It is the norm for a county government to have one small case in three days and one big case in five days. A county will say whether it is big or small. Trivial cases will have ten or eight issues every day. As for the big cases of robbing houses, killing people and setting fires,
Cases will come up every now and then.
As soon as the county magistrate Li Xiaoya came to the court, someone was beating drums outside the courtyard to cry out for injustice. The Yamen servants brought the drummers into the hall, slapped the wooden door, and the county magistrate asked everyone in the hall what they were doing.
"My lord, the county magistrate, my nostalgic pawnshop was stolen last night, and more than a hundred valuable items were lost!" The drummer said with tears streaming down his face. It seems that the missing things made the owner of the pawnshop even more excited.
It's distressing.
"Okay, don't cry so much. Shopkeeper, can you tell me how much the lost items are worth?"
"Roughly speaking, there are five hundred taels of silver!"
"How many pieces of tattered clothes and furniture are worth so much?"
"Your Majesty, of course, no one will steal the tattered clothes and furniture. What was stolen from the store were jade articles, ornaments, guqins, calligraphy and paintings. Some of them were pawned. If the owner comes to redeem the pawned items, what can I give them in exchange?"
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"Captain Yu, take the people to the pawn shop to check the case, and leave the rest to Capt Yu to handle the matter!"
"I humbly accept my order!"
After Yu Kun bowed to the county magistrate, he led a group of police officers to the pawn shop. Yu Kun understood that the people who robbed the pawn shop must have some understanding of the value of the things in the pawn shop, otherwise they would not rob the pawn shop.
Following the owner of the pawn shop to the scene, Yu Kun visited the pawn shop for the first time. Yu Kun, who had only seen pawn shops on TV before, came to the front of the shop and took a closer look at the Dexiang Pawn Shop. The pawn shop's
The window is more than one and a half meters high, and children should hold it high above their heads if they want to pawn.
Yu Kun privately asked a seemingly honest clerk why the window of the pawn shop was so high. The clerk told Yu Kun honestly that it was not a good thing for customers to bring jewelry or clothes to the pawn shop.
People's psychology is always unbearable and they are afraid of being hit by others.
It's also very embarrassing, so it's better to be more private. Although the pawnshops are located on the street, and there are people coming and going at the door, there are always screens higher than people's heads to hide everything inside the big door. It can be said that
It better protects the privacy of customers and attracts them to pawn.
As for why the counter is set up so high, another reason is that people who come to pawn things are generally in a hurry for money, so they are very impatient, so the value of the pawn is very low. In addition, the pawn shop
The shopkeeper may say annoying things, but let it go at this time
It is easy to have a dispute with them. Therefore, the overhead counter comes into play at this time. It can effectively block the direct physical contact between customers and servants. Moreover, if a robber comes to rob, the high counter can also be used as a barrier.
Use your gun as a cover and defend yourself well.
Therefore, there is a certain scientific basis for setting up the counter of a pawn shop so high. After all, as a special financial institution, a pawn shop will suffer serious losses once it is robbed by robbers. No wonder the pawn shop has such a setting.
After understanding the situation, Yu Kun followed the shopkeeper into the counter. The lobby inside was very spacious. Yu Kun saw that there were all kinds of strange things in the pawn shop. It could be said that anything he had at home could be sent to the pawn shop.
Everything in the pawn shop is categorized and placed. Jade antiques are placed on the innermost shelf, while large farm tools and the like are placed in the backyard. Some valuable jades are locked in boxes for storage. Yu Kun saw,
The contents of Nuo Da's pawn shop were not disturbed, and the thieves went directly to the jade articles, calligraphy and paintings.
Even the jade articles, calligraphy and paintings were only partially taken away, and only the majority of the genuine items were taken away, while the vast majority of the fake items were left behind.
After watching the scene, Yu Kun came to the conclusion that this was a gang crime, and it was also a technical gang crime. Yu Kun took a look in private and found that the door and window furnishings were not damaged. It was obvious that the thief had climbed over the wall.
. This shows that the people who steal are still a group of habitual criminals. They are not ordinary thieves, but a group of thieves with special skills.
Yu Kun moved to the counter and saw some blank pawn tickets and some stubs of the pawn tickets on the counter. Yu Kun flipped through them and found that he didn't recognize the fonts on the pawn tickets at all. It can be said that these fonts were like heavenly books.
, more difficult to identify than the doctor’s prescription Yu Kun saw in his previous life.
Yu Kun learned that the fonts written on the pawn tickets are unique to each pawn shop. The first lesson to practice when joining a pawn shop as an apprentice is to identify these fonts. What is also strange is that regardless of the mortgage,
The quality of the pawn, also known as the quality of the pawn, always begins with "shabby", so no matter where you go to pawn, it will all be considered very low-end.
After Yu Kun completed the inspection, he asked the shopkeeper to close the business for two days, and then took people back to the county government office. Seeing Yu Kun return, the county magistrate Li Xiaoya immediately asked: "What can you gain from arresting the head?"
Yu Kun stepped forward, lay in the ear of County Magistrate Li Xiaoya and said: "Your Majesty, your Majesty, I feel that this case was done by acquaintances in the pawn shop and people from outside!"
"Why does Yu Baotou have such an idea?"
"Sir, if you think about it, the doors and windows inside and outside the pawn shop are not damaged. There are two possibilities. One is that thieves entering and exiting all climb over the wall; the other is to open the door with keys from both inside and outside. I checked the crime scene, except
Antique calligraphy and paintings, but things in other areas have not been touched at all. According to the shopkeeper, what the criminals stole were valuable jewelry or calligraphy and paintings, which is very interesting!"
"What did Yu Baotou mean?" Li Xiaoya seemed to have thought of something.
"Your Excellency, your guess is correct. This is the most likely possibility. A man with knowledge led the wolf into the house. Of course, there is another possibility that there are experts in this criminal gang who can distinguish the authenticity of calligraphy and paintings!"
"Tou Yu, if the criminal gang is really good at identifying calligraphy and painting, he can rely on this skill to make a living. There is no need to take such a big risk!"
"What your Excellency said is absolutely true, so a humble position is more likely to lead to a mole!"
"How many guys are there in the store?"
"There are sixteen people in total including the shopkeeper!"
"How does Capt. Yu plan to investigate the case?"
"Obviously, I sent people to search everywhere, but my humble plan is to have sixty-four smart detectives monitor the sixteen people in the pawn shop for twelve hours!"
"Including the shopkeeper?"
"Until the criminal is found, everyone is a suspect!"
"Yeah, that's good. Yu Baotou is really different and unique in solving crimes. Work hard and this county magistrate will not treat you badly!"
"Sir, what are you saying? It is a humble duty to apprehend the murderer!"
"We are one, and when the policeman solves the case, he is also helping me!"
"Your Majesty said that, I'm scared! But don't worry, Sir, I will definitely work hard to solve the case and live up to your trust!"
"On the day you arrest the head and solve the case, this county magistrate will definitely celebrate your success!"
Chapter completed!