Fenglai Town is named after this because it is said that there was a phoenix living here. The legend is not verified, but every household has sycamore trees that can attract phoenixes, which has a unique flavor.

According to those people, Yang Shuisheng's home was in an alley called Tongmuli, but when they arrived, they found that the door of the Yang family was wide open, the house was overturned in chaos, and the building was already empty.

Chu Ci observed around and found that although the room was messy, there was still food in the bowls and plates on the table. The warmth was still there when you touch it with your hands. It can be seen that the person had just left.

Xu Ming had already glared at this side. In his opinion, if it weren't for the ungrateful people from the county government and insisted on getting involved, they would not have been wasting time for the thieves to escape.

Captain Wan was also wronged. He believed that if the navy members could agree to let them follow earlier, they would not have been in a stalemate at the inn gate for so long that the news leaked out, giving these people an opportunity to take advantage of it.

Chu Ci sighed and said, "Don't be angry, two of you, these people shouldn't have gone far. It's better to send someone to the neighbors around you to find out the appearance and characteristics of Yang Shuisheng's family and other things, and then

So that they can be arrested."

Captain Xu Ming and Chief Wan were also over the age of being tempted. After hearing the method given by Chu Ci, they immediately took their own troops to ask questions from the neighbors of the Yang family, leaving Chu Ci alone in the yard.

Looking for clues.

According to Chu Ci's judgment, the Yang family should have left only a while earlier than them. In order not to attract attention, they probably would not leave with large items, so the Yang Shuisheng family must have what they were looking for.

The Yang family has three main rooms and four ear rooms as soon as they enter. Because they were in a hurry, they didn’t have time to lock the houses, but Chu Ci could go directly in as cheap as possible.

Yang Shuisheng's father died early, and there was only an old mother beside him. He was a filial person, so the largest room was for his mother to live in. Chu Ci walked around the room and carefully tapped each wall and

The floor, though, unfortunately, didn't find any authentic or secret rooms.

He went to other rooms, and there were only the most basic decorations inside, and there were no suspected books or evidence. Judging from the decorations of the house, Yang Shuisheng's family was poor, with the table and the bed.

They are all affordable by ordinary people. If you look rough, you will never arouse anyone's suspicion.

After Chu Ci searched all his house, two teams of people who were inquiring about the matter came back. According to neighbors, about three quarters of an hour ago, someone had knocked on the Yang family's door. After a while, the Yang family members

I hurried out with a bag on my back.

When the neighbors asked, they said that they suddenly had something to urge their parents to hurry up and the carriage was waiting outside, so they couldn't say much. Then they left the alley and disappeared.

Captain Wan looked at Chu Ci who had been staying here and asked, "Brother, have you found any suspicious things in the Yang family?"

Chu Ci said: "I just looked through it a little and didn't find anything suspicious. Xu Qinwei and Captain Wan have investigated the case for many years. I think there must be something unique about the search for evidence. I also asked Captain Wan and Captain Xu Qinwei to send someone to investigate again.

Check it out.”

Headmaster Wan said, "Since you have turned it over, there should be no," but the speed of calling his subordinates was not slow at all. Seeing that he was doing this, Xu Ming also sent someone to search with him.

A lot of people searched through the boxes and cabinets for a while, but they couldn't find anything related to the case. The Yang family found a lot of private money hidden by their respective families.

As he was about to return without success, Chu Ci looked around and his eyes suddenly froze somewhere in the yard.

"What's that?"

I saw a two or three inches high bulge under a sycamore tree in the yard, covered with stone slabs. I wonder what it is for?

Captain Wan followed his sight and explained: "Oh, this is the well here. If you have children at home, you usually cover it with stone slabs to prevent the children from falling into the well."

"So that's it, but judging from the news you just found out, the Yang family seems to have no children."

"Some people are more particular, and they also use stone slabs to cover dust." Captain Wan said. He thought this person was really rare and strange. Could it be that people from other places don't use wells?

Chu Ci nodded suddenly, but he couldn't help but look at it. He found that the well seemed a little strange. The surroundings of the well were very dry, without any water stains, and the same was true for the stone slabs. Logically speaking, there should be moss on the stone beside the well.

That's right.

Seeing that Chu Ci was observing very carefully, Xu Ming also scanned the environment around the well. Suddenly, a shiny light flashed in his eyes, as if he had thought of something. Then he strode forward, walked to the tree, squatted down and lifted the manhole cover with force.

Sure enough, there was no drop of water here!

The black hole in this well is visible through the light, and it is clearly an authentic one!

"Come here, bring some thick ropes and I want to go down and take a look!" Xu Ming ordered.

"Xu Qinwei, let them bring another torch." Chu Ci said, if this is an abandoned cave, it will be bad if it is not oxygen as it walks.

Xu Ming followed his advice, and after a moment, he and a few of his subordinates tied ropes and took torches.

