late Qing Dynasty arrest

Fang Cai is over forty years old, with a square face and big ears, wearing a gray robe, except that his attire is not as good as that of Fang Tong, the two are like brothers, Li Guolou looked at the appearance of the two of them, and the filth in his heart resurfaced, Could it be Fang Cai's mother...

When Li Guolou came to the accounting room, Fang Cai made an invitation and said, "Captain Li, this is the place where the door lock was broken. Originally, there was someone on duty in our accounting room, because a batch of goods was rushed to work. The buddy Xiao Zhao was sent to Tianjin yesterday by the boss, and I happened to be away yesterday, so the boss has to take full responsibility for this matter.” After speaking, he stared at Fang Tong viciously, blaming Fang Tong for not doing the work of the workshop good.

Fang Cai, the chief accountant, said that his boss, Fang Tong, had shirked his responsibility from the very beginning and let Li Guolou focus on the two of them looking at each other.

Fang Tong stumbled as he spoke, and said, "How could I have imagined it? The city gate was about to be closed yesterday afternoon. I was impatient, so I asked Xiao Zhao to go to Tianjin. I really didn't think of it! This is not Do you want my old life?"

Fang Cai said angrily: "Boss, you are killing me!" The offensive words did not leave room for Fang Tong, the boss.

Li Guolou knew the relationship between the two by looking at their expressions. There is only one owner of this kind of workshop, but the managers under him all have shares in the workshop. Pay dividends to live a good life.Fang's family was stolen more than 500 taels of silver, which was not only a loss on the books, but for the managers in their workshop, it was a loss of their hard-earned money.

The loss on the book cannot be filled by the owner Fang Tong alone. The managers of these workshops with shares all have losses, so Fang Cai will disregard his face and become furious in front of outsiders.In the account room, there were scattered copper coins on the ground. Li Guolou bent down to pick them up, looked at the shiny copper coin, and said casually: "Mr. Fang, don't quarrel with the owner. Have you counted it? How much is the loss?" Silver and copper coins, tell me the number, how many catties are there?"

Fang Cai shouted: "Fang Datong, have you figured it out?"

The young Fang Datong said anxiously: "It's clear, Mr. Fang."

Fang Cai took a piece of paper, looked at the numbers on it, blew his beard and stared, and said, "You're not sure this time, so pack up and get out."

Li Guolou shook his head and said nothing, how could such a thing happen in the world, if the father wanted to fire his son, where would he go?Judging by Fang Cai's expression, he should know the exact figure of the loss. He was just training his son Fang Datong's ability to settle accounts.

Li Guolou took the piece of paper from Fang Cai again, and was startled when he saw it. It was not more than 100 catties as he expected, but more than 250 catties of copper coins. They pay with copper coins.

Li Guolou blurted out: "Fang Datong, you did your calculations right."

Fang Datong glanced at his father Fang Cai, hesitated to speak.

Fang Cai was so angry that he slapped Fang Datong with his hands and said angrily, "If you don't have confidence in yourself, what are you doing as an accountant?"

Fang Datong came to his senses this time, covered his head and said, "Captain Li, there is no mistake in the calculation, I have calculated it for a long time."

Li Guolou asked: "Fang Datong, where were you last night?"

Fang Datong looked at Fang Cai and said, "I was at home last night. I celebrated my dad's 40th birthday and we had a drink together. If you don't believe me, you can ask my dad."

Li Guolou asked: "Fang Datong, do you have a fiancée?"

Fang Datong nodded and said: "Yes, it is my father's baby kiss."

Li Guolou raised his voice and said, "Fang Datong, you should start a family early so that you can grow up earlier."

From the conversation and words and deeds just now, Li Guolou excluded Fang Cai and Fang Datong as suspects.

Li Guolou turned his head and said, "Last night, who was on duty in the workshop?"

The foreman Zhao Leilei said: "It's me, but the yard is locked outside. The five of us are on duty at night, so we can't see the movement inside. Even if the lights are on, we won't make a fuss. We can't blame us for this."

Li Guolou said: "Which people are on duty at night, call them all?"

Zhao Leilei called the other four people, and Li Guolou asked Ai Hai to interrogate the five of them separately. He ran to the yard to see the hole in the corner, and a pile of red bricks was scattered on the side.Li Guolou picked up a piece of red brick and looked at it. After a while, he put down the red brick and drilled through the hole in the wall to the outside.

The seat where Li Guolou was standing was still in the courtyard. He was stunned and wanted to drill a dog hole. Where is that dog hole?Can't see the dog hole.

Li Guolou squatted in front of the dog hole and shouted, "Fang Dong's family, come here for me."

Fang Tong's body is not considered obese, and it is not difficult to drill through the dog hole. He did not use the trick of climbing, and he turned sideways and came from the corner of the wall.

Li Guolou waved and said, "Fang Dong's family, tell me where is that dog hole?"

Fang Tong led Li Guolou to turn eastward two times in the corridor, and only then did he see the dog hole in the outer wall.

