"Well, you're pretty generous."

Qian Bin said with a smile.

The merchant laughed silently.

Qian Bin glanced at Xiao Wang, came to the woodcutter and said,

"Did you steal his money?"

The woodcutter was so anxious that his black face was almost red, and he hurriedly shook his head.

"Then the merchant said the money is in your hands?"

Qian Bin asked.

As soon as he finished speaking, the merchant cried out impatiently,

"That's right, that's right, it's this kid who came to find me, stuffed the money into my hand, and told me that this is the money I dropped, ah, it's really high-sounding, I think I don't know, I know if the amount is not right, he must be a habitual thief who forgets his righteousness!"

Qian Bin glanced at Xiao Wang, and Xiao Wang patted the merchant on the shoulder and said, "I'm sorry sir, we need to record these confessions of yours, so that Lord Blue Phoenix can know what happened, please come here." ”

Although the merchant was not happy, he could only bow his head and go back to the hotel with Xiao Wang.

Not far away, in a nearby hotel, several people closed the door and began to record confessions.

Qian Bin turned his head back, and the woodcutter hurriedly explained, but his words were incoherent, and he was anxious and uneasy in his heart, so he couldn't tell the truth for a while.

"My lord, don't listen to him, I'm not on my side, I'm not a thief - I ......"

The woodcutter was so anxious that he almost cried,

Qian Bin said to him with a smile,

"Don't worry, let's analyze one thing at a time, come, you come with me."

Holding the rough palm of the woodcutter, Qian Bin took him outside the house, the two found a recliner, Qian Bin asked the front desk to serve two bowls of tea, one bowl for the woodcutter, one bowl for himself, chatting while drinking tea, Qian Bin said.

"What do you do for a living?"

The woodcutter was so flustered that he couldn't even speak for a while, and could only point to the bundle of firewood on his waist, his face still anxious.

Qian Bin smiled and said,

"Chopping firewood and selling firewood, how is the business?"

When the woodcutter heard this, he sighed and said,

"I wasn't going to say that—but...... Alas, it's really hard to talk about. If I can't sell this bundle of firewood on my back now, my wife and children will have to go hungry all night. ”

Hearing him laugh bitterly and mock himself, Qian Bin squinted his eyes and asked,

"If that's the case, why do you have to return it to its original owner when you pick up such a large sum of money? Even if you take it to the pawnshop yourself, I don't think anyone will say anything? ”

The woodcutter stopped talking, trying to say something, but seemed to struggle in his throat for a moment, and then swallowed again

Qian Bin patted him on the shoulder and said,

"If you have anything to say, you might as well tell me directly, there's nothing you can't say with me."

The woodcutter told Qian Bin that he usually chops firewood near this deep mountain, who knows that there was a sudden thick fog in the past two days, and the mountains are not able to go, so they don't cut much, and they are wet, and they can't be sold, when he was on the road, he picked up a pocket, and there are a hundred gold coins like this in it, which is a lot of money, he has never touched the gold He bit it with his teeth, and there are tooth marks on it, this point, Qian Bin can check it himself.

"So, you were ecstatic when you picked up the money? It's pie in the sky. Qian Bin asked.

"That's right,"

The woodcutter nodded, his eyes full of struggle, and he said,

"In fact, I had already thought about myself at that time, as long as I had this state of life, as long as I had this money, I would definitely be rich and fortunate in the future

Blessings, our family is still struggling with food and clothing. ”

Qian Bin nodded and said,

"When did you pick up this money?"

"The day before the fog was probably the day before yesterday,"

The woodcutter said.

"Then how do you know who lost the money and went to pay it back?"

"Just yesterday at noon, because I couldn't go up the mountain to cut firewood, I have been selling here, but not only did I not sell the firewood after selling it all day, but I also learned a piece of news."

The woodcutter told Qian Bin that not long after he found the money, there were rumors all over the neighborhood, saying that he had picked up this precious antique, and everyone was spreading that there was a big rich man who had lost the money and was offering a reward everywhere, and that if someone could return the money to the rich man, he would be rewarded with twenty gold coins.

Qian Bin smiled and said,

"That's a big bounty."

The woodcutter nodded and said,

"That's right, that's what I thought at the time, a hundred and twenty are not really a big difference to me, they can make my life happy and rich, but when I think about it, I can't take this hundred—it's not mine."

"Haven't you thought about your own family and children and your life?"

Qian Bin asked.

