Those years when I fished in Zhenwu Division

Chapter 342
It was another early morning. Su Yu got up early, washed up, dressed neatly, and went to the front yard to have breakfast. After teasing his son for a while, he went out and walked in the direction of Zhenwu Si.

As soon as he walked into the gate of Zhenwu Division, Su Yu saw Liang Yuxuan, Sun Xicui, and Qu Kongzhang leading their men out.

"Brother Liang, Brother Sun, Brother Qu, what happened? Such a big battle?"

Looking at the men gathered by Liang Yuxuan and the others, Su Yu stepped forward to greet them and asked with a surprised look on his face.

"Brother Su, you are here, something serious has happened."

Liang Yuxuan said with a serious look: "Just last night, the treasury encountered a thief, and all the money in the treasury was stolen. When Yan Zhongrong, the Minister of Household Affairs, learned about this, he was so angry that he died."

"Master Wei came here early this morning and immediately asked us to gather people to prepare for a thorough investigation of the theft of the treasury. You have been waiting to meet Master Wei, but you have to be careful not to offend her."

Hearing what Liang Yuxuan said, Su Yu couldn't help but jump.

The treasury was stolen?

Yan Zhongrong, the Minister of Household Affairs, was so angry that he died. How much money had to be stolen?

The treasury is in charge of a series of financial matters such as food and salary distribution, tax and bank revenue and expenditure in various parts of Kyushu.

Now that the money has been stolen, won't it mean that Wei will have to tighten its belt in the second half of the year?
"Okay, Brother Su, we can wait until we get back to talk about anything. Now we have to rush over to investigate the theft of the treasury. Let's leave first."

After Liang Yuxuan finished speaking, the group of people walked towards the outside of the Zhenwu Division with their hands.

Looking at their retreating figures, Su Yu frowned slightly. The treasury was extremely well guarded, how could it be stolen for no reason?

"It seems that Tai'an City is not at peace during this period."

Su Yu sighed softly, and then walked quickly in the direction of Zhenfu Mansion.

When Su Yu walked into the study where Wei Lianyi was, the latter's pretty face looked extremely serious and he was pacing back and forth in the study.

"Humble duty to meet the adults."

Su Yu cupped his fists and bowed, and said respectfully.

Seeing Su Yu come in, Wei Lianyi's eyes lit up, and then she said urgently: "Su Yu, you are here. Have you ever heard about the theft of the treasury?"

Su Yu nodded and said: "Back to my lord, I just got an overview from Lord Liang."

Wei Lianyi said: "Then who do you think can sneak into the treasury and move away all the property under tight guard?"

"I just learned about this, so I have no way of guessing."

Su Yu smiled bitterly and shook his head, and then couldn't help but ask: "Sir, how much silver was stolen from the treasury this time?"

"Judging from the number that has been submitted so far, it is simply an astronomical figure."

Wei Lianyi's pretty face said solemnly: "Eighty-seven million taels of gold, three hundred and ninety-eight million taels of silver, and the number of Yuan Jings is 700 million."

"If it hadn't been for the abundant rain in various states during this period, which caused the official roads to be muddy and delayed the teams transporting Yuanjing from various places, otherwise the number of Yuanjing might have been doubled."

After hearing this amount, Su Yu couldn't help but jump in his brows.

This almost wiped out all Wei's years of accumulation in one go.

The money from the national treasury involves all aspects, including the annual infrastructure construction in various places, official salaries, disaster relief in various places, and the allocation of food and salary for the army. These are all paid from the national treasury.

Now that the treasury has been completely moved, if there is no way to get the money back, it will inevitably lead to turmoil in the court.

Su Yu couldn't help but fell into deep thought. Who could clear out such a huge sum of money overnight without causing any commotion?

"correct."

Wei Lianyi suddenly glanced at Su Yu, and then said: "I will go to the Ministry of Finance in person later. You asked me to contact Baihu Commander Song Jingfu. He has sent a letter back. I know him now. Roughly speaking, he is currently in Tianshu City."

"If you need to find him, you can go to Tianshu City."

"Tianshu City?"

Su Yu was startled when he heard this, then nodded and said: "I understand."

Just as Wei Lianyi was about to leave, he paused, and then couldn't help but ask: "Do you want to go to the Ministry of Finance with me?"

Go to the household department?
Su Yu thought for a moment. If he went to Tianshu City to look for Song Jingfu in broad daylight, he might not be able to meet him.

In this case, you might as well go to the household department to join in the fun and see how the other party empties the household department.

Su Yudao: "In that case, let me follow you for my humble duty."

Immediately, under the leadership of Wei Lianyi, Su Yu also followed in the direction of Hube.

Because Tai'an Auction House's auction of the 'Soul Palace Pill' is about to begin, Tai'an City is currently once again in an overcrowded situation.

