Chapter 136: Japanese satin reveals clues

Prince of Ning's residence in Jin Ling.

Qin Ye is reporting the current construction progress of the Daci'en Temple to the Prince of Ning.

At present, it is in the early stage of the construction project. The early processes such as ramming the foundation, cultivating soil, erecting beams, and carving are subject to very few external constraints, and the weather is beautiful, so the progress in these few days is very smooth.

The Prince of Ning listened to Qin Ye's report and naturally had no objections.

And Jia Cong just copied scriptures and prayed for blessings, and there was no such thing as a pass. He just said a few words. In terms of construction progress, this Fengyilang who copied scriptures was just a foil.

After finishing the business, the atmosphere relaxed, and Qin Ye and Jia Cong got up to say goodbye.

The Prince of Ning laughed: "Fengyilang, please stay. I also love calligraphy. I saw the Heart Sutra written by Fengyilang in the Retired Emperor's palace that day, and I admire it very much."

"Today, it happens to be a coincidence, and I just want to ask Fengyilang for a piece of calligraphy."

Qin Ye was envious when he heard this. A few days ago, the Prince of Ning personally gave Jia Cong an ivory card, allowing him to go to the residence to drink tea and talk about books at any time.

In fact, as a secondary capital, Jin Ling also had a secondary capital Court of Judicial Review, but Emperor Emperor Jia Zhao had transferred personnel from the Love Shenjing's Court of Judicial Review down to the Jiang Nan region.

As he spoke, he took out a document and handed it to the Prince of Yongning, and said again:

"This list of goods contains the quantity of this batch of Japanese satin, and the pattern of the satin surface is exactly the same as what we found."

Yang Hongbin then said: "Prince, today I took people to explore in the West Market and found this pomegranate-red Japanese satin in a shop."

On the day the Japanese ronin robbed 200,000 guan of foreign goods and fled into the Yangtze River waterway, the Water Supervision Division of the garrison searched many times, but there was no trace.

Now the rare Japanese satin belonging to this batch of foreign goods suddenly appeared in the West Market. This matter is very suspicious, so I specifically reported it to the Prince."

This person is Yang Hongbin, a Dali Temple judge who followed the Prince of Ning to the south of the Yangtze River. Because he is good at case investigation, he was specially transferred from the Dali Temple.

Suddenly, an official in the Prince of Ning's residence walked into the hall holding a piece of bright pomegranate-red brocade.

Because the eunuch in charge of the Shipping Office, Wang En, had caused a great disaster by accepting bribes, Emperor Emperor Jia Zhao was furious and became distrustful of all the official yamen in the secondary capital.

The document of the Maritime Trade Office seized this time contains the list of goods of the Japanese merchant ship that caused the incident, which happens to have ten pieces of precious Japanese satin."

Japanese satin is a method of weaving velvet brocade from the West improved by the Japanese judicial system. It has always been a tribute from the Japanese royal family and rarely flows out to foreign countries.

Today, he was specially kept to ask for calligraphy. They had only met a few times, but they were so close. The fate of this youth is truly rare.

After Qin Ye left, the Prince of Ning asked the maid to change the new tea, and the pen and ink were served. Just as he was about to ask Jia Cong to wave his brush.

Yang Hongbin was about to speak, but hesitated when he saw Jia Cong was present.

The Prince of Ning laughed: "It doesn't matter. Little Jia Master is a colleague from the Love Shenjing, no need to avoid it."

The Prince of Ning took the piece of Japanese satin from Yang Hongbin's hand, gently touched the bright and brilliant brocade surface, and thought deeply.

"You mean that the 200,000 guan of Japanese foreign goods that disappeared without a trace have now surfaced, and someone is secretly dumping them?"

"The subordinate means exactly this. Those Japanese ronin who caused the incident took the foreign goods and fled. They must be hiding in some unknown place. Since the town-guarding eunuch Wang En of the Maritime Trade Office was arrested, some time has passed."

"And we don't have any other measures. These ronin must feel that the storm of the incident has gradually subsided, so they secretly released the foreign goods for sale, and then fled back to their country after clearing the goods and making a profit."

