Winning every step of the Red Mansion

Jia Zhu read the letter over and over again, the handwriting seemed to be written by her father.Seeing that Mo Se is not too old, my father should be fine when he wrote the letter. Jia Zhu secretly thought to God that everything would go well this time. Then he asked someone to move the big wooden box containing the silver into the house.

The Yunda Inn has two floors, the Tianzi brand rooms are all on the second floor, and the Dizi brand rooms are all on the first floor.The rooms did not use the usual signs of Room [-] and Room [-]. Instead, each room had its own name, such as Heshun and Kangshun.The house designated by the thieves was a single room on the back of the first floor. After taking the key, Jia Zhu led a group of people to move things in.Jia Zhu took the opportunity to inspect the room carefully. The room was furnished very simply, with a bed, a table, four chairs, and a wardrobe. Everything was new and not old. door.Jia Zhu also asked about who lived in this room before, the shopkeeper shook his head and said that he couldn't remember, the left and right were just businessmen who came and went, and they left after staying for three or five days, and they changed frequently. So I chose this one only because the inn was full and only this one was left.

Jia Zhu led the people to put the boxes in place, and checked the surroundings carefully, even knocking on the surrounding walls, but found nothing abnormal.Jia Zhu thought to himself that if there is only one door to enter and exit such a room, it is impossible to move so many boxes without any movement.Jia Zhu secretly wondered how these bandits could move out so much money quietly.What's more, my uncle's soldiers and horses have already surrounded the inn, as long as he enters and exits the inn, he will definitely be able to catch him.

Jia Zhu put all the things away, and the shopkeeper asked for paper and pens.He picked up a pen and wrote two seals, turned around and pasted them on the door of this room.The shopkeeper who was following him asked puzzledly, "Guest officer, what does this mean?" Jia Zhu smiled and said, "Originally, it was to give something to someone. It stands to reason that it is most appropriate to meet the person and deliver it clearly. But I am here It's because I have something to delay, I have to do it as a last resort. I am acquainted with the customers, so naturally we will not deceive each other, but it is the first time I have seen you in this inn. I can't believe it, but it is natural. I put a seal today, If the customer comes, if the seal is not removed, it is my fault if the product is wrong, but if the customer comes, and the door seal is removed, it is your fault. Anyway, the rent has already been paid, so what do you have to say?" The shopkeeper listened. , face embarrassment, no more words.Jia Zhu took another hand to check, and then left to find the Xingda Inn.

This Xingda Inn is at the other end of Jizhou Mansion, Yunda Inn is at the southeast corner of Jizhou Mansion, and Xingda Inn is at the northwest corner of Jizhou Mansion.Jia Zhu calculated the distance, and it would take an hour to walk from Xingda Inn to Yunda Inn by the shortest path.Jia Zhu thought to herself, this group of thieves must have been counted, and they will do it there, and when they get the letter and rush over, they probably have already fled.

Jia Zhu booked a room at the inn and pretended to stay there, and asked on the cabinet. At this time, no one had left a message or letter for him. Jia Zhu thought that today is the eighth day of the lunar new year, and tomorrow will be the ninth day of the new year. If that group The person succeeded, and tomorrow I will definitely receive a letter here.From this point of view, if the gang of thieves want to take the silver, they must do it today.Today is full of energy, and must not be sloppy.

Jia Zhu changed her clothes, and this time she changed into her daily clothes, not the clothes of the businessman who sold the goods earlier.Jia Zhu left a few people in the inn and took a few people to avoid the innkeeper, and then went to Wangjiang Tower in Jizhou Prefecture.

Wangjiang Tower is Shi Feier's property. Now there are naturally one in every state capital in the country, and the location is in the most prosperous place of the state capital. It is prominent and easy to find. The dishes are novel and delicious. The food has a very good reputation among the common people.It is the first choice for businessmen to eat.As for the shopkeepers in the restaurant, they either came from Jia's mansion, or were related to Jia's mansion.And the chief supervisor who manages all Wangjiang Towers in the country is Huang Li, Jiamu's personal girl in the early days.

Naturally, Jia Zhu came to Wangjiang Tower not to eat, but to meet at the agreed meeting place with his uncle's soldiers.After all, surrounding an inn and arresting everyone in the inn is easy for a general, but the most important thing this time is to rescue Jia Zheng. On the contrary, it is not good.

Jia Zhu found a private room in Wangjiang Building, and the shopkeeper, seeing his rich and noble face, naturally did not dare to neglect to receive him in person. Jia Zhu took out a small bronze medal given to him by Jia's mother before leaving and shook it, and the shopkeeper immediately became terrified. .This bronze medal looks inconspicuous, but it is a status symbol, indicating that it is a person of status in Jia's mansion.Shopkeeper, this is the first time I have seen someone with this brand in Jizhou.Jia Zhu didn't say much, and asked the shopkeeper to set up a table of delicious dishes, but didn't ask for wine.After all, I have something to do today, so I'm afraid I'll be delayed by drinking.To be honest, Jia Zhu herself didn't have much appetite, but today she had to rely on her uncle's soldiers to work hard, and these delicious dishes were used to feed those officers.