However, because the household department was stolen, the Zhenwu Division has now deployed personnel on every street to investigate suspicious characters.

Even the four city gates have been completely blocked. Currently, only entry is allowed but no exit is allowed!
When Su Yu followed Wei Lianyi to the Hubu, the huge Hubu had already been blocked by the manpower of the Zhenwu Division.

Zhenwuwei is investigating any clues that may have been missed.

As for Liang Yuxuan and the others, they are currently coordinating the overall situation and listening to Ma Zai's report below.

Seeing Wei Lianyi coming with Su Yu, Liang Yuxuan and the other two people hurriedly came up to greet him, and they all clasped their fists and said, "Sir."

Wei Lianyi looked at the Zhenwu guards who were busy coming in and out of the household department, and said with a serious face: "How is the situation? Have you found any clues?"

Hearing Wei Lianyi's inquiry, Liang Yuxuan and the others laughed bitterly.

"Sir, regarding the theft of the treasury this time, the thieves planned well and left almost no suspicious clues."

Sun Xichui said in a deep voice: "Everyone who took turns guarding the treasury last night has been detained, and they are currently under investigation."

Wei Lianyi ordered: "Let's go take a look inside the stolen warehouse first."

"Sir, please!"

Under the leadership of Liang Yuxuan and others, the group walked towards the direction where the treasury silver was stacked.

As the treasury of the Wei Dynasty, it can be said that the guards here are extremely strict, even no less than the martial prison of Zhenwu Division.

The entire treasury is built underground, like a prison, with a post every three steps and a sentry every five steps.

But at this moment, every room in the warehouse has been stolen, and it looks extremely desolate.

Su Yu looked at the warehouse where Yuanjing gold was stacked, and couldn't help but secretly sighed.

There is only one door to enter and exit each warehouse, and there are two special large locks on the door of each warehouse.

There are two people in charge of each warehouse, and the two locks are placed in the hands of two people for storage.

The warehouse is strictly locked at night. One key belongs to the person guarding the warehouse, and the other key belongs to the person who guards the warehouse.

When the silver coins in this warehouse need to be withdrawn, the two people guarding the warehouse will be notified in advance, and then only when they are present at the same time can they open the warehouse with the key and withdraw the silver coins inside.

If this kind of special lock does not have a key, even if a warrior from the Hidden Dragon Realm comes over, he may not be able to open it with brute force.

If a warrior in the soul palace realm wants to open the door of the warehouse, it will also cause great noise.

This will inevitably cause the people guarding the treasury to hear the noise, and then seal the door of the treasury entering, and then catch the turtle in the jar.

The current situation is that both locks in these warehouses have been opened, and the wooden boxes used to store Yuanjing, gold and silver in the warehouses have been moved clean
Su Yu frowned slightly, could it be a warrior from the Divine Hidden Realm who did it?
After all, as far as he knew, warriors in the Divine Hidden Realm could already use their divine consciousness to kill their enemies while becoming invisible.

If a warrior from the Divine Hidden Realm used his divine consciousness to sneak into the warehouse, it would really be possible.

Su Yu couldn't help but think of Yin Tianzi and Kong Zhentu at Hell Gate.

Could it be that these two guys have already come to Tai'an City?
With the strength of the two of them, it is really easy to loot the treasury.

Of course, there is another possibility.

For example, a Soul Palace realm warrior with divine consciousness can know the style of the key on the person guarding the warehouse through his spiritual consciousness, and then imitate it.

As long as all the keys to these warehouses are copied, and based on the disadvantage of building the warehouse underground, some kind of smoke will be used to stun the people who are guarding that night, and then one can openly open each warehouse with the key and reuse the space. The ring empties everything the other party has in the warehouse.

But if you want to move so much Yuan Jing and gold, the other party must have several extremely large space storage bracelets in his hands.

Su Yu tried it, but he couldn't extend his consciousness in this warehouse.

From this, it can be seen that the treasury must also have specially used things that can shield the spiritual consciousness to guard against the prying eyes of Soul Palace and even Divine Hidden Realm warriors.

In other words, this thief must have been targeting the treasury for some time.

The treasury may be able to shield the divine consciousness, but the people who guarded the treasury at that time were unable to shield the divine consciousness.

Thieves can use their spiritual consciousness to roughly know the style of the keys held by the person guarding the treasury, and then imitate them one by one.

Then he used some method last night to make all the guards fall into a coma and then started committing crimes.
Every time Wei Lianyi passed by an empty room, her pretty face turned colder.

Qu Kongzhang said: "Sir, according to the people who guarded the warehouse last night, they suddenly fell asleep and fell into a coma last night. When they woke up again, the property in the warehouse had been moved away."

Wei Lianyi asked: "Where are the warriors guarding the warehouse?"

