Walking on the way to Cao's house, Chen Fang's heart was cold, the reason why he wanted to pull Wang Tianlong when he went out now was to prevent that female killer, but after listening to Wang Tianlong's words, he felt that it was already a wrong decision to pull Wang Tianlong.

The world is so dangerous, it's safer to dig a pit and bury yourself.

The Cao family gradually arrived, and they were no different from the other four families, and after hearing the sound of gongs and drums from a distance, the sound of firecrackers had already sounded, and the deafening momentum had the meaning of overpowering the Qin family. Listening to this formation, everyone thought that they would face the test of Jiuchi Meat Forest again, but when they were welcomed in by the Cao family, they realized that they were really thinking too much.

The Cao family did not entertain them with a big banquet like the other homeowners, but simply set up a few tables in the courtyard and served a few pots of tea, and there was nothing else, not even snacks for tea.

Looking at the simple hospitality, even though he had already eaten and wanted to vomit thunder, he couldn't help but complain a few words.

"I said your father, what's the matter, does this surnamed Cao look down on us errands?"

"That is, if you go to other houses, you can not only eat a good meal, but also get one or two taels of happy money, this Cao family only has one, what does this mean? When we are asking for food? A certain catcher quickly opened the red that the housekeeper of the Cao family had just handed over, and found that there was only one in it, and his face suddenly stepped down.

The catchers all received the happy money, and Chen Fang, who was the county magistrate, was naturally not left behind, but the red envelopes he received were different in quality from those received by the catchers. There is no need to open it at all, he loves money and already knows how much content is in it just by feeling it.

Chen Fang glanced at it obliquely before he complained that there was only one son who caught fast, and he had the heart to kill him. Ni Mei's family photo, so you also got one, this is an empty bag!

Chen Fang didn't complain, but the whining words still fell into the ears of the head of the Cao family, Cao Guohua.

He snorted and apologized to Chen Fang: "My son was kidnapped before, I listened to the persuasion of the adult, and was extorted for 100,000 taels of silver, and now the family eats cabbage every day, and there is no wine and meat to entertain the adults today, please don't be surprised." ”

Cao Guohua was apologizing on the surface, but in fact he was expressing his dissatisfaction with the yamen and Chen Fang. As soon as these words came out, Chen Fang didn't say anything, but Lei Dazhuang shouted: "I said your father, don't you think about you for the sake of picking up the dead and letting you prepare money, if you didn't give money at that time, who will send you to the end in the future?" ”

Listening to Lei Dazhuang's words in support of himself, Chen Fang felt relieved and faintly felt a toothache, he had already become a county magistrate, why did he still pick up the dead?

Different from his coexistence of pain and happiness, Cao Guohua listened to Lei Dazhuang's words, the coffin face straightened up, and he said coldly: "Hmph, it is the responsibility of your yamen to protect the people, solve the case, rescue the hostages, and arrest the bandits. ”

Lei Dazhuang is a rough man, how can he tell you these great truths of responsibility and non-responsibility, pointing his finger at Cao Guohua, his anger hangs upside down, "You ......"

"Little Leizi, don't be rude!" Chen Fang, who was in a bad mood, listened to Cao Guohua's dissatisfied words, his face suddenly flushed with joy, and he hurriedly stopped the inappropriate words that Lei Dazhuang was about to say.

"He ......" Lei Dazhuang was a little dissatisfied and was about to argue, but after being glanced at by Chen Fang, he still closed his mouth in amusement, but the unyielding eyes expressed the dissatisfaction in his heart.

Seeing him like this, Chen Fang secretly sighed, knowing that this time he was wronged Xiao Leizi. He knew very well what he was thinking, if it weren't for the need to ask Cao Guohua about the kidnapping case, and because he was afraid that he had just become an official, he would have wanted to step on Cao Guohua's coffin face and stomp on it a few times.

Because of the time, I have to bury this idea deep in my heart now.

From Cao Guohua's dissatisfied words, Chen Fang had already heard that the other party was obsessed with the 100,000 taels of silver lost in the kidnapping case, which was not visible to the faces of the other four families, which made Chen Fang have a kind of joy that would be brightened.

