[Three Kingdoms] After offending Wei Guoquan, I went to the peak of my life

Chapter 19

When Tan Chuo was caught, he didn't know what went wrong.

A few days ago, the same notice was posted everywhere in the city, to the effect that: Received a report that there were many incidents of theft in the city.The thieves are highly skilled, and most of them steal into the house. After stealing valuables, they will leave a green apricot leaf in the owner's house.Call on the residents of the city to strengthen vigilance, strictly guard the door, and guard against small elements.If suspicious persons are found, please provide clues to the county government.At the same time, the City Guard will also step up patrols to ensure the safety of everyone's life and property.

This announcement has been passed on by word of mouth and has been widely known.

Regardless of whether it is a wealthy family or an ordinary person, they all count and examine their belongings immediately, and hide them in places they think are the safest.The rich family with trilogy launched private guards, regularly guarded and strictly defended.

The Han people are martial arts, and there are many knight-errants.Some rangers with high martial arts skills have the chivalrous style of martial arts novels, and they are happy to be kind and enmity.They often have eccentric tempers, but there are also upright people who regard court laws and regulations as nothing.

Guo Xie in the period of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty was one of the most famous rangers. Even Cao Cao was a ranger when he was young.

Once a ranger loses his chivalry and commits crimes by force, he becomes a thief.

As Xun Yu's cousin Xun Yue said: "(The integrity of the ranger) is so bad that he is a thief[1]."

So after learning that this new thief had the strange habit of "leaving green apricot leaves after stealing", no one thought it was strange. There are broken leaves all over the city to provoke the official.

Tan Chuo is naturally not that green apricot thief, nor does he have particularly strong martial arts.However, the Han people favored martial arts, even if Tan Chuo himself valued martial arts lightly, he still had to abide by the current folk customs, and often did physical exercise, so his skills were not bad.

Some time ago, he learned that "Mi Heng" went to the county government to report the case and mentioned the theft, so he couldn't help feeling a little panic and guilt.

Both things are inseparable from him. If "Mi Heng" notices something unusual, or the Yamen detects clues...

Tan Chuo didn't dare to imagine the consequences.

The crimes of assault and theft will not result in death, but they will ruin his future official career.

His family was poor, and he was already in a disadvantaged position. It was difficult to find a good way out. How could he be charged with such a crime again?

Tan Chuo immediately contacted the other people who had dealt with "Mi Heng" with him and robbed the "Mi Heng" sack on the way, to make good statements and remind them to keep their mouths shut.

He was ready to be questioned by the officers and soldiers, and displayed all the possibilities in his mind, but he didn't expect... No one came to him at all.

Ten days have passed, and there is no news from the government office. "Mi Heng" is still indifferent to him, but there is no hatred or suspicion.

This made Tan Chuo somewhat let go of his guard.

Now that he heard about the "Green Apricot Thief", Tan Chuo couldn't help being moved.

I heard that the thief came and went without a trace, and his martial arts skills are superb, if he can blame the thief for stealing the jade cup...

Thinking of this, when Tan Chuo was studying in the school, he took advantage of his lunch break to pick a few green apricot leaves in the name of visiting the garden.

He has been paying attention to the movements of "Mi Heng", and finally found him a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity.

Just yesterday, he leaned against the courtyard wall, and heard "Ni Heng" instructing his attendants to get ready for a change of clothes, saying that he was going to stay at Kong Rong's mansion for one night, and talk at night by candlelight.

Tan Chuo immediately entered the room, and wrote "I'll take this one too" on the green apricot leaf.In order not to be recognized, he specially wrote with his left hand, erasing the edge of the pen, and writing crookedly.

He eavesdropped by the wall for a long time, and heard the sound of "Mi Heng" and others going out.But he didn't move for a long time. On the one hand, he was worried that "Ni Heng" would go and return, and on the other hand, it was because——when things came to an end, he developed more timidity.

If there is any accident this time...

I don't know if it was because of being too nervous, but his right eyelid kept beating wildly.He was vaguely aware of some uneasiness, but in the end, greed for treasures prevailed, and he decided to take a risk.

Yes, he decided to take the opportunity to steal another jade cup from "Mi Heng"'s family. The real reason was not to transfer the crime, but to covet the remaining jade cup.

The previous jade cup was secretly sold by him for a high price, enough for him to eat and drink for several years.How can I let go of this rare opportunity after I have tasted the sweetness once.

What's more, the crime of stealing the jade cup can be pushed to the head of the "green apricot thief". It's a good thing to kill two birds with one stone, why not do it?

Tan Chuo repeatedly made sure that the people in the next courtyard had left and would not be coming back anytime soon.He glanced at the sky, and took a little effort to jump over the earth wall, but he was caught by a strange rope in the middle of rummaging through boxes and boxes.

He barely resisted the urge to yell, and when the movement stopped, he found himself in a situation hanging upside down, wishing he could yell—

How could there be a mechanical trap arranged by ropes in the room of "Mi Heng", I never heard that he would do this!

What made him even more unbelievable was that after he was hanged, the door of the room was pushed open, and "Mi Heng" entered the door with a normal expression, followed by the tolerance of the county government.