Sun Xichui said: "The warriors responsible for guarding and guarding, there are a total of eight Yuyue realm warriors, have also been attacked."

"Humph!"

Wei Lianyi snorted coldly, and then said: "A bunch of losers, you spent so much money to support them, but at a critical moment, you don't even know who the people are who left the entire warehouse half empty. Where are they now?"

Liang Yuxuan said: "They are all on the first floor. According to their confessions, there are no useful clues." Wei Lianyi asked again: "Where is the Minister of Household Affairs?"

Since the Minister of the Ministry of Finance has died of anger, it is natural to call the second-in-command of the Ministry of Finance for questioning.

Liang Yuxuan called to his subordinate Ma Zai and said, "Go and call Mr. Jiang, the Minister of Household Affairs."

"Yes!"

Ma Zai ran away quickly, and after a while, the Zhenwu Guard came over with a fat, white, middle-aged man.

"Jiang Shunjie, the lower official, has met all of you. You all must make the decision for Lord Yan."

As soon as Jiang Shunjie, the minister of household affairs, came up to him, he knelt on the ground and cried loudly.

The treasury was stolen and Yan Zhongrong died of anger. He became the first person responsible.

Once the Zhenwu Division fails to track down the thief and recover the stolen property, His Majesty, in anger, will definitely ransack his home.

He would never have imagined that on a morning like any other, he would hear news that was like a bolt from the blue.
Wei Lianyi glanced at him, but his expression didn't change at all.

Jiang Shunjie's behavior is nothing more than hoping to take out as much of himself as possible.

Otherwise, how could he bear it if His Majesty vented his anger on him?

The best result is to put the responsibility on the dead Yan Zhongrong.

"Master Jiang, the national treasury has been stolen. Now Master Yan has died in anger. You will be the first person responsible for the Ministry of Revenue. You will go into the palace with me to meet His Majesty later."

Wei Lianyi said calmly: "But before that, you need to answer a few questions from me."

"Have any suspicious persons been in and out of the warehouse recently?"

Jiang Shunjie shook his head, and then said: "Sir, the people who guard the warehouse have been guarding the warehouse for three generations. Apart from this, no outsider has the chance to enter the treasury."

Wei Lianyi glanced at him and then said, "If that's true, then why is the other person so familiar with all the arrangements in the warehouse?"

"I remember there was a trap set up in the warehouse. Why didn't the thief trigger the trap?"

Jiang Shunjie was speechless when he heard Wei Lianyi's words.

Indeed, as Wei Lianyi said, the thieves are too familiar with the treasury.

In order to guard against thieves, the treasury has made a series of preparations.

This mechanism is very simple. There is a weight device in each warehouse.

When there is a huge deviation in the weight stacked in this warehouse, the mechanism will be triggered, causing the door of the treasury to close, locking the thief in the treasury, and thus catching a turtle in an urn.

The mechanism of this weight device is generally determined randomly.

For example, today we set the trigger for warehouse No. [-], tomorrow we set the trigger for warehouse No. [-], and the day after tomorrow we set the trigger for warehouse No. [-] or [-].

If you are not very familiar with various facilities in the treasury, it is almost impossible to know this secret.

And this person not only emptied the entire treasury, but failed to trigger the mechanism. It can be imagined how familiar this person is with the treasury.

At least he knew which warehouse had the weight device installed last night, and then he could perfectly avoid it.

The reason why the weight device cannot be installed in every warehouse is because the mechanism is not very advanced, because there is only one stone door that closes the treasury, and connecting this warehouse, there is no way to connect to another warehouse.

Wei Lianyi's short words immediately made Jiang Shunjie break into cold sweat on his forehead.

She almost didn't directly say whether there was a thief in the household department.

Jiang Shunjie said tremblingly: "Sir, do you mean that there is a thief in the household department?"

Before Wei Lianyi could say anything, one of Liang Yuxuan's subordinates quickly came up to him and whispered a few words in Liang Yuxuan's ear.

Liang Yuxuan's expression suddenly changed after hearing this, then he looked at Wei Lianyi and said quickly: "Sir, we have a clue."

Wei Lianyi said: "Tell me."

Liang Yuxuan said in a deep voice: "Wei Guiru, a person in charge of the treasury under the Ministry of Household Affairs, died suddenly at home."

After hearing the news, everyone's expressions changed.

"It seems that someone got to know the relevant situation of the treasury through Wei Guiru, and now he got it and killed him?"

Su Yu frowned slightly and thought to himself.

Wei Lianyi looked at Jiang Shunjie and said, "How much do you know about Wei Guiru?"

Jiang Shunjie shook his head, and then said with a wry smile: "Wei Guiru's ancestors have also been in charge of the Ministry of Household Affairs for the last three generations, and there have never been any mistakes."

