Chapter 179 The Big Case of Ten Boxes of Silver
The fire burned until the evening.
Feng Wanbao was not at ease, so he kept watch outside the Wanbao Silver Building all night.
The next morning, he commanded the ruins to be opened, only to find that ten chests of silver were missing.
Feng Wanbao was dumbfounded, he didn't close his eyes all night.
So where did these ten boxes of silver go, Feng Wanbao suddenly thought of Xiao Qi, that girl can fly, and there must be other spells, could it be that she turned the silver away.
Feng Wanbao went to the Yamen, and Master Wang received him.
"You ask Governor Mu to come over, I have something to look for him."
Master Wang replied with a smile: "Governor Mu's Mansion has been busy recently, so Master Feng can just tell me if he has something." β
"Then I'll be straightforward, you return the money to me as soon as possible."
Master Wang: "If I'm not mistaken, there shouldn't be any silver owed to Master Feng in the yamen." β
Feng Wanbao: "I'm talking about the ten boxes of silver in the Wanbao Silver Building, yesterday our Wanbao Silver Building caught fire, and today we cleaned up the ruins and found that ten boxes of silver were lost, each box contained three thousand taels of silver ingots, which was very heavy." The entire ten boxes of silver disappeared out of thin air like that, except for the Seven Heroines who were worshiped as gods, think about it, who in the entire Pengzhou City has that ability. β
Feng Wanbao was not good-natured, and he stubbornly pestered Master Wang for two hours before returning home.
This shows that the Wanbao Silver Building must have lost its silver before it became a ruin.
This is the biggest case lost since Pengzhou was lost, Master Wang was very cautious, and after Feng Wanbao left, he reported the matter to the Mu Governor's Mansion.
Mu Governor: "Disappear out of thin air? β
Master Wang: "Ten boxes of silver are missing. β
Mu Zhifu: "Why do you think that Wanbao is the head of Deputy Liu who took the silver?" β
"I inquired about this, when Deputy Liu caught the head just passed by, by the way saved a few people from the fire, when Deputy Liu flew down from the second floor, the people compared her to the reincarnation of a fairy child, maybe Feng Wanbao felt that Deputy Liu was very powerful, so he felt that only Liu Deputy Head had the ability to take away the silver."
Mu Zhifu thought for a moment and said, "What do you think about this?" β
"The subordinates think that Deputy Liu's head catcher is just a light achievement, and it can't be regarded as a great divine ability, and Deputy Liu's head catcher shouldn't do this kind of thing."
After Master Wang left, Mu Zhifu immediately asked people to pass on Lu Zhutou.
"The case of the disappearance of the silver in the Wanbao Silver Building will be handed over to Lu Zhutou, so be sure to find out as soon as possible."
"Yes, my subordinates must find out as soon as possible." Lu Feng said that he was about to step away.
Mu Zhifu hesitated and said: "Wait a minute - Lu Zhutou, you still have to go to the Liu family today, Feng Wanbao suspects that it may be that Deputy Liu Zhutou took his silver, and you will inquire about the Liu family when the time comes." β
Lu Feng's face was a little depressed, "My lord, how do you say this?" β
Mu Governor: "I didn't say that it must have been done by Deputy Liu's head catcher, if you find out as soon as possible, it's good to return Deputy Liu's head to the innocence." β
After Lu Zhutou took over the case, he led a group of arresters to visit the residents and vendors near the Wanbao Silver Building, and they all said that they had not heard any movement.
Li Sihu: "This is a little wrong, how can ten boxes of silver be shipped out without any movement at all?" β
After a busy day, he didn't hear any useful news, and Lu Zhutou was a little anxious, not knowing where to start with this case.
A few catchers also have no special insights.
In the evening, Lu Zhutou still went to Liu's house for dinner.
After eating, Hua Xi'er and Xiao Qi sent Lu Zhutou out, and Xiao Qi stood in the distance and asked Hua Xi'er and Lu Zhutou to talk together.
Hua Xi'er saw Lu Zhutou's frown, so she asked, "Is it because of the case of Wanbao Silver Building's loss of silver?" β
Lu Zhutou felt that it was good for someone to tell about the sorrow in his heart, so he whispered: "Lord Prefect asked me to find out if there is any silver in Liufu." β
If a normal person stood a few feet away, he would definitely not be able to hear Lu Zhutou's words, but Xiao Qi was different, she was a good ear and heard Lu Zhutou's words clearly.
