Mo Junyang's voice is low and hoarse, with no ups and downs, but it somehow makes people want to listen to his voice seriously.
Just listen to what he said: "The official said that the place where the entire army was wiped out was not the place where they originally planned to ambush."
Just this sentence.
Shi Qingxue was stunned for a moment, not understanding, and subconsciously replied: "Of course! If the officers want to hunt down the bandits, there will definitely be movement. How can it be the same place as expected?"
"You haven't been to the scene, so you may not know very well. The place where the corpses are displayed is a canyon, and all the corpses are lying at the bottom of the canyon. There are no blood stains or signs of struggle, just one corpse after another."
Mo Junyang has already said this before.
It was very strange, as if someone had completely cleaned up the scene.
It is not easy to do this by killing people and stealing goods, but it is not impossible.
But when Mo Junyang mentioned that the scene was in a canyon, Shi Qingxue immediately reacted.
There is only one road before and after the canyon, and there are no hidden hiding spots anywhere.
Would a normal person set up an ambush point here
Not that she would, anyway.
She would only attack people from both sides and set fires, or just roll boulders down from the mountains and kill people.
Only with these two solutions can we win more with less.
Just like when she eliminated Mo Junhao.
But these two methods are only applicable to the battlefield, and will definitely not be used by bandits to rob goods.
First of all, this method requires a lot of manpower and material resources, and at least it is impossible for a grassroots bandit force to complete it;
Secondly, those who set fire and threw stones destroyed the goods transported by the government, and even robbed them!
As Mo Junyang finished speaking, Shi Qingxue also fell into deep thought.
She had a vague suspicion in her mind. She couldn't say it for a while, so she had to continue to ask Mo Junyang: "What else did he say?"
Mo Junyang shook his head, "No, he couldn't say anything. At that time, he was probably frightened half to death, and he was always glad that he took leave that day and did not participate in the operation.
But...it's unclear whether it's really such good luck, or whether there are other reasons. "
Shi Qingxue looked at Mo Junyang curiously, finding his statement very interesting.
"What do you mean there are other reasons? Do you think there are other reasons?"
Mo Junyang shrugged, "I don't know, but after that, rumors of the official road being haunted became rampant, and fewer and fewer people dared to take the official road."
He paused and asked Shi Qingxue: "What do you think of this coincidence?"
Shi Qingxue pouted, "Not very good. But he shouldn't be a bandit, right
There are so many people, but he is the only one who escaped by chance. You will definitely investigate all the eighteen generations of his ancestors.
The goal is so public, he is not suitable for being an undercover agent. "
Mo Junyang did not deny Shi Qingxue's statement, "The Ministry of Justice, the Kyoto Prefecture, and even the emperor and I sent people to investigate this official. Indeed, no doubts or anything special were found."
Shi Qingxue smiled mischievously and said in a teasing tone: "Does being particularly stupid count?"
Mo Junyang was stunned.
"What if this is the intention of the robbers?" Shi Qingxue's expression suddenly became serious.
Mo Junyang raised his eyebrows slightly, "What is your intention?"
"Let the common people believe that the official road is haunted, so they will no longer dare to walk on the official road."
Shi Qingxue spoke very slowly, as if racking her brains to integrate the numerous thoughts in her mind.
So I can only speak out bit by bit: "If this is the reason, then a lot of things will make sense.
Think about it! If the whole army is really wiped out... Well, if the whole army is really wiped out, it can only mean "miserable", and there will definitely not be even rumors of ghosts.
Even in order to prevent panic among the people - as it is now - the government will not let this tragedy be revealed at all. Therefore, in order to achieve the current effect, there must be a living person.
This person must firstly not be too smart and difficult to exploit; secondly, he must not be present at the scene in person to avoid revealing the truth; thirdly, he must not be a high-ranking official and difficult to control.
According to the official you mentioned, he fully meets the above three requirements. Then, the theory of ghosts and gods really spread among the people. "
Qu Yuexuan and the other three people had been silently listening to the conversation between the two.
Hearing this, Qu Yuexuan finally couldn't help but interjected, "Isn't it possible that it is really ghosts and gods
After all, judging from the information we currently have, it doesn’t seem like something that humans can do.
Whether it is cleaning up the blood stains or repairing the crime scene, even the top killer cannot restore the scene to the state before the murder. "
On this point, Qu Yuexuan believed that he had a say.
Shi Qingxue was silent for a moment after hearing this, and then asked calmly: "It's impossible to repair the scene, but what if that place is not the scene of murder and robbery at all?"
As soon as these words came out, everyone was shocked.
Qu Yuexuan and others stared at Shi Qingxue with surprised eyes.
Even Mo Junyang looked over.
