Chapter 125: Who plucked the turnips

It turned out that after Bai Qing planted the radish, he reaped a bumper harvest, and then found that the radish was stolen, and he had been struggling to catch the thief, so he came to catch it in person.

Jin Shan should not bend over in the turnip field, even if there is sand and gravel in the shoes, he should wait until he leaves the turnip field before pouring it out, so as to avoid suspicion.

In order to solve the temporary pain, you forget some taboos, and it is easy to be targeted, and the result is not good.

Bai Qingyan said: "Adult, the small sin deserves death, originally planted some radishes to make a living, in order to make a living, who knew that when I was just about to pull radishes and sell them on the street, I found that most of the radishes had been stolen, which made the little one angry to death, how could there be such a lowly thief?" It's really, really hateful. What's wrong with stealing, but you want to steal turnips? Why not steal from the rich and pick the poor to steal? This is to cut off the poor from life! So, the little anger didn't come anywhere, and he vowed to catch this thief and punish him severely, which relieved me of the hatred in my heart. ”

"Then you just didn't recognize the official, did you?" Jin Shan asked.

"Yes, the little one has never encountered this kind of thing, no experience, it is said to catch a thief, in fact, the small one is more timid than a thief, this is forced, there is really no way, if you don't wait for the rabbit, you can't catch the thief." Bai Qingyan said.

"That is, you are inexperienced, but the thief is experienced, and you can only catch a so-called thief like this official, and it may be difficult to catch a real thief." Jin Shan said.

"Adult, is it easy to plant a little radish for a small one? It's really not easy. The small one didn't catch the thief, the thief will definitely come to steal the turnips, the small one lives by planting turnips, and now this way of life is almost broken, and there is no new way, and today he offended the adults, and the little ones are willing to go to prison to serve hard labor, and they will have something to eat when they go to prison. Don't starve to death! Freeze to death! Bai Qingyan said.

"That's all you have to offer? Want to eat jail for a living? You have eaten prison food, what should the Lin couple do? Who do they live on if they have no children and no daughters? You can't just mind yourself and ignore others! Jin Shan said, "You offended the official, and the official is not to blame, because there are extenuating circumstances." Don't worry, the official will find a way to catch the thief who stole the turnip, recover your turnip, and give you confidence that you can earn an income by honest labor, so that you can support your family. ”

"Thank you so much, sir! The little ones are waiting for good news at home! Bai Qingyan said, "My house is not far ahead, please come to the house to sit down, and then go on an errand after some tea and dinner?" ”

Jin Shan thought to himself, he was in the entrepreneurial period, he had no income yet, and he was about to have an income, and he suffered a catastrophe and suffered a big loss. ”

"That's good, the small ones won't be reluctant." Bai Qingyan said that he was also worried, so he simply stopped inviting him.

Jin Shan took people back to the county government and began to investigate.

Jin Shan arranged for the official to go to the largest pickle restaurant in Dengcheng, found the boss, and entrusted him to buy 100,000 catties of new radishes.

"Dare to ask the guest officer, what do you want radishes for?"

"There are customers who want the sauce radish made of new radish, which is very popular, and the customer wants to have as many as they want, so it sells very well. You just take it, I just give cash, only 100,000 catties, don't you want more, do you hear clearly? The official said.

"Hear me clearly, guest officer, do as you ask." The boss nodded.

Then, the official gave the deposit, and the boss began to get busy. Find the bookkeeper, write down the purchase notice, and post it everywhere outside the city, especially at the city gate, the four gates, and the center of each market town below, all posted the purchase advertisement, the notice clearly said that the new radish at the time of purchase, the price is preferential, the first to inspect the goods, and the purchase will be settled after the inspection, and the purchase will end when the purchase is full. The sooner the better, the early to benefit, and don't regret it later.

As soon as the notice came out, the whole city was a sensation, not only in the city to tell each other, but also in the towns outside the city. All over the country have responded, the boss did not dare to slack off, people from all directions, all took care of them one by one, all kinds of tools were used, there were carrying burdens, there were wheelbarrows, ox carts, carriages, and board carts, as long as the tools that could hold turnips came in handy, for a time, the torrent of radishes continued to pour into the pickle restaurant.

The officials were not idle, and Jin Shan asked them to dress up as guys from a pickle restaurant to help buy turnips.

The officials are not really buying, they are really investigating the news, and they are very familiar with handling cases. When asked, they are very skillful, and they can get this job done inadvertently.

