Judge of the Lamp

Chapter 414 Who emptied the treasury?

There is only [-] taels of silver left in the Daxuan treasury?

Xu Zhiqiong looked at Emperor Chang Le, and waited for him to laugh out loud next time.

He must be joking!

Daxuan called out a well-known wealthy businessman whose family property was more than two hundred thousand taels of silver.

Tomorrow at the court meeting, a minister of the fourth rank or above was randomly picked out in the court hall and killed, and the confiscated family property was more than two hundred thousand taels of silver.

He must be joking.

He is used to joking.

But Emperor Chang Le didn't smile.

"Zhiqiong, return the [-] taels I lent you, I don't want the interest, I'm waiting to use the money,

The disaster victims in Fuzhou need to be rescued, and the military pay in the north should also be given. Last year, the father arrested the Suzaku cultivators, and the food production decreased a lot. Many counties in the north were out of food, and many people in the west were already starving. up,
There are too many places to spend money, and I can't get rid of the pot. I sold all the seventeen palaces that my father planned to build, but they may not be sold in a short time. I plan to sell the hunting garden and other courtyards too. , I also plan to sell a few royal gardens, but if it doesn’t work, I want to sell this palace too! "

He's not kidding.

Xu Zhiqiong shook his head and said: "Your Majesty, speak slowly, I don't quite understand, what happened? There are more than [-] million silver and more than [-] million gold on the account, how can they be gone? "

Emperor Chang Le shook his head and said: "I don't know, I really don't know, Zhiqiong, do you think I'm a waste, I can't even watch Daxuan's bank!

After becoming the emperor, I have never been to the bank. I think the books are true, and the bank is true!
Until two days ago, I planned to withdraw money to repair the embankment, so I went to the bank to take a look, who knew there were only [-] silver left in it!
Zhiqiong, I dare not tell anyone about this, I don't know what to do! "

No wonder he has been putting off the matter of the embankment breaking,
How could the money in the treasury disappear?

Stealing yourself?

"Is Ambassador Ku (the foreman of the treasury) still in charge of the bank? Are his men still there?"

"Ambassador Ku is here, five deputy ambassadors (deputy foremen of treasury officers) are also here, and sixty Dianshi (custodians) are all there, and their manpower is not short, and they are all locked up by me," wrote Changle Dihong Eyes said, "I've been interrogating for two days and two nights. They really don't know. If they did this, they wouldn't dare to stay in the bank to work."

"How long has it been since they traded against Ku Yin?"

"I just made an account five days ago, and it matches the account!"

Was it right five days ago?
That is lost in the next two days.

Xu Zhiqiong fell into deep thought.

Emperor Chang Le looked at Xu Zhiqiong, and said expectantly: "Zhiqiong, do you have a solution? Why don't you ask Ambassador Ku?"

Xu Zhiqiong shook his head and said, "There's no hurry to interrogate him, let's go to the bank to have a look first!"

The Daxuan Bank is connected to the Imperial Palace and is guarded by the Imperial Army. Emperor Chang Le did not take a chariot or a servant, and took Xu Zhiqiong directly to the Bank. If he hadn't been wearing a dragon robe and a gold medal, guarding the Bank The imperial guards really refused to let him in.

In the treasury, there are neat rows of stone steps. These stone steps are not used for going upstairs, but for stacking gold and silver.

On each stone step, wooden boxes were neatly stacked. When the wooden box on the first row of stone steps was opened, silver ingots were neatly placed in the boxes.

After reaching the second row of stone steps, the lower third of the boxes contained silver, and the upper boxes were all empty.

There are dozens of rows of stone steps behind, and all the boxes are empty.

The prince looked at Xu Zhiqiong and said, "There are only two hundred thousand left. I searched through the other boxes several times, but I didn't see a single silver ingot."

Xu Zhiqiong walked around the bank, slowly smoothing his train of thought.

Which bastard stole Ku Yin?

There are only two possibilities, one is stolen, and the other is taken away openly.

Only Emperor Zhaoxing could take away Ku Yin in an open and aboveboard manner, and he probably managed to transfer Ku Yin out before leaving.

