The first prince of Song Dynasty

Chapter 1697 The Comatose Man
"Oh, you saved a person. You are still a soldier. What's going on? Come tell us about it?" Zhao Xu believed that Liu Qinhu would not be aimless. Come out, it seems that there should be a problem, otherwise what would he say he is doing.

Liu Qinhu started talking opposite Zhao Xu. In fact, he already had a sign, but he was not sure, so he said this,

This matter started when Liu Qinhu came to Yangzhou. He was ordered to bring some arrests from the Ministry of Punishment to Yangzhou secretly.
They didn't know where to start the investigation. They first started with the Cao Gang, thinking that the boat belonged to the Cao Gang, and the people were from the imperial court. Those who were responsible for transporting this batch of tax money are now all under arrest. , They can't come out until the tax bank is found, and they will accompany the court's investigation at any time.

Those boats from the Cao Gang were also left in Yangzhou. These boats were also regarded as tools involved in the case. It is reasonable for the court to seize them. People are suspected, and this boat is also suspected.

Liu Qinhu and the others now recalled the process of transporting tax money from the south this time:
In the tenth year of the Great Song Dynasty, on March [-]nd, the fleet set off from the hometown of the Southern Han Dynasty. It was escorted by hundreds of sailors, and the tax money was as high as one million. There were also some rare items brought in from overseas, not to mention the value. up.

On March [-]th, the fleet followed the previous voyage via the land of the old Tang Dynasty in the south of the Yangtze River, and handed it over to the local officials to be responsible for the shipment. This is to reduce the loss of exchanges. In this way, they didn't know what was on the ship, and they were only responsible for escorting it.

I stayed in Nantang for a day, repaired and replenished the food and water on board. I also checked the things on board, and set sail again after confirmation. I didn’t stop in the middle of it. , Knowing that when they arrived in Yangzhou on April [-]th and began to enter the canal, Yang Zhuo's officials discovered that the tax bank had disappeared at this time.

What Liu Qinhu and the others can know, the court records are clear, and this is all recorded.

That is to say, the tax money was missing in the distance from the Southern Tang Dynasty to Yangzhou, and it was impossible for them to sink the tax money to the bottom of the water. Let alone how deep the bottom is, could it be possible for them to sink the tax money to the bottom of the river? Will it not be discovered?

There are also a lot of soldiers escorting the ships that transport the tax money. In addition, the boatmen who drive the boats and the trackers who pull the boats can be said to be stared at by tens of thousands of eyes. It is not easy to move out the tax money. There are also soldiers on guard, keeping their eyes on the passing ships, which is another layer of insurance.

And how much is the one million taels of tax silver? Calculated based on 16 taels as a catty, it would be more than 6 catties, more than 6 catties. If it was carried by people, it would take 600 people to carry one hundred catties!
How could the actions of 600 people not be discovered by others?

Besides, after the imperial court discovered the problem, it immediately sent skilled sailors to check the bottom of the river along the way, but there was nothing. Now the imperial court started to investigate from Yangzhou.

There was nothing to gain, but Song Yanwo and Song Zhun quickly acted after knowing it, and arrested all the personnel.Make an initial inquiry.

Of course, all the people don't know where the tax money has gone, even if you kill them, they don't know, if you admit that the nine clans are not enough to be killed.

This kind of matter is thrown to the imperial court, and the imperial court can't find out why it happened. Isn't this an order for the prince to investigate?

Liu Qinhu and the others came to investigate secretly. Although they could not reveal their identities, they also had their own channels, and they did the investigation in Yangzhou City.

The people from the Ministry of Punishment are responsible for small traders and the like, while Su Yiwei casts the net comprehensively, and they can get in touch with all kinds of religions and streams, but there are still no clues, as if the tax money never happened.

Of course, they didn't pay all their attention here, and some people went to Nantang. Since there is no water, then they lost it in these two places, but there is no clue in Nantang.

Liu Qinhu has been here for a few days, and he is a little impatient. He has made no progress at all, and now he smashed Su Yiwei's signboard. His Highness handed over this important thing to Su Yiwei for investigation, but there was no movement. I also feel embarrassed.

Liu Qinhu was also worried, but people are like iron and steel, and no matter how upset they are, they still have to eat. Liu Qinhu took a group of brothers to eat, and because they were in a bad mood, they drank a little wine. It was already midnight when we left.

In the middle of the night, when they were about to go back to rest, they found someone chasing and killing a person in a remote place. Liu Qinhu, Liu Qinhu didn't want to ask about it at first, his own affairs haven't been settled yet, how can he meddle in other's business, but he can't do it anymore, he swung a knife and chopped it up, thinking that Liu Qinhu and this one were being hunted down The people are in the same group.

I was in a bad mood at first, but now there are still people taking the initiative to find fault. Liu Qinhu cleaned them up without any effort. At this time, the person who was hunted down also passed out, so Liu Qinhu asked someone to carry him away , it seems that the injury is not serious.

"I want revenge, you bunch of wolfish and ambitious guys, the court will know the truth one day, and I'm going to Bianjing to sue the imperial court."

This was what the man said intermittently in a coma. Liu Qinhu's eyes lit up, and his intuition told him that this man must know something, and it was probably related to the loss of tax money.

Moreover, Liu Qinhu found that this person's hands had thick calluses on the tiger's mouth, which was caused by holding weapons frequently. In addition, this person had scars on his body. Liu Qinhu judged the voice, which is what he called a clue, but he didn't know whether it was true or false.

"Well, this person seems to know something, and he still wants to sue him, so that he can take me to see this person. I want to see what kind of person he is. As long as there is a little hope, we can't let it go."

When Zhao Xu saw this man, he was still in a coma, but Zhao Xu took a look at this man and knew that this man was a real soldier, because Zhao Xu could see and feel the aura of a soldier from him, Zhao Xu would not feel this. How could a soldier of the Great Song Dynasty be hunted down? Zhao Xu found the mark on him that he was a soldier of the Great Song Dynasty, and this person was still a sailor. Why was he being hunted down by others? As for the hunt, is there any connection between him and the case of missing tax money?

(End of this chapter)