Detective Di Renjie's legend of Wu Dynasty

Chapter 546 Chasing and Killing
Outside the house, Fang Jiu was running outside holding Xiaolan in his arms.

The yamen servant stomped his feet: "Not good, let him run away, chase after him!"

Everyone stood up and chased outside.

Fang Jiu shuttled through the crowd with Xiaolan in his arms, and the Yamen servants chased after him closely.

An alley appeared on the left side of the street ahead, Fang Jiu ran towards the alley quickly.

The yamen servant behind him gestured to the people behind him and chased after him closely.

At this critical moment, a carriage came galloping, separating Fang Jiu from the yamen servants. When the carriage passed by, Fang Jiu had disappeared.

The leading yamen servant looked around and said in a low voice: "They must have entered the alley, chase after them!"

All the yamen servants rushed into the alley on the left side of the street.

Behind the porch of the tea house next to the alley, Fang Jiu turned out with his daughter in his arms.

He looked at the servants rushing into the alley, and hurriedly ran in the opposite direction.

……

The mansion of Li Han, a doctor of the Ministry of Water, is located in Mingshanfang, the capital of the gods. There is a horizontal plaque on the door: Li's house.

A carriage was parked in front of the gate, and a gentleman in a palm uniform was beating the door knocker.

The door opened with a "squeak", and a servant poked his head out and asked, "You two, who are you looking for?"

Zhang Gu said: "This is the residence of Mr. Li Han, the doctor of the Ministry of Water, right?"

The servant nodded and said, "Exactly."

Zhang Gu said: "We are from Yangzhou, Mr. Li has a letter from home for his wife."

The servant hurriedly opened the door and said, "Please come in, both of you."

Li Han's wife Ning quickly walked into the main hall, Zhang Gu stood up quickly and saluted: "I have seen Madam."

Ning said: "You don't need to be polite after a hard journey. I heard that my husband has a letter to send?"

Zhang Gu said: "Exactly."

As he spoke, he took out the letter from his bosom and handed it to Ning Shi.

Ning tore off the seal, took out the letter and read it quickly, and exclaimed in shock: "Why, he, he got seriously ill?"

Zhang Gu sighed and said: "That's right. Mr. Li has been working hard for days, and he is sick and can't afford to be seriously ill. Please follow us to Yangzhou immediately, the carriage is waiting outside the door."

Ning groaned for a moment and nodded, "Okay, I'll pack up and go with you immediately."

After finishing speaking, he turned and walked towards the inner hall.

Not long after, the door of Li's mansion opened, and Zhang Gu walked out with his wife Ning.

The coachman opened the door of the carriage, put down the pedals, and Ning quickly walked into the carriage.

The compartment door was closed, Zhang Gu got on his horse, and with a shout, the coachman whipped his whip vigorously, and the carriage drove out of the city.

……

In the pavilion, Di Renjie was asking Feng Keyan about the details of Li Han's suicide.

Di Renjie asked: "Oh, Li Han said so in his reply to the Ministry of Industry?"

Feng Keyan on the opposite side nodded: "Exactly. He mentioned in the article that he had discovered some clues, but because the official document cannot be kept secret, he did not elaborate on what he found."

Di Renjie nodded slowly, and looked at Li Yuanfang.

Li Yuanfang said: "Lord Feng, what's the matter with saying that Li Han took bribes of several 10 taels of silver?"

Feng Keyan let out a long sigh: "Cui Liang, the governor of Yangzhou, stated in his letter to Menxiasheng that he found a wall in Li Han's study in the Shanyang Villa, which contained a letter from the cabinet and 10,000+ taels of money. property"

Li Yuanfang asked: "What is a cabinet?"

"Of course the counter is credit!"

Wang Mang's voice came from outside the house.

Everyone looked at Wang Mang, and Wang Mang continued: "Anyone can deposit the taels of silver in the cabinet, and the cabinet will give the depositor a special letter with the name of the depositor and the amount of the tael on it.

