Chapter 200: How the Silver Was Lost

Su Xianrong said with a smile: "It is naturally a good thing that a woman can enter the school and become an official, Brother Song, don't worry, we will all work hard."

Song Ruilong suddenly sank his face and looked at Liu Tianxiong and Wei Bixiao and said: "Master Liu, Sister Bixiao, we got a news that there is a person named Yuan Dazhu in Yuanjia Village, three years ago, because he scolded the true god of Fulu Shou, that night, his firewood room caught fire, and a family of three was burned to death on the spot, the body was like charcoal, very miserable, this matter was said by Yuan Huaishu of Yuanjia Village, this county feels that there must be something strange about this matter, you and Bi Xiao go to understand the situation." Find Yuan Huaishu first, and then ask about the specific situation in detail, as well as Yuan Huaishu's daughter-in-law and son. ”

Liu Tianxiong nodded and said, "I'll go with Bi Xiao." ”

After Liu Tianxiong and Wei Bixiao left, Song Ruilong said to Tie Chong and Shen Jing: "You two pretend to be civilians and go to the Mengzhen Temple in Xianren Mountain to see if there is a mountain printed on the soles of your feet or a humanoid person."

Shen Jing and Tie Chong left after receiving the task, Su Xianrong looked at Song Ruilong with a smile and said, "They all have a mission to leave, what is the matter with the two of us?"

Song Ruilong smiled mysteriously: "The two of us still have a case to investigate."

Su Xianrong said in surprise: "What case?" Why didn't you hear anyone drumming? ”

Song Ruilong said: "As soon as the drummer picked up the drum hammer, I walked behind him and asked him what he had complained, he said that he had worked hard to do business outside, and the one hundred taels of silver he earned were gone, and he wanted me to help him find out."

Su Xianrong said: "I'm afraid it's difficult, if the one hundred taels of silver are stolen by thieves, it will be difficult to find."

Song Ruilong said: "Let's go, let's go to the interrogation room to have a look."

The interrogation room was dimly lit, and in the middle of the room sat a man in his thirties, with thick eyebrows and a pointed nose, as if a pointed pepper was there, with a somewhat thin figure and a yellowish face, which seemed to be caused by chronic malnutrition.

When the man saw Song Ruilong and Su Xianrong coming, he immediately got up, looked at Song Ruilong very respectfully and said, "My lord!"

Song Ruilong motioned for him to sit down.

After Song Ruilong and Su Xianrong sat down, Su Xianrong asked, "What's your name?" Where do you live? ”

The man said: "Xiaomin's name is Cai Tiangang, and his home is at No. 50 Qingyun Lane, Tieshi Road."

Su Xianrong's face stretched slightly, and said, "Then do you know a carpenter named Zhao Hai?"

Cai Tiangang thought for a while and said, "Oh, is it Zhao Hai, the son of carpenter Zhao Dashan?"

Su Xianrong said: "It seems that your memory is not bad. It was that Zhao Hai. ”

Cai Tiangang said: "Zhao Hai's kid is honest, when he was a child, Xiaomin saw him many times, but in the past few years, Xiaomin has been digging people and selling people on Changbai Mountain in the northeast for money, so he rarely goes home and rarely sees him."

Su Xianrong said: "Let's talk about it, what's the matter with your one hundred taels of silver?"

Cai Tiangang sighed and said, "Hey! Originally, Xiaomin thought that place was the safest, but yesterday morning, when Xiaomin went to that place to see, the one hundred taels of silver were gone, do you think this is strange? ”

Su Xianrong said a little strangely: "Your one hundred taels of silver were missing yesterday morning, why did you report the case until this afternoon?"

Cai Tiangang lowered his head and sighed: "Xiaomin didn't want to report the case, so he wanted to get the silver back through his ability." Also, Xiaomin wanted to give the person who stole the money a chance, but after a day passed, Xiaomin was clueless and confused, but he was unwilling to lose a hundred taels of silver like this, so he thought of reporting the case. ”

Song Ruilong had a calm face and said: "One hundred taels of silver is not a small amount, ordinary people can't earn one hundred taels of silver a year, tell me specifically, how did you lose your silver?"

