Datang Imperial Physician

Chapter 336 What a Drama

As soon as Wei Chi passed by, he saw a man about 36 years old being pushed down on the ground. The person holding him was Erhu. Erhu was dressed in short clothes with mud on his feet. He looked like he had just returned from the field. There is also a set of kettles next to it.

"What's going on?"

Wei Zhi looked at the situation in front of him and asked calmly, not worried about the stolen things at all. If earthworm breeding is so easy, he can fiddle with it by stealing a few earthworms and bags of feed, then he doesn't need to experiment nearly It took a year to get it out, and if you don't master the real technology, it's useless to steal more.

Like Wei Zhi, Xie Jiu is not worried, but if someone steals through the door, he will not be happy, his face is tight and stern.Wei Jia smiled calmly, patted her hand, signaled her to be calm, and teased in a low voice: "It seems that it is the turn of Mr. Wei Jia, a famous detective who has read countless mystery novels, to appear on the stage. your beautiful assistant?"

Xie Jiu gave him a white look, Wei Jia smiled, turned to Cheng Huinan and Erhu, and looked at the guy who was caught. Compared with Erhu and others, he was not tall and strong. clothes, gritted his teeth and looked at Wei Chi.

Wei Chi was stared so helplessly that he didn't even have the mind to ask questions, so he said directly to Er Hu: "A few days ago, I just discussed the penalty with Mr. Cheng, and you heard it next to me, so pull it down and practice it. "

Erhu straightened his chest, stared at the man, and said: "Yes, master, I know what to do, take it down."

The two tigers left behind, Wei Zhi turned to Cheng Huinan, and asked, "Can you tell where that guy is?"

Cheng Huinan was stunned for a moment, and then said with surprise on his face: "Yes, master. From a young age, that person should be a knight-errant. His martial arts may not be much, but his dexterity is the best."

Wei Jia nodded, pondered for a while, then suddenly smiled, and said, "Are you worried that my wife and I suspected you newcomers just now?"

Cheng Huinan blushed, nodded and said: "Yes, when the little ones don't come, there will be no accidents. An accident happened in the mansion just a few days ago, which is really worrying."

Wei Chi smiled, walked over, patted him on the shoulder, and said, "You are worrying too much about this matter. You are from the Cheng family, whether it is the old Duke of the Cheng family or the Cheng Ming brothers. The house is close to a family, you are the ones selected by Uncle Cheng, how can I not worry about it! I hope you will not be suspicious because of this matter, work hard, we will clarify this matter before we talk about it. "

"Yes, master! Thank you for your trust." Cheng Huinan bowed and saluted, Wei Chi just smiled and asked him to excuse himself and talk about the situation at that time.

Now is the season of spring sowing, almost every household is busy with spring sowing, Wei Mansion is no exception, most of the people are sent out to help with spring sowing, only a few people are in the mansion, the two tiger brothers also go out because Yunniang is pregnant help.Outside the breeding room, there were only two or three people guarding. In view of Wei Zhi's previous orders, several people from Cheng Huinan were transferred to be on duty.

After a day of work, Erhu came back to fetch water before it was dark, and happened to see a guy sneaking towards the breeding room.Erhu is an old man in Wei's mansion, he knows everyone in the mansion, seeing the guy's back is very strange, so he chased after him, ready to see who it is.But Cheng Huinan and the others had just arrived, and they were not familiar with the people in the mansion, so they let that person in, and if it wasn't for Erhu, they would follow behind, maybe they really let Ya steal the things.

Cheng Huinan said: "Master, please punish us, if you guys are not careless, this thief will never be let in."

Wei Jia raised his hand to stop him from blaming himself, and asked, "Did the thief know you at that time?"

Cheng Huinan is not stupid either, he immediately understood, thought about it carefully, and said: "He didn't call out my surname, but just called out with a smile, brother, saying that he was ordered by the master to bring some things over. By the way, he also greeted a few words, asking if we are used to staying in Zhuangzi, and I privately guessed that he should know that we are all newcomers!"

