Unknowingly, it was already dark outside, and the handover between Chen Xiaomu and Zhuo Yihe was finally completed. Although they only stayed in office for two days, a lot happened in these two days. In the end, when the two talked about Wu Guanglu The case of Wu Guanglu and the robbery of Risheng Qianzhuang, but Zhuo Yihe was unwilling to take over these two cases. He knew how much he was worth. The royal family of the country is implicated, and now I have to intervene as a sixth-grade junior general judge, and I am afraid I will die without knowing how! "
Zhuo Yihe didn't want to take it, and Chen Xiaomu actually didn't want to hand it over either, because the amount of money involved in these two cases was huge, and he also expected to use the money as start-up capital to transform Zheng Guo from a backward small-scale peasant economy to a complete one. Transformed into an industrial power that has the potential to crush other countries today.
After a brief discussion, the two decided to treat the two cases as involving national security. After reporting them to the emperor for approval, Chen Xiaomu would still handle them.
After the handover was over, Zhuo Yihe didn't let him have breakfast or anything. Instead, he sent him out of the government office as if to send off the plague. He gave him a perfunctory hand and returned to the government office, for fear that he would be there. Stay in the office a little longer.
Looking at Zhuo Yihe's hurried away figure, Chen Xiaomu could only hold the account book and shake his head with a wry smile. At this time, he suddenly heard a surprise cry from behind him, "Master, are you out?"
Just by hearing the sound, he knew without turning around that it was from the young man Tou'er from last night. Chen Xiaomu turned around and said with a smile: "Young man, what's your name?"
The young man came up and took the account book from his hand, and said with a smile: "Master, the younger one doesn't have a name. I heard my godmother said that she picked me up on the roadside when she was running away from famine. Later, my godmother said that I was always a little thief. Calling me a "little thief" doesn't sound nice, it's easy to reveal my identity, and it also says that I have a pitiful background, so why not just call me Lian'er."
"So, your name is Lian'er, right?" Chen Xiaomu said with a smile, and his eyes were a little moist. He lovingly stretched out his hand to touch the top of Lian'er's head. Lian'er tilted her head and turned to the side. Silkly moved over, Chen Xiaomu's palm was gone. Lian'er blinked his eyes mischievously and said with a smile: "Hehe, my godmother said that children's heads cannot be touched, otherwise they will not grow taller."
Chen Xiaomu laughed dumbly. Seeing the smile on Chen Xiaomu's face, Lian'er thought she didn't believe what he said and said anxiously: "Master, this is really what my godmother said! If you don't believe me, just ask..." Here, Lian'er suddenly remembered that her godmother was no longer here, and her face turned gloomy.
Seeing that Lian'er's mood suddenly dropped a lot when he mentioned his godmother, Chen Xiaomu changed the topic and asked him: "Oh, by the way, Lian'er, what were you thinking at that time, how dare you use the identity of a thief to come to the government to look for trouble? Is it just that? Aren’t you afraid of being arrested by the government?”
Lian'er lowered his head and said gloomily: "Even if you are caught by the government, it is still better than being beaten to death!"
Chen Xiaomu bent down slightly and said warmly: "Lian'er, can you tell me what happened? I can't tell you, I can still avenge your godmother!"
Lian'er's eyes lit up when he heard this, then dimmed again, and he murmured: "My godmother said that we thieves are the most despicable profession in the world. It is always wrong to steal other people's things, so we deserve to be beaten to death!"
Chen Xiaomu sighed: "It seems that your godmother has no choice but to steal people's things. She is not forced by life. I believe she will not do such a thing!"
Lian'er said aggrievedly: "My lord, my godmother said the same thing when she was still alive. If we want to steal, we must steal from rich people. And every time we steal money, our godmother gives almost all of it to those who are about to starve to death or freeze to death." Refugees, it would be nice if we could have a few full meals ourselves!"
"I didn't expect that your godmother is still a thief!" Chen Xiaomu couldn't help sighing after hearing this.
Lian'er raised her hand to wipe her eyes and choked up: "My godmother is soft-hearted, and she hates the suffering of the poor. Yesterday at noon, when we passed by Ximen Old Street, we saw a high-walled courtyard in front of a house. There were more than a dozen domestic servants moving wooden boxes into the yard from several tarpaulin-covered carriages parked outside the yard. The wooden boxes didn't look big, but they looked quite heavy when they were moved. Two stocky The servants were carrying a box, their faces were red and they were breathing heavily. The godmother judged at that time that the wooden box contained either gold or silver, otherwise it would not be so heavy.
My godmother asked me to wait where I was. She planned to go closer to see what was going on. As soon as she took a few steps forward, she was stopped by the servant who was standing guard. He asked her to take a detour and not to follow. Passing by the gate of this compound, the godmother was about to argue with him, but the servant frowned and yelled: "Smelly bitch, are you tired of living? Do you know where this place is? If you don't leave, believe it or not, you will die." you."
The godmother immediately pretended to be scared and was about to turn around and go back. At this time, an old man with a goatee who looked like a butler came out of the yard. He only heard him shout: "Hurry, hurry up, hurry up after unloading." Go to the casino."
"Casino?" Chen Xiaomu was startled when he heard this, and immediately felt in his heart that this matter should be related to Wu Guanglu. He was probably afraid that he would lead people to search the property to pay off the fine, so he gathered all the gold and silver and hid it here. In a secret mansion that few people know about.
Seeing Chen Xiaomu in a daze, Lian'er said cautiously: "Master, what's wrong with you?"