After thinking about it for a while in his heart, Chen Fang finally opened his mouth and said the purpose of this trip: "Cao Yuanwai, Ling Gongzi was plundered and kidnapped a few days ago, so that the staff lost 100,000 taels of silver in vain, it is indeed our yamen who did not do their job well. This official cannot shirk this, nor can he shirk. In addition to sending a plaque of benevolence to the imperial court, this official also wants to re-investigate the case, and in addition to returning the member, he also ordered the son and other victims to be fair, I don't know if the official can put aside his prejudices and inform the official of the relevant details of the case? ”

Hearing this, Cao Guohua glanced at Chen Fang and said, "You, are you going to re-investigate this case and retrieve the 100,000 taels of silver for me?" ”

Chen Fang shook his head lightly and said, "It's true to recheck, as for whether the 100,000 taels of silver can be recovered, it depends on the will of God." ”

Cao Guohua sneered, "Since you can't find it, what does it matter if you don't check it or not?" ”

Chen Fang said: "Could it be that Cao Yuanwai is so willing to give away his hard-earned money to others to spend for himself?" Isn't Cao Yuanwai worried that there will be a second 100,000 taels? Isn't Cao Yuanwai afraid of being laughed at by the people in the market? ”

Chen Fang was three times in a row, and Cao Guohua's face stinked for a while when he heard it, he glanced at Chen Fang coldly, and said, "Hmph, Lord Chen, it's not that I underestimate you, I'm afraid you really can't solve this case." ”

Hearing this, Chen Fang's eyebrows tightened suddenly, and he said secretly: Is there any special secret in this?

On the premise that there were no clues, all speculations were nonsense, but after a skimming of his head, he asked Cao Guohua again: "Cao Yuanwai, why do you say that this case can't be handled by the official?" ”

Cao Guohua leaned lightly on the back of the chair, with a cold, disdainful smile on his face, he seemed to see through everything and said: "Lord Chen, among the five families, our Cao family is the last one you will come, so may I ask you, have you heard any useful clues in the other four families?" Hmph, I don't think so, right? ”

Hearing this, Chen Fang couldn't help but look at him curiously, and said suspiciously: "It's true, the four of them are silent about the kidnapping case, but they ...... Is this how outsiders see it? ”

"Because no one is forbidding us to speak!"

When Cao Guohua said this, Chen Fang couldn't help but be taken aback, looked at Cao Guohua, and found that the sneer on Cao Guo's face was even worse, but in addition to the sneer, Chen Fang faintly saw a trace of dissatisfaction that was deeply hidden.

"Who is it? The kidnappers? Did they contact you again afterwards? Chen Fang asked.

However, Cao Guohua avoided answering, "Who is it, it's up to you to find out by yourself, I can't say it, and I won't say it." ”

Hearing this, Chen Fang's head was bigger. Listening to Cao Guohua's meaning, the person who warned them not to speak out should be known, but since he knows and he is willing to say it, it means that the person who warned them must not be an ordinary person, otherwise with Cao Guohua's temperament, it is impossible to give the other party.

But who could this person be? In the entire Guangliang County, the only one who can overpower the Cao family is the Qin family, but the Qin and Cao families have always been at odds, it stands to reason that this is what the Qin family said, and there is no reason why he would hide it for them?

Isn't this a Guangliang person? But if it was an outsider, then why did the other party warn the five people not to talk about the kidnapping case?

For a moment, an incomprehensible clue swept the sea of Chenfang, and in an instant he realized one thing--

The water behind this kidnapping case is much deeper than I imagined.

Looking at Cao Guohua's resolute attitude, Chen Fang knew that whether he wanted to inquire about the case or the person who warned the five families, he was doing useless things, and he suddenly lost interest in continuing to ask.

He got up and arched his hand at Cao Guohua and said, "Since Cao Yuanwai insists on refusing to disclose relevant matters, then please leave the table first." ”

Chen Fang still gave Cao Guohua a face when he said this, but he never expected that his hot face was attached to the other party's cold ass, and Cao Guohua didn't mean to accept his affection at all.

