Xia Houhou received the stolen official silver and immediately built a house and bought land, becoming a rich man.

Zhao Sanduo didn't want him to be so arrogant, but everyone has his own ambitions. Xia Houhou wants to honor his ancestors and stand up straight in Dananzhuang. Who is a master who doesn't want to be a disciple? Although Zhao Sanduo is worried, he also advises him to come back in a few years.

As for the money, Xia Houhou had no choice but to let him go.

In fact, Xia Houhou still can't let go of "Yue Ru" and can't forget his promise to "Yue Ru". This house was built for her.

A poor man who made a living by selling wild medicine suddenly became prosperous after he got in touch with the senior brother of the Boxer Rebellion. Not to mention Dananzhuang, even eight villages in ten miles were shaken.

The merchants of Dananzhuang were the most dissatisfied, especially the patriarch Shang Xianzhi. He had always looked down on Xia Hou, so seeing Xia Hou get rich overnight, he was naturally very unhappy.

In the past, Xia Houhou often used the "Big Sword Club" to bluff people. Later, Shang Xianzhi slowly found out the details of Zhao Sanduo and others and found out that Xia Houhou was friends with the Boxers.

Zhao Sanduo lives in the village, and no one dares to provoke Xia Hou. Now that the imperial court has transferred the Boxers to fight, Shang Xianzhi has the opportunity to deal with Xia Hou.

Shang Xian handed a black paper to the desk of the Dezhou magistrate. Dananzhuang was directly under the jurisdiction of Jingzhou. The reason why Shang Xian only reported it across provinces was that the robbery of the official ship last year occurred in Dezhou, and secondly it would not cause Xia Monkey.

He suspected that if Zhao Sanduo and the others came back one day, they would not settle accounts with him.

Of course, Shang Xianzhi was not sure that Xia Houhou's money came from the tax money stolen from the robbery.

The source will always be found.

The case of the Gangyi official ship being robbed has never been closed. At this time, someone came to report. The governor of Dezhou was delighted and reported it to the governor Yuan Shikai. After hearing the news, Yuan Shikai immediately wrote to Ronglu, the governor of Zhili, requesting assistance in the investigation. Ronglu was busy with the defense of the capital.

Having no time to take care of the matter, he authorized Yuan Shikai to handle the case across provinces.

Yuan Shikai ordered the arrester Chen Shouzhi to handle the case.

Chen Shouzhi rushed to Dezhou, ordered twenty soldiers from the government, and rushed to Dananzhuang to capture them overnight.

Xia Houhou was very proud of his newly built house when Zhong Yishi and others came unexpectedly. Naturally, he was indescribably happy. He immediately prepared two banquet tables and drank with all his friends.

Zhong Yishi knew that Xia's mother was in bed, so he took the food and went to the inner room to serve her.

Chen Yunyan and others did not dare to drink, and could not bear to displease Xia Houhou, so they substituted tea for wine and exchanged cups with him. While they were in the mood, there was a "bang bang" knock on the door.

The maid opened the door, and Chen Shouzhi rushed in with his soldiers.

When Chen Yunyan saw it was him, she was surprised. She stood up and clasped her fists and said, "Mr. Chen, it's a pleasure to meet you. It's such a coincidence that we said goodbye in Taierzhuang. I didn't want to meet again just a few days ago."

Chen Shouzhi also recognized him and said: "It's a coincidence. Why, did the escorts from the Xie Family Escort Bureau come to this remote place?"

"While we were here, the officers and soldiers commandeered our boats, so we had to go ashore. We stayed here when it got dark."

"Where are you going? What kind of objects are you transporting?"

Where are the darts going? The darts have no owner, and they are so much gold and silver. How can we tell clearly?

Chen Yunyan didn't know how to respond, so she asked: "Master Chen, are you here to check the escort's belongings?"

Zhong Yishi heard the noise in the inner room, raised the door curtain and looked into the main room, and saw that it was Chen Shouzhi. He thought to himself, how could they catch up here? Could it be that they have been keeping an eye on the Xie Family Escort Agency? Look at the many people he brought with him.

If you really want to open the escort box for inspection, you can get away with it this way.

Chen Shouzhi came rushing towards Xia Hou, but unexpectedly he met people from Xie's Escort Agency. This place was some distance from the canal, how could they stay here instead of staying close by?