Hua Xi'er: "Lu Feng, let me tell you, it is absolutely impossible for Xiao Qi to do this." β
"I don't think it's possible that ten boxes of silver are shipped out without any movement at all, there should be some problems with the Wanbao Silver Building itself, we don't have any other clues now, so let's start with the Wanbao Silver Building."
Lu Zhutou felt that Hua Xi'er was reasonable, and led people to turn over the ruins of Wanbao Silver Building again, but still found nothing.
Because there were no other clues to check, Lu Zhutou arranged tasks for his subordinates, working in pairs of two for two hours each to monitor the Wanbao Silver Building for twelve hours a day.
The catchers actually felt very strange in their hearts, this was all in ruins, what was there to monitor.
Hua Xi'er took the initiative to form a team with Lu Zhutou, Li Sihu was quite sorry for this, he really wanted to be in a group with Hua Xi'er, since Hua Xi'er became a fast catcher, Li Sihu has always been very attentive, and every time he rushed to help Hua Xi'er take the sword.
Hua Xi'er said that he was very active in running errands when he was hungry or saw something he liked.
Hua Xi'er didn't feel much about this, she thought that Li Sihu was embarrassed to help buy because she had dinner at their house.
Wanbao Yinlou has been monitored for two days without movement, and Lu Zhutou plans to withdraw the person after two more days of surveillance, and he is a little hopeless about catching the thief.
He thinks that those thieves have stolen so much silver from Wanbao Silver Building, will they come back immediately, and there is little hope for the thieves to wait until they are thieves.
Hua Xi'er, who was on duty with him at night, felt that it would take a lot of movement to transport so many boxes of silver, and people nearby said that they didn't hear the movement, which was a very strange thing, could it be that there was a secret passage under the Wanbao Silver Building.
Hua Xi'er knocked on several places, but she didn't feel that the bottom was empty, so she thought, if there is a tunnel, where will it be?
If there were no tunnels, how could ten boxes of silver go missing?
Over there, Feng Wanbao went to the yamen to report the case and fell ill when he returned home.
Lie quietly in bed, without eating or drinking.
Mrs. Feng stayed by the bedside, "Master, it's not okay for you not to eat like this." β
Feng Xiaogongzi stood aside and asked, "Dad, is the food cooked at home not to your liking?" β
Feng Wanbao, "I don't eat it, how can I be in the mood to eat it when something like this happensβhowever, during the Chinese New Year, the radish balls you brought back from Yu'er taste good." β
Feng Xiaogongzi: "Dad, you wait, I'll get it for you now." With that, he ran away.
Feng Wanbao nodded, "Although this kid is not smart enough, but he is better in filial piety, yesterday he still wanted to go into the fire to save your brother, today I heard me say that he wants to eat radish balls, and he immediately went to find a way." β
Mrs. Feng: "It's getting dark, and this kid ran away like this." β
"Madame, don't worry, Pengzhou City is very safe nowβMadam, I ask you, if we become nothing, will you blame me."
Mrs. Feng held Feng Wanbao's hand, "Husband and wife are the same forest birds, no matter whether they are rich or poor, I will accompany the master." β
Feng Wanbao: "Madam, husband and wife are originally the same forest bird, and the next sentence is to fly separately when the time limit comes." β
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Feng Xiaogongzi rode a donkey and soon arrived at Liu's house, and found Xiao Qi well.
"Master, my dad wants to eat radish balls, just the kind you gave me last time."
Xiao Qi immediately took him to find the Niu family.
When Niu heard that he wanted radish balls, he was a little embarrassed: "Now the radish is not as good as in winter, and the effect of the balls will be discounted." β
Feng Xiaogongzi handed a piece of silver to Niu's, "These silver are used to buy materials, you can help make some tomorrow, it's not too early, I have to go back." β
Niu was very happy to receive the silver, "Feng Xiaogongzi go slowly, I'll do more tomorrow, Feng Xiaogongzi remember to come and get it." β
Niu bought a lot of pork belly early the next morning, and when she returned home, she pickled it and prepared to make fried radish balls, she thought about it, and felt that the wild vegetables were very tender now, and planned to make another kind of wild vegetable balls to add them, and it was not in vain that the little boy gave her so much money.