Detective Di Renjie's legend of Wu Dynasty

Chapter 745 Revisit Shafu
The boss smiled apologetically, "Oh, that's too much. In the past two months, the Guangshan Financial Bureau has used charcoal, and none of our charcoal farms can supply it."

Zeng Tai lowered his head and checked the account books again: "The Shanjin Bureau uses a lot of charcoal, and this state is aware of it. The state is asking about the personal mansion in Luoyang City."

The boss thought for a while: "It seems that there are no more than [-] catties."

Zeng Tai stopped turning over the ledger suddenly, he raised his head and said, "Are you sure?"

The boss said: "Yes."

Zeng Tai slammed the table heavily, and shouted sharply: "You doghead, you really don't hit me! When I ask you in this state, you should answer the truth. Why are you being lazy and slipping here? It's really unreasonable!"

The boss was so frightened that he knelt down on the ground with a plop, and kowtowed repeatedly: "My lord, the little one never spouted nonsense..."

Zeng Tai threw the ledger in his hand over and said, "Look at what is written in this ledger?"

Tremblingly, the boss picked up the ledger and looked at it intently.

Sure enough, on the second line of the ledger, it was written in small characters that five thousand catties of charcoal would be sent to Mr. Sha's mansion, and the price was the same as that of Shanjin Bureau.

He hastily raised his head and said, "My lord, this charcoal was given to the Shanjin Bureau two months ago, but half of it was sent to the bureau, and the other half was taken away by a carriage sent by Lord Sharhan's mansion."

Zeng Tai raised his eyebrows: "Oh?"

The boss hurriedly said, "Absolutely."

Zeng Tai nodded and asked: "In the past few months, how many times have you come to Lord Sha's mansion to pull charcoal?"

The boss replied: "My lord, as many times as I have delivered to the Shanjin Bureau, Shafu's carriage has been pulled there. I remember it clearly in this account book."

Zeng Tai asked: "That is to say, every time charcoal is delivered, half of the bureau and half of Mr. Sha?"

"Exactly," said the boss.

Zeng Tai seemed to sniff out something from this account book: "You immediately pick out all the accounts donated to the Charity Fund Bureau, and the state should check it carefully."

The boss responded again and again, busy asking people to seize the account books.

In the main hall of Di's Mansion, Luo Governor Shi and Sima are reporting to Di Renjie.

After listening, Di Renjie said: "In other words, in recent months, no one in the city has bought a large amount of gold and silver."

Chang Shi replied: "That's right. Mr. Sima and I have searched all the banks, banks and cabinets in the city, and none of them has more than one hundred taels of silver."

Di Renjie stood up and nodded slowly: "You have worked hard, go down and rest!"

The two bowed and left.

Di Renjie said to Wang Mang and Li Yuanfang beside him, "It looks like the silversmiths have been taken out of Luoyang City."

Li Yuanfang said: "The humble job thinks the same way. Two months can't be considered short. If the silversmiths are still in Shendu, they will definitely show their wind."

Wang Mang said: "I don't know if Brother Zeng has gained anything."

Di Renjie nodded slowly: "Wait for news from Zeng Tai!"

Just as he was talking, Zeng Tai walked in: "Men, Jing Yang, Yuan Fang."

Di Renjie smiled and said: "It's just in time. Changshi and Sima just left from my place, but they didn't find anything from the bank and cabinet. What did you gain from investigating the charcoal yard?"

Zeng Tai replied excitedly: "Teacher, I have gained something."

Di Renjie, Wang Mang, and Li Yuanfang looked at each other and said, "Oh, tell me."

Zeng Tai said: "In the past two months, Shar Khan's family has taken nearly [-] catties of charcoal from several charcoal fields outside the city!"

Wang Mang and Li Yuanfang exclaimed in surprise, "Sixty thousand catties!"

Zeng Tai said, "Exactly."

As he said that, he handed the account book in his hand to Di Renjie and said, "Teacher, please take a look!"

Di Renjie took the account book and looked it over carefully, before letting out a long breath: "Sar Khan is a master of gold and silverware, it is reasonable to say that he has some charcoal in his house, but is [-] catties too much?"

