Everyone went to Malay, Chen Xi stepped forward, and said faintly: "Dali Temple is in the purpose of handling the case, I am a purple coat supervisor Chen Xi!" Throwing a iron card over, a guard took the hand, and watched it.

After looking at it, he cupped his hands and said, "Sir, please wait a moment." He turned around and headed up the mountain.

Everyone waited patiently and said nothing.

Qin Xiao observed the environment. Except for the road up the mountain, the rest of the place was full of steep rocks. It was very difficult to walk, not to mention driving.

If Kuyin really transports it down the mountain, it can only be transported by vehicle, and it can only be transported from this road. It is impossible to drive elsewhere. He asked a guard: "Are there other roads up the mountain?"

Although not all the guards on the mountain may be completely aware of the theft of the inner treasury, they still have some knowledge of such a big event.

Now the officials from Dali Temple came, and people from the Ziyi Prison also came with them. Several guards knew that the matter was serious. Although they saw that Qin Xiao was young, they knew that the people from Beijing were not simple, so they respectfully said: "Go back.

Sir, this is the only road up the mountain, and vehicles entering and exiting must be strictly inspected."

After waiting for a long time, I saw several figures hurriedly coming from the mountain. The first one was wearing armor, walked forward quickly, bowed and saluted: "I have met you all, my humble general Tielin."

“Tielin?” Chen Xi frowned and asked, “Jiang Xiaochun, why didn’t Commander Jiang come out?”

Tielin said respectfully: "General Jiang is a lieutenant under the command of Commander Jiang. Now he is responsible for the safety of the mountain. Commander Jiang and the two deputy commanders...!" After saying this, he paused slightly and did not say anything.

Go down.

“They are not on the mountain?” Qin Xiao asked.

Tielin hesitated for a moment, then finally raised his hand and said, "Everyone, go up the mountain first, and I will report you in detail."

Chen Xi was a little confused and saw that Tielin was hesitant, as if he had something to say that he couldn't say here. He looked at Qin Xiao and saw Qin Xiao nodded slightly, so the group stopped talking and Tielin personally led the way and followed the road to the mountain.

Go up.

There are three checkpoints on the road up the mountain, all of which are blocked by fences. When passing by, you need to open the fence, which is usually sealed. Each checkpoint is guarded by more than ten armored guards, and there are also special guards on the side.

An arrow tower was built. It is not easy to build an arrow tower in such terrain. Standing on the arrow tower, you can have a commanding view of the other two checkpoints. There are also two archers on duty on the arrow tower at all times.

Although the silver in the inner treasury has been stolen, the defense on the mountain has not been relaxed at all. When Qin Xiao and his party passed the checkpoint, they clearly saw that the hands of the guards at the checkpoint were pressed on the hilts of their swords, and their eyes were full of alertness.

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Qin Xiao knew that this was not just a show, but a conditioned reflex trained over many years. Whenever someone passed the checkpoint, no matter who it was, the guards would automatically become alert.

Princess Sheyue said that the guards in the Jiangnan Neiku were extremely tight. Now that I have seen it with my own eyes, it is indeed true.

The guards here are all well-equipped, and all of them are strong and strong. At first glance, they are carefully selected brave men. It is almost impossible for Ku Yin to be transported away under the eyes of these well-guarded elite soldiers.

After passing three checkpoints and walking forward for a while, the terrain became clearer. Soon you saw a high wall in front of you. The wall was made of huge stones. A heavy gate was tightly closed. There were two holes on the top of the wall.

The arrow tower is still guarded by archers.

 Qin Xiao feels deeply in his heart

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Sigh, the location of the Jiangnan Neiku was carefully chosen. There is such an extremely open place on the mountain to build the warehouse, and there is only one road leading to it, and there is a solid wall built. It is said that this place is impregnable, and that is true.

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 Entering the wall, you will see that there are barracks built inside and there is also a special school ground.

"My lords, there are high walls on three sides of the inner warehouse, backed by a mountain wall. Except for entering from the main entrance, there are no entrances on all sides." Tielin explained: "Unless you fly in, no one can enter. But even if you can,

Fei, there are soldiers patrolling the inner warehouse day and night. If there is any abnormal movement, it will be discovered immediately." Pointing to the camp building, he said: "That is the dormitory, over there is the kitchen, and not far from the kitchen is the latrine. Everyone

Sir, have you seen the room over there? That is the bank room."

The Treasury is a huge building that is very conspicuous in the entire inner treasury.

"This time we are here to thoroughly investigate the theft case of the inner treasury." Qin Xiao finally said: "Tie Xiaowei, the person in charge of guarding here is Commander Jiang Xiaochun. Just now, the Young Supervisor also asked where Commander Jiang is now.

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Tielin finally pointed to a building in the corner of the inner treasury and said respectfully: "The commander-in-chief and the two deputy commanders are over there. Sir, please come with me."

The sky had already darkened. Tielin sent someone to send a torch, and he personally held the torch and led the people there. This was a single building, which looked very lonely. There were no windows in the house, and the door was actually locked. Qin Xiao

Everyone else felt strange and wondered what Jiang Xiaochun was up to.

“Lord Commander, there are people from Kyoto.” Tielin walked to the door, bowed and said, “There are people from Dali Temple and Ziyi Prison.”

There was a noise in the room immediately, as if someone was moving inside. From the noisy sound, it seemed that there was more than one person.

