Chapter 153: Nobleman

Soon, Li Yuntian realized that he had guessed wrong, and with a burst of messy footsteps, some people gathered in front of the warehouse door with torches, obviously coming for him, and suddenly secretly complained in their hearts. I'll tell you that the fastest update of the novel is the eye. Hurry?

"Listen to the people inside, if you don't want to suffer from the flesh and skin, come out obediently, otherwise don't blame us for being polite." A loud male voice shouted outside the door.

"I want to see your shopkeeper!" Li Yuntian saw that the people outside the door did not rush in, and immediately realized that they didn't know how many people were in the warehouse, and they were worried that the fight would damage the items inside, so he groaned for a while and shouted out the window.

"The shopkeeper of the pawnshop below, you can't escape, it's better to surrender honestly." Immediately, a middle-aged man's voice spoke.

"Shopkeeper, I'm not a bad person, my gift was stolen by thieves, they sold the clothes my mother sewed for me to you, I just came to get those clothes, nothing else." Li Yuntian took a deep breath and explained to the pawnshop shopkeeper in a deep voice.

"Do you have any proof that the clothes are in our pawnshop?" When the pawnshop shopkeeper heard this, he asked suspiciously.

"It's a pawn ticket." Li Yuntian handed the pawn ticket he got from the skinny monkey out of the window, "Shopkeeper, I'm willing to redeem the clothes on it with twice the silver, and I hope you can be accommodating." ”

"I see." After a while, the pawnshop shopkeeper seemed to have seen the pawn ticket, and said to Li Yuntian, "If the situation is true, those clothes will be redeemed at the original price, but I hope you don't publicize this matter again, so as not to damage the reputation of our pawnshop." ”

"Thank you to the shopkeeper, I'll go out here." Li Yuntian's brows furrowed slightly, he felt that the pawnshop shopkeeper had agreed too happily, but now that the situation was critical, he couldn't take care of it much, and walked out.

Outside the door, there were several big men with sticks and knives, staring at Li Yuntian with fierce eyes, and a middle-aged man in his forties with a Chinese character face stood in front of those big men, looking him up and down.

"Don't worry, brother, let someone get those clothes later." Then, the middle-aged man with the national character face smiled slightly, and gave the pawn ticket in his hand to a big man with a knife, and the big man with a knife led two people into the warehouse with torches.

"I'm sorry." Li Yuntian arched his hand to the middle-aged man with a national character face rather embarrassed.

"Shopkeeper, there's no one in there." Not long after, while Li Yuntian was waiting anxiously, the big man with the knife walked out quickly and shook his head at the middle-aged man with a national face.

Li Yuntian had a premonition that the situation was not good, and the two big men with knives didn't seem to go in to get his clothes, but to check if there was anyone inside.

"Come on, take down this bold thief for me, and steal it from the head of my Cao Gang, I don't know whether to live or die." Sure enough, the middle-aged man with a national character face turned pale, pointed at Li Yuntian and said loudly to the big man at the scene.

The big man immediately rushed up and pressed Li Yuntian to the ground, Li Yuntian wanted to resist, but then gave up, if this matter is big, it will not be good for him, and if it angers the pawnshop, then it will be even more difficult to get the clothes back.

"Shopkeeper, please believe that Zaixia, Zai Xia really only wants to get back the clothes that Zaixia's mother sewed for Zaixia, please be accommodating." Li Yuntian raised his head and looked at the middle-aged man with a Chinese face and explained.

"Hmph, you mean we took the stolen goods at the pawnshop?" The middle-aged man with a national character face sneered, walked over and took the pawn ticket from the big man with the knife, put it on the torch and lit it, and then threw it on the ground with a flick of his hand.

"Now, what evidence do you have that the garments were delivered to us?" Looking at the pawn ticket that turned into ashes on the ground, the middle-aged man with a national character face asked Li Yuntian coldly.

