Those minions had fallen to the ground and couldn't get up, only the four people outside were left to surround Sun Gao in the middle, at this time Sun Gao's face was already pale, he knew each other very well, he threw away the short sword in his hand very simply, and squatted on the ground with a bitter face: "A few officials, I have something to say, can I admit it?" ”

The tall man smiled: "Cheng, honestly, listen to our adults!" ”

After speaking, he stretched out his big hand, grabbed Sun Gao's back collar, lifted him into the teahouse like a chicken, threw it on the ground, and then hugged his fist at the man in his forties: "My lord!" The thieves have brought it! ”

The man looked at Sun Gao and said in a deep voice: "Take my name and send it to the yamen." ”

When Sun Gao heard this, he immediately breathed a sigh of relief. It's easy to send the yamen, the yamen here is the backyard of his grandson's house, how was it sent in, and when the person in front of him is gone, how can he come out.

Who knew that the man then said: "Let the county order find out this person's crime, and then send it to Lord Bao for conviction!" ”

Sun Gao listened to the second half of the sentence, and the heart that had just been placed in his stomach immediately came up again: "My lord! My lord, I know it's wrong, so please spare me this time! ”

Bao Zheng is now inspecting the grievances of the people in Xiangyang, holding the sword of Shang Fang in his hand and carrying the three-mouth guillotine given by the emperor, and there have been many people along the way. Sun Gao knew very well, so he said that his usual performance, if it fell into the hands of Bao Zheng, the dog head would open again!

His shouting and begging for mercy did not make the man feel the slightest sympathy, and he flicked his sleeves: "A villain like you, I let you go now, and next time you will be a criminal and oppress the good!" This official has important things to do, and I don't have time to deal with you, so I'll send it to the county office! I'll let you know. ”

Chen Yuan thought in his heart, listening to the tone, this guy is quite familiar with Bao Zheng, and he doesn't know what kind of official it is, anyway, it won't be small. While he was in the midst of suspicion, he suddenly heard a man shouting, "My lord! The package is gone! ”

The man's face suddenly changed greatly, and the whole person quickly turned around and ran to the tea table: "Didn't I let you watch the package!" ”

The bodyguard looked very aggrieved: "I, I'm worried about the safety of adults, so,"

Before he finished speaking, the man scolded angrily: "Waste! ”

There was nothing to cover the table, and at a glance you could see that there was nothing around the tea table, but the man still searched around, looking very nervous.

At this time, he suddenly looked up and looked outside, and saw that the juggler was nowhere to be seen in the street, except for the villains who had just been knocked down and still lying on the ground and moaning.

The lord immediately understood something, and immediately asked, "Where did those jugglers go?" ”

Just now, everyone's attention in the room was focused on Sun Gao's body, and they really didn't pay attention to the situation outside, and when this person asked, none of them knew when the juggling team left!

The man looked very anxious, and when he was annoyed, he suddenly heard Brother Chen Dong say, "I saw those people going over there just now!" His little hand lifted up and pointed to the north.

Brother Chen Dong is a child, and when the adults are paying attention to Sun Gao in the house, he is still thinking about the juggling just now, and he hopes to see it again, so his eyes have never let go of those acrobats.

This news was obviously very important to the official who lost the package, and he touched Chen Dongge's head: "Child, do you really see it clearly?" ”

Brother Chen Dong nodded: "Yes." ”

The man immediately stood up and said to several of his followers, "Don't go after it yet!" ”

Three of the five immediately chased after them, and the man looked at the other two: "What are you doing here!" ”

The two replied in unison: "Protect your lordship!" ”

The official frowned, and pointed at one of them: "You go to the county government and let the magistrate come to see me!" ”

Judging from his dispatch, this should be a very capable official, but people sometimes lose their minds, and that thing is obviously very important to him. Chen Yuan didn't know what it was, and he didn't want to know. He just knew there was trouble here again, and he wanted to get out quickly.

He grabbed his family and said to the official: "My lord, I just came to visit the villagers in the county seat, and I hope that my lord will let me leave first." ”

The official thought for a moment: "No! It's not that I don't trust you, it's just that before the county government is about to arrive, all the people in this room just now can't leave! ”

Chen Yuan didn't say anything, more is better than less, just sit and sit, wait for someone from the yamen to find out, and he can get away. walked over and helped the old man's arm: "Dad, we won't be able to leave for a while, you sit down, don't worry, it's no problem." ”

The old man nodded, looking a little depressed: "It's the first time a family has come to visit the county seat together, why did they encounter this kind of thing?" ”

The old man's complaint made the official also a little unhappy, and he came over and hugged his fists and said: "This old man, the things lost here are important things of the government, if they fall into the hands of the gangsters, there will be endless troubles, and please forgive me." ”

Chen Yuan turned around and saluted him: "Your Excellency doesn't need to worry about us, it is our responsibility to cooperate with the government to investigate the case, we will wait here for the officials to come, please rest assured." ”

The man nodded, and looked at Chen Yuan again: "I see that you talk extraordinarily, and you have also read books, right?" What is your name? ”

