Jia Huizhou looked at Li Kerong with suspicious eyes, staring at him without moving, showing a look of surprise and uncertainty. Li Kerong's head naturally never raised.

Nie Xiaoman said again: "Brother Jia, you have to say it frankly. If not, don't even think about getting your money back. ”

Jia Huizhou was forced by this sentence, so he turned his gaze back and hurriedly said, "Master Nie, I said, I said yes." I'm here to make a mission——-"

"Messenger? So this money is the expenditure of sports in officialdom? ”

"Yes. Recently, I listened to Li Kerong's words, and I couldn't help but feel a little itchy. I want to buy a petty official and be majestic. According to him, he had many acquaintances here, and if he could spend three thousand five thousand taels of silver, he would be able to get a petty official from the seven-grade salt business to play around—at least he could get a county prince's position. So I got some money and came here to try it out. ”

"I want to use this money to pay the down payment first, see if it's real, and then pay the final payment. Unexpectedly, before he could negotiate with anyone, this one was stolen last night. With that, he pointed to the ugly black one-eyed dragon. Since the person in front of him is dressed in a tolerable troll, he must be a thief. If he dares to steal my money to buy~ the official, I will teach him-"

When Nie Xiaoman heard this, he suddenly clenched his fist and hammered it on the table. Then Nie Xiaoman was furious and scolded Jia Huizhou sharply.

"Shut up! I didn't think you were such a vile and shameless villain! ”

Jia Huizhou was half frightened to death by this reprimand, and his eyes were stunned. Nie Xiaoman continued to reprimand.

"The officials and lords are all the names of the imperial court~, but they were corrupted by the rats you bought~ the officials? What can't you do, and you still want to be an official? Do you want to be an official or be a prestige? Won't you, the bought official, exploit the people tenfold and hundredfold in the future, so you will make a thief friend and fall for the liar! Xiao Man's eyes glanced at Li Kerong's face, and he scolded again. Not only are you shameless, but you're almost blind! ”

These reprimands can be said to be righteous and strict. Na Jia Huizhou's body suddenly shrunk, and he looked at Li Kerong in amazement, his face was red and white, which showed that he was very ashamed and embarrassed at this time.

Li Kerong seemed to be shivering with cold, and looked at the one-eyed companion in dark clothes with a panicked and frightened gaze. The one-eyed dragon also looked at Li Kerong again in a panic.

Nie Xiaoman obviously hadn't scolded enough, and turned to Li Kerong again.

"Li Kerong, you are also a seven-foot man, how do you act as a liar? I see you've read some books, why is the husband not eating, but doing this kind of money fraud? You're so shameful, I see you're so sophisticated, it's not the first time you've made a move-"

Li Kerong raised his pale face suddenly, and cried in a trembling voice: "Master, no-no!" I lost money gambling and I came up with the idea. This is the first time.

At this time, the one-eyed dragon's gaze glanced at Nie Xiaoman, and suddenly turned around, looking like he wanted to escape.

Nie Xiaoman waved his hand, sneered and said, "Hey, friend, rest assured, sit down." Do you think you're still able to walk? You can also eat one of the buns on the table, I'm afraid that you won't have the opportunity to eat Yangzhou's three ding buns in your life. ”

Jia Huizhou pushed the one-eyed dragon with his hand, and the man sat down very obediently. Jia Huizhou stared at his companion, but Li Kerong was still in a daze. Nie Xiaoman stood up and walked to the balcony, turned sideways and waved his hand outside, and then turned around again.

He said to Jia Huizhou again: "Brother Jia, you are finally lucky, this time the money can be recovered." Now you can take money from the king's tent and go home and read the books of the sages for a few years, and heal your mind. If you really want to be an official, you need to have the people in your heart, and it is the right way to get out of the imperial examination. Xiao Man then turned back and looked at the bald man in the tent.

The king's tent suddenly changed his face, and he said anxiously: "Lord Nie-master, I-I can't afford to pay you-you-you-"

Jia Huizhou interjected: "Okay, it turns out that you are also stealing in a group!" He looked fiercely at the dwarf, bald man, as if he wanted to reach out and smack him.

The tent was so anxious that cold sweat was dripping from the corners of his forehead, the muscles on his face writhed, and he was speechless.

Nie Xiaoman hurriedly waved his hand and said, "Jia Huizhou, don't talk nonsense. He was not an accomplice to the two. It's just that the money you lost is now in his account. ”

The burden of the bald king's tent did not seem to have been relieved by Xiao Man's words, and his open lips continued to tremble there.

Jia Huizhou was also dumbfounded, and seemed to be still inexplicable. Su Jingmo on the side was also in the fog at this time, but it was inconvenient to ask.

Fortunately, Nie Xiaoman didn't let go of making things difficult, and after looking around at everyone, he continued to explain.

