses to the Shuntian Mansion Yamen. There was a horse-hitch stake in front of the gate and they tied the horses. Mou Rongtian took out his name card and handed it to the gatekeeper, asking for an audience with the governor Qian Tong.
Qian Fuyin was a member of the Zheng Party. When he heard that Mou Rongtian was asking for an audience, he thought to himself: "Why is this guy looking for me?" He said to the Yamen servant: "Let him wait in the back hall."
Mou Rongtian and Shi Yi followed the yamen servant to the back hall. The yamen servant said, "Wait a moment, you two. Our master will be here soon."
The two sat down, waiting for Qian Tong on the left and Qian Tong on the right, but there was still no sign of Qian Tong. After waiting for more than half an hour, Shi Yi got impatient and called the Yamen servant and asked: "What are you doing, sir? Why?" Aren’t you coming yet?”
The officer said: "Our master is handling a case. If you two can't wait, please come back."
Shi Yi said: "What case is your master handling? Take me to see it."
The yamen officer said: "This can't be done. The master is handling the case and outsiders are not allowed to disturb him."
Shi Yi had a very angry temper. When he heard this, he grabbed the officer's front collar with his left hand, raised his fist with his right hand, frowned, and shouted: "If you say 'no' again, I will knock out your teeth." "
The yamen officer thought that Shi Yi was scaring him and did not dare to take action. He glared at Shi Yi and shouted, "Try it, this is the Shuntian Prefecture yamen, not your Beizhen Fusi. If you dare to use violence, you are against me." .”
As soon as he said these words, Shi Yi's fist fell down and hit the guy's mouth. He was stunned and sat down on the ground. His mouth was full of blood, and blood dripped down from the corner of his mouth. , he spit it out, and four or five teeth came out.
This guy has been a government servant for more than ten years. He beat others, but he never got beaten. After suffering such a big loss from Shi Yi, he quit working. He sat on the ground, pointed his halberd at Shi Yi, and shouted: "You guy!" If you dare to hit someone, come here, Jin Yiwei has hit someone."
Shi Yi grabbed the man's halberd finger and broke it with a "click", which made the officer scream in pain.
At this time, more than a dozen government officials came over after hearing the news, all carrying water-fire ruthless sticks in their hands. One of them glared at Shi Yi and shouted: "You dare to run into the Shuntian government office and act wild, you are disobeying you." He shouted, "I'll beat you up." Him!" These people swarmed up and launched a group attack on Shi Yi.
Although Shi Yi was not very good at martial arts, he was more than capable of dealing with these government servants. He beat them down with punches and kicks.
Qian Fuyin was listening to music in the back house. The singer was a young woman from Guose Tianxiang Tower. Although she was not a top star, she was somewhat famous. She had the waist of a water snake and a pretty face. She was holding a pipa in her arms. , sitting on a chair in front of the window, singing "Eighteen Touches".
Qian Fuyin was sitting behind the table. On the table were tea, snacks and fruits. He was drinking tea, eating snacks and listening to the ditty. He looked relaxed and content, enjoying himself very much.
At this time, a yamen servant hurriedly came to report the news and shouted: "Master Fu Yin, something serious has happened. Those two guards in uniform have beaten our people. Please go and take a look."
Qian Mansion Yin deliberately wanted to expose Mou Rongtian, but he did not expect that Mou Rongtian and the others would dare to beat him. He was furious when he heard about it. When he came to the back hall, he saw more than a dozen government servants lying on the ground, with bruises and swollen noses and swollen faces, grinning, and some holding their bellies. Some were holding their legs, and the injuries were not serious. Standing next to him was a tall, tall, handsome young man from Jin Yiwei. He didn't know Shi Yi. When he saw Mou Rongtian sitting on the guest chair, he asked: "Mou Qianhu, what's going on? What’s going on, who beat them up like this?”
Mou Rongtian smiled slightly and said: "Sir Qian, you are finally willing to show up. We beat these government officials. I came to investigate the case under the orders of the Holy One. How dare these short-sighted people obstruct them, let alone beat them?" , even if I kill them all, I don’t have to bear any responsibility.”
