Chapter 11 Section Eleven

Sure enough, Lu Chuanlin and Qing Rui had already made an appointment, and told Jiang Shixuan face-to-face that they would meet at the Metropolitan Procuratorate early the next morning. After he met the two officials, he immediately went to HSBC to investigate the case. There are still two sedan chairs and one car, surrounded by front and back, and arrive at Dongjiaomin Lane.Lu Chuanlin, who was sitting in the sedan chair, was waiting for foreigners from HSBC Bank to come out to greet him, when a middle-aged man came out, walked to the sedan chair and asked casually, "My lords, do you want to see us?" Mr. Hillier, the foreign steward?"

"That's right! Mr. Qing and I are here to investigate the case by order." "Oh, please!" The middle-aged man introduced himself: "I am the comprador here, my surname is Yang." So the two first-rank officials got off the sedan chair in front of the bank and were ushered into the guest room. There was already a foreigner waiting. Yang comprador was also honest and blunt, sitting between the host and guest, introduced the names of both parties, Hillier asked: "What are they here for?" When Yang comprador translated the words, Lu Chuanlin replied: "We have received the imperial edict to thoroughly investigate the deposits of Prince Qing Yikuang. Please take a look at the deposit register."

Just as Natong expected, Xilier refused straight away: "The register of depositors is not allowed to be published according to the regulations." "It doesn't matter if you don't look at the roster." Lu Chuanlin quickly gave in, "Just tell us, how much money does Prince Qing have in your savings?" "Whoever deposits in the bank cannot be announced according to the regulations." This time, Lu Chuanlin got a little angry, but he didn't dare to attack, "Then," he asked, "Have you had any contact with Prince Qing?" This time, Hillier's answer was very clear: "I haven't seen this prince at all." At the end of the sentence, Lu Chuanlin asked Qing Rui: "Qiu Weng, do you have anything to ask?"

"I can't ask anything." "So, what about you, Mr. Jiang Du?" "I came here with the two adults by order, but I was not allowed to ask questions in the imperial edict." "You mean, you have nothing to say?" "yes!" "Okay! Let's go then." This trip is also more boring than the day before, so I had to go back to the Metropolitan Procuratorate to discuss the replay. "Only report on the facts." Qing Rui replied: "Foreigners are unreasonable, and the higher-ups know it too, so we won't blame us for our inaccurate investigation."

"Chen Zuo according to the facts! Yes, Chen Zuo according to the facts." Lu Chuanlin said: "Just ask my brother to write the main manuscript like this!" So Qingrui asked someone to draw up a memorial: "On the second day of this month, the Minister of Military Affairs delivered the decree, and the censor Jiang Shixuan played it. The government bank invited the relatives and noble ministers to buy shares, and the capital was 10% off. Yikuang said that he had deposited private funds, etc., so he sent Qingrui and Lu Chuanlin to take the censor with him to the bank to check the records. I hereby. Arrive at the office immediately, inform the censor Jiang Shixuan, and go to HSBC together It happened to be Sunday, and there was no one in the bank. I went back on the third day of the new year and met with the manager of the bank, the foreigner Xilier, and the comprador Yang Shaowo. First, I used the bank's charter as an excuse to inquire about the exchange and deposits. Asked whether Chinese officials have deposited interest in the bank? He replied that the bank has regulations, whoever deposits, and is not allowed to tell others. Then asked whether he had any contact with Prince Qing, and he replied that Prince Qing had never seen it. Inquired about its account , it is said that there is a copy of each Chinese and foreign characters, and it is never allowed to show others. What is the evidence of the censor? It is called a rumor, and the official rules are accurate, so it is not presumptuous to report it. I would like to report Confirm the situation, and replay it according to the facts."

The name "confirmed investigation" is actually a one-sided word, but the sentence "Prince Answer Yiqing has never seen it" is very powerful, implying that no one has seen it yet, so how can he deposit money.On the zhezi, there are people who have been fawning on Yikuang for a long time at the bottom of the zhezi, and they are copied to the government.When Yikuang saw it, a stone fell from his heart, as soon as Wang Zhuxuan arrived, he could withdraw the money and deposit it in another bank. Of course Jiang Shixuan also knew the content of the replay.He sneered and said, "What is this called a confirmation investigation? It's completely just to excuse King Qing. If there is no accident in the future, it will be fine. If there is an accident, look at these two senior officials, and you will be able to walk around without food!"

"What happened?" someone asked. "In the future, if it is found out that King Qing does have HSBC deposits, what should I say? If the sentence 'I would like to confirm the situation' is changed to 'I will not confirm the reasons for not being able to confirm the situation, and repeat it according to the facts.'" No. According to the current theory, if there is any evidence of the deposit in the future, Qing and Lu will either deceive or cover up, and the crime is not light." These words reached Yikuang's ears, and he was secretly startled, so when Wang Zhuxuan arrived, Yikuan ordered Zaizhen to tell him that two things must be done, one is to withdraw money, and the other is to write off the account, without any trace.