However, Ambassador Ku took inventory of Kuyin five days ago, and it matched the accounts.

Assuming that Ambassador Ku did not lie, it proves that the second statement is not true, and Ku Yin's disappearance has nothing to do with Emperor Zhaoxing.

So it was stolen.

There are guards guarding the warehouse outside. Even if the thieves can sneak into the silver vault, it is impossible to easily bring the silver out.

Usage array?
"Your Majesty, is there a chakra in the treasury?" The chakra is a magic weapon to restrain yin and yang, which can forcefully mix yin and yang, and fundamentally resolve yin and yang. There are many chakras in the palace , so in many parts of the palace, Yin and Yang techniques are restricted.

Emperor Chang Le said: "Of course there are mixed-qi wheels, there are many mechanisms besides mixed-qi wheels, the magic circle is definitely useless."

Xu Zhiqiong asked again: "Can't the Chaos Magic Circle be used?"

"It's definitely not going to work!" Emperor Chang Le was very confident, "The bank was built by Ku Jihan Xing, the first owner of the Penance Workshop. Ye Ansheng told me that no magic circle can be used here, and there are restrictions on Mohist techniques , even people like Tai Bu and Zhong Shen can't break in!"

Ye Ansheng.

The diehard loyalist of Emperor Zhaoxing.

Xu Zhiqiong will never forget the palace in the hunting garden.

At the moment when the roof fell, more than two thousand lives were turned into a mass of flesh and blood, turning into several blood trees.

Xu Zhiqiong would never believe Ye Ansheng's words. He scraped off a few pieces of wood from the wooden box, put them in his arms, and said to Emperor Changle: "I have just learned the art of divination. First, find a place to do the calculation." Last hexagram."

Emperor Chang Le shook his head and said: "Brother, don't play tricks anymore, I can't afford to play this matter!"

Xu Zhiqiong said: "Don't worry, I can't miss the business, and I can solve the hexagram in an hour at most. Let's talk again, you can find me a quiet place first!"

Emperor Chang Le took Xu Zhiqiong back to the imperial palace, the East Palace was also empty anyway, and found an attic for Xu Zhiqiong to do divination in it.

Xu Zhiqiong sealed the attic with a yin-yang magic circle, took a few pieces of wood, and entered the small black room.

He held the wood first, imagining the scene in the box, and the picture appeared soon.

The inside of the box was pitch black at first, and Xu Zhiqiong mobilized his imagination to imagine the moment when the box was opened.

Soon, he saw a glimmer of light, and he saw the prince open the box.

There was nothing in the chest, no silver.

The prince was surprised for a while, and then left. After a while, he closed the box again.

The picture returned to darkness, Xu Zhiqiong injected more power of imagery into the wood in his hand, and continued to trace forward.

There was another glimmer of light before the eyes, the box was opened, and Ambassador Ku took a deputy envoy and two Dianshi to count the amount of silver.

There is silver in the box, all neatly made of silver ingots.

The so-called inventory is to count the silver ingots without weighing them one by one. After counting, the box is closed, and the line of sight turns back to darkness.

According to past experience, the closer things happen, the clearer the picture, and the less power of imagery is consumed.

The picture in front of me is very clear, and the power of imagery is consumed very little. This is obviously the latest inventory, which is five days ago.

There was silver in the box at that time, which proved that Ambassador Ku did not lie, and the silver was lost in the middle of two days.

Xu Zhiqiong repeatedly adjusted the amount of power of imagery, and fumbled back and forth for a long time during the two days, but he did not miss anything, but his vision was always dark, and the box had not been opened.

How can it be?

The bank built by Kujihanxing himself has strict restrictions on all kinds of magic circles and Mohist construction methods. Under heavy protection, the silver is moved away and the boxes are left behind, and there is no need to open the boxes. Change, let the silver inside disappear out of thin air?
It would be fine if you only stole one box, but also stole more than [-] million silver and more than [-] million gold?
This kind of thing, Tai Bu and Zhong Shen really can't do it, even Li Shabai who has reached the third rank of Yin Yang and Mohism can't do it.

There is another mystery here, Xu Zhiqiong increased the power of imagery, and continued to trace forward, he only wanted to see a glimmer of light when the box was opened.

