86_86438 It was night, the moon was dark and the wind was high, and the Rongguo Mansion was completely silent. I was reading at midnight because Jia She and the others were in charge, and Gong Sanyi personally went out to secretly pour a lot of Mongolian sweat medicine into the large and small kitchens, and the whole family slept peacefully.
At six o'clock in the morning, Jia Si led the team and divided the approximately fifty or so men currently available into ten groups of five. Their faces were wrapped in black scarves and they held bright oil lamps in their hands. They went to the inner wall and waited.
People's residences were searched according to the portals determined earlier. There were about 200 servants in Rongguo Mansion. Jia She thought that not all of them were corrupt, and only half of them could use all their methods to slip money and items from the books or warehouses.
Therefore, more than ten households in each group had to go and search that night. If it was just ordinary household items, that would be fine. If there was anything that should not be there, such as a very large amount of money or antiques that were obviously moved from the warehouse, they would all be taken away.
Those who died sleeping on the kang were rolled up and laid on the ground. After checking the kang, they were put back on the kang. Occasionally, those who had not eaten for some reason and were awake were stabbed with a knife before they screamed, and they fainted immediately.
They were given sweat medicine to make them sleep for several hours at a time.
There is also one person in each group, holding a thick paper and charcoal pen, recording what he got from which household. This was Jia Cong's idea, "Take the opportunity to find out which of the unclean things are the dirtiest, and look for opportunities to spend them later."
Otherwise, I will definitely continue to be greedy for ink in the future."
There was an early watch outside on Ningrong Street, which made Ge Liu faint and throw him back to his home. Seven or eight people specially prepared many rattan boxes and sacks and were responsible for packing them at the patio inside the west corner gate.
I thought it would only take an hour, but I never thought that this group of people was very courageous and had a lot of things. It took two hours to load them all. Fortunately, there were many rattan boxes and sacks prepared. Jia She suddenly became interested in the other group of people.
Half of them were not at ease, so they asked everyone to work harder to search for those things. Sure enough, even though the logistics team was quite soft-handed, they still found many things that at first glance were not gifts from the master, until
It was only at 2:00 p.m. that everyone was finished. The whole house was so clean that they did not touch only twenty-three out of ten people. This was the first time for everyone to do such a big job, and they were well prepared beforehand, so they were all very energetic and not tired at all.
When everyone started packing the boxes for the second time, Ge Liu went out to deliver the message. Before they finished loading, large carriages came one after another outside the west corner gate. The horses' hooves were wrapped in thick cloth and they made a soft sound when they stepped on the ground.
Fortunately, these were all transported to the Taiping Escort Bureau, which was not far away. Only then did everyone know why Gong Sanyi chose the location of the Escort Bureau so close to Rongguo Mansion, and they were very impressed. The brothers said it was like marching at night.
Name Mei, the big carriage went over to unload the goods, and then came back to load them. Jia She and his son saw that the last carriage was also loaded, and Fang, Gong Sanyi and others got into the same carriage. Ge Liu locked the west corner door and went there.
I drove ahead and followed.
When they arrived at the Escort Bureau, all kinds of boxes and sacks were neatly and smoothly transported into a large cellar. Following Jia Cong's suggestion, the boxes and sacks were numbered with charcoal pens. They looked very nice at first glance. Gong San
Yi smiled and said: "This cellar was originally very small. After we bought it, I had people dig it to be as big as it is now. I said it was going to be used as an ice cellar in the summer. I guessed it would be used soon."
Jia She was very happy to see that the harvest was good. Now he was used to seeing many things from the Rongguo Mansion hidden in his servant's house. He was no longer angry and flattered Gong Sanyi: "Mr. Gong always wants to be in front of others."
It was almost midnight, and Jia She couldn't help but feel lucky that the medicine he took last night was enough, otherwise someone in the house would have woken up long ago. After a while, Jia She said to everyone: "Brothers have worked very hard tonight, but we still need to work harder."
Everyone, please don’t let the brothers on duty rest for the whole day, and don’t let others see that we moved at night.”
The brothers laughed and said, "Where can I sleep?"
Jia Cong was secretly amused. He was a very sophisticated thief.
After a few more instructions, Jia Si was asked to give everyone their hard-earned money first, and everyone burst into laughter. Then Jia She hurriedly led his two sons and youngest son Wu Baozi back on the carriage. Fortunately, it was the twelfth lunar month and the sky was dark.
The five of them returned to their respective residences. Although they knew that everyone in the house was fast asleep, they still couldn't help but tiptoe to change their clothes and get settled in. However, none of them could fall asleep.
