"Luo Jiancheng, it's him!" The second young master of the Xiao family was no stranger to this Luo Yuanwai. When he mentioned that Luo Yuanwai, the second young master of the Xiao family looked extremely shocked.
"What's wrong?"
"Is there any problem?" Huang Tinghui asked strangely, seeing the shocked look on the second son of the Xiao family.
Li Dingguo stood aside with his arms folded, looking at Huang Tinghui's puzzled look, and he explained, "This member Luo is a well-known philanthropist in Ningcheng County, and he and the Xiao family are both well-known wealthy people!"
"Luo Yuanwai is very charitable and a person who worships Buddhism. Many people admire Luo Yuanwai very much."
"In the hearts of ordinary people, Luo Yuanwai's reputation is still extremely high!" Li Dingguo explained to Huang Tinghui.
After hearing this, Huang Tinghui finally understood why the second young master of the Xiao family was so shocked.
Come to think of it, how could such a kind-hearted person do so many things behind his back?
They even dug such a big hole for the Xiao family just to put the Xiao family to death.
People who appear to be kind are often the most vicious people.
Even Huang Tinghui was shocked into a cold sweat when he thought of this.
If I hadn't directed and acted in this play today and hadn't found the drunkard now.
I'm afraid no one would believe that Luo Yuanwai would do such a thing. After the collapse of the Xiao family, Luo Yuanwai would step forward to clean up the mess, and he would only be regarded as a good person with a lot of righteousness.
After calculating to this point, it is still extremely vicious!
"Second Young Master Xiao, have you found the boats that were on the lake during that time?"
"The ship I want to rob the Jade Buddha on should be under the name of Luo Yuanwai!"
"Follow this clue and you may be able to find some useful clues!" Huang Tinghui quickly reminded the second son of the Xiao family.
"What Mr. Huang said is true, what he said is true!" After being reminded by Huang Tinghui, the second young master of the Xiao family immediately replied.
The records of ships coming and going have long been sorted out by someone sent by the second son of the Xiao family. Now that we know who is behind the scenes, we can easily pinpoint a few of the most suspected ships.
This time, God blessed the Xiao family, and they quickly found the merchant ship belonging to Luo Yuanwai's men.
During that time, only one merchant ship passed through.
If it was Luo Yuanwai who attacked the Jade Buddha of the Xiao family, that ship would undoubtedly be the most suspect.
Things took shape, and the second young master of the Xiao family became excited.
By locking down the whereabouts of this merchant ship and obtaining information on the goods transported by the merchant ship, we may be able to recover the Jade Buddha that was robbed by the Xiao family.
In the Dasheng Dynasty, although merchants were extremely powerful financially, their status was not very high.
This is probably related to the fact that when Emperor Taizu founded the country, he once encountered a businessman who was extremely wealthy.
Scholars, peasants, and merchants, merchants were the lowest status among the classes.
The crackdown on smuggling traders is even more stringent.
Therefore, every time a merchant ship docks, officers and soldiers stationed at the dock will inspect the merchant ship to prevent entrainment.
Once entrainment practices are discovered on a merchant ship, the owner of the merchant ship may face extremely severe penalties.
At present, the officers and soldiers stationed at the dock that day were invited to the mansion by the second son of the Xiao family.
"Brother Official Officer, every time a cargo ship docks, you have to inspect the cargo on the cargo ship!"
"Did you detect any abnormalities in the Luo family's goods?" the second son of the Xiao family asked, while nodding with his servant.
When the servant saw the second young master of the Xiao family nodding, he immediately understood what the second young master of the Xiao family meant.
The servant took out ten taels of silver from his sleeve and pushed it onto the table.
The official was also a lively guy. Seeing the sincerity of the second young master of the Xiao family, he naturally had nothing to hide.
After all, this is ten taels of silver!
"Second Young Master, there was no accident when we inspected the Luo family's cargo ship that day."
"The Luo family's cargo ship carries some ordinary goods, and we inspected them one by one."
"Nothing unusual was found."
Hearing what the official said, the second young master of the Xiao family was a little discouraged.
Saying this is the same as not saying it!
At this time, Huang Tinghui, who was sitting next to the second son of the Xiao family, spoke up, "Master official, where are the boxes on the ship?"
"Has anything changed?"
"What about the cargo on the ship? What changes have occurred?"
After hearing Huang Tinghui's question, the official fell into memories.
"This young gentleman, after hearing your question, I recalled some things."
"The number of wooden boxes on this merchant ship is quite large, but when we came back, the goods in the wooden boxes were gone!"
"Most of the wooden boxes are empty!"
"But merchant ships, aren't they just for transporting goods?"
“It’s normal to have a shortage of goods, but it’s abnormal to have a shortage of goods!”
The official told Huang Tinghui some of the things he remembered.
After hearing what the official said, Huang Tinghui had an extremely bold guess in his mind.
He suddenly looked at the official and asked, "Brother, the official, was the box heavier when you left, but much lighter when you came back?"
"The weight of the box filled with goods is quite different?"
Hearing Huang Tinghui's question, the official's eyes lit up.
He looked at Huang Tinghui in great surprise, and blurted out, "This young man, can you know how to do it?"
"We also thought it was a bit incredible at the time. After all, the difference in weight of the boxes would not be such a huge difference!"
"However, for many things, as long as they are not too egregious, we often will not pursue them further."
"One thing more is worse than one thing less!"
"Luo Yuanwai has a good reputation and a lot of money, so he won't do some inconspicuous things."
Having said this, the official also laughed twice to cover up his embarrassment.
There are unspoken rules in every business, and this is understandable.
If Huang Tinghui hadn't asked this, the official would probably not have told this matter.
"As expected!"
"As expected!!" Huang Tinghui repeated this sentence, his eyes extremely bright.
"Master Huang, what did you think of?" Looking at Huang Tinghui's appearance, the second son of the Xiao family asked quickly.
The more they come into contact with Huang Tinghui, the more the second son of the Xiao family feels that Huang Tinghui is different from ordinary people.
Perhaps the fate of the Xiao family lies in the hands of this scholar who is more handsome than himself.
"Master Xiao, if I guessed correctly!"
"I may know where Luo Jiancheng hid your Jade Buddha!"
Hearing what Huang Tinghui said, the second young master of the Xiao family stood up excitedly.
"Master Huang, are you telling the truth?"
"Do you really know where the Jade Buddha is?"
"Yes!" Huang Tinghui nodded and said, "I am more than 80% sure!"
"But if you know it, you will know it. Find it and bring the Jade Buddha back!"
"But it's not an easy thing!"
"That Luo Yuanwai is really ruthless in his work!" Huang Tinghui said to the second son of the Xiao family with a wry smile.
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Chapter completed!