Zhou Yuandong brought a total of four people over.

Two of them are very raw, unlike the people in the village.

Moreover, one of these two people is actually a beautiful boy who looks only twelve or thirteen years old.

Although his dress is modest, and the fabric does not look conspicuous, the embroidery on it is very delicate, whether it is the moire pattern on the collar or the unicorn pattern on the belt, it is lifelike.

He looks very handsome, with sword eyebrows and starry eyes, honey-colored skin, obviously standing still, but he can give people a bright and transparent sense of immediacy, which is the best looking and most temperamental one that Xiao Qiongzhi has seen in more than three months.

Out of a natural appreciation for beautiful things, she unceremoniously glanced at him a few more times.

Zhou Yuandong noticed it and thought that Xiao Qiongzhi was very curious about the beautiful boy.

He pointed to the beautiful boy and the man on the other side, and introduced Zhou Dazhi and Xiao Qiongzhi: "These are the two distinguished guests who came to my house last night, they heard about the theft of your house, and told me that they had caught thieves and had some experience in this area, so I brought them over." ”

"Oh, thank you so much." Zhou Dazhi didn't have much hope of catching the thief, but just thanked everyone politely and took everyone into the house.

There are three rooms in the house, a kitchen and two bedrooms.

A granary is a kiln that opens from the ground.

Zhou Dazhi took everyone to look at the kitchen first, and then look at the master bedroom, the second bedroom and the granary.

There is actually nothing of value in the kitchen, only a small piece of bacon, which is relatively conspicuous.

However, now, this small piece of bacon is gone, including a few dishes, rice bowls, and a few jars of castrated pickles in the kitchen, all of which have been smashed to pieces.

In addition to a bed, the master bedroom has a chest of five drawers, a mirror table, a wardrobe, and a rice bucket.

The mirror stand was shattered, the five-drawer cabinet, the wardrobe, and the rice bucket were all opened, except for the old clothes with many patches that were thrown to the ground, and the better clothes and the original rice in the rice bucket were gone.

Even, including the quilt on the bed, was taken away.

Zhou Dazhi still remembered what Chu Yunniang had said before, and deliberately checked the lower five chests of drawers and the things thrown out of the five chests of drawers.

It's a pity that there is nothing but old clothes, and it seems that the money that Chu Yunniang hid in it has also been stolen.

The second bedroom has only a bed, a table, and two wooden boxes.

Among them, the two wooden boxes contained the clothes of Xiao Qiongzhi and Zhou Dayong respectively.

They were also opened, but no one touched the clothes in Xiao Qiongzhi's box, and it is estimated that the thieves were not interested in the little girl's clothes, and the clothes in Zhou Dayong's box, which were also old clothes with many patches, were thrown to the ground, and the better clothes were stolen.

The last thing to look at is the granary.

Before going down to the granary, Xiao Qiongzhi kept an eye on it, and asked Zhou Dazhi to find another neighbor to borrow a ladder to enter the granary, and told him in a low voice the reason for doing so.

He nodded again and again, and quickly borrowed the ladder back.

Moreover, it was deliberately placed opposite the original ladder of the granary, so as not to touch the original ladder when everyone went down to the granary.

Zhou Yuandong didn't understand what kind of medicine their father and daughter were selling in the gourd, and after entering the granary, he curiously pointed to the original ladder and asked Zhou Dazhi: "What's wrong?" Is there something wrong with that ladder? ”

Zhou Dazhi replied solemnly: "That ladder should have footprints and fingerprints left by thieves, we can't use it, otherwise, we will destroy the evidence." ”

"Just now, in the three rooms, even on the clothes thrown on the ground, I didn't see any footprints or fingerprints left by thieves, how could there be footprints and fingerprints left by thieves on that ladder?" A clan relative brought by Zhou Yuandong did not believe it and questioned it.

Zhou Dazhi replied: "The thieves who came this time should be experienced habitual thieves, and they must have used special things before entering my house to wipe their shoes relatively cleanly, so there are no footprints left by them in my three rooms." ”

"Even when they came down to my granary, they should have done the same. However, they came down to the granary to steal the grain, and when they came up, they carried a heavy load of grain on their backs, and even if their shoes were relatively clean, they still had the possibility of leaving shallow shoe prints, as well as fingerprints that subconsciously grasped the handrails of the stairs. ”

"So that's the case, Dazhi, it's so thoughtful, it's really yours!" Zhou Yuandong understood, and gave him a thumbs up.

Zhou Dazhi smiled shyly and pointed to Xiao Qiongzhi beside him: "Uncle Yuandong, it is my family branch who thinks thoughtfully." All of what I just said was told to me by my family branch above. ”

"Tiger fathers have no dog girls, even so, you teach them well." Zhou Yuandong didn't believe that Xiao Qiongzhi could have this kind of brain at a young age, and he didn't take Zhou Dazhi's explanation seriously.

But the beautiful young man, who had been silent, suddenly turned his face and glanced at Xiao Qiongzhi seriously, his eyes bright.

Next, everyone began to observe the situation in the granary.

Because there was only one load of grain left at home, Zhou Dazhi directly packed them in three baskets.

Now, the three baskets are still there, the millet inside is gone, and at the same time, there are obvious traces of scattered millet on the ground around it.

It is estimated that the thieves came with a basket or cloth bag, put the grain in the basket upside down in the basket or cloth bag, and carried it away.

Xiao Qiongzhi turned his head to look at the ladder at home.

It was found that there were four fresh man's footprints on it.

One is a light muddy deep footprint, and three are slightly whitish shallow footprints.

That kind of deep footprint, there are many groups, and the traces of going in and out are obvious; The three kinds of shallow footprints, but each group, only traces of out, no traces of entering.

In addition, on both sides of the stairs, there are many shallow fingerprints that are slightly white.

Xiao Qiongzhi pointed to the deep footprints with light mud and asked Zhou Dazhi: "Dad, are these your footprints?" ”

"Yes." Zhou Dazhi replied as he stepped into one of the footprints and demonstrated it to everyone.

The size is just right, and there is no doubt that it is indeed his footprints.

Then, it is conceivable that the remaining three footprints are left by the thieves.

Xiao Qiongzhi asked Zhou Dazhi with great interest: "Dad, can you borrow a ruler, ink blocks, and white paper?" ”

"You don't need to borrow it, Qin Feng has it here." Zhou Dazhi was about to answer, but the beautiful boy suddenly answered first.

And, as soon as he finished speaking, he stretched out his hand to the strange man beside him.

The strange man named Qin Feng was not ambiguous, stretched out his right hand, touched his left sleeve pocket for a while, took out a jade ruler, a piece of ink and a few pieces of white paper, and handed them to the beautiful boy.

The beautiful boy handed them over to Xiao Qiongzhi in the next moment.

Xiao Qiongzhi squatted to the side of the stairs, first used a jade ruler to measure the three light-colored footprints on the first staircase, the heel, the arch, the toe and the length of the entire foot, and used an ink block to record their dimensions on one of the white papers.

Immediately afterward, she took another block of ink and patiently traced the outlines of the three light-colored footprints on the first staircase.

After drawing, it took out three pieces of white paper, gently covered them, and asked Zhou Dazhi to press both sides with his hands, and she used a jade ruler to press slightly hard from the toes of the footprints to the heels of the footprints.

After a while, on the three blank sheets of paper, three footprints left by the thieves were clearly printed.