The person who pretended to be a man began to busily carry the radish and weigh it, and then settle the payment, and he was very busy, very professional. While busy, while talking to the seller, asking the origin of the radish, when it was pulled out, how many acres were planted, how many radishes are in the field, and so on are all recorded in detail, catch some of them dressed as the bookkeeper, not only keep the account but also record the seller's name, location, quantity, and what good scenery around, how to enter the city smoothly, let the radish be realized, and then compare the content of the record with the actual situation, and grasp the first-hand information.

There are two people who call themselves brothers, one calls himself Luo Da, and the other calls himself Luo Er, and the brothers make a living by planting radishes, and this time they used an ox cart to pull two thousand catties of radishes, which made everyone dumbfounded.

"Your turnips are so pretty!"

"Of course, we specialize in radishes, nothing else."

"Where is your turnip field? Next time we go directly to the field to buy it, we don't need you to send it, what do you think? Catcher asked.

"This, this, this is not very good, let's send it!" Luo Da said.

Catch them and see them speak flickeringly, as if they are avoiding something, and they know it in their hearts. When the number of people was enough, he stepped forward and tied them up and took them to the county office. When everyone saw it, they were very curious, and they all followed to the county office.

After listening to the report of the catcher, Jin Shan said, "What do you brothers do for a living? ”

"Plant turnips." Luo Er said.

"Where's the turnip field?"

"On the outskirts of the city."

"On the outskirts of the city? Is it north or south of the city? East or West? Jin Shan asked.

"South of the city."

"Nonsense! To the south of the city is the Han River, full of wetlands, swamps, where is there a radish field? Jin Shan said.

"The official asks you, what do you do for a living?"

"Tell you, we make a living by working long hours for others."

"Stretch out your hands and see." Jin Shan said.

"Yes, sir!" The two honestly stretched out their hands.

"Zuo, please check it out." Jin Shan commanded.

He stepped forward, took a closer look at Luo Da Luo'er's hands, and then said slowly: "My lord, there are no calluses on the hands of the two of you, they belong to fine skin and tender meat, but the threads of the index finger and thumb have traces of wear, and it is estimated that it is related to throwing dice and shaking dice all year round." My lord, judging from the skin and muscles of the two, the two are not engaged in heavy physical labor. ”

Jin Shan nodded, asked him to sign the inspection report, and stood aside.

Jin Shan asked: "Boldly Diao Min, you actually deceived your own officials!" Look at the torture instruments on the wall, choose whatever you want, let you see the end of despising the official, say, you choose, if you don't choose, in order to satisfy your curiosity, the official will try all the torture tools on you. ”

As soon as Jin Shan's words fell, Luo Da Luo Er was a little unable to hold back, and hurriedly signaled and asked to confess the facts.

"Adults, small ones, small ones." Luo Da Luo Er hurriedly said.

"Let's be honest, don't miss a bit, otherwise, this beating will be inevitable."

"My lord, the two of us don't have a proper occupation, we make a living from gambling, gambling and smoking, hiding from the world, extortion, doing everything, sometimes helping others collect debts, and after collecting debts, others give some remuneration. Seeing that this year's radish is valuable, I started to think crookedly, one day gambling money lost a fine light, only to lose all the belongings, passing by a radish field, the specific place is not clear, see the radish looks good, I want to pull it out to sell, it will be able to sell at a good price, so our brothers division of labor and cooperation, one person pulls the radish, one person goes to hire an ox cart, the radish is loaded into the car, pulled home, has not yet started to sell, I heard that the Dengcheng pickle restaurant is collecting radish, a moment of joy, the radish is loaded into the car, pulled to a reasonable place. Luo said.

"And what are you going to do after you sell the turnips?"

"Hurry up and turn over the book, take advantage of the fire, go and gamble twice, maybe one can make a difference, don't go again, bet on a bet and win it, you can no longer sink." Luo Eryan said.

"You're right! To stay away from gambling, those who have been involved in gambling for a long time will definitely have a split personality, a distorted personality, a difficult time to get along with others, and a strange vision when seeing people. Jin Shan said.

"Yes, adults, the little ones know that they are wrong, they shouldn't steal turnips, they are too tired to do it, and they don't make any money." Luo said.

