However, it was said that He Tao received the decree and came to the envoy's room in front of the hall, and gathered many officials to go to the secret room to discuss official affairs. Speaking of this case, all the public officials looked at each other, like an arrow piercing the mouth of a goose, hooking the cheeks of a fish, and binding the mouth of a horse, without words. He Tao said: "When you are free, you all make money in this room; Now it's hard to catch this, and I'm silent. And all of you have pity on the tattoo on my face. ”

Everyone: "Observation from above: Villains are not grass and trees, aren't they provincial?" It's just that the thief Yang Zhi has no whereabouts, and a group of thieves have no bottom line, it must be Yang Zhi and his strong men in the mountains and wilderness outside the state, who robbed his treasure for a while, and went to the cottage to be happy, how to get it? Even if he knows, he can only look at it. ”

He Tao listened, there were only five points of trouble, but when he saw this, he added five points of trouble, left the envoy's room, got on the horse and returned home, led the horse to the back trough, and was alone, depressed. Seeing this, He Tao's wife stepped forward and asked, "Husband, why are you so face-oriented today?" He Tao sighed and explained the reason, and after looking at the tattoo on his face, his wife also called out and said, "How can it be like this?" But how to get it! ”

While he was talking, he saw his brother He Qing coming to look at his brother, and He Tao said, "What are you doing?" I don't gamble money, but what does it do? He Tao's wife was obedient, and hurriedly beckoned and said, "Uncle, come to the kitchen and talk to you." He Qing followed his sister-in-law into the kitchen and sat down. Sister-in-law arranged some wine, meat, vegetables and vegetables, scalded a few glasses of wine, and invited He Qing to eat.

He Qing asked his sister-in-law: "Brother kills and bullies!" I didn't win, and I'm also a brother of yours! You will kill extravagantly, only do a hunt and observation, and then ask me to eat and drink in one place, what has insulted you! Sister-in-law said: "Uncle, you don't know, your brother can't live in his heart!" He Qingdao: "He has a lot of money every day, where did he go?" There is money and rice, but what is there to live? The sister-in-law told the reason.

He Qing listened and said: "I also slanderously heard people say: 'There are thieves who robbed the Birth Gang. 'Where is it on the ground?' Sister-in-law said: "I only listened to the Huangnigang." He Qingdao: "But what kind of people robbed it?" ”

Sister-in-law said: "Uncle, you are not drunk, I just said, the escort people are all dead, only one Yang Zhi is gone, how many people are attacking, I don't know what it looks like." He Qing laughed and said, "It turned out to be on the ground." knew that there was a Yang Zhi who had escaped, so he sent someone to catch him. Sister-in-law said: "You said it well, but you didn't catch it." ”

He Qing smiled: "Sister-in-law, I want you to worry." The elder brother put a group of good wine and meat brothers who often come, and it is his own brother who usually ignores him. If the godbrother learns that he has earned a few dollars to measure this gang of thieves, it will be very difficult! Sister-in-law said: "Uncle, do you dare to know some wind paths?" He Qing said with a smile: "When my brother was in danger, my brother came to save him." And when he had said that, he got up and went away. Sister-in-law kept and ate two more cups.

When the woman heard this, she hurried to speak to her husband. He Tao hurriedly called his brother to come to the front. He Tao said with a smiling face: "Brother, since you know the whereabouts of this thief, why don't you save me?" He Qingdao said: "I don't know what the origin is, I play with my sister-in-law." How did the brother save the brother? He Tao said: "Good brother, Hugh has to look at the warmth and coldness." I only think about my daily benefits, take a break from my idle time, and save my life! ”

He Qingdao: "Brother, you have a lot of quick-eyed and quick-moving public servants, and there are three or two hundred, why don't you have some atmosphere with your brother?" One brother, how to save the brother! He Tao said: "Brother Hugh said that there are some ways in your eyes, Hugh must be a good man with others." Tell me where you are going, and I will report to you. Teach me how to be wide-hearted! He Qingdao said: "What is there to do, my brother is unconscious!" He Tao said: "Don't scare me, just look at the face of compatriots and mothers." He Qingdao said: "Don't panic. And when it comes to the most urgent place, the brother will come and exert some strength to take this gang of thieves. ”

Sister-in-law said: "Uncle, saving your brother indiscriminately is also brotherly love." Now that he is being posted by the Taishi Mansion, he is waiting to do this, and the day is a big event, but you say that he is a thief! He Qingdao said: "Sister-in-law, you need to know how many words I have to eat my brother just for gambling money." But he was beaten and scolded, and he never quarreled with him. There is often wine and food, and only happiness with others, and today brothers are also useful. ”

