When the two were at a loss, a quarrel came from outside the door. The county magistrate had just been beaten and was in a bad mood. He suddenly started to say: "Which bastard is disturbing outside? Lock in first and give a hundred whip!"

On duty, the yamen runner hurried out and came back in a blink of an eye. He came to the two of them and whispered: "Report to the master, it is Niu Er, the dilapidated man from the east of the city. He said he knew about the robbery of the military regime!"

"The military regiment was robbed!" The county magistrate's face changed, he lowered his head and thought for a moment, and looked up and said, "Take that guy in, remember, be gentle!"

"Here!" The yamen runner saluted with his hands crossed his hands and turned around and went out. After a while, he brought a man in. It was the dilapidated Niu Er. Niu Er was wearing a pair of calves and naked upper body, revealing a green snake tattooed on his chest. He walked to the county magistrate, the thief Cao and the other two, and sang a fat look: "The villain has seen two masters!"

The county magistrate and the thief Cao looked at each other, and the thief Cao said coldly: "Niu Er, it's fine. The county magistrate is also a court official at least. You are so bare-handed and don't even have a jacket. Be careful that I will punish you for disrespect. Take twenty whips first!" These two are old officials, and they know that if they don't defeat the other's prestige first, it will be extremely difficult to deal with such a scoundrel. So regardless of 3,21, they will find an excuse to scare the other party first.

Niu Er was not afraid, and leaned up with a shameless face, and smiled and said, "The little one was not doing well last night and lost all over his body. Even this pair of pants was lent to me temporarily. If the master doesn't like to see the villain's black flesh, the little one will go back to ask for a piece of clothes before coming to see the two masters!" As he said that, Niu Er was about to turn around and leave.

"Stop!" The county magistrate hurriedly shouted. Niu Erben was a child of a wealthy family in the city. He was only from a naughty personality and did not obey discipline. He was too happy to be gambling and drinking. When his parents were alive, they were a little disciplined. After their parents passed away, they became even more serious. They hang out with a group of rogue children in the city all day long. In three years, the house in the house was clean and there was no fixed place. If they left now, they really didn't know where to go. The case was over five days. The bamboo boards that were touched with water were really powerful and could not be delayed.

"Go and get a jacket for him to put on!" The county magistrate ordered. The yamen runners on the side hurried into the quarrel. After a while, they took a linen jacket and handed it to Niu Er. The county magistrate said in a deep voice without waiting for Niu Er to thank him, "Report what you know quickly. If it is true, your reward will naturally be indispensable. If not, you will know the taste of the bamboo boards that are water-stuck in the yamen!"

Hearing the threat of the county magistrate, the laughter on Niu Er's face disappeared immediately. He put on the cloth jacket and whispered: "Report to the two masters, the villain had been betting all night yesterday and lost cleanly. It happened that today was the day of the new year and the day was the day of the ruins. Many of the mud legs from the four towns came to the market. The villain walked around the market in the market, hoping to find a sheep Gu, and also get some money back. As a result, he saw a mud legs buying a hairpin at Hu Ji Yinshang in the west of the city. The hairpin was made very finely, and the beads spit out from the dragon head were even more precious. They were definitely robbers."

The county magistrate tried his best to suppress his excitement and said in a deep voice: "This doesn't mean anything. Maybe you read it wrong. The hairpin is just an ordinary jewelry; it is also possible that the hairpin is a treasure passed down by the man's family, so he has no choice but to take action. If it can be said, it is a stolen stolen!"

"Two masters, the villain's family is still well-off in the past, and he has seen some jewelry. But compared to the hairpin she saw, it is like dirt. How could it be ordinary jewelry? Besides, the villain also inquired from the silver shop staff. The shopkeeper only gave out fifty slabs of copper coins. It is important to know that the bead alone is more than two hundred slabs. If it were the man's family inheritance, he would definitely know its value. How could it be sold at such a low price? It must be that the stolen goods wanted to be cashed out as soon as possible!"

The county magistrate knew that Niu Er's origin was reasonable, and he couldn't help but feel secretly happy and asked in a deep voice: "If you see that man and hairpin again, you might recognize it?"

Seeing the county magistrate say this, Niu Er was surprised and happy, and quickly replied, "Even the person who burned to ashes, he can recognize it. Master quickly searched the silver shop, find the stolen goods, and catch the thief. Otherwise, if the time is delayed and the thief goes away, it will be too late!"

The county magistrate snorted coldly: "I don't need you to teach me!" After that, he turned to the thief Cao and said, "Brother, go and close the four gates, don't let the thief run out of the city. I will take Niu Er to the Yinshop to get the physical evidence!"

"I will follow my brother's arrangement!" The thief Cao replied. The two hurriedly acted separately. Because the stick injury had not healed, they were unable to walk, so they took two stretchers and lay on them on them.

The county magistrate led a team of archers to Huji Yinshang in the west of the city. When he came in, he ignored the shopkeeper on duty and asked, "Did you buy a hairpin from a dealer with fifty coins today?"

