Zheng Gangling liked his little nephew very much, and when he saw that Li Rizhi was well-behaved and obedient, he smiled and said: "Wait until you finish eating, if there is something in your mouth, even if you hide behind the screen, you can't guarantee that you won't make a sound!" ”

Li Rizhi agreed repeatedly, the sweet cake was too big, he couldn't finish it in three bites, so he put it on the table, it seemed that he was going to come back and eat it again, wiped his mouth with his sleeve, looked up at Zheng Gangling, and waited for his uncle to take him to listen to the case.

Zheng Gangling was quite surprised, he had seen a lot of children, but it was the first time he had encountered someone like Li Rizhi who liked to listen to cases, he had never paid attention to it before, and Li Rizhi had this preference.

Zheng Gangling is an honest gentleman, he felt that he didn't care about his little nephew too much, so he pulled Li Rizhi over, patted Li Rizhi lightly on the top of his head, and said with embarrassment: "Time flies so fast, in a flash, Rizhi is already so big, my uncle ignored you before, but I didn't know that your interest was to listen to cases, and your interest is different." ”

Li Rizhi shook his head and said: "Uncle, it's not like this, I'm just curious about what is going on with solving the case, and whether it will become an interest, I don't know yet, so it's not that my uncle doesn't care about me!" ”

Zheng Gangling snorted, he really didn't expect Li Rizhi to answer like this, so he had to ask: "Then what is your interest now, but my uncle doesn't know either, it won't be selling pills for his son, right?" ”

"Not really!" Li Rizhi said with a serious face: "My nephew's interest now is to tell fortunes!" ”

"You better turn your interest into listening to the case, my uncle is willing to help you!" Zheng Gang let out a long sigh and said helplessly.

The two uncles and nephews went to the second hall.

The second hall is located behind the lobby, it is the county order to deal with official correspondence, as well as the place to meet guests, the furnishings in the room are simple, mostly bookshelves, the whole room is divided into two small halves by a large screen, the first half is for guests and offices, and the second half is for a Hu bed, which is for the county order to rest.

Zheng Gangling asked Li Rizhi to stay behind the screen, and he himself sat behind the bookcase in the front half, waiting for the messenger to bring the man who was looking for death and life.

After not waiting for a while, the person who was looking for death and life was brought up, and at this time this person had already changed into dry clothes, and after entering the second hall, he immediately knelt down and kowtowed when he saw Zheng Gangling.

Zheng Gangling waved his hand and said: "Ordinary people see this official, just waving their hands and saluting, but you kneel and kowtow, this is not in line with the courtesy, presumably you have something to ask the official, and come to listen, if there is a grievance, as long as it is within the jurisdiction of the official, the official will solve it for you." ”

The man was a little at a loss, and when he got up from the ground, the servant brought him a stool, but he did not dare to sit down, and it was not until the servant urged him to sit down a little, and he did not dare to sit down.

Li Rizhi hid behind the screen, he couldn't sit still on the Hu bed, so he secretly came down, lay on the screen, and observed the person who was looking for death and life through the gap in the screen.

I saw that this person was five big and three thick, tall and strong, the skin on his face was tanned, his brain was bare, his hair was sparse, his beard was stubble, his nose was big and his eyes were small, his mouth was oversized, and his chin was still protruding forward, his appearance was really not good-looking, and it was even ugly, it is estimated that most people would not feel close to him when they saw his appearance, and if something happened, maybe they would have preconceived ideas and treat him as a bad person!

The man was now dressed in a servant's garment, and on his feet were worn worn cloth shoes, which I don't know which had lent him money.

Li Rizhi thought to himself: "This person's appearance is very unfavorable to his complaint!" People in the world often say don't judge people by their appearance, but how many people can really judge people without their appearance? ”

Fortunately, Zheng Gangling was not a county magistrate who judged people by their appearance, and when he saw that this person didn't dare to talk to him, he slowed down his tone and asked, "What's your surname, and where do you live?" ”

This person said: "Grass, the grass people are called Wang Dawan, the family lives in Guan, Guancheng, is a guy from Dexingji, this time he came to Xingyang to come, to come, to collect debts." He looked nervous and stammered.

Zheng Gangling comforted Wang Dawan and said: "Don't panic, don't be afraid, first tell me what Dexing Ji is selling, and then talk about what trouble you encountered when you came to collect debts, did you collect the money and stole it?" ”

The reason why he wanted to commit suicide by throwing himself into the river was because the money he collected was gone, and he couldn't go home to explain to the owner.

Li Rizhi saw Wang Dawan crying, and thought: "Although the name of this Wang Dawan sounds like a foodie, and he is also an ugly-looking foodie, but it doesn't seem to be a treacherous person, it seems that he really has grievances, but the silver money was stolen, but it is not easy to find it back, and the silver money in the world looks similar." ”

Wang Dawan cried a few times, and held back the sadness in his heart, and then said: "Back to the old man, Dexing Ji is selling paper, selling thick oil paper for pasting windows, business has been very good, most of the window paper business in this state is done in our store, the grass people came to Xingyang County a few days ago to collect debts, but it was very smooth, the debts owed by the county merchants have been paid off, in order to facilitate me to take away, but also specially helped me to exchange it for silver, a full forty-two taels of silver, all put in a silver bag. ”

Seeing Zheng Gangling's kind attitude, he felt less fearful in his heart, and his words were smoother, so he made the first half of the matter clear.

