Xiangye

Chapter 54
Seeing that Mei Liang, a local tyrant and evil gentry, was convinced by him, Gao Wen was also quite complacent, and talked a lot: "The so-called kidnapping case generally needs to meet three conditions: first, understand the victim's family situation; When, where, and how to pay; third, if possible, try not to have direct contact with the victim's family."

There are a lot of this set of theories on the Internet in later generations, and you can find them with a search. In the past, you read a lot of social news, and you still have this kind of basic knowledge: "Who are you, Mr. Mei? Everyone in Hancheng knows, where did the kidnappers come from who are so blind and want to break ground on your head, are they impatient?"

Just kidding, Mei Liang is such a big business, he can eat both red and black.He is a leader of the underworld himself, I am afraid that he has done a lot of outrageous things in the past, if you kidnap his son, you will die without knowing how.

Mei Liang: "Dian Shi is absurd, I can't afford it, please continue to talk about it."

Gao Wen: "The reason why I saw the flaw in this case is because of that note. First of all, the ransom of 50 taels of silver is too low, it's just ridiculous. The beloved son of a dignified official Mei is only worth 50 taels. If I were Bad guys, at least 500 taels or even more. 50 taels is already a joke.” It’s like in later generations you kidnapped Li Jiacheng’s son, but asked him for 4 yuan. Isn’t that insulting?
"Secondly, the distance from your mansion to the school is only six or seven hundred steps, how do you start?"

"The funniest thing is that this kidnapping happened in the middle of the day, and the method was extremely ridiculous and naive. It was simply a child playing tricks. It is estimated that a child ran out to play, but he didn't have enough money, so he did this. Confused. Again, high officials are not idiots, and they don’t know what idiots are thinking."

There will be more of this kind of thing in modern society in later generations.Those brats have done more absurd things than this in order to get money to go online and buy their favorite toys.

Speaking of this, Gao Wen suddenly thought of Mei Liang's life experience, and his heart moved: This Mei Liang never had a childhood, so naturally he doesn't know what a child thinks.

"Mr. Mei, things like handling a case may be deduced positively, but you can also think in reverse. And in reverse, you may be able to get something more valuable by substituting yourself into the kidnapper. Think about it, if you are Bad guy, if you want to kidnap Mellon, how do you start, how do you get the ransom, and how do you get out? Thinking about it this way, you can see the absurdity and flaws in this case."

"As for why you found this inn, didn't you just say that Second Young Master Mei likes to listen to books and plays on weekdays?"

Mei Liang: "I said so, what's wrong?"

Gao Wen: "Listening to books is very simple. There are teahouses everywhere in Hancheng. But it is not so easy to listen to operas and operas. Especially the troupe that can sing a good opera can't come in a year. Two, unless you go to the city of Xi’an. Didn’t Ruyi Society come to the city recently? The opera troupe in the capital must sing very well. Since the second young master is a fan of opera, he will naturally not miss this opportunity. And the opera troupe Just living in this inn, he must have chased here."

"Buddhism pays attention to cause and effect, what kind of cause you plant, what kind of result you will get. Many things are just common sense, but if you care about it, you will be chaotic."

Naturally, a modern person cannot understand what theater troupes and famous actors meant to the ancients.

In the middle of the Ming Dynasty, Kunqu opera originated. This kind of opera originated in Kunshan, Suzhou. It is known as the four opera tunes of the Ming Dynasty, together with Haiyan opera and Yuyao opera originated in Zhejiang, and Yiyang opera originated in Jiangxi. They belong to the Southern opera system.

At the beginning, Kunshan tune was just folk songs and small songs.Its distribution area was initially limited to the Suzhou area, and now it has spread to the north of the Yangtze River and entered the capital, becoming one of the main entertainment methods for the people of the capital.

In addition to Kunqu Opera, each province also has its own drama, but its influence and artistic expression are not comparable to Kunqu Opera.

