Chapter 282

Le Siye couldn't help but ask, "So what is it? What did you understand?" At this point, Le Siye suddenly sensed something and hurriedly waved his hand, saying to the clerk in charge of the warehouse and the odd-job workers, "Alright, there's nothing else for you to do, you can all leave."

The clerk and the odd-job workers dispersed, and Le Siye couldn't wait to ask, "What did you understand?"

"I understood a lot of things!" Ye Xiaotian's eyes glowed, it was obvious that he had suddenly figured out a major matter, but he was forcing himself to be calm amidst his excitement.

Ye Xiaotian said, "Let's talk about the theft first. It doesn't matter if the culprit entered the warehouse in the evening or in the middle of the night, it's impossible for them to sneak into the warehouse, pry open the silver boxes, take out the silver ingots, and transport them out of the Directorate. But … what if they didn't transport silver? "

Ye Xiaotian's gaze swept across, revealing a slightly complacent expression. Kuai Peng, Le Siye, Mao Wenzhi, and Hua Yunfei were all startled, and cried out involuntarily, "Not silver?"

Only Tang Xianzu's smile grew wider, it was obvious that Ye Xiaotian's words had already unified with his understanding, and his deduction was correct.

Ye Xiaotian said, "Yes! Not silver! If … they were only transporting bricks, just moving a pile of bricks out of the boxes, then moving them stacked by stacks to the top of the house, then placing them on top of the hill, it would be much easier. This process is very short, and there's no difficulty in transporting them out of the Directorate. "

Le Siye looked down at the pile of green bricks on the ground, and estimated its number, it was almost enough to fill three silver boxes. He raised his head with a strange expression, and said, "Bricks, you transported bricks?"

Kuai Peng said angrily, "How is that possible, I transported silver!"

Le Siye coldly looked at him, and said, "You didn't open the boxes for this old man to inspect at that time."

Kuai Peng was furious, and said, "Could it be that this old man is blackmailing you?"

Ye Xiaotian said, "Lord Siye is right, Brother Kuai, what you transported were indeed bricks!"

Hearing this, everyone was shocked. Kuai Peng was anxious, and just as he was about to speak, Ye Xiaotian interrupted, "But Brother Kuai, you didn't know that you transported bricks, you still thought you transported silver. As for the silver, it has already been swapped! "

Kuai Peng's mouth was wide open, and he murmured, "How is this possible? How is this possible? How is this possible? Who switched the boxes?"

Hua Yunfei thought for a moment and raised another question, "Big Brother, if the silver had not even arrived at the Directorate of Imperial Academies before it was swapped with bricks, then why didn't they take the trouble to pry open the silver box and move the bricks out?"

Tang Xianzu couldn't help but laugh. "It's precisely because the silver has turned into bricks that they are trying to steal it!"

Yue Siye, Baihu Kuai, Hua Yunfei, and the rest were at a loss, but Mao Wenzhi did not waste his time. He stared at Ye Xiaotian with his big eyes, knowing that he would have an explanation.

Ye Xiaotian smiled, and said, "That's right, Brother Tang must have figured out the key points. Because the silver has already been changed into bricks, that's why they wanted to steal it out. If the boxes were still filled with silver, they wouldn't have made a move if they knew they couldn't transport it out of the Imperial College. "

The few of them were still at a loss, and Tang Xianzu said, "Brother, why don't you start from the beginning."

Ye Xiaotian said cheerfully, "It's like this, the silver boxes have already been changed into bricks in the Hundred Dining Restaurant!"

Kuai Peng cried out, "Impossible! There were so many eyes in the Drunken Immortal Restaurant, and I've been escorting the silver boxes out of the restaurant. After that, the bailiffs came to help me transport it. With so many people watching, how could it be … "

Ye Xiaotian said, "Brother Kuai, listen to me first. Wait for me to finish, and see if I'm right or not."

Kuai Peng immediately shut his mouth, and nodded vigorously.

Ye Xiaotian said, "How they changed the silver boxes, to be honest, I'm still not sure. The reason why I concluded that the silver boxes were changed in the Hundred Dining Restaurant was because I discovered that the silver boxes in the warehouse were actually filled with bricks. This is only possible if the silver boxes were changed in the Hundred Dining Restaurant."

Ye Xiaotian took a deep breath, and said, "We've been thinking about when and where the silver boxes were stolen, and how the stolen silver was transported, but we've neglected one thing, and that is the people who carried the silver boxes!"

Kuai Peng murmured, "The people who carried the silver boxes? Is there something wrong with those fellows? But … there were me and the bailiffs watching, so how could they have changed the silver boxes? "

Ye Xiaotian said, "I'm still not clear about this secret, but I can conclude that when they carried the silver boxes out of the Hundred Dining Restaurant, they had already changed them. Those three boxes of silver, each of them is astonishingly heavy, and it took four fellows to carry them, and it was still very strenuous … "

Kuai Peng, Hua Yunfei, and the others recalled the scene in the restaurant when those fellows carried the wooden poles and walked out with heavy steps, and couldn't help nodding.

Ye Xiaotian said, "Brother Kuai said that you only rested once on the way, which was at the intersection where the wedding procession passed by. After that, you didn't stop again, and carried them all the way to this warehouse. The distance from that intersection to this warehouse is still very long, and those fellows were already so strenuous when they lifted the silver boxes. How could they become so strong after leaving the restaurant, and didn't even need to rest along the way?"

