Fang Cai is in his forties, with a square face and big ears, wearing a gray robe, except that the dress is worse than Fang Tong, the two are like brothers, Li Guolou looked at the appearance of the two of them, and the filth in his heart resurged, could it be Fang Cai's mother······

Li Guolou came to the account room, Fang Cai made an invitation, and said: "Li Zhutou, this is here, the door lock was smashed, originally there was someone on duty in our account room, because a batch of goods was in a hurry, and the guy Xiao Zhao was sent to Tianjin by the owner yesterday, and it happened that I was not there yesterday, and the owner had to pay all the responsibility for this matter." After speaking, a pair of eyes glared at Fang Tong viciously, blaming Fang Tong for not doing a good job in the workshop.

Fang Cai, the head of the accounting room, said that his owner Fang Tong shirked his responsibility from the beginning, and let Li Guolou focus his attention on the two of them.

Fang Tong stumbled and said, "How can I think of it? Emergency, the city gate was about to be closed yesterday afternoon, and I was in a hurry, so I asked Xiao Zhao to go to Tianjin. I, I, I, I really didn't expect it! Isn't this going for my life? ”

Fang Cai said angrily: "Dongjia, you are going to kill me!" Chongren's words did not leave room for the owner of Fang Tong at all.

Li Guolou looked at the expressions of the two, and knew the relationship between the two, there is only one owner of this kind of workshop, but the managers under him all have shares in the workshop, and they usually do not pay much, and they all rely on the dividends at the end of the year to live a good life. The Fang family was stolen more than 500 taels of silver, which was not only a loss on the books, but also a loss of their hard-earned money for the managers in their workshop.

The loss on the book can't be filled by the owner Fang Tong alone, these workshop managers with shares have losses, so Fang Cai will disregard his face and jump like thunder in front of outsiders. In the account room, there were scattered copper coins falling to the ground, Li Guolou bent down to pick them up, looked at the shiny copper coin, and said casually: "Mr. Fang, don't quarrel with the owner, have you counted it?" How much silver and copper coins have been lost, tell me the number, how many catties are there? ”

Fang Cai shouted: "Fang Datong, is it clear?" ”

The young Fang Datong hurriedly said, "It's clear, Mr. Fang." ”

Fang Cai took a piece of paper, looked at the numbers on it, blew his beard and glared, and said, "You're not sure this time, just roll up and get out." ”

Li Guolou shook his head and said nothing, how can there be such a thing in the world, where can the father go if he wants to reform his son? Looking at Fang Cai's expression, he should know the exact number of losses, but he was just exercising his son Fang Datong's ability to settle accounts, and this kind of move of sharpening the gun in battle was rare.

Li Guolou took the piece of paper from Fang Cai's hand again, and was startled when he saw it, it was not more than 100 catties he expected, there were more than 250 catties of copper coins, today was the day to pay the needlework women, and most of them were paid for copper coins.

Li Guolou blurted out: "Fang Datong, you are not mistaken. ”

Fang Datong glanced at his father Fang Cai, hesitating and not daring to speak.

Fang Cai was furious, shook his hand and gave Fang Da the same slap, and said angrily: "If you don't have confidence in yourself, what else do you want to do as a bookkeeper." ”

Fang Datong came to his senses this time, covered his head and said, "Li Zhutou, I didn't make a mistake, I've been calculating for a long time." ”

Li Guolou asked, "Fang Datong, where were you last night?" ”

Fang Datong looked at Fang Cai and said, "I was at home last night, celebrating my father's fortieth birthday, and drinking together, if you don't believe it, you can ask my father." ”

Li Guolou asked, "Fang Datong, do you have a fiancée?" ”

Fang Datong nodded and said, "Yes, it's my father's doll parent." ”

Li Guolou raised his voice and said: "Fang Datong, you should start a family as soon as possible, so that you can grow up early." ”

From the conversation and words and deeds just now, Li Guolou excluded Fang Cai and Fang Datong, father and son, from the suspects, one is short-tempered and the other is honest, it is impossible for the father and son to steal.

Li Guolou turned his head and said, "Last night, who were you on night duty in the workshop?" ”

Foreman Zhao Leilei said: "It's me, but the outside of this yard is locked, the five of us are on duty at night, and we can't see the movement inside, even if the lights are on, we won't make a fuss, and we can't be blamed for this." ”

Li Guolou said: "Which few people are on duty at night and call them all out for me?" ”

Zhao Leilei called the other four people, Li Guolou asked Ai Hai to interrogate the five of them separately, he ran to the courtyard to see the hole in the corner, a pile of red bricks scattered on the side. Li Guolou picked up the red bricks and looked at them, and after a while, he put down the red bricks and drilled through the hole in the wall to the outside of the wall.

Li Guolou's standing seat was still in the courtyard, he was stunned all of a sudden, and he had to drill a dog hole, where was that dog hole? I can't see that dog hole.

Li Guolou squatted in front of the dog cave and shouted, "Fang Dongjia, drill for me." ”

Fang Tong's body is not fat, but it is not difficult to drill the dog hole, and he does not use the trick of climbing, so he turns sideways and drills through the corner.

