Chapter 697

The gold theft case in Xingguo temple has been verified by a number of veteran criminal cases of the Ministry of justice for more than half a month, but there is still no clue.

The case soon became known to almost everyone in Chang'an city. This incredible case immediately became the most lively topic in Chang'an City, a city with a huge population of one million.

Both officials and ordinary people were very excited after hearing this shocking case.

After all, it involves millions of taels of gold, which is really desirable.

However, just like the views of those veteran criminal cases of the Ministry of justice, no matter who seems to me, there is no possibility of the existence of other suspects in this case, except for the more than 100 aristocratic families who were responsible for guarding the Xingguo temple at that time.

Unless there are gods and ghosts, how can it happen that millions of taels of gold disappear out of thin air?

And the monks, teachers and disciples who entered the main hall, were killed with swords and burned their bodies. Did they turn into ghosts and set fire?

Under the guidance of all kinds of evidence, even Zheng Yuanshou, Wang Renyou and others believe seven or eight points in their hearts at the moment, and believe that gold is really the collusion of seven families to hide.

Even various rumors in the market have pointed the spearhead directly at the aristocratic families with five surnames and seven hopes. Without the instructions of the aristocratic family leader, there are so many aristocratic family episodes, but how dare you do such appalling things.

However, no matter how the Ministry of punishment used punishment, it even killed several aristocratic families, but it did not get a useful confession.

One hundred and forty aristocratic families who were arrested in the prison of the Ministry of punishment were either talking nonsense or biting to death without knowing it, which left Li daozong, the Minister of justice of the Ministry of punishment, helpless.

If it is true that these episodes hide gold, how can they endure the penalty for half a month and still no one speaks the truth? Moreover, it is obvious that the spirit of many tortured episodes has collapsed and explained all the ugly things they have done, but they can't tell the whereabouts of gold.

Fortunately, Li Er didn't have time for the criminal department to solve the case, which made Li daozong secretly relieved.

Now he really has no confidence in solving this case. Even many times, Li daozong speculates that there is really a powerful man who carried away the gold with the supreme immortal method?

However, a shocking thing happened to all officials.

A censor came out to impeach the seven aristocratic family leaders, five surnames and seven hopes, but the charges were unreasonable. He impeached the seven family leaders for being greedy.

How much and where to get greedy for ink is not mentioned at all.

Zheng Yuanshou, Wang Renyou and other aristocratic family leaders did not defend, but acquiesced in the censor's impeachment.

In the Tai Chi hall, the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty immediately knew that the so-called greed for ink naturally did not exist. After all, the world knows the wealth of the aristocratic family. Even if you want to be greedy for ink, it's not up to the seven aristocratic family owners to reach out in person.

Zheng Yuanshou and others were impeached for only one reason, that is, the gold theft in Xingguo Temple half a month ago.

One million taels of gold have disappeared and have not yet disappeared, including 400000 taels of gold, including sage gold.

Since we can't find the real murderer in such a big case, it's natural that someone should come out and take charge of carrying the pot.

The gold was lost under the guard of Wuxing Qiwang. Whether Zheng Yuanshou wanted it or not, they could only carry it silently. Naturally, they knew it well.

Li Er grew up from the throne and looked around at the officials in the palace. Finally, he looked at Wei Zheng, the imperial historian, and said, "what do you think of this matter?"

Wei Zheng went out and said, "although Duke Zheng, Duke Wang and other princes have noble identities, the laws of the Tang Dynasty cannot be abolished. Since Duke Zheng and others are involved in ink greed, they should naturally be handed over to the censor's desk for strict investigation to correct the national law."

Hearing the speech, Li Er sighed: "Alas, you have worked hard for the court for many years. How can I be so ruthless? Don't go into this matter at the censor's desk. You, Zheng Gong, Wang Gong, Cui Gong, Lu Gong and Li Gong, please resign. Although you are the ministers of the Tang Dynasty, I am very reluctant to give up. However, I can't be selfish in front of the laws of the Tang Dynasty. Therefore, please resign to fulfill the friendship between our kings and officials."

Li Er's words on the imperial rank fell in the ears of Zheng Yuanshou and others. He didn't hesitate to blow thunder... The sage asked them to retire?

The faces of the seven aristocratic family leaders suddenly lost their blood color and became as white as paper.

They were angry, but they had nothing to say.

For a long time, seven aristocratic family leaders, including Zheng Yuanshou, Cui Xin and Wang Renyou, bowed to Li Er and squeezed out a hoarse voice from between their teeth.

"Thank you for your grace. I'm too old to beg for bones!"

Of course, the aristocratic family can't afford to lose 400000 taels of gold.

Although they also suffered heavy losses, it is not a big problem to put together another 400002 gold.

But now Li Er Si has not mentioned anything about gold, and has instructed the imperial censor to impeach them on the charge of ink corruption. Obviously, that means buying them seven with 400002 gold.

Even if Wang Renyou and Zheng Yuanshou are unwilling, what can they do?

Even if Qiwang, the five surnames, is an aristocratic family, has been a family of poetry for thousands of years, and has unparalleled influence in the scholar world, what can we do?

Even now, Zheng Yuanshou and others have vaguely realized that they have been cheated by others, and even the black hand behind the scenes can't say that they are the saints above the imperial rank, but what can they do?

As long as the aristocratic family can't find the disappeared gold, it can't wash away the suspicion.

Four hundred thousand taels of gold, buy seven of them to retire, wronged?

In the Tai Chi hall, even the more than 100 officials from aristocratic families in the Manchu Dynasty can't say a word at the moment.

All this, of course, came from the plan of Li forgetful and Su Changqing. They took this opportunity to sweep all the aristocratic family leaders such as Zheng Yuanshou, Wang Renyou and Cui Xin out of the court hall.

The bizarre disappearance of gold in Xingguo temple is actually worthless. It is just a simple cover up.

During the ten days when they guarded the gold, Li forgot to worry. He had already dug up a secret basement in his highness Da xiongbao, and there was a passage connected with the side hall not far away.

The soil that Zheng Yuanshou saw in the main hall that day was not the soil that shaped the mud tire, but the soil excavated from the ground.

Those so-called craftsmen are not real craftsmen, but Li two is a hand dressing up from the 100 rides.

After the Xingguo temple was handed over to the guard of the aristocratic family trilogy, the staff of the Baiqi division dressed as craftsmen and went to the main hall every day.

Under the cover of the noisy construction sound, the ground under the side hall was dug through, and all the gold was secretly transported to the secret room under the main hall.

After the gold was emptied, it was backfilled with the soil accumulated in the main hall to fill the lower part of the side hall.

Therefore, after the fire that day, Li Er ordered people to dig down and found nothing except soil.

The only difficulty in this plan is how to cover up the eyes of those aristocratic families.

However, since it was Li forget you who took the initiative to leave the window on the gable for observation that day, this is naturally a "flaw" deliberately set aside by Li forget you in order to confuse the eyes of those aristocratic families