Kuai Peng's face revealed a look of astonishment. Tang Xianzu smiled and said, "After carrying the silver boxes out of the restaurant, they became more relaxed. That's because the silver boxes had already been swapped during the process."

Hua Yunfei said, "Since they had already swapped the silver boxes, why would they go through all the trouble to steal the bricks again? Could it be that there's another group of thieves? "

Tang Xianzu said, "No! It's the same group of people! They came to steal the bricks because as long as we opened the boxes and found them full of bricks, we would immediately be able to guess that the silver had been swapped in the Hundred Dining Restaurant. Because after leaving the restaurant, Brother Kuai was especially vigilant, and with the bailiffs escorting them, they simply didn't have the chance to play any tricks along the way. "

Kuai Peng was suddenly enlightened and said, "I understand! If the silver was stolen in the Imperial College, then those thieves wouldn't be so bored as to steal the silver and then put a pile of bricks in it. Therefore, as long as there are bricks in the boxes, we can determine where it was tampered with, and from there we can find the real suspect. Therefore, they must steal the bricks again to create the illusion that the silver was stolen in the Imperial College. "

Hearing this, Le Siye was very excited. Right now, his whole body was relaxed. The suspicion of the Imperial College had finally been completely cleared. For a moment, Le Siye's blood was boiling, and he was very excited. This thief was a bit too cunning, and now he couldn't wait to drag this thief out.

Ye Xiaotian said, "That's right! Therefore, this silver theft case is actually divided into two stages. The first stage is to exchange the bricks for the real silver. If they want to steal the silver, they can only do it in this stage. The second stage is to get rid of the bricks that are pretending to be the silver, and then erase the evidence and frame them! "

Tang Xianzu said, "Therefore, they must steal again and steal the bricks to avoid being exposed."

Ye Xiaotian said, "I saw the two odd-job workers move the table, and after exhausting their strength, they stopped to rest several times. Only then did I think that there was a problem with the workers carrying the silver boxes. But if there was a problem with the silver boxes at that time, they shouldn't be empty. If the empty boxes were carried all the way here, I'm afraid that Brother Kuai and the bailiffs would have long noticed that something was wrong. However, what we saw in this storeroom is an empty box. Where are the treasures in the boxes? "

Tang Xianzu said, "Just now, Brother checked the boxes again, presumably to verify this problem."

Ye Xiaotian said, "That's right! I checked carefully and found a lot of scratches in the boxes. I also found some brick dust in the corners of the boxes. Originally, when we looked through the boxes, we were only looking for the silver, so we didn't pay attention to these details. Even if we found something, we would only think that the boxes were previously filled with other things. "

Ye Xiaotian raised one of his feet and stepped on the pile of bricks. He said, "At this time, I thought that the pile of black bricks on top of Fang Shan was probably used to store the treasures in the boxes. I deliberately moved them away to take a look. The marks on the ground were also new, so it was obvious that they were piled up not long ago. However, none of the lowly officials and odd-job workers in charge of the storeroom knew the origin of this pile of black bricks. If it had been a long time, it would be understandable if they couldn't remember the origin of this pile of bricks. However, they also couldn't remember what happened recently? The result is obvious. "

Mao Wenzhi rubbed his fists and said, "Let's go! We'll immediately go to the Hundred Dining Hall and find those bastards to ask for the silver! "

…

Outside the Hundred Dining Hall, under the eaves on the opposite side of the road, Ye Xiaotian and the others stood there, looking at the Hundred Dining Hall. Le Siye also followed. At this time, if he couldn't figure out what was going on, he wouldn't be able to eat or sleep well. Tang Xianzu strangely said, "I still don't understand. How did they switch the boxes in the Hundred Dining Hall? The silver boxes were always in our sight."

Ye Xiaotian said, "As long as we can confirm the problem here, it's fine. As for how they switched the boxes, we can just make them confess."

Le Siye couldn't help but interject, "You want them to confess to swapping the silver?"

Ye Xiaotian said, "Of course they won't admit it. But what if I found the silver in the restaurant?"

Ye Xiaotian slightly narrowed his eyes and said, "No matter how good a restaurant's business is, it is impossible to have so much silver stored in the restaurant. Moreover, the silver was stamped by different banks, so it would be very easy for us to seize the evidence. Don't forget, there are also some gold utensils there, it is even more irrefutable evidence! "

Le Siye frowned and said, "If they switched the boxes, how can they not be transported away in time?"

Ye Xiaotian said, "What I am betting is that they did not have time to transport it away! Ever since a large number of refugees poured into Jinling city, the streets are full of patrol officers and there is a curfew at night. They have a guilty conscience, so how can they easily transport the silver out? Moreover, they have already erased the evidence in the Imperial College's warehouse, so they have a fluke mentality. We found it early, so the possibility that the silver has not been transported away is very high! "

Le Siye nodded and said, "That makes sense!"

Ye Xiaotian smiled and said, "I, Ye Xiaotian, naturally have a reason to speak!"

At this time, Kuai Peng led a group of Jinyi Guards and rushed over aggressively …