Whether it was Zheng Gangling or Li Rizhi behind the screen, they all thought that Wang Dawan was going to say that the silver bag had been stolen, and it was estimated that it might have been lost in the inn, and there might be more thieves in the inn.

Wang Dawan continued: "It's just that the hotels in the city are expensive, and the grass people have finished collecting the accounts, so there is no need to spend more money in the city, so I stayed in a shop called Murong Laodian outside the city last night......

Li Rizhi didn't know what Tongpu Store was, but Zheng Gangling knew that Tongpu Store was actually commonly known as Big Car Shop or Foot Shop, because the tourists who stayed in the store all slept on a big bed, so it was called.

Generally speaking, only the poorest people will choose to live in this kind of hotel, although the accommodation conditions are poor, but it is cheaper.

Zheng Gangling shook his head and said: "You have money on you, you shouldn't live in this kind of store, there are many customers, and the time of entering and leaving the store is different, but you sleep on a big bunk, if someone steals your money, you can't be sure who stole it, and even when you wake up, the person who stole your silver money has already escaped without a trace, you don't know who stole it, and the official can't find money for you!" ”

Li Rizhi behind the screen shook his head, judging from Wang Dawan's performance after entering the second hall, he is a very timid person, but his appearance is a little scary, and he should be very careful, if he is so-so, the owner of Dexing Ji will not send him out to collect debts.

Then, according to this character, this Wang Dawan should not sleep with a silver sac, so even if there is a thief, it is impossible to steal the silver sac from him.

Li Rizhi suddenly remembered that when he used to follow his father to practice medicine, when he lived in the hotel, his father often handed over important items to the shopkeeper of the inn and let the shopkeeper keep them on his behalf, but I don't know if the Tongpu store is the same?

According to Wang Dawan's character, the shop should be able to keep things for customers, and Wang Dawan must have done this, but I don't know what went wrong in the process of doing it!

Li Rizhi thought about it so much, but Zheng Gangling didn't, he was very good at reading, but he was good at reading, but he was not necessarily good at solving cases.

So Zheng Gangling was still asking according to his own thinking: "Do you remember the appearance of the person sleeping next to you at that time?" The official can call the painter to draw the image of the person and offer a reward for his capture, but the reward is for you. ”

Wang Dawan shook his head and said, "The grass people's silver bag was not stolen by thieves!" When the grass people entered the store, they handed over the silver bag to the shopkeeper in the store, asked him to keep it on their behalf, and set up a note, just because there were too many people present at the time, and the grass people were afraid that others would know that the silver bag was full of silver, and the money could not be exposed, so they deliberately said that it was a money bag, and the note was also written like this! ”

Having said that, whether it is Li Rizhi or Zheng Gangling, they all understand that the key to this case lies in that note!

Although Li Rizhi is young, he also knows the difference between silver bags and money bags, at this time, money can be exchanged for about one or two silver, although there are fluctuations in different regions or different periods, but it is generally this exchange price.

A silver bag can hold more than 40 taels of silver, and it is more than 40 taels when it is replaced by copper coins, but if it is said to be a money bag, and there are copper coins in it, at most there are two copper coins, and the difference between them is big!

If the shopkeeper swallowed more than forty taels of silver, then he would make a fortune, and it would be enough to use the silver to open another shop.

Wang Dawan said all the things that followed, in fact, the whole thing is very simple and clear, the same as Li Rizhi thought.

The basic situation is that after Wang Dawan woke up in the morning, he went to the shopkeeper to ask for a silver bag, and when he handed over the note, the shopkeeper gave him a money bag, which was not changed, but Wang Dawan opened it to see, and the silver inside was replaced with copper coins!

Of course, Wang Dawan didn't do it, and he and the shopkeeper's theory said that his own was a silver bag, not a money bag. However, the shopkeeper pointed to the word "money bag" on the note and told him that he had saved money and returned money bag, which was not wrong.

And the money bag is bulging, obviously full of copper coins, and it can't be stuffed in anymore, which shows that he has not touched the money in it at all, and he is an honest person, but Wang Dawan said that the money bag is a silver bag, this is to blackmail, Wang Dawan, this guest is really not authentic.

The two quarreled on the spot, not only alarming other guests, but even the shopkeeper's wife was alarmed, his wife ran out to help quarrel, the husband and wife quarreled together, Wang Dawan was not an opponent at all.

After arguing for a long time, Wang Dawan saw that he had lost the upper hand, so he began to look for the guests who were present yesterday.

Fortunately, the guests present yesterday were found by him six or seven, but unfortunately, these six or seven guests all said that Wang Dawan was saving money bags, not silver bags!

The shopkeeper is very proud, now there are guests to testify, there is a written evidence, this is a complete human and material evidence, he has the upper hand, and his wife has to ignore people, in fact, even if she doesn't care, she doesn't let people either, she actually rushed forward, spit on Wang Dawan, and spit on Wang Dawan's face!

Wang Dawan was so angry that he grabbed the shopkeeper and wanted to send him to see the official for comment, but coincidentally, there was an official in the store at that time!