Seeing that he had some origin in his words, He Tao hurriedly took out a ten taels of silver, put it on the table, and said, "Brother, the right to accept this ingot of silver." In the future, when the thief is caught, I will reward him with gold and silver satin, and I will do it with all my might. He Qing said with a smile: "My brother is 'in a hurry to hug the Buddha's feet, and he doesn't burn incense in his spare time'." When I ask you for money, it is my brother who extorts you. Take it away, and don't earn me in the future. If you do, I will not say it. Since you two are my companions, I will talk to you, don't surprise me with the money. ”

He Tao said: "The silver is both rewarded by the lawsuit, why don't you have three or five hundred yuan?" Brother, you don't push. Let me ask you: What is the origin of this gang of thieves? He Qingdao said: "Brother, I have been here." Thou hast only taken away the money, and thou hast not made any money for me in the future, but thou hast said thou shalt know. ”

He observed: "This ingot of silver is a reward for the lawsuit, not for me to earn you, and there will be a heavy reward later." Brother, tell me where this group comes from. He Qingdao: "Don't hide it from my brother, my brother lost for gambling a few days ago, and there was no penny to entangle, there was a general gambler, and he led his brother to fifteen miles outside the north gate, the place name is Anle Village, there is a Wang inn, and he made up some broken gambling." When I arrived at Anle Village that day, I saw three people entering the village at the entrance of the village, and an idler caught them. The three people came and went in a hurry, and they didn't look closely, but they only felt that one person was familiar, and before they remembered it, they skipped it first, and my brother remembered this topic first. ”

He Qing continued: "The shopkeeper here took me to the village to gamble, and when I came to a three-way intersection, I saw a man picking two buckets. I recognized this man as the idler who had caught the three men that day, but I didn't know his name. The shopkeeper shouted to him, 'Bai Dalang, where to go?' The man answered, 'If you have vinegar, you will sell it at the rich man's house in the village.' The shopkeeper said to me, 'This man's name is Bai Sheng, and he is a gambler. I am at peace with myself, but I have no doubts. Later, for several days, at first I saw that the familiar person was at the entrance of Anle Village, as if he was waiting for someone to come, and I recognized this person after a closer look, which was Chao Baozheng of Dongxi Village, Yuncheng County. Why do you know him? I had gone to him with a gambler, so I knew it, and I remembered that day Chao Gai led two people, and Bai Sheng caught him in the village, and then I wondered, why did Chao Gai and Baozheng come to his house? ”

He Qing took a sip of tea and said: "Then I heard it and said: 'Killing and injuring people on the Huangnigang. For a while, he didn't know the reason, so he only gambled in the village. About five or six days later, I heard that it was a killing and injuring of a person's life, and a robbery of the Birth Gang. On that day, Bai Sheng didn't know where to come back, so he wanted to enter the game to gamble. The shopkeeper owed a lot of debts because of him, but he didn't allow it, and Bai Sheng was about to get up, and he would give out a big ingot of silver and pay off the debt in one go. I was surprised when I saw it, and the shopkeeper asked, 'Bai Dalang Mo is not the one who robbed the Birth Gang?' Why is there so much silver here? When the man heard this, his brow flickered, and he only paid the debt, and then he did not gamble away. ”

Speaking of this, He Tao said: "This Chao Gai is strange with Bai Shengduan. He Qingdao: "Exactly, when gamblers like me have itchy hands, but they have to play with the underlying money, how can they be like him, who has money, just because of a word, he will not gamble." Therefore, thinking about it, this Bai Sheng has a ghost in his heart, and he must be implicated! ”

He Tao was overjoyed when he heard this, and then led his brother He Qing and went to the state government to meet Taishou. Fu Yin asked, "Is there something about the business?" He Tao said: "There is some news." Fu Yin called into the back hall and asked carefully about the origin. He Qing said it one by one. At that moment, he sent eight men to do business, together with He Tao and He Qing, came to Anle Village overnight, called the shopkeeper to make eyes, and ran to Bai Sheng's house.

But at the time of the third watch, he asked the shopkeeper to open the door to light the fire, and only Bai Sheng could be heard making a sound on the bed. When he asked his wife, he said that he had a fever and had never sweated. dragged up from the bed, and saw that Bai Sheng's face was red and pale, so he tied up the rope and shouted: "Do a good job on the yellow mud gang!" Bai Sheng was willing to admit it. And when they bound the woman, they refused to take her. The public went around the house to look for stolen goods, and when they found it under the bed, they saw that the ground was uneven; Everyone dug up, less than three feet deep, many public people shouted, Bai Sheng's face was like earth, so he took out a bag of gold and silver from the ground, and then wrapped Bai Sheng's head and face, took his wife, carried the stolen goods, and rushed back to Jeju City overnight.

