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The fat shopkeeper seemed to know very well about the ability of these two fast catches, and knew that they might not have the ability to solve the case, so he came to the tent with a sad face, Yang Tashan saw that there was nothing to do with himself, and he was still thinking about the thirty-five dollars, followed to the back, and stood at the door to watch the excitement. Pen ~ fun ~ Pavilion www.biquge.info theft is theft, and I still have to ask for my hard day's wages.

The two of them looked around the room, and saw that the doors of several wardrobes and the drawers of the chest of drawers were open, the large wooden box containing the money had been pried open, and one of the back windows was ajar.

The fat tent gentleman pointed to the half-open window and said, "Two lords, this thief must have pried open this window with a crowbar, and then turned in and stole the silver taels." The two quickly glanced at the half-open window, nodded but did not step forward to check.

Skinny Monkey walked up to the empty money box and asked, "How much money did you lose?" ”

The money accounts were all managed by the fat shopkeeper's cousin, the fat account, and it was settled once at the end of the month, so he didn't know how much money he had lost, so he looked at the fat account.

The fat tent said affirmatively: "Twelve taels of silver, two and three pieces of silver, and two and three pieces of copper money." ”

"Well, I lost a lot." The thin monkey swallowed his saliva quickly, with a hint of schadenfreude in his eyes, and then glanced at the rabbit tooth catcher.

Rabbit Tooth Catcher quickly understood, and said to the fat shopkeeper: "It must be a thief who is scurrying by, seeing that you are not well guarded, sneaked into the account to steal the silver taels, and then flew away." Our yamen has long said that we must close our doors to prevent theft, and be careful of the fire candles, but you just don't listen, and now there are thieves, how do you let us explain to the prefect? Well? In the event of a crime, the owner can not escape three points of responsibility, this arrest can only be reported to the lord according to the truth, at that time there must be a fine of three hundred and five hundred, maybe the lord is unhappy, a fine of one or two taels of silver is also a common thing. ”

The thin monkey also sighed: "Alas! He has money in charge of the shopkeeper, and what is this fine money for them! Just pity the two of us, since there is a crime, it must be solved, but this is a rampant crime, where do you let our brother find the thief? This case can't be solved within the time limit set by the eldest master, and our brothers are going to be punished, the shopkeeper, you say, what should we do? ”

Of course, the fat shopkeeper understood that it was easy to please God and difficult to send God, so he had to take out a money bag from his arms with a sad face, poured out two copper coins, bowed down and handed them over, and said: "Two officials, we are not strict in preventing theft, and we have added trouble to the two, I am really ashamed, this is a little money, and I ...... tea for the two officials."

The stolen money was not returned, but two hundred wen was pasted into it, and the fat shopkeeper was so angry that he almost vomited blood.

The thin monkey didn't seem to know what it meant to excuse himself, so he took it with a smile: "Okay, let's go back and report to the prefect, and say that there was no theft at all, it was the shopkeeper's mistake, do you think it's okay?" ”

The fat shopkeeper's tears were about to fall, and he lost more than ten taels of silver in vain, not to mention, but also posted 200 Wen upside down, and the case was also cancelled. It's really a loss for my wife and a soldier.

The two arresters were about to leave, and Yang Tashan said: "Wait, I can solve this case and find out the thief!" ”

The fat shopkeeper was overjoyed when he heard this, and then he was a little skeptical, if Yang Tashan had this ability, how could he still come to work in his own shop, but at this time, he would rather believe it, and asked with a loss: "You...... Can you really solve this case and help me recover my stolen silver? ”

Yang Tashan turned his head, looked carefully at the situation in the tent again, and nodded affirmatively: "I have already found the traces of this thief." ”

The fat shopkeeper was overjoyed when he heard him say so sure, his voice trembled a little, and asked, "Who?" Who stole my money? ”

The two catchers also came up, and the general looked at Yang Tashan suspiciously.

Yang Tashan remembered that the fat shopkeeper just now wanted to frame himself as a thief, although it was done in a hurry, but it also made people angry, if he didn't know how to protect himself, I'm afraid this time it would be difficult to escape prison, and the Ming Dynasty punished thieves very heavily, not only to be punished with a cane, but also to engrave the word "thief" on the arm, and to engrave once and three times to hang.

Thinking of this, Yang Tashan was a little annoyed, and clasped his shoulders with his hands: "You wronged us just now, why should I tell you now?" Shopkeeper, give me your wages, we're leaving. ”

Xing'er also said angrily: "That's it! We didn't care about the salary to help him chop firewood, but I didn't expect it to become our own sin, so we quickly gave the salary! ”

The fat shopkeeper was very embarrassed and a little anxious, so he hurriedly took out his money bag, counted thirty-five wen, handed it to Yang Tashan with both hands, and said with a smile: "Little brother, this is the salary, is it...... It's not the next two of you, it's all ...... This is all a misunderstanding, please don't be surprised, help find out the real culprit, and thank you a lot! ”

Yang Tashan took the salary and put it into his money bag, he didn't want to pay attention to this matter, but what he lacked most now was money, when he thought of the cottage he rented at noon, he was a little discouraged, it was really not a place for people to live, and now he heard the fat shopkeeper say that there was a heavy reward, and he couldn't help but feel a little moved, and asked: "Okay, thank you much?" ”

The fat tent next to him sneered: "Helping others is the foundation of happiness, how can you still ask for money?" ”

Yang Tashan also sneered: "I don't know how to be happy helping others, I just know that I am very unhappy if I don't have money, so there is no reward, then let's go!" As soon as she waved her hand at Xing'er, she was about to walk out.