The Prince of Yongning asked again: "Has the shop owner who discovered the Japanese satin been interrogated?"

"The shop owner is surnamed Chen and is a Jin Ling native who has been opening a shop in the West Market for three generations. The surrounding neighbors are very familiar with him. After interrogation, there is nothing suspicious."

"According to him, this piece of Japanese satin was recommended to him by a middleman named Dong Lao Er. Because he had heard of the reputation of Japanese satin and felt that it was profitable, he paid a high price to take it over."

"Dong Lao Er!" Jia Cong was shocked. Could it be such a coincidence? Could it be the same name and surname?

The Prince of Ning saw Jia Cong staring at the piece of Japanese satin in his hand, with a look of surprise in his eyes, and couldn't help but ask: "Fengyilang, is there anything strange about this piece of Japanese satin?"

"Can the Prince let me see this list of foreign goods of the Japanese merchant ship that caused the incident?"

The Prince of Ning was stunned. Thinking that this Fengyilang was talented, he must also be a very sensitive person. Seeing Jia Cong's solemn expression, could it be that he thought of some key point?

And this list of foreign goods of the Japanese merchant ship was not a secret thing, so he handed it to him.

Jia Cong quickly browsed the list of foreign goods, and saw the words "Iwate crystal square bottle," with a quantity of 710 pieces, which was almost the same as the number he bought.

Just looking down, he actually saw the words "Iwate crystal square bottle," with a quantity of 710 pieces, which was almost the same as the number he bought.

That Dong Lao Er said that this source of Iwate crystal bottles could not be found in Jin Ling.

It turned out that the crystal bottles he had bought unintentionally actually came from that batch of missing Japanese foreign goods!

"Prince, this Japanese satin is truly a rare thing. Apart from the batch of foreign goods robbed by Japanese ronin, could it not come from other channels?"

The Prince of Yongning looked at Yang Hongbin, and Yang Hongbin understood: "Japanese satin is a rare thing. Since the establishment of the Maritime Trade Office in Jin Ling, it has never been imported from the outer sea."

"The subordinate can guarantee that this piece of Japanese satin comes from that batch of 200,000 guan of foreign goods, and it is impossible to come from other channels!"

Jia Cong said: "Prince, I have encountered a coincidence these days. It sounds like it has a lot to do with the origin of this Japanese satin."

The Prince of Yongning's eyes lit up: "Please tell me, Fengyilang."

"A few days ago, I adopted a girl. She was kidnapped by a kidnapper since she was small and brought to Jin Ling to be raised. That girl has a forehead band, and she said it was made of a piece of Japanese satin."

"According to her, the kidnapper once took her to a foreign goods merchant surnamed Zhou to look at goods. She saw a scrap of Japanese satin there and asked for it to make this forehead band."

"And it is truly a coincidence that the kidnapper is called Dong Lao Er, and he usually does some business of selling foreign goods."

Yang Hongbin was excited: "Fengyilang means that Dong Lao Er, as a middleman, sold the Japanese satin in the hands of the person surnamed Zhou to the shopkeeper surnamed Chen in the West Market?"

Jia Cong smiled: "Otherwise, how could my girl find the cut Japanese satin at the person surnamed Zhou's place? Prince, as long as you take that person surnamed Zhou, you will definitely be able to find the whereabouts of the 200,000 guan of foreign goods."

"As long as you find that batch of Japanese foreign goods, you will naturally be able to find those Japanese ronin who killed and robbed goods!"

The Prince of Yongning saw that Jia Cong just relied on that piece of Japanese satin, and in a moment, he could point directly to the key point.

Although the matter was a coincidence, this kind of sensitive reaction was no weaker than Yang Hongbin, an old glutton who was immersed in the method of investigation. No wonder he made a name for himself at a young age. It is indeed extraordinary.

Just now Yang Hongbin wanted to talk about official business. The Prince of Yongning didn't avoid Jia Cong just because of face. He didn't expect that an unintentional act would unexpectedly have such a harvest.

(End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 137 =====