Jinyi Music

Chapter 575

His view is the opposite of Si Lian's, Si Lian wondered,

"Why does Xiao Lin think so?"

Mou Biao said,
"Two boats of grain... are pulled from Tongzhou to the capital in a horse-drawn cart. Where do you need to be? How long will it take and how many people can replace all the grain with sand and gravel without anyone noticing it? What do you think? Ever? There were two ships in the warehouse in Tongzhou that were released first, and then the first two ships were transported away as soon as they arrived. People came and went at the Tongzhou port, and how to exchange food in full view...Have you thought about all this?"

Si Lian frowned delicately when she heard the words, and nodded after thinking for a long time,
"Xiao Lin is right, I thought too simply!"

It is true that two ships of grain need a convoy to transport by horse-drawn cart. It is not difficult to replace them with sand and gravel in a short period of time. To be discovered?

You know, this Tongzhou is not far from the capital city. To prevent accidents, Zeng Lv'er escorted him all the way to the capital city, and then the stewards of the Mou Mansion picked him up to the capital city. On top of that, Zeng Donkey, the steward, and the carriage drivers who transported them were all bought and sold?

And after such a long time, no news has leaked?

If the person who exchanged food really has this ability, why bother to exchange food, wouldn't it be better to do it yourself?
As soon as Mou Biao said this, Si Lian nodded repeatedly.

"Xiao Lin is right, it's true that I think less, that's the reason!"

"Well... so... I think this matter probably happened in the old house!"

Mou Biao laughed and said,

"Fortunately, you are smart. As soon as you realized that something was wrong, you immediately sealed off the basement to prevent people from entering and leaving the scene at will. Let's go and have a look tonight, maybe we can find clues!"

It was people who were suspicious of the old house, so they planned to go in quietly tonight, without even alarming Mrs. Liu, so they just entered the old house quietly.

After the husband and wife entered, they closed the door and started to search for traces inch by inch with torches. Both of them were careful people. After looking at it, they saw some clues. Silian pointed to the ground and said,
“Too clean!”

Mou Biao nodded. He grew up in the Mou Mansion since he was a child. Naturally, he knows the land bank better than Si Lian, and he is loved by his own father, and he often follows him here to find things to play. Where are things placed!
There are places where valuables are stored in this house, some are put in big boxes, and some are placed on shelves. Generally, after they are stored, they will not be moved easily. The valuables are all reconciled by Mu Bin himself. Except for Mou Biao who comes in occasionally to have a look, only Mrs. Liu can come in at home, and the small library in the study room is not even allowed by Mrs. Liu.

Later, when Mou Bin "passed away", the brothers separated. Mou Biao led the brothers in, ordered everything on the list, and asked people to move everything out, so what was the last thing he wanted It is clear that there are stacks of neatly stacked grain bags in the warehouse now, but the space next to it is empty, so it can be easily seen clearly.

You should know that according to what Mrs. Liu said, the front of the basement has never been used and no one needs to clean it. After they left Beijing, the grain entered Beijing. After the grain was put into storage, the basement was closed and never opened again. They approached In March, when I returned to Beijing, I didn't move, and I didn't go into the warehouse for inspection until now in winter, so there should be a lot of dust in the basement.

Mu Biao squinted his eyes and inspected the ground, then looked at the warehouse door and the location where the grain bags were piled up and asked,
"How many bags of grain did you move in that day?"

Silian pointed to the road of grain bags stacked against the wall in the south,

"Because of this matter of food, too many people should not know about it. When we came in, it was just me, Hongtao, and my mother-in-law. There was a woman and two girls beside my mother-in-law..."

She turned around and walked north to Kumen Road,
"When we came in, we walked straight in from the Kumen... Then we found that the food was not right, so we called four servants to come in and move the food bags..."

Fortunately, Si Lian grew up listening to Jia Jincheng talking about various cases in the Yamen in his free time. Once he found out that something happened to Curry, he was extra careful when asking people to come in and move it, and only let the four servants Move the grain bags along the bottom of the wall, and put all the grain bags along the bottom of the wall on the south side without walking around, so there is nothing in the warehouse except that the footprints of these people are walking around the warehouse door and the bottom of the wall. Next to the footprints!
So...so clean!
What about the footprints when carrying food?
Except for the footprints of the first Silian and the others entering the warehouse, there are no other footprints, and there is only a thin layer of dust on the entire ground, which does not look like a warehouse that has been closed for nearly two years!

This is not an ordinary reason!
Silian thought for a while and said,

"Maybe the mother-in-law has someone cleaned it?"

Mou Biao shook his head,

"Probably not!"

