Theft is a serious crime in this era, and its punishment is quite severe.

As the old saying goes: the gleaner is punished, and the gleaning refers to the act of picking up the lost property and keeping it for himself, which is also considered stealing, and the maximum penalty can even be death.

The punishment of the Great Zhou inherited the Tang law, which was lighter than the previous generations, but it was not like in the previous life that it was enough to squat in the bureau for a day or two. The group of thieves caught by the little hooligans at the winery last time only stripped the pigs and hung them for a full day, which was already a very light punishment - this is still the idea of Bai He, a modern person, otherwise, it is possible to chop his hands.

The question is, it's just a printing agency, and there are books in it except for ink, so how can anyone be willing to steal such a felony? Even if you want to steal it, at least it's right to steal the old pen, and there are some martial arts cheats there.

Almost subconsciously, Bai He's first reaction was: Li Yuanfang.

That girl is dressed in the skin of the Jinling Supervision Department, and she is essentially a habitual thief, and she does not steal wine in the winery on weekdays. But after thinking about it, he immediately reacted: Xiao Qi had already returned to the winery after finishing the movable type, and the printing company was robbed, so how could he be concerned about the little rascal? Besides, books are not wine, and he doesn't seem to be afraid of it......

Like the Lan family's courtyard, Gao Laozhuang also has its own nursing home, and its strength is not low, it is enough to have a second-grade intermediate level, and it can be regarded as a master in Jinling City, and he is Mr. Gao's former protégé, and he can be trusted. If it is an ordinary theft, they can handle it themselves, and now they have sent someone to report it, presumably the matter is not simple.

Thinking that it was not a matter of guessing, it was better to go to the printing office to see the situation first, so he took out the dog, and Baihe went straight to Gao Laozhuang.

As a result, before entering the village, I saw a group of people gathered at the entrance of the village from a distance, and I didn't know what to do. When I took a closer look, I saw Mr. Gao, Gao Laosan and the third were there, and there was also a young man who looked like a scholar, Bai He had seen him once, and knew that he was Mr. Gao's protégé, that is, the nursing home of the printing society, named ...... The master has seen a lot, and Bai He really doesn't remember the name of this "merely" second-grade surname, it seems to be called something.

Most notably, however, there was another person in the crowd. That person is in his thirties, wearing a red and black official uniform, wearing a high crown, and he is the great detective Di Renjie who has not been seen for a long time!

"The great detectives are here?!" Bai He couldn't help but be surprised and delighted.

Surprised, he thought it was a small theft case, but he didn't expect that even Di Renjie, the great god, was shocked. And the good thing is that with this great god poking out of the horse, what case can't be solved? You know, the nickname of "Detective Tongtian" is not called in vain!

"Mr. Bai, you are here." Mr. Gao, who had been waiting for a long time, hurriedly greeted the dog as soon as he heard the dog barking.

Hearing the words "Mr. Bai", the great detective over there who was burying his head in search of clues hurriedly raised his head and said with a smile: "Yo, Brother Bai, I haven't seen you for a long time, don't come here unharmed?" ”

"Brother Todi's blessing, the younger brother can eat, drink, run and jump, I don't know how good it is." Shirakawa laughed.

After some politeness, Bai He asked what the situation was, and Mr. Gao explained a few words.

It all started yesterday.

It turned out that yesterday's Baihe's "masterpiece" "The Legend of Mortal Cultivation of Immortals" was a big sale, which caused quite a stir in Jinling. Those who went early, such as Brother Taishan, such as Baihe's true love fan Xiao Yueyue, of course, returned with a full load, and those who went late were not so lucky, and then the problem came.

Those who buy books have books to read, but what about those who can't?

"Borrow!"

- People have just arrived, and they haven't finished reading it, and those who have already finished reading it are also brushing up on the second week, so what should I do if I refuse to borrow it?

"Then buy it! There must be people who buy more, let's buy second-hand goods with them. ”

- But people are willing to spend a hundred taels to buy a copy, do you think they will send you such a broken dollar?

"Okay, why don't you grab it?"

- Who would dare to rob it in broad daylight!

"That's no way, go steal it......"

- Where to steal?

- Steal this book wherever you can!

So the answer is coming out: the printing press!

Even Linglong, who has a very high vision, said, "Where the cultivation comes out, there is no strange talk", so wonderful, the average person will definitely not leave the book after buying it, a careless, it is possible to capsize in the gutter and be caught. Only the books in the printing house are the cheapest and have the highest success rate.

Ordinary people really can't cope with technical work like "stealing books", but the problem is that there are martial arts masters in this world!

Coincidentally, Mr. Gao saw that it was a big sale, so he ordered someone to print 1,000 copies overnight and put them in the warehouse, and the result was tragic......

Overnight, Gao Laozhuang was patronized by heroes from all walks of life.

Bai He went to the warehouse to see, only to see a room of dozens of square meters, there are so many footprints in it that they have to fight with the market, there are barefoot, there are big feet, and even the embroidered shoe prints of the big girl, some are deep, some are shallow, it is simply dazzling.

The great detective was very experienced, and from the footprints alone, he could tell that there were at least a hundred people in this warehouse last night - this is not counting the craftsmen of the Gao family, because the shoes of the craftsmen of the Gao family are uniformly distributed, and it is easy to rule out.

"Isn't there a second-grade mid-level master nursing home? Could it be that the decoration is not successful? Bai He asked.

The nurse surnamed Mo was very ashamed and said: "The strong are more strong, where can you be called a master in this little skill?" I'm not afraid of Mr. jokes.,I was staying in the warehouse last night.,Somehow I suddenly fell asleep.,When I woke up this morning, I found ......"

Anyway, he is also a second-grade master, how could he fall asleep "somehow"? I also know that someone must have plotted against me.

Fortunately, after stealing the book, the heroes also put down the money - in the warehouse, I saw white flowers and silver scattered all over the ground. Mr. Gao had already counted, and the number was only a little more.

It can be seen that the quality of the people of the Great Zhou is very high, at least they proved to Baihe with their actions that they are a group of educated, qualified, and disciplined thieves, and they know what it means to be a thief.

If it's just "stealing books", then forget it, just think it's someone forcibly bought it. But the most outrageous thing is that some heroes don't have the skill of "three hands", since they can't steal it, they just rob it!

Early this morning, Mr. Gao was preparing to transport the remaining books to Lao Bizhai for sale, but before he got out of the village, he ushered in a group of "robbers", who were all masked, without saying a word, directly grabbed the books and threw down the silver and ran, leaving only the Gao family messy in the wind, aggrieved like a little daughter-in-law who was trampled by 100,000 grass and mud horses.

Although it's just one book, these heroes can even steal and rob, it's really unbearable for uncles and aunts! So there was no way, and Mr. Gao, who was angry, had to report to the official.

Jinling is an important town in the south of the Yangtze River, and there are actually two yamen: one is the yamen of the people who guard Lord Yao, which is the yamen in the traditional sense. And the other is the exclusive supervision department of the rivers and lakes.

When Mr. Gao sent someone to report to the official, the great detective Di Renjie happened to be present.

As the biggest boss of the Jianghu Supervision Department, the great detective of course knew that it was Baihe's handwriting, but as soon as he heard that it was the theft of the old pen, he rushed over in person without saying a word.