Dragon Pattern Roll Set

In the early morning of the next day, Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang got up early, and rushed to the Chengqiao market with Wu Yifu and rumors.

Zhao Pu, Gongsun, Lin Yehuo, Zou Liang, and of course the most leisurely and leisurely little Sizi and Xiaoliangzi also went to join in the fun.

Wu Yifu was quite puzzled, "Why are you looking for that hunchback? Ask me!"

So everyone asked him who the shopkeeper of the gold shop surnamed Chen was.

Wu Yifu groaned for a long time, wondering, "There is a surnamed Chen in the shopkeeper of the gold shop? Why don't I remember?"

When they arrived at Chengqiao, everyone looked into the market, but they were also surprised.

The market has already opened early, many people bought early, people came and went, and the steaming scene was very popular.

"There are so many people so early?" Zhao Pu looked around curiously, putting his arm around Wu Yifu's shoulder and asked, "Hey, I said old man, are you interested in taking this market to Heifeng City? There are many, but there is no such type of market all year round, so moving there will definitely be a good deal! Open a branch!"

Wu Yifu really thought about it, "This is possible!"

……

Everyone walked along the long street, and soon came to a two-story building with a vermilion glazed tile roof.

At the gate, a young man was holding a roster to draw a hook. He looked up and saw Wu Yifu and the others, "Uncle Xiaofu! Brother Zhan."

Wu Yifu nodded, "Where's your master?"

"It's upstairs." The boy pointed upstairs.

Zhan Zhao introduced to everyone, "His name is Lu Mian, Ming Tuozi's apprentice."

Lu Mian greeted everyone with a smile, looked at Bai Yutang by the way, and ran back with his notebook.

Zhan Zhao saw that he was running around and gossiping, so he asked Wu Yifu, "Aunt Jiutou is here too?"

"Impossible." Wu Yifu spread his hands, "If you come and see you, why don't you jump out?"

While talking, everyone went upstairs.

When I went upstairs and didn’t enter the door, I heard a rough voice yelling at the door, “Three thousand 120 three taels plus one thousand 640 fifty taels plus 1000% interest, [-] taels for principal and two points for taxes , how much is the surplus?"

The moment everyone pushed the door open, they heard the sound of "crackling" abacus beads inside, and at the same time, Bai Yutang and Gongsun said in unison, "Three thousand three hundred and ninety five twenty-eight cents and four cents."

Everyone glanced at the two of them.

Zhan Zhao rubbed his chin—it was understandable for Gongsun to calculate quickly, what happened to this rat?

Bai Yutang looked up at the sky, his only function on Sunken Island was to help collect the bills, and of course to count the money, besides supporting the appearance.

There were three people in the room, one was standing on a bench, he was not tall, and he was hunchbacked, holding a large and thick account book in his hand, looking over, he should be the hunchback.

The other two scholars looked like they were immersed in their abacus. When they finally stopped, they nodded to the hunchback, "That's the number."

Ming Tuozi clapped his hands, "Which one was chosen by Zhaozhao?"

Everyone froze for a moment, the fourth son pointed at Bai Yutang, and Bai Yutang raised his hand silently, very consciously.

"Oh? Handsome boy!" Ming Tuozi sized Bai Yutang up and down, and at this moment, everyone was also sizing him up.

Ming Tuozi is worthy of being one of the best "villains" in the Jianghu back then. This person looks extremely vicious. The fourth son opened his eyes wide and looked at that person. He has been following Zhao Pu recently and they have become more empathetic. They are not as timid as before. And I also know that the Demon Palace is Zhan Zhao's relatives, so I am not afraid.

Ming Tuozi waved his hand at Bai Yutang, and the account book flew over.

Bai Yutang reached out to take it, slightly puzzled.

Ming Tuozi squinted his eyes and crossed his arms and said, "See if there is anything wrong? The kid seems to have a good brain."

Zhan Zhao narrowed his eyes.

