Tang Ancai was startled and quickly said, "No, don't do it, I'll talk, I'll talk... Doctor Wang from Huichuntang asked me to steal the He Shou Wu..."

"Dr. Wang told you to steal it?" Lin Cuiying asked, somewhat surprised. "Why would he tell you to steal the Polygonum multiflorum?"

“Because…” Tang Ancai stammered, “He needed a long-aged He Shou Wu (Polygonum multiflorum) as a medicinal ingredient, and he happened to find that Anhetang had some, so he asked me to steal it.”

"How would he know that Anhetang has He Shou Wu?" Lin Cuiying continued to ask.

You know, she had just sold the he shou wu to Anhetang, and it was stolen that very night. This is definitely not a coincidence.

"I...I don't know." Tang Ancai shook his head. "He just told me to steal it, and didn't say anything else."

"You really don't know?" Lin Cuiying asked with a serious expression.

Tang Ancai felt a little flustered under her gaze. "I...I really don't know."

"You're lying."

Upon hearing this, Tang Ancai's heart skipped a beat, and he panicked a little. "I, I didn't lie, everything I said is true."

"You're still not lying?"

If it weren't for the silly system reminding Lin Cuiying that Tang Ancai's heart was racing, his eyes were darting around, and he was afraid to meet her gaze, these were all signs that he was lying.

Lin Cuiying wasn't sure if Tang Ancai's heartbeat had accelerated, but she could clearly see his two subsequent reactions.

She decided not to waste words with him. Golden Stick could do more than just good people; her fists could do the same.

Lin Cuiying swung her fist and gave Tang Ancai a good beating.

"Ah, stop hitting me, stop hitting me..." Tang Ancai tried to protect his head, but his hands were tied, so he could only beg for mercy.

After hitting him for a while, he stopped and asked coldly, "Are you going to talk or not? If you don't, I'll hit you again."

Tang Ancai was in pain all over his body and wanted to cry but had no tears. He realized that this person was not a kind person at all. If he didn't tell the truth, he might really die here today.

"I'll talk, I'll talk..." Tang Ancai dared not hide it any longer. "Actually, that day I took Doctor Wang to a house call and forgot to bring a certain medicinal herb, so they asked me to come back and get it. On the way, I overheard a family talking, and they said they didn't expect that the he shou wu (Polygonum multiflorum) would sell for so much money?"

Upon hearing this, Lin Cuiying thought to herself that the family Tang Ancai had encountered must be their family.

I vaguely remember that they said these things on the way, but I didn't expect that someone else overheard them.

Tang Ancai continued, "When I heard this, I thought that the He Shou Wu had sold for a lot of money, so it must have been quite old. Doctor Wang had been looking for aged He Shou Wu to use as a medicinal ingredient, so I thought..."

"All you were thinking about was stealing," Lin Cuiying finished his sentence, "and how did you steal it?"

“At that time, after I gave the medicinal herbs to Doctor Wang, I made an excuse to go directly to Anhetang. I happened to see the old doctor at Anhetang put the Polygonum multiflorum into the cabinet, and I secretly remembered the location. I knew that Anhetang had a backyard, so I went there to scout it out, preparing to find an opportunity to make a move.”

Tang Ancai paused for a moment when he said this, but after Lin Cuiying gave him a look, he continued.

"That evening, I saw the old doctor lock the door and leave, so I quietly climbed over the wall from the backyard into Anhetang and stole the He Shou Wu."

At this point, Tang Ancai looked shaken. "I thought I had done this so secretly that no one would know, but I didn't expect you to find out anyway."

"If you don't want anyone to know, then don't do it in the first place." Lin Cuiying then asked, "So after you stole the Polygonum multiflorum, did you sell it to Doctor Wang?"

Tang Ancai nodded. "After I stole it, I delivered it to him that very night."

"How much silver did he give you?" Lin Cuiying raised an eyebrow.

Tang Ancai lowered his head in shame. "He...he only gave me ten taels of silver."

"Ten taels?" Lin Cuiying scoffed. "That He Shou Wu is worth fifty taels, and he's only giving you ten taels? You'd be willing to accept that?"

Tang Ancai gave a bitter laugh, "I... I was blinded by money back then, thinking that ten taels of silver could buy me several years' worth of work at Huichuntang, so..."

"That Doctor Wang should know that you stole the Polygonum multiflorum, right?"

"How did you know?" Tang Ancai looked at Lin Cuiying in surprise. Could this constable read minds?

Lin Cuiying didn't answer him. Instead, she kicked Tang Ancai and said impatiently, "Get up now and come back to the yamen with me."

Tang Ancai was stunned. "Go, go to the yamen?"

"You stole something, aren't you coming with me to the yamen?"

"I..." Tang Ancai was on the verge of tears. He was doomed. He would definitely be going to jail when he returned to the yamen.

Seeing that Tang Ancai didn't move, Lin Cuiying kicked him impatiently, "Hurry up and go, stop dawdling."

Tang Ancai could only stand up shakily and limp as he followed Lin Cuiying.

Lin Cuiying remembered something else and asked the system, "If I go to the yamen dressed as a constable, will people find out that I'm an imposter?"

"No, please rest assured, host. As long as you put on the constable's uniform, in other people's eyes you are a constable. Moreover, you also have a token issued by the system."

Upon hearing this, Lin Cuiying felt relieved; that was good.

However, the last sentence is a bit strange. There is a lucky cat on the back of the token. If someone picks it up and turns it over, they will know that the token is fake.

Lin Cuiying voiced her doubts.

"No one else will see the lucky cat behind it," the silly system explained.

"Why?" Lin Cuiying asked, puzzled.

"Because of the constable's waist tag, if someone takes it out and looks at it for no reason, they won't suspect that you are impersonating a constable. You can just show it to them."

Lin Cuiying thought about it and realized that what he said made sense.

After thinking it through, they escorted Tang Ancai to the county government office in Shiqiao Town.

Just then, a constable was standing guard at the entrance. Lin Cuiying walked up to the constable and took out her token. "Brother, I am a constable from Songshi Town. I came out to investigate a case and caught someone who committed a crime in your town. Please inform him."

The constable on guard glanced at the token. "So you're from Songshi Town. I'll report this to you right away. By the way, Constable, who is the criminal you arrested?"

“It’s him, the thief.” Lin Cuiying pointed to Tang Ancai, who was tied up with rope behind her.

"Okay, wait here for a moment, I'll go and report right away."

Not long after, a man dressed as a constable walked out. "I heard the constables from Songshi Town have arrived?"

"Captain, that's him." The guard standing behind the captain pointed at Lin Cuiying.

The head constable walked over and clasped his hands in greeting to Lin Cuiying. "So you're the constable brothers from Songshi Town. I'm so sorry for not welcoming you sooner."

"You're too kind." Lin Cuiying returned the greeting, then pointed to Tang Ancai, "I'll leave this person to you. I still have a case to investigate, so I'll take my leave now."