Ding Zhutou stopped, stared at Ling'er and said seriously: "Boy, a real man never hears, hearing is false, seeing is believing, can't everyone follow the clouds, understand?" ”

Ling'er was stunned for a moment, and grinned: "I understand, my father often tells me this!" ”

"Well, it's good to understand!"

"Uncle, the people in this restaurant are all right, are they?"

Ding Zhutou looked at him and didn't answer, but still strode forward, came to the door of Chef Sun's private kitchen and stood still, and a servant came out to report: "Boss, it's all searched inside, there is no trace, and there is no tunnel!" ”

Ding Zhutou said with a straight face: "That batch of porcelain is very valuable, how can it disappear out of thin air?" Search and keep searching! ”

"Yes!" After the official gave up his hand and left, Ding Zhutou stood at the door with his hands on his chest for a while, and then stepped into the kitchen in a few steps, straight to the direction of the storage room, and Ling'er naturally followed.

At this time, the storage room was empty, several officials were knocking on the wall and ground of the house to search carefully, Ling'er paid attention to the chains on the door, the two big locks were still hanging on them, but the locks had been pried, I don't know if the thieves did it or these officials did it?

They stood in the middle of the house for a while, and the bearded man came over: "Chief, this house is fine, the lock has already been picked when you come in, and there are traces of the friction of the box on the threshold, the thief must have carried the box out from here and found another way to transport it out!" ”

Ding Zhutou said in a deep voice: "Then you say, how did they transport things out without knowing it?" So many things, not only gold, silver and porcelain, but even chickens, ducks, rabbits, geese, wild game and livestock, all of them were transported away, and the people in this courtyard did not know at all, could they still fly away from the sky? ”

"This ...... Boss, I think there must be accomplices or internal responses in that group of helpers, let's bring them back and try them one by one, and if you don't say it, you will be tortured, I don't believe that it will be clear! ”

"Nonsense! Who will be responsible for such things as bending into tricks, once the case is overturned? ”

"This... This ......"

Ling'er listened to their conversation as she paced through the storeroom. She remembered very well that the second exit she took before escaping from the passage last time was the place where she overheard the conversation between Chef Sun and Steward Liu, and she was sure that it was definitely in this room, and the wooden box in the storage room was naturally transported from the tunnel!

As for the entrance to the tunnel...... Thinking back to the direction of the day, she looked for it little by little by the corner of the wall, and suddenly, a regular rectangular bluestone slab on the ground caught her attention. She crouched down, knocked here, touched there, and bounced twice on it, and there seemed to be a little empty echo below?

"Stinky boy, don't stumble around here, go away!" Needless to say, the slightly angry disgusted voice next to him was the first donkey to complain with him, although he was extremely dissatisfied with Ling'er, but with Ding Zhu's head to protect him, he didn't dare to do anything, and even the voice of Ling'er was deliberately suppressed!

Ling'er grinned: "Huh! Brother Donkey, why are you here? ”

The donkey was so angry that his face was red and his eyes were glaring, and he whispered: "Don't bark, I have a name!" ”

"Isn't your name the Donkey? Hee-hee, that's a funny name! Is your father's surname also strong? ”

"You... Presumptuous, beware of me beating you up again, believe it or not? ”

Ling'er jumped and jumped happily: "Look, look, I'm right!" Hee-hee, my face is red! ”

The donkey was really angry, clenched his fists as if he was really going to beat someone, Ling'er jumped on the rectangular bluestone slab, and teased him with a smile: "Donkey, you can't afford to lose, you want to do it if you don't win, shame~~~"

In a fit of rage, the donkey smashed his fist into the ground beside Ling'er, and the bluestone slab shook and immediately sank a few inches! Ling'er was so frightened that she screamed and jumped out, and jumped behind Ding Zhutou in a few steps to hide, and the donkey's eyes were spewing fire, staring at Ling'er's direction. Ding Zhutou scolded sharply: "Donkey, what are you doing? ”

"Boss, look!" The bearded man exclaimed, and everyone looked at it together, and saw that the sunken stone slabs were all stunned, and then they were overjoyed: "Boss, look at it, there are tunnels here!" ”

Seeing that he took a few steps over, Ding Zhutou tore away the donkey standing on the bluestone slab, squatted down and looked at it for a while, and waved his hand: "Dig up!" Everyone stepped up in unison, and soon broke open the bluestone slab, revealing the entrance to the black hole below.

Everyone gathered around the entrance to watch for a while, and Ding Zhutou said, "Old Hu, light the torch!" ”

"Yes!" The bearded man answered, ran out quickly, and after a while brought a few torches soaked in tung oil, and then the bearded man took the lead, and led the two servants to carry the torches into the way.

After a few breaths, the bearded man's happy voice came from below: "Boss, there is a tunnel below, and there are traces of heavy objects transported, come down and take a look!" ”

Ding Zhutou responded, leaving two officials on it, and the rest of the officials all followed him down the tunnel, and Ling'er was also left on it.

Ling'er was not worried about the following situation, and believed that they would soon find the answer they wanted, but she was not very clear about the specific situation of the Yan family. She looked at the two officials lying at the entrance of the tunnel, rolled her eyes, squeezed to one of them, pulled his sleeve and said, "Big brother, can you take me to see my aunt?" ”

"Huh? What the? ”

"I said I wanted to see my aunt!"

