Li Yuanfa greeted the people and took a step forward himself.
My hands were covered with rainwater, and there was nowhere to wipe it off at this time, so I couldn’t care less, so I bent down and prepared to exert my strength.
"Don't just watch," he urged, "help everyone."
Wang Si bumped Wang San with his elbow.
Look, the businessman has little strength in his hand. He only has one box. How can there be so many people?
It's a joke, they work for money, so they naturally have to contribute.
The two brothers stood on one side and wanted to show off their skills to the old man, but when they exerted force in their hands, the box rose slightly from the pit, but not completely.
"Why is it so heavy?" Wang Si was incredulous.
Li Yuanfa and the two exchanged glances.
Where are the gold bricks? Can they not sink?
When it was handed over to the master, some of it slipped through the cracks of his fingers, which was enough for them to eat and drink.
As for embezzlement, I have never even thought about it.
They are the British government, so squeezing them to death is like squeezing ants.
"It's wet from the rain, and it's all mud. My hands are slippery and I can't use my strength." Li Yuanfa found an excuse to fool the people first, "Come together, come together."
In this way, several people worked together to lift the box out of the pit and onto the cart.
"Thanks to the strong car." Wang San patted the car board.
After pushing the car to the entrance of the alley, Wang Si went out to look around first. After making sure it was safe, he called on the people behind him to follow.
Unexpectedly, before pushing to the alley next door, a loud roar suddenly came from behind.
"Bold thieves! If you dare to steal from me, I will kill you!"
Wang San shivered in fright and looked back.
It was pitch dark and it was difficult to see the situation clearly. All they could see was someone rushing towards them.
Li Yuanfa thought something was wrong, so he pushed the cart and tried to run away, but how could he outrun an empty-handed person?
Before they could get even a few steps away, they, the thieves, were surrounded by more than a dozen sturdy men.
Gao An stood at the front, raising his eyebrows and staring at the Wang brothers: "It's still you two brats! This time you both get the stolen goods! Let's go and see the officials with me!"
As the middle of the night approaches, the big drum outside the Shuntian Yamen is being beaten loudly.
Shan Shen, who was extremely sleepy, got up from the bed, tidied up briefly, and came to the lobby with his hands behind his back.
Looking at the clay figures and clay boxes in front of him, he asked the master next to him: "What's going on? Are you digging the mountain?"
The master hurriedly explained to him: "Brothers Wang San and Wang Si really went to Lao Shi Alley to steal things, and they were caught by Gao An."
"Stay up late at night!" Shan Shen commented.
Gao An heard this and laughed happily: "Sir, you have to be a thief in the middle of the night!"
Shan Shen coughed dryly, and sat down on the chair regardless of Gao An's bold statement.
Gao An explained the incident in detail.
"It started raining heavily in the evening, so the villain asked the workers to go back and rest."
"I caught these two probing things before. I can't sleep peacefully no matter how hard I sleep. I'm thinking about going to Lao Shi Alley again."
"This time, the villain really discovered that someone was digging in the ground. The villain didn't alert them. He went back and called a dozen workers to block them."
"When someone is blocked, the villain will quickly send them over."
"Sir, this time everyone has gained the stolen goods, can we put them in jail?"
Shan Shen touched his beard.
Gao An's confession does not sound problematic and is consistent with the situation at hand.
As for the brothers Wang San and Wang Si...
He asked the yamen servant to question him.
The yamen servant took a serious look at Li Yuanfa's face, which was smeared with rain and cement, and said, "Sir, that's right. The Wang brothers went to find these two businessmen as soon as they left the yamen yesterday."
When Li Yuanfa heard this, he was so angry that he wanted to kick Wang Si.
Can you do anything?!
I didn’t even know I was being followed yesterday.
I looked around the alley today and found no ambush set up by Gao An.
Are you blind?
Shan Fuyin asked the Wang brothers: "Did they ask you to go to Lao Shi Lane to inquire about the news? What are the benefits of allowing you?"
Wang San shrank his neck and said: "This guy Gao An set us up. We just passed there, and he said we stole things from Lao Shi Xiang. Does this box say Lao Shi Xiang? We moved it from somewhere else!" "You don't know how to handle cases when you are a governor?" Gao An pointed to Wang San's muddy body, "It depends on God's good will, otherwise I really can't tell. Should I take off your shoes and go to Lao Shi Alley to compete?
The footprints haven’t been washed yet!"
Wang San can’t talk anymore.
Wang Si looked left and right, but he didn't hold on and gave the answer honestly.
"Li Dahu and the others offered us brothers some money to dig out," Wang Si said. "I heard that it has been buried for many years and the owner is long gone. Whoever digs it out will get it.
Dig it out and give each of our brothers twenty taels.
Sir, we didn't make any dirty money, just twenty taels, really.
So far, I have only received the deposit and not confiscated everything.
We don’t know the ins and outs, let alone what we dug up. Sir, are accomplices like us, just a few days in prison?
Ouch!"
As I was talking, I felt a pain in my butt, and I was really kicked hard by Li Yuanfa.
Wang Si gritted his teeth in pain and muttered: "Li Dahu, we can do as many things as we need with the money, but we can dig a box for you and go to the Yamen twice. You can't point at our brothers to take the big hit, can you?" p>
Li Yuanfa tried to kick him, but was pushed away by the Yamen servants. He was so angry that he opened his mouth to curse.
Looking up and seeing Shan Shen sitting in the hall, Li Yuanfa had no choice but to restrain himself.
Shan Shen asked Li Yuanfa and the two of them again.
Li Yuanfa has a dark face.
Bricks are eye-catching, as the Fourth Master has said, don’t let the news leak out.
If he strays into the Yamen, no matter how tight his mouth is, Shan Fuyin will open it up, and there is no way he can hide it.
It's just that we can't recruit the Fourth Master...
"There are some valuable things in the villain's ancestors. I heard from the old man that they were buried in Laoshi Alley a while ago. The villain just wanted to dig them out," Li Yuanfa said. "That means they said it too late. Otherwise, the villain would have been buried a few months ago."
Just go dig, there is no such thing. Mr. Xi is a good friend of the villain, and he helped after hearing what the villain said."
Shan Shen said: "You have a beautiful idea. A few months ago, the land deed belonged to those businessmen. Now the land deed belongs to Jing Daduan and Gao'an. Whenever you dig, the things will not be yours."
Li Yuanfa smiled apologetically: "You are right, that's why I went to dig it secretly. There is no seal of the villain's family on the box, so I don't understand, but this thing really belongs to the villain."
"What?" Shan Shen asked.
Li Yuanfa laughed so hard that he wanted to please him: "You have to open the box. I know this. Why don't all the irrelevant people leave? Can you take a look?"
"Unlock." Shan Shen did not agree and only urged him.
How could Li Yuanfa have the key, so he had to say: "The old man didn't pass down the key."
There was no locksmith in the middle of the night.
The yamen servant was ordered to take an ax and smash the lock.
