In the spring of this year, two earth-shattering cases occurred in Bianliang City. Two cases also occurred on Royal Street, which is just across the wall from the palace.

Yujie is a thriving street market, just outside the Xuande Building. This is not only a place where palace maids and internal eunuchs often come, but even the ministers of the court and the central government are also frequent visitors here. It is said that the emperor of the present day would sometimes disguise himself as a commoner to visit here. There are many shops on both sides of the royal street, one of which is called "If I Smell" ancient understanding store, which is next door to the treasure pavilion, the largest antique store in Beijing. Although this shop is small, there are several treasures of the town, the first is the Tang Dynasty painting "Pounding Practice"; the second is the golden hairpin, which is said to be the love object between Tang Xuanzong and Yang Guifei; The third is "Autumn Sound Fu" written by Ouyang Xiu, a celebrity in this dynasty. These three treasures are all treasures. Because of these treasures, the business of the small shop is still booming.

However, the shopkeeper is most proud of the other three treasures, which people jokingly call the treasures that never change. This first baby proprietress is called Qiao Xi Shi by everyone, but no one knows her real name. She has a shrewd mind, a pair of clever tongues are rarely found in the world, and she personally handles many businesses in the store; The second is a pair of skillful hands of the boss, Yu Boss is a well-known skilled craftsman, carving, engraving, carving, chiseling all proficient, gold, silver, jade, bronze, everything he has seen, can be imitated vividly; The third piece is the "As I Smell" plaque, which is said to be quarried from the Tianshan Mountains and is of immeasurable value.

On this day, a big customer came to the store, he claimed to be surnamed Qian, and came in the name of "Pounding Practice Map". He was willing to pay a thousand taels of gold for the painting. Boss Yu almost couldn't believe his ears, because although it was a famous painting, it was only estimated to be five hundred taels of gold. Now that someone is willing to pay double the price, it is definitely a great joy for him. For the sake of insurance, Boss Yu specially invited Li San and Wang Wu next door to greet this guest, these two are also veterans in the mall. After some talking, Boss Yu learned that the guest surnamed Qian was from outside the Guan, and made a living by selling horses and silk, and after more than ten years of hard work, he had saved a lot of savings. He claimed that he had just bought a mansion in the west of the city and was going to settle there.

Boss Yu thinks that these rich people are not bad for money, most of them are not highly educated, and in order to raise their worth, in addition to buying luxury houses, they will buy a large number of ancient paintings and antiques as decorations, so that people think that they are well-educated. After Li San and Wang Wu carefully observed this person, they also thought that this transaction could be done, and just looking at his outfit was not less than a hundred taels. After finalizing the business, the man happily paid fifty taels of gold as a deposit, and the transaction time was decided by the couple, and the transaction place was set at Fanlou on the edge of the Bianhe River.

After the news of this transaction spread, the people of the entire royal street envied his good luck. The Yu family was also overjoyed, and planned to sell the small shop after completing this business and return to their hometown to retire. A few days before the "Pounding Practice" transaction, they first sent their daughter back to their hometown to ask someone to repair the house, and then asked buyers to sell out of the store.

Good things come in pairs, just the next day after the news that his store was going to be put out, someone came to ask, the two sides talked very speculatively, and the other party also gave a price that Boss Yu didn't even dare to think about, the only requirement was to inventory the items in the store as soon as possible, and they were in a hurry to do business. After sending off this group of people, Boss Yu sent someone to send a letter to the address left by the Qian family who bought the painting, saying that the transaction would be carried out the next day.

Early the next morning, Boss Yu, accompanied by Li San, rushed to Fanlou early, leaving Qiao Xishi and the people who were going to take stock of the storefront. After noon, suddenly a boy in gray cloth clothes drove to the "If I Smell" store, and told Qiao Xishi that Boss Yu suddenly fell unconscious in Fan Lou and asked her to hurry over. Qiao Xishi was taken aback, and Wu's mother, who was helping on the side, was also taken aback, she thought to herself that before going out, the boss said that she would come back in a while, why did she still drink wine? Qiao Xishi didn't care about the store anymore, sent those people away, took a dozen taels of silver, and let Wu's mother accompany him to the car.

In the car, Wu's mother comforted the anxious Qiao Xishi, and asked the young man about the situation of the boss from time to time, but the young man refused to say anything, only that they would know soon. Mother Wu wanted to ask something, but suddenly a strong fragrance made her head dizzy, and then she only felt that her throat was sweet, and her eyes were dark, and she lost consciousness.

The young man who was driving the car heard the movement in the car, so he stopped the car, lifted the curtain and took a look, with a somewhat smug expression on his face. He immediately turned around and sped east.

Fan Lou, Li San and Boss Yu never waited for the boss surnamed Qian. Li San was secretly surprised, that person had already paid the fixed money, and there was no reason not to come, but why had he not been seen until now? Boss Yu was very calm, he asked Li San Shaoan not to be impatient, asked for a few dishes, and the two of them quickly drank each other. When the sun set in the west, they thought that the man might not come, so they packed up their things and hurried back.