Cai Tiangang said: "Yes! Five years ago, Xiaomin met Yuan Shanshan, the daughter of Yuan Shanquan in Yuanjia Village, through the eloquent Wang matchmaker. That Yuan Shanshan looks like a flower, and she can be said to be one of the best in a hundred. For that bride price, Xiaomin spent more than half of the family's silver, and finally sold all the medicinal herb stores. I thought that I could marry Yuan Shanshan as my wife in this life, and I would be content in this life. After getting married, Xiaomin relied on the remaining money to maintain his family's life, helplessly, two years have passed, Xiaomin's family has little left, but he didn't dare to tell Shanshan, so he lied to her that Xiaomin wanted to go to Changbai Mountain to buy some ginseng, and then open a medicinal herb shop in the future. Before leaving, Shanshan was still reluctant to give up on Xiaomin, saying that she would definitely abide by women's morals at home and wait for Xiaomin to come back. Xiaomin has been away for three years, and he can't eat enough and sleep warmly all day, in order to be able to earn a hundred taels of silver as soon as possible and go home to open a small medicinal herb shop. ”

Speaking of this, Cai Tiangang wanted to cry a little helplessly.

Su Xianrong's eyes flashed twice and said, "After you earn enough one hundred taels of silver, you will rush home, then I don't understand, how did you lose your silver?"

Cai Tiangang sighed helplessly: "Here's the thing. The night before yesterday, when Xiaomin rushed to Ping'an County with a hundred taels of silver, that is, at the foot of Xianren Mountain, it was late at that time, and he missed the night, so he wanted to rush home before dawn, but Xiaomin heard that near Xianren Mountain recently, the night was not very peaceful, and there were often some robbers. The little people were afraid that the silver on their bodies would be robbed by thieves, so they planned to find a safe place, hide the silver first, and wait until dawn to get it. Xiao Min looked around, there was a lot of grass growing everywhere, there were more than one person deep, and there were many graves in the wild grass, Xiao Min thought, no one would know about that place. Even robbers do not dare to shoot people at night. But Xiaomin is still not at ease, afraid of running into tomb robbers. I searched again, and finally found a dry well, which may have been dug by the former farmer, but now there is not a drop of water in it. So the people went down to the bottom of the well by kicking the wall of the well, and put the silver in the package in a place where the gap was relatively large. Then I went home. ”

Song Ruilong pondered: "When you went up to the well, did anyone find out that you hid the silver underneath?"

Cai Tiangang shook his head and said: "Impossible, Xiaomin is very cautious, besides, that night, there was a yin wind blowing in that place, like a wolf crying and howling, who dared to run around there?"

Su Xianrong looked at Song Ruilong and said with a pair of eyes: "If what Cai Tiangang said is true, then the most likely place for Cai Tiangang to leak the secret is his home."

Cai Tiangang also thought so, and said: "Xiaomin returned home on the third watchday, and after Xiaomin knocked on the door, Yuan Shanshan opened the door with sleepy eyes, and after seeing Xiaomin, he threw himself into Xiaomin's arms very enthusiastically, and said to Xiaomin that he wanted to die in the slave family, why did you go for three years, and you didn't even bring a letter." Xiaomin was excited, and joked to her, you haven't done anything sorry for me in the past three years since I went out, right? When Yuan Shanshan heard this, she buried herself in Xiaomin's arms and cried. Xiaomin also had the heart to cherish the jade, so he hugged Yuan Shanshan and returned to Xiaomin's bed after a three-year absence. In bed, as soon as Xiaomin said that he wanted to make love to her, she said that she was not feeling well and shirked it. Then she asked Xiaomin how his business had been outside in the past three years? Did you make a lot of money? Xiaomin told her the truth, and told her where he had saved his money. ”