New widow

"Here comes someone." Zhang Qing then stopped joking and said to the two government officials who walked into the alley: "Bring this person back to me."

"I said, the stolen goods have been given to you, please let me go." The thief begged for mercy to Zhang Qing. Zhang Qing looked at the two government officials and said, "I caught this myself, but I don't have to worry about it." Can’t let go.”

The government officials glanced at each other and said with a smile: "Yes, yes, you caught him personally. Naturally, we dare not let him go." After saying that, the two government officials locked up the man. Zhang Qing clearly understood I heard a government official scolding the thief in a low voice, scolding him for being so careless and falling into his hands. But Zhang Qing didn't take it to heart, and still looked at the purse. Zhang Qing watched the thief take it off a passerby, but the passerby was a middle-aged man in his forties or fifties, and he shouldn't have it. Such a delicate purse.

Zhang Qing was suspicious, but still walked out of the alley with his purse. Su Du stood there waiting for him: "Master Zhang is very majestic."

"Is that person the one who threw the wallet?" Zhang Qing looked at the person standing behind Su Du. Su Du nodded: "You are simply asking questions knowingly."

"Thank you, sir!" After the man knew the identities of Zhang Qing and Su Du, he knelt down in front of them. Zhang Qing held the purse in his hand: "Tell me what you put in this purse, and I will give it to you."

"What else can we have in our purse? It's just a banknote, a couple of silver coins, and a small medicine bag." The man answered very cheerfully. Zhang Qing poured out the contents of his purse. There was a banknote with twenty taels written on it, and a small piece of silver, which looked like it was twisted off a small ingot. As for the small medicine bag, Zhang Qing's expression became sharper: "You know what I am doing?" Officer, what does he specialize in?"

"I know, you are the judge, you are the judge..." The man said half a sentence, and suddenly got up and ran out. Zhang Qing stretched out his hand to pull, but only pulled one of his sleeves. It turned out that the man had quietly knelt down. He untied his clothes and was ready to run.

With this pull, Zhang Qing pulled off his outer clothes, but this man was still wearing a robe underneath. It seemed that he had been prepared for a long time. Zhang Qing frowned tightly. There were many people on the street at this time, and this man only After turning a few corners, he ran out of sight.

"What's in this medicine bag?" Su Du realized something was wrong and asked with a frown.

The medicine bag was only wrapped in a layer of paper. Zhang Qing opened it with a gentle rub. Su Du frowned when he saw the contents inside: "Poison."

How could a good man carry poison in his purse, and even think about how to escape from the golden cicada? Zhang Qing stuffed his wallet into his arms and said, "I'll ask the government officials to search everywhere. There must be something wrong with this person."

"If there's anything, just go and ask the prefect." Su Du warned, and Zhang Qing already smiled: "Don't worry, I'm not that reckless."

Su Du gave a few more instructions and then returned to Tongpuan Yamen, where Zhang Qing dispatched men to start looking for the escaped person. As for the little thief, he was also captured and taken back to the yamen. Zhang Qing knew that the yamen servants had many contacts with these little thieves, so he did not go to find anyone else. He only asked Brother Zhou to be called over and asked him thoroughly.

Brother Zhou was drumming in his heart, and naturally he would answer whatever Zhang Qing asked. Zhang Qing knew that this little thief didn't have a serious name, but he was called Zhang San, and he was an old acquaintance on the street.

"This person is usually very discerning. Why did he bump into you today?" Brother Zhou said this in annoyance, and then he felt that he was wrong. Zhang Qing already smiled: "Continue talking."

"Yes, yes!" Now that Zhang Qing had seen through it, Brother Zhou simply stopped hiding it and said it bluntly. Zhang San is also very discerning when it comes to petty theft on this street. He does not steal from those who have a lot of money, nor does he steal from those who are very poor. In his words, those who steal a lot will be beaten, and those who steal a particularly poor person will be punished. There were five thunders from the sky. He will only take action on those who are neither good nor bad, and will not take it seriously even if they lose some money.

"How many times has he been arrested by the Yamen over the years?" Zhang Qing asked back. Brother Zhou was stunned for a moment and then said: "Not even a few times. We all live on the same street, so naturally, we can give in. Give in."

Zhang Qing said oh, and Brother Zhou knelt down to Zhang Qing with a plop: "Sir, he usually only commits petty thefts and doesn't do any serious evil, so we..."

"You think he doesn't have any serious evil, so you just turn a blind eye, but you must remember one sentence: Don't ignore good deeds because they are small, and don't do evil because they are small." Zhang Qing said lightly. , Brother Zhou was almost sweating: "Yes, yes, sir, we are indeed wrong about this matter."

"Go and ask Zhang San if he knows the person who lost his wallet." Zhang Qing instructed. Brother Zhou couldn't help but look up at Zhang Qing: "Sir, this person who steals things is not like this even if he wants to steal from an acquaintance."

"Just ask if you ask." Zhang Qing didn't want to explain any more, so he just said that. Brother Zhou hurriedly got up and left in a hurry. Zhang Qing looked at the purse and thought about it carefully. How come he had just heard that Mrs. Chu was poisoned to death, and met a man who had a medicine bag in his purse, and the medicine bag contained poison.

Zhang Qing feels that no matter how coincidental things are in the world, they are not so coincidental. Did someone deliberately send the person in front of him, or was it for some other reason? For the current plan, we can only ask Zhang San first.

Brother Zhou went to the prison. Zhang San had been in and out of the prison all year round. He had long regarded this cell as his own home. When he saw Brother Zhou walking in, he smiled ingratiatingly: "Uncle Zhou, you see, I am the same today." It's bad luck that I met Sifu by chance."

"The matter of Mrs. Chu's death has not been sorted out yet, and you are in trouble again." Brother Zhou said helplessly. Zhang San smiled again: "Uncle Zhou, isn't this Mrs. Chu the sister of Qiu Da? When she got married, we were still children and chased her sedan chair to ask for sweets. It was so easy to do this. Madam, she’s gone now. This person really can’t support this incredible wealth.”

What Zhang San said here, Qiu Da heard it in the cell and said loudly: "My sister is back? What did she say?"

"Yes, your sister is back, but," Brother Zhou paused before saying the next words: "Your sister died yesterday."

Gone? Qiu Ziran knew what it meant to be gone. He stared at Brother Zhou: "What do you mean gone? How could my sister be gone? My brother-in-law has already become an official. How could she be gone? Is it because my brother-in-law dislikes her?" Her parentage, kill her.”

As soon as Qiu Da said these words, Brother Zhou turned pale with fright. He only wished that he could not enter the cell and cover Qiu Da's mouth.