Chapter 36: The Pawnshop Case

In the study, the two didn't know what to do for a while. Lecturing? What to talk about? Where to start?

"Young Master? Master? At this time, Tingzhu's anxious voice sounded outside the door.

"Come in, what's wrong?"

Listening to Zhu pushing the door in, he glanced at Jin Ge, and then said to Huan Sheng: "Just now, there was news from Young Master Shen's side, saying that Master Shen was taken away by the people of the government. ”

As soon as these words came out, Jin Ge and Huan Sheng were shocked: "What's wrong?" ”

"The slave doesn't know, Young Master Shen asked the young master to go."

"Okay." Huan Sheng immediately put down the book in his hand, stood up and said to Jin Ge, "Miss Xue, ...... today."

"I'll go with you." Without waiting for Huan Sheng to finish speaking, Jin Ge proposed: "Let's see if I can help anything......

Speaking of this, Huan Sheng and Tingzhu both stared at her silently, thinking that it would be a good thing for others not to cause trouble, and hurriedly explained: "I won't make trouble." ”

"Okay."

The county government was in the city, and Huan Sheng knew that Yan Shi had already gone to the court at this moment, so there was no need to waste time to rush to the west of the city, and went straight to the county office.

In the public court, the county magistrate sat on it, looking not angry and arrogant.

"Who's kneeling?"

"The villain Xi He, is the personal servant of the son of Pengxiang in Cuiyun Building, came to vote for the official today, just to sue the Shen shopkeeper of the Shen pawnshop, the tanuki for the prince, and the Hetian jade Jiulong jade pendant that my son took away a few months ago, when the villain was ordered to redeem the jade pendant, he found that the jade pendant was fake......

"Is there such a thing?" The county magistrate frowned slightly, and then looked at the shopkeeper Shen who was kneeling on the other side, "Shopkeeper Shen, what do you have to say?" ”

"The adult was wronged, the villain did not drop the jade pendant, a few months ago, the Pengxiang boy first arrived in Yuzhou City, said that he had fled to this point, the body was entangled, had to be the jade pendant on the body, promised that a few months later will come to redeem, that day I personally received, see is Hetian jade nine dragon pattern jade pendant, think this jade pendant is not ordinary, I don't want to accept it, but read it desperate, so I took it, and then I have been collecting it more tightly in case something goes wrong, but I don't know why today, it will become a fake jade ......"

Without waiting for the county order to speak, Na Xihe pointed to the shopkeeper Shen and said, "Since you also said that it should be placed in a strict place, then who can get it?" It must be you who dropped this jade bag and wanted to take it for yourself! ”

"I ......" Shopkeeper Shen couldn't say anything to defend for a while.

The onlookers here also began to talk.

"This shopkeeper Shen has always done his duty to do business, how could he do such a thing?"

"That's right, Master Shen is honest and enthusiastic, and he is good to the neighbors, not like a person who would do this."

"What kind of Pengxiang boy is the head of that Cuiyun Building? It didn't take long. ”

"I don't know where it came from."

Jin Ge and Huan Sheng listened to people's discussions, squeezed to the front of the crowd, and when they reached the innermost, they saw Yan Shi standing there, looking at the public hall with an indifferent expression.

"Smack-" The county magistrate slapped the startling wood in his hand, stopped the noise of everyone, and asked, "Where is the jade pendant now?" ”

"Here." Xi He took out a box from his arms, handed it to the official, and presented it to the county commander.

The county magistrate opened the box and took out the jade pendant.

"This is the fake jade that was dropped?"

"Yes, sir."

"How do you know if this jade is fake?"

"The villain doesn't understand it, but my son-in-law's own things must be recognized, besides, this shopkeeper Shen also recognized it himself, this is a fake jade, not the Hetian jade that day."

"Since that's your son-in-law's thing, why doesn't your son-in-law come to court? Sending you? ”

"This ......"

Xi He knew that there was something in the words of the county order, and the son did not come in person, so he had some contempt for the county order, and he didn't know how to answer yes. Although Pengxiang Gongzi has not been in Yuzhou City for a long time, he is not small because of his beauty, he is somewhat shelf-shelf, and he does not show up much, but now when he is in court, he does not come in person, how can it be said.

"Come on, go to Cuiyun Building and pass on Pengxiang Gongzi."

The master let out the words, and immediately two officials hurried out of the county office, Cuiyun Building and the county government are not far from the street, and they are there in two steps.

Jin Ge in front of the crowd was attracted by the box and jade pendant in the hand of the county government at the beginning, and he always felt very familiar, as if he had seen it when and where.

After a short time, the official brought the fragrant boy to the court.

Jin Ge immediately remembered, this person is the scene he saw in the back hall of Cuiyun Building yesterday, no wonder the box is so familiar, it is the one given to him by the man in black yesterday, how can it be fake? Why is it about the shopkeeper of Shen?

Jin Ge was immersed in a series of questions and couldn't get out, and was pulled back to his thoughts by the voice of the little guy Xi He: "If it weren't for the Shen shopkeeper dropping the bag, it must be someone who could enter the warehouse, could it be the son of the Shen family?" ”

Hearing this, everyone took a breath and looked at Shen Yanshi who was standing at the door of the lobby, Yanshi pursed her lips, as if she could feel that she was coming at her from the beginning.