Instead of getting up to send him off, he sneered: "I'll just say that you can't handle this case." ”

Hearing this, Chen Fang's face suddenly turned cold, but before he could say anything, Lei Dazhuang was worthless for him, and shouted: "I said that your father, he didn't even want to say anything, and he still expected us to solve the case, if you are so capable, then why don't you solve it yourself?" ”

Although Lei Dazhuang's words were crude, they were not completely unreasonable, and the way to solve the case was to collect all the clues, whether useful or useless. If you can't even do the initial collection, it will be difficult to continue. ”

But even if it was difficult, Chen Fang did not mean to be deterred, he stretched out his hand to stop Lei Dazhuang, who was so excited that he wanted to roll up his sleeves and beat people, looked at Cao Guohua's smiling face full of mockery, and said loudly: "Cao Yuanwai, although you do not cooperate, but this official can clearly tell you that this case can be handled by this official, and this official is confident that it can be handled well." ”

Listening to Chen Fang's righteous words, Cao Guohua couldn't help but look at Chen Fang, but after a while, he still insisted: "You still can't do it just like this." ”

"How can this official do it?" Chen Fang was also angry, and shot back coldly.

It's just that Cao Guohua started Tai Chi again, "My son is not angry, although he was taken captive once, but not long after he came back, he was fascinated by the life of dogs and horses again, and these days he went to the place of Qihong Mansion every day." Master Chen, you can't handle the case, or go and bring my son back to me. ”

Listening to the meaning of this, Cao Guohua is going to use Chen Fang as a nanny. At this moment, the powder keg of Lei Dazhuang completely exploded.

"I said your father, your son is not the one who picked up the dead and your wife, he can't manage it himself, and he can't manage it for you...... "Lei Dazhuang" scolded loudly, there were a lot of ugly words in the words, and very vulgar words, Cao Guohua's coffin face was stinky, stared at Lei Dazhuang coldly, and then said to Chen Fang: "Lord Chen, I'm too disappointed in you, if you only have this ability, you really can't handle this case." ”

"Da Zhuang, don't make trouble." Hearing this, Chen Fang stopped Lei Dazhuang, but his eyes stayed on Cao Guohua's stinky Chinese face.

Just now, Cao Guohua suddenly mentioned that his son still went to Qihong Mansion to spend time drinking, and Chen Fang already felt a little strange.

As the saying goes, the ugliness of the family is indispensable, no matter how angry the son is, after all, he is also his own son, it stands to reason that Cao Guohua should not, and he will not mention to outsiders like him that he is not angry, but Cao Guohua said, and said it very calmly. And now, after understanding that he didn't like to hear him belittle himself and the yamen, the other party once again mentioned the words of those underestimated people.

No matter how Chen Fang thought about it, he felt that it was wrong.

Unless......

Chen Fang touched the tip of his tall nose, his eyes lit up all of a sudden, and he already understood Cao Guohua's intentions.

"Cao Yuanwai, thank you!" Chen Fang sincerely bowed his hand and thanked him, but Lei Dazhuang, who didn't understand the deeper meaning at all, was completely blinded by Chen Fang's "thank you", he glanced at Cao Guohua, and then at Chen Fang, and muttered in his heart: I said your father, this person who picked up the dead will not be stupid.

What Lei Dazhuang thought in his heart, Chen Fang didn't know, after thanking him, Chen Fang didn't care about anything else, and directly said "goodbye" and then turned around and left the table.

It's just that when he walked to the door, Cao Guohua suddenly stopped him, "Lord Chen, please wait." ”

Chen Fang stopped and turned his head to look at him curiously, but Cao Guohua didn't say anything immediately, but gestured at the housekeeper, and after the housekeeper delivered a red envelope to him, he said, "Lord Chen, it seems that you are not worthless." But if I were you, I'd keep an eye on it, because sometimes many things are more than just appearances. ”

Walking out of Cao's house with a full ten taels of red envelopes, Chen Fang's mind was full of the last sentence Cao Guohua said--

Sometimes there is more to many things than just appearances!

What exactly is he trying to imply? Is there anything else in this, deeper water?

At this moment, Chen Fang's head was already as big as a basket.

But as he walked, he suddenly remembered something.

The sons and daughters of the Cao family and the sons and daughters of the other four families are all long-term (prostitute) guests of the Qihong Mansion, and they seem to have offended the top brand of the Qihong Mansion, if they go to the Qihong Mansion to find someone......

He couldn't help but shudder when he imagined that he had just entered the Crimson Mansion, when he was caught by the turtle gong and thrown out like a plane, and when he returned home and was kicked out of the door by Tang Yun.

The current Crimson Mansion is not something he can go to casually if he wants to.