Chapter 344 Conclusive Evidence
Ning Chuyi squatted down and picked up a silver ingot to look at it.
The words "Baofenglong Cast" were engraved on the silver ingot.
And Baofenglong is one of the three major banks in the capital.
It seems that these silvers are not official silver, but city silver.
Wei Feng was also looking at a silver ingot. Seeing the bank number on it, he frowned, "How can these be city silver? Could it be that these silvers were not obtained by Teng Chong's corruption, but by bribery?"
Ning Chuyi shook his head, "This is official silver."
Wei Feng was stunned, and after a closer look, he found that the silver ingot contained gold.
This color looks very similar to the ingots that the emperor gave to the Ningguo Mansion.
Wei Feng suddenly realized, "Sir, is this gold flower silver?"
Ning Chuyi nodded.
The court has regulations that gold flower silver cannot be circulated in the market. After this kind of silver is cast, it can only be contributed to the national treasury. The emperor will use it to pay monthly salaries to officials, or as a reward.
The silver ingots in the mezzanine of Teng Chong's study are all five or ten taels.
They are all engraved with "Bao Feng Long Zhu".
Wei Feng shook his head, "This Teng Chong is really bold. He manages the silver bureau of the court, but he dares to embezzle so much silver. Could it be that he thinks that if he finds a bank to melt the embezzled silver and make it into silver ingots, others will not recognize it."
Ning Chuyi didn't say anything.
Teng Chong has been able to hold the position of Left Vice Minister of the Ministry of Revenue for so many years, so he is naturally not a stupid person.
He is not unaware that even if the gold and silver are melted into other styles, they will not be recognizable.
But even if he knows, what can he do? Once people's greed comes, they can't be stopped.
Teng Chong manages the silver bureau, and those gold and silver are huge temptations.
As long as the benefits are big enough, it is worth taking risks.
Moreover, corrupt people often have a fluke mentality, thinking that they are lucky enough and what they do will not be exposed.
In addition to the silver ingots hidden in this largest wall, gold bricks are hidden in the mezzanines of the other two walls.
All of them were knocked out by Ling Chu with a small hammer.
Ning Chuyi asked people to count, register, and finally seal the boxes.
The gold and silver copied from the study room was about 380,000 taels.
Adding the ones copied before, there were already 710,000 taels.
Wei Feng and the others were relieved that so much was copied on the first day.
Wu Bing squinted and watched silently, no one knew what he was thinking.
Everyone was excited.
Seeing that it was not dark yet, they hurried to continue the search.
Unfortunately, every wall had been knocked, but nothing was found.
Wu Bing had been supervising with a gloomy face, and suddenly said, "Pry open all the blue bricks on the ground for search."
Wei Feng and the others frowned and said, "Sir, we have checked all the floor tiles, and there is nothing abnormal."
"Such thick blue bricks, just by knocking, we can't be sure that there is no silver hidden underneath. We must pry them open to ensure that there are no fish that slip through the net."
Everyone had a tense face.
The Minister's Mansion is so big that if every blue brick is pried open and then dug down, three days will not be enough.
Ning Chuyi looked at Ling Chu.
Wei Feng couldn't wait to ask, "Ling Xiaoqi, can you calculate whether there is silver hidden under this floor tile?"
With the system, Ling Chu didn't need to calculate at all to know whether there is any.
But she knew that even if she calculated, Wu Bing would not believe it.
She simply summoned a small hammer to smash all the floor tiles, and then let the big shovel dig up the soil underneath.
Fortunately, Ning Chuyi had let the system absorb so many jade pendants and jade stones before, otherwise Ling Chu would not have been able to keep asking the big shovel and small hammer for help.
After an incense stick, all the floor tiles of the Minister's Mansion were dug beyond recognition.
Not a penny was dug out.
Wu Bing didn't say anything, but his eyes became more and more solemn when he looked at Ling Chu.
He didn't expect that the daughter of King Dingyuan was so capable.
Ling Chu knew that Wu Bing was wary of her.
Although she wanted to keep a low profile, some things were unavoidable in order to help Ning Chuyi get his job back.
Ning Chuyi had helped her so much, she couldn't just hide her ability and watch him being suppressed by others.
If so, she would feel guilty.
Ning Chuyi looked up at the sky and saw that there was still time, so he ordered, "Move the ladder and check the tiles."
There are cylindrical tiles at the front end of the eaves, called tiles.
Some craftsmen would carve auspicious beasts and auspicious clouds on the tiles, or paint auspicious words such as Fu Lu Shou Xi.
Some people would melt the silver and hide it in the tiles, so that even if the thieves knew about it, they couldn't steal it. Because to steal the silver, they would have to remove the tiles.
Once this thing is removed, the movement can't be hidden from others at all.
Ling Chu glanced at Ning Chuyi and swallowed the words on his lips.
She had just wanted to say to tear down the eaves, but Ning Chuyi said it first.
Ling Chu summoned the small hammer.
When Wei Feng saw it, he immediately smiled, "Ling Xiaoqi, you are right to come to our Jinyiwei. With you here, we don't have to do anything."
Ling Chu smiled back at him and said modestly, "It should be, it should be."
Although modest, it is also true.
If it weren't for Ning Chuyi's jade, her system would have run out of energy and unbound her long ago.
Now, for Ning Chuyi, even if the big shovel and the small hammer consume some energy, it is also reasonable.
Yin Sha glanced at Ning Chuyi and saw that he frowned slightly, knowing that he was dissatisfied with Wei Feng's words.
As Jinyiwei, they are responsible for confiscating property, but they can't rely on Miss Ling for everything.
Ling Chu waved his hand and let the small hammer hit a round tile.
Yin Sha also used Qinggong to fly to the roof, and kicked at another tile with auspicious clouds carved on it.
The tile fell to the ground and broke into pieces.
The silver that fell out made a "ding-dong" sound.
Originally, Wei Feng was waiting for Ling Chu to knock down the tile with a small hammer, but seeing Yin Sha taking action, he had no intention of standing by and watching.
So he also took the Jinyiwei to the roof.
It is easier to get things done with more people, and these Jinyiwei all have martial arts skills, so they are not slow in dismantling.
For a while, the crackling sound in the Minister's Mansion was full of noise.
Teng Chong's parents, wives, concubines, and children were locked in the hall. Seeing this scene through the window, they no longer cared about the silver and could only pray to God to let them escape and not be beheaded by the emperor.
After more than a quarter of an hour, everyone finally dismantled all the tiles in the Minister's Mansion. After counting, about 20,000 taels were dismantled.
Many boxes of silver were found on the beams of the houses in various courtyards, and more than 19,000 taels of silver and banknotes were seized.
Although not much, it was one step closer to 1.07 million taels.
Jinyiwei had a rule not to search the house at dusk, in order to prevent someone from taking advantage of the night.
Before dark, Ning Chuyi asked everyone to register all the things they had seized, put them in boxes, and seal them.
The first day of house seizure was completed.
A team of Jinyiwei was arranged to guard the Minister's Mansion.
Ning Chuyi personally led people to transport the seized things to the palace.
After seizing gold and silver, Teng Chong's crime of corruption was proven to be conclusive. His family members were all taken to the prison to wait for questioning.
Although they were busy all day, tired and hungry, they were still very happy to think that they could kill Wu Bing.
Ling Chu did not go to Xiankelai with everyone. When she left the Minister's Mansion, she saw Prince Dingyuan waiting for her outside the gate.
Finally finished the second update before 12 o'clock.
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