Chapter 269: A Strange Theft
[Ran^文^Library][]. []. [com] "Brother, hurry up and pour my brother a cup of tea!"
As soon as Murong Yanda entered the living room, he said to Wu Zhi in a hurry, and fanned his face with his little fat hand. (Ran Library (7764))
Wu Zhi chuckled lightly and quickly poured him a cup of herbal tea.
"Brother, what's wrong with you, could it be that the case hasn't been solved yet?" Wu Zhi handed the teacup to Murong Yanda and asked puzzledly.
Murong Yanda took the teacup and poured a few sips into his small mouth before he let out a long sigh.
"Don't mention that case, if it was solved, I wouldn't be in such a hurry!" Murong Yanda's small eyebrows were knotted, and after looking at Wu Zhi, he suddenly turned to laugh: "Brother! I haven't seen you for a long time, but your complexion is even better! I didn't go back to meet my eldest brother, did I forget my eldest brother? ”
Wu Zhi smiled bitterly and said, "Brother, you are wrong to blame me, I will go to the government to find you as soon as I return to Qingzhou, but the next person said that you are busy trying the case and you don't see any guests!" ”
"Hey, hey! I wasn't at the government a few days ago. Murong Yanda patted his head, "However, if you don't see anyone, you can't ignore you, you are my brother, not a guest?" No, as soon as I heard that you were back, I immediately put down the case at hand and came to see you! ”
"Haha! Brother really has nothing to say about Wu Zhi, it's Wu Zhi's luck to be able to make friends with you! Wu Zhi smiled heartily.
Murong Yanda nodded, and suddenly a meaningful smile appeared on his fat face, patting Wu Zhi's shoulder and snorting, "Brother! It's not easy! ”
"How..."
Seeing Murong Yanda's smiling expression, Wu Zhi was stunned.
"Are you still pretending to be deep with your brother?" Murong Yanda glanced at Wu Zhi and reminded, "Bianjing, wine shop!" ”
"Oh..."Wu Zhihan smiled and said, "Luck, luck." ”
It turned out that Murong Yanda was saying that Wu Zhi had successfully managed the household department and the wine shop, and he was not optimistic about Wu Zhi's trip to Bianjing.
"This is not something that can be done by luck, my brother's trip to Bianjing has gained a lot! Not only did he succeed in dredge the relationship, but he also opened up the joints of the household, which is really amazing! Your brother and I can't do this when I go to Bianjing! Murong Yan couldn't help but sigh and admire, "Brother, I am really convinced of your ability to run relationships!" ”
"Actually, thanks to the eldest brother who introduced me to your director Lu in the same year, otherwise I would be helpless."
Wu Zhi sat next to Murong Yanda and poured another cup of tea for Murong Yanda.
"Old Lu? How capable is he? ”
"Not really." Seeing that Murong Yanda was puzzled, Wu Zhi explained: "He showed me a way. ”
"Oh? What way? ”
Murong Yanda was aroused.
Wu Zhi glanced at the sachet on his waist, smiled freely, and said leisurely: "Master Li......"
Murong Yanda was stunned for a moment, and after his little eyes rolled around, he suddenly laughed.
"Haha! Brother, there you have it! It's not simpler! It's not simple...... However, with your reputation in Bianjing, it is not difficult to ask Master Li to do this, and it is a shame that Lao Lu thinks of it! Murong Yanda gave Wu Zhi a thumbs up and continued: "It seems that I underestimated you before, but I didn't expect you to have such talent, brother, if you don't do business, you can at least get a jinshi if you don't take the top prize!" ”
"Whether it's a jinshi or a businessman, it's easy to be at ease, and having good wine to drink and delicious food is the most important thing, haha!" Wu Zhi waved his hand.
In fact, there is another sentence that Wu Zhi didn't say, that is, there must be beautiful women......
"Yes, yes, yes! My brother and I are really like-minded! Fame and fortune are floating clouds, and fine wine and food are the highest pursuit in life! Murong Yanda said happily, "Brother, I won't leave at noon, let Brother and Sister Jin Lian cook a few good dishes, we haven't seen each other for a long time, we must have a drink today!" ”
After speaking, he suddenly looked at Wu Zhi with an uneasy expression, and asked in a low voice: "My brother and sister are pregnant, if it's inconvenient to cook, forget it, let's go to the Deyi Building to eat!" ”
"It's okay, it's only been a month now, and it's still no problem to cook a few side dishes." Wu Zhi said magnanimously, "Brother came to my house, if you don't say that I will keep you for a homely meal." ”
"Hahaha! Then I'm welcome, it's been a long time since I've tasted my younger sibling's craft! Murong Yanda rubbed his hands, looking greedy.
"By the way, don't forget to make salt chicken ......"
"Haha! Feel relieved! You must pick up my brother's favorite dishes to make! ”
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When Murong Yanda spit out the last piece of shiny chicken bone that had been gnawed, he had already drunk three rounds.
I have to say that the amount of alcohol that foodies drink is good, and it is only now that Murong Yanda has a blush on his face.
Wu Zhi is okay, he drinks a lot, and he eats less and doesn't drink much.
After drinking and blushing, Murong Yanda, who had been happy, suddenly put down the chopsticks that had never left his hand since he was served, supported his elbows on the table and supported his face, frowning, not knowing what he was struggling with.
