NOVEL NEXT Chapter 85 Lost Yuanbao
"Flying gold ingot?" Shui Xi asked doubtfully.
"This is just a dream talk, how can we take it seriously, but the old man insists on us coming here to verify it!"
Zhang Captou looked helpless. Today, he went there to check according to what shopkeeper Qian of Kaitang County said, and there was no sign of his gold ingot at all.
Old Man Qian said that his gold ingots were placed on the bedside and covered with golden silk cloth, while most of the banks in Lihua Town contained silver notes "Jiaozi" and silver taels.
Although silver notes and silver and copper coins are all cast by the government, gold ingots and banks can cast them themselves.
Zhang Captou has inspected the gold ingots from the bank in Lihua Town, and all have the inscription "Baochang Bank" engraved on the back.
"Zhang Captou, you have returned from Baochang Bank. Have you found the gold ingot?"
"Exactly. I searched both the bank and shopkeeper Peng's private residence, but couldn't find it."
Mao Xi heard from the aunts in the village that the matchmaker went to her second uncle's house to be a matchmaker for Shopkeeper Peng's son.
"Stop talking, Miss Ah Shu, what's delicious in your store recently? I'm confused by this case."
Mao Xi gave Zhang a stew pot of medicinal food: Ganoderma lucidum and dendrobium pork ribs soup.
After Zhang Captou finished drinking, he was going back to Kaitang Town to find out more about the shopkeeper Qian.
Before leaving, Mao Xi put a cup of coffee in a bamboo tube for Zhang Captou.
"Zhang Captou, this is the coffee I brought back from Huolu Island. Try it. It will refresh you. I guarantee that you will be awake all day long after drinking it."
"Thank you so much, Miss Ah Shu!"
The second uncle Liu Yongde's family in Liujiacun.
The matchmaker and two female elders of the Peng family came to propose marriage with the bride price and betrothal gifts.
"Wang Matchmaker, why are you here all of a sudden? Are you in a hurry?"
"Oh, don't be in a hurry! Master Peng hopes that his son and your Yuying will marry as soon as possible." Mrs. Peng said.
Liu Yongde and his wife were in a dilemma. They were not ready to return the gift, and they also heard that the Peng family was involved in a lawsuit and wanted to delay it.
"Why don't we wait and see again next month?" Liu Yongde was a little reluctant. He didn't want his daughter to be involved in a lawsuit with her husband's family as soon as she got married.
But when I saw this box of betrothal gifts and a table full of betrothal gifts, they amounted to five hundred taels! The maximum cost of marrying a daughter-in-law in the village is twenty taels. Gao was a little moved and hesitated: "Otherwise, we can wait until the end of the month to get married."
Mrs. Peng couldn't sit still. She stood up and held Mrs. Gao's hand and said, "My dear, what are you waiting for at the end of the month? I'll make a living. It will be good in three days and it's time to get married!"
The stepmother came out of the inner room, walked to her second uncle's house, and said to Mrs. Peng, "We will accept this betrothal gift in three days."
Mrs. Peng, her elders, and the matchmaker then left.
"Mom, is it too hasty to let Yuying marry like this?" Second uncle Liu Yongde did not agree with this marriage.
Ke pointed at Liu Yongde's head and said: "What do you know? I went to the town to find out that the Peng family's bank did not steal the money from the Qian family. The detectives who investigated the case have all returned to the Yamen. It is estimated that they will be here in two days. Case closed!”
Yuying heard the elders talking in the boudoir and felt relieved, but she still felt that the happiness came too suddenly.
Kaitang County, shopkeeper Qian's inner house.
Agent Zhang came to the door again and informed Shopkeeper Qian that the gold ingot he said was missing was not found at the Lihua Town Bank. He asked his two sons to take care of Shopkeeper Qian and get some rest. Don't believe what he said in his sleep.
The eldest son: "But Agent Zhang, there is indeed a row of gold ingots placed by my father's bedside. He has to touch the gold ingots every day before he can fall asleep!"
Second son: "The ingot must have been lost. If it's not at the Lihua Town Bank, would it have been stolen by thieves? Sir, you have to find it for us!"
Captain Zhang was a little displeased: "The old man is talking nonsense, are you going to follow suit? I have already told you that there is no gold ingot of yours in Baochang Bank. I have checked that the ingot has the stamp on it, and it is not from your bank. If you want to blackmail people again, I will take you away!"
"Go down, all of you, if you can't find Jin Yuanbao, don't come to see me again." Shopkeeper Qian kicked his two sons out of the room.
"Captain Zhang, I am making you laugh. My two sons have been thinking about the ten gold ingots on my bedside all day long. Now they are forcing me to make a will. I am not even ready to die. How unfilial!"
"Shopkeeper Qian, if your gold ingot is lost, we will help you find it, but don't make trouble at Baochang Bank anymore."
"Sir, I have something else to report..."
Shopkeeper Qian leaned into Captain Zhang's ear and whispered a few more words. After hearing this, Captain Zhang's expression changed instantly and he stood up immediately.
"Thank you, Mr. Qian, for informing me. I will go to Lihua Town again soon."
"Go, go quickly!"
As soon as Zhang Captou went out, he saw two brothers lying at the door eavesdropping. Seeing Zhang Captou's menacing attitude, they did not dare to speak.
"Brother, are you saying that our father's few gold ingots have disappeared like this?"
"I didn't know. I originally expected the old man to give us half, but now it's better, not a single gold ingot is left!"
Three days later, the wedding sedan arrived at the door of the second uncle Liu Yongde's house.
The second uncle's family and Ke Shi found out that Zhang Captou went to Baochang Bank to search again, hoping to postpone the wedding.
But the matchmaker brought three strong men and forcibly pulled Yuying onto the sedan chair.
The matchmaker said: "Old Liu family, you have collected the bride price, how can you not let the bride get on the sedan? How unlucky!"
The shopkeeper, Qian, started out as a loan shark. He had many thugs in the store, and Liu Yongde's family couldn't stop him even if they wanted to.
Yuying was dragged into the sedan chair, and the matchmaker said auspicious words along the way, teaching the bride: "Miss Yuying, you are going to the bank to enjoy the blessings. A great life is waiting for you in the future."
The procession of welcoming the bride was beating gongs, drums and suonas all the way. Passing by Mao Xi's Liuxiang snacks, Xiaodouzi ran to the door of the store to join in the fun and shouted: "The bride is getting married, the bride is getting married!"
Yuying heard Xiaodouzi's voice, and in desperation, she balled up the handkerchief she carried with her into the shape of a little mouse and threw it at Xiaodouzi.
Xiaodouzi ran back to the store excitedly with the handkerchief and shouted to Mao Xi: "Sister, the bride threw me a little mouse made of handkerchief, look!"
Mao Xi was confused, what kind of custom is this?
She unfolded the handkerchief and saw the word "Yuying" embroidered on the corner of the handkerchief. She said to Xiaodouzi: "This is the handkerchief of your cousin Yuying. She is going to the bank to be a bride today!"
Zhang Captou, who was eating in Shu Xi's restaurant, heard what Shu Xi said and took action.