Steal money?
When Song Fengshou and Tang heard this, they were dumbfounded at first, and then stared.
"What nonsense are you talking about? When did the two of us steal your money?"
"Why didn't you steal it? Just now we clearly saw a figure jumping into our grain store. In the blink of an eye, there was no trace. When we checked, we found that a piece of silver was missing. We hurriedly chased the figure out. When we got here, we found you. The two of them are sneaking around, holding a piece of silver in their hands, which looks like the piece that was lost in my shop, and you still say you didn't steal the silver?"
The strong man was so angry that he said, "I have never seen such shameless people like you steal other people's money. When we caught up with them, they still said that we were here to steal the money. This thief claimed to be catching thieves, but he really did it. good!"
"This money was obviously not stolen. We picked it up when we were passing by. As soon as we picked up the money, you chased us and begged us to hand over the money. What is this, if not robbery?"
Mrs. Tang shouted angrily, "Master, I think they just saw us picking up the money, and they were very jealous. They wanted to steal our money but couldn't get it, so they said we stole the money from his shop for no reason." This person is so unjustly accused, this person’s heart is really dark!”
"People who slander people with empty words should be taken to the Yamen as soon as possible and beaten hard. Master, please take these people away quickly and teach them a lesson!"
The strong man heard that Tang was confusing right and wrong here, and he was so angry that he punched an osmanthus tree nearby, almost breaking a hole in the tree, "You two are just talking nonsense here, we are obviously chasing you all the way here." !”
"We picked up this silver!"
"You stole it!"
"Picked it up!"
"Stealed!"
"..."
The Yamen servant was so noisy by the two groups that his brain ached. He couldn't help but stretched out his hand to rub his temples, and hurriedly stopped them, "Since one of you said he picked it up and the other said he stole it, I think it's right for me to say it." My mother-in-law has always been arguing, and I have a way to tell who is telling the truth and who is telling lies."
"any solution?"
"Since you said you picked up this silver, did anyone else see it when you picked it up?" the officer asked Song Fengshou.
Song Fengshou shook his head, "There was no one else around at the time..."
"I saw it!" Mrs. Tang added, "I saw it. It was the money that the head of my family had picked up."
"You two are working together. This doesn't count." The officer asked the strong man, "Then you said he stole money. Is there anyone who can prove it?"
"There are no outsiders, only the clerks in the shop. I don't know if they count." The strong man answered truthfully.
"Since you have no outsiders to testify, that is, there is no certification, so let's talk about this physical evidence." The Yamen said, "Tell me, what is special about this silver? Is there anything that can be identified?"
In order to ensure that the two people talked smoothly, the Yamen specially took the two people to two places to ask questions separately.
The strong man said, "We just collected this silver in the morning. It weighs twelve taels and three coins. There are polishing marks at the end. The top is slightly thinner. There is a tooth mark. I bit it. Yes, yes." , there is a unclear word on the silver piece, it seems to be the word "lin", one side of the word "lin" is almost gone, it looks like a wooden character."
Song Fengshou said, "I just picked up the silver. It is estimated to be more than ten taels in weight. It is smooth and smooth. There is nothing unusual about it. There are only the marks of his teeth that he just bit."
Seeing that what the two said were not consistent, the Yamen official felt confident, so he took the money over and looked at it carefully.
After a moment, he laughed and said, "There is indeed a word "Lin" in the shape of a lake on this silver. There are polishing marks on the end and teeth marks on the top. It seems that this silver is yours."
As he spoke, he returned the money to the strong man.
The strong man took the money and immediately said with joy, "Thank you, Mr. Cha, for upholding justice!"
"Hey, hey, we picked up this silver, so why did we give it to him? Besides, you are telling lies with your eyes open. This silver is completely smooth, but there are some writings on it and there are traces of polishing!"
Song Fengshou hurriedly went to grab it, but was stopped by the strong man, who dangled the money in front of his eyes and said, "Look carefully, the words and polished marks on it, how can they be faked!"
Song Fengshou and Tang hurriedly took a look, but when they saw clearly, they were dumbfounded.
It was obvious just now that the silver was smooth and there was nothing unusual about it, so why did it have so many words on it?
Maybe they were too excited when picking up the money, so they didn't notice it?
Speaking of which, they were enjoying their stay here, but suddenly there was a clanking sound and money fell...
Could it be that someone else really stole the money, and then, fearing that someone would catch up, he threw it here through a wall or something, hoping to escape first and come back to get the money later?
Yes, that must be the case.
Song Feng's head was spinning very fast, and he hurriedly explained to the officer, "Master, I guess this is the case. Someone must have stolen the silver and thrown it here, and we happened to pick it up."
"Yes, yes, there is some truth in what you said." The yamen officer picked out his ears impatiently, and asked someone next to him to bring an iron chain over, and locked Song Fengshou, "Since you have so many great principles, why not go to the yamen Let’s talk about it slowly inside?”
After that, he dragged Song Fengshou and Tang to the Yamen.