Shi Qingxue did not feel that she had said anything big, but explained matter-of-factly: "Think about it, is what I said possible? Even Ah Xuan said it was impossible to restore the scene, and Jun Yang just said I have also said that the place where the entire army was annihilated is different from the place of ambush. That means there is another possibility.
That is, after someone kills someone somewhere, then cleans up the body, moves it to the current location, and then makes outsiders mistakenly think that the current location is the murder scene. "
After Qu Yuexuan listened to Shi Qingxue's talk, his whole body froze, as if he had not yet recovered.
After a long while, he choked out a sentence: "Well, even if what you said makes sense. Then you said, kill people, kill people, why did they try every means to move the body and make people mistakenly identify the scene
What good does this do to them? It can’t be just for fun! "
This point is also bothering Shi Qingxue.
She frowned, sorted her thoughts over and over again, and then said with difficulty: "Perhaps it was to create the current theory of ghosts and gods; maybe it was to create suspicions, or maybe the real murder scene had a negative impact on them. Tell me, there’s nothing special about it.”
"What's special?" Qu Yuexuan asked.
Shi Qingxue rolled her eyes: If she knew everything, would she still be so entangled
"Ahem!" Qu Yuexuan seemed to realize that he was being forced into something difficult, and he coughed twice in embarrassment.
He turned to Mo Junyang, who had been silent, and asked, "Jun Yang, what do you think about this?"
Mo Junyang came here today really because of the group of bandits, but Shi Qingxue's appearance was a bit unexpected.
But now after listening to Shi Qingxue's words, Qu Yuexuan felt like he understood his master's intention.
Their princess's brains are so flexible, it would be a waste if they don't make good use of them.
At least before this, he and several of his subordinates had no clue. Now after Shi Qingxue's suggestion, he suddenly became enlightened.
No matter how incredible Shi Qingxue's explanation was.
Mo Junyang looked at Qu Yuexuan, then at Shi Qingxue who was looking at him eagerly, and smiled: "We have too few clues now. I'm afraid we have to go to the scene again to take a look."
"Okay! Then I will arrange the manpower immediately and we can set off tomorrow." Qu Yuexuan said immediately.
After training for so long, he always has to take his people out for a walk, only to realize whether they are mules or horses!
Mo Junyang came here to use Qu Yuexuan, and he had no objection at the moment. He just gave a few instructions and let the others go first.
Shi Qingxue sat aside, silent for a moment, and suddenly asked: "Are there any doubts left that you didn't tell me?"
Mo Junyang pursed his lips, nodded, and replied: "That's right. There is another thing that is very strange."
After Shi Qingxue saw it, Mo Junyang stopped hiding it and said in detail: "Generally, bandits kill people and buy goods just for money, and they will never go to any lengths to clean up the scene. And they are constantly targeting the government. Is it possible?" Aren't you afraid that the imperial court will send troops to suppress them
I couldn't figure this out no matter how much I thought about it, so I checked the government's transportation records. Guess what was being transported to the North through official missions? "
Shi Qingxue was thrown into another big question, but she was not unhappy at all and instead followed Mo Junyang's thoughts.
"The barren land in the North is short of food, so what needs to be transported to the North is usually food. And things as heavy as food usually go by water, but there are no canals in the north, so we can only use dry roads.
The official road is flat and spacious, suitable for transporting heavy objects, but it is the best choice for transporting grain. "
Shi Qingxue's explanation was logical and almost infinitely close to the truth.
However, Mo Junyang shook his head and said: "Your analysis is very reasonable. Even the official customs clearance document records the transportation of official rations."
Mo Junyang would say this, which means that what was actually transported was not official rations.
"in reality… "
"Guanyin!"
"What?" Shi Qingxue suddenly stood up from her seat in shock.
It is not impossible for official silver to be transported on official roads, but unlike ordinary cargo transportation, the transportation of official silver will be more cautious.
But that's not the point.
Generally speaking, after taxes were collected in various places, the tax money was minted into official silver, part of which was reserved for local expenditure, and the remainder was handed over to the Kyoto treasury.
Unless there is a major disaster or war breaks out, or there are major projects that need to be built, official silver is rarely transported from Kyoto to other places.
Now is the period of spring break. There are no major disasters, no large-scale construction, and no war with foreign countries.
Why do you suddenly need to transport official silver to other places
How unreasonable!
Mo Junyang seemed to notice Shi Qingxue's confusion, and added slowly, "What's even more unreasonable is that there are a lot of things shipped out from Kyoto, and the official bank is not the only one, but those who have been robbed more than ten times, But it’s all official silver.”
Shi Qingxue felt like her eyes were about to stare down.
After a long while, she found her voice and asked dryly, "Your Majesty, does he know about this?"