Criminal investigation in ancient times

After the boy left, Duan Xiaobai got up and saw that there was no one around, he hurriedly poured the medicine into the flower pot, patted his chest and said in his heart: I can't stay here any longer, I'm afraid something will happen if it's okay for a long time!

In the past few days, Duan Xiaobai has thoroughly explored the entire Ge Mansion, and has searched many places. The account book is roughly locked in his study and bedroom, why not come to Ge Mansion tonight, if he can find the account book It's better to leave this ghost place, I can't find it... I'm afraid it will take a few more days.

It was night, and Duan Xiaobai had just changed his clothes when suddenly there was a sound of footsteps in front of the door.

Duan Xiaobai was taken aback, lifted the quilt and got in, squinting to watch a figure quietly enter his room.

That figure looked a little thin...it seemed like a woman's figure.

"Master Xiaobai? Are you asleep, Master Xiaobai?"

Duan Xiaobai was taken aback, isn't this the voice of Ge Yuemei's maid, Ju'er, why is she here?Duan Xiaobai didn't dare to make a sound, because he was still wearing night clothes, if he was discovered, he would definitely be suspected.

"Xiaobai... ah"

Duan Xiaobai: "Hush, what are you doing here?"

Duan Xiaobai stood up from the bed suddenly like a big cocoon wrapped in the quilt.

Ju'er patted her chest and said: "Young Master Bai, you scared me to death... I... our miss asked you to come over, I have something to tell you."

Duan Xiaobai became suspicious: What did Ge Yuemei call her to do in the middle of the night?

"You go outside and wait for me first, I'm not dressed."

Ju'er blushed and hurriedly left with small steps.

Duan Xiaobai took the opportunity to change out of his night clothes, put on his usual coarse clothes, adjusted his belt and went out.

At night, the whole Ge Mansion was quiet, and a palace lantern was lit at intervals to illuminate the road of the mansion.

Ju'er blushed and walked in front, looking at Duan Xiaobai from time to time, after walking for a while, she finally arrived in front of Du Yuemei's boudoir and said, "Our young lady is waiting for you inside."

Duan Xiaobai hesitated for a moment and said: "Although Yuemei and I have a marriage contract, it's not very good to meet in the middle of the night..."

Ju'er stomped her feet and said, "Miss said that she has something to discuss with you!"

Duan Xiao nodded clearly and said: What are you discussing in the middle of the night?Is it possible to ask yourself which color apron is the best color?Although I am a thief, I only steal dead things, not people, and I have never done such things as picking flowers. Isn't it embarrassing if I am not familiar with the business!Reluctantly, he had no choice but to bite the bullet and walk in.

As soon as Duan Xiaobai entered the room, Duan Xiaobai was stunned, the worry in his heart disappeared, and he saw Ge Yuemei wearing a light-colored long dress, her hair was simply tied with a jade hairpin, and she was sitting at the table holding an account book in her hand.Hearing Duan Xiaobai's footsteps, he looked up and ignored him.

Duan Xiaobai wondered, what is the purpose of Ge Yuemei calling herself here?Could it be that he knew that he didn't come to marry her?Or are you just testing yourself...

After reading the account book, Ge Yuemei closed the booklet and put it in a drawer, stood up and looked at Duan Xiaobai, and said, "My lord, Ming people don't slander, you didn't come to Ge's residence simply to marry me, what is your purpose? "

Duan Xiaobai pretended to be surprised and said: "I didn't intend to come here, it was your father...Master Ge insisted on letting me come."

Ge Yuemei sneered: "You may be able to deal with my father this way, but you can't deal with me. I think I don't look bad. If a normal man sees me without a secret, at least he will be nervous and excited, but you... react It's too bland, and even occasionally agitated doesn't seem like a normal shyness."

Duan Xiaobai's heart skipped a beat: This Ge Yuemei is really not someone to wait for, and she actually finds out that she is different. "I...I'm not...well, to be honest, I don't actually want to marry Miss Ge."

Ge Yuemei said excitedly: "Why don't you want to marry me? I come from a good family background and I'm not ugly. If you marry me, you will have a fortune of tens of thousands. It's a suitable deal no matter what."

Duan Xiaobai sighed and said: "Miss Ge doesn't really admire me, right? I... just want to marry a girl who really loves me. Although she has a lot of money, Miss Ge is not a good person... Forget it, why not marry me tomorrow Your father said to call off this marriage."

Ge Yuemei squinted her eyes and looked at him, and suddenly she couldn't tell the truth from the fake. Could it be that she was mistaken, and this person was not a spy sent by another salt company?

"Brother Wang misunderstood! Yuemei didn't have any other intentions... Yuemei and her eldest brother have only spent a short time together, and they don't know him well yet. People say that love grows with time, and it will get better after they get married."

Duan Xiaobai hesitated and said: "This... Miss Yuemei doesn't think I'm just a fisherman? Forget it, I'll talk to Lingtang tomorrow, let's let this marriage go." He got up and wanted to go out.

Seeing that he didn't want to eat, Ge Yuemei said, "Hmph, don't tell me that you didn't come to Ge's house for money!"

Duan Xiaobai said from the bottom of his heart: Why does this Ge family girl's face change all of a sudden, she is even more exaggerated than that storyteller.Duan Xiaobai has no patience with her, since she has made it clear, she might as well pretend that she came here for money. "Yes, I do have selfish intentions. Miss Ge already knows, so there is nothing to say. I will leave tomorrow." After finishing speaking, she got up and wanted to go out.

