Even the shoes have to be stolen, how much this thief loves to take advantage, and the rat is blind!

Thinking that the new shoes he customized for Liu Yunniang were stolen, Su Jiudong secretly scolded the thief who stole the shoes in his heart, and on the surface he had to comfort Liu Yunniang: "The old ones don't go, the new ones don't come, the new shoes are gone, I'll ask the ready-to-wear shop to make you a pair when I go back." ”

"No, no, you made them for me! With such a special meaning of noon, how can you say that you will lose it..."

Liu Yunniang ran back to the room, came back with a pair of old pink and green cloth shoes through the handkerchief, and said, "I have clues to check." ”

The pink and green cloth shoes are embroidered with the pattern that the girl loves, and they look like the shoes worn by the girl's family.

"Whose shoe is this?" Su Jiudong looked at the degree of wear and tear of the soles, and then looked at the inside and outside of the shoes, and there was no logo embroidered with personal belongings, so he could only judge the owner of the old shoes according to the size of the shoes, and he was a person with a height of about 1.6 to 1.65 meters.

Liu Yunniang put her shoes on the ground, wiped her hands with a handkerchief, and replied seriously: "When I returned to the house, I saw these two shoes on the ground, and they were not the size and style of shoes you usually wear, so it is estimated that they were left by the thief who stole the shoes." ”

Liu Yunniang has been following Su Jiudong for a long time, and she also began to learn to analyze little by little: "It is estimated that the thief took off his old shoes and replaced them with new ones, and forgot to take the old shoes with him when he left." ”

Su Jiudong was very puzzled: "This shoe thief likes the new shoes so much, he actually ran away as soon as he wore them, and even forgot to take the old shoes... But that's also a clue. ”

The one who can wear Liu Yunniang's new shoes and run away must be women, combined with these old shoes, so Su Jiu concluded that the women in the village were suspects in stealing shoes.

"There are a lot of people who come to the house today, there can be more than 20, all of them are women who know the village, these shoes are the size of ordinary women, there are not many characteristics, how to check?" Combined with Su Jiudong's analysis, Liu Yunniang, who thought that she could solve the case quickly, also made a difficulty.

Su Jiudong thought for a while, came up with a way, and asked Liu Yunniang: "A-Niang, you didn't tell the next-door neighbors in the village about losing your shoes today, right?"

Liu Yunniang spread her hands: "It's just a pair of shoes lost, where is it worth publicizing." I just couldn't bear to get the new shoes, after all, you gave them and they have a special meaning, so I thought about coming back to you to find a way to see if I could get them back. ”

Su Jiudong nodded with satisfaction, confident: "Okay." Tomorrow morning we will go back to the village again, take these old shoes with us, and I will take you to catch the thief who stole the shoes and find the new ones. ”

Su Jiudong and Liu Yunniang got up in the morning and set off the next day, and did not go back to the village directly, but stopped at the gate of the county government in Qishan County first.

Su Jiudong walked to the county office, but was stopped by Liu Yunniang: "Jiudong'er, it's just that I lost a pair of shoes, and it's not worth it for you to take me to report to the official, right?" Because it's not good to alarm the county government a little thing. ”

Besides, the county official Lord Hu is busy with official business, and Liu Yunniang is really embarrassed to trouble Lord Hu with a pair of shoes.

Su Jiudong explained: "A-Niang, you think too much, I didn't plan to report to the official, I came to ask Master Hu for help, and asked him to borrow me a few people from the county yali who were responsible for village and county inspections." ”

After that, Su Jiudong asked Liu Yunniang to stay in the carriage and went to the county government by herself.

Two quarters of an hour later, Su Jiudong walked out of the county office, followed by four officials in charge of inspection.

Liu Yunniang lowered her voice in the carriage and said to Su Jiudong: "Jiudong'er, are you going to take the official messenger to the village to arrest people?" You don't have to be so excited, right? ”

"The shoes must be recovered, and the thief who stole the shoes is also a thief, of course he must be caught." Su Jiudong said indifferently: "And these four officials of Lord Hu are going to inspect the village anyway, so we will give them a ride along the way." ”

At three o'clock, the carriage finally arrived at the village.

Su Jiudong asked the coachman to stop at the entrance of the village, then got out of the carriage with the pair of pink and green old shoes, and said a few words to the four officials before getting into the carriage safely, and letting the guards drive the carriage in the direction of home.

Liu Yunniang saw Su Jiudong getting into the car empty-handed, and knew that Su Jiudong handed over the old shoes to the officials, so she asked, "Jiudong'er, did you ask those officials to take the shoes and let people try them on from door to door?" Will this disturb others? ”

Su Jiudong replied unhurriedly: "Of course not." Taking shoes to the villagers to try them on is not only a waste of time, but also startles the snakes and makes the villagers vigilant. So I asked those officials to change their approach. ”

"How?"

"Auntie, you don't have to worry, just sit at the door of the house and wait for the news when we go home later." Su Jiudong began to play tricks again, and closed his eyes in the carriage to recuperate.

"Jiu Dong'er, I find that you are becoming more and more similar to Ah Heng now." Liu Yunniang rarely complained to Su Jiudong: "Both of you are reluctant to speak thoroughly, and you especially like to get some things covered by clouds and mountains, which makes people confused." "Book six

Back in the old house, Su Jiudong really moved two bamboo chairs out, and sat with Liu Yunniang in the rare winter sun at the door of the house, waiting for the news.