The ancients had a single form of entertainment, but whenever a new song came out, it would be crowded with people, eager to see it.As for supporting opera singers, chasing a troupe and listening to operas are also popular at the time, becoming a unique cultural phenomenon.In that case, it's like the groupies of later generations.

A famous Kunqu opera actor is really like a film and television star of later generations.

Mellon is only 15 years old this year, which is exactly the age of chasing stars.It must be some character who is obsessed with this Ruyi class, and came to join him.But because he had no money at hand, he became confused. This kind of thing is common in modern society, and it is not difficult to understand.

Hearing Gao Wen's words here, Mei Liang immediately understood, and she was overwhelmed with admiration, and bowed again: "I am convinced, I only obey two people in my life, one is Huang Zhubo, and the other is Gao Dianshi. Brother Wen, there is nothing to say, I will treat you to a drink another day. If there is anything to do in the future, all you need to do is order."

Gao Wen laughed and helped him up: "Mr. Mei, it's right for a son to be poor and his daughter to be rich. But for children, you still have to give some pocket money."

Mei Liang said angrily: "Why didn't you give it, that little bastard gets five or two months' money every month."

While talking, suddenly a yamen servant ran out from the inside and shouted in panic: "Gao Dianshi, Mr. Mei, I can't find anyone. The second young master...the second young master is not here."

"what!"

Gao Wen and Mei Liang called out at the same time.

Before coming again, Gao Wen had already figured out that Mellon was here, and he was just now flattered by Mei Liang's compliment.No matter how you look at it, you are the protagonist of time-traveling novels. You are wise and powerful, and you have no plans to spare. No matter if you are a dignitary or a country gentry, you must worship under the halo of your protagonist.

Things are also moving forward with the script he had planned. Gao Wen even thought, it seems that I, Xiao Gao, really have a talent for criminal names. nice!

But the result turned out like this, just like a treasure hunter finally found the treasure after untold hardships, but when he opened the box, it was empty inside, why not make people feel lost?

Isn't this the right way to play?

"Come on, bring all the people in the troupe here!" Mei Liang roared loudly, "You're such a good person, how can you just lose it?"

Seeing their master Lei Ting furious, the fists and feet of the four servants became more powerful.In a short while, more than [-] people from the Ruyi troupe, including the troupe and the actors, were rushed to the open space.

Mei Liang: "Master Gao, I've brought you all the people. I'll do it right away and torture him. I don't believe it. They dare to hide my son?"

The twenty or so people were all bruised and swollen, knelt on the ground and howled loudly, kowtowing for mercy.

Gao Wen couldn't bear it, and what Mei Liang said was ugly.What does it mean to torture him immediately? It seems that I, Gao Wen, are your follower.

He said: "Mei Liang, this torture must be ordered by the county magistrate."

Mei Liang roared with red eyes: "Whether you want to interrogate, or not, right? Then I will do it myself."

"Lynching to extract a confession violates the Ming law."

"So what if I committed a crime. When I was in Huanglong before, I didn't know how many times I beat such a tricky villain. Don't talk about the county honor. Without my filial piety every year, this county government can't continue to open."

Gao Wen was also angry, and was about to explode, when a yamen servant next to him secretly pulled his sleeve, beckoning him to be patient.

Gao Wen waved his sleeves and said: "Even if you want to arrest people, you have to go to the county magistrate. You two take all the relevant criminals back to the yamen, don't hurt them." After saying that, he cupped his hands at Mei Liang: " Mei Liang, the matter here is over, there is still something to do at home, so leave!"

Mei Liang: "Gao Wen, why did you go, my son hasn't found it yet?"

Gao Wen didn't look back, and said coldly: "The magistrate ordered me to wait to solve the Mellon kidnapping case, and now the truth has come to light. Your son was never kidnapped at all, so the case is considered solved without me What's the matter?"

He was annoyed in his heart, thinking to himself: a soil cannon is a soil cannon, this Mei Liang is used to domineering, he even called you brother and brother before, but in a blink of an eye he turned his face and refused to recognize anyone.This is already a pure villain, I don't want to deal with it.

