Died In Infancy! My Wife Is Actually A Villain

Chapter 182 What! Food Stolen?

After working for who knows how long, all the food was transported to the warehouse, and then Gu Chen and others returned to the inn to rest. The private room on the third floor of the inn had been booked by Nangong Yue. In addition, it was getting late now and it was not suitable to go back to Tanjiang Village. Gu Chen simply found a room to stay.

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The next day.

In the county office, Zhou Zhi had just gotten up when a maid hurriedly ran in, "Master, the owners of several grain shops in the south of the city want to see you, saying that something big happened in their shops!"

Zhou Zhi asked someone to help him undress and asked, "What could happen so early in the morning?"

The maid hesitated for a moment and said: "It seems that there was a thief in the store. All the food in the store was stolen..."

"What!"

Zhou Zhi sat up and looked at the maid with a shocked face, "What did you just say?! Tell me again!"

The maid immediately lowered her head and said, "Several grain stores in the south of the city were broken into last night, and all the grain in the stores was stolen."

Zhou Zhi's expression changed, he took the clothes and put them on, then anxiously walked out of the room and came to the court outside. Seeing Zhou Zhi come out, the four middle-aged men who were sitting in the courtroom waiting for news immediately stood up, looking slightly restrained.

Zhou Zhi wrinkled his eyelids, trying to control the anger in his heart, and looked up at the four of them, "Which one of you will speak first?"

He wouldn't be so anxious if thefts occurred at the grain stores in the east, west, and north, because they belonged to others. The four grain shops in the south of the city are all his own property. These grain shop owners were all arranged by him.

Now that the food has been stolen, his losses are immeasurable.

"Mr. Zhou, I don't even know that the food was well placed in the store yesterday, but as soon as today passed, it was all gone!" A middle-aged man in yellow clothes knelt on the ground and explained with a look of fear. After what happened, he was deeply afraid that Zhou Zhi would punish him if he was dissatisfied.

And this middle-aged man was the grain store owner who bullied the poor woman.

"Yes! Mr. Zhou, the same is true for the small grain store. I don't know who did it?!"

"Master Zhou, we did not expect this kind of accident, which led to such a disaster!"

"Sir, have mercy, we really didn't do it intentionally, we were just harmed by others!"

The other three men quickly followed suit and knelt on the ground, constantly complaining to Zhou Zhi and shirking their responsibilities.

Seeing the four people constantly defending themselves, Zhou Zhi suddenly became angry and cursed: "Trash! You are all a bunch of trash. You can't even feed yourself. What else can you do!"

"Sir, spare your life!"

Seeing that Zhou Zhi was angry, the four of them knelt on the ground and kowtowed, not daring to make any rebuttal.

Seeing the virtues of the four people at this moment, Zhou Zhi was furious, but he had to accept this fact.

After a moment of silence, Zhou Zhi shouted outside, "Here comes someone!"

"grown ups!"

As soon as he finished speaking, several government officials ran in and lowered their heads.

Zhou Zhidao: "An extremely serious theft occurred in the south of the city last night. All the food from four grain stores was stolen. It is obviously impossible for such a large batch of food to be transported out of the city. You will immediately lead people to search the entire Qingshui County. Be sure to Find this batch of food for me."

From their description, this batch of food should have been stolen last night. However, if such a large amount of food were to be transported out of the city, it would inevitably cause noise and attract the attention of the guards watching the door.

Therefore, Zhou Zhi was certain that it would be impossible to send this batch of food out of the city.

As long as he stayed in Qingshui County, he would dig deep into the ground to find this batch of food.

"Report!"

As soon as the group of yamen officers left, another yamen officer hurriedly ran to the court and bowed his head to Zhou Zhi and saluted, "Sir, there was a man in the yamen who reported to the officer, and he said he had seen the prisoner on the notice!"

Zhou Zhi was silent for a moment, and then replied: "Let him in."

After saying that, Zhou Zhi turned to look at the four people below, "You can leave, but remember this, if you cannot get this food back, you know what kind of price you will face later!"

"Master Zhou, we have tried our best to find the whereabouts of this batch of food as soon as possible."

The four people expressed their attitude with sincerity and fear, and then they dared to leave the county government office.

As soon as the four people left, a sturdy man wearing coarse linen clothes walked into the courtroom quickly.

Zhou Zhi glanced at the man and asked, "Who is here? Why are you reporting to the official!"

The man knelt on the ground and said loudly: "My name is Zhang Hu, and he is a farmer in Tanjiang Village. I came to the county government this time because I have seen the prisoner on the wanted notice and wanted to find out this clue." Inform your lord."

Zhou Zhi asked: "Which prisoner?"

Since the famine broke out in Huzhou, many refugees stopped obeying the law and provoked the government. There are countless wanted criminals.

Zhang Hu said: "The criminals who destroyed the temple in the south of the city and killed the government officials indiscriminately."

Zhou Zhi was stunned for a moment, looking straight at Zhang Hu below, "Are you sure you know the clues about this prisoner!"

How could he not remember such a big thing as the destruction of the temple? His so-called brother-in-law was still lying in the hospital. Although he has been sending people to track down the whereabouts of these people these days, no clues have been found.

Zhang Hu said: "Sir, this criminal once stayed in my village, and even left a young girl entrusted to the care of the village chief of our village."

Zhou Zhi was startled and asked hurriedly: "Then is he still in your village now?!"

"He is not in the village now, but he has a large amount of grain stored in the warehouse of our village. He will definitely come back to get it when the time comes!"

food! !

A thought flashed through Zhou Zhi's mind, but he did not say it explicitly. He added: "You have done a good job. This kind of serious criminal should be handed over to our government to deal with it. Don't worry, as long as the criminal is caught when the time comes, I will I will definitely mark it down for you."

At this time, Zhang Hu suddenly said: "Sir, I have something to ask of you."

Zhou Zhi paused and nodded, "Okay, tell me, you have provided such important information to the government this time, I will definitely help with some small things."

Zhang Hu said: "There is a food shortage in Huzhou now. I hope that after arresting these criminals, you can leave some of the food in the warehouse for us so that we can survive the past two months."

Zhou Zhi thought for a moment, and then replied: "Zhang Hu, I need to investigate the grain you mentioned. If it comes from normal sources and is not stolen money, I will try my best to leave you some surplus grain to help you survive this time." difficulties.”

Zhang Hu immediately smiled and said gratefully: "Thank you for your understanding."

Zhou Zhi nodded, "Well, after I finish explaining the matters at hand, you can take me to your village to have a look."

"OK."

Zhang Hu agreed immediately.