At this hour, the magistrate’s office was not open, and no one was there to take the report, but the shopkeeper could not care less.
The man turned around and went downstairs, but another man grabbed him and said, “He can’t go out, what if the door opens and the thief takes advantage of the opportunity to escape?”
The door was still open, so the thief must not have gotten out. He hurriedly ordered the two fellows, “You two go and watch the door.
The two fellows answered and stomped downstairs, guarding the door left and right.
The shopkeeper regained his composure and raised his voice, “Gentlemen, whoever stole these two guests’ bags, please also bring them out, or we will not be polite.”
His inn was also decades old and the guests staying here had never lost their belongings, this was the first time he had to help find them and preserve the inn’s reputation.
No one said anything.
“Squeak ……”
Song Wangyue opened the door to her room and came out with a drowsy face, startled to see so many people, “What’s wrong?”
She didn’t even hear the loud commotion just now?
The crowd looked at her with different expressions.
The shopkeeper replied, “These two guests have lost their bags?”
“The baggage is lost?”
Song Wan Yue froze for a moment, then quickly walked to the door of Song Shen’s room, pushed the door open and lifted her foot to enter, seeing that Song Shen was still asleep, she took a few big steps to the bedside and eagerly called out to him, “Second brother, wake up quickly.”
Song Shen reluctantly opened his eyes and saw Song Wangyue standing anxiously in front of his bed, and sat up with a start, “What happened?”
“Someone’s baggage is missing, check if ours is missing.”
He was relieved to see that the bundle was in good condition on the bed, “Luckily, we haven’t lost ours.”
“But we’ve lost ours!”
One of them lifted his foot and entered the room, looking at Song Wangyue and the girls with an unpleasant expression.
Song Wangyue frowned and turned around to block him, “What does it matter to us if your bag is lost? This is our room, please go out.”
The man raised his hand to try to pull him away, but his hand fell back halfway, standing still and pointing gloomily at Song Shen, “I suspect that he stole it.”
The people watching at the door made huffing sounds.
Song Shen instantly quit and got off the bed without his shoes on, pointing at him angrily, “You’re talking nonsense!”
“We’ll find out if it’s a search or not.”
“How dare you!”
The man sneered and was about to cross over Song Wangyue to go forward, when Song Wangyue reached out to stop him and raised her eyes, a bone-chilling coldness in her eyes, “Get out!”
The man froze.
The shopkeeper and the people watching were also frozen, the young girl looked young, but her aura was not small.
The man who was sitting on the ground had a twinkle in his eye and howled, “We have 15,000 taels in our bag. If we don’t get it back, our two families will have to hang themselves.”
The man in the room returned to his senses and asserted himself, “What if I don’t go out?”
“Throw it out!”
Before the man could react, he was dragged out by his clothes from behind and thrown to the ground.
“Everyone ……”
As Song Wan Yue came out of the house, her gaze swept over the people watching one by one, “Although our siblings are young, they are not to be bullied by just anyone.”
The shopkeeper opened his mouth, wanting to say that it was all a misunderstanding, but thinking of the attitude of the person thrown on the ground just now, the words could not be said.
The man tried to get up from the ground, but he was held by a guard against his head and could not move, looking very funny.
The crowd wanted to laugh and did not dare to do so.
The shopkeeper, fearing that there would be further casualties, spoke up deliberately, “Miss, let’s talk, can you ask your men to let go of this guest first?”
Song Wangyue gestured and the guard let go of his hand. The man stood up in a flash and glared at Song Wangyue, but did not dare to provoke her again.
The man who was sitting on the ground and howling turned his eyes a few more times and yelled with a crying voice, “Boss, you’d better help us report to the police first, lest our brothers’ lives be lost here if the money is not found.”
“Yes, it’s better to report to the police.”
Someone else echoed.
He had to hurry, and the shopkeeper had his men guarding the door so he couldn’t get out.
He called out to a fellow to come up and gave him a few instructions in his ear, then gave him an ingot of silver, which he took and quickly went downstairs, opened the door and ran out of the inn. The fellow who was guarding the door closed it again in a hurry.
“Boss, please prepare breakfast for us first, we have to rush later.”
Song Wangyue said.
The shopkeeper was half a beat slower to react, “Oh, okay.”
With her opening her mouth, the rest of the customers also asked for it.
When the man sitting on the floor saw the scene, he slapped his thighs and howled again, “Boss, that’s our brothers’ lives, how can you still have the time to help them cook, if we can’t get the money back, we’ll both jump off the building, believe it or not?”
The shopkeeper was shocked, if they really jumped, he would not be able to open the inn!
He hurriedly calmed him down, “Sir, don’t worry, the officials will be here soon and will find it for you.”
“Then let everyone stand here and no one is allowed to go back to their rooms.”
This was a rude request, as everyone had been awakened from their sleep, and some were still wearing their blouses and trousers.
“Whoever moves is a thief of silver!”
Hearing his words, those who had wanted to ignore what he had just said and go back to their houses to get dressed dared not move.
The corners of Song Wan Yue’s mouth were slightly hooked as she sat down neatly on a chair inside the house and poured two cool white boils, one for Song Shen and one in her own hand, sipping slowly.
The officials came quickly.
The man at the head of the group was in his thirties, with a beard and a face of flesh, and his steps upstairs were heavy, as if he could trample the stairs at any moment.
He was followed by five or six magistrates, all of whom looked unpleasant.
After going upstairs, several of the magistrates stood directly behind the four guards.
Song Wangyue glanced at them and continued to drink her water.
The man at the head of the group held his waist sword in one hand and the chain in the other, his majestic gaze sweeping round and finally landing on the man sitting limply on the ground, “Did you throw the silver?”
“Yes.”
Seeing him coming, as if he had a backbone, the man did not sit on the ground anymore, but stood up, still with a crying voice, “We two brothers borrowed 15,000 taels of silver to do business, but someone stole it, so please help us find it.”
“What else is there besides the silver ticket?”
“Clothes, we brothers each have a suit, mine is navy blue, his is dark blue.”
The man in charge looked to the shopkeeper, “Are all the people staying here?”
The shopkeeper was busy saying yes.
The man at the head scanned the crowd again, “I advise those who have taken the silver to bring it out themselves, and we can be lenient, otherwise ……”
He shook the iron chain in his hand.
The clattering sound startled the occupants of the shop.