Sword Roaring to the Heavens: Seeking Taoism from Yihua Palace

Chapter 57
Riding on the same horse with Yaoyue is naturally very enjoyable. There is a saying that if you can't resist, you can enjoy it.

In the afternoon they arrived at a town, got off their horses, Yaoyue put on a veil to cover her face, while Jiang Chen wore a gauze hat, both of them had beautiful faces so they were afraid of attracting unnecessary attention.

It is now in the afternoon and there is still an hour before it will be dark.

As expected of an economically prosperous town, it is full of traffic and merchants, making it look like an economic fortress.Look at the tea shop, wine shop, and brothel.

Jiang Chen led the horse's eyes to look around, and came to a booth selling rouge and gouache jewelry, beside a young man dressed as a scholar was looking at a hairpin made of jade.

The scholar seemed to be engrossed in watching it, and he was still daydreaming, sometimes giggling, sometimes talking to himself, and suddenly said a word: "She must look good on you!"

Seeing this scene, the scholar must have a woman he likes, as if thinking about the charming charm of the young couple wearing such jewelry, he can't help but feel a little bit happy, and it's silly to dream about it.

After a while, the scholar picked up the bracelet, asked for a set of hairpins, and took out a piece of silver from his bosom, which had a bright mark on it.

Jiang Chen suddenly saw that it was the official bank.

In ancient times, market silver was used for various transactions in the market, while official silver was mainly used for military pay, official salary, and disaster relief.The main circulation method of municipal bank is to circulate freely in the market, while official bank is used for storage, that is, the tax and fiscal revenue of each province.

There is also a big difference between the two in terms of production. Market silver is usually large and small, with large pieces of silver and small pieces of broken silver.Since the official bank is to be handed over to the national treasury, it must be of the same size, and there are special marks on it for easy identification.

Official silver can only be used by officials, Wenyin is used by scholar-bureaucrats, and broken silver is used by some wealthy people. Ordinary people may only use some copper coins.

It is impossible for general official bank to appear in the hands of ordinary people, and there are some special marks on the official bank. Official bank can only be received by officials, and some ordinary people will not get official bank at all.So if you suddenly use official bank, there must be a problem.

Jiang Chen took a quick look at the appearance and physical characteristics of this scholar.

The scholar saw a strange man beside him, followed by a woman whose face was not clear but who had an enchanting figure, he just took a few more glances and left.

And Jiang Chen also casually looked at the things on the booth, this hairpin was carved with a lotus flower, there was a phoenix flying on the lotus flower, and the white clouds were long, very beautiful.

"Boss, how much is this hosta?"

"Young master has good eyesight. This jade hairpin is the best in my place. I didn't sell it because the price is not cheap. You want ten taels of silver to sell it to you."

"Boss, you are stealing money. Your jade hairpin is made of ordinary jade, and it can cost a tael of silver at most. Do you think I'm a winner?"

Jiang Chen's voice was loud, his expression was exaggerated, and Yaoyue on the side was watching it amusingly.

"One tael of silver is definitely not enough, but two taels of silver is not enough, please feel free."

"make a deal."

Jiang Chen paid the money and took away the jade hairpin. Originally, this jade hairpin was bought for Lian Xing, but when he turned around and saw Yaoyue, he realized that he bought it too early.

"Palace Master, this jade hairpin is very suitable for your temperament and I gave it to you. You must not despise cheapness, I am too poor."

Yaoyue took the jade hairpin and smiled happily behind the veil, not to mention how happy she was.

Before Jiang Chen, she only loved one man, Yan Nantian, and Yan Nantian thought that the world would never give her anything, so it was a surprise to receive a gift suddenly now.

Although this gift is not worth mentioning compared to her random jewelry, but this gift is what she values ​​most.

The two walked side by side, Yaoyue looked at his side face and couldn't help asking: "Why did you give me the jade hairpin?"

"Didn't you say that I am your man, then why should I give you a gift?"

Yaoyue rarely showed a sweet smile.

The two came to a restaurant, and the waiter greeted them with a smile, and then helped them lead the horse away.

The two walked into the restaurant, and there were some diners, so they chose a corner table and sat down.

Another guy from the restaurant ran over.

"The two guest officials are still staying in the hotel."

"Serve three or four of your restaurant's signature dishes, and then a pot of Nurhong, and finally help me open two of them."

"Okay, please wait a moment."

Jiang Chen poured tea for Yaoyue.

"The tea here may not be used to drinking by the Palace Master, so I will order it when I go out."

Yaoyue picked up the cup and drank it down, as if to show that she is not a spoiled girl.

After a while, the food and wine came out.

The two of them were eating slowly, at this time, the conversation of several people at the table not far away caught Jiang Chen's attention.

"You know, a notice was posted in the city today, and whoever can provide clues to the 15 taels of official bank disappearance will get a reward of 500 taels..."

Through their conversation, Jiang Chen also knew the whole story of this case.

An unbelievable case of disappearance of official bankers occurred in Qingzhou Prefecture, which shocked the entire state capital.Yousi was greatly annoyed and ordered the local government to solve the case within half a month, otherwise, all of them would be dismissed and investigated, and the family property would be confiscated.

All of a sudden, all the officials in the whole government were crying for their fathers and mothers, complaining so much that they wished they could get in through a crack in the ground.But if you can hide from the first day of the junior high school, you can’t hide from the fifteenth day, and if you can run away, the monk can’t run away from the temple!

At that time, the governor of Qingzhou was so frightened that he couldn't get sick, and he handled the case with the support of his wife.The colleagues who saw it in their eyes wrote a letter to the procuratorate, and seconded the provincial capital Huang Tong to act as the deputy to investigate the theft of silver from the official treasury.

This Huang Tongpan, honest and upright, clean and self-disciplined, and handles cases well, has a good reputation among the court officials.

Although Huang Tong handled the case like a god, there were no clues or clues in this case.

Huang Tong took over the Lin'an Mansion, read the files, and was startled: the heavily guarded government treasury is guarded by special personnel, and there are regular inspections by government officials. How could 15 taels of silver be stolen overnight? ?
After much deliberation, there must be a demon when things go wrong.

The most unusual thing is that the governor of the government led his colleagues in the government to check the bank treasury that day, and even affixed a seal, but the official bank was stolen in the evening. I didn't realize that Zhongping disappeared, it was really evil.

Taking a closer look at this case of stealing money from the official treasury, it seems that it is different from the norm. It is indeed a defense of the treasury, and the management is clear.

What kind of person is doing this?Huang Tongpan took a deep breath, depending on the situation, either they were handymen carrying silver and were familiar with the bank, but they would be searched when they entered and left the bank, not to mention that they had no right to enter the bank after it was closed. Strange.

Because of the law of the Ming Dynasty, if the locks were not unlocked by the staff of the three divisions, no one would be able to enter the silver vault. This shows that the lack of one of the three divisions cannot steal silver.

(End of this chapter)