Looking at Murong Yanda's exposed snow-white hands and neck, Wu Zhi took a chopstick crystal shrimp to him, and asked with concern, "Brother, what's wrong with you?" ”
Murong Yanda looked at Wu Zhi, twisted his eyebrows again, shook his head, sighed, and did not speak.
Wu Zhi thought about it for a moment and smiled.
"Is it a matter of the case, brother might as well talk to me, maybe I can help you."
Obviously, Murong Yanda was still distressed by the unsolved theft case.
This foodie, who was full of food and drink, remembered that this case had not been solved......
This case happened before Wu Zhi came back, and it is said that it was a sensation in Qingzhou, and Wu Zhi only learned some news from the newspaper and people after he came back, but the details are not very clear.
However, Shi Qian, the first thief of the Great Song Dynasty, is on Wu Zhi's side, and any theft may not be able to hide from his eyes.
"Really?"
Hearing this, Murong Yanda stared at Wu Zhi with bright eyes, as if he had been waiting for Wu Zhi to open his mouth to help.
"Brother, you have the most ideas and great powers, I believe you will be able to help me solve the case!"
"Don't worry, tell me the details of this case." Wu Zhi took a sip of wine and said easily.
"Good, good!"
Murong Yanda's face was happy, he took a deep breath, and he explained to Wu Zhi in detail.
"This incident happened on the evening of the seventeenth of this month, three days before you returned to Qingzhou."
Wu Zhi nodded, the seventeenth is the day of the second quarter moon, the first half of the night is the darkest, there is a folk saying "seventeen and eighteen black blind", "hehei" means that the sky has just begun to dark.
Committing the crime on the 17th, it is highly likely that the thief did it in the first half of the night.
"The victim's family is a member of your Chamber of Commerce, Liu Anjia." Murong Yanda continued: "After that night, the next day, all the silver, copper coins, jewelry, calligraphy and paintings and other valuables in their family's silver vault disappeared overnight! ”
Liu An is the largest paper merchant in Qingzhou who mocked Wu Zhi at the beginning, and later knelt in front of Wu Zhi's gate to beg Wu Zhi's forgiveness.
Wu Zhi also saw Liu An's sad face when he came to visit him a few days ago, and only later did he know that his house was burglarized.
"It's the same as Huang Zhi's theft?"
Wu Zhi asked in surprise, and his heart secretly moved, Huang Zhi did it by himself that time, but this time Liu An did not do it himself.
Speaking of which, Huang Zhi and Liu An are worthy of being embarrassed, they are both a pair of unlucky eggs.
"If it's the same as the last theft of Huang Zhi's house, then your brother and I don't have to be so anxious all day long!" Murong Yanda slapped his thigh and said indignantly.
Indeed, if it is the same as Huang Zhi's theft case, he can force it on Shi Qian's head again, and there is no need to check it at all, this case can be closed, and no one will blame it, at most draw a few more wanted notices for Shi Qian.
"This theft case involves a lot of money, and it's too unbelievable, I can't fool it at all, I must give a reasonable explanation to the above!" Murong Yanda continued.
"What's this ridiculous?"
"You don't know, since Huang Zhi's house was stolen last time, the big families in Qingzhou have rebuilt their silver vaults like a copper wall, not only the walls are inlaid with boulders, but the ground is paved with a whole iron plate, so they are afraid that someone will dig ......through the ground like Huang Zhi."
Wu Zhi nodded cooperatively, and an iron plate was also laid under his own silver vault.
The same is true of Liu An's silver vault, which is not only paved with iron plates, but also fills the walls with iron juice poured with whole boulders, leaving only a few small holes for ventilation. There are three gates to enter the silver treasury, each of which is a large thick iron hoop door, three copper locks, and two teams of guards outside the outermost door with a total of 20 people, guarding in turn for twelve hours a day! ”
Wu Zhi was secretly stunned after hearing this, this Liu An was cautious, and the guards of this strength were stricter than the silver vaults in Wu Zhi's mansion.
It's no wonder that Liu An is also a big family after all, and his family wealth is hundreds of thousands, so this kind of large-scale guard is normal.
"Then this thief is not simple, he can injure those guards overnight, destroy the three iron hoop gates, and take all the money, ordinary people really can't do it." Wu Zhi exclaimed, the inside of the silver vault is impregnable, and thieves can only enter through the main entrance if they want to steal the silver vault.
"Humph!"
Murong Yanda looked at Wu Zhi, then stared into the distance with his eyes, and sneered: "The thieves did not injure the guards, nor did they destroy any of the iron gates, and the inside of the silver vault is intact...... But the contents of the treasury were indeed emptied overnight! ”
Wu Zhi's heart was shocked, and he took the words and said incredulously: "You mean that the silver in the silver vault disappeared out of thin air?" Immediately, Wu Zhi shook his head again and said, "Impossible! Unless the thief is a ghost......"
"Maybe it's really a ghost ......" Murong Yanda's expression was a little weird and terrifying, "The guards have been guarding the door that night, and there is no abnormal situation, and by the next day, the silver vault has been empty, and there are no traces of any passive movement on the walls and floors inside, only half a footprint near the iron gate!" ”
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