"Shopkeeper, what do you want to do with you?" Li Yuntian knew that things were getting troublesome, and asked quietly.

"A thief like you, of course, has been handed over to the government for disposal." The middle-aged man with a national character face waved his hand at the big men who held Li Yuntian down, and shouted in a deep voice, "Tie him up and send him to the state government prison." ”

"The state office?" Li Yuntian's face suddenly changed when he heard this, he had been a magistrate, and naturally knew that a burglar like him would not only be punished but also sentenced to prison, let alone go to the capital, and even his personal freedom would be gone.

"If you knew today, why bother in the first place." The middle-aged man with a national character face thought that Li Yuntian was afraid, and said with a sneer.

"The shopkeeper, as long as you don't send the subordinate to the official, the subordinate can let the family compensate for the loss of the pawnshop." Li Yuntian was secretly anxious in his heart, and tried to find a way to prevent the middle-aged man with the national character face from sending him to the state government prison.

"Hmph, if you have anything to say to the people in the yamen?" The middle-aged man with a national character face snorted coldly with disdain, and waved his hand at those big men, "Take it away!" ”

Several big men then took out ropes and tied Li Yuntian up and sent him to the state government prison, where the jailers locked him in a cell awaiting arraignment.

Because Li Yuntian was caught red-handed this time, and the string of keys for sliding doors and locks were found from his body, it can be said that everyone has stolen money, and it is inevitable that he will not escape prison.

The prison was dark and damp, with many prisoners in it, it was stuffy and hot, and the air was filled with a pungent smell.

Li Yuntian sat in the corner of the wall and fell into deep thought, secretly thinking about a plan to get out, God knows when it will be his turn to pass the hall, he doesn't have time to spend in prison.

"Perhaps, there is only the Zhizhou who is looking for Cangzhou!" After thinking about it, Li Yuntian didn't have any good way, and finally sighed helplessly.

However, it is not easy to meet the governor of Cangzhou.

Since the next day was the Mid-Autumn Festival, the official government of the Ming Dynasty had a day off, and all the yamen were not working, and even the cell boss went home to reunite with his family.

Li Yuntian had no choice but to tell a jailer that he had an important case to report to the governor of Cangzhou, but was scolded by the jailer: How can Lord Zhizhou be a thief like Li Yuntian who can see him if he wants to? Besides, today is the Mid-Autumn Festival, who is full enough to disturb the Yaxing of the Zhizhou people's holiday?

Li Yuntian was helpless, so he had to wait patiently for the next day's yamen office, he had already thought about it, and then he would make up a big theft case, as long as the case was of sufficient weight, it would naturally be reported to the Cangzhou Zhizhou, so that he could meet the Cangzhou Zhizhou.

Shortly after nightfall, just as Li Yuntian was leaning against the wall with a depressed face and closing his eyes to take a nap, a jailer suddenly came in and took him out of the cell, telling him that he could leave on the way, which made him feel inexplicable.

Cangzhou Zhizhou would never have thought that there was a great wealth that belonged to him, but he was delayed by the jailer and slipped away from him without his eyes, but fortunately, the situation was still in Li Yuntian's control.

It wasn't until he saw Zhang Fugui waiting outside the prison that Li Yuntian knew what was going on, it turned out that Zhang Fugui had found the girl in the red dress and told the girl in the red dress about him.

The girl in the red dress sent someone to verify the situation and figured out what was going on:

It turned out that Er Hei and the skinny monkey saw the scene of Li Yuntian giving Zhang Fugui ten taels of silver the day before yesterday, and when they saw him making a generous move, they thought that he was a rich child with a lot of money, so they secretly followed him.

However, because Li Yuntian got on the boat directly after arriving at the dock, the two had no chance to start, and it was not good to board the boat in broad daylight to steal, so they had to give up.

