The national strength of the Sui Dynasty was thriving, but in some places, officials in some places became more and more exploitative of the people at the bottom in order to be promoted, and many people threw themselves into the family in order to avoid taxes and forced labor.

However, many people fled to the mountains and gathered to become bandits.

The Sui army was at its peak at this time, how could these bandits be the opponents of the army, most of them were exterminated, and only a few were able to escape. But there are too many bandits in all parts of the world, and if you exterminate one here, there may be three more in other places.

These bandits were afraid of the strength of the Sui army, and most of them hid in the mountains and forests, and did not dare to appear casually.

Of course, the vast majority of states and counties do not dare to act recklessly, so the people at the bottom are living quite well, and the market is also very prosperous.

At this time, there was a sudden commotion in the crowd, a man of medium stature was running in front, and a strong man with a sharp blade in the back was constantly chasing.

The man in front of him ran and shouted: "Murder, robbery, help!" ”

The strong man with the knife in the back shouted: "Shameless thief, return the money you stole from me, or you will not be spared!" ”

The two chased and fled, making a mess of the market, while a large number of passers-by watched. The man accidentally fell, but before he could get up, he was grabbed by the strong man behind him.

As soon as the strong man lifted it up, the big slap of the pu fan directly hit it, and I saw that the left side of the man's face was suddenly swollen.

Immediately after that, the strong man was about to continue to beat violently, and several onlookers next to him hurriedly stopped him and asked about the situation.

The strong man was dissatisfied: "This man is a thief, and when I was selling meat, he stole my money and ran away, and I chased him for half a street before I caught up with him." ”

When everyone heard that the man was a thief, they were about to let go, and at this time, the beaten man suddenly shouted: "He is talking nonsense, I am not a thief, I bought meat from him, and I originally said that a good catty of mutton was 30 yuan, but I asked for 30 catties, and he temporarily raised the price to 50 yuan a catty." ”

"I wanted to buy it, but I had already given some of the money first, so I could only lie to him and say that he would return the money to me, and I would give the money, and after he asked for the money back, I said I wouldn't buy it, and he was furious and wanted to beat me, so I fled."

When everyone heard this, they immediately became puzzled, and they couldn't tell who was right, the two of them insisted on their own words, and they were fighting for red faces, and the butcher was not good at words, and he was squeezed by that man several times, and he couldn't help but want to beat people.

was pulled by the surrounding people, and the onlookers also guessed whose money it was, and it was chaotic for a while.

At this moment, a weak-crowned young man suddenly walked out of the crowd and said to everyone: "Fellow villagers, if you can trust you, why don't you hand this matter over to you?" ”

Everyone turned their heads to look and saw that it was a handsome young man, and they all said, "It turned out that the Qilinzi of the Fang family is here." ”

"Fang Jinshi is smart, he must be able to tell who is lying."

"Yes, let Fang Jinshi come, let Fang Jinshi come."

As the weak-crowned young man came out, the surrounding people were convinced and said that they would let him come.

And among these onlookers, there is a group of people, wearing ordinary linen clothes, and there seems to be no difference between them and the people around them, but if you pay a little attention to them, you will find that these people have a lot of calluses on their hands, and under the wide linen clothes are bulging muscles, and there are also some traces of military travel on their bodies, obviously this is a group of soldiers who are good at fighting, and the strength of these people will not be low.

However, among these strong men, there were three people with hats, also dressed in sackcloth, but their bodies were obviously thinner, and one of them knew that it was a woman at a glance.

These people are the people of the Wang family who have come to observe the real situation in various places.

After the Wang family left Guanzhong, they first stayed in the Wang family in Huai'an for a while, and then planned to go to various places in the Great Sui to see the situation. I wanted to know more about the situation in various places, so I took the guards to Kanto and Jiangnan to check on various places.

Wang Xuanying saw the scene in front of him and asked in a low voice, "Brother, whose money do you say belongs to?" ”

Wang Xuanjing shook his head slightly and said, "There are too few clues, so I haven't seen it yet, but I speculate that it should be the butcher's money." ”

"Where's the big brother?"

"The money is the butcher's."

"How did you speculate?" Wang Xuanying asked.

"It's very simple, the butcher is a merchant here, and he sells meat in this market all the year round, if he does business like this, how can he gain a foothold here? Nine times out of ten, the money belonged to the butcher, but I am speculating, and to prove that the money belonged to the butcher, there must be evidence. ”

"Little sister, guess whose money it is?"

"I guess it's the butcher's, too." Wang Xuanying said with a smile.

"What about the evidence?"

"Hehe, isn't that Fang Jinshi looking for it?"

I saw that Fang Jinshi stepped forward to ask the two of them, and the two still insisted on what they had just said, and they did not give in to each other. This Fang Jinshi didn't say much, and said directly: "In the lower room Xuanling, not long ago was promoted to Jinshi, passing by here today, I saw the two of them arguing, and I don't know these two people in the next room, and I won't take sides." ”

"Now the two of them have their own opinions, and there is a way to tell whose money it is, but someone needs to help me fetch a bucket of water."

The person who had a good deed next to him immediately responded, and then borrowed a wooden bucket from the shop next to him and fetched a bucket of water.

Seeing that the water was coming, Fang Xuanling asked the two of them to hand over the string of money to him, Fang Xuanling said to everyone: "These two people are butchers, this butcher kills sheep and pigs all year round, and his hands are stained with a lot of meat. ”

"As long as you throw this string of money into the water, there will naturally be oil flowers floating, if this money does not float up oil flowers, then it will naturally not be the butcher's!"

Everyone nodded when they heard this, and a trace of panic flashed in the eyes of the man next to him, but before he could make a move, Fang Xuanling threw the string of copper coins into the water.

As soon as the copper coin entered the water, a large oil flower floated in the water. The crowd immediately shouted: "This money belongs to the butcher, you man is so treacherous, quickly catch him and send him to the official!" ”

The surrounding people rushed up, directly pushed the man to the ground, grabbed him, and the butcher next to him lost his money and property, thanked Fang Xuanling again and again and left.

The onlookers also escorted the thief to the official mansion, and at this time, a person suddenly came out of the crowd, walked in front of Fang Xuanling, and suddenly said:

"If the matter is as the thief said, the butcher has touched the money before and deliberately smeared it with grease, how can you tell the difference?"

Hearing this, Fang Xuanling was slightly stunned, and then his brows furrowed, as if he wanted to solve this problem.

At this time, another person next to him came up and said, "Fang Jinshi, don't be bluffed by her, she is making things difficult for you." ”

(End of chapter)