Chapter 61 The soldiers and bandits meet
This prefect from the capital janissary began to ask himself some strange questions as soon as he entered the door, and the county commander had doubts in his heart at this time, but after all, the other party was the capital janitorial, and this was an organization that could ignore any official except the lord of the country, and he naturally didn't dare to make a mistake with a county order.
In the face of Li Xiangri's inquiry, the county commander said: "My lord, you don't know, according to the investigation of the lower officials, there is a big thief behind the funding of the school! The lower officials also eliminated harm for the people, and they were forced to attack the school out of desperation!" Li Xiangri said curiously: "Oh? Do you mean that it was just stolen from a rich businessman?"
"This ...... That's true!" The county commander said in a panic, "Those rich businessmen jointly reported to the government, and I was also overwhelmed by them!"
Li Xiangri asked again: "Do you know who this thief's surname is?" The county magistrate shook his head and said: "This subordinate official doesn't know, even those people in the school don't know his name!" The county magistrate thought for a while, and then said: "However, the subordinate drew his appearance according to the description of the people who had seen him." Li Xiangri hurriedly said: "Take it out and let me see!"
The prefectural magistrate hurriedly rummaged through boxes and cabinets for a while, and finally pulled out a crumpled piece of drawing paper from a pile of scribbled papers. As soon as Li Xiangri took the paper, he recognized the person on the portrait. It's exactly the same as the portrait I saw in the Praetorian Guard's Mansion, exactly the same person.
Li Xiangri thought for a while, and said to the county order: "Now, I need you to do something, it must be seamless!" The county order hurriedly nodded and said: "Your Excellency, just give orders, and the officials will do their best." ”
At night, Ziyang City was quiet, but the sudden appearance of a carriage broke the silence. Immediately after that, from the yard of a wealthy man came the barking of dogs. Jia Jinyin, a wealthy man with a sharp beak and monkey cheeks, welcomed the people in the carriage into the house with a smile on his face.
Jia Jinyin said: "This business is hard saber brother, this tip is not a tribute, brother, you take it to buy a bowl of wine to drink!" As he spoke, Jia Jinyin took out a glittering gold ingot from his sleeve and handed it to the other party.
The man called the saber took off his straw hat, and the scar on his face was shocking in the moonlight. Ma Dao said: "Boss Jia is really arrogant! This trip to the business has given so many tips, it seems that I will have to cooperate with Boss Jia more in the future!" Jia Jinyin smiled: "Hahaha, Brother Saber is talking about that, everyone will send it together if you have money, not to mention that there is no brother to run errands, with my old bones of Lao Jia, how can I bring so much freight back." ”
At this time, there were already three or five subordinates who moved the boxes from the carriage under the orders of Jia Jinyin. Suddenly, a guy accidentally fell, and the contents of the box fell to the ground and spilled on the ground. Seeing this, Jia Jinyin hurriedly stepped forward and scolded angrily: "You don't have long eyes, why don't you pack up your things quickly!"
Jia Jinyin picked up the box on the ground, took out a small box from the pile of herbs inside, and held it in his hand. The saber stepped forward and said, "Boss Jia is really smart! Who would have thought of hiding drugs in medicinal herbs?" Jia Jinyin took the small wooden box to his nose and sniffed it, and said: "As the saying goes, medicine is three parts poison." This herb is already poisonous!"
Seeing that the people were busy, the saber and Jia Jinyin chatted: "Boss Jia has been doing business for so many years, and he must have made a lot of money!" When Jia Jinyin heard this, he hurriedly hugged the saber, made a silent gesture, and said: "Brother, don't make a noise! Old man, this is a head-killing business, don't let those who eat the emperor's grain hear, otherwise the old man will have a hard time." ”
Ma Dao smiled: "Boss Jia, don't be modest, who doesn't know that you and Ziyang's county order wear the same pants." Jia Jinyin leaked a sly smile and said: "You think that county order is so foolish, if I hadn't given him a lot of benefits every year, my pharmacy would have closed down a long time ago." Ma Dao also smiled: "Boss Jia, why don't you let me visit the vault of your mansion, and let my brother open his eyes!"
Jia Jinyin saw that there was no one else around, so he beckoned Saber to come to the room and said: "Brother Saber, Jia Mou has always been particular about friendship in doing things, since Brother Ma has also run a lot of roads in Xia, then Jia Mou will take you to see!" ”
Jia Jinyin's study was full of all kinds of precious medicinal materials, and the saber said when he saw this: "Boss Jia won't want to use these medicinal materials to fool my saber, right! How much is this worth?" Jia Jinyin said: "Brother, don't worry, Jia will show you my vault!" After speaking, he took the brush on the desk in his hand, and then walked to the wall, opened a thousand-year-old ginseng hanging there, and saw a small hole in the wall.
Jia Jinyin inserted the brush into the hole and only heard a "click". The wall cracked open with a crack in the door. Jia Jinyin broke open the wall, and it turned out to be a secret room. Jia Jinyin made a gesture of please towards the saber. Saber hurriedly walked into the secret room, and the scene in front of him instantly made Saber dumbfounded.
