"If there is really something wrong with this shopper, then we must not hurry up and get rid of him!" Liu said in a panic.

Then a few people seconded the proposal, although they all agreed with what Liu said, and drove the merchant out. It's just that it's easy to get out, but how can Shen Yunyan and the rest of the ladies endure the sin suffered by the merchants?

Chen said that it would be better to stop him and beat him severely; Shen Yunyan then interjected and said, if you don't directly ask the village chief to report to the official, don't let him continue to cause trouble.

The report was a good idea, and several people agreed. But it was Xie Shengshou next to him who suddenly twisted his beard, and his eyebrows sank like a saint with a fairy wind and bones who saw through the drawbacks, and shook his head: "It's not appropriate." ”

Chen's quick mouth: "What's wrong?" ”

Xie Shengshou said: "If it is reported to the official, just accuse the merchant of insulting the woman's name, we have no real evidence in our hands." If he provokes the merchant because of this, and he bites him back, saying that the women take the initiative to approach and seduce him, then don't we lift a stone to shoot ourselves in the foot? ”

How could he tell back? My daughters have suffered such a big crime, not to mention my daughter, the Zhao family who opened the foot shop, and I heard that there is a Gu family in Shuiguling, and now his family's jade girls have run away because of the merchant's anger, these families have suffered crimes, and they can't sue him? ”

"Aunt Chen, this matter of suing the official is not like this, it has to be justified, if it is really the smuggler who used means to deceive you, and you have evidence, then you can sue the official. If there is no evidence, if you sue it, you will be the one who will suffer the lawsuit. Also," Xie Shengshou twisted his beard again and said:

"I've also seen the shopper, and my mother-in-law also went to buy two hairpins, and the scene at that time was all poured up by herself. If you sue this, what is the reason? I think I might as well just beat him up and drive him out. ”

What Chu Jianniang thought in her heart was the same as what Xie Shengshou said. What I saw on the surface was that those women took the initiative to move forward, and they really couldn't sue the official so abruptly, but ......

"Also...... It's not that you can't report to the official. Chu Jianniang pondered and asked: "I just went to take a look, and I always felt that there was something wrong with the merchant selling these things." ”

Hearing this, several pairs of eyes in the room looked at her in a flash.

"How did you say that? What's wrong with what he's selling? Chan asked.

Chu Jianniang turned her head to look at Liu: "Mother, you take down the hairpin you just bought from the merchant and take a look with me." And Sister Yunyan," she said, looking at Shen Yunyan again, "Didn't you also buy a pair of earrings?" Bring it to me and have a look. ”

Several people in the room were confused by her words, and they didn't know what to say, and looked at each other, but they still did so and took it down.

Chu Jianniang first looked at Shen Yunyan's earrings, which were made of small strings of glass beads, with three beads on one side, each bead was of uniform size, and the color of the begonias was also uniform.

I took Liu's hairpin to look at it a little, and took it off to compare it with the hairpin that I had only spent a few pennies to buy.

The eyes of several people in the room followed her, and Liu couldn't help but ask, "Jiao Niang, what are you...... Do what? ”

"Mother, you see, this hairpin of mine is just a simple wood carving, which has been polished to a smooth and smooth surface, and it still costs ten yuan. And the peach wood you bought from the merchant, the hairpin inlaid with green Yingluo, how can it only cost five or six yuan? And this hairpin carving is also fine, and the Yingluo is inlaid without traces, as if it has a long edge, which ...... Does that make sense? Chu Jianniang held the two hairpins in front of them.

At this mention, several people in the room were clicked a little, and several pairs of eyes stared at the two hairpins.

Shen Yunyan stretched out her hand to take it, and compared it carefully, obviously Liu's one was heavier in his hand, and it looked fine, who to show it to, and he could tell which one was more expensive at a glance.

After taking turns to read it, no one spoke at once, and everyone followed the stirring of their heads and doubts.

"That'...... My Earrings...... Do you see the clues? Shen Yunyan asked.

"Your earrings are probably going to be a little more delicate." Chu Jianniang said, "Although I don't understand these beads, I see that they are all carefully selected, and even the ear hooks are golden." If you buy and sell in the shops in the county, it will be ten taels or so. ”

As soon as this price came out, Shen Yunyan suddenly felt that the earrings in her hand were a little uncontrollable. She bought it for only fifteen yuan, and at that time she still thought, why is everything else a few yuan, but she needs fifteen yuan? This......

"Then ......what do you say," Xie Shengshou frowned and pointed: "Could this be that the merchant wants to buy and sell these things in the township, and also thinks that ordinary people have no money to spare, so he discounts these?" ”

Chu Jianniang shook her head: "People who do business are the most shrewd, and what they can sell at a high price will never be sold at a low price." Besides, when did a merchant pick up some rouge jewelry and sell it to the township? Who doesn't know that the people in the village are all peasant women, except for a few little girls who love to dress up, maybe they buy it, but they can't make much money, this is not self-cutting off their money! ”

Listening to this, the people in the room were in a trance, and there was a bend that had not been straightened yet.

