The host of quick travel is chasing you again

Chapter 191 Slowly Drawing It (1)

"Dong dong dong dong-"

Early in the morning, just after dawn, the adults in the government office were still asleep when they were woken up by people beating drums outside.

The officer quickly put on his clothes and staggered out. His master was already standing at the door.

"No, what's going on this early in the morning? Who's playing the drums?"

"My lord, I have already brought you to the hall. I am here to report to the official."

The adults wanted to sleep a little longer, but it turned out that someone was looking for trouble early in the morning. I really wanted to know what kind of big deal it was that they came to report to the official so early.

"Go and have a look."

The Lord had just walked into the hall when he saw a man in his 30s explaining things to the police.

There was another catcher standing next to the catcher, saying that the two were at the same level, but rather like superiors and subordinates.

The other saw the lord coming, and hurriedly tugged the people around him, and reminded softly, "Master Gao is here."

Only then did the man react and salute the tall man.

"grown ups."

Mr. Gao seemed to find this arrester very unpleasant, and he didn't even give him a straight look.

Someone came to report to the official. He, the boss of the government office, hadn't come yet, but they chatted first. It seemed that they were having a good conversation. This made Mr. Gao feel that his position was a bit unsafe, or that this little catcher was a bit unsafe. It's out of line.

"Captain Shen is a little hardworking, I still need to learn a lot from Captain Shen."

It seemed like he was complimenting him, but in fact, Ming Chao was sarcastically saying that Shen Yi was out of line.

"Your Excellency was joking, Shen Yi happened to be here, so he said a few words to Shopkeeper Song."

"Heh, those who don't know think you are the master of this government office."

Shen Yi has long been used to Master Gao's behavior of looking for trouble, and he has never taken it to heart. Anyway, Master Gao does not dare to do anything to him.

Looking at the dispute between the two sides, Shopkeeper Song felt that he was a bit redundant, but what he came to report was really important, and it was his treasure. If it disappeared, all his money would be gone. .

"Shopkeeper Song, don't you hurry up and tell Mr. Gao what you just counted?"

At the critical moment, the master has to come to save face for Mr. Gao, and let him know who can really help him.

"Tell me, why did you report to the official early in the morning?"

Shopkeeper Song saw Lord Gao sitting on it and quickly knelt down on the ground and saluted. From the conversation just now, he could tell that this Lord was not a good person.

He is the one who runs a shop, and he can tell the temperament of these powerful people coming and going in the shop every day, so he should be flattering to the man in front of him.

"The young one is the shopkeeper of a shop in the capital. He makes a living by selling calligraphy and paintings on weekdays. I got a famous painting from the former dynasty by chance some time ago, so I keep it like a treasure. But last night, for some reason, the shop hired someone. I lost nothing else, but lost such a famous painting, it is like killing my little one.”

For those who love calligraphy and painting, if they can get a famous painting, they naturally want to hide it as a treasure. They have to look at it dozens or hundreds of times a day to be at ease. It is really a big blow to lose it suddenly.

Mr. Gao didn't know how to check this for a while. Looking at the clothes of the shopkeeper in front of him, he didn't look like a rich man. Whether the famous paintings he mentioned were true or false was open to question.

"I don't know, but does anyone know that there is such a painting in your house?"

"The little one knows that famous paintings are precious, so naturally he dared not announce them, and never mentioned them to anyone."

Never told anyone?

A thing that I only know, but no one else knows, so there is no way to find it.

"Then how did you obtain this painting? Can you tell me in detail?"

"This"

When talking about the origin of this painting, shopkeeper Song began to be speechless, as if he didn't know how to speak, and his eyes began to dodge.

Even Lord Gao noticed something fishy in this.

"Why, did you get this painting through some shady means?"

"No, no."

Speaking of which, the method of obtaining this painting is indeed not very honorable, and it is also taking advantage of others' danger.

"Just some time ago, the villain went out of the city to visit relatives. On the way back, he met a person. The man was passed out in the grass. The villain took a look out of curiosity. The main reason was to see if the person was dead and if there were any traces on him. There’s no money or anything like that.”

At that time, his thinking was relatively simple, that person fell down, if he had money on him, he would take it as if he had found it.

"But after the villain touched him twice, he woke up, but his breath was weaker."

"Afterwards he asked me for water and dry food, and I did have them on me. Although these things are not worth much, the villain is not a rich man, and he can't just give money to people he doesn't know. So I asked him if he had any silver, and if he could change it, it would be fine."

"That man was also reluctant, but if the villain didn't give him food at that time, he might really be hopeless."

"Then he took out such a scroll from his arms. The villain is also a person who loves calligraphy and painting, so he can naturally recognize that this is a treasure. Although it is an unequal exchange, it is still voluntary on both sides. ah."

There is nothing wrong with what Shopkeeper Song said, but no one knows whether it is true or false.

That person was already so weak back then, even if he disagreed, he would have no power to fight back at all.

But he knows what happened. If he didn't tell anyone according to Shopkeeper Song, then the only person who knows about it is the previous owner of this painting.

"Is there any excess silver in your family?"

If that person took the painting back, would he return the money for water and dry food to Shopkeeper Song?

"No"

In fact, even if there was one, he wouldn't notice it. When he found out that the painting was gone, he was so anxious that he would die. Who would notice such a small piece of silver?
"No?"

This case is not that easy to investigate. There are no clues at all. Since it was a stranger I met on the road, I naturally don’t know who that person is.

"This is a bit tricky for you."

There are very few people who are worthy of suspicion, but you don't even know who they are, how do you get it?
"Does anyone in your family know about this?"

Let's start from somewhere else. Since that person is a stranger, he probably doesn't know who Shopkeeper Song is. There are so many people in the capital, and it is unrealistic for the original people to come back to get things.

"I know, both my wife and Quanzi know about this."

(End of this chapter)