The amount of two hundred gold, even if it is placed in front of those big businessmen, it can make a lot of noise, not to mention the people of the market who may not be able to see what kind of situation a hundred gold is in front of them in their lives?

Anyway, I don't want them to capture the thief with their own hands, so what's so difficult as long as they report it?

After a while, the inn was empty, and there was nothing left, but Xiao Er couldn't help but join in the excitement, leaving only the shopkeeper standing at the counter. It's not that he doesn't want to go, it's just that if he leaves, there will be no one to guard this shop, and when the thief who stole the cheats is not found, it is distressing that there are one or two things missing from his shop.

However, when he looked up, he saw a young figure sitting in the corner with his head bowed and drinking slowly, and looked at him a little strangely.

"Guest officer, what's the matter, you're not interested in the two hundred gold?"

The corners of Qin Ke's mouth, who slowly raised his head, twitched, and he replied calmly: "Where is it so easy to find a thief who doesn't even know his face in a huge Jianye City?"

"That's right. Qin Ke said this, the restless heart in the shopkeeper's heart calmed down a lot, although it was difficult for him to see two hundred gold in front of him in his life, but having such a small inn was enough to make the family worry about food and clothing, why did he bother?

Thinking of this, he smiled and said to Qin Ke: "This guest officer, although he is young, he has seen things thoroughly. ”

Qin Ke laughed, but it was a pity that this smile was more ugly than crying, but he lowered his head in time, but he didn't show the strange expression on his face to the innkeeper.

He just couldn't answer the shopkeeper's question, so he threw out such an answer. Normally, I'm afraid he will go out in a noisy manner like those guests, right? After all, two hundred gold, reflecting the sunlight, is enough to blind him.

And after staying in this inn for a few days, he also felt more and more the importance of money.

"Shopkeeper, I'm going upstairs. Qin Ke put down the tea bowl and said softly.

The shopkeeper nodded, not feeling anything strange about Qin Ke: "Okay, slow down." ”

With the sound of knocking footsteps, Qin Ke went up the stairs, looked at the rows of guest rooms, and familiarly found the one he lived in, which was also the smallest one, opened the door, looked around, and hid like a cat.

The price of this inn was not very cheap, at least it was definitely an expensive place for a hillbilly from the countryside like him. But he had to live here, just because there were enough people in this neighborhood called Jinhe, so that he could also hide his traces, and the so-called big hidden in the city is exactly that.

It's just that this arrest seems to be far from ending, Qin Ke originally only thought that this group of people would stop after a few days of no gains, but from today's point of view, this arrest against him is intensifying!

"What is a thief who steals?" Qin Ke frowned, and he only felt a headache when he was lying on the bed without taking off his shoes, and he was also involved in the government......

He obviously just came to find Zhuge Wanling, what happened to turn everything into this situation?

After thinking for a long time, he didn't have a clue, he turned over, reached out and found the bamboo slip from under the pillow, and looked at it again by the light outside the window.

These days, he had already checked this bamboo slip more than once, and unlike the tall and thin guest, this bamboo slip did not contain any blind old man's exercise cheats at all, it was purely just an account book for keeping accounts.

The names copied by Fang Zheng Xiaokai have a bit of ink fragrance, and behind these names, there are different numbers, for example, after "Sun Li", followed by a "one hundred and eighty", behind a "Lin Chuan", followed by a "five hundred and four", the numbers are large and small, and some of the names are also circled with cinnabar pens.

Qin Ke looked at it over and over again, but he still couldn't find the meaning.

"What the hell is this remembering? These people want to kill people for this thing?" Qin Ke frowned, only to feel that the numbers above were full of the smell of blood.

He sat up, threw the book aside, touched his purse, which had been bulging but had now shrunk in half, poured out the silver inside, and took out the only broken silver left in the bag, and piled it up.

There are only eight taels left.

Qin Ke felt a little confused in his heart, if this matter continued, when would he be able to find Zhuge Wanling? What's more, these pieces of silver were put together by the uncles and aunts in the village, and each piece was hard-won, which made him feel extremely guilty.

Just then, there was a knock at the door.

Qin Ke hurriedly rolled up the book, stuffed it under the pillow, and then covered the silver with a quilt, stood up, combed his messy hair, and said, "Come in." ”

The door opened, Qin Ke's hand behind his back loosened, his shoulders relaxed, and he smiled: "Shopkeeper, what's wrong?"

