After Gu Bei's perfunctory past, along the way, he adhered to the principle of saying less and listening more, and never saying more what should be said and what should not be said.

On the south bank of Qinhuai, the willows are still around, but there are not many pedestrians on the road, the south bank is not like the north bank, there is no market, and there are few restaurants and tea shops, so few people stop and stay here.

On the path paved with blue bricks, Gu Bei and his party walked slowly, Cheng Xiaoyi and Gu Bei walked in front with a smile, mainly Xiaoyi, Gu Bei cooperated with laughter, and the brothers of the Cheng family followed behind with a few bags of fried chestnuts.

After walking across the Baiyun Bridge, I was blocked before I walked a few dozen steps. I don't know what's going on, but there is a large crowd of people around and the whole street is blocked.

Cheng Xiaoyi saw that there was a lot to see, so he jumped forward and grabbed an uncle casually to ask, Gu Bei and the Cheng brothers were afraid that Xiaoyi would make a mistake, so they hurriedly followed.

It turned out that a grain store lost a bag of flour, and after chasing it into an alley, it caught two people, both of whom said that the flour was stolen by the other party.

For a while, it was impossible to determine who was the real flour thief, so there was a stalemate in the alley, and there were more and more onlookers, and finally the road was blocked, but still no one could come up with any good ideas.

Gu Bei is not the kind of nosy person, but Cheng Xiaoyi is idle, he wants to help but doesn't know how to help, seeing Gu Bei standing still and watching the excitement, his eyes rolled, and he stretched out his hand and pushed: "Brother-in-law, seeing that you are confident, there must be a way, help the shopkeeper, otherwise we will have to take a detour." ”

Gu Bei rolled his eyes, what is this called, it's really not a big deal to see the excitement.

In desperation, I could only separate the crowd and slowly squeeze in, and there was no need to work too hard with the Cheng brothers to open the way. The onlookers were talking, and there were two people standing in the center, both of whom were covered in flour.

Since he decided to take care of this, Gu Bei observed it carefully.

The two were quite different, one was shabby, thin, like a hemp stick, about five feet tall, and his face was white and black, and he couldn't see his face clearly. The other man was very rugged and majestic, with a full beard, two big eyes with brass bells, and six feet tall.

The owner of the grain store was worried about what to do, when he saw someone squeezing in. Hearing that this person said that it could be solved, he could only be a dead horse and a live horse doctor, and seeing Gu Bei wearing a scholar's robe, the owner of the grain store hurriedly took two steps, bowed his hand, and asked: "Liu has seen this son, I don't know what to call him." ”

Gu Bei bowed back, ready to speak, but Xiao Yi next to him hurriedly said: "Shopkeeper, this is my brother-in-law Gu Bei, he can help you solve it." ”

Gu Bei smiled a little bitterly after hearing this, this girl was afraid that he would run away.

"Shopkeeper, I didn't say you, you are the shopkeeper of the granary, why do you hold on to a bag of flour and don't let go, just because of your little thing, the tired neighbors are here to worry about you, and the road is blocked." Gu Bei tactfully blamed the grain shop shopkeeper.

Someone in the crowd next to him joked: "This Gu Gongzi, you still have to help find out the thief, we haven't come up with a good way for a long time." If you don't find the thief today, it is estimated that Lao Liu will not be able to sleep tonight for this bag of flour. ”

"Haha..."

The crowd was happy, and even Xiaoyi and the others laughed. The shopkeeper Liu, who was said, had an embarrassed expression, and scolded with a smile in dialect: "You melon skin, don't talk nonsense, how can Liu be that kind of person." ”

Shopkeeper Liu turned his head and smiled bitterly at Gu Bei: "Gu Gongzi doesn't know, Liu's shop has lost flour several times in a row, and this time he finally chased after him, but he entered the alley and encountered this situation." ”

No wonder Shopkeeper Liu held on to it, and there was such an inside story in his dare, "Shopkeeper Liu, are you sure the thief is a person?" And not two? ”

"Sure, there was only one person, who was a little far away at the time, and he was around the corner, and he didn't see his figure clearly." After that, Shopkeeper Liu sighed, "If Gu Gongzi has a way, please help catch this habitual thief." ”

Gu Bei nodded and walked in front of the two, at this time, the two of them also knew that the future was tied to Gu Bei, and they couldn't help but look at Gu Bei together.

The rugged man bowed, pointed at the thin boy with his thick fingers, and said loudly in his throat: "Gu Gongzi, Xiaomin didn't steal flour, it was this thief who stole it, Xiaomin saw him coming head-on, he looked panicked, so he stopped, but he didn't expect this kid to be a good person." ”

The thin boy suddenly became a little anxious, looked at Gu Bei with a pair of eyes, and said: "Gu Gongzi, you have to be the master of Xiaomin, Xiaomin is not a thief, obviously this person stole flour just now and hit Xiaomin." After speaking, he bowed to Gu Bei.

The rugged man glared at the thin boy with a pair of copper bell eyes, and said angrily: "You little thief actually dare to slander Lao Tzu, believe it or not, Lao Tzu beat you up?" ”

The skinny boy is not good at stubble, and when he picks up a broken wooden stick from the ground, he has to fight hard with a rough man.

Where will a rugged man be afraid, roll up his sleeves, and beat him.

Seeing that the two were about to get entangled together, Gu Bei gave Cheng Dalang and Cheng Erlang a look.

