Chapter 037: Caught by a thief
Chapter 037 was robbed.
Originally, Yin Wuxian didn't like to deal with the officials of the imperial court, he felt that few officials in the imperial court were good things, but through today's observations, he began to change slowly, at least he felt that Bao Zheng was a good official who was willing to ask for the people's life.
Moreover, Yin Wuxian felt that solving the case was a very interesting thing, and following Hua Lang to solve the case was much more interesting than his own Lang traces of the rivers and lakes, but now that the case was solved, he was just watching from the sidelines and couldn't help much.
This makes Yin Wuxian very unfulfilling.
After leaving Juxianglou, they immediately returned to the county office.
After returning to the county office, a government official hurriedly ran over, looking very panicked, Bao Zheng saw this, and hurriedly asked: "But what did you find?" ”
The official hesitated for a long time and said, "The investigation is found out, but Dong Cheng's rice grain store has something to do." ”
Although the official said this, Bao Zheng and Hua Lang were not in a hurry, something happened in the rice grain store, indicating that the murderer finally couldn't help but shoot, and the murderer made a move, and they had some more clues.
"Tell me about it!"
"On the day Dong Cheng was killed, Feng Ji did work in the rice grain store all day and did not leave until the store closed."
"In this way, this Feng Ji is not a murderer, so let's talk about what happened to the rice grain store."
The official got the order and hurriedly replied: "When we went to investigate Feng Ji, the guys at Dong Cheng's rice grain store said that there was a theft there and one of Dong Cheng's account books was missing. ”
"The books are missing?" Everyone was shocked, they were very puzzled, who would steal an account book, what is the use of stealing this account book, is the person who stole the account book a murderer?
At this time, Hua Lang hurriedly asked, "Aren't all account books with copies, can you ask Mr. Bookkeeper for it?" ”
The official hurriedly took out an account book from his body and said, "The playboy is right, there is, I saw that the account book was stolen, and I thought it was strange, so I asked Mr. Bookkeeper for a copy, maybe it will be useful for adults to solve the case." ”
After taking the account book, Hua Lang looked back and forth many times, but he didn't see any suspicions, what was recorded on it was just the daily output and income, what was there worth stealing?
Everyone circulated and looked at it, but did not find any clues, and for a while, everyone didn't know what to do.
After a long time, Hua Lang suddenly said: "I think it is necessary to go to Dong Cheng's rice grain store." ”
Seeing this, Bao Zheng said: "Then this matter will be entrusted to Brother Hua, I want to sit here and clear the unjust case for the people of Tianchang County." ”
Hua Lang nodded, and then came to Dong Cheng's rice grain shop with Yin Wuxian Wen Meng and Hua Wan'er.
Because Dong Cheng was killed, and Mrs. Dong was put in prison by Bao Zheng, the rice grain shop at this time was closed, and only a small servant and the bookkeeper stayed in the store.
Hua Lang didn't want Lang to waste time, so he asked directly: "Where has Dong Cheng's account books been placed?" ”
The little guy didn't dare to hide anything, and said directly: "It used to be in the drawer, Boss Dong didn't let us see it, just asked the bookkeeper to copy a copy, and then put it in the drawer and locked it after copying, I was really bored in the store today, so I looked around, and found that the lock on the drawer of Boss Dong was picked open, I was very curious, and after opening it, I found that the account book was gone." ”
After listening to Xiaowu's narration, Hua Lang and the others felt that this matter was even more weird.
"After Dong Cheng was killed, has anyone entered your store in the past two days?"
The little guy thought for a while and said, "Except for the officials of the county government, no one has entered our shop, and since the body of my lord was found, the shop has been closed immediately." ”
After hearing this, Hua Lang smiled faintly, and then asked, "Then from the day your master left Tianchang County to buy goods to the time when his body was discovered, did anyone enter your store?" ”
Hua Lang felt that if the account books were not stolen by someone in the past few days, it must have been a few days ago, Dong Cheng's body had not been found a few days ago, and this shop should be open as usual.
Hua Lang asked this, but the little guy was stumped, he thought for a long time, and then said: "In those days, we were no different from usual, there were a lot of guests coming and going, I can't remember clearly." ”
Xiaowu's words were not unreasonable, but Hua Lang felt that since the man came to steal the account books, he would definitely leave some clues, he looked at Xiaowu and asked, "There are so many guests, but someone is not here to buy food?" ”
The little guy thought for a while and said, "What are you doing here if you don't buy food...... you are here" The little guy said this, suddenly stopped, frowned, and then suddenly said very excitedly: "Don't say it, there is really a person who didn't come to us to buy food, that person is Boss Dong's friend named Zhu Yougui, he didn't come to buy food, he came to Boss Dong to drink." ”
"Then how long has Zhu Yougui been in your rice grain store?"
The little guy shrugged his shoulders and said, "I don't know what to do, when Zhu Yougui came, I was just about to leave to deliver goods to Boss Liang, so I didn't know about it, and Mr. Bookkeeper was taking care of the shop at that time." ”
"Mr. Bookkeeper takes care of the shop?" Hua Lang was surprised, because the bookkeeper was in charge of the accounts, how could he take care of the shop, this really didn't make sense.
The little guy seemed to understand Hua Lang's puzzlement, and hurriedly explained: "Yes, there wasn't much business at the time, so I asked Mr. Bookkeeper to help me look at it for a while, and besides, I will finish it soon, and Mr. Bookkeeper won't be able to see it for long." ”
After listening to the words of the little guy, Hua Lang called the bookkeeper again, the bookkeeper was an old man in his fifties, thin, after he saw Hua Lang, he nodded and said: "That's right, I helped take care of the store at that time, and Zhu Yougui stayed in the store for half a pillar of incense time, in this half pillar of incense, I once went to the thatched house because of stomach trouble." ”
After questioning the little guy and Mr. Ledger, Hualang and they can basically guess that the account book was stolen by Zhu Yougui, but what did Zhu Yougui do when he stole Dong Cheng's account book, and was this Dong Cheng killed by Zhu Yougui?
Now that there are clues, it is not difficult to figure things out, Hua Lang was about to go to Zhu Yougui to ask for an explanation, and when Hua Lang and the others were about to leave, Mr. Ledger suddenly called out to them with some hesitation.
Seeing this, Hanalang asked, "Does Mr. Bookkeeper have any clues to tell us?" ”
Mr. Bookkeeper hesitated again and again, but finally nodded and said: "There is one thing, I don't know if it is useful, it makes people feel inappropriate to say it, but it is very uneasy not to say it in my heart." ”