Chapter 115

"This is simply impossible; as long as they entered the river, they would always leave some traces."

Li Si took a sip of the wine in his cup and then told everything he knew.

He called these people over today just to help him handle this matter through their connections.

If it could be solved, that would be better; if it couldn’t, these people would be the scapegoats he would push out.

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Ying Mo’s brows furrowed slightly.

He was naturally aware of this case as well.

He had also heard a little about some of the details.

"Lord Zuo, what is your opinion?"

Lord He, who was drinking nearby, suddenly turned his gaze toward Ying Mo.

Judging by his tone, he didn’t seem to like Zuo Zhongtang.

Ying Mo looked at this Lord He with a calm expression.

"If it wasn’t silver that fell into the river, then there would be no mystery to this matter."

He spoke up.

Since he had already taken on the identity of Zuo Zhongtang, he naturally couldn’t remain silent.

Otherwise, it would definitely arouse Li Si’s suspicion.

"I have considered Lord Zuo’s words as well."

"But I have sent men to investigate the traces along the road."

"The tracks left by the carriages are very deep, clearly indicating that the carriages were loaded with very heavy cargo; it could absolutely not be anything else."

Li Si’s brows furrowed, and he spoke following Ying Mo’s words.

Ying Mo had originally thought that Ying Zheng had used something else that looked very much like silver to deceive them.

But after hearing Li Si’s words, his brows twitched; he suddenly felt this matter was becoming interesting.

"The tracks of the carriages were exactly the same as the weight of the silver."

"This means that the contents of the carriages must have had the same weight as silver."

"What if those people deliberately replaced the silver with stones?"

Ying Mo raised a question once again.

"Hahaha, Lord Zuo must not have heard the testimonies in this case, right?"

"At that time, there were quite a few people who witnessed the scene of the silver overturning into the river."

"All the people spoke in unison, guaranteeing they saw the silver flowing into the river."

"That white, shiny silver—I believe no one could have misidentified it."

After hearing Ying Mo’s words, Lord He first laughed out loud and then spoke.

After hearing this person’s words, Ying Mo suddenly felt this matter had become even more interesting.

But they discussed it back and forth, yet still had no countermeasures.

Li Si’s brows furrowed even deeper.

"Those who could strike at this silver must have significant strength."

"I don’t know who exactly would strike at this silver."

Discussing until the end, Ying Mo said this sentence in a vague manner.

Others echoed a few words, but only Li Si’s brows twitched.

Clearly, Li Si had taken Ying Mo’s words to heart.

Even Li Si himself had no way to swallow this silver.

The power behind the one who could swallow this silver would definitely not be smaller than Li Si’s.

Ying Mo believed that Li Si should already have a target in mind.

After the banquet ended, Lu Li immediately came to Ying Mo’s side.

"Young Master, how did it go?"

"Li Si will definitely contact the people behind him."

"Keep a close watch on him during this period."

"Compared to Li Si, I am more interested in this case."

Thinking of this tax silver case, a smile curled at the corners of Ying Mo’s mouth.

The weight was exactly the same as silver, and there were people who witnessed it—it was indeed silver that entered the river.

Yet it disappeared without a trace after entering the river, clean and thorough.

No traces were left behind.

This was clearly a task that was impossible to complete.

As long as real silver entered the moat, it would definitely leave traces at the bottom of the river.

And the silver that rolled out would also sink to the bottom of the lake.

It was absolutely impossible that no silver could be dredged up at all.

Yet, as far as Ying Mo knew, no one had found any silver at the bottom of the lake.

"Lu Li, how do you think Ying Zheng managed to do it?"

Ying Mo asked with interest.

Lu Li thought carefully about Ying Mo’s words and finally shook his head.

"One thing, this subordinate can be certain of."

"This batch of silver is definitely fake."

"Because Ying Zheng transported the real silver through another channel."

"And it was escorted by Zhang Han personally."

Lu Li was very certain of this.

After all, when that guy Lu Bing went to hijack the silver, he had followed along.

However, he would definitely not tell the Young Master about this.

"Fake silver? Interesting, interesting, the whole matter is becoming more and more interesting."

But the two of them still couldn’t figure out how Ying Zheng had completed this entire plan.

Inside Li Si’s study.

At this moment, Li Si was pacing back and forth in the study, restless.

The whole matter had been going on for so long, yet he had absolutely no clue.

If this continued, Ying Zheng would definitely not let him off.

Li Si was very clear about Ying Zheng’s character.

This matter would definitely label him as incompetent in Ying Zheng’s heart.

And without Ying Zheng’s favor, his status among the civil and military officials would plummet rapidly.

After all, he didn’t have any powerful family to serve as his backing.

"Could it be that he was the one who struck?"

Li Si suddenly stopped his footsteps and asked abruptly.

A flash of suspicion flickered in his eyes.

After all, among the people he knew, only he could complete the entire plan so smoothly.

And only he had the ability to do it without anyone knowing.

"Damn it, we agreed to cooperate, yet it caused me to fall into such a passive situation."

Li Si cursed directly.

However, he suppressed the urge to go find him and did not go over immediately.

When they were discussing countermeasures before, they had agreed not to meet rashly.

Otherwise, it would definitely arouse the suspicion of the Ghost.