King Luhuang of the Ming Dynasty: My father, Ming Taizu

Chu Xian was the county magistrate's secretary and was quite prestigious in the county. He said something to Captain Xing.

As he spoke, he walked towards Xu Zhubo's residence under the guidance of four yamen runners.

It was a mess inside, like a doghouse.

In Zhu Tan's words, the entire scene was ruined.

Captain Xing pointed to the front yard and said, "We have searched this area from top to bottom, and there is not a single copper coin, let alone horseshoe gold."

"Where is Xu Zhubo's family?"

Zhu Tan thought that no matter what type of murder it was, his family must have information that others didn't know.

In this situation, he couldn't find any clues, and the only way was to find someone.

"They were all taken to Wuchang Prefecture. Even Master Wang He was stopped."

Zhu Tan just wanted to try the prison in Wuchang Prefecture to see if he had a chance to meet Xu Yuan.

He stopped halfway and pushed open a half-closed door.

"Captain Xing, can you please bring all these into the county government office?"

Captain Xing raised his lips to a smile.

However, he still asked four yamen runners to pack up the things and move the box to the county government office.

Chu Bing walked towards the Wuchang Prefecture Prison, and as expected, he never entered the main gate.

Not to mention that he is just a small secretary, even if Wang He was here, he would be stopped.

Can't be exposed! Zhang Yuanying is still aiming!

"Youyou is in prison, I don't know how much suffering he has to endure."

Zhu Tan was somewhat worried about You You, so he returned to the government office and asked A Qiu to make him a cup of tea.

He recorded all of Xu Zhubo's books and letters.

Zhu Tan didn't know why the government office and the Wuchang government office turned a blind eye to Xu Zhubo's affair.

At the very least, you should carefully check the correspondence, right?

At a glance, it was already late at night.

Chu Xian placed a piece of paper on the table and chuckled.

"Master, why don't you take a rest?"

A Qiu was about to go to bed, but when he saw that there was still a light in Zhu Tan's room, he pushed the door open.

Zhu Tan waved to Aqiu and said, "Aqiu, is this Xu Lizheng in charge of the ancestral tomb of Xu Zhubo's family?"

"Yes! What's the matter?"

"I think I have some idea of ​​the whereabouts of the three hundred horseshoe gold pieces."

When Zhu Tan was reading Xu Zhubo's letters, he saw a trivial matter about tomb sweeping and sacrifice.

However, some things need to be purchased from thousands of miles away, which does not make sense.

After a little thought, he understood the mystery.

Yang Zhong was startled by the knock on the door. His concubine muttered something and continued to sleep.

Yang Zhong asked dazedly, "Zhu Tan, it's so late, has something happened?"

When Yang Zhong heard Zhu Tan say that he was 80% sure he could find the horseshoe gold, his eyes lit up immediately, "Really?"

Zhu Tan handed a piece of letter to Yang Zhong.

"Sir, here is a list with the items for the Xu Zhubo clan to offer as sacrifices. It should be a secret letter."

"What does the code word mean?" Yang Zhong was stunned.

"It's all slang. Look, it says, number 13, 'A woodcutter with a frown, two buckets of firewood, three hundred taels of silver, for an old man called 'Shang Xin'."

Yang Zhong was still confused.

Although tomb sweeping is impossible.

“Sir, I am just an ordinary civilian and I know the prices well.

Xu Zhubo, your firewood is too tall. Could you please describe the appearance of the woodcutter more clearly?
The killer's name is Hengmei. Sir, think carefully, what is his name? "

Yang Zhong nodded thoughtfully, he really heard it.

"You mean, Xu Zhubo only contributed once among the three hundred gold pieces, and who will these three hundred gold pieces be given to?"

"Of course! But for some reason, Xu Zhubo was killed.

I asked Aqiu and found out that the cemetery of Xu Zhubo's family was in Xu Lizheng's territory, only a few hundred feet away from where the farmer discovered the horseshoe gold.

Obviously, the place where the goods were transported was discovered by accident, the arrangement of Xu Zhubo and the killer was destroyed, and Xu Lizheng was involved. This was an accident. "

"How did you determine where the horseshoe gold is?" Yang Zhong asked puzzled.

“With so much gold and so many eyes on it, it’s hard to look away.

You also saw that among the tributes that Xu Zhubo bought, there was a gold ingot. If we add some soil and stones to the gold ingot and burn it, the gold will turn into rock!"

Yang Zhong became more and more excited as he spoke. Although he knew nothing about his own theory, what Zhu Tan said made a lot of sense.

Come to think of it, it must be like this.

"So, the horse hoof gold was taken away on the spot and buried in front of the tomb of Xu Zhubo's family?"

"Your Majesty, this is a good idea." Zhu Tan complimented without any concealment.