Zeng Tai, Wang Mang, and Li Yuanfang looked at each other and said, "The owner of the charcoal yard said that a prince's house only uses [-] catties of charcoal for heating every month."

Di Renjie nodded slowly, got up and started pacing.

After a long time, he stopped and turned around and said, "Zeng Tai, go to the gates of Luoyang immediately and ask the Nanya defenders in detail whether anyone has seen the silversmith leaving the city."

Zeng Tai said: "Yes, the students will do it immediately."

Di Renjie nodded, and Zeng Tai walked out quickly.

Di Renjie took a deep breath and said, "Jing Yang, Yuan Fang, let's go to Shafu."

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Sha Mansion is located in Chengfufang, at the time of the Chen Pai, Di Renjie's official sedan chair is surrounded by guards and comes to Sha Mansion, Wang Mang and Li Yuanfang follow the sedan chair on horseback.

In a blink of an eye, the official sedan chair came to the gate, and the steward Di Chun handed over a post to the porter.

The sedan chair curtain opened, Di Renjie got off the sedan chair, Wang Mang and Li Yuanfang got off their horses.

Di Renjie looked around and said with a smile, "What a quiet place!"

Wang Mang said with a smile: "A few days ago I visited Mr. Sha, this visit is really quiet, I am ready to let someone buy a house here."

Li Yuanfang nodded, looked around and said: "Yes. My lord, Jing Yang, look, it seems that the other side of the wall is the Shanjin Bureau."

Wang Mang and Di Renjie identified the direction and said, "Oh, sure enough."

Before the words were finished, Shar Khan rushed out of the mansion, bowed to greet him and said, "Oh, the old man has come down, and the humble house is full of splendor!"

Di Renjie said with a smile: "Master Sha is too polite, I hope you can forgive me for coming so abruptly!"

Shar Khan hurriedly said: "Where did the old man come from? The general, the prince, the lower officials are polite."

Wang Mang and Li Yuanfang hurriedly returned the salute, "Master Sha, be polite."

Di Renjie pointed to the big wall of Chengfufang and said with a smile: "Lord Sha's mansion is only a wall away from the government office, it's really convenient!"

Shar Khan laughed and said: "It's just that we can't go there directly, but we have to detour through Fangzuo Shizi, cross the Caoqu Bridge, and enter Chengfumen, but it's getting more and more troublesome!"

The two laughed.

Shar Khan stretched out his hand and said: "Old man, General, Prince, please come to the main hall to serve tea."

Di Renjie, Wang Mang and Li Yuanfang nodded and said, "I'm sorry."

Di Renjie and Li Yuanfang took their seats in the main hall, Shar Khan was accompanied by the next prime minister, and his family brought tea.

Di Renjie laughed and said: "The old man came abruptly, Mr. Sha, don't blame him!"

Shar Khan apologized and said with a smile: "Where did the old man say something? The humble position is too late to welcome you. Please forgive me."

Di Renjie, Wang Mang and Li Yuanfang picked up the gaiwan and took a sip of tea.

Wang Mang glanced at Shar Khan from the corner of his eye, and saw that his expression seemed a little cramped.

A trace of loneliness flashed in Wang Mang's eyes.

At this time, Di Renjie put down the teacup and said with a smile: "It's the old man's fault, it seems that Mr. Sha is busy..."

Shar Khan hurriedly said: "Where, where, the old man's words are serious. The humble staff is preparing to pack in the back hall."

Di Renjie was taken aback and said, "Oh, Master Sha is going out?"

Shar Khan explained: "Ah, no, that's right. The Obon Festival is approaching, and His Majesty is going to donate [-] pieces of gold and silver ritual vessels to Famen Temple.

At Chou Tonight, the gold and silver used for making the utensils will be transported from the treasury to the Shanjin Bureau. From now on, the humble staff can no longer take a step in the workshop until the imperial utensils are finished.That's why we have to pack our bags. "

Di Renjie nodded and said, "That's right. I don't know how much gold and silver are used to make the utensils?"

Shar Khan replied: "10 taels of gold and 100 million taels of silver."

Di Renjie, Wang Mang and Li Yuanfang looked at each other, and everyone laughed and said, "Oh, that's quite a lot!"

　Preview of the next chapter: What will Wang Mang find in Shafu?Stay tuned!
　　
　
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