But at dawn on the fifth watch, Bai Sheng was escorted to the front of the hall and tied up the rope. asked him where the money came from, when Bai Sheng couldn't make up a lie, he taught him a good fight, and asked the Lord about his intentions, Bai Sheng denied it, and refused to recruit other thieves. After three or four beatings in a row, the skin of the beating opened and the flesh opened, and blood burst out. Fu Yin wanted to deceive him, so he shouted: "The main owner of the lawsuit has recruited stolen goods, and the arrester is known to be Chao Baozheng of Dongxi Village, Yuncheng County, how can you rely on it!" Tell me who those seven are, and I won't beat you. ”

Bai Sheng took another break, but he couldn't get through, and he already knew Chao Gai at first glance, so he had to beckon: "The leader is Chao Baozheng." He entangled Bai Sheng with seven people and picked wine with him, but he didn't actually recognize those seven people. The prefect said: "This is not difficult. Only take Chao Baozheng, and the seven people will have their whereabouts. "First take a side of twenty catties of death shackles, flail Bai Sheng, his wife is also locked, and he is taken to the women's prison for imprisonment.

Immediately put on an official document, and sent He Tao to personally lead twenty clear-eyed and quick-witted public servants to go to Yuncheng County to cast, land in this county, and immediately want to arrest Chao Baozheng, and the names of the seven thieves are unknown. He watched and led a group of people, don't make a fuss when you go, I'm afraid that you will get through the news. When the starry night came to Yuncheng County, he first hid a group of public servants in the inn, and only brought one or two to follow, came to the official document, and went straight to the Yamen of Yuncheng County.

At the time of the current card, but the county retreated from the morning, and quietly in front of the county, He Tao walked to sit down in a tea shop on the other side of the county, and ate tea equally. When I entered the store, there was a handsome little official sitting by the window, eating tea alone. He Tao saw that he was dressed richly, nodded slightly, and the little official smiled slightly: "How can you observe the people who came?" ”

He Tao was taken aback, he didn't want to go to Yuncheng County, there were people who knew him, how could this matter be done closely? The little official smiled and said, "Don't panic when you look at him, come and sit down to eat tea and talk about it." ”

He Tao had to come over and sit down, also ordered a tea to eat, and asked, "I don't know how this official recognizes the villain?" The little official smiled and said, "I am the Marquis of Shangyu in the Mansion of Taishi Cai in Tokyo, surnamed Chen." At that moment, he took out an official document and a waist card, and He Tao glanced at it and said: "It turned out to be Chen Yuhou, a subordinate of the Taishi Mansion, and Xiao Ke worshipped." ”

After giving a salute, the little official said: "The Taishi took me to the house to inquire about the case, so I knew how to observe and lead people to Yuncheng County to get people, so I hurried to ask for news. He Tao said: "I see, but I don't know how to recognize the villain?" Then Chen Yuhou smiled and said: "He is a man who looks at it, and he also has that word tattooed on his face, so he recognizes it." ”

He Tao's face turned slightly red and said: "At that time, Shangguan was urging tightly, so he stabbed and overlapped...... The word state, only waiting for this official trip to be over, this trip was exempted. Chen Yuhou sighed and said: "It's all because this gang of thieves is tired, otherwise I would be free to eat and drink in Tokyo, why do you want to come here?" He Tao also said: "What Yu Hou said is that such a thief who kills a thousand knives is really hateful." ”

Chen Yuhou said: "Okay, don't complain first, the office is important." But I don't know how to find the traces of thieves? He Tao said that his brother He Qing saw the clues after he arrived in Anle Village, and when he said that Chao Gai was recognized by He Qing because he was waiting for someone at the entrance of the village, Chen Yuhou sighed slightly, but then calmed down again.

After listening to it for a short time, Chen Yuhou praised: "He observed it carefully, this case can be investigated, and the observation should be credited, and it will be a matter later, when I return to the Tokyo Taishi, I must say that I have the credit for observation." He Tao was overjoyed and said: "Everything will be carried by Yu Hou." ”

Chen Yuhou said: "It is precisely because of the intention to carry out observation, and now the murderer should be arrested first." Immediately, he asked Dr. Cha, "How can the county be quiet today?" Dr. Tea said: "The county magistrate has long been dispersed, and the public and the complainant have all gone to eat in the future." He Tao asked again: "I don't know which one is in the county today?" Dr. Tea pointed and said, "Today, the Oshiji of the straight day is here." When Chen Yuhou and He Tao looked, they saw a clerk coming out of the county.

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