Chen Shouzhi, who has many years of experience in handling cases, immediately noticed something was wrong and shouted: "Everyone, stand against the wall!"

Then he ordered his men to come over and shackle the man. The shackles he brought were not enough, so the soldiers began to search for ropes in the house.

Chen Yunyan said: "Master Chen, what crime have we committed, and why should we be locked up?"

"It's up to you to argue your case in court."

Chen Shouzhi saw that there were more than a dozen people in the room. Knowing that all of these people were very skilled, he naturally did not dare to be careless. He pointed a knife at the leader, Chen Yunyan, and ordered someone to shackle him first.

Zhong Yishi closed his eyes and pondered for a moment, then came up with a countermeasure, then walked out and said, "Isn't this Mr. Chen?"

Chen Shouzhi looked at Zhong Yishi and said, "You look familiar. Isn't your name Zhang Xiu? Why are you pretending to be a man? Are you also a bodyguard?"

Zhong Yishi gave him a blessing and said: "Mr. Chen, I am very blessed that the girl is not an escort. Just because I heard that the escort was going to the capital, the girl went with the boat and went to the capital to join my aunt..."

"Do you have any relatives in the capital?"

"Why not? Xianci is not an orphan. He certainly has brothers and sisters. Now that my brother has become the county magistrate, he is also an official official, so the daughter of the common people is thinking of establishing a relationship with her relatives so that she can move around in the future."

"Since you have relatives in the capital, why don't you go and seek refuge when you are in trouble?"

"As the saying goes, if you are in trouble, don't ask for friends; if you are poor, don't ask for relatives. Women of the common people understand this truth, but adults don't understand it?"

Chen Shouzhi was choked, his face looked ugly, and he shouted: "Stand aside and take me to inspect the escort items later."

The soldiers searched all the houses but could not find the rope. Xia Houhou said: "Master Cha, I know where the rope is. I will get it to you."

The soldiers led Xia Houhou to find a rope. Zhong Yishi said: "Mr. Chen, except for the owner, Brother Xia, the rest of the people in this room are all people from the escort agency. You have lived in Taierzhuang, so you must know the Xie family's escort agency thoroughly. Why tie him up?"

What about us?"

Chen Shouzhi ignored her words and just stared at everyone with a pair of angry eyes, as if he was facing a formidable enemy.

It would be difficult to resist after being tied up by him. Zhong Yishi felt that he could not just let go, so he raised his voice and said: "Master Chen, the daughter of the people understands, you are here to investigate the case of robbing an official ship in Dezhou, right?"

She said this for Xia Houhou.

Chen Shouzhi said: "Shut up, you are the only one who talks a lot!"

When Xia Houhou heard what Zhong Yishi said, he suddenly realized, yes, how could an official from Shandong get to Zhili? If he was targeting the Xie Family Escort Agency, why bother chasing him here? He is here to catch me! Grandma must be from the merchant.

Seeing me living in a high-rise compound, he became jealous of me and went to Shandong to sue me for robbing his official banknotes.

Xia Houhou had prepared a good explanation for the source of his wealth, and had already let the news out in the village, saying that his ancestors had the foresight to predict that his descendants would be prodigal, so he buried a sum of gold under the foundation of the old house.

Xia Houhou dreamed of his ancestor's advice at night, and he dug it out as expected, so his fortune turned around.

This kind of statement, which has nowhere to be verified, is believable or not, but Xia Houhou's ancestor was indeed a wealthy man, and it is reasonable to reserve a sum of money for future generations with foresight.

Xia Houhou didn't want to fall out with the government, so he bought the family property only after he couldn't bear it. It can be seen that these officials are very aggressive and unpredictable, so they still have to prepare for the worst.

Xia Houhou was prepared. He went to the room where the poison was hidden, pretended to be searching for ropes, took out the pots and jars, reached out, grabbed a handful of "Ruyan" and hid it on his body.

Xia Houhou found the rope and came to the main hall. Seeing him nodding towards him, Zhong Yishi knew that he was ready, so he hinted him not to act rashly, and then said to Chen Shouzhi: "Master Chen, you want to handle the case, why bother to tie me up?"
Chapter completed!