It turns out that the 50,000 official ingots from the Ministry of Revenue were also missing along with the prince-in-law Jin Ziguang.
Each official ingot is fifty taels of silver ingot, so 50,000 ingots are 2.5 million taels of silver. It accounts for one-tenth of the imperial court's annual taxes, which is not a small amount.
With so much money missing, the court naturally sent people to investigate. The East and West factories and Jinyiwei have been crazy busy these days, but they found neither people nor money.
That's why the Queen Mother was forced to recruit Xiang Nan to Beijing.
I probably heard that he made great contributions in solving the "Plum Blossom Robbery" case.
This case is easy to handle in Xiang Nan's opinion. After all, he, who was familiar with the plot, already knew who the murderer was.
However, there are too many forces involved.
The imperial court, King Yun, the Money Gang, Fairy Jinghong... so many forces are entangled together. Even if he solves this case, it will be difficult for him to escape unscathed.
So Xiang Nan needs to plan carefully, and therefore he is not in a hurry to go to Beijing.
…
Two days later, Xiang Nan came to Fengtai. When passing by a forest, he stopped his horse, jumped off, and asked in a loud voice, "You two friends, you must be tired from following me. Why don't you come out and have a drink to relieve your fatigue?" .”
It turned out that when he left Fangshan, he had already noticed that someone was following him behind him.
As he shouted, two men walked out of the woods behind him.
One is handsome in appearance, but has an arrogant look, and is rather arrogant; the other is plain in appearance, but has terrifying eyes.
Because they were not the eyes of a human being, nor the eyes of a beast.
Whether it is human eyes or the eyes of beasts, at least they are alive and have emotions, whether it is greed, cruelty, or viciousness...at least it is an "emotion".
But these eyes are dead.
He is indifferent to all emotions, all life - even his own life.
"You must be the world-famous Xiao Li Feidao." The plain-looking man said, "I am Jing Wuming. This is the beloved son of the leader of the Money Gang, Shangguan Fei. He is the young gang leader of this gang, Shangguan Fei."
Shangguan Fei, on the other hand, looked arrogant and stood sideways, not even looking at Xiang Nan.
When Xiang Nan saw this, he ignored him. Instead, he raised his hand to Jing Wuming and said with a smile, "So you are Jing Shaoxia. You have been admired for a long time and your name is like thunder. Now that I see you, your reputation is well-deserved."
Jing Wuming has become famous in the past three years and has become a famous swordsman in the world.
In comparison, although Shangguan Fei is Shangguan Jinhong’s beloved son, his kung fu is mediocre and he has not yet made a name for himself in the world.
Shangguan Fei couldn't help but feel angry when he saw that Xiang Nan only praised Jing Wuming but looked down upon himself.
He was already very narrow-minded and jealous of Jing Wuming's reputation. Now he felt even more uncomfortable. He couldn't help but say, "Li Xunhuan, others say that you are ranked third in the weapons list. I really want to compete with you."
"Young gang leader, before leaving, the gang leader repeatedly reminded me that if Daxia Li comes to Beijing this time, if it has nothing to do with our gang, not only should we not act rashly, let alone be rude..." Jing Wuming saw Shangguan Fei challenging Xiang Nan, and immediately started to persuade him. .
"Okay, then let me ask, Li Xunhuan, you have refused to come to Beijing since you won the lottery thirteen years ago. Why are you here this time?" Shangguan Fei asked immediately.
“Master Li, sir, please forgive the rudeness of the young gang leader.” Jing Wuming hurriedly said with his hands.
Although Xiang Nan is young, he is only thirty-one years old this year, and he is not much older than Shangguan Fei. But he had already begun to become famous more than ten years ago.
Xiao Li Feidao is famous enough to be on par with Shangguan Jinhong. Even if Shangguan Fei didn't call him "Uncle Li", he should still call him "Da Xia Li" instead of calling him by his first name.
…
“It doesn’t matter.” Xiang Nan waved his hand. Compared with the talented Shangguan Jinhong and the deep-seated Jing Wuming, Shangguan Fei is just a spoiled dandy. The ability is not great, but the tone is not small. Not many brains, but many ideas.
Xiang Nan doesn't look down on such a mediocre person at all, so naturally he won't be angry with him.
“Even I don’t know why I came to Beijing this time. At least so far, it has nothing to do with your gang.” Xiang Nan waved his hand and said.
“That means it may be related to the Money Gang in the future.” Shangguan Fei said coldly.
"Young Gang Leader..." Seeing Shangguan Fei being rude again and again, Jing Wuming reminded him again.
“Speak clearly and there will be no misunderstanding.” Shangguan Fei insisted.
“Young leader, please rest assured, there will never be any misunderstanding between us.” Xiang Nan waved his hand and said with a smile.
“Is this your promise?” Shangguan Fei asked immediately.
“Misunderstandings only occur when friends are friends, because we are not friends at all.” Xiang Nan explained.
Shangguan Fei's face suddenly froze, and then he said coldly, "If you are not a friend, then you are an enemy. Li Xunhuan, I want to challenge you!"
“Young Gang Leader…” Jing Wuming wanted to stop him again.
Shangguan Fei said coldly, "Jing Wuming, even if you don't understand things, don't you know how to be obedient? He came to Beijing this time with the intention of becoming our enemy."
"Since the young gang leader is interested in my flying knife, it would be stingy if I didn't show it off." Xiang Nan nodded.
“Master Li, how older are you after all...” Jing Wuming said.
"Jing Shaoxia, I understand what you mean." Xiang Nan smiled and said, "Don't worry, no one will be injured in this competition."
"Li Xunhuan, people say that you are knowledgeable, sensible, and unparalleled in your benevolence and righteousness. From my point of view, you are arrogant and arrogant." Shangguan Fei said angrily, and then he drew his sword and stabbed Xiang Nan.
Although he is a spoiled playboy, he has a good father who is second in the world in martial arts, so he has honed his sword skills quite well.
Looking at Xiang Nan, even though he cannot be ranked in the top ten of the weapons list, it should not be difficult to be ranked in the top twenty.
However, facing the swift and cruel sword, Xiang Nan did not dodge, facing the blade, and struck out with both palms.
With a snap, Shangguan Fei's sword was caught in his palm.
Shangguan Fei was stunned and hurriedly drew his sword, but even though he tried his best, his sword was still caught in Xiang Nan's palm and could not move at all.
When Shangguan Fei saw this, his face suddenly turned red.
He calls himself the best swordsman in the world, but now that he has just thrust out his sword, his sword is restrained and he cannot pull it out. This is really embarrassing.
“Ah ha!” Shangguan Fei shouted loudly, and used all his strength to pull out.
At this moment, Xiang Nan suddenly let go.
Shangguan Fei exerted too much force and couldn't control it. He suddenly jumped, soared, soared, and soared. His body took more than ten steps back, and he sat down on the ground with a thud, looking extremely embarrassed.
He wanted to get up again and compete with Xiang Nan again, but suddenly found that he could not move.
Unknowingly, Xiang Nan had tapped his acupuncture point, causing him to break out in a cold sweat.
If Xiang Nan had chosen the fatal point instead of the Dingshen point, he would be dead by now.
(End of this chapter)