Mou Biao knew a thing or two about this. This library was originally used by Mou Bin, and all the valuables of the family were kept there. Later, when the brothers divided the house, there was nothing in it. Liu was very sad for her husband. Stay away, I stayed in this mansion and saw the things left by my husband, hoping that he might come back to me one day when he was tired from playing, so he ordered someone to seal the front study room, and the things inside were not allowed to be moved. She occasionally went to clean it herself, and this warehouse was the same, it had been closed all the time, naturally Mrs. Liu would not come to clean the empty warehouse, but she would not allow anyone to touch this place, so most of the dust would accumulate all the time.

If it wasn't for Silian's food that couldn't find a place to store it, Mrs. Liu probably wouldn't move here!
When Mou Biao said this, Si Lian thought for a while and nodded,
"you're right!"

It is also extremely easy to verify the truth, just ask Mrs. Liu later and you will know!
Mu Biao snorted and said,

"It seems that someone entered the warehouse, exchanged the food, and was afraid that the footprints would be exposed, so he cleaned the warehouse..."

But is it superfluous to do so?
Curry was trampled in a mess, wouldn't it be more reasonable not to clean it?

Speaking of this, Si Lian immediately answered,
"From this, we can see two points. First, the food thief has plenty of time to steal. It may be like the ants moving house, replacing food bit by bit. Second..."

She looked down at the ground,
"The dust on the ground has only accumulated a thin layer. From this point of view, it should be cleaned soon after the planned time, or after we returned to Beijing, or when the food shortage in Beijing began..."

So this person must be aware of the news of the Mou Mansion, so it could be that there are internal thieves in the Mou Mansion!
Mu Biao nodded,

"However... Although all the skilled guards in this mansion have withdrawn after Dad left, there are still a few very shrewd and capable guards in the guard who are loyal to the Mou Mansion..."

There are a few of them who were left behind by Mou Bin. The eldest brother Mou Wen and Mou Biao also know about this, so these people will definitely not betray the Mou family. So...how did so much food get out? of?

Mou Biao's gaze began to search around the Curry, but he couldn't see clearly in the dim light. He took the torch in Si Lian's hand and began to search along the corner of the wall. With his eyesight, he searched back and forth several times before he found a in a strange place,
"Four Lotus..."

He motioned Si Lian to come forward to take the torch, and with his hands free, he planed a few times at the base of the wall with his bare hands. He used his internal strength for these few moves, and when his claws went down, the whitewashed wall would be scrubbed. Mou Biao was taken aback, snorted, and simply slapped it away, causing the wall here to drop a lot.
"Look!"

Mou Biao pointed to the round mud wall,
"Someone dug a hole here, and it seems that the food was transported away from here..."

Silian was puzzled,

"Is it possible to transport grain away just by relying on this mud hole?"

Mu Biao smiled and said,

"I heard from my father that when the basement of our house was first built, it was dug two feet deep, and the walls were built with rammed earth and blue stones on all sides. It was built by a craftsman who built a house for the palace, so it is very strong..."

After finishing speaking, he patted the side wall with his hands, and sure enough, the inner force was spit out, and the wall didn't move at all, only a layer of white paint on the top,
"Look...there are bluestones everywhere, only this place is mud. Someone dug it into the warehouse from outside, replaced the grain little by little, and moved it away!"

Mou Biao narrowed his eyes and looked at the square, angular opening, and suddenly slapped it away with his palm.
"boom……"

With a sound, the mud at the entrance of the hole was only sealed with a thin layer, and he slapped it away with his palm, revealing the dark and deep hole inside.

"what……"

Si Lian exclaimed, Mou Biao smiled, reached in and touched the cave wall,
"Look at this method, the mud in the oil is tight and solid, it's not something a common thief can do..."

This palm-thick bluestone can be dug out, which is not something ordinary thieves can do!

Jin Yiwei is good at both black and white. This well-known thief in the rivers and lakes has registered with them. As far as Mou Biao knows, such a good art is like that of the kidnapper Zhang from the east of the city, but the kidnapper Zhang One of his legs was lame, and he had washed his hands long ago. I don't know which of his apprentices was the masterpiece!

Mu Biao smiled and said,

"With this hole... things are easy to handle!"

Finally, there is a clue!
Mou Biao was not in a hurry to explore where the other end of the cave led, but he led Si Lian back home and had a rest overnight. He led the people to the kidnapper Zhang's house in the east of the city.

Kidnapper Zhang was not originally called Kidnapper Zhang. He used to be a tomb robber in his early years. With a good shovel, he dug out a burglary hole, which would be thumbed up by an insider. He is well-known in Jianghu for his ability to dig ten feet without using a single piece of wood as a frame, to ensure that he can advance and retreat all over the body!
(End of this chapter)