Concubine

Chapter 481
The fat shopkeeper was greeting the guests at the front desk. Hearing this, his face changed drastically and he rushed to the backyard.

Yang Tashan and Xing'er also dropped their chopsticks and ran to watch the excitement.I saw a fat man in the back room yelling in the yard, and the fat shopkeeper asked, "What's wrong?"

The fat man in the yard is the cousin of the fat shopkeeper, and he was invited to help him manage the accounts.The fat accountant pushed open the accountant door and said, "Brother, I just came to the accountant to reconcile the accounts. The door was locked, but when I opened the door, I saw that the accountant had been stolen! Look, the back window It was open, the room was turned into a mess, the cash drawer was also pried open, and all the money in it was gone!"

The fat shopkeeper rushed over as if a thunderbolt had sounded in mid-air, and sure enough, the cash drawer was empty, only a few copper coins lying there pitifully.

The fat shopkeeper was so angry and anxious that he almost passed out.There are more than ten taels of silver in this cash cabinet, and there are more than 2000 copper coins.

The fat shopkeeper turned around and stared at Yang Tashan viciously.

Yang Tashan chuckled: "Shopkeeper, you don't suspect me of stealing your money, do you?"

"Only you in the backyard, not who are you?"

Xing'er said urgently: "Shopkeeper, you can't wrong us, we have been chopping firewood in the backyard all the time, we have never been to your tent at all.

The fat shopkeeper sneered: "Isn't it you who else? Let me just say, how can there be such a stupid person, such a heavy job, who would not be willing to work for [-] yuan for two days, but you can do it for [-] yuan a day. I agreed without saying a word, it turns out that you guys have ulterior motives! - Hurry up, go to the yamen to report the crime, and say that you have caught a thief! Please arrest and come quickly!"

Xing'er's eyes were red with anxiety: "You are talking nonsense! You have wronged us, and we did not steal your money!"

Yang Tashan patted Xing'er's shoulder lightly, telling her to calm down, put her hands on her shoulders, and sneered at the fat shopkeeper: "If you are reluctant to pay us thirty cents, just say it, there is no need to do such a thing." Big news, do you know that it’s easy to arrest them quickly, if you don’t spend some money, I’m afraid you won’t be able to send them away, and you can’t handle the money with your thirty cents!”

"What? Are you guilty of being a thief? Hehe. Guys, be careful with the guys, be careful that they run away!" The fat shopkeeper shouted.

A group of guys took kitchen knives, long benches and even wooden sticks, and surrounded Yang Tashan and the two of them.However, when they saw Yang Tashan let the two arresters suffer, and walked alone with the coffin containing the corpse, they all knew that this young man was extraordinary, but they dared not step forward around him.Fortunately, Yang Tashan just sneered and put his hands on his shoulders, not intending to break out and escape.

After a stalemate for a while, I heard someone shouting from the store in front of me: "Where is the thief? Grandma's, stealing money! Don't want to live anymore?" You can tell from the sound that it is the skinny monkey catcher from yesterday.

Immediately, the two policemen opened the curtain and came to the backyard. Sure enough, they were the two policemen from yesterday.However, this time, the two of them held a waist knife in one hand and an iron chain in the other to lock people up.

The fat shopkeeper bowed his waist and said with a smile on his face: "It's these two people who stole my money!"

Seeing that it was Yang Tashan, the two police officers shivered involuntarily.Both of them have suffered under Yang Tashan's hands, knowing that with the two of them, they can't deal with this young man, so they complained in their hearts, if they knew it was the master, they should bring more people to come again.

However, it would be too embarrassing to run back to call for someone at this time, so he could only bite the bullet, and the skinny monkey quickly said: "It's you...? You... What are your names? What do you do?"

"My surname is Yang, and my first name is Ta Shan. This is my maid Xing'er. We work as coolies."

The thin monkey hesitated for a moment, and asked again: "Did you steal... stole the shopkeeper's money?"

Xing'er saw that the policeman was holding a knife and holding a chain, and her face turned pale with fright. Upon hearing this, she rushed to argue: "You are wronged! My lord, my young master and I have been chopping firewood in the wood shed in the backyard. I have been to their tent, we did not steal it! I am wronged!"

This police officer likes to hear people complaining about injustice, firstly, he has a sense of accomplishment from Baogong, and secondly, since the other party is complaining about injustice, he should give in first.Then you can let yourself knead.The rabbit tooth officer sneered quickly: "Wrong? You fucking..." Seeing Yang Tashan's cold gaze, he was startled, took a step back, and forcibly swallowed the rest of the words.

The thin monkey catcher quickly knew that he couldn't move around, forced a smile, and said to Yang Tashan, "This...what is going on?"

Yang Tashan turned his head to the fat shopkeeper and said: "Since you really invited the police, it means that you really lost the money, and you didn't deliberately use this method to rely on my wages. I can understand your feelings. We really didn't steal it."

"Who are you?" The fat shopkeeper shouted.After all, more than ten taels of silver, that's more than 1 RMB. For his small restaurant, it is indeed a lot of money. It is still very distressing to be stolen.