The shopkeeper's face smiled, probably because he thought that Qin Ke's immature cheeks were very amiable, and inexplicably made him think of his nephew who liked to chase the dog every day in the countryside, and said with a smile: "It's just right, the specialty brought from my hometown just now, I think there is only you in the store, so I bring it to you to taste." ”

"Specialty?" Qin Ke happened to be a little hungry, after all, the body's demand for food is much higher than that of ordinary people, but he is reluctant to spend money to buy it, this local product is just like sending charcoal in the snow.

When the big bowl was put on the table, Qin Ke's eyes lit up: "Fish?"

The shopkeeper smiled kindly, looked at Qin Ke who couldn't wait to hold the chopsticks, and said: "It is the yellow croaker that is abundant in our south, it is very delicious, it is said that it is good for the five internal organs, and it is good for the body." ”

Qin Ke tasted it, only to feel that his mouth was full of fragrance, and the soft fish meat melted in an instant when he entered his mouth, but the taste kept entwining on his tongue, and he didn't leave for a long time.

Qin Ke spit out the fish bones a little awkwardly and praised, "It's delicious." ”

The shopkeeper's smile became stronger: "If you like it, it's good." ”

Qin Ke put another chopstick into his mouth, the delicacy made his stomach growl, thinking about the fish raised in the rotten fish pond in Daoxiang Village, the taste was sour and woody, compared with this fish, it was like the difference between white flour and rice bran.

Maybe you can bring some back to your uncles and aunts? Qin Ke had a whim, so he asked a question casually: "Shopkeeper, are there a lot of these fish in the south?"

The shopkeeper nodded and said, "It's almost time to have the most yellow croaker, in previous years, I would ask my hometown to send fish to the inn, and the yellow croaker in our inn is also a must-have on this street." It's just that earlier this year, Lin'an City was flooded, which washed away many tributaries, and the embankment has not been completely repaired until now. If the embankment is not repaired, it is not good to fish, and this year we are afraid that we will not be able to get a few yellow croakers on the inn. ”

"Big water?" Qin Ke was stunned, the Mo family is located in the north, which is a place prone to drought, he has seen a lot of droughts, but he hasn't heard much about big water. But it seems that when he came out of the tomb of King Ye, Zhuge Wanling mentioned the matter of sending a big flood?

Qin Ke was curious and asked, "How can there be a big flood?"

"Seriously, how not serious. The shopkeeper no longer stood, but sat beside Qin Ke and said, "The downstream is the people's fields, and this big flood has flooded thousands of hectares of fertile land, and countless people have nothing to eat." As for the reason for the flooding, it is said that the embankment upstream burst under the heavy rain for half a month, and it was immediately unstoppable. I don't know how many people will die in such a big flood!"

Qin Ke was stunned, he had only seen people died in drought, locust plagues, and wars, but he didn't expect that the flood would have such power.

"Did the imperial court rescue the disaster?" Qin Ke also cared.

"I have allocated a lot of relief food. To say that our prime minister is still wise, in the early years of the Wu State fought every year, it was difficult to find a way to survive, but the prime minister was really a god, and I don't know how, he persuaded those big families not to fight anymore, and then established Jing Wu, and life got better. As he spoke, the shopkeeper suddenly lowered his voice and said, "But I heard that this disaster relief is not simple. The top is going to kill someone!"

"Murder?" Qin Ke looked up sensitively and looked at the shopkeeper.

The shopkeeper looked around and knew that the inn was empty now, so he dared to speak: "Some people say that the reason why the embankment collapsed this time is because a group of corrupt officials wanted to be greedy for the imperial court's disaster relief food, so they deliberately damaged the embankment. ”

"Broken?" Qin Ke was startled, and his voice was a little uncontrollable, but soon, he lowered his head in the eyes of the shopkeeper and whispered, "Why are these people so bold?"

"That's not surprising. Since ancient times, corrupt officials have been bold, starve to death for the timid, big officials are greedy, petty officials are greedy, I have seen a lot. In the final analysis, I am thankful that we can save food for our people. The shopkeeper's expression was calm, and he didn't seem to be surprised, "Anyway, the imperial court is said to have sent someone to investigate, and it is said that a list has been drawn up according to the amount of money that corrupt officials embezzle." Hmph! Just wait for Prime Minister Zhuge to see that list, none of these corrupt officials will die well!"

There was the sound of chopsticks falling on the ground.

The shopkeeper turned his head, bent down to pick up the chopsticks, and he was a little more warm to this child who seemed to be his nephew, and slightly blamed: "Ah." You kid, why are you so careless, I'll go get you another pair of chopsticks. ”

Qin Ke watched the shopkeeper leave slowly, but his heart beat wildly.