“Finally here.” Through the crack in the door, Qin Xiao saw a figure approaching behind the door, with a tone of relief: “We have been waiting for a long time.”

 “Open the door!” A deep voice finally came from the room.

Tielin unlocked and pushed the door open, but the room was completely dark. Under the light of the fire, Qin Xiao saw that the room was empty. There were a few quilts spread on the ground, five or six people had their hands shackled, and several pairs of eyes were covered with shackles.

Looking eagerly at Qin Xiao and others outside the door, there was only one stout man who looked very calm. He stood up slowly, took a few steps forward, glanced at Qin Xiao and others, and said lightly: "I am Jiang Xiaochun.

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Qin Xiao and others were a little surprised when they saw how many people were locked inside. They were even more surprised when they heard that this person claimed to be Jiang Xiaochun, the commander of the inner treasury.

"On the day the inner treasury was stolen, the commander immediately imprisoned all the officials in charge of the security and inner treasury here. He himself also asked that his hands be handcuffed. No one was allowed to step out of this door before someone came from Kyoto."

Tielin explained from the side: "There are people guarding here day and night. Except when someone opens the door and delivers food during meals, the door is locked at other times."

 Qin Xiao nodded slightly, thinking that if the inner treasury was stolen, Jiang Xiaochun and other officials and generals in charge of the inner treasury would definitely not be able to escape their crimes. Jiang Xiaochun immediately imprisoned all the inner treasury officials, including himself, which was considered a proper handling.

"My lords have been tired from their journey, but this case is of great importance. If you can persist, we can accept the interrogation now." Jiang Xiaochun looked calm. He has a strong body, regular facial features, and a straight body. At first glance, he is not taking it easy.

generation.

Chen Xi glanced at Qin Xiao

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Then he asked Jiang Xiaochun: "Who are the people imprisoned here?"

"In addition to Jiang, the two deputy commanders who guard the inner treasury are also among them." Jiang Xiaochun explained: "In addition, there are two scribes and a deputy chief who directly manage the inner treasury." After a pause, he explained.

Said: "The inner treasury is divided into two groups. One group is the inner treasury guards who are specifically responsible for the safety of the inner treasury. The inner treasury guards are responsible for protecting the inner treasury, patrolling day and night, checking vehicles and personnel entering and exiting the inner treasury, and are not involved in the bank.

To be more precise, the guards of the inner treasury cannot even get close to the silver treasury, including Jiang."

“What is the exact number of guards in the inner treasury?”

"Including Jiang, there are one hundred and eighty-three guards in the inner treasury." Jiang Xiaochun answered all questions: "These nearly two hundred people are all managed by Jiang." Then he said: "Except for the inner treasury guards, there are

The other group of people is the treasurers who manage the inner treasury. There are eighteen people in total. Plus the six people in the kitchen, the inner treasury has a total of 207 people."

 Chen Xi immediately asked: "So are all the members of the inner treasury here now? After the disappearance of Nei Kuyin, has anyone left the inner treasury?"

"After the incident, the inner treasury was immediately locked down." Jiang Xiaochun said simply: "Several officials from the inner treasury, including Jiang, were all locked up here. From that day to today, Jiang can guarantee that none of us have walked out of this place.

room. Before Jiang came in, he handed over the guards of the inner treasury to Lieutenant Tie Xiao for temporary command, and gave him a military order. Before someone came from Kyoto, no one was allowed to enter or leave the inner treasury. No one, including Jiang

If you want to leave the inner treasury, you will be killed without mercy!"

At this time, Feixin finally said: "My lord, you have been working hard all the way. It is very dark here. If you want to investigate all night, it is better to find a spacious room to sit down and slowly figure out the situation. If this case is to be tried, it is bound to be interrogated."

The process is recorded in detail. Mr. Qin and Mr. Shao Jian can interrogate, and the lower officials are responsible for recording. I wonder what you two think?"

"Master Fei is right." Qin Xiao nodded and said, "The situation here must be clearly reported to the saint and the princess. Commander Jiang, please let someone find a spacious place first. Let's sit down and talk slowly." He said to himself again.

He introduced: "My official is Qin Xiao, the young minister of Dali Temple, this is Mr. Chen Xichen, the young eunuch of Ziyi Prison, and this is Mr. Fei Xinfei, the chief minister of Dali Temple. They are all here to investigate the case thoroughly under orders."

Jiang Xiaochun nodded, seeing that Qin Xiao was young and actually a young minister of Dali Temple, and was even sent to investigate such a big case, he felt a little different in his heart, but his face did not show any emotion.

There are many houses in Neiku, so it is easy to find a spacious room.

Although the internal treasury was stolen, Jiang Xiaochun and his group had a heavy responsibility, but they were not prisoners after all. They removed the shackles of several people and set up a temporary court. They originally asked Chen Xi to sit with him, but Chen Xi politely declined.

He sat down on a chair, and Feixin ordered a table to be set up, prepared pens, ink, paper and inkstones, and began to write down the interrogation transcript.

"Who was the first person to discover that Nei Kuyin was missing?" Qin Xiao glanced at several officials in Nei Ku, and his voice was calm: "Let's start from the beginning."

Jiang Xiaochun glanced at the three inner treasury officials beside him, and then said: "It's the inner treasury chief Bo, but... they are not here!"

Qin Xiao was startled, and Chen Xi also frowned and said in a cold voice: "Didn't I just say that no one left the inner treasury? There are not many people left in the inner treasury? Why is the owner of the inner treasury, Bo, missing?"
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