On the way home, Xu Lao Er carried a load of firewood, while Old Man Xu leisurely carried a basket and a woodcutter. It's just that if someone takes a closer look, they will find that the old man's expression is a little nervous now.

He held the hand of the woodcutter, and the palm of his hand was already sweaty.

was originally not a long road, but in the opinion of Old Man Xu, it was really a long one.

At the bottom of his basket was this sandalwood box, on which were some herbs and mushrooms he had picked.

At this time, Mr. Xu was really afraid that someone would come out and snatch this box of treasures from him.

Fortunately, nothing happened until I got home.

When Old Man Xu entered the house, he didn't throw the basket into the yard as before, but carried the basket into the hall.

Zhou, who originally came out of the stove room and was about to take the basket in the old man's hand, was stunned, and when she came back to her senses, Old Man Xu had already walked into the hall.

"Daughter-in-law!"

Old Man Xu excitedly rushed to Mrs. Xu, who had just returned to the house, "Show you good things!" ”

Then, the old man put the sandalwood box in the basket in front of Mrs. Xu.

A box of jewelry, Mrs. Xu was also stunned.

"This, this, where did it come from?"

"I picked it up in the mountains, and I saw that the copper locks outside were rusty, it should be something that was a few years old!"

Old Man Xu smiled, "Now, our family is really rich!" ”

Mrs. Xu didn't say anything, but picked up the jewelry in the box and took a look.

After only looking at it for a while, Mrs. Xu threw away the jewelry in her hand and said, "The owner, this thing, can't be kept!" ”

"What's wrong?"

"Look at the markings!"

"What's wrong with the marking?"

Old man Xu picked up a hairpin and carefully checked the mark on the tail of the hairpin, and at this look, the old man's face also changed.

"It's a thief!"

"Not really!"

Old Lady Xu nodded.

"Fortunately, we saw the notice in the county seat at the beginning, otherwise, this time it would really be a catastrophe!"

"Ancestor bless!"

Old Man Xu clasped his hands together, and he was also afraid.

Twenty years ago, a big case occurred in Wangjiang County next door. The congratulatory gifts given by the Jiangcheng Mansion to His Majesty to the throne were robbed during transportation, and all the officers and soldiers escorting the congratulatory gifts were killed.

This is a big case that has spread throughout the dynasty.

The new emperor ascended the throne, heard the news, and directly dispatched a large army into the territory of Jiangcheng Mansion, killing people with rolling heads and rivers of blood.

All the cottages and bandits in Jiangcheng Mansion were swept away.

However, there is no clue to the stolen congratulatory gifts. It's not that they didn't find those robbers, but the robbers are all remnants of the previous dynasty, and they would rather die than confide in the hiding place of the congratulatory gift.

"Master, you say, those things should be hidden in the back mountain of our Lingshui Village, right?"

"I remember that at that time, the mountain behind our village was a cottage!"

Old Lady Xu looked at Old Man Xu in shock.

Old Man Xu was silent for a long time, and said slowly: "Daughter-in-law, you say, do we want to go to the government to denounce it?" It is said that the reward of the imperial court has always been there! ”

"Go ahead!"

Mrs. Xu thought for a while, "Today, you two met in that piece of chopping wood, maybe others will go in the future, in case others find out something and cause something wrong, we will be implicated in vain!" ”

"Cheng, then, Ming'er, no, I'll go into the city today!"

"Master, you wait first, you say, let's go and denounce it, will those people from the previous dynasty find trouble with us?"