Chai Yan reached out and pulled it, and was surprised to find that the blue cloth bag was quite heavy, and he didn't know what was inside.
Then, Chai Yan took out the bundle with both hands, placed it on the ground, and quickly untied it...
The moment the baggage was opened, Chai Yan's eyes couldn't help but shine. Inside were five yellow-orange gold ingots, twelve each, neatly arranged!
Chai Yan immediately remembered what Wang Wangzhou said to him last night. He said that he had made a small fortune. Did he mean this?
But if it is really these fifty taels of gold that we are talking about, then it is not considered a small fortune!
You must know that the annual salary issued by the imperial court to the Wude Secretary is less than one hundred taels of silver. Fifty taels of gold is more than five hundred taels of silver, which is equivalent to Wang Wangzhou's official salary for five years.
Chai Yan thought again, since Wang Wangzhou had money, why did he only bring thirty taels to the gambling house last night?
Unsure of what Wang Wangzhou was thinking, Chai Yan stopped thinking about it.
At this time, Chai Yan found an envelope buried under the gold, and he quickly took it out to check.
The envelope is blank, but you can feel it as soon as you touch it, and there is still letter paper inside.
Taking out the letter and opening it, Chai Yan's expression gradually became serious...
This secret letter was written to Wang Wangzhou by the Wude Department in the capital. It was unsigned and unsigned. It simply ordered Wang Wangzhou to block the news of the attack and disappearance of Gu Zhengbang and his party. He also promised Wang Wangzhou in the letter that he would be transferred to the
Served in the Wude Department of Beijing.
After reading the letter, Chai Yan frowned: "It turns out that these fifty taels of gold are a benefit to Wang Wangzhou!"
Shangguan Peining asked: "Chai Yan, who do you think wrote this letter to Wang Wangzhou?"
Chai Yan twitched the corner of his mouth and sneered in his heart: "Who else could it be? Our deputy commander, Duanmu Yuanwei!"
Shangguan Peining asked: "How did you know it was him?"
Chai Yan affirmed: "Apart from Duanmu Yuanwei, I really can't think of another person who would do this!"
After a pause, Chai Yancai said: "Although I have not been in Wudesi in the capital for a long time, I can already feel that Duanmu Yuanwei is not willing to be placed under Lord Gu, and he has long wanted to replace Lord Gu...
.....Speaking of this, do you still remember that when I first entered the Wude Department examination, wasn’t it him who was behind my back and obstructing me all the time?”
"Indeed!" Shangguan Peining also recalled.
Suddenly, Shangguan Peining asked: "Hey, do you think it was Duanmu Yuanwei who sent people to ambush Gu Zhengbang to prevent him from returning to the capital?"
Chai Yan was suddenly a little surprised and joked: "Hey! I'm telling you, Master Shangguan, why are you so smart today!"
"Get out!" Shangguan Peining spat rudely.
Chai Yan straightened his expression and said seriously: "After seeing this letter and the gold, I am also very suspicious that the person who ambushed Mr. Gu and the others was probably someone sent by Duanmu Yuanwei!"
"But..." Chai Yan immediately said: "Master Gu was not killed in the ambush. He was surrounded by two masters, Mo Si Shi and Miao Si Shi. He must have escaped and hid! Otherwise, Duanmu
It is impossible for Yuan Wei to order the news to be blocked..."
Shangguan Peining said: "You mean, they are still looking for Gu Zhengbang's whereabouts and want to eradicate the root cause!"
Chai Yan responded: "That's right! I think as soon as they get rid of Master Gu or confirm the news of Master Gu's death, they will immediately make the news public, and then frame the murder of Master Gu on someone else, and Duanmu
Yuan Wei can then legitimately assume the position of commander-in-chief!"
"Oh, this Duanmu Yuanwei is really sinister and sinister!" Shangguan Peining was very shameless about this.
However, Chai Yan still kept calm and calmly said: "But all this is still my personal speculation for the time being. Whether this is really the case, I have to ask Wang Wangzhou carefully!"
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In the evening, Wang Wangzhou returned home after his shift.
Just as he took out the key to unlock the door, Wang Wangzhou found that the big lock on the door was missing.
Damn it, where is the lock? I locked it when I went out in the morning!
Wang Wangzhou was stunned at first, and then felt a chill down his spine. He pushed open the door and hurried to the bedroom.
When I came to the bedroom, I saw that the cabinet blocking the hole in the wall beside the bed had been moved away.
Too bad!
Wang Wangzhou was shocked, and he reached the hole in the wall in a few strides. Without saying a word, he squatted down and started groping.
After groping around, I found that except for the piece of blue cloth still inside, the other fifty taels of gold and the secret letter had long since disappeared.
It’s over! It’s over now!
At this moment, Wang Wangzhou suddenly fell to the ground, with only this sentence repeating in his mind.
Wang Wangzhou couldn't understand why the gold and secret messages could be stolen without anyone knowing they were hidden here!
When I was at a loss and feeling irritable, suddenly a voice came from outside the door: "Brother Wang, are you at home? Brother Wang..."
Wang Wangzhou recognized this voice and was shocked. How could it be a boy named Mu? How did he know that my family lived here?
"Brother Wang, are you at home? I bought some food and wine..."
While he was thinking about the problem, Chai Yan's voice came from outside again.
A thought suddenly flashed through Wang Wangzhou's mind. He was so startled that he stood up quickly, turned around and walked towards the yard.
I just came home and found something missing, and you came to the door. Isn't it a coincidence?
Wang Wangzhou had a vague feeling that the stolen gold and secret messages had something to do with him!
Wang Wangzhou hurried to the courtyard and saw Chai Yan standing at the gate, holding a several-storey food box in one hand and a jar of wine in the other.
"Brother Wang, I just said that you are at home and the door is not locked..." Chai Yan said with a smile.
Wang Wangzhou's face was as dark as water, he stared at Chai Yan and said, "How do you know about my family?"
Wang Wangzhou was very careful when he came back last night. He was worried about being followed by Chai Yan, so he took a long detour and climbed two walls before returning home.
Chai Yan smiled and said: "Brother Wang, don't worry, how about we chat while eating?"
When Wang Wangzhou saw what he said, he became even more certain that the gold and the secret message were stolen by him.
"Who are you?" Wang Wangzhou didn't want to beat around the bush anymore and asked directly.
Chai Yan smiled and said nothing, and walked towards Wang Wangzhou. Wang Wangzhou's face could not help but shudder, and he secretly made a defensive gesture.
"Brother Wang, don't be nervous, I don't mean any harm..."
When he finished speaking, Chai Yan had already passed Wang Wangzhou with a food box and a wine jar, and stepped into the main room.
Chai Yan put the things on the table and turned around and said: "Ah, Brother Wang, please close the door, I just can't free my hands..."
Wang Wangzhou hesitated for a moment, then frowned and closed the courtyard door. After thinking for a while, he bolted the door and turned back to the main room...