Chapter 696

Li Er's face was livid and issued several orders one after another.

"Let people surround the Xingguo temple. No one is allowed to let go. Then go to the Ministry of punishment immediately and find me the Minister of punishment, Li daozong, and ask him to send all the veteran criminal cases of the Ministry of punishment. Today we must find out where the gold is!"

Immediately, the palace guard took the command and went crazy to Chang'an city.

Today's incident is really too big. Someone is bold enough to take away a whole million liang of gold, including the sage's gold. It's a shocking case.

The more than 100 episodes with five surnames and seven hopes were also disarmed by the forbidden guards in the palace brought by Li Er. They were escorted to the open place in Xingguo temple, kneeling down and waiting for their release.

As for Zheng Yuanshou, Wang Renyou, Cui Xin and other seven aristocratic family leaders, they all looked confused and uneasy.

At the moment, their heads are also a piece of paste. They don't know what happened.

They don't even believe that the seven families are moving people's hearts because of gold, conspiring to hide the gold, and then setting fire in an attempt to destroy and cover up the evidence.

With so much gold, there are seven episodes here to guard. For 12 hours, there are dozens of fully armed episodes around the side hall at any time. How did the gold disappear?

It took them more than thirty carriages to transport them when they arrived. So how did these disappeared gold be transported out of Xingguo temple?

Moreover, the central part of their house is firmly affirmed that before the fire, the gold was still in the side hall. What's the matter?

Zheng Yuanshou and his colleagues can't figure out why they want to break their heads.

Li daozong, the Minister of justice of the Ministry of punishment, was shocked when he learned that such a shocking case had occurred in Xingguo temple, Duqu county. He did not dare to delay, so he hurriedly summoned people and led the team of the Ministry of punishment to hurry.

When Li Er saw Li daozong, he immediately ordered him to ask people to interrogate those aristocratic families and check the situation at the scene. Be sure to get to the bottom of the matter and find out the whereabouts of the gold.

"Daozong, you can send someone to interrogate anyone in this case. Remember, it's anyone! No matter what method you use, I must find the gold back to me!"

"Yes, I will." Li daozong replied hard.

Li daozong had a general understanding of the case and felt strange. He didn't dare to neglect Li erpen's instructions. After nodding his head, he immediately commanded those criminal case veterans of the criminal department to take over everything in Xingguo temple and start investigating the case.

Those veteran criminal cases of the Ministry of punishment tried the aristocratic family episodes separately, took confessions and verified them everywhere in the fire scene of the piandian.

But because Zheng Yuanshou and others had asked the episode to remove all the debris on the side hall, Li Er ordered people to dig three feet, but there was no valuable clue in the ruins of the side hall.

As for the two charred bodies in the main hall, the work of the Ministry of punishment found them after careful examination.

"Inform your majesty that after inspecting the two bodies, he found that they were not burned, but died under the sword. In other words, they were killed and burned by fire." Li daozong came to report.

Li Er frowned: "it's strange. The previous episodes of the Zheng and Wang families, but they kept saying that they saw the righteous master with their own eyes and started the fire only after they entered the main hall with their disciples. Since people have been killed, who set the fire? Who killed the master?"

"I don't know. I think someone must have lied." Li daozong didn't believe what those episodes said.

He has repeatedly confirmed that when the aristocratic family came to take over Xingguo Temple ten days ago, the gold was really in the side hall. Moreover, Zheng Yuanshou, Wang Renyou and others also saw it with their own eyes. The steward of the aristocratic family also checked the amount of gold in the house.

In the next ten days, in the Xingguo temple, in addition to the more than 100 aristocratic families, only the master of the right way and his disciples, as well as the craftsmen recruited by the right way monks to forge the Golden Buddha, were in the temple.

Those craftsmen only come to work in the temple in the daytime. Moreover, they work in the main hall. There are aristocratic family episodes to supervise and search in and out. It is absolutely impossible for them to come into contact with gold.

These craftsmen were also asked by the Ministry of punishment, and it was determined that they could not steal gold under the eyes of more than 100 aristocratic families.

What's more strange is that no matter how the veteran criminals of the Ministry of punishment interrogate them, the family trilogy insists that before the fire broke out in the side hall, they confirmed with their own eyes that all the gold in the hall was in the window on the gable.

The more the officials of the Ministry of punishment tried, the more they felt that the case was foggy and completely incomprehensible.

There is really no other possibility except that these aristocratic families colluded with each other and stole the gold.

Therefore, with the consent of Li Er, the Ministry of punishment directly used severe punishment and torture on the aristocratic family trilogy.

In Xingguo temple, there was a scream of aristocratic family trilogy.

After beating the leaders of several aristocratic families, they still got no change in their confessions. They insisted that they had no knowledge of the matter.

Even if some people can't endure torture and admit that they stole gold, they can't tell the whereabouts of gold. It's obviously just nonsense.

Zheng Yuanshou and others became more and more ugly because their central part of the house was tortured by the Ministry of punishment.

But no matter Zheng Yuanshou, Wang Renyou and Cui Xin, they are silent at the moment.

Now it is not only the gold of the aristocratic family that has disappeared, but also the gold of Li Er, Cheng Yaojin and others. Where can they say anything at the moment.

The sun is fine today, but in the warm sunshine of March, the faces of several aristocratic family leaders are getting whiter and whiter, silent, and no one knows what they are thinking.

Li Er turned to Li Qieyou and asked, "Ziyou, what do you think? This case is really strange."

Li Qieyou just shook his head silently, but his uncle and nephew secretly exchanged eyes while others didn't pay attention. Even though Li Er's face was solemn, his eyes were full of excitement.

Obviously, today's situation is another game set by him, Li forgetful, Cheng Yaojin and others.

Zheng Yuanshou, the aristocratic family leaders, like wild animals in the mountains and forests, unconsciously jumped into the trap. How can this make Li Er not feel happy.

When the punishment department is called to inspect the scene, examine the suspect and trace the whereabouts of gold, it is just acting for the aristocratic family.

In short, as long as we can't find gold, the black pot of losing gold must be carried by these aristocratic family leaders with five surnames and seven hopes. Whether they like it or not, there is no excuse.

That million liang of gold is still in Xingguo temple at this time