Zongwu: The Days of Mixing in the Tongfu Inn

Chapter 45 The Lost and Found Copper Mold
In the hall, Catcher and Guo Juxia were discussing matters. Hearing that Zhang Chen and others begged to see each other, they looked at each other and let them in.

After Zhang Chen entered the room in cold blood and saluted, he placed Jia San's testimony and the confiscated copper mold on the main seat for the two of them to watch.

Cold blood said: "Master, this is the copper mold seized during the operation last night and the testimony just obtained from Jia San. According to Jia San's confession, there are more than a dozen fake copper coin workshops in the capital. It does not rule out that they have not been discovered." The case is urgent, so I will report to your lord first, and ask your lord to order a search of the whole city."

After the cold blood finished speaking, Zhang Chen clasped his fists together to salute, and the two waited for the decision of Catcher and Guo Juxia.

Catcher picked up the teacup and thought for a moment, then said, "Brother Guo, it would be a bit difficult for us to search all the workshops in the entire capital."

Guo Juxia also looked at Jia San's testimony with a frown. As the capital of the Ming Dynasty, the capital city can really be regarded as a place where all forces gather. There are too many people who would not give face if they want to search the city workshop with only one six doors.

Guo Juxia seemed to have thought of something, suddenly looked at Zhang Chen and asked, "Zhang Chen, do you think this case is committed by the same group as the last counterfeit banknote case?"

Zhang Chen thought for a while and said, "When the counterfeit banknote case was uncovered, I was a little puzzled. Printing counterfeit banknotes is such a delicate job. How could it be possible for only one head catcher and bank manager to make such a big battle? They Where did such a large amount of manpower and material resources come to transport these fake bank notes to the whole country.

I still have no definite evidence to prove that they are the same group of forces as the current copper plate template in Beijing, but some clues still vaguely point to them."

After listening to Zhang Chen's narration, Guo Juxia pondered for a while and said to Catching God, "Brother Liu, it seems that we need to go to the palace to face the saint and make a separate statement to His Majesty. This case involves a lot and is related to the lifeblood of the country's economy. We cannot make decisions here." .

"The two of you continue to investigate, and the sooner you solve the case, the less you will lose." After Guo Juxia finished speaking, he and Catching God prepared to enter the palace to face the saint.

Zhang Chen and the cold-blooded duo looked at each other and then looked for Wu Qing and others to meet up...

After Zhang Chen left, Wu Qing and the others found traces of man-made transformation on those corpses, and there was a strange smell from the body. After recording this smell, people would check it out.

Seeing that the number of these corpses was a bit wrong, he ruthlessly asked the cell leader, "Did you only send these back last night? I remember that Han Butou and Ji Butou were not chasing another wave of killers. With their skills, they shouldn't be there yet." Come back."

During the ruthless questioning, Zhang Chen and Leng Xue also returned to the autopsy room, and Leng Xue replied, "It is very easy for Han Butou's skills and Ji Yaohua and others to take down those killers, but now these two groups If they haven't come back, it means they had an accident."

Zhang Chen heard yesterday's action and Ji Yaohua still went, so he knew that poor Han Butou would not come back, it's a pity that he is still making an appointment to drink in the future.

"Why do so many people know about yesterday's actions, aren't they afraid of people leaking the secrets, and the killer who appeared just shows this?" Zhang Chen rubbed his chin in a thoughtful state.

Hearing Zhang Chen's hint, the rest of the people also wondered if it was an internal leak, otherwise this is really a coincidence, why would someone be ambushing there so accurately.

When a few people were thinking about whether there was a mistake in this operation, the yamen servants outside came to report, "My lords! Ji Butou and Han Butou are back."

"Then invite the two of them to come and ask us something important," Zhui Ming said.

"Ugh! My lord, Han Butou might not be able to come. Ji Butou came back with Han Butou's body, and they are waiting in the main hall now," the yamen servant said quickly.

When everyone heard about the death of Han Tuotou, they couldn't help feeling that something was wrong, and rushed to the main hall one after another.

Ji Yaohua and the others in the hall immediately said when they saw the rest of the people entering the house, "Oh! I didn't expect that their gang of assassins would set up an ambush outside the city. were killed by the enemy."

Ji Yaohua's female arresters lowered their heads and sobbed slightly as if they were sad for Han catcher.

Zhang Chen looked at it for a while and said playfully, "That Ji catcher is really good at martial arts! I'm afraid it will not be easy to protect your sisters and come back unharmed." Everyone also found that Ji Yaohua's story was clear but coherent. Some places are just too unreasonable.

Ji Yaohua paused when she heard Zhang Chen's question pointing at the flaw, and then said, "The situation was too urgent at that time, maybe she evacuated early because she was afraid that there would be support behind us."

Ji Yaohua said so palely and weakly, Zhang Chen spread his hands indifferently and looked at Wuqing, Wuqing nodded slightly.

Seeing the small movements of the two, the chasing life on the side immediately stepped forward to help Ji Yaohua and said with a smile, "Zhang Chen, we are all colleagues, what are you doing! Ji catcher finally got out of his body and needs to rest." Then he took Ji Yao Hua waited for someone to go down and rest.

After Ji Yaohua left, Wuqing said, "There is something wrong with her. She was too calm when she told Han Butou's death that she didn't have any fluctuations in her heart. On the contrary, when Zhang Chen asked her, there was a huge fluctuation in her heart. This is obviously a problem."

Zhang Chen teased and said with a smile, "In terms of the ability to read minds, you have to be a ruthless girl!".

Ruthless saw Zhang Chen smiling and praising him without saying a word, pulling the wheelchair and turning aside, everyone looked at the deflated Zhang Chen and secretly smiled.

Seeing this embarrassing change of subject, Zhang Chen said loudly, "Since she is suspected, she is in the open. The threat will continue to decrease. It is enough to send someone to watch her. The most urgent task now is to find out the number and location of those counterfeit currency workshops." .

Tie Shou and the others nodded, looked at the sky and said, "Since Catching God and Guo Juxia have entered the palace to face the saint, let's meet again tomorrow morning, so we can follow the arrangement from above."

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At this time Catching God and Guo Juxia had just entered the palace and waited for the emperor to summon them in the side hall. Before they had waited too long, a young eunuch led them to a large hall.

Sitting on the dragon chair boredly, the emperor watched the two men kneel down and salute, and immediately said impatiently, "Pingshen! Pingshen! If you have something to say, I will stay and see what Ling Lingfa made with Lingling Dog later."

Catching God took a step forward and said, "Your Majesty! The lost copper mold has been found, but the scope involved is a bit wide. Only the Six-Fanmen family may be a little bit powerless. I have written the details of the specific case. Please read it by the emperor." .

The emperor raised his hand upwards, and the eunuchs beside him quickly took the memorial and the bronze mold from Catcher's hands and sent them to the emperor's table.

The emperor took out the copper mold in the box and played with it for a while, then observed carefully for a while and found that he couldn't understand it, so he casually threw the copper mold to the eunuch at the side, who hurriedly caught it and put it in the box.

Then he didn't pick up the booklet on the side, but asked the catcher, "Is this the copper mold lost from the mint?".

The catcher said in a deep voice, "That's right! Last night, the big catchers of my six gates set up an ambush at the restaurant to catch him, and the copper mold that was collected after he was captured has been confirmed by the craftsmen of the mint to be real."

The emperor nodded in disbelief...

(End of this chapter)