Chapter 260: Is someone deliberately hiding something

Ying Mo's brows furrowed slightly.

He naturally knew about 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 beside him, suddenly turned his gaze toward Ying Mo.

Judging by his tone, he didn't seem to like Zuo Zhongtang very much.

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

"If it were not silver that fell into the river, then this matter would have no mystery."

He spoke up.

Since he had already taken on the identity of Zuo Zhongtang, it was naturally impossible to remain silent.

Otherwise, it would absolutely arouse Li Si's suspicion.

"I have also considered Lord Zuo's words."

"But I have had people investigate the traces along the road."

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

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

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

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

"The carriage tracks are exactly the same as the weight of loaded silver."

"This also means that the things inside the carriages would absolutely have 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 the time, there were quite a few commoners who witnessed the scene of that group of silver overturning into the river."

"All the commoners spoke in unison, guaranteeing they saw the scene of the silver flowing into the river."

"That gleaming white silver, I believe no one could have seen it wrong."

After Lord He finished listening to Ying Mo's words, he first laughed out loud, then spoke.

After listening to this person's words, Ying Mo suddenly felt that this matter had become even more interesting.

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

Li Si's brows furrowed even deeper.

"Those who could lay a hand on this batch of silver likely have no small amount of strength."

"I don't know who exactly would lay a hand on this batch of silver."

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

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

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

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

The power behind the scenes capable of swallowing this batch of silver would absolutely not be smaller than Li Si.

Ying Mo believed that Li Si likely already had 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 absolutely contact the person behind him."

"During this period, keep a close watch on him for me."

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

Thinking of this tax silver case, a smile hooked onto the corner of Ying Mo's mouth.

The weight was exactly the same as silver, and there were people who saw with their own eyes that it was indeed silver entering the river.

Yet it disappeared without a trace after entering the river, completely and utterly.

Leaving not a single trace behind.

This was clearly a matter that was simply impossible to accomplish.

As long as it was real silver entering the moat, it would absolutely leave traces on the riverbed.

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

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

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

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

Ying Mo asked with interest.

Lu Li carefully pondered Ying Mo's words, but in the end, he still shook his head.

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

"This batch of silver is absolutely fake."

"Because that real silver, Made Ying Zheng transported it through another channel."

"And it was Zhang Han who escorted it personally."

About this, Lu Li was very certain.

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

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

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

But the two of them also couldn't figure out how Made 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 anxiously.

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

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

Li Si was very clear about Made Ying Zheng's character.

This matter would absolutely label him as incompetent in Made Ying Zheng's heart.

And without Made Ying Zheng's high regard, his status among the civil and military officials would only plummet.

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

"Could it be, did he really make a move?"

Li Si suddenly stopped his footsteps, then suddenly asked out loud.

A hint of suspicion flashed 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 on cooperation, yet it caused me to fall into such a passive situation."

Li Si cursed directly.

However, he suppressed his urge to go find him and did not go over at the first opportunity.

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

Otherwise, it would certainly arouse the suspicion of the Ghost. ===== CHAPTER 262 =====