Winter nights always come early, and the snow is getting heavier and heavier. The pedestrians on the streets also decrease sharply in the evening. The banks outside Zhengyangmen are still brightly lit, but the guests inside also seem a little anxious, and they all want to finish the work early and go home.

The bank is located outside Zhengyangmen and belongs to the scope of Nancheng. However, Nancheng has not been fully built yet and has not been included in the scope of Beijing City, so there is no curfew at night. In the past, the bank was open for twelve hours a day. No matter what time, as long as someone comes to do business, it can be handled at any time.

However, as the bank's business stabilizes, and there are no customers in winter nights, the bank will also suspend business at night, mainly from the second to fifth. If there is a curfew in Nancheng in the future, the bank will open the door during the day and rest at night, just like other yamen.

On a tall building facing the bank, Li Jie sat in front of the window holding a quilt, looking at the bank not far away through the crack of the window. Because he was afraid that others would find something abnormal here, not only did he not light the lamps here, but there was not even a stove for heating. The room was dark and he couldn't see anything clearly.

"Mr.com, do you think those thieves are most likely to dig from if they dig holes?" Xie Wang, the young master of Dali next to him, also asked Li Jie in a low voice.

"The right side of the bank is Zhengyang Gate, which can be ruled out. After all, they cannot dig from the other side of the city wall, and the front is the main road. The foundation was very firm when the road was built, so the front is impossible. The only possible one is the left and the back!"

Li Jie paused and then analyzed: "But the left side is full of shops, and it is not easy to hide when people come and go, so the most likely thing is the back of the bank, which is a residential area with seven or eight families, which are very close to the bank. If the bank sends a signal later, it will be the focus of the investigation!"

The location of the bank was chosen by Li Jie, so no one knew the terrain here better than him. This is one of the reasons why he personally participated in this operation. Now, in addition to him and Xie Wang, there are many guards downstairs and around him. As long as Li Jie gives orders, all key locations around the bank will be blocked and no one is allowed to enter and exit.

"The prince-consort is really amazing!" Xie Wang also exclaimed after hearing Li Jie's analysis. Although he knew Li Jie before, he had only met a few times and had never dealt with him. He just heard that Li Jie, the prince-consort, is not simple. Of course, as Li Shanchang's grandson, he was able to survive the Li family when the Li family was destroyed, which shows Li Jie's special features.

"He is polite, Xie Shaoqing, it's still early, and the bank will be closed for half an hour. Before closing, the bank will be counted, so those thieves will definitely not dare to take action at this time." Li Jie smiled slightly.

"Yes, those thieves will definitely have sounds when digging the walls. If they were digging during the counting, they would have been discovered long ago, so they should be very clear about the internal arrangements of the bank. This is also the reason why I concluded that they had an insider in the bank!" Xie Wang said again after hearing this.

When Li Jie heard Xie Wang mention the bank's inner demon, his face also sank: "The identity of this inner demon should be not low, because the bank deposit is the core secret of the bank. Generally, only a few specific people can enter, and the time for entry and exit is fixed. There are not many people who know this time arrangement, so the identity of this inner demon is at least a formal official!"

The full name of the bank is the Bank Department, which belongs to the Ministry of Revenue. All the officials under the work are officials. Of course, few officials are in charge, and most of them are minor officials. For example, the personnel who work in the bank hall are minor officials, and they are managed by officials on it. Only officials are qualified to contact the core secrets such as the bank treasury.

"That's strange. Even if the grade is low, it is still a destiny of the court. How could he be with the thief?" Xie Wang whispered in confusion again.

Although Lao Zhu was very harsh on the officials of the Ming Dynasty, officials were officials after all, and there was an essential difference between officials and the people. Even if the officials were of low rank and even their salary was very tight, as long as they were in office, they were superior. Of course, officials might embezzle and accept bribes, but few officials and thieves would steal. After all, as an official, if you want to get rich, you can use other safer means.

"I can't figure it out, but there are not many officials in the bank. If there is enough time, I can investigate them one by one. Unfortunately, I don't have time now, so I can only arrest the person first and then interrogate him!" Li Jie shook his head and said at this time.

"That's true. I have been handling the case for so many years and have encountered countless strange cases. For example, the case of Jiang Boer's murder that even His Majesty was alarmed this year, and our Dali Temple was also involved." Because it was still early, Xie Wang started chatting with Li Jie.

"Jiang Bo'er's son murder case!" Li Jie was stunned when he heard this case, and then he remembered it. This made him immediately ask with concern, "How was that Jiang Bo'er going in the end? Your Majesty didn't really commend his filial piety?"

The so-called Jiang Bo killing son case was a very famous case in the history of the early Ming Dynasty. This case itself was very simple. It was a man named Jiang Boer. Because his mother was seriously ill, he killed his three-year-old son to worship Mount Tai and prayed to God to bless his mother.

Originally, this was a tragedy caused by feudal superstition, but local officials in Taishan felt that Jiang Boer was filial to the world, and even reported his deeds to the court and asked the court to use it as a typical commendation.

As a result, when Lao Zhu learned about this, he was so angry that he scolded Jiang Boer for being inhumane, beat him a hundred sticks and exiled him to Hainan to guard the border. The officials who reported were dismissed from office because of this.

Originally, Lao Zhu did it right, but afterwards, Lao Zhu didn't know what medicine he took wrong. He actually felt that although Jiang Boer killed his son was inhumane, his filial piety was also true. So he wanted to continue to commend this filial piety, which caused great controversy in the court. These news were all from Jinling. At that time, Li Jie's attention was on the bank and he did not pay attention to what happened later.

"No, although Your Majesty issued an order to commend Jiang Boer's filial piety, he was dissuaded by Ren Hengtai, the Minister of Rites. So the commendation was later given up!" Xie Wang explained with a smile again.

Just as Li Jie and Xie Wang were chatting, they suddenly saw the bank across the road starting to turn off the lights. It was obviously time to close the door and rest, which made both of them stop chatting, focus on the bank opposite, and wait for the people in the bank to send them signals.
Chapter completed!