When withdrawing the silver, the deposit bank can be withdrawn after being verified by the cabinet and the letter is correct. "

Li Yuanfang suddenly realized: "Oh, that's right."

Di Renjie asked: "Jing Yang, you are here!"

Wang Mang nodded: "Yes, I just heard you say that Li Han took bribes."

Di Renjie nodded slightly, then turned around and asked Feng Keyan: "Lord Feng, where are those belongings and the letter?"

Feng Keyan said: "The property was received by the government treasury by the Yamen of Yangzhou governor. Cui Liang, the governor of Yangzhou, has transferred this letter to the Ministry of Industry, and now it is in the hands of the humble official. I just wanted to present it to the emperor in the imperial study, but Long Yan Zhen was furious, and did not dare to submit his humble position."

Di Renjie nodded and said, "Let me have a look."

Feng Keyan hurriedly took out the letter from his sleeve and handed it to Di Renjie. Di Renjie took the letter and looked at it carefully. Wang Mang and Li Yuanfang also came over.

After a long time, Di Renjie said: "This seems to be flying money by faith."

Feng Keyan was stunned for a moment, then hurriedly took the letter, looked it over carefully and said, "It really is money. I don't pay attention to this point."

Li Yuanfang on the side asked again: "What is Feiqian?"

Wang Mang said: "Wealthy merchants and businessmen travel far away for business, and it is inconvenient to carry too much silver with them, which is inconvenient and unsafe.

Therefore, they deposit their silver in a counter with a joint number.

For example, if you deposit money in Yangzhou, you can withdraw it at Shendu, which is called flying money. "

Li Yuanfang nodded and said: "There are so many Taos here."

Wang Mang smiled: "Such a cabinet shop cannot operate without huge power and financial resources, and there are not many such cabinet shops in the whole world."

Li Yuanfang opened his mouth in surprise.

Di Renjie said: "Yes, what Jing Yang said is right. Such a cabinet is not simple. This letter is the silver deposited in the cabinet in Yangzhou, which can be withdrawn in Luoyang."

Li Yuanfang quickly took it over and looked at it carefully.

Di Renjie whispered to himself: "Could it be... Li Han really took bribes?
If this is the case, why didn't he take this letter with him when he fled, but put it in the wall of the study..."

Wang Mang nodded: "That's right, if he really took bribes, why didn't he hand him over to his family?"

Di Renjie nodded slightly, turned around and asked, "Lord Feng, does Li Han have a family in Beijing?"

Feng Keyan said: "Of course, Li Han's home is in Mingshan Square in Luoyang City, and his wife Ning Shi is the daughter of everyone."

Di Renjie asked: "Does Ning know about Li Han's escape?"

Feng Keyan replied: "It happened suddenly, and the truth is unknown, therefore, his family has not been informed yet."

Di Renjie said: "Lord Feng, you should immediately order someone to spread the word that you and I are going to visit Li's residence."

Feng Keyan nodded: "Yes."

Di Renjie said: "Also, you send someone to take this letter to the Ministry of Household Affairs, the Taoist temples, the army, and the envoys to secretly investigate and find out what the name of this cabinet is."

Feng Keyan took the order: "The humble official will immediately order someone to do it."

As soon as the words fell, there was a rush of footsteps outside the door, and then the door was pushed open with a "bang".

Zeng Tai rushed into the door out of breath and shouted, "Teacher, something has happened! The tenants of Yuelai's old shop were killed!"

"what?"

Wang Mang and the others were shocked when they heard this.

Wang Mang hurriedly asked, "When did this happen?"

Zeng Tai gasped and said, "Just half an hour ago!"

Di Renjie waved his hand: "Go, go and have a look!"

　Preview of the next chapter: What will Wang Mang, Di Renjie and others find at the scene?Stay tuned!
　　
　
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