The two spit out bitterness to each other, and they felt that they hated each other, and they called each other brothers when they were young. How old is the second child of Steward Guo, only to hear Steward Guo say: "Brother Qiu, it's not that I said you, don't you have the county master in charge, why are you still just a deputy catcher?" ”

"Alas, where do you know that Wang Shizhong's son stole the limelight the year before last, and let Wang Shizhong's nephew steal the limelight last year, this person is really unlucky!"

After three rounds of drinking, a woman with flowers and branches came to the garden, and Qiu Lao Er quickly got up and said, "Fifth aunt! ”

Xilan covered her mouth and smiled: "Second Brother Qiu, please take a seat, I heard that you came to our house again today, so I personally made a few side dishes, and I hope Second Brother Qiu will not dislike it!" ”

"It's too late for the fifth aunt to thank me for her kindness, where do you dare to dislike it, but if the fifth aunt doesn't dislike our brothers-" Qiu Laoer's eyes turned around Xilan twice, and he sneered: "Why don't you sit down and have a few drinks?" ”

Xilan sat down generously and said, "I'm afraid that you two won't be able to drink me!" ”

The three of them sat in the pavilion and drank three or four cups, and Steward Guo only said that the amount of wine was shallow and begged for mercy, so he retreated first on the pretext that he still had something to do. Xilan drank two more cups with Qiu Lao Er, and suddenly held her forehead, Qiu Lao Er hurriedly asked with concern, "What's wrong with Aunt Qiu?" ”

"I-" Xilan frowned, "suddenly a little dizzy-"

Qiu Lao Er looked around, but the fifth aunt's girl didn't follow, he rolled his eyes, and said, "I think it's just that the wine is up, just rest for a while, I'll help the fifth aunt go back to the house——"

Xilan returned to the house, her body was soft on the couch, the exposed neck was smooth and white, and the warm fragrance was fragrant, Qiu Lao Er only felt that her body was swollen, and her body fell down unconsciously. There were a pair of eyes outside the house that blinked, and a smug and disdainful smile appeared on the corner of his mouth, it was the housekeeper Guo who had left beforehand.

Playing this Qiu Lao Er seems to have changed a person, the peach blossoms on the spring breeze every day are proud, Wang Zhutou frowned and looked in his eyes, even Zhao Jiu sniffed out a little clue, thinking that Qiu Lao Er was afraid that something bad would happen.

A few days later, Zhang Yuanwai came back from the provincial capital, and when someone asked about the progress of the property theft case in the house, Qiu Lao Er couldn't understand it. Zhang Yuanwai saw that Qiu Lao Er always glanced at his fifth aunt, and saw that the fifth aunt's demeanor was different from before, so he called Xilan's envoy Ping'er to be strictly interrogated. Ping'er couldn't bear the beating, so she spit out the fact that the fifth aunt often sent her away from her private meeting with Qiu Laoer, Zhang Yuanwai was furious, and immediately wanted to hang Qiu Laoer and beat him, Steward Guo persuaded from the side: "Master is angry!" This Qiu Lao Er is the brother-in-law of the county master, and if the old man hurts him, I'm afraid it will be inappropriate! The lord is a big man in our county, the lord you stomp your feet are the county government and have to shake three times, according to the villain's opinion, the lord might as well hand over the second Qiu to the county master, and the county lord will definitely give the lord an explanation! ”

This person is also very human, and he really endured this ugly thing. He asked Qiu Lao Er to tie up the five flowers, and ordered Ping'er to dress up for the fifth aunt, and stuffed the two of them into a sedan chair and carried them to the county office.

The county lord scolded Qiu Lao Er and scolded him with a cane, but the eldest lady was anxious to protect her brother, crying and making trouble and hanging, the county master couldn't, so he had to spare Qiu Lao Er's living crime. Xilan pinched Zhang Yuanwai's letter of resignation and cried in the hall, the county magistrate was so upset that he waved her to Qiu Lao Er, and ordered the two of them to leave quickly. But the matter of Zhang's mansion was not over yet, and the county magistrate was annoyed, so he called Wang Zhutou to reprimand him, blaming him for not being optimistic about Qiu Laoer, and limiting him to decide the case within five days, and ordered Zhao Jiu to assist from the side.