"but."

Wei Lianyi said in a deep voice: "But what?"

Jiang Shunjie said respectfully: "But Wei Guiru got into the bad habit of gambling a few years ago."

A bad habit of gambling?
Hearing Jiang Shunjie's words, everyone's hearts sank.

If nothing unexpected happened, the thief should have used Wei Guiru to create a breakthrough.

They can even figure out the relevant events of the case
In the process of gambling, Wei Guiru owed a lot of foreign debt, and then the creditor came to collect the debt.

During this process, he must have learned about Wei Guiru's identity as the head of the Household Department.

Then, taking advantage of Wei Guiru's position, he learned about all the facilities in the treasury.

Wei Guiru informed the creditor of this matter in the hope that all gambling debts he owed would be written off.

Unfortunately, what he didn't expect was that after the creditor moved all the treasury, he chose to kill people and silence them, cutting off the clues leading to him.

Wei Lianyi glanced at Liang Yuxuan and the others, and then said: "Liang Yuxuan, Sun Xicui, you two will take people to visit and investigate the gamblers who have interacted with Wei Guiru over the years, and then escort them all back to the Zhenwu Division for interrogation. See Let’s see if we can get any useful clues.”

"Yes!"

Liang Yuxuan and Sun Xichui responded, and then walked quickly outside the warehouse.

Wei Lianyi looked at Su Yu and Qu Kongzhang again and ordered: "Su Yu, please arrange for someone to investigate all the personnel guarding the treasury to see if anyone is missing like Wei Guiru."

"Qu Kongzhang, you arrange for people to guard the four gates of Tai'an City. Until the case of the theft of the treasury is investigated, no one is allowed in or out of Tai'an City!"

Su Yu and Qu Kongzhang responded: "Yes!"

After Su Yu and Qu Kongzhang left, Wei Lianyi looked at Jiang Shunjie again and said, "Master Jiang, please. Regarding the case of the theft of the treasury, Master Yan has died in anger. I am afraid that the important task of reporting to His Majesty will have to be handed over to him." It’s on you.”

Hearing Wei Lianyi's words, Jiang Shunjie's face couldn't help but twitch.

He could almost predict what kind of anger His Majesty would receive after he entered the palace to meet the Holy Emperor.

Jiang Shunjie said with a pale face: "Master Wei, although I am the Minister of Household Affairs, Master Yan is responsible for all matters related to the treasury. This villain is really a disaster."

Wei Lianyi said calmly: "Sir Jiang, it's useless for you to tell me this. I only act according to the rules, so let's go."

Hearing Wei Lianyi's words, Jiang Shunjie's heart sank.

He followed Wei Lianyi towards the outside of the treasury.

The moment he was about to walk out of the warehouse door, Jiang Shunjie hurried forward as if he had made a decision.

"Master Wei, if you can say a few kind words for me in front of Your Majesty, I hope that in the future, I will only listen to you."

At this moment, saving his own life has become the top priority.

Jiang Shunjie also knew that after entering the palace to meet the saint, Wei Lianyi's report would most likely lead to two extremes in his fate.

Before Xia Shou, the Wei and Jin Dynasties wanted to appoint Wei Lianyi as the crown prince, and he was one of the opponents.

But at this urgent moment, he didn't mind obeying a woman's orders.

I thought that since she was unaccompanied in the court, she would be happy to accept my overtures.
Hearing Jiang Shunjie's words, Wei Lianyi gave him a deep look, and then said: "Don't worry, Mr. Jiang, since Mr. Yan is responsible for the treasury of the treasury, I will report it to His Majesty truthfully."

To report the case, she could have gone back to the palace alone to report to Wei and Jin, but she decided to call Jiang Shunjie, naturally because she realized that she had no say in the court.

And this time the treasury was stolen, it was undoubtedly an excellent opportunity for her to break the monolithic monolith in the court.

Especially since Yan Zhongrong died, she could take advantage of this opportunity to help Jiang Shunjie become the Minister of the Ministry of Revenue.

In this way, the Ministry of Revenue, one of the six ministries that controls a country's finances, successfully fell into her hands.

From now on, she will also have her own voice in the court.

If Jiang Shunjie can really be promoted to the position of minister, then the officials under the other five ministries will naturally have thoughts in their hearts if they still have the idea of ​​making progress.

At that time, she will be able to use her headquarters to win over some officials and become the third force in the court.

Hearing Wei Lianyi's words, Jiang Shunjie felt happy.

As a veteran in the court, how could he not understand the profound meaning of Wei Lianyi's words.

As long as the blame is thrown entirely on Yan Zhongrong, he will naturally not be affected.

Jiang Shunjie took a deep breath and said respectfully: "Please don't worry, sir. I know what to do. I'll leave everything to you."

(End of this chapter)