……

Qin Chuo was arrested and taken to the county government office, and the green apricot leaves thrown at the scene in Mi Heng's bedroom were also taken away as evidence.

If Tan Chuo couldn't understand that he was cheated by Zheng Ping at this time, he would have lived in vain for so many years.

Although he couldn't figure out how Zheng Ping locked him, and how he was sure that he would come to steal the remaining wine glass and set a trap, but he made up his mind that he would never admit the theft, let alone admit that he had colluded with five or six people , plotting to beat Mi Heng together.

Regarding all possible thoughts and reactions that Tan Chuo might have, Zheng Ping could guess eight out of ten.

He didn't care how Tan Chuo would argue, and he didn't intend to overwhelm the other.

He sat at the bottom, making a posture of listening.

The county lieutenant was no less shocked than Tan Chuo.Leaving aside Zheng Ping's seemingly absurd, but actually exhaustive, series of scams, Cao Cao would even agree to spread false news, and that false news was proposed by "Mi Heng" who was full of hatred, which was enough to make the county Wei doubts life.

He quietly asked Zheng Ping: "How did you persuade Sikong to move Sikong, and how can you be sure that Tan Chuo will be arrested?"

Zheng Ping looked indifferent: "County officer, can we start the trial?"

Seeing Zheng Ping's tricks, the county captain didn't dare to provoke him, and immediately sent someone to escort Tan Chuo up, with a dignified expression and cold eyes:

"Tan Chuo, are you convicted?"

Tan Chuo bowed to the county captain, and calmly argued for himself: "County captain Rong Bing. I came home today and found that there was something wrong with the decorations at home. After several searches, I found that there were very shallow footprints on the wall, which must be Someone climbed over the wall, rummaged through my house for belongings, and moved decorations."

"I was worried that you would meet someone in Zhengping and call out. Because I didn't hear the sound, I was anxious, so I climbed over the wall and entered the house after chasing a black shadow. I accidentally stepped on the trap and was hung up in the room. top……"

Tan Chuo was only focused on perfecting his motivation and logic to enter the house over the wall, and did not pay attention to the strange look in the county lieutenant's eyes.

The county lieutenant glanced at Zheng Ping quickly, and said with confusion: "Then this green apricot leaf..."

"When I entered the house, I found that the thief left behind this piece of green apricot leaf, but he was nowhere to be seen. That person is extremely skilled, and he may be the rumored 'Green Apricot Thief'."

Tan Chuo looked serious and serious, but suddenly heard a chuckle.

"Tan Boguang, don't you know that what the green apricot bandit left behind was not the green leaves of the green apricot, but the pattern of a green apricot leaf carved on the wall with a sword?"

Zheng Ping spoke suddenly, even the county captain didn't expect it.When Tan Chuo heard these words, the blood on his face faded instantly.

He didn't know that the green apricot leaf left by the green apricot bandit was not the real thing, and was frightened by Zheng Ping's point, so he could only argue forcefully: "Maybe...someone imitated the behavior style of the green apricot bandit."

"Since you said that the man is extremely skilled and not very human, why would he deliberately pick apricot leaves to pretend to be a green apricot thief?"

"How do I know, maybe there is another purpose..."

"Since he is very skilled and can disappear without a trace the moment you enter the house, why wait for you to climb over the wall and let you discover his whereabouts before entering the house?"

"How do I know..."

Zheng Ping stared at him quietly, with sarcasm in his eyes that made him panic: "Do you know that I have people nailed up the windows, and no one can go out except the gate?"

Tan Chuo stared, bloodshot eyes gradually forming in his eyes: "It may also come out from the roof—"

"The thieves broke through the tiles. Not only did they not break any tiles, but they also restored each tile to its original position before leaving?"

Tan Chuo was silent.

In the end, he said slowly: "Yes, I lied. But because I was drunk and thought of You Zhengping's sarcastic remarks a few days ago, I felt angry, so I jumped over the wall impulsively, intending to take his house away. Bamboo basket, to take revenge on him in a small way, to make him think that he offended the Qingxing bandit... I really shouldn't trespass on private houses, but I have absolutely no malicious intentions."

According to the law, anyone who breaks into a private house at night can be killed.But it was daytime when he climbed over the wall, and there was no substantial act of theft or injury. As long as he insisted that he did not have any malicious intentions, but was just a moment of anger when he was drunk, the county government could only punish him with minor punishments without evidence. , and can not bear him how.

The only trouble is the career in the future... Although it is troublesome, it is not an unsolvable situation.Now that the world is shattered and the current situation is turbulent, as long as he finds a way to change places and find other princes to serve, the gray case he left here is just a piece of waste paper.

Tan Chuo wanted to pass the test and decided to minimize the loss.

But how could Zheng Ping lightly expose this matter as he wanted?

"Until the Yellow River, you will never die. Why don't you take a look at this list?"

After speaking, a piece of bamboo tablet was thrown in front of Tan Chuo.

Tan Chuo glanced at it and couldn't help but turn pale with shock.

These names on the bamboo tablets are the people who joined forces with him that day to conspire to beat Mi Heng.

Tan Chuo couldn't believe it, and couldn't figure out how Zheng Ping got this list.

He raised his head in horror, and was facing Zheng Ping with a cold smile.

"They have all recruited, why don't you recruit?"