There's been a thief in town!
Early in the morning, a large number of people arrived at the county government office. They were all merchants from the town who came to report cases to the county magistrate.
"Sir, most of the rice in my granary is missing."
"Sir, my money box is also missing."
"My lord, I've also lost quite a few of my jewelry."
Suddenly, the doorway was filled with people crying and shouting that they had lost things, and the county magistrate was pulled out of bed before he was even fully awake.
They kept talking back and forth, making him dizzy and confused. In the end, he had no choice but to let the officials take the people to the front yard for questioning one by one.
"Sir, I've written everything down. This piece of paper lists all the lost items. The merchants have been appeased, and they've sent people back to wait for news."
The clerk walked in with a piece of paper. The magistrate took it and saw that it was half a page long, and of course, half of that page was nonsense.
Individually, each merchant lost a considerable amount of items, let alone when they were all lost together, especially since they were lost at the same time.
Isn't that strange?
"Sir, do you think these merchants are deliberately trying to cause trouble?" the clerk asked tentatively.
The county magistrate shook his head. "They don't have the ability to collude, and what good would it do them to cause trouble?"
Given the circumstances, the county magistrate could only order the county officials to investigate, and also sent someone to inquire with the guards about their patrol duties the previous night.
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Fu Man'er originally intended to go to the cloth shop, but when she saw several government officials coming to the neighboring shop, she sent someone to inquire and learned that such a thing had happened.
She immediately sent people to check all the warehouses, and only breathed a sigh of relief when she heard from the servants that nothing was missing.
"Strange, the neighbor's yard is only separated from ours by a wall, and they steal from the neighbor's yard, so why don't they steal from ours?" Fu Man'er muttered.
Shuangxi said from behind her, "Miss, we should be happy that they didn't steal from us. Why do you sound a little disappointed?"
"I just found it strange." Since the items were intact, I was naturally relieved.
Not long after, the Xu family sent a letter: "What? The food in the restaurant has also been stolen?"
The Xu family's restaurant closes for one day every month, and it just so happened to be yesterday. They usually open late the day after closing, so the Xu family only found out about the incident after everyone had already reported it to the authorities.
"Yes." The messenger was the restaurant manager. "Yesterday, I personally had the staff put potatoes, cabbages, and some meat in the storeroom, but today I found they were all gone."
The restaurant's storeroom mainly contained vegetables that could be stored for a long time, and they were all common items that almost every household had. I never expected that someone would steal these vegetables.
Since Xu Genshan and Liu Fang were not in town, Fu Man'er had no choice but to go there to handle the restaurant's affairs.
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The same officials came over to question them. Fu Man'er inquired and found out that the Xu family had actually suffered the least loss among the families that had lost their belongings.
"You don't know, the box of jewelry that Mr. Wang lost was just delivered from out of town. It was on the table in the warehouse, and we hadn't even had time to record it before it was gone."
The official spoke of it with a hint of regret in his voice.
Fu Man'er listened to what the officials were saying, but her eyes scanned the backyard. How did the thief get in?
"You climbed over the wall to get in." A voice suddenly sounded from behind.
Fu Man'er turned around and saw, "You're back?"
Xu Yi nodded. "I heard about this from the gatekeepers as soon as I entered the city."
“I went to check the other houses first, and there were signs of tampering on the walls. Although the walls were high, they must have used stools or something to help them climb up.”
As they walked towards the wall, Xu Yi suddenly grabbed Fu Man'er by the waist and lifted her up.
Before Fu Man'er could even exclaim in surprise, Xu Yi said, "Look, are there any marks on the wall?"
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Because of the missing items, most of the city's guards were sent to help the county constables solve the case, but one person was left idle.
It was Qian Dayong, who had just gotten married. Because of his wedding, he was given three days off.
He had also heard about many shops being robbed, but he was somewhat gloating, saying, "They deserved to be robbed. If they're so rich, who else would they rob?"
"Those thieves are really clueless. Why steal blankets and clothes? Steal more money and jewelry. With money, you can have anything."
"Chunniang, don't you think so?" Qian Dayong turned to Chunniang and said.
"That's right." Chunniang had just finished making breakfast and was bringing the food over.
Qian Dayong sat there like a lord, waiting for Chunniang to serve the rice and place it in front of him. He didn't even wait for Chunniang to sit down before picking up the bowl and starting to eat.
"By the way, are you going to deliver food again today?"
After Chunniang stayed, she found a job as a waitress at a restaurant. She had a cart to push and only cooked food, which was quite easy.
“I won’t go. The shopkeeper’s messenger said that some of the families whose homes were robbed don’t need meals delivered anymore. The shop assistants are busy enough, so I don’t need to go today,” Chunniang said.
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With food in his mouth, Qian Dayong mumbled, "Then you stay home today, I'm going out for a bit."
Chunniang asked casually, "Where are we going?"
Qian Dayong's expression suddenly became mysterious. "I told you before, I'm going to keep an eye on the bandits."
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