"Oh! It's nothing. Keep talking, what happened next!" Chen Xiaomu came back to his senses.
Lian'er continued: "After my godmother came back, she took me to a restaurant for a feast. When she returned to her residence, she told me her plan and said she would attack this rich family that night. I was a little worried. Then he advised her: "Godmother, why don't we find a rich family to attack? This rich family has too many people, so I'm afraid it won't be easy to attack!" "
The godmother smiled and said, "Are you talking about those servants?"
I immediately nodded "Yeah".
The godmother said easily: "Lian'er, when the godmother was very close to that servant at noon, I judged from the aura emanating from his body that these servants were ordinary people, but they were just stronger. Based on the fact that these people were blocking I can’t stop fucking my mother-in-law.”
I reminded my godmother: "Godmother, this family runs a casino and may have contacts with martial arts practitioners in the world, so we'd better be careful!"
The godmother sneered and said: "There are some good people who run casinos. When the godmother takes her family's money, not only will she not feel guilty, but she will feel extremely happy. Furthermore, there is no one who is better than the godmother in Qinggong in today's world. Counting one slap at a time, it must not be such a coincidence. Among these five masters, there will be someone who is willing to degenerate and be willing to associate with such a low-level person!"
Having said that, Lian'er was right to think about it carefully. With her godmother's Qinggong, even if she failed to steal the silver tonight, at least escaping would not be a problem.
The weather was cold and the days were short. At about Xu o'clock in the evening, Lian'er and her godmother were dressed in night clothes, with black cloth on their heads that only exposed their eyes. They quietly came to the wall of the big house where they unloaded money during the day. At this time, the road was already closed. There was no one in sight, and the biting cold wind blew through the alley, making a whining sound. Occasionally, dry branches were broken and fell to the ground, making a "crackling" sound.
According to the division of labor agreed between the two of them in advance, Lian'er was responsible for guarding the outside, while the godmother went into the mansion to steal gold and silver. The two first separated and patrolled along the courtyard wall. If they saw anything strange, the godmother looked at Lian. Er nodded slightly, then jumped up, reaching a height of three to four feet, and then quietly landed on the roof of the main room in the mansion like a civet cat. Next, Lian'er Godmother lay down on her back. On the roof, I observed the courtyard below for more than half an hour. When I saw that there was no movement at all, I jumped down.
At this time, Lian'er, who was watching outside the wall, suddenly heard his godmother exclaiming in the courtyard, "Ah! Crazy monk, why are you here?" Then Lian'er heard a sad voice coming from the courtyard. The voice said, "Lu Siniang, are you going to let someone take action? Or are you going to just surrender?"
Lu Siniang screamed: "Crazy monk, you and that traitor Qiu Youde will be punished sooner or later. Come on! Let my aunt see how well you practice your killing sword skills?"
The crazy monk laughed loudly and said: "Lu Siniang, if you can perform ten moves under a certain family, then a certain family will count you as the winner. What do you think?"
Lu Siniang shouted: "Traitor, stop talking nonsense and watch your moves."
Then there was the sound of swords clashing in the courtyard. Lian'er felt anxious when he heard it. He had already forgotten the previous agreement between him and Lu Siniang. He tiptoed and jumped up to the courtyard wall. He saw Lu Siniang being stabbed to the ground by a black shadow. , the moment Lu Siniang fell to the ground, she saw the figure standing on the wall of the courtyard. She used her last strength and shouted: "Little thief, run!"
It was too late to tell, but it was so fast that when Lian'er was stunned, two black shadows flew out of the dark corner of the courtyard and rushed towards him. Lian'er knew that he would die if he went down. If he lived, he might be alive in the future. He could still avenge his godmother, so he turned around and jumped off the courtyard wall, running forward with all his strength. At first he could still hear the footsteps behind him, but later he could hear the whistling wind. He didn't know how long he ran, until his whole body Exhausted from running, he slowly stopped. When he raised his eyes, he suddenly saw a dark crowd standing not far in front of him. He was startled. As he was thinking, he suddenly heard someone in the crowd. He said: "Master, it's already past midnight. Mr. Chen won't go back to the government office again, will he?"
"Go back if you don't want to wait. No one is forcing you to wait here." Someone in the crowd said to him.
When Lian'er heard this, she immediately felt relieved. She hurriedly took off her night clothes, took out a broken felt hat from her arms and put it on. She was dressed similar to these people, and then she blended into the crowd. At that moment, Chen Xiaomu returned to the government office.
After listening to Lian'er's story, Chen Xiaomu couldn't help but sneer in his heart. Since Wu Guanglu wanted to die, it would be better to let him fulfill his wish. Originally, Chen Xiaomu had planned that if Wu Guanglu could hand over the fined silver honestly, he would see what happened next. For Zhuge Cheng's sake, he just turned a blind eye and stopped pursuing the matter. Now I can only laugh!
Chen Xiaomu was planning how to deal with Wu Guanglu when he suddenly heard the sound of rapid footsteps. When he looked up, he saw Ye Duzheng hurriedly walking towards him from the government office.
Chen Xiaomu thought for a moment and then walked over. Ye Duzheng came to Chen Xiaomu, quickly glanced left and right, and whispered: "Mr. Chen, can we take a step to talk?"
Chen Xiaomu smiled and said: "Don't worry, old master, I will definitely honor what I promised you."
When Ye Duzheng heard this, he said happily: "The old man has thanked Mr. Chen first, but...!" Ye Duzheng looked around nervously at this time, and then whispered: "Mr. Chen, I am not looking for you now to serve as an official. Things."