Xie Shengshou understood a thing or two, and suddenly pointed to something and shook his hand, wanting to say something, he suddenly couldn't remember the words in his head, and looked at Chu Jianniang and said: "This, if your eldest man is here, he will definitely be able to take down this merchant!" ”

Chu Jianniang was slightly provoked, and then retracted her expression and said gently: "Then trouble Dr. Xie to go to the village chief to report to the official." Just say...... There was a merchant in the village, and the villagers felt that there was a problem with the things they were buying and selling, and they were afraid that they had stolen the property of a rich family, so that the official master would come and check it, so that we could buy it with peace of mind. ”

Saying that, Chu Jianniang asked Xie Shengshou to take the contrasting hairpin and earrings with him, and truthfully reported their suspicions to the official master.

Thank you for your zealous response.

Seeing Xie Sheng go out with his things, several people in the room were still stunned for a moment.

Liu Shi blinked, looked back at Chu Jianniang and said, "This is ...... Got the officer? ”

"It's not a report to the official, it's just a matter of letting the official come and check it. The merchant sells the best things so cheaply, and I am afraid that he will use such means to lure the ladies into doing things that we don't know about. If it's really as I guessed, if I don't stop it in time, I'm afraid it will cause a big trouble. Also,"

Chu Jianniang thought about something, raised her eyes and looked at Shen Yunyan, "If the official master comes later, Sister Yunyan will have to come forward......"

Shen Yunyan's head seemed to be open at this moment, and she said angrily: "But if the official master is here, even if I am not affected by him, I will definitely rush up, pointing at the merchant and saying that he deliberately sold the rouge jewelry cheaply, just to lure us ladies and women to tarnish our reputation!" I'm going to have to give him a taste of being framed! ”

Chu Jianniang smiled, she could let go of her thoughts like this, then it would be fine.

Liu's, Chen's, and Shen's father, nodded clearly at this time.

The rain outside had completely stopped, and the sunlight was shining down through the cracks in the clouds, and the light in the clouds was watching. On the village road, the bell rang again, and the merchant's song rang out.

Hearing the sound, Shen Yunyan wanted to rush to take a look, Chu Jianniang pulled her back, the merchant had already confirmed that it was the same person, he must know Shen Yunyan, don't startle the snake. So let Liu and Chen go to join in the fun.

However, at this moment, the merchant has no intention of buying and selling things, and is bent on finding the little lady in lotus clothes. The sister-in-law in the cave told him that her sister-in-law had come out to look for her, and she would definitely meet her on the way. So after walking a few steps, he poked his head out and looked around.

"A burden is picked up at both ends, and the box in the burden is full of treasures......" When the bell in the merchant's hand and the song in his mouth were singing energetically, Fu Zhuoyi took a column of officers and soldiers to the village chief, thanked the holy hand, and led down to the village.

Seeing the officers and soldiers coming, the merchant was frightened in his eyes! I didn't think about anything in my head, so I immediately threw down my burden and ran away.

Fu Zhuoyi gave an order, and more than a dozen people stepped forward to surround the road.

The leading officers and soldiers waved down with a stick in their hands, and then beat the merchant to the ground, and the officers and soldiers next to him immediately locked his hands and feet with iron chains, and the guy had no time to struggle. It's a pity that the trick that Shen Yunyan prepared can't be used.

The onlookers were all frightened and stunned, and looked at it in panic for a long time, you asked me and I asked you, what's wrong?

Seeing that everyone was there, Fu Zhuoyi made a warning in the village, and everyone understood.

The merchant was a wanted thief, and by virtue of his woman-like appearance, he first hooked up with the women of a rich family, and then entered the house to steal the family's jewels.

In order to hook up with more prey, the thief chose to come to the township, so he turned into a merchant, carrying the stolen rouge jewelry to the township to sell cheaply, taking the opportunity to lure people to take the bait, and many people have been victimized.

The Gu family is one of them.

This thief is not chosen by everyone, only those whose husbands are not at home and who have no one to do at home, as well as the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law in the family, and those who have gaps between husband and wife. So much so that after most of the ladies and women were tricked into him, no one knew, and no one reported it.

If it weren't for the fact that the Gu family's affairs were not easy to clean up, the government would not be able to check it out. Xie Shengshou also happened to report the letter, so he was captured so smoothly.

After hearing this, many people thought about it carefully, and they didn't feel a chill in their backs, and they were afraid of being uneasy, but at the same time, they were glad that they were not guilty......