Lu Ming

Chapter 660 Rescue the thief ([-])
"Huang An San" from a family of old Chinese medicine practitioners was used by Xiao Guan on Tian San who had a fever.

After that, just like yesterday, Xiao Guan left the prison with an empty food box.

Coming out of the west gate, Xiao Guan got into the carriage as usual, and wandered to Yun Ke Lai Restaurant.And behind him, the idlers Hu Liuzhi and Ma Diao'er followed as usual.

Returned the empty food box on the cabinet, Xiao Guan went up to the second floor, and went to Jiazi No. [-] box as usual.

This time, the man had a memory, so Hu Liuzhi could no longer go to the hall to order tea and follow him.Fortunately, they have already mastered the small pipe routine, so the two idlers went to the second floor to confirm it, and then sat and waited directly at the door.

as predicted.After a cup of tea, Xiao Guan left the restaurant and went home by carriage as usual.After a while, the two Shaanxi men also went downstairs and left by boat.

Later, Bao Shinan, who was sitting in the prison and waiting for news, got a report on the situation.

"These uncles from Shaanxi are really generous!"

After confirming that the Xiaoguan routine was still in place, Bao Shinan happily expressed a speech in front of several subordinates.Next, he dismissed the others, picked up his copper pipe, and smoked tobacco.

After smoking two full pots of cigarettes and thinking for a long time, finally, Bao Shinan seemed to have made up his mind, got up and went out.

With Bao Shinan's identity, except for the back office, the rest of the government office can be unimpeded.After he left the prison gate, he went straight to the arresting room not far away.

The arrest room is fine today.More than a dozen officials in black official uniforms were drinking tea and blowing water in the office.Seeing Master Bao enter the door, the young and old quickly gave up their seats and poured good tea.

Bao Shinan's visit to the arresting room belongs to the internal visit of the third shift system, which is a routine thing, and no one thinks much about it.

The old qualifications and familiarity of Bao Baotou seamlessly blended into the great business of snatching fish.

Until the sound of the clapper sounding, the seventeenth-century civil servants dispersed and went home.

Bao Shinan, who also patted his buttocks and got up, turned his head with a smile as he walked out, and said to a black-faced guard in the same company: "Old Du, I'm sorry to bother you for half a day of tea today. How about a cheap meal of pork head meat?"

The black-faced and black-bearded middle-aged guard was none other than Du Chong, the house arrester.This gentleman, like Bao Shinan, is a veteran civil servant in the government office.

Hearing Bao Shinan said that he wanted to treat guests, Du Chong, who was walking steadily and steadily, was slightly taken aback for a moment, then nodded slightly, and agreed.

In fact, the three words "pig's head meat" are the secret code between the two small section chiefs Baodu.

Generally speaking, when the two "departments" need to cooperate in private, Bao and Du will go to South Street to drink a glass of rice wine with Pork Du's pork head meat and have a private chat.

This happens every once in a while.The reason is mostly those routine operations, industrial chains, and partnerships between departments to extract money from prisoners.

So when Bao Shinan uttered the secret signal, Du Chong didn't hesitate much.

After a while, the two went back to their office rooms to change into ordinary casual clothes, and then met outside the government office.

South Street is not far from Fuya.So it didn't take long for Bao and Du to sit at a clean square table along the river behind Granny Du's pork head butcher's shop.

Grandma Du is a distant relative of Du Butou.It was also thanks to Du Tutou's care that Granny Du was able to open a small pig's head meat shop in South Street.

After taking a seat, the old rule is to have a glass of rice wine first.

Next, the two originally planned to talk about business, but unexpectedly a small thief who sold stolen goods came along the river.

This green-robed little thief has a sharp mouth and monkey cheeks, eyebrows and eyes, with a piece of plaster on his face, and a flower cloth wrapped in his arms.All the way along the river, whenever the thief sees a glamorous body, the thief will open a corner of the bag to sell things.

When ordinary passers-by see this, they are afraid of getting involved in a lawsuit, fearing that it will be too late to avoid it, so they run away one after another.So, the little thief sold it to Bao Shinan and the two who had just sat down: "My lord, look at my bronze Buddha from Rongbaozhai in Wuchang City."

Originally, Bao Shinan wanted to get rid of this short-sighted little thief.However, when he caught a glimpse of pure purple from the corner of his eyes, he changed his words in his opened mouth: "I understand, let me have a look."

Seeing that he finally had a customer, the little thief spread the fur skin on the table with a smile on his face, revealing the whole face of the bronze Buddha.

In front of Bao Shinan was a bronze Maitreya Buddha with the size of a fist.This bronze statue has a thick body, a solid shape, a graceful figure, and smooth lines. It is undoubtedly a high-end fine art.

What caught Bao Shinan's attention the most was the pure purple radiance that emanated from the whole body of this bronze Buddha - copper.

All kinds of copper coins and utensils used by Ming people in daily life are all brass, which belongs to copper-zinc alloy.Copper is pure copper, which was extremely rare in the Middle Ages.

"Mmm, yes, yes, yes."

While praising it, Bao Shinan first reached out to weigh the bronze statue, then gently lifted the base, and saw the inscription below: "Buddha's work".

At this glance, Bao Shinan understood the origin of the bronze Buddha: the imperial supervisor was in charge of making Buddha statues, and it was a serious Ouchi imperial use.

"What nonsense Rong Baozhai, I don't know which royal relative's house this little thief stole."

The next moment, he was overjoyed and looked at the thief with a half-smile: "Little brother, how much is it?"

The little thief stretched out five fingers with a smile on his face: "Master, Rongbaozhai's goods only need this amount."