Who would have thought that when the two were eating in a tavern at night, they actually met Li Yuntian, and then they knew that Li Yuntian had not succeeded, so they decided to do a vote, so Lin Chen touched the boat, charmed Li Yuntian with incense, and stole his baggage and money bag.

It's a pity that Li Yuntian only had about a dozen taels of silver left in his money bag, and there were only some simple daily clothes in his baggage, so the two were very disappointed, and sold the stolen clothes to the pawnshop in order to get more money.

After figuring out the ins and outs of the matter, the girl in the red dress asked the shopkeeper of the pawnshop to say hello to the state government prison, and Li Yuntian was released.

"Your clothes are very new, the fabric is good, and they are dead, so the pawnshop sent them to Xiangtang yesterday and gave them to the brothers below during the Mid-Autumn Festival. This is the silver that the eldest lady compensates you for and asks you to buy some clothes. After Zhang Fugui told Li Yuntian what had happened, he handed over a silver ticket of fifty taels.

"To whom?" Li Yuntian was taken aback, and hurriedly grabbed Zhang Fugui's arm, and asked in a deep voice, if there is anything wrong with his clothes, his sin will be great.

"Big brother, light." Zhang Fugui suddenly grinned in pain, feeling that Li Yuntian's hand was like an iron hoop, pinching him painfully.

"Those clothes are very important to me, can you ask the eldest lady to help me find them." Li Yuntian hurriedly let go of Zhang Fugui and said solemnly.

"This is difficult, there are thousands of people in our incense hall, and it is difficult to find out the flow of clothes." Zhang Fugui rubbed his arm, and shook his head at Li Yuntian helplessly, if it was easy to find, Lei Ting would not give him fifty taels of silver tickets.

"Who is the eldest lady?" Li Yuntian's eyes flashed with a hint of anxiety, and after a deep groan, he asked Zhang Fugui, he felt that the origin of the girl in the red dress did not seem to be simple, and maybe it could help a lot.

"I sue you, but don't sue anyone else." Zhang Fugui whispered when he heard this, "The eldest lady is the daughter of our Lei gang leader, and she came to Cangzhou to attend her cousin's wedding this time. ”

"So she's Lei Ting?" Li Yuntian was slightly stunned, and subconsciously said.

Although Li Yuntian had never been in contact with the Cao Gang, he knew the reputation of the Cao Gang in Hukou County, after all, the Kyushu Chamber of Commerce inevitably dealt with the people of the Cao Gang when they transported goods by water.

Lei Xiaotian, the leader of the Cao Gang, has two sons and a daughter, and his daughter is Lei Ting, Li Yuntian didn't expect him to meet Lei Ting here, no wonder the shopkeeper of the pawnshop would obediently close the case.

"Lei Ting?" Zhang Fugui didn't know Lei Ting's name, it seemed a little novel, usually they called Lei Ting the eldest lady.

Li Yuntian frowned and fell into deep thought, if Lei Ting was willing to help, then he would definitely be able to find those few clothes, but the two of them were not related, how could he convince Lei Ting to help with this? I'm afraid I won't even be able to see Lei Ting's face at that time.

Thinking about it, Li Yuntian's eyes flashed, the so-called urgency is in power, and now the only way to win is to win with odds.

When Li Yuntian appeared in front of a large family in Cangzhou City, he had already taken a bath and changed into a clean white robe, the hostess of this family was Lei Ting's second aunt, and at night Lei Ting and the second aunt's family drank wine and admired the moon in the back house.

"It's a friend of Miss Lei, and I'm tired of handing her this letter, and she'll know it at a glance." Li Yuntian handed a letter to the housekeeper guarding the door, and stuffed a piece of broken silver.

Seeing that Li Yuntian was personable, elegant and handsome, the family picked up the broken silver and went in with the letter to report.

Li Yuntian was pacing back and forth outside the door nervously, and he didn't know how Lei Ting would react after reading the letter, if he was provoked and sent someone out to beat him up, then his plan would be in vain. One