Yang Zhong frowned and said, "Digging up other people's graves is not an easy task! Wuchang Prefecture is investigating the case of Xu Zhubo. If people know about this, I will also be implicated."

Zhu Tan was also very curious whether his judgment was correct.

He then said, "I worked with Captain Xing and others. You don't know, and you don't know either."

Yang Zhong was very satisfied with Zhu Tan's attitude, and also thought that Zhu Tan's style of doing things was very likable.

Captain Xing and his men did not realize that the purpose of going out to work late at night was actually to dig graves.

When they arrived at the place, Zhu Tan recounted what had happened and everyone was stunned.

"Zhu Tan, if you do this, it will be like digging up a grave and giving birth to a child, and there will be no consequences." Captain Xing refused directly.

Zhu Tan hung the lantern on the branch and said with a shovel in hand, "It's most likely a fake tomb. There's no danger. Maybe there will be unexpected discoveries. It's not surprising to make a fortune."

Seeing that Zhu Tan had already taken action and there was money to be made, some constables were ready to take action.

Captain Xing said this reluctantly, and eventually, several others also followed suit and became "tomb-raiders".

"It's new soil." He pointed to the soil on the ground.

The constable picked up the shovel and with his experience, he could tell something was wrong at a glance. This was a newly dug grave and there must be something fishy going on inside.

They worked quickly and the pile of earth was flattened, leaving no rotten coffins underneath.

"Good stuff, good stuff!"

A yamen runner lifted up the soil and saw a yellow mass on the ground.

Under the light, it sparkles with charming brilliance.

After digging again, three horse hooves were dug out.

Pieces of gold, each piece has a piece, each piece has a piece.

A Mao picked up the horse hoof on the ground impatiently, wiped the dust off it with his sleeve, and swallowed it in one gulp. An obvious tooth mark appeared on the golden fragment.

Captain Xing was well-informed and was not tempted by money. He said in a deep voice, "These are all evidences, all stolen. Come on, whether you can save your life or not!"

These words were like a bucket of ice water poured over their heads, leaving Zhu Tan and the others dumbfounded. They then understood what Captain Xing meant.

It was because of that batch of gold that Xu Yuan's entire family was imprisoned in Wuchang Prefecture Prison.

The prince was assassinated, Xu Zhubo was killed, who among these people would go and rob?
However, he couldn't hold on for much longer.

In addition to the horseshoe gold, they also found many other things.

"Boss Xing, we don't want the horseshoe gold. Those things are probably not evidence, but stolen."

The first person who dug out the horseshoe gold looked at the thing on the ground with red eyes.

The shovel in his hand was clenched and loosened again and again. Not only Zhu Tan, but the other captains also had red eyes.

If Captain Xing refuses now, he will be in big trouble.

Zhu Tan sensed something strange in the air and coughed lightly.

Before he could answer, Captain Xing interrupted him.

"The horseshoe gold is very important. We cannot use even a single cent of it. The rest, we will split equally."

Everyone was very satisfied with this statement, and Chu Tianxian, who already had an idea, had to shut up.

As the saying goes, don’t be afraid of poverty; be afraid of being poor.

He even wondered if he would fall down at the next second and be buried alive.

After all, the trap is ready and it doesn't take much time.

After packing up.

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In addition, there are various gold and silver jewelry, which together are no less than two thousand taels.

Captain Xing divided them into several groups according to the number of people and glanced at each of them.

"These things are all unexpected surprises. Please keep your mouths shut. Otherwise, no one will let them go."

Captain Xing looked at Zhu Tan again and said, "Mr. Zhang, now that this matter is settled, you and I can both resign from our official positions and become rich and noble. What do you think?"

Zhu Tan's heart trembled. He also understood that if he did not express his attitude at this time, it would be absolutely impossible.

He first responded with practical action by putting a large stack of gold into his arms.

Several others did the same and started to "make money".

Each of them carried 400 taels of gold, and his chest and sleeves were bulging.

Zhu Tan asked, "Captain Xing, it will be very troublesome for us to transport so much horseshoe gold, so I will give it to you, and you will go back to the county government to report to Mr. Yang now."

Zhu Tan didn't dare to leave, for fear that once he arrived at the government office, Captain Xing and his men would embezzle the 300 gold horseshoe pieces and run away.

At that time, Xu Yuan and his family will spend the rest of their lives in prison, or even be beheaded.

After Captain Xing and others left, he thought for a while, then took a shovel and left the cemetery of Xu Zhubo's family.

Find an easily identifiable place and bury the gold there.

In the second half of the night, the ancestral tomb of Xu Zhubo's family became increasingly busy.

In addition to Yang Zhong, the county magistrate Wang He and the Prince of Xing Zhu Youji also came, accompanied by more than a hundred yamen runners and servants.

