Chapter 53: The Gold Robbery (2)

When the board picks up the dart, the employer can nominate the arrival before the first day of May. It's just that Su Yunkai expected that the relaxed time meant that the employer was cautious, not that he didn't care about the goods, but that it arrived on the last day of the agreement, which was easier to lure out the employer who had been anxiously waiting for so long.

As soon as the mountain road was reopened, Lord Xu asked people to inform them and personally escorted them out. When they had been sent away, they stopped the way, and made a sign that the road was impassable, and that it was still open, and that those who were going to pass by would be stopped for four days.

Because only a group of thirteen of them came out, there was no one else on the whole road, and the inn tavern along the way was empty, and Qin Fang had no chance to contact Bai Shui, which was not boring on the road, but he still couldn't figure out how to talk to her.

Ten days passed quickly, and seeing that they would arrive at the banker's mouth early tomorrow morning, Su Yun Kaimingyue and Qin Fang and the three of them were divided into two passers-by before and after the dart game. Early in the morning, the three of them went first and went to a tea shop near Zhuangjiakou to have breakfast.

Mingyue looked up under the locust tree from time to time, but there were no suspicious people, and there were either early vendors doing business nearby, or passers-by. She took another look, and then heard Su Yunkai pick up the teacup and whisper, "Be careful to startle the snake, eat breakfast, don't look around." ”

"Hmm." Mingyue picked up a steamed bun with chopsticks, and seeing that Qin Fang was still absent-minded, she said, "Little Hou Ye, you haven't reconciled with Shui Shui yet?" ”

Qin Fang moved the tip of his ear, "Reconcile with her?" We didn't fight. No, I'm not upset because of her. ”

"What's so upset about that?"

"Because ......," Qin Fang put down his chopsticks, "this steamed bun and boiled meat are too unpalatable." He simply got up and left, shouting that it was unpalatable, and left.

Mingyue called him back, but Qin Fang made up her mind not to let her ask more, the more she shouted, the faster she ran, and in a blink of an eye, he disappeared. She asked helplessly, "What now?" ”

"Exactly."

"Exactly?"

Su Yunkai picked up the plate of meat he snatched and put it in front of her, and said happily, "It's just right." ”

Mingyue suddenly laughed, Qin Fang loves meat, he can usually sweep half of the meat on the table, but now no one is robbing them, and it is really just right.

An old woman walked under the locust tree in the distance, sat down on the stone bench, and immediately fell into Mingyue's eyes. She saw that Su Yunkai only glanced there and didn't look at it, she was calm, her eyes widened and she "shh ”

"It's just a pedestrian passing by and resting."

"How do you know? She had been looking around. ”

Su Yun laughed and said, "Is there a child frolicking around the locust tree?" ”

Mingyue looked at it carefully, there really was, but at the age of five or six, she was spinning in circles under the locust tree, bouncing around.

The old woman had been rubbing her waist since she sat down, but her eyes were always on the child. I think it's just that she has a back problem, so she borrowed the ground to rest. If you really connect people, you won't bring such a young child, and even if you really bring it to hide people's eyes, you won't bring such a noisy one. ”

Mingyue suddenly realized, "You're still smart." ”

Su Yunkai pushed the plate in front of her again, "Don't make a noise, eat well, I'll watch it." ”

Sure enough, after a while, the old woman's waist rubbing slowed down, and she led the child away. After a while, another man came, fierce and vicious, but Su Yunkai didn't move, and Mingyue endured it silently. After a while, I saw a woman carrying a vegetable basket and carrying a piece of cloth, and the man immediately took it when he saw it, and he left very affectionately, which made Mingyue worry again.

Because there is a stone bench under the locust tree, there are many people who come and go to take a break, and Mingyue's eyes hurt after looking at it for a long time. I covered my eyes and rubbed it slowly, and as soon as I put down my hand, I saw that his expression had changed, and he was a little more solemn, and his eyes fell on the vicinity of the locust tree.

She tilted her head very slightly, and saw a man in an old robe, who looked like a scholar, standing in front of a jewelry shop, without looking, only occasionally looking up into the street. The person was too plain in both dress and appearance, and Mingyue was curious, "Is that person?" ”

Su Yunkai took a sip of tea lightly, and responded as if nothing happened, "Hmm." ”

"But it's not like that."

Su Yun smiled and asked, "Then who do you think he looks like?" ”

Mingyue tried to look at it for a while and said, "It's like a scholar from a poor family." ”

"Why do you think so?"

"His clothes are very shabby, and if he were to catch the dart, it would definitely be suspicious."

"But what kind of dart did he catch?"