The picture gradually appeared, there was silver in the box, and it was Ambassador Ku who brought his men over to take stock, but the picture was blurrier and the time was longer.

The picture is presented again, it is still an inventory, but it is more blurred.

When the screen was presented for the third time, Xu Zhiqiong thought it was still time to take stock, and found that the characters in his sight had changed.

Not Ambassador Ku, but Emperor Zhaoxing.

Emperor Zhaoxing was looking at the box of silver.

He picked up the silver ingots one by one, put them down one by one, and then closed the box.

for what?

Haven't seen where the money is?

Why do you carry such heavy silver ingots one by one?
You are the richest person in Daxuan, why are you so kind when you see Yinzi?
Xu Zhiqiong replayed the picture again, and saw Emperor Zhaoxing quickly move the silver ingot to his chest, stay for a while, and then put it down again.

This was the case with every piece of silver, until a silver ingot attracted Xu Zhiqiong's attention.

This piece of silver has a dark spot on it, obviously oxidized.

But when Emperor Zhaoxing put it down, the black spot was gone!
Xu Zhiqiong watched it several times, and finally saw the reason.

The problem lies in the moment when Emperor Zhaoxing held the silver on his chest, and during that moment, the shape of the silver was distorted.

Xu Zhiqiong concentrated the power of imagery in his eyes, slowed down the picture, watched it repeatedly, and finally saw the clue.

The silver in Emperor Zhaoxing's chest first melted into silver water, and then was sucked in by Emperor Zhaoxing's chest.

Emperor Zhaoxing has a mouth in his chest because he has a gluttonous remnant soul in his body.

Next, another silver ingot spit out from his chest at an extremely fast speed, and Emperor Zhaoxing put the silver ingot back into the box.

He exchanged the silver?
Just exchange them one by one?
impossible!
More than [-] million taels of silver, how could they all be exchanged?
A silver ingot is fifty taels, how many ingots are more than [-] million silver ingots?
That's [-] million ingots!
Impossible, Emperor Zhaoxing did not do this alone.

It is impossible for this old dog to lift up all [-] million ingots of silver in one day!
What is the reason?
Xu Zhiqiong felt pain between his brows, and quickly jumped out of the small black room, and said to Emperor Changle: "I want to interrogate Ambassador Ku!"

Emperor Chang Le took Xu Zhiqiong to the prison, Ambassador Ku huddled in the cage, and when he saw Emperor Chang Le, he wailed loudly and cried out for grievances.

Emperor Changle said to Ambassador Ku: "I know that you have been wronged. Marquis Yun has a few words to ask you, and answering them honestly will save your life."

Ambassador Ku repeatedly said yes, Xu Zhiqiong said to Ambassador Ku: "When the late king was alive, did he often go to the bank?"

Ambassador Ku blinked, as if he didn't want to say anything.

Xu Zhiqiong frowned and said, "Since you don't want to live, then I can't help you."

Emperor Chang Le and Xu Zhiqiong were about to leave when Ambassador Ku shouted: "When the late king was alive, he would order money once every two days, and he would stay for half a day each time."

"Come once every two days?" Both Xu Zhiqiong and Emperor Chang Le were stunned.

Ambassador Ku nodded and said: "The former king told us that Ku Yin is the foundation of the country, so we must be careful. He will come to see him every other day, and he will stay for two or three hours each time to count fifty or sixty thousand silver in person. A plate of ten or twenty thousand gold!"

Five or sixty thousand taels?

One ingot of silver was fifty taels, and he lifted more than a thousand ingots of silver one by one, which really took his strength.

Looking at it this way, this is also a "diligent" emperor.

Xu Zhiqiong asked again: "Since when did he come to the bank to deposit money?"

Ambassador Ku thought for a moment and said, "Ever since I was a canonist, the late kings have come to offer money from time to time. If I remember correctly, it should have been ten years!"

It's been ten years!
Xu Zhiqiong rubbed his eyebrows.

It's really that Emperor Zhaoxing did it all by himself!

Day after day, year after year, you old dog really has perseverance!
But where did you get all this money?
(End of this chapter)