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Chapter 20

Ye Xiaotian was about to speak, Zhang Hongyu, Qiao Zhenghua, and Liu Junyang rushed in with a group of servants. As soon as he entered the hall, he shouted: "The relief silver has been stolen? What's going on with this? Lao Kuai, Lao Kuai, please tell me clearly, it was Guan Xiaokun?"

Kuai Peng was impatient to wait for Ye Xiaotian to reveal the mystery and hurriedly said, "Don't argue first, stand aside and listen to Xiaotian!"

Zhang Hongyu, Qiao Zhenghua and others were stunned. Kuai Peng was a rough person and always looked down upon. When did he be so obedient to someone? And looking at his appearance, he seemed to listen to Ye Xiaotian's words.

Ye Xiaotian nodded and smiled at them, saying hello, and then turned to Guan Xiaokun and said, "This evidence is easy to find. On the day of the charity sale, the silver box was carried back to the Imperial College by eight friends from your restaurant. As long as I can prove that the silver box was not stolen in the Imperial College, then these eight people will have no connection, right?"

Guan Xiaokun's face looked extremely ugly, and he said stubbornly: "How do you prove it?"

Ye Xiaotian said: "After those guys carried the silver box and left the restaurant, they only stopped and rested at an intersection because they encountered a wedding party passing by. Before and after, the silver box had never left their shoulders again. If I find the same box now, full of silver, as long as you can carry the silver box and walk again according to the route of that day, you will not rest along the way. I, Ye Xiaotian, kowtowed to you and confessed my guilt!"

Ye Xiaotian's tone was still calm at the beginning, but when he spoke, he was already stern. Guan Xiaokun seemed to be hit hard by an invisible fist. He took a step back suddenly, his face pale.

Tang Xianzu Youran said: "It was not only Kuai Peng who escorted the silver that day, but also more than ten constables such as Detective Xing. Even if Kuai Peng didn't remember it clearly, it would be impossible for more than ten constables to be recorded poorly. Therefore, you can find them as witnesses and follow them all the way to ensure that your friend can go without any mistakes!"

Guan Xiaokun originally wanted to argue, but he was speechless after hearing this. Ye Xiaotian smiled and turned to Kuai Peng and Le Siye and said, "Now, I understand why they had to pry all three boxes out of the box when they went to the Imperial College Warehouse to move the bricks out of the box. But the door lock was intact."

Zhang Hongyu, Qiao Zhenghua and others were puzzled and couldn't help but interrupt, "Brick? What brick?"

Kuai Peng said impatiently: "I will explain it to you later."

Kuai Peng couldn't wait to ask Ye Xiaotian: "Tell me quickly, why?"

Ye Xiaotian said: "It's not because they can open the door lock but cannot open the box lock. The mystery is one aspect, and the main reason is... The silver box has been replaced by them, and the key on your body can no longer open the box, so they have to pry the lock. When we find that the silver has been stolen, who will still be bored and try to use the key to open the pried lock?"

Kuai Peng intersected his fists and palms, and said excitedly: "Not bad! Not bad! If I go back now, I will definitely not be able to open the locks. Haha, your mind is so smart. You can actually think of so many things."

Ye Xiaotian smiled and said, "Actually, I don't understand many things. For example, they have never been to the Imperial College, so they have found the warehouse gate keys from where they found it, but these are not important anymore. Anyway, he will tell us. Is it right?"

Ye Xiaotian said, and turned to Guan Xiaokun. At this time, Guan Xiaokun's face was as pale as paper, as if he could not stand firmly.

"Sir, I searched all over the third floor, no!"

"Sir, I searched all the second floor, no!"

"Sir, first floor..."

Kuai Peng was excited and crazy, but bad news came one by one, and Kuai Peng's face suddenly became gloomy.

Kuai Peng was very trustworthy about his ability to search the houses under his command. Besides, it was a huge amount of silver, not a needle, so how could it be hidden so easily, unless it was transported out first. If so, even though they had the reasons that could not be denied, they were afraid that the lawsuit would be arguing. You should know that Guan Xiaokun's father is the Minister of Rites, and there was a young master behind him.

"Have the silver been transported away?" Ye Xiaotian also felt a sank in his heart, but he glanced at Guan Xiaokun and suddenly rejected the idea again.

"Impossible! If the silver has been transported away, Guan Xiaokun shouldn't have appeared in Baishanglou at this time! If the silver has been transported away, even if my reasons can refute him speechless, he will definitely refuse to admit it. But his current panic is not just a speechless speculation about me..."

Ye Xiaotian said firmly: "The silver has not been shipped away yet!"

When he said this, he kept staring at Guan Xiaokun's change in expression. Guan Xiaokun did not disappoint him. In an instant, the horror fell into Ye Xiaotian's eyes. Ye Xiaotian felt relieved and said to Kuai Peng: "It's impossible to be wrong. The silver is still in Baishen Tower!"

Kuai Peng was now impressed by Ye Xiaotian and immediately ordered: "Search it again, go to the bed, don't let go even a toilet, search it carefully for me."

The Jinyi School Captain was not convinced by Ye Xiaotian's words. When it comes to raiding houses, no one is better at raiding houses than their Jinyi Guards. They just searched according to the standards of raiding houses. How could there be any omissions? But the 100-household master had already given orders and had to lead the people back to the upper floor.

Zhang Hongxian waved his arms and said, "Old Qiao, Junyang, let's search together with your people!"