Boss Yu was not very disappointed, and in the face of Li San, who kept comforting him, Boss Yu comforted himself: Although the painting was not sold, the fifty taels of gold belonged to him. The storefront, which has been busy for nearly five years, has also been sold out at a good price, coupled with the accumulation of previous years, their family of three can have no worries about food and clothing in the second half of their lives, and when the time comes, they will find a mother-in-law for their daughter, and they will not have to worry about it in this life.

Unexpectedly, there was another big accident waiting for him at home: the things in the store were carried out. He rushed in to reason with people, but was blasted out by the people in the store, who claimed that the store had been taken down by them, and took out the contract to sell the store, which had the signature of the boss Yu and the fingerprints of the husband and wife. During the dispute, Li San found that the plaque on the door of the "If I Smell" store was missing.

"How can it be so fast?" Boss Yu looked at the empty storefront, "It's not that I just counted the items today, why didn't the insider sell the store without saying hello?" ”

Just when the boss was confused, Wu's mother's son Xiao Liu'er ran over in a panic and asked him if he had seen Wu's mother and Qiao Xishi. Listening to Xiao Liu'er tell the truth of the matter, Boss Yu felt that he had fallen into the ice cave all of a sudden. He hurriedly asked Li San to go to report to the official, and asked the neighbors to help guard the store, and did not allow the people in the store to leave.

The people from the yamen soon arrived, and according to the statements of both parties, they carefully compared the contract and confirmed that the contract did indeed have the signature of the boss, and it was written that Qiao Xishi had received nine hundred taels of silver from the other party. As for the contents of the store, according to the neighbors, the people who bought the shop in the morning came back shortly after Justie Shi left, and when they asked, the man said that the boss was seriously ill and needed a large amount of money for treatment.

What a curse from the sky! Boss Yu was so shocked that he was almost speechless, there were a lot of things, and even his wife was missing!

The prefect was very angry, and in broad daylight, such a thing happened at the feet of the Son of Heaven! I really don't take him as the prefect seriously! He ordered everyone in the palace to investigate the case, and the murderer must not be spared!

It wasn't until this time that Boss Yu came to his senses, this was a scam, and the person who set the painting and the person who resold the store were in the same group!

The officials searched around the city for most of the day, and finally found the dying Qiao Xi Shi and Wu Ma in a rarely visited alley in the east of the city. The two of them had no idea what was happening, and upon closer inspection, she found that the silver tael she had brought with her when she went out was still there, except for some dried ink on her right index finger.

According to the situation of the boss and his wife and the on-site investigation of the store, Li Yijian, the head catcher, concluded that someone had taken a fancy to the Yu family's treasure, so he planned such a scam. Subsequently, Li Yijian checked out that the suspicious contract was framed, the boss's fingerprints were glued, and the boss's fingerprints were probably printed when she was unconscious.

After Li Yijian carefully interrogated the people under the storefront, he found a strange thing, these people turned out to be really businessmen, and the purpose was to find the next store to do business. Two days ago, they had met a wealthy businessman who claimed to have a shop on Royal Street that he wanted to sell out. The two sides hit it off, and the two sides bargained, and finally bought the store for 1,000 taels of silver, and paid a deposit of 100 taels of silver in advance. On the morning of the boss's visit to Fanlou, Yake informed them to accept the storefront. After confirming the deed and deed, they paid the house in full. They thought everything was fine, but after seeing Boss Yu, they realized that they had also been deceived!

Holding on to the remaining hope, accompanied by the officials, Boss Yu went to the west of the city to find out if it was possible to find the merchant surnamed Qian. But after checking for a long time, I found that there were no people who moved from other places, and there were no people who had recently bought houses. The little hope that the Yu couple had was also dashed.

Fortunately, the person who was going to buy their store agreed to buy the "If I Smell" store for an additional 1,000 taels of silver because he was in a hurry to do business.

Li Yijian, the head catcher, felt that the thieves had deceived so many treasures, and he must be in a hurry to make a move, so he decided to ask friends from the three religions and nine streams to track down the lost items in the "If I Smell" store. A few days later, he heard that someone was going to sell the jade at a low price, so he disguised himself to check it and found that the jade for sale was the plaque in the "As I Smell" store. Li Yijian was overjoyed, and when he was about to arrest him, the thief recognized him, threw away the plaque and ran away.

This is a blessing in the misfortune of the family. Subsequently, Boss Yu sold it for a thousand gold, and with these family funds, the Yu family moved to a small mansion in the eastern suburbs of Kaifeng with tears.

It's far from over here. The shop has been closed for renovation since it was dismantled, and the movement during the day and night was terrifying, and the neighbors were so disturbed that they had to close early every day, and even the soldiers who patrolled to the vicinity were unwilling to stay here.

This went on for a month. It was another night with no fingers out of sight, and the soldiers patrolled here as usual, but they did not hear the usual noise, only a faint light in the house. The soldiers didn't care at first, they just thought it was a little strange. When one of the soldiers tried to take a closer look, a familiar noise suddenly came from the shop, and the soldiers left in peace.

At dawn the next day, one of the soldiers suddenly exclaimed, he thought that the reason why he felt a little strange about the lights last night was because the place where the lights were lit was not the "I Smell It" shop, but the treasure pavilion! Hearing him say this, the others were also startled, and they ran from the City Emperor Root to the Treasure Pavilion in a hurry, and the treasures of the Treasure Pavilion were shocked to disappear! What's even more bizarre is that the gate is intact!