With the overwhelming force of numbers, the tombs of Xu Zhubo's family were dug up completely.

In addition to some valuables, he also found some large boxes wrapped in oil paper and oilcloth.

With a clang, the lock on the box fell off.

Everyone was shocked.

Inside were rows of crossbow arrows.

This was a taboo in the Ming Dynasty, second only to the military, and was most likely related to rebellion.

Now we're in big trouble.

Several people approached Zhu Tan. They were Constable Xing and the yamen runners who were collecting money.

Captain Xing pouted and whispered, "I should have gotten it out earlier. Maybe I could have gotten 10,000 taels!"

When Zhu Tan saw that Captain Xing and his men had their sleeves straight, he knew that they had already taken the gold away and hidden it.

"You should be thankful! If we hadn't dug up the arrow, we would have had to hand over the items, which would have been really terrible."

Captain Xing was stunned for a moment, then nodded.

Yes, now that the arrows have been discovered, gold is no longer the most important thing.

Gold is nothing compared to betrayal.

As expected by Zhu Tan, at dawn, a garrison of one thousand soldiers arrived and took control of the situation.

Zhu Youlang's answer is barely acceptable.

Wang He and Yang Zhong didn't even have the chance to get close. They were like three little kids being dragged around and questioned.

"Mr. Yang, now that we have found the evidence and obtained these crossbows, can Xu Lizheng and his family be cleared of the charges?"

Zhu Tan didn't care about anything else. He couldn't calm down as long as he thought of Youyou who was imprisoned in the prison.

However, Yang Zhong's expression became even uglier.

"Bows and crossbows can be used for rebellion, so what about gold? The only explanation is that it is used to pay the army and bribe officials. I'm afraid that Mr. Xu's family will suffer!"

Zhu Tan's heart sank. The discovery of gold meant that Xu Yuan was not stealing, but was harming Xu Yuan's family?
Is there any more heavenly justice?
Yang Zhong was quite fond of Zhu Tan, and warned him: "This matter involves too many things, and it is beyond our ability to get involved. It is better to be careful!"

Just as Yang Zhong said, the entire case was handled by the three departments of Huguang.

Even Xu Zhubo's books and letters were confiscated by him.

The Wuchang Prefecture case was solved quickly.

She was amazed that it took only three days to get results.

If there is no problem with this, then he won't believe it.

In the end, Xu Yuan also became a scapegoat. Fortunately, the horseshoe gold was discovered by Zhu Tan and others, and he was not charged with theft.

He was sentenced to exile, leaving his wife and maidservants behind forever.

In addition, there is another important figure, the Governor of Huguang.

I heard that gold and bows and arrows were used to bribe ministers.

County magistrate Wang He was promoted to the head of a prefecture because he solved a case of lost gold.

Yang Zhong was appointed as county magistrate.

No one was happy about it, as it was clearly a demotion.

When he was about to leave, Zhu Youlang set up a banquet and asked Zhu Tan to go with him.

Zhu Youjun is young and has a good family background, so he dares to say anything with his mouth closed.

Wang He filled a bowl with wine and handed it to Zhu Youlang.

"My Lord, please watch your words and don't cause trouble for your family."

Yang Zhong's expression was somewhat gloomy: "He will definitely die, and so will we. Sooner or later, we will be tricked by you."

He was promoted to county magistrate and was granted the title of Baili Hou.

But this place is remote, the government has been suffering losses for years, and he has been walking for thousands of kilometers, which is no different from being exiled.

Zhu Tan didn't care about this, he was always thinking about Youyou.

What’s more, they couldn’t believe what would happen if a little girl like Youyou was sent to the Jiaofangsi.

Wang He is good at communication and is very good at livening up the atmosphere.

After he said a few words, Zhu Youlang and Yang Zhong finally calmed down.

Even Chu Tian received some guidance.

The result was that both of them were talking about love instead of national affairs.

After they had eaten and drunk their fill, Yang Zhong said to Zhu Tan, "I am now serving in a distant place, so you don't need to worry about him. Tomorrow you can take 100 taels of silver from me and go back to study hard. This is the right way to be an official, and it is also a good opportunity to get promoted and make money. Don't delay your studies."

Zhu Youqi interrupted him: "Why do you want to go back to your hometown? Come to my house, there is no place for Chu Tianxian there, and besides, don't you want to appreciate Wu Sikong's painting too?"

Zhu Tan smiled and refused. He had other things to deal with and couldn't talk to Zhu Youlang and the others.

By then, he would probably have to avoid Zhu Youlang and the other three.

After the banquet, Zhu Tan sent Yang Zhong to the government office and then transferred him to the county government.

As soon as I turned a corner, someone covered my mouth.

Just as Zhu Tan was about to resist, a familiar voice reached her ears. (End of this chapter)