When Song Jue and the others were discussing this strange thief, in the big mansion deep in the mountains on the outskirts of Yancheng, the eldest young master and young master Chu Ran were also talking about this strange thief.

"Where did this come from?" After listening to the report of his subordinates, Young Master Chu Ran frowned slightly, and looked at his eldest brother, "Our nine shops in the four mansions in Jiangnan have all suffered, big brother, do you think it will be ......?"

"No, it won't." The eldest young master shook his head, "Didn't you hear it just now?" They were also tracking it down, and they sent so many people, it was obvious that the appearance of this strange thief also caught them off guard. It doesn't matter if the thief is thieves, the important thing is that the things he stole are very strange, silk, gold, silver and jade, and jewelry can all be justified, but the food and drink he stole are quite incomprehensible. I feel ......," he paused for a moment, then continued, "the food is his real purpose, and the others are just for covering. ”

"It doesn't make sense, is he a pig? Is it possible to eat so much? Young Master Chu Ran looked at the eldest young master very puzzled, "I think there must be other uses, and it will definitely not be eaten by himself." ”

"That's for sure." The eldest young master smiled, "Now it's not to discuss whether he has any other use, but to catch this person, or this small gang, so that we don't suffer more serious losses." By the way, how much loss do we have in total for these nine shops? ”

"That's a lot." Young Master Chu Ran sighed, "There must be tens of thousands of taels of silver." ”

"How can there be so many, is it a miscalculation?"

"It's impossible, the people below counted it several times before they reported it tremblingly. When I first learned this number, I was also shocked. These shops have been open for twenty or thirty years, and the additional losses added up in the twenty or thirty years are not as much as this time, not even a fraction. ”

The eldest young master thought about the market where his shops were located, and then he figured out what was going on. There are two shops in the street market, and most of the shops around are not patronized by strange thieves, and the only two people on that street who sell food are theirs, and by the time they received the conclusive news, they had been stolen several times.

"It's no wonder that the locations of a few of our shops are indeed being stolen accurately. However, the courage of this strange thief is really not small, just steal it once, and patronize it again and again. He looked at his younger brother, "It's the first time I've seen the family." If I had the chance, I'd love to meet and see who is so interesting. ”

"Interesting?" Young Master Chu Ran frowned slightly, "What's interesting?" ”

"It doesn't matter, you'll find out then." The eldest young master smiled, "Have our people found any traces?" ”

"I'm really ashamed, I really didn't find it at all, the other party came and went without a trace. But......" Young Master Chu Ran shrugged, "It's not just us who are embarrassed, there is no clue over there, and the arrests and servants of the various government offices have been discharged, and there is still nothing." He glanced at his brother, "Do you want to work with them?" ”

"It's considered mutual assistance and mutual benefit, first arrest people together, reduce losses, and the rest will be said when this matter is over." The eldest young master's fingers tapped lightly on the table, "Our current situation is not very good, for the time being, let's settle down for two days, don't provoke them." If possible, divert their attention to other places, such as ......" He showed a meaningful smile, "Our Uncle Wang, they have old grievances with that side, and they have a lot of grievances, Uncle Wang has not given up on causing chaos over there for so many years, we can successfully gain a foothold in Xijing, and we can quietly develop to this point, a large part of it is the credit of Uncle Wang." ”

"No wonder, I said, how could my father and uncle ask us to be like those two from a young age, it turned out to be like that. However, to tell the truth, I still admire the royal brother, I especially admire it from the bottom of my heart, such a big case is said to be suppressed, and it will definitely not be possible to replace me. Young Master Chu Ran sighed softly, "If the imperial brother also encounters an opportunity like ours, I am truly willing to listen to his dispatch." But our imperial nephew is too indecisive to sit in that chair. He pursed his lips in disgust, "I hold such a powerful force of the Shen family army in my hand, but I don't use it well, if it were me, I would have overturned Liao and Jin a long time ago, and they are a scourge in the province every year." ”

"He's not indecisive, he's just too young." The eldest young master waved his hand, "Didn't we give him a chance?" Let's see if we can be tough this time, if we can, it will not be in vain Brother Huang They spent so much effort to set up such a game for these children. ”

"What if they can't?"

"Just follow the previous plan and replace them." The eldest young master looked at Young Master Chu Ran, "We have a trick in our hands, don't be afraid that they will be disobedient." ”

Young Master Chu Ran thought about it, felt that what the eldest young master said was very reasonable, and nodded lightly.