In the prosperous era of the Tang Dynasty, the law and order were very good, and there was no entertainment at night in ancient times, except for the sound of knocking on the watch in the middle of the night, there was silence all around, and a scream in the middle of the night was particularly eye-catching, and the neighbors around heard the words and ran over to help.

In the old fashion, when you see that the thief is not caught, you will think that you are an accomplice or something, and even you will be arrested and reported to the official, and you will not help others if they have something, if you have something to do, who else will help you?

When Liu Yuan arrived, there were already a few people who were running fast standing aside, and Liu Yuan recognized that the fastest people were a few men from Jin Yuzhai's night vigil.

There are a wide variety of goods in Jinyu Zhai, among which there are many boutiques, treasures, there are special people who keep vigil at night, as soon as they hear movement, they immediately run over.

This is also a tradition of Jinshui Street, when a family is in trouble, support from all directions to jointly protect the safety here, so that the thieves are afraid, knowing that this place is fat, and they dare not run here casually to spread wild.

"Little lady, little lady, don't cry, what's going on, what's wrong with the master?" Liu Yuan asked in surprise.

"What happened?"

"What's wrong with Shopkeeper Yuan?"

"Oh my God, someone's dead, hurry, report quickly"

"What the hell is going on?"

At this time, more and more people gathered, and everyone asked in a gossiping voice.

The little lady cried and said: "It's Zhao Yuan and Li Fang's two senior brothers~~ No, the two of them are middle animals, they want to steal things in the store in the middle of the night and run away by me~~~ I was found by my father, they saw that the matter was revealed, that Zhao Yuan, I~~ I saw him stab my father, and then ran away~~~"

When Liu Yuan heard this, he was stunned for a moment.

He knew that Zhao Yuan and Li Fang were dissatisfied with Yuan Fugui and had resentment, but he didn't expect them to take such an extreme path, and they actually absconded with money, and after being discovered, they became angry and used a murder weapon to kill people, which was simply madness.

recalled that Li Fang wanted to talk to himself before going to bed, but was interrupted by Zhao Yuan, it is estimated that what he wanted to say was this, and he didn't want to be angry with Yuan's shopkeeper anymore, so he secretly ran away at night when he stole something valuable.

As soon as Xiao Niang's voice fell, the scene suddenly exploded, and everyone scolded.

"What an immature wolf cub."

"That is, the prince of heaven and earth is a teacher, even the master is killed, and the beast is not as good."

"Fainted, I didn't expect those two people to be so vicious, I really don't know people but don't know their hearts."

"Quick, it's out that these two little beasts did it, catch them back, skin and bone."

Everyone was scolding, Liu Yuan hurriedly touched the pulse of the shopkeeper Yuan, there was no movement, looking at his pupils, he couldn't die anymore after he died.

In fact, as soon as he looked at the location of the knife and the blood on the ground, Liu Yuan knew that the shopkeeper Yuan was not saved, and the knife hit the heart, even the gods could not save it.

"Little mother, little mother, don't cry, it's not good to cry." Liu Yuan hurriedly comforted the little lady.

The big ones can't be saved, and the small ones don't be too sad, then it's miserable.

"Senior brother~~~" The little lady suddenly threw herself into Liu Yuan's arms, crying and said: "Senior brother, my father is gone, my father is dead, gone, gone, what to do, what to do~~"

The lovely child in his arms cried into a tearful person.

Liu Yuan patted her back painfully and said, "Don't cry, don't cry, don't you still have me?" ”

"Senior Brother~~~"

The little lady screamed, threw herself into Liu Yuan's arms, and fainted.

For a girl who is only twelve years old, encountering such a thing is too big a blow for her, too cruel.

Liu Yuan's heart is also very chaotic now, hugging the fainting little lady, and he doesn't know what to do all of a sudden.

At this time, there were more and more people, officials, night patrols, and more people who heard the news and came to join in the fun, Liu Yuan inadvertently saw that some idlers were looking directly at the gold and silver jewelry on the counter, and one of them had an idler's hand about to reach the jewelry on the counter.

Not good!

Liu Yuan felt a stir in his heart, there are many people here, and some people take the sheep by the hand, and it is also a big loss to take the same casually, because these things are either gold or silver, they are all precious metals, and the loss is not small.

As soon as Yuan Fugui leaves, these things are all Xiao Niang's, Xiao Niang's, that is, their own, these guys want to take their own things? How can that work?

"Stop!" Liu Yuan shouted.

The people who were arguing non-stop suddenly fell silent.

Liu Yuan immediately said loudly: "Thank you very much for your help, our Jinyu family has a misfortune today, everyone has seen it, the shopkeeper Yuan, that is, my master has unfortunately left, and now there are orphans and widows left, I hope that the people present will not take advantage of the fire to rob and make the Yuan family worse." ”

As soon as the words fell, Liu Yuan saw that the hand that was stretched out to the jewelry was withdrawn.

Nowadays, people still have a little bit of shame.

Liu Yuan continued: "Shopkeeper Zhang, everyone knows that you are the most enthusiastic person in our Jinshui Street, you are sincere, hot water to help others, and you are a well-known good person, your Jinyu Zhai family has a big business, and there are many people, tonight something like this happened to our Jinyu family, and I have to ask you to help, and I will not forget your great kindness in the future." ”

"Okay, good, if there is anything to help, you say, I have a lot of gold and silver, and I have a lot of people, and I can help, I naturally won't refuse, hehe~~~"

The pot-bellied shopkeeper Zhang was slightly happy and said enthusiastically.

