于中丞成龍，按部至高郵。適巨紳家將嫁女，妝匳甚富，夜被穿窬席卷而去。刺史無術。公令諸門盡閉，止留一門放行人出入，吏目守之，嚴搜裝載。又出示諭闔城戶口，各歸第宅，候次日查點搜掘，務得贓物所在。乃陰囑吏目：設有城門中出入至再者，捉之。過午，得二人，一身之外，並無行裝。公曰：「此真盜也。」二人詭辨不已。公令解衣搜之，見袍服內著女衣二襲，皆匳中物也。──蓋恐次日大搜，急於移置，而物多難攜，故密著而屢出之也。
于中丞成龙，按部至高邮。适巨绅家将嫁女，妆匳甚富，夜被穿窬席卷而去。刺史无术。公令诸门尽闭，止留一门放行人出入，吏目守之，严搜装载。又出示谕阖城户口，各归第宅，候次日查点搜掘，务得赃物所在。乃阴嘱吏目：设有城门中出入至再者，捉之。过午，得二人，一身之外，并无行装。公曰：「此真盗也。」二人诡辨不已。公令解衣搜之，见袍服内着女衣二袭，皆匳中物也。──盖恐次日大搜，急于移置，而物多难携，故密着而屡出之也。
Governor Yu Chenglong came to Gaoyou on a tour of inspection. It happened that a great gentry family there was about to marry off a daughter. Her trousseau was very rich, and one night burglars made off with all of it. The prefect could do nothing. Yu ordered every city gate shut but one, which was left open for travellers to come and go. He set the police clerk to guard it and search every load strictly. He also put up a notice telling every household in the city to stay at home and wait to be inspected and searched the next day, so that the stolen goods would be found without fail. Then he secretly told the police clerk: if anyone goes out and comes in through the gate more than once, seize him. By afternoon they had caught two men who carried nothing but what they had on. “These are the real thieves,” said Yu. The two kept up their crafty denials. Yu had them strip and be searched. Under their robes they were wearing two sets of women’s clothes, all from the trousseau. They had feared the great search next day and were in a hurry to move the goods, but there was too much to carry, so they wore it in secret and went out again and again.