Chapter 81 Conclusion
One hundred taels, a full one hundred taels!
He had been the shopkeeper of Jinyutang for so many years, but he had never earned so much money. Most of his savings were used to help his son pay off his gambling debts.
He didn't have much money in his pocket to begin with, and he couldn't come up with the hundred taels even if he sold everything he had.
His son also knew this, so he decided to go all out. He knocked him out and stole Jin Yutang's jewelry to pay off the debt. It was a drama he directed and acted in himself.
As the shopkeeper of Jinyutang, he shouldn't have helped cover up this matter, but after all, this is his son, his only son. His mother passed away early, leaving him with this only child. How could he bear to let this child get hurt?
Those people in the gambling house are not pushovers. If they don’t get the money, they will use people to pay off their debts!
Since the son has already done this, as a father, all he can do is to help cover it up, as long as his son is safe.
As long as the yamen runners cannot catch the murderer and classify this as a theft case, he has been attacked by thieves, and the boss of Jinyutang will not ask him to pay for it all. He will just have to take money from one pocket to pay for another.
"I know. Stop nagging me. Aren't you annoying? I will study hard in the future and won't go out to play anymore." Yao Hui said impatiently. He picked up his packed belongings and prepared to leave.
Although his son had said this countless times, Manager Yao liked to hear it very much. He was very satisfied that Hui Ge'er had such awareness.
He sent him out, his eyes full of worry about his son's long journey, and continued to instruct him, "Just find a place to stay and stay well. Even if you run out of money, don't hang around outside. Write to me."
"Okay, I'm leaving." Yao Hui turned around and left impatiently.
At this moment, Zhou Yayi and others appeared at the intersection not far away with a menacing momentum.
Yao Hui had done something wrong, and seeing such a scene, he was very panicked. He said in panic, "Dad, why... why are there so many yamen runners again?"
Shopkeeper Yao suddenly felt something was wrong. He pulled his son inside and pushed him into the underground warehouse. "You hide here first. I'll go out and take a look."
When Manager Yao opened the door, he saw Zhou Yayi and the others. He asked curiously, "Zhou Yayi, what's wrong with you?"
"Manager Yao, I think it's not too much to search your house for the sake of investigating the case!"
"No...it's not too much." Shopkeeper Yao's voice was a little weak, but he still pretended to be calm.
Anyway, he asked his son to hide in the underground warehouse with his valuables, so at least on the surface nothing would be found.
Zhou Yayi led his men to start searching. There was no one else in the courtyard, but Zhou Yayi looked at the messy bed. The bed was still warm, but the way Manager Yao was dressed neatly showed that he had obviously not just gotten out of bed.
The two cups placed on the table indicate that there must be someone else in this courtyard. It seems that Yao Hui is still in this courtyard.
Yamen runner Zhou began to check carefully, leaving no corner untouched. Seeing this, Shopkeeper Yao asked with a guilty conscience, "Yamen runner Zhou, what are you looking for?"
His eyes would always look to another place intentionally or unintentionally, and these small movements naturally did not escape Zhou Yayi's eyes. He walked straight to that place and easily found an underground passage.
Seeing this, Manager Yao's heart was about to jump out of his chest. He hurriedly stopped in front of the yamen runner Zhou and said, "Ye Zhou, this is just a warehouse full of junk. There's nothing here."
After this, the yamen runner Tang turned around. Seeing that Manager Yao was so nervous, he thought there must be something inside!
He walked forward and opened the door of the underground warehouse, and made eye contact with Yao Hui, who was carrying valuables inside.
Afterwards, they successfully recovered the gold and silver jewelry that Jin Yutang had lost from Yao Hui, and the criminal was caught red-handed. The case of theft by Jin Yutang was finally settled.
The amount of money Yao Hui stole was not small, so he was bound to go to jail. As for Manager Yao, he was considered an accomplice, so he still had to be detained for a few days.
But Shopkeeper Yao insisted that he was the mastermind behind the theft of the gold and silver jewelry, and he took all the blame on himself.
Originally thought to be just an ordinary theft case, unexpectedly the accomplice behind the scenes would be the store owner. This incident alarmed the owner of Jinyutang, and he came all the way from Huizhou to Qizhou County.
Anyone with a discerning eye can see that the real murderer in this case should be Yao Hui, the son of Shopkeeper Yao, not Shopkeeper Yao. He did this to protect Yao Hui.
The boss of Jinyutang couldn't convince the client, and in the end, considering the hard work that Manager Yao had put in over the years, he didn't pursue the matter and simply asked Manager Yao and his family to return the jewelry that was lost at Jinyutang.
After this incident, Manager Yao naturally had no face to continue working in Jinyu Pavilion, but his son's gambling debts still needed to be repaid, so he could only mortgage the courtyard where he lived. The case of Jinyu Hall came to an end.
After resolving this matter, Zhou Yayi also planned to go to Baiwei Restaurant to thank the owner and the young lady.
But before he could take any action, an old woman called the police, saying that the family living across from her were thieves.
Zhou Yayi pinched his brows. Why are there so many thieves in Qizhou County recently? The Jinyutang incident just passed, and now it’s happening again.
He asked, "Mrs. Liu, can you tell me in detail what is going on?"
"Sir, you must thoroughly investigate this matter. The family across from me rents their house, and now they have the money to open a restaurant on South Street. It costs a lot of money to open a restaurant, and their money definitely came from illicit sources. Sir, come with me to search the place, we're sure we'll find a lot of stuff!"
"Restaurant?" Zhou, the yamen runner, grasped the key word.
"Yes, it's a restaurant called Bai...Bai something, which was newly opened in the last few days." Old Lady Liu introduced it excitedly, and frantically gestured to the yamen runners to follow her to search Pei's house. She didn't notice at all that the yamen runner Zhou's expression changed slightly after she mentioned this restaurant.
"You said someone stole property, but do you have any evidence? I haven't received any news of anyone losing property."
"Of course there isn't one! They had an old hen, which was mine, but it was snatched away by their family! They teamed up to bully an old woman like me! Oh, my life is so miserable!" As she spoke, Old Lady Liu could even squeeze out two hypocritical tears, as if she had suffered a great injustice.
Although Old Lady Liu described the situation vividly, Yayi Zhou felt that the Pei family would not steal other people's property. There must be some misunderstanding. He said, "Okay, come with me and confront that family."
"This... Sir, they definitely won't admit it! You might as well come with me to search the Pei family's house. We're sure to find a lot of stolen goods!"
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