Chapter 157: Internal and external collusion
Liu Chunmiao was also startled when she heard that the gold foil thread was lost, and she panicked and pulled Zeng Rong to run to the workshop, first went to see Zeng Rong's cabinet, and saw that the lock on the cabinet was still intact, but the gold foil thread inside was really missing, except for the whole roll, there were a little bits and pieces.
"How many keys do you have to this lock, and who are they on?"
"At the beginning, I only received one from you, and the lock of the gate is also intact, and I am the only one who has the key, and there is a key in the hands of the person on duty." Zeng Rong replied.
At the beginning, there was only one key to the workshop, which was held by the person on duty, and the people on duty took turns, two people a day, and they needed to clean the house, make a fire to keep warm, and boil water to make tea.
No, as soon as Zeng Rong finished speaking, the two people on duty came, and it happened that they were Green Lotus and Hongling.
Seeing Liu Chunmiao and Zeng Rong standing at the door early in the morning, both of them had some urgency on their faces, especially Zeng Rong, who was miserable and white, as if he was about to cry.
Hongling hurriedly asked with concern: "Sister Ah Rong, are you uncomfortable?" ”
"No, I just said a few words about her." After Liu Chunmiao finished speaking, she squeezed Zeng Rong's hand and motioned for her to go with her.
The two returned to Liu Chunmiao again, and Liu Chunmiao poured some hot water for Zeng Rong, "You take a sip of hot water first, this matter is not in a hurry, if you can't find the thief, I'm afraid that even I won't be able to get out of it." ”
"Don't, don't bother you, I believe you, but I don't know if you believe me?"
When this kind of thing happened, Zeng Rong was indeed at a loss, the lock was still hanging on it, but the things inside were missing, the key was only her own, who would believe that she wouldn't do her business?
"Of course I believe you, so let's go back and check the door of your cabinet to see if there are any signs of prying open on the lock, I suspect that it was pried open and nailed back on, and this is the only explanation that works." Liu Chunmiao thought and said.
"Ah, wouldn't that be even more nowhere to be checked?" Zeng Rong asked with a slumped face.
It was certainly not the little girl's work to pry open the copper sheet on the cabinet door and re-nail it, at least not by the embroiderer, who had no tools and no such strength.
But if it is an outsider, it should not be possible to find Zeng Rong's cabinet accurately, and outsiders may not know that there is such a bundle of gold leaf thread in her cabinet.
Therefore, it is very likely that there is collusion between inside and outside, so I am afraid that this roll of gold leaf thread has already been taken off, and it will definitely not be in the palace, and there is no physical evidence, how can the other party be convicted?
"Don't panic yet, don't shout about this, don't say anything about it, I'll investigate it carefully behind my back to see if I can find clues." Liu Chunmiao admonished.
Zeng Rong nodded, "What if you can't find it?" ”
Such a roll of gold leaf thread, to say the least, is more than a hundred taels of silver, the problem is that there is silver for a while and a half and I haven't bought it, this kind of thing is rare on the market, Zeng Rong has never heard of it being sold in the previous life.
There is also a splendid workshop, Zeng Rong saw that Honggu had used it, and it was only used for decoration, and every time it was used now, it was checked on the same day, and if there was any leftover, it would be returned.
And this time, Zeng Rong originally planned to embroider these longevity characters with gold leaf thread, so Liu Chunmiao would send her a whole volume at once, but this kind of thing happened.
"This, I don't have a good way for a while, you allow me to ponder for a few days, remember, don't spread this matter, that person must be waiting to see the excitement, once the trouble goes out, it will definitely spread to the Queen Mother and the Queen, you will die, and I will not be much better." Liu Chunmiao admonished again.
Zeng Rong nodded again.
She understands the reason, as long as she doesn't say that she loses something, the other party dares to make trouble, otherwise, she will hammer herself to death.
But the problem is that she is waiting to use it, whether she can get it back or not, she can't afford to spend this time.
Originally, she got up early because she was in a hurry, and if she was delayed for ten days or eight days, she would definitely not be able to finish this dress.
Presumably, the thief also calculated this and killed two birds with one stone.
And the reason why Liu Chunmiao was difficult was because she also took such a roll of valuable materials from the warehouse, and she couldn't get it again in a short period of time, and she couldn't write off the account.
"By the way, auntie, can you help me find some threads with a similar color to the gold foil thread, I will embroider it first, and then use the gold foil thread to insert it in the end, otherwise, I am afraid that I can't wait, if the regular clothes are not completed, no matter whether the gold foil thread can be found or not, both of us will not escape." Zeng Rong said.
I had no choice but to think of something else.
"Will this work?" Liu Chunmiao didn't know the bottom of her heart.
"That's all I have to do for now, it's better than a dry stare, unless you can conjure a roll of gold leaf thread for me now." Zeng Rong smiled bitterly.
If she could, she wouldn't be willing to use it.
Liu Chunmiao thought for a long time, "That's it, you go to your Aunt Qin and ask her what she thinks, if she says yes, you will do it, if she says no, you can wait a few more days." ”
Zeng Rong heard that Liu Chunmiao wanted to shirk her responsibility, with Qin Si in front, she should naturally take the lead if something happened.
"Is this appropriate? Didn't you say that the less people know about it, the better? Zeng Rong didn't want to go.
"That's the truth, but she's not an outsider, maybe she has a good way to solve it, and besides, I'm also going to think of ideas, let's go separately and meet again at dinner." After Liu Chunmiao finished speaking, she drove Zeng Rong away, and she also had to find someone.
Zeng Rong followed her advice, and first went to the workshop to carefully inspect the door and the lock on her cabinet door, the copper plate on it did have traces of movement, and it was impossible to see it if you didn't look closely, because it basically overlapped with the original seal, and the same was true for the door.
The answer is obvious, that is, someone pried open the copper sheet on the cabinet door and door, directly removed the entire lock, took the things and put them back on.
To be honest, if it weren't for Liu Chunmiao's reminder, Zeng Rong would never have thought of this, this thief is really ruthless, obviously trying to put her to death, after all, she is the only one who has the key to the door of the workshop and the door of her own cabinet at the same time, and it is too easy to charge her with self-theft.
Who could it be, actually uniting people outside to fix her, Zeng Rong's mind flashed green lotus.
Could it be her? She should be the one who has the worst relationship with Zeng Rong, and the other Zeng Rong didn't offend anyone.
When she came to Qin Chuxue, Xiaocui opened the door, and when she saw Zeng Rong, her eyes widened, Zeng Rong didn't wait for her to speak, and asked first: "Is my aunt up, I'm in a little anxious to find her." ”
"Get up, what's wrong with the clean room?"
"I'll wait for her, and we'll talk about it together."
After entering the house, Zeng Rong saw that the futon on the kang had not yet been tidied up, so he started to help tidy it up, and just folded the futon, Qin Chuxue came out, and when she saw Zeng Rong, she was also shocked, because it would be the time to go to work.
Zeng Rong didn't care to say hello, and first told Qin Chuxue the ins and outs of the matter, and she also needed someone to help her dispel her doubts.