Chapter 138: Find the Thief
Zhao Qingzao didn't have 5,000 taels of silver on her body at all, even if she took out all the silver on her body, she could only take out more than 1,000 taels at most, and she was also impulsive, so she said those words to Hu Dingyun, and now that the matter has come to this, Zhao Qingzao can't go back, so she can only bite the bullet.
"Tell me how you can get the thief out. Hu Dingyun asked directly to Zhao Qingzao.
"You made me think about it. Zhao Qingzao didn't dare to look at Hu Dingyun, so he could only whisper.
Hearing Zhao Qingzao say this, Hu Dingyun immediately asked loudly: "What? Didn't you say that you have a way to find out the thief? Why do you have to think about it again now? You won't be a thief, right?"
"I haven't even gone out of the cabin, how can it be a thief? You let me think about it, what's wrong? Could it be that the thief will disappear?" Zhao Qingzao was anxious, and his mood was a little irritable, so he didn't think about it so much, and said directly to Hu Dingyun.
But after finishing speaking, Zhao Qingzao regretted it, she didn't dare to offend Hu Dingyun, but Fang Cai really didn't think about it so much, so she blurted out inexplicably, and the water that was spilled out of her mouth, even if Zhao Qingzao regretted it, it was useless.
"You're not too daring, you still dare to speak out loud to me? But you're quite interesting, seeing that you went to Biancheng alone with your child, wouldn't you go to find Xianggong?" Hu Dingyun didn't get angry, but began to inquire about Zhao Qingzao.
Hearing this, Zhao Qingzao didn't speak, but Xiaocao said with a smile: "Yes, we are going to Biancheng to find my father, my father is a very knowledgeable person." ”
"Our salt gang is also in Biancheng, this time I went to Xishan Pass, there was a brother who died in an accident, the five thousand taels of silver is the salary he saved, and he has an eighty-year-old mother at home, in order to be able to hand over five thousand taels of silver to his mother, I specially exchanged the silver for a silver ticket, but I didn't expect it to be stolen by the gangsters. Hu Dingyun suddenly said in a deep voice, as if he was very remorseful.
Zhao Qingzao originally thought that the five thousand taels of silver tickets were Hu Dingyun's own money, but he didn't expect to have this background, maybe it was sympathy, Zhao Qingzao thought about it, and finally said to Hu Dingyun: "Don't worry, I will definitely find out the thief." ”
After saying that, Zhao Qingzao began to think of a way, and an hour later, Zhao Qingzao seemed to have thought of a good idea to find out the thief, so he walked up to Hu Dingyun and said: "There are still two days before you arrive in Biancheng, every other hour, you will go into the cabin to arrest people, scare the people in the cabin, and tell them that if they can't find the silver ticket after searching their bodies, they will throw that person into the water and drown, in fact, you are just putting people in other places, and after the thieves find out, you can release people." ”
"Can the thief be found out in this way? What if the thief is indifferent?" Hu Dingyun frowned slightly, and after thinking for a while, he felt that Zhao Qingzao's method was unreliable, so he said to Zhao Qingzao.
"Rest assured, the thief will definitely show his feet. Zhao Qingzao seemed to be confident, and said directly to Hu Dingyun.
Since Zhao Qingzao said so, and Hu Dingyun really didn't have any good way, so after hesitating for a while, Hu Dingyun nodded and agreed to Zhao Qingzao's method, and then let his subordinates do things.
After the people in the cabin heard what the salt gang said, they were all scared and trembling, and the timid people even cried, and the atmosphere in the cabin was terrible for a while, if they stayed inside, even if they were calm, they would definitely be scared to show their feet, Zhao Qingzao thought of this, so he came up with such a solution.
The Salt Gang's men took a person out every hour to search him, and when he couldn't find anything, he took that person to another place, and locked him up with good food and drink, because he lived quite comfortably after being locked up, so those who were searched didn't make a fuss.
Everything seemed to be going very well, seeing that there were fewer and fewer people in the cabin, but the thief still did not show his feet, Zhao Qingzao also felt a little strange.
"Mother, I want to go over there for a while. Xiaocao pointed not far away and said to Zhao Qingzao.
Zhao Qingzao was thinking about things, so after hearing what Xiaocao said, she let Xiaocao play by herself, obviously her plan was very good, why couldn't she find the thief? Zhao Qingzao supported her chin with her hand, she was really puzzled.
"Zhao Qingzao, I'm about to go to Biancheng, why didn't the thief show his feet. Hu Dingyun also lost his patience, and when he saw Zhao Qingzao thinking about something, he walked over and asked Zhao Qingzao.
"I also think it's strange, maybe the thief isn't the one in the cabin?" Zhao Qingzao thought for a while, and then said.
Hearing Zhao Qingzao say this, Hu Dingyun was stunned, and after reacting, he immediately said angrily: "What do you mean by this? The thief is not a person in the cabin, could it be that he is a brother in my salt gang? Our brother in the salt gang is the most righteous, how could he do such a thing of stealing chickens and touching dogs and being mad?"
In fact, Zhao Qingzao is just guessing, because there are not many people left in the cabin, and those people don't look like thieves, so Zhao Qingzao will guess whether the thief is a person from the Salt Gang, after all, it is difficult to prevent thieves.
"Boss Hu, don't get excited, I'm just guessing, don't worry, isn't there still half a day, I can definitely find the thief." Zhao Qingzao saw that Hu Dingyun was angry, so he hurriedly said with a smile.
