Corpses were fished out one after another around the ship. After being soaked for a period of time, these corpses had begun to rot, their faces began to become distorted, and their wounds were difficult to examine.
There was still a stench coming from the corpse. Li Mu couldn't help but frown, but he still stepped forward to check.
Li Mu stepped forward to check and saw that the officers and soldiers died miserably.
Finally, the corpses were collected and the coffins were placed next to them, one after another. The scene was a bit scary.
Hua Wuying said: "There are still twenty corpses missing here!"
"Look around, maybe you haven't noticed it," Li Mu said.
Everyone searched again within a radius of ten miles, but failed to find them. The twenty corpses disappeared.
The fourth prince asked: "If we retreat, what clues can we find?"
"There is a lot of evidence, and there is still a lot of evidence!" Li Mu said: "I just observed that the bodies of the killed officers and soldiers were mainly gunshot wounds, mainly arrow wounds, and even the knife wounds were mostly from thick-backed knives. What kind of
Does the group like to focus on these weapons?"
Li Gongdao: "The army, only the army likes to use these as weapons. The weapons used by Jianghu people are mainly dexterous; the weapons used by the army are mainly heavy."
Li Mu said: "The robbers are mainly active military personnel, veterans or some people's private armies!"
"And on the bodies of the murdered officers and soldiers, I felt a familiar aura, which was the aura of the prairie fire marksmanship."
Li Gong suddenly became anxious, "You don't think it was my father who did it, do you?"
Li Mu said: "Until the case is concluded, everyone is a suspect, including Liaoyuan Hou."
Li Gongdao: "Doesn't our family lack this little money?"
Li Mu said with a smile: "No one would object to having too much money! Besides, there will be problems when there are too many people, and it is an army of 50,000. If you want to clear away the suspicion, you have to show alibi evidence!"
As he spoke, Li Mu seemed to have thought of something: "And that's five million taels of silver. How much weight is that! How much energy does it take to safely take away these silver coins and disappear silently?
That’s simply not possible!”
The fourth prince said: "The ship that escorts the official silver is very heavy and moves very slowly. There are some small boats around to guard it, and there are troops on the shore."
"When Ke Ke walked to that section of the river, he was attacked by a group of men in black. Most of the guards were killed, and only three of them escaped quickly. All the information was learned from these three people!"
"And by the time the nearby navy arrived, the bandits had disappeared."
Li Mu said: "The silver boat moves very slowly, how can the thieves leave quickly?"
"It is said that some silver boxes were thrown on some small boats to reduce the weight of the silver boats, and then they quickly evacuated."
Hua Wuying thought.
Everyone nodded and agreed with this point of view.
Li Mu said: "Also, since you killed a thousand officers and soldiers, why didn't you throw their bodies directly into the river, but brought them directly to the reed swamp here?"
"Maybe it's to hide some evidence!" Li Gong said.
Li Mu said: "If I were a robber, after robbing the official silver, I would pour the official silver directly into the river, and run away immediately with a shot to divert some people's attention. After all, five million taels of silver is equivalent to
At two hundred and fifty tons, such a huge weight and volume are wonderful to think about, but it would be troublesome to actually move them piece by piece. It takes a lot of time to transfer so much silver.
Too much."
"The best thing is to pour all the money into the river, divert everyone's attention, and then quietly transport it away at night."
"The silver boat has no weight, and its speed will become faster. As for why the body was not thrown into the river. If the body was thrown into the river, and someone went to the river to retrieve the body, they might find the silver at the bottom of the river."
"It hasn't been long since Guan Yin disappeared... If you go early, you might be able to find some silver at the bottom of the river."
Thinking of the money, everyone immediately set off quickly.
When they arrived at the crime scene, some people with good water skills went into the water to search, and sure enough they found some boxes in the mud, and the boxes contained silver.
So, we started to salvage the silver box.
After roughly counting the amount, there was a lot of silver at the bottom of the river, about one million taels of silver.
Finally, part of the money was recovered, and everyone breathed a sigh of relief and could explain to the superiors.
The fourth prince said: "Retreat, there is indeed a great talent, we almost missed it!"
Li Mu said modestly: "It's just a fluke, just a fluke!"
Returning to Jinling City, Li Mu saw Liaoyuanhou again and asked, "How is the army lately?"
"But what did you find?" Liao Yuanhou asked.
Li Mu said: "The case of the missing official bank has been full of weirdness since it broke out. After all, the real big shots will not rob the official bank. They have many means to obtain property from various aspects, such as smuggling, monopolizing a certain industry, and
Engaging in some violent and illegal industries is more profitable than robbing government banks!"
"But those big shots are fine and won't do such a thing, but the subordinates below them are hard to say."
Liaoyuan Hou said, "What do you mean?"
Li Mu said: "How are the troops near Jinling recently? How do they train and what do they usually do? They are usually in the military camp."
Liaoyuanhou said: "Most of the army is engaged in training, drills, farming, or patrolling in the military camp. They rarely leave the military camp. You suspect it is someone from within the army!"
"Yes! The escort of the official silver, travel time, distance, number of people, etc., are all secrets. Without insiders as spies to obtain information, it is impossible to succeed." Li Mu said: "The Marquis has money and doesn't care about the money, but it doesn't mean that he doesn't care about the money.
Mr. Hou’s subordinates don’t care about the money. Mr. Hou has a noble character and would not do such a thing, but it does not mean that others will not do it.”
"I want to check the military camp's work and rest schedule for the past month, as well as the leave request list, and who has left the military camp."
"They need to have alibi evidence to clear themselves of suspicion. If they can't, I have the power to arrest them."
Li Mu's words were a bit stiff.
Liao Yuanhou's face turned pale: "I hope your guess is false."
"I also hope my guess is false!" Li Mu said.
I hope everything is false. If it is true, then the problem will be huge, and the originally stable situation in Jinling may become even more chaotic.