There were three whole boxes of silver taels, all of which disappeared.
Kuai Peng's drunkenness was completely awakened. He ran over sweating profusely, carefully searched the empty box again, and roared loudly: "Damn, how dare you steal money from charity? How dare I steal money from me?" Dare to steal? The silver is stored in the Imperial College, can it be stolen?"
No matter how loud he yelled, the silver would not be returned by itself, and the three boxes were still empty. After hearing the news, Siye Leling of the Imperial Academy came over, and after finding out the situation, his face became extremely ugly.
Because there were students from Guozijian who participated in this charitable act, and it was a good thing for Guozijian to spread the news, and the place of Guozijian was very safe, so he agreed to temporarily deposit money for Zhang Hongyan and others, but it was only overnight. After a while, the money was stolen in the Imperial College, wouldn't the Imperial College become the biggest suspect
Kuai Peng grabbed Le Siye and shouted: "The silver is stored in your Guozijian. Now the three silver boxes have been pried open, but the door of this warehouse is intact. Needless to say, someone in your Guozijian must have guarded and stolen it. You have to give me an explanation for this matter."
Le Siye suddenly changed his face, and said: "Because you are depositing silver taels, I specially gave you the key to the warehouse. If you want to say that someone stole the silver, the most suspicious person should not be the Zijian of our country."
Kuai Peng was furious, and said: "You fart! Is it not you or me? You gave me the key, can't you have a second one? I still have the key to the box. If it was me, why not use the box too?" The key is open, but you have to forcefully pry it open?"
Le Siye sneered and said: "In this way, you can blame our Imperial College."
Kuai Peng was so angry that he swung his fist and hit him, but was stopped by Ye Xiaotian, Tang Xianzu also rushed up, hugged Kuai Peng's arm, and forcibly pulled him aside.
When Le Siye saw that Kuai Peng wanted to attack him, he laughed back angrily, and said proudly: "You Jinyiwei are so majestic, you stole the silver taels, but planted them in our Imperial College, and now you still have to use your power to bully others? The old man forgot , referring to a deer as a horse, and turning black and white, isn't that what you Jin Yiwei are best at?"
Kuai Peng was furious and roared, "Old Tang, let me go, I'll kill this old bastard."
Today's Jinyiwei can't compare to the prestige of the past. Now the civil servants are the most powerful, whether it is the Jinyiwei or the emperor's relatives. Once they offend the civil servants, it is like stabbing a hornet's nest. They rushed up one after another to bombard them indiscriminately, as if they had been injected with blood.
What's more, Le Siye is an official of the Imperial Academy. Not only is he quite prestigious among scholars, but many of the students he teaches have good family backgrounds. Instead, he rushed into the hornet's nest.
Tang Xianzu knew very well that it was powerful, so he dared not let go. Hearing what Kuai Peng said, he hugged him even tighter. Ye Xiaotian said: "That's enough, brother Kuai, what's the use of being noisy at this time, why don't you report to the officials."
Kuai Peng was hugged by Tang Xianzu, pointed to his nose and said, "Report to an official? What I do is an official. You let me report to an official? My Jinyiwei was tricked by someone, and I went to the police to handle the case. I don't think I'm shameful enough. Is it?"
Ye Xiaotian said helplessly: "Then what do you want? Use your people from Jinyiwei to handle the case? Isn't your Nanzhen governor in charge of Wei Nei's military discipline and artisan households, can you handle the case?"
Kuai Peng struggled twice, but did not break away from Tang Xianzu's embrace, and said, "Let go of me, don't worry, I won't beat him, let go!"
Only then did Tang Xianzu let go, Kuai Peng gasped for a few breaths, gradually calmed down, and said: "Even if we in Nanzhen are not special detectives, we are still better than those in the six doors. I will definitely find out about this case, if it was really the people from the Imperial College who did it... "
Kuai Peng smiled coldly, and looked at Le Siye with a rather fierce look. Le Siye raised his chin proudly, and said, "Want to investigate our Imperial College? I think you should clear your suspicions first."
Kuai Peng jumped up again when he heard this: "I suspect his mother's fart. The wall of your Imperial College is higher than the prison wall. There are soldiers guarding the gate. There are three big boxes of silver. It takes more than ten people to carry them. I stole them? I How to steal it? Does Lao Tzu know how to transport the five ghosts?"
Ye Xiaotian's expression changed when he heard this, and he said, "That's right! The box is here, and the silver is gone. The person who stole the silver must not be able to move the whole box of silver, or he couldn't transport such a big box directly out of the Imperial College."
Ye Xiaotian paced back and forth, thinking nervously, and said slowly: "If someone breaks up the silver into pieces and transports them away in batches, then whether he transports them out of the Imperial College piecemeal, or steals the silver and breaks it up It is impossible to transport it away from the courtyard wall for the purpose of clearing the land.”
When he said this, Kuai Peng also calmed down and said: "That's right. If it is shipped out in pieces, there must be someone inside and outside the high wall to cooperate, and there must be cars and boxes for silver outside the wall. This process cannot be short. There are soldiers patrolling inside at night, and there are catchers and watchmen outside the walls. Recently, there are many refugees in Nanjing, and the catchers are patrolling more frequently. If they were transported from the wall, they would have been discovered. If it was a whole box of silver, they would be I can't even step on a ladder!"
