Chapter 157: Both sides settle down
Just looking for money and looking for money, there are so many people gathered on the first floor, but I didn't expect that there were people on the quiet second floor, and this person still knew himself, the middle-aged catcher looked at the young woman who walked down the stairs, and couldn't remember who it was, especially when he saw the hideous centipede scar on her face, he was more sure in his mind that he knew and knew that there was no such person, and he couldn't help but show doubts: "You are ......"
"This is the young master of our Baiyun Mountain Villa." The young man following behind the woman replied, his voice unconsciously mixed with a hint of pride.
The young woman looked at him reproachfully, went downstairs and arched her hand, "Xiao Ying in the Lower Gathering Dantang." β
Baiyun Villa...... Judantang Xiao Ying ...... Judantang ...... The middle-aged catcher hurriedly replied: "It turned out to be the famous Young Master Xiao of Judantang, it is really better to meet than to be famous, disrespectful and disrespectful!" Just, why are you here? β
Xiao Ying said with a smile: "Don't hide the money and catch the head, our family rushed here last night, because it was dark and it rained, so we stayed at this inn." I was also an eyewitness to what happened at the inn last night, but because most of us didn't know martial arts, we didn't dare to participate. However, the truth is real. β
"Oh? What did Young Master Xiao see? Qian Zhutou glanced at the people in the rivers and lakes.
"Last night we were woken up by the sound of fighting, and when we came out, we saw a man on the second floor with a sword and a stick fighting with the shopkeeper's wife and husband, who were both beaten and fell downstairs, breaking tables and chairs.
The two chased them to the first floor again, and the four of them continued to fight, and the two in the middle also shouted and scolded that this was a black shop, and their two relatives had not returned home since they went out, and there was no message, so they disappeared for no reason. They bothered to investigate for nearly half a year before they tracked down here according to clues, and happened to see the owner's wife and husband blowing smoke into the rooms of the two guests on our second floor. In order to prevent them from harming more people, they immediately started fighting.
Well...... Although it is said in tatters during the fight, it is coherent, and it is like this. β
Speaking of this, she glanced at everyone: "Fortunately, it was stopped in time, most of the people who stayed in the hotel had not yet smoked, so almost all of them were alarmed, and went out of the door, and they were very surprised and angry when they heard this, and when they went downstairs to help, the four people broke the door and window and went out of the inn, and they didn't know where they were fighting, and they haven't come back yet."
Alas, I, the one who dragged my family, didn't dare to leave to see what was going on, and I didn't know who of the four won and who lost, and who died and who lived. Because I was in a hurry to go to Guangming Villa, and it was already dawn, I planned to leave immediately! β
The people in the rivers and lakes are most tired of the official government and the yamen, they are all black-hearted goods with powder on their faces, they don't deal with each other if they can, and they try not to provoke if they can. Therefore, Xiao Ying's words were quiet.
Being able to put everyone aside from this case makes everyone sigh and praise Gao Ming in their hearts.
Qian Zhutou rubbed her fingers against the hilt of the knife, as if she was thinking quietly, and seemed to be discerning the truth and falsehood of Xiao Ying's words, and after a while, she suddenly raised her head and asked, "Young Master Xiao said that he wanted to go to Guangming Villa?" β
Xiao Ying said: "Yes! Recently, the disciples and disciples of various factions in the rivers and lakes have been killed, and the master of the Martial Alliance seems to have obtained the clues of the murderer, and gathered everyone to discuss how to kill each other. β
Qian Zhutou was puzzled: "But your Judantang is not a martial arts force, right?" Why do you want to get involved in this muddy water? β
It seems that this little Qian Zhukuai is an old fritter with some knowledge, not a dry meal for nothing, Xiao Ying looked helpless: "Qian Zhutou is right, we are just businessmen, and we really have no intention of participating, but for some reason, the invitation of the master of the Wu Alliance was actually sent to our Baiyun Villa." My old lady thought, since the leader of the Chengwu Alliance is so affordable, then say that you have to go on a trip, even if you can't produce people, you can't help, it's good to make some money, after all, our business in Judantang has been taken care of by all parties for many years, and now that they have such a heartbreaking thing, we should express our hearts. β
Qian Zhutou nodded, stopped rubbing his fingers on the handle of the knife, and said with a trace of helplessness on his face: "Don't hide it from Young Master Xiao, we got an anonymous secret report about this matter in the second half of last night, saying that the owner of the Shelter Inn opened a black shop and killed a lot of people, so he was chased to the wild last night." The letter also said that the wife and husband had obtained a lot of ill-gotten gains, and asked the county magistrate to send someone to search and seize them as soon as possible. Now that the murderer is gone, and the stolen goods cannot be found, how can we, the godsisters, go back and confess to the adults? β
"Oh?" Xiao Ying was puzzled, "Qian Tou didn't find those ill-gotten gains?" It is said that the gold and silver property that has been robbed should be hidden in a secret place, but how can it not be? Could it have been spent by the two of them in time? β
Qian Zhutou shook his head: "It's impossible to be in this wilderness." β
Xiao Ying thought for a moment and echoed: "Indeed." When Qian Zhutou said this, I don't think it's likely. Generally speaking, people who accumulate wealth are both for the sake of future generations and for their own timely pleasure. But we didn't see any children after we moved in last night, and this wild place is not like the many Xingle Shops in the city for people to spend their days drinking and selling gold caves......"
