win the hairpin

Chapter 12 Investigation
Huang Wenqiu was very embarrassed to ask Jiang Gan to talk about the central matter, and his face was flushed.

With a cold voice, he said firmly: "I'm here to tell you kindly, to tell you to be careful, so as not to be brought in by someone, but you still think I'm narrow-minded."

Jiang Gan hurriedly said: "Brother, don't get angry, I'm just joking, you also know me, I have always been poor-mouthed, and I often offend people."

Huang Wenqiu thought to himself that you were nothing more than watching people order dishes, and that you would humbly compliment every servant in the Prince Jin's mansion—shameless.

He concealed his unhappiness, and got back to business: "Is the person you're looking for reliable? I'm afraid that if you are timid, I will go to the yamen to confess you, and then it will be up to you."

"It's really not. I won't tell you which tea merchant I sold it to, but Brother You from the Prince Jin's Mansion bought it for a while. If these things are related to Qi Xianggong, can Brother You come to me?"

Huang Wenqiu frowned: "Prince Jin never cares about things."

Seeing that he was not forgiving, Jiang Gan seemed to be determined to find someone ugly before giving up. A trace of disgust and unhappiness flashed in his eyes.

This man is so small, he can actually make a fortune.

"Brother, the dragon groups are divided into three, six, and nine ranks. Besides, when did I tell my brother about the ten-year-old tea, don't stain my innocence."

"you!"

Jiang Gan raised his teacup: "I'm still on fire, please stay with me."

He drank the tea in one gulp, turned around and went upstairs.

Huang Wenqiu saw that he walked away with his feet lifted, showing no respect for himself, and suddenly felt overwhelmed.

For an idler to despise himself so much, he must have made a fortune as a middleman.

Idlers deserve it too!

He drank three bowls of rock sugar water in a row, and he had an idea in an instant.

If he can catch Jiang Gan and the thieves, help Qi Cangsi recover the lost property, and directly deal with Qi Cangsi to get tea in the future, is he afraid that Song Huiyue will go to King Jin to talk?
Thinking of this, he thought of a way, went upstairs, and went to Jiang Gan again.

Jiang Gan was pushing glasses and changing glasses with the prostitute, when he saw Huang Wenqiu came up again to disturb him, he said with a smile: "Brother, do you want to have fun too?"

The prostitute hit the snake with a stick, and when she was naked, she burrowed into Huang Wenqiu's arms.

"No," Huang Wenqiu hurriedly pushed the person away, "I still have something to tell you, but you're leaving too fast, let's go down and talk about it."

This kind of flower tea house where tea is served and prostitutes are all inferior places, literati and refined scholars would never come here, he would feel that his breath is cloudy when he stays here.

That prostitute is a person who has traveled thousands of boats and horses, how could he not see his little thoughtfulness, turned around and sat down, and gave Huang Wenqiu a sideways look: "When you touch me, it turns out that your hand is slippery."

Jiang Gan secretly laughed, but his face was very serious, and he gave the prostitute a look: "My brother is a gentleman, who touched you, don't blackmail him."

"Sophisticated people are obscene, secretly taking advantage of others, secretly touching people with their hands, aren't they?"

Huang Wenqiu was ashamed and angry, and couldn't talk to her, so he said anxiously: "Nonsense, nonsense, nonsense."

Jiang Gan burst out laughing in his heart, pulled Huang Wenqiu and walked down: "Brother and her common sense, what are you doing?"

The two sat down, and asked the bartender to serve tea and fruit.

The blush on Huang Wenqiu's face faded: "Actually, I inquired about Qi Xianggong's theft, and I wanted to inquire clearly before doing business with you. Didn't I just buy a tea guide again?"

Jiang Gan pretended to be sorry: "It's really gone."

Huang Wenqiu said: "Please ask me again to see if he has any good goods hidden in his hand, no matter how much, I want it, and you have earned it, right?"