The shopkeeper was shocked. When he saw the hairpin in the morning, he knew it was a good deal, but he didn't expect that someone would come so soon. He was thinking about what method to use to keep the gold hairpin in his hands. Niu Er, who was following the county magistrate, took a step forward and said proudly: "Shopperkeeper, don't shirk responsibility. I saw you receive the gold hairpin from that man a few hours ago. Tell you the truth, the gold hairpin is a stolen stolen, so it's better to spit it out honestly!"

"Shut up!" The county magistrate repelled Niu Er, turned his face and bowed to the shopkeeper solemnly: "I don't hide it from the shopkeeper. The golden hairpin sold by the man was involved in the case of Jun Gang being robbed. The shopkeeper should take it out quickly, otherwise, the man would be afraid that he would not be able to argue!"

The silver shopkeeper was immediately frightened to death when he heard this. The matter of the county magistrate who solved the case and was not allowed to be punished by a stick these days has spread throughout the city. As the saying goes, "The county magistrate who destroyed the family, the government office that destroyed the family." If he was involved in this case, he would not get rid of his skin. He hurriedly said, "Some, some, master, wait a moment, and the old man will come!" Then he hurried into the inner room. When he came back, he had already added a small silk bag in his hand and presented it to the county magistrate, and whispered: "That's this thing!"

The county magistrate snatched the bag and opened it. He saw that the golden hairpin was finely made. The pearl was about the size of a fingertip, round in shape, and reflected an attractive light. It was indeed extremely precious. The county magistrate carefully repacked the golden hairpin and put it in his arms. He bowed to the shopkeeper who was full of heartache and smiled and said, "Okay, I'll accept this physical evidence. Shopkeeper, please recall it quickly. What does that man say has something to do with it!"

The shopkeeper suppressed his regret and tried to recall the previous scene. At this time, he was afraid that something would make the county magistrate unhappy and involved such a disaster. After a while, the shopkeeper picked up his arms and smiled and said, "By the way, I remember that man said he came from the mountain. He sold this golden hairpin to buy oxen."

The county magistrate didn't say much, turned around and ordered: "Okay! Go to the animal market in the west of the city!"

Shang Jinzhong was walking on the mountain road, followed by two buffaloes, one male and one female. The hard cow's hooves collided on the stone slabs on the mountain road, making rhythmic sounds. When Shang Jinzhong heard the power of his ears, it was like music. When he thought of his future life, the corners of his mouth instinctively raised upwards. Thinking of this, Shang Jinzhong accelerated his pace and turned over a mountain bay. Several thatched houses appeared at the foot of the mountain not far away. A vague figure was busy in the yard in front of the house, and that was his home.

Seeing his home, a huge sense of happiness immediately filled Shang Jinzhong's chest. He couldn't help but shouted loudly, "Lian Niang, I'm back!"

In the room, Shang Jinzhong sat at the table, Lian Niang was busy beside the stove outside. The two children were next to the cattle shed. They had never seen the plowing ox with their own eyes, and they were still a little afraid of this huge animal and dared not get too close. But soon, the innocent courage unique to children defeated the fear of unknown things. The brother carefully reached out his hand and touched the bull's horn. When he saw that the bull did not react fiercely, he touched the bull's head again. The bull stopped rumination, turned his head and looked at the nervous brother with his gentle eyes, and stretched out his tongue and licked the other's hand. This kind-hearted action aroused the laughter of the two innocent children.

"Dalang, Erlang, stop making trouble, come and have a meal!" Lian Niang put the food on the table and shouted to the outside world. Shang Jinzhong reached out and held his wife's palm and said softly: "Let them play for a while today. There is nothing new in this mountain on weekdays. You have suffered a few years ago. With these two cows, Dalang and Erlang will fight in a few years, and their lives will get better and better in the future!"

Seeing her husband's rare intimate behavior, Lian Niang's yellow-brown cheeks flushed. She lowered her shyly, but she nodded firmly. For a moment, the simple thatched hut was full of tenderness.

"Two masters, the hoof prints were gone when they reached the hut. The thief who took the gold hairpin must have settled in the hut." A archer and the thief Cao, who was lying on the stretcher, reported to him.

"Okay, how many thieves are there in that hut, do you have soldiers?" The thief Cao asked excitedly.

"In addition to one thief, there is also a woman and two children in the hut. As for the soldiers, the villain dared not get too close, for fear of disturbing the thief, so he didn't know!"

The thief Cao and the county lieutenant looked at each other and saw the excitement and tension in each other's eyes. The case of the military regime being robbed is both a challenge and an opportunity. If it can be broken in their hands, its reputation must be in front of Zhong Fujun. The future will not only be a ninth-rank county lieutenant and a poor thief Cao in this small county town. However, since the thief dared to make trouble on Tai Sui's head, he must be extremely powerful. There are only two useless people lying on the stretcher and seven or eight archers. I am afraid there will be less to deal with the thief. If he is let go, it will be extremely difficult to catch it again.

The county magistrate thought for a while and whispered: "As far as a family saw, it would be better to wait until dark and the thief is asleep. We are killing in. No matter how powerful he is, he has no soldiers in his dreams, and he is still just a matter of surrendering?"

The thief Cao did not want to clash head-on with the thief. He praised him after hearing this: "It's really a good plan! Although the thief is fierce, he has to be surrendered when he encounters a trick!"
Chapter completed!