She frowned, "That's weird...... Could it be that this wife and husband are not real Jianghu people? Or are they two daughters and children but not here? β
Qian Zhutou also frowned, but his eyes slowly swept to the people in the rivers and lakes in thought: "Could it be that you stole the property?" β
Someone in the crowd immediately took the lead in shouting that he had not even filled his money bag, how could he compare it with the treasure accumulated by the shopkeeper who killed people and robbed money?
The people echoed and agreed, making Qian Zhutou's brows furrow even tighter, and this was indeed true, even if all the silver in their money bags was taken out and put together, it would not be half of half of half a box......
Xiao Ying came up with an idea and said: "I can't find the stolen goods, it's really not easy to make a difference." And we have to be in a hurry, and we can't stay here forever. Qian catches heads, why don't you let the Yamen sisters get some shovels, hammers, hoes, and pickaxes, and let's all help you dig and find them? β
These words reminded the head of the money shop, and after his eyes lit up, he instantly returned to normalcy and said: "Young Master Xiao said with a smile, where do you dare to bother your noble body!" A small bottle, I prepare for a seal! β
Digging for money, how could she let these Jianghu people get involved.
The helper who called the vial immediately answered.
Seeing that Qian Zhutou was polite, but still did not let go, Xiao Ying knew it and said with a faint smile: "Although Qian Zhutou came by order, after all, he came hard in the middle of the night to ensure the safety of the party." I don't think it's as good as this, the sisters present all expressed their gratitude to them, how much is it? β
Everyone looked at each other in surprise, hesitated for a moment, and then nodded one after another. But no one knew how much to take, so although they all agreed, no one moved for a while.
The faces of the two deputy arresters and the helpers gradually recovered from Xiao Ying's happy smiles.
Seeing this scene, Xiao Ying took out a silver ticket from his sleeve and gently patted it on the table, looking at everyone with a smile: "We Judantang have a big head, one thousand taels, everyone is free!" β
One thousand taels? The eyes of the catcher and the gang widened.
You must know that the food and silver of a deputy catcher, that is, the living allowance, is only 50 taels of silver a year, and the helper is only 5 to 10 taels, and the white servant has no penny subsidy. The money is only eighty taels of silver a year.
One thousand taels is really more than this amount for a rich businessman young master like Xiao Ying, and for Chu Han, who can get tens of millions of taels from dozens of bottles of Jin Illusion Medicinal Liquid, it is even more pointy, but for these helpers, it is a lot of oil and water. Compared with those poor people who can't figure out a few pennies for a long time, and are reluctant to hand it over as if they are tugging back and forth, it is simply a strong contrast between ants and elephants.
Don't count the others, only this thousand taels, a dozen of them can get a lot. At this time, they were extremely glad that Qian Zhutou didn't bring more people, otherwise they would have to share a lot less.
Everyone looked at Xiao Ying, and then glanced at the joyful dog faces that couldn't be completely suppressed even if they endured it, and knew that this time they could only take the money and end it.
A woman dressed as a businessman took out a silver ingot of ten taels, put it on Xiao Ying's thousand taels of silver ticket, said a few words, and then nodded to Xiao Ying and Qian Zhutou, and left, and Qian Zhutou and the others did not intercept them.
When everyone saw it, they took out the money one after another, put it on the table, and gradually piled it up.
