Planting a fairy in ancient times

Chapter 116 116. The Beginning of Chaos
"Daxiang, what's going on?" Chen Qingfeng asked.

Hearing the voice just now, for some reason, Chen Qingfeng always felt that the voice of the "granddaughter" in the mule cart was very familiar, very similar to the voice of Xiao'e, the granddaughter of his second uncle's family.

"Boss, it's a pair of grandparents and grandchildren. The granddaughter had a dream of eating chicken legs, and she was crying after being pushed awake by her grandpa!" Wu Daxiang said with a sneer.

"Is that so?" Chen Qingfeng frowned as he looked at the mule cart going away.

This is Changzhou County, Xiao'e shouldn't be here, right?
"Yes. Boss, let me tell you~! This pair of grandparents and grandchildren is really interesting. The old one is very handsome, with a high nose bridge and big eyes. He must have been a handsome man when he was young. The little granddaughter has a flat nose and small eyes. , it doesn't look like a family at all..." Wu Daxiang gossiped enthusiastically.

Who says men don't gossip?Wu Daxiang is the most gossiping yamen servant in Changzhou county yamen, bar none.

Following Wu Daxiang's voice, Chen Xiao'e's face unexpectedly appeared in Chen Qingfeng's mind.

Before Wu Daxiang could finish his sentence, a young yamen servant ran over and said in a panic, "Boss, Xing Yulong sent someone to report to the officials. Someone rushed in to loot the grain store on the West Street just now."

"What? Is there any loss?" Chen Qingfeng's expression changed.

"Shopkeeper Hu said that five bags of rice were robbed, about 500 catties." The yamen servant replied.

"Daxiang, come with me to West Street." Chen Qingfeng ran away.

When a case happened, Chen Qingfeng had long forgotten about the mule cart and Chen Xiao'e.

Chen Qingfeng was worried.

It was late at night when the thieves went to rob the grain shop.It's not even dark yet!The thieves started to attack?This world...wouldn't be chaotic, would it?
Xingyulong is a century-old store, mainly engaged in rice noodles, grains and oils.

Recently, food prices have remained high.When Chen Qingfeng was patrolling the streets, he heard people say more than once that if the price of the two families continued to rise, the family would have no food.

Three days ago, a few young and strong men climbed over the wall and entered Xing Yulong's shop on East Street in the dark.The men tied up Xiao Er, who was watching the night, and took away more than 1000 catties of grain from the shop.

It wasn't until the next morning that the shopkeeper Hu went to work to rescue Xiao Er who was trembling with fright.

Shopkeeper Hu hurried to the county government to report the case.

Xingyulong is the property of Zheng Bancheng's family, the richest man in Changzhou County.

County magistrate Zou was furious and ordered Chen Qingfeng to investigate thoroughly.

It's a pity that the guard at night was so frightened that he couldn't explain why. In addition, those people who robbed the food were masked one by one. Chen Qingfeng searched for several days, but failed to catch a single thief and bring him to justice.

In the past few days, Chen Qingfeng led the yamen servants to step up inspections on the street, just because he was afraid that the robbery of the grain store would happen again.

But some things are like this, the more I am afraid of something, the more something will happen.

Hearing the report from the yamen servant under him, Chen Qingfeng hurriedly took people over to see what happened.

When Chen Qingfeng and the others arrived at West Street, the thieves had already run away, and shopkeeper Hu, who was in his fifties, looked at the mess on the ground, crying with tears and snot in his nose.

Shopkeeper Hu has been the shopkeeper of Xingyulong for most of his life, this is the first time he has encountered such a thing!

This time Xingyulong suffered less losses than last time, but was also robbed of more than 500 catties of grain.

"Chen Butou, you have to decide for us Xingyulong! We will grab it every few days. Even if our boss has a lot of money, we can't afford such a disaster." After seeing Chen Qingfeng, shopkeeper Hu wiped his face. A handful of tears, said.

Xing Yulong opened three grain stores in Changzhou County, and already robbed two of them. How long will the remaining one in Huihui Street be peaceful?

I don't know what the origin of this thief is, and he wants to trouble Xing Yulong with them.

"Shopkeeper Hu, did you see the face of the thief today?" Chen Qingfeng asked.

"I've never seen it before. The thief is masked in a black scarf, and he is very athletic." Shopkeeper Hu shook his head and said.

Shopkeeper Hu felt a lingering fear at the moment.If it wasn't for the thief who didn't want to hurt people, he would go for the food after entering the door, and run away with his back on his shoulders. Shopkeeper Hu and the two waiters might not be able to stand here whole!

"Then...does your master have any enemies?" Chen Qingfeng thought for a while and asked.

"No, no, my master has always been kind and generous. Where did the enemy come from?" Shopkeeper Hu's face changed when he said this, and he said, "However, the price of grain has soared in the past two months, and the price of grain in Xingyulong has always been higher than that of others. Others are about [-]% cheaper. I don’t know if it will..."

When shopkeeper Hu said this, he couldn't continue.

Before Xing Yulong was robbed, businessmen from two other grain stores in Changzhou County came to see Zheng Bancheng and asked Zheng Bancheng to coax the two together, but Zheng Bancheng refused.

Zheng Bancheng's family is rich and successful, but he has only one sick grandson under his knees.

Zheng Bancheng didn't want to earn this ignorant wealth in order to accumulate blessings for his descendants.

Shopkeeper Hu actually suspected that the matter of robbing the grain shop was done by the Wang family or the Zhou family.

In Changzhou County, apart from the Xing Yulong of the Zheng family, there are Wufengxing of the Wang family and Zhouji grain shop of the Zhou family.

Shopkeeper Hu reckoned that Xing Yulong became a thorn in the side of other grain merchants because of Zheng Bancheng's refusal to join forces.

"Is that so?" Chen Qingfeng's heart moved slightly.

Chen Qingfeng understood shopkeeper Hu's implication.

Indeed, compared with Wang's and Zhou's, Zheng Bancheng's food is much cheaper.

Kindness will not be rewarded with kindness, Chen Qingfeng will never allow such a thing.

"Chen Butou, I hope you can solve the case as soon as possible, and give our boss justice." Shopkeeper Hu said.

With the direction of suspicion, Chen Qingfeng didn't stay in West Street for a long time. After asking the question, he hurried back to the county office to report to County Magistrate Zou, and asked County Magistrate Zou to issue two search warrants by the way.

"Are you going to take someone to search the Wang's and Zhou's grain shops? Do you know who is standing behind these two houses?" County Magistrate Zou was a little dazed after hearing Chen Qingfeng's words.

According to Zou County Magistrate, the owner behind the Wang family is the eldest prince Xuanyuan King Kong. Xuanyuan King Kong was conferred the title of King Wu, and he is the most popular candidate for the crown prince.

And the person behind the Zhou family is the second prince Xuanyuan Liufeng, Xuanyuan Liufeng was conferred the title of Chengwang, the favorite of Emperor Tianjing.

Chen Qingfeng actually wanted to break ground on Tai Sui's head, County Magistrate Zou was really frightened by his guts.

"My lord, I don't know who the master behind them is, but if we don't hurry up and find the thieves who looted the grain store, our Changzhou County will be in chaos." Chen Qingfeng said.

Magistrate Zou pondered for a moment.

Indeed, the people in Changzhou County did not have much food in their homes.

Ten days ago, the county magistrate of Zou sent someone to the capital to request the opening of a warehouse to release grain. According to the normal speed, it would take half a month to get a reply.

No matter how impatient Magistrate Zou was, he didn't dare to open a warehouse to release grain without an approval.

(End of this chapter)