Everyone held back their questions, and the answer was not revealed until the carriage returned to the mansion and Mo Junyang returned to Prince Rui's mansion.
It was Shi Qingxue who asked.
Mo Junyang pursed his lips and said calmly: "I don't care about this."
Shi Qingxue, Qu Yuexuan and others' eyes widened, and they all stared at Mo Junyang with disbelief.
Qu Yuebai was the first to react, frowning and asking: "Jun Yang, what did you and His Majesty talk about? Did he say something?"
At this time, everyone also reacted and showed the look of sudden enlightenment.
Shi Qingxue hurriedly said: "Yes, why didn't I think of it! Mo You is his, which means that Mo You will appear at the scene, and it must be his instigation. He wants to..."
Mo Junyang stretched out his big hand and pressed Shi Qingxue's small mouth.
Slowly and calmly, Qingxue shook her head before she spoke.
"The Emperor doesn't know about it, so don't ask."
Shi Qingxue was not as easy to kill as Mo Junyang, who was in the imperial study room earlier.
He raised his eyebrows and asked rudely: "Are these words the Emperor gave you, or are you talking to me?"
The nonchalant question left Mo Junyang speechless.
He was never willing to let Shi Qingxue get his wish.
The same goes for this matter.
Now being questioned by Shi Qingxue, he reluctantly admitted it.
"His Majesty has admitted that the silver was used by him. As for other things, he asked me not to investigate further.
And I... promised him! "
When Shi Qingxue heard this, he was not too surprised.
Perhaps she had guessed this result before Mo Junyang entered the palace.
On the contrary, Qu Yuexuan kept insisting on talking, "What do you mean we don't want to continue the investigation? What about the truth of the matter? What about the injuries of those under my command? Is that just the end of it?"
Even if he were the emperor, tens of millions of taels of silver and hundreds of lives would be gone at the drop of a hat? return… "
Qu Yuexuan's scream was muffled by Qu Yuebai.
Qu Yuebai was obviously the calmest among them. It was only now that he asked: "Do you already know the whereabouts of Bai Yin?!"
Although it is a question, it is written with a firm tone.
Mo Junyang nodded.
"Do you know where your Majesty spent the money?" Qu Yuebai asked again.
Mo Junyang nodded again.
He also said: "The money has now gone north, and I'm afraid I won't be able to get it back."
"Going north?"
At this moment, everyone else, including Qu Yuebai, all looked at Mo Junyang in dumbfounded eyes.
Shi Qingxue asked doubtfully: "Didn't you say that judging from the location where the robbery occurred, it is impossible for the official silver to be transported by the official messenger? Why do you say that the official silver has been transported away?"
Even though the case may not be closed, the trajectory of the transfer is there.
If the officer was escorting something as heavy as silver, it would be impossible to reach the crime scene in one day!
This doesn’t make sense!
Mo Junyang shook his head and said, "Our previous guesses were correct. In these robberies, what the officials transported was not silver, and what was robbed was not silver."
"Then how could the silver be transported out of Kyoto?" Shi Qingxue asked doubtfully.
These silvers belong to the national treasury, and every amount is strictly registered in the treasury.
Since Mo Junyu had come up with a 'robbery' method to make Bai Yin disappear, it was definitely impossible to make the matter public, even the treasury manager knew about it.
But if the treasury stewards did not falsify the entry and exit registration, the time when each amount of silver left the treasury could match the time when the silver was robbed.
How could Mo Junyu get the official messenger to transport the silver instead of silver
This doesn’t make sense!
Everyone looked at Mo Junyang in disbelief.
They felt that Mo Junyang was wrong.
That batch of silver might be hidden somewhere in Kyoto by Mo Junyu at this time, waiting for the matter to be settled and the news to pass before it can be shipped out of Kyoto again.
Otherwise, once the silver robbery occurs, not only Kyoto but the entire official road will be under martial law.
Various searches are ongoing. How can the silver escape the searches and be transported out of Kyoto
Facing the questions from everyone, Mo Junyang looked calm and replied calmly: "It's very simple, because the silver had already been shipped out of Kyoto before the incident?"
"What? Impossible!" Shi Qingxue subconsciously denied this ridiculous conjecture.
The reason is simple. Silver is counted and all incoming and outgoing are registered.
Unless Mo Junyu colluded with the treasury manager and secretly changed the register, the time when the silver left the treasury could tell everything.
When Qingxue pointed out this point, Mo Junyang nodded, "Yes, the time when the silver was released from the warehouse happened to illustrate this point.
Because the silver was transported from the treasury the day before the official mission left the city, and was parked in the transshipment department, waiting to be transported out of Beijing the next day. "
Hearing Mo Junyang's meaningful words, Shi Qingxue couldn't help but fell silent, her little face showing deep thought.
Qu Yuexuan, on the other hand, continued: "That's right, so it doesn't make sense at all for you to say that the silver has been transported away long ago."
"Because the silver was shipped out of Kyoto that night."