"Of course it's not too much to make money, so I'll ask my brother, and I'll go to your house if I get a letter."

"That's how hard it is for you."

After leaving the flower teahouse, Huang Wenqiu whispered a few words to the valet, gave him a handful of copper coins, and went home by himself.

Xiaosi Xiaohai is a smart boy, took the money, went to the opposite teahouse, waited until the sunset and Jiang Gan came out to play, he followed quietly.

Jiang Gan was not very busy as a helper, he went all the way to three small yamen to ask for peace, said three good things, had three meals with wine, waited until it was dark, and picked his teeth to cross the street.

Shizi Street is close to the West Outer City, and there is a graveyard outside the city. Strangers and those who have no money to bury are pushed here to be burned, so Shizi Street is full of people from all walks of life.

Lighting lamps cost oil, and even when it was dark, there were not many lights. Many people rushed out to Sanwa and Liangshe to do their business at night.

Xiao Hai mingled among the passers-by, watching Jiang Gan enter the third room, and there was a watchtower in front of the eaves, which turned out to be a small wine shop.

He followed, and saw Jiang Gan go in, lift the curtain and go back, he didn't even have time to make a cup of tea, so he came out.

Xiao Hai kept it in his heart, ran all the way home, and explained everything clearly to Huang Wenqiu.

Huang Wenqiu immediately changed his clothes and went to that place.

He went inside and picked a pair of slightly clean red-lacquered tables and chairs to sit down. Looking around, he saw that wine and meat were sold here as well as a tea stove, so he asked the bartender for tea.

The bartender went to fan the stove and chatted with him, saying that he was unfamiliar, but he just smiled and didn't answer. He looked around and watched the people coming and going in the restaurant.

There were a lot of people coming and going to rest, and he couldn't see anything suspicious.

The bartender served Huang Wenqiu tea, and when someone wanted wine and meat, he opened the blue coarse cloth curtain and went into the back kitchen to cut the meat.

Huang Wenqiu's gaze followed, trembling in shock, almost rolled under the table.

The person sitting behind the meat table and wiping the sharp knife is his deadly enemy——Yin Xiao.

The blade was sharp, and there was a flash of cold light, which paled against the knife on the meat table.

The curtain fell, Huang Wenqiu could only see Yin Xiao's straw sandals from underneath, and he was relieved.

He carefully changed his seat, sitting on the left side, he could see Yin Xiao, but it was inconvenient for Yin Xiao to see him.

The curtain was quickly opened again, and the bartender came out with two plates.

Huang Wenqiu's gaze swept in like a thief.

Yin Xiao was still wiping his wrist-releasing knife, and there were two white jade paperweights lying upside down on the armchair beside him.

Just when Huang Wenqiu was about to take a closer look, Yin Xiao raised his head and looked in his direction if he felt something.

He hastily raised his arms to cover half of his face, and then picked up the teacup to drink tea to cover up.

When he put down his teacup and looked again, Yin Xiao had disappeared.

Huang Wenqiu was full of doubts and couldn't help thinking about it. The more he thought about it, the more he felt that the two upside-down white jade paperweights looked like tiger buttons.

What Qi Cangsi lost was a pair of suet white jade tiger button paperweights!
Could it be that the thief Jiang Gan came to see was Yin Xiao?
It is very possible that Yin Xiao's behavior is no different from the murderous Jiang thief, and it is very likely that he was a Jiang thief in the past.

Qi Cangsi's things must have been stolen by him.

The ten teas must have been played by Song Huiyue.

Yin Xiao went to steal things first, and then went to Jiang Gan to sell them. As long as he took over, no matter whether he had a tea guide or not, Song Huiyue would expose him as soon as Qi Cangsi's theft happened.

As luck would have it, he escaped.

Taking a sip of tea to suppress his shock, he turned his mind again and again, and suddenly laughed.

Song Huiyue, Song Huiyue, you brought this to your door yourself.

(End of this chapter)