Ge Yuemei rolled her eyes, stepped forward to stop him and said, "Brother Wang, why do you need to leave? Since we each have our own goals, why not make a deal, if you want money after marriage, I will give you money. And you... what?" You don't need to do anything, just let me be the grandson of the Ge family."

Duan Xiaobai blushed and thought that Ge Yuemei was as virtuous as his father, so he didn't know why he should be ashamed.Fortunately, she only suspected that she came here for money. If she found out that she came here with a bad account in the future, I'm afraid it would be difficult.

It suddenly occurred to her that what Ge Yuemei was looking at just now was an account book... Of course, this book is definitely not private salt, but it is also related to Ge's mansion, why not take this opportunity to steal it?

Duan Xiaobai raised her lips and smiled: "Miss Ge said so, then I'd rather be respectful than obedient." As he spoke, he hugged Ge Yuemei and they lay down on the bed hugging each other, a faint fragrance gushed out.

The night was full and the candles were flickering. Ge Yuemei was still a girl who hadn't left the court after all. Although she didn't know much about this matter, she was shy and didn't know what to do. Duan Xiaobai kissed her neck lightly and said, "You are good in everything, the only shortcoming... is You're so smart." After saying that, he knocked her unconscious with a palm and covered her with a quilt.

Quietly got up and took out the booklet from the drawer just now, it was indeed an account book, but as he expected, it was not the account book of a private account, so where is the account book of the private account?

Looking at the unconscious person on the bed, he put the account book into his arms with a sneer and got up to go out.

It happened to see Ju'er squatting at the door drowsy, and suddenly heard footsteps and woke up, looked up at Duan Xiaobai and said: "Young Master Bai, you... have come out, where is our young lady?"

Duan Xiaobai smiled slightly and said, "Your lady has already rested, don't disturb her."

Ju'er nodded and walked towards the house, stretched her head to see that the young lady was indeed lying on the bed and fell asleep, and went to rest with peace of mind.

After Duan Xiaobai came out of Ge Yuemei's boudoir, he didn't go back to his room. Now that his identity has been exposed in front of Ge Yuemei, if he doesn't want to waste all his efforts, he must find out this account book tonight!Sneaked into Master Ge's study quietly, searched the whole study but couldn't find the account book, where did he hide it?

It suddenly occurred to me that Mr. Ge was a cautious person. If he was really selling private salt, how could he put the account book in the study casually in such a big deal, it must be - put it by his side to be at ease!

Duan Xiaobai sneaked to Master Ge's bedroom again, the room was quiet, only the boy dozing at the door, and on the bed lay Master Ge and his concubine, the two of them slept like dead pigs, there was no relationship at all. found that someone came in.

Duan Xiaobai searched the room silently, but there was still no clue. Seeing the white belly gradually appearing in the sky, and the rooster began to crow, Duan Xiaobai was sweating anxiously, where could he be?If he were Master Ge, he would hide such an important thing in... Would it be worthless? !

Suddenly looking at Ge Huaimao's pillow, this pillow is made of imitation jade ceramics, it may be that the pillow has been used for a long time, and the white glaze on it has turned yellow. It seems that this pillow may have been used for many years. Nostalgic... Will the account book be hidden in this pillow!

Quietly walked to Mr. Ge's side, reached out to grab the pillow and pulled it out little by little, and held Ge Huaimao's head with the other hand, and the pillow was about to be pulled out.

Suddenly Ge Huaimao turned over, and fell on the bed without waiting for his head, and woke up suddenly.Without waiting for him to react, Duan Xiao rolled his eyes and slapped him unconscious, and quickly ran out with his pillow in his arms.

Back in his own room, he opened the pillow, and as he expected, there was a booklet the size of a palm in the pillow!Duan Xiaobai opened the booklet in surprise and looked at it, the numbers on it almost scared him.With a lot of doubts in his heart, he hurried out of Ge's mansion and went back to the inn overnight.

The Ge family went crazy the next day.

When Master Ge woke up, he looked at the empty head and screamed like a pig, "Get my pillow back!!!!"

The pillow was found in Duan Xiaobai's room, but it had been broken into two pieces. Looking at the empty pillow, Ge Huaimao suddenly aged several decades, gritted his teeth and said, "Get this Wang Xiaobai back!"

Where can I find "Wang Xiaobai"?Dozens of people were sent to search the entire Jiangzhou wharf, but they couldn't find this man named Wang Xiaobai. He was so smart that he was confused at this time. Since Wang Xiaobai came to Ge's house for the account book, he would definitely not use his real name. Fishing at the pier before was all in disguise!It’s just that I don’t know who owns the account book now. If it’s in the hands of a colleague, I’d rather hurt my bones and redeem the book, but if it’s in the hands of the government... I suddenly remembered the person who came to Tongzhou to check the salt merchants a few days ago. Little Inspector, could it be that they did it? "God is going to kill my Ge family!"

Master Ge let out a loud roar, his chest felt tight, a mouthful of phlegm stuck in his throat, and he passed out.

Before Mr. Ge woke up, the government had already sent officers and soldiers to surround the Ge family. The Ge family was severely punished for selling illegal salt. All men above the age of 16 were beheaded, and those under the age of 16 were exiled to the border. .

Immediately, all the Yingying Yanyans of the Ge family were sent to the brothel, and many beautiful ones, such as Ge Yuemei, were settled early, and took them home in a small sedan chair to become concubines.

Ge Yuemei didn't understand until the end, why the Ge family collapsed suddenly...