Chapter 103: Stolen
Lu Wei said apologetically: "It's their fault, I have already punished them." ”
It's just that the punishment is not for stepping on a broken gourd, but for fighting among comrades, and if they are punished just because they have stepped on a worthless dry gourd, it will be difficult for him to convince the public.
Zhang Yuqing put down the notebook and said: "This matter is actually my fault, making a big fuss, and I didn't know why I was so angry at that time...... Why don't I go to the barracks and apologize to those adults in person. ”
Of course Lu Wei refused, how could he be willing to let Zhang Yuqing apologize.
"It's a fact that those people trampled on your things, how can you make you, the bitter master, apologize? There is no such reason! Besides, you didn't run into them. Lu Wei said.
Zhang Yuqing asked worriedly: "If you don't apologize, will they have an opinion on you, Lord Dusi?" ”
"It's just that they're wrong." Lu Wei insisted, "I have already fined ten military sticks by myself." ”
Zhang Yuqing lowered his eyes, ten military sticks are nothing, for the military man, just a little punishment.
"That's fine." Zhang Yuqing sighed and asked again: "Young Master Fang Qin is injured, do you want to ask a doctor to show him?" ”
Lu Wei shook his head, "It's just a punch, what kind of injury is it!" ”
What's worth seeing a doctor? When the doctor came, the wounds were healed.
Zhang Yuqing asked in surprise: "Didn't Young Master Fang Qin be punished with a military stick?" I thought everyone involved in the brawl was punished! ”
These words reminded Lu Wei.
Lu Wei was silent for a moment, then stood up and said, "It should be punished together." ”
Although Fang Qin was the one who was beaten by the group, according to Zou Bin's aggrieved confession, if it weren't for Fang Qin's ruthless attack in the name of patting his back, the situation would have developed to the point where he pushed Fang Qin away.
Not only must he be punished, but he will also be punished more ruthlessly than Zou Bin and others, so as to show that he, the capital company, acts fairly and does not protect his own people.
So, at night, when Fang Qin was about to go back to sleep, he was carried to the school by Lu Wei and beaten with twenty sticks in front of all the soldiers.
Fang Qin couldn't return to the Dusi Mansion that night, lying in the tent with a twisted face and gritting his teeth.
Zhang Yuqing, count you ruthless!
He wrote down the beam.
In the second half of the night, Zhang Yuqing was awakened by the sound of knocking on the door, and Wang Chunniang said outside the door that the president had done something and asked her to go over and take a look.
Zhang Yuqing got up quickly, and when she went out, the whole land was covered in silver, and the snow had stopped before dawn.
Lu Wei came out of the East Chamber, and wanted to go with Zhang Yuqing.
The carriage carried the thick snow all the way to the president's office.
As soon as Lu Wei and Zhang Yuqing entered the house, they were surrounded by the guys and Wang Chunniang.
There was a look of horror on everyone's faces, and they said that there were several sacks of salt missing from the storehouse.
Lu Wei's face also became solemn instantly, "When did you find out?" ”
The man who kept vigil wept and mourned, "We will go to patrol the storehouse every quarter of an hour, and the last time I went to look, I found that the door of the storeroom was open, but when I went to see it a moment ago, it was still locked. ”
Zhang Yuqing immediately took someone to the warehouse, the snow in the yard of the warehouse had not been cleared, and everyone had gone to the warehouse to see it, and the footprints in the yard were messy.
"Did you find footprints on the ground when the storeroom door was open?" Zhang Yuqing asked.
The guy recalled for a moment and shook his head, "Only my footprints." ”
Everyone exploded the pot, gossiping that this person was open-mouthed, a bag of salt weighed almost 100 catties, and several bags of salt were lost, it must have been a gang, how could it not leave traces on the snow.
It must be that he was afraid of being held accountable and deliberately said this.
The fellow raised his hand and swore that if he had a lie, he would make his whole family die a good death.
Zhang Yuqing raised his hand to stop the commotion, asked someone to bring a ladder, climbed to the roof and looked, sure enough, there was a line of footprints, but the footprints were not big, and they looked like women or children.
Zhang Yuqing stood on the ladder and looked around.
There was a hundred-year-old paulownia tree in the yard, and there was little snow left on the thickest branch, and there were obvious signs of the bark falling off after the rope rubbed.
No wonder there are no footprints in the yard.
Zhang Yuqing knew it in her heart.
The visitor must have climbed over the courtyard wall, swung the rope to the tree, then to the roof, slid down the pillar to the bottom of the porch, broke the lock of the door, and then transported the sack of salt to the outside of the courtyard wall by a pulley loaded on the paulownia tree.
"How is this done?" Wang Chunniang looked at the high courtyard wall in disbelief.
After buying this house, the courtyard wall was specially heightened, and the wall alone was one zhang high, and the top was also raised by one zhang with barbed wire.
Lu Wei tried, and ran a few times, but he couldn't cross the courtyard wall. Even a first-class player like Lu Wei can't turn it over, how did the salt thief get in?
Zhang Yuqing immediately decided, "Inform Kou Leguo, the city gate will be under martial law immediately!" ”
Zhang Yuqing didn't care about the loss of a few bags of salt, but the matter of salt was top secret, and outsiders must not be allowed to know.
The gates of the city were closed at night, and they were not opened until dawn.