Dalang Erlang, who got the eye, hurriedly went up to separate the two of them, and the two who were separated snorted coldly and twisted their heads to the side.

Seeing this situation, Shopkeeper Liu said helplessly with a bitter face: "Gu Gongzi, how can this be good?" ”

"Shopkeeper Liu, don't worry, there is a magic method in the morning, and the thief will be revealed." Gu Bei said confidently.

"After the thief stole the flour from the grain store, he ran here only two or three hundred feet away, and since he was overtaken, it was obvious that the thief lacked physical strength and did not have much strength. It is very simple to know who the real thief is, just let the two of them take turns carrying the flour and run back to the grain store, if anyone runs halfway and lies down, it must be a thief. ”

Everyone thought about it, and always felt that something was wrong, but they felt that it made sense, so they said one after another: "What Gu Gongzi said is reasonable. ”

Seeing that everyone had no objections, Gu Bei pointed to the two suspects in the field and said with a smile: "Which of you will try this bag of flour first?" ”

The thin boy stiffened his face and didn't move, and the rugged man rolled up his sleeves and picked up the flour, and said, "Gu Gongzi, this flour is definitely not stolen by Xiaomin, you look, Xiaomin will carry the flour back to the grain store." After speaking, the man ran towards the grain store with flour on his shoulder.

Gu Bei bowed his mouth to Cheng Dalang, and Cheng Dalang followed quietly.

There was only a bag of flour, which had been carried away by the rough man, and looked left and right, Gu Bei saw that there was a vendor in the crowd carrying a basket, and there were two huge winter melons in the basket, Gu Bei walked in front of the vendor, stretched out his hand and knocked on the big winter melon in the basket, "Oh, this little brother, this winter melon is estimated to weigh the same as the flour, you can carry this winter melon and try it." ”

The peddler was not afraid that the thin boy would smash this huge winter melon, and said with a smile: "Gu Gongzi is right, the little brother should come over quickly and carry this big winter melon." ”

The thin boy looked depressed and helpless, walked to the stall, looked at the three-foot-long big winter melon in front of him, and stared at Gu Bei fiercely with a pair of eyes.

In the end, the skinny boy bent down to hug the big winter melon, but he couldn't hold it, let alone resist, and after working for a long time, he saw his eyes spew fire and sit on the ground panting.

The people watching the excitement widened, pointed at the skinny boy and said, "You actually stole the flour of the shopkeeper Liu, I didn't expect it!" ”

Seeing that the thief was revealed, Shopkeeper Liu was also overjoyed, and he took two steps to pull the skinny boy's clothes, "Boy, I didn't expect you to learn well at a young age, so I have to throw you into the county jail." ”

As soon as Shopkeeper Liu stretched out his hand, the thin boy was willing to accept his fate, and jumped up from the ground with a broken wooden stick in his hand, making it clear that he was going to carry it to the end. The skinny boy's eyes were on fire, and he couldn't wait to slap the Gu Gongzi in front of him.

At this moment, Gu Bei took two steps forward and blocked between Shopkeeper Liu and the skinny boy.

Looking at Gu Gongzi in front of him, Shopkeeper Liu was a little confused, "Gu Gongzi, why are you doing this?" ”

Gu Bei smiled, pointed in the direction of the grain shop, and said, "Shopkeeper Liu, the real thief is not here, the thief has already sent you the flour back." ”

"Ahh Shopkeeper Liu and everyone in the audience were puzzled, didn't Gu Gongzi just say, whoever is physically weak is a thief.

Seeing that everyone was puzzled, Gu Bei explained with a smile: "Let's think about it, that thief carried a bag of dozens of catties of flour and ran for two or three hundred zhang, and he could still clash with others without blushing or panting, what kind of physical exhaustion is that, he must be a rough and powerful person with full endurance." Just said that, but it was just to trick the thief into sending the flour back. Everyone is looking at this little brother, he can't even carry a big winter melon, can he still carry flour here? Not to mention fighting with others without blushing or panting. ”

The thin boy was holding a wooden stick, he wanted to knock someone, but after listening to Gu Bei's words, he also put it down at this time, and everyone next to him suddenly realized, and said: "I'll just say, I always felt wrong just now, so that's what happened." ”

"It turns out that Gu Gongzi has a deep meaning."

"Gu Gongzi is amazing."

The shopkeeper Liu next to him didn't understand, at this time, in addition to admiration, he took out a silver ingot from his arms and handed it over, "Be careful, please accept it, this thief has been bothering Liu for a long time, if it weren't for Gu Gongzi today, I'm afraid I would have a headache for a long time." ”

Looking at the ingot of silver, Gu Bei smiled and waved his hand, and said: "Effort, effort, shopkeeper Liu should go back quickly, I have already let my friends watch the rough man." ”

"Hey, Liu is going now, thank you Gu Gongzi." Shopkeeper Liu walked towards the store with a smile, followed by a group of people watching the excitement. After a while, the crowd of onlookers dispersed.

Gu Bei and the others waited in place for a while, and Cheng Dalang came over and admired him and said, "Aunt Bai is really amazing." ”

The other Lang also surrounded Gu Bei and praised him,

"Brother-in-law, how did you come up with this solution?" Cheng Xiaoyi asked curiously with a look of admiration.

She originally wanted to make a fool of him, but who knew that Gu Bei really thought of a way.

Glancing at Cheng Xiaoyi meaningfully, Gu Bei smiled and said as he walked: "Without him, be careful." ”