The next day, when the sun rose three o'clock, the people in Rongguo Mansion gradually woke up. The whole house seemed to be on fire. Because the hat and the words "Robin Hood" were painted squarely on the door of Zhou Rui's house, there was no need to ask who it was.
Who did it? When Jia Mu learned about it, she was shocked and shouted, "Rebellion!" She quickly sent people to call Jia to pardon Jia Zheng.
At this time, Jia She fell asleep. Because he had not closed his eyes all night, Jia Mu sent the people who came to call him for a long time and still couldn't wake him up, so he had to go back. Because there were still many people who hadn't woken up at this time, Jia Mu didn't wake up.
He was not suspicious, so he asked someone to rub his face with cold water to wake him up.
Jia She yawned as if he was confused and went to Jia Mu's yard. After listening to the people below him for a long time, he finally understood: "That Arhat soldier robbed our servants in the inner wall area of our house last night?"
Jia Mu said with a sullen face: "I'm afraid it's revenge!"
Jia She was stunned: "Retaliation for what?"
Mother Jia stared at him fiercely: "Didn't you send a post to the Wucheng Army and Horse Department yesterday to ask them to work harder to investigate the case?"
Jia She was dumbfounded: Mother, you really can guess! I never thought of your son, so I hurriedly said: "What the old lady said is absolutely true! Fortunately, they only plundered the servants, and I didn't think much of the money was taken away from them."
Naturally, Jia Mu knew how wealthy her servants were, but she couldn't tell her directly. She just used crutches to lean on the ground and asked Jia Zheng again.
Jia Zheng said: "Although we only robbed a servant, they are from our house after all. We should report it to the Five Cities Military and Horse Division quickly so that they can solve the case quickly."
Jia She was extremely sleepy at the moment. He covered his mouth with his sleeves and yawned, saying, "How about you send someone to come over again? I'm really sleepy. My people already went there once yesterday."
He just said he had a headache, complained to Jia Mu, and went back to sleep.
Jia Mu had no choice but to point at his back and scold him for a long time. Then she looked at Jia Zheng and sighed: "Now I can only rely on you."
Jia Zhengdao: "I heard that the whole family was sleeping until now, and there are still many people who haven't woken up. It is obvious that the thieves have administered the Mongolian sweat medicine. But there are so many people in our family, how did they do it?"
Jia's mother said: "I can't live in peace because of this matter. I didn't even let the dog go. I'm afraid there is a ghost. Some people who didn't have dinner last night were awake. It can be seen that the medicine was administered to the house last night.
In the dinner. Those in our kitchen need to be carefully scrutinized. According to those who were awake at the time, they actually broke into the house with oil lamps. They said they were five people, wearing black night clothes, with faces
There were only five people covered with veils! They robbed hundreds of households in our house. If they come in and kill people and set fires, can we pay them back?"
Jia Zheng thought for a while and said: "I heard that they have been robbing slaves from various houses in the capital for more than a month. It is impossible that there are moles everywhere. Where did they get so many informants?"
Jia Mu shook her head and said: "Those are all servants' outhouses. How many households can hire a nursing home? How does it compare with our huge government palace? That's all. It's natural for the government to check it. Some neighbors who got up in the middle of the night said
, many large black carriages came out from Ningrong Street, each one was very generous, and they thought we were moving things in the house, which shows how unscrupulous they are. Please run there yourself quickly."
Jia Zheng hurriedly agreed, went back, changed his clothes, and went to the Wucheng Army and Horses Division in person.
The commander of the Five Cities Military and Horse Division, Zhao Cheng, had already received the order from his superiors and ignored the plundering of wealthy slaves. He sent several people to the Rongguo Mansion to see the scene and question the witnesses. He also asked, "Has your mansion made any mistakes?"
Jia Zheng said: "Not really. It's just that the whole family was fascinated by him, and the old lady was very frightened."
Zhao Chengdao: "Don't worry, sir. This is not the first time that Robin Hood has attacked the slave's house. He has never touched the master's house."
Jia Zhengdao: "It's just that if he wants to move one day, it will be so easy. I hope you won't slack off."
Zhao Cheng repeatedly said yes, smiling and confident, and coaxed Jia Zheng away with great force. As soon as Jia Zheng left, the clerks gathered around and whispered: "Who is this Robin Hood?"
One said: "In the past, I just guessed that it was someone from above. You just didn't believe it. Otherwise, how could the boss not let us solve the case?"
Another asked: "Why are the people above looking for trouble for these wealthy slaves?"
