Chapter 368: Ill-gotten Gains (4)
Out of the Fuyuan Inn, Nie Xiaohu stood on the street and pondered, everyone stood silently, no one spoke, for fear of disturbing his train of thought.
After a long time, Nie Xiaohu said: "It doesn't take a quarter of an hour to ride a horse from here to the south city gate, enter the city so early, the soldiers guarding the city gate may still have an impression, let's go and ask!" ”
After that, Nie Xiaohu turned over and galloped towards the south city gate, and Cao Xiaohui and the others also followed closely behind.
As soon as he walked out of the time for a meal, Nie Xiaohu was galloping on the main road on horseback, and suddenly a middle-aged woman rushed out of a yard on the side of the road, and the woman rushed to the middle of the road, waving her hands at Nie Xiaohu and the others, as if she was going to stop them.
Nie Xiaohu was taken aback, hurriedly pulled the silk reins, dismounted the horse with a long neigh, the two front hooves were raised high, and stopped abruptly, and then Cao Xiaohui and others who followed behind also hurriedly took the horse, and the neighing of the horse sounded on the road.
"Brother Tiger, what's wrong?" , Cao Xiaohui got off the horse and walked forward quickly.
At this time, Nie Xiaohu had already jumped off the horse, waved his hand at Cao Xiaohui, stared at the woman standing in the middle of the road and asked, "Who are you, why did you stop me?" It's dangerous for you to do this, you're going to die, you know? ”
"Your Excellency! You're going to call the shots for me! ”
Woman: "Poof! He knelt on the ground and shouted with a crying voice, because of the remote location, there were few people around to watch the excitement.
"Get up and speak!" , Nie Xiaohu said in a deep voice.
"Oh!" , the woman stopped crying and quickly stood up.
"What's going on?"
"My lord, it's like this, the slave's surname is Chen, and the husband's name is Li Xiaobin, we are all croppers who do our duty, but just now, I saw my husband holding a five-tael silver ingot in his hand!
What do you think, sir! We farmers all year round in the field to eat, even if the whole year without eating or drinking, can not save the five taels of silver, I asked him where the silver came from, he was stunned, and then I asked anxiously, he said that this silver is he helped people watch the horse for more than an hour to earn! Who will believe this deceitful words! ”
"This is obviously what I earned by helping people watch horses, and I didn't lie to you!" At this time, a middle-aged man came out of the house and called out with an aggrieved look.
"Who are you fooling? Can you earn so much by watching a horse for more than an hour? Then if you show people horses for three days, why don't you go to the city to buy a house and buy land?! Chen's angry glare at the man shouted.
"I'm telling the truth, I can't help it if you don't believe me!" , Li Xiaobin turned his head.
"My lord, he must have taken some ill-gotten gains, our family is innocent, but we can't ruin our family because of these five taels of silver! I beg you, make sure to ask us today, we won't want any ill-gotten gains! Chen said firmly.
"I'm telling the truth, why don't you believe it!" , Li Xiaobin squatted on the ground in frustration.
"Daddy, kid! I'm doing this for your own good! You think, if you are caught one day, how will we live if we are left behind! Chen's cried.
Cao Xiaohui also shook her head when she looked at it from the side.
"Look at the horses? More than an hour? Nie Xiaohu's eyes lit up suddenly.
"Where are you watching the horse? What kind of person is he? How did it happen? ", Nie Xiaohu asked in surprise.
"Look, I'll just say someone will believe it!" , Li Xiaobin suddenly came to his senses, stood up and said to Chen, "The adults believe it, what else do you have to say?" ”
"Huh?" , Chen looked at Nie Xiaohu blankly.
"Say it quickly!" , Nie Xiaohu was a little anxious.
"Yes, sir!" Li Xiaobin bowed his hand and said, "That's right, when I went to work in the field this morning, I met a man on horseback on the road, and he asked me if I would like to watch the horse for him for a while, and he said that he had something to do temporarily."
When I said that I would go to work in the fields, the man said that I should give me five taels of silver, and that I should look at the horses for him for more than an hour, and when I heard of the money, I agreed, and the man dismounted, and tied the horses to a tree by the roadside, and went away alone.
I waited next to the horse, and after waiting for more than an hour, the man came back, threw me a silver ingot weighing five taels, and rode away on the horse. Li Xiaobin shook his head after speaking.
