After Qiu Ze left, the housekeeper coughed lightly, attracting the attention of several people.

Then he said: "Lord Lin, there are still a few officials, my lord has been unwell recently, and it is inconvenient to accompany him, please forgive me!" Since the adult wants to investigate the case, the villain will accompany the adult, what do you think? ”

Seeing Lin Fan nodded, he continued: "Then your lord, please come with me, and I will take a few of you to the warehouse to have a look."

Lin Fan snorted and said, "Since that's the case, thank you!" Then there will be a housekeeper to lead the way! ”

The housekeeper didn't have the confidence of Qiu Ze, so he waved his hand again and again and said, "Don't dare, don't dare, this is what a small one should do."

After saying that, he led a few people out.

The Qiu family's warehouse is located in the backyard, because when it was first built, it was intentionally or unintentionally covered by other buildings, looking in from the outside of the house, even if it is standing on a high place, it is difficult to find, it can be said that it is still quite hidden.

In addition, there are often guards outside, and the room used to store belongings is a relatively independent compartment, which is not even accessible to people in the house, so it should be extremely safe.

The butler took out the key, opened a very large looking lock, and led everyone into the storeroom.

Lin Fan and the others carefully observed in the warehouse and found that except for this door and a few vents used to prevent moisture and ventilation, there was no other outlet for storing property in this warehouse to connect with the outside world.

And the vent is extremely narrow, not to mention ordinary people, even children under the age of one can never pass through. In other words, if you want to enter here to steal something, you can only enter through the door, otherwise you can't do it categorically.

However, the copper-plated wooden door shows no signs of being damaged, only a new lock.

Lin Fan knocked on the smooth wall from time to time, and wiped the dust on the cabinet with his hand at will.

Looking at the clear finger prints left on the cabinet and the floating soil on his hands, he asked the housekeeper, "Steward Qiu, dare to ask what was lost in the mansion this theft?" ”

The housekeeper replied: "Back to my lord's words, this thief is really hateful, not only has he lost a pearl from the South China Sea, which is the treasure of the master, and it deserves to be a priceless treasure; In addition to this, a few cultural toys and some silver tickets and scattered silver were lost. ”

Hearing the housekeeper's words, Lin Fan nodded, and then asked, "What was the situation at the time of the incident, can you probably tell me." ”

The butler continued, "My lord, that's right. The treasury is heavy, and the lord usually doesn't let us come into contact with it, and even I rarely come in, even the maids and servants who come in to clean when cleaning need to be under the strict supervision of the guards of the courtyard. ”

"So apart from being well guarded and a few guards who often come to patrol, there are very few people coming here at other times. As for the reason why it was discovered this time, it was also because a nursing home suddenly found that a lot of dust and cobwebs on the door of the warehouse were missing a lot when he was patrolling, and the door lock was also moved, so he reported it to the master, and after the master opened the warehouse, he found that the house had been robbed, and then he went to report to the official. ”

The housekeeper suddenly paused when he said this, and then subconsciously looked up at Lin Fan, but Lin Fan just listened expressionlessly, and there was nothing abnormal.

In fact, Lin Fan didn't believe what he said at the end, for the Shi clan, the theft in the house was tantamount to a family ugly. If you can solve it yourself, you will definitely not alarm the government, otherwise it will be equivalent to the publicity of family ugliness?

The Qiu Mansion must have checked it first, but they couldn't do anything about it, so they went to the county government to report to the official.

Seeing that Lin Fan didn't care about his careful thoughts, and didn't interrupt his intentions, the housekeeper continued to say: "At that time, the county magistrate personally brought people over, but the official government came to check for a long time, and there was nothing else to find except for the copper coin imprint. The county magistrate could only comfort the master, and there was no other way, so he had to retreat. ”

Lin Fan suddenly said, "Butler, you said that the copper coin imprint is this one?" ”

As he spoke, Lin Fan took out a piece of white paper with a copper coin imprint from his bosom and handed it to the housekeeper, and this copper coin imprint was the one that Yang Yuanwang gave him in the Inspection Division.

The housekeeper stretched out his hand to take it, looked at it carefully for a while, and said with certainty: "That's right, I was there at the time, it was this one, and I was brought back by the county magistrate that day, but I didn't expect the county magistrate to hand it over to you." ”

Lin Fan nodded, took the copper coin imprint again, put it back in his arms, and didn't ask more about this topic.

He came to the door, took off the new brass lock, and asked, "This lock must be new?" Was it pried open by the thief? ”

The butler replied, "No, strange to say, the lock is not destroyed, it is intact, I really don't know how the thief was able to get in." It's just that now that this kind of thing has happened, the old man is afraid that this kind of thing will happen again, and he doesn't dare to use that lock again anyway, so he asked people to match a new lock and replace it. ”

Lin Fan then asked, "Where is the lock that was replaced now?" Can you show me this? ”

The housekeeper shook his head and said, "It's not that you don't want the adults to see it, we have already asked the master who opened the lock to see it, and there is nothing abnormal, so we let him take it away." It's a pity to throw it away like this, and if you take it and melt it, you can make a new lock. ”

Lin Fan just hummed when he heard this, and then looked up and down the warehouse. Looking at the small and dim space, as well as the mottled light and shadow through the vents, although Lin Fan still had a lot of doubts about this case, he didn't ask any more.

At this time when Lin Fan was asking, An Ning and the others were not idle at this time, and they had carefully checked the warehouse back and forth several times, except for some messy hand and foot prints, there was nothing special to find, and they had to shake their heads at Lin Fan after the investigation.

