In the private room, the tea and fruit plate was quickly put on the table, Su Jin took a sip of tea, pointed to the stool and said to the bustard: "You also sit down, I only ask you about one person, ask a few words about his situation, you can answer truthfully, and don't disturb your business." ”

The old bustard blessed Yifu and said with a smile: "Look at what you said as a little official, you are the uncle if you give the silver, let alone two sentences back, it is ...... Is...... Hee-hee...... If you want the slave family to accompany you personally, the slave family will not refuse. ”

Su Jin looked at the flattering fat face in front of him, and felt disgusting in his heart, the same woman, why do some people have a variety of flowers and moon appearances, while some people are bloated and annoying, they all say that God is fair, but there is no fairness in this old bustard, both fat and ugly and without self-knowledge.

"Gossip, let me ask you, is a guest named Jin Ge'er who came in just now a frequent visitor in your building?" Su Jin frowned and asked.

"Brother Jin? The slave family doesn't know any Jin Ge'er, and there are not thousands but hundreds of people sent to the slave family's garden, how can they all know the name? Besides, the rules in the Qinglou are to meet casually, everyone is willing to be happy, who will care about the privacy of other people's names and surnames? ”

Su Jin nodded and said: "That's right, I don't know the name, you must have an impression, I'm talking about the young man who was surrounded by three or four women to the east wing room on the second floor just now, who is not tall, with thick arms and legs." ”

The old bustard thought for a while and suddenly said, "Are you talking about the boy who is wearing a long shirt but wearing a mille-feuille underneath his feet?" said that other people's slaves were really impressed, but said that he was quite impressed; At first glance, this person looks like a mud leg, pretending to be wearing a cotton shirt, but under his feet he is wearing a thousand layers of mud legs, which is nondescript. ”

Su Jin smiled: "It's him, you have a vicious eye, and you can see at a glance that he is a mud leg." ”

The old bustard giggled and said, "Who can escape the eyes of the old lady?" This man came to have fun every now and then, and every time he was released from prison, he called three or four girls to hang out with him, and the girls did not want to serve him, saying that his hands and feet were thick calluses, and he felt like a knife on his body, but he was quite generous, and people like him did not know where to get the money, maybe he won a sum in the gambling house. ”

Su Jin asked hurriedly, "How often does he come after the New Year?" Have you been here before? ”

The old bustard said: "I haven't seen it before, but I have made five or six trips in the past 20 days after the year." ”

Su Jin nodded contemplatively, stretched out his hand and pushed the silver ingot on the table to the old bustard and said, "Master, my words count, and this ingot of silver will belong to you." ”

The old bustard smiled into his sleeve, but said: "How is this good, the little official doesn't want to be served, just ask two words, the slave family has suffered so much money from you, and I feel uneasy!" Why don't the slave family call a girl to sing a song to the little official and accompany the official to relieve his boredom? ”

Su Jin waved his hand and said, "No need, but I do have something to explain to you, do you know who I am?" And why did I ask you about that man? ”

The old bustard said: "This slave family really doesn't know. ”

Su Jin smiled: "Then it doesn't hurt to tell you, I am a yamen officer, this person named Jin Ge'er is related to the theft case in the homes of several eunuchs, and I am staring at him to find evidence." ”

The old bustard was startled, and hurriedly shook out the silver in his sleeve and held it in front of Su Jin and said, "It turned out to be a poor master, this is ...... The slave family can be regarded as blind, the official quickly took back the money, and the slave family should have answered well when he asked two words, but he came to collect the money from the poor master, what is the reason? ”

Su Jin smiled and said, "It's okay, you can keep it, but you have to do me a little favor." ”

"But please command."

"You quietly go to the room and call a girl out, and I'll tell her something."

The old bustard hurriedly said: "This is easy to do, but the slave family has a request, and the master will be sent to take people later, don't make trouble in my garden, the slave family is a business place, if you scare away the guests, it will be great." ”

Su Jin smiled and said, "Don't worry, you have to take it early, and you will never do it in your garden." ”

The old bustard thanked him repeatedly, quickly turned around and went upstairs, and after a while he came downstairs, followed by a disheveled pink with fluffy hair.

"Poor master, this is Ying'er girl, one of the girls who served the guest, the slave family only said that she wanted her to come out and bring some tea in, the poor master can be faster, the guest officer was so impatient, he scolded people just now."