Some are ten taels, some are five taels, and some people give two taels.
But no matter how much, Qian Zhutou's face did not show a little expression, which was quite a face-saving for Xiao Ying, because Xiao Shao Master said earlier that the others were more or less informal, just a mind, and the focus was on her, and if she gave the missing people, she made up for it, otherwise why did she take out a thousand taels at once? The soldiers in the army were not treated so heavily when they were comforted!
And for those helpers, it's just a few words from Young Master Xiao who can get so much money in vain, and two taels is also good, but it's based on two, not text. It's all white silver, and there's not a single copper plate!
The merchant nodded, the warrior gave up, and they all left immediately after making a little contribution, without stopping for half a minute.
After they all left and walked away, Xiao Ying said in a soft voice to Rong Yue: "Barbarian, call everyone down, and we don't bother the money shop to run errands." β
Rong Yueman responded sweetly, and ran upstairs.
Qian Zhutou glanced at the back: "This is ......"
Xiao Ying said with a smile: "FiancΓ©, in a few months, the marriage date will be set at the meeting." If you are free, please enjoy your face and drink a glass of wine! β
Qian Zhutou laughed: "Young Master Xiao is so elevating Qian, he will definitely bother to congratulate!" β
While the two were talking and laughing, Rong Yueman took a woman and two men downstairs together. Qian Zhutou saw that the woman was a guard with kung fu, and the other two men were the servants who accompanied him.
Xiao Ying said to her when he hugged his fist and said goodbye: "Since there are a lot of corpses here, please work hard and let them be buried in peace, so as not to gather the souls here and become a fierce place, which can not only increase the merits of the sisters, but also avoid being unfavorable to the sisters." β
As she spoke, she bowed to the two vice-arresters and the helpers.
Ren Tian lobbied that it was best to do Dharma for three or five days in a row, but this was impossible, unless there was some legendary ghost incident, otherwise, the yamen would not pay this fee, so she didn't bother to open her mouth at all, because it was a waste of saliva if she said it, and she would be taken advantage of by someone to make another mistake.
It was a bit abrupt for the businessman to say this kind of thing and worry about this kind of thing, Qian Zhutou was surprised for a moment, but then he hugged back a fist: "Young Master Xiao, please rest assured, even if Young Master Xiao doesn't say anything about this, we will bury them well." β
The two deputy catchers and the gang members also hurriedly returned the salute respectfully and eagerly to the generous God of Wealth.
Xiao Ying and the others left, and they looked at their backs for a long time, and then they were quickly attracted by the silver taels on the table, especially the large silver ticket.
Qian Zhutou said that there are so many people involved in this matter, I am afraid that I can't hide it, even if I can hide it for a while, I can't hide it for a lifetime, so it is better to take the initiative to hand it over to the county staff, and the county staff will distribute it to all the people who handle the case today.
When the helpers heard this, they realized that they thought it was simple, and sure enough, it was Qian Zhutou who thought thoughtfully and long-term. However, as soon as the money is handed over, the county ginseng will definitely deduct the big head, and the rest will be the money catcher and the two deputy catchers, and it will be their turn, I don't know how many taels there are.
As soon as Qian Zhutou saw their appearance, he knew their thoughts, and after putting away the 1,000 taels of silver, he picked out thirty-two taels from the pile of silver: "These silver are not handed in, move quickly, divide them equally!" β
The mouths of the gangsters immediately grinned to the waistband of their trousers, and Qian Zhutou raised his face and admonished: "Take care of your mouths, if you are drunk and have no door, there will be no such benefits in the future, let's roll up and roll people, no one wants to continue to mix in the yamen!" β
The one who called the little bottle immediately patted his chest and promised: "Don't worry, boss, even if you pry our mouths with steel knives and iron rods, we won't miss half a sentence!" The boss takes care of us poor sisters so much, if we sell the boss, it will be better than pigs and dogs! β
"Yes, yes!" Someone immediately chimed in, "Who saw these two taels of silver in his hand?" β
"I didn't see it! I didn't see it! β
"Whoever said they saw it, we gouged out her eyeballs together!"
"I didn't see it, I didn't see it!"
Qian Zhutou waved his hand: "Okay." We can't break the trust of Young Master Xiao, and go back to report to see if we can conduct an autopsy and bury it as soon as possible, and the rest of us are ready to dig ......"