Looking at the small village under the night, Du Zhongxiao looked solemn and ordered his subordinates to stop.

The soldiers and horses of Xiangzhou were unable to come for a while. Du Zhongxiao was afraid of being alarmed by the enemy. The thieves ran away after the storm, so he brought his followers and several soldiers from the post station to pick up people overnight.

If it was a general case, Du Zhongxiao would not be so active. He was a passing official, no matter how great the credit he made, it was someone else's fault. What kind of thing did he care about the case here? This time, the underground cultural relics in this area have special meanings to China. One thing is missing is a huge loss. He can only cheer up and come to take on people, and he doesn't care about anything else.

After a while, a young old man came with the official panting and saluted in front of Du Zhongxiao.

Du Zhongxiao looked at him a few times and asked, "Are you the one here?"

The old man bowed: "Return to the official, the young Tian Anzheng, the village calls me Tian Yuanwai, and it is the village's official."

Du Zhongxiao asked calmly: "Does there be a man of Sun Yuanwai in your village who is an autocratic bronze ware?"

Mr. Tian said: "Are you the old man Sun Ran mentioned? He used to be a smelting ironware, but he learned some skills from somewhere in recent years, and he also helped make some bronzeware. He heard that he had helped monks cast bells in unknown temples, and his skills were very superb."

Du Zhongxiao said: "It's him! There are some things to look for him in the yamen, so you can take us there!"

Mr. Tian did not dare to ask too much, and respectfully responded, took Du Zhongxiao and others to the outsider of the village. While walking, he said, "Old Sun's family does not live in the village. His family has been passed down from a pond for several generations. In addition to fishing some shrimps, they also plant lotus roots and sell them for money."

Everyone left the village and went outside the village. Not long ago, at the foot of a small hill, they saw a pond of more than ten acres. It was late autumn, and the lotus leaves in the pond were withered and withered. On the edge of the pond, there were six thatched houses surrounded by a yard.

Pointing to the row of thatched huts, Tian Yuanwai bowed and said, "Officialist, it's the home of Mr. Sun."

Du Zhongxiao said: "That old man Sun, how many people are there in his family?"

"I went back to the official, the old man's wife died a few years ago and now lives with three sons. His family Dalang and Erlang have already married, and have a son and two daughters. Sanlangyan is unmarried. In addition, he has hired two shopkeepers to help his family do their work."

Du Zhongxiao nodded and whispered to Shisanlang beside him: "To avoid having too many night dreams, this matter should be cut off the mess quickly. Take ten people, go in from the main door, just take the people. Tao Shiqi, take the rest of the people outside, and someone runs out and take them all!"

The two of them agreed with each other and ordered someone to do things.

Seeing everyone leaving, Tian Yuanwai couldn't help it and asked Du Zhongxiao in a low voice: "Official, I wonder what Sun Laoer did? With such a big battle in the government, is it because his family is killing people and thieves?"

Du Zhongxiao said, "It's almost done. Let me ask you, what kind of bronze ware is made at Mr. Sun's house?"

Yuanwai Tian thought for a while and said, "It's nothing more than copper pots and copper basins, some for daily use. By the way, he has also made bronze mirrors here recently, all of which are very exquisite. My daughter at home likes it and keeps asking me to buy a pair for him."

Seeing that Tian Yuanwai looked serious and did not make any fakery, Du Zhongxiao sighed and said, "Copper is a forbidden object, you have never thought about where did this old man Sun come from? There are so many copper objects, but the copper used is not one or two pounds."

Mr. Tian said: "I heard that he received old bronze ware and melted it and recast it. Could it be that this is also a violation of the ban?"

Du Zhongxiao shook his head, not knowing what to say. Of course, it is not a ban on collecting old bronze ware and recasting them, but collecting old bronze ware dug out from the ancient tomb would violate the law. Thieving graves and digging tombs has been a serious crime in all dynasties, especially the ancient royal tombs, which was a death sentence at this time. Don’t say that Mr. Sun didn’t know the origin of the bronze ware, and those who were in this industry had a high profit and could not avoid it.

If it was just an ordinary criminal, Du Zhongxiao would at most report to the local government and would not come to pick up people in person. This place is really too special. Most of the underground are the royal tombs of the Shang Dynasty, and each cultural relic has a special meaning to China. Any bronze ware underground may have special significance in Chinese history and can uncover a historical mystery. Fortunately, it was not popular in this era to use tortoise shells to treat diseases, and the tortoise shells and bones engraved with oracle bones on the ground have not been excavated on a large scale. Taking advantage of this opportunity, it may set off a craze for research on the Shang Dynasty.

By this time of the Song Dynasty, epigraphy, which specializes in ancient characters, had become a prominent subject, and many people were interested in these things.

Shisanlang took Du Zhongxiao's dozen followers to Sun Ran's house. He saw that there was a wooden door in front of him, which was not strong. He turned around and signaled his subordinates to prepare. Shisanlang took a deep breath, shouted suddenly, kicked away, and rushed in with everyone.

In the yard, a young man of eighteen or nineteen years old was feeding geese. He saw more than a dozen bees rushing in and shouted loudly: "Who are you? You are thieves who are trespassing in by a good man? - Big brother, second brother, thieves are coming from home, come and fight with them!"

Shisanlang arrived in front of the boy step by step and shouted loudly: "You guy is a thief, why are you yelling at me? What a bad thing you did at home is happening. Come back to the yamen quickly!"

While saying that, he raised his big fist and knocked the young man to the ground with one punch. The person behind him came up and tied him up.

When the people in the room heard this disturbance, a few men rushed out of it.

First, an old man in his fifties and sixties looked at the smart and capable, and two strong young rural men were following behind him. Two men rushed out of the woodshed beside him, one with a feces fork and the other with a hatchet.

Seeing a big man bringing more than a dozen in the yard and taking his youngest son, Sun Ran was surprised and said, "This hero, what's the matter to discuss? Could it be that when did I offend you and kidnap people as soon as I come in? The young man is here to accompany him."

Shisanlang said, "No need to say more, I will come to take you by the order of the official. No matter what the matter is, I will talk about it when I go back to the yamen."

Sun Ran was shocked and hurriedly said, "Where are you from the yamen? I have lived here for decades, but you guys are not seen in the yamen."

Shisanlang was not impatient, waved his hand, took his subordinates forward, and said, "I will know naturally when I see my official!"

When Sun Dalang and Sun Erlang saw that their younger brother was tied up, they were annoyed. When they saw Shisanlang coming up, they screamed and came up to fight together.

Shisanlang shouted OK and walked forward to the two of them. He kicked Sun Dalang down, then spread his arms, pinched Sun Erlang's arm, took a big step forward, and pulled him behind him, threw him on the ground, and tied him up by the person behind him.

Seeing that Shisanlang was extremely powerful and brave, Sun Ran knew that the situation was hopeless, he said to Sun Dalang who was still fighting: "You are not the opponents of this great man, don't fight anymore, so as not to be beaten by him. Since we are people from the yamen, we will follow them. We don't believe that the yamen can wrongly accuse us good people."

Shisanlang didn't care about them, so he just ordered his subordinates and came up to tie up several people one by one.
Chapter completed!