The first day of the Lunar New Year was supposed to be a day for the younger generation to kowtow to their elders to pay New Year greetings, but this morning, Mu Yi met the head of the Du family, who was also Du Xiaoshan's father.
Du Jun is in his fifties, and Du Xiaoshan is his only son, and he has a son at an old age. His temples are slightly gray, his face is resolute, and there is a heavy look of tiredness between his brows, but his body is upright.
"The servant was rude last night and disturbed the Taoist priest. I hope the Taoist priest won't be offended." Du Jun looked at Mu Yi and said directly. At the same time, someone was already holding a plate and placing it on the table in front of Mu Yi. The red silk was lifted.
Open, showing a golden color.
I saw that the tray was filled with gold nuggets, almost hundreds of taels.
This kind of gold nuggets are usually only made by wealthy families. They are not used for circulation, but are used as rewards during the Chinese New Year. Usually the gold nuggets are only about the size of a thumb, and they have auspicious meanings. They are suitable for playing in the hand, which makes them more aristocratic.
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"The Taoist priest rescued my son and his wife before, but I haven't thanked him yet. It's just the New Year, so I gave the Taoist priest a small gift for fun, and also to bring good luck and accumulate some blessings for my unborn grandson." Du Jun said.
He is polite and well-founded, making it hard for anyone to fault him. He is indeed an extremely shrewd businessman.
The so-called thank you for the rescue is actually just an excuse. If Du Jun really wanted to thank him, why would he wait until now? And who has the leisure to play with so many gold nuggets? It is obviously used to apologize, but it was given in a nice name.
Just go out, after all, a hundred taels of gold is not a small amount of money, and it is a wealth that ordinary people cannot earn in a lifetime.
That is to say, the Du family has a great cause, so they can take it out without frowning.
Of course, people must ask for something out of courtesy. Mu Yi would not believe that the other party was just here to apologize. I guess what Mu Yi said last night worked, and the other party must have gotten some useful information from that person, but
Those pieces of information were not enough to recover the Du family's treasure, so they had no choice but to come to Mu Yi.
After all, Chong A and B's bold statement last night was seen by many people. Even in Du Jun's heart, Mu Yi's origins became extraordinary. If he could use Mu Yi to find the Du family's treasure, let alone a hundred taels of gold, even if
Ten times more, he would not frown at all, and would even be happy.
Standing behind Du Jun was Du Xiaoshan. He had no choice but to face his father's behavior. He knew very well who his father was. If it was not beneficial to him, no matter how good the relationship was, he would ignore it. But if he could
Bring him benefits, even if you humiliate him in person, he will still listen with a smile.
Du Xiaoshan couldn't stand this to some extent, and even had conflicts before. But later, when he started to learn to do business, he gradually understood his father. However, he understood, but he still disapproved of his father's ideas many times.
Behavior, just like now.
He felt that when dealing with people like Mu Yi, interests could not move him at all. The key was friendship. When Mu Yi rescued them on the way before, it was friendship, and when he invited Mu Yi home for the New Year, it was also friendship. But if friendship was mixed with interests, it would be
Something has changed.
"Master Du, you are so polite. In fact, we originally planned to say goodbye, but now we just want to say goodbye to Du Family Village." Mu Yi smiled slightly and did not even look at the golden naked men.
Du Jun has been in business for so many years, and he thinks that his eyes can still recognize people, but today he found that he can't see through Mu Yi at all. Money can make people go around, and everyone loves money. After so many years, he has seen
All kinds of people.
Some people are greedy for money and can't take their eyes away when they see money. Some people are aloof and pretend to be disdainful, but in fact they secretly swallow their saliva. But those like Mu Yi, who are calm and indifferent, don't care.
First time encounter.
In particular, Mu Yi's indifference was not pretended, but indifferent from the bottom of his heart, as if the one hundred taels of gold were just a hundred coins in his eyes, or worthless stones.
But when Du Jun heard that Mu Yi was leaving, he suddenly became anxious. Now he could basically conclude that Mu Yi was the kind of person who was truly capable. In this case, how could he let Mu Yi leave? And in Du Jun's case
In my eyes, things that can be solved with money are never difficult problems. What is difficult are those things that cannot be bought with money.
"Today is the first day of the first lunar month. It is forbidden to travel, and the snow outside has not melted, making the road difficult. It is better for the Taoist priest to stay here for a few more days and let Xiaoshan accompany the Taoist priest." Du Jun said immediately, even in order to keep Mu.
Yi simply threw his son out.
"Taoist Master, after your advice last night, all the servants under his name have been recruited. Someone gave him a thousand taels of silver and asked him to say this deliberately." Although Du Xiaoshan didn't like his father, he still couldn't stand it at this time.
I can only say it honestly.
"Now that we have the clues, let's just investigate the truth." Mu Yi said calmly.
"We also know this, but here's the problem. No matter how hard we torture to extract a confession, the subordinate can't tell who asked him to do it. According to what he said at the time, he even forgot about that person.