"In this way, let's pass on the son of the shopkeeper Shen to the church."

"What," Huan Sheng raised his eyebrows lightly, smiled at Yan Shi, and said softly: "Overestimated." ”

"Then you should come out and watch a show." Yan Shi smiled contemptuously and walked up to the front of the hall without fear.

"Who's kneeling?"

"Shen Yanshi."

"Have you ever dropped that Hetian jade pendant?"

"No, I didn't."

"The jade pendant was dropped in your pawnshop, and the place where the jade pendant was put can only be used by you and your father, how do you explain it?"

"Back to my lord, first of all, I must say that the jade pendant can drop the bag, except for my father, which is too far-fetched; Besides, this jade pendant is taken away by this little guy and then reported to the official that it was dropped and out of my Shen pawnshop, how can it directly point the finger at us? Who knows if it was dropped on the way back? As he spoke, Yan Shi turned his head to look at Pengxiang Gongzi, who was also looking at him, and the two looked at each other, as if they were touching each other; Pengxiang pursed her lips tightly, as if she was a little nervous, but the mockery in Yan Shi's eyes did not diminish in the slightest.

"Besides, how stupid are we to use this method to drop bags? Didn't we just tell others that we took this jade pendant? So why should I bother with it? Make a fake jade pendant to drop the bag? I just know how good it is, saving time and effort. ”

"Eh......" The county order was told by Yan Shi that he didn't know what to say for a while, "It seems to make some sense." ”

"Presumably, this person who wants to blame us has a way of thinking that is too simple to think of such a solution." As he spoke, Yan Shi looked at Pengxiang Gongzi with a smile.

"So ......" the county magistrate looked at the master and asked in a low voice, "What should I do?" ”

"My lord looks at the judgment, this jade pendant always needs a result."

Looking at the verdict? How to look at the verdict? The county commander hesitated for a while, looking at the jade pendant in front of him at a loss.

Who's going to judge?

"Having said that, but this jade pendant is indeed worthless, and now it has been replaced with fake jade, which is a huge loss for Pengxiang Gongzi, and your Shen pawnshop does have a little responsibility, well......" After being silent for a long time, the county magistrate patted the startled wood, and was about to say something, when he heard a voice from the crowd.

"Wait!"

Everyone saw that it was Jin Ge who dragged a servant in from outside, and Huan Sheng saw Jin Ge frowning and thinking about something, and then ran away. Seeing Jin Ge come back, Huan Sheng smiled heartily, but he had some appreciation for Jin Ge.

Jin Ge didn't wait for the county order to speak, and dragged the official to the hall, and before he could get angry, he began to say: "Eh, Lord County Order, you don't know anything, this case is very simple, it's just a thief shouting to catch a thief." ”

Hearing this, Pengxiang Gongzi's face suddenly became ugly.

The protector of Naxihe shouted, "Don't talk nonsense! There is no evidence, why slander my son-in-law! ”

"Eh, I said that the thief shouted to catch the thief, but I didn't directly say that it was your son-in-law, in the same way, since you said that the person who dropped the bag was either Shen Shopkeeper or Shen Yanshi, the thief shouted to catch the thief, if it wasn't your son-in-law, maybe it was you?"

"You!"

The county magistrate looked at Xue Jinge, knowing that she had never had any rules, and she didn't intend to bother with her, this county government was already dilapidated and in disrepair all year round, but there was no extra silver to repair.

"Silence, silence." The county commander still raised the startling wood and patted it, pointed at Jin Ge, his tone was a little slower, and said, "Since you said that it was a thief who shouted to catch a thief, do you have a credential?" ”

"Of course!" Jin Ge looked confident, and immediately began to put up the shelf and imitate it.

"It's here." Jin Ge learned the voice of the man in black with a thick voice.

Then he stood on the other side and imitated Pengxiang Gongzi's expression: "Did you bring it?" ”

"Well," he said, taking out a sandalwood box from his bosom, exactly the same as the one in the hall, and everyone sighed and listened quietly as she continued.

"Is it ready?"

"Put it away, just go tomorrow."

"That's good."

After learning this conversation, Jin Ge pounced directly on the desk, and put the sandalwood box in front of the county order with a smile: "My lord, look at this sandalwood box is the same as the one in front of you." ”

I took the box and compared it, and found that it was indeed exactly the same.

"How did you get this box?"

Jin Ge turned his head and hooked his hand, and motioned to the official who had just come in together: "You come." ”

"Lord Hui, this box was obtained in the back hall of Cuiyun Building, in the drawer of Pengxiang Gongzi's dressing table."

"Oh?" The county commander looked at Jin Ge again: "What does this conversation you learned just now mean?" ”

"Presumably, Pengxiang Gongzi naturally understands, right?"

Catching up with Jin Ge's provocative gaze, Pengxiang Gongzi smiled, hiding the paleness on his face, "The girl said that this sandalwood box was obtained from my drawer, but what evidence is there?" ”

"Eh, I didn't say this, it was this little brother who said it, and he went to get it himself."

Hearing this, Pengxiang Gongzi was about to continue to say something, but the county magistrate spoke again: "How did you know that this box was in his drawer?" ”