After a while, the general who led the army also arrived.The soldier's surname was Qin Minglang, and when he met Jia Zhu, he arranged a table of good food for him, but he had a better impression of Jia Zhu. He felt that although he was born in a wealthy Zhongding family and was a young master, he still understood Sophisticated.Seeing that Jia Zhu's brows were tightened and his face was sad, the soldier general also spoke out some words of relief, and also took out a picture, which showed his deployment of troops this time, Jia Zhu felt that the arrangement was very strict.Jia Zhu naturally told Commander Qin all about his situation.At this time, the two of them thought of going to one place.With such a tight defense, how can the opponent take away so many boxes of silver taels under their noses?They acted like this, naturally they could have expected that the Jia family would not arrange few people to come out, why did they dare to take such a risk even so?

After much deliberation, the two came to no idea, so Jia Zhu called Qin Tong to take the lead in eating.At this time, the shopkeeper of the restaurant personally brought up the Poon Choi, saying that this is a special dish of this place, and it is best to eat it while it is hot.After putting the dishes on the table, Jia Zhu didn't have much interest in eating at first, but when the shopkeeper brought out a palm-sized black egg-like object, Jia Zhu felt a little strange and wondered whether this object should look good or not Apparently, if you want to taste it, you don’t have any taste, so why is it considered a special dish?

The shopkeeper didn't take it seriously, he probably saw a lot of it, so he used a torch to draw out sparks, put a little on the dish, and the dish suddenly burst into a three-foot-high flame, and the burning thing crackled, and after a while When the flame fell, the shopkeeper hit it lightly with a small hammer, and within a moment a hole the size of an egg was made, and then he gestured to Jia Zhu and Qin Dutong to please enjoy.

Jia Zhu asked, "What is this, the shopkeeper?" The shopkeeper smiled and said, "This dish is named Fuguihonghuo, just to win the word of mouth. But it is still very popular in the local area. Wrap all kinds of ingredients tightly, use local mud on the outside, roast them in the fire, pour fire oil on the table, and cook at a little bit, which means a prosperous fire. The inside is full of good ingredients, so it’s ready rich."

Jia Zhu nodded, "Shopkeeper, you have helped me by being rich and prosperous. I will reward you well in a while." The shopkeeper was naturally happy when he heard the words, thanked him and went down.

The shopkeeper left, Jia Zhu looked at Qin Lang and said: "Qin Dutong, this dish gave me a hint just now, I don't know if I think it is right, tell Dutong to listen to it, if it is wrong, please tell me See you and laugh."

Qin Lang said: "Young Master Jia, it's all right."

Jia Zhu took out the protective map that he had seen just now, and said lightly with his fingers: "We have taken strict care of this inn, and I have also put a seal on the room. It is not easy to take out the silver in normal times." , but if a fire broke out suddenly, there would be chaos on the street at that time, and no one would say no even if they moved things out clearly." Qin Dutong looked at the drawing and nodded.Water and fire are ruthless. Once the inn catches fire, it is indeed as Jia Zhu said that even if there are people, he must save people first. If he arrests people first, he may arouse public anger instead.

Jia Zhu said again: "But even though I think so, I still feel that it is too risky to steal money from the fire. According to the behavior style of those thieves, it is a bit inconsistent. I was thinking about it just now. It has been carefully checked inside and out, but there are still omissions.”

Upon hearing this, Qin Lang hurriedly asked, "Where is the omission?"

Jia Zhu pointed to her feet: "Underground! Although I knocked on the wall, I didn't find the interlayer of the hidden compartment, but I didn't check the underground."

Qin Lang frowned and thought for a while, "But your boxes have already filled up the house, if there is something strange in the ground, you should be able to find it at that time."

Jia Zhu shook her head: "There is one place, I didn't check under the bed. Although I looked under the bed and there was nothing fake, but because the underground is narrow, I didn't move it out to check. If someone really digs a tunnel to enter the house, There may be some possibilities."

Qin Lang frowned even more when he heard that. Although what Jia Zhu said was only a possibility, it was not impossible. If there was a tunnel in the room, and a fire was set outside, there would be chaos. What is more troublesome.

But Jia Zhu laughed at this time, Qin Lang was quite puzzled, and asked: "If so, why don't you worry?"

Jia Zhu laughed and said, "I hid two bulldogs in that pile of boxes. They were taught well. If it wasn't our people who went there, they would bark loudly."

"With such a plan, you didn't say it earlier!"

"I don't know if it will be useful, or if it will be a disservice." Jia Zhu explained.

"It's easy to do like this." Qin Lang said, "I thought that even if the thief smuggled silver, he would not choose to do it during the day. It must be at night. I remembered that this inn did not have a watchdog, so We have already barked as evidence. If there is any movement at night, I will lead people to directly arrest everyone in the inn for questioning."

Jia Zhu was taken aback: "What about the official?"

Qin Lang smiled: "Young master, don't worry, Mr. Wang has already greeted the officials of Jizhou before he came, saying that there are remnants of rebels, let us come to clean up and let the officials of Jizhou cooperate. Originally, there were Mr. Wang's old troops here , naturally it’s not a problem. But I just mentioned that if someone wants to set a fire, it’s necessary to send more fire dragons in advance, just in case.”

Jia Zhu nodded again and again, "Qin Dutong has thought carefully, and I hope this time we can catch that hateful thief."