Chapter 69: The Brave Thief
Wei Bixiao was puzzled and said, "We are waiting in the county government like this, will he come?" ”
Su Xianrong said with certainty: "He will definitely come." Now as long as we spread the news that Hu Wei was burned to death, that person knows that the Zhao family has already done it, if he still chooses to remain silent, we may not continue to investigate this case, this kind of result is the last thing that the person who pretends to be a ghost wants to see. Therefore, that person is bound to appear. ”
Wei Bixi thought about it and said, "I think this method is completely feasible. ”
Song Ruilong looked at Wei Bixiao and said, "Sister Bixiao, now, Master Liu is dealing with the affairs there alone, I want you to go back now and find out Hu Wei's whereabouts, even if it is a dead body, you have to find him out." ”
Wei Bixiao nodded and said, "Okay, I'll go now." ”
Originally, according to Song Ruilong's idea, as long as Hu Wei was found, the matter could be investigated clearly, but now Hu Wei is dead.
Everything seems to have disappeared with Hu Wei's death.
Song Ruilong dressed up as a ranger again, and came to the door of a tavern with Su Xianrong.
Song Ruilong and Su Xianrong walked into the tavern aimlessly, found a location facing the street, ordered a few dishes, and asked for a pot of wine to taste slowly.
Su Xianrong looked at the crowd coming and going and said, "Brother Song, do you think we can find any clues here?" ”
Song Ruilong held a wine glass in his hand and played with it slowly, and said, "I don't know, we can only wait now, wait for that person to appear." ”
Su Xianrong said: "What if that person doesn't appear?" ”
Song Ruilong smiled bitterly: "If he doesn't appear, then we will have to wait for the news brought by Master Liu, maybe Hu Wei's life is relatively big, and he can't die." ”
Song Ruilong felt that he was a little hot, he touched the table, looked at Su Xianrong in surprise and said, "Where is my fan?" ”
Su Xianrong glanced at the place where Song Ruilong put the fan and said, "Didn't you put it on the table just now?" ”
Song Ruilong said: "Yes! I've been thinking about the case for a long time, and I forgot about the fan, have you noticed anyone walking by here? ”
Su Xianrong shook his head and said, "It seems that there was a beggar asking for money here just now, and you gave him ten cents, but I didn't see that beggar take your fan." ”
Song Ruilong pondered and said, "This is strange. Who will steal one of my broken fans? ”
Su Xianrong said: "Yes, you also said that it was a broken fan, if you lose it, you can lose it, and you can buy another one when you get out of this tavern." ”
Song Ruilong shook his head and said, "No, I have feelings for that fan, and besides, how can thieves appear in broad daylight in Ping'an County, which I govern?" I'm going to get that fan back. ”
Su Xianrong looked out the window and saw a beggar holding a fan in his hand and fanning it in the crowd, as if he was enjoying it very much.
Su Xianrong said to Song Ruilong: "Brother Song, look, that beggar is still fanning his fan there?" One side of that fan happens to have four words written on it, 'Mirror hanging', isn't that your fan? ”
Song Ruilong didn't wait for Su Xianrong to finish speaking, so he got up and said to Su Xianrong: "Rongrong, if you can't wait for me, go back to the yamen and wait for me by yourself." ”
Su Xianrong said a little strangely: "Is it so difficult to chase a beggar?" ”
Song Ruilong said: "There are not many people who can take my fan off the table without knowing it, and even fewer people who dare to steal my fan and fan it on the street to show their majesty." ”
Song Ruilong walked out of the tavern and walked over to the beggar who was fanning. The beggar seemed to see Song Ruilong walking towards him, so he sped up and ran in the opposite direction.
When Song Ruilong quickened his pace, the beggar also quickened his pace, seeing that his pace was getting faster and faster.
Finally, the beggar flew over several houses and into a cypress forest outside the county seat.
Song Ruilong followed him and flew into the cypress forest.
After Song Ruilong saw the beggar standing there panting, he also stopped at the beggar ten feet away.
Song Ruilong said: "Your Excellency is such a good light skill, why do you want to be a beggar?" ”
The man didn't look back and didn't speak.
Song Ruilong continued: "Even if you are a beggar, why do you still want to be a thief? ”
The beggar remained silent.
Song Ruilong slowly walked ten feet towards the beggar and said, "What you thief is really not authentic. I've already given you ten cents, so why do you steal the fan below? ”
The man suddenly turned around and said, "You said you're too stingy, right?" You've given me ten cents, why can't you give me another fan? Why do you have to chase this broken fan from inside the county to outside the county? ”
Song Ruilong smiled bitterly: "If Your Excellency is interested in the fan below, you can ask for it, but if you use such despicable means to steal this fan, you can't agree to it." What you stole today is the fan below, and you still have the ability to get the fan back, but if you steal the fan of ordinary people, who will those people ask for? ”
The beggar's face was very dirty, and he didn't know how many days he hadn't washed it, and his clothes were very tattered, but there was no peculiar smell, his figure was a little shorter than Song Ruilong's, and the sharp-beaked monkey's cheeks really looked like he was a thief's material.
The beggar smiled and said, "Listening to the meaning of your Excellency's words, it seems that Your Excellency is not an ordinary person?" ”
Song Ruilong lowered his head and said with a wry smile: "Looking at Your Excellency's skills, it doesn't look like a thief's material." ”
The beggar covered his mouth with his hand and said, "Your Excellency's fan reads 'The mirror hangs high, at ease', this 'free and easy' is nothing, but this 'mirror hangs high' is problematic, and only officials will use these four words." ”
Song Ruilong was also looking at the beggar when he listened to the beggar, and said, "Although the clothes on your body are very torn, the clothes are very clean and have no peculiar smell, which means that your Excellency is a person who often bathes." And the dirt on your face is too obvious, and it is not evenly smeared in a few places, so if you conclude that you are not a real beggar, then what is the purpose of your pretending to be a beggar? ”
The beggar smiled and said, "It seems that nothing can be hidden from Lord Song's eyes. If you want to commit a crime in Ping'an County, it is simply a self-defeating net. ”
Song Ruilong looked at the beggar with some surprise and said, "Do you know the identity of this county?" ”
The beggar smiled and said, "If a thief doesn't even know the identity of the other person when he steals from someone, then the thief is really blind." ”