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Shi Jie's house is in Jiming Lane, which is separated from an alley by Guozijian, and Guozijian said that this official is not big, just a six-grade official rank, not to mention the Qingshui Yamen, so Shijie is very poor.

Shi Jie is also a literati, and the literati have all the stinky problems, and they like to collect some good scholars, so that most of the limited money will be spent on it, and the rest of the money can only be hired to cook a cook and a small servant in addition to daily expenses.

That Jin Ge'er is Shi Jie's personal servant, when Jin Ge'er was fourteen years old, Shi Jie was an observer in Yunzhou, Jin Ge'er had no food to eat and stole things on the street, and was beaten half to death by the shopkeeper, but fortunately Shi Jie passed by to save him, and when he saw that others were also shrewd, he stayed by his side as a small servant.

Ten years have passed, Shi Jie has gone from being an observer in Yunzhou to the secretary of the Zhennan Military Festival to the general judge of Jiazhou, and even now the Guozijian is speaking directly, and has been in several positions, three or four state capitals, Jin Geer has been serving by Shi Jie's side, and in the past ten years, Jin Geer has also grown from a fourteen-year-old boy to a twenty-four-year-old young man.

After Shi Jie was arrested, Jin Ge'er seemed very panicked, but this is understandable, the master of the family was arrested, and the people naturally panicked at the moment, and Jin Ge'er recovered a few days later.

In the eyes of outsiders, Jin Ge'er is definitely a loyal servant.

But Su Jin was suspicious of this Jin Ge'er, since it is temporarily presumed that Shi Jie and Fu Bi are innocent, then he can only think about the problem from this standpoint, and the matter of the seal is quite strange, Su Jin specially ordered someone to hire the same gold stonemason to help him carve two seals of the same material and font size, but even if it is from the same person's hand, there are many places that can be distinguished after the two seals are stamped.

From this, Su Jin denied the inference that they were two seals, and compared the correspondence between the two people who were found in Shi Jie's and Fu Bi's house, and came to the positive conclusion that the seal on this fake letterhead was definitely Shi Jie's.

This leads to two more inferences, one is that Shi Jie's seal was lost and Shi Jie didn't know it, after all, even if it is a personal thing, it is impossible to sleep and eat and go to the toilet with it, and it is always placed somewhere in the house at night or at a certain time, and the person who forges it does not need to bother, so he sends a gentleman on the beam to sneak in, and after stamping the seal, he returns the thing to its original place, which can be described as unaware.

The second possibility can only be self-theft by the guards, and if it is the second possibility, the biggest suspicion is Jin Ge'er.

The first possibility may not be verified for the time being, Su Jin can only start the investigation from Jin Ge'er, for two days in a row, Su Jin's people are staring at Shi Jie's mansion to the left and near to monitor, but for two days there is nothing, Jin Ge'er's daily routine is very normal, get up early in the morning, clean the yard as usual, and then clean up the things at home, busy with it, or go out to buy some necessities such as rice grain, and don't see anything unusual.

Zhao Hu, who was in charge of stalking, was a little impatient, and suggested that Jin Ge'er be arrested directly for questioning, Su Jin reprimanded him, asking him to keep an eye on him patiently, and find out what he does every day, where he has been, and who he has contacted.

Zhao Hu had no choice but to take someone to keep an eye on him, and after two boring days, someone finally came to report that Jin Ge'er went out with a package on his back, as if he was going to go far away.

Su Jin, who got the news, hurriedly rushed to Bianliang Xicheng in a big car, and the news sent by Zhao Hu was that Jin Ge'er was heading west to Liangmen.

That Jin Ge'er seemed to be extremely vigilant, walking on the road from time to time looking around, Su Jin ordered to be decorated from a distance, and he must not be allowed to find that he was being watched; The more pedestrians on the west road of the city became, the more scarce they were, and after Wuqi Temple, there were almost all wilderness, Su Jin could no longer let this big crowd follow, so he only ordered Zhao Hu and another entourage to follow him, and the three of them pretended to be pedestrians in a hurry, walking far behind.

There is a fork in the avenue on the edge of Wuqi Temple, in the blink of an eye, Jin Ge'er, who was walking in front, disappeared when he walked to the fork in the road, and the dead grass and thorns on both sides are the best hiding places, Su Jin was worried that Jin Ge'er found out that he was being followed, so he hid in the grass and watched, so he whispered Zhao Hu and the guard to walk without squinting, until they walked hundreds of steps in front, and then the three of them squatted down in the grass beside the road with a dozen gestures.

After waiting for a long time, he didn't see Jin Ge'er follow, Su Jin concluded that Jin Ge'er must have gone from the fork in the road, the three of them turned back, turned onto the fork in the road, and used the cover of the grass to walk forward, after hundreds of steps, there was a sudden noise of rubbing in front, and the three of them hurriedly moved forward slowly from the grass, brushing away the cold long grass and thorns, and vaguely saw Jin Ge'er bending over and digging something by the side of a grave.

The three of them looked at each other, is this Jin Ge'er actually a tomb robber? How did you go to the wilderness and dig up people's graves?

The three of them watched with bated breath, only to see that Jin Ge'er was very happy, and soon dug a grave into a big pit, and suddenly a metal collision sound remembered, Jin Ge'er looked around vigilantly, and after seeing that there was no sound in the four places, he bent down and reached out to take out a small iron box from the soil, Su Jin probed to watch, and saw that Jin Ge'er opened the iron box and took out two ingots of silver from it and kicked them in his arms, and then put the iron box in the grave bag, and then piled it up with soil, covered with turf, and looked like an old tomb.

