Looking at the small village at night, Du Zhongxiao looked solemn and ordered his subordinates to stop.

Xiangzhou's soldiers and horses will not be able to come for a while and a half, Du Zhongxiao was afraid of startling the snake, and the thief ran away after getting the news, so he brought his subordinates and a few soldiers in the post station to come to get people overnight.

If it were an ordinary case, Du Zhongxiao would not be so active. He is a passing official, no matter how much credit he has, it is someone else's, what kind of heart do you care about the case here? This time is special, the underground cultural relics in this area have a special meaning to China, and one less is a huge loss, so I can only cheer up and come to take people, and I can't take care of anything else.

After a while, a little old man came panting with the officials and saluted in front of Du Zhongxiao.

Du Zhongxiao glanced at him a few times and asked, "Are you here Lizheng?" ”

The old man arched his hand: "Back to the official, the small Tian Anzheng, the village calls me Tian Yuanwai, it is this village is right." ”

Du Zhongxiao remained silent and asked, "Is there a grandson in your village who is an autocratic bronze ware?" ”

Tian Yuanwai said: "Didn't the official say that Sun Ran's old man?" He used to smelt iron tools, but in recent years, he has learned the craft from somewhere, and he has also helped make some bronze tools. I heard him say that he once helped the monk cast a bell in an unknown temple, and his craftsmanship was very superb. ”

Du Zhongxiao said: "It's him!" There is something to find him in the yamen, you take us there! ”

Tian Yuanwai didn't dare to ask more, so he respectfully agreed, took Du Zhongxiao and others, and went to the outside of the village. As he walked, he said: "Sun Lao'er's family does not live in the village, his family has passed down a pond for several generations, in addition to catching some fish and shrimp, he also grows lotus roots and sells them for money. ”

Everyone left the village and walked outside the village, not far away, at the foot of a small hill, they saw a pond of more than ten acres. At this time, it is the late autumn season, and the lotus leaves in the pond are withered and yellow, and there is a withered scene. On the edge of Pitang, there is a row of six thatched houses, and a courtyard is enclosed in front.

Pointing to the row of thatched houses, Tian Yuanwai arched his hand and said, "Official, that is Sun Lao'er's house." ”

Du Zhongxiao said: "That grandson, how many people are in the family?" ”

Tian Yuanwai said: "Back to the official, that old man's Hun family died a few years ago, and now he lives with his three sons. The eldest and second lang of his family have been married, and they have a son and two daughters, and San Lang is married unmarried. In addition, he also hired two bankers to help him with the work of the family. ”

Du Zhongxiao nodded, and whispered to the thirteen langs beside him: "In order to avoid too many dreams at night, this matter should be cut through the mess quickly." Take ten men and go in through the main entrance, and take them. Tao Seventeen, you take the rest of the people to ambush outside, someone runs out, take them all! ”

The two agreed to each other, and each ordered someone to do something.

Watching everyone leave, Tian Yuanwai couldn't help it, and asked Du Zhongxiao in a low voice: "Official, I don't know what Sun Lao'er has done?" With such a big battle in the government, isn't it a murderer and a thief in his family? ”

Du Zhongxiao said: "It's almost there." Let me ask you, what kind of bronze ware does Sun Lao'er make at home? ”

Tian Yuanwai thought for a while and said: "It's nothing more than a copper kettle and copper basin, some daily use." - By the way, he has also made bronze mirrors here recently, and they are all extremely exquisite. My daughter likes it and keeps clamoring for me to buy it for him. ”

Seeing that Tian Yuanwai looked serious, without the slightest fraud, Du Zhongxiao sighed and said: "Copper is a forbidden thing, you haven't thought about it, where did this grandson get the copper?" With so many bronze utensils, the copper used is not one or two catties. ”

Tian Yuanwai said: "I heard that he collected old bronze ware, melted it and recast it. Isn't that also a forbidden? ”

Du Zhongxiao shook his head, not knowing what to say. Of course, it is not forbidden to collect old bronze objects and recast them, but it is a violation of the law to collect old bronze objects dug up in ancient tombs. Grave robbery and grave digging were serious crimes in all dynasties, especially in ancient royal tombs, which was a capital crime at this time. Don't say that Sun Lao'er doesn't know the origin of the bronze, those who do this business are very profitable, and they can't hide from pretending to be crazy and stupid.

