Yang Qiuchi replied for them: "It's a burly man who changed the God of Wealth, and used the hollow God of Wealth to fill your belly with silver, and then he transported it away in a small car, right?" ”

The two guards were stunned, almost wondering if Yang Qiuchi was hiding aside and stealing it, and nodded their heads again and again.

"What for the God of Wealth?" Kang Huai asked in surprise, "Why didn't I know?" ”

Yang Qiuchi pointed to the statue of the God of Wealth in the middle of the warehouse: "This statue of the God of Wealth has a smell of paint, didn't Master Kang notice it?" ”

Kang Huai walked to the God of Wealth and smelled it, looked at it again, and came back and said, "Exactly, what is going on?" He kicked the guard and shouted, "You two dog thieves don't speak quickly!" ”

"I said, I said," the guard with the injured palm kowtowed, glanced at the other guard, and said, "Our brother is a good gambler, and he owes a lot of money to the carpenter of Dongchenghua, and he will let us pay it back, otherwise he will kill the two of us." We didn't have the money to pay him back, and we couldn't beat him, so he forced us to agree to steal the silver from the treasury. ”

"He told us to disguise ourselves as outsiders to steal so that we could escape detection, and said that we would each be given a hundred taels of silver afterwards. We were forced to have no choice, and we were also money obsessed, so we agreed. ”

"He asked us to make a custom one for him under the pretext that the God of Wealth in the treasury was too old, and then he took the opportunity to send in the new God of Wealth and take the old God of Wealth with him. The belly of the great god of wealth that he sent was hollow, and after we filled it with silver, we asked us to make an excuse that the god of wealth was not good, and asked him to rework it, and then he used this as an excuse to enter the yamen and go to the treasury to change the god of wealth, so that the god of wealth full of silver in front of us was carried away. He said that when the matter was settled, he would give us the two hundred taels of silver he had promised. ”

Yang Qiuchi hurriedly asked, "When did he leave the yamen?" ”

"He came in the evening when he was holding the lamp, and it was already dark when he left."

"Why wait until it's dark?"

"During the day, the gate of the yamen was open, and the entry and exit searches were very strict. When the small door is opened after closing at night, the search is not so strict. ”

Yang Qiuchi turned around and asked Kang Huai: "When the Yamen gate was closed, was the city gate closed?" ”

Kang Huai said: "The closing of the yamen gate is the same as the closing of the city gate, and it should also be closed." Speaking of this, his face suddenly showed joy, "Lord Yang means that the city gate was closed when the thief left the yamen, and after I found out that I lost the silver that night, I immediately arranged and strengthened the city gate inventory, and the thief should not have escaped from Kunming City?" ”

"Exactly!" Yang Qiuchi said.

In ancient times, there was this good, if you want to go out of the city, you can only walk through the four city gates, and find that there is something, as long as the city gate is closed, you can catch turtles in the urn, and this is how the Yin family [***] case caught the housekeeper Hu San last time. Modern society is not good, the transportation is convenient, it extends in all directions, and it can be driven everywhere.

Kang Huai was overjoyed, turned around and shouted, "Someone, quickly, go and arrest the Nahua carpenter, no, I want to go in person." Lord Yang, please go to the living room to rest, I will come back to thank you after I caught this thief! ”

Yang Qiuchi said: "That's it, Lord Kang, you are busy first, take advantage of this time, I will go back and bring the exiles, and handle the handover with the adults, so as to send the officials of Ying Tianfu back." ”

"Okay, tonight I will hold a banquet in the Yamen to entertain Lord Yang. I'll go first! "Kang Huai is leaving.

"Wait!" Yang Qiuchi shouted, "My lord, you have to bring more arrests, this thief is afraid that he can do martial arts." ”

"Okay!" Kang Huai said, ordered the door of the warehouse to be locked, put the two guards in custody, arched his hand to Yang Qiuchi, and then rushed away.

Song Yun'er asked, "Brother, how do you know that this thief is strong in martial arts?" How is that thief's martial arts better than mine? ”

"Kung Fu and nothing else can compare to you!" Yang Qiuchi winked at Song Yun'er.

Song Yun'er listened to Yang Qiuchi praise her, her heart was happy, and then she asked a little strangely, "Anything else?" What else is there that can't compare to me? ”

Yang Qiuchi pointed to his cheek and grinned.

"Good! You dare to say I'm thick-skinned, hum~! Song Yun'er puffed out her face with a puff of air.

"How dare I, Miss!" Yang Qiuchi smiled and pointed to his head, "I mean his head doesn't have your aura!" ”

Song Yun'er knew that he was deliberately teasing herself, so she slapped him lightly and said, "How do you know that this person is strong in martial arts?" ”

"Let's talk while walking," Yang Qiuchi said, stepping out: "Have you carefully observed the statue of the God of Wealth on the wall?" ”

"Well, I looked closely, and it was very well done, and the craftsmanship was also very good." Song Yun'er tilted her head and thought about it.

"I didn't ask you this, did you notice what the God of Wealth is made of?"

"Wood."

"How much does it weigh?"