In the old days, in front of fame and fortune, fame was more important than profit.

Everything is inferior, only a rich man with high reading and a lot of money can't raise his head in front of a poor showman, which is also a very common thing.

Can't ask for fame, it's good to have a little fame, especially if the status of businessmen is low, the thirst for fame is even greater, in other words, Zhang Fatzi must not be interested in paying attention to these idle things, anyway, he doesn't do it himself, less incense burner is less ghost, less business competitor, it's too late to be happy.

However, Liu Yuan covered so many high hats, and Zhang Fatzi was overjoyed when he heard it, especially when he said that he was a great benevolent person, the fat face was full of laughter, so he immediately patted his chest and agreed again and again.

If it weren't an apprentice, he would have been too scared to speak at this time, but fortunately, Liu Yuan came from the 21st century, had seen the world, and knew the importance of the Tao.

At Liu Yuan's request, soon, the pursuit of the pursuit, the reporting of the official, the help of someone to maintain order here, the help to buy a coffin, the request for a servant, etc., finally ordered in chaos and handled things properly.

The next day, the government sent someone to inform the meeting, after investigation, someone saw Zhao Yuan and Li Fang ran away by boat, but they were not caught, the government sent a painter to the Jinyu family to communicate, paint portraits, and prepare for the national publication of these two murderers, Xiaoniang is still in grief, and this matter has to be done by Liu Yuan.

Yangzhou water conservancy extends in all directions, known as a water town, this Zhao Yuan can find a boat in the middle of the night and escape, it must have been premeditated, Liu Yuan had to hope that the two of them would catch them before they spent much money, otherwise, this economy ......

When the two of them ran, almost all the valuable things in the store were swept away, and in order to deal with the aftermath of the shopkeeper Yuan, Liu Yuan had already made several trips to the pawnshop to mortgage things and exchange money for the funeral of the shopkeeper Yuan

The aftermath of the shopkeeper Yuan is set up in the store.

Because the location here is good, it is a prime location, the store is not very large, the use of narrow and long buildings, in addition to the master's room, there are workshops, little mother's rooms, apprentices' rooms, kitchens, etc., the place is small to do the mourning hall, can only clean up in the store will be forgotten.

Looking at where the little lady knelt in linen and filial piety, the tears dripped down one by one, Liu Yuan's heart was not a taste, tiger poison did not eat children, not to mention that the shopkeeper Yuan was very good to the little lady before his death, he held it in the palm of his hand and was afraid of melting in his mouth, and the mother had a difficult birth when she gave birth to the little lady, and only kept the small one, and since then the shopkeeper Yuan has not remarried, and the relationship between the two fathers and daughters is very good.

Liu Yuan was a little worried about Xiaoniang's body, and she cried and fainted a few times.

"Little lady, give incense to the master, but you can't let the incense break." Liu Yuan didn't have anything to do for Xiaoniang, lest she sit for a long time and think too much.

"Hmm~~"

The little lady answered in a low voice, stood up a little woodenly, and got up to burn incense for the dead Lao Tzu.

This is what I said last night, the incense can't be broken after death, otherwise you won't be able to return to the soul, Liu Yuan felt a bit nonsense, but the little lady thought so, and ordered the incense to read from time to time, and Liu Yuan reminded her, don't break the incense, otherwise her father will die and not be reborn.

Looking at the lonely figure of the little lady, Liu Yuan also felt pity for her, Yuan Fugui was too poor in life, because of a little benefit, and his relatives and relatives were all turned against him, so that when he died, no one came to worship, and no adults came to help take care of the aftermath.

A classic of failure.

Just when the little lady was lighting incense, a man who looked like a man walked into the mourning hall.

"Is anyone there?"

"In, in" Liu Yuan hurriedly greeted him.

At this time, most of the people who can come are worshippers, and those who come are all guests, and if they can come here, it is the best way to salute the dead.

Xiao Gong stuffed the gift box in his hand into Liu Yuan's hand, and said hurriedly: "I am a guy from Zheng Ji Jade Shop, I heard that the shopkeeper Yuan suffered a misfortune, our shopkeeper expresses a deep pity, this is a little bit of our Zheng shopkeeper's heart, please accept it, he has something to do and can't leave, can't come, let me say I'm sorry." ”

After speaking, as if he was afraid of being infected with the filth here, he didn't light the incense and ran away as if he had flown away.

"Senior brother, who is it?" This is the little lady who came over and asked.

Liu Yuan whispered: "It's Zheng Ji, who has business dealings with us, and sent a guy to send a gift box." ”

"What's the use of the gift box, I used to call my father a brother and brother, but now the bones are not cold, and even the incense is not on the pillar." Xiao Niang sneered, didn't look at the gift box, and returned to her original position to kneel and guard the spirit.

Alas! ~~

Liu Yuan put the gift box in the corner, shook his head, walked to Xiao Niang's side, and accompanied her to keep the spirit.

In that corner, there were gift boxes that could be counted on ten fingers, all of which were sent by people who usually had business dealings, as if they smelled some trouble, and none of them came, but they just sent a guy to send a gift box, and even the gold jewelry guild just sent someone to send a gift box, which is really ironic.

There was also an accident, that is, Jin Yuzhai's shopkeeper, I don't know if Liu Yuan praised him last night for being a good man or something, and his usual rival also sent someone to send a small piece of gold.

People go to tea and cool, but this love is too fast.