Seeing this situation, Lin Fan knew that it was difficult to have any other gains today, so he had to say to the housekeeper: "Today's matter has a labor housekeeper, and now we have checked almost everything, in my opinion, let's stop here today!" Please also ask the housekeeper to tell your lord that if there is any progress in this case, we will definitely notify the house as soon as possible, please wait patiently! ”

The housekeeper replied: "Please rest assured, the villain will definitely tell you!"

"That's good! Then I'll stop bothering and take my leave! Lin Fan said, and after speaking, he turned his head to look at An Ning and the others, and said, "An Ning, let's go!"

When everyone heard this, they followed Lin Fan and walked out, accompanied by the housekeeper, and sent a few people to the gate.

As soon as a few people stepped out of the mansion, before they got on their horses, they saw a horse galloping from a distance, shouting loudly as they walked: "Can Lord Lin be here?"

Lin Fan and the others were stunned for a moment, although they were slightly surprised, but seeing this person in such a hurry, there must be something important. Therefore, when Lin Fan saw this, he was no longer in a hurry, but waited at the gate of Qiu's house, and said: "I am Lin Fan, the Wuguan inspection envoy, dare to ask Your Excellency what is looking for me?" ”

Seeing this person come straight to the door of Qiu's house, he shouted, grabbed the reins, and stopped the horse's hooves.

This person quickly turned over and dismounted, and came directly to Lin Fan and the others.

He hurriedly saluted Lin Fan and said, "Zeng Ming, the official of the lowly county government, has seen Lord Lin!" Lord Lin, the county government got the news early this morning that Fu Tianlin shot again yesterday evening, and the Song family in Sanxing Town was stolen. The county ordered the adults to have an order, and ordered Lord Lin to go to Sanxing Town to check quickly, and there must be no mistakes!.

Lin Fan looked this person up and down, and saw that this person was wearing a public uniform, dressed as a bad person. He looked back at Liu Erniu again, and Liu Erniu nodded lightly at him, which showed that the two did know each other, which proved that this person was indeed from the county government.

Lin Fan took a few steps forward, helped him up, and asked, "Brother Zeng Ming, please get up quickly!" How did you find this? ”

The messenger replied: "Back to the adult, the little one came out of the county seat and went to the inspection department first, but he never saw the adult. I also learned from Deputy Envoy Song that the adults had come to Boliu Town to check the case, so I hurried here and caught up! ”

Lin Fan took out some broken silver from his arms, about two or two. He handed the money to Zeng Ming, and said with a smile: "It's really Brother Lao, I must be tired of running around all the way!" Come on, come on, here are some scattered silver taels, you take them first, and then change the saliva to drink for a while, and relieve the fatigue. When I arrive in the county another day, I will personally invite my brother to dinner as a token of gratitude! ”

Looking at the silver handed over by Lin Fan, the messenger was a little moved, he swallowed his saliva, he turned his head, forcibly refused to look at it, and said: "You can't ask for a humble position, these are small things that should be done!"

Lin Fan laughed: "Haha, do you not want it or don't you dare to ask for it?" Rest assured, brother! You will take what I give you, what's the matter, are you afraid that I won't be able to eat you? Ask Erniu, when did I get back what I sent? ”

The messenger looked up at Liu Erniu, and just saw Liu Erniu glaring at him, so he had no choice but to accept it and said, "Then the subordinate has thanked the adult!"

Lin Fan patted him lightly on the shoulder and said, "That's right!" You go back to Lord Yu County, please rest assured, just say I'll set off and rush to Sanxing Town to check the situation! ”

Steward Qiu had already asked someone to bring water over at this time, and the messenger took it and drank it all.

He got back on his horse and said to Lin Fan: "Please rest assured, I will report to the county commander truthfully." The little one is gone! Drive! ”

"Wait!" Just as the errand was about to arrive, Lin Fan suddenly shouted and grabbed the reins of his horse with his hand.

"Your Excellency, do you have anything to order?" The officer asked, puzzled.

Lin Fan came to his horse, untied the water bladder and dry food he had prepared before he came, and handed them to the messenger. said: "Brother Zeng Ming, it's noon soon, it's still far from the county seat, I can't find food on the road, I have some dry food here, take it on the road to eat."

The messenger hurriedly said, "My lord, this must not be done!"

Lin Fan said angrily: "What's wrong with this, hurry, take it!" Don't worry, we've got it all here! ”

"Alright then, thank you, sir!" The officer had no choice but to say.

"Well, don't be so polite, let's go! Stay safe on the road! Lin Fan waved his hand.

Come fast, go fast. As the horse galloped, the figure of the messenger named Zeng Ming disappeared in the blink of an eye.

Lin Fan watched the figure of the errand officer getting farther and farther away, gradually disappearing, turned around and said to the housekeeper: "Butler, don't work far away, I'll wait to say goodbye!" Tranquility, let's go! ”

After speaking, Lin Fan took the horse from the servant, took the lead in getting on the horse, arched his hand to the butler, and walked on the horse, and An Ning and the others hurriedly followed.

Out of Boliu Town, Lin Fan slowed down and said to Liu Erniu: "Erniu, you are familiar with the land here, you lead the way before you come, let's not go back to the inspection department first, go directly to Sanxing Town."

Liu Erniu replied yes, then stepped forward and led everyone straight to the direction of Sanxing Town.