Yang Tashan pointed to the yard on the other side of the wall, turned his head and said quickly to the thin monkey: "My maid Xing'er and I worked part-time for them, and we spent the whole day chopping firewood in the firewood shed in the backyard over there. We lost our money here. The side tent room is separated by a wall, and there is no door between the two parts of the back yard. To enter the yard on the side of the tent room, you have to walk around the front shop to enter..."

The fat shopkeeper said: "Don't you know how to climb over the wall? Your martial arts are so high, you can easily enter by climbing over the wall!"

"Hey, since you know I'm good at martial arts, I stole your money, why don't you just run away? Why don't you just wait here honestly and let you go to the accounting room to get the money and find the theft, and call the police to catch us? Is there such a thing as that?" Stupid thief?"

The fat shopkeeper was at a loss for words, thought for a while, and suddenly seemed to find a good reason, and said: "Of course you dare not run away. If you run away after you don't want your wages, it means that you are a guilty conscience and let us know right away that you stole the money." Yet?"

"Haha, that's interesting. If I don't run, am I being suspected by you? What difference does it make if I don't run?
"Of course there is a difference! If you get away with it, you can continue to steal things in Qingyang Mansion, not to mention, you still want to get the thirty-cent salary!"

The two policemen nodded when they heard Yang Tashan's reasoning, and then nodded again when they heard the fat shopkeeper's reasoning. In the end, both of them were a little confused.

Yang Tashan was too lazy to argue with the fat shopkeeper, and said: "I have witnesses to prove that I did not steal!"

When the thin monkey heard it quickly, he became interested and asked, "Who can testify for you?"

Yang Tashan pointed to the group of cooks surrounding him with kitchen knives: "They can testify that the firewood shed where we chop firewood is just a few steps behind the kitchen, and it is very hot, so the windows of the kitchen are open all day. Yes, I can see the master chefs inside cooking, and they should also be able to see us, or hear the sound of us chopping firewood.

The fat shopkeeper was dumbfounded, he stared at the cooks and said, "Can you prove it?"

The cooks looked at each other, hesitant.

Yang Tashan guessed what they were thinking, and smiled lightly: "Several masters, what your shopkeepers hope most is to catch the real thief and get back the lost silver, not to just catch innocent people to make up the money! "

Yang Tashan's words hit the crux of the problem, and it also touched the heart of the fat shopkeeper.For those who lost the owner, of course, the most hopeful thing is to find the stolen things. As for holding the thief accountable, that is a secondary issue. Sometimes, as long as the lost things can be found, it doesn't matter even if the thief is not held accountable.

The fat shopkeeper nodded, and said to the cooks, "That's right, tell the truth, have the two of them ever left the firewood shed in the backyard?"

Several cooks glanced at each other, shook their heads together and said: "No, the two of them have never left."

Xingzi was very happy when she heard that, and kept thanking the cooks for telling the truth.

The fat shopkeeper was disappointed, and said anxiously: "You guys are cooking, how do you know?"

A young cook said: "It's so hot, the kitchen window is always open to let in the air, and they are in the yard behind the window. We can't help but see them."

Another cook said: "Yeah, we're still talking about this kid... ahem... this guest officer is so stupid, he spent more than four taels of silver on a skinny yellow-haired girl, and she will be in mourning for three years, and she doesn't even touch her." No, it's really a big loss..."

When Xing'er heard this, her thin face flushed red, she bit her lip lightly, and took a sneak look at Yang Tashan.

Another cook said: "We have been admiring that this guest officer is really strong and has a lot of stamina. From morning to afternoon, except for going out for a meal in the middle, he never rested and kept chopping. The little girl who helped stack the firewood was exhausted."

The fat shopkeeper seemed to have discovered something, pointed at Yang Tashan and shouted: "That's right! You guys went out for a meal at noon, you must have made an excuse to go out, then sneaked back to the backyard, pried open the backyard window, and stole my silver taels! "

Yang Tashan didn't know whether to laugh or cry: "I went to rent a house. If you don't believe me, you can call the landlord. I'll be there for a meal. Besides, there are people behind your backyard. I can wear the house in broad daylight." Shopkeeper, I sympathize with you for losing your money, but you can’t just say false accusations against others, if you accuse a rich man, you might get some money back, it’s useless for you to accuse me If I had money, I wouldn’t spend a whole day chopping firewood for you for thirty cents!”

After hearing Yang Tashan's words, the two policemen thought it made sense and nodded, thinking that the thief really didn't look like this young man. Since it wasn't him, there was no need to conflict with him. Well, it's better to avoid it.

The thin monkey quickly said to the fat shopkeeper: "You don't have any real evidence, so you really can't doubt it. Besides, she is willing to spend more than four taels of silver to buy such a useless yellow-haired girl. It can be seen that she is a righteous person. How could she be greedy for your ten dollars?" Two denarii!"

When Xing'er heard this, she felt both ashamed and grateful, and took a peek at Yang Tashan, only to see that he was still smiling at the two policemen.

When the fat shopkeeper heard what the thin monkey said, he stomped his feet in despair and said, "My God~! My money! Who stole my money!"

The skinny monkey quickly said: "Okay, take us to the scene of the theft and see if we can find any clues about the thief."

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