After a few teas, someone from outside came to report, saying, "Father-in-law, someone from the county government is here." ”

The prince said lightly: "Call in and speak." ”

Two soap-clothed people came in, the old one looked sophisticated, and the younger one looked a little tender, but the prince recognized one of them, it was Xu Qian who was wearing a public uniform.

Xu Chang was originally a member of the county government, so he was also decent, and as soon as he came in, he smiled and saluted the prince.

As for Xu Qian, who was wearing a public uniform that didn't fit well, he was a little more restrained, deliberately pretending to be ignorant of the world, and reluctantly gave the prince a salute.

Wang Gonggong's face was indifferent, he first glanced at Xu Chang, and then his eyes fell on Xu Qian, and said, "You must be clear about the matter. Find out, our family has a heavy reward, can't find out......" Wang Gonggong picked up the tea cup, casually played with the tea lid, and continued in a calm tone: "If you can't find out, don't go." ”

Xu Chang hurriedly said: "Yes, yes." ”

Xu Qian could clearly feel the murderous aura in the prince's tone, this was a life-threatening matter, and the prince was by no means joking.

The prince was lying on the chair, his eyes half open and half closed, and said, "What are you still doing on your knees, stand up and talk." ”

After listening to the words of the prince, everyone stood up as if they had been pardoned. Many people inevitably secretly looked at these two errand servants, and they were very disapproving in the face of these two errand servants, especially Zhang Qin, the head of the inner mansion, and Jiang Kun, the tent room, who almost looked at Xu Qian's father and son with mockery and ridicule.

Although the servants in the county government can show off their power among ordinary people, in the eyes of these high-ranking directors, account offices, and cleaners in the prince's mansion, this father and son are just lowly servants, and they can't be on the stage at all, and I don't know what the prince thinks.

Xu Qian felt that the people in this hall looked at him unkindly, but he didn't care.

Xu Chang is an old official, and he is more familiar with this situation, he gestured to the prince and said: "Father-in-law, since this banner was stolen last night, the father-in-law's mansion is heavily guarded, and ordinary thieves are naturally excluded, and the villain feels that this must be done by a family thief." ”

The prince sat comfortably on his Limu Taishi chair, and said with a straight face: "Since you are a thief, how should you find out?" ”

Xu Chang said: "This is also easy, those who can enter and exit here for theft, there must be some status in the house, as long as everyone is gathered here, and then the villain goes to their bedrooms to search them one by one, maybe the thieves will be exposed." ”

The prince looked at these people in the hall, and said indifferently: "This is a way, it is really a public meal, everyone has gathered here, you go down and search one by one." ”

Xu Chang hurriedly said yes, glanced at Xu Qian, and went quickly.

Seeing that the father and son of the Xu family were gone, the prince got up for a while, slowly picked up the tea cup on the table and took a bite, and looked at everyone coldly: "Who stole this painting, it's best to explain honestly, if it is really found out by the tolerance, don't blame our family for turning their faces and being ruthless, our family will give you a chance, don't be ignorant." ”

There was no sound in the flower hall, no one dared to make a sound, only a little breath was heard.

Seeing that no one answered, the prince smiled and leaned back in his chair as if he didn't care, his fingers beating the beat.

In fact, the prince was not nervous in his heart, the kid surnamed Xu only said that if he did what he said, he would definitely be able to get the text back, but when he said that, although the prince believed him, it was only about himself, and it was difficult to calm down.

He was even vaguely guessing in his heart what tricks this father and son could come up with, it was a treasure map, and it was going to search everyone's rooms, did they think that the thief who really stole the real thing would hide the text in his bedroom?

What world has the prince not seen? He believed that the person who stole his text was no ordinary thief, and that it was a joke that such a thoughtful person would search his bedroom to find the authentic handiwork.

He remained silent, but he sneered in his heart: "I hope this kid surnamed Xu is not only the kung fu of this three-legged cat, otherwise, our family can't find the text panel, so we will clean him up today." ”

It took some effort to search a dozen bedrooms, and it took half an hour before two tolerances finally returned.

Everyone couldn't help but look at this pair of tolerances, and saw that Xu Chang and Xu Qian were both happy, and some people couldn't help but think: Didn't you really find out something?

Xu Qianxing hurriedly said: "I found it, father-in-law, please take a look." He held a broken piece of framed paper in his hand and sent it to the prince.

The prince hurriedly took it, took the mounted paper in his hand and rubbed it carefully, and after a while, his brows were deeply locked, and he said lightly: "This fragment is somewhat similar to the framed paper of the word panel." ”

Xu Qian said: "It was found in a Qing room surnamed Lin. ”

There was an uproar.

Everyone's eyes were either gloating, worried, or complicated to look at a middle-aged Confucian student with a dignified appearance and wearing a Confucian shirt, and some people couldn't help but think: "It was him?" Unexpectedly, Mr. Lin is usually a knowledgeable person, but he will also be a thief. ”

Some people disagreed, and looked at the two servants coldly, and couldn't help but think in their hearts, Mr. Lin's character is acceptable, if he usually likes to take advantage of some small advantages, some people believe it, but if you want to say that this Mr. Lin dares to be a thief, some people just shake their heads in their hearts, and look at the Xu family's father and son with more disdain.

"Cheap labor is cheap service, it's just a fragment of the word panel, and it is actually used to offer treasures, most likely because the prince is urging too tightly, and they are messing with something behind their backs."