A neighbor saw that Su Jiudong was back, so he stepped forward to greet and talk: "Jiudong'er is back, you have now opened a medicinal restaurant in the county town to make money to support your family, and you can also move to the capital, is this considered a return to your hometown?" ”

"Aunt Liu, you are lucky to have such a good daughter, and now you don't have to worry about food and clothing, it's really enviable."

The words of praise go back and forth, just like the old three. If it is a compliment from the heart, Su Jiudong will answer a few words sincerely. If there is a gun and a stick in the words, Su Jiudong will deal with it casually when he gets tired of hearing it.

Liu Yunniang was not as relaxed as Su Jiudong, and kept looking at the main road in the village, not knowing whether she was waiting for the official errand or looking for the thief who confirmed the stealing of shoes.

Su Jiudong took a satin bag from the carriage and distributed the snacks and small jewelry in the bag to the villagers and neighbors who came to greet him, so there were more and more people in front of Su Jiudong's house.

Aunt Wang, who often works as a matchmaker in the village, also walked over, with an excited and mysterious look on her face. Su Jiudong was used to seeing such a look, and knew that Aunt Wang was going to gossip, so he greeted Aunt Wang and said, "Aunt Wang, you are here too." ”

"Yes, I see that the villagers said that Jiudong'er, you are here to send things, my wife and I love to be lively, why don't you just come over~" Aunt Wang was satisfied and accepted Su Jiudong's pearl hairpin, and lowered her voice to Su Jiudong:

"Jiu Dong'er, don't let the Su family see the lively Dharma things here, otherwise they will lose their temper."

The Su family has always been unable to see that Su Jiudong and the second room are good, so Su Jiudong didn't take Aunt Wang's words to heart, and only nodded casually.

Aunt Wang saw that Su Jiudong didn't care, so she added: "You don't know, something happened to the Su family's ancestral house, it seems to be a bad thing." If you let the Su family know that something bad has happened to their family, and you are happily distributing things here, they will definitely be angry. ”

Aunt Wang's words attracted Liu Yunniang's attention: "Something bad happened to the Su family's ancestral house? ”

"Yo! It seems that everyone still doesn't know! Aunt Wang saw that Liu Yunniang took the initiative to ask, so she raised her voice so that the surrounding villagers could hear: "It is said that Su Xinglian, the youngest daughter of the old Su family, has an accident." ”

"Xinglian? Su Xinglian? Liu Yunniang, who didn't know the inside story, cried out in surprise, her eyes full of surprise and fear.

When Su Jiudong saw the situation, he asked Liu Yunniang: "A-Niang, you said that the Su family also came to the house yesterday to greet you, is Su Xinglian here?" ”

Liu Yunniang nodded: "Yes, just her, I know that you don't like Xinglian, I'm afraid that you will be angry, so I just say it's the Su family in general." Xinglian said that she was passing by, and when she saw the excitement in the house, she came in to take a look, but she didn't expect to suffer a disaster......

Liu Yunniang's words made Su Jiudong more sure of what he thought in his heart, Su Jiudong lowered his head, covered his mouth and couldn't help but snicker.

As soon as Su Jiudong heard Aunt Wang's words, combined with Liu Yunniang's description, he knew that his plan had succeeded, so he urged Aunt Wang: "Aunt Wang, don't buy Guanzi, what happened to the Su family's ancestral house?" ”

"I'm a sellout, I'll say whatever I see." When Aunt Wang saw that she had established the focus of everyone's attention, she said with a fluttering eyebrow: "Since you don't know, then I'll tell you." This morning, the village officials came on errand. ”

Some villagers smacked their lips disdainfully: "The officials of the county government come to the village every day to inspect the village, this is not a normal and ordinary thing, what is unusual, and this has nothing to do with the old Su family." Aunt Wang, don't talk nonsense. ”

Aunt Wang was unhappy: "Why are you in a hurry?" Don't interrupt me to listen to me...... The official took a pair of shoes and asked people in the village, saying that a villager was washing clothes by the river yesterday evening, and he ran into a passing bandit, and he was robbed and killed. ”

"It is said that the man was taken away by the bandits, and there was only a pair of boots left, so the official is taking the shoes to the relatives to claim them."

When the villagers heard that there had been a murder in the village, they immediately gasped and panicked, for fear that the murderous bandit would pass by again and commit evil in the village.

Su Jiudong saw that Aunt Wang was talking energetically, so he couldn't help but smile and continued to ask: "Aunt Wang, those officials can know the situation and come to the village with shoes to find their family members to claim them, which means that the bandits who killed people should be caught." ”

Su Jiudong's original intention was to use stratagems to find out the thief who stole the shoes, and he didn't want to cause panic and chaos in the village, so he asked such a question.

Aunt Wang finally seized the opportunity to praise Su Jiudong: "Otherwise, Jiudong'er can enter Beijing, and the whole village will be the smartest for you." Those officials said that the bandits who killed people have been caught by the county government, so you don't have to worry. ”

The shoes were recognized by the old lady of the Su family, saying that the shoes were bought by Su Xinglian a few months ago and had been wearing them very diligently, so the Li family could recognize them. I found Su Xinglian's previous shoes and compared them, and the shoe size was also suitable, so I confirmed that the shoes were Su Xinglian's. ”

After Aunt Wang finished speaking, she paused and looked at the villagers who were listening with relish, with a smug look on her face, and started the routine of selling Guan Zi again: "However, there is a strange place in this. ”