Wei Jia nodded, and said with a smile: "In this way, the scope will be narrowed. Our Weifu Zhuangzi said that the defense is tight, but that's not enough, but let a stranger sneak into the family, and even wear the servant's clothes to pretend, That would be interesting. In the next few days, you will investigate this matter with me, make sure the whole truth comes to light, and find out the black sheep of our village!"

Cheng Huinan was a little excited, and quickly took orders: "Yes, master, I will definitely help you with all my heart!"

Wei Jia patted him on the shoulder with a smile, and said: "Maybe Erhu can ask all the questions, maybe we'll wait and see. Take someone to look around Zhuangzi first, don't disturb the Zhuangzi. , let's proceed quietly."

"Yes, sir."

Cheng Huinan took the order and left.After instructing everyone to do what they should do, Wei Jia took Xie Jiu back to the house, drinking warm tea, feeling good, Xie Jiu was full of contemplation, and thought for a while: "I think there should be traitors, But this traitor will not be someone from our house."

Wei Chi chuckled, "Madam please advise."

Xie Jiu gave him a white look, and said: "Although we have not introduced Cheng Huinan and others to the people in the mansion, the butler has always been experienced. He should have informed the people that there are ten more guards in the mansion. , to tell the story, but not even the surname. The thief obviously didn't know the origins and surnames of Cheng Huinan and others. When the big tiger and the two tigers are not around, it should be that they have some understanding of the old people in the mansion and are familiar with the situation of planting on the Zhuangzi."

Wei Jia laughed: "Madam is wise, you can become a famous detective. In fact, I think so too. As long as the scope is determined, I will know when Erhu interrogates the person."

Xie Jiu nodded.The waiting time for the result was not long. After dinner, when he was about to exercise after cooking, Erhu asked the result.The situation was similar to what Wei Jia and Xie Jiu had speculated. The thief was just a rogue in Chang'an City. Someone gave him fifty guan, telling him to come to Wei Mansion to steal things during the busy season of spring sowing and farming.And the person who asked him to come is no stranger to him, he is the famous Qingniu children's shoes in Mingdong Township, a model of prodigal sons who turn around, a model of correcting mistakes.It was Qingniu who gave Ya fifty guan to steal things, and promised that as long as he could steal the secret of raising poultry in the Wei Mansion, he would be able to rise to the throne just around the corner.

Wei Chi nodded and asked Erhu, "Go and see if the green bull is still there?"

Erhu said, "As soon as I asked, I sent someone to arrest that girl, but the person who went there came back. That girl said three days ago that she went to Chang'an to go to the market and never came back. With so much money, his father has already declared that he will no longer recognize that disobedient son. Master, how should we deal with this matter?"

Wei Chi frowned: "Er Hu, what do you want to say? Just say it!"

Erhu smiled honestly and said: "It's about the young man's family. Now that Qingniu has committed a crime, his parents, wife and children are still in our village. How should we deal with this? Master, you have to say something, otherwise we won't do it." Easy."

Wei Chi nodded, suddenly smiled, and said, "Er Hu, you didn't care about these things before, who asked you to ask?"

Erhu was honest, and said: "It's Yunniang. When I sent someone to Qingniu's house to look for someone, Qingniu's parents cried and scolded, saying that Wuyan would live in the village of Weifu again. Moving to another place, Qingniu's wife and children refused, and the family was in a mess. Yunniang asked me to ask the master to see what the master has ordered, so we can follow it."

Wei Chi didn't answer, just smiled and said: "Success, you boy, you really married a shrewd daughter-in-law. That's all right, what else does your daughter-in-law want you to say, let's finish it once."

Erhu laughed and said, "Yunniang said that since Qingniu came back, their family's life has become better day by day. Qingniu is also good to his parents, but he still beats and scolds his daughter-in-law. His women can only give birth to money-losing goods, so they can't give birth to him a son, and they can't inherit the incense of their family. Once when he was drunk, he once said that when he got rich, he would take his parents over, or sell his wife and children to him. Others were servants, and they asked if anyone wanted it and could sell it cheaply. Yunniang said, Master, it’s best to go to Qingniu’s house to have a look.”