Song Yun'er thought about it again: "It is estimated that there should be fifty or sixty catties." ”

"What if it's full of silver?" Yang Qiuchi squinted at her.

"That's heavy......" As soon as she said this, Song Yun'er immediately reacted: "Brother, you mean, this person can hold such a heavy thing, and he can't do it without martial arts, right?" ”

The reason is very simple, there are more than 2,000 taels of lost treasury silver, plus the weight of the God of Wealth statue itself, it is difficult for ordinary people to lift such a heavy thing, this person's arm strength is extremely strong, so it is likely that he has martial arts.

"That's right," Yang Qiuchi nodded, and said, "However, it's likely that they will pounce on the air this time." ”

"Why?"

"It's been almost half a month, and the four doors are so closely checked, this person has so much money hidden on his body, if he is smarter, he should be transferred immediately. Won't be stupid and wait there. ”

"What then?" Song Yun'er said anxiously, she also sympathized with Lord Kang Huaikang, people helped his brother so much, I really hope that this time my brother can help him find the silver.

Yang Qiuchi said with a smile: "It's because this thief is likely to have slipped away, so we have to go back first." ”

"What are you going to do on this trip?" As soon as she asked this sentence, Song Yuner immediately guessed: "Hold the little black dog to chase the comprehensive!" ”

Yang Qiuchi sighed: "Yun'er is really getting smarter and smarter, and in a few days, I'm afraid she will surpass me." ”

Song Yun'er was very proud: "Then let's go quickly, take the little black dog back to the yamen and wait for them." ”

Yang Qiuchi and the others returned to the inn, took Mrs. Bai's mother and daughter, as well as all the guards, and all the people to the yamen of the envoy for punishment.

The porter already knew that the person in front of him was a distinguished guest of Lord Kang, and he was generous, and now he saw that he had led a large group of people to return and quickly led them to the living room and served fragrant tea.

After drinking tea for a while, Kang Huai came back with the catchers dejected. Seeing Yang Qiuchi, he shook his head: "This thief has already run away, and found the old God of Wealth statue in his house and the new God of Wealth statue that was replaced in addition, and the new God of Wealth statue is really empty." I've arranged for a search around. It's just that I don't know if he slipped out of the city, and if he slipped out, he would only be chased by portraits. Speaking of this, Kang Huai's face was gloomy, "At that time, even if the thief is caught, I'm afraid this treasury silver will be gone." ”

"It shouldn't have slipped out yet, when I entered the city today, I found that the city gate was very strictly checked, and the more than 2,000 taels of silver were not a needle, and it was difficult for thieves to hide and sneak out of the city, so they should still be in the city." After thinking about it, Yang Qiuchi said again, "Don't worry, Master Kang, let's do it, let's help you catch it!" ”

"Really?" When Kang Huai heard this, hope rekindled in his heart. Thinking to himself, Yang Qiuchi discovered the thief in this case at a glance, and immediately discovered the whereabouts of the thief, it is really a good skill, since he said to help, it is likely to be caught.

"Take us to the thief's quarters." Yang Qiuchi doesn't talk much nonsense.

Kang Huai was overjoyed, and first arranged for the servants to lead Mrs. Bai's mother and daughter to wait in the living room of the yamen, and then led Yang Qiuchi and the others to the thief's residence with the catchers.

Yang Qiuchi pushed open the door and looked around, his heart was half cold, and he saw that although the room had been turned upside down, the water left in the iron pot in the kitchen already smelled and had begun to rust, and there was also a layer of shallow dust on the stove, which should have not been used for several days.

It seems likely that the thief left the dwelling that night after receiving the money. It had been more than ten days now, and the smell had long since disappeared, and there was no way to track it with the little black dog. What to do?

I can only see if there are any clues in the room, but the things in the room are all messed up, and the footprints and fingerprints are messed up, how to find clues.

Yang Qiuchi stood in the room, looking at the mess.

Kang Huai and the others didn't dare to disturb, standing behind him and waiting for his inspiration to flash.

Yang Qiuchi said: "Call Li Zheng." ”

Rizheng was soon brought in. It's an old man.

Yang Qiuchi asked, "Do you know this thief who lives here?" Tell me about him. ”

When the previous procurator brought the arrest to arrest this person, Li was present, and he already knew that the person who lived here was likely to be the thief who stole the bank treasury of the procurator half a month ago, and he was in charge of this area, which is equivalent to the current director of the street office, and if something happened to the lot he managed, he was afraid of being implicated, and he was already sweating in a hurry.

Hearing the adult's question, he quickly replied respectfully: "I know him, his name is Huagang, he just came to us not long ago, and his accent seems to be from Jiangsu and Zhejiang, so he doesn't understand it very well." He rented the house, and he used to do some coolies for others, and later did carpentry. ”

"Has anyone been associated with him?"

"No," Li Zheng pouted, "he is a very poor person, he can't understand what he says, and he has a short temper, so he doesn't have much to do with him." ”

"Doesn't he have any relatives?" Yang Qiuchi asked.

Li Zheng thought for a while and said, "It shouldn't be, he has been here for so long, and I have only seen him alone, and there is no one at home." ”

(To be continued)