After getting the account book, Xuanwei also made clear the records from more than ten years ago.

Just as she was about to turn around, she suddenly looked up and said to Chu Yanmei, "Miss Chu, can you help me watch those two guys move things?"

"What's so good about this?" Chu Yanmei was surprised. What else would he do if someone moved things in his store?

But she did not continue to question, but just did it in confusion.

Xuanwei looked at her completely and then continued to look through the records she was looking for.

"Twenty years of Kaihua, I entered the warehouse, "Golden body embedded with pearls and red agate crab hairpin", 65,49 taels of silver..." Xuan Wei said softly, pointing his fingertips as the seller

Signature on:

“…Fang Sui.”

A pseudonym that is not difficult to distinguish.

Behind this page record, there is also a white color picture, which is what this hairpin looks like when it came in.

The hairpin on the painting no longer has the core crab-shaped jade.

There is no hairpin containing jade on the name.

But that piece of jade is the most expensive part of this hairpin.

No, this is unreasonable to her previous speculation.

Xuan Wei frowned and thought for a while, recalling Luo Yihe's previous method of identifying a missing page on the file where the document was recorded. He immediately stretched his eyebrows and observed the account book carefully again—

The page where Fu Suifang was a hairpin was recorded, there was no mark left on the front of the handwriting that should have left on the previous page.

The marks left on its next page are also inconsistent with Fu Suifang's page.

If you look more carefully.

Then we can find that the paper recorded on this page of Fu Suifang is from the other pages of paper in this account book - the slight difference can be seen by cutting the edges and corners -

In other words, this record did not originally belong to this account book... it was made up with another piece of paper!

Xuanwei suddenly felt spirited.

"Old man," she took the account book to find the old guy who counted the shelves, pointed to the picture of the crab hairpin and asked, "Is this thing still there?"

The old guy's face, which seemed a little numb, froze instantly.

"Who are you?" His eyes and tone became alert in an instant.

This attitude seemed to be the insider of the past. Xuanwei faced his gaze and asked without answering a question: "Old man, this hairpin was not painted like this when he came in, right?"

"You tell me who you are first!" The old man raised his voice and stared at Xuanwei, "If you don't say it, I'll call someone to report to the official... Come and catch the murderer!"

Xuan Wei said calmly: "No need to report to the official, I am from the Tizheng Department. Do you think of the murderer? - Why do you say that?"

The old man looked panicked and was surprised, "You? You are a weak woman, how could you be from the Tizheng Department?"

"If you don't believe me, take a closer look at the girl outside." Xuan Wei said, "She is the sister of the Assistant of the Criminal Department of Justice. We are here to investigate the case for the Assistant of Chu. I hope the old man will cooperate and talk about this

What do you know about a hairpin?”

The old man was silent for a long time and sighed.

"This crab hairpin did not last long when it came." His eyes became distant and turbid, "There was also a piece of Baidushan Hetian jade carved into the shape of a crab on it. The material is extremely rare and the carving is also very exquisite.

, extremely valuable... but was snatched away by the shopkeeper."

It's true!

My previous speculation was confirmed, but Xuanwei's heart was not relaxed, but instead became tighter.

"Why? What did the shopkeeper use it to do?"

"I don't know the specifics. But the day before the crab hairpin was sold, the shopkeeper's son made a mistake and went to prison." The old man turned his back and continued to count the goods and said:

"I only know... the day after the crab hairpin came in, I was responsible for sorting out the things I had put into the warehouse the day before and then making an account for backup. But I found that the pictures drawn on the account book were no longer the same as yesterday.

The picture I drew when I came in."

The old guy seems to have no conclusion, but it actually shows the cause and effect - the shopkeeper's son committed a crime and went to prison. The shopkeeper was anxious about what to do, and Fu Suifang came to sell his crab hairpin at the right time, so the shopkeeper's heart

He made a plan to pick out the jade from the crab hairpin, bribe the jade to the prison official, and exchange it for his son; and forged a fake account, pretending that Fu Suifang had lost the valuable jade when he was a hairpin.

Then, who was the prison official at that time?

The answer is about to come out.

"The shopkeeper's opinion is that when the master is in a poor and poor position, it is unlikely that he will come to redeem things. Unexpectedly, after two years, he will redeem this crab hairpin." The old man's hand seemed to be still counting, but in fact he had no progress at all. He fell into the trap.

Some memories of the past:

"The result is conceivable... So when the owner fought against the shopkeeper, he smashed a lot of things. The shopkeeper knew that he was in a loss and wanted to pay some money and make peace. But then the owner didn't want to do so, so he just took the shopkeeper straight away.

He sued the government. But somehow... the government detained the Lord and was imprisoned, saying that the Lord not only fought, but also destroyed other people's property, and sentenced him to death."

Xuanwei interrupted and asked, "Wait, so if the Lord really destroyed the property of your shop?"

The old guy silently said, "No."

"..." It was Xuan Weimo's turn.

So that's it, it's actually like this.

Co-authored this incident, it was also a big injustice from the beginning.

Fu Suifang was supposed to sell the crab hairpin, and Baoyu was snatched away by the shopkeeper for personal reasons. At first, the shopkeeper wanted to pay for the money and settle the matter, but Fu Suifang refused and insisted on taking a formal way to let the government punish this unreliable businessman without loyalty. The shopkeeper saw him

He refused to eat toast, so he falsified Fu Suifang for not only beating him, but also smashing the things in the store, causing Fu Suifang to be imprisoned.

"I believe you know what happened here half a month ago." The old guy sighed again, put down his hand that was unable to count the goods, and pointed to the empty corner.

"The shopkeeper died under the birch table. The tabletop was engraved with a five-virtue phoenix, and the phoenix's "letter" face pressed on his back... After the scene was discovered, there was a very big deal.

Rumors spread, saying that the shopkeeper was untrustworthy and was unrighteous. He harmed others and was now being asked for his life by an unjust soul."

After hearing this, Xuanwei remained silent for a long time. The old guy was in a daze for a moment and then raised his hand to continue counting.

"Old man," Xuanwei asked softly after a long time, "Do you know why the master took off that hairpin, and why did he redeem it later?"

"I don't know the specifics, I just know that he is very anxious when he is dismissed." The old guy's voice was misty, "I feel as if I don't have that money, I will die immediately. You should also know that the hairpin is definitely more than 60,000 taels. The shopkeeper's

It’s only when he sees that he is anxious that he dares to lower the price.”

So anxious? Xuanwei pondered. After all, that crab hairpin is not only precious, but also a family heirloom for Fu Suifang. Even if he lives in poverty, he would not be as anxious as if he was about to die - what would he encounter?

What happened made him suddenly so anxious about money, so anxious that he sold his heirloom at such a low price?

"As for the time when I came to redeem it after two years," the old guy paused recallably, and then said, "It looks much better and the people are also energetic... It seems that life is OK.

But I think so, if I hadn't lived a stable life, I wouldn't have thought about redeeming this thing."

If you settle down as a teacher in the water town school, although the basic life should be guaranteed, would you take out the more than 60,000 silver dollars that you came from two years ago... This is not just Guangguang's teaching.

It can be taken out.

So, what kind of lucky encounter did Fu Suifang, who was so anxious to save money, experience in the next two years that he could show his enthusiasm and save a large sum of silver to redeem the crab hairpin?
Chapter completed!