Qian Fuyin said: "I was ordered by the Holy One to investigate a case? What case are you investigating?"
Mou Rongtian said: "The case I am investigating is of great importance and it is inconvenient to disclose it to Mr. Qian. Mr. Qian only needs to cooperate with me."
Qian Fuyin sat down and asked, "How can I cooperate with you?"
Mou Rongtian said: "This case involves the Diners Bank. I just came back from overseas today and heard that a murder occurred at the Diners Bank. I think this murder was investigated by Shuntian Mansion, right?"
Qianfu Yin said: "Of course, murder cases that occur on the territory of Shuntian Prefecture will be investigated by Shuntian Prefecture."
Mou Rongtian said: "I would like to review the files on this case, please cooperate with Mr. Qian."
Qian Fuyin was unwilling to cooperate, but he did not dare not to cooperate. He asked his master to get the files of the case and put them on the desk next to Mou Rongtian.
Mou Rongtian looked through the files and learned that a total of twenty-three people died at the Dalai Bank. All eight members of Qu Dalai's family, the shopkeeper, were killed. The others were the bank's accountant, shop assistant, and servants.
Mou Rongtian thought: "Zhuang Lian must have come with Zhang Shouyue that day. They were seen by many people in the bank, so Luo Sigong wanted to kill all these people. Those shopkeepers who did not live in the Dalai Bank should also
Silenced."
Asked: "Master Qian, are there any other murder cases in the house in the past two days?"
Qian Fuyin said: "There are still seven murder cases, all of which happened the night before yesterday."
Mou Rongtian asked: "Who are the deceased? Are there any people from Da Lai Bank among them?"
Qian Fuyin said: "They are all shopkeepers at Dalai Bank."
Mou Rongtian thought to himself: "If all the people at Dalai Bank are dead, this clue will be broken." He asked: "Qian Fuyin, do you have a list of people at Dalai Bank? Do you know if there is a store?
Did anyone survive?"
Qian Fuyin shook his head and said: "No, I don't know."
Mou Rongtian and Shi Yi left Shuntian Mansion and returned to Beizhen Fusi. As soon as they walked into the office, Dong Fuyu said: "Yanzi, the fifth uncle is sick, very seriously. Mr. Shan has been here several times and wants to talk to you."
You go back to Wudang Mountain to see the Fifth Master Uncle together. Just come back and go find Master Shan quickly."
When Shi Yi heard that his master was ill, he was very nervous. He ran out and came to the Jinyiwei General Office. He ran into Zuo Qianshi's office and saw Shan Sibei sitting in the room and said, "Uncle Master, I'm back.
"
Shan Sibei said: "Yanzi, you are finally back. You made me wait so hard."
Shi Yi said: "What disease does my master have?"
Shan Sibei said: "I can't explain the disease in my stomach clearly. Let's go back and have a look."
Shi Yi said: "I'll go back and talk to Brother Tim before we leave."
Shan Sibei said: "Then go quickly."
After Shi Yi left, Shan Sibei came to Luo Sigong's office and said, "Sir, Shi Yi has been fooled. We will leave soon."
Luo Sigong said "hmm" and said, "Go ahead."
Shi Yi returned to Beizhen Fusi to say hello to Mou Rongtian, and then rode out of Beijing with Shan Sibei and rushed to Wudang Mountain.
Luo Sigong left the Jinyiwei General Office, came to Wanfu Building, walked into the courtyard, and knocked on the door twice. Someone in the room asked: "Who is it?" Luo Sigong said: "It's me, get ready to take action." The people in the room responded.
A "I got it."
Luo Sigong returned to the Jinyiwei General Administration, called Mou Rongtian to the office, pointed to the long scroll box on the desk, and said: "Here is Zhang Zeduan's "Along the River During the Qingming Festival". The Queen Mother will give it to King Lu.
This picture is priceless, I’m really worried about letting someone else give it to me, so I’ll ask you to make the trip.”
Mou Rongtian picked up the brocade box and said: "I will obey my orders." He left the Jinyiwei General Office and returned to Fusi, Beizhen. He wrapped the brocade box in a long cloth, tied it into a bag, slung it on his shoulder, and left Beijing quickly.