Xi Lanman thought that the Qiu family was also a big family, but he didn't expect to follow Qiu Lao Er back to Qiu's house only to find that the Qiu family had nothing else except three big tile houses. Xilan was bitter in her heart, and blamed Steward Guo for not interceding for her, and demolished the bridge when she crossed the river, but Zhang's Mansion couldn't go back, and now she had to wait for the Qiu family to nest now, just waiting to see Steward Guo again and make calculations.

"You are-" Xiuniang hung her head when she saw her grandfather coming back, and she couldn't help but be anxious, and asked again and again, "What's wrong?" What's going on again? ”

Wang Kangping replied angrily: "Alas, mother, don't mention it, it's all to blame on that Qiu Er, there is more than enough success and more failure!" ”

"That's it!" Wang Zhutou glared at his son, entered the house in a muffled voice, Xiuniang grabbed her son and asked in a low voice, "What's wrong with your father?" Angry with the county master again? ”

"Mother, you don't know, the county master is too partial to the second child of Qiu!" Wang Kangping angrily told his mother about the ugly things of Qiu Laoer, Xiuniang sighed and said: "You don't know, the county master was admitted to the county master after receiving the favor of the Qiu family, and when the Qiu master died, the county master swore a heavy oath that he would treat the Qiu family sisters and brothers well!" As long as Qiu Lao Er does not commit the crime of killing his head, the county master has to protect him no matter what! ”

Despite his reluctance, Wang Zhutou had nowhere to hide, so he had to take Zhao Jiu to Zhang's mansion in person, and Zhang Yuan avoided it. According to the statement of Zhang's mansion, the lost golden statue of Guanyin is about a foot high, and it was originally enshrined in the Buddhist hall. Zhao Jiu followed Wang Zhutou to see, there was a round seal on the table, which should be left by the Guanyin statue all the year round, but in addition to this, there was no trace of dragging, pulling, dragging, and prying in the Buddhist hall. Even if the perpetrator left any clues, there is not much left after Qiu Lao Er has been messing around for a while, Zhao Jiu secretly scolded himself, blame Qiu Lao Er, good things can become bad things in his hands, and Wang Zhutou is also involved, and when the case is clarified, he must quietly teach him a lesson.

If you want to talk about the golden statue of Guanyin in Zhangfu, most outsiders don't know about it, and most of the people who know it are people in Zhangfu. The Buddha hall is in the east of the inner courtyard, there is only one door, facing Zhang Yuanwai's study, next door is Zhang Yuanwai's bedroom, behind is the ancestral shrine of Zhang's house, who wants to take away the golden statue Guanyin under Zhang Yuanwai's nose is tantamount to covering his ears and stealing the bell, how can it be gone for no reason?

There are many valuable things in the huge Zhang Mansion, why just throw away such a statue of Guanyin that is not suitable for carrying? Or is that the golden statue Guanyin still in Zhang's mansion at the moment?

In addition, Zhao Jiu thought that there was one of the biggest doubts in this matter, that is, Zhang Yuanwai did not feel restless about the disappearance of the golden statue Guanyin, but he often went out and handed over all the affairs in the mansion to Steward Guo.

The more this is the case, the more Zhao Jiu believes that Zhang Yuanwai seems to know about the Golden Statue Guanyin, and he is just waiting for a result, waiting for Wang Zhutou to give him the result he wants.

Perhaps, the theft of the golden statue of Guanyin in Zhangfu was not committed by a thief, but a thief!

Wang Zhutou asked Steward Guo to invite all the people in Zhang's mansion to the main hall, and there was nothing unusual in each room. However, there should be seventy-eight people in Zhang's mansion, except for Zhang Yuan and the fifth aunt Tai Xilan who was kicked out, there should be seventy-six people in the hall, Zhao Jiu counted twice, but there were only seventy-five. Zhao Jiu quietly told Wang Zhutou, Wang Zhutou nodded, and then said to Steward Guo: "Steward Guo, why is there one less person in the hall?" ”

Steward Guo also reacted quickly, and immediately responded: "Oh, Wang Zhutou is talking about Ping'er, isn't it?" She was injured a few days ago and couldn't move easily, so I didn't let her come! ”