The fat shopkeeper hurriedly stopped: "Little brother! You...... How much do you want to be paid? ”

Yang Tashan didn't want to show his hole cards too early, and said with a smile: "You bid yourself, if it's suitable, I'll help you, if it's not suitable, just don't say it!" ”

What did it mean to say it, the more Yang Tashan was like this, the more he hung up the appetite of the fat shopkeeper, hesitated for a moment, and said: "Three hundred Wen? What do you think? Little brother, you have to work hard for ten days like today to earn it! ”

Yang Tashan sneered, and was about to leave, but the fat shopkeeper hurriedly took two steps forward and said, "Five hundred Wen!" 500 is a lot! ”

Yang Tashan shook his head slightly, and was about to walk out.

The fat shopkeeper was anxious: "Eight hundred Wen!" How about 800 Wen? Little brother, you should be a helper. Please! "With such a high price, it's like digging out the fat shopkeeper's heart.

Yang Qiuchi was a little moved, turned around, thought about it, and said to Xing'er: "What do you say?" ”

Xing'er didn't know if Yang Tashan could really solve the case, and she was a little apprehensive, but when she saw him confident, she was relieved, but when she heard Yang Tashan let her make up her mind, and seeing that everyone's eyes were looking at her, she suddenly panicked, and said with a red face: "Young master, Xing'er doesn't know ......, or ...... It's up to you. ”

Yang Tashan nodded, and said to the fat shopkeeper: "Look at it, you just framed us and scared my little maid like this, I feel angry when I think about it, so let's do it, according to the Ming Law, you can divide half of everything you find, not to mention that I helped you catch the thief and recover the lost money, and it stands to reason that you should also share half of the ......."

Hearing this, the fat shopkeeper's face turned white.

Yang Tashan smiled: "But I'm not that greedy person, so let's do it, just now the fat tent said that you lost a total of twelve taels of silver, and two copper coins, three hangings, and seventy-two wen." I won't move the silver, I only need your remaining copper coins to be two and three and seventy-two yuan. How is it? ”

It has always been 1,000 yuan, and a hanging is 100 yuan, and the total amount of stolen silver and copper coins is converted, which is equivalent to 14,672 yuan, and Yang Tashan's reward is only equivalent to 2,372 yuan, about one-seventh, which is quite reasonable.

The fat shopkeeper's heart twitched in pain, and he said with a smile: "Little brother, this is ...... This...... Can you discuss it again......

Without waiting for Yang Tashan to speak, the fat tent next to him said coldly: "Big brother, don't listen to him, what case can he solve, it's just that he is just talking here and wants to fight the autumn breeze!" ”

Yang Tashan looked at him meaningfully and did not speak.

The fat tent was a little hairy by Yang Tashan, and said busily: "What do you see, am I wrong?" You've eaten your food and your wages, so why don't you get out of here? ”

Yang Tashan ignored him, turned his head to look at the fat shopkeeper and said word by word: "Shopkeeper, if it's okay, I'll wait for your words, okay, I'll help you find out the thief immediately, no, let's slap our butts and leave, you just guard your empty box and cry." ”

Thin Monkey Catcher listened to what Yang Tashan said very surely, and asked, "Little brother, can you really solve this case?" ”

"Hehe, without diamonds, I wouldn't have done this porcelain work!"

The fat shopkeeper was so heartbroken that he wanted to have convulsions, but if he couldn't find the more than ten taels of silver that he had lost, he would not only have convulsions, but even go crazy, and he wanted to make the last effort, and said with a smile: "Little brother, how about a thousand Wen, a thousand Wen?" Not a lot! Do good deeds and help the old man. Okay? ”

"Not even one less!" Yang Tashan sneered: "I haven't done good deeds yet? According to the law of Da Ming, I could have asked you for half of it, but I didn't ask for it, and I already had a great kindness, not to mention that you just wronged us, my anger has not disappeared, hurry up, in a word, no! I don't have time to give you this kind of grinding! ”

The fat shopkeeper remembered the more than ten taels of silver, so he had to grit his teeth and stomp his feet: "Okay!" That's it! ”

Yang Tashan smiled: "Actually, you can still get it, I'll help you catch the thief, you can recover most of the losses!" Turning his head to look at the thin monkey catcher: "What about the two officials?" If you solve this case, it will be equivalent to indirectly helping you catch the thief, and there will always be some reward, right? ”

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