Reborn farmhouse busy farming

308 Theft
Wei Que's house is actually quite big, it's a waste to live alone, most of the rooms are empty, and now they have been renovated, renting out those vacant houses at the price of Beijing, it will cost a year. The penless income, just thinking about Wei Que's identity, and thinking about how many people in Shangjing were staring at him, waiting for him to make a mistake so as to trample him to death, Luo Tian had no choice but to stop thinking about it.

She tidied up the house and it was noon.When Wei Que went out, he said that if he didn't come back for lunch, Luo Tiandu would save himself the trouble. He cooked a bowl of fried rice with eggs to fill his stomach, and went to count how much money she and Wei Que had now.

She counted her own money first, which could cover a layer of gold at the bottom of the jewelry box, and there were about ten taels left. According to the exchange rate of gold and silver at this time, it was equivalent to more than 160 taels of silver; Most of the money saved in the museum was given to Fang's family to supplement the family, only a few exquisite jewelry, Fang's took it out this time and gave it to her as a dowry. His 1000 taels of silver note and the land deeds of the 25 shops in Yi County are the most valuable. Now the shops over there are entrusted to Mr. Xu to take care of them, and they can earn 600 taels a year. The last item is the make-up given by those official wives on the day she got married. You have to pay it back, so it doesn’t count.

She did some calculations, and now she has a combined net worth of a thousand liang, which is quite a lot in Shangjing. The annual salary and salary of a Beijing official from the fifth rank in Shangjing is almost the same amount.

Well, that's right, now she is considered wealthy.

After counting his own money, Luo Tian felt dissatisfied, so he went to count Wei Que's assets.After the two got married, Wei Que handed over all his wealth to her. Luo Tiandu didn't look carefully at that time, and locked them together in his gold and silver box. When he opened it today, he found that there was still a lot. There are seven bank notes for a hundred taels, and some silver coins. Add up the odds and ends, it is estimated that there are about a thousand taels.

Luo Tian was very surprised. The little salary she had always had for Wei Que was probably just enough to eat, but he didn't expect that he could still save some money. Later, when he thought about it, he had such a cold personality, and no one in Shangjing probably liked him. He doesn't need to entertain, the salary of the second rank plus the general's several hundred taels of silver every year, the calculation is about the same.

Calculated in this way, the combined property of the two of them is about 2000 taels.

"Well, it's not bad, I know how to save money." Luo Tiandu said to himself.

A stupid sparrow outside the window jumped headlong on the window lattice and made a "bang" sound. Luo Tian was startled. He quickly put the banknotes and silver into the box and locked it in the box. It was as if someone was knocking on the door, but when I listened carefully, the knocking stopped again.

She was worried, for fear that if someone came to look for Wei Que and missed Wei Que's business, when she ran for a long time and approached the outside yard, she heard someone knocking on the door.

"Who?" Wei Que wasn't here, so she didn't dare to open the door casually.

"Is it Mrs. Wei? I am Lord Wei's personal guard. Lord Wei has something to ask me to come over to get his seal." Someone outside the door lowered his voice.

Luo Tian frowned, she didn't know about Wei Que's seal, and said, "Just wait for him to come back." When she was speaking, she saw a man standing outside through the crack of the door, wearing a hoodie. , wrapped herself from head to toe, revealing a section of silk shirt underneath.

The man outside said anxiously: "Mrs. Wei, I really have something urgent. I hope Mrs. Wei will make it easier for me to go in and look for the humble job."

Luo Tian suddenly became suspicious. The few Shenwuwei she saw were always wearing armor outside, and very few of them wore silk shirts: "I don't know if Master Wei has any seal. If you want to Yes, let him come back and get it by himself." After finishing speaking, he turned around and was about to go back.

The man said again: "If that's the case, can Mrs. Wei make it easier for her to go to Mr. Wei's study to look for it? It's really urgent."

When Luo Tiandu heard this, he became suspicious, not to mention that Wei Que was a close minister of the emperor, he was just an ordinary wealthy family, and there was no reason for anyone to enter the study casually.Since she became suspicious, she refused to stay for a moment. There was nothing in the house except a few heavy pieces of furniture, and the real valuable things were all in the small yard at the back.

She also didn't care about the one outside, she lifted the hem of her skirt and hurried back. When she ran, a few sparrows that had been parked in the yard to eat and eat flew into the air, chirping non-stop.She rushed into the room, and with a glance, the room was neat and tidy, no different from when she went out.

She was worried, so she checked the house up and down, and took out the money box and counted it again. Neither the gold nor the silver was lost, but it was placed at the bottom of what Wei Que wrote her when she was in Yi County A private letter disappeared.

She broke out in a cold sweat, threw the box on the ground, and ran to the gate like crazy. When she opened the door, it was empty, not to mention the shadow of people, not even a stray dog.

