Wishful Things

He witnessed the thief entering the other courtyard with his own eyes, and this servant evaded every possible way to obstruct him, no matter how he looked at it, he seemed to be a thief with a guilty conscience.

And as the commander of the Xicheng Army and Horse Division, he is now under the watchful eyes of everyone, so it is naturally impossible to turn a blind eye to such hidden dangers.

"Bang!"

A strong soldier broke the delicate copper lock three or five times with his saber.

"Go in and search!"

Seeing that the servant wanted to stop him again, the Commander's face darkened: "This person has repeatedly obstructed official duties, take him down for discussion!"

Two soldiers restrained the man, one on the left and the other on the right.

The servants were very anxious, fearing that they would not find anything unusual, and instead made a mistake because of him, they hurriedly explained: "My lord really misunderstood, the villain is just afraid of being blamed by the master! I have absolutely no intention of hiding it!"

The commander glanced at him and ignored him.

Whether there is any suspicion or not will be determined after the thief is taken down.

The study room was furnished simply, and the thief hiding behind the half-person-high vase in the corner of the bookshelf was quickly discovered.

"I... I'll just hand over the money bag to you. I was also confused for a while, so don't come here!"

The little thief had a look of panic on his face, and threw out the money bag in his arms.

A soldier raised his hand to catch it, and approached with a knife.

The purse must be returned to the owner, and of course the thief must be caught.

"You..." Seeing this, the thief stood up tremblingly, and in a panic, grabbed the books and boxes on the bookshelf behind him and threw them away.

The servant secretly breathed a sigh of relief.

This frightened thief didn't seem to be pretending, it might really be just an ordinary thief who just happened to break into this place——

But the next moment, he didn't think so.

The little thief "coincidentally" came across the mechanism behind the hidden compartment, and saw that bookcase split into two and slowly opened in front of several soldiers!

The little thief was 'shocked' by this scene, and had no way to escape, as if he didn't want to think too much, he turned around and went behind the gap in the bookshelf.

"grown ups……"

Surprised, the soldier subconsciously looked at the commander with a look of asking for instructions.

Who would have thought that there would be a secret room in this ordinary study room!

"My lord, this...it's just an ordinary ice cellar!" The servant tried to make his voice not trembling so much, and hurriedly said: "This ice cellar is very familiar to the villain—it's better for the villain to go down and clean the ice cellar." Catch him and hand him over to your lord for punishment! It can be regarded as an act to make up for the ignorance!"

The commander frowned.

The person who was obstructing in every possible way just now is suddenly so active?

Besides—an ice cellar?

If it is really just an ice cellar, where is the need to set up such a secret trap?

The enthusiasm and curiosity of the people behind him rose again.

"Who would dig an ice cellar in the south of Chaoyang? Who will believe us if we tell the truth? Think of us as fools!"

"How can a serious family have such weird institutions..."

"There may be something shady hidden here!"

The commander looked at the servant.

Such an exquisite trick is not something that ordinary people can use...

The servant's attitude when he mentioned his master earlier was also very strange.

In the territory of the capital, if you are not careful, you may offend noble people who cannot afford to offend.

While the commander was thinking secretly, he could only hear a man's exclamation from behind the bookshelf.

The people suddenly became restless.

"See what this is!"

"It looks like there's something in here!"

The commander suppressed the chaotic guesses in his mind, and ordered a few capable subordinates: "You guys go down and have a look!"

The common people are watching, and there are a lot of dignitaries in Herring Workshop, there is absolutely no reason to retreat at this time, instead of thinking so much about what is there, it is better to do your own thing, so as not to be blamed by others.

As for the rest—

He's just following the rules, if something goes wrong, whoever did it will clean it up, and then he won't care much about it!

The servant was scared out of his wits, and cold sweat dripped down his cheeks.

Soon, a soldier walked out of the secret room quickly, and whispered a few words in the commander's ear with an unsteady expression.

The conductor looked shocked.

Seeing this, the people onlookers were anxious to speculate.

——The official didn't say anything, he was trying to kill someone!

Seeing this, the servant had a glimmer of hope in his heart, and his eyes hinted: "My lord, I have two sentences that I want to explain to my lord..."

Seeing that it is absolutely impossible to hide this matter completely, he can only hope to explain the identity of the son to the other party, so that the other party will not dare to reveal this matter in public under fear, and try to reduce the impact of the situation as much as possible.

The commander hesitated for a moment.

He has an intuition that once he listens to the other party, this matter can only be covered up.

But the woman in the secret room...

He is not a cold-blooded person, he just wants to survive in the bottom-level officialdom, and he has no choice in many things.

When he was struggling in his heart, he suddenly heard a voice coming from the study.

"It's a woman! There is a woman imprisoned here. She was beaten to a bloody mess...and locked in a cage!"

The little thief rushed out staggeringly, exclaiming loudly while running.

"..." The commander made his eyelids twitch wildly, looking at the two subordinates who followed.

The two officials looked complicated.

They clearly restrained the thief at first, but who knew that the little thief who seemed to be limp in fright was as slippery as a loach, and if they were not careful, the other party escaped from them somehow ran out...

At this time, he didn't run away, but fell down in front of the study, his face was pale and said: "I'm scared to death, I'm scared to death..."

It was like a huge wave breaking up on an unsettled river.

"Did you hear that, there is a woman hidden here! I don't know which family's daughter is so pitiful!"

The faces of the women who had talked the most before were horrified.

They really hit the nail on the head...there really are some shady tricks!

Originally, I just came to watch the excitement of catching thieves, but I didn't expect that this excitement would also include watching one get one free? !

The commander took one last look at the ashen-faced servant.

It's not that he doesn't know how to handle things, but that the other party's luck is too bad, or maybe he has done too much evil, and God can't see it.

He turned to look at one of his subordinates: "Go to the Beijing Yamen quickly and report this matter to Mr. Ji."

Anyway, the general manager of the internal government likes to take credit for their soldiers and horses, so he should be more generous today and be a personal favor.

Moreover, their soldiers and horses only know about patrolling and arresting matters. When it comes to handling such complicated cases, the Beijing Yamen must be better at it.

When Yin Jidong of the Beijing Yafu heard about this, he immediately sent officials to check and take over.

When the official messenger arrived, the entire Herring Square was almost completely surrounded, and more and more people who heard the news came to watch the excitement.

The crowd, which seemed to be so crowded that they couldn't hold even one person, could all make way for people from the government to come.

Some officials went into other courtyards, while others began to disperse the onlookers.

The people pretended to disperse, but they didn’t want to go far at all. Some hid in the alleys, and some even climbed up the walls quietly. Turn around and leave?

"Look, look, look, people have been carried out!"

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(Update at 8:00 a.m. tomorrow morning)