Chu Ci and others waited on it for a while, and then they saw the rope at the wellhead move. This was a signal of retreat, and everyone quickly worked together to pull them up.

When the thing was about to reach the wellhead, they realized that it was not a person who was pulled up, but a two-piece box. There was a heavy copper lock hanging on the box, which weighed two or three pounds, but they didn't know what was locked inside.

baby?

The navy's men put the rope down again. This time, Xu Ming and others came up. Xu Ming patted the soil stained with his body and said, "In addition to a spacious stone room, there is also a

Exit. But there was a big lock on the exit, and we couldn't open it even if we tried our best to do so, so we had to give up for the time being."

After saying that, he looked at the two big boxes again and said, "This is what I found in the stone room. In addition to this, there are tables, chairs and oil lamps inside. There are also pens, ink, paper and inkstone on the table.

.”

Headmaster Wan looked at the two big boxes with eager eyes. The county magistrate asked them to find this thing. When they interrogated Mr. Du before, they thought they could get the money, but they didn't expect that the Du surname was just a person.

Those who do things for others have no choice but to follow the navy's people. God pays off, and they finally found it!

"Are those present proficient in this kung fu?" said Captain Wan, and his hand made a lock-opening action, which looked a bit funny. Everyone shook their heads. After all, except for the locksmith, only the thief understood this

It's a thing, and neither of them.

Captain Wan shook his head and ordered people around him to find a locksmith to unlock the lock. Before the yamen officer could step out, he was stopped.

"This thing is of great importance. We should not open it without authorization. It is best to transport it back and hand it over to the admiral as the leader!" Xu Ming said, and the navy's men stopped in front of the Luotan County Office's Office.

Captain Wan pulled the corner of his mouth and pulled a false smile: "Are you wrong? As a parent official in this place, any case should be handed over to the county government for trial!"

"You mean, the Admiral is not qualified to hear the case?" Xu Ming's tone was dangerous.

Captain Wan pretended to be respectful: "I dare not be humble, but I still think it is better to perform my duties."

The two sides were in a stalemate again. In terms of official positions, the Admiral was better, but in terms of functions, the Wu County Magistrate was more rational. The two sides thought that what they said was reasonable, but now there were two more boxes. Naturally,

I won't take a step back.

"Instead of arguing here, the two might as well rush back to Luotan County as soon as possible and report the matter to the two adults, and they will make a decision on their own. Now that the prisoner's family has not been caught, they should report it to the adults as soon as possible before making arrangements.

In order to avoid the long night and many dreams, it is the right thing to do!" Chu Ci advised again, and he swore that he would never go out with these two people next time.

In the end, the two of them followed Chu Ci's suggestion and transported the boxes back to Luotan County, and sent people to guard the yard here.

After the box was transported back, Lord Fan made a decision to ask someone to unbox it. County Magistrate Wu stood aside with an ugly smile, his eyes full of anger. He thought he must have been suppressed by Guan Wei directly.

Mr. Fan ignored his thoughts, stared at the locksmith's every move, trying to force the locksmith to speed up the locksmith's movements with his intentions. The locksmith, staring at the high official, was sweating all over, and the locks were unlocked even slower.

Mr. Fan also realized his inappropriateness and pretended to be thirsty to go out to drink tea. Without mental oppression, the locksmith's thinking and speed became faster. In less than a cup of tea, he used these two

All the heavy boxes were opened.

After hearing the news, Lord Fan strode out from behind regardless of his demeanor, and happened to see the smile on Wu County Magistrate's face that had no time to withdraw.

It turned out that the box was not the silver they had imagined, but the paper that looked a little old.

Mr. Fan picked up a picture casually and saw it read "Chen Jia, a native of the ancient county of Nanmin Province, now he mortgaged a piece of the ancestral jade pendant. After paying off the debt, he can redeem the jade. If the debt cannot be paid off within the deadline

, I hope to give this thing to each other for profit. If you break your promise and let it be dealt with, there will be no other words, and the third day of the seventh month of the first year of Tianhe”.

Lord Fan frowned slightly. The government explicitly prohibited the public from appearing such things as seal money. This man blatantly seized other people's objects and threatened them with this, which was really hateful.

He picked up a few more pictures, but found that these pictures were different from the one in front, except for the name, origin and collateral. But what was shocking was that the items mortgaged by these people were apart from jewelry and jade.

There are also many fields and real estate, and even the collaterals in it also have several scholarly documents.

The time of these contracts belongs to different ones. The farthest was in the Jiayou period, and the most recent one was in early March. If they hadn't caught Mr. Du, I'd probably add the guests who were cheated by the boat a few days ago.

of.

However, according to Mr. Du, these people made a contract and mortgaged the goods. As long as the money was delivered, they would return all the goods. Why are there so many here? Could it be that they did not redeem the things? But if there were no
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