After doing this, Jin Ge'er wiped his sweat, stuffed the hoe into the package, washed his hands and feet in the puddle on the side, got up and left the fork in the road and went back to the city.

The three of them didn't dare to speak quietly until Jin Ge'er left, and Zhao Hu said, "What is this guy doing sneakily?" Is it careful to bury the silver here, for fear of attracting thieves? ”

Su Jin waved his hand and said, "Dig out the iron box." ”

Zhao Hu and the guards took out their waist knives and dug them indiscriminately, and after a while, they dug out the iron box, opened it and saw that there were more than 20 silver ingots neatly arranged inside, each ingot was ten taels, and looking at the traces that were taken away, a total of about three hundred taels of silver.

Su Jin sneered: "What a huge sum of money, three hundred taels of silver, ordinary people can't earn so much in a lifetime, but this Jin Ge'er is quite good at making money." ”

Zhao Hu said: "Could it be that Brother Jin gathered Shi Jie's money and hid it here, afraid that the house would be copied?" ”

Su Jin said: "This is not difficult to do, ask Shi Jie to know the clue, Shi Jie should know how much money he has." ”

The three of them returned the same way, went straight to the prison, and asked Shi Jie about this matter, Shi Jie opened his mouth and shook his head for a long time and said: "Where did I get so much extra money, I am a six-grade official, I only have fifteen yuan per month, five yuan of firewood, plus five horses of silk cloth, and some other subsidies are not more than forty yuan in total, and the monthly expenses are tight, where does the money come from?" Jin Ge'er complained more than once that the money was not enough, and I also borrowed eighty yuan from Yan Guo a few years ago for New Year's gifts, and the three hundred taels of silver were definitely not mine. ”

Su Jin smiled and said: "This time you should know that Brother Jin is not simple, if he is a servant in your family, I will never believe the three hundred taels of silver he has saved in ten years, even if the food and clothing are all yours, the salary plus extra money is probably not enough, your salary is not high, and the salary you give him every month should not exceed three times." ”

Shi Jiedao: "How can there be three runs, only consistent eight." ”

Zhao Hu shook his head beside him, this Shi Jie was stingy, when he followed Gongzi Ye as a nurse, Gongzi Ye was still an unofficial and unemployed businessman, so he issued five yuan a month, and now a month of money from Ma Han and himself and others One hundred and fifty yuan per month, plus the Ma Jun commander's money is no longer exhausted, Zhao Hu himself not only raised his mother and Aunt Zhao's family, but also saved thousands of yuan in the silver village; is also a current person, and the difference in treatment is too great.

"Consistent eight? Well, ten years and one hundred and twenty months, calculated in terms of two guan, is only two hundred and forty guan, and the silver is only two hundred taels; Brother Jin'er's way of coming from this money is quite interesting. ”、

Shi Jie faintly guessed something, it was difficult to hide the pain on his face, his feelings for Jin Ge'er really treated him like a brother, he didn't marry a wife, he didn't have children, Jin Ge'er seemed to be his relative, and he was betrayed by his relatives, this feeling was extremely bad.

"Master Su, check it carefully, you can't wronged a good person." Shi Jiedao.

Su Jin smiled: "Don't worry, you won't wronged the good guys, but you won't let the bad guys go, you should be happy, I think it won't take long to clear your charges." ”

……

That night, Brother Jin was dressed very decently, went out of the house through the back door, and came to a green building in Xiji'er Hutong, it seemed that the old bustard seemed to be very familiar with him, and a large group of grease-smeared powder heads surrounded the grinning Jin Ge'er upstairs.

Su Jin took Zhao Hu into this courtyard with a swagger, he was originally a handsome look, and he was dressed like a noble son, and suddenly a lot of vulgar puffs came forward, pulling arms and pulling thighs, hugging thighs, and making noise about warblers.

Zhao Hu stepped forward and staggered seven or eight fans with one arm, clenched his fists and scolded angrily: "Whoever comes to entangle again, beware of my fists." ”

All the fans scolded again and again, spitting all over the ground, and they all secretly scolded: Come to the yard and don't have fun, and turn people out of the distance with one arm, so don't know how to pity the fragrance and cherish the jade, it's really a rough person; Even if the handsome teacher of the young man is itchy somewhere, since he doesn't understand the amorous feelings, it is not uncommon to serve him.

Su Jin grabbed Zhao Hu and apologized with a smile, and the women stopped scolding, and the old bustard walked forward with half a pound of white powder on his face and said, "This little official, his face is tight, is it the first time?" Our girls here are all Saitianxian, hurry up and pick one, you are satisfied. ”

Su Jin smiled: "It's indeed the first time I've come to Treasure Land, but today I'm not here to have fun, but to inquire about something." ”

The smile on the old bustard's face disappeared immediately, and he said with a cold face: "We are not a teahouse here, ask people to go to the street of the teahouse, we don't have time to talk to people here...... Pull...... ......"

I couldn't pull it out for a long time, because Su Jin had already taken out a silver ingot with a smile, looking at the weight, it must be five taels of silver ingots from the official system, and of course the old bustard couldn't pull it out.

"Come to the pot of tea, find a clean room, I will ask you a few words, and you answer, this ingot of silver is yours." Su Jin smiled.

"Oh, the little official ordered, how can the slave family not obey, Xiaohong, hurry up and clean up the private room, put on the pot of good lotus tea, and get two plates of fruit, go quickly, dead girl, what are you doing in a daze?" The thick powder on the old bustard's face fell with the sharp change in his expression, just like the lime skin peeling off on the wall, and Su Jin's heart was beating when he saw it.