"Gold...... Wrong. Mingyue blinked, "In the eyes of the dart master, he only took five vases. ”

"Yes." Su Yunkai nodded, "If you dress too brightly to catch the dart, it will be strange." However, the person who came up with this plan must also be a straw bag, and since he wants to do the trick to the end, he shouldn't have found ten people to dart in the first place. ”

"In the end, it's two hundred taels of gold, how distressed it should be if you lose it......"

"So if you don't have enough guts, don't learn from others to be corrupt officials."

"yes." Mingyue came back to her senses, "How do you know that this is the silver of a corrupt official?" ”

Su Yunkai said, "These things were robbed half a month ago, if it was an ordinary businessman, he would definitely report it in a panic if he lost his money, but he didn't." This gold can already be defined as stolen silver, and the way it comes is bound to be disgraceful. is not a businessman, the only person who can swallow this money and hide people's eyes and ears is the people in the court. ”

"Two hundred taels of gold...... He can swallow it. Mingyue said again, "But how did you tell that he was the one who collected the dart cart?" ”

"Weird." Su Yunkai lightly pointed with his chin, "His clothes are very ill-fitting, and his sleeves are half a slap shorter, it can be seen that he borrowed it from someone, and he usually doesn't wear it like that." ”

"But it's not strange for a poor child to wear someone else's old clothes."

"Then have you ever seen a poor scholar who wears shabby clothes but wears a jade crown on his head?"

Mingyue was stunned for a moment, and then took a closer look again, the scholar was not only wearing a jade crown, but also his hair was combed very neatly.

"He must have put it on before he went out, and before that he was a well-dressed man. Maybe it was the henchman of the corrupt official, or maybe it was the person who worked for the corrupt official who was sent to pick up the dart car for the second time. In short, he is not a poor scholar. Su Yunkai saw that Mingyue wanted to speak and stopped, and asked with a smile, "What, there are still questions?" ”

Mingyue said weakly, "Yes...... But I'm afraid to ask too much, and you call me stupid. ”

"I don't call you stupid, just say it."

"Okay...... I want to ask, what if it's someone else's heirloom? My father left me a jade pendant made of good material, and the neighbors who owned the pawnshop said it was worth a lot of money. I still carry it with me, it's worth a fortune, but I'm a poor girl. ”

Su Yun smiled openly, "Then let me ask you, what would you do if you saw someone drop a valuable piece of jewelry outside the jewelry shop?" ”

"Pick it up and give it back to her."

"Will it be hidden?"

"I think only bad people do that."

"Then will you not pick it up and hide it?"

Mingyue frowned, "No......"

But the scholar did so, and a girl went in and dropped a hairpin, although she couldn't see it clearly from a distance, but the girl was dressed richly, and the hairpin should be very valuable. But the scholar only glanced at it, didn't pick it up, didn't shout, and was very indifferent. ”

Mingyue nodded, it seemed to make sense. But whether it's or not, when the people who know how to dart come, you can see it at a glance.

It didn't take long for the nine people from Whitewater and Dart to finally arrive. The locust tree is at the entrance of the street, and as soon as you enter the banker's entrance is the street, and you will be under the tree in a moment.

They stood there quenching their water bladders and drinking water to quench their thirst, waiting for the catcher to show up, as they usually do.

Mingyue paid more attention to the scholar's movements, and although the movements were light, they still fell into the scholar's keen eyes. He first glanced at Mingyue, and then at the person sitting in front of him, Su Yunkai met his eyes. The scholar was slightly startled, turned around and left.

He walked fast and seemed to be a little panicked. Su Yun was happy and puzzled, it stands to reason that Mingyue didn't move much just now, and he didn't show any flaws, why did that person just look at them and leave in a hurry?

Bai Shui waited for a long time and didn't see anyone coming, she saw Su Yunkai and Mingyue, and when she looked again, Qin Fang was not there. I couldn't help but look for him, but I still couldn't see him.

Where did that guy go, haven't you gotten rid of the habit of running around when you go to a new place? With no strength in his hands and no flesh in his body, he dared to run around in strange places.

Bai Shui's heart was half disgusted and half worried, and she didn't come back to her senses until a yellow-mouthed child ran over. I thought the child was passing by, but when the child came to the side, he said, "The brother who drank tea asked me to sue you, find your own place to live after dusk, and then discuss." ”

She felt strange, he was sure that the person receiving the goods did not appear? So aren't they working in vain?

But she had always listened to Su Yunkai's words, so she didn't think much about it-in fact, she couldn't think of the truth, so she didn't bother to think about it.

Sure enough, until sunset, the person who received the goods did not appear.