"Oh, go yourself!"

Ling'er blinked: "Is it really okay?" Uncle, where are my aunts? ”

"What does your aunt do?"

"It's the one who washes the dishes behind the big kitchen, she's a good person, and she never does anything bad!"

"The helplady in the big kitchen? In the room on the right side of the second floor of the front restaurant, you can find it yourself! ”

"Oh! But uncle, what if my uncle in front of me won't let me in? ”

"This ...... Then you wait for Ding to come back! ”

"Oh, that's it! Hey, uncle, are all the people working here in the front restaurant? ”

"Almost!" The man replied casually with his eyes fixed on the entrance to the tunnel.

"Didn't you say that several people were cut down by the bandits?"

"Nonsense, I haven't seen blood in this restaurant at all, it's just the Yan family's ancestral house...... You kid, what are you doing asking the east and the west? Go aside! ”

Ling'er stuck out her tongue, squatted on the side for a while, and then touched the side of another official, bumped him with her arm, and whispered: "Hey, uncle, I heard that Mrs. Yan was angry to death just after her sixtieth birthday, is it true?" ”

Hearing this, the official looked at Ling'er and snorted lightly: "That old lady who keeps money, it is God's grace to live past sixty!" ”

"Not really! Her son-in-law became a county prince, and he was so angry that he was like he was a county master, pointing fingers all day long, and last time he instructed Lao Tzu to pick one or two hundred catties of things for her from the west of the city to the east of the city, and Lao Tzu was so tired that he wanted to live and die, and he didn't have a penny for rewarding money, and scolded Lao Tzu! Dead old woman, she deserves to be! ”

"Yes, yes, if you want me to say that the old lady and those brothers-in-law are so disgusting, they deserve to be killed, our boss should have turned a blind eye and fooled around, what else are you looking for?"

Ling'er also added fuel and vinegar and said: "That's it, I heard my aunt say that the Yan family is the most hateful, often bullying neighbors, forcibly occupying people's fields and real estate!" A lot of people are hoping that they will be unlucky! By the way, uncle, Mrs. Yan has three sons and two daughters, what happened to those people? ”

"They? Two sons died, one was lame, one daughter was injured and one didn't come! Alas, it's a pity that the county lady ......"

"Dongzi!" The official on the other side gave him a color, he quickly stopped his mouth, and glanced at Ling'er: "Boy, you are young and young, what are you doing to inquire about this?" ”

Ling'er said innocently: "It's nothing, it's just that I heard the rumors outside and felt curious!" Hehe, uncle, it's actually nothing, everyone just doesn't know about this for the time being, and in a few days, whether the bandits are caught or not, everyone will know! ”

The two officials glanced at each other, and seemed to think that Ling'er was reasonable, and nodded slightly, but if Ling'er asked anything else, they refused to say anything!

Several people waited for about two quarters of an hour, and Ding Zhutou finally came out of the tunnel, but seven or eight people went in, and only he and the bearded man came back, and the two officials who left the guard quickly stood up: "Boss! ”

"Well, you two continue to stay here, don't let the living in or out!" Then the two of them paced around the room to check, went out of the door of the pantry, and went around the kitchen twice again to return to the courtyard, while Ling'er followed lightly behind them.

Ding Zhutou said: "Old Hu, what do you think?" ”

"This ...... Boss, I think the bandits must have premeditated, judging from the old and new soil in the tunnels, most of the tunnels below have been dug at least a month or two ago, and only the part out of the town has been newly dug in the last few days! Moreover, the footprints and wheel prints in the tunnel were all made two days ago, indicating that the bandits had already started two days ago! ”

"What is the explanation for the loss of so many things at once, but the helpers in the restaurant don't know anything?"

"This ...... This one...... Hey, boss, you know I'm a big boss, how can I know everything! ”

Ding Zhutou paced around, and suddenly his feet stopped: "You say...... Could it be that the bandits gave the helpers sweat pills or something? Otherwise, with such a big movement, it is impossible for so many people not to know about it! ”

The bearded man thought about it, clapped his hands and said, "Hey, yes! Definitely! Boss, you're still amazing! Then we don't have to arrest those helpers? It's troublesome for so many people to be escorted back, so it's better to release them now, right? ”

Ding Zhutou glared at him, and the bearded man smirked embarrassedly: "Boss, isn't this saving you trouble?" ”

"Trouble-free? You let everyone go, how do you explain to the county lord and the county lord? ”

"This ...... Boss, in fact, the county was forced by his wife, but we are the officials of the county government, not his family. The facts have been found out to be the case, this Yan family has long been targeted by bandits, and people have already planned to ransack this family, what can we do?

If you want to arrest people, you have to suppress bandits, and the county magistrate doesn't count such a big thing as bandits, and you have to report, assess, approve, approve, and transfer troops, so how can it be done in a day or two? ”

Ding Zhutou pondered for a moment, suddenly smiled, patted the bearded shoulder vigorously and said, "Hehe, you kid, you finally got the hang of it once!" (To be continued.) If you like this work, you are welcome to come to the starting point (qidian.com) to vote for recommendation, monthly pass, your support, is my biggest motivation. )