Gongsun Ce's house is not bad, although it is not as good as the mansion of a large family, but it is also beyond the reach of ordinary people. The gate faces south, and upon entering there is a patio with two rooms on each side and a fence outside. This made Bao Qing feel a bit like a miniature version of the walled Yanjing Courtyard House.

Gongsun Ce's house is a room in the northeast. But when Bao Qing entered the house, he no longer felt how good Gongsun Ce's house was.

There was a bamboo bed with a long futon in the room, and a low cabinet on one side, and the whole room was made of two pieces of furniture.

Bao Qing frowned, and said jokingly: "Looking at your house from the outside, it is still decent, but when you get to this house, why is it miserable." You won't be responsible for everything in the house, will you? ”

When Gongsun Ce heard this, his face turned red all of a sudden, and then he nodded.

"You're so stupid, you've lost a whole two thousand dollars, that's enough money for you to be a rich man, why are you doing this."

"Poverty can stimulate their aspirations, and I want to use this method to motivate myself constantly, and I must be admitted to the imperial examination."

Bao Qing shook his head and said, "Let's not talk about these things first, let's talk about your family's **." ”

"What? Sir, are you still interested in adjudicating cases? Gongsun Ce asked with some confusion.

"Haha, Brother Bao, but he is a veritable Luzhou magistrate who has cracked many cases. Gongsun Ce, hurry up and listen, maybe Brother Bao can really help you find the thief. Qin Yuxian said with a smile.

"Good! I say. Here's the thing, just after noon the day before yesterday, after I came back from a pot of wine outside, I thought about looking at my family heirloom treasure and the two thousand yuan that I had secretly hidden under the cabinet. ”

After Gongsun Ce finished speaking, he removed the cabinet, revealing half a foot of square bricks. It's a good place to hide things, but if you don't pay attention to it, it's really hard to find it. In addition, a cabinet is placed on it, and even if the average thief turns over the cabinet, it is difficult to find out what mystery there will be in the bricks under the cabinet.

"If there is something hidden in this location, it is really rare for people to find it. Have you ever told anyone about your baby? Bao Qing asked.

"Of course you can't tell anyone, but that's it, and many people still know it. When my dad brought this baby back, it attracted a lot of attention. ”

"Tell me, what's going on with this exquisite black jade? Is it jade? Bao Qing asked.

"I don't know if it's not, I don't think it looks like jade, gray and black, like a stone, I saw it once, and then my father used a small iron box to pack this exquisite black jade."

"As for it? What else do you know? Why is it considered a baby? What's the origin? Bao Qing was a little puzzled, the so-called treasures should naturally be extraordinary.

Gongsun Ce paused and said, "Do you want to talk about people?" It's supposed to be a bad thing. My father once warned me never to open this box, saying that the stone in this box was an ominous stone, a stone cursed by the devil. So, I never opened it after that. Everyone else knows that my grandson's family has a family heirloom, but I don't think so. So this exquisite black jade is gone, and I'm not sad, I'm sad that my two thousand yuan is gone. Most of them were kept by my parents. ”

"Don't be in a hurry to think about the money, but tell me why the stone is ominous."

"People who come into contact with this stone will die inexplicably after a long time. That's what my dad said. It must have been cursed by something. Later, it was heard that it could be suppressed with an iron box engraved with runes. ”

Bao Qing lowered his head and thought about it, the curse was obviously unreliable, but this stone was indeed a little strange. If, according to Gongsun Ce, a stone can kill people, this stone should be a stone with extremely strong radiation. If it is explained in this way, Gongsun Ce's thank you will be able to use an iron box to pack the stones, and it will make sense. The iron box is supposed to be used to protect against radiation. It's a pity that no one in Da Song should know about this.

Bao Qing didn't know if his guess was right, and now he couldn't find the exquisite black jade.

"It's okay to lose that thing, but it's a pity that the two thousand yuan of money are lost. By the way, Gongsun Ce, are you sure that you didn't tell anyone about the things hidden under the floor tiles? For example, when you drank alcohol, you accidentally told someone where the money was hidden? ”

"Probably not. Besides, I don't drink alcohol. Gongsun Ce said.

Bao Qing glared at Gongsun Ce seriously and said, "You just said that you went to get a pot of wine the day before yesterday." Isn't it your own drinking? ”

"Oh, that wine is for Jia Zhutou and Wang Zhukuai. It's not that I failed the exam twice, Wang Zhuai told me that the yamen recruited a temporary scribe and asked me to go and eat, and continue to study while earning money to support myself. But I really didn't think about it, but they didn't leave, and I had no choice but to go out and get a pot of wine and come back. ”

"You went to fetch wine yourself, but left Najia Zhutou and Wang Zhushou in the house?" Qin Yuxian also felt that it was inappropriate.