In the midst of everyone's attention, Mr. Qing Kelin immediately frowned, and hurriedly said to the prince: "The student is a good person, how can he do such a thing of stealing chickens and touching dogs?" Please be aware of it. Then he looked at Xu Qian with disdain, and said with disdain: "You want to frame me with this piece of words that is difficult to distinguish between true and false?" You are responsible for what you have said, Lin is a person with a meritorious reputation, you talk nonsense, be careful when the time comes, I will accuse you of slander. ”

There was an element of threat in his words, Xu Chang was a little weak-hearted, and when he learned that the other party was famous, his arrogance was suddenly poured with a basin of cold water and disappeared without a trace.

Xu Qian saw it in his eyes, and he didn't blame the old man for being timid, it was really different from ordinary people that he had fame in this era, he looked at Lin Qingke fearlessly, and said, "Since you said that you didn't do it, then let's explain what is going on with the fragments of this painting?" Why is it in your bedroom?"

Lin Qingke's smile was even colder, and he said coldly: "Why did it appear in Lin's bedroom, how do I know?" Lin rarely comes to this flower hall, how did he steal that letter? Besides, last night, Lin was studying in the room and never went out, you yourself said that this painting was stolen last night, so Lin will still take things in the air, can you take the things in the flower hall in the bedroom? ”

When Lin Qingke spoke, his thinking was clear, and he said the key to the problem. Since he didn't go out last night, there is no way to talk about the so-called word theft.

Xu Qian couldn't help but ask: "You said that you haven't been out, who can testify?" ”

Lin Qingke's face changed slightly, and he suddenly hesitated, he hadn't gone out, where could he find anyone to testify?

Lin Qingke had no choice but to say angrily: "I'm a scholar, can't I lie to you, I went back to the bedroom after dark, and never came out again, all these years in the prince's mansion, Lin has long been accustomed to going to bed early, you are a little cheap servant, do you still want to accuse Lin?" ”

Wang Gonggong squinted his eyes and saw Lin Qingke and Xu Qian arguing, but he couldn't help but be suspicious of Lin Qingke in his heart, staring at him coldly, this gaze implied a suffocating power, which made Lin Qingke show a little flustered.

As for the other people in the hall who heard that Lin Qingke scolded Xu Qian for being a cheap servant, they felt a little happy in their hearts, in their hearts, cheap servants are cheap servants, people who are usually not as good as dogs in front of them, they actually entered the hall and interrogated the murderer like a person, what kind of thing are they?

Zhang Qin, the head of the Inner Mansion, was even more obvious, but he just looked at Xu Qian with the corner of his eye, and he was very disdainful.

Jiang Kun, who was standing next to Zhang Qin, lowered his head, as if he had thought of something, and observed the face of the prince, as if he wanted to say something.

After hesitating for a long time, Jiang Kun suddenly said: "Lin Qingke is lying, he said that he was studying in the house last night, but I clearly saw him wandering around the flower hall last night, when I happened to get up at night, I saw him wandering there in a trance, and I said hello to him." ”

As soon as the words fell, the whole hall was in an uproar.

Everyone looked at Jiang Kun in astonishment, and Jiang Kun continued: "If I tell a lie, the sky will thunder!" ”

Lin Qingke was still disdainful before, although he found something in his bedroom, but it didn't mean that he stole the text panel, but Jiang Kun suddenly stood up and corrected, which suddenly made him a little panicked.

Xu Qian took the opportunity to say: "Mr. Lin, what else do you have to say, the fragments found in your room are physical evidence, and there are also people who have proved that you appeared near the flower hall last night, and the human and physical evidence are there, do you still want to deny it?" ”

Lin Qingke was stunned, his shoulders trembled slightly, and he must have known the problem as well, so he hurriedly looked at the prince as if pleading, and said, "Father-in-law, they are talking nonsense, they ...... He said nonsense, the student is a pure white family, and he has already fallen asleep when he was a child, how can he still wander outside? How could it be possible to greet Jiang's tent...... The ordinary students have no grievances with Jiang's tent, but they ...... But ......"

Jiang Kun interrupted Lin Qingke in a calm tone and said, "Brother Lin, what are you talking about?" You and I know what happened last night, and it is clear that you are bold, because you listened to the rumors in the market and your interests were consumed, so you took risks and did such a heartbreaking thing. ”

Lin Qingke was speechless and speechless for a while, and the prince looked at him coldly at this time, making his heart furious, and his face was terrifyingly pale.

As soon as his words fell, the father and son of the Xu family rushed up with an iron ruler and a lasso, Lin Xiao knelt on the ground and closed his eyes, just waiting to be captured, but there was no movement for a long time, he felt a little strange, his eyes glanced secretly, but found that these two 'errand servants' actually rushed towards Jiang Kun.

This...... What kind of name is it?

Jiang Kun noticed that these two errand servants were coming, he was stunned at first, and then he was shocked, seeing that Xu Chang had been bullied, he hurriedly retreated backwards, and his hand happened to support the coffee table behind him, and he copied it casually, picked up the teacup on the coffee table and smashed it towards Xu Chang.

Xu Chang didn't expect Jiang Kun's reaction to be so fast, and he couldn't dodge it, but fortunately, Xu Qian, who was beside him, reacted quickly, and he was furious in his heart, this guy actually dared to smash his father, and I didn't dare to touch my father's finger, which is really unreasonable.

He hurriedly stretched out his hand to block it, the teacup slammed, and there was a muffled sound of impact, and then it was bounced away, Xu Qian's forearm was smashed by this, and the pain in his heart spread all over his body.

This time, Xu Chang was completely angry, he rushed towards Jiang Kun like an angry King Kong, and collided with Jiang Kun like a hungry tiger pounced on a sheep, Jiang Kun stumbled to the ground, and was about to fight back, Xu Qian in the back rushed up with pain, and together with Xu Chang, he pressed him to the ground.