Chapter 30: Theft
Everyone was very happy to hear this, and Mrs. Chen ordered more than ten villagers to kill a pig and a sheep, cut them and roast them in the yard to eat.
Just when he was happy, more than 20 people came, all of them were rogue hooligans who followed Chen Ergou, Wu Song originally despised these people very much, but after listening to Chen Ergou's introduction, his outlook changed greatly.
This group of people has three religions and nine streams, there are all kinds of people, some are thousands of people in casinos, some are reselling stolen goods for others, some are specially designed to watch the wind of Jiangyang thieves, some run away for criminals, and some are fighting lawsuits for others.......
In short, only you can't think of it, you can't do it without them, Wu Song feels that these industries sound incredible, but if there is a real need, it can come in handy, and he is also very enthusiastic about them, without the slightest hint of words.
When he was toasting with everyone, more than a dozen hunters came, these people were all headed by Chen Qing, and they also had great respect for Wu Song, Wu Song observed his words and feelings, and knew that Chen Ergou's gang was desperate to follow him, Chen Qing's gang of hunters and the Zhuang guests of Chenjiazhuang, only respect has not yet obeyed, and they need to really lay down the Leopard's Head Mountain, so that they can see their skills, and they can keep it for their own use.
Because there are too many people, there is no stool, everyone simply sits on the ground, but more arrogant, the atmosphere is more warm, Wu Song is very happy, until the evening, before saying goodbye to everyone, agreed to come again tomorrow.
Wu Song walked out of Chenjiazhuang with great ambition, Wang Erniu was subdued, Ximenqing's power was weakened, the affairs of the Lion Tower and the Cuihong Mansion were completed, and the base for accommodating the soldiers and horses of all parties was already there.
He was so happy that he sang: "The great river flows eastward, and the stars in the sky join the Beidou...... Participate in the Beidou ah....."
Pan Jinlian watched Wu Song go out to drink ginger tea at Wang Po's in the morning, thinking that he would eat at home, so she made a few side dishes with ginger juice, thinking that she could resist the cold poison for Wu Song.
I was busy all morning, and when it was lunch time, I couldn't see Wu Song come back, and I looked at Wang Po's teahouse from the door curtain, although it was full of people, but there was no Wu Song's mountain-like figure, and I couldn't help but feel a little lost in my heart, and scolded secretly: "Wrongdoer, I don't know that I have a cold, and I still run around!"
After scolding, I panicked, how could I scold him for being wronged, he is not me, he is a gentleman with lofty ideals, one day he will find the tiger whip to treat the eldest brother, I am the eldest brother's person after all.
After she thought about it, a few catchers came to the door, and one catcher looked at her with a straight face and said, "You are Pan Jinlian?"
"The slave family is!" She was very stunned, why are these catchers so rude, don't you know that Wu Song is my uncle, could it be that he has an accident, thinking of this, she doesn't care about their rudeness, and hurriedly asked: "I don't know what is the matter with the eldest brother?"
"You wait!" Catcher pointed at her very rudely, motioned for her to sit down, turned around and shouted, "Mother Xu, you come in and recognize someone!"
An obese woman in her sixties walked in, and Pan Jinlian recognized her as the wet nurse of Pan Yun, the newly adopted concubine of Gao Yuanwai, and hurriedly saluted: "Hello Mother Xu, why did you come to the cold house." ”
"Hmph! It's a shame for you to do it!" Pan's mother crossed her waist and pulled the jade bead hairpin from Pan Jinlian's head with one hand, pointed at Pan Jinlian and scolded: "My young lady thinks that you are a sister of the same clan, and I take care of you to come to the house to do some sewing work, so that you can earn dozens of copper coins, but you actually ate leopard gall and stole the white jade horse that Master Gao put in Miss's room!
"Mother Pan, why are you squirting blood, this pearl hairpin was given by my husband!" Pan Jinlian was plucked by her, her hair was scattered, ashamed and angry.
Catch quickly took a look at the pearl hairpin, and said sharply: "Pan Jinlian, this pearl hairpin is worth at least two hundred taels of silver, why did Wuda buy it for you with so much money, you can go back to the yamen with us, and for the sake of Wudutou's face, he will not shackle you." ”
"Hehe, this pearl hairpin was bought back by my husband for two taels of silver, how did it become two hundred taels of silver!" Pan Jinlian sneered: "I didn't do that dirty thing, the county magistrate is a person who understands, it's best to go to the yamen, and he has his own public opinion!"
Pan Jinlian thought that Wu Song was the head of the yamen, and when he arrived at the yamen, he would rescue him, what was there to be afraid of, and he didn't steal the white jade horse of the Gao family at all, although there were all kinds of things that she couldn't understand, but she was calm in her heart, and she went out with the catch.
It's just that she didn't know that this pearl hairpin was indeed worth two hundred taels of silver, and after Wu Dalang got Wu Song's gold bars and silver, he was worried that Pan Jinlian would blame him for asking Wu Song's things, so he didn't tell her.
But thinking that he couldn't do it, his wife had been wronged for more than a year, so she simply gritted her teeth and became the first big high-roller in her life, and bought a jade pearl hairpin for Pan Jinlian with two hundred taels of silver, but she was afraid of being scolded, so she had to lie and say that she bought it for two taels of silver, Pan Jinlian also praised him for buying it worthwhile, how to look at this pearl hairpin is more than two taels of silver, and then asked Wu Dalang, he said vaguely, maybe people are giving face to Wu Song.
Catch quickly and take Pan Jinlian to enter through the side door, did not enter the county government gate, that is to say, did not pass through the hall, Pan Jinlian wondered in her heart, if you go to the public court, there is an uncle to take care of me, I said according to the facts, it will be fine, but now it is what does it mean to enter the side door.
"Brother Cha, why did you enter the side door instead of entering the public hall to meet the magistrate?"
"Yours is just a trivial matter of theft, and you don't mention it so quickly! With a push from behind her, he pushed her through the side door, a dark hallway leading to the ground, lined with dim oil lamps.
Pan Jinlian was scared in her heart, and hurriedly said, "My husband's brother is Dutou Wu Song!"
"Mrs. Wu, we just know that you are the sister-in-law of Wudutou, so we didn't bring you to the court, everyone is their own family, just settle it in private here. ”
Pan Jinlian also felt at ease when she heard this, thinking that Wu Song would take care of everything for him, but when she thought about it, something was wrong, and she hurriedly said: "You just said that the magistrate of the county was just busy, but now you say that you will solve it here in private, which sentence is the truth?"
Zhu Kuai stopped talking, but pushed Pan Jinlian down the stairs, two torches were lit under the corridor, and the light was bright, and a pen, ink, paper, and inkstone were placed on a table, and a middle-aged scholar who looked like a scholar was sitting there, and when he looked inside, it turned out to be two rows of cells.
"Mrs. Wu, you are the sister-in-law of Wudutou, our brother takes care of it, you just need to explain the facts, and then let you go back, if this matter goes to court, it will only lose face in Wudutou. Catcher said gently.
Pan Jinlian felt that it made sense when she heard this, and hurriedly said: "I didn't steal the Gao family's white jade horse, that's how it happened." ”
"You can't say that, it will only complicate things, you say there is no theft, but there are witnesses to testify, it is not good for you, if you spend it, you may live in this cell for a year and a half, and it is not worth it. "I will give you an idea, you will admit that when you went to Gao's house to do sewing yesterday, you saw that the white jade horse was beautiful, and you were greedy for a while, and stole it, these are all small things, at most you will lose money, you can go home after you finish speaking, and Wudu will not be implicated." ”