Chapter 1531: 1528 Review of Documents

Chapter 1531: Chapter 1528 Review of Documents

“Lord, there’s only one box left, the other five boxes must have been divvied up.”

“Interrogate the people we’ve caught first,” Chu Heng squatted down, took out the gold ingot inside, and the official seal was stamped conspicuously underneath, indicating that this batch of gold was the imperial court’s Disaster Relief Silver.

Something’s not right…

Chu Heng frowned, hurriedly took the silver back to the Ministry of Punishment, and flipped through the dossiers. Liu Ruying and Zhang Zhi followed him, asking, “Lord, is there anything you need our help with?”

“You two look for any cases of missing Disaster Relief Silver from the past fifteen years.” Seeing that the two were willing to act as unpaid labor, Chu Heng didn’t hold back and used them directly.

Liu Ruying was a bit puzzled, “Lord, why are you doing this? Aren’t we going to continue looking for the gold? What if they escape?”

Zhang Zhi, hearing him ask such a silly question, was at a loss for words.

“They won’t escape, that gold can’t run away,” Chu Heng said confidently.

Zhang Zhi, seeing his friend was about to ask another foolish question, quickly interrupted him, “Once we sealed the secret passageway, the gold can’t escape. Moreover, the guards at the capital gate are the Emperor’s own Imperial Guard, they’re more anxious than we are. As long as it’s within the city, we’ll find it sooner or later.”

“Then why are we investigating cases?” Liu Ruying scratched his head, looked up, eyes full of confusion, “Could it be that our mission target has changed? Are we supposed to catch those corrupt officials now?”

As he said this, his eyes brightened, “Haha, I told you the Lord is a good official, it’s better to catch all those corrupt officials.”

Zhang Zhi felt a toothache; if not for his brother’s obedience and decent martial arts, he’d probably have been abandoned long ago.

Of course, ‘decent martial arts’ was just a courteous exaggeration.

“Ahem,” Zhang Zhi coughed lightly twice, reminding him not to act foolishly again.

Liu Ruying laughed foolishly, like an idiot, saying he was from the Earl’s Mansion, yet no one would believe it.

Chu Heng flipped through the dossiers quickly, absent-mindedly saying, “These gold ingots are Disaster Relief Silver, but the imperial court hasn’t had a disaster relief in recent years. So this silver must be from a long time ago. I recall, usually Disaster Relief Silver is silver, it’s rare to use gold…”

Gold is scarce, even for the imperial court, they wouldn’t lavishly distribute gold.

So, the target is actually quite clear.

Although Liu Ruying still didn’t quite understand the direct link between the previous cases and the current search for the gold, he trusted the lord and quickly went to find the dossiers.

Because the Ministry of Punishment isn’t the Ministry of Revenue.

If not for this Duke Zheng case, Chu Heng wouldn’t be able to enter the Ministry of Punishment at will.

And the Ministry of Punishment’s dossiers are very chaotic, especially for older cases, where much evidence has disappeared.

A guard rushed in from outside to report to Chu Heng, “Lord Chu, the Minister of Punishments is coming, asking for your whereabouts, and with him is also the Minister of Revenue.”

“Oh? They’ve both come?” Chu Heng looked up, softly acknowledged, casually pulled out a dossier, and tossed it to Zhang Zhi.

He stood up, speaking lightly, “Let’s go out to welcome the two lords.”

Zhang Zhi, holding the dossier, instinctively lowered his head to take a look, and when he saw the contents, his eyes widened, he instinctively stuffed the dossier into his clothes.

Liu Ruying curiously leaned over to look, but Zhang Zhi pushed him away, looking serious, “Aren’t you going out quickly to see the two lords, don’t give them a clear excuse to deal with you.”

Liu Ruying immediately trembled, his curiosity instantly shifted, craning his neck to look outside.

He quickly followed up.