This said: "Now just look at the case of Rongguo Mansion and you will know. How can ordinary people handle it? There are so many portals, so neat, and there is no mention of small rewards such as monthly money. If you are really a man in the green forest,
Where can I bear not to take it? It must be from the military camp. And it must be a strong soldier. If it is not protected, it will be the imperial guard."
The other one said: "Nonsense, how could the Royal Forest Army rob rich slaves? They are not short of money. I heard they got more than us."
This one said: "They may not be short of money. I heard that the shortage of money is very serious nowadays!"
When Zhao Cheng came back, he scolded him: "Shut up, everyone! Don't talk nonsense."
Everyone dispersed.
There were also people near the Escort Bureau and on the road halfway to see their carriage at night, because soon after Gong Sanyi opened, he spread the news that "guests often come in at midnight to transport escorts", and he also pretended to be lucky at all hours of the night many times.
When something goes into the escort agency, the neighbors just think it is some strange escort, and they are not surprised. Occasionally, they overthink it and guess that the owner of the escort agency is the head of the Rongguo Mansion and does nothing else; besides, those powerful slaves are slaves
They are all extremely wealthy, and they have long been dissatisfied with it. However, many of them are happy to see Robin Hood's name appear in the market chat without any problems. Even more troublesome people go to the government to inquire, but there is no reward at all in this case.
The news was just a false promise, and I didn't bother to offend the Taiping Escort Bureau and Jia She was relieved.
Afterwards, Gong San also laughed and said: "Such a big thing, and it's not in the wild, there's no way to do it carefully. However, people's hearts in the market can be unpredictable. Some are lazy, some don't cause trouble, some are jealous, or some are uninterested and do nothing, so we
It looks like an adventure, but in reality there is no danger and everything is peaceful." Jia She and others all expressed their admiration.
As a result, there were rumors in the market that "Robin Hood" was a burly man who usually led four brothers, wearing bamboo hats, black masks, and carrying oil lamps to break into the homes of rich and powerful slaves to seize property.
The general story sprung up like mushrooms after a spring rain, and some clever storytellers made up a joke about it and started telling it in the teahouse, creating a lively scene in Beijing.
Starting from this day, the Rongguo Mansion will schedule patrols every day. Since the people who were robbed were servants, no one was lazy. They all wished that Robin Hood would come right now so that they could fight him hard.
Jia's mother also sent some people to investigate carefully, but it turned out that the servants in their house were all good at drinking, gambling and making money, and there were many who were just making money, but not many who could actually do things. The kitchen was even more aggrieved.
They couldn't find anything for the time being. They couldn't find any clues about Gong Sanyi's abilities. Only the gatekeeper at the northwest corner door replied that most of Zhou Rui's family had sneaked out after dinner last night.
After about an hour, after being reminded by Jia She, Jia's mother sent people to check the heads of the houses inside and outside the mansion that had been robbed. Surprisingly, only Zhou Rui's family survived! He immediately became suspicious of their family, and immediately sent people to secretly watch their family's every move.
Just move. It's just that both of them are Mrs. Wang's confidants and know many secrets, so they can't sue the officials at will.
This matter has nothing to do with the young masters in the house. Jia Cong and Yaoer went to Lin Hai to study with Jia Huan and told Lin Hai about this gossip.
Lin Hai was surprised: "Thieves like these are also interesting. I think those rich slaves came to the homes and stole a lot of their master's things, but they may not dare to tell the truth to the officials."
Yao'er said: "This is the cleverness of that great hero Luo. Since not many things have been stolen, and they themselves are slaves, how can the officials seriously investigate?"
Jia Cong interjected: "I'm afraid Xian Wang's brother's family will pay more attention to the loss of a dog than they do."
Lin Hai only criticized those who were "naughty" and they were just slaves anyway, so he didn't take it to heart because he sent them away in class without mentioning them.
As the saying goes, a strict teacher produces a good student, and the teacher also has aura. Those who cherish the opportunity to study like Jia Huan and those who are naturally calm and down-to-earth like Yao'er can learn their lessons well even if the teacher is a little kid; a restless student like Jia Cong,
Mr. Lin Daiyu, who could not bear to criticize him too harshly, could only look at him and sigh; Lin Hai was so powerful that he did not even use a ruler and just sat idle with a book beside him, so Jia Cong did not dare to desert. In the past, he
The reason why I couldn't practice my calligraphy well was because my mind was too active and I couldn't calm down. I had only been here for more than a month in Lin Hai, but my calligraphy frame was already set up! Daiyu was quite dissatisfied, and Lin Hai was very proud...