"No, the owner of this turnip field has just been released from the cell, and the county government has supported him with some money, so he rented the land and planted the turnips, and he originally relied on planting turnips and selling them for some money to support his family, in addition to supporting himself, but also to feed his relatives, his relatives, that is, his uncle and aunt, had a daughter killed, and his uncle and aunt had only this one daughter, and they were killed, and his uncle and aunt had no hope, and they had no hope, so they relied on this person to feed. Your stealing has harmed him and his relatives, and you have stolen most of the radishes that you were hoping to feed your family, and what do they drink and eat? Do you want them to drink the northwest wind? Besides, if you gamble, you don't do your job properly, and you don't have the hard work of the peasants, so you belong to ill-gotten gains, and those who rely on ill-gotten gains will not last long. You probably don't think about this when you're stealing, do you? This is not a joke, it is going to kill someone. Think about it, if you cut off the hope of people to live, will they cut themselves off? Nine times out of ten, you should be vigilant, don't just care about yourself, just want to be happy, and don't care about the life or death of others. Jin Shan said.

After Jin Shan finished speaking, Luo Daluo Er drooped his head and said nothing.

Jin Shan said: "Since you admit to committing the crime, then, this official will exempt you from the pain of torture, but you must give the owner of the radish three months of unpaid labor." Sign your confessions and the transcripts of your interrogations, and then step back, and from tomorrow onwards, go to the turnip master and offer your labor. Otherwise, you must catch it and hit the forty boards. Whoever wants to be on the board can not go, just solve it here. If you want to go, you will do it tomorrow morning. ”

"Yes, yes!" Luo Da Luo said in unison, for fear that the two of them would be beaten by the board, so that they would have no face to see people.

Bai Qing never expected that the stolen radish turned into money, and he brought back two volunteers, that is to say, the two people who didn't have to pay the salary, just took care of the food, and the rest of the radishes were sold from the time they were received, and they were all completed by these two people, and the money for selling the radishes was handed over, Bai Qing felt the real benefits, it turned out that Jin Shan's judgment was not a dead letter, and it was also very creative. This is the sentence of hard labor, which can benefit the victim in the end, and instead of making the victim lose money, he can make money, and the key is to earn the realization of fairness and justice, which is commendable.

Bai Qing got the money, and someone helped him free of charge, so he had more confidence to expand production and continue to expand the radish field, because the opportunity would not come again, Bai Qing's radish was famous, as long as he passed through Deng Cheng, he would hear about this case and praise Jin Shan's verdict.

Bai Qingfeng said that Jin Shan was good, he did not wronged good people, nor indulged bad people, the rewards and punishments were clear, and the punishment was very appropriate, and it was very flexible, so that both the victim and the criminal were convinced and felt that they had been fair.

The Lin couple still miss their daughter, but they can't be resurrected after death, and with Bai Qing's intimate care, the second elder seems to have a new son, and he is very happy, and later asked someone to help Bai Qing introduce a woman and marry him as his wife. Bai Qing is a celebrity in Deng Cheng, because his deeds are famous far and wide, from being wronged to being a victim, to the radish king on the rich side, many matchmakers have flattened their thresholds, stepped on them, and finally talked about a family affair.

Bai Qing's favorite is Miss Lin, but unfortunately Miss Lin is not alive, only to choose the right one according to Miss Lin, and finally choose one, which is more ideal, from appearance to body behavior, like Miss Lin. The second elder was very satisfied, as if his daughter had been resurrected, and Bai Qing was even more satisfied, as if he had married Miss Lin who thought about it day and night.

What people never expected was that Bai Qing was a blessing in disguise, the radish was stolen, he was in a bad mood, he caught the thief by himself, and caught the county order, but the county order did not punish him, but helped him catch the real thief.

Jin Shan effortlessly, he caught the thief that Bai Qing couldn't catch with all his efforts, not only got the money to sell the radish, but also the expenses such as pulling the radish and hiring a car, which did not have to be borne by Bai Qing, but the net money, not only that, the radishes in the back, there are people to pull them out, no need to pay wages, no need to hire, it is better than hiring, just taking care of the food, such a good thing, it is only from Jin Shan, Jin Shan is Bai Qing's backer, without Jin Shan, there is no Bai Qing today, he is grateful to Jin Shan from the bottom of his heart, Jin Shan is really the parent official of the people, for the sake of the people everywhere, it is really touching! Bai Qing said that Jin Shan's goodness was not reluctant, but really from the heart.