Indeed, as Gao Wen said just now, the kidnapping case can be regarded as solved, and the mission of the task force has been successfully completed.As for where Mellon went and how he disappeared, it has nothing to do with his Master Gao.Of course, if Du Zhi set up another task force for the disappearance of the second young master of the Mei family, that would be a later story.

It is impossible to think about it. The nature of missing persons cases and kidnapping cases is different.Kidnapping is a vicious criminal case, and the disappearance of persons is only a civil dispute in the eyes of the Ming Dynasty people.Second Young Master Mei might have gone somewhere to have a good time, or he might have eloped with the actor, anyway, the kid had been playing outside for a while, got bored, and thought of the good things at home, he would go back.

What's more, the troupe has already been taken down, so the whereabouts of the second son of the Mei family will fall on them.

Another case was solved, and Gao Wen was proud of himself.

Thinking about the New Year's Eve in three days, he wandered the streets for a long time and bought a lot of New Year's goods.Just as I was about to go home to see my mother, I suddenly passed a gold shop, and my heart suddenly moved, and a past event suddenly came to my memory.

That was two years ago, a neighbor came to show off the newly bought jade bracelet, saying how much it cost, and took it off for my mother to touch.

At that time, my mother touched it for a long time and sighed: "It's so beautiful, it feels so comfortable to touch."

The neighbor smiled and said, Aunt Gao, you should buy one too!

The mother sighed and said: "How did the poor family make such a valuable thing? Besides, I am blind, and I can't see after wearing it." After speaking, she reluctantly returned the bracelet to the family.

Although she couldn't see anything, Gao Wen still remembered that his mother's eyes seemed to be healed that day, their eyes were flowing and shining.

She is a woman after all, and she likes things that women like.

Isn't the so-called filial piety of us children just to make the elderly happy?

Immediately, he walked into the gold shop, chose a jade bracelet made of mutton fat white jade, and threw over two liang of gold ingots without haggling over the price, and was about to leave.Seeing Gao Wen's generosity, the owner of the gold shop quickly laughed and said, "Mr. Gao, I heard that you recently wrote a "Journey to the West". After two years, we will call you a senior official. But your mother has suffered all her life for the new year's goods bought by your mother. Now that you have such a promising and filial son, I don't know what joy it is like."

"I just bought it for my old lady at home." Hearing him talk about this book and compliment him so much, Gao Wen's vanity was greatly satisfied, and he said with a smile: "You are so sweet, why, what else do you want to sell to me?" .If there are really good products, I might as well take care of your business."

Boss: "Jade is virtuous, a gentleman wears jade, a high-ranking official has a good eye, and he chooses all the good products in the old shop. However, the so-called good things come in pairs. It is best to buy a pair of things."

Gao Wen: "You have only one bracelet, don't you?"

Boss: "There is only one bracelet, but don't you have two people in your family? It's not beautiful to patronize buying jewelry for the old lady, but neglect the people in the house. Throughout the ages, the relationship between mother-in-law and daughter-in-law is not easy to coordinate. You Take care of your own mother, the daughter-in-law is not happy; take care of the daughter-in-law, the old mother will scold you for forgetting your mother when you have a daughter-in-law. If you are caught in the middle, life will be difficult." This person seems to have not dealt with it because of the relationship between mother-in-law and daughter-in-law. Well, the face is full of distress: "Mr. Gao, I am an experienced person. You are not thinking about this matter today. This bowl of water must be leveled. I bought a bracelet for my mother, and I have to buy one for my daughter-in-law. It's comfort." Then he took out something from under the counter and stuffed it into Gao Wen's hand: "This jade ring is the treasure of my shop, and they are all neighbors in the neighborhood. If we meet every day, I will give you a [-]% discount. Eight taels of silver is fine."

Gao Wen was puzzled: "When did I get married?"

(End of this chapter)