The woodcutter touched the hair on his head like a needle, and said with a wry smile,

"How could it not be? In addition to my wife, I have six children at home, the eldest is only thirteen years old, the youngest has just been born, they are all waiting for me to chop wood for money to go home, I want to say that I don't want to use this money to exchange things, I don't think anyone will believe it, I have been struggling at home when I get this money, whether I should take them for myself, I haven't slept well for two nights, I didn't make a decision until I went to the street today to hear the news, compared to myself, its owner has the right to this money more than me, so so, I have kept this matter in my heart until today I have returned it to its owner. ”

Qian Bin nodded and said,

"Do your wife and children know about this?"

The woodcutter shook his head and said,

"I was afraid they would be worried, so I didn't tell them."

"Are you sure you didn't take a single coin out of this?"

Qian Bin asked.

"Of course! I assure you, I absolutely didn't take it at all, swear to God. "The woodcutter's eyes were wide open, and there was not a trace of cloudiness in his eyes.

The same thing two people said in completely different versions, Qian Bin fell into deep thought, at this time, Xiao Wang had already come out with the businessman who had recorded the confession, the businessman patted his belly, and saw the woodcutter chatting while drinking tea, viciously came to him and yelled at him,

"Okay, you dog, lowly pig, why are you drinking tea here with the master?"

Qian Bin glanced at the businessman, stood up and said,

"I invited this gentleman to have tea together, do you have any objections?"

The merchant was startled, don't be busy, and changed his words,

"Why don't you hurry up and thank the master for giving you tea, the things that look like dogs in here, my lord, look at it, now everyone is clear about the situation, no one will take money from my money bag except this guy."

At this time, the woodcutter was not to be outdone, and argued with him, and the two seemed to be endless.

Qian Bin looked at the merchant and then at the woodcutter, and said,

"Since what you said makes sense, well, well, I don't know what to do."

Xiao Wang was stupid, she didn't know what to do, she pulled Qian Bin's sleeve and muttered quietly.

"What are you going to do?"

Qian Bin looked at Xiao Wang with a smile and said with a smile,

"yes, I really don't know what to do, the merchant said that these hundred bronze coins are his, oh yes, I misunderstood, it was one hundred and thirty."

When the merchant heard this, he immediately smiled, rubbed his hands together, and said,

"Yes, yes, my lord, you understand it very well, it is one hundred and thirty, one is not less than one is not much, it is him, the woodcutter he pointed at horizontally, the unlucky woodcutter could not argue with him, he could only bow his head, he continued to identify and said, "It was the stinky guy who stole thirty of me." ”

"Don't worry, don't worry, since what you said is right, then I also believe that what the woodcutter picked up is indeed a bag of ancient gold coins of a hundred gold coins, I want to ask you, do you have any security marks on your copper coins, or names, or characteristics, anything, can prove that this coin is his."

The merchant was dumbfounded, and said,

"It's all collectibles, how could you deliberately destroy such a thing? It's all the same thing, and there's no difference at all. ”

Qian Bin smiled and said,

"Not necessarily, sir, there are still marks on the coins—sir, you can tell me about it," he patted the woodcutter on the shoulder.

The woodcutter blushed a little, and told the situation of the tooth marks that he had bitten out when he was a gold coin.

Qian Bin said,

"Xiao Wang, help me take out the gold coins and verify them one by one, to see if there is a woodcutter's tooth mark on it, if Mr. Merchant still doesn't believe it, you can let this gold coin and the gap between the gums to see if it is the same pair."

When the merchant heard this, he was dumbfounded, and said,

But what does that prove? It is possible that he picked up a coin and took a bite, so how can that mean that the coin is his? ”

Qian Bin smiled and said,

"The same can be said, this coin doesn't prove yours, does it?"

The merchant was speechless.

"Since neither of you can prove that the money bag and the coins are your own, I will now announce my solution."

Qian Bin is confident.

He bowed to the merchant.

"Sir, we attach great importance to your eagerness to lose your belongings, and we also understand your anxiety, so we will assure you that we will do our best to search for news about your lost money bag, and once there is any news, we will notify you immediately, so that you can correct it, of course, until when, this can only be seen, and it is up to fate."

"What are you talking about? Isn't that my money bag? The merchant pointed to the gold coin bag in Qian Bin's hand.

Qian Bin said with a smile,

"But your money bag is one hundred and thirty gold coins, and he is one hundred, obviously not the same."

"Huh?" The merchant said in his heart that I was stupid.

"As for the woodcutter—"

Qian Bin smiled and said,

"We encourage the collection of gold, and while the purse should logically be kept by us, it doesn't seem to be a proper thing in the village, and you will keep the coins until the real owner comes to look for them, Mr. Woodcutter."

Qian Bin told everyone to disperse the merchants, ignoring the merchants' heart-rending shouts, but put his arms around the woodcutter's shoulders and said,

"What do you mean by that? But I guess the owner doesn't care about this little money bag, so even if you spend it, I can only turn a blind eye. ”.

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