"You...you, why, what qualifications do you have..." Guan Xiaokun said in a panic, but he was seriously lacking in confidence and could no longer play any role.

"Search, search for the toilet, and stir it down with a pole!" Kuai Peng really planned to dig three feet of the ground. He did this when he was in the Imperial College and still wanted to do it now, but this time he had a younger brother to do it for him, so he didn't have to go to the cesspool himself.

At the kitchen door, Mao Wenzhi and Hua Yunfei stood side by side, looking inside the kitchen. The area of ​​the large kitchen in Baishen Building is quite large, almost equivalent to one-third of the area of ​​the front hall, and more than fifty stoves. Because it was not for meals, only more than twenty fires were on fire. Some chefs and helpers were preparing dishes, and various ingredients were placed on the chopping boards and on the water table.

Ye Xiaotian walked over and looked into the kitchen. He asked, "Have you searched here?"

Mao Wenzhi said: "Not yet, the silver will not be hidden in such a place, right?"

Ye Xiaotian said: "How can you know if you don't search? Don't let a place go, search!"

"Okay!" Mao Wenzhi rolled up his sleeves and walked in with Hua Yunfei. A chef said unhappily: "What are you doing? Why are you running to the kitchen to rummage around?"

Immediately, an Jinyiwei came up to him, flipped his wrist and showed his waist card, and said, "Jinyiwei takes the thief. Stop talking nonsense, go there!"

"The Jinyiwei takes the thief?" The chef looked at Mao Wenzhi in shock and opened a large drawer with a "slam" and inserted his hands into it, flipping through the frozen fish. There was no place where there was a dwarf.

Ye Xiaotian walked in and patrolled the left and right side slowly. He had never eaten anything since breakfast. Suddenly he saw a plate of fried meatballs, picked up two and threw them into his mouth. Suddenly he noticed that a bucket next to him was empty. Ye Xiaotian pointed to the bucket and chewed the meatballs while vaguely speaking to a helper: "Why are the buckets in your kitchen empty? Are there no business during the day?"

The bandit said: "Our Baishenlou has a very good business. How could it be that there is no business? The water has just been transported away."

Ye Xiaotian frowned and said, "It's only time that he can get water?"

The gang said, "I have been checking in and out of the city recently. So the people who collect water sometimes arrive in the evening."

"Oh!" Ye Xiaotian picked up another meatball and threw it into his mouth. Suddenly he noticed that two assistants were working together to carry a bucket of water. Ye Xiaotian said, "The one who collected water was here?"

The helper who answered said, "Yes!"

Ye Xiaotian noticed his fleeting nervousness and suddenly felt aroused in his heart. He immediately patted Hua Yunfei on the shoulder and shouted loudly at Mao Wenzhi: "Hurry here!" After that, he quickly rushed to the back door of the kitchen.

There were several donkey carts parked in the alley outside the back door, with some buckets loaded on the car. The grooms stood aside with whips. There were more than twenty buckets on the ground, and several friends from the Zuixianlou were working together to lift the buckets and put them into the car with difficulty.

Ye Xiaotian rushed out of the back door and saw this, shouting: "Don't carry it away! Put down all the stools!"

The guys suddenly saw several people rushing out of the back door, including two Jinyiwei, and they couldn't help panic. One Jinyiwei rushed up and cursed: "Damn it, are you stuffed with donkey hair in your ears? Didn't you hear our orders? Put down the bucket!"

After saying that, the Jinyi Captain raised his leg and kicked the bucket. The two men who were carrying the bucket whispered, and the bucket in their hands fell down and turned to the ground. The bucket flowed all over the ground, and silver ingots were scattered out of the bucket.

Mao Wenzhi smiled and said, "Ha, I found it! I found it!"

At this time, Guan Xiaokun also followed through the back door. When he saw this, he turned around and ran away. Ye Xiaotian shouted, "Catch him! Look at the silver!" Ye Xiaotian hurriedly put this sentence on and chased Guan Xiaokun with Hua Yunfei.

Guan Xiaokun escaped along the long water table, throwing some fish, vegetables and big bowls all the way to Ye Xiaotian and Hua Yunfei behind him, blocking their pursuit, and fleeing into the hall in panic. Kuai Peng was standing in the hall with a knife, looking around, suddenly he heard Ye Xiaotian shouting from afar: "Catch him!"

Kuai Peng looked up and saw Guan Xiaokun fleeing in from behind in panic and immediately rushed up. Seeing this, Guan Xiaokun was in a panic and fled along one staircase to the second floor. However, he had just climbed a few steps and saw Zhang Hongying and Qiao Zhenghua walking down the building.

Guan Xiaokun ran away like a trapped beast, but unfortunately, he was surrounded by Zhang Hongyi and the Jinyiwei people from all directions. He was forced to flee to the stage and was surrounded by Zhang Hongyi and others who were gradually approaching. Guan Xiaokun looked pale and sweating all over his head, and said tremblingly: "I...I..., what are you going to do?"

Ye Xiaotian caught up and shouted: "I found the silver! It was him who did it!"

When Zhang Hongying and the others heard this, they immediately stared at Guan Xiaokun with fierce eyes. Zhang Hongying rolled up her sleeves and smiled grimly at Guan Xiaokun: "I'm from Guan, you have a habit! Tell me, do you want to die now... or do you want to die?"
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