Wei Chi was dumbfounded when he heard that, knowing that there are jerks in this world, but this is the first time he has seen it with his own eyes, and there is really no such thing as the most jerk, only more jerk.Xie Jiu pursed his lips tightly and cursed "ridiculous".Wei Chi lowered his head and thought for a while, then said, "Let's go, let's go to Qingniu's house. Madam, do you want to go together?"

"go together."

Xie Jiu looked stern, got up and went out with Wei Jia.When I arrived in the village, I saw Qingniu's mother sitting in front of the door from a long distance, crying and cursing: "You chicken that can't lay eggs, can't see us have a better life? You just take the money-losing things you gave birth to and keep them, we The two of you can't afford to lose this person anymore, if you don't leave, let's go!"

Qingniu's daughter-in-law, Osmanthus Osmanthus, insisted: "Mother-in-law, Qingniu has done such a vile thing, and the Wei Mansion has treated me well, not only renting us a field, teaching us how to raise poultry, but also giving us money to cover it. Room, give us a comfortable and stable life. Qingniu has done so many wrong things, if we walk away and don’t repay Lord Wei’s kindness, we will be stabbed in the back in the future!”

The old lady of Qingniu was choked up, and she just started crying, resorting to the slapstick trick, kicking her legs on the ground, slapping her thighs with her hands, cursing while crying, scolding Osmanthus sister-in-law for being heartless, and her son ran away The daughter-in-law is not filial, not only did she not raise a grandson to inherit the incense, she also gave birth to a poor girl who cried and wanted to throw the mother and daughter away.

Father Qingniu waited coldly for Osmanthus mother and daughter, and said angrily: "It is because Qingniu did something wrong that we have to leave Weijiazhuangzi. Do you still have the face to stay? You don't want your face, I still want this old face, old man!"

Aunt Osmanthus was scolded with a pale face, she hugged her daughter tightly, bit her lower lip, and stopped talking. The little girl cuddled tightly in her mother's arms, timidly looking at her grandparents who had never been nice to her, scared Dare not to speak, tears swirl in the eye circles and dare not fall, very pitiful.

Wei Jia and Xie Jiu went over without speaking. Seeing that Yunniang was also in the crowd, they called Yunniang over. Wei Jia asked, "What's going on? What song is it singing?" ?”

Yunniang glanced at Qingniu's parents coldly, and said with a sneer, "Go back to the master, and I will see it as my concubine, but it's just a farce. The master has never seen a person who is so guilty that he wants to move away. He doesn't bring anything. Something soft?"

With Yunniang's reminder, Wei Jia looked at Qingniu's parents, and it was indeed as Yunniang said that Qingniu's parents did each carry a bag, which was not big, and a small bag, probably just some soft things, for daily use I didn't bring any furniture or anything.

Wei Chi scanned around, but there was no sound coming from the pigsty or the poultry pen. He asked strangely, "Why doesn't their family raise livestock? Every household in our Zhuangzi relies on this to supplement their household income. How come their family... ..."

Yunniang said: "Master, my concubine and Sister-in-law Osmanthus are close friends in the boudoir, and they often communicate. I heard that before the Chinese New Year, Qingniu sold all the poultry, and all the money from the sale was taken away this time. Just now the front foot sent by the two tigers to arrest people has just arrived, and the concubine cared about Mrs. Osmanthus fragrans, and followed behind. Qingniu's parents cried and cried, crying very sadly, but they didn't show any surprise. Knowing about it, the burden was packed quickly, as if it had been prepared for a long time, but I feel sorry for Mrs. Osmanthus, still complaining about my hard life, not meeting a good man, not giving Qingniu a son to inherit the incense, I dare not blame my in-laws for treating her badly."

Yunniang's tone seemed resentful, but it also revealed a lot.Wei Jia and Xie Jiu looked at each other, Wei Jia smiled, stepped forward and said, "It's all right, all right, don't cry, don't make trouble."

"Ah, here comes the lord and madam."

In the countryside, but in such a big place, every family in the village can know what's going on. The old lady Qingniu cried for a while at the door, and many people gathered. When they saw Wei Chi coming, they greeted him one after another.

(End of this chapter)