Tang Xianzu suddenly said: "So, the thief can only take the silver away from the door!"
Ye Xiaotian hurriedly turned to Le Siye, and said, "Master Siye, is there any record of who goes in and out of places like the Imperial College?"
When Le Siye heard this, he still suspected that it was the Imperial College, and he felt very disgusted, but this theft happened in the Imperial College, and he couldn't avoid it at all, so he had to say angrily: "Of course there are records, but if there is any discrepancy, please contact me." More is to remember a name, it is impossible to remember others.”
Ye Xiaotian smiled and said: "That's enough. It was almost evening when the silver arrived yesterday, and I believe it is forbidden to go in and out at night, so the period in between will not be too long. During this period, if someone brings money I believe the gatekeepers must remember clearly if the carts and things leave, or go in and out many times.”
Kuai Peng raised his eyebrows happily and said, "That's right! If someone has transported loads of goods out during this period, or has been in and out repeatedly by one person, or a large group of people have gone out together, then they are the most suspicious people." .”
Le Siye sneered and said, "Speaking of which, you still want to investigate our country's Zijian?"
Kuai Peng said angrily: "Why, your Guozijian can't check it? You keep obstructing it. Could it be that you are a guilty conscience? Hey! This door lock is intact..."
Ye Xiaotian interrupted him and said: "Brother Jing, the door lock is in good condition, which does not prove anything. This kind of lock is easy to open. To tell you the truth, if you give me a suitable tool, I can open it. Sir Si Ye Kindly help us deposit the silver, we must not indiscriminately frame the Guozijian, and embarrass Sir Si Ye."
Hearing what he said, Le Siye's already blue face gradually softened.
Ye Xiaotian took the opportunity to salute the head of the music department, and said sincerely: "Master Siye, you are an academic officer, and you understand the principles of teaching and educating people much better than us youngsters. The money is used to relieve disasters and save the people. Those who steal silver are devoid of conscience!
If the money is not recovered, the plight of countless refugees will be worsened. I can understand your feelings of defending the Imperial College, but right now the money is indeed stolen here. If you want to get rid of the suspicion of the Imperial College, you should cooperate with us to find out the real silver thief. "
Le Siye couldn't help pondering after hearing this, and after a long while, Fang said slowly: "This matter, Le can't decide. I want to report the sacrificial wine."
Ye Xiaotian said: "Master Lao Siye!"
Le Siye gave Kuai Peng a hard look, and walked away.
Kuai Peng sneered and said, "Looking at his guilty conscience, the thief must have come from the Imperial College."
Ye Xiaotian comforted: "The truth is not revealed yet, brother Kuai needn't say that."
Seeing that a big deal was gone, shopkeeper Tong was very frustrated, and impatiently stepped forward and said: "Sir, I'm sorry, since your money has disappeared, we can't make this deal. Let's leave!"
Ye Xiaotian was also a little discouraged, and cupped his hands at him. Seeing Shopkeeper Tong go out, he suddenly remembered something, and said, "No, you can't let him go like this."
Tang Xianzu and Kuai Peng were startled, and said in unison: "What?"
Ye Xiaotian said: "After Shopkeeper Tong leaves, he will definitely publicize this matter. Now this matter is confusing and has not been investigated clearly. If it is publicized, some people will inevitably suspect that someone in the Imperial College committed the crime, and some people will suspect you and me. To collect money under the guise of charity sales and disaster relief is actually filling the pockets of others."
"yes!"
Kuai Peng suddenly realized, and said: "I'll go after him and tell him to keep his mouth shut."
Kuai Peng said and quickly chased him out. He is Jin Yiwei, and the shopkeeper Tong is just a merchant. As long as he has given orders, the shopkeeper Tong, a businessman, will definitely not talk too much. No one is better than these small people. Understand the truth of "disaster comes from the mouth".
After a while, Tian Mingdao, the prince of the country, came in a hurry. Tian Jijiu's face was even uglier than Le Siye's. Before coming here, he had already sternly reprimanded Le Siye, but at this point, he has no other choice. The donation must be traced, but what he cares most about is to maintain the reputation of the Imperial College, otherwise once it gets out, According to the news, the imperial students of the Imperial College or the gentlemen who preached and dispelled doubts stole donations, and the Imperial College will definitely lose its reputation.
Tian Jijiu rushed to the scene, and after hearing what Kuai Peng said angrily, he said, "Okay! I asked Le Siye to cooperate with you to investigate the people who entered and exited the Imperial College last night, but you must be careful. , if this matter gets publicized, hum!"
Tian Jijiu let out a cold snort, and Kuai Peng's arrogance suddenly subsided, and he suddenly realized that the consequence was not just a simple loss of charity money.
Don’t look at Tian Jijiu as a teacher, but the Imperial College is the principal of the highest school that trains the reserve force of officials. The people who can enter the Imperial College are at least a juren. After these people go out, they will either become officials or be very influential in the local area. The noble gentry, the son of the country offering wine and Mr. Xixi, that is the difference between cloud and mud.