The two catchers hurriedly bypassed the county magistrate who was standing at the door like a chicken, rushed into the room, and looked around, there was no one else, there was more white snow on the round table and the ground, and then they felt a cold wind blowing down from the top of their heads, and looked up in surprise, which stunned the two of them!

I saw a hole broken on the roof, and the cold wind gusted, which turned out to be blown down from here!

From the hole in the roof, a thin rope hung down.

Wu Zhutou complained bitterly in his heart, and said urgently: "There are thieves! Fast! Let's see if the thieves have run away! So saying, he grabbed the rope and climbed up.

He practiced hard skills, but this kind of kung fu of climbing soft ropes was not very good, and it took a lot of effort to finally climb to the roof. He stuck his head out and looked, and the roof was empty, and there was no one.

He was afraid to go out of the roof, so he broke several roofs and knocked off a lot of tiles, so he got out, carefully stepped on the snow on the roof, and slowly looked at both sides, and finally found the rope that crossed the two roofs.

At the same time, Deputy Song had already run to the back window, pushed open the window, probed out, and said angrily to the plainclothes soaps in the yard: "You rice buckets! A thief entered the old man's house and stole it! What do you guys think! ”

The soaps in the courtyard were also taken aback, but they didn't know that they were losing a huge amount of taxes, so they weren't too surprised. I thought to myself, anyway, the eldest man owes a lot of debts, and the tax was robbed on the road before, and there should be nothing of value in the house.

Wu Zhutou stood on the roof of the house, looking at the rope connecting the two roofs, he didn't dare to climb upside down along the rope, so he pointed to the soap below and shouted: "The thief is from here, you hurry up and find me along this rope!" ”

The soap Li below hurriedly agreed, followed his rope, and finally found the rope where the old thief went to the house, they were a little strange, how did the thief not take the rope away when he left? There is a good catch, and I climbed up to the roof along the rope to check, and found nothing unusual.

Wu Zhutou and Song Deputy Zhutou returned to the house in frustration, and saw Leng Yi also sitting there with a sad face, groping with both hands on the round table, as if they could touch things back in this way. When Shopkeeper Jia and some of the guests heard about it, they also gathered around the door to watch. I even asked the old man what he had lost. But no one knows.

When Wu Zhutou saw the county lord like that, he was even more frightened, and said with a smile: "Master, what should I do?" ”

Leng Yi slowly raised his head, hoarsely voiced, and said, "What else can I do?" This is the prefect's territory, hurry up and report to the prefect's yamen! ”

"Yes, yes!" Wu Zhutou woke up like a dream, and hurriedly ordered Deputy Song to lead people to report the case.

The prefect's yamen was still very fast, at least, the action of rushing was very fast. Moreover, the prefect of the Yu Mansion personally brought people here, and when he arrived at the guest room, he saw Leng Yi sitting there in despair, and even when he came in, he didn't know how to get up and salute, so he couldn't help but sigh sympathetically, and said, "Leng Zhixian? Leng Zhi County? ”

After shouting several times, Leng Yi suddenly woke up, looked up and saw him, and stood up tremblingly: "The tax is ......, the tax is ......, and it was stolen by thieves!" After that, he choked and beat his chest, very sad.

Liao Zhifu walked over, patted him on the shoulder, and said, "Don't be too sad!" The government will focus on the thieves and strive to get the tax back! ”

"Thank you! Thank you, sir! ”

Liao Zhifu looked back at the people who followed him, frowned, and said, "What about Tang Zhutou?" Why haven't you come yet? ”

Niu Zhutou of the prefect's yamen bowed down and said, "Tang Zhutou said earlier that he was hungry and went to eat some supper." The subordinates have already sent someone to look for it. ”

"Hurry up, start surveying! Still stunned for what! ”

The head of the cow hurriedly bowed down and agreed, and commanded the prefect's yamen to start surveying quickly.

Niu Zhutou asked Leng Yi and said, "Master Zhixian, you put the tax in this house, can anyone testify?" ”

Leng Yi glanced back at Wu Zhutou: "He and Master Dong of this county can testify." - By the way, why hasn't Master Dong come back yet? ”

Wu Zhutou was also a little puzzled, turned around and asked the soap Li of Yinling County, and learned that Master Dong accompanied Mrs. Zhixian to go out to buy supper for the county master, and went to the other end of the city, and the county master named him to eat. It hasn't come back yet. Hurriedly sent someone to pick them up and hurried back.

