Lin Youwen sent Aunt Qin's family away, and returned to the house to prepare for dinner after being exhausted.

It was past noon, and he was already hungry.

The steward stopped him and said that he had something important to report.

Lin Youwen asked impatiently, "What's the matter?" ”

The butler opened his clenched fist, revealing a few copper coins inside.

Lin Youwen looked at him suspiciously.

The housekeeper bowed his waist slightly and said, "These copper coins were picked up by the rough envoy who was in charge of sprinkling and sweeping the courtyard in the morning.

The slave specially asked that these copper coins were picked up by the mothers-in-law on the road from the inner study to the courtyard wall. ”

He lifted his eyelids and looked at Lin Youwen's expression, and continued: "The slave thinks that these copper coins were picked up on the road from the inner study to the courtyard wall, and eighty percent of them were inadvertently dropped when the thieves stole things and fled in a hurry. ”

Lin Youwen asked dissatisfiedly: "Why did you only come to report now?" ”

The housekeeper lowered his head and didn't dare to say anything, slandering in his heart, just now the Wang family came to make trouble, how could he report it, isn't that looking for scolding?

Lin Youwen wanted to reprimand a few words, but a slave ran over with a solemn expression.

After saluting Lin Youwen, he said: "Master, someone came to the money bank, saying that someone took our family's silver ticket to the money bank to exchange silver." ”

"Oh?" Lin Youwen felt a burst of ecstasy in his heart.

Nine times out of ten, the person who exchanged his silver ticket for silver was a thief, and if he was not, he must have something to do with the thief.

As long as the person who exchanged money is strictly interrogated, and he is not afraid that he will not be able to pry his mouth open, and then he finds the thief along the vine, his gold and silver treasures will be lost.

Now that it was only a day and a night before it was stolen, it was impossible for a thief to spend the stolen gold and silver treasures so quickly.

It was really in vain that he sent someone to notify the money bank as soon as possible, so that he could catch the thief so smoothly.

"Qian Zhuang has already arrested the thief who exchanged silver and sent it to the yamen, so I'll go to the yamen to see who is so bold that he even dares to steal my things!"

Lin Youwen didn't even bother to change his clothes, so he raised his feet and left.

The minion followed behind him and said, "Qian Zhuang did not tie up the person who exchanged the silver ticket to the yamen, but exchanged the silver for him and let him go~"

"What?!" Lin Youwen stopped violently and asked in disbelief: "Why did they do this?" ”

The slave shook his head in fear: "The slave doesn't know the reason, but he only heard from the person sent by Qianzhuang that they didn't dare to arrest that person, for fear of offending the county commander." ”

When Lin Youwen heard this, his face became more and more serious: "Has the person sent by Qian Zhuang left?" If you don't leave, bring me to the outer study, I have something to ask him face to face. ”

The slave replied: "The slave is afraid that the master will have something to ask him, so he didn't let him go, leaving him to drink tea in the gatehouse, and the slave will go and bring people." ”

After a while, the man sent by Qian Zhuang to deliver the message was taken to the outer study.

Lin Youwen looked at the guy in the money bank: "Who is holding my silver ticket to exchange for silver, your owner doesn't dare to take people, and he said that he was afraid of offending the county magistrate?" ”

Seeing that there were just the two of them in the house, the guy from Qianzhuang whispered: "It's no one else who went to exchange the silver ticket, it's Deng Ya of the county government, Master Lin, do you say that we dare to take people from Qianzhuang." ”

Lin Youwen was stunned for a moment, and asked suspiciously: "You didn't recognize the wrong person?" ”

Qian Zhuang's guy said: "How can we admit that we are wrong? ”

Lin Youwen asked again: "What amount of silver tickets did he take?" ”

The money dealer stretched out a slap: "A silver ticket of fifty taels of silver." ”

Lin Youwen frowned.

As soon as his house was stolen, Deng Yashi swaggered to the money bank to exchange for silver tickets, and only exchanged fifty taels, the more he thought about it, the more chills in his heart.

