Chapter 44: The Shadow of the Town (Part II)

The big man outside only stayed at the door of Song Zheng's house for a moment, and then walked to the next room. Song Zheng knew that the other party should be the "thirteenth brother", and before taking action, he needed to listen to the movement, and if they were already asleep, it would be time for them to make a move.

After a while, the faint footsteps sounded on the stairs, Song Zheng was stunned for a moment, and then he understood after thinking about it. Shi Cunbao and Bei Leye's luggage were all held by the two scholars, so the "thirteenth brother" went downstairs to step on it first. He should be back.

Sure enough, after the tea, the "thirteenth brother" returned to room No. 1. After a while, the two big men groped their way downstairs. Song Zheng slowly opened the door a crack, walked sideways, and then gently closed the door. Song Zheng quietly touched the staircase, and as soon as he poked out a little bit, he saw a big man standing on the side of the staircase on the first floor, looking left and right, this was obviously the "ninth brother" who let go of the wind. Maybe he had already heard the news of the Tianzi room upstairs just now, so this ninth brother was very relieved upstairs and didn't look up the stairs, otherwise, even if it was dark, he might also find Song Xiaogongzi who was probing his brain.

Song Zheng hurriedly retracted his head, and then slowly poked it out again. This time, through the faint light of snow, he saw another big man standing outside the house of Shi Zhuang and Bei Suo, two scholars. In a blur, I saw that he was holding a black object in his hand, one end of which was sticking into the door, and the other end was placed on his lips, as if he was blowing something. And in his other hand, he was also carrying a short knife. Song Zheng retreated again, feeling a lot more relieved. It seems that the two big men didn't want to rob hard, but just wanted to stun the two scholars with incense, and then stole the silver.

Song Zheng slowly slipped towards his house again, and when he was about to reach the door of the house, he glanced at the neighboring house, only to see that the door of Tianzi No. 1 was hidden, revealing a gap. Song Zheng couldn't help but smile secretly, these two people were half-baked goods after all, they were not professional at all, and they didn't even close the door properly. Suddenly, Song Zheng had an idea, these two big men were committing crimes downstairs, and they didn't see that they were carrying packages, so the silver they robbed must have been placed in the room. Isn't that an opportunity? The praying mantis catches the cicada, and the yellow finch is behind!

Without further ado, Song Zheng crept into the No. 1 room of Tianzi. Although the room is quite dark, for a professional like Song Zheng, the outline of the room can still be roughly seen. This is also thanks to Song Zheng who has been to the No. 3 and No. 5 rooms of Tianzi, and has gone to walk around once, and knows that the furnishings of the Tianzi room of this Jinshan Inn are basically the same, and they are relatively simple. Each room has two beds, both on the west wall of the room, and against the east wall is a square table with two benches. On the right behind the door is a wooden shelf with a clay basin on it, and on the left is a cabinet for some clothes.

Song Zheng first touched the bed near the door, in order not to let the other party see the traces, he did not overturn the quilt and pillow, but carefully groped for it, and found nothing. He turned to the second bed, and on the inside of the pillow, Song Zheng found a package with a short knife next to it. Song Zheng touched the package, and felt that there was a lump inside, hard and erected, according to the shape, it was undoubtedly silver, and it was ten taels and one ingots. Song Zheng wanted to carry the package directly, but he thought that the other party's package might have a mark on it, and if it was found tomorrow, it would be dangerous. So he put his hand in from the corner of the package, and pulled out all six minas. Song Zheng also touched a few taels of silver inside, and he was not polite at the moment, and he carried it all in his arms at once. Anyway, there is no name written on the silver, and it belongs to whoever is in his hand.

After restoring everything to its original state, Song Zheng checked again, leaving no traces, and then slipped back to his room and waited quietly behind the door.

After a while, the two big men walked through the door and returned to the No. 1 room in Tianzi. Song Zheng slipped to the east wall again and put his ear against the wall. I only heard the "Thirteenth Brother" say a little excitedly: "Ninth brother, I didn't expect that these two scholars brought a lot of silver, and each of them had more than ten taels of silver." We've made a small fortune this time. ”

Brother Jiu said, "Be quiet, look at your unproductive appearance." Hehe, I didn't expect it to be so easy, and now I can sleep well tonight. ”

The thirteenth brother smiled: "Yes, let's go to bed quickly, maybe we can have a good dream, and we will have a good dream with Xiao Linglong in the dream." ”

Brother Jiu laughed and didn't speak, and there was no sound in the room. Song Zheng smiled secretly, after all, I am not a professional, and I don't know if I lose my things, so I have the opportunity to teach you a lesson.

After getting more than sixty taels of silver, Song Xiaogongzi was satisfied, he quietly plugged the door, then returned to the bed, put the silver under the pillow, and fell asleep with peace of mind.

The next day, just after dawn, Song Zheng was woken up by a knock on the door, and Xiao Er's voice sounded outside, "Guest officer, get up quickly, something big has happened in the small shop, please trouble the guest officer hurry up." Song Zheng is a spirit, could it be that the two big men found out about the theft of silver?

