The next day, the villagers piled the harvested cotton seeds in the threshing floor, and the women in charge of removing the seeds gathered in a group and chatted while working.

Since everyone received the monthly money, everyone believed in Xu Xiaoxiao's words, and even had a little respect after seeing her.

Even chatting eight or nine sentences is inseparable from praise and small words.

"I heard a strange thing." Wang Xiaoni sat among the women and chatted with the women, and interjected.

The women have always loved gossip, and when they heard that something new came out, they hurriedly looked at Wang Xiaoni.

"What's the matter?"

"I heard Xiaohua say that the official silver that the prince handed over to the shopkeeper Xu to plant cotton was lost."

When the women heard this, their faces immediately darkened, and everyone looked at each other, unable to speak for a while.

The official silver is lost, and it is still in Wangjia Village, so something big is going to happen.

"My mother, how much have you lost?" Yang listened with his ears pricked up, and couldn't help but let out an excited voice after hearing the loss of the official silver.

She sat right behind Wang Xiaoni, her voice was loud, and she made the ears of the people around her buzz when she roared at will.

"Yang, what are you calling blindly?" Wang Xiaoni wanted to complete Xu Xiaoxiao's explanation in a low-key manner, but she didn't expect Yang's call to attract many villagers to watch.

Everyone flocked around Wang Xiaoni to ask about the loss of official silver.

Wang Xiaoni had no choice but to appease the excited villagers first, and then tell the whole story.

"Oh my God, five hundred taels?"

"I'm going to die."

"This person is only afraid of his life."

After the villagers knew the amount, they began to chatter, and Wang Xiaoni squeezed out of the onlookers in disgust.

She looked around and wanted to find Wang Lizheng, but the news was released, and the protagonist had to be there.

Wang Li, who had just arrived from home, was rubbing his aching head, and he couldn't remember why he suddenly fell asleep last night.

He came to the threshing floor in a daze, looked at the crowd, and frowned.

"What are you doing? What are you talking about when you don't work? ”

When the villagers looked back, they found that it was Wang Lizheng and immediately surrounded him.

"Lizheng, is it true?"

"I heard that Shopkeeper Xu lost his official silver?"

"Yes, if it's true, then Wangjia Village is unlucky."

The villagers made Wang Lizheng unable to respond, and he yelled impatiently, "Shut up for me." ”

The villagers who originally wanted to continue to ask immediately stopped talking, and everyone retreated uneasily, waiting for Wang Lizheng's reply eagerly.

"What lost the official bank? Says who? Why didn't I get the notification? Wang Li was plucking out his buzzing ears and said with an irritable expression.

Just when everyone was discussing the official silver fiercely, Chu Qing led the escort team into the grain drying field.

Wang Xiaoni, who was standing not far away, saw Chu Qing coming in, and hurriedly knelt down and shouted, "Mingirl, knock on the prince." ”

When the villagers behind her heard the sound, they all knelt down together in a panic.

Wang Lizheng saw Chu Qing walking towards them, and was stunned for a while, and then knelt down.

Chu Qing walked past a group of kneeling villagers, he walked to the middle of the stage, and said in a loud voice, "Get up, this king has received news that the official silver that arranged for cotton planting is missing, and now this king wants to search the whole village." ”

"Wang Lizheng, you lead the way, and this king will go from house to house."

Wang Lizheng didn't answer immediately when he heard this, but thought about Chu Qing's intentions, he had always sent people to keep an eye on Xu Xiaoxiao, except for Wang Er and Wang Yuzi who went out to drink, there was no movement, why did it suddenly spread that the official silver was lost?

"Wang Lizheng?" Chu Qing raised his voice impatiently and shouted.

Yang on the side pushed Wang Lizheng's arm, Wang Lizheng woke up from his trance, and he hurriedly responded.

"Grass people, take orders."

Subsequently, Wang Lizheng led Chu Qing and the escort team behind him to start a large-scale search, and many villagers were still extremely cooperative, only a few were reluctant to let the officers and soldiers enter the house for fear of damaging their property.

Wang Lizheng persuaded to no avail, so he had to ask Chu Qing for help, "Lord Wang, you see, this family will not be entered." ”

Chu Qing looked in the direction of Wang Lizheng, he turned his head to look at Wang Xiaoni, "Who is this person?" ”

"Lord Wang, that woman is Wang Xiaohu's wife, Aunt Zhao." Wang Xiaoni glanced at Second Aunt Zhao's arrogant appearance and hurriedly responded.

Chu Qing nodded lightly and waved his big hand, "Hinder official business, take it away." ”

When the officers and soldiers heard this, they immediately pulled Aunt Zhao away from the door, and the rest of the officers and soldiers walked into the house quickly.

The officers and soldiers took out all the wooden boxes in the house and handed them over to Chu Qing in full view of everyone.

Chu Qing opened the wooden box and flipped through it a few times, and immediately sent a letter, he opened the letter to check, his cold face suddenly became angry, and he threw the letter in front of Aunt Zhao.

"Come on, arrest Wang Xiaohu for me."

Wang Li was trembling with fright, trembling his legs and picking up the envelope, opened the rice paper and looked at it, only to see that the rice paper was written to Wang Xiaohu, so that Wang Xiaohu and Wang Li were stealing Xu Xiaoxiao's official silver.

After reading it, he only felt that his feet were weak and he sat down on the ground.

"Wang Lizheng, do you have something to say?" Chu Qing looked down at Wang Lizheng coldly and asked.

Wang Lizheng's mind was blank at this time, and he couldn't answer Chu Qing's words at all.

The onlookers curiously leaned behind Wang Li to look at him, and the literate villagers shouted when they saw the contents of the letter, and then spread the news.

Then came the voice of the villagers' denunciation, which became louder and louder, and gradually reached Wang Lizheng's ears.

Wang Lizheng came to his senses in an instant, his face was pale and he shook his head desperately, "No, no, it's not me, I didn't take it." ”

"If you don't believe me, you can go to my house to check."

Chu Qing waited for Wang Lizheng's words, and without saying a word, he took the escort team to Wang Lizheng's house.

The villagers followed angrily.

When everyone came to Wang Lizheng's house, the Qin family opened the door and stood aside with their heads bowed obediently.

The officers and soldiers began to rummage for evidence wantonly, and Wang Lizheng stared nervously at the movements of the officers and soldiers in a cold sweat on his forehead, for fear that the hidden wooden box would be found.

He still underestimated the reconnaissance ability of the officers and soldiers, and after a while, the officers and soldiers came to Chu Qing with a wooden box.

Chu Qing glanced at Wang Lizheng and took the wooden box and opened it in front of the villagers watching from the outside of the courtyard.

There were five silver tickets lying in the wooden box, and five hundred taels were stamped with the unique seal of the Zhou State Mansion.

"Wang Lizheng, what else do you have to say?" Chu Qing took out the official silver and held it up for Wang Lizheng to understand.

After the sharp-eyed villagers in the courtyard saw the official silver in Chu Qing's hand through the cracks, they incredulously passed the news to the surrounding villagers.

The villagers angrily pointed at Wang Lizheng and scolded angrily, and many villagers who respected Wang Lizheng instantly felt cold in their hearts, stealing official money is a serious crime, and the court is likely to detain all the old and young people in Wangjia Village into a prison cell.

He didn't put all the old and young in Wangjia Village to death.

Wang Lizheng took the official silver in Chu Qing's hand sluggishly, trying to recall which step he did wrong, he was literate and naturally recognized the seal on the silver ticket, and it was impossible to put away the silver ticket with the name of the government.

No, this silver ticket is clear?