Transmigration: I, the Dragon Overlord, start by protecting my beautiful bride!

It should be noted that the annual salary of a junior patrol officer is less than half that of a senior patrol officer; five taels of silver is equivalent to two or three months' salary for him.

"I promised you I'd make you thrive under my wing." Long Aotian didn't give him a chance to refuse, directly stuffing the silver into his hand. "Take it, I have high hopes for you."

With that, Kitagawa stopped refusing and accepted the silver ingot.

"Well, that's right."

"Thank you, sir." Kitagawa took the silver ingot and said with a smile, "We've been busy all morning. Let's go to Ruyi Restaurant, it's on me!"

"Good!" Long Aotian patted him on the shoulder, very satisfied with him.

"what!"

"Thief!"

"I want to report to the official!"

Just as the two of them were about to go to Ruyi Restaurant for a drink to treat themselves, a scream suddenly came from the house of Sister Li, the Shi family's neighbor.

Long Aotian didn't expect to encounter another case so soon. He immediately exchanged a glance with Beichuan and stopped Sister Li, who was in a panic and wanted to report to the authorities.

"Sister Li, I just heard you say that your house was broken into. What happened?" Jiang Beichuan stopped Sister Li and asked.

But Sister Li, who had just been in a hurry, denied it as soon as she saw the two of them, saying that she hadn't said anything.

Needless to say, she must have heard the news that Lin Boguang had spread, which is why she didn't look for the local constables, but instead went to the Zhenye Division to find Lin Boguang's men!

“Sister Li, this is my master Shen’s jurisdiction. I clearly heard you shout that your house was burgled. How can you say there wasn’t one now?” Jiang Beichuan said with great dissatisfaction.

In just a few days, Long Aotian successfully changed Shen Congxin's image in his mind.

But this only applies to him; everyone else still unanimously believes that Shen Congxin is a bastard.

"My lords, I was just talking in my sleep, is that any of your business?" Sister Li looked at Long Aotian with disdain and said, "Besides, Lord Shen of this jurisdiction never cares about this."

"You..." Kitagawa was so angry that he couldn't speak.

"Hey, Sister Li, wait a minute." At this crucial moment, Long Aotian had to step in. He stopped Sister Li and said, "I know you don't trust me, and my boss Lin Boguang is going to make things difficult for me, but we have to follow the rules, right?" As he spoke, he grabbed Sister Li's hand and stuffed the string of coins he had just received into her hand.

"Oh dear, Lord Shen, what are you doing?" Sister Li asked in surprise.

"I beg you, give us both a chance." Long Aotian's tone was sincere, and the offer was tempting. "You hand this thief over to us, give me three days. If we can't capture him within three days, I'll personally compensate you for the money and valuables you've lost. How about it?"

"Oh dear, how could I possibly accept this..." Sister Li held the money in her hand, her mouth almost stretched to her ears in a wide grin.

Actually, her goal in asking anyone to catch the thief was to catch him and get the money back.

But even if you bypass Long Aotian and go directly to the Zhenye Division to find someone, you might not be able to get the money back.

After all, this is a thankless task; besides getting good grades, there are no other benefits.

Wen Tao and Jiang Shou, along with their bunch of good-for-nothings, have no intention of seriously catching thieves!

Long Aotian knew exactly what Li Dajie was greedy for money, which is why he used this method.

"Lord Shen, oh dear, what am I supposed to do now..." Sister Li looked troubled. "Lord Lin said that we should go to him for all our cases, and not to you!"

Long Aotian stood to the side, smiling obsequiously, "Yes, yes, yes..."

“But I’ve heard about your situation…” Sister Li sighed. “Alright, I won’t go to Lord Lin about this. I’ll leave it to you, Lord Shen. After all, I, Sister Li, am known far and wide for my kind heart…”

Upon hearing this news, Long Aotian beamed with joy and immediately chimed in, "Of course! Everyone in the surrounding area knows that Sister Li is the kindest person!"

"Hahaha, right?" Sister Li laughed like a flower. "Well, we have an agreement, if the thief isn't caught within three days, Lord Shen, you have to compensate me for all my stolen property."

"sure."

"I'm not doing this for the money, I don't even care about money, I'm only doing this for the sake of our agreement!"

"Yes Yes Yes."

After some coaxing and cajoling, Sister Li finally brought Long Aotian and Jiang Beichuan to her house.

His family was in the brewing business, and they were famous far and wide for diluting their liquor with water; most of Qianzhou City knew about it…

"Beichuan, check the roof and surrounding area for footprints as usual."

"clear."

After Kitagawa finished speaking, he nimbly leaped onto the roof.

Meanwhile, Long Aotian was in Sister Li's yard, asking her about some details.

How much property did you lose?

"One thousand taels of silver."

"Huh?" Long Aotian was somewhat taken aback.

You should know that a thousand taels of silver is equivalent to Shen Congxin's salary for twenty years!

If he can guarantee that he won't eat or drink for twenty years and won't get any major or minor illnesses.

"What happened?" Sister Li asked with absolute certainty. "Only fifteen taels of silver were stolen, but in my box, there was a lot of gold and silver jewelry, as well as our family's most important brewing recipe, which is very valuable!"

On the surface, Long Aotian appeared calm and collected, but in reality, his heart was filled with turbulent emotions.

One thousand taels?

Does this wretched woman even know what she's saying?!

Forget it, if we can't get the things back anyway, he can just renege on his debt, right?

"Hehe, okay." Thinking of this, Long Aotian wasn't in a hurry to refute her. "Then when did you discover that the things had been stolen?"

Sister Li rolled her eyes. "Just now, didn't you hear me yell that?"

Long Aotian, "..."

Damn it, I asked you earlier and you said no, and now you're lecturing me?

Long Aotian was seething with anger, but he tried his best not to show it.

Where is that thing usually kept?

"I'll put it in my boudoir."

Is it usually locked?

"Locked up, of course it's locked up." Sister Li immediately became furious when she mentioned this. "That thief is a real devil! He not only took my money and valuables, but also pried open my cabinet. That was a brand new cabinet, made with the best wood, and it was very expensive!"

“Okay, may I take a look?” Lin Chuan replied.

"Okay, no problem." After receiving the money, Sister Li's attitude improved considerably.

It's common to see people paying officials to handle cases, but for an official to pay a citizen to handle a case is truly unprecedented and the first time ever!

Entering Sister Li's boudoir, it looked very ordinary, clearly belonging to an ordinary family, except for that cabinet, which was indeed different from others.

It appears to be made of rosewood, with a light red lacquer finish, and it has a pleasant fragrance...