Su Jin nodded and said to the fan named Ying'er: "This girl, I am an errand officer of Kaifeng Mansion to handle the case, and the guest officer in your room is suspected of theft and robbery. The robber is a key criminal, so I'm here to investigate his details, so I want to ask you for a favor. ”

Ying'er was startled, and pouted in disbelief: "The poor master is mistaken, right?" That golden official still has the courage to rob. Robbery? That's a mud leg, he can't say everything well, do you dare to do a case? ”

Zhao Hu shouted: "What do you know? I can do what my lord tells you to do, and ask you if anything else? ”

Su Jin waved his hand to stop Zhao Hu, and said with a smile: "Girl, you don't have to say anything else, after you go in, help me ask him where he got the money, ask him what he does for a living, and you don't need to do anything else, just tell me his name and surname, and listen to the flaws in his words." ”

Ying'er said: "Then there is no need to ask, this Jin official likes the slave family, and every time he comes to the garden after he got acquainted here, he must serve the slave family, and he also said that he wants to redeem the slave family; The slave family also asked him who he was and what kind of livelihood he did, and he said that he had come to the capital from other states to do business, and that his family was very rich, and he would leave the capital and go back to other places in a few days. ”

Su Jin said: "Oh? He's leaving? Why do you want to leave even if you are doing business? ”

Ying'er said: "This slave family doesn't know, the slave family doesn't believe him, how can such a vulgar thing seem to be a person who can be entrusted for life, you haven't seen him like a pervert, every time you come, you call three or four sisters to accompany you, how can such a person be a good person." I saw that he was not a rich businessman at all, but like a gambler who got rich overnight, he felt great with a few ingots of silver in his arms. ”

Su Jin smiled: "You go back and tell him a story and see how he reacts." ”

Ying'er said: "What story? ”

Su Jin whispered a few words in Ying'er's ear, and Ying'er changed color and said, "Is the poor master saying that this Jin Ge'er is the bad ruffian who betrayed his master?" ”

Su Jin said: "We are suspicious of him, you go and talk about this on purpose, and see how he reacts." ”

Ying'er said: "Then what if he gets angry?" That stupid man's brute force is amazing to kill the slave family. ”

Su Jin smiled and said: "Don't worry, we will protect you in the next room, as soon as we hear the movement, we will rush over, he is not our opponent, besides, if this person is exposed, he will only quickly find a way to slip away, how can he commit murder in public?" You put a hundred and twenty hearts, and it's absolutely fine. ”

Ying'er looked at Su Jin and Zhao Hu, Su Jin didn't care, Zhao Hu's burly and sturdy body gave her confidence, so she nodded and said: "Okay, the slave family will go to test and tempt, the slave family is next door to Xiaohui's house, there is only a thin layer in the middle, Xiaohui was also called by that person to serve, you can stay in Xiaohui's house, you can hear clearly." ”

Su Jin said: "Very good, just do it." ”

……

In order to hide people's eyes, Su Jin and Zhao Hu went upstairs to Xiaohui's house first, only to hear the laughter and scolding next door, and several women screaming from time to time.

After a while, I heard the door next door babbling and was pushed open, and a woman said: "Jin Daguan, your favorite heart meat warbler is here, don't pester us, the slave's chest is pinched blue by you." ”

A man's soft voice came: "Sister Ying'er, why have you been here for so long?" Brother, I'm in a hurry. ”

Ying'er said angrily: "Isn't it to get you some tea?" This is wolfberry tea, which is a nourishing thing. ”

"Oh, it's still Ying'er who is good to me, I know that I'm going to make you cry tonight, so I prepared nourishing tea in advance, come and come, I didn't put it for a few days, and my brother was extremely uncomfortable, put down the tea, and accompany the master to be comfortable first, the first shot must be your Ying'er girl's, my brother is holding back a stomach of goods, all of them are released to you, who told me to like you the most." Jin Ge'er was full of foul language, and his laughter was extremely obscene.

All the women scolded together, the women in the Qinglou didn't care about the word shame, and when they met this situation, they would only add fuel to the fire and deliberately pretend to be jealous to make the guests happy.

Zhao Hu's face was red when he listened, he looked at Su Jin, his ears were close to the wall and he listened very carefully, and he quickly listened carefully.