Qu Yuexuan was still arguing: "It's still wrong. At night, the city gate is closed and no entry or exit is allowed. How can we transport so much silver out of the city gate?"
Mo Junyang: "Then it depends on who is lucky? After the curfew time, only the inner guards have the right to enter and exit the city gate freely unless they have the emperor's special order.
I have checked the entry and exit inspection records at the Beicheng Gate before and after the incident, and found that the internal guards had left the city gate many times late at night. The time happened to be the night before the silver was nominally shipped out of Kyoto.
Moreover, the internal guards only obeyed the emperor's orders, and the guards at the city gate did not dare to ask questions, and even let them go without even daring to check. "
At this point in the explanation, everyone looked suddenly enlightened.
Although the explanation given by Mo Junyang is very unbelievable, it is the most likely explanation so far.
If things are really like what Mo Junyang said, then a lot of things will make sense.
Why did the Ministry of Punishment and the Kyoto Prefecture send so many government officials to conduct overt and covert inspections, but they couldn't even find a single tael of silver.
Because the silver had already been transported away, secretly carried away by the inner guards, ordinary government officials did not have the guts to take care of the inner guards.
Even if the silver is taken away from under his nose, he may not be able to find it.
At the same time, it was transported by internal guards, which also explains the manpower problem of transporting so much silver-it requires a large number of people to remain undetected.
Although the internal guards belong to the Imperial Guards in the palace, they are directly subordinate to the emperor.
There is only one immediate boss, and even the commander of the Imperial Guard cannot control the inner guard.
They usually do things in the name of confidentiality. No one knows at all, and they don't dare to inquire about what they are doing.
While maintaining the imperial power, there are also countless dark transactions carried out by the hands of these internal guards.
After everyone understood, they fell into deeper silence.
For a long time, no one said another word.
Even though they have now almost figured out the whole story and even some details of the silver robbery case.
Some evidence was also found!
but!
The two most critical questions—where did the silver go? What does Mo Junyu want the silver for
But it's still a mystery.
Even if Mo Junyang knew everything, he probably wouldn't be able to guess it.
And this may become an eternal mystery. Only Mo Junyu and those involved in planning this matter know.
Shi Qingxue felt a tightness in her chest, but finally couldn't hold it back and asked dully: "What about the officials and soldiers who died because of this incident?"
There is a list of official personnel who are transported. If they die in the line of duty, the government will automatically provide compensation to their families.
But, no matter how much money there is, what’s the use if people are already dead
Not to mention the soldiers whose names they don't even know.
Mo Junyang pondered for a while and said to Qu Yuebai, "I'll leave this matter to you! We have the body in our hands. We need to find out the identity first."
Qu Yuebai nodded, "What if the palace comes to ask for someone?"
This consideration is not unreasonable.
In order to suppress this matter completely, Mo Junyu must throw out the 'robber' to close the case.
These people who had served him, after working hard, could not even keep their real names, but had to die as thieves.
Mo Junyang said coldly: "Whoever wants to kill you, kill him!"
Qu Yuebai took a breath and nodded silently.
He knew that although Mo Junyang remained calm, the man was already angry.
Out of overall consideration, Mo Junyang did not delve into the matter further.
But if anyone thinks that this is his compromise, or even wants to plot against them, that is just wishful thinking!
Who is Mo Junyang? He is someone that even the late emperor cannot order at will.
The one sitting on the dragon throne now is even more unqualified.
Qu Yuebai thought indifferently, feeling a little more confident in his heart.
At the same time, everyone who was silent just now also became a little more emotional because of Mo Junyang's words.
The Silver Robbery was a huge success at first, and many officials were held accountable for their poor handling of the case.
But this is probably the most thunderous and least rainy case.
Even the several officials from the Ministry of Justice who were assigned to investigate the case only had their salaries deducted for half a year for poor handling of the case, and were not even demoted.
After the emperor's punishment comes down, the silver robbery also means the end.
The robbers were not found and the silver was not recovered.
Let this matter be over.
When the people directly responsible received the imperial edict, they all looked in disbelief. They couldn't believe that the matter was over like this
Are they okay
Things ended in such a way that they doubted their lives.
But no one involved would talk too much at this juncture.
This is a good thing that has never happened before. Some people are already prepared to be suspended, retained, or even dismissed and investigated.
Now 'acquitted', it's best to stay quiet.
What if the boss reacts and regrets it
As a result, this incident was quietly thrown into history amid the indifference from above, the cooperation from below, and the sighs of the common people.
It was exactly as Shi Qingxue and the others expected.
If there is anything to be happy about, it is probably that thanks to Qu Yuebai's efforts, the identities of the soldiers who died in vain were identified, and the pensions that should be paid to their families were also allocated from Prince Rui's Mansion to the families of the deceased.
During this period, an incident occurred -
As Qu Yuebai expected, Mo Junyu really sent someone to ask for the 'robber', and it was Mo You who came.
Naturally, after being teased by Qu Yuexuan and others, he went back in despair with his tail between his legs.