Ming Tuozi's arrogance disappeared immediately, and he waved to Zhan Zhao with a smile, "Yo! Zhao Zhao."

Zhan Zhao is helpless.

Bai Yutang didn't seem to care, after flipping through the account book, he frowned slightly.

"A lot of mistakes?" Ming Tuozi was curious.

"No, only one was wrong." Bai Yutang handed him the notebook, and pointed to the one that was wrong.

Several accounting gentlemen dialed the abacus beads again, and found that the calculation was indeed wrong, so they hurriedly corrected it.

Bai Yutang looked at Zhan Zhao, "There are 26 gold shops in total, none with the surname Chen, not even silver shops, pawn shops, and jade shops. The only one surnamed Chen is the one who runs a sugar stall."

Everyone was surprised—could it be that Li Yuanwai's wife asked the sugar figurine to make gold ornaments?

"What is the gold shop surnamed Chen?" Ming Tuozi jumped down from the stool, looking even shorter and stocky, leaned closer to Zhan Zhao, and asked curiously.

Feng Chuanfeng came up and talked about what happened yesterday.

Ming Tuozi touched his chin, "It is true that there is no gold shop surnamed Chen, but..." He flipped through the ledger, pointed to one of the "Gan Boss Gold Shops", and said, "This Gan Boss, his full name is Gan Xin Chen."

Everyone raised their eyebrows—could it be that the surname is not Chen, but Xin Chen?

So, a large group of people discussed and decided to split up.

Zhao Pu and others followed the rumors and went to ambush near the gold shop, while Bai Yutang pretended to go to dig gold, and went in with Zhan Zhao to find out the truth.

Ming Tuozi is very enthusiastic to help lead the way.

As Zhan Zhao walked, he asked Bai Yutang, "What are you going to fight?"

Bai Yutang said, "Well...how about hitting the shoes?"

Zhan Zhao glanced at Bai Yutang, "Hmm... Are you the same as I suspected?"

Bai Yutang smiled slightly, "Probably so."

"What do you suspect?" Ming Tuozi had a cheerful personality despite his rough appearance.

"We all suspected before that the other party wanted to steal the set of gold ornaments worn by Concubine Yang." Zhan Zhao said, "But there is one thing that is very strange, that is why these precious gold ornaments are in the folk, or ordinary people. After seeing the set of gold neck ornaments made by Mrs. Li Yuanwai last night, I wondered, could the pair of phoenix bracelets and the old lady's phoenix hairpin be fake?"

Bai Yutang also nodded, "The gold shop that made these gold ornaments may have a mold!"

"If you have a model, it means you may have the real thing in your hand!" Ming Tuozi raised his eyebrows.

Bai Yutang nodded, "The golden hairpin stolen from the farmer's house that was killed before was picked up by Wang Da after it was still on the road. This is very strange! We all thought it was lost by a thief, but now that we think about it ..."

"I guess it was found to be a fake, so I threw it away." Zhan Zhao said, "Judging from the other party's modus operandi, they are just looking for the real thing, not money."

"The group of people you mentioned." Ming Tuozi suddenly said, "Maybe they are not bandits."

Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang looked at him, "What is that?"

"It's to help people hunt for treasure!"

Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang were taken aback, "Treasure hunting?"

"There are people like this. You haven't been in the antique business, so you don't know." Ming Tuozi crossed his arms and said, "Sometimes in this world, money is hard to buy! Love it! The set of gold ornaments you mentioned may have The wealthy family already has the same item in their home, and they want to match the others, so they ask treasure hunters to find it for him at a high price, and they will buy it at a price that is several times, even dozens, or hundreds of times higher than the jewelry itself. Well, so the other party went around looking for him, and if he found it, he didn't buy it in a serious way, but robbed or stole it... There are indeed a lot of thefts in Tianxing Village this day. Yes, it may be that the other party resisted."

