Chapter 2 Restaurant theft
The restaurant shopkeeper was a big fat man, and he looked worried, and he raised his waist and said to Helanbing: "Master He, are you here?"
"Well, what's going on?"
"Just just now, I was working at the counter, and suddenly I heard it was very messy outside. A woman shouted to kill someone! I was shocked. Many diners ran to the door to see. I also ran to see it, but forgot to lock the silver cabinet. I ran to the door and saw a man chasing and beating a woman with a shoe. The woman ran around with disheveled hair. The man scolded her as a shameless scammer stealing man and other things, and everyone was joking. I also found it funny. After watching for a while,
Thinking that my silver cabinet was not locked, I quickly ran back to the counter, but... all the money in the silver cabinet was gone! It was more than 30 taels! I just took it out of Fuji Money House and was about to purchase the goods. I was so angry that I trembled all over. I quickly asked the clerk to report to the official, and asked the clerk to stop all the customers, told them what happened, and asked them to return to their seats, and wanted to catch the thief. Then you came. - Master He, everyone said that you solved the case like a god, and you must help me get the silver back!"
He Lanbing waved his hand and looked around at the diners in the venue: "Who are there people running out to watch the fun? Who haven't gone?"
The diners shouted, "I'm going!" "I'm going too!" "I've seen that man slapped the woman in the face with the soles of his shoes!"
Helan Bingliu frowned and waved his hand: "Don't be messed up!"
Immediately, the room was silent and I looked at her together.
Helanbing said to the shopkeeper: "Did anyone leave when you find that the money counter is stolen to the time when you keep them?"
"No! Absolutely not!" The shopkeeper was very sure, "I was watching the fun at the door, and it took only a moment. During this period, I didn't see anyone going out of the gate, nor did I see anyone climbing out of the window. I also asked the guy in the back hall, no one went out, and I found that in time, the thief must have no time to slip away, and must be still in the restaurant!"
"If you find the money, can you recognize it?"
"Yes!" said the shopkeeper with affirmation, "The few taels of scattered silver in the cashier were collected today, and I may not recognize it, but the thirty taels of silver was taken out from Fuji Money House early this morning. I ordered some beef and mutton when I bought the goods and ordered some beef and mutton. I sent it to the money today. They were all five taels per ingot, and the whole six ingots were held in the money box in blue cloth. There was the silver seal of Fuji Money House on it!"
Silver seals are seals left by the money house when infusing silver ingots. If there is a short pound or shortness of quality, you can cause trouble for the money house based on this. Of course, it is also a means for the money house to promote itself.
"Oh! Since that's the case, it's easy." Helanbing sneered, glanced at everyone in the scene, and said, "Everyone, I'm sorry, I'm catching the thief and caught the stolen goods. I can't just search my body. Please forgive me!"
Almost all the diners immediately said, "Yes! Search for your body! I'll kill this guy by scoring it out!" "His grandma, I'm not at ease when I eat. If I catch it, I'll kill you!"
Helanbing said: "This guy stole more than thirty taels of silver. Who has more than thirty taels of silver? Please take it out in advance and let the shopkeeper see it."
In the Ming Dynasty, one tael of silver was worth RMB 1,000 (Note: This is for the convenience of understanding and may differ from historical facts. Please do not have to be serious about the Fang family). Thirty taels are 30,000 yuan, and it is very heavy, so ordinary people would not bring so much money on their bodies even if they are fine. So everyone in the venue did not speak out.
Helan Bing folded a fan, slapped it twice, and said leisurely: "Since you have no objection, then please take out all the things in your pockets consciously. My people are going to search!"
Immediately, all the diners turned out their pockets and raised their hands to wait for searching.
He Lanbing waved his hand and several constables stepped forward to search. Two other female constables were responsible for searching the female guests. The constables searched very carefully, and after a while, they finished the search. The silver ounces found were placed on the table and asked the shopkeeper to check. Although there were also silver ingots from Fuji Money House, they were all small ingots of one or two ingots, and none of them were five tings. The rest were scattered silver tiles and copper coins.
All the constables and diners looked at her again, wanting to know what to do below this famous local detective.
Helan Bing frowned slightly, thought for a while, put the folding fan in his hand down, and inserted it in the collar of the back of his neck, slowly moving forward. Every time she passed by a table, she reached out to grab the table and lifted it. She walked to a table next to the counter, grabbed it and grabbed it, and suddenly stopped his hand, and a sneer appeared on the corner of her mouth. She put down the table, lifted her clothes and squatted down, looked under the table, and said, "Shopkeeper, the silver has been found!"
The fat shopkeeper was surprised and hurried over, squatted down with a hard time, tilted his fat head and looked under the table. Sure enough, a blue package was pierced by a dagger!
There are small half-blocks on all sides of the square table. The thief stole the package with a knife at the bottom of the table. No one sitting standing or sitting can see it. Only then can he see it unless he squats down and looks in.
The audiences outside the field were filled with marvel.
The fat shopkeeper smiled happily: "Yes! It's my money! I recognize this blue cloth bag, I have to cover the money! Oh my money!" As he said that, the fat shopkeeper wanted to drill under the table to get the bag of money.
"Slow down!" Situ Ce, who was watching the crowd outside the door, shouted loudly: "If you touch the evidence like this, you can't find who the thief is!"
Helanbing waved his hand to stop the fat shopkeeper and turned his head to look at Situ Ce: "What did you say?"
Situ Ce carried a fortune telling banner in one hand and a on-site investigation and inspection box in the other hand, and a fortune teller's robe on his shoulder, and took a step forward: "As a constable, uh--, as a master of criminals, you can't just find the stolen goods, you have to catch the thief. This case will be solved! Thieves steal stolen goods and leave traces on the stolen goods. That is an important clue to finding the thief. If you touch them randomly, destroy the traces and the clues are interrupted, it will be difficult to find the thief!"
Helanbing slowly stood up, folded a fan, walked to the door, and looked at Situ Ce: "Who are you?"
"My name is Situ Ce."
He Lanbing glanced at the fortune telling banner in his hand and the robe on his shoulder, and smiled faintly: "Fortune-telling?"
Situ Ce was stunned. Before he could answer, He Lanbing was relieved and said: "Listen to what you said just now, could you solve the case?"
"Yes!" Situ Ce took another step and said, "I can find the thief who committed the crime in one incense stick of time! - If Master He is willing to let me try."
He Lanbing said oh, then looked him up and down: "A stick of incense?"
"That's right!" Situ Ce was confident. Since the thief was still in the store and found the stolen goods hidden by the thief, he should be able to extract the fingerprint. As long as the fingerprint is extracted and compared with everyone present, he can find the thief. His hand holding the inspection box tightened, and the key was to rely on the treasure box in his hand.
He saw a faint smile on the corner of Helanbing's mouth, and knew that she did not intend to let a strange fortune teller get involved and participate in solving the case. He immediately said loudly: "My method of solving the case is very different from that of the master. I wonder if the master is interested in giving advice?"
Helanbing said, "I am busy and I don't have time. You should go and calculate your life and earn your money!" After that, he turned around and walked into the house.
Situ Ce laughed to the sky: "I thought Master He was broad-minded, but I was afraid that there would be experts who would overshadow him, hahaha."
Chapter completed!