If it was just an ordinary criminal, Du Zhongxiao would report to the local government at most, and would not come over to get someone in person. This place is really too special, the underground is mostly the tombs of the Shang Dynasty, and each cultural relic has a special meaning to China. Any bronze object in the ground may have a special significance in Chinese history and can uncover a historical mystery. Fortunately, tortoise shells were not popular in this era, and tortoise shells and bones carved with oracle bones were not excavated on a large scale. Taking advantage of this opportunity, maybe we can set off a craze for the study of the Shang Dynasty.

By this time of the Song Dynasty, the study of gold and stone, which specialized in the study of ancient characters, had become a prominent science, and there were many people interested in these things.

Thirteen Lang took more than a dozen of Du Zhongxiao's entourage, and when he arrived at the door of Sun Ran's house, he saw that there was a wooden door in front of him, which was not strong. Turning back to signal his subordinates to prepare, Thirteen Lang took a deep breath, shouted violently, raised his foot and kicked it away, and led everyone to rush in.

In the yard, a boy of eighteen or nineteen years old was feeding geese, and when he saw more than a dozen people swarming in, he shouted, "Who are you? Is it a thief who trespasses on his beloved's house? - Big brother, second brother, thieves in the family, come and fight them! ”

Thirteen Lang walked in front of the young man in three steps and two steps, and shouted: "You are a thief yourself, what are you shouting about!" Your family has done something bad, hurry back to the yamen with me! ”

As he spoke, he raised his big fist and knocked the young man to the ground, and the people behind him came up and tied him up.

This scene was heard, and several men rushed out of it.

At first, an old man of fifty or sixty years old looked shrewd and capable, and two strong country youths followed behind him. In the firewood room next to it, two men rushed out at the same time, one with a dung fork and the other with a firewood knife.

Seeing that a big man brought a dozen of them in the courtyard and took his youngest son, Sun Ran was taken aback and said, "This strong man, what is there to discuss!" Could it be that when did I offend you and kidnap people as soon as I came in? The little old man is guilty of this. ”

Thirteen Lang said: "Needless to say, I came to get you on the order of the official, no matter what it is, I will talk about it when I go back to the yamen." ”

Sun Ran was shocked when he heard this, and hurriedly said, "Where are you from the Yamen?" I've lived here for decades, and I don't see you people in the yamen. ”

Where is Thirteen Lang impatient, waved his hand, stepped forward with his hand, and said: "When I see my family official, I naturally know!" ”

When Sun Dalang and Sun Erlang saw that their younger brother was tied up, they were annoyed, and when they saw Thirteen Lang coming up, they screamed and came up to fight together.

Thirteen Lang shouted hello and stepped forward to meet the two. first kicked Sun Dalang down, then stretched out his arms, pinched Sun Erlang's arm, took a big step forward, and pulled him behind him violently, threw him on the ground, and was tied up by the person behind him.

Sun Ran saw that Thirteen Lang was infinitely powerful and brave, and knew that the general trend had gone, so he said to Sun Dalang, who was still fighting: "None of you are the opponent of this big man, don't fight, lest you be damaged by him." Since we are members of the yamen, we will go with them, and we do not believe that the yamen can wronged us good people. ”

Where did Thirteen Lang pay attention to them, he just commanded his subordinates and came up to tie up a few people one by one.

These few rabbits have risen and fallen, and the two villagers who came out of the firewood room only felt that their eyes were flowering, and the victory and defeat had been divided. The master's family was arrested, and they naturally didn't work hard, and let Shisanlang command people to tie them up together.