Niu Zhutou looked at Wu Zhutou and said, "At that time, did you really see the tax money in the room of the county master?" ”

"Yes!" Wu Zhutou said with certainty, "In addition to us, there is also a little beggar, who was asked by the county magistrate to call me." The eldest lord also rewarded him with five cents at that time......"

As soon as he said this, he heard a child at the door shouting, "Yes, it's me!" I was here just now. ”

Wu Zhutou turned his head to look, and saw the little beggar squatting under the legs of the people watching the excitement at the door, looking at them. Then he pointed at him and said, "That's right, it's him!" ”

The head of the cow let the little beggar in and asked, "Do you see the silver in the chest?" ”

"When he saw it, he put it on the table, and it was full of chests, all yellow and gold! At that time, this uncle also sneezed and sprayed me in the face! Hee-hee. ”

Niu Zhu said quickly: "So, the silver was stolen after you left, - when did you leave the room?" ”

"Just now, less than half an hour!" The little beggar said.

"And after that, where were you?" The cow catcher asked.

"Me?" The little beggar was stunned for a moment, "I'm a beggar, of course I'm asking for food in the hall below." However, there are almost no people who give me five cents at once, and this old man is the most generous! It's a pity that good people don't have good rewards! ”

Niu Zhutou ignored him and walked up to Wu Zhutou and Deputy Song Zhutou: "Where were you at that time?" ”

The two glanced at each other, both squatted on the ground in frustration, and Wu Zhutou said, "We are guarding at the door, and the other brothers are guarding everywhere downstairs." -- At that time, Master Dong and I saw the silver in the box, and we were very happy, we thought that the silver had really been snatched away by thieves on the road, and we learned that the eldest master personally carried the silver over the mountains and mountains to Bazhou, let us guard, I didn't expect ......, we were incompetent, the guards were not careful, the two head catchers were guarding the door, and so many brothers were guarding below, all of them were stolen from the tax money again, I ......, I am really ashamed! With that, he tore off the hat on his head, grabbed his hair, and kept pounding his head.

Niu Zhutou glanced at Deputy Song Zhutou and said, "You two have been guarding the door of the room and have never left?" ”

Wu Zhutou and Deputy Song both nodded.

"Didn't you hear anything in the house?"

The two glanced at each other, both shook their heads together, and Wu Zhutou said, "If we hear any noise, how can we ignore it?!" ”

Niu Zhutou turned around the room a few times, returned to Liao Zhifu, spread his hands, and said, "My lord, my subordinates have finished asking!" ”

"But what clues do you have to recover this huge amount of taxes?"

"Almost impossible!" Niu Catcher said with certainty: "Although the crime scene is located in an inn, and there is an endless stream of people, but the room with the tax is on the second floor, and the lower part is guarded by the soap Li of Yinling, which can be described as solid, but this thief still sneaked in from the roof, and in the case of the two catchers standing guard at the door, he unknowingly stole a box of gold, and its stealing technology is so high that it is really rare!" If something falls into the hands of such a thief, where is there any reason to get it back? ”

Governor Liao sighed and said to Leng Yi: "The matter has come to this, it's useless to be sad, let's think about how to make up for the shortfall." ”

Leng Yi looked frightened, and said with a bitter face: "But...... This tax was stolen in Bazhou in ......! ”

Governor Liao frowned: "What does Leng Zhixian mean, do you want this government to bear this deficit for you?" ”

Leng Yi waved his hands and said, "No, no! Don't dare! ”

"Humph! You don't dare! Governor Liao snorted heavily in his nostrils, "Slowly, it was lost in Bazhou City, or it was lost in the yamen of my Bazhou Prefect's Mansion, as long as it has not been collected at the account point, it will not be responsible for it!" You hear me! The first day of the lunar month is the final deadline, and if Lord Leng hasn't thought of a way to make up for the deficit at that time, I'm afraid that I really won't be able to eat and walk around! With that, he flicked the sleeves of his robe and walked out.

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