Gongsun Ce nodded and said, "I can't help it, I can't let the family go in person." Besides, I thought that my family was so poor that I had nothing to throw away, so I went out to drink by myself. ”

"And then?"

"Later, I don't know why, only Jia Zhutou was left, Jia Zhutou said that Wang Zhutou would go back first if he had an emergency, he said, it was boring to drink alone, so he didn't stay."

As soon as Qin Yuxian heard Gongsun Ce's words, he immediately said, "Needless to say, it must be the two of them who did it!" ”

"Impossible! After they left, I also felt that something was wrong, so I immediately closed the door, moved the cabinet open, lifted the floor tiles and checked it, and everything was there. Gongsun Ce said with certainty.

"And when did you find out that something was gone?" Bao Qing asked.

"Well, it was probably the evening before yesterday, I took the calligraphy and painting stall, ate a bowl of noodles, and went home. But when I opened the door, I immediately noticed that the cabinet in the room had been moved. I was shocked and immediately lifted the floor tiles to check, only to find that something had been stolen. Strange to say, the door lock was fine at that time, and the window was also tied inside, and I don't know how it was stolen. ”

After Bao Qing heard this, he moved the cabinet away, studied it for a while, and said, "Najia Catcher and Wang Catcher are indeed suspicious!" What kind of relationship do you usually have with these two people? ”

"Nothing to do! It's just that I have encountered it from time to time on the road, and it can be regarded as an acquaintance. ”

"Then you went to the Yamen to report the case later?" Bao Qing asked.

"Of course, I went to the yamen to report the case, I immediately locked the door and went to the yamen to report the case. Because it was already evening, the sky was a little dark, and the arresters were reluctant to investigate, but in the end, Na Jia caught the head and brought seven or eight people to investigate the case. Gongsun Ce replied.

Bao Qing thought for a while and said, "When Jia Zhutou came, did you see Wang Zhutou coming together?" ”

"I saw that Wang was fast, and when he left, he said hello to me."

The door lock was not picked, and the window was not damaged, and Bao Qing carefully inspected the door and window.

Strange, could something be missing? Oh, it's actually a closed room case.

There are only a few things in the house, and there is nothing else to check. The last thing Bao Qing checked was the bamboo bed, and all the bedding was lifted, and he carefully inspected it inside and out.

"What is this?" Don't say it, this seriousness really made Bao Qing discover.

Bao Qing pulled out a small piece of blue-blue cloth from the crack on the back of the bamboo strip bed.

"It's a piece of cloth!" Qin Yuxian said seriously.

Nonsense, it was cloth at that time! Bao Qing glanced at Qin Yuxian.

"Look at this fabric, it shouldn't be Gongsun Ce's yours, right?"

"No, my bedding is all blue and white, there is no such blue blue. Moreover, the futon is not broken! Gongsun Ce inspected his bedding again.

Bao Qing pondered for a while and said, "Maybe it's not ** caught in the cloth, maybe it's under the bed." Someone passed under this bed, but accidentally the clothes behind him were torn by the bamboo strip bed. As a result, the fabric of the clothes on the body was left here. ”

"Sir, you mean, someone is secretly hiding under the student's bed? And the students don't know yet? Gongsun Ce was terrified when he heard this.

"It's possible! Let's assume now that I'm the thief, and I've come up with a way to hide under your bed and try to steal something. Originally, I didn't know where your treasure was hiding. And it just so happened that day that you took out the treasure yourself to check. As a result, I happened to see it, so I waited for you to leave, and I quietly stole the treasure out. Bao Qing analyzed.

"Brother Bao, but you don't know when Gongsun Ce will take out the things to check. Are you going to hide under his bed and just wait? Qin Yuxian asked.

Bao Qing laughed when he heard this: "Stupid, you! I just need to move the cabinet or the furnishings in the house indiscriminately, Gongsun Ce came back and looked at it, he must have thought that he had been robbed, what do you say he would do in the first place? ”

"See if it's there?"

"By the way, the result? Gongsun Ce will obediently expose the place where the treasure is hidden in front of me. Also, I wondered, it was evening, and maybe the thief had been hiding under his bed in this room. Until, when many people came, they slipped out and mixed in the crowd, and then left together. Bao Qing said.

"Huh? Is that so? Qin Yuxian shouted with Gongsun Ce.

"Who, you say, is the most suspicious? And this piece of fabric should be on the clothes worn by the catcher. Bao Qing asked.

"What does Brother Bao mean, then Wang Zhukuai is the thief?"

"It should be, and Na Jia is also suspicious, maybe he cooperates with it, otherwise it will be difficult for Na Wang to catch quickly without being discovered, and he must be on his side to cover up. If you want to know the truth, go and find out if you want to find out. (To be continued.) )