Just now it was clear that someone had set up a trap, one person was outside pretending to look for the stamp and lured her out, and another person sneaked into the back house where she and Wei Que lived to steal things, and nothing else of value. Stealing, only stealing the letter that Wei Que wrote to her, was clearly premeditated.

She was so angry that she was trembling all over, that someone really dared to plot against Wei Que!Or while she was at home.

What they wanted to do by stealing Wei Que's private message, Luo Tian didn't even dare to think about it, there were too many articles that could be written here.

She locked the door, turned around and ran towards the street, with only one thought in her mind, to tell Wei Que about it as soon as possible.

Wei Que was worried that she was not at home alone, so he secretly assigned two men to patrol around the outer city, to protect Luo Tiandu by the way.The two people, Luo Tiandu, also knew about it, so they ran directly to the place where they usually settled down, and kicked the door open with a bang.

"Who would dare—" Before he finished speaking, the visitor stopped in time when he saw Luo Tiandu, cupped his hands, and said respectfully, "Mrs. Wei."

These two were also acquaintances, they were the young generals surnamed Yu and young generals surnamed Jiang who escorted Luo Tiandu to Chunning City that day.

"Where's Wei Que? I have something urgent to see him." Luo Tian said anxiously.

Yu Xiaojiang replied: "Master Wei has something to do today, he has already left the city."

"Out of the city?" Luo Tiandu asked again, "When did you leave the city?"

"After entering the palace in the morning, I left the city."

Luo Tian was even more certain that someone was plotting against Wei Que, otherwise the timing could have been so coincidental that when he walked ahead, someone would come to the door behind him.

"Mrs. Wei, what happened?" Another Shenwuwei named Jiang also asked.

Luo Tiandu nodded: "Yes, something was lost at home."

The two martial arts guards were taken aback for a moment, and then they became furious: "It's not bad, it can even be stolen from Lord Wei's house!" After finishing speaking, he pushed his sleeves and said, "Don't worry, Mrs. Wei, just take this to Beijing. Turn everything upside down, and catch that thief too."

Tangtang commanded Shi's house to be stolen, which is a great shame. If the thief is not caught, their Shenwuwei will lose face.

The one surnamed Jiang was obviously more thoughtful, and asked, "Mrs. Wei, did you lose something special at home?"

He didn't ask about expensive things, but about special things. He thought and guessed that something very important must have been lost at home, otherwise Luo Tian wouldn't have just ran out alone like this.

Luo Tian knew that these two were Wei Que's personal guards, since Wei Que could trust them, so could she, and said, "The letter Mr. Wei wrote to me back then is missing."

Now both of Yu Jiang's faces changed, and they said: "You escort Mrs. Wei back to the mansion, and I will go after Master Wei."

Lord Wei's private letter is lost, how important it is, there are so many strange people in this world, if someone with a heart takes it, imitates his handwriting, and writes a few words, then Lord Wei will be covered in blood. My mouth is full and I can't explain it clearly.

Yu Xiaojiang also came back to his senses, and said: "You escort Mrs. Wei back to the mansion, and I will go after Master Wei."

Luo Tian knew that he couldn't help at this time, so he didn't insist on going to Wei Que himself.After Jiang Xiaowei escorted her back to the mansion, he went around Wei's house and checked inside and out, and sure enough, he saw that someone rubbed off a piece on the northeast corner, and two footprints were also printed on the snow-white wall.

He rubbed down the footprints and made arrangements for himself.

Young General Yu got the news from Luo Tiandu, he left the city non-stop, and only caught up with Wei Que in the middle of the night. Wei Que heard that he had lost something at home, so he rode his horse back without saying a word, and when he got home, it was almost dawn.

Luo Tian didn't sleep all night, he paced up and down the room anxiously, he was relieved when he saw Wei Que came back: "Wei Que—"

Wei Que swept the bed neatly, frowned and asked her, "You didn't sleep last night?"

"I can't sleep." She smiled wryly, she was so anxious that someone would take Wei Que's letter and do something bad outside and hurt him.

"Sleep." Wei Que said coldly.

"If I don't find that person, I won't be able to sleep." Luo Tian said angrily.

Wei Que took off his clothes, washed his face with water, and said, "I know who it is, don't worry, if you don't leave tonight, someone will obediently hand him over."

After washing his face, he took out a clean piece of clothes from the cabinet, changed them in front of Luo Tiandu, and said, "Go to sleep at ease, you'll be fine when I come back."

Luo Tian chased them out, and said: "There are at least two people who came, one of them knocked on the door and led me away, and the other came in to steal. I didn't see the thief, but the person outside was wearing a long cloak Feng, who is not tall, although his face is hidden in a hat, he can't see clearly, but he has a small mole at the corner of his mouth, his chin is sharp, and his voice is a bit hoarse, and he wears a silk shirt with Lixiang embroidery."

Wei Que turned around and said expressionlessly, "You are watching carefully."

Luo Tian was furious: "I saw it through the crack of the door." At that time she became suspicious, so naturally she looked carefully.

(End of this chapter)