Er Jing." Du Xiaoshan said with a bitter look on his face.
He originally didn't believe the servant's answer, but even if he invited someone who was best at extracting a confession, he couldn't tell who that person was from him. It seemed that even he didn't know, so he could only
Begging to come to Mu Yi again.
"Oh, you didn't check who he came into contact with yesterday. Since he is a servant, he should be able to control his range of actions, right? The other party asked him to guide me. Obviously he knew that I was here and wanted to cause trouble.
Yin, in fact, the most likely cause of this matter is an insider." Mu Yi said directly.
"A traitor?"
"impossible?"
The one who was doubtful in the former was Du Xiaoshan, and the one who categorically denied it in the latter was Du Jun.
Mu Yi didn't say anything, just looked at the father and son.
"The Taoist priest doesn't know something. Only Xiaoshan and I know where the treasure is stored, and only the two of us have the key there. It can't be that my son and I are keeping it secret, right?" Du Jun explained helplessly.
"Let's do this. I'll accompany you to the place where the thief was stolen, but let me tell you in advance that I can't guarantee whether the person who stole it can be found. I can only try my best." Mu Yi thought for a while and said, as a way of repaying Du Xiaoshan.
favor.
"Taoist Master, please." Du Jun was immediately overjoyed and quickly led the way.
"By the way, Master Du, when I came here before, I saw that the mansion was heavily guarded and the guards looked nervous. Could it be possible that I had known for a long time that the treasure would be stolen?" Mu Yi asked casually on the way.
Hearing Mu Yi's words, Du Jun in front of him trembled slightly. Although it was very slight, Mu Yi still saw it.
"Dad, what are you hiding from me?" Du Xiaoshan suddenly said loudly, his face becoming extremely ugly. If it was true as Mu Yi said, then even he was kept in the dark.
After being exposed, Du Jun seemed a little embarrassed. Looking at the expressionless Mu Yi and his angry son, he finally gritted his teeth and said, "Have you ever heard of Master Taoist, the best thief in the world?"
"The number one thief? I've heard some rumors." Mu Yi nodded. He did know about this master Kong Kong, but he didn't know it now. He already knew it when he followed the old Taoist to travel around the world.
He has a great reputation and likes to rob the rich and give to the poor. He also has a peculiar habit, that is, before stealing things, he will write a letter to the owner of the house, announcing the day he will steal things, and then he will not know where the ghost is.
If someone steals something deliberately, the owner will often find out that the thing has been stolen only after he succeeds.
And it is said that Miao Shu Kong Kong has never missed a move, so he is known as the Master Thief.
Du Jun had received a letter from Miao Shuangkong before, saying that he would steal his family's treasure on New Year's Eve. After seeing the letter, Du Jun immediately became nervous and sent additional guards, three inside and three outside.
He was on guard, and even secretly moved the treasure to another place alone. On the surface, the most guarded place turned out to be a trap.
Du Jun originally thought that his arrangement was foolproof, so he waited for his master to come up empty-handed. However, he didn't expect that last night, when he waited on the left and waited on the right, no one came. After midnight, Du Jun finally couldn't help it anymore and secretly hid the treasure for himself.
He went to check, and when he saw it, his face suddenly turned pale. Only he knew where the treasure had disappeared. In its place, there was only a piece of paper with a picture of a hand holding a dollar tightly.
Bag, this is the signature of the world's best thief, Master Kong Kong.
After Du Jun finished explaining all this, Du Xiaoshan's face was gloomy. He didn't expect that his father would actually hide it from him, especially after the incident happened, he continued to lie to him, just to let him use Mu Yi's trust in him to find him.
Mu Yi helps.
On the contrary, Mu Yi didn't look unhappy after hearing this.
"Let's go and take a look together." Mu Yi smiled slightly and in turn persuaded Du Xiaoshan.
Du Jun was immediately overjoyed and hurriedly led the way. Originally he only wanted to use Mu Yi, but now he did not dare to hide anything anymore and even placed all his hopes on Mu Yi.
Soon, everyone came to the place where Du Jun hid the treasure. It was actually in a hall. This was also the place where the Du family had New Year's Eve dinner. He hid the treasure under a vase in the corner. The floor tiles were empty.
, there is a hole that can be used to hide things.
But now, the place was empty. At the same time, Du Jun also handed the piece of paper to Mu Yi.
The hand on the piece of paper is a little fat, but it is holding a money bag tightly, and the money bag is also bulging. The painting is lifelike. This hand alone is already at the level of everyone.
"Did Taoist Priest see any clues?" Du Jun finally couldn't help but ask when he saw Mu Yi was silent in thought.
"What is the Du family's treasure?" Mu Yi asked.
"This..." Du Jun hesitated immediately.
"Dad, how long has it been and you are still hiding it?" Du Xiaoshan couldn't help but burst out. Then he looked directly at Mu Yi and said: "Taoist Master, that treasure is actually a Buddha statue." (To be continued)