Could it really be as Aunt Rong guessed, all the gold and silver were stolen by the county order?

The county magistrate's insistence on asking for the medical expenses of the master and the official last night was just to drag him down, so that his subordinates could steal his property?

Seeing Lin Youwen bowing his head and pondering, the Qian Zhuang guy arched his hand and said, "Master Lin, the little one has been out for too long, I have to go back, and the little one is leaving." ”

After Qianzhuang's guys left, Lin Youwen couldn't hold his breath anymore, and hurriedly ate lunch and went to the county office.

The weather was hot, and Mrs. Shen ordered someone to cook a soup to cool off the heat and send it to the county order in person.

When I walked to the door of the outer study, I heard Lin Youwen's angry voice from inside.

Mrs. Shen was busy with a handkerchief and forgot to bring it, so she took the maid next to her and hid outside alone to eavesdrop.

I only heard Lin Youwen say angrily: "You can't be too greedy, I have already given the adult the benefit of five hundred taels of silver, and the adult actually sent someone to steal the He family's dowry and all my savings!"

Don't say that you should call Deng Ya to confront him to prove his innocence, Deng Ya is an adult, how can he tell the truth?

Adults are officials, small people are people, since ancient times, people don't fight with officials, and I don't want to turn my face with adults.

The gold and silver treasures that were stolen by the adults, all the parts that belonged to my savings, I hope that the adults will be kind enough to return the small ones, and as for the part of the He family's dowry, the small ones are willing to share equally with the adults.

Such a concession for the small one is already benevolent and righteous, and I hope that the adults will fulfill it.

Otherwise, the little ones can only fight to the death with the adults, and go to the state government to beat the drum and voice the grievances! ”

Lin Youwen is ready to break the cauldron and sink the boat, if all his gold and silver treasures are not returned, he will never be cheapened by the county order, and he will definitely be burned with him!

The county magistrate was so angry that his face turned pale: "The official said that he wanted to summon Deng Yajun to ask what was going on, but you just refused, you had to buckle a basin on the official's head, did you bully the official at will?" If you want to go to the state capital to sue the official, if you go, the official is afraid that you will not return! ”

Lin Youwen's face turned completely cold: "My lord, this is going to kill people?" ”

"This official didn't steal your gold and silver treasures, why did he kill people?" The county commander's eyes flashed with a cruel light, "This official just kindly reminds you that this year is the year of the great famine, the road is not very peaceful, and there are too many gangsters who kill people and sell goods!" ”

Lin Youwen flicked his sleeves and left angrily.

As soon as he pushed the door, he saw Mrs. Shen, and knew that the conversation he had with the county magistrate just now was most likely overheard by her.

Therefore, he said meaningfully: "Mrs. Shen is so good to He's mother and daughter, and I don't know if it's really good or fake. ”

The implication is that she also participated in the county order stealing his property.

Mrs. Shen's old face turned red and she was speechless.

As soon as Lin Youwen left, Mrs. Shen immediately asked with a cold face whether what the county commander said was true.

The paper can't hold the fire anymore, and the county order can't lie if he wants to.

But he only admitted that he was bought by Lin Youwen, and resolutely refused to admit that he sent someone to steal all of Lin Youwen's property.

The county commander said disdainfully: "I am an official, Lin Youwen is a citizen, if I want to get some silver from him, I can get it with some reason, can I send someone to steal his gold and silver treasures?" ”

Seeing Mrs. Shen staring at him suspiciously, the county commander said helplessly: "I called Deng Yashi, and you can ask him in person to know if I am lying." ”

After Deng Yajun came, he swore to heaven that the fifty taels of silver ticket was picked up by him at the gate of the county office.

The county magistrate turned his head to Mrs. Shen and said, "Obviously, someone else stole Lin Youwen's gold and silver treasures, but they deliberately blamed me for this county order." ”

Mrs. Shen asked suspiciously, "Who will be this person who is the one who blames the trouble?" ”

The county magistrate stroked his beard and said, "It should be Lin Yuqing!" ”

Mrs. Shen was so shocked that she couldn't speak for a while.