bookrebus Chapter 694: Thief
Chapter 694: Thief
Another person exhaled a puff of smoke and said:
“Where is the time to ask?
Now, we are not allowed to go out except at meal times and when emptying the urine bucket.
In other words, you can take advantage of the time when you are emptying the urine bucket at night to cool down. Why bother?
Besides, we have only been gone for a few days.
It's still more than a month before we reach the capital, so asking is pointless."
"Oh, that's right too."
Lu Qingqing slowed down and listened to the two people finish their conversation.
Then he carried the urine bucket and returned to the bottom of the cabin.
After cleaning up the urine bucket, he went to feed the mule again before coming back to rest.
Time flies and five days have passed.
The group of people who boarded the ship at the same time as Lu Qingqing have gradually adapted to life on the ship.
Apart from eating and emptying the urine bucket every day, most people stay in the cabin.
Out of boredom, several familiar families got together and started playing Mahjong.
Since it is a game of cards, money is involved.
The shouts of winning money attracted many people to come over and take a look.
There is a group of people playing around, and the rest are also itching to play.
But there were only two decks of Mahjong cards on board, and once others played, the rest of the players couldn't play.
After watching for half a day, those who wanted to play made their own sets of mahjong cards using harder paper.
For a moment, the entire cabin was filled with the sound of playing cards.
Even the rich man next to Lu Qingqing joined in the fun for half a day.
When he came back, he was still complaining that these people fought too hard and caused him to lose twenty taels.
When the lady of that family heard that he had lost so much, she advised him not to play anymore.
Lu Qingqing only listened for a few seconds and continued to do her own thing in the space.
Unexpectedly, two days later, a theft occurred in the cabin.
Early that morning, when it was almost breakfast time, many people took out their money to buy breakfast.
Two families found that their purses had been stolen and all the money inside had been taken away.
The two families were merchants who took money and went to the capital to purchase goods.
The money he brought on this trip basically accounted for half of his net worth.
This time, without money, both families were devastated.
After crying and shouting, he began to try to find the thief.
But those two families were right at the hatch, close to the middle path.
It can be said that anyone who goes out has to pass by their two houses.
In this way, it will be difficult to find the thief.
The two families thought for a while and began to ask for clues from house to house.
When it was the rich family's turn, one of the guards wanted to say something but was stopped by the guard next to him.
The two families didn't notice this and came to Lu Qingqing to ask again.
Apart from feeding the mule at three meals a day, Lu Qingqing would empty the urine bucket in the evening.
I didn't pay any attention to what was happening there at night.
In response, he just said that he didn't notice it.
After hearing this, the two families left disappointed.
As expected, after asking around, there were no useful clues.
The two families were at a loss, so they went out to look for the Black-Faced Boatman, thinking of asking if he could help look for him.
But the black-faced captain didn't care about what was happening on his side and sent him back with just a few words.
The two families came back and thought about it for a while, and felt that the problem was still caused by playing cards.
In the past two days, the men from the two families have been playing cards every day.
Because he had a small fortune, he didn't feel bad about losing seven or eight taels of silver while playing cards.
They suspected that someone they played cards with was targeting them.
But this is just a suspicion. Without concrete evidence, no one will let you search your luggage.
The two families had no choice but to secretly observe the suspicious families.
Even Lu Qingqing, who had little presence, was observed for a whole day.
Lu Qingqing was already sensitive to people's gazes, and after knowing that she was being observed, she acted even more cautiously.
The two families observed and found nothing unusual.
I just felt that this skinny man was extremely cautious and basically never left the cabin.
Even for meals, they only eat fried noodles.
Many people who travel by boat in summer will carry this thing.
There's no way, dry food spoils too easily in summer.
On the contrary, if you fry the flour and seal it, it can be kept for quite a while.
This thing is not difficult to eat.
Every time you eat, scoop half a bowl, add some water and stir it, and that’s it.
Although I choked a little, it was indeed very filling.
After finding nothing unusual, the two families continued to monitor other families.
But after several days, nothing was found.
In fact, not everyone failed to notice the abnormality.
For families with many people or those who have hired guards, they will arrange shifts at night.
In fact, someone saw the thief.
The thieves were a gang of about ten people.
But if you say it out loud, you will offend these people.
Moreover, this is likely to be a thankless task.
After all, the people who lost their silver would not be able to recognize what their silver looked like.
Even if you find it, if someone says they brought it themselves, what can you do?
Right now, there is no county magistrate to judge the case for you.
Moreover, all of them were in the cabin and would live together for more than a month.
Adhering to the principle of less trouble is worse than more, everyone remained silent.
Fortunately, the two families who lost their money still had some valuable jade pendants and other small items on them.
I exchanged money with other people on the boat, so there was no problem with eating.
But life is definitely not as affluent as before, and we buy the cheapest multi-grain steamed bread for every meal.
The theft of money from these two families also served as a warning to other families.
Many families no longer participate in playing Mahjong.
During the day, everyone stays in their own position obediently.
At night, they started taking turns on duty.
After about half a month, many people began to relax their vigilance.
The most obvious change is that the number of people keeping watch at night has decreased.
That night, Lu Qingqing was sleeping in the space, and the trace of consciousness left outside the space suddenly realized that something was wrong.
The whole person woke up instantly and flashed out of the space.
She squatted in the carriage with a dagger in her hand, listening to the door being pried open little by little.
At this time, two more footsteps approached and slowly came to the entrance of the carriage.
Soon, the door stop was pried open.
When the door opened, a hand slowly came in.
Lu Qingqing thrust the dagger in her hand forward and stabbed it fiercely into the man's palm.
"Ahhh!"
A shrill scream broke the silence in the cabin.
Many people were woken up, and when they opened their eyes, they saw three people lying at Lu Qingqing's feet.
Except for the first unlucky guy who had his palm pierced, the other two were kicked unconscious.
The wealthy man next door came over with an oil lamp and saw the bag carried by the man on the ground, and he felt that it looked very familiar.
"Hey, isn't this the bag from my house?"