Chapter 176: Cause and Effect

"You mean to say...... Those people who pretend to be ghosts at the Fengxiang Inn. All of your classmates? ”

Xiao Ru looked at the ordinary-looking young man in front of her in amazement, scratched her head, and didn't know what to say for a while.

The chrysanthemums outside the window are just right, the fragrance is light, the breeze blows, the fine petals are flying, Meng Nier and Xiaoyan stand in front of the window, holding a bamboo basket to collect the petals together, these flowers are selected by Xiaoru, all can be used in medicine, after treatment, whether it is soaking drink, or cooking porridge, the taste is good.

Xiaoyan took matters into her own hands, selected dried chrysanthemums, honeysuckle and ***, made three cups of 'Sanhua tea', and brought them to the table, Xiaoru took a sip and nodded, at this time she really needs to drink a cup of Sanhua tea to achieve the effect of contemplation. showed an approving smile at her maid, this child just has eyesight, in terms of being considerate and docile, and can look at people's faces, Meng Nier is not as good as her, Xiaoru sometimes feels that she is more and more reluctant to marry this girl.

Lou Yi sighed, first sent a long letter from Ding Feng not long ago to Xiao Ru, originally Ding Feng wanted to come back and then face the details, but he never thought that there was a big case on the side of the Criminal Department, he received the order, he was not allowed to return to Beijing for a while, from Shangning, he was going to Yunnan directly, so he had to write the specific situation into a letter and send it back to the old man and Lou Yi to see.

Xiaoru unfolded the letter, Ding Feng and Lou Yi's characters are very well written, and, don't look at the great difference between the personalities of the two people, but the fonts are similar, they are both good at very formal regular script, and the line of one hand is not as dazzling and flamboyant as cursive writing, but it makes people look very comfortable. It is said that when Lou Yi and Ding Feng were two people learning calligraphy. Gongsun stopped talking, it doesn't matter if the other fonts are well written, however, the regular script must be written well, written beautifully, although the two of them listened to the master's words before, but they could not understand the wonder of writing a good regular script, and so on to start an errand, must write a document, after writing a fold, the two of them appeared, there is a good word that makes people look comfortable, the benefit is too great.

I remember that a few years ago, the six ministries wrote at the same time, and they all said that the yamen buildings were dilapidated and had not been renovated for ten years.

Xiao Ru skimmed through the letters, although things were not the same as she imagined, but the difference was not very big-

After Lou Yi and Xiaoru left the Fengxiang Inn. The proprietress also followed, and the inn closed its doors and no longer did business, leaving only an old and dizzy janitor, and the niece of the proprietress who was the little cook.

Ding Feng also packed his luggage and deliberately pretended to leave, but in fact, he took a look outside, sneaked back, and hid in a private room on the first floor of the inn.

The first three nights Ding Feng stayed in the inn, the wind and waves were calm, nothing strange happened, although he could only be bored every day, a little aggrieved, but, after all, there was a graceful and charming body, a delicate and small cook lady from time to time to serve delicious snacks, delicious meals, the small life was so comfortable and happy, and the daily communication to Lou Yi on weekdays was full of leisure.

However, on the night of the fourth day, at midnight, the crockpot that Ding Feng had arranged in the inn crackled, Ding Feng had been preparing for so many days, just waiting for a few days, of course the reaction was very fast, as soon as he went out. Now there are several suspicious figures in the backyard, flashing away in the yard, and after he lights up the big lantern in the backyard and illuminates the night sky like day, the whole yard is calm again, if it weren't for the traces of the mechanism set up by Ding Feng in the grass that have been touched, there will definitely be nothing.

The little cook was frightened, she always felt that this was indeed a ghost, otherwise how could she say that it would be gone, how fast the figure flashed, if it wasn't a ghost, it was such a small courtyard, where could they hide?

Ding Feng didn't care so much, immediately flew the pigeon to pass the book, beckoned the officials of Shangning County who were ambushed not far away to help, and searched the backyard of the entire Fengxiang Inn carefully from beginning to end. It's too late to block the tunnel.

It is not difficult to track it, the number of these people is not small, Ding Feng surveyed, and there were at least six people's footprints, five men and one woman, the kung fu was not very good, and one seemed to be injured.

Now that they have been revealed, these people will definitely not be able to run, Shangning is relying on the capital, and the county officials are all good at catching them, and there are many strongmen who used to do green forest trading. is very clear about this kind of child's doorway, and in just one morning, he served the gang of people, a total of six adults, and a child, and the one who took the lead was the old man who claimed to be surnamed Qiu, and Qiu Xiaoyun, who pretended to be a female ghost, was also inside.

Ding Feng was not very surprised to see others, but in this group of people, there was a pink and cute child, so much that he was taken aback, if Lou Yi and Xiaoru were here at this time, they would be able to show up immediately, this child was the commanding and very proud child they met in the woods that day.

Caught the person, Ding Feng briefly interrogated, and as a result, these people didn't admit anything, they didn't even admit that they ran to the Fengxiang Inn to pretend to be a ghost, not to mention the reason why they came here, the dead pig was not afraid of boiling water, so Ding Feng didn't have a problem, their crime is actually not particularly serious, at least it is not a big crime of killing the head, it is a big deal to break into a private house...... By the way, there is also a pretending official errand, but it has not caused any serious consequences, and it is not appropriate to be punished, and with Ding Feng's character, he will not use a big punishment casually.

