Chapter 501 A thief came out of the house
. The two soldiers hung their heads in annoyance.
"My dear uncle, everything has been fine recently. Maybe the brothers who were on guard at night fell asleep for a while and were taken advantage of, so..."
Jiang Fengze's face darkened and he raised his hand to stop.
It was useless to explain more at this time.
Without saying anything, he went back to the house to change his clothes, and grabbed Xiao Lanyi who was still reading the storybook, and went up the mountain to investigate.
Although two barrels of asphalt were not much, it was really infuriating that the imperial court was stolen.
Xiao Nuobao listened for a while with his ears erected, and hurriedly ran out in his scissor-toe shoes, wanting to catch thieves with his third brother.
"Third brother, take me with you, maybe I can help~" The little fat girl jumped under the horse.
Jiang Fengze looked anxious. He lifted her onto the horse with one hand. After she sat steadily, he tightened the reins and rushed to the outskirts of Beijing.
However, Xiao Nuobao rarely rode a horse.
But this time, the horse's hooves were "dong dong", running faster than the wind, shaking her buttocks almost into eight pieces.
Xiao Nuobao had a bitter face and groaned in pain, fearing that if the horse took two more steps, her buttocks would become "flower steamed buns".
Fortunately, Xiao Lanyi was thoughtful. She looked back and shouted with a puff, "Oh my God, even if Nuobao was an egg, you would shake it apart! Fengze, let's ride slower!"
Jiang Fengze looked down and found that his sister had closed her eyes, with an expression of "going to die bravely".
He hurriedly slowed down and touched Xiao Nuobao's head, "It's my fault, Third Brother. Anyway, everything is lost, and it doesn't matter if I lose a moment."
After the horse's hooves slowed down, Xiao Nuobao was no longer so dizzy, and he was half alive.
After running for another quarter of an hour, they finally reached the foot of the mountain.
Jiang Fengze got off the horse with his sister in his arms, and saw that the other soldiers were here, and Jiang Fenghu, who was leading the work, was also there.
Jiang Fenghu just knew what happened, and hurried over and said, "I heard that the stone fat was stolen when I came here this morning. Who is so bold, Third Brother, we must find him out!"
Although Jiang Fengze was angry, he acted calmly.
He immediately ordered people to seal off the West Mountain, and at the same time, he called the craftsmen who started working in the morning to question them one by one.
"When did you find the asphalt missing?"
The miners had stopped working long ago and stood in a row, waiting to be interrogated.
"My dear uncle, we got up to work before dawn, and it was almost the morning hour."
"Yes, it was the morning hour."
Jiang Fengze thought carefully, "The previous shift finished work at dawn, and you started work at the morning hour. There was only three hours in between, and the mountain roads in West Mountain are difficult to travel."
"The person who can take advantage of this time to steal must be someone who knows West Mountain and your work and rest very well." Jiang Fengze said decisively.
As soon as these words came out, Xiao Lanyi narrowed her eyes, "But the people who know these things best are none other than our own craftsmen who mined the mines. Could it be that there is a traitor among the craftsmen, and they are thieves in the house?"
This speculation sounds reasonable.
But Xiao Nuobao doesn't think it's the case.
Although surveillance theft is common, the craftsmen live together at night. Unless they are stealing together, if someone behaves abnormally, they will definitely be discovered by others.
She poked her head and carefully looked at the expressions of the craftsmen.
They all looked aggrieved and anxious, but due to the difference in status, they dared not talk back to Xiao Lanyi.
Xiao Nuobao touched his chin and shook his head, saying, "Brother Xiao, it shouldn't be them. The craftsmen here are not temporary hired hands, but registered long-term workers in the Ministry of Revenue, and they have been working for the court for more than a day or two."
Although stealing and selling stone fat can make more money
, these people can still distinguish between eating one meal and eating every now and then.
The craftsmen showed their gratitude and finally dared to speak again, "Thank you, Princess. Besides, we sleep together at night, ten people on a kang, and we turn over with our bodies touching each other. If there is a thief among us, the people sleeping with us will definitely find it!"
Jiang Fengze also agreed with his sister.
But for a moment, he had no idea and felt anxious.
