Zuo Baoping was cautious when facing Li Rizhi, and when he heard Li Rizhi ask him, he immediately replied: "Lord Huiyu County, the guy hired by the villain, his name is Qiao Jindou, he is not from Yanzhou, but from Luoyang, and his accent is from that side, which is not wrong."

When the villain hired him, it was because he had a special understanding of antiques, especially the antiques of the Qin and Han dynasties, even more than the villain knew, for the pawnshop industry, this is a rare talent, so the villain hired him, and hired him for more than a year and nearly two years, let him go everywhere to collect antiques, and he also did very well. ”

Li Rizhi said: "This person knows a lot about antiques from the Qin and Han dynasties? It must be from a big family, how could he be exiled to Yanzhou and be a buddy in your pawnshop? Didn't you ask about all this? ”

Zuo Baoping was a little ashamed, he said: "The villain asked at the time, Qiao Jindou just said that there was some accident in his family, so he could only leave his hometown to make a living, according to his own family, he had a lawsuit, he had no way, and he didn't want to come out to make a living, after all, it was not easy to leave his hometown alone, but he couldn't help it, the villain took pity on him for a while, so he took him in!" ”

Li Rizhi snorted and said, "Even if you are kind, this actually has nothing to do with the case, you can go on!" ”

Li Rizhi actually knew in his heart that Qiao Jindou must be of unknown origin, and Zuo Baoping found that he knew a lot about the antiques of the Qin and Han dynasties, so he turned a blind eye to Qiao Jindou's origin.

In fact, Zuo Baoping is very likely to guess that Qiao Jindou is a thief, and he is also a thief with accomplices, but Zuo Baoping thinks that he can control Qiao Jindou, but he didn't expect to play well, Qiao Jindou still committed the crime and ran away, so Zuo Baoping was afraid, afraid that Qiao Jindou would cause trouble, and he would be responsible for the black pot, which would be too unlucky.

Zuo Baoping continued: "Just a few days ago, the villain found out that Qiao Jindou had made a fake account, and he collected a lot of things at a low price, all of which were very valuable things, and good things were collected at a low price, which must be a good thing for the pawnshop, but the villain suspected that these things were stolen goods.

So, the villain carefully examined a few of the things, and found that these things were funeral goods, and then asked Qiao Jindou to explain who these things were collected from, but Qiao Jindou couldn't say clearly, so the villain fired him in anger, but he never thought that he had committed a crime, and he still harmed the villain's distant relatives, the villain was indignant, of course, he had to report and expose it, and assist the county magistrate to avenge the villain's relatives! ”

After hearing him finish saying this, Li Rizhi couldn't help but laugh.

Cheng Zizai was also laughed at by him, as for the two brothers of the Huang family, they were so angry that they glared at Zuo Baoping fiercely, and Zuo Lichang sighed and shook his head silently.

Li Rizhi said: "Since you found out that Qiao Jindou was a thief, you didn't report to the official, but just dismissed him, do you know that you are also a disguised cover-up, if the official will punish you for this, then it makes sense from the perspective of reason!" ”

Zuo Baoping immediately knelt down for Li Rizhi, he slammed his head several times, and said: "The villain is guilty and the villain is guilty, and the villain is willing to make meritorious service and assist the county commander to arrest that Qiao Jindou!" ”

Li Rizhi saw that he was pleading very sadly, but he was unmoved, Zuo Baoping's crime was to know and not report it, in this era of the Tang Dynasty, this is definitely a crime.

The pawnshop guy Qiao Jindou is neither Zuo Baoping's father, nor his son, nor his brother, in the case of not being a relative, and obviously not a friend, he does not meet the conditions for relatives to hide each other, Zuo Baoping knows and does not report, in this era, this is a crime, there is nothing to say.

And Zuo Baoping's behavior is caused by greed, he is greedy for Qiao Jindou's ability, and he can bring him good quality and cheap things, but when things get bigger, he is afraid.

So even if Zuo Baoping pretends to be pitiful, it is useless, Li Rizhi still won't say that he is innocent, but it depends on his cooperation, and then decide whether to be lenient.

Li Rizhi took Zuo Baoping to the fence yard of Zuo's house and asked him to climb into the pigsty to see the small hole in the pigsty.

Zuo Baoping thought that Li Rizhi wanted to insult him at first, and the dignified county magistrate insulted a small common man by drilling a pigsty, which was really boring!

But when he heard that there was a deep hole in the pigsty, he knew that it was not an insult, but that he really wanted to show him.

Zuo Baoping climbed into the pigsty, and after just a moment, he climbed out, and then said to Li Rizhi: "Lord County Order, this hole is obviously dug by tomb robbers, if you want to talk about digging holes in this world, the most powerful person is the tomb robber, like the small hole in the pigsty, only tomb robbers can dig it, and others really don't have this ability!" ”

Li Rizhi was quite surprised and said, "The small hole was dug by tomb robbers, what is he digging a hole here for?" Could it be that there is an ancient tomb under the courtyard of the Zuo family's house? ”

Zuo Baoping hurriedly shook his head and said: "There is not necessarily an ancient tomb under the Zuo family's house, but there are no pigs in his pigsty, so the tomb robbers may use this place to hide some excavated antiques."

Didn't that Qiao Jindou know the villain's relatives, so maybe he used this place to hide some of their stolen goods. ”

Li Rizhi was not satisfied with this answer, he still felt very strange, and then asked: "If you want to hide stolen goods, then you can hide them everywhere, such as hiding in the woods, or hiding in some other places, this is fine, why hide in someone else's house?" It's very easy to spot! ”

Zuo Baoping hurriedly explained, he said: "This is because thieves don't trust each other, if you hide in a place that is very secret, few people go, of course it's okay."

But the two of them certainly can't be together all the time, so when they are separated, one of them is very likely to run to the hiding place, dig it up, and sell it.

Therefore, for thieves, especially those in the tomb robber industry, unless they are father and son, even if they are brothers, they cannot trust each other, so the way of hiding things is naturally different from others.

If it is hidden in someone else's house, then it is more difficult to dig things out, sometimes a person comes to dig things, and they can't dig at all, and someone must cooperate.

Otherwise, if you come to dig alone, if you are blocked, then you will definitely have to send it to the official, maybe before sending it to the official, you will have to beat it violently, and the tomb robber is in the prison, and he is also the most unpopular person, maybe he will not survive the sentence, and he will be bullied to death by other prisoners in the prison.

For thieves who don't trust each other, it is not safe to hide the stolen goods in a place where no one goes, but to put them with a third party, and they must go together to take them out, which is the most suitable place to hide! ”