Wang Zhuxuan agreed and went there, and replied the next day: "Foreigners, if you withdraw money, you can't write off the account, and if you write off the account, you can't withdraw the money. Choose one of the two, and I'm here to ask for instructions." "Withdrawal without cancellation, this makes sense. Cancellation without withdrawal, how can it work? Accounts are canceled, where is the deposit?" "Oh, I didn't make it clear." Wang Zhuxuan smiled apologetically, "Foreigners mean, the honored money is changed to a different account name, and it is still stored in HSBC for at least three months. As for the account name of 'Qing Ji', insurance sales without a trace."

"That's fine! What account name do you want to change?" "Hear your respect." Zai Zhen thought for a while and said, "It's better to use 'An Ji'." "Yes! I'll go through the formalities." Wang Zhuxuan said, "Please give me Qingji's passbook and stamp, Zhen Beizi." On the second day of arrival, Wang Zhuxuan sent a new "An Kee" passbook, which was a two-month fixed-rate deposit, and two other stamps, one "Celebrating", and the other "An Kee" engraved on his behalf . A turmoil was easily overcome, and the deposit was not damaged. What is even more gratifying is that the reply to Qingrui and Lu Chuanlin's replay, reprimanded Jiang Shixuan, saying, "The officials should report the incident according to the facts. Straightforwardly, how can you make unfounded statements and make a statement? The situation is serious and the name is at stake. How can you allow arbitrary slander? The censor will go back to the original yamen, and I will punish you lightly."

Jiang Shixuan is a censor selected by the Hanlin Academy in the "Open Interview". "Going back to the original yamen" means still going back to the Imperial Academy to work as an editor, which is actually equivalent to lowering the tone.In the eyes of Yikuang and his son, it was really a joyful event, so they saw Wang Zhuxuan's affection very much. Wang Zhuxuan, however, was less grateful, and got closer to Zai Zhen.After two months like this, he suddenly bid farewell to Prince Qing's Mansion, saying that he was transferred back to Shanghai.Let's make a promise that if Zai Zhen goes south on business, he must stop in Shanghai for a while and let him be a good host.They got along well, but suddenly they wanted to break up hotly, Zaizhen felt sad for two or three days.

When the deposit expired in three months, Yikuang thought about it one day, and thought it would be better to bring it up and keep it on hand.So he sent a trusted guard named Ha Shishan to withdraw the money with the passbook stamp, but he returned empty-handed with a frustrated face. "what happened?" "The money was withdrawn." Yikuang was shocked and confused, "How could it be?" He said, "You must have gone to the wrong place, right?" "That's right! Isn't it next to the bank of the German embassy?" "Well! What did they say?" "It is said that the passbook has been reported lost, and a new passbook has been issued. This passbook will not be counted." "Not counting?" Zai Zhen was very confused, but what about the seal? " "The seal has been changed. This one doesn't work either." "Who changed it?" "That, that, no question." "Don't ask, sir!" A cashier who knew the rules of the bank interrupted and said, "I was deceived, it was Wang Zhuxuan's good deed." According to the deduction of this tent, Wang Zhuxuan's hands and feet are easy, the key is to hand over the passbook and stamp of "Qing Ji" to someone, which is equivalent to offering 600,000 taels of silver with both hands, please accept it with a smile.As for the bankbook and seal of "Anji", it was genuine at first, but since Wang Zhuxuan had bad intentions, he could seal it on two blank books in advance, one for reporting the loss and applying for a new one, and one for changing the seal .In this way, the passbook and the seal of "Anji" in the Wangfu became useless. No wonder Wang Zhuxuan was transferred to Shanghai, it was a step that had been planned long ago.It's all strange and strange, but at the beginning, he lost his temper and lost 600,000 silver, so he had to admit that he was dumb. But Yikuang was not as open as his son, and because he was dumb, he couldn't vent his breath and felt even more uncomfortable. He has a long face all day long, and no happy and interesting things can make him break his face and smile. Jiang Shixuan was in the opposite state of mind to Yikuan, who received 200,000 silver from Wang Zhuxuan, although it was one-third less than the original half-half agreement, but he was already satisfied, and would wake up from his dreams in the middle of the night laughing.Of course, if you have money, you might as well spend it openly. Anyway, he has made a fortune from his wife, and his ostentation is far better than that of "borrowing debts from Beijing", so it is not easy to see if he is rich. This is Jiang Shixuan's own thinking, and others see it differently.Especially for a newly built residence, the majesty of the water-polished brick wall alone is no less than that of the Wangfu.Being in the Imperial Academy in Beijing, and letting the examiners from Guangdong, and the underachievers from Sichuan, can they still make a fortune?After inquiring under this question, the truth that Yikuang and his son were fooled, as well as the black and white between Jiang Shixuan and his wife, were revealed. So, one morning, the servants of Jiang's family found that people were crowded under the wall. They went to see that there were sixteen bright red characters written on the large water-milled bricks, which were a couplet against Gongwen: "Resign On the Baitai, the clothes are impeccable; if you live in a luxurious house, you have chickens at home." I don't know what kind of special foreign paint is used, and it can't fade away no matter how much it is scrubbed.So Jiang Shixuan's face also elongated.