"The old lady seems to cherish that phoenix hairpin very much. Maybe it was just a gift from her sweetheart, or it was a precious memory, so no matter how poor she is, she didn't sell it." Zhan Zhao frowned, "I also pay close attention to things that are especially precious. It is also possible that someone was found to be stealing and killed in order to protect the treasure."

"How long has the market in Chengqiao existed?" Bai Yutang asked Ming Tuozi.

"Wow... that's been too long. It's become a custom. It's been five or sixty years, and stall vendors have come and gone, and some have been around for generations." Ming Tuozi thought for a while, "What? The boss’s gold shop is a time-honored brand, and speaking of it, it seems that someone in this boss’s family is a tomb robber.”

"Then it makes sense." Zhan Zhao said, "The few pieces of gold ornaments that Concubine Yang used to have may have fallen into the hands of some nobles in the royal palace of the Tang Dynasty and were buried with them. Afterwards, the boss became a gold jewelry craftsman, and those gold ornaments are elegant, luxurious and exquisitely designed, and can be used to make molds."

"It's just ahead." Ming Tuozi pointed to a shop in front, and just as he finished speaking, he heard a commotion inside.

Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang looked at each other, and saw an old man who looked like a craftsman, with blood on his arms, rushing out.

"Who committed murder on my city bridge?!"

Before Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang could make a move, the hunchback Ming came flying in through the window like a cannonball.

Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang rescued the injured craftsman. He was Gan Xinchen, who said that a group of men in black rushed in just now and asked him to hand over the gold.He thought it was just robbery, and if he lost the guest's gold, he would smash the gold signboard, so he fought hard and ran out with the guest's things.

Before Gan Xinchen finished speaking, a group of men in black flew out of the gold shop, to be precise, they were thrown out, and they all fell to Zhan Zhao's feet.

Zhao Pu and others also rushed over. They saw that those men in black had been beaten half to death by the hunchback.

Arrest him and send him back to Anzhai, Mr. Bao will interrogate him immediately.

Sure enough, these men in black were really the legendary "treasure hunters".

The cause of the incident was that three years ago, a big buyer had the golden skirt used by Concubine Yang Guifei in his hand, and wanted to complete the other pieces.The buyer asked several antique shops.The antique shop saw that it was profitable, so they invited treasure hunters to find these treasures.

The men in black accidentally learned that there was one near Tianxing Village, so they came to look for it.They spent a lot of effort and searched for more than two years. They did find a few pieces, but they also involved two lives, but they found that they were all fakes.So those treasure hunters wondered, could it be made from the same mold?Finally, through Li Yuanwai's wife, it was confirmed that the person with the genuine product was a goldsmith!So everyone came to Chengqiao, and by chance, they bumped into Zhan Zhao and the others.

Mr. Bao punished the relevant persons according to law, and Wang Da, who had carried the unjust lawsuit for three years, also got revenge.Of course, the solution to the case this time was mainly thanks to the help of Feng Chuanfeng and Ming Tuozi, the two seniors of the Demon Palace. Mr. Bao thanked him very much, which made the second boss feel embarrassed.

But Lin Yehuo still didn't understand, why did the big dog bark at Wang Da?

After some research, Gongsun discovered the mystery...

It turned out that in the boss shop, all the gold ornaments had to be packed in camphor wood boxes. Over time, the gold ornaments had a scent of camphor wood.The gold jewelry of the peasant woman has been kept in that box, so the scent should be very strong. People may not be able to distinguish it, but dogs can definitely smell it.After Wang Da picked up the gold hairpin, he might have smelled it too, so the big dog barked at him at first.Later, when he was in prison for a period of time and then released, the scent disappeared, so the big dog stopped barking at him and lived with him.

The first case on the torn dragon pattern roll was easily solved, and Pang Yu was delighted to watch Bao Yan complete the file, while starting to study the next case.

And everyone also left Anzhai and rushed to the magic palace.