At this moment, Xiao Nuobao looked around and suddenly saw the laborers who built the road in his family. They had come down the mountain and were standing behind his second brother.
Xiao Nuobao thought for a moment.
If we talk about knowing Xishan, besides the people who mined asphalt, there were also the people who worked in his family.
And since they were building a stone road, they had to work at night. So the people who built the road at night were also somewhat suspicious.
"Second brother." Xiao Nuobao was afraid of alerting the enemy, so he didn't say anything, but quietly walked to Fenghu's side, "Have the night workers who worked in our family last night gone home now?"
Jiang Fenghu was stunned for a moment, turned around and counted the number of people.
"There were eight night workers last night. Four of them didn't have time to go down the mountain because they wanted to have an extra breakfast."
"The remaining four are all from our village. They have already gone home. What do you mean, sister..."
Xiao Nuobao narrowed his eyes and whispered to Jiang Fenghu.
Those who stayed in the mountain can't hide the stolen goods.
But the four who have already gone back have to be investigated.
If there is nothing to do, it's just right to investigate them to prove their innocence, so it won't be a waste of effort.
After listening to this, Jiang Fenghu nodded with his eyes wide open, and then borrowed a few soldiers from Fengze's camp and rushed back to the village to search.
They had just walked back to the village entrance, and by chance, they saw Wang Yong and his cousin rushing out of the village in an ox cart.
Jiang Fenghu squinted and saw two large barrels on the car board. Before he got close, a pungent smell came out!
"Wang Yong!" Jiang Fenghu calmed down and shouted, "You've worked all night and you're going to sleep when you get home. Where are you going to fool around!"
"Boss... Boss?" Wang Yong was startled and raised his head in panic, "I... I... I want to go into the city and accompany my cousin to do some private work."
"Work? Your dark circles are almost falling to your lips. What kind of work are you in such a hurry for? I want to see it."
"Boss, the bucket is full of feces, you can't open it... Don't open it! Please don't! Don't let the fumes stink!"
However, before Wang Yong could stop him, Jiang Fenghu jumped up, jumped onto the car and kicked open the lid.
The next moment, his face turned gloomy.
The bucket was filled with black and shiny asphalt, comparable to ink!
The last thing Jiang Fenghu wanted happened.
He was furious and kicked over, "You two stole this filthy thing!"
Wang Yong was kicked in the chest and fell heavily to the ground. He was scared at this time.
"Please spare my life, my boss. I was just confused for a moment. My family owed too much debt. I had no other choice but to steal asphalt and sell it."
Wang Yong knelt on the ground, tears and snot flying together, and he wanted to pull Fenghu's pants to beg for mercy. "Please help us cover this up for the sake of my farming for your family. My brother and I will definitely not dare to do it again. There will not be a next time."
Jiang Fenghu was upset.
No wonder Wang Yong would rather share the wages with his cousin and work with him.
I thought it was a deep brotherly love, but I never thought that it was clearly a partnership to steal, otherwise how could one person lift the asphalt bucket!
Jiang Fenghu hated dishonest people the most. He kicked Wang Yong over and said, "How have I done anything wrong to you? I gave you whatever you asked for, but in the end, I was still embarrassed by you!"
"If you dare to steal things from the court, no one will forgive you. Just wait to be caught by the soldiers and tortured in court. I will whip the bastards off you."
Seeing this, the brothers of Liaodong Camp were no longer polite. They came up and kicked the two men to their knees, took out the handcuffs and wanted to arrest them!
Wang Yong was also scared when he saw that they were going to do it for real.
But no matter how he cried and begged, Jiang Fenghu didn't say a word. In the end, he was simply angry and scolded Fenghu.
"Bah, the asphalt mine originally grew on the mountain, how can it become the property of the imperial court? Why can't we ordinary people touch it?"
"And you, Mr. Jiang! The villagers say you are a good boss, I think they are blind!" Wang Yong showed a vicious look.
"Your family has earned countless silver from us farming, and now I just took two buckets of asphalt, and you are not forgiving. In my opinion, you rich people are all black-hearted, unwilling to see us poor people make a little more money, and your conscience has been taken away by dogs!"
Wang Yong scolded until his face turned red, his eyes almost popped out, and finally he spat, his eyes were really full of hatred.
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