After the salt thief got the salt, he would definitely not be able to get out, so he could only wait until dawn. With so much salt, salt thieves are not for their own food, but for money.
The city gate is under martial law, and the salt he stole can't get out of Baochuan, and sooner or later there will be a day when the horse's feet will be exposed.
"Don't be afraid, it's not the worst." Lu Wei comforted Zhang Yuqing.
Zhang Yuqing shook her head and sighed, she didn't expect that making a fortune from salt and iron would be hidden from everyone's eyes and ears forever. If it is known, I am afraid they will have to make another plan.
A few days after the martial law in Baochuan City, Ko Leguo led the officials to arrest the suspects every day, and the real salt thieves were not caught, but a few trafficker leaders who smuggled to the Hu people were caught.
Zhang Yuqing plans to be patient with this group of salt thieves to see who can't hold their breath first.
At noon that day, a guy came in with a note saying that someone had thrown it in from outside.
The words "Salt in Yang Ji Noodle Soup House" were written on the note, and the words were written crookedly.
"Tell the guards to come and have a look?" Wang Chunniang asked.
Zhang Yuqing hesitated for a moment and made up her mind, "I'll go over in person." ”
Yang Kee Noodle Soup House is just an inconspicuous shop, a dirty restaurant, with a broken flag at the door and the word "noodles" written on it.
After arriving, Zhang Yuqing wanted to get out of the carriage, but everyone refused to live or die, so they only let Wang Chunniang and a guard enter the restaurant and asked for a bowl of hot noodle soup.
The owner of the noodle restaurant was thin and short, half a head shorter than ordinary women, and his movements were swift, and after a while, two bowls of hot noodle soup were served.
Where did Wang Chunniang and the guards dare to eat, sitting in the most corner, looking left and right.
At this moment, two shabby-dressed men entered the restaurant, and the owner of the noodle shop saw them, took out a pocket from the back kitchen, and handed it to the two men.
The pockets are not big, but they are heavy, and the boss has to lift them with both hands.
Wang Chunniang and the guards looked like salt thieves at the moment, staring intently at their pockets.
Seeing this, the boss smiled and explained, "Their family has a happy event, and they invite guests to eat noodles today, and they come to me to buy noodles." ”
In these years, ordinary people generally eat cereals, white noodles are a relatively expensive thing, and Baochuan's rules, when there is a newborn at home, relatives and friends should be invited to eat noodles when they run wine.
If you don't have white noodles at home, you have to buy a bag and roll noodles back.
Wang Chunniang smiled: "Boss, is there anything special about your white noodles?" Why did you come to your house to buy noodles? ”
The boss said with a smile: "Our noodles are all finely ground, which is better than those sold outside!" ”
The guard stood up, came over and said, "Is that good? Show me, long insight! ”
The boss had to open his pockets.
The two shabby-dressed men glanced at each other and took a step back.
The guard went over and looked at it a few times, it was indeed flour, not refined salt, he reached in and pinched a little bit of it, put it in his mouth, and it was indeed flour.
"Guest, this is white noodles for hospitality, it's not like this!" The boss said with a smile on his face.
The two people who bought flour were already angry, one of them rolled up his sleeves, pointed to the guard who was about to have a seizure, was stopped by the boss, pointed to the waist card hanging on the guard's waist, and said calmly: "Forget it!" He is the military master of the capital office! ”
"Even if you are an official, you can't do this!" The man said dissatisfiedly, and did not dare to make any further moves.
The guard waved his hand and motioned for the two men to go.
At this moment, a person carried a flat pole, a bamboo basket hung at each end of the pole, wrapped in a thick turban into the store, stomped the snow on his feet, and shouted to the boss in a low voice: "Next bowl of noodle soup!" ”
The boss answered and went to the stove to order noodle soup.
The man walked to the small table and put down the pole, but at this moment, a piece of the bamboo basket on the pole was loosened, revealing a sharp bamboo strip, and when he turned around, the bamboo strip hooked the bottom of the flour bag, and with a stabbing sound, the flour bag carried by the two men made a cut.
The white powder inside fluttered down.
Wang Chunniang stood up abruptly, her eyes widening.
Anyone with relevant life experience knows that if a flour bag is cut and a little flour falls out, it will no longer fall out, instead of falling down like an hourglass like this.
Seeing that the situation was not good, the two men threw down their bags and fled.
"Catch them!" Wang Chunniang shouted.
The guards guarding the carriage at the door drew their broadswords and chased after the two fleeing men, while the guards in the house pressed the noodle shop owner to the ground and held the knife to his neck.
Zhang Yuqing looked through the curtain of the car and saw the person who came in at the end of the bag, as if he was at a loss, looked left and right a few times, picked up the burden and ran out.
"Someone, stop him!" Zhang Yuqing shouted.
It's just that the guards who were guarding the car before went to chase the person, and when they heard Zhang Yuqing's voice turn back, the person had already run away without a trace.
"Ma'am, is he also an accomplice?" The guard asked.
Zhang Yuqing shook his head, wondering in his heart, the timing of that person's appearance was too ingenious, and one step later, he let the noodle shop owner hide from the world and transport the salt away under their noses.
And the cautionary note.
She and Lu Wei came to Baochuan, they are not familiar with life, who will help them?
Sweetheart Theatre:
Zhang Yuqing: It's time for my fish pond to expand.