Chapter 362: Stepping Stone (8)
After drinking a cup of tea, the two catchers quickly put down the teacups, got up to say goodbye, Xie Guangkun glanced at the housekeeper beside him, the housekeeper understood, and hurriedly stepped forward with a smile.
"The two officials have worked hard, in order to thank you for coming to help, my lord specially prepared a thin gift for the two, not a respect, please wait a while, I will go and get it!" After the butler finished speaking, he turned around and went out.
"Oops! How embarrassing it is, it's all business! ", said with a smile, but did not move a single step.
After waiting for a quarter of an hour, the butler had not returned, and the two of them began to get a little impatient.
"Forget it, let's get the gift later!" After the two finished speaking, they walked out.
As soon as he walked to the door of the living room, he was blocked by the five catchers who came on, it was Cao Xiaohui who came, followed by four catchers.
At this moment, both sides froze in place, the faces of the two catchers changed greatly, and a panicked look appeared in their eyes, Cao Xiaohui looked at the two coldly, carrying his hands without saying a word, Xie Guangkun on the side observed for a while, and a shallow smile appeared on the corner of his mouth.
"The official spares his life, and the little one no longer dares to pretend to be a catcher!" , the two fake catchers quickly glanced at each other and knelt down in unison.
"What's your name?" , Cao Xiaohui asked coldly.
"Little Hu San!"
"Little Li Si!"
"Tell me, why are you pretending to be a catcher, and what is the purpose of coming here?"
"Back to the official, the two younger brothers just want to open their eyes, we have never entered a big family, and we have never drunk such good tea, let alone so much silver, we thought that if we could see each other, this life would not be in vain, so we came up with this idea! Ask the official to be gracious and spare us! Hu San and Li Si kept kowtowing.
"Cao Zhutou, I felt that there was something wrong with the two of them, so I found a way to hold them back and send someone to report to you, as I expected, fortunately you came in time, otherwise I really don't know how to keep them!" , Xie Guangkun said with a smile.
"Thanks to the thanks!" , Cao Xiaohui hugged her fist at Xie Guangkun.
"It seems that there is a real possibility that something will happen tonight, so I'll go back and interrogate them, and the head catcher will personally bring someone over at night!"
"Then there will be work!" , Xie Guangkun arched his hand with a smile.
"Take it away!" , Cao Xiaohui waved her hand and turned to leave.
"I blame you! What a bad idea! Isn't that good? ”
"What else do you say? Have you ever drunk such a good tea? Have you ever seen so much silver? Is this for nothing? ”
"That's right! Wow! I've never seen so much silver in my life! ”
"Yes, that vault is so big! It's more than three feet wide, and it's finally an eye-opener, not in vain! ”
"It's going to blow it in the future!"
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As soon as they got out of the door, Hu San and Li Si shouted, both of them were extremely excited, without any frustration and nervousness of being caught.
"Someone! Strengthen the guards, patrol me non-stop from now on, all the ladies will stay in the house for me, not allowed to come out, and all the dogs will be released for me! Xie Guangkun shouted loudly, and a trace of anxiety flashed in his eyes.
The entire Xie family compound spent the day in tension and uneasiness, and when night fell, Nie Xiaohu and Cao Xiaohui came to the Xie family with twenty hunters.
After rearranging the defense of the entire compound, Nie Xiaohu and the others sat down in the living room, and at the same time, the entire southern district of Luoyang was almost in a state of tension, and the team leaders of each jurisdiction were patrolling nervously in the streets and alleys with a few catchers, the air was dignified, and they looked like they were about to come in a stormy manner.
After chatting for nearly an hour, everyone had no topic, the living room fell silent, time passed minute by minute, and finally, the sound of the child came, the time was up, and it was safe!
There was calm in the Xie family's compound, no abnormalities were found anywhere, and no arrows were found to be lifted into the air, everything was as usual.
"A false alarm!" , Xie Guangkun finally smiled, "I think it is Mr. Nie who is personally sitting in the battle, and those robbers are afraid that they will not dare to come!" ”
"I'll just say it's a god!" , Cao Xiaohui said disdainfully.
Nie Xiaohu was still frowning, trying to think about something.
Suddenly, Nie Xiaohu opened his mouth and asked, "What did those two fake catchers do during the day?" ”
"It's nothing, they just went into the treasury and went around, knocked on the wall, it was nothing more than opening their eyes and wanting to see the silver!" , Xie Guangkun said.
"Xiaohui, on the way back to them, did they meet anyone, or did they say anything? Or have you ever stopped, such as going to the toilet or something? ”
Cao Xiaohui frowned slightly and said: "No, I didn't meet anyone, and I didn't stop, I just took it back, as for what I said, those two guys never stopped talking along the way, and they just said something to complain about each other, and they were very excited." ”
After thinking for a while, Nie Xiaohu asked again: "Outside the Xie Yuan, are all the people in Yinzhuang in the courtyard, and are there any people going out?" ”
Xie Guangkun turned his head to look at the housekeeper on the side, and the housekeeper shook his head lightly and said, "No, all the people in the village are there, and no one has gone out." ”
"Could it be that I'm thinking too much?" , Nie Xiaohu said in his heart.
"If you think about it carefully, is it true that one of them didn't go out?" , Nie Xiaohu repeated.
"No, I'm pretty sure!" The butler shook his head and said, "It's all here, if you don't count the ones who have quit." ”
"Quitting? Who quit their jobs? When? ", Nie Xiaohu asked.
"It's a guard in the inner courtyard, and I quit my job five days ago, saying that I was tired, alas! Today's young people, who want to make money and don't want to endure hardship, it's really ......", the housekeeper smiled helplessly.
"What's this man's name?"
"It's called Shao Shusen, it's from Shaojiazhuang outside the city," the housekeeper replied.
"Shao Shusen!?" , Nie Xiaohu was startled, and Cao Xiaohui on the side also opened his eyes widen instantly.
"Shao Shusen, wine jug, courtchild, resignation, Taoist priest, fake capture and quick ......", Nie Xiaohu quickly went through all the clues in his mind.
"What day is the beginning of October?" , Nie Xiaohu suddenly asked.
"October 10th, what's wrong?" , Xie Guangkun replied a little dazedly.
"Not good!" , Nie Xiaohu shouted and stood up suddenly.
All the people in the living room were startled and looked at him in surprise, not knowing what was happening.
"Quick, go to the vault!" , Nie Xiaohu rushed out of the living room in the wind.
Everyone rushed to the backyard garden, the garden was quiet, everything seemed unusually calm, and when they saw Nie Xiaohu and others arrive, several catchers who were hiding in the dark of the garden also walked out.
"Open the vault!" , Nie Xiaohu shouted.