Hearing this, Bao Shinan glanced at Du Chong tacitly, then he raised his head and laughed, and stretched out his hand to take out something from his bosom: "Whether it's five taels or 50 taels, the ingot of silver, my lord, is worth it." Enough is enough."

The thief took a closer look, and found that what Bao Shinan put on the table was a black lacquered waist card, where there was no silver.

Immediately afterwards, with a "slap", Du Chong, the authentic police captain of the City Bureau, also slapped his waist card in front of the thief: "If it's not enough, there are more here."

The next moment, the little thief who understood, his legs were trembling, his head was sweating profusely, his mouth was trembling and he bent over and bowed: "If you don't agree with grandpa, forgive me, forgive me!"

"Get out of here! If you dare to make any more noise, I'll catch you and put you in a cage to bask in your skin and bruises!"

"Yes, little one, get out now, get out now!"

The next moment, the little thief ran away without a bite.

It is different from the county government arresters who deal with thieves and local associations on a daily basis.In the government office where Bao and Du are located, most of the cases they deal with on weekdays are "big and important cases" such as treason and dignitaries, so the local thieves don't recognize Bao and Du. the reason.

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Blowing away the thief, he stroked the delicate skin of the copper Buddha statue with one hand, and picked up the cup with the other. Bao Shinan, who was in a happy mood, first clinked a cup with Du Chong.

Putting down the cup, Du Chong, who had a dark face, unceremoniously picked up a piece of fat and rotten pork head and stuffed it into his mouth, then said vaguely: "Tell me, what's the matter."

It's time to say something.

Bao Shinan didn't move his chopsticks.He also cut to the chase, and asked directly: "Half a year ago, the anti-thief Tian Da bought grain and conspired against him, do you remember?"

"Um"

Du Chong recalled while chewing.Since it was not long, he quickly remembered: "Could it be those three Shanluo bandits?"

"It's these three people!"

"That day, I brought people to Xiaogan to escort the gang of rebels." After picking up his glass and taking a sip of wine, Du Chong recalled more: "Isn't it already in prison, what's going on?"

"Hey, the day before yesterday, the next family of those three people was found."

"Next home?" Du Chong didn't realize it for a while: "What about next home?"

Bao Shinan smiled and dragged out the ending: "What is the next home of the rebel?"

"Oh..." Du Chong understood now: "Is there another traitor to take?"

"Whether you want to take it or not. I'm not in a hurry to take it." At this point, Bao Shinan picked up his chopsticks: "Listen to me."

Next, while eating and drinking, Bao Shinan narrated the process of dealing with Xiaoguan in the past few days, as well as the results of the investigation and monitoring, and gave Du Chong a thorough explanation.

"Huh, you have worked hard."

After a long while, after listening to the story, Du Chong stroked his black beard under his chin, and let out a sigh of relief: "Since that's the case, you only need to report to the elder, and after receiving the arrest ticket, you can send troops to arrest him."

"Don't worry." After thinking about it for a while, Du Chong immediately added: "We are our own people, this matter cannot be done without your skill."

"Ass!"

Seeing that Du Chong had lost his mind, Bao Shinan was so angry that he threw his chopsticks on the table: "I just said so much, but you haven't seen through the joints?"

"Joints?" Du Chong quickly went through the matter in his mind, and found nothing unusual: "What kind of joints?"

"Ah..." Bao Shinan could only shake his head helplessly, and said in a persuasive manner, "that thief, a bandit, runs around all day long, and is in danger. The person with his head hanging on the waist of his trousers has never cared about two spies who have lost their wind thousands of miles away. ? Do you want to send someone to visit?"

"hiss"

When Bao Shinan said this, Du Chong took a deep breath. He also sensed something was wrong: "According to what you said, there are love coins in it!?"

"Love coins? Hmph!" Bao Shinan sneered a few times when he heard the words: "Love coins are a big fortune!"

"Big fortune?" Hearing this word, Du Chong's dark face immediately lit up, his eyes rolled, his face changed color, his brain was running at high speed, and he carefully recalled everything about the anti-thief case back then.

After all, he is an old section chief who has grown old. With Du Chong's brainpower and Bao Shinan's reminder, he gradually recalled the link that he missed that day: "On the day of the court meeting. The elder ordered the real fight. Waiting for detailed questioning, the anti-thief hall scolded the emperor and the old master, and beheaded the prisoner in a fit of rage."

"So. Could it be. Presumably"

Suddenly, Du Chong slapped his thigh and suddenly realized: "Is it the money you said?"

"Of course." Seeing that Du Chong had finally grasped the key, Bao Shinan finally revealed the mystery: "In the hall that day, one of the three rebels was killed first, and the other two uttered treasonous words. The elder was very angry when he heard the words, he was afraid that the traitor would keep talking nonsense, so he hastily sentenced the two of them to be imprisoned, and the case was closed."

"In this way." Bao Shinan stopped talking up to this point.

"In this way, the food purchase money that was originally going to be interrogated will be gone!" Du Chong completely understood, and his eyes were shining with a light like copper coins: "Half a year later, the remnants of the rebels came all the way to the prison to join us. , I just want to find out the whereabouts of my friend’s money.”

"That makes sense!"

At this moment, the eyes of Bao and Du were shining with wisdom, and they analyzed the whole matter clearly and clearly.

"That's it." Du Chong said slowly in the next moment: "The top priority is to relax the monitoring, so that the little manager and Tian Da have a chance to talk privately."

"It's loose."

Bao Shinan took a bite of meat and said calmly.

(End of this chapter)