Besides, you said that they broke into the house privately, but no one got the stolen goods, and at night, even Ding Feng didn't see his face clearly. Besides, pretending to be an official, those who can testify are not there, the boss and the lady are all gone, and it takes time to call them back, this case really can't be tried, but when Ding Feng saw the guys of this gang, he knew that they were all tomb robbers who touched the gold, even if their skills were not high, but they were staring at this inn, and they were ghosts and night detectives, if they wanted to say that there was no problem, who would believe it!

Before he had time to figure it out, the will came down, asking him to hurry up 600 miles and rush to Yunnan, and he didn't even have time to go back to his home, so he could only send people to the capital first and hand them over to the old man to deal with.

After reading the letter, Xiaoru raised her head and smiled: "...... Xiao Su, if it's convenient, you can talk about it, what the hell is going on, you ...... Same door, why are you staring at Fengxiang Inn? ”

Now that a group of thieves pretending to be ghosts are on their way back to Beijing, of course, they can't ask in person, but Xiaoru is becoming more and more curious, and she has to find out what she says.

This young man named Xiao Su seemed to trust Lou Yi very much, smiled, did not sell Guanzi, and said: "Actually, they are just too obsessed, Qiu Shibo has been doing tomb robbery all his life, he has always obeyed the rules, and he is not very greedy, but now that he is old, it is time to wash his hands in a golden basin and enjoy the blessings, but he didn't expect that he couldn't let go." ”

Xiao Su sighed, his voice was a little hoarse, but it was very mellow and beautiful: "According to legend, we touched the gold gate, which was formed by Cao Cao and Cao Mengde back then, and at the beginning, it was also subordinate to the imperial court...... Of course, I don't know if it's true or not, at least, one of the rules I learned is not to deal with the government. Speaking of this, Xiao Su glanced at Lou Yi and couldn't help but be happy, "Hehe, of course, I'm not so well-behaved, otherwise, I wouldn't be mixed with Lou Yi's kid." ”

Lou Yi glanced at him and didn't say anything, but Xiao Ru Zhi wanted to know how Lou Yi Ding Feng could be with a tomb robber, and it was obvious that it was a family heirloom, and he was destined to become a friend of a tomb robber since he was a child......

“…… Okay, let's get down to business, we tomb robbers are divided into four factions, touching the Golden Gate, moving the mountain gate, unloading the Ling Gate, and Qiu Gate, also called touching the golden school captain, the mountain movers, the unloading wrestler, and the Qiu general. Old man Gongsun Zhi has always traveled extensively, and he has contacts with people from these four major factions, so Lou Yi, you should also know a little bit about the things in our industry......"

"The person who touches the gold sect, only the person who has obtained the orthodox gold touching talisman can be called the golden school captain, but the golden talisman of our sect has been lost, so our sect, including my father and Master Qiu, among the thirty-fourth generation of disciples, there is no inheritance of the orthodox golden school captain."

Lou Yi was stunned: "But I heard the old man say that your Su family has a high status in the gold touching sect, and the old man Su is the number one tomb robber master in the industry......

Xiao Su nodded, and said with a smile: "My grandfather is indeed very capable, at the age of fourteen, he got the gold talisman and became an authentic gold school captain, thirty years down, I don't know how many ancient tombs he stolen, he is very respected in the industry, but, I don't know if he has no ability to teach his disciples, or, the qualifications of the disciples are too poor, including my father, my grandfather has accepted a total of four apprentices, the master is surnamed Qiu, the second master is surnamed Song, the third is my father, the fourth disciple is a female disciple, the surname is Gao, these four disciples have not learned home, my father is better, The master's skills are the worst, and the second master's qualifications are good, but unfortunately, the heart is not on this, and he changed careers to do business at a young age. ”

"In this way, only my father and Uncle Qiu are left, the two of them are in terms of skills, of course, my father is better, but my father is less qualified, Uncle Qiu is a senior brother after all, and although his skills are not good, but his enthusiasm is still enough, not as casual as my father, it is said that the captain of the gold school must be passed on to the disciples with high skills, but my grandfather takes himself as the standard, and thinks that my father and Uncle Qiu are half a catty and eight taels at all, neither of them can do it, fifty steps and a hundred steps, no one can laugh at anyone, so on the inheritance, I was a little hesitant. ”

At that time, my grandfather didn't know what he was thinking, he was terminally ill, and after realizing that his life was not long, he began to travel around, saying that he had robbed the tomb for most of his life, how could he personally find a good tomb for himself, my father and Uncle Qiu couldn't screw him, so he had to let him go, this time, my grandfather never went home, only sent a suicide note back, the suicide note explained, he couldn't determine his successor in the end, Therefore, I had to leave it to God to determine, he hid his gold talisman in one place, and then drew a simple map and wrote some hints, whoever finds the gold talisman first is the head of the gold gate. ”

Xiao Ru was dizzy when she heard this, this old man Su is really individual, isn't this forcing his two disciples to have a dispute? One of them is his son!