Chapter 222 Going to the Yamen
Stealing silver? When Song Fengshou and Tang heard this, they were dumbfounded at first, and then stared.
"What nonsense are you talking about? When did my husband and I steal your money?"
"How could you not steal? Just now we clearly saw a figure rushing into our grain store, and then he disappeared in the blink of an eye. When we checked, we found that a piece of silver was missing, so we hurriedly chased after the figure. When we got here, we found you two sneaking around with a piece of silver in your hands. It looked like the piece that was lost from my store. You still say you didn't steal the silver?"
The sturdy man was furious. "I have never seen people as shameless as you. You stole other people's money, and when we caught up with you, you said we were robbing them. You are really good at playing the thief crying thief!"
"This silver was clearly not stolen. We picked it up when we passed by here. You chased us right after we found it and begged us to hand it over. Isn't this robbery?"
Tang shouted angrily, "Officer, I think they were just jealous of us for picking up the silver. They wanted to rob us but failed, so they said we stole the silver from their shop. They are accusing us for no reason. They are really evil!"
"People who slander others with empty words should be taken to the government office and severely beaten with a stick. Officers, take these people away quickly and teach them a lesson!"
The sturdy man was so angry when he heard Tang's distortion of right and wrong that he punched a nearby osmanthus tree, almost punching a hole in the tree. "You two are talking nonsense here. We were clearly chasing us all the way here!"
"We picked up this silver!"
"You stole it!"
“I picked it up!”
“Stolen!”
“…”
The yamen runner's head hurt from the quarrel between the two groups of people. He couldn't help but rub his temple with his hand, and hurriedly stopped them. "Since one of you said you picked it up and the other said you stole it, and you keep arguing, I have a way to tell who is telling the truth and who is lying."
"What is the solution?"
"Since you said that you picked up this silver, did anyone else see you when you picked it up?" the yamen runner asked Song Fengshou.
Song Fengshou shook his head, "There was no one around at the time..."
"I saw it!" Tang added, "I saw it. It was the silver that my master found."
"You two are in cahoots, so this doesn't count." The yamen runner asked the strong man, "Then you say he stole the silver, do you have any evidence?"
"There are no outsiders, only shop assistants. I don't know if it counts." The sturdy man answered truthfully.
"Since you have no outsiders to testify, that means you have no authentication. Then let's talk about the physical evidence." The yamen runner said, "Tell me, what is special about this silver? Is there anything that can be identified?"
In order to ensure that the two people spoke in accordance with their words, the yamen runners took them to two different places for questioning.
The strong man said, "We just collected this silver this morning. It weighs twelve taels and three cents. There are signs of grinding at the end. The top is slightly thinner and has a tooth mark. I bit it. Yes, yes, yes, there is a unclear word on the silver. It seems to be the word "Lin". One side of the word "Lin" is almost worn away. It looks like the word "Mu".
Song Fengshou said, "The silver was just picked up. I estimate it weighs more than ten taels. It's smooth and there's nothing unusual about it. There's only the tooth marks from where he bit it."
Seeing that what the two people said were inconsistent, the yamen runner became more confident. He took the silver and looked at it carefully.
After a moment, he laughed, "There is indeed a blurred word 'Lin' on this silver, there are traces of grinding at the end, and teeth marks at the top, it seems that this silver is yours."
As he spoke, he returned the silver to the strong man.
The strong man took the silver and was immediately overjoyed, "Thank you, officer, for doing justice!"
"Hey, hey, hey, we picked up this silver, how could we give it to him? Besides, you are lying with open eyes. This silver is smooth all over, how can there be any words on it? There are also traces of polishing!"
Song Fengshou hurriedly tried to grab it, but was stopped by the sturdy man, who shook the silver in front of his eyes and said, "Look carefully, the words on it and the marks from grinding, how can they be fake!"
Song Fengshou and Tang looked hurriedly, and when they saw it clearly, they were stunned.
The silver was smooth and had no abnormality just now, so how come there were extra words on it? Perhaps they were too excited when they picked up the silver just now, so they didn't notice it? Speaking of which, they were staying here just fine, and suddenly there was a jingle and silver fell down...
Could it be that the silver was really stolen by someone else, and then, fearing that he would be caught, he threw it over the wall or something, thinking of escaping first and then coming back to get the silver? Yes, that must be the case.
Song Fengshou's mind worked very quickly, and he hurriedly explained to the yamen runner, "Sir, this is what I think happened. Someone must have stolen the silver and threw it here, and we happened to pick it up."
"Yes, yes, that makes sense." The yamen runner scratched his ears impatiently and asked someone nearby to bring an iron chain to lock up Song Fengshou. "Since you have so many great reasons, why don't you go to the yamen and talk about it slowly?"
After saying that, he dragged Song Fengshou and Tang towards the yamen.
I'll write a little longer today~ (End of this chapter)
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