"Where's the place to tie the horse?" , Nie Xiaohu then asked.
"It's not far, it's by the river!" , Li Xiaobin pointed ahead.
"Take me to see it!"
"Then let's go!" Seeing that his "grievances" were about to be washed away, Li Xiaobin was overjoyed and immediately walked forward.
"My lord, this is it!" , Li Xiaobin pointed to a small tree on the side of the road and said.
Nie Xiaohu looked ahead, which was about a hundred meters away from the river, and then nodded.
"Do you remember what the man looked like and what clothes he wore?" , Nie Xiaohu asked with a little excitement and a little nervousness.
"Of course I do!" , Li Xiaobin said happily, "That person is wearing a blue gown, as for his appearance, ......", Li Xiaobin described it vividly.
"It's really him!" After listening to Li Xiaobin's description, Cao Xiaohui couldn't help but exclaim.
"You can't be wrong!"
Nie Xiaohu rubbed his hands excitedly: "Lin Peihao should have agreed on a plan with the Xia family a long time ago, this morning he first came out of the inn, deposited the horse here, and then went to the clearing in the woods on foot, and when everything was done, he went ashore to change his clothes, and then came back here, rode into the city and went to Wu Zhiyuan's house, everything was right!" ”
"Brother Tiger, what are you waiting for, let's get started?" , Cao Xiaohui said with a smile.
"Let's go!" , Nie Xiaohu Yile, "Li Xiaobin, would you like to follow me to recognize the person who asked you to watch the horse?" ”
"Yes! Villain, but by the orders of adults! Li Xiaobin nodded hurriedly.
"Excellent! Chan's! Nie Xiaohu turned his head to look at Chen and said with a smile.
"My lord," Chen replied quietly, with a cautious look on his face, and he had long lost his momentum.
"Your husband didn't lie, the five taels of silver were indeed earned by him, so you can spend it with confidence!"
"Huh? True... It's true? Chen, who seemed to be a little disbelieving in his ears.
"Of course it's true!" , Li Xiaobin said proudly.
"Oops! It's so... Too...", Chen was excited and didn't know what to say.
"Let's go!" , Nie Xiaohu turned over and got on the horse and waved his big hand, "Go to the Wu family!" ”
Wu Zhiyuan's house, Xia Nan was wearing filial piety clothes, and was busy packing up things, the room was full of large and small boxes and burdens, and Lin Peihao was also helping to clean up.
Seeing Nie Xiaohu coming, the two quickly stopped what they were doing and stepped forward to bow down.
"My lord, why are you here?" , Xia Nan asked in a low voice, and her eyes immediately began to redden.
"Mrs. Xia, who are you?" , Nie Xiaohu looked at the large and small boxes in the room.
"That's right, my husband has passed away, and I don't want to live here anymore, so I don't plan to sell all my possessions and return to my hometown for the rest of my life," he said, and began to sobble again.
"I don't think so!" , Nie Xiaohu said with a sneer.
"Huh?" , Xia Nan immediately stopped sobbing and looked at Nie Xiaohu in confusion, "Why did the adults say this?" ”
"Smack!" With a bang, Nie Xiaohu threw the blue robe in front of the two of them, Xia Nan and Lin Peihao glanced at it, and both of them were trembling.
"Lin Peihao, let me ask you, where did you go and what did you do after you came out of the Fuyuan Inn this morning?" , Nie Xiaohu asked coldly.
"Huh?" , Lin Peihao was stunned for a moment, and then stammered, "I... I came out of the inn and... I just came right here. ”
"Li Xiaobin, come and recognize it!"
"Yes, sir!" , Li Xiaobin agreed outside the door and walked in quickly.
"It's him! It's the horse he asked me to look after! Li Xiaobin pointed at Lin Peihao and called loudly......
Everyone returned to the fast room, and after stepping into the hall, Nie Xiaohu suddenly found that there was a row of people standing at the top of the hall, and the leader of them was an old man in brocade clothes.
As soon as the old man saw Nie Xiaohu, he immediately unfolded the scroll he was holding to both sides, and announced loudly: "Nie Xiaohu, the chief catcher of Luoyang South District, receives the order......
(End of Season 1)