Xiao Man smiled smugly at Jing Mo first: "Jing Mo, you originally found out about this matter before me. The strange sounds you hear and the electric lights you see are the work of this one-eyed friend. I didn't tell you because I was concerned about your physical condition. ”

"What?"

Jia Huizhou hurriedly asked, "Master Nie, how did you find out about this after all?" ”

Nie Xiaoman said: "Things are very simple and coincidental. When I returned home last night, I walked under the balcony along the street of the inn, and suddenly I saw a big burden in the window of the Xuanzi number. I immediately took two steps forward and saw a man standing under the window to pick up the bag. As soon as the man saw me coming, he fled in a hurry with his baggage. I was about to catch up, but a second package fell from the window. I took it and felt quite heavy, and when I looked up again, I saw that it was a man in a white shirt who lost the bag, and I knew that it was one of these two people. ”

Jing Mo hurriedly urged: "Then you saw it at that time?" ”

Xiao Man nodded and said, "Yes, after a little thought, I have already seen through this simple trick." Then I went into the inn, and when I went to the tent, I opened my bag and looked at it, and sure enough, there were some silver tickets, silver ingots, and other things, wrapped in a long towel. I immediately woke up Mr. Wang, who was in the tent, and gave him his wallet to keep on his behalf. ”

Jing Mo suddenly realized: "I see, I understand." No wonder, you said that this matter is very simple, it turns out that you have already made up your mind. ”

Jing Mo smiled and said: "When I was sleeping, I could still hear the sound of the door opening in the next room, and it was clear that there was a person dozing off by Dr. Tea on duty at night, what was the action." So after the case, I naturally knew at a glance the suspicions of prying the door rope and other old cloths. However, I didn't want to be slipped through the net by this fellow party who took the first package, so I had to not say anything at the time. Xiao Man paused, turned back and smiled at Jing Mo, and said a little embarrassedly: "Jing Mo, please forgive me for this." ”

Jing Mo asked, "So you already knew that it was him who stole it?" As he spoke, he pointed to Li Kerong, who was stunned.

Nie Xiaoman nodded: "Yes." He threw away his trolling first, obviously with a 'bitter meat trick' style of cover, but unexpectedly, it 'backfired', but it helped me provide important clues. ”

Jing Mo nodded and motioned for Nie Xiaoman to continue.

Nie Xiaoman said again: "I secretly told my fellow Erzhu that anyone who has a Xuanzi Mansion guest delivers something or sends a letter, or goes out, or someone visits, must report to me." Just now, the one-eyed dragon probably didn't wait for a long time, so he sent a note~ to the inn and asked Li Kerong to come to this teahouse to meet. Erzhu first showed me the ~ sub quietly, and I asked you to come and wait. Li Kerong helped me again and taught him to wear the stolen goods on his body, so that I could see it at a glance again. Now the case has been solved effortlessly. ”

At this time, there was a team leader who walked upstairs with four catchers, Nie Xiaoman greeted him, took out a post of his own, handed it to the team leader, and then said a few more words.

Xiao Man pointed to Li Kerong and the one-eyed dragon and said a few words, and several people saluted Xiao Man, locked the two with chains, and dragged the cow and the horse downstairs.

At this time, the news had spread, and many neighbors from near and far came to see the two liars being arrested. When Nie Xiaoman thanked Jia Huizhou and wanted to resign, he gave him the final persuasion.

"Huizhou, you remember my words, hurry back, re-read the books of sages, and stop dreaming of becoming an official and making a fortune."

After saying some great things, Nie Xiaoman sat down again, and suddenly said loudly: "... Jingmo, you, you, you have eaten all the buns? …… Okay, I haven't eaten much yet, quick, let them serve another basket of steamed buns, and after eating, we will go to Slender West Lake. ”

There is a poem in the immortals, called "the old man left the Yellow Crane Tower in the West, and the fireworks went down to Yangzhou in March", and the Miaoxi Zen Master said that "the waist is wrapped around 100,000 runs, and the crane is in Yangzhou", one is to say that the scenery of Yangzhou is beautiful, and it is the most suitable to enjoy the beautiful scenery in Yangzhou in March, and the second is to say that Yangzhou is prosperous and rich.

Many people think that only the scenery of Yangzhou in March is the most beautiful, but in fact, the snow scene in Yangzhou is also unique and has a unique charm. The Tang Dynasty poet Du Mu has a beautiful poem of "Twenty-four Bridges on a bright moonlit night, where does the jade teach", which is the famous scenic spot of Yangzhou, the Twenty-four Bridges.

And this winter, the most beautiful scenery is just near the Slender West Lake and the 24th Bridge.

At this time, the world is fluttering, and it is beginning to snow, presumably Nie Xiaoman and Su Jingmo are swimming in the snow in the Slender West Lake, they should have a different scenery and mood.