Dazzling gold filled the house neatly, and the mountains of gold were as high as a wall. Jia Jinyin closed the wall of the secret room, and saw that the saber was still stuck there, so he said: "Brother Saber is also a person who has seen the world, I'm afraid that this little money won't get into the eyes of my brother!"
"Brother smiled! I still have to rely on you!" Jia Jinyin said politely.
Just when the two of them were touting each other, a pair of eyes had already seen all this.
The next day, the county magistrate came to Li Xiangri and said, "My lord, according to your orders, the bait has been scattered!
Li Xiangri stood up from the table and said, "Okay, yes, now let your people not act rashly, stay in the official mansion, so as not to startle the snake, and watch me arrest the culprit alone tonight." The county magistrate hesitated for a moment and said, "My lord, you are alone...... I'm afraid it's not appropriate!" Li Xiangri looked at the county order with fierce eyes and said, "What do you mean by this?"
The county commander hurriedly covered his uneasiness and said, "Xiaguan, this is also for the comfort of adults!"
Li Xiangri snorted coldly and said, "Hmph! You don't need to worry about it, you just need to make sure that no one comes to disturb me!" After the county order, he agreed on the surface, but in his heart he had already scolded Li Xiangri eighteen times.
"It's nice to say, who doesn't know that Jia Jinyin is my sworn brother, you let my brother be the bait, isn't this indirectly smashing my job?"
Li Xiangri didn't care what the county commander was thinking. Sit at your desk and think about what to do for the evening.
The night was dark and the wind was high, and a full moon hung on the branches. A dark shadow hung upside down under the eaves, gently pushing open the door of Jia Jinyin's study. Jia Jinyin, who was sleeping soundly, suddenly woke up, and a beautiful woman sleeping next to him was woken up by him, rubbing her eyes and saying, "Master, what's wrong?"
Jia Jinyin looked at the beauty beside him who was like a hibiscus out of the water, and said with a smile: "It's nothing, a mouse has broken in." The woman hugged Jia Jinyin in a panic and said, "Where? Where is it, sir, kill it!" Jia Jinyin turned over and pressed the woman under him, and said, "It's in the bed, I'll arrest him!" The woman said shyly and angrily: "Master, you actually teased the slave family! Ignore you." ”
Jia Jinyin smiled evilly: "Then you can try it! I'll put the mouse back in the hole!"
After a while, Jia Jinyin's bed made a "squeak" and a woman's shy sound.
On the other side, the Night Moon Soul had already touched Jia Jinyin's secret room, packed the gold in the house into dozens of bags, and then threw it out of the wall.
As the saying goes, the praying mantis flutters the cicada, and the yellow finch comes behind. Just after the Night Moon Soul had transferred all the money, the Night Moon Soul clapped his hands and said to himself: "This traitor has earned so much ill-gotten gains, and it took a lot of effort for Lao Tzu. Before the words fell, the Night Moon Soul only felt a chill behind it, and hurriedly turned his head to look, but saw nothing. He said to himself, "Am I dazzled?"
"No dazzle!" a cold voice came from behind. The Night Moon Soul hurriedly turned his head to look again, only to see that on the eaves that was empty just now, there was a person standing at this time. Night Moon Soul said: "Who are you?
Li Xiangri said with a smile: "When I was a child, I stole other people's buns, and when I grew up, did I steal other people's money?" Ye Yue was shocked and said: "Who are you, how do you know these past events?" Li Xiangri said: "Don't talk about it, it's better to transfer this money first, otherwise it will be over if you are discovered!"
The more Night Moon Soul thought about it, the more he felt that something was wrong, and said, "Who are you, do you want to help me or arrest me?" Li Xiangri smiled: "Help first and then catch it! These hard-won treasures can't be left with these scumbags, it's better to let you take them!"
In the gatehouse of the city, Li Xiangri stood on it, looking at the night moon soul. The latter, after transferring the money, sat down on the ground against the pillar, and said, "I think you already know that I didn't take this money for my own personal use. Li Xiangri said: "That's why I asked you to transfer quickly." ”
"Can you hear me tell me a story before you arrest me?"
Li Xiangri's eyes flickered for a moment, and he said, "Let's talk! This may be the last time you have a normal conversation with others." ”
"Fifteen years ago, there was a sick silly boy who thought he was going to die. Then I went out to find a doctor for him, and when I was leaving, I told him to wait for me to come back. As a result, it was a time of war, and we were beggars with nothing, so no medical clinic was willing to help me, and in the end, I had no choice but to steal the herbs from the pharmacy, but who knew that the store found out. I was hung up and beaten for three days until I passed out. When I woke up, I was in the dead man's pile. When I went back to look for the silly boy, he was gone. At that time, we didn't keep our promises, so over the years, even if I traveled thousands of mountains and rivers, I would come back every once in a while. Because I'm afraid that stupid boy will come back to me!"
After listening to the words of the Night Moon Soul, Li Xiangri had already burst into tears, but he still said in a deep voice: "Then he is back now, what are you going to do?"
Night Moon Soul smiled slightly and said, "I have thought of thousands of possibilities, but the only thing I didn't expect is that when we meet again, we will be a soldier and a bandit!"