Chen Yuan said: "The villain Chen Shimei, who has studied for a few years in vain, did some small business in Bianjing, and recently returned to his hometown to visit relatives and take his family into the city. ”

The man's eyes suddenly lit up: "Oh? Are you Chen Shimei? But that Chen Shimei who was in Liao with Pang Xi, the head of Pang Mansion, a while ago? ”

Saying this made Chen Yuan suddenly feel a sense of satisfaction, and it seemed that his reputation was still far away! Although he was proud in his heart, he said politely: "It's the villain." ”

The man's attitude immediately changed a lot, and he squeezed out a smile: "This official Zeng Gongliang, when I heard about you a few days ago, I still suspected that it was a folk fabrication, but I didn't expect that there was indeed someone, but I don't know what happened?" ”

Chen Yuan hesitated, he felt that the name Zeng Gongliang was somewhat familiar, but he couldn't remember where he had heard of it.

Zeng Gongliang changed the topic at this time and said: "If you have time, you must ask Shopkeeper Chen clearly, but now I can only wronged you." ”

His words began to be polite, which made the old man very useful. The old man also saw that the person in front of him was a big official, and he could let the county official come to see him! Such a big official was actually polite to Chen Yuan, which made the old man feel very glorious on his face.

Chen Yuandao: "Your Excellency, don't be polite, don't offend again, we should cooperate with your adult to find the lost official property." ”

Chen Yuan said that he suddenly wanted to know what this Zeng Gongliang was carrying. But when I think about it, it's better that I still don't know, and the less I know about some things, the less trouble I have.

The county seat was not big, and the local county commander personally led the team, and more than 30 catchers arrived in front of the teahouse in a blink of an eye. The county magistrate had already seen Zeng Gongliang's official card, and knew that the person who came was a senior official of the court, so he didn't dare to be careless at all, and was busy carrying the villains who were knocked down on the street back to the prison first, and at the same time, some people came in to interrogate everyone in the house about the situation at that time.

In fact, there are not many people, only Chen Yuan's family and a few guys from the tea shop, and everyone sees roughly the same thing, which can't provide any valuable clues at all.

After the routine questioning of the county order, he twisted his fat body and came to Zeng Gongliang: "Lord Zeng, after some investigation, it must be those jugglers who stole the adult's things while the adult was grabbing Sun Gao, and then fled far away. ”

After Zeng Gongliang listened to the county order's analysis of the case, his whole face was already iron-blue.

This county order is clearly perfunctory to him, the process of investigating the case seems to be very rigorous, everyone in the room has asked several times, but until now, he has not asked what Zeng Gongliang lost.

The county magistrate naturally has his hardships, and he has worked all his life to become a county magistrate, although the official is not big, but he has also earned enough capital for himself to live happily for the rest of his life. Who is Zeng Gongliang? That's a big official of the imperial court! The things he brought with him must have something to do with the imperial court.

Why would anyone want to steal from him? You know, ordinary thieves and thieves will never hit the attention of these officials. This is the same as doing business, officials have guards around them, and the risk is too great. But after getting it, those official documents and other things are often of little value to a thief, and the profits are too low.

No one with a little brain will do this kind of business. The county magistrate knows that the person who dares to steal Zeng Gongliang's things and can steal them smoothly is definitely not a person without brains.

So, like kicking a ball, he kicked the problem to the surrounding government offices.

Zeng Gongliang knew his little tricks in the officialdom, sometimes these little tricks were really useful, although he knew, but the county order did not violate any laws at all, nor did he violate his duties, he had no way at all.

The county magistrate bowed his head and stood in front of Zeng Gongliang, and said in a low voice: "My lord, why don't I take these people to the prison for examination?" ”

Zeng Gongliang waved his hand: "Go and inform the surrounding government offices and stop those who are performing arts for me." Let these people go, it's none of their business. ”

There is little hope of stopping, the other party must already have a complete retreat route, and even if it is stopped, what he wants may no longer be there. But now it's a dead horse that comes to the doctor as a live horse.

He saw that Chen Yuan was about to turn around and go out, Zeng Gongliang suddenly rolled his eyes: "Chen Shimei, you take a step slowly!" ”

When Chen Yuan heard this, he immediately chuckled in his heart, wouldn't it be trouble to find him again?

Sure enough, Zeng Gongliang walked over in a few steps: "Master Bao once told me about you, and he praised you for your quick thinking, and now, I want to ask you for a favor." ”

When Chen Yuan was about to refuse, the old man saw an official who was even a little shorter in front of him begging for his son, and he felt even proud in his heart, and when he heard that even Bao Zheng had praised his son, he couldn't help it anymore, and actually took it over for Chen Yuan: "My lord, don't be polite to the dog, if there is anything that can help, just let him do it!" Shimei, let's go out for a walk first, and wait for you at the inn at night. ”

The old man spoke, Chen Yuan swallowed back the rejection that came to his mouth, turned his head and saluted Zeng Gongliang with his fists: "Master Zeng commands." ”

(To be continued)