Li Guolou sighed: "The thieves are so powerful. They are digging holes and circling around in the middle of the night. How many troops are there? Did you really hear Fang Dong's family in the backyard?"

Fang Tong said angrily: "I'm sick, and my reputation is ruined. Although my business is not very good now, I'm not on the verge of bankruptcy. Even if I sell the workshop, it's worth tens of thousands of taels of silver. For 500 taels Silver, should I steal my own silver?"

Li Guolou clapped his dirty hands on Fang Tong's shoulder, and said with a smile: "Don't mind Fang Dong's family. Although you are not sick, but there are so many people working in this workshop, there will always be sick people. I can tell you clearly now. You, there is a traitor in this case, think about it for yourself, who would do such a thing?"

Fang Tong was furious, and said, "Who is it? Catcher Li, please tell me. I know the rules of your yamen. I won't lose [-]% of the silver reward. I will add half to you. Please catch the thief." come out."

Li Guolou looked to the west, raised his head and said, "Fang Dong's family, what if it's someone from your own backyard? Think again, do you want to continue the investigation?"

Fang Tong was taken aback by what Li Guolou said, and looked up at Li Guolou with an uncertain expression on his face. The policeman asked him to make a decision.If there is a traitor who is either from the workshop or from the family, how should he choose?

Li Guolou looked at Fang Tong and felt a little sad. Although Fang Cai was born as a servant, his son Fang Datong was already able to inherit his father's business.As the master, Fang Tong can't even manage the back house well. The family has lost sons and has no successors. Fang's workshop will close down sooner or later.

Li Guolou opened his mouth and said: "Fang Dong's family, I am doing it for your own good. If your family members are imprisoned and you have spent more than 500 taels of silver, you should close the case. The copper coins should still be in your back house, and the money will not be released." It’s easy to say, they didn’t dig two holes for nothing.”

Fang Tong couldn't help but said: "Captain Li, how do you know that there is an insider? I think [-]% of the crimes are done by outside thieves?"

Li Guolou pointed to the dog hole and said: "Fang Dong's house, the dog hole in the account room inside was dug from the outside, and the dog hole here was dug from the inside to the street outside. The thieves are already in the yard. Why do you need to dig a hole? Digging a hole is a very labor-intensive job. The thieves just want to cover up their tracks. If you don’t believe me, go to your back house and have a look. A place like the firewood room is most likely to hide more than 200 catties. Copper coins."

Fang Tong murmured to himself: "If this rebellious son did it, I'll let him go now, and this family won't be ruined by him in the future."

Li Guolou patted Fang Tong's shoulder with his other dirty hand, and said, "Fang Dong's family, you are not well educated, so leave it to me. Are you willing to knock off one of his hands and feet?" ?”

Fang Tong thought for a while, and finally gritted his teeth and said, "I've left Catcher Li to you, but let's forget about the hands, just one foot."

Li Guolou said: "Okay, but the case can be dismissed, man, I still have to take him back and let him eat a month of prison food. If he doesn't repent, he will have another leg broken. Dong Fang's family is doing well."

Fang Tong was gasping for breath, and said, "Captain Li, I want to save face. I'll coax him into the yamen, and then you can lock him in."

Li Guolou said: "Let him bring 200 taels of silver to the yamen to find me. The rules cannot be broken. Fang Dong's family is a businessman who should understand."

Fang Tong nodded and said, "I understand, Catcher Li is quite kind and didn't make me bleed. I'm a businessman, please save me some face."

Li Guolou smiled slightly and said, "Okay! I'll save you some face, but I won't go into the dog hole anymore, and I'll ask Fang Dong's family to lead the way."

Fang Tong suffered a double blow today. He was depressed and walked ahead listlessly. The cold winter wind made people feel sad.

Li Guolou summoned his men and horses to take the team back. Cheng Kun and Zhang Haojie were eager to report their achievements. Li Guolou stepped on the steed and said, "Xiao Zhang, don't say a word. If you want to be a fast catcher, you must first learn how to do it." Keep it secret, you brothers have worked hard all day, come to me tomorrow to get the reward."

On the way, Cheng Kun said angrily: "Lieutenant Li, why don't you ask us about the clues we found?"

Li Guolou raised his voice and said, "Xiaocheng, forget about this case. It will be dismissed tomorrow, but your reward will not be less."

Ai Hai was extremely dissatisfied, and said: "Hmph, Xiao Lizi is sneaky, I will definitely find out, and I will ask you to look good."

Li Guolou said meaningfully: "Ai Tuzi, the wordless ending, nothing happened, wouldn't the world be peaceful."

The four horses still hold their heads high, but the people sitting on the horses have their own thoughts.The three subordinates looked at Li Guolou's expressions with unwillingness. The duty of the police is to find out the bottom line. Now this case is not up to the sky or down to the ground. They wish they could beat Li Guolou up. What's so strange, riding a horse in the capital for half a day?