What to do? The store may ask for a search of the room, and if the search is found, it is really difficult to explain. Even if you carry six ingots of silver in your arms, you will be discovered. Song Zheng looked around the room while getting dressed. Simple furnishings, even if you can't find a place to hide silver. However, Song Xiaogongzi reacted quickly, he looked up and found Fang Liang, so he had an idea. He replied pretending to be careless: "Is it not yet dawn?" What is this for? Then he leaped into the table, kicked the table with his right foot, and with one hand he encircled the beam, and with the other he took out of his bosom the silver and laid it on the beam one by one, and thus made a home on the beam.

Because it is a building, although the beam is not very high from the ground, it is quite close to the roof, after Song Zheng landed, he looked up below, and could not see the trace of silver, so he was relieved. He cleaned the footprints from the table, dusted himself off, and yawned the door open.

I saw the shopkeeper standing at the door crying and saying, "Little boy, did you lose anything in your room last night?" Song Zheng said very impatiently: "I rested last night when I was tired from studying, and I had nothing to do all night, how could I lose anything?" ”

Xiao Er said: "Xiao Gongzi still check, last night in the inn was stolen in the second room, it was the two scholars who came with Xiao Gongzi, this morning when your handlebar went to call the door, they woke up, and there was a smell of confusion in the house." Then they found that their parcel had been opened and the silver was gone. Therefore, the boss ordered me to go to each room to see if there were any guests who had lost something. ”

Only then did Song Zheng understand that it was Shi Zhuang and Bei Suo who discovered that the silver had been stolen. However, he still pretended to be surprised, hurriedly returned to his bed, pretended to rummage through it, touched it in his arms again, and then breathed a sigh of relief and said, "I haven't lost anything here." ”

Xiao Er said: "Then can you please call your master and Yahuan's room open and ask them." ”

Without waiting for Song Zheng to speak again, he heard an angry voice in the No. 1 room of Tianzi: "Where did the silver go?" What's going on? Then the door slammed open, and a young man in his twenties and a man in his thirties stepped out, both of them with gloomy faces. The young man grabbed the shopkeeper by the collar and shouted, "Our silver has also been stolen, you will pay for it quickly." ”

After all this commotion, the doors of several rooms in the store were opened. Song Jue was an official after all, he took a step forward and shouted with a cold face: "What happened?" Why are you clamoring here early in the morning? ”

In the end, everyone gathered in the foyer downstairs, Song Jue was an official master, and everyone naturally asked him to take an idea. Song Jue first asked the owners of the two rooms, and the two scholars were naturally fine, but the two big men in the No. 1 room of Tianzi squeaked and refused to say the amount of silver, only saying that it was a large amount of money. Song Jue had been the master bookkeeper and knew the rules of the trial, so he ordered the shopkeeper to take the owner and search the room where the male guest lived. asked the proprietress to search Xiaoping and Ming'er's room again, but naturally found nothing. It was Song Jue's turn, in order to show his innocence, he insisted on checking his room with the owner. The silver brought by the Zhu family poured a lot, more than 20 taels. However, the owners of the two rooms said that they were not their own. One is not, and the other is not dare.

Despite this, the "thirteenth brother" of the two big men wanted to make trouble again, but he was pulled by another and went back to his room. Shi Cunbao and Bei Leye cried and looked at a loss. It was still Song Xiaogongzi who was benevolent and righteous, and immediately took out the five taels of silver that he touched last night, and gave it to Shi Bei and the others, so that they could use it first, and then send someone home to get it after Mizhou enrolled in school. Zhu asked about the source of the five taels of silver, Song Zheng deduced that it was given by the Wu family, and Zhu naturally did not suspect it, but Ming'er, who knew Song Zheng's details, glanced at him strangely.

The snow outside had stopped, and although it had been scattered for two days, the snow was not too thick, only more than half a foot, and the carriage could still walk. In addition, the next town was only more than thirty miles away from here, so Song Jue, who was in a hurry, left a letter to the shopkeeper and asked him to explain the situation to the government, and then ordered everyone to pack their bags and continue on their way.

Before leaving, Song Zheng called Ming'er to his room, took the silver off the beam, and asked her to put it in the package. Looking at Ming'er's surprised look, Song Zheng whispered, "I'll explain on the way." Ming'er nodded knowingly.

The two carts left Huangya Town and headed north. Song Zheng and Qi'er were still walking. Shi Cunbao, who was tired yesterday, hadn't stopped breathing, and he had just lost his silver, so he hid in the car. Even Bei Leye didn't have the heart to do reasoning questions, so he never got out of the car after getting in the car.

Song Zheng whispered to Ming'er about the events of last night, and asked if he knew that there was such an organization that spread all over the country, similar to the Imperial City Division. Ming'er suddenly realized and said: "I heard the master say that there is an organization under Huang Yuandu, which seems to be called 'Dark Eagle', which is extremely powerful, but the master often lives in the inner palace and does not know much about this organization. Song Zheng nodded and thought about it. (The next chapter will be sent at 19 o'clock today: Snow Robbery; Ask for collection)