At this moment, Zhao Qingzao suddenly found that Xiaocao didn't know where to go, and after greeting Hu Dingyun, Zhao Qingzao went to find Xiaocao.
"Xiaocao, where are you?" Zhao Qingzao shouted as he walked on the rickety boat.
"Mother, I'm here. Xiaocao suddenly ran out of a room and said to Zhao Qingzao.
Seeing Xiaocao coming out, Zhao Qingzao breathed a sigh of relief, she was most worried about what would happen to Xiaocao on the boat, and now she could rest assured when she saw Xiaocao jumping around.
Zhao Qingzao was about to take Xiaocao back, but he didn't expect Xiaocao to suddenly say, "Mother, I just saw an uncle hiding something in that room." ”
Hiding things? Zhao Qingzao chuckled in his heart, and immediately felt that things were not simple, so he asked Xiaocao again: "What uncle? Where did he hide things? ”
Hearing this, Xiaocao took Zhao Qingzao into the house, and Zhao Qingzao found out that this room was the kitchen where the boat boss cooked, and usually no one would come in at all, and even if he came in, he would definitely just take something to eat, and he would not go over.
Xiaocao pointed to a pot of charcoal ash on the ground and said to Zhao Qingzao: "That uncle hid things here." ”
Seeing this, Zhao Qingzao squatted down directly, poured the charcoal ash in the basin on the ground, and sure enough, he saw a piece of oil paper in the charcoal ash, after Zhao Qingzao opened the oil paper, he found that there were five silver tickets of one thousand taels inside, which seemed to be the five thousand taels of silver tickets that Hu Dingyun lost.
Finally found the silver ticket, Zhao Qingzao was very happy in her heart, so that she and Xiaocao could arrive in Biancheng safely, at least they didn't have to be thrown into the water by Hu Dingyun, but the people in the cabin were all locked up, so only the people of the Salt Gang could hide things here, Zhao Qingzao really guessed correctly, the Salt Gang was really a thief.
"Xiaocao, you go and call Boss Hu over and tell him that I have found the silver ticket. Zhao Qingzao thought about it and said to Xiaocao.
Hearing Zhao Qingzao say this, Xiaocao nodded sensibly, and then ran out to find Hu Dingyun, after Zhao Qingzao put away the silver ticket, he stood in place and waited for the thief to arrive.
Sure enough, not long after Xiaocao left, someone came in in a panic, and after seeing Zhao Qingzao, that person was stunned.
"Ah Qiang, it's you, why did you steal the 5,000 taels of silver tickets? After Zhao Qingzao saw that person clearly, he immediately asked loudly.
Unexpectedly, the person who stole the five thousand taels of silver turned out to be Ah Qiang, Zhao Qingzao only felt that the human heart was really the most terrible thing in the world, you didn't know what the other party thought in his heart, let alone when he would betray you, just like Zhao Qingzao couldn't guess what Shen Changting was thinking at all, let alone why he secretly left.
Ah Qiang saw that the charcoal ash in the basin was poured out, so he guessed that Zhao Qingzao had found the five thousand taels of silver, he had now been forced to a dead end, and he couldn't care about so much at all, so he took out a sharp dagger from his arms, Ah Qiang pointed at Zhao Qingzao, and said: "You give me five thousand taels of silver tickets, and I will spare your life!"
"Ah Qiang, have you done something wrong, do you still want to be wrong again and again?" Zhao Qingzao was talking to Ah Qiang, while observing the surrounding situation, and found that there was a kitchen knife on the left, Zhao Qingzao planned to secretly take the kitchen knife in his hand, although I don't know if I can deal with Ah Qiang, at least it can be used for self-defense.
"Anyway, I've already done something wrong, what's the point of doing another wrong thing? I owe thousands of taels of silver in the casino, and if I don't pay back the money after I go back to Biancheng, I'll die, and I'm forced to do it, so I did it." ”
It turned out to be a gambler, no wonder he would do this kind of crazy thing of stealing chickens and dogs, seeing that Ah Qiang was getting closer and closer to him, Zhao Qingzao couldn't care about it so much, so he turned around suddenly and wanted to pick up the kitchen knife.
Unexpectedly, Ah Qiang found out, raised his foot and kicked Zhao Qingzao to the ground, Zhao Qingzao fell to the ground, his stomach hurt badly after being kicked, and he raised his head and saw Ah Qiang standing beside him, still holding the dagger in his hand.
"Hand over the five thousand taels of silver tickets. Ah Qiang stretched out his hand and said to Zhao Qingzao.
Hearing this, Zhao Qingzao was hesitating to hand over the five thousand taels of silver tickets, but when he saw Boss Hu coming over with a few of his subordinates, he suddenly smiled.
"What are you laughing at, hurry up and hand over the silver ticket!" Ah Qiang saw Zhao Qingzao suddenly laugh, and he was even more panicked when he was already nervous, and asked.
"Ah Qiang, it turns out that you are the thief! Why did you steal the five thousand taels of silver tickets? Boss Hu saw the scene just now, and naturally knew that Ah Qiang was the real thief, so he walked into the kitchen and said coldly.
Hearing Boss Hu's voice, the dagger in Ah Qiang's hand fell to the ground suddenly, his eyes widened, and the whole person was motionless as if he had lost his soul.