Li Guolou beckoned: "Fang Dongjia, tell me where the dog hole is?" ”

Fang Tong took Li Guolou to turn two corners east between the cloisters, and then he saw the dog hole on the outer wall.

Li Guolou sighed: "The thieves are so powerful, they are digging holes and turning circles in the middle of the night, how many people do you have to dispatch?" Fang Dongjia, you really didn't hear it in the backyard? ”

Fang Tong said angrily: "I'm sick, bad for my own reputation, although my business is not very good now, but it is not to the point of bankruptcy, even if I sell the workshop, it is worth tens of thousands of taels of silver." For the sake of five hundred taels of silver, shall I steal my own money? ”

Li Guolou slapped his dirty hand on Fang Tong's shoulder, and said with a smile: "Don't mind Fang Dongjia, although you are not sick, but so many people are working in this workshop, there are always people who are sick." I can tell you now that there is a mole in this case, and you can think for yourself who would do such a thing? ”

Fang Tong was furious and said, "Who is it?" Li Zhutou, please tell me, I know the rules of your yamen, I will not be less than one or two of the reward, I will add you half percent, please catch the thief. ”

Li Guolou looked at the west, raised his head and said, "Fang Dongjia, what if it is from your own backyard?" Think about it again, do you want to pursue it again? ”

Fang Tong was shocked by what Li Guolou said, and looked up at Li Guolou, the expression on his face was uncertain, and this catcher asked him to make a decision. If there is a traitor who is either from the workshop or from the family, how will he choose?

Li Guolou looked at Fang Tong and felt a little sad, although Fang Cai was born as a slave, his son Fang Datong could already inherit his father's business. Fang Tong, as the master, can't even manage the back house well, the family is a big loser, there is no successor, and the Fang family workshop will close down sooner or later.

Li Guolou opened his mouth and said: "Fang Dongjia, I am for your good, if the family is imprisoned, you will spend more than five hundred taels of silver, so it is better to cancel the case." The copper coins should still be in your back house, and the silver is not easy to say, and people dig two holes, and they are not dug in vain. ”

Fang Tong couldn't help but say, "Li Zhutou, how do you know that there is a mole?" I think 90% of the crimes are committed by thieves from outside? ”

Li Guolou pointed to the dog hole and said, "Fang Dongjia, the dog hole in the inner account room was dug from the outside, and the dog hole here was dug from the inside to the street outside. The thieves are already in the yard, what else do they have to dig a hole, digging a hole is a very physical work, and the thief just wants to cover up and cover his tracks. If you don't believe it, you go to your back house to see, a place like Chai Hejian is most likely to hide more than 200 catties of copper coins. ”

Fang Tong muttered to himself: "If this rebel did it, I will let him go now, and this family will not be ruined for him in the future." ”

Li Guolou patted his other dirty hand on Fang Tong's shoulder, and said, "Fang Dongjia, you are not good at education, leave it to me." Knock off one of his hands and feet, are you willing to do it? ”

Fang Tong thought about it, and finally gritted his teeth and said: "Li Zhutou will be handed over to you, but forget about it, just one foot." ”

Li Guolou said: "Okay, but the case can be eliminated, people, I still have to take it back, let him eat a month in prison, if he doesn't repent, break another foot." Fang Dongjia is good like this. ”

Fang Tong was so angry that he gasped and said, "Li Zhutou, I still want to save face, I will coax him to the yamen, and then you will lock him in again." ”

Li Guolou said: "Let him bring two hundred taels of silver to the yamen to find me, the rules cannot be broken." Fang Dongjia is a businessman who should understand. ”

Fang Tong nodded and said, "I understand, Li Zhutou is quite kind and didn't make me bleed." I'm a businessman, so please save some face for me. ”

Li Guolou smiled slightly: "Okay! Give you face, but I won't drill the dog hole, and ask Fang Dongjia to lead the way. ”

Fang Tong suffered a double blow today, people were sluggish, listless in front, and the cold wind in winter made people feel a sad breath.

Li Guolou summoned the team to go back, Cheng Kun and Zhang Haojie were eager to report their gains, Li Guolou stepped on the horse, and said: "Xiao Zhang, don't say a word, if you want to catch fast, you must learn to keep it secret first, you brothers have been busy for a day, and it is very hard for you brothers, come to me tomorrow to get the reward." ”

On the way, Cheng Kun said angrily: "Deputy Team Li, why don't you ask us about the clues we found?" ”

Li Guolou raised his voice and said: "Xiao Cheng forget about this case, the case will be closed tomorrow, but your reward will not be less." ”

Ai Hai was extremely dissatisfied, and said: "Hmph, Xiao Lizi is sneaky, I will definitely hear it, and I want you to look good then." ”

Li Guolou said meaningfully: "Ai Bald, the wordless ending, nothing happened, wouldn't the world be peaceful." ”

The four horses still had their heads held high, but the people sitting on the horses had their own thoughts. The three subordinates looked at Li Guolou's expressions unwillingly, the duty of the fast catch is to get to the bottom of it, now